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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...
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Baldwin: “I’m running for the U.S. Senate.”
Today, in an email to supporters, Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) announced the expected news that she will be running for the U.S. Senate seat being...
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Apex's New Phase
The secret's finally out: The club most recently known as Apex will soon reopen as Phase 1 of Dupont, an offshoot of D.C.'s oldest lesbian...
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Ninth Circuit Hears Log Cabin Arguments, Considers Whether DADT Repeal Ends Case
On Thursday, Sept. 1, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard the appeal in Log Cabin Republicans v....
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Mose Allison at Blues Alley
A major influence on many musicians over the last half-century, including Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt and Elvis Costello, Mose Allison‘s pioneering blend of jazz and...
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Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage Festival
Now in its tenth year, this three-day event offers free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by more than 40 area...
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North by Northwest at AFI’s Silver
The American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre concludes its three-part series this year exploring the works of Alfred Hitchcock with one of the film auteur’s finest...
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Review: The Hold Steady at the 9:30 Club
Everybody goes to a concert to sing along with the band. But when crowds pack in to see The Hold Steady, they belt. The Brooklyn...
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No Bail for Cop in Trans Shooting
The off-duty police officer arrested for allegedly shooting at a car containing two transgender women and three others was denied bond at a preliminary status...
