Metro Weekly

Nightlife

  • Political Parties

    By on January 17, 2013

    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...

  • Coverboy: Nigel

    By on January 14, 2013

    Call him the MacGyver of the gay world. Armed with only a passport and his self-confidence, U.K.-born Nigel loves seeking out new, exciting activities and...

  • Coverboy: Christian

    By on January 5, 2013

    Dancing isn't just a booty-shaking pastime for Coverboy Christian, it's art. Raised with a sister who's a photographer, this 22-year-old Yorktown, Va., native often found...

  • Game Night

    By on January 4, 2013

    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...

  • The Return of Kostas

    By on December 27, 2012

    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?...

  • A Ziegfeld's Christmas

    By on December 20, 2012

    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...

  • Drag King Christmas

    By on December 13, 2012

    ''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...

  • Coverboy: Chad

    By on December 11, 2012

    Move over, Clark Kent. Chad is another tale of two personas. By day, he's the logical, rational, serious researcher at the National Institutes of Health....

  • Coverboy: Circon

    By on November 30, 2012

    This week's Coverboy was born in Istanbul and raised in Pennsylvania, but it was an internship in arts management that first attracted Circon to the...

  • Coverboy: Eric

    By on November 17, 2012

    Few people embody the idea of joie de vivre as much as this week's Coverboy. Having moved to Suitland, Md., from Toledo, Ohio, just three...

  • Swan Song

    By on November 15, 2012

    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...

  • Up Town

    By on November 15, 2012

    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...

  • Michael

    By on November 10, 2012

    Michael gets around. No, not in the fun way that comes to mind. Instead, this 28-year-old has found himself bouncing all over the Northeast –...

  • Fully Lodged

    By on October 31, 2012

    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...

  • Charm City Leather

    By on October 31, 2012

    ''It makes everybody laugh,'' says Andrew McCarty of COMMAND MC. This weekend, his Maryland leather organization hosts its annual Mr. Maryland Leather contest as part...