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TRUMPING MEXICO
LOVESTRUCK
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Spotlight
Block Party
What started out as a neighborhood gathering is now D.C.s longest running festival
busted Walkman.)
Were celebrating the local diversity of people, of culture,
and the eclecticism of our artistic community, says Carol Miller,
a volunteer with the Adams Morgan Day Planning Committee.
Businesses love this, because it brings new customers in as they
offer drink and food specials.
And it even serves as a mini-reunion of sorts. We have a
lot of people who return to the neighborhood who used to live
here or would hang out here, and would come to the bars on
Fridays and Saturdays, Miller says. They ended up moving to
the suburbs, because they had children and needed more space.
Well see a lot of them come back to see how the neighborhood
is doing. John Riley
Adams Morgan Day is Sunday, Sept. 11, from noon to 6 p.m. Maps pinpointing various activities are available on the plaza at 18th
Street and Columbia Road NW. The festival is free. For a full list of activities, visit adamsmorganday2016.com.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 METROWEEKLY
Spotlight
MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE
FREDA LEE-MCCANN
MARIAN HILL
CULTURE CLUB
The reunited British pop quartet, fronted by Boy George, returns to the area after last years gig at Wolf Trap. A new album
from the band is still pending, a year after its original intended release (Tribes will come out when its the right time,
George told the U.K.s Daily Telegraph recently), but that matters little. The appeal remains the same for most concertgoers, eager to take a trip down memory lane and hear Karma Chameleon, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Miss Me
Blind, and other great hits from the bands 80s heyday. Sunday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. at the Music Center at Strathmore, 5301
Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. Tickets are $65 to $165. Call 301-581-5100 or visit strathmore.org.
Compiled by Doug Rule
FILM
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
KICKS
SULLY
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STAGE
CLOUD 9
LISA HANCOCK
Mary Fahl will appear at the Hamilton with a full band and,
quite possibly, her well-known gay brother-in-law
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HAND TO GOD
HENRY V
BUILT TO SPILL
JAE YI
CHOPTEETH
REPORT TO AN ACADEMY
Scena Theatre opens its 30th season with a short existential drama by storytelling master
Franz Kafka. Scena founder Robert McNamara directs and stars as a captured African ape
who evolves to behave like a human in the one-actor showcase. He even learns to communicate, sharing his tales of human assimilation and earlier ape woes in the jungle to a
scientific academy. To Sept. 25. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. Tickets are
$20 to $35. Call 202-399-7993 or mosaictheater.org.
season with a celebration of the
music and life of jazz pioneer Jelly
Roll Morton. Washington native
Mark G Meadows stars as Morton,
leading a cast that also includes,
among others, Tony Award winner
Cleavant Derricks (Dreamgirls),
Felicia Boswell (Motown The
Musical), and Signature star Nova
Y. Payton. Matthew Gardiner
directs the musical featuring a
book by George C. Wolfe and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead. Closes
Sunday, Sept. 11. Signatures Max
Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave.,
Arlington. Call 703-820-9771 or
visit signature-theatre.org.
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202-399-7993 or mosaictheater.org.
URINETOWN
MUSIC
ANGELIQUE KIDJO
KT TUNSTALL
LEON BRIDGES,
LIANNE LA HAVAS
SCOTLUND HAISLEY,
RICHARD FOLKERS
Two of suburban Marylands leading theater companies, Round House Theatre Company and
Olney Theatre Center, join forces for an unprecedented 25th anniversary production of Tony
Kushners two-part Pulitzer- and Tony-winning masterpiece. In October, Part I: Millennium
Approaches and Part II: Perestroika, will be staged in repertory. Many of Washingtons leading actors take on the meaty roles in the gay rights epic, including Jonathan Bock, Kimberly
Gilbert, Mitchell Hebert, Thomas Keegan, Sarah Marshall, Jon Hudson Odom, Tom Story,
and Dawn Ursula. Millennium Approaches is now in previews, opening Monday, Sept. 12, at
7:30 p.m. Runs to Oct. 23. Round House Theatre, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. Call
240-644-1100 or visit roundhousetheatre.org.
