Horoscope: January 5-11, 2012
Horoscope: Heavenly Round-Up: Facing the rigors of the present and the demands of the future, you're more than a little nostalgic for the simplicities of the past. Can you turn back the clock? Would...
View ArticleImagining a Different District: National Building Museum exhibit takes...
Art: As senior vice president and curator at the National Building Museum, G. Martin Moeller Jr. knows his exhibits. Even his highly abbreviated tour of ''Unbuilt Washington'' takes nearly an hour. An...
View ArticleComing Out: Personal, stirring and poignant, ''Pariah'' is the finest...
Film: In the wrong hands, Pariah could have easily settled as the sum of its parts. Its premise -- a poignant look at a black teenage lesbian's life in Brooklyn -- was catnip for the festival circuit...
View ArticleFrom Short to Feature: For years, Dee Rees honed her craft, resulting in a...
Film: ''I set out to write well-rounded characters,'' says Dee Rees of her filmmaking debut, Pariah. ''Each one has their own wants, their own needs, their own dreams. They don't just exist to make...
View ArticleParisian Dining: Carole Greenwood offers a dinner inspired by Alice Toklas
Dining: ''Well," says Carole Greenwood, "we're not making hashish spread, I can tell you that.'' She's cracking wise about the dinner she's preparing based on the Alice B. Toklas Cookbook. The partner...
View ArticleTaking the Stage: It took a lot of persuading to get local arts personality...
Stage: Will today's musicals have lasting cultural relevance? In most cases no, argues Robert Aubrey Davis. ''One hundred years from now,'' says the local arts critic and television host, ''everybody...
View ArticleComa Catch-Up: If you missed the 2011 albums from either Girl In A Coma or...
Music: ''How long until I know you don't care for us?'' Nina Diaz coos sweetly on ''Adjust,'' the song that launches the fourth studio album from her band, Girl In A Coma. She has every reason to...
View ArticleThe Need To Succeed: CAGLCC offers LGBT businesses the opportunity to grow...
Business: We're known as ''the Chamber,'' short for Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, or CAGLCC. We promote LGBT businesses and that of our allies in the D.C. metro area. We connect...
View ArticleWilliams Leaving Dupont Main Streets: Executive director steps down as head...
News: The board of Dupont Main Streets, the local nonprofit organization working to promote and preserve the historic nature of the Dupont Circle neighborhood, announced Jan. 1 that Paul Williams, its...
View ArticleGay and Lesbian Activists Alliance Elects New Officers: Wood passes torch to...
News: The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) of Washington held elections in December for its five executive officers for 2012, as the organization pushes for changes to District laws to ensure...
View Article2012: A Look Ahead: You don't need to be psychic to know where and when to be...
Feature Story: Being that so much of the future is uncertain, it's wise to pin down what you can. Will Nibiru materialize out of nowhere and give a boost to doomsday cred? Will Rick Santorum blaze a...
View ArticleSecond-Guessing Support: Some LGBT residents questioning past backing of...
News: Even his vote in favor of marriage equality may not be enough to salvage Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr.'s (D-Ward 5) political career among his LGBT constituents. The two-term councilmember has...
View ArticleJust Gone: A newspaper's demise is a reminder of the power of community
Opinion: Any lump of coal would be difficult to swallow, but the one I got the day after Christmas left me stunned. Marty Davis, publisher and editor-in-chief of Portland's twice monthly LGBT...
View ArticleTimes Square Tantrums: Artistic liberty pulls Green and his critics into...
Opinion: Not since Sinéad O'Connor ripped up a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in 1992 have so many believers been so outraged by such a simple act. I refer to the furor that erupted...
View ArticleRaucous Caucus: Iowa starts off 2012 with a surprising surge of Santorum,...
Opinion: If nothing else, the Iowa caucuses kicked off the year with an inadvertently entertaining bang. After months of a rotating circus of second-tier candidates taking their spotlight turns as...
View ArticleWhat's the most offensive Rick Santorum remark?: Take our poll! Enter to win...
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View ArticleCoverboy: Donald: A fan of David Archuleta and Omega, this 21-year-old has...
Coverboy Interview: Donald gets around. At least, he used to. Born in Iceland because of his dad's Air Force job, from there he spent much of his life bouncing around -- California, Florida, Texas,...
View ArticleWho would you like to see win the New Hampshire primary?: Take our poll and...
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View ArticleLGBT Groups React to Thomas Resignation: Councilmember Orange holds Ward 5...
News: Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. (D), generally perceived as an ally to the District's LGBT community, resigned from the council late in the evening, Saturday, Jan. 5, as expected, following...
View ArticleAbsent Update: News Analysis: Obama's position on marriage has been stalled...
News: ''I have no updates for you on the president's position on same-sex marriage.'' White House press secretary Jay Carney said the words with exasperation in his voice. President Barack Obama (Photo...
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