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  • Broadway Baby

    By on August 25, 2004

    The lyrical zinger from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Fiorello stings today in a way it didn't half a century ago when it was written: ''And...

  • Signature Moments

    By on August 25, 2004

    ''My mother won't explain it,'' says Paris Barclay of his offbeat but memorably elegant first name. ''She claimed she was reading mythology when I was...

  • Fun in the Sun

    By on August 25, 2004

    One day in early June, I was sitting on one of the West Side piers, and summer felt like a conductor's hands poised in mid-air...

  • An Education in Spending

    By on August 25, 2004

    It's back to school time, and around the country, young men and women are heading off to college -- that's why some of you may...

  • Rating the Runners

    By on August 25, 2004

    When imagining the workings of a political machine in the heart of Washington, D.C., one might conjure intrigue, power plays and ruthlessness. Instead, picture a...

  • Ladies Night

    By on August 25, 2004

    In case you didn't know, there's a great little feminist theater group here in our nation's capital that produces great little works of theater in...

  • Swept Away

    By on August 25, 2004

    Aloha, little brahs! Hawaiian coming of age brightens a beach afternoon Okay, okay, so I'm not a poet. But I do know good writing when...

  • Hearsay

    By on August 25, 2004

    Queer boys and girls for a straight bar... Sunday Mass sets a date for its return... A helping hand at the Lantern... Can you imagine...

  • Soundwaves

    By on August 25, 2004

    DJ Twisted Dee DEE'S DANCE TWIST... Denise Gurney, who goes by DJ Twisted Dee, is making a name for herself by going against the grain....

  • Italian Medley

    By on August 25, 2004

    If Washington were full of good, moderately priced restaurants, a new Italian osteria on the site of the late Janus Theater might be easy to...

  • UPDATE: Arrest in R Street Murder

    By on August 25, 2004

    Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police announced Thursday evening that Kurt Williams, 19, has been charged with one count of felony murder while armed, in conjunction with...

  • Trans Mission

    By on August 18, 2004

    At the age of forty, a time when many people are contemplating the middle of their lives, Mara Keisling was at the beginning of a...

  • Alien Wear

    By on August 18, 2004

    The question you have to ask yourself with regard to Alien Vs. Predator is why 20th Century Fox would hand over to Paul W.S. Anderson...

  • Idol Fever

    By on August 18, 2004

    American Idol fever seems to have hit its peak in Washington: Last season's finalists appear at the MCI Center this Sunday, Aug. 22. And Simon...

  • Soundwaves

    By on August 18, 2004

    XTINA & MISSSY'S DISCO WASH… Three years after they made sweet marmalade together, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott are back. This time, they'll cover the...

  • Environs

    By on August 18, 2004

    History's always being made on Logan Circle in this 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA townhouse, where every floor tells the story of a different era....

  • Environs

    By on August 11, 2004

    Your ship has come in with this 4BR, 2BA townhouse just a stone's throw away from the D.C. Waterfront. Floor-to-ceiling windows, plenty of green spaces...

  • Without Fear

    By on August 11, 2004

    ''It kicks your butt, touring solo,'' says SONiA as she settles into the start of a Saturday afternoon interview from a motel in Ohio, where...

  • Blind Ambition

    By on August 11, 2004

    I have this theory, and the theory is that people can be divided into two distinct groups: Those who are successful by the time they...

  • Not So Chummy

    By on August 11, 2004

    Question: What's so scary about watching two people float around in the ocean for an hour or so? Answer: Nothing. In theory, a pair of...