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  • Outspoken: What's in Your Easter Bonnet? [video]

    By on April 28, 2011

    This week, Ebone Bell makes her way through a crowded JR.'s on Easter Sunday during the bar's annual Easter Bonnet contest to find out what...

  • Pumped to Race

    By on October 13, 2010

    Organizers of the 24th annual High Heel Race, set for Tuesday, Oct. 26, are asking for three things: One, they need volunteers. Two, they want...

  • Blocks Party

    By on September 22, 2010

    The construction that had crowded parts of 17th Street NW since December is gone. Accordingly, it's time to celebrate. This Saturday's 17th Street Festival does...

  • Cocktail Chorus

    By on September 15, 2010

    When it comes to nightlife, Monday is about as celebrated as a case of pubic lice. That's exactly why, upon entering JR.'s Bar & Grill...

  • JR.'s Annual Easter Bonnet Contest [video]

    By on April 4, 2010

    JR.’s Bar & Grill held its Easter Bonnet Contest, an Easter Sunday tradition for 25 years, on Sunday, April 4, 2010. This year’s winner: Chad...

  • March Madness

    By on October 21, 2009

    There have been Princess Dianas and Marge Simpsons, Dorothys and Sarah Palins. Coming up on its 24th year, the annual High Heel Race changes to...

  • Easter Tops

    By on April 8, 2009

    Last year, JR.'s Dave Perruzza won the crown for best bonnet -- at Freddie's Beach Bar's Easter Bonnet Brunch. Perruzza, of course, knows a thing...

  • Speed Queen

    By on October 24, 2007

    Carey Murphy has traveled across the country documenting various festivals for the Smithsonian Channel, and now she's ready to document Washington's annual High Heel Race...

  • Birthday Bar

    By on September 13, 2006

    There are older gay bars in D.C. than JR.'s Bar and Grill. And there are older JR.'s bars in the country than the local namesake....

  • No Ifs, Ands or Butts

    By on October 13, 2004

    Washington's newest local celebrity is Mary. She's the central figure in a new campaign aimed at smokers who are trying to kick the habit. Ads...

  • Going Once, Going Twice …

    By on June 2, 2004

    There are an abundance of activities and events taking place during the week of Capital Pride. So why would anyone care about a Bachelor's Auction...