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  • Soundwaves

    KASKADE'S NEW ULTRA OUTLOOK... It's a herky-jerky hip-hop-inflected pop track, and it would delight any admirer of Justin Timberlake, both the closet case and the...

  • Think Pink

    Pink Martini is hard to pin down, with its lush sound combining a cocktail aesthetic, classical talent and world beats. Thomas Lauderdale, front man for...

  • Birthday Bar

    There are older gay bars in D.C. than JR.'s Bar and Grill. And there are older JR.'s bars in the country than the local namesake....

  • Readings & Lectures

    HILLWOOD MUSEUM & GARDENS 4155 Linnean Ave. NW 202-686-8500 www.hillwoodmuseum.org Geometry in the Garden: The French Formal Style and Its Influence -- Using Hillwood's French...

  • Art Museums & Galleries

    ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY 1050 Independence Ave. SW 202-633-1000 www.asia.si.edu Perspectives: Simryn Gill -- The first major exhibit in the U.S. of contemporary Singapore-born artist...

  • Dance

    CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER University of Maryland College Park, Md. 301-405-ARTS www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu Limón Dance Company -- The company honors the memory of legendary choreographer...

  • Classical and Choral Music

    BACH SINFONIA 301-362-6525 www.bachsinfonia.org Henry Purcell -- Dido and Aeneas (10/28, Woodside United Methodist Church, Silver Spring, Md.) · From Shakespeare to the Sephardim --...

  • Pop, Folk and Jazz Music

    THE BARNS AT WOLF TRAP 1645 Trap Road Vienna, Va. 703-255-1900 www.wolf-trap.org The Nields (10/7) · John Gorka (10/14) · The John Cowan Band (10/19)...

  • Stage and Theater

    ACTORS' THEATRE OF WASHINGTON 202-319-7227 www.atwdc.org Never the Sinner -- John Logan's ''docu-drama'' about 1924's infamous Leopold and Loeb case, in which two young heirs...

  • Film

    Opening dates are tentative. Subject to change at a studio's whim. SEPTEMBER Gridiron Gang -- The Rock stars as a counselor at a juvenile detention...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: Things are not as they appear, but you can't blame your perceptions, or even the intentions of others. This is one of those...

  • A Moral Movement

    This past Valentine's Day, I had dinner with someone I had been seeing for a little more than two weeks. For a young man, my...

  • Gay Dems Honor Own

    The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city's primary organization for GLBT Democrats, has chosen four recipients for its 30th Anniversary Leadership Awards. Eric Stern, former...

  • Broncs, Boots and Beats

    In these parts, the start of the Atlantic hurricane season means more than flash flooding and power outages. It means it's time for another Atlantic...

  • Sister Act

    Meg and Dia Frampton are not lesbian sisters. But they may make you think of lesbian sisters Tegan and Sara Quinn, leaders of the five-piece...

  • An Inconvenient Truth

    More than one hundred years after Henrik Ibsen penned An Enemy of the People as a tirade against censorship, his message still seems uncannily relevant....

  • Soundwaves

    LOCAL DJ DOES GOOD, GOES NATIONAL... DJ Rob Harris regularly spins throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and in and around New York. On that front, Harris...

  • Maryland May Make History

    With a record number of openly GLBT candidates, Sept. 12 offers an exciting primary for Maryland voters. Among these eight candidates is Dr. Dana Beyer,...

  • The Shadow Knows

    Philip Pannell has given decades of service to various D.C. communities. He's worked for the city's Democratic Party and NAACP chapter. He's been an advisory...

  • Racing for the Council

    When Mayor Anthony Williams decided not to pursue another term, there was trickle-down effect. With Council Chairman Linda Cropp and Councilmember Vincent Orange leaving behind...