Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "halloween"

  • Dressed to Kill

    You can learn a lot about other people by trying to be one of them. At least, that's the lesson I learned years ago, the...

  • A Homo Halloween

    Boo! Did we scare you? Probably not. You're all big boys and girls, after all. But even big boys and big girls can run into...

  • Cheap Costumes

    Admit it. Every Halloween comes with a touch of been there, done that as the annual parade of Dorothys and first-time drag queens hits the...

  • Hair 'em, Scare 'em

    While they say clothes may make the man, Ebone Bell, aka E-Cleff, says it really has more to do with the facial hair. And with...

  • Pump It Up

    Look upon any pedestrian crowd, and you're bound to find any number of women casually going about their business in high heels. Enter any gay...

  • Terror Tour

    Beyond the halls of power, Washington might not seem like a very spooky place. Nearby Baltimore or Richmond seem far more haunted, with the ghost...

  • Halloweenie

    Sure, it may be conventionally considered a gay holiday, but -- diversity being the bane of the monolithic -- Halloween is not universally loved by...

  • No Candy Here!

    Maybe you just want to have a quiet evening at home. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where the local children are less Beaver Cleaver...

  • Dealing with a Vengeful Serial Killer

    If this Halloween is the 10th or greater anniversary of your doing one or more of the following... Accidentally causing the death of a stranger,...

  • Gay Ghost?

    Between the Miss Adams Morgan pageant and the annual High Heel Races, it's often suggested that Halloween must be a kind of gay holiday, considering...

  • Speed Queen

    Carey Murphy has traveled across the country documenting various festivals for the Smithsonian Channel, and now she's ready to document Washington's annual High Heel Race...

  • Be Heeled!

    Dorothy is not in Kansas anymore. She's busy fighting for her title as Washington, D.C.'s fastest high-heel runner, for the third consecutive year. ''I'm a...

  • Petrifying Parties and Ghoulish Galas

    If you had a hard time picking out a costume for Halloween, get ready to make another difficult decision: where to go. This year, D.C.'s...

  • A Homo Haunting

    There are any number of icons that pop up at Halloween. Skeletons, jack-o-lanterns, ghosts and witches readily come to mind. And though none is particularly...