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  • A Wrinkle in Time at Round House

    Round House Theatre greets the season with A Wrinkle in Time, a show that talks about love and family with more humor and adventure than...

  • Washington Ballet’s Nutcracker closes this Sunday

    Seven years ago, The Washington Ballet’s Septime Webre refashioned The Nutcracker to be a tribute to the nation’s capital, starring George Washington as the heroic...

  • Good for the Jews

    A musical-comedy duo from New York, Rob Tannenbaum and David Fagin are “putting the Ha! in Hanukkah” on Christmas Eve with Good for the Jews,...

  • All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam

    Now in its 12th year, Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage presents the All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam, a free concert with host and vibraphonist Chuck Redd,...

  • 2010: Year in Review

    JANUARY The transition from 2009 to 2010 was harsh, marked by a murder. The year's first issue of Metro Weekly reported on the shooting of...

  • The Path Down the Aisle

    Two weeks before the start of 2010, Mayor Adrian Fenty joined a crowd of about 200 at All Souls Unitarian Church where he signed the...

  • Done Deal

    Way back in 1993, I was a young activist filled with the desire to make the world a better place for gays and lesbians. Many...

  • Banner Day

    Saturday night's holiday concert by the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington began with director Jeff Buhrman saying to roaring applause, ''Today was a historic day,''...

  • Where Bullies Are Born

    Every morning, I spend my 30-minute commute from D.C. to Lorton, Va., listening to the Sports Junkies – four guys shooting the crap about all...

  • Signing Is Not the End

    Although President Barack Obama signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 into law on Wednesday, Dec. 22, the law remains in effect...

  • Musical Chairs

    When he assumes the role of mayor next month D.C. City Council Chairman Vince Gray (D) will be handing his council seat to Councilmember Kwame...

  • Sympathetic Sleuths

    It's been more than four years since Robert Wone was found dead inside the Dupont home of his gay college friend Joseph Price. And the...

  • The Waiting Game

    Leaving his spot as director of the Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs at the end of 2010, as was expected with Mayor Adrian Fenty's departure,...

  • Maryland's Marriage Push

    The prize is the same, but the playing field has improved for activists seeking marriage equality in Maryland over the past three years. It was...

  • Raise Your Glass

    The year 2010 was as bad as -- or worse than -- 2009. But it ended with a gay bang, with the long-delayed, down-to-the-wire repeal...

  • Some Enchanted Evenings

    Okay. So, Nellie Forbush is no Cee Lo Green. While both deliver tunes that are incredibly infectious and sure to stay with you for a...

  • A Bully Year

    For young LGBT people, or simply those perceived to be, 2010 was a chilling year as headline after headline reported on those of them who...

  • Western Stars

    There are many words that would aptly describe Joel and Ethan Coen's latest film, True Grit, but the one that seems most appropriate is indulgent....

  • Virtual Victims

    Just like many of his million-plus users, Grindr founder and Chief Executive Joel Simkhai has met his share of men on his handy iPhone app....

  • A Long Year — With a Well-Deserved End to DADT

    On Jan. 27, President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress to give his State of the Union address. In it, he said, ''This...