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Musical Communion: Indigo Girl Amy Ray takes listeners to a punk-folk church
Music: Amy Ray takes listeners to church on her new solo album, Lung of Love. The church, that is, of rock music. ''Oh the rock is my foundation,'' she sings. ''Jesus is at the bass, God is on the kick...
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Divine Dance: JD Samson + MEN offers liberal dance communion
Music: LAST YEAR, JD SAMSON, of the feminist dance-punk trio Le Tigre, released Talk About Body with her queer dance collective MEN, which also sometimes includes Le Tigre's Johanna Fateman. It was one...
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Rocky Concert: The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington presents a ''glitzier,''...
Stage: Craig Cipollini, and Anthony Preston as Rocky, photographed by Todd Franson, Friday, Feb. 24 If Lady Gaga were to stage The Rocky Horror Show, the result might be similar to what the Gay Men's...
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Amsterdamned: David Ives's portrait of a city and citizen in crisis features...
Stage: Who over 30 hasn't thought at some point that know-it-all twentysomethings -- lounging in their skinny jeans, tweeting about their favorite CW shows -- will surely be the downfall of...
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Cendana Surges: Next Generation winner bests councilmembers for Dem...
News: An out gay Asian-Pacific Islander-American brought together a coalition of voters, boosted by support from the LGBT community and labor, to beat out sitting Councilmembers Marion Barry (D-Ward 8)...
View ArticleReaching Out to the Church: In light of recent controversies,...
Opinion: A few weeks ago I was invited to sit down with the cast of American University's Bare, The Musical, and discuss my life as a gay Catholic. Being gay and Catholic is central to the plot of this...
View ArticleSo Sorry: From Rush Limbaugh to Kirk Cameron to NOM, anti-gay proselytizers...
Opinion: There are few things in life as insulting as an insincere apology for an insult. We know this because it is one of life's guarantees that we will receive more than one — and give a few of our...
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Then and Now: White House won't comment on a federal contractor...
News: Despite the refusal of the White House to comment for months on whether the president supports a federal nondiscrimination policy based on sexual orientation or gender identity for federal...
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Coverboy: Cedric: This optimistic Marine has an eye for photography
Coverboy Interview: Born in Tallahassee, raised in Tampa, Cedric may be a long way from the beach weather he craves. But a stint at Quantico from his active duty days in the Marine Corps was enough to...
View ArticleCommunion-Withholding Priest Suspended: Barbara Johnson, a lesbian who was...
News: A Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Washington who denied communion to Barbara Johnson, a lesbian, at her mother's funeral has been removed from ministry and placed on administrative leave. A...
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Kameny Estate Dispute Leads to Lawsuits: Congressional Cemetery interment for...
News: Plans for a gravesite memorial service for Frank Kameny, a local leader in the national gay civil rights movement who died on Oct. 11, 2011, at the age of 86, have been postponed indefinitely...
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Losing a Loved One: Shakespeare Theatre's Jared Neff, 30, dies suddenly
News: In January, Jared Neff was back in his home state. He had a workshop to teach at the Missouri State Thespians state conference for students: ''Hey, Mr. Producer! … Ever say, 'If I ran this...
View ArticleSouthern Living: The South often thinks itself misunderstood, but the problem...
Opinion: In the days leading up to Rick Santorum's Southern twofer of Alabama and Mississippi, there was a minor contretemps among some pundits about the polling conducted prior to the Republican...
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In the Pink: Jeffrey Johnson, the man behind Galactica, is fueled by a...
Feature Story: Jeffrey Johnson has been part of Washington's cultural fabric for 15 years, even if he got his start on the stages of Columbia, S.C. But his artistic forays are not limited to the...
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Generating Sparks: Hal Sparks is still in the LGBT spotlight years after...
Stage: Last weekend, Hal Sparks helped Chely Wright launch an LGBT center in Kansas City, Mo. Of course, Fred Phelps and his nearby Westboro Baptist Church were there to protest. ''It's actually a...
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Fixer Uppers: ''Jeff'' accomplishes something few others reliably can -- it...
Film: Jeff, Who Lives At Home is a funny sort of movie. Not funny ha-ha, as its trailer so deceptively suggests, but funny like a warm smile. It's odd and familiar, earnest but not cloying, and...
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Life as Cabaret: Will Gartshore offers a cabaret inspired by recent life events
Music: Early last year, Will Gartshore broke his wrist curling. ''A freak curling accident,'' he concedes. ''Very Canadian.'' Didn't know Gartshore was Canadian, eh? Since the turn of the millennium,...
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The Soprano: Michele Kennedy and the Folger Consort toast early female composers
Music: ''When I first joined I was too shy to look up at the conductor,'' says Michele Kennedy of her early days in the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Kennedy eventually overcame her shyness to become the...
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The Vanishing: ''How to Disappear'' is too long, too manic and, ultimately,...
Stage: There are three things you should know about Theater Alliance's How to Disappear Completely And Never Be Found: It's too long, too manic and, ultimately, too obvious to justify all of its...
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Review: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess: Audra McDonald is extraordinary in...
Stage: Last August, Stephen Sondheim took to the New York Times to attack Diane Paulus, Suzan-Lori Parks and Audra McDonald for being arrogant and disrespectful in talking about Porgy and Bess. But in...
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