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Randy Shulman

JUNE 18, 2015


Volume 22 / Issue 7

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NEWS

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CAPITAL PRIDES DAY IN THE PARK


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Jepsen

A Super-Sized Pride
Not even inclement weather could stop the perfect celebration that heralded the
40th Anniversary of Pride
by John Riley

VEN A THUNDERSTORM COULDNT DAMPEN


the festivities at the 40th anniversary celebration of a
super-sized Capital Pride this past weekend.
Toward the end of Sundays hot and humid Pride
festival, sweat-drenched D.C. Pride-goers were ordered to run
for cover during a late-afternoon downpour. A few fearless
souls, undeterred by the weather, continued to frolic, dance or
hula-hoop even as lightning crackled overhead.
Once the storm had passed, the crowd quickly reassembled
around the main stage those who were holding on to see
Wilson Phillips. The pop trio fared better with the weather than
fellow 90s hit-makers En Vogue, whose stellar appearance two
hours earlier started in sprinkles and ended in sheets of rain.
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I cant believe you stayed here through the rain, singer


Carnie Wilson told the crowd, during a well-received set that
included covers of Dancing Queen and California Dreaming,
as well as the groups hits. You are gorgeous!
While the stage hadnt completely recovered from the rain
local backup dancer Mathew Talley almost tumbled due to a
wet spot it went unnoticed by the crowd, who were instead
swept up in Carly Rae Jepsens chirpy and sweet embrace.
The Canadian pop artist briefly stepped off the stage and into
the crowd to bask in the moment during her 2012 breakout hit
Call Me Maybe. She also introduced the talented Talley and
his partner in dance, and in life Camal Pugh before the
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original choreography to Jepsens new hit I Really Like You.
Talley and Pugh, along with fellow dancer Marcellus Borland,
also supported Katy Tiz earlier that afternoon as they did
with Betty Who last year but Jepsen was the first to single
them out on stage.
We really werent expecting her to stop everything, Pugh
said. That was the most awesome thing ever.
Even with the days dramatic weather which included a
faint yet discernible rainbow appearing to the left of the Capitol
most people in attendance at Sundays festival were determined to keep spirits high, celebrating Pride come what may.
The rain was nothing more than a brief, momentary interruption of what was otherwise a successful Pride celebration,
said Bernie Delia, the board president of the Capital Pride
Alliance. The whole celebration went extraordinarily well.
It was a sentiment echoed over and over again by festivalgoers: that the sense of camaraderie with their fellow LGBT
community members, not any particular act, keeps bringing
them back, year after year.
Im just looking forward to being with friends and celebrating our Pride, being happy to be gay together, said Matthew
Schottland.
Saturdays Capital Pride Parade was similarly packed with
happy revellers, as various floats sailed their way down a 1.5mile course weaving through the citys Dupont and Logan Circle
neighborhoods. Marching contingents of employees and representatives from District government agencies, religious organizations, major corporations, local businesses, political groups,
nonprofits, social clubs and bars surged along the parade route,
greeted by cheerful spectators along the way.
Parade watchers of all ages, from high school students to
senior Pride veterans, including a substantial number of families
with young children straight and gay alike lined the streets
along the parade route. As the floats passed by, spectators alternated between shouting words of encouragement for marchers
and performers and screaming for beads, candy and other small
prizes being thrown into the crowd.
I just like to see all the people coming together, and, of
course, the alcohol. Come on, you cant have a Pride without
booze, quipped veteran spectator Andre Simpson as a contingent of marchers tossed prizes into the crowd and, armed with
Super Soakers, doused the spectators around him with spritzes
of ice-cold water. And beads. Beads and balls flying at your
head. Where else can you go and there are balls flying at your
head? Hello, welcome to D.C.
While some floats or marching groups went for the more
revealing option of baring some skin, others seemed intent on
making a statement. Most notable among the latter: a contingent
of queer, undocumented immigrants marching with LGBT community center Casa Ruby, who crafted a movable jail/detention
cell with a person inside.
I guess you just forget that theres so many sub-categories of
people who arent represented at all, Deidy Cordero, a resident
of Springfield, Va., said of the undocumented marchers display.
First to be gay, then trans, then a person of color, and then
undocumented, theres so many levels of injustice. It definitely
brought that attention to my eyes, so I think it will make everybody else think about it, too. Because sometimes you do forget.
Overall, though, Cordero, at only her second Pride, was
drawn to the parade because of the upbeat nature of the celebration.
What I love about Pride parades is that everyone is just
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happy to be themselves. I think thats the number one message,


just to be yourself, to not be afraid, and love one another, she
said. Im just looking forward to being with people who are
happy and want to spread love.
Beyond political statements, the Capital Pride Alliance gave
out 10 different awards to floats and displays. This years
Judges Award went to Maryland-based hotel giant Marriott
International, who had televisions Ross Mathews officiate a
wedding between a gay couple presently unable to marry in
their home state of Texas. The U.S. Armed Forces Color Guard,
which made history when it became the first color guard to kick
off a gay Pride parade in the nation at last years Capital Pride
celebration, won the Best Public Sector Contingent Award.
Other winners in the float contest were international transportation giant Uber, who won the award for Best
Incorporation of Theme; Freddies Beach Bar, which earned
Most Decorated Float; Metro DC PFLAG for Best Marching
Contingent; The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Marching
Band for Best Visiting Contingent; Hilton Hotel and Resorts for
the Most Outrageous float; Bobby McKeys Dueling Piano Bar
for the Best New Contingent; Foundation Angie for the Best
Nonprofit Contingent; and DortchDesign for the Best Small
Group Contingent.
Saturdays parade was also a first for the members of the
Ramsey family, from Louisville, Ky. the blue city in a red
state, as mom Kelly put it. They were in the middle of looking
at colleges with their son and daughter when they happened
across the parade.
We took them to museums, and we thought, This is also
part of a reasonable education for your kids, Kelly added. Its
just part of raising a conscious, socially responsible child, to
make sure they understand that everyone has a place in society.
How can you object to people having such a good time and celebrating who they are?
Additional reporting by Doug Rule. l

Brotherly
(and Sisterly) Love
Philadelphia hosts a massive celebration to
commemorate an important day in gay history
by Doug Rule

EHOBOTH BEACH OR PROVINCETOWN? OR


maybe just stick to D.C.?
Any other year, all would be fine picks for celebrating Independence Day. But this year? The only place
to be on July 4 particularly if youre gay is Philadelphia.
This is truly not to be missed, says Malcolm Lazin of the
National LGBT 50th Anniversary Celebration. I think this
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people remember gatherings on the National Mall, I think
they will remember the gathering at Independence Hall.
Lazin is chair of the celebration, which offers a full slate
of mostly free programming over the long weekend from
Thursday, July 2, to Sunday, July 5. One of the lead events is
an outdoor concert from Live Nation set for Friday, July 3, at
Penns Landing and symbolically priced at $19.65. The lineup
is heavy with drag queens affiliated with Philadelphias
Drag Wars competition, put on by Mimi Imfurst of RuPauls
Drag Race. Adore Delano is another RuPaul alum performing at the concert, which also features openly gay singers
Ferras, an up-and-coming pop artist with strong ties to Katy
Perry, and Jonathan Allen, an opera-trained semi-finalist
from season eight of Americas Got Talent. Aubrey ODay
and Shannon Bex, former members of P. Diddys girl group
Danity Kane now comprising the alternative dance-pop duo
dumblonde, will host.
Other standouts of the weekend include an unprecedented
five exhibitions on different aspects of LGBT History at prominent institutions, including the National Constitution Center,
the Liberty Bell Center and the African American Museum in
Philadelphia, panel discussions on national LGBT issues in the
areas of law and politics,and a Sunday street festival in Phillys
gay district.
The centerpiece of the weekend is a gathering in front of
Independence Hall on Saturday, July 4. Comedian Wanda Sykes
will emcee the afternoon ceremony featuring many of todays
movement leaders. Its partly meant to be a celebration of the
remarkable progress made over the past 50 years, but mostly,
its intended to reflect on the time, exactly 50 years ago July
4, 1965 when 40 gays and lesbians decided to take an unprecedented stand for gay rights by picketing at Independence Hall.
At the time activists only knew of roughly 200 people in the
whole country who were openly gay.
These 40 gay pioneers were chiefly from Washington, New
York and Philadelphia, and were recruited to Independence
Hall by Washingtons Frank Kameny and Philadelphias Barbara
Gittings without doubt the father and mother of the LGBT
civil rights movement, Lazin says. Kameny and Gittings, both
now deceased, organized four more pickets at Independence
Hall, calling them Annual Reminders. The last one drew an
impressive 150 demonstrators, but it was overshadowed by
the landmark Stonewall riots in New York one week earlier.
Seizing on an opportunity, Kameny and Gittings immediately
suspended the Reminders and shifted gears, planning a march
that would commemorate the first anniversary of Stonewall. It
attracted well more than 2,000 people.
The Annual Reminders faded into obscurity until a decade
ago, when Lazin first sensed some lessons werent being shared
and important connections were being lost. Were the only
minority community worldwide that is not taught as history
at home, school or religious institution, he says. That has huge
movement impact. In 2005, Lazin organized a smaller-scale
40th anniversary tribute but it was off-site and held in May,
as part of the Equality Forum for which he serves as executive
director.
We made a promise then to Frank and Barbara that there
would be a 50th anniversary, he says, and that that anniversary would be at Independence Hall on July 4th. Were proud
to be able to have kept that commitment.
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Mexico Effectively
Legalizes Gay
Marriage
Supreme Court allows same-sex couples to
seek injunctions against marriage bans, even
as the laws remain on the books
by John Riley

T SEEMS MEXICAN GAYS AND LESBIANS HAVE


something else to celebrate this Pride month.
Mexicos Supreme Court ruled on June 3 that any state
law restricting marriage to heterosexuals is discriminatory, but the details of that ruling did not become public until
this week. As a result, same-sex couples in Mexico can begin the
process of petitioning the courts to allow them to legally marry,
even if the state they live in still has a law on the books defining
marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
As reported by The New York Times, the courts ruling explicitly
rejects the argument made by gay marriage opponents that the
purpose of matrimony is solely for procreation and child-rearing.
As the purpose of matrimony is not procreation, there is no
justified reason that the matrimonial union be heterosexual, nor
that it be stated as between only a man and only a woman, the
ruling reads. Such a statement turns out to be discriminatory in
its mere expression.
However, the ruling is considered a jurisprudential thesis,
meaning that it does not directly repeal any law prohibiting
same-sex marriages. Still, couples can now seek injunctions
from district judges, who would be required to rule in favor of
same-sex nuptials in order to comply with the high courts ruling
finding individual state bans discriminatory.
The Times also notes that civil registry authorities can still block
couples from marrying, at least temporarily. And the appeals process to getting an injunction can take months and costs thousands
of dollars, meaning that same-sex couples without significant
financial resources are less likely to be able to weather the appeals
process than their more well-off counterparts.
Legislators in Mexico City, which is an independent federal
district, legalized same-sex marriage in 2009. That law went
into effect in March 2010, allowing same-sex couples to not only
marry but adopt children.
Among the other 31 states in the country, only three
Quintana Roo, where Cancun is located, and the states of
Chihuahua and Coahuila, near the Texas border license
same-sex marriages, with Chihuahuas governor announcing
last Friday that his administration would no longer stand in the
way of same-sex couples wanting to get married. The Mexican
Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that the other 31 states had to
recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in the federal
district. That decision set the stage for the ruling earlier this
month, with the nations courts deciding, nearly every time, in
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LGBTCommunityCalendar
Metro Weeklys Community Calendar highlights important events in the D.C.-area
LGBT community, from alternative social events to volunteer opportunities.
Event information should be sent by email to calendar@MetroWeekly.com.
Deadline for inclusion is noon of the Friday before Thursdays publication.
Questions about the calendar may be directed to the
Metro Weekly office at 202-638-6830 or
the calendar email address.