You Think works for equality and
social justice through song and
humor. The 12-piece group returns
to Hillwood for a sixth annual
concert thats normally part of a
wide-ranging Gay Day event at the
estate, but this year theyll perform at the end of a three-hour
family picnic on the lawn, organized by Rainbow Families and
starting at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11,
at 2 p.m. Visitor Center Theater
at Hillwood Estate, 4155 Linnean
Ave. NW. Suggested donation is
$12, or $18 for Rainbow Families
picnic. Call 202-686-5807 or visit
HillwoodMuseum.org.
PEACHES
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WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
THE LUMINEERS
READINGS
JUDY POLUMBAUM
TIM MURPHY
ZACHARY ROTH
EXHIBITS
A (MIS)PERCEIVED PHYSIQUE
DECO JAPAN
RISE UP
Members
of
the
National
Association of Women Artists
explore the transformative and celebratory emotions that occur when
people emerge from difficult periods in their lives. Inspired by the
idea that blues music can be healing and Strathmores season-long
exploration of blues music Shades
of Blues, over 64 artists explore
the therapeutic value of art through
paintings, woodcut, monoprints,
and mixed-media. Opens Saturday,
Sept. 10, with an opening reception Sunday, Sept. 11, at 2 p.m.
Runs to Nov. 6. The Mansion at
Strathmore, 10701 Rockville Pike,
North Bethesda. Call 301-581-5100
or visit strathmore.org.
TRAWICK PRIZE
Named after a Bethesda, Md., community leader and arts advocate, the
Trawick Prize, established in 2003,
was one of the first regional competitions and largest prizes to honor
visual artists. Works by the eight
finalists for this years competition
will be presented in a Bethesda
Contemporary Art Awards exhibit presented by the Bethesda Arts
& Entertainment District. Lauren
Frances Adams of Baltimore has
been selected as Best in Show,
with Sarah Irvin of Springfield,
Va., garnering second place, and
Ben Marcin of Baltimore third. To
Sept. 24. Public opening reception
is Friday, Sept. 9, from 6 p.m. to
8 p.m. Gallery B, 7700 Wisconsin
Ave. Suite E, Bethesda, Md. Visit
301-215-6660 or visit bethesda.org.
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ETC...
LA-TI-DO
MARYLAND RENAISSANCE
FESTIVAL
MEDIEVAL MADNESS
Touted as an out-of-the-ordinary
experience, Alexandrias Medieval
Madness blends art and history
and not simply by way of historical
reenactment. Its an adventure set
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TRUMPING MEXICO
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country that he has continually disparaged.
Honestly, I do not know what the president was thinking, what they expected to gain, says Carlos Payan-Silva, a
35-year-old gay man from Mexico City. In this case, there
was nothing to win. They got caught in their own little
game. I think they didnt think that Donald
Trump was going to accept the invitation,
and when he did, it was too little, too late
to do anything.
Payan-Silva says many people in Mexico
felt bamboozled by the way Trump capitalized on Pea Nietos naivete. Following
the joint appearance between the two
men, the Mexican President was harshly
criticized for failing to confront Trump
publicly or demand an apology for his
insults towards Mexicans. Twitter exploded with calls for Pea Nietos resignation. Citizens signed petitions calling for
his impeachment. The Mexican Congress
began demanding an explanation for why
such an invitation was extended to Trump.
And Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary
Claudia Ruiz Massieu tendered her resignation over objections that she was not
consulted about the visit. (She later agreed
to stay in office following a tense meeting with the president, according to SDP
Noticias.)
After the press conference, the main
feeling [among Mexicans] was one of
anger, frustration and impotence, says
Payan-Silva, because you dont feel youre
really being represented by the chief executive, that youre not being defended in
front of someone who, for the past year, has really been
criticizing and going after your whole country.
