The Naked Truth: The controversy over Spa World and LGBT customers is an...
Opinion: Whether it's because of ancient locker-room nightmares or present day fluctuations in my weight, I have body issues. A few years ago, when I was at my maximum weight (a number I am totally not...
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The Best Medicine: Comic Suzanne Westenhoefer lends her gift of laughter to...
Feature Story: Nearly 10 years ago comic Suzanne Westenhoefer told Metro Weekly she had quit smoking, in part because of the Mautner Project. ''I'm not going to say it was the exact reason I quit,''...
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Mautner on the Move: Executive Director Leslie Calman credits partnerships...
Feature Story: The Mautner Project has earned its party. Away from all the daily chaos and hoopla of Capitol Hill and iWatch whispers, the ''National Lesbian Health Organization'' has been growing and...
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Dancing Bears: Matt Bearracuda brings his hit San Francisco party back to...
Clublife: "[It] was pretty much just bears in bars,'' Matt Bearracuda says of the bear scene in San Francisco. ''It was a little too conservative and a bit boring for me.'' A native of the Bay Area,...
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Heart of Bling: When sung by a soprano of Racette's caliber, Manon a story...
Opera: Feeling a tad lackluster in the set department, director/designer and costumer John Pascoe's interpretation of Puccini's Manon Lescaut seems to have lost some burnish since its WNO premiere in...
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Punk-Funk D.C.: Corcoran presents an exhibit paying homage to D.C.'s musical...
Art: Did you know? Washington, D.C., circa the 1980s was a hotbed of pop music, helping germinate two very distinct strands of sound. There was hardcore punk rock, led by Ian MacKaye and his bands,...
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Woes of Oz: Sam Raimi's ''Oz'' is mired in fructose it's syrupy, artificial,...
Film: There's something rotten in the state of Oz. It reeks of the billable hour, the legal retainer, the foul stench of litigation. Yes, that fiend of fiends – the Hollywood attorney – has conquered...
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Pushing Forward: The pop/folk lesbian trio The Pushovers gears up for a big 2013
Music: ''This time we're really excited because we get to be in an actual theater,'' Mara Levi says. The past two years at the Atlas Intersections Festival, Levi's band The Pushovers has performed in...
View ArticleOf Meteorites and Marriage: Considering humanity's possible calamities,...
Opinion: About 20 days ago, a blazing meteorite tore through our atmosphere and exploded over Russia. This was a minor rock, relatively speaking, didn't even see it coming. We had our eyes on ''DA14,''...
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Aaron: Zombies Beware
Coverboy Interview: Witty, creative and analytical, Aaron isn't one for dull conversation. The Indiana native first came to the District to attend Gallaudet, where he studied sign language...
View ArticleWhitman-Walker Honors Tammy Baldwin: Community health center names out...
News: Whitman-Walker Health, the local nonprofit community health center that specializes in HIV-related and LGBT care, announced today that it will present Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) with its annual...
View ArticleSpa World Policy Remains Muddy: Centreville venue posts statement on...
News: Spa World, the suburban Centreville, Va., Korean-style spa at the center of a public-relations storm in recent days following news surfacing of a November incident in which it asked a patron,...
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Transatlantic Treks: As cruise lines reposition ahead of summer, there is...
Feature Story: Imagine yourself at sea on a lovely cruise ship. Not bad, right? Now imagine the next port is five days away. To some, a blissful opportunity to disconnect. For others – who should stop...
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Room to Share: When finding your Rehoboth share, ask plenty of questions...
Feature Story: For loads of gay people throughout the mid-Atlantic region, having a summer share at a house in Rehoboth Beach, Del., is a must. It gets so formal that many houses have names, official...
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The Goddess of Gay Days: Perennial gay favorite, Judy Tenuta brings comedy...
Feature Story: There's something about Judy Tenuta and gay audiences. There is a mysterious connection that's kept the two intertwined for the duration of her comic career, launched in the 1980s. Is it...
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Sea of Red: Orlando's love of Gay Days has only grown stronger, as has the...
Feature Story: "I would warn Orlando that you're right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I don't think I'd be waving those flags in God's face if I were you. This is not a message of hate –...
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Spring Travel Special 2013: Amusement parks, cruises, area beaches and new...
Feature Story: Sure, there's a slight chance that Mother Nature might have a surprise up her sleeve. But it's not likely. Instead, it's just been a pretty uneventful winter in this neck of the woods....
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Mixtape Master: Over the past decade Matt Bailer has become one of D.C.'s...
Clublife: ''Coffee is my vice,'' laughs Matt Bailer. ''I literally drink coffee when I'm DJ-ing at Nellie's. It's kind of the running joke around there.'' Bailer, who spins at Nellie's every Friday...
View ArticleExtreme Celebration: Rick Sena dedicates the March edition of Alegria to...
Clublife: Next week, Abel Aguilera, the celebrated gay circuit veteran known as DJ Abel, will turn fifty. So naturally Ric Sena is throwing him a big party. ''Usually every year I do a different...
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Economic Outlook: Businesses Position Themselves for Obama's Second Term
Business: Now that the dust has settled on the 2012 election, the fiscal cliff and budget sequestration, the business of governing in President Obama's second term is underway. Where that business is...
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