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  • Mayor Bower to be Grand Marshal for Miami Beach Pride, Adam Lambert to perform

    By on April 10, 2013

    When you are one of the earliest LGBT pride events on the calendar, it’s important to make a big splash. As such, organizers of Miami Beach Gay...

  • Holiday Spirit

    By on December 15, 2010

    Drag queen Ella Fitzgerald is an angel who tumbled to earth. Literally. ''I went to pose as an angel and slipped,'' says Donnell Robinson, who...

  • Mova Movin' On

    By on December 8, 2010

    The last word from Mova Lounge, previously Halo, at 1435 P St. NW, was owner Babak Movahedi filing for bankruptcy protection in mid-October. A new...

  • The Mova Situation

    By on July 30, 2010

    Mova will be moving, owner Babak Movahedi told Metro Weekly on Friday, July 30. A lawsuit filed by the bar's current landlord remains pending, however,...

  • Going Green

    By on January 7, 2010

    ''I need to stop saying Halo. It's MOVA!'' exclaims Babak Movahedi, after repeatedly referring to his own lounge by its pre-2010 name. ''It will take...

  • Here in the Real World

    By on September 9, 2009

    When word came that the nation's capital would become a part of the real world – make that The Real World – it was only...

  • Miami Sizzle

    By on January 30, 2008

    DJ Oren Nizri will make his D.C. debut next week, but chances are you've already heard his deck-work. Nizri's recorded sets as resident DJ at...

  • Change of Scene

    By on July 25, 2007

    Ed Bailey and John Guggenmos, the masterminds behind a string of gay nightclubs and bars for nearly two decades in Washington, including Tracks and VelvetNation,...