Its a sentiment shared by Gerardo Guillermo Guerrero,
a 39-year-old gay Mexico City resident, who criticizes the
president for failing to defend their nations reputation in
front of Trump.
If both of them were standing together in this press
conference, it was the time to make a statement, and say,
We are not going to build a wall, and Mexico is not going to
pay for it, Guerrero says. He should have said it out loud
in front of the cameras.
All the press conference did was highlight Pea Nietos
weakness as a leader, Guerrero says, which is why his
approval rating hovers in the low-20s. Even if the intent
behind the invitation was to lay the groundwork for smoother diplomatic relations with a possible future president, it
simply ended up enabling Trump.
At first, I thought it was a joke. I couldnt believe that
someone actually thought this was a good idea, Guerrero
says of Trumps visit. The point is that even if Trump didnt
appear super strong in front of the cameras during the joint
statement, hes going to be able to go back to the United
States and tell everyone I went to Mexico and I told them
they will pay for the wall.
Both Payan-Silva and Guerrero see Trump as duplicitous
when he attempts to pander to LGBT voters while also
Donald Trump
is associating
with
a
lot
of
bigots.
That leads
me to believe
he is also
a bigot.
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KONRAD MOSTERT
Community
BEYOND MONOGAMY
The DC Centers Poly Discussion Group serves as a support group for those
in non-traditional relationships
US HELPING US hosts a
THURSDAY, September 8
Weekly Events
ANDROMEDA
TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH
WOMENS LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE for young LBTQ
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FRIDAY, September 9
SATURDAY, September 10
Weekly Events
group for men who are gay, bisexual, questioning and who are
married or involved with a woman,
meets in Washington on the second
and fourth Fridays of each month.
GAMMA also also offers additional
meetings in Northern Virginia and
Frederick, Md. 7:30-9:30 p.m. St.
Thomas Episcopal Church, 1772
Church St. NW. For more information, visit GAMMAinDC.org.
Weekly Events
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)
METROHEALTH CENTER
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ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing,
DC SENTINELS basketball
SUNDAY, September 11
Weekly Events
LGBT-inclusive ALL SOULS
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
FRIENDS MEETING OF
WASHINGTON meets for worship,
CONGREGATIONAL TEMPLE
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST for
UNIVERSALIST NATIONAL
MEMORIAL CHURCH, a welcom-
MONDAY, September 12
Metropolitan AME Church holds a
Weekly Events
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF NORTHERN
VIRGINIA services at 11 a.m., led
GLBT fellowship, offers gospel worship, 8:30 a.m., and traditional worship, 11 a.m. 5 Thomas Circle NW.
202-232-0323, nationalcitycc.org.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
CHURCH OF SILVER SPRING
WASHINGTON WETSKINS
WATER POLO TEAM practices 7-9
WHITMAN-WALKER HEALTH
TUESDAY, September 13
Weekly Events
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing,
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS
WEDNESDAY, September 14
METROHEALTH CENTER
Weekly Events
AD LIB, a group for freestyle con-
Oral
Fixation
you can LISTEN
to any story at
METROWEEKLY.COM
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ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing,
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LOVESTRU
Lance Bass hopes Finding Prince Charming, his new gay dating show on Logo,
house full of gay guys talking about love and wanting love. To
some extent, hes right. If nothing else, Finding Prince Charming
should get people talking about the ups and downs and realities
of same-sex dating and romance.
I hope the guys in the house have great conversations that
promote constructive conversation, he says in his silken, deep
Mississippi drawl. I doubt that its going to be so ugly that its
going to hurt the community. I dont see that happening at all.
Instead, I think youre going to see great conversations happening around dating and relationships in our community.
METRO WEEKLY: Given that Finding Prince Charming is, in
essence, a dating competition, lets start here: Has dating been
difficult for you in the course of your life and career, particularly
being so visible in the public eye?
