Metro Weekly

All posts by Doug Rule

  • Fall Arts Preview 2009

    CLASSICAL MUSIC Bach Sinfonia Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at UMD Coolidge Auditorium D.C.'S Different Drummers Fairfax Symphony Orchestra Folger Consort Gay...

  • More than a Cabaret

    A musical revue featuring songs from the creators of Chicago and Cabaret? Including standards such as ''New York, New York,'' ''Ring Them Bells'' and ''All...

  • Three's Company

    Two months ago, U Street-area venues Town and DC9 paired up for a special one-night-only promotion. Now Nellie's Sports Bar has joined them to make...

  • Boy Talk

    ''West End Girls.'' ''It's A Sin.'' ''Always On My Mind.'' ''Go West.'' ''New York City Boy.''Quickly approaching 30 years of musical partnership, Neil Tennant and...

  • Strictly Fetish

    ''This kind of party is really big in Europe, in places like Manchester and Berlin,'' says Jacob Nathaniel Pring. He's talking about the new monthly...

  • 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...

  • Mess No More

    Let’s see, the last time we got a good dose of Whitney Houston was four years ago, when she appeared as a caricature on Bravo’s...

  • Antiques Extravaganza

    Gus Davis and his partner will look for paintings and silver to furnish their home. Kris Charamonde is in the market for an art deco...

  • Revealing Host

    Jayson Watson's mother once helped him at the Green Lantern. ''She got to hold towels over people's crotches, and that was the best day of...

  • Classical Gas

    Did you know Sandra Bernhard is a ''classically trained singer?'' We didn't either, but it says so right there in the press release for her...

  • Ultra Free

    ''The gay community completely embraced it and made it kind of the mantra of how people felt,'' says Ultra Naté, in reference to her 1997...

  • Daring DJ

    Drew Montalvo took up DJ-ing on a dare, following a night of clubbing in New York. To prove them wrong, he impulsively spent his savings...

  • Amped Indigo

    Amy Ray says she’s more of the rocker in the Indigo Girls. “Yeah, definitely. I mean, Emily can play an electric guitar like crazy,...

  • Sensitive Singers

    Over two and a half years ago, Duncan Sheik produced the debut album from gay pop singer Chris Garneau. Music for Tourists was released one...

  • Signature Moment

    Earlier this year, Arlington’s Signature Theatre won the Tony Award as the country’s best regional theater. This Saturday, at its annual open house, the theater...