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  • Hearsay

    Lost Longings... Last weekend was Mother's Day, but Hearsay was in more of a daddy mood. Oh, don't worry: Hearsay made time for mother on...

  • The Long Haul

    Although director Paolo Micciche is known for some adventurous productions, his rendering of Verdi's Macbeth is more a long and rather creepy dream. It's precise...

  • Past Perfect

    We have been spoiled by the multiplex, lulled into a sense of security and confidence by the men and women behind the curtains who make...

  • Dressing Up

    Called an exploration of the will to survive, it's no wonder that performing I Am My Own Wife at Olney Theatre Center leaves Arnie Burton...

  • Ich bin Transvestit

    This is the root of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf's story: ''I am a transvestite.'' Brave words, even now. Imagine saying them in Germany during the rise...

  • Crosscurrents in 2008

    Gore Vidal once said that God is a convenient fiction. The same can be said of ''gay community.'' Despite the common tendency to generalize based...

  • Whitman-Walker high school essay contest

    What can you do to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in your community? That is the question Whitman-Walker Clinic is asking high school students (between...

  • HIPS Needs Help

    Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS) will hold its quarterly volunteer orientation -- a requirement for anyone hoping to volunteer for the organization -- on Saturday,...

  • Bus Boys Head to Beach

    From New York City, the trip to Fire Island starts with catching the Long Island Railroad at Penn Station. Gay Bostonians hop onto a high-speed...

  • Tale of Two Mommies

    Janet Jenkins has been fighting for visitation rights to her 5-year-old daughter, Isabella, for more than three years now. Throughout her ongoing custody battle with...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: It's a long and winding trail, no question. Yet you're receiving information faster than you can find a place to put it. You're...

  • Czech Mate

    Who knew a 19th century Czech opera could be as riveting and edgy as anything you're likely to catch on HBO? Thankfully, the Washington National...

  • Soundwaves

    Charmed city... At least two gay club tours traveling around the country will stop at Baltimore's Hippo nightclub. First up: DJ Seth Gold's Black Out...

  • High Jinx

    ''It's about being wacky and theatrical and bizarre, coming up with really irreverent, potty-mouth humor,'' says Shea Van Horn, referring to his preferred style of...

  • God Knows

    Recounting her initial fears about launching a transgender choir, founder Ashley Moore says, ''Are people going to be able to stop laughing long enough to...

  • Still Cooking

    It's hard to pinpoint exactly when and where Barbara Cook kicked off her long and varied career. The Broadway legend, who lives in New York...

  • Queens of Comedy

    How many gay Washingtonians does it take to start a monthly comedy night? Just two, it seems. On the surface, that's not a very funny...

  • Time Misspent

    Is there anything more dreadful than running into that ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend you just can't stand? Now there is. At least the unexpected ex sighting...

  • Web Head

    The giddy anticipation of a movie is sometimes better than the movie itself. You enter more excited than you ultimately exit. Such is frequently the...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: Is this the fullness of time about which one hears so very much? If so, then why are you tap-dancing for all...