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Dumpling Delights
Anyone who's been to Bangkok knows that often the most interesting and delicious place to eat is in the streets. Exquisite flavors and aromas emanate...
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The Buddy System
At 57, Otis T. ''Buddy'' Sutson has a lot of activist work behind him. But just talk to him for a few minutes and you'll...
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Mighty Christian
Some Mormons recently dropped by my friend Lindsay's apartment to evangelize. ''Hi, we're from the Church of Latter-Day Saints. You may remember us from our...
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Truly Yours
Dear Lena, Today is the first day I have ever read your advice column (that's because at first I didn't want anyone to see me...
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Heat Wave
Make no mistake about it, Orpheus Descending is hot. Molly Smith's triumphant, glorious resurrection of Tennessee Williams' lesser-known drama can only be described as sizzling,...
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Rebutting a Rant
I'm no tree-hugger, but I do feel badly for all the trees that had to die so Rick Rosendall's rant about the National Gay and...
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Unheard Of
If you hunger for great music beyond the obvious choices such as OutKast, Melissa Etheridge, JC Chasez and Loretta Lynn, how do you choose among...
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Blockbuster Season
The summer movie season officially launched three weeks ago. The unfortunate among us have already been to dreary Transylvania and a godless Troy, while the...
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Washington Wetskins
Washington Wetskins Mission: The Wetskins are a water polo team dedicated to creating an environment in which the sport can be played regardless of sexual...
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Undesirable
For better or for worse, Tennessee Williams penned characters who give such credit to stereotype and light caricature that they have become a part of...
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Piercing Wit
The Catalyst Theater's opening of Nicky Silver's The Altruists took place on stormy night -- a perfect backdrop since Silver's ferocious wit comes fast and...
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Bugging Out
For months I've been hearing random mentions -- threats, really -- of the looming cicada infestation that is, as of this writing, no longer looming....
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Vacation Savings
With Memorial Day just around the corner, Washingtonians are getting ready for summer and its blazing heat, suffocating humidity, eager interns, millions of cicadas and,...
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Paradise Thailand
Balmy weather: One of Patong's many beaches Whether you go east or west from Washington, you'll travel through twelve time zones to get to Thailand...
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Magnum Opus
It's been years since we've heard from him, but Armand Van Helden wastes no time reasserting himself. That he has managed to do it almost...
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Legendary Ladies
''It's not a huge evening, '' says A. Cornelius Baker of ''A Celebration of Life, '' the Whitman-Walker Clinic's eleventh annual Spring gala. ''It's not...
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Grecian Formula
''May the gods be with you, '' says Trojan King Priam (Peter O'Toole) to his eldest son Hector (Eric Bana), as the young, handsome, extremely...
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Hearsay
One In Ten gathers the artsy fartsy folk in support of their Museum Project… Blowoff plans a temporary hiatus… Have you ever considered how a...
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Soundwaves
DONNA SUMMER REVIVAL?… Will Jennifer Hudson and La Toya London -- and Fantasia Barrino too, if the worst happens -- get recording contracts after the...
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Marching Forward
''I think SLDN has achieved more in ten years than anyone would have dared hope for,'' says C. Dixon Osburn, executive director of the Servicemembers...
