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  • Composing Himself

    By on March 5, 2003

    Braswell ''What show is that from?'' By 1995, Mark Walter Braswell had heard the question so frequently when he'd sit down at the piano to...

  • Soundwaves

    By on March 5, 2003

    NORAH REMIXED?... Last summer Norah Jones's record label commissioned a dance remix of her hit “Don't Know Why.” According to a New York Times profile,...

  • Hearsay

    By on March 5, 2003

    The Green Lantern serves up a new attitude… The Eagle spreads its wings for the girls… Tidbits from all over the gossip globe… You may...

  • Environs

    By on March 5, 2003

    RENOVATED BROTHEL-TURNED-PLANETARIUM. 4BR/2.5BA row house in Dupont/Logan/14th St area. High ceilings, HWFs, patio, lots of natural light. Agatha Christie mystique moves in with Warhol hip...

  • Rites of Passage

    By on February 26, 2003

    A few weeks ago, Olivia told me in no uncertain terms that girls can't marry girls. Tempted though I was to pat her down for...

  • Membership's Privileges

    By on February 26, 2003

    In the mid 1980s, D.C. was hit by one of the biggest snowstorms in its history. Nearly seventeen inches of snow shut down the federal...

  • Orchestral Maneuvers

    By on February 26, 2003

    If anyone can get away with a techno remix of such revered American orchestral music as Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, it's Jonathan Sheffer. ''I don't...

  • Death Rattle

    By on February 26, 2003

    The Life of David Gale never achieves the great revelatory gasp it hopes to attain -- more like an asthmatic wheeze. Unraveling the mystery:Gabriel Mann...

  • Slay Ride

    By on February 26, 2003

    Theater Alliance serves up meaty drama on H Street, while GMCW hams it up across the river Showing guts:Dunn and Mendenhall (Photo by Bruce Robey)...

  • Shipshape

    By on February 26, 2003

    With dishes both unusual and comforting, the cuisine of Thai Tanic rewards those who take chances A couple years ago, 14th Street wasn't exactly the...

  • Family Ties

    By on February 26, 2003

    Kristen Coury's Friends and Family is an ultra-bubbly, ultra-frothy comedy of errors in which stereotypes -- both gay and straight -- are given the full...

  • Soundwaves

    By on February 26, 2003

    GRAMMY SLAP-UP... The Grammy Awards are supposed to celebrate the year's most creative music, not just the year's most popular. But of course the ceremony...

  • Truly Yours

    By on February 26, 2003

    Dear Lena, I am a forty-something transgender living in D.C. I have a very good job, my own home, etc. I guess you can say...

  • Upscale Downtown

    By on February 19, 2003

    Great American cuisine with an emphasis on freshness and imagination is given a new spin downtown. There's always excitement when a new restaurant opens, especially...

  • Unfriendly Skies

    By on February 19, 2003

    With all the drama over terrorism and airport security since September 2001, it's easy to forget that plain old-fashioned homophobia can also ruin a good...

  • Cautious Optimism

    By on February 19, 2003

    ''Make no mistake: This is a big deal, a good thing,'' Bill Clinton said last week, praising the new $15 billion international AIDS initiative President...

  • Soundwaves

    By on February 19, 2003

    LASGO LIVE!… “Follow You,” a song on Some Things (Robbins) sounds remarkably similar to Sonique's “Sky” of a few years ago. Lasgo's version has none...

  • Game Over

    By on February 19, 2003

    It's the end of the world as we know it, and Beckett doesn't feel so fine Scraping by: Terrill (Photo by Bruce Robey ) Where...

  • Greek Orthodox

    By on February 19, 2003

    Greek Wedding is so predictable, it's comfort cinema, while K-19 operates without a plot Every attempt I made to see Daredevil last week was thwarted....

  • Fly Guys

    By on February 19, 2003

    Photo Illustration: Michael Wichita Russ Capps In rural Missouri, gay high schooler Howard Crabtree wants nothing more than to get together a group of friends...