Metro Weekly
  • Generation Last

    Carl Paladino really is the unwanted gift that keeps on giving, a politician whose every apology leads to another apology in a recursive loop that...

  • Pumped to Race

    Organizers of the 24th annual High Heel Race, set for Tuesday, Oct. 26, are asking for three things: One, they need volunteers. Two, they want...

  • Acquiescent Accomplices

    In one of the blunter responses to the recent spate of student suicides, comedian Sarah Silverman said by video, ''Dear America: When you tell gay...

  • No Place Safe

    Ben Carver is not talking to the press. But in a nearly 1,700-word Oct. 5 blog post on BenCarver.com, the D.C. resident describes how he...

  • Sentinels Score

    Basketball players from across the country ­– more than 200 – will descend on Washington this weekend for Capital City Classic II, D.C.'s second biennial...

  • Stein Offers Awards

    There's certainly cause to celebrate, says Gertrude Stein Democratic Club President Jeffrey Richardson of the group's upcoming annual awards reception on Oct. 28. ''We're really...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: What are you seeding by intent? What are you seeding by accident? What you sow right now is the ''crop'' that will see...

  • Velvet Goldmine

    Manny Lehman. Aubrey. Reg. Cryogenic freeze. ''There are a lot of things that people think of when they think of Nation, but nobody thinks of...

  • Fairy Tale Romance

    Sometimes what you want is the fairy tale, a storybook romance that begins with ''once upon a time'' and ends with -- if not slain...

  • Unorthodox Material

    Miryam Kabakov's new anthology features first-person narratives from queer Orthodox Jewish women In his writings, the influential 12th century Jewish philosopher Maimonides speaks of a...

  • Mini Affirmations

    Bears on a soapbox – that's the most concise way of describing the preachy BearCity, about finding love in the wild woods of New York...

  • Furry Friends

    More than 16 years ago, Doug Langway stood across the street from a New York bear bar wondering if he had the guts to go...

  • Talkies

    In the '80s, Joel Hodgson was in his 20s living in L.A., working the stand-up comedy circuit. He was offered a sitcom. He turned it...

  • Maddow: Anti-gay ‘culture war’ campaigns used by Tea Party’s DeMint, Paladino, Angle, O’Donnell, others [video]

    ”We must stop pandering to the pornographers and the perverts who seek to target our  children and destroy their lives. ”I did not march in...

  • News Analysis: What Is DOJ Thinking?

    I’m going to try and avoid going too deep into the woods tonight — because it’s late and because I’m tired — but I have...