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Pop Symphony: Both Kylie Minogue and Tori Amos succeed in revamping their pop...

Music: Will Madonna one day turn her hits into three-chord punk-rock blasts? Might Katy Perry relaunch ''Firework'' – or ''I Kissed A Girl'' – as a death-metal racket? Anything's possible. After all,...

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Surface Value: Microsoft's Surface is light, fast and good-looking, and it...

Tech: The Surface is a curious device, and one of firsts. It's the first device to launch with Windows RT. The first dedicated PC hardware product from Microsoft. The first tablet running Windows that...

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Bombs Away: Keegan Theatre has done a mostly masterful job with Arthur...

Stage: All My Sons opens with a terrible thunderstorm – made more ominous by incorporating the sounds of fighter jets and bombs bursting in air. It's an audiovisual assault by lighting designer...

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Cox Appeal: Deborah Cox's musical pursuits continue to have significant gay...

Stage: For the record, Deborah Cox does not think she's a gay man trapped in a straight woman's body. ''I've never looked at myself like that,'' Cox laughs. ''I really don't know what the connection is...

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Lingering Accents: Arena Stage's Molly Smith worked ''to create a ''My Fair...

Stage: ''I think it's a universal story that's quite specific to this moment in time in America,'' says Arena Stage's artistic director Molly Smith, who directed a new production of the Alan Jay Lerner...

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Folksy Feeling: ''Woody Sez'' is a warm tribute to a folk hero

Stage: If your idea of a fun Saturday night is popping a cold one and tuning the radio to A Prairie Home Companion, then you should seriously consider getting out of the house for once. I don't mean...

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Up Town: Town Danceboutique celebrates five years as gay D.C.'s leading dance...

Clublife: In the early '90s, nationally recognized club singers, from Crystal Waters to CeCe Peniston, were the chief draw for gay nightclubs. Soon after, DJs became the marquee talent, packing 'em in...

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Swan Song: DC Eagle readies its final anniversary week at the building it's...

Clublife: Although the DC Eagle is expected to someday soon move out of the building it has called home since 1987, there is still plenty of time for an anniversary party – 41 and counting. To get the...

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No Nest Yet: Landlord for the DC Eagle grants longtime leather bar an...

News: As the saying goes, rumors of the demise of the DC Eagle are greatly exaggerated. Of course, there was that Facebook invitation to a Nov. 24 ''moving party'' that encouraged people to ''make...

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Marking Transgender Day of Remembrance: Locals prepare traditional memorial...

News: Local LGBT activists are readying their annual observance of the International Transgender Day of Remembrance. Sharing the same mission of mourning and education as other groups around the world,...

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From Tuesday to Tomorrow: Gay conservatives hope to teach Election Day's lessons

News: It wasn't long after the first polls closed on the East Coast on election night that Republicans knew something was wrong. First Michigan was called for President Barack Obama, the same state...

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Maryland's Marriage Success: Question 6 strategies may not work everywhere,...

News: The dust is beginning to settle after Maryland voters approved Question 6, a referendum on the Civil Marriage Protection Act, which grants same-sex couples access to Maryland marriage licenses....

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Welcome to Missibama: If Election Day was that bad, secede indeed

Opinion: As we move into the holiday season, imagine a Southern town square with a resplendent Nativity scene on some warm December evening. Nearby, lights shine on the courthouse sculpture of the Ten...

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Days Go By: A gay plotline on ''Days of Our Lives'' may not be the most...

Opinion: Soap operas were a kind of omnipresent force of entertainment during my youth. Many of them are long gone by now, distant memories for aging fans: The Doctors, Somerset, Another World. But the...

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Virginia Board Stands Firm Against Cuccinelli: Despite pressure from the...

News: Virginia's Board of Juvenile Justice this week re-endorsed a set of revised rules that protect LGBT youth. The move comes despite pressure from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) to rescind the...

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Trial Set for Robinson: Suspect in August attack on transgender woman rejects...

News: The man accused of attacking a transgender woman in D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood in August rejected a government plea offer Wednesday, prompting a D.C. Superior Court judge to schedule him for a...

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Coverboy: Eric: Indulgent Explorer

Coverboy Interview: Few people embody the idea of joie de vivre as much as this week's Coverboy. Having moved to Suitland, Md., from Toledo, Ohio, just three weeks ago, 23-year-old Eric likes to...

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Chamber Head Faces Misdemeanor: Guenther pleads not guilty after accusation...

News: Following an Oct. 26 incident, Mark Guenther, the executive director of the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, was charged Nov. 7 with an ''unlawful entry'' misdemeanor in D.C....

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New Charges Possible in Howard Theatre Stabbing: Government awaiting...

News: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia says it expects superseding indictments to be handed down in the next two weeks for the three suspects accused of stabbing a gay minor in...

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GLLU Website Ceases: Activists critical of move from full site to MPD page

News: An external website for the Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU) is no longer operating, prompting some local LGBT activists to question why the site – which...

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