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20 Questions for Metro Weekly
1. Where do you see Metro Weekly five years from now? As Metro Weekly celebrates its 25th Anniversary, we imagine continuing with two distinct experiences:...
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Worth Every Penny
Rick Hammerly hisses at Erin Driscoll early in Act 2 of Signature Theatre’s The Threepenny Opera. Yes, the veteran local actor really and truly hisses...
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Vaunted Villain
As he started work on HBO’s True Blood,actor Denis O’Hare was instructed that vampires don’t touch each other. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, fuck...
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Moving Tribute
The day after Sean Dorsey’s very first dance at dance school, the school’s director “informed me that my work, quote, ‘made people very uncomfortable.'” This,...
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”Witness for Love” Arrives in Arlington
A group of about 30 people, including faith leaders of various denominations, gathered outside the Arlington County Courthouse on Friday afternoon, April 25, to protest...
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Guitar Queen
“What can I do with just 10 fingers that will wow people?” Years after Rolling Stone heralded her one of its “New Guitar Gods” and...
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20 Venues from Our Map that We Miss
Since its earliest days, Metro Weekly set aside two pages for a map and listings toward the magazine’s back. Long before the ubiquitous Google Maps,...
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20 Great Interviews from the Pages of Metro Weekly
Everyone has a story. Since the beginning, Metro Weekly has shared those stories. More often than not, they’re in the sources’ own words. We’ve just...
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Foodspotting: Red Light
Red Light’s Mexican Chocolate Tart with cajeta, house-made fluff, and cacao nib chantilly As its name implies, Red Light is all about catering to desires. Its...
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Johnny Indovina explains inspiration behind new album “Trials of the Writer”
“He sees certain sadness in the wake of yesterdays, and he writes it all down.” So begins Trials of the Writer, the first solo album...
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Education Department moves to protect transgender students from discrimination
Transgender students are protected from discrimination under the same federal law that prohibits sex discrimination, the Department of Education announced Tuesday. According to guidance issued...
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Amnesty International: Northern Ireland politicians are “trying in vain” to block same-sex marriage
Amnesty International have called on Northern Ireland politicians still opposed to legalizing same-sex marriage to stop holding back “the tide of equality”, the BBC reports....
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Dolly Parton: Let gay couples marry so they can suffer like heterosexuals
“I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals.” — Legendary country singer Dolly Parton, in an interview...
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How corporate America became the LGBT community’s most powerful ally
Brendan Eich was CEO of Mozilla for just over one week before public pressure became too much. Eich, who invented JavaScript and helped found the...
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Updated Pentagon ‘Human Goals Charter’ includes gay, omits transgender
Top military officials Monday attached their signatures to the Defense Department’s updated Human Goals Charter that for the first time is inclusive of gay servicemembers,...
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GLOV Names New Leadership
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), a program of The DC Center for the LGBT Community, has announced election results for its 2014 leadership positions....
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Level One, Nellie’s and 8 other local restaurants among top brunch spots in the U.S.
Be them bottomless, buffet, gospel, or drag, weekend brunch has become a mandated pilgrimage for many Washingtonians. And today, OpenTable has announced that 10 D.C....
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Isabella, Voltaggio and other top chefs to headline National Harbor festival
It will be a who’s who of celebrity chefs at the 7th Annual National Harbor Wine & Food Festival on Sat., May 3 and Sun, May 4....
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Nellie’s New Top
Just in time for some gorgeous D.C. weather, Nellie’s Sports Bar, at 900 U St. NW, has decided to ditch its outdoor, second-floor tent in...
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Unconventional Queer Fest
After years of producing a queer prom, Eboné Bell decided to kick things up a notch and launch a full-day LGBT convention-type event. From workshops...
