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Patti LuPone Talks About Broadway’s Problems
Patti LuPone has problems. Mainly, though, they come down to Cirque du Soleil and Hair. On Saturday, Sept. 10 LuPone will be performing her sold-out...
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NAACP Joins Maryland Marriage Fight
The Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has become the latest organization to join the umbrella organization Marylanders...
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HIV/AIDS Nonprofit Head Insults Gay Councilmembers
The director of an HIV/AIDS nonprofit – now being sued by D.C.'s attorney general for allegedly diverting more than $300,000 in city funds intended for...
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No Perfect Union
Every writer looks back and cringes at some of their past work — what seemed clear at the time is clunky in retrospect, what was...
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Answering the Call
As America prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, emotions may run high. Many in the D.C. area have memories...
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Musical Marker
During most days, Dr. Joel Ang's primary concern is managing his patients' care, specializing in HIV and family care at Q Street MDs. But sutures...
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Dance for Youth
''Many people are living the dream, but in other areas we're still working to progress,'' says Steven Wilson. After the unveiling of the new Martin...
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Manji's Mission
Irshad Manji has new pieces in her life. There's her new book, Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage To Reconcile Faith and Freedom. Then there's...
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Dancing Dominion
Some people go to Kings Dominion to ride roller coasters and bumper cars. Others go to eat cotton candy or funnel cake. And then there...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: You're on the way. You're growing into your potential. You're exceeding expectations – yours and others. You're all that and more. So take...
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Outspoken, Ep. 37 – All Things Beyonce
In this installment, host Ebone Bell hits the Beyonce Birthday Bash at Town Danceboutique and tries to find the ultimate Beyonce Fan (and help the...
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9/11-related theater: Rep Stage’s The Guys
Rep Stage offers performances of Anne Nelson’s The Guys as part of its ancillary Salon Series. The Guys focuses on a New York fire captain,...
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BSO’s Season Preview
Marin Alsop leads the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and cellist Dariusz Skoraczewski in a Season Preview concert, with excerpts from the new season. Among the highlights:...
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Joy Behar says gay couples’ legal needs influenced her surprise marriage decision [video]
“Last year, I talked about this gay couple that I know — women. And one of them was very ill. In fact, she passed away....
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Critical Court
California Supreme Court Justice Ming Chin asked the lead counsel seeking to overturn the state's 2008 initiative amending the state's constitution to ban same-sex couples...
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Ninth Circuit Keeps Arizona Law Ending Same-Sex Partner Health Benefits on Hold
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today affirmed a district court decision keeping an Arizona state law from going into effect that,...
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DOJ Argues DOMA’s Unconstitutionality Holds, Even in Immigration Context
To follow up on Metro Weekly‘s report, “Defending DOMA, Fighting Back,” about the Department of Justice filing on Friday, Sept. 2, in a challenge to...
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Proposition 8 in Court: California Supreme Court Certified Question Argument FAQ
At 10 a.m. Pacific Time, the California Supreme Court is to hear oral arguments in its attempt to answer the certified question about the specifics...
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Trial Date Set for Columbia Heights Altercation
Two brothers accused of attacking a group of lesbians in Columbia Heights in July appeared in D.C. Superior Court this morning for a preliminary hearing....
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Defending DOMA, Fighting Back
Hamdi Lui and Michael Ernest Roberts, a same-sex couple married in Massachusetts but living in California, brought a case aimed at keeping Lui – a...
