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  • Kennedy Center’s Page to Stage Festival

    The Kennedy Center’s ninth annual Page to Stage Festival offers free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by more than 40...

  • Hotspur at the 9:30 Club

    Hotspur returns for another energetic headlining gig at the venerated hometown 9:30 Club. The band's brand of Coldplay-eseque pop-rock is so catchy, the melodies and...

  • Post Endorses NOM’s Nom in Ward 5 Council Race

    From The Washington Post editorial board: In Ward 5, first-term council member Harry Thomas Jr. is facing challenges from Kenyan McDuffie, Delano Hunter and Tracey...

  • Logo’s new “The A-List” promo draws strong reactions from gay TV watchers [video]

    Episode 1: “Houswives with Balls” is how the Logo TV Channel describes it’s upcoming reality TV show, “The A-List.” The show looks like it will...

  • Upholding Texas Marriage Ban, Court Discounts Baker

    An interesting side-note to come from the Texas appellate ruling on August 31 denying a Texas gay couple the ability to get a divorce —...

  • Loni Love at the DC Improv

    A regular panelist on Chelsea Handler’s show on E! — and also red carpet correspondent for the channel’s post-Oscars party — Loni Love presents her...

  • Tony Savoie at the Long View Gallery

    Multi-media artist Tony Savoie’s distaste for war is front and center in much of his work, now on display at Long View. His pieces often...

  • Lone Star Slight

    Although it hasn't gotten the attention given to Ted Olson and David Boies's challenge to California's Proposition 8 or the Gay & Lesbian Advocates &...

  • An Unwelcome Addition

    In one of my all-time favorite movies, Magnolia, multiple characters reflect on the mistakes and miscues of their past with the saying, ''We may be...

  • Mending Mehlman

    When news broke last week that former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman had announced he is gay in an interview with Marc Ambinder in...

  • Feeling the Heat

    Sgt. Carlos Mejia of the Metropolitan Police Department's Special Liaison Unit (SLU), which includes the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU), spoke to a crowd...

  • June in Bloom

    In June Crenshaw's world, every minute matters. The 49-year-old lesbian from Tulsa, Okla., who has been living in the D.C. area since the mid-1980s, has...

  • Thrill Seekers

    Planet Snoopy will be closed next Saturday night, Sept. 11, during Brother Help Thyself's annual outing at Kings Dominion. '' is for the kids......

  • True Love

    ''I would have loved for my mom to have had a relationship with someone,'' says comedian Loni Love. Love was raised with her brother by...

  • The Lonely Guy

    The American. It's rather a bland title. But if you bring a star's name into it -- for example, ''George Clooney is…The American'' -- you...

  • Swedish Delight

    ''Somebody alert the authorities, I got criminal intent,'' Robyn raps on one hip hop-flavored track on her playfully sublime new EP, Body Talk Pt. 2....

  • Game Boys

    When unhindered by such things as a degree in history or political science or more than passing knowledge of the works of, well, any of...

  • Either/Orr

    Keenan Orr didn't choose to spin for straight events. You might say he was born to do it. ''Growing up in Northern Virginia, I didn't...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: You're bringing in the harvest of the current lunar cycle. Will you be eating your words? Putting up deep thoughts for the winter...

  • The Sound of Music at Wolf Trap

    Rodgers and Hammerstein's beloved Broadway musical celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with a week-long run at Wolf Trap's Filene Center. Mandy Bruno stars as...