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  • End of an Icon: Vann Chen

    By on April 12, 2012

    In various locales, every once in a while there comes a colorful personality that seems to add a splash of color or bit of panache,...

  • Thanks for the Memories

    By on July 14, 2011

    What do you remember about Badlands and Apex? ''When I started at Badlands in 1993 there were two walled-in alcoves where the main bars [off...

  • A Lizard Last

    By on December 10, 2008

    Mark Lee, host of the Sunday night institution, Lizard Lounge, has announced that he will discontinue the weekly dance party, with Sunday, Dec. 14, serving...

  • There's Smoke, No Ire

    By on August 13, 2008

    Not long ago, smoking was a contentious topic in the local GLBT community with an intense -- and occasionally acrimonious -- debate over a ban...

  • The Return of the Lizard

    By on April 23, 2008

    Mark Lee knows how to make an impression. There was the success of his first Sunday night party in Adams Morgan during the late 1980s....

  • Wondering About 'Down Under'

    By on July 18, 2007

    Although the District has, effectively, erased nude-male dancing venues off the city's nightlife map in favor of a baseball stadium, adult entertainment of a female...

  • Strike Two

    By on April 25, 2007

    The ongoing saga that began roughly a year ago with the closing of D.C.'s gay nude-dancing -- and drinking -- venues in order to transform...

  • ATLAS Shrugs

    By on October 25, 2006

    Mark Lee is not the bogeyman. He is not lurking around the district's many alleys handing out cigarettes to underage teens. But Lee says his...

  • Sunday Shake-Up

    By on May 24, 2006

    ''I suppose people should think about this as Cher's final tour,'' longtime club promoter Mark Lee jokes as he talks about his future in the...

  • Lizard Lounge's Last Act

    By on April 5, 2006

    The Lizard will shortly no longer be a king on the Sunday night scene. After almost eight years the weekly Lizard Lounge party will close,...

  • Bashing the Ban

    By on January 4, 2006

    UPDATED JAN. 5 -- The City Council on Jan. 4 voted 11 to 1 in favor of a bill to ban smoking in all enclosed...

  • Smoke Saga

    By on December 14, 2005

    Washington moved another step closer to banning smoking in all workplaces -- including bars and nightclubs -- following a 12-1 vote Dec. 6 in favor...

  • Graham Goes Smoke-free

    By on June 15, 2005

    During a Ward 1 town-hall meeting Thursday, June 9, Councilmember Jim Graham publicly offered his support to expanding the city's smoke-free workplace laws to include...

  • Smoke Signals

    By on March 30, 2005

    In Washington's ongoing tug-o-war over tobacco, the Whitman-Walker Clinic Board of Directors voted late last month to support expansion of the city's smoke-free workplace laws...

  • No Ifs, Ands or Butts

    By on October 13, 2004

    Washington's newest local celebrity is Mary. She's the central figure in a new campaign aimed at smokers who are trying to kick the habit. Ads...