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice


session at Hains Point, 972 Ohio Dr.,
SW. 8:30-10 a.m. Visit swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social club welcomes all levels for
exercise in a fun and supportive environment, socializing afterward. Meet
9:30 a.m., 23rd & P Streets NW, for a
walk; or 10 a.m. for fun run. dcfrontrunners.org.

DC SENTINELS basketball team

meets at Turkey Thicket Recreation


Center, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE, 2-4
p.m. For players of all levels, gay or
straight. teamdcbasketball.org.

THURSDAY, JUNE 18
CHRYSALIS arts & culture group

sees several LGBT-themed documentaries at Silver Theater as part of


AFI Docs film festival sponsored by
American Film Institute. $10 for matinees of Best Of Enemies and From
This Day Forward, $12 for evening
performance of Out To Win. 8633
Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Md.
For more information, contact Craig,
202-462-0535. http://goo.gl/TdQ1wD
Join the Center for American
Progress for A LOOK AT LGBT

ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE


UNITED STATES, an event to recognize WORLD REFUGEE DAY (June

18-19) that looks at new data and


information on LGBT asylum seekers
and the challenges they face. 10-11:30
a.m. 1331 H St. NW, 10th Floor. For
more information, visit americanprogress.org.

The DC Centers POLY


DISCUSSION GROUP holds a
monthly meeting for those interested
in discussing polyamory and other
consensual non-monogamous relationships. 7-8:30 p.m. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. For more information,
visit thedccenter.org.

WEEKLY EVENTS
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)

practice session at Takoma Aquatic


Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW. 7:30-9
p.m. swimdcac.org.

DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay and lesbian square-dancing group features


mainstream through advanced square
dancing at the National City Christian
Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW, 7-9:30
p.m. Casual dress. 301-257-0517,
dclambdasquares.org.
The DULLES TRIANGLES Northern
Virginia social group meets for happy
hour at Sheraton in Reston, 11810
Sunrise Valley Drive, second-floor
bar, 7-9 p.m. All welcome. dullestriangles.com.

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US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics


Anonymous Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,
3636 Georgia Ave. NW. The group is
independent of UHU. 202-446-1100.
WOMENS LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE for young LBTQ women,
13-21, interested in leadership development. 5-6:30 p.m. SMYAL Youth
Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3163,
catherine.chu@smyal.org.

FRIDAY, JUNE 12

parties, vogue nights, movies and


games. More info, catherine.chu@
smyal.org.

SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-6


p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for
youth 21 and younger. Youth Center,
410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, testing@smyal.org.

SATURDAY, JUNE 20

LGB PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP for

BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay


volunteer organization, volunteers
today for Lost Dog & Cat Rescue
Foundation at Falls Church PetSmart.
To participate, visit burgundycrescent.org.

WEEKLY EVENTS

RAINBOW BUILD WORK DAY, a


project of Habitat for Humanity,
seeks volunteers to help build a house
for needy families in the District. No
construction experience necessary.
8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Ivy Site Northeast
DC, 1845 Central Place NE. For more
information, visit dchabitat.org.

adults in Montgomery County offers


a safe space to explore coming out
and issues of identity. 10-11:30 a.m.
16220 S. Frederick Rd., Suite 512,
Gaithersburg, Md. For more information, visit thedccenter.org.

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice


session at Hains Point, 927 Ohio Dr.
SW. 6:30-8 p.m. Visit swimdcac.org.

GAY DISTRICT holds facilitated

discussion for GBTQ men, 18-35, first


and third Fridays. 8:30-9:30 p.m. The
DC Center, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite
105. 202-682-2245, gaydistrict.org.

HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker


Health. At the Elizabeth Taylor
Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson
Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9
a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an appointment
call 202-745-7000. Visit whitmanwalker.org.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers

free, rapid HIV testing. Appointment


needed. 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700.
202-638-0750.

PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-

affirming social group for ages 11-24.


4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road NW.
Contact Tamara, 202-319-0422, laycdc.org.

SMYALS REC NIGHT provides


a social atmosphere for GLBT and
questioning youth, featuring dance

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The DC Center hosts a monthly

LGBT ASYLUM SEEKERS FORUM

and discussion group for LGBT


asylees and refugees currently relocated to the D.C. area. 7-9 p.m. 2000
14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.

WEEKLY EVENTS
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing, 9-5

p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). 202-291-4707 or andromedatransculturalhealth.org.

BET MISHPACHAH, founded by


members of the LGBT community,
holds Saturday morning Shabbat
services, 10 a.m., followed by Kiddush
luncheon. Services in DCJCC
Community Room, 1529 16th St. NW.
betmish.org.
BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, including others interested in Brazilian culture, meets. For location/time, email
braziliangaygroup@yahoo.com.

DIGNITYUSA sponsors Mass for

LGBT community, family and friends.


6:30 p.m., Immanuel Church-on-theHill, 3606 Seminary Road, Alexandria.
All welcome. For more info, visit dignitynova.org.

GAY LANGUAGE CLUB discusses


critical languages and foreign languages. 7 p.m. Nellies, 900 U St. NW.
RVSP preferred. brendandarcy@
gmail.com.
IDENTITY offers free and confidential

HIV testing in Takoma Park, 7676


New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411. Walkins 12-3 p.m. For appointments other
hours, call 301-422-2398.

SUNDAY, JUNE 21
ADVENTURING outdoors group hikes
7 moderate miles with 1000 feet of
elevation gain in Lost River State Park
near Wardensville, W.V. Swim in Park
pool follows, with dinner in Front
Royal, Va. Bring plenty of beverages,
lunch, bug spray, sunscreen, swimsuit & towel, about $18 for fees, and
whatever you want to spend for dinner. Carpool at 9 a.m. from East Falls
Church Metro Kiss & Ride lot. Craig,
202-462-0535. adventuring.org.

WEEKLY EVENTS
BETHEL CHURCH-DC progressive
and radically inclusive church holds
services at 11:30 a.m. 2217 Minnesota
Ave. SE. 202-248-1895, betheldc.org.
DIGNITYUSA offers Roman Catholic
Mass for the LGBT community. 6
p.m., St. Margarets Church, 1820
Connecticut Ave. NW. All welcome.
Sign interpreted. For more info, visit
dignitynova.org.

FRIENDS MEETING OF
WASHINGTON meets for worship,

10:30 a.m., 2111 Florida Ave. NW,


Quaker House Living Room (next to
Meeting House on Decatur Place),
2nd floor. Special welcome to lesbians
and gays. Handicapped accessible
from Phelps Place gate. Hearing assistance. quakersdc.org.

INSTITUTE FOR SPIRITUAL


DEVELOPMENT, God-centered new

age church & learning center. Sunday


Services and Workshops event. 5419
Sherier Place NW. isd-dc.org.

LUTHERAN CHURCH OF
REFORMATION invites all to Sunday

worship at 8:30 or 11 a.m. Childcare is


available at both services. Welcoming
LGBT people for 25 years. 212 East
Capitol St. NE. reformationdc.org.

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

services at 9 a.m. (ASL interpreted)


and 11 a.m. Childrens Sunday School
at 11 a.m. 474 Ridge St. NW. 202-6387373, mccdc.com.

NEW HSV-2 SOCIAL AND


SUPPORT GROUP for gay men living
in the DC metro area. This group will
be meeting once a month. For information on location and time, email to
not.the.only.one.dc@gmail.com.

ST. STEPHEN AND THE


INCARNATION, an interracial,

multi-ethnic Christian Community


offers services in English, 8 a.m. and
10:30 a.m., and in Spanish at 5:15 p.m.
1525 Newton St. NW. 202-232-0900,
saintstephensdc.org.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
CHURCH OF SILVER SPRING

invites LGBTQ families and individuals of all creeds and cultures to join
the church. Services 9:15 and 11:15
a.m. 10309 New Hampshire Ave.
uucss.org.

MONDAY, JUNE 22
WEEKLY EVENTS
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at Hains Point, 927 Ohio
Dr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit swimdcac.
org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds

practice, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Garrison


Elementary, 1200 S St. NW. dcscandals.wordpress.com.

GETEQUAL meets 6:30-8 p.m. at

Quaker House, 2111 Florida Ave. NW.


getequal.wdc@gmail.com.

KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY


(K.I.) Services, 3333 Duke St.,

Alexandria, offers free rapid HIV


testing and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
703-823-4401.

METROHEALTH CENTER offers

free, rapid HIV testing. No appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012 14th
St. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.

NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing.


5-7 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite 200,
Arlington. Appointments: 703-7894467.

SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5


p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for
youth 21 and younger. Youth Center,
410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155 or testing@smyal.org.
THE DC CENTER hosts Coffee DropIn for the Senior LGBT Community.
10 a.m.-noon. 2000 14th St. NW. 202682-2245, thedccenter.org.
US HELPING US hosts a black gay
mens evening affinity group. 3636
Georgia Ave. NW. 202-446-1100.
WASHINGTON WETSKINS Water
Polo Team practices 7-9 p.m. Takoma
Aquatic Center, 300 Van Buren St.
NW. Newcomers with at least basic
swimming ability always welcome.
Tom, 703-299-0504, secretary@
wetskins.org, wetskins.org.
Whitman-Walker Health HIV/
AIDS SUPPORT GROUP for newly
diagnosed individuals, meets 7 p.m.
Registration required. 202-939-7671,
hivsupport@whitman-walker.org.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23
The DC Centers GENDERQUEER
DISCUSSION GROUP holds a monthly meeting for people who identify
outside the gender binary. 7-8:30 p.m.
2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.

WEEKLY EVENTS
ASIANS AND FRIENDS weekly dinner in Dupont/Logan Circle area, 6:30
p.m. afwash@aol.com, afwashington.
net.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)

practice session at Takoma Aquatic


Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW. 7:30-9
p.m. swimdcac.org.

DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social club serving greater D.C.s


LGBT community and allies hosts an
evening run/walk. dcfrontrunners.org.

THE GAY MENS HEALTH


COLLABORATIVE offers free HIV

testing and STI screening and treatment every Tuesday. 5-6:30 p.m.
Rainbow Tuesday LGBT Clinic,
Alexandria Health Department, 4480
King St. 703-746-4986 or text 571-2149617. james.leslie@inova.org.

HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker


Health. At the Elizabeth Taylor
Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson
Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. For an appointment call 202745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.
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THE HIV WORKING GROUP of THE


DC CENTER hosts Packing Party,
where volunteers assemble safe-sex
kits of condoms and lube. 7 p.m.,
Green Lantern, 1335 Green Court
NW. thedccenter.org.

IDENTITY offers free and confiden-

tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg,


414 East Diamond Ave., and in
Takoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire
Ave., Suite 411. Walk-ins 2-6 p.m.
For appointments other hours, call
Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978 or
Takoma Park at 301-422-2398.

KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY


(K.I.) SERVICES, at 3333 Duke St.,

Alexandria, offers free rapid HIV


testing and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
703-823-4401.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS

LGBT focused meeting every Tuesday,


7 p.m. St. Georges Episcopal Church,
915 Oakland Ave., Arlington, just
steps from Virginia Square Metro. For
more info. call Dick, 703-521-1999.
Handicapped accessible. Newcomers
welcome. liveandletliveoa@gmail.com.

SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5

p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for


youth 21 and younger. Youth Center,
410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, testing@smyal.org.

meeting to talk about upcoming initiatives. 6-8 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite
105. For more information, visit thedccenter.org.

THE LAMBDA BRIDGE CLUB meets


for Duplicate Bridge. 7:30 p.m. Dignity
Center, 721 8th St. SE, across from
the Marine Barracks. No reservation
needed. Phone 703-407-6540 if you
need a partner.

WEEKLY EVENTS
AD LIB, a group for freestyle conversation, meets about 6:30-6 p.m.,
Steam, 17th and R NW. All welcome.
For more information, call Fausto
Fernandez, 703-732-5174.
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing, 9-5

p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). 202-291-4707, andromedatransculturalhealth.org.

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at Hains Point, 927 Ohio


Dr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit swimdcac.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds

practice, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Garrison


Elementary, 1200 S St. NW. dcscandals.wordpress.com.

HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH

SUPPORT GROUP FOR LGBTQ


YOUTH ages 13-21 meets at SMYAL,

offers Wednesday worship 7:15 a.m.


and 12:05 p.m. All welcome. 118 N.
Washington St., Alexandria. 703-5491450, historicchristchurch.org.

US HELPING US hosts a support


group for black gay men 40 and older.
7-9 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave. NW. 202446-1100.

HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker


Health. At the Elizabeth Taylor
Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson
Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. For an appointment call 202745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.

410 7th St. SE, 5-6:30 p.m. Cathy


Chu, 202-567-3163, catherine.chu@
smyal.org.

Whitman-Walker Healths GAY

MENS HEALTH AND WELLNESS/


STD CLINIC opens at 6 p.m., 1701

14th St. NW. Patients are seen on


walk-in basis. No-cost screening for
HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. Hepatitis and herpes testing
available for fee. whitman-walker.org.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Path2Parenthood, a New Yorkbased nonprofit, holds a free event,

GAY WOMENS GATHERING:


AN EVENING ABOUT LESBIAN
PREGNANCY. Featuring a panel of

experts going over the dos and donts


of planning a family. Refreshments
served. Reservations preferred in
advance. 6:30-8:30 p.m. The DC
Center, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
To reserve a spot, email corey@path2parenthood.org or call 718-853-1411.
For more information, visit path2parenthood.org.
The DC Centers HIV PREVENTION
WORKING GROUP holds a monthly

IDENTITY offers free and confiden-

tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg, 414


East Diamond Ave. Walk-ins 2-7 p.m.
For appointments other hours, call
Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978.

JOB CLUB, a weekly support pro-

gram for job entrants and seekers,


meets at The DC Center. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. More
info, www.centercareers.org.

METROHEALTH CENTER offers

free, rapid HIV testing. No appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012 14th
St. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.

NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing.


11 a.m.-2 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite
200, Arlington. Appointments: 703789-4467.

PRIME TIMERS OF DC, social


club for mature gay men, hosts
weekly happy hour/dinner. 6:30 p.m.,
Windows Bar above Dupont Italian
Kitchen, 1637 17th St. NW. Carl, 703573-8316. l
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Assorted photographs from the 40th
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Festival, Saturday and Sunday,
June 13 and 14, 2015.
Photography by Ward Morrison
Additional photography by Todd Franson
and Randy Shulman
See all 1,000 photographs from the
event plus coverage of select affiliated
events at MetroWeekly.com/Scene
Check out our 75 Instagram videos, by
Christopher Cunetto and Randy Shulman,
from the weekends big events at
Instagram.com/Metroweekly.
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Compiled by Doug Rule

SPOTLIGHT

CAMELLIA ENTERTAINMENT

AUDRA MCDONALD
WITH NATIONAL SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA

Curtain Call

Boulevard offers a masterful performance from Robin Williams in a slow,


familiar tale of rediscovering ones sexuality

T SEEMS SOMEWHAT DAUNTING TO CRITIQUE BOULEVARD (HHHHH) OBJECTIVELY, FOR


a dark shadow sits over its 88-minute runtime.
With the exception of a voiceover role in a film later this year, and ignoring its debut at Tribeca last
year, Boulevard is the last fresh material viewers will be treated to from Robin Williams. It seems ironic that
a man known for his energy and enthusiasm should enjoy his last starring role in what is perhaps the most
understated performance of his career.
Williams plays Nolan Mack, a man stuck in a tedious routine. He has worked at the same bank for almost
three decades. Once finished, he comes home, exchanges pleasantries with his wife Joy (Kathy Baker),
before they retire to their separate bedrooms. Its a bleak, languishing situation, with Nolans life one of
maintaining appearances.
Everything changes for Nolan when he decides to drive by a group of sex workers. Here, he meets Leo,
setting into motion a chain of events that force Nolan to come to terms with himself as his decades-long
facade slowly crumbles.
Williams offers a masterful performance, capturing the shy naivety of a man who has denied his own
feelings for so long. In an initial exchange with Leo, played by Roberto Aguire with a mixture of suspicion,
innocence and youthful contempt, Nolan refuses sex, instead preferring to just talk to open up a part of his
life he has kept fiercely closeted even as Leo stands naked before him.
Boulevard slowly unpicks Nolans world, with Williams performance similarly evolving over the course
of the film. The shy, awkward man who starts a semi-platonic relationship with Leo, terrified and remorseful
when his lies are uncovered, slowly gives way to someone who tires of maintaining his falsehoods.
Director Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Fighting) maintains the films unhurried pace
with a similarly restrained direction, while Douglas Soesbes script is simple without being overly simplistic
though a few hamfisted moments are evident, such as Nolans coming out to his senile father.
An unusual film, Boulevards simple plot gives way to a quiet confidence, as an excellent cast navigate
these oft-sailed waters a man finding himself is hardly revolutionary cinema. The film also manages to
escape from the clouds of Williams death, serving as an excellent reminder of how great an actor Williams
truly was. Its somewhat bittersweet that, as Nolan builds his life anew, we are reminded that the man portraying him failed to do the same. Rhuaridh Marr
Boulevard plays June 19th at Reel Affirmations, presented by HRC and Chef Patrick Vanas. A Q&A follows
the 7 p.m. showing with a second showing at 9:15 p.m. Human Rights Campaign, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW.
Tickets start at $10. Find out more at reelaffirmations.org.

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Andy Einhorn conducts the NSO in a


concert featuring the most-awarded
Tony winner in history. Its a program of show tunes and pop standards, including those from shows
McDonald has starred in, from The
Gershwins Porgy and Bess to Ragtime
to Carousel. McDonald, also known
from her work as a lead character on ABCs Private Practice, long
ago adopted a Twitter handle that
reflects her staunch support for marriage equality @AudraEqualityMC.
Certainly, Im a child, a product of
what came because of civil rights,
she told Metro Weekly several years
ago. Without civil rights I certainly
wouldnt have been able to do half the
things Ive done. And so I feel its just
my duty to do whatever I can to help
push it along to get marriage equality
for everybody. Monday, June 22, at
8:15 p.m. The Filene Center at Wolf
Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets
are $25 to $75. Call 877-WOLFTRAP
or visit wolftrap.org.

BETTE MIDLER

This longtime gay rights champion


stops by the Verizon Center at the
end of her first major tour in a decade
in support of last years set Its The
Girls!, a tribute to the music popularized by girl groups over the past 80
years from doo-wop to Motown and
beyond. Midler will also perform material from throughout her four-decadeslong career, including the ballads The
Rose and Wind Beneath My Wings.
Monday, June 22, at 8 p.m. Verizon
Center, 601 F St. NW. Tickets are $45
to $260. Call 202-628-3200 or visit
verizoncenter.com.

BRANDY CLARK

This great, lesbian country singersongwriter returns a year after her


rousing debut at the Birchmere. Clark
has established herself as a preeminent Nashville songwriter, writing
smart, sophisticated songs, many of
which have become major hits from
Mamas Broken Heart for Miranda
Lambert to Better Dig Two for
The Band Perry, and the twangy,
gay-affirming anthem Follow Your
Arrow for Kacey Musgraves. Two
years ago, Clark released her tremendous, and tremendously entertaining, debut album 12 Stories. I think
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songs are kind of dark comedy, a lot


of them, she told Metro Weekly last
year. Tough subject matter but really
delivered a little bit tongue in cheek.
Sunday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m., at The
Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave.,
Alexandria. Tickets are $29.50. Call
703-549-7500 or visit birchmere.com.

SHARON SHATTUCK

CHAMBER DANCE PROJECT

From This Day Forward

Reel
Stories
Michael Lumpkin, head of AFI Docs, explains why

LGBT Documentaries are still important

ICHAEL LUMPKINS LOVE FOR DOCUMENTARIES STARTED WITH 180


coal miners, specifically Harlan County, USA. The Oscar-winning documentary
sparked a passion for telling his own stories.
I was really active on my college campus about LGBT issues, he says. So I started
showing LGBT films, and documentaries were really critical for that. These films telling the
state of our community, about the movement, and about how we were involved with changing our world. Nearly forty years later, Lumpkin, as head of the AFI Docs Film Festival, is
able to share these stories with a much larger audience.
I think a big part of that shift in opinion is the exposure to these kinds of films, says
Lumpkin, the former head of Frameline and a producer on the documentary The Celluloid
Closet. Our culture has moved more and more towards documentary. If you think about it,
reality TV is kind of a distant cousin to documentary. Though it must be noted, you wont
see any Kardashians popping up in AFI Docs, which includes three LGBT-themed films
this year, including From This Day Forward, which explores a transgender womans transition from the point of view of her adolescent daughter and Out to Win, which examines at
lives of LGBT athletes and their struggles in an industry plagued by homophobia. Closing
the festival is Larry Kramer In Love and Anger, the story of the the renowned playwright
and gay activist, one of the more controversial figures in LGBT history.
For Lumpkin, the best part of documentaries is passing them along to others. And with
the advent of movie streaming technologies like Netflix, its never been easier to share these
experiences with others from around the world. Documentaries dont really compete with
blockbuster films, Lumpkin says. They become popular when people watch them and
talk about them. And with a subscription model, people can watch as many as they want.
I think its really helping the LGBT community, especially on a global level. Different cultures get to watch the struggles of the LGBT community from around the world.
Yet, its hard to beat the feeling of sitting with an audience when the lights go down.
For AFI Docs, its important to have different types of stories, different subjects and bring
them together, Lumpkin says. Its great to see the diversity of voices we have.
Connor J. Hogan
AFI Docs runs from June 17th to June 21st. For locations, ticket and screening info,
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Last year ushered in the debut of this


former New York-based ballet company as a Washington-based ensemble
an imaginative and determined new
dance force, as Sarah Kaufman of the
Washington Post heralded the move.
Artistic director Diane Coburn Bruning
leads six principal dancers from major
ballet companies the Joffrey, Atlanta,
Milwaukee and Washington along
with a string quartet performing live
accompaniment. Next week the company offers two repertory programs
at the Lansburgh Theatre: Program A
features two world-premieres, Wild
Swans by Darrell Grand Moultrie and
Arranged by Bruning, the D.C. premiere of the witty Four Men in Suits
plus the exuberant Time Has Come;
while Program B offers Wild Swans
plus Brunings Exit Wounds, a powerful
male duet exploring memory and loss,
and tango-infused ballet Sur. Opens
Wednesday, June 24, at 7:30 p.m. To
June 28. Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th
St. NW. Tickets are $18 to $70, or $150
for opening night, which includes preperformance champagne and postshow reception at Poste. Call 202-5471122 or visit chamberdance.org.

