All posts by Doug Rule
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Red Hot
''It's not going to be like any other night at Apex,'' says Adam Ross Wilson, who is bringing his party Calor to city's longest-running gay...
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Rhoda Returns
''She was so much more outrageous than I would ever think of being,'' says Valerie Harper of legendary actress Tallulah Bankhead. ''She would make Rhoda...
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Crystal Clarity
Two decades ago, Crystal Waters was just another bored D.C. government employee. On a lark, she turned to recording music, and in short order, the...
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A la Mode
Has Depeche Mode, pioneers of dark electronica, seen the light? ''Just look at me,'' lead singer Dave Gahan sings on ''Peace,'' from the band's new...
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Gray's EFN Anatomy
Bill Gray is happy to have stirred up a bit of mystery surrounding the future of the bar at 1318 Ninth St. NW. ''I get...
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Puppet Master
Until just a few years ago, Joe Goode considered himself a ''puppetphobe.'' ''Puppets seemed like children's theater,'' says the innovative choreographer. ''The cuteness factor was...
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Happy Hours
''I had never bartended before in my life,'' says Eduardo Sevilla Jr. of the time five years ago when he went from being a regular...
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Stateside Arrival
''One of the things we wanted to do was bring some of the fun back to dance music,'' says James Wiltshire, referring to the impetus...
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The 2009 Metro Weekly Next Generation Awards
2009 Next Generation Awardees: (clockwise from left) Hoang, Watson, Ramirez, Bell The story of our community is a story of generations. The generation that formed...
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Eboné Bell
Last December, Eboné Bell quit her day job as the advertising manager at the Chronicle of Higher Education. She wanted to focus full time on...
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Life Before Wartime
''Berliner Kabarett is like a musical quilt,'' says the show's director Christopher Gallu. ''It's got all these songs that were never intended to be put...
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Cherry's New Taste
''People should expect a different look from what they normally see,'' says Cherry Fund co-chair Allen Sexton, talking about the nonprofit organization's annual weekend event....
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Being Boring
Neil Tennant wants to rekindle the romance. ''I'd survive with only memories, if I could change the way I feel,'' the Pet Shop Boys frontman...
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Easter Tops
Last year, JR.'s Dave Perruzza won the crown for best bonnet -- at Freddie's Beach Bar's Easter Bonnet Brunch. Perruzza, of course, knows a thing...
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Strangely Enough
Patsy Cline's is the first voice heard on the debut, solo-artist album from Sharam Tayebi, one-half of the celebrated D.C. dance duo Deep Dish. Doesn't...
