Metro Weekly

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  • Campastrophic: Of Moonwalks, Musicals and Mishkuntas

    July 20, 1969, nighttime. Crickets are chirping. A warm breeze gently sifts through the trees, rustling the leaves. A small, black-and-white TV emits a glow...

  • Home Is Where the Camp Is

    Given the theme of the magazine that I'm sure you've come to expect thus far, I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that I've actually never been...

  • Signature Style

    Ask Eric Schaeffer what he loves most about musicals and here is the answer you get: ''I just love how musicals are about big emotions,...

  • Albert Schweitzer

    Albert Schweitzer ''Quilt Mama'' 16'' x 20'' mixed media on board 2007 Turning 40 just four days before the opening of ''Art in Heat,'' Albert...

  • Margaret Dowell

    Margaret Dowell ''Self-Portrait With Holy Man'' 4' x 6' oil on canvas 2007 Margaret Dowell learned her work ethic early in life, toiling in Maryland...

  • Painted Lives

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  • Scott G. Brooks

    Scott G. Brooks ''Royally Ducked'' 36'' x 48'' oil on canvas 2007 Broken Eggs. Downtrodden fairy tale figures. Princesses, fairies, carnival sideshows. Amputated stumps. Wide-set...

  • Linas Garsys

    Linas Garsys ''Holiday Takes A Baltimore'' (detail) 36'' x 48'' acrylic on board 2007 Being born in Thailand has nothing to do with Linas Garsys'...

  • Alan Defibaugh

    Alan Defibaugh ''Who Do You Want Me To Be To Make You Sleep With Me?'' 18'' x 20'' giclée print on canvas 2007 There's a...

  • Pooch Pride

    See all 72 photos from the 2007 Pride of Pets Collars, leashes and harnesses were the fashion statements of choice in Dupont Circle over the...

  • Capital Pride 2007

    Yes, that was Mayor Adrian M. Fenty marching and throwing bead necklaces at the Capital Pride Parade on Saturday, June 9. Fenty joined hundreds of...

  • Put on Your Pride

    It's kind of a no-brainer: Capital Pride is a community event. That doesn't explain why Whitman-Walker Clinic has been the sole producer of the event...

  • Hometown Heroes

    When it comes to the pageantry of parades, beyond the floats and marching bands, there is something romantic about the notion of ''grand marshals.'' That...

  • Cherry's New Taste

    Months removed from its namesake cherry blossoms, this year's Cherry circuit party instead takes its cue from even further back in time -- all the...

  • Party with a Cause

    It wasn't until the clock hit the 6 p.m. closing hour of D.C. Black Pride's ''Liberty, Unity, Strength'' Festival that R&B singer Monica finally made...