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  • Soundwaves

    VOTE NOW FOR FAVORITE DJ… One is focused on America, the other worldwide, though with a clear European bias. But no matter: Tiesto is likely...

  • A Rodeo Hate Crime

    Hyper-macho men chase, harass, and brutalize terrified victims. They do it simply for their own amusement, or because they are addicted to the rush of...

  • Adult Zone Shut Out

    When it comes to entertainment, Americans look to a variety of sources. Those who live in the Washington area and have an affinity for baseball...

  • Truly Yours

    Dear Lena, I have been single for two years now. I'm in my late thirties -- I've found that I'm more serious now than I...

  • This Man's Army

    By 71, a thoughtful person should reach a point where he has learned a thing or two. One thing Keith Kerr has learned is that...

  • Rock the House

    The organizers of the WEDRock benefit concert wanted to raise support for one of this year's most explosive issues, same-sex marriage. But they didn't want...

  • Dead Heads

    It's not every day you get a zombie film crossed with a romantic British comedy. And that's probably a good thing. Because in the wrong...

  • Heart of the Matter

    Near the end of the gay marriage documentary Tying the Knot, an Oklahoman farmer named Sam sits outside the home he's fighting desperately to keep...

  • No Tex, Just Mex

    Nearly three years ago Andale arrived in Washington and changed how we think about Mexican cuisine. This isn't a place to come in search of...

  • Naval Maneuvers

    Rum, buggery and the lash sail into the Washington National Opera with Francesca Zambello's production of Benjamin Britten's sea-going epic Billy Budd. Alas, if only...

  • Teacher's Pet

    Jefferson Mays is going to die. The innocent seventeen year-old has been convicted of murder in 1948 rural Louisiana and now he must pay the...

  • Soundwaves

    EVERYBODY DANCE NOW… Martha Wash, the Two Tons of Fun/Weather Girls woman (and Sylvester's “Mighty Real” backup singer) with certainly one of the most booming...

  • Low Carb at Lower Cost

    Like no other people in the world, Americans are obsessed with dieting and staying in shape. While I don't have any studies to back this...

  • D.C. Lambda Squares

    Members of the D.C. Lambda Squares Mission: D.C. Lambda Squares provides opportunities for members, visitors and guests to dance in non-traditional roles and a comfortable...

  • Environs

    It pays to be an urban pioneer, particularly when you find a stunning Victorian townhouse in what will become D.C.'s hot neighborhood. Sky-high ceilings, stunning...

  • Booby-Gazing

    It felt so stereotypically lesbian: My partner and I saved our money, conspired with a travel company, got our documents in order, wrote some big...

  • 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Goes to War

    Today, the Department of Defense can offer a count showing that military operations related to invading Afghanistan and Iraq -- operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi...

  • Fantasyland

    When Ivan Sidorovich Zhukov sends a letter, he doesn't have to walk it to the nearest mailbox down the street, or even search for a...

  • Wonder Women

    David Henry Hwang's Pulitzer Prize-nominated M. Butterfly is, by all reasonable measures, a perfect play. The playwright brilliantly, poetically entwines his story of wants versus...

  • Viva La Revolution!

    In staging Umberto Giordano's twisted tale of the French Revolution, Andrea Chenier, Polish director Mariusz Trelinski pulls off an amazingly ambitious and yet always dramatically...