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The Roots, tonight at the 9:30 Club
What the Philadelphia hip-hop ensemble The Roots lacks in mainstream popular recognition they more than make up for in influence. Combining jazz and soul elements,...
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Fantasia tonight at DAR Constitution Hall
Fantasia Barrino’s Back to Me Tour returns this third-season American Idol winner to D.C. a year after she appeared at the Kennedy Center as Celie...
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MTV’s US version of ‘Skins’ to air Jan 17 with lesbian character, Tea [video]
”It was definitely hard at first. I had auditioned for Michelle, so I was kind of in that mindset rather than Tea’s. And so, I...
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DC’s Cardinal Wuerl continues campaign against gay marriage and sex [video]
“You have to put that into context about what the Church would be concerned about. When we’re dealing the question about military readiness or morale,...
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Barney Frank’s week of gay zingers [video]
”By the way, I‘ve always wondered what would have been the situation if I or another gay or lesbian official had said, We have this...
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Gay NYC couple flooded with mail meant for Santa; touched by kids’ letters [video]
”Over the past month, we’ve received hundreds of letters addressed to Santa Claus…. As it’s progressed, I’ve cared about that less and less, and been...
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Richard Chamberlain on new ‘Brothers & Sisters’ role; Does not advise leading gay actors to come out
”My character met Ron’s character, Saul, back in the ’80s. Saul was a serious kind of guy, but Jonathan was a heartbreaking playboy at that...
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Military won’t extend benefits to gay spouses? Obama and Biden address gay marriage issues [video]
”The partners of gay service members will not at this point be given any special rights or any rights that parallel those of a spouse.”...
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Transgender woman in Kansas says MCC returned faith in God
”I wondered if God had made a mistake, abandoned me or was angry at me…. I was spiritually bankrupt. I never lost my faith in...
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Gayle King says gay question is stupid; cried during Oprah’s interview
”It just so happened I was in Tasmania and it had been a very, very long day… and I was sitting there watching it. And...
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Ice Wonderland
Bringing to life the 1957 Dr. Seuss holiday classic tale, How the Grinch Stole Christmas Ice Wonderland features 10 colorful scenes straight out of the...
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James Brown Death-Mas Holiday Bash
James Brown died on Christmas Day four years ago, so the Black Cat is throwing a party — the James Brown Death-Mas Holiday Bash, helmed...
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Coming Out Strong
Looking back on 2010, it was a celebrity-filled year. In the spring, Kathy Griffin brought her My Life on the D-List reality show to the...
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Satirical Song
Next June, Doug Peck will get married in his hometown of Chicago. ”It’s not legal yet but we’re doing it anyway,” he says. The...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