LANCE BASS: Of course. I think dating in particular is hard for
the majority of this community. Most of us were told that theres
something wrong with us and that the world hates us. Most of us
grew up not liking ourselves, thinking, Ill never be able to date
anyone and Ill hide this part of myself for the rest of my life. It
gives you a warped sense of reality and a warped sense of what
dating and love really is.
Once were able to become ourselves and come out and love
ourselves, thats when we are able to start finding love, but often
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ethnicities. I was really excited when I saw all that. I knew that
they had made a conscious effort to make sure that there was a
lot of the flavors of the rainbow there.
MW: Its been reported that later in the season, one of the bachelors is revealed to be HIV positive. Can you verify whether or
not thats true?
BASS: I dont know exactly what happens because I havent
seen anything that happens on the show except the eliminations
and my one-on-ones with the guys and Prince Charming. Even
youve seen more than Ive seen. So, I have no idea what comes
out in the show but yes, I have heard that one is HIV positive,
which I think is a great thing. I dont know if Logo knew this
before going in, but Im excited that it will be a storyline this season, because it is a huge subject for our community. This way we
can really have a great dialogue about it and hear what the other
suitors have to say and feel about it. Hopefully it will educate a
lot of people watching.
MW: It can cut both ways. There could be some backlash if hes
rejected because of his status. It could be a very dangerous storyline for Logo.
BASS: Youre one hundred percent right. Everything about this
show is very dangerous for Logo and for the community, because
all eyes are on this show. I think half the people want it to fail for
their own reasons and the other half want it to be there to educate people. Logo is walking on eggshells, I believe, with everything thats going to be shown. The thing they cant control is
how everyone acts in the show. When you put all these different
personalities in a house, the good, bad, and ugly come out. Logo
cant script that. These are real people and its how they feel.
MW: Why do you think people would want this to fail?
BASS: Oh, my gosh, theres so many different reasons. I would
say right wing people would want it to fail because they think
that seeing this on television brainwashes children. I think a lot
of the suitors ex-boyfriends are wanting it to fail because they
hate them now and dont want to see them succeed on television. Everyone has their own reasons for not wanting to support
another gay person. Thats totally valid. But, for me, if youre
going to complain about a television show, thats about as catty
as you can get because you can just change the channel.
MW: True, they dont have to watch it.
BASS: Its ridiculous. I hear it all the time because I work in television. One of the tackiest things for me to hear is people complaining about how reality is destroying the world. Im like, Are
you kidding me? Some of the most amazing shows on television
are in the reality category and have educated so many people.
Just because you dont think its real doesnt mean it isnt real in
that persons life. I think its fascinating to see all these walks of
life on television.
MW: There was news last week that the shows Prince Charming,
Robert Sepulveda, Jr., worked as an escort when he was younger.
How do you respond to the controversy surrounding that?
BASS: Everyone has a past. The one positive thing about everyone finding out about it this week, from what Ive seen, is a great
conversation happening around the sex industry. Its a big part
of the gay community and there are all kinds of reasons people
become escorts. Its really fascinating to see everyones reasoning behind it. And Im surprised at how great everyone has been
defending it. I dont know what happens in the house. But I cant
wait to see him talk about his past with the suitors and see how
theyre going to react to that.
MW: If its even on the show.
BASS: Im sure it is. I hope so.
MW: The implication seemed to be that it was suddenly revealed
ITS
GROUNDBREAKING
BECAUSE THESE
CONVERSATIONS
HAVE NEVER
BEEN HAD ON
TELEVISION,
COURTESY OF LOGO TV
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MW: Were going to play a quick boy band game. Take That or New
Kids on the Block?
BASS: That ones a hard one. Im going to have to say New Kids
because they were way more influential.
MW: New Kids on the Block or Jonas Brothers?
BASS: New Kids.
MW: New Kids or Boyz II Men?
BASS: Ah, thats like choosing between two kids. Oh, my God,
oh, my God. Boyz II Men is more influential, so Ill go with that.
MW: Boyz or One Direction?
