Clublife
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Spring Rites
''It's kind of just this dangerous, lurking area that's sort of vaguely reminiscent of a carnival.'' Technically, Daniel Alexander Osach isn't describing New York's Black...
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Wigging Out for Charity
''Fifteen years ago when I came out, my parents had a really hard time with it, particularly my mother,'' Jack Jacobson says. But now? Things...
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Pussy Galore
Jason Barnes grew up a fan of the fairy-tale character Puss in Boots. ''Any character whose fashion is like his main power is good for...
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Phase 1 of Dupont Turns 1
My, how time flies. Can you believe it's already been a year since Phase 1 of Dupont opened in the former Apex/Badlands space? ''The past...
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Nostalgic Kick
''Eighties music makes people smile, or at least it does for me every time I play it,'' says Adam Koussari-Amin. ''It was just such a...
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Watching the Game
Does anyone just watch the game anymore? From betting pools to commercials to the halftime show, the punting, grunting and tackling over pigskin during the...
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RuPaul's Right-Hand Woman
Michelle Visage long thought she might become the next Gwen Verdon or Bernadette Peters. ''As a kid growing up in New Jersey, I was a...
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Political Parties
It's never as magical the second time around, but the second inauguration of President Barack Obama definitely offers plenty new to celebrate. After all, since...
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Game Night
You might be considered a D.C. old-timer if you remember ''The Feygala Feud'' at JR.'s Bar. Ester Goldberg got out there and, with the help...
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The Return of Kostas
Anytime there's a new gay-oriented party starting at a straight nightclub, it's one of the first questions to ask. Can men take off their shirts?...
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A Ziegfeld's Christmas
Heard the rumor about local drag legend Ella Fitzgerald appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race? ''Why in the hell?'' retorts Fitzgerald. ''No, baby, that's for the...
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Drag King Christmas
''I am your sole drag queen of the house,'' purrs Isis Deverreoux of Phase 1 of Dupont. In fact, Deverreoux is becoming essentially the lesbian...
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Swan Song
Although the DC Eagle is expected to someday soon move out of the building it has called home since 1987, there is still plenty of...
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Up Town
In the early '90s, nationally recognized club singers, from Crystal Waters to CeCe Peniston, were the chief draw for gay nightclubs. Soon after, DJs became...
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Fully Lodged
Right before Halloween 2010, Ryan Dryden and Joe Velasquez, a gay couple, opened The Lodge, a gay bar outside Hagerstown in western Maryland. But The...
