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Editor’s Pick: Cocktail tasting with Dale DeGroff
Master mixologist Dale DeGroff shares anecdotes from historical drinking spots and traces the evolution of the cocktail in his book Life In Saloons, Speaks and...
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NSO Pops: Jon Secada and Tito Puente Jr.
Marvin Hamlisch conducts the NSO Pops in a concert paying tribute to Latin rhythms, courtesy of percussionist Tito Puente Jr., son of the legend, and...
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Win tickets to The Twilight Singers at the 9:30 Club
From the 9:30 Club website: “Whenever you’re here, you’re alive” are the first words sung on Dynamite Steps, the fifth album from Greg Dulli’s Twilight...
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
A Slate film critic said that Werner Herzog’s latest film, Cave of Forgotten Dream, a three-dimensional documentary about 30,000-year-old paintings in the Chauvet cave in...
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Three literate lesbians — Lisa Gitlin, Fay Jacobs and Amy Dawson
Three lesbian authors will entertain as they read from their recent works. D.C.’s Lisa Gitlin reads from her comic memoir I Came Out For This?,...
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Nick Benton’s Gay Science
The author of the provocative “Gay Science” historical analysis series, Nick Benton will speak on his views about gay identity and purpose at Georgetown’s Dumbarton...
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Open Studio today and tomorrow at 52 O Street
The Ward 5 artist home and gallery 52 O Street, formerly a People’s Drug warehouse and Decca Records office, offers its annual Open Studios event...
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US Olympic rep Peter Vidmar slammed for Mormon politics against gay marriage
“I have dedicated my life to the Olympic movement and the ideals of excellence, friendship and respect. I wish that my personal religious beliefs would...
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Gay blog Queerty revived by GayCities
“More than five years after launching Queerty, and establishing what would become one of the most well-read and respected voices in LGBT media, I am...
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Gay singer Chely Wright publicly supports Blake Shelton over Twitter controversy
Hey, if we all agree that words we use- as public figures matter- then let’s not question @blakeshelton‘s sincerity. He stated his position. make no...
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Resorts Casino Hotel opens gay nightclub Prohibition
Resorts Casino Hotel announced this week that it has opened Atlantic City’s only casino-housed LGBT nightclub, called Prohibition. “Atlantic City has plenty of world-class amenities,...
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Wanda Sykes talks about gay boycott of Chick-Fil-A on Tonight Show’
“You know, I call Esther. She’s getting bigger…. Esther and I — we’re always at odds. We have a real big fight going...
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Galactica’s Rapture Rehearsal
Local drag phenom Galactica (a.k.a. the “pink-haired diva” a.k.a. Jeffrey Johnson) will preview her upcoming show with her band Capt. Satellite (a.k.a. musical director Christopher...
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Henry Velandia’s Deportation Proceeding Adjourned, AG Holder’s Decision Cited As Reason
Attorney Lavi Soloway tells Metro Weekly that Henry Velandia’s deportation proceedings have been adjourned, in part, because of Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to vacate...
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Ricky Martin says he loves being out and gay, rather than feeling ‘evil’
<A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?rt=ss_ssw&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fjduy-20%2F8003%2F62ad9fa2-326a-4ecc-8af3-bf181ba77116&Operation=NoScript” mce_HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?rt=ss_ssw&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fjduy-20%2F8003%2F62ad9fa2-326a-4ecc-8af3-bf181ba77116&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A> ”Being a Ricky Martin, and being what Ricky Martin represented back then, and what I was feeling was not compatible at...
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Blake Shelton apologizes for tweet, calls anti-gay violence “unacceptable”
“@glaad hey I want my fans and @nbcthevoice fans to know that anti-gay and lesbian violence is unacceptable!!!!!” Blake Shelton, country music star and celebrity...
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Follies at the Kennedy Center
One of Stephen Sondheim’s greatest works — with a book by James Goldman — the Kennedy Center stages a major revival of the Tony-winning Follies...
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Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt and Saboteur at AFI Silver
The American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre presents the second in a three-part series this year exploring the works of the great filmmaker. Part II focuses...