BASS: Although they have amazing music, Im going to choose
Boyz II Men.
MW: Boyz or Backstreet Boys?
BASS: Boyz II Men.
MW: Boyz II Men or NSYNC?
BASS: Im going to have to say Boyz II Men, because if it wasnt
for them Boyz, we wouldnt be NSYNC.
MW: Boyz II Men wins the day! Two final questions, one about
space exploration. You trained. You came very close to going into
space. Do you still harbor dreams of going into space
some day?
BASS: Yes, I do. Im still very well connected with the
YOU CANT REALLY JUDGE SOMEONE
space community. Ever since I was a little kid I was
FROM THEIR PAST UNLESS THEY
obsessed with adventure and exploration. My goal
as a kid was either to be a magician or an astronaut.
KEEP REPEATING THEIR PAST
Everything I ever thought of in school was always
pointing towards becoming a space engineer. I rememOVER AND OVER AGAIN.
ber as a little kid that was the job that I wanted. I was
Just use common sense to know that if someone is
obsessed with exploring and going where people had
changed and a good person. You just have to look at
not gone before and I wanted to be part of that. I still
them for who they are today.
want to be a part of that. I still want to be a part of firsts
and becoming a Cosmonaut was incredible I was
going to be the youngest person in space. Of course, it
real friends in the first place. On top of that, I made incredible was disappointing, but to get that close and to go through what I
new friends. Im a completely different person after being able had to go through, I would not trade that with anything.
to be able to come out. It changes everything about you profes- MW: If it were possible to go to Mars today, would you make the
sionally and personally.
time investment?
MW: How were the guys with it?
BASS: At this point in my life I would say no. If I was in my twenBASS: I was definitely scared to tell them. We had obviously ties, yes, I would completely do it, but right now I have so much
worked with so many gay people before in this industry, I knew life going on my husband and my future family. I would miss
that they werent homophobic and that they loved gay people, them too much. So, yeah, unfortunately Id say no to it.
but I was scared that they were going to hate me for not telling MW: Finally, Hillary or Trump?
BASS: Its no secret. I am definitely voting for Hillary in this
them the whole time.
election. I just know too much about Trump and I know how
MW: Why didnt you at least tell them at the time of NSYNC?
BASS: At that time I thought that if anyone knew any of us were this campaign has gone. Its a joke and sadly its easy to fool a lot
gay, that would just end our career, that everyone would hate us. of people. Its just sad to see that as a nation were not educated
All the girls would hate me and then that would just destroy our enough to sort fact from fiction.
group. I didnt want to be the person who destroyed NSYNC.
MW: Is Trump dangerous for the LGBT community?
MW: Do you miss NSYNC?
BASS: Trump himself is not dangerous for gays because look, Ive
BASS: Oh, my gosh, every day. I miss performing with those guys. known Trump. Hes supported my career. Obviously, he doesnt
I love being on stage with those four guys. Its the most comfort- hate gays, but the party that he will be leading hates gays. Just look
able I ever was, the most fun I ever had. I was just so lucky to be at their platform. Theyre wanting to take my marriage away, and
able to experience something like that in my youth. My teenage that right there shows me I would never support that platform. It
years were spent traveling the world with my four brothers. I doesnt matter how fiscally responsible you are, if youre not up to
date on your social game, it doesnt even make sense.
could not have been more lucky.
Thats why Im very vocal this election year, because Ive
MW: The bad blood that occurred between you all and manager Lou
Pearlman is well known. How did you feel when you heard that he studied both sides. Ive heard everything. Ive questioned myself.
Ive vetted everything and my conclusion is that theres no
recently passed away?
BASS: It felt odd because you feel sorry for him in this weird way. choice at all except Hillary Clinton. l
Dying in prison is a terrible way to go. It also felt like there was
a chapter closed. You felt this weird sense of closure also on this Finding Prince Charming premieres Thursday, September 8 at 9
nutty chapter of your life that started when you were 16 years p.m. ET/PT on Logo, with a simulcast on VH1. Visit logotv.com.
old. So it was just an odd mix of emotions.
