Metro Weekly

All posts by Doug Rule

  • Gregory Cendana

    In no small way being taunted growing up in Sacramento, Calif., inspired Gregory Cendana to activism. ''Even though I wasn't out in elementary and middle...

  • Ten-Minute Masterworks

    ''As far as we know it's probably the first time anyone in town has done something similar to this,'' says Jeff Scott, marketing and events...

  • Clark Bars

    Jeremiah Clark was weaned on sad contemporary Christian songs. But now that's he secular? '' doesn't have to be Jesus on a cross...

  • Stand Back

    Stevie Nicks is back with her first album in 10 years – 30 years after her solo debut. She almost sounds like she never left....

  • Cheers to Beer

    While living in England nearly 30 years ago, Garrett Oliver developed a taste for beer. Real beer. Not beer mass-marketed in America, or what he...

  • To the Nine

    You won't have to be dressed to the nines to get into Number Nine, D.C.'s newest gay lounge, set to open soon. But the space...

  • Vocally Proud

    Why settle for a Ford Focus when you could drive a Saab 9-3 Convertible instead? It may not be quite as high profile as American...

  • Go West

    What's a 10-person modern dance troupe with three gay members -- including its founder -- doing based full-time in Boise, Idaho? ''It's a pretty liberal...

  • Jazz Relativity

    ''If you go to an average 18-year-old and ask him, 'What's on your iPod?''' says Vijay Iyer, ''he'll be like, 'Well, Lil Wayne and Lady...

  • Music First

    Ask Leisha Hailey about The L Word, and at first she stumbles. ''Oh gosh, it's been so long since I've been on that show,'' says...

  • Stage Manager

    Michael Bobbitt was surprised when he learned the No Rules Theatre Company wanted to honor him with its Distinguished Artist In Their Youth award --...

  • Fueling Station

    Jacob Pring and Charger Stone photographed by Julian Vankim Need to refuel? This Sunday, May 1, take an exit to Adams Morgan for D.C.'s first-ever...

  • Big Bad Bass

    Matt Boehler photographed at Wolf Trap by Todd Franson ''There's nothing more gay than opera!'' exclaims opera singer Matt Boehler. ''We have fabulous divas wearing...

  • The Omega Man

    Once upon a time, at a jam-packed gay bar known as the Frat House, there was a rush on Rush. ''We actually stopped selling liquor...

  • Express Yourself

    The three characters in Gustavo Ott's Divorcees, Evangelists and Vegetarians, now at GALA Theatre, are not played by drag queens, though it's easy to imagine...