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  • SMYAL Like You Mean It

    By on November 16, 2005

    The Mayflower Hotel ballroom can be an intimidating place for public speaking, with its florid walls, formal architecture and, of course, a full-size buzzing crowd...

  • Thanks for the Memories

    By on November 16, 2005

    The holidays may come earlier every year in stores across the land, but it never truly feels like the season has begun until we're sitting...

  • A Diversity of Options

    By on November 16, 2005

    Hipster to oldster, gay to straight, funky to formal, Adams Morgan remains one of D.C.'s most eclectic and popular destinations for a wildly diverse range...

  • MaidPro Maven

    By on November 16, 2005

    Metropolitan D.C. has no shortage of movers and shakers. From the halls of power to high-tech corridors, many Washingtonians are pulling long hours. So who...

  • High Art from High Altitudes

    By on November 16, 2005

    The Andean spine of South America is creeping its way northward into Adams Morgan. Under the flag of ''Toro Mata,'' this Peruvian outpost offers unique...

  • Time Again

    By on November 9, 2005

    Cyndi Lauper scored her first hit with ''Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,'' but only the faithful would have predicted then that she would still be...

  • Back to the Future

    By on November 9, 2005

    The expectations are as high as a towering Manhattan skyscraper. After such successful local productions of Take Me Out and The Dazzle, the area premiere...

  • Marine Life

    By on November 9, 2005

    I've never been a big fan of war movies. (For that matter, I've never been a big fan of war.) But as a genre, they...

  • Rainbow's End

    By on November 9, 2005

    You can't blame Alex Sanchez for having mixed feelings as he promotes the final novel in his gay teen trilogy, Rainbow Road. His books have...

  • Environs

    By on November 9, 2005

    Taka Ariga and Jeremy Ames decided to take the homeowner plunge after dating for about a year. They quickly found the perfect spot on the...

  • Strike Up the Band

    By on November 9, 2005

    Music aficionado or not, chances are most GLBT Washingtonians have had a least a brush with the D.C. Different Drummers during the band's 25 years....

  • Gaul Fodder

    By on November 2, 2005

    The self-referential, Charlie Kaufman-esque twist to The Dying Gaul, opening Friday at Landmark's E Street Cinema, is the somewhat astounding fact that the movie was...

  • Powerhouse

    By on November 2, 2005

    You know the songs. You've heard the story. But nothing will prepare you for the astounding power of this full operatic production of Gershwin's modern...

  • Tab Browsing

    By on November 2, 2005

    A memoir, by its very definition, is self-serving. Writing ''your'' story can serve as therapy, disclosure, dutiful revelation, apology, even revenge. To some extent, Tab...

  • Courting the Community

    By on November 2, 2005

    The first in an occasional series of interviews and stories on the 2006 D.C. mayoral and Council races. You may be tempted to think that...

  • A La Mode

    By on November 2, 2005

    Damn, damn, damn! Is there anything worse than being let down again, done in by too much hype? Depeche Mode lead singer Dave Gahan, after...

  • Eminent Eviction

    By on November 2, 2005

    The District government exercised its eminent domain powers Oct. 25, filing a legal claim to properties in the area of the proposed Southeast baseball stadium...

  • Frightful Fun

    By on October 26, 2005

  • Federal Triangles Soccer Club

    By on October 26, 2005

    Federal Triangles members at the 20005 Capital Pride festival (Photo by Todd Franson) MISSION: Founded in 1990, The FTSC promotes the growth of soccer and...

  • Sense in Advertising

    By on October 26, 2005

    If we do better than expected when Texans vote on an anti-gay marriage amendment on Nov. 8, much credit should go to the National Gay...