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  • Raising the Bar

    By on October 20, 2004

    Every state in the nation has an attorney general serving as top lawyer. So do American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and...

  • Reel Affirmations 14

    By on October 13, 2004

    Here's a look at more than 100 films and videos during the 2004 presentation of Reel Affirmations film festival, from October 14-23 Previous...

  • Dropping the GOP

    By on October 6, 2004

    In the summer of 1910, Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech in a small town in Kansas. No one knew then that Roosevelt -- who left...

  • Rock the House

    By on September 29, 2004

    The organizers of the WEDRock benefit concert wanted to raise support for one of this year's most explosive issues, same-sex marriage. But they didn't want...

  • Classical and Choral Music Preview

    By on September 15, 2004

    D.C.'S DIFFERENT DRUMMERS 202-269-4868 www.dcdd.org Tunes that go Bump in the Night -- A Halloween concert presented by D.C.'s Different Drummers Symphonic Band, complete with...

  • Pop Music Preview

    By on September 15, 2004

    SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS TEARS FOR FEARS: Like so many other long-ago hitmaking Britpop bands, have regrouped this year for the first time in 15 years. Would...

  • Stage Preview

    By on September 15, 2004

    AFRICAN CONTIUUM THEATRE CO. 1365 H St. NE 202-396-2125 www.africancontinuumtheatre.com A Lesson Before Dying -- As an innocent young man is condemned to death, his...

  • Film Preview

    By on September 15, 2004

    SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS WIMBLEDON -- If tennis mixed with love is your preferred tea, then this romance set amid England's prestigious ball-batting event, starring Paul Bettany...

  • Art Museum and Gallery Preview

    By on September 15, 2004

    ANACOSTIA MUSEUM & CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE 1901 Fort Pl. SE 202-287-3306 www.anacostia.si.edu Selected Works By William H. Smith -- From the...

  • Dance Preview

    By on September 15, 2004

    CLARICE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER University of Maryland College Park 301-405-ARTS www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh & Company -- Songs of My Life links a series of...

  • Buck Off!

    By on September 8, 2004

    These are the sounds of a rodeo: Thumping hooves. Stomping feet. Snorting bulls. Yee-haw cowboys. Twangy guitars. Clapping hands. Clicking heels. Clicking heels? Well, we...

  • Boots, Buckles and Broadway

    By on September 8, 2004

    Growing up on the quiet, conservative streets of Virginia Beach, Va., Kevin Platte discovered at an early age that he had a passion for dancing....

  • Rodeo Schedule

    By on September 8, 2004

    Remingtons: 639 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE; Washington, DC Montgomery County Fairgrounds: 16 Chestnut Street; Gaithersburg, MD Hyatt Regency: 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW; Washington, DC For...

  • Targeting Dupont

    By on September 1, 2004

    Washingtonians have plenty of reasons to feel anxious, looking at the city through Code Orange-tinted lenses. An errant airplane causes the frenzied evacuation of Congress....

  • Signature Moments

    By on August 25, 2004

    ''My mother won't explain it,'' says Paris Barclay of his offbeat but memorably elegant first name. ''She claimed she was reading mythology when I was...