DC GIRLY SHOW:
BUSTING OUT WITH PRIDE

The DC Gurly Show isnt your grandfathers burlesque show, nor is it


even a traditional striptease show.
Anybody is welcome, no matter gender or how they identity, with the
focus on expression and individual
performance. An outgrowth of local
drag king organization the DC Kings,
the Gurly Show is a more freeform
type of event. Next weekend the focus
is on pride, with a show discussing
what the annual gay celebration means
to Gurlies and performances of live
music, singing and burlesque. Friday,
June 19, at 9:30 p.m. Phase 1, 525 8th
St. SE. Cover is $10. Call 202-544-6831
or visit dcgurlyshow.com.

KATHY GRIFFIN

Only the third female comic to win


a Grammy for best comedy album
(Whoopi Goldberg and Lily Tomlin
are her fellows), the two-time Emmy
winner Kathy Griffin is frank about
the topic of sexism in comedy, which
is still alive and well and thriving,
she tells Metro Weekly, referencing the
fact that men still run the shows and
that male comedians dont so much
as have to even think about personal
hygiene or attractiveness. The feminist movement is one step forward,
two steps back, and Im good and bitter about it, says Griffin, touching on
topics she explores in her new standup
comedy tour Like A Boss. Theres so
much blame to go around its everything from the Kardashians to the

Real Housewives to the way women


are depicted to the fact that there
still hasnt been a female in nightly,
network, late night since my beloved
Joan Rivers in 1988. Saturday, June
20, at 8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert
Hall. Tickets are $49 to $99. Call 202467-4600 or visitkennedy-center.org.

PARIS IS BURNING: FREE


SCREENING, PANEL DISCUSSION

The Smithsonian offers a special 25th


anniversary screening and discussion during LGBT Pride Month about
this iconic documentary telling the
story of gay and transgender African
Americans and Latinos in New York
City. Many cultural ideas and expressions derive from Jennie Livingstons
award-winning film about voguing and
drag culture. A discussion after the
screening includes Smithsonian curator Katherine Ott, LGBT activist and
emcee Rayceen Pendarvis, original cast
member Dr. Sol Williams Pendavis
and Casa Ruby founder Ruby Corado.
Thursday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m. Baird
Auditorium at the National Museum
of Natural History, 10th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW. Tickets are
free; first come, first seated. Call 202633-3030 or visit nmaahc.si.edu.

NSFW

Round House Theatres latest production is an American premiere from upand-coming British playwright Lucy
Kirkwood, a trenchant, provocative
comedy about how magazines objectify women. Meredith McDonough
directs a cast featuring Danny
Gavigan, Laura C. Harris, Deborah
Hazlett, Brandon McCoy, Todd
Scofield and James Whalen. Closes
this Sunday, June 21. Round House
Theatre, 4545 East-West Highway,
Bethesda. Tickets are $35 to $50. Call
240-644-1100 or visit roundhousetheatre.org.

POLISH NATIONAL BALLET

The national ballet company of Poland


has existed in one form or another
since 1785. Currently led by internationally renowned choreographer
Krzysztof Pastor, its repertoire is a
mix of classical and contemporary ballet. At the Kennedy Center the company will perform three contemporary ballets, including Pastors Moving
Rooms. Monday, June 22, at 8 p.m.
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater.
Tickets are $25 to $95. Call 202-4674600 or visitkennedy-center.org.

STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW

The website and app HowStuffWorks


produces the popular podcast Stuff
You Should Know, and the two principals behind it, Chuck Bryant and
Josh Clark, now bring it to life in a
live show. Expect discussion of topics
as wide-ranging as the history and
impact of Ouija boards, termites, the
use of MDMA for pleasure and mental
health, the effects of going without
sleep and gender reassignment surgery. Friday, June 26, at 8 p.m. Lincoln
Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. Tickets are
$25. Call 202-328-6000 or visit thelincolndc.com.

THE TALE OF THE


ALLERGISTS WIFE

When it originally appeared on


Broadway in 2000, the New York Times
reviewed this play as wall-to-wall
laughs. And of course it is: Its by the
supremely funny gay scribe Charles
Busch (Die Mommie Die, Psycho Beach
Party). Theater J now offers a local
production of what is to date Buschs
most widely successful show, with a
Tony nomination to prove it. Eleanor
Holdridge directs a cast including Lise
Bruneau, Maboud Ebrahimzadeh, Paul
Morella, Barbara Rappaport and Susan
Rome. To July 5. The Aaron and Cecile
Goldman Theater, Washington, D.C.s
Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th
St. NW. Tickets are $30 to $55. Call
202-518-9400 or visit washingtondcjcc.org.

FILM
AFI FILM SERIES:
ADVENTURES IN 3D

Next weekend, the American Film


Institutes Silver Theatre concludes
its months-long series focused on use
of 3D technology in various artistic
genres with screenings of three recent
examples: Pina, Wim Winders landmark 2011 documentary commemorating dancer/choreographer Pina
Bausch and taking full advantage of
the possibilities of 3D photography;
Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Werner
Herzogs 2011 meditative 3D exploration of 30,000-year-old paintings in
the Chauvet Cave in southern France;
and Wreck-It Ralph, Rich Moores 2012
colorfully conceived 3D digital fantasia
bringing classic arcade games to life.
Pina screens Saturday, June 27, at 1:15
p.m., and Sunday, June 28, at 7:45 p.m.,
Cave of Forgotten Dreams is Saturday,
June 27, at 3:30 p.m. and Sunday, June
28, at 9:45 p.m., and Wreck-It Ralph is
Saturday, June 27, at 5:45 p.m., Sunday,
June 28, at 5:45 p.m., Monday, June
29, at 4:20 p.m., and Tuesday, June 30,
at 4:20 p.m. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633
Colesville Road, Silver Spring. Tickets
are $9 to $12. Call 301-495-6720 or visit
afi.com/Silver.

INSIDE OUT

Pixars bizarre new film takes us


inside its humans minds, as we meet
the emotions who control their daily
actions. Theres an all-star cast, including Amy Poehler, and an interesting
premise, but can Pixar knock it out of
the park again? Opens Friday, June 19.
Area theaters. Visit fandango.com.

STAGE
A TALE OF TWO CITIES

HHHHH
Should you adapt an adaptation? What
if it upstages the original? In the case
of Synetic Theaters A Tale of Two
Cities, its a question worth asking.
The show takes on Everett Quintons
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this cavalcade isnt enough, consider


also that Quintons Theatre of the
Ridiculous piece is quite the adaptation: Jerry (a spectacular Alex Mills),
a drag queen in her civvies, discovers
an abandoned baby at her door and
in order to stop the howling, ends up
acting out all the parts of the Dickens
tale as she gradually prepares for her
evening performance. Synetic makes
its own rather fabulous adaptation:
they bring the baby to life, played by
Vato Tsikurishvili (or really just his
head). Jerry and the baby make for
great comedy - probably some of the
best of this theatrical season but the
dynamic ends up serving neither the
comedy nor Quintins themes fully.
This Tale has been multiplied, bifurcated and generally messed with. Go
for the baby and for Jerrys joie de
vivre and itll be, if not the best of
times - a pretty good one. Closes
this Sunday, June 21. Synetic Theater,
1800 S. Bell Street, Crystal City. Call
866-811-4111 or visit synetictheater.
org. (Kate Wingfield)

CABARET
Forde (R) and Jonathan Judge-Russo in Jumpers for Goalposts

Charmed
New York actor Liam Forde jumped at the chance for a role in

Studios Jumpers for Goalposts

CAN TALK TO OLD PEOPLE ALL NIGHT! LIAM FORDE LAUGHS. OLDER
people like me because I like the music that theyre interested in. The 25-year-old
traces that love back to Ella Fitzgerald.
My sister brought home an Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Best of the Songbooks CD, he
says. I heard it through the wall, and it just changed things. I was like, What the hell
is that? From then on, he couldnt stop listening to the pop standards that make up the
Great American Songbook. For me thats the best popular music ever written. By far.
In recent years, the New York-based actor has sung in more and more cabaret
shows, including one a few summers ago at Arlingtons Signature Theatre. But right
now hes on stage at Studio Theatre, in Jumpers for Goalposts, a play about the struggles
of a gay amateur soccer team on and off the field. Forde almost turned down the audition for the show because he had another gig booked. But then he read the script and
realized he had to be part of it. It really is a gift, Forde says. Theres something about
this play thats really, really special.
Forde portrays Luke, a nervous gay character modeled after the plays British
author Tom Wells, who Forde calls funny and intelligent and sweet. The character is
shy, inexperienced and socially awkward, and gives up at the slightest hint of conflict
both in matches as well as in his budding romance with fellow teammate Danny. The
beautiful thing about the play [is] that everyone can find themselves in these characters, Forde says. Everyone has a beautiful arc in this little dingy locker room. Im
just so charmed by it.
So charmed that, although hes got some cabaret gigs in New York already lined
up for next month, Forde is not eager to say goodbye to the show: I cant wait to turn
around and do it again as soon as its over. Doug Rule
Jumpers for Goalposts has been extended through June 28 at the Studio Theatre, 14th
& P Streets NW. Tickets are $44 to $88. Call 202-332-3300 or visit studiotheatre.org. l

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Wesley Taylor (Broadways The


Addams Family, TVs Smash) has big
boots to fill, playing the Emcee in
director Matthew Gardiners bold
and hyper-sexualized production of
Cabaret at Signature Theatre. This
may be blasphemous to say, because
those other productions were so perfect, Taylor told Metro Weekly, but
there are parts of this production that
I prefer to the Broadway version. I
just love Matts choreography, the way
he flows a show, through transitions
and interstitial content and movement.
Theres never a moment where it lingers it just keeps going. There are
bold choices hes making in this show
that will shock people, and I dont
want to give that away. Bold as in not
expected, and bold as in really dark.
The show is extremely sexualized
and this version is probably the most
sexual version Ive ever seen. To June
28. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell
Ave., Arlington. Call 703-820-9771 or
visit signature-theatre.org.

