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All posts tagged "town danceboutique"

  • Velvet Town

    Ed Bailey can't say for certain that Thunderpuss's monster '90s-era club jams were first played publicly at D.C.'s Velvet Nation. ''I think that that's what...

  • Oscar's Glamorous Night

    ''It's not your regular old Oscar party,'' Michael Fowler says of Glamour, Glitter & Gold. ''It's The DC Center's Oscar party – but on hyper-drive.''...

  • Nikno's Time

    ''I know I bring a little bit of a different sound to the clubs that I play,'' Nicholas Moede says, ''and it's great to see...

  • Everything’s Coming Up Rose

    Ryan Rose started his career as a porn actor a bit over two years ago, when faced with unexpected unemployment. ''When the company I was...

  • Town Tonight Offers a ‘Crack’ at Global Travel

    “Crack Trip” is the latest zany offering to come from the gay self-described low-budget theater group Crack DC, founded by Chris Farris, Karl Jones (aka...

  • Grand Style

    Steve Grand has been hyped as ''the first openly gay male country star.'' But while it has helped the singer-songwriter generate significant attention in almost...

  • Kiki Starter

    Recently, Ana Matronic left a voicemail. But it wasn't for Pickles, so she didn't ham it up. And since she was calling for a Metro...

  • Red Hot Tears

    Eric Himan broke down in the studio while recording ''Gracefully,'' a song he wrote about his grandmother, who died last year. ''I'm never very emotional...

  • Flannel Fete

    ''For the longest time,'' says Charger Stone, ''people thought you couldn't go into Phase 1 unless you had a lesbian escorting you. And I get...

  • RuPaul's Drag Race Top 3 at Town Danceboutique [video]

    The top 3 from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 performed at Town Danceboutique Saturday, June 8. Afterward, they took some time backstage to talk with...

  • Partying with Pride

    ''I think this is just a great representation of a lot of the talent that we have in D.C. and in our community,'' says John...

  • Cracking Up

    ''I can't imagine being 53 and working until 4 in the morning every weekend night,'' sighs Shea Van Horn, ''but I can't imagine myself not...

  • The Sweet Smell of Ba'Naka

    {Ba'Naka and friends (Photo by Julian Vankim)} Dustin Michael Schaad developed his drag alter ego Ba'Naka early. ''The first time was at a high school...

  • Keen on Keenan

    ''I would get bored, I think, with circuit parties eight-minute-long songs,'' says Keenan Orr. ''I think the closest to a circuit party I'm going...

  • Multisensory Music

    You wouldn't expect a former performance and visual artist -- and before that, a go-go dancer -- to go quietly into the DJ booth, would...