Chamber Announces Awardees: Area's LGBT chamber of commerce names honorees...
News: The Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, aka the Chamber, has announced those to be honored at the group's 2012 awards dinner under the theme ''A Salute to Business Excellence.''...
View ArticleMPD Updates Stein Club on Anti-LGBT Crimes: Newsham promises vigilance in...
News: Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Peter Newsham and Capt. Edward Delgado of MPD's Special Liaison Unit, which includes the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU), assured concerned...
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Scary Carrie? Barely: You can't help put feel cheated by what they decided...
Stage: Once you see it, you can't un-see it. That's the parting message of Carrie. Unfortunately, there isn't much to see or un-see at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York's West Village, where the...
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D.C. Officials Announce Arrest in IHOP Shooting: Police arrest a 27-year-old...
News: Mayor Vincent Gray (D) and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier held a press briefing Monday, March 26, to announce the arrest of a suspect in a recent shooting at an IHOP Restaurant...
View ArticleSTC Sets Memorial: Celebration of Jared Neff's life to take place April 10
News: The Shakespeare Theatre Company today announced plans for a memorial celebration of Jared Neff, who died March 7 from pneumonia-related complications. Neff, 30, a Missouri native, worked as the...
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GLAAD for Geidner: Metro Weekly senior political editor wins national honor...
News: While New York may be the city that never sleeps, Saturday, March 24, was particularly busy with the gay agenda. Sure, there was that infamous Black Party. On the slightly higher-profile side of...
View ArticleTalk About Sex: Whitman-Walker offers third Community Conversation
News: Whitman-Walker Health will hold its third ''Community Conversation'' Thursday, continuing the series that began Jan. 26. Already having explored ''healthier hookups'' and substance abuse, the...
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Born to Puppeteer: Basil Twist has raised the bar on the craft of puppeteering
Feature Story: When Basil Twist saw Joey Arias flirting with his puppets, he knew it was fate. ''They had so much chemistry together,'' Twist says. ''The puppets came more alive just because he relates...
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Unchained Arias: Performance artist Joey Arias goes well beyond any...
Feature Story: Joey Arias is one strange fruit. That's true not just because the gay male performance artist gained some fame a couple decades ago singing – in drag – a spot-on tribute show to Billie...
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Unlimited: Christopher Morgan is focused on growing his choreography career...
Dance: When he lived in New York, dancer and choreographer Christopher Morgan would occasionally perform the art world equivalent of go-go dancing for parties at venues including the Supper Club in...
View ArticleHoroscope: March 29-April 2, 2012
Horoscope: Heavenly Round-Up: There's so much that might happen if the fates take a hand. There's so much that could turn around if the timing is just right. There's so much that would blossom if only...
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Raw Talent: DJ Bil Todd's passion for music was nurtured in rural Virginia
Clublife: Growing up gay in rural Virginia, Bil Todd bonded with music in a way he didn't with people. ''I retreated to music more than I sought comfort in my family or my church or my teachers or...
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Very Cherry: The Cherry Fund's annual circuit party aims for expansion
Clublife: For the first time in many years, the hit radio station Hot 99.5 has been touting Cherry as an HIV/AIDS dance benefit, mentioning it as part of its community calendar. It's just one of the...
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The Sound of Music: D.C.'s Different Drummers presents an evening of favorite...
Music: Is Joe Bello Godzilla? ''Maybe,'' laughs the executive director of D.C.'s Different Drummers. Officially, Bello will just be the conductor of the Capitol Pride Symphonic Band and Capitol Pride...
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Shock-Pop Diva: Madonna's 'MDNA': Madonna seems more single-minded in her...
Music: Some fans might have paused on hearing the first single, ''Give Me All Your Lovin'.'' Others might have skidded on ''Gang Bang,'' the second track on MDNA. And, in fact, there are more jarring...
View ArticleLGBT National Briefs: Arizona advocate, Southeast lawsuit: Caleb Laieski...
News: LAIESKI JOINS PHOENIX MAYOR'S OFFICE Arizona-native Caleb Laieski, 17, who made the Washington rounds in 2011 lobbying for the Student Non-Discrimination Act, is joining Phoenix Mayor Greg...
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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Catching up with the successes of CAGLCC's 2011...
Business: Ackerman, Beyer, Griffin, Novinskie and Rosenberg, Minor, and Kahn We all know that there are shining beacons in our community who deserve to be honored for the great work they do on behalf...
View ArticleIf I Had a Son: Step out of your comfort zone and stand up for Trayvon Martin
Opinion: If you think we live in a post-racial society, look at the flood of hateful comments found by blogger Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs below a March 19 Fox News article on the...
View ArticleThree Cheers: Awards for two Metro Weekly editors fill me with pride for the...
Opinion: One philosophy that I'm lucky enough to share with all my co-workers at Metro Weekly is the idea that the work we do is more important than any compliments that may result. All of us were...
View ArticleBowie State Opening Center for LGBT Students: New space will be the first...
News: Bowie State University will make LGBT history come April 2. On that Monday, the university will become the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to open a resource center for...
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