Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "nightclubs"

  • Be Bar scores a victory

    The seven members of the district's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon, May 3, to seat only ANC 2F as a protestant of...

  • Cherry

    Spring in Washington is a time for blooming and booming: When nature's emerging foliage and flowers bring out the big and the brassy, from parades...

  • Soul in the Machine

    ''You get completely put in a different time zone when you hear them. It's like smelling a perfume, you get reminded of a certain kind...

  • Country Roads

    ''We wanted to do something unique when it came to Cherry weekend, and we knew there hadn't been a country women's dance ever before,'' says...

  • Lizard Lounge's Last Act

    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,...

  • Freddie's Funhouse

    ''Take Jimmy Buffett and a drag queen, mix them together and add lots of purple,'' says Tony Rivenbark. And what does that get you? Freddie's...

  • Last Call on O Street

    As baseball comes in, a neighborhood goes out. Some may view Southeast's O Street strip -- a conglomeration of drag shows, strip bars, bathhouses and...

  • Birthday Suit

    Chi Chi La Rue may have shot a porn film called Striptease on location at D.C.'s Wet nightclub, but like so many films, the fantasy...

  • Big Blowoff

    Forget small. Forget intimacy. Forget cramped. Blowoff is about to get bigger. A lot bigger. The popular monthly party, created three years ago by indie...

  • Bashing the Ban

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

  • Douglas Miller

    Just last year Douglas Miller was a dancer for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. He was on his way to Broadway, so to speak, but then...

  • Smoke Saga

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

  • Crystal Campaign Hits Bars

    The Center, D.C.'s GLBT community center, is furthering its campaign against crystal methamphetamine abuse within the local gay community by taking the fight to nightlife...

  • Eagle Honors

    Mr. D.C. Eagle 2005, Scott Jones, came to the end of his title run Saturday, Nov. 19. That evening, judges selected Bennett Long to succeed...

  • Eminent Eviction

    The District government exercised its eminent domain powers Oct. 25, filing a legal claim to properties in the area of the proposed Southeast baseball stadium...