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  • Beijing Dance Theater at the Kennedy Center

    The Beijing Dance Theater, China’s three-year-old contemporary troupe, fuses ballet and modern dance with traditional dance. It’s making its Kennedy Center debut with Haze, performed...

  • Bill T. Jones discusses his work at the U of Md.

    Celebrated gay stage director and choreographer Bill T. Jones (Fela!, Spring Awakening), among other hats, sits down for a wide-ranging discussion about his life and...

  • Kameny's Artifacts on Display at Smithsonian

    The tributes to local gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny continue in the days following his death on Oct. 11, with the Smithsonian offering the public...

  • Wish Me Away

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Rating: (4 out of 5) Saturday, 10/22/2011, 11:00 AM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium WITH ONE PUBLIC announcement in spring of 2010,...

  • The Wise Kids

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Rating: (5 out of 5) Saturday, 10/22/2011, 1:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium Stephen Cone's The Wise Kids is...

  • Jitters

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Órói Review by Randy Shulman Rating: (3 out of 5) Saturday, 10/22/2011, 3:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium English with Icelandic and Engl

  • Pariah

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Chris Heller Rating: (5 out of 5) Saturday, 10/22/2011, 5:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium IN THE...

  • Loose Cannons

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Mine Vaganti Review by Sean Bugg Rating: (5 out of 5) Saturday, 10/22/2011, 7:15 PM Feature presentation, $20 at Lisner Auditorium Italian wit

  • Reel Affirmations 20: Day 10 – That’s a Wrap!

    Reel Affirmations winds up its 20th Film Festival at Lisner Auditorium with several extremely strong films, including The Wise Kids (Five Triangles, Critic’s Pick) at...

  • Morgan

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Rating: (4 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 5:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium "I'D RATHER BE fucking dead than go on...

  • Harvest

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Stadt Land Fluss Review by Chris Heller Rating: (4 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 6:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at GWU Amphitheatre German with English subt

  • Longhorns

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Doug Rule Rating: (3 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 7:15 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium "ALL GUYS GO...

  • Sister Smile

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Soeur Sourire Review by Will O'Bryan Rating: (5 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 7:30 PM Feature presentation, $25 at Embassy of France French wi

  • The Pulpit

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Pulupot Review by Sean Bugg Rating: (4 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 8:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at GWU Amphitheatre Filipino and Tagalog with English sub

  • Eating Out 5: The Open Weekend

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Rating: (1 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 9:30 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium WHAT TO SAY about a movie that lacks...

  • Madame X

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Sean Bugg Rating: (3 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 9:45 PM Feature presentation, $12 at GWU Amphitheatre POOR ADAM IS not...

  • Suicide Room

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Sala Samobojcow Review by Tim Plant Rating: (5 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 11:30 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium Polish w

  • Suede and Vickie Shaw join forces

    Alexandria’s Birchmere offers a night of lesbian cabaret and comedy this Saturday, Oct. 22. The stunning lesbian performer Suede, who got her start in D.C....

  • Coming to the 9:30 Club: CSS and MEN

    The headliner at the 9:30 Club this Monday, Oct. 24, is enough of a draw all its own — CSS, which stands for Cansei de...

  • Hudson Taylor at Team DC Awards

    Three-time All-American wrestler Hudson Taylor, founder of LGBT-affirming Athlete Ally, is the special guest at Team DC’s 2011 Champions Awards, recognizing the stars of the...