Follow Lance on Twitter @LanceBass.
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Gallery
David Mordini
www.mordini.org
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Movies
Vessels
DC Shorts offers six fantastic LGBT short films that cover almost every
aspect of the queer experience By Rhuaridh Marr
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Spoliers
Spunkle
to be a sperm donor for her wife Maggie (Laura Zak). Not a father, but
an uncle. A spunkle, as Saira coins it. Its one of several laugh out loud
moments in a film brimming with them. Strong characterization, good
quality production and great acting belie the fact that this is the shortest
Shorts Stuff
As for the popularity of the short film format, its simple you
dont see them a lot, which is wonderful for festivals like ours who
really promote the short film as a craft. And it is indeed a craft. I think
theres difficulty in succinctly telling a story, he says. And when its
done right, that becomes sort of a beautiful thing. These arent typically
teasers for features theyre really self-sufficient films. To have a
beginning, a middle, and an end and an arc in a short amount of time
is completely fascinating. Some people do that very, very well. Some
people not so much. We think the films we have in the film festival do
a good job of telling a story in a succinct amount of time.
Pressed to pick a favorite in this years festival, Bilancio eventually
points to Pickle, a 15-minute documentary about a couple who adopt
injured animals including a fish that cant swim and a paraplegic
possum and pamper them. Its a comical, yet sincere, sympathetic
view of these people and what theyve given to these animals, he says.
It just gets so bizarre as it goes just one thing after another. Youre
going, This cant be true, starting to think this is a mockumentary, but
its really not. By the end, youre like, Oh, my God. I couldve heard more
stories about more animals that theyve found. Randy Shulman
The DC Shorts Film Festival runs Sept. 8 to 18 at various locales throughout the city (though most of the Showcases
are at the Landmark E Street Cinema). Tickets are $12 to $15 with all-access passes available for $125. Seventy-five of
the shorts are available for online viewing for $30. For detailed information, visit dcshorts.com.
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NightLife
Photography by
Ward Morrison
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Scene
DrinksDragDJsEtc...
Thursday
September 8
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection
Music videos featuring
DJ Wess
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 and
Frozen Virgin Drinks
Locker Room Thursday
Nights DJs Sean Morris
and MadScience Best
Package Contest at midnight, hosted by BaNaka &
Kristina Kelly $200 Cash
Prize Doors open 10pm,
Friday
September 9
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
COBALT/30 DEGREES
All You Can Drink Happy
Hour $15 Rail and
Domestic, $21 Call &
Imports, 6-9pm DC
Imperial Court Coronation
Event, 8-10:30pm Guys
Night Out Free Rail
Vodka, 11pm-Midnight, $6
Belvedere Vodka Drinks all
night DJ MadScience
upstairs DJ Keenan Orr
downstairs $10 cover
10pm-1am, $5 after 1am
21+
DC EAGLE
Doors open at 5pm
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
$2 Bud and Bud Light
Draughts, $3 Domestic
Bottles, $4 Rail and Import
Bottle Beer, $6 Call Mr.
