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  • Chill Out

    According to the formula concocted a few years ago by British psychologist Cliff Arnall, Jan. 22 was the most depressing day of 2007. Unsurprisingly, Arnall's...

  • Simply Supon

    Admit it -- designers are not the first thing that come to mind when you think of Washington, D.C. They're probably not the second thing,...

  • CTA gives to SMYAL

    The Capital Tennis Association (CTA), a local not-for-profit organization that coordinates and promotes tennis in the gay community, recently donated $15,275 to the Sexual Minority...

  • License for Ladies

    As the redevelopment juggernaut of the Southeast waterfront steams ahead, fueled by the Washington Nationals baseball stadium construction, the fates of shuttered adult businesses catering...

  • Growing Concerns on 14th Street

    Even though it was 11 p.m. on a Tuesday night, Sak Pollert didn't think much of the two men who were following him as he...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: As you review your karmic debts, can you imagine the ties that link past to future as an asset? What good can you...

  • A New Blow to DADT

    Bit by bit, support for the military's ban on openly gay service members is crumbling. In a recent and important op-ed in the New York...

  • The Invisible Youth

    My mother called me the other night looking for answers. A childhood friend of mine had killed herself, and my clearly shaken mother wanted to...

  • Two Kings

    Over the next six months some 60 organizations -- from the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra to the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company -- will present more than...

  • Sunny Cynic

    A bad breakup serves as the bread and butter for many a singer-songwriter. But few take to it with as much glee as Lily Allen,...

  • Peace Pipes

    This weekend, Washington will see yet another rally against American involvement in Iraq. Among the thousands coming to the capital is one-woman known for songs,...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: Reconsider your goals and ambitions carefully. Have your aims become mere habits, or would their accomplishment reflect the fulfillment of your soul? Examine...

  • Local Briefs

    The D.C. Crystal Meth working group will be conducting surveys and outreach efforts in gay bars and clubs Jan. 25 through 27, part of the...

  • Changes Ahead

    Few clinics offered free services in Washington in 1968, yet that was the year that the Washington Free Clinic credits itself as the first such...

  • Missing Arlington man found dead

    Michele Anne Riley never had a chance to say goodbye to her brother, Donald Charles Ebe, who vanished nearly three months ago. On Wednesday, authorities...

  • Back on the Streets

    When D.C.'s new chief of police met with supervisors from the city's various police units to discuss plans for a new community policing effort, Sgt....

  • The Passionate Pragmatist

    When the wheels of Washington's gay community are turning, it seems that Mario Acosta-Vélez is never far away. Perhaps it's his presidential post at the...

  • Unholy Matrimony

    With a bray of ''Jesus H. Christ!'' rupturing the still night air, Kathleen Turner stumbles on to the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower stage with all of...

  • Flights of Fantasy

    When it comes to new movie releases, January is pretty much the doldrums. In order to find a truly involving motion picture that doesn't include...

  • Love Hangover

    Jennifer Hudson may steal the show, but not so much you forget about Beyonce. After seeing the movie version of Dreamgirls, however, you might forget...