Metro Weekly

Nightlife

  • Life’s a Cabaret

    By on May 8, 2014

    Joey Arias returns to L'Enfant Cafe, where "anything could happen"

  • Coverboy: Jose

    By on May 5, 2014

    Walk into Number Nine and you’re likely to see Jose, a 32-year-old bartender by night who is a high school counselor by day. Born and...

  • Nellie’s New Top

    By on April 25, 2014

    Just in time for some gorgeous D.C. weather, Nellie’s Sports Bar, at 900 U St. NW, has decided to ditch its outdoor, second-floor tent in...

  • Trigger Meets Tatooine

    By on April 17, 2014

    Where have all the cowboys gone? Would you believe, Paula Cole, to Town? In fact, this Saturday, Town welcomes cowboys, drag queens and geeks —...

  • Cherry’s Blossom Is Back

    By on March 27, 2014

    ”After such a brutal winter, D.C. deserves a special weekend,” says the Cherry Fund’s James Decker. Of course, the weekend he has in mind will...

  • New York Naughty

    By on March 17, 2014

    ''Venues are very important. They really do make the identity of a party,'' says Mike Peyton, producer of New York's Black Party, set for Saturday,...

  • Coverboy: Scott

    By on March 7, 2014

    Coverboy Scott didn't think he'd ever work in a gay bar. In fact, he didn't know much about the LGBT community at all. But when...

  • Town Velvet Reunion with Chris Cox

    Velvet Town

    By on March 6, 2014

    Ed Bailey can't say for certain that Thunderpuss's monster '90s-era club jams were first played publicly at D.C.'s Velvet Nation. ''I think that that's what...

  • Coverboy Ron

    Coverboy: Ron

    By on February 27, 2014

    Visitors to Beacon Bar & Grill will get a treat if they're served a drink by Coverboy Ron, who enjoys creating cocktails to meet even...

  • Coverboy: Eric

    By on February 20, 2014

    If you happen to drive up to PW's Sports Bar & Grill in Laurel, Md., you're likely to encounter Eric, doing a job he loves...

  • Will

    By on February 13, 2014

    With this week's issue, we're relaunching Nightlife Coverboy as Coverboy: Bartenders Edition. Each week, we will feature one of the gay community's most personable drink...

  • Stagg Sweethearts

    By on February 13, 2014

    Brad Brenner had no prior experience working in app development, but the psychologist with a private practice in D.C. just couldn't turn down the chance...

  • Nikno's Time

    By on February 13, 2014

    ''I know I bring a little bit of a different sound to the clubs that I play,'' Nicholas Moede says, ''and it's great to see...

  • Honey House

    By on February 6, 2014

    At Flash Nightclub this Sunday, Feb. 9, you can count on dancing to music written specifically for '70s-era gay porn. ''It's really experimental, almost jazzy...

  • Victor's Return

    By on January 30, 2014

    ''My audience is predominantly straight these days,'' DJ Victor Calderone says, ''but especially in New York and in Miami the boys still come out for...