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Zoo Story: The National Zoo is set for a Saturday of gay species
Events: On Saturday, May 3, in addition to the usual draws -- from pandas to monkeys -- the National Zoo will also be overrun with animals of a different species, those from the figurative taxonomy of...
View ArticleColumbia Heights Murder Charge Dismissed: Minus indictment, government files...
News: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia on Wednesday filed a motion in D.C. Superior Court to dismiss without prejudice the case against Jermaine Brown, who faced a charge of...
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Young Pioneers: It's a new world for LGBT youth, full of opportunities and...
Feature Story: Spring, despite its lingering chill in 2014, is a time to think of birth, of growth, of renewal. That means youth – LGBT youth, in particular. Like D.C.'s spring, LGBT youth can also be...
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Oh, Henry: STC's ''Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2'', deliver the bard's bounty with...
Stage: Like 16th century versions of the biopic, Shakespeare's Richard II, Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2), and Henry V, contemplate fascinating lives through an auteur's expansive lens. Equal parts...
View ArticleMaryland Coalition Launches ''Stand for Fairness'' Campaign: Multimedia...
News: The Maryland Coalition for Transgender Equality (MCTE) -- a bloc of more than 50 political, social-justice, religious and community groups advocating on behalf of transgender rights -- on April...
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Finding Hope at Youth Pride Day: One day in Dupont Circle invites LGBTQ young...
Opinion: In my early teenaged years as I navigated adolescence and high school, it was hard to imagine what my future would hold. Where would I go to college? What kind of career would I have? And one...
View ArticleUnconventional Queer Fest: Ebone Bell's Capital Queer Prom begets this...
Events: After years of producing a queer prom, Eboné Bell decided to kick things up a notch and launch a full-day LGBT convention-type event. From workshops on sex, relationships and identity, to a...
View ArticleWilliams Institute Makes Virginia Estimate: UCLA think tank sees up to $60...
News: A report released Tuesday by the Williams Institute, an LBGT-focused policy think tank at the UCLA School of Law, says that extending marriage to same-sex couples in Virginia could generate up to...
View ArticleNellie's New Top: U Street sports bar adding a roof
News: Just in time for some gorgeous D.C. weather, Nellie's Sports Bar, at 900 U St. NW, has decided to ditch its outdoor, second-floor tent in favor of a retractable roof. From the bar's Facebook...
View ArticleGLOV Names New Leadership: Paul Tupper to take over as chair of the local...
News: Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), a program of The DC Center for the LGBT Community, has announced election results for its 2014 leadership positions. Elections were held at GLOV's...
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Worth Every Penny: You can't help but find the good in Signature's...
Stage: Rick Hammerly hisses at Erin Driscoll early in Act 2 of Signature Theatre's The Threepenny Opera. Yes, the veteran local actor really and truly hisses at his younger but equally celebrated...
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Vaunted Villain: Denis O'Hare rides to Washington on his one-man ''Iliad''...
Stage: As he started work on HBO's True Blood, actor Denis O'Hare was instructed that vampires don't touch each other. "I was like, 'Oh my God, fuck that! This one does," says O'Hare, who played...
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Moving Tribute: Sean Dorsey Dance marks D.C. debut by honoring LGBT elders
Stage: The day after Sean Dorsey's very first dance at dance school, the school's director "informed me that my work, quote, 'made people very uncomfortable.'" This, despite the fact that "immediately...
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''Witness for Love'' Arrives in Arlington: Interfaith demonstration in...
News: A group of about 30 people, including faith leaders of various denominations, gathered outside the Arlington County Courthouse on Friday afternoon, April 25, to protest Virginia's...
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Guitar Queen: At Artsiphere Kaki King will show yet another way to dazzle on...
Music: "What can I do with just 10 fingers that will wow people?" Years after Rolling Stone heralded her one of its "New Guitar Gods" and "a genre unto herself," Kaki King had been searching for new...
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20 Venues from Our Map that We Miss: 20 Years of Metro Weekly
Feature Story: Since its earliest days, Metro Weekly set aside two pages for a map and listings toward the magazine's back. Long before the ubiquitous Google Maps, ensconced on our cell phones, told us...
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20 Questions for Metro Weekly: 20 Years of Metro Weekly
Feature Story: 1. Where do you see Metro Weekly five years from now? As Metro Weekly celebrates its 25th Anniversary, we imagine continuing with two distinct experiences: print and online. As printing...
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20 Great Features from the pages of Metro Weekly: 20 Years of Metro Weekly
Feature Story: At any given time in our history, Metro Weekly has never relied upon an army of writers or photographers to get things done. It's always been up to a relative few to tell the stories of...
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20 Great Interviews from the Pages of Metro Weekly: 20 Years of Metro Weekly
Feature Story: Everyone has a story. Since the beginning, Metro Weekly has shared those stories. More often than not, they're in the sources' own words. We've just been there to ask the questions, to...
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20 Years of Metro Weekly:
Feature Story: It seems just like yesterday. Running around frantically in my tiny apartment at the corner of 17th and T Streets, scrambling to get the very first issue of Metro Arts &...
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