DC Eagle 2016 Danny hosts
Club Bar $2 Draughts
and Jello Shooters
SEQUENCE.909: BMG,
Way Back, Ben Jenkins,
Boss Ross and Juana
Presented by Void Archive,
Select DC and Technofist
21+
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
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GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm $5
Smirnoff, all flavors, all
night long Alpha: A GL
Gear Party, 9pm-close
No Cover
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 Friday Night
Piano with Chris, 7:30pm
Friday Night Videos with
Chord, 9:30pm
SHAWS TAVERN
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $3
Miller Lite, $4 Blue Moon,
$5 Rails and House Wines
& Half-Priced Pizzas
Magic! 8-10pm
SOMEPLACE ELSE BAR
& GRILL
1637 R St. NW
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $1
PBR, $2 Yuengling, $3 Rail,
$5 Appetizers Extended
Happy Hour, 7-9pm, with
only $1 increase in price
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TOWN
Patio open 6pm 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, ShiQueeta-Lee, Riley Knoxx
and BaNaka DJ Wess
upstairs, DJs BacK2bACk
downstairs following the
show GoGo Boys after
11pm Doors open at
10pm For those 21 and
over, $12 For those
18-20, $15 Club: 18+
Patio: 21+
TRADE
Doors open 5pm Huge
Happy Hour: Any drink
normally served in a
cocktail glass served in a
huge glass for the same
price, 5-10pm Beer and
wine only $4 DJ Jeff
Prior, 10pm
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers,
hosted by LaTroya Nicole
Ladies of Ziegfelds,
9pm Rotating Hosts
DJ in Secrets VJ Tre in
Ziegfelds Cover 21+
Saturday
September 10
9 1/2
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:
Tops Down $6 Top Shelf,
Bottoms Up $3 Rail, $3
Bud Light, 4-9pm NYC
Invades DC, 10pm-close
Featuring DJs Steve
Sidewalk and Mikey Mo
Britney Spears Album
Release Party $3 PBR, $4
Fireball, $8 Vodka Red Bull
Doors open 10pm $5
Cover 21+
DC EAGLE
Doors open at 8pm
Happy Hour, 8-10pm
$2 Bud and Bud Light
Draughts, $3 Domestic
Bottles, $4 Rail and Import
SHAWS TAVERN
Bottomless Mimosas,
10am-3pm Happy Hour,
5-7pm $3 Miller Lite, $4
Blue Moon, $5 Rails and
House Wines & Half-Priced
Pizzas Comedy Show,
2nd Floor, 7:30pm $10
Cover
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
$5 Bacardi, all flavors,
all night long Black
Dionysus I: Revelry,
10pm-2am Disco,
house and soul music
by Baronhawk Poitier
Performances by Pussy
Noir, Jaxknife Haunt, and
live vocal performances by
Danie $7 Cover 21+
NUMBER NINE
Doors open 2pm Happy
Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink,
3-9pm $5 Absolut and
$5 Bulleit Bourbon
DILF with Guest DJ Ed
Metaphysical, 9:30pm
TOWN
Patio open 2pm DC
Rawhides host Town &
Country: Two-Step, Line
Sunday
September 11
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 3-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection
No Cover
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: Tops Down $6
Top Shelf, Bottoms Up $3
Rail, $3 Bud Light, 4-9pm
Stonewall Kickball
Opening Day Party, 5-10pm
Homowood Karaoke,
hosted by Robert Bise,
10pm-close 21+
DC EAGLE
Doors open at 12pm
$2 Bud and Bud Light
Draughts all day and night,
$3 Domestic Bottles, $4
Rail and Import Bottle
Beer, $6 Call The DC
Eagle hosts Sunday BBQ,
4-8pm, only $10 No
Cover 21+
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Champagne Brunch
Buffet, 10am-3pm Crazy
Hour, 4-7pm Karaoke,
8pm-1am
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Mamas Trailer Park
Karaoke downstairs,
9:30pm-close
JR.S
Sunday Funday Liquid
Brunch Doors open at
1pm $2 Coors Lights and
$3 Skyy (all flavors), all day
and night
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
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
NUMBER NINE
Pop Goes the World with
Wes Della Volla at 9:30pm
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on
any drink, 3-9pm No
Cover
SHAWS TAVERN
Brunch with Bottomless
Mimosas, 10am-3pm
Sunday Funday Karaoke,
2nd Floor, 3-7pm $5 Stoli
Cocktails Happy Hour,
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ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Decades of Dance DJ
Tim-e in Secrets Doors
9pm Cover 21+
Monday
September 12
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
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: Tops Down $6
Top Shelf, Bottoms Up $3
