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Top of the Center
The board of directors at the D.C. Center, Home for GLBT in Metro D.C., appointed David Mariner, local self-proclaimed ''consultant, advocate, and activist,'' as its...
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Talking race and orientation
The local chapter of Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) kicks off a discussion series, Brothers and Sisters Under the Rainbow, at...
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Picking Favorites
An annual poll asking Shaw residents to pick their favorite new business puts Nellie's Sports Bar, located at 900 U St. NW, in the No....
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Problem Solver
Brian Watson likes to fix things. But a decade before making Washington his home and establishing himself as one of the city's most prominent young...
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The Anti-Socialite
You know that friend you have that you can call up at a moment's notice with an offer to catch a movie, and be guaranteed...
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Hit List
Arriving at the recent town-hall meeting regarding same-sex, intimate-partner violence called by the new Rainbow Response coalition, I was a little worn. I'd already spent...
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Accomplishments and Challenges
Looking back on Maryland's 2008 legislative session, which concluded on Monday, April 7, Equality Maryland saw reason to celebrate -- as well as reason to...
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Dumbed Down
Say cheese. In fact, there are two kinds of cheese served up in Smart People. The first kind is because the film serves up short...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Is it now or never? It doesn't have to be. If you're feeling a certain pressure, you haven't accounted for the obvious. There's...
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Final Bow
Before Scott Barker learns how to play the fiddle, the 43-year-old will take his final bow with the D.C. Different Drummers' Capitol Pride Symphonic Band....
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Spirit Lacking
''A star is born,'' Oprah Winfrey declared after Lewis performed ''Bleeding Love'' on her show last month, immediately recommending that viewers buy the single. Whatever...
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Eastward Ho
A vast range of influences from various countries, cultures and religions are lumped into what people call ''Eastern Art.'' And unless you know what to...
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No Tops Allowed
The sun shines brightly in the blue sky, the air has warmed and the trees are once more green. Now is not the time to...
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The Return of Blaine SoileauWhite and Black All Over
Yes, it’s before Memorial Day, but it’s also a new millennium. Go ahead and wear white tonight if you want to! And if you do,...
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Soundwaves
DONNA SUMMER'S NEW HOT STUFF... A gay household name for more than 30 years, Donna Summer has had a couple club hits during the past...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: You'll say what you have to say with feeling. You'll feel what you have to feel with turbo-charged intensity. You'll drive home for...
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Get Cooking!
The day will come when you'll want to know what to do with that rutabaga. Whether you're new to the possibilities of your home kitchen...
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Blu Clues
Sony learned something in the 1980s when its Beta format lost the videocassette wars to rival VHS. Namely, always bring a bazooka to a knife...
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Coming Unglued
Walking along U Street Northwest on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination, there is little sign that the neighborhood was on fire forty years...
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Classic Verdi
When serving up poignancy, there cannot be contrivance unless it is intended. In any other form, its presence will dull and deflate the impact of...
