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Celebrating The Center
Gathering Thursday, Sept. 4, at the Columbia Heights home of prominent D.C. couple Donald Hitchcock and Paul Yandura, members and supporters of The Center, the...
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Riding for Research
Pedaling from New York to D.C., 25 cyclists from across the United States are expected to finish a four-day, 330-mile bicycle ride in the District...
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Free State Victory
The nearly yearlong struggle to implement Montgomery County's anti-discrimination law inclusive of gender identity -- blocked by Citizens for Responsible Government (CRG) following the law's...
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Capital Pride Prep
As summer winds down, few will be turning their thoughts so soon to next summer. Some, however, have June 2009 squarely in their sights --...
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Musical Phase
Phase 1 started having live music only a couple years ago, but just one night a week. It was, as the bar's manager Angela Lombardi...
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Radiant Day
Singer Inaya Day recalls the time she first heard herself on the radio, in the mid-1990s. ''I heard this song come on, and the chorus...
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Candid Camera
Sitting in his doctor's office on June 2, Justin Smith breaks down and begins to cry. Just a few seconds earlier, when asked by his...
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Readings and Lectures
BORDERS BOOKSTORES Various locations www.borders.com · Naomi Wolf -- Give Me Liberty (9/16, 18th & L Streets NW) · Michael Scott -- The Magician (9/16,...
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Museums and Galleries
ART FOR LIFE Carnegie Institute of Washington 1530 P St. NW www.wwc.org/artforlife · The 15th annual reception and art auction to benefit Whitman-Walker Clinic's HIV/AIDS...
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Dance
CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER University of Maryland College Park, Md. 301-405-ARTS www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu · Tie Shopping with My Father -- Kathrine Iacono's father was a...
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Recorded Pop Music
September Who fired Amanda Palmer? Actually, no one. The singer-songwriter and keyboardist is still with the Dresden Dolls; she's just taking a break to release...
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Pop, Folk and Jazz Music
THE BARNS AT WOLF TRAP Tina Turner at Verizon Center 1645 Trap Rd. Vienna, VA 703-255-1900 www.wolf-trap.org · Noel Paul Stookey -- the ''Paul'' in...
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Classical Music
BACH SINFONIA 301-362-6525 www.bachsinfonia.org The Genius of Haydn -- A festive program exploring a wide range of works by Haydn, including Overture to La Fedeltá...
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Stage
AMERICAN CENTURY THEATER 'Romeo and Juliet' at Shakespeare Theatre Gunston Theater II 2700 S. Lang St. Arlington, Va. 703-998-4555 www.americancentury.org · Dr. Cook's Garden --...
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Film
Dates subject to change at the whim of a studio executive. September THE WOMEN -- The long-in-gestation remake of the 1939 George Cukor classic that...
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Fall Arts Preview 2008
James Davis as Juliet (Photo by Todd Franson) When I was a young lad, my father sat me down, looked me squarely in the eye...
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Church’s ‘HELL’ sign sprayed with ‘GAY’-positive grafitti [video]
Photo of the glass face of the Havens Corner Church sign. Apparently it was hit with grafitti in response to the conservative religious organization’s earlier...
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Montgomery County judge blocks vote against transgender rights
‘The court gave a ringing endorsement to the principle that ordinary citizens have the right to challenge and test the validity of a petition submitted...
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Ex-gay movement causing trouble for public libraries
”There is no logical or common sense reason why taxpayer-funded public libraries should make available every latest ‘gay’-affirming book — including those designed to open...
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Florida’s existing ban on adoption by gays ruled unconstitutional
”Contrary to every child welfare principle, the gay adoption ban operates as a conclusive or irrebuttable presumption that . . . it is never in...