DISNEYS NEWSIES

Harvey Fierstein wrote the book to


this recent hit musical, an adaptation
of a 1992 film that flopped at the box
office only to become a cult sensation
on video. Featuring a Tony Awardwinning score by Alan Menken with
lyricist Jack Feldman, the focus is
on a band of teenage underdogs who
become unlikely heroes as a result
of standing up to the most powerful men in New York. Closes this
Sunday, June 21. National Theatre,
1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Tickets
are $48 to $128. Call 202-628-6161 or
visit thenationaldc.org.

JARRY INSIDE OUT

Richard Henrichs play was freely


adapted from the life and work of
Alfred Jarry, the French playwright
whose anti-hero Pere Ubu launched
the modern eras Dada, Surrealism and
Theater of the Absurd. Spooky Action
Theater offers a production of this

fantastical play directed by Catherine


Tripp and featuring a cast including Ryan Sellers, Carla Briscoe, Ian
LeValley, Eva Wilhelm and Connor
Hogan. Closes this Sunday, June 21.
The Universalist National Memorial
Church, 1810 16th St. NW. Tickets are
$25 to $35. Call 202-248-0301 or visit
spookyaction.org.

LAS POLACAS: THE JEWISH


GIRLS OF BUENOS AIRES

GALA Hispanic Theatre presents


this world-premiere bilingual musical from writer Patricia Suarez-Cohen
and composer/lyricist Mariano Vales
about the tragic real-life saga of a
group of Eastern European Jewish
girls lured to Argentina and a life of
prostitution a century ago. Mariano
Caligaris directs this Spanish/English
production featuring Martin Ruiz,
Ana Fontan, Samantha Dockser,
Joshua Morgan, Amy McWilliams,
Juan Bianchi and Carlos Macher.
To June 28. GALA Theatre at Tivoli
Square, 3333 14th St. NW. Tickets are
$28 to $42. Call 202-234-7174 or visit
galatheatre.org.

MARY-KATE OLSEN IS IN LOVE

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are the


millennial Graces only friends, and
shes just market research for them
in this comedy billed as a funny
play about sad people written by
Mallery Avidon and directed by Holly
Twyford in a Studio Theatre production. Katie Ryan plays Grace, while
Suzanne Stanley and Sara Dabney
Tisdale play the Olsen twins in a cast
of 10. Closes this Sunday, June 21.
Studio Theatre, 14th & P Streets NW.
Tickets are $44 to $88, or $25 for
Team DC Night Friday, June 19, via
teamdc.org. Call 202-332-3300 or visit
studiotheatre.org.

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

With text sparked by Euripides


Greek tragedy The Trojan Women,
Nancy Bannon and Mollye Maxners
Occupied Territories explores how
bodies, minds and souls are vast territories altered by the relentless history of war. Theater Alliance presents
this play in association with Kicking
Pig Productions, directed by co-writer Mollye Maxner and with a cast
including co-writer Nancy Bannon
plus Elliott Bales, Freddie Bennett,
Jake MacDevitt, Thony Mena and
Nathan Jan Yaffe. Now to July 5.
Anacostia Playhouse, 2020 Shannon
Place SE. Tickets are $35. Call 202241-2539 or visit theateralliance.com.

ROSENCRANTZ AND
GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

HHHHH
Intimate, funny and anachronistically
atmospheric, Folger Theatres production is rather like playwright Tom
Stoppard by way of someones rather
fabulous attic Paige Hathaways
set is filled with an intriguing jumble
of objects, art and books that blends
seamlessly with the Folgers medieval chapel vibe. It is in this place,
which holds as many inconsequen-

tials as it does clues, that Rosencrantz


and Guildenstern find themselves. For
those unfamiliar, Stoppard has pulled
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two
minor characters from Hamlet, into
center stage where he pokes, prods
and cajoles them into realizing that
with existence comes the certainty
of nonexistence. The play resides
within the traditions of the Theatre
of the Absurd, yet Stoppard makes
it so entertainingly witty, fun and
ultimately affecting, you will hardly
notice you have been being existential. This Rosencrantz is thoroughly
entertaining. Extended to June 28.
Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol St.
SE. Tickets are $30 to $75. Call 202544-7077 or visit folger.edu. (Kate
Wingfield)

SOURCE FESTIVAL

Throughout June, CulturalDC presents its annual theater festival dedicated to the up-and-coming and
named after its black box theater in
the heart of bustling 14th Street. This
years Source Festival features three
full-length plays, eighteen ten-minute
plays and four artistic blind dates
built on themes of mortality, revenge
and quests. To June 28. Source, 1835
14th St. NW. Tickets are $10 to $20
for each show, $45 for a three-play
package or $100 for an all-access pass.
Call 202-204-7760 or visit sourcefestival.org.

SWING TIME! THE MUSICAL

Mike Thornton, an actor who has


worked with the satire group the
Capitol Steps, and his wife, Cecelia
Fex, have teamed up as co-producers
for this big band-era musical revue
about a group of performers putting
together a wartime radio broadcast.
Featuring film clips plus a live jazz
band, the show features tunes made
popular by Duke Ellington, Benny
Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy
Dorsey and Cab Calloway. Remaining
shows are
Wednesday, June 24, at 7:30 p.m., and
Saturday, June 27, at 6 p.m. Select
dates to June 27. U.S. Navy Memorials
Burke Theater, 701 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW. Tickets are $39 or $49. Call 202393-4266 or visit swingtimethemusical.com.

TARTUFFE

Dominique Serrand directs Molieres


classic indictment of religious hypocrisy at the Shakespeare Theatre
Company in a co-production with
South Coast Repertory and Berkeley
Repertory Theatre. The show stars
Steven Epp, last seen at STC in the
2012 Helen Hayes Award-winning
performance in The Servant of Two
Masters, and Sofia Jean Gomez (Ariel
in this seasons The Tempest). To
July 5. Sidney Harman Hall, Harman
Center for the Arts, 610 F St. NW.
Tickets are $20 to $110. Call 202-5471122 or visit shakespearetheatre.org.

THE BOOK OF MORMON

Yes indeed, the biggest show on


Broadway in the last decade returns
to the Kennedy Center after 2013s

initial sold out run. Tickets are thankfully easier to come by the second
time around, particularly since it now
runs for two months. Written by South
Parks Trey Parker and Matt Stone,
the riotously funny, audacious musical is both cutting edge in shocking
substance yet traditional in style. The
Book of Mormon may weave in unexpected and provocative plot twists and
scenes as well as convey extremely
modern sensibilities about life, culture
and organized religion. Yet it still hews
to the standard musical mold, from
repeated musical lines and lyrics, to
boisterous sing-along group anthems,
to sharp group choreography and a
tap number. Why, it even ends on a
happy note. Now thats audaciously
sweet. To Aug. 16. Kennedy Center
Opera House. Tickets are $43 to $250.
Call 202-467-4600 or visit kennedycenter.org.

THE PRICE

Michael Bloom directs an Olney


Theatre production of this Arthur
Miller classic in the centennial year
of the playwrights birth. Staged in the
round, this story about a family reunited to dispose of their late fathers
belongings stars Charlie Kevin,
Valerie Leonard, Sean Haberle and
Gregory Solomon. Closes this Sunday,
June 21. Olney Theatre Center, 2001
Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, Md.
Tickets are $55 to $65. Call 301-9243400 or visit olneytheatre.org.

WASHINGTON IMPROV THEATER:


SUMMER LOVE

No two performances are alike when


performed by the Washington Improv
Theater D.C.s answer to those
comedy star-making groups such
as Chicagos Second City and L.A.s
Groundlings especially since theyre
spurred on by audience suggestions.
During the month of June the organization offers a Road Show at the DC
Arts Center while its normal presenting venue, the Source theater, plays
hosts to the Source Festival. Each
show features a different mix of the
improvised ensembles that comprise
WIT, from iMusical to Season Six to
Commonwealth to King Bee. To June
27. District of Columbia Arts Center
(DCAC), 2438 18th St. NW. Tickets
are $12 to $15. Call 202-462-7833 or
visit witdc.org.

COMMUNITY STAGE
DIRTY BLONDE

DOWN THE ROAD

Southern Marylands all-volunteer


theater group Hard Bargain Players
offers a production of Lee Blessings
intense play about a convicted serial
killer and the husband and wife team
hired to help him create an account
of his crimes. As it progresses, questions swirl around just how many
murders Bill Reach committed and
the married writers start to question whether theyre sensationalizing
horrific crimes by relating graphic
details and also whether their work
will only end up making Reach a kind
of celebrity. Brian Donohoe directs
Mike Mortenson, Kaitelyn Bauer and
Anthony Dieguez. To June 27. Hard
Bargain Amphitheater, Bryant Park
Road. Accokeek, Md. Tickets are $10.
Call 240-766-8830 or visit hbplayers.org.

MUSIC
AGAINST ME!

Three years ago the lead singer of


this Florida punk band came out as
transgender and changed her name to
Laura Jane Grace. But her voice is still
as deep and rich as it was when she
was known as Thomas James Gabe,
and the bands music is every bit as
hard-hitting heavy metal as before.
The band continues to tour in support of last years album Transgender
Dysphoria Blues. Sunday, June 21, at
8 p.m. Fillmore Silver Spring, 8656
Colesville Road, Silver Spring. Tickets
are $23 to $30. Call 301.960.9999 or
visit fillmoresilverspring.com.

CARBON LEAF

A five-piece folk-rock band from


Richmond, Carbon Leaf has toured
over the past two decades with the
Dave Matthews Band, O.A.R. and Blues
Traveler among others, while gaining some hipster-cred of its own with
its slightly unusual blend of bluegrass
and rock that one early album title
classified as Ether-Electrified Porch
Music. Currently, the band is touring
in support of last years Indian Summer
Revisited, which is a re-recording of
a 2004 set. Saturday, June 20, at 8:30
p.m. The Hamilton, 600 14th St. NW.
Tickets are $30 to $35. Call 202-7871000 or visit thehamiltondc.com.

FANTASIA WITH NATIONAL


SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA POPS

The Little Theatre of Alexandria offers


a production of this play about the
legendary silver screen bombshell and
bawdy comedian Mae West. Claudia
Shear conceived the play with James
Lapine, constructing it to weave Wests
life story with the oddball romance
of two lonely New Yorkers who are
obsessed with West, as well as songs
from films in which West starred.
To June 27. The Little Theatre of
Alexandria, 600 Wolfe St., Alexandria.
Tickets are $19 to $22. Call 703-6830496 or visit thelittletheater.com.

