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Humorous Behavior: Michele Balan is selling jokes at the Birchmere
Events: ''When I was young I started by doing Bette Midler impressions,'' Michele Balan says. ''I was a female female impersonator.'' But Balan, it turns out, didn't see comedy as a successful career...
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Case Against Suspects in Howard Theatre Stabbing Moves Forward: Three...
News: Three co-defendants accused of stabbing a 16-year-old male three times while yelling homophobic slurs at him in front of the Howard Theatre appeared in D.C. Superior Court for an Aug. 16 status...
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Rich: The Bear-Loving Movie Nerd
Coverboy Interview: When it comes to potential mates, Rich prefers the mature, the butch and the furry. A self-described lover of bears, the 23-year-old frequents Town's DC Bëar Crüe Friday happy...
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Maryland Pro-Marriage Forces Begin Fall Campaign Leg: State releases...
News: It's officially in ink, and headed to a voting booth near you come November. The Maryland State Board of Elections on Aug. 20 released the wording for the ballot referendum on the Civil Marriage...
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GOP's Hard Line on Gay Marriage: Despite Log Cabin's efforts, Republican...
News: The Republican Party reaffirmed their opposition to marriage equality earlier this week with language that was as harsh as it was expected. A week before the kickoff of the Republican National...
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Dana Milbank Mainstreams Hate: The Washington Post columnist's...
Opinion: It was only a few days ago that the world of Washington politics and punditry was in its most self-congratulatory mode: Politics was about to get serious again, with Mitt Romney's pick of Paul...
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Bunny Business: A hop along the Lady Bunny trail includes RuPaul, Wigstock,...
Feature Story: ''I have no idea what hatefulness is in store,'' Lady Bunny says. ''But all I have to do is slap my thigh and laugh and get paid. I guess I have the last laugh!'' Chances are, there were...
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Summer Starlets: Emeli Sandé, Lianne La Havas and Elle Varner are the...
Music: Emile Sande (Photo by Simon Emmett) Forget the Song of Summer competition. At this point in the season, you're probably tiring of most of the leading contenders, from Scissor Sisters' ''Let's...
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Defining Hate: In the aftermath of the FRC shooting, debate surrounds ''hate...
News: Debate over the tone of American political discourse continues a week after a gunman walked into the lobby of the Family Research Council's Washington office and shot a security guard in the arm....
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Meeting A Shark: Networking success isn't about just one meeting, it's about...
Business: A few days ago, I met Barbara Corcoran from the TV show Shark Tank. Well, I didn't actually meet her, but I tried hard. Corcoran delivered a keynote speech at the National Gay and Lesbian...
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Upstairs, Downstairs: Logan Circle's sumptuous lounge Number Nine to be...
Clublife: When Number Nine opened in May 2011, it immediately became one of the city's hottest Happy Hour spots, featuring two-for-one drink specials every night. It remains all that, but the bar's Ed...
View ArticleWhich is your favorite Microsoft logo?: Take our poll!
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View ArticleCorkins Indicted by Grand Jury: Suspected FRC shooter held without bond, must...
News: The man accused of shooting a security guard at the headquarters of the conservative Family Research Council (FRC) was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday on federal and local charges. Floyd Lee...
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FRC Shooter Pleads Not Guilty: Floyd Corkins found competent to stand trial,...
News: Floyd Lee Corkins, II, the man accused of shooting a security guard during an attempted attack at the headquarters of the conservative Family Research Council (FRC), pled not guilty to three...
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Strike a Pose, Not a Chord: Madonna's latest road show is visually stunning...
Concert: Nobody wants to see a 54-year-old stripper. You might think Madonna didn't get that memo based on her performance in her latest road show, ''The MDNA Tour.'' But if the pop idol's 30-year,...
View ArticleThe Oddly Un-American Republican Convention: An obsession with Randian...
Opinion: It was truly my intention not to watch any live coverage of the current Republican national convention — or, for that matter, next week's Democratic convention — other than the main speeches...
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The Hello Girl: Marsha Mason revives her role in ''All's Well That Ends...
Stage: Those of a certain age might recall that Marsha Mason was married to playwright Neil Simon. Before Simon, however, there was Gary Campbell. ''He was an actor and artist,'' recalls Mason in a...
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The Real McCoy: Meet Nick McCoy, the gay activist hoping to become the...
Feature Story: He's the man about town who seems to know everybody, but who's hard to pin down. Not that you'd have a chance, since Nick McCoy is a dynamo. McCoy, 36, wears a variety of different hats,...
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Fun at the Whorehouse: The Chicken Ranch charmer is predictably pleasing,...
Stage: How does the song go? ''Just lots of good will, and maybe one small thrill, but there's nothing dirty going on.'' Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Photo by Scott Suchman) The cast sings that...
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Temperamental Movement: Rep Stage begins its 20th season with America's...
Stage: ''When it ran Off-Broadway, to attempt to sell tickets, they started saying [it's] Mad Men meets Milk,'' Michael Stebbins of Rep Stage says about The Temperamentals. But that tagline actually...
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