Metro Weekly

Nightlife

  • Bear Beats

    By on March 21, 2013

    If you notice different music, or a different style of music, at Town's Bear Happy Hour this Friday, that's all part of the plan. In...

  • Coverboy: Jesson

    By on March 15, 2013

    Jesson grew up in a college ''party town,'' which may explain his fearlessness and sense of independence compared to others his age. Despite the advice...

  • Extreme Celebration

    By on March 14, 2013

    Next week, Abel Aguilera, the celebrated gay circuit veteran known as DJ Abel, will turn fifty. So naturally Ric Sena is throwing him a big...

  • Mixtape Master

    By on March 14, 2013

    ''Coffee is my vice,'' laughs Matt Bailer. ''I literally drink coffee when I'm DJ-ing at Nellie's. It's kind of the running joke around there.'' Bailer,...

  • Coverboy: Aaron

    By on March 7, 2013

    Witty, creative and analytical, Aaron isn't one for dull conversation. The Indiana native first came to the District to attend Gallaudet, where he studied sign...

  • Dancing Bears

    By on March 6, 2013

    '' was pretty much just bears in bars,'' Matt Bearracuda says of the bear scene in San Francisco. ''It was a little too conservative and...

  • Coverboy: David

    By on March 1, 2013

    David is determined to make the most of his time in D.C., the city he claims he ''fell in love'' with when he moved here...

  • Spring Rites

    By on February 28, 2013

    ''It's kind of just this dangerous, lurking area that's sort of vaguely reminiscent of a carnival.'' Technically, Daniel Alexander Osach isn't describing New York's Black...

  • Coverboy: Justin

    By on February 25, 2013

    A trip to the District more than two years ago convinced Justin to uproot himself and make D.C. his new home. The 28-year-old Alabama native...

  • Wigging Out for Charity

    By on February 21, 2013

    ''Fifteen years ago when I came out, my parents had a really hard time with it, particularly my mother,'' Jack Jacobson says. But now? Things...

  • Pussy Galore

    By on February 14, 2013

    Jason Barnes grew up a fan of the fairy-tale character Puss in Boots. ''Any character whose fashion is like his main power is good for...

  • Phase 1 of Dupont Turns 1

    By on February 14, 2013

    My, how time flies. Can you believe it's already been a year since Phase 1 of Dupont opened in the former Apex/Badlands space? ''The past...

  • Coverboy: Joseph

    By on February 11, 2013

    Some Washingtonians have been bitten by the political bug. Joseph, however, hasn't just been bitten – he's spiking a 105-degree fever. Since graduating from Gallaudet...

  • Nostalgic Kick

    By on February 7, 2013

    ''Eighties music makes people smile, or at least it does for me every time I play it,'' says Adam Koussari-Amin. ''It was just such a...

  • Zach

    By on February 2, 2013

    Chris Brown told us in his hit single to ''Turn up the music – I need it in my life.'' That holds for Zach, too,...