| Feature Story | Plays, Pumps and Progress | With drama and drag, Actors' Theatre of Washington forges ahead | by Will O'Bryan Photographyby Todd Franson |
| Feature Story | Home Team | In a packed field, Michael Brown aims to break out by targeting the growing divide between haves and have-nots | Interview by Sean Bugg Photography by Todd Franson |
| Books | What Comes Around | Michael Thomas Ford takes a serious route through gay history, told through a story of ''the friendship of boys'' | by Randy Shulman |
| Film | Splish Splash | One narf, one scrunt, and a bunch of helpful humans add up to a engaging bedtime story from M. Night Shyamalan's 'Lady in the Water' | by Randy Shulman |
| Music | Dress Up | Cult-faves New York Dolls make music that's just plain silly, while Hot Chip deserves mainstream attention | by Doug Rule |
| Stage | Silky Smooth | Duke Ellington's music comes to life at MetroStage with a little bit of substance and whole lot of style | by Jolene Munch |
| Soundwaves (archive) | Soundwaves | Janet Jackson, Interpol, The Rapture | by Doug Rule |
| Opinion | Green-Eyed Envy | Commentary: Alphabet Soup | by Kristina Campbell |
| Horoscope | Horoscope | July 27-August 2, 2006 | by Carrie Megginson |
| Snapshots | JR.'s | JR.'s | Henry Linser |