Steven Reineke conducts the NSO in a


concert featuring soulful stage standout Fantasia Barrino, who will perform
a program of showtunes and pop standards, including Summertime from
Porgy and Bess as seen on American
Idol as well as favorites from the
The Color Purple and After Midnight.
The concert comes a mere three days
before her 31st birthday, so consider
this Kennedy Center engagement an
early gift. Saturday, June 27, at 8 p.m.
Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Tickets
are $20 to $88. Call 202-467-4600 or
visit kennedy-center.org.

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HOZIER

The Irish blues rocker Andrew HozierByrne returns to the area, this time for
a performance at Merriweather Post
Pavilion featuring Brooklyns moody
rock act the Antlers as opener. Known
simply as Hozier, the artist continues
to tour in support of last years eponymous debut album, led by that monster hit with the dramatic, gay-themed
video Take Me To Church. Saturday,
June 20, at 8 p.m. Merriweather
Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent
Parkway, Columbia, Md. Tickets are
$40 to $55. Call 800-551-SEAT or visit
merriweathermusic.com.

JODY WATLEY

Responsible for 80s spunky dancesoul hits Looking for A New Love,
Dont You Want Me, Still A Thrill
and Friends, this Grammy-winning
artist got her start as a lead dancer
on Soul Train and as a member of
the R&B group Shalamar. Over the
past couple of decades, Watley has
shown herself to be an outspoken gay
rights and marriage equality activist.
She also developed a style of music
you might call chilled-out house:
more mid-tempo and leisurely than
her early dance output. Last year she
released EP Paradise, featuring the
single Nightlife, which mostly sees
the artist returning to her original
high-energy sound, incorporating elements of soul house. The set proves
that Watley is still a thrill. Wednesday,
June 24, at 8 p.m. The Howard

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Theatre, 620 T St. NW. Tickets are


$25 to $60. Call 202-588-5595 or visit
thehowardtheatre.com.

LANDAU EUGENE MURPHY JR.

Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. won


Americas Got Talent a few years
ago by singing his heart out a la
Susan Boyle. Often compared to
Frank Sinatra, West Virginia-native
Murphys debut album, Thats Life,
pays tribute to Ol Blue Eyes by reinterpreting Sinatra standards in his
own soulful style. This weekend at
Strathmore he performs a program of
Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin
and Motown classics along with special guest Glenn Leonard, formerly of
the Temptations. Saturday, June 20,
at 8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore,
5301 Tuckerman Lane, North
Bethesda. Tickets are $15 to $45. Call
301-581-5100 or visit strathmore.org.

MADELEINE PEYROUX

Touted for her reinvention of familiar early American blues and jazz
tunes and a style reminiscent of Billie
Holiday, this Georgia-born jazz peach
stops by the Birchmere to offer a musical anthology of her nearly 20-year
career, touring in support of Keep
Me In Your Heart For A While - The
Best of Madeleine Peyroux and performing with Pete Molinari. Sunday,
June 21, at 7:30 p.m. The Birchmere,
3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.
Tickets are $55. Call 703-549-7500 or
visit birchmere.com.

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NATIONAL SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA WITH EMANUEL AX

Andrew Litton conducts the NSO in a


performance at Wolf Trap, featuring
celebrity pianist Emanuel Ax performing Brahmss grand Piano Concerto No.
2, a symphony in disguise as a fourmovement concerto. Also on the program is two Tchaikovsky classics: his
romantic overture to Romeo and Juliet
and his triumphant 1812 Overture,
complete with cannon effects as if it
were the 4th of July. Sunday, June 21,
at 11 p.m. The Filene Center at Wolf
Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets
are $15. Call 877-WOLFTRAP or visit
wolftrap.org.

ROCHELLE RICE

Americas Most Outrageous Singers


delves into the shocking true stories
behind some of pop musics most
scandalous songs and colorful artists,
all as part of a free concert by this
Strathmore Artist-in-Residence, also
an alumna of Howard Universitys
premiere vocal jazz ensemble the Afro
Blue Vocal Band. Saturday, June 27, at
7:30 p.m. The Mansion at Strathmore,
10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda.
Tickets are free, but reservations
required. Call 301-581-5100 or visit
strathmore.org.

THE VERONICAS

I wanna kiss a girl, I wanna kiss a


boy, twin sisters Lisa and Jessica
Origliasso sang on an earlier hit from
their duo, named partly in homage

to the movie Heathers. For a while,


Jessica was even in a relationship with
a woman. And both Aussies have been
active in changing their countrys law
banning same-sex marriage. After a
seven-year absence, the Veronicas
returned earlier this year with their
third self-titled pop set, and now tours
in support. Wednesday, June 24, at 8
p.m. The Hamilton, 600 14th St. NW.
Tickets are $17 to $45. Call 202-7871000 or visit thehamiltondc.com.

ABOVE AND BEYOND


LA-TI-DO

Regie Cabico and DonMike Mendozas


La-Ti-Do variety show is neither karaoke nor simply cabaret. In addition
to higher-quality singing than most
impromptu karaoke, Cabico and cohost Mendoza also select storytellers who offer spoken-word poetry
and comedy. Now moved to James
Hobans on Dupont Circle, the featured performer for the month of Pride
is local lesbian stage vocalist Jade
Jones. Monday nights at 8 p.m. James
Hobans Irish Restaurant & Bar, 1
Dupont Circle NW. Tickets are $15, or
only $7 if you eat dinner at the restaurant beforehand. Call 202-223-8440 or
visit latidodc.wix.com/latidodc. l

film

Mind Control
Pixars Inside Out is every bit as
wonderful as the studios defining
classic, Toy Story. Its a triumph.
PIXAR

by CHRIS HELLER

IXAR HAS DONE IT AGAIN. INSIDE OUT


(HHHHH), Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmens
animated movie about the world inside an 11-yearold girls head, is every bit as wonderful as the stu-

dios defining classic, Toy Story. Or Wall-E. Or Up. Its a triumph.


It begins with two births: Riley, a chubby little baby, is
hours old and swaddled in a blanket. Inside baby Rileys head,
Joy (Amy Poehler) glimmers to life. Joy sees a button on a
console; when she presses it, Riley smiles and giggles. Voila!
Joy made joy.
As a funny bit of montage work then explains, Joy is one of
the five emotions who work in headquarters shes joined by
Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling),
and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). Together, they control Rileys
thoughts, feelings, and desires. Its all whimsical: memories
are glass orbs, each of which corresponds to an emotion. The
memories are transported through a system of pinball tracks,
suction tubes, and an actual train of thought. When a memory
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is powerful enough, it becomes a core part of Rileys personality


a literal building block of identity, constructing islands within
her mind.
Joy runs the show, keeping Riley happy, until her father
(Kyle MacLachlan) uproots the family to start a tech company
in San Francisco. Joy tries to keep things upbeat through the
move, but after Sadness tarnishes a memory, they fight. Both
get accidentally sucked into long term storage a labyrinth
that resembles the folds and wrinkles of a brain leaving
Fear, Anger, and Disgust to pilot Rileys life. Its a disaster. She
misses her friends, her school, and her ice hockey team. She lies.
She argues with her parents. Island by island, her personality
crumbles apart.
From there, Joy and Sadness must work together to get back
to headquarters. Along the way, they rediscover Rileys imaginary
friend, Bingo Bongo (Richard Kind), who promises to help. This
type of journey is a common formula for Pixar, but Docter and del
Carmen deploy it especially well for Inside Out. How? By syncing
the ill-matched duo, beat for beat, with Rileys struggle to accept a
new home. Everything inside her head looks bright and shiny and
colorful, but the world around her is increasingly bleak.
Thats not to say Inside Out is a dark movie. Docter and del
Carmen stuff so much fun into Rileys mind, the movie rarely
misses an opportunity to show off its delightful inventions.
Heres an example: when Riley falls asleep, a studio called
Dream Productions kicks to life, complete with actors, sets,
lighting, and cameras. Pay close attention and youll notice
movie posters plastered to the studios walls, including a Saul
Bass-inspired number for a nightmare called Im Falling Into a
Very Long Dark Pit. Isnt that so great?
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argument about emotional health. As Joy discovers, you cant


be happy all the time. Grief is essential. Riley needs to mourn
the life she lost. She needs Sadness. Shes not just a happy little
girl anymore. Shes growing up. This is probably a good time to
mention that I still cant think about the end of Inside Out without crying. It reminds me of my childhood, and reminds me to be
grateful for the innocence I had, and moves me to tears because
Ive needed sadness too. We all have.
Its okay to be sad. This may seem like an obvious fact to some
and Pixars critics may think of it as a tear-jerking ploy but I
believe its a profound idea. Docter and del Carmen built a movie
around that idea. Whether for children or for adults, thats an
admirable, undeniable good.
When I think about Inside Out, Im reminded of a story from
Poehlers memoir, Yes Please. In 2008, her doctor died the day
before she would give birth to her first child. When she learned
about his death, she burst into tears mid-rehearsal, heaving sobs
like in a Cathy cartoon until SNLs guest host stepped in to
console her. Sort of.
Jon Hamm held me by the shoulders and looked at me and
said, I know this is very sad, but this is a really important show
for me, so Im going to need you to get your shit together, she
wrote. This made me laugh so hard I think I peed. Going from
crying to laughing that fast and hard happens maybe five times
in your life and that extreme right turn is the reason why we are
alive, and I believe it extends our life by many years.
Inside Out believes in sadness, but it also believes in that right
turn. I do too.
Inside Out is rated PG and runs 94 minutes. Opens Friday in area
theaters. l

stage

Tony Greenberg and Magee

Chock Full O Nuts


Cam Magees fantastic performance
is reason enough to see Avant
Bards Madwoman of Chaillot
by KATE WINGFIELD