Rail, $3 Bud Light, 4-9pm
Monday Nights A Drag,
hosted by Kristina Kelly
Doors open at 10pm
Showtime at 11:30pm
$3 Skyy Cocktails, $8 Skyy
and Red Bull $8 Long
Islands No Cover, 18+
DC EAGLE
Doors open at 5pm
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
Endless Happy Hour prices
to anyone in a DC Eagle
T-Shirt Free Ballin
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long
Open Mic Night Karaoke,
9:30pm-close
JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm
Showtunes Songs &
Singalongs, 9pm-close
DJ James $3 Draft Pints,
8pm-midnight
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Beat the Clock Happy Hour
$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
$4 (7-8pm) Buckets of
Beer $15 Texas Holdem
Poker, 8pm Dart Boards
NUMBER NINE
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
SHAWS TAVERN
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $3
Miller Lite, $4 Blue Moon,
$5 Rails and House Wines
and Half-Priced Pizzas
Shaw Nuff Trivia with
Jeremy, 7:30pm
SOMEPLACE ELSE BAR
& GRILL
1637 R St. NW
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $1
PBR, $2 Yuengling, $3 Rail,
$5 Appetizers Extended
Happy Hour, 7-9pm, with
only $1 increase in price
TRADE
Doors open 5pm Huge
Happy Hour: Any drink
normally served in a cocktail glass served in a huge
glass for the same price,
5-10pm Beer and wine
only $4
Tuesday
September 13
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
COBALT/30 DEGREES
DJ Honey Happy Hour:
Tops Down $6 Top Shelf,
Bottoms Up $3 Rail, $3 Bud
Light, 4-9pm SIN Service
Industry Night, 10pm-close
$1 Rail Drinks all night
DC Drag Wars, Season
2, #5, 8pm
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long,
4pm-close
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
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
After 9pm, $3 Absolut,
Bulleit & Stella
SHAWS TAVERN
Half Priced Burgers &
Pizzas, 5pm-close $5
House Wines & Sam
Adams Drafts, 5pm-close
Wednesday
September 14
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
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: Tops Down $6
Top Shelf, Bottoms Up $3
Rail, $3 Bud Light, 4-9pm
Gay Mens Chorus Open
Mic Night, 8-11pm
SHAWS TAVERN
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $3
Miller Lite, $4 Blue Moon,
$5 Rails and House Wines
and Half-Priced Pizzas
Piano Bar, Second Floor,
8pm-close
SOMEPLACE ELSE BAR
& GRILL
1637 R St. NW
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $1
PBR, $2 Yuengling, $3 Rail,
$5 Appetizers Extended
Happy Hour, 7-9pm, with
only $1 increase in price
TRADE
Doors open 5pm Huge
Happy Hour: Any drink
normally served in a cocktail glass served in a huge
glass for the same price,
5-10pm Beer and wine
only $4
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+ l
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LastWord.
People say the queerest things
AMBER BRIGGLE, mother of trans son MG Briggle, speaking with WFAA. The Briggles invited Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
to dine with their family, in the hope that meeting an openly trans child would help convince Paxton to stop supporting anti-trans
legislation and lawsuits. Our intention with the dinner was really just to find common ground and show the
attorney general that were a normal family, Briggle said.
ments and protests. There will be people all over America walking around with flames coming out of their butthole,
he continued. If you thought AIDS was bad, you aint seen nothing yet!
Being gay, I have stood with my hand over my heart during the national anthem and
felt like I havent had my liberties protected,
so I can absolutely sympathize with that feeling.
Womens Soccer League player Megan Rapinoe, of Seattle Reign, speaking with espnW about her decision to kneel during the
Star Spangled Banner. Rapinoe said her actions were a nod to Colin Kaepernick, and added that she was
disgusted with the way he has been treated...and [the] hatred he has received in all of this.
KING HARALD V OF NORWAY, in a speech asking for greater unity and inclusivity following an influx of refugees to the country.
My biggest hope for Norway is that we will manage to take care of each other, he continued, that we can build this
country further on trust, solidarity and generosity.
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