Metro Weekly

Clublife

  • Easter Tops

    By on April 8, 2009

    Last year, JR.'s Dave Perruzza won the crown for best bonnet -- at Freddie's Beach Bar's Easter Bonnet Brunch. Perruzza, of course, knows a thing...

  • Major Shift

    By on March 25, 2009

    ''Brian Barrera (L) and Mikey Adolphson On any given night, Mikey Adolphson thinks Cobalt is too bright. That is, on any given night except the...

  • 30 Rocks

    By on March 11, 2009

    Vance Garrett will turn 30 this year. And he'll celebrate by going to New York's Black Party, the 30th edition of which takes place next...

  • Berlin Beats

    By on March 4, 2009

    Micky Friedmann spent some 15 years as a professional ballet dancer in Israel and Europe. But now, in addition to print modeling work, the 35-year-old's...

  • Cracking Uranus

    By on February 25, 2009

    ''It'll be like a talent show in space,'' says Shea Van Horn of Town's debut Crack party this Saturday, dubbed a ''Journey to Uranus.'' Van...

  • A Star is Reborn

    By on February 4, 2009

    Are you ready? Nearly three years after drag queen Ella Fitzgerald and nude male dancers struck out in Southeast D.C., they're back to play ball...

  • Unreasonably Hot

    By on February 4, 2009

    It may not be the season for sizzling, but if it's balmy you're after you can go quite a bit higher than 30 Degrees. Just...

  • Revved-Up Beats

    By on January 28, 2009

    Before Eddie Baez became a DJ, he was, of all things, a motorcycle mechanic. ''I was fixing motorcycles for security at some of the bigger...

  • Globetrotting Groove

    By on January 14, 2009

    DJ Luke Johnstone Luke Johnstone is a globetrotting gay club DJ, but he most frequently goes west to California and far east to Asia and...

  • Vegas Santa

    By on December 17, 2008

    Ethan Reynolds doesn't look at all like Santa Claus. But the 28-year-old gay model and actor is coming to town as the plump, jolly old...

  • One-Stop Shop

    By on December 10, 2008

    Cobalt's 30 Degrees lounge has new stain-resistant white leather furniture. ''Once you do something nice, and your customers realize you've done something nice, they respect...

  • Everybody Dance

    By on November 5, 2008

    Tony Moran's partner of nine years died last May. ''Dealing with that while others were watching was difficult,'' says Moran, an acclaimed dance music producer...

  • Tounge Untied

    By on October 8, 2008

    ''I've been grooming some Mini-Mes,'' jokes Natalie Illum, longtime president of the feminist open-mike extravaganza known as Mothertongue. Illum will step down as the all-volunteer...

  • Watch and Dance

    By on September 17, 2008

    ''It's the little movie that could,'' says Richard Kimmel about his first feature film, Schwarzwald: The Movie You Can Dance To. Based on music and...

  • Musical Phase

    By on September 10, 2008

    Phase 1 started having live music only a couple years ago, but just one night a week. It was, as the bar's manager Angela Lombardi...