| Feature Story | Classical Music: Symphonies, Operas, and other Concerts | Fall Arts Preview 2009 | |
| Feature Story | Readings: Authors, Writers, Politicians and Personalities | Fall Arts Preview 2009 | |
| Feature Story | Music: Pop, Rock, Folk and Jazz | Fall Arts Preview 2009 | |
| Feature Story | Art: Museums and Galleries | Fall Arts Preview 2009 | |
| Feature Story | Dance: Ballet, Modern, International | Fall Arts Preview 2009 | |
| Feature Story | Movies: New Films and Festivals | Fall Arts Preview 2009 | |
| Feature Story | Stage and Theater: Plays, Musicals and Performance Art | Fall Arts Preview 2009 | |
| Feature Story | Fall Arts Preview 2009 | Our annual comprehensive listings to the local arts and entertainment season | Compiled by Doug Rule and Randy Shulman Cover Photography by Todd Franson |
| News | Marching On | As clock ticks down, local and national advocates work on planning, fundraising for Equality March | by Clare Shepherd |
| News | Renegades Routed | Stead Park no longer rugby-ready | by Yusef Najafi |
| News | Staying in the House | Barney Frank won't seek Kennedy's Senate seat | by Lisa Keen |
| News | Congressional Calling | Easter Spencer answers White House call for Mautner client at health care speech | By Will O'Bryan |
| News | Plea Accepted | Hannah free on bond till 'simple assault' sentencing in Hunter death | by Yusef Najafi |
| Film | Punctuation's Mark! | Matt Damon gives exclamation-point worthy performance in The Informant!, but the movie fails to ignite or excite | by Tim Plant |
| Opera | Looney Tunes | Even if you first heard it from Bugs, Rossini's The Barber of Seville shows there's plenty of spirited fun to be had in opera | by Kate Wingfield |
| Stage | More than a Cabaret | First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb | by Doug Rule |
| Stage | Portraiture | Dorian Gray never fails, but it does falter a bit, while Moonlight gives us Pinter the way Pinter is meant to be | by Tom Avila |
| Opinion | Time To Act | Center Field | by Richard J. Rosendall |
| Horoscope | Horoscope | September 17-23, 2009 | by Carrie Megginson |
| Events | Busch Garden | The gay theatre icon helps Ganymede kick off its festival | By Will O'Bryan |
| Food | Grass Is Greener | Local farmers tout nutrition and taste of grass-fed beef | by Yusef Najafi |
| Do It! | The Ushers | GLBT theater enthusiasts have been attending plays for the past two decades | by Yusef Najafi |
| Snapshots | BHT's Annual Gay and Lesbian Day at King's Dominion | Richmond, Virginia | Ward Morrison |
| Snapshots | The Wanda Alston House | First Anniversary Awards Reception | Ward Morrison |