Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "nightclubs"

  • Revealing Host

    Jayson Watson's mother once helped him at the Green Lantern. ''She got to hold towels over people's crotches, and that was the best day of...

  • Steele Town

    DJ Billy Steele (Photo by Liz Liguori)   DJ Billy Steele is about to fulfill a career-long dream. “I’ve been wanting to play [D.C. for...

  • Red, White & Booze

    ''Red versus blue, which are you?'' It's not a reference to your political affiliation. And it's not a question of whether you're mad or sad....

  • Peter's Pride

    ''A lot of people miss the Roxy and the big-room experience,'' says Peter Rauhofer. ''We saw this as an opportunity.'' For many years, Rauhofer served...

  • Pride After Dark

    Every year, New York City includes in its Pride festivities a huge outdoor dance party on a pier off the Hudson River in Chelsea. Michael...

  • One for the Ladies

    In the professional promotion, there are a few words officially associated with Lace, a restaurant and nightclub in Northeast D.C.'s Brookland neighborhood: ''Sophisticated. Mature. Sexy....

  • Red Hot

    ''It's not going to be like any other night at Apex,'' says Adam Ross Wilson, who is bringing his party Calor to city's longest-running gay...

  • Gray's EFN Anatomy

    Bill Gray is happy to have stirred up a bit of mystery surrounding the future of the bar at 1318 Ninth St. NW. ''I get...

  • Stateside Arrival

    ''One of the things we wanted to do was bring some of the fun back to dance music,'' says James Wiltshire, referring to the impetus...

  • Tackling Transphobia

    Nightlife in D.C. is not as transgender-inclusive as it ought to be. At least, not according to Equality, Campus Style, a coalition of local GLBT...

  • Easter Tops

    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...

  • The founders of Guerilla Queer Bar prepare for their final invasion

    In some places it's Guerilla Gay Bar. In others, like D.C., it's Guerilla Queer Bar. Maybe it's political. Maybe it's just a fun night out....

  • Major Shift

    ''Brian Barrera (L) and Mikey Adolphson On any given night, Mikey Adolphson thinks Cobalt is too bright. That is, on any given night except the...

  • ANC Consensus

    (Note: This is an update for an earlier article: ''Status Quo on 17th'') The Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2B) voted unanimously at its...

  • 30 Rocks

    Vance Garrett will turn 30 this year. And he'll celebrate by going to New York's Black Party, the 30th edition of which takes place next...