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  • Classical Music Preview

    D.C.'s Different Drummers 202-269-4868 www.dcdd.org Fall Symphonic Band Concert -- Mark your calendars now to catch the next performance by members of Washington's GLBT community-focused...

  • Stage Preview

    Actors' Theatre of Washington 202-543-3607 www.atwdc.org After Dark -- GLBT-focused company brings back last season's romantic comedy hit (1409 Playbill Café, 11/8 to 12/23)... Naked...

  • Popular Music Preview

    SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS No. 2 9/5: Neil Gust, formerly the gay co-frontman of Heatmiser, reinvents himself as the gay co-frontman of rawwwk-chopped pop outfit No. 2,...

  • Books Preview

         As summer winds down, it's time to take a moment and seriously consider the idea of the summer beach book. Aside from the fact...

  • Dance Preview

    Dance Place 3225 8th St. NE 202-269-1600 www.danceplace.org Bolshoi Ballet Step Afrika! -- Explosive and percussive ensemble highlighting the African-American fraternity and sorority art form...

  • Art Preview

    American Visionary Art Museum 800 Key Highway Baltimore, Md. 410-244-1900 High on Life: Transcending Addiction -- Featuring artwork created by drug addicts while in the...

  • Film Preview

    SEPTEMBER City by the Sea CITY BY THE SEA -- Robert DeNiro plays a police detective whose son (James Franco) becomes a primary suspect in...

  • Student Handbook: Bibliography

    POLITICAL SCIENCE D.C. Statehood Green Party 1314 18th St. NW 202-296-1301 www.dcstatehoodgreen.org Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) 202-667-5139 www.glaa.org Read about these locations in...

  • The MW Student Handbook

    Photography by Michael Wichita Also see the accompanying Resource Guide. You're a freshman, so you're a little bit stupid. S'ok. D.C. is easy if you...

  • Tony Curtis

    Tony Curtis ''I'm telling you'' -- Tony Curtis's Brooklyn accent is as thick and redolent and comforting as a slice of New York pizza with...

  • Melting Point

    Like any Washingtonian worth his salt, I loathe tourists, especially in August. Nothing amplifies late summer misery like encountering a gaggle of out-of-towners standing to...

  • And Now, Your Local Forecast

    For infotainment at its best, you can't beat your local TV news affiliate. Unlike the national broadcast, delivered with an icy sense of professionalism, the...

  • It's the Heat. And the Stupidity.

    It's hot, and I'm stupid. I wanted to use some big words to tell you this, but they all seem to be lost in the...

  • Living in Cyn

    Cyndi Lauper is turning fifty years old. Now let's think about this for a moment, because her effect on you when she entered your life...

  • Icy Terrain

    Photography by Michael Wichita Write what you know. It's the sage advice all aspiring novelists hear, and Brian Malloy took it to heart when creating...