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    The Academy of Washington closes

    By on October 27, 2015

    After 55 years, the Academy of Washington, a social club for drag performers, has shut down. On Monday, Oct. 26, the board of directors decided...

  • Southeast Memories

    By on March 5, 2008

    There was no body to mourn inside the meeting room of the Charles Sumner School in Northwest last Thursday, Feb. 28. But for the crowd...

  • Temple Bound

    By on November 22, 2006

    It's been more than a month now since the Academy of Washington's weekly events came to a halt when Club 55, the venue that hosted...

  • The Mame Event

    By on October 26, 2005

    Enter the world of Carl. Born in 1940 to Guido and Mildred Rizzi, and raised in the conservative New England town of Milford, N.H., Carl...