TERESA WOOD

VANT BARD HAS BEEN THROUGH CHANGes. In 2013, founding member and artistic director Christopher Henley handed the directorship to Tom Prewitt. Prior to that, the company
moved from the wonderfully gloomy Clark Street warehouse to
the rather sterile surrounds of the Artisphere Black Box and now
find themselves in the Gunston Arts Center, annex to the middle
school. Such is the nomadic existence of an alternative theater
company in the non-alternative surrounds of Washington, D.C.
Yet despite the struggles for a stage and the energy and grit
it must take to keep it all going, Avant Bard has still found time

to evolve its vision. Their innovative Inception Circle process,


for example, invites audience members and sponsors to participate in the conceptualizing of coming productions with a view
to informing them with local issues and perceptions. It offers
the promising potential of spreading the companys roots into
the community and, if you can tolerate the metaphor, drawing
nutrients from the deeper cultural and philosophical pockets
that manage to survive in this largely conventional locale. Its
also just a damn good way of raising their profile.
Either way, Avant Bard deserves the attention. Like many
contemporary fine artists, they have the chops for the classical
but are driven to re-interpret them through their own unique
media and forms of expression. In doing so, they challenge
genres and push boundaries, broaden perceptions and ideas.
Whether offended, enraptured, puzzled or simply entertained,
an AB production is a place to be given pause from all that is
expected and predictable for thought.
Having said all that, it is important to go with expectations
carefully in check. There will be folding chairs, the municipal
vibe of a middle school (at least until you get to the little theater
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foyer), and the mix of experience and cobbled-together sets that


comes with a small, underfunded company that takes chances
on emerging actors.
And, of course, as with any questing, adventurous theater
company, one must take the long view. Not every production
will ring the bell.
Thus comes the companys rendering of The Madwoman of
Chaillot (HHHHH), Jean Giraudouxs tale of the Parisian eccentric who, along with her ragtag friends, takes on the robber barons intent on tapping reserves of oil under the streets of Paris.
Out of the box, this isnt the easiest of plays to stage, with a
long first act in which the scheming businessmen sit in a caf and
do little more than make their case for their wicked ways and
their secret plans for Paris. It is a long haul, with Giraudoux (as
translated by Laurence Senelick) making points on the evils of
business and the corruption of the souls that thrive on it. Despite
quirky interruptions, the charisma of Jay Hardees Chairman of
the Board, and the appeal of Joe Palkas Stockbroker, the pace
may be there but not quite the rhythm. One can see exactly why
director Christopher Henley keeps the speed on its a race
against boredom but it doesnt leave much room for nuance.
By the time the Madwoman arrives in her parakeet yellow
kaftan and pearls, the eye and ear are ready for the change. But
in the title role, Cam Magee delivers far more than that. Indeed,
she is the really the reason to see this production, embodying her
Aurelie with an engaging balance of joy, subtly subversive energy and the rueful realities of aging. She transcends the sweetly
simple and evocative set and connects strongly to the whimsical,
sometimes darker, themes of Frank DiSalvo Jr.s excellent sound
design and the philosophical mood of Giraudouxs voice. But in
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and draws from the younger performers in ways that bring them
up and outward.
The other standout here is James Finley who has been admirable for his versatility in service of this troupe (especially in its
prior incarnation as the Washington Shakespeare Company),
but who now emerges as an actor of talent and scope. His
Ragpicker is a compelling presence but, more importantly in this
wordy play, Finley delivers him with the texture and music the
language needs to catch the mind.
Of the ensemble, many of whom take multiple roles, Daven
Ralston delivers her Dishwasher, Irma, refreshingly free of
much of the coy affectation seen in many young female actors
and Kim Curtis offers a touch of Avant Bards characteristic
humor. Zach Roberts as the despairing Pierre is another actor
who understands understatement, while Tony Greenberg as the
Waiter and the Sewer-Man offers a gentle and effective comic
lilt to his characters. The other players, each in different stages
of experience and direction, do no harm even if they dont necessarily add (and a few teeter on the edge of what may be dubbed
amateur-dramatics-syndrome).
Thus, there are some challenges in presenting this somewhat
eccentric piece and in keeping cohesion in a cast of not insignificant variables. Does it work as a whole? It is a resounding yes
for those who wish to see this work dramatized for its own sake.
For everyone else? It is also a yes; for the sole purpose of seeing
and supporting alternative theater alive, in progress, and doing
some pretty good kicking.
The Madwoman of Chaillot runs to June 28 at Gunston Arts
Center, 2700 S Lang St, Arlington. Tickets start at $10. Call 703418-4808 or visit wscavantbard.org. l

games

World Weary
Lego Jurassic World thrives on
good-humored nostalgia, but its
gameplay is mired in repetition
by RHUARIDH MARR

T WHAT POINT DOES NOSTALGIA GIVE WAY


to complacency and repetition? For Lego Jurassic
World (HHH), its about halfway through, when
it becomes quickly apparent that youve seen
everything the gameplay has to offer and youll be coasting on its
humor and presentation to the games end.
Look, Im a fan of the Lego games. Theres an undeniable
charm inherent in the Telltale Games interpretations of films
and comic book heroes. However, theres also a laziness to their
design, a repetition in the core gameplay that, while appealing

initially, quickly reminds you why these games are marketed at


kids even if many adults succumb to their charms.
Its not that Lego Jurassic World isnt ambitious. Quite the
opposite. Rather than tackle the new, blockbuster entry in the
franchise alone, stretching its rather thin narrative over an
entire game, Telltale has instead crammed in every Jurassic film.
Yes, over its 8-hour campaign, youll be jumping into Jurassic
Park, Lost World and that third entry we all try to forget ever
happened.
Its a genius move. Instead of bogging down, as the games
writers try to adapt the slower elements of an entire film into
their narrative, the game instead is a highlights reel of the best
scenes from each film. Youll spend just a handful of levels in
each narrative, controlling principal characters and the various
dino-related mishaps they encounter.
Of course, this is a Lego game, one designed to appeal to families, so any sense of terror has been effectively scrubbed from the
game (save for Ellie Sattlers attempts to reactivate the power in
the first film, which is a surprisingly dark moment). In its place,
theres humor. Thousands of bricks worth. Covering multiple
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genres, including slapstick and wordplay, the Jurassic films are


transformed into a broad, laugh-out-loud comedy.
The iconic reveal of the T-Rex during the first films thunderstorm is lightened by constructing a chew toy jack-in-the-box to
distract it. The beach scene at the end of Jurassic Park III offers
a genuine belly laugh as Spinosaurus and a horde of raptors run
after the departing humans, each dino clutching a tiny Lego suitcase. Lost Worlds long grass scene swaps horrifying terror for
an amalgam of visual gags and humorous shouts from secondary
characters. A lawn mower built to distract a Raptor will be seen
chasing it a few minutes later. Why did we go into the long
grass? This was the worst idea ever! one InGen hunter yells.
Youre telling me, another responds, as they flee from raptors,
my hay-fever is acting up a storm!
The constant chatter and jokes from the games background
characters may add humor, but they also expose a rather glaring
hole in the games audio. Whereas characters created by Telltale
feature deep, rich vocal performances, the main characters have
their lines ripped directly from the films and in certain situations it just sounds completely out of place Jeff Goldblums
Lego character will talk with audible background distortion,
while another will speak in perfect clarity. Its jarring, though
understandably an easier method than recording new dialogue.
Once you start to focus on the gameplay, things start to fall
apart. Lego games have a tried-and-tested formula: smash things,
collect studs, build objects and interact with them to solve a
puzzle and advance. Its been that way for years now, but that
doesnt mean there isnt considerable room for improvement.
The main feature here is that dinosaurs are part of the playable
roster. Arguably, this is Lego Jurassic Worlds main selling point,
as controlling a Velociraptor, Triceratops, or Dilophosaurus to
bash through walls, solve puzzles or fight other dinosaurs is
stupidly good fun.
Other characters, though, are relegated to familiar abilities.
Dr. Alan Grant can reconstruct skeletons or turn them into new
objects. Dr. Sattler, a paleobotanist, sifts through piles of dung to
find new items. Other characters can track objects, repair items,
or charge terminals. Quick time events and ludicrously simple
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minigames are in abundance the latter, in particular, seem


dumbed down even for a Lego game, involving matching three
button presses to access computers.
In game, youll be faced with a variety of puzzles and levels,
but they invariably boil down to a few standards per game. Youll
have a stealth section, where you have to sneak around and
escape. Youll have a running/driving section, where you need
to evade dinosaurs that are chasing you. Youll have a section
where you control a dinosaur, which will feel awesome for the
minute or so youll do it for. Youll watch a battle between two
large dinosaurs, as you run around trying to help one of them
win.
And so it goes, for eight hours through the games story,
repeating the same moves, the same puzzles, the same actions,
the same events. Over and over and over, ad nauseam. Once
youve wrapped the final film, you can then begin to collect the
hundreds of items scattered through each level though whether or not youll want to depends on how irritated you are with
the games mechanics. However, its here that the Lego franchise
thrives, in free play, with new dinosaurs to unlock, characters to
buy, people to save, things to find and studs to collect. You can
spend another ten or so hours combing each level or the island
hubs that connect them, which offer an interesting open-world
aspect to the game.
For most, however, nostalgia will only take them so far in
Lego Jurassic World. It offers four films, an incredibly pretty
aesthetic, bags of humor and the hook of controlling groundstomping dinosaurs (albeit tiny plastic versions of them). Once
that glossy sheen has worn off, though, youre left with the bare
elements of Legos all-too-familiar game design. Whether thats
a good thing or not depends entirely on you, but my time on Isla
Nublar and Isla Sorna was one of mixed emotions. With two new
Lego games on the horizon offering dramatically different gameplay, one wonders how long it will be until the block-smashing,
stud-collecting style of Lego Jurassic World becomes extinct.
Lego Jurassic World is available on PS3, PS4 (as reviewed), PS
Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and PC. l

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9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection No
Cover Music videos featuring DJ Wess
ANNIES/ANNIES
UPSTAIRS
4@4 Happy Hour, 4pm-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $6 Call
Martini, $3 Miller Lite, $4
Rail, $5 Call, 4-9pm $3
Rail Drinks, 10pm-midnight,
$5 Red Bull, Gatorade
and Frozen Virgin Drinks
Locker Room Thursday
Nights DJs Sean Morris
and MadScience Ripped
Hot Body Contest at midnight, hosted by Sasha
J. Adams and BaNaka
$200 Cash Prize Doors
open 10pm, 18+ $5 Cover
under 21 and free with
college ID
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Beltway Bears on Club Bar
$2 Draughts Men in
jocks drink free, 8-10pm
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm

GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Ladies Drink Free Power
Hour, 4-5pm Shirtless
Thursday, 10-11pm DJs
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JR.S
All You Can Drink for $15,
5-8pm $3 Rail Vodka
Highballs, $2 JR.s drafts,
8pm-close Throwback
Thursday featuring rock/pop
retro hits
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Beat The Clock Happy Hour
$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
$4 (7-8pm) Buckets of
Beer $15
NUMBER NINE
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
TOWN PATIO
Open 5pm No Cover
$3 Drinks and $3 Draughts,
5-9pm
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Shirtless Thursday DJ
Tim-e in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+
FRI., 06.19.15

9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy Hour:
2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
Friday Night Videos with

resident DJ Shea Van Horn


VJ Expanded craft beer
selection No cover
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis Upstairs open
5-11pm
COBALT/30 DEGREES
All You Can Drink Happy
Hour $15 Rail &
Domestic, $21 Call &
Imports, 6-9pm Guys
Night Out Free Rail
Vodka, 11pm-Midnight, $6
Belvedere Vodka Drinks
all night Watch your
favorite music videos with
DJ MadScience in the
lounge DJ Keenan Orr
on the dancefloor $10
cover 10pm-1am, $5 after
1am 21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 4-8pm
dcnine.com

DC EAGLE
Bear Nonsense Happy
Hour, 6-10pm Happy
Hour Prices until 10pm $1
Rail and Domestic, 6-10pm
MAKK and boy tom on
the Boot Black Chair
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm $5
Smirnoff, all flavors, all
night long The Boys of
HUMP, 9pm-2am, featuring
VJ Tre and Friday Night
Music Videos $5 Cover
1 Free Rail/Domestic Drink,
9-10pm
JR.S
$2 Skyy Highballs and $2
Drafts, 10pm-midnight
Happy Hour: 2-for-1,
4-9pm Retro Friday
$5 Coronas, $8 Vodka Red
Bulls, 9pm-close
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
DJ Matt Bailer Videos,
Dancing Beat The Clock
Happy Hour $2 (5-6pm),
$3 (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15

