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  • Word Smiths

    It's hard to say what's tougher about Steve Connell and Sekou (tha misfit)'s two-man show, The Word Begins -- the raw-to-bleeding wordplay, the street-hard posturing...

  • Law and Disorder

    ''I'm not a miracle worker,'' scowls Michael Clayton (George Clooney) to a self-important client of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen, a corporate law firm for whom...

  • Karen Black Magic

    In case you were wondering, Karen Black, whose acting career has spanned the last five decades, has never seen Karen Black Like Me, the infamous...

  • Last Word

    ''It is an absolutely unfair burden. It is a burden no one else is asked to bear, and it is something I will not do.''...

  • The Return of Julian Marsh

    Last Sunday, Hearsay popped in to check on Atmos Events’ Delirium Party, launched just before Labor Day. And sure enough, the place is still drawing...

  • Winning Town

    The movie pass winners of our Town contest from a few weeks ago are Mark Anderson, Peter Murphy and someone named Carl. Yes, just Carl....

  • Brent Everett Goes Cobalt Blue

    It’s one social event after another in these here parts, these last few weeks, and right now is probably peak week. But not everything is...

  • Chipping In

    One 21st birthday that's not being celebrated in a bar will be Saturday, Oct. 6, as Whitman-Walker Clinic presents its annual AIDS Walk Washington. Instead,...

  • Spiritual Shenanigans

    Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip... Maybe I have TV Land on the brain, but director...

  • Coming Home

    He created a stir earlier this year by stripping Macbeth down to its bare essentials. But one Shakespearean tragedy performed entirely in the buff is...

  • Melissa Warming

    Melissa Etheridge reassures herself that she's fine on her bright and boisterous new single ''Message to Myself.'' The song is suspiciously sunny and sweet. It...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: Now is the time to grow up and act your age. Now is the time to burn off the old patterns tangling...

  • Last Word

    ''Moving forward on this bill now will also better serve the ultimate goal of including people who are transgender, than simply accepting total defeat...

  • HRC honors GLLU

    The Human Rights Campaign is scheduled to recognize the efforts of Washington's Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU), on Friday, Oct. 5, at the Washington...

  • Georgetown Suspect Arrested

    Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced Thursday, Sept. 27, that Philip Anderton Cooney has been arrested and charged with simple assault, following a Sept. 9...

  • Suspected Shooter Surrenders

    A six-day search for 34-year-old Raina Johnson, suspected of shooting a former domestic partner in the neck, came to an end Oct. 1 when she...

  • Filling the Vaccine Vacancy

    September ended with some discouraging news in the effort to make a vaccine against HIV. Pharmaceutical giant Merck announced it was halting its large-scale clinical...

  • Dr. Discrimination

    While presenting her testimony to the Montgomery County Council Tuesday, Oct. 2, against the passage of a bill that would protect transgender people by adding...

  • Mouse Trap

    From violence, to dilapidated schools, to alarming HIV-infection rates, Washington is not necessarily the easiest place to be a kid. These understood realities of the...

  • Birthdaying and Post-Break-Fasting at the Diner

    The always-hopping Palm of Gay D.C., the 18th & U Duplex Diner, was the scene of a host of parties last Saturday night, Sept. 22,...