Metro Weekly

Events

  • Earned Wings

    ''The sort of plays we produce,'' says Forum Theatre artistic director Michael Dove, ''are incredibly theatrical. plays that ask really big questions, that tackle...

  • Sky Queen

    She's global. She's glam. She's Pam Ann. And while her comedic Pam Ann persona is sky-bound, you're more likely to have encountered Caroline Reid on...

  • Dancing with Vasudevan

    Like most Indian dance pieces, the Bharata Natyam tells a story. Aniruddhan Vasudevan, who is gay and one of the dancers performing the classical Indian...

  • Leading Man

    ''I love the play. I love what it says. I love the fact that it's sort-of perfectly tied into what's going on in my personal...

  • Phase Set to Stun

    ''One of my biggest fears is that this year we're going to have to turn people away,'' says Angela Lombardi, lead organizer of PhaseFest. The...

  • Scare Tactics

    ''The philosophy behind Dorian Gray is that Dorian lives in a time when no one can be shocked, and he's trying to rebel against that,''...

  • Busch Garden

    For Charles Busch, Washington is akin to a first love. The long-ago memory has all the elements: joy, discovery and resonance -- even as some...

  • Shorts Stuff

    The DC Shorts Film Festival isn't getting longer, but it is stretching its legs. For a week starting Sept. 10, the 2009 festival will show...

  • Thrill Out

    During Kings Dominion's annual Gay and Lesbian Night, Tom Yates is generally too busy tending to the park's entrance to enjoy the rides. ''They usually...

  • Squaring Off

    When square-dance devotees talk about this all-American (well, sort of) art form, they're bound to get to the patterns eventually. And why not? From above,...

  • Gay Ghost?

    Between the Miss Adams Morgan pageant and the annual High Heel Races, it's often suggested that Halloween must be a kind of gay holiday, considering...