NUMBER NINE
Open 5pm Happy Hour: 2
for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover
TOWN
DC Bear Crue Happy Hour,
6-11pm $3 Rail, $3 Draft,
$3 Bud Bottles Free Pizza,
7pm No cover before
9:30pm 21+ Drag
Show starts at 10:30pm
Hosted by Lena Lett and
featuring Miss Tatianna,
Shi-Queeta-Lee, Epiphany
B. Lee and BaNaka
DJ Wess upstairs, DJs
BacK2bACk downstairs
Doors open at 10pm For
those 21 and over, $5 from
10-11pm and $10 after
11pm For those 18-20,
$12 all night 18+
TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm No Cover
before 10pm Cover after
10pm (entry through Town)
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers,
hosted by LaTroya Nicole
Ladies of Illusion with host
Kristina Kelly, 9pm DJ
Steve Henderson in Secrets
VJ Tre in Ziegfelds
Cover 21+

SAT., 06.20.15

9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink,
3-9pm $5 Absolut &
Titos, $3 Miller Lite after
9pm Expanded craft
beer selection No Cover
Music videos featuring
various DJs
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Drag Yourself to Brunch at
Level One, 11am-2pm and
2-4pm Featuring Kristina
Kelly and the Ladies of
Illusion Bottomless
Mimosas and Bloody Marys
Happy Hour: $3 Miller
Lite, $4 Rail, $5 Call, 4-9pm
The Ladies of LURe
present BARE Featuring
DJs Rosie and Deedub and
the DystRucXion Dancers
Beer Pong and Flip-Cup
games Doors open 10pm
$7 before midnight, $10
after 21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 4-6pm
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DC EAGLE
Atlantic States Gay Rodeo
Association on Club Bar,
10pm-close $2 Draughts
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Diner-style Breakfast
Buffet, 10am-3pm Crazy
Hour, 4-7pm Freddies
Follies Drag Show, 8-10pm,
hosted by Miss Destiny B.
Childs No Cover
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm $5
Bacardi, all flavors, all night
long Bears Can Dance
upstairs, 9pm-close No
Cover
JR.S
$4 Coors, $5 Vodka highballs, $7 Vodka Red Bulls
NELLIES
Guest DJs Zing Zang
Bloody Marys, Nellie Beer,
House Rail Drinks and
Mimosas, $4, 11am-5pm
Buckets of Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
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TOWN
DJ Brian Cua of Dirty Pop
Music and video downstairs by DJ Wess Drag
Show starts at 10:30pm
Hosted by Lena Lett and
featuring Miss Tatianna,
Shi-Queeta-Lee, Epiphany
B. Lee and BaNaka
Doors open 10pm Cover
$10 from 10-11pm and $12
after 11pm 21+
TOWN PATIO
Open 2pm No Cover
before 9:30pm Cover
after 10pm (entry through
Town)
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Men of Secrets, 9pm
Guest dancers Ladies
of Illusion with host Ella
Fitzgerald, 9pm DJ Steve
Henderson in Secrets
DJ Don T. in Ziegfelds
Doors 8pm Cover 21+
SUN., 06.21.15

9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 3-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded

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craft beer selection No


Cover
COBALT/30 DEGREES
$4 Stoli, Stoli flavors
and Miller Lite all day
Homowood Karaoke, 10pmclose No Cover 21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 2-6pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Open at 8pm DC Eagle
Movie Night
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Champagne Brunch Buffet,
10am-3pm Crazy Hour,
4-7pm Karaoke, 8pm-1am
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
$3 Rail vodka all night
Mamas Trailer Park
Karaoke, 9:30pm-close
JR.S
Sunday Funday Liquid
Brunch Doors open at
1pm $2 Coors Lights &
$3 Skyy (all flavors), all day
and night

NELLIES
Drag Brunch, hosted by
Shi-Queeta-Lee, 11am-3pm
$20 Brunch Buffet
House Rail Drinks, Zing
Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie
Beer and Mimosas, $4,
11am-close Buckets of
Beer, $15 Guil-Tea Tea
Dance with DJ Shea Van
Horn, 3-8pm DJ Lemz,
8pm-close
NUMBER NINE
Pop Goes the World with
Wes Della Volla at 9:30
pm Happy Hour: 2 for
1 on any drink, 3-9pm
No Cover
ROCK HARD SUNDAYS
@The House Nightclub
3530 Georgia Ave. NW
All Male, All Nude Dancers
Shows at 8 and 10pm
Happy Hour Drink Specials,
7-8pm $10 rockharddc.
com
TOWN PATIO
Open 2pm No Cover
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Decades of Dance DJ
Tim-e in Secrets Doors
8pm Cover 21+

MON., 06.22.15

9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy Hour:
2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
Multiple TVs showing
movies, shows, sports
Expanded craft beer selection No Cover
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
RuPauls Drag Race
Viewing and Drag Show
hosted by Kristina Kelly
Doors open at 10pm, show
starts at 11pm $3 Skyy
Cocktails, $8 Skyy and Red
Bull No Cover, 18+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com

FREDDIES
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm

TUES., 06.23.15

GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour All Night Long,
4pm-close Michaels
Open Mic Night Karaoke,
9:30pm-close

9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy Hour:
2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
Multiple TVs showing
movies, shows, sports
Expanded craft beer selection No Cover

JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm
Showtunes Songs &
Singalongs, 9pm-close
DJ Jamez $3 Draft Pints,
8pm-midnight

ANNIES
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $4
Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis

NELLIES SPORTS BAR


Beat The Clock Happy Hour
$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
$4 (7-8pm) Buckets of
Beer $15 Poker Texas
Holdem, 8pm Dart
Boards

COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
SIN Industry Night
Half-price Cocktails, 10pmclose

NUMBER NINE
Open 5pm Happy Hour: 2
for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover

DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour All Night Long,
4pm-close

JR.S
Birdie La Cage Show,
10:30pm Underground
(Indie Pop/Alt/Brit Rock),
9pm-close DJ Wes
Della Volla 2-for-1, 5pmmidnight
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Beat The Clock Happy Hour
$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
$4 (7-8pm) Buckets of
Beer $15 Karaoke and
Drag Bingo
NUMBER NINE
Open 5pm Happy Hour: 2
for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover Safe Word: A
Gay Spelling Bee, 8-11pm
Prizes to top three
spellers After 9pm, $3
Absolut, Bulleit & Stella
TOWN PATIO
Open 5pm No Cover
Yappy Hour: Happy Hour
for Dogs and their best
friends $3 Drinks and $3
Draughts

WED., 06.24.15

9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection No
Cover
ANNIES
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $4
Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
Wednesday Night
Karaoke downstairs, 10pm
Hosted by Miss Sasha
Adams $4 Stoli and Stoli
Flavors and Miller Lite
No Cover 21+

Night, hosted by Ms.


Regina Jozet Adams
Bingo prizes Karaoke,
10pm-1am
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm $4
Drafts all night long Boys
of HUMP upstairs, 9pm
JR.S
Trivia with MC Jay Ray,
8pm The Queen Amateur
Drag Competition, hosted
by BaNaka, 10-11pm, with
a $200 prize Buy 1, Get
1 Free, 4-9pm $2 JRs
Drafts & $4 Vodka ($2 with
College I.D./JRs Team
Shirt)

DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com

NELLIES SPORTS BAR


SmartAss Trivia Night, 8pm
and 9pm Prizes include
bar tabs and tickets to
shows at the 9:30 Club
$15 Buckets of Beer for
SmartAss Teams only
Bring a new team member
and each get a free $10
Dinner

FREDDIES BEACH BAR


Crazy Hour, 4-7pm $6
Burgers Drag Bingo

NUMBER NINE
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm No Cover

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TOWN PATIO
Open 5pm No Cover
Half-Price Hump Day
half-price drinks all day
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Shirtless Night, 10-11pm,
12-12:30am Military
Night, no cover with
military ID DJ Don T. in
Secrets 9pm Cover 21+
THURS., 06.25.15

9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection No
Cover Music videos featuring DJ Wess
ANNIES/ANNIES
UPSTAIRS
4@4 Happy Hour, 4pm-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis

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COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $6 Call
Martini, $3 Miller Lite,
$4 Rail, $5 Call, 4-9pm
$3 Rail Drinks, 10pmmidnight, $5 Red Bull,
Gatorade and Frozen Virgin
Drinks Locker Room
Thursday Nights: Pride
PUMP Thursday edition
DJs Sean Morris and
MadScience Ripped Hot
Body Contest at midnight,
hosted by Sasha J. Adams
and BaNaka $500 Cash
Prize Doors open 10pm,
18+ $5 Cover under 21
and free with college ID
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
$2 Draughts Men in jocks
drink free, 8-10pm
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm

GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Ladies Drink Free Power
Hour, 4-5pm Shirtless
Thursday, 10-11pm DJs
BacK2bACk
JR.S
All You Can Drink for $15,
5-8pm $3 Rail Vodka
Highballs, $2 JR.s drafts,
8pm-close Throwback
Thursday featuring rock/pop
retro hits
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Beat The Clock Happy Hour
$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
$4 (7-8pm) Buckets of
Beer $15 Drag Bingo
NUMBER NINE
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
TOWN PATIO
Open 5pm No Cover
$3 Drinks and $3 Draughts,
5-9pm
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Shirtless Thursday DJ
Tim-e in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+ l

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I believe in traditional marriage.


I hope the Supreme Court rules that way.

JEB BUSH, speaking with Fox News. Bush, who this week confirmed his campaign for President, has become increasingly
hardline in his statements about marriage equality, after previously calling for mutual respect when
Floridas ban on same-sex marriage was lifted.

Being gay has had no bearing on my job performance


in business, in the military, or in my current role as mayor.

South Bend, Indiana Mayor PETE BUTTIGIEG (D), in a column for the South Bend Tribune. Buttigieg came out in order to
aid acceptance and fight discrimination in the city, saying being more open about it could do some good. For a local student
struggling with her sexuality, it might be helpful for an openly gay mayor to send the message that
her community will always have a place for her.

in a popularity contest, and it should never be influenced


The court isbynottodays
headlines, by the weather of today...but
inevitably it will be affected by the climate of the era.
Supreme Court Justice RUTH BADER GINSBURG, speaking at the American Constitution Society. Bader Ginsburg, a longtime ally
and supporter of marriage equality, seemed upbeat about the Courts expected ruling in its landmark Obergefell v. Hodges case.

Faces of GALA shows that


we are all on the same human level;
we are your co-workers, were the person that sits in the cube next to you, your friend,
or the person you always go out to lunch with.

CURT BRISKI, Training Manager at FCA (owner of Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram). The automaker will recognize LGBT Pride
month for the second year with an art exhibit featuring portraits of employees who support the companys LGBT group,
with the hope of inspiring more workers to be open about themselves in the workplace.

Im happy that
this is the face that God gave me,
and its imperfect.

LAVERNE COX, speaking with The Guardian. Cox has stated that, while she can now afford it, she no longer wants facial
feminization surgery like that of Caitlyn Jenner. All these years later, I have the money to do it,
but I dont want it. I dont want it!

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