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  • The Buff Stuff

    By on March 14, 2007

    Lots of hot, sweaty, buff, nearly-naked men. Do you need more convincing to run out and see 300? If so, consider this: It's a visually...

  • Gray Areas

    By on March 7, 2007

    On a snowy afternoon in early February, D.C. looks a bit more like Hollywood East, a bit less the nation's capital. Tucked away in an...

  • Tainted Infamy

    By on March 7, 2007

    All Karl Jones asks for is a little dance music diversity. ''When I first moved to D.C. six years ago, there really was nothing,'' he...

  • Soundwaves

    By on March 7, 2007

    EVOLVE-ING INTO IRRELEVANCE... Victor Calderone waxes nostalgic about clubbing days past on his just-released compilation, Evolve. ''When I look back into the days, the better...

  • Horoscope

    By on March 7, 2007

    Heavenly Round Up: Is there a snake in the garden? Is there trouble in paradise? Or are you only all worked up over a little...

  • Pussycat Doll

    By on March 7, 2007

    It's hard to be the pussycat -- especially when you know that your gay audience is going to be comparing you to Babs. So if...

  • Zoning Out

    By on March 7, 2007

    A pending effort to transfer the liquor license used for the former Edge-Wet nightclub in Southeast D.C. -- a victim of baseball stadium-fueled redevelopment --...

  • Transgender Titles

    By on March 7, 2007

    After brainstorming with other members at Transgender Health Empowerment, Inc., Brian Watson, director of programs at THE, says he decided that a pageant was the...

  • Final Chapter

    By on March 7, 2007

    Funny, generous, kind. Those are the words friends use to describe Niam Marcus Slyman -- better known simply as Marc -- who died Monday, Feb....

  • Prime-time Pioneer

    By on March 7, 2007

    In mid July of 1992, the United States was simmering -- not from the heat, so much as the feeling of change in the air....

  • Horoscope

    By on February 28, 2007

    Heavenly Round-Up: Don't take your eye off the ball for a second. Everything is in a new kind of flux -- chaos will resolve itself...

  • Local News Briefs

    By on February 28, 2007

    Virginia Legislative Session wraps Sarah Gustafson, president of Equality Fairfax, says she is ''pleased'' with the outcome of Virginia's 2007 legislative session, which convened Jan....

  • Positive Nutrition

    By on February 28, 2007

    The kitchen is said to be the heart of the home -- and for people who are HIV positive, it can be the heart of...

  • Defining a Foe

    By on February 28, 2007

    Continuing its series of ''town hall'' style forums to discuss methamphetamine use in Washington, the D.C. Crystal Meth Working Group (CMWG) Monday evening, Feb. 26,...

  • Snake on a Chain

    By on February 28, 2007

    First off, an important disclaimer about Black Snake Moan. The snakes are metaphorical -- they did not follow Samuel L. Jackson off the plane. In...

  • Step Right Up!

    By on February 28, 2007

    Like a colorful circus poster come to life, the Kennedy Center's production of Bob Merrill's Carnival! leaps with song, dance, magic and an abundance of...

  • Break It Down

    By on February 28, 2007

    It's a sunny 80 degrees in Puerto Vallarta, where Mara Levi is celebrating her 30th birthday with family and working on her tan. She's also...

  • Mister Sister

    By on February 28, 2007

    You may have heard that a Scissor Sisters show is exercise in energy -- if you're not ready to dance in the aisles, why bother?...

  • Horoscope

    By on February 21, 2007

    Heavenly Round-Up: You said the magic words and threw the beans over your shoulder. Now they're sprouting: Large as life and twice as natural, they're...

  • Musical Flexibility

    By on February 21, 2007

    ''Movin' Up'' may have a religious provenance with its powerful chorus delivered by a church-reared belter, but God had nothing to do with DJ Mike...