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or a gathering that seeks to foster debate and chart a path forward for the conserva- tive movement, the silence on gayF issues at this year’s Conservative Polit- ical Action Conference was deafening. In the year since CPAC was last held at the sprawling Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Har- bor, Md., much has changed. Three Sen- ate Republicans — Rob Portman (Ohio), Mark Kirk (Ill.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) — have come out in support of marriage equality. In 2013, same-sex marriage was legalized in Rhode Island, ore dm Delaware, Minnesota, New Jersey, i sk Hawaii and Illinois. Same-sex nuptials have resumed in California for the first gage Rick Santorum time since 2008, after the Supreme Court refused to hear arguments in the Proposi- Republicans. “If I’m being a little more Grover Norquist, founder of Americans tion 8 case, and the federal government’s cynical, a tiptoeing around gay issues.” for Tax Reform and a supporter of Log definition of marriage as between a man Indeed, speaker after speaker – and Cabin Republicans, told Metro Weekly. “I and a woman has been struck down as presidential candidate after presidential think what has happened is anti-gay stuff unconstitutional, subsequently leading candidate – took to the stage to articu- has dropped down to near zero. There’s federal judges to strike down same-sex late their messages to the conservative a separate debate on the nature of mar- marriage bans in six states and counting. movement over the three-day confer- riage, whether it’s a secular or sacred And the Employment Non-Discrimina- ence, March 6 to 8, with gay issues rare- institution and what that all means. … But tion Act (ENDA) passed the Senate with ly mentioned. When New Jersey Gov. certainly the negative is way down and I the support of 10 Republicans — the most Chris Christie, who was snubbed from think that’s healthy for the country and Senate Republican votes ever cast for a being invited to last year’s conference for the party.” piece of gay rights legislation. being too moderate, spoke about social But while the negative may have The LGBT-equality movement is rid- issues he framed them in the context diminished in 2014, it certainly hasn’t ing a wave of momentum it has never of abortion. (Christie upset some social vanished. experienced before, with many Republi- conservatives when he abandoned his Rick Santorum, who has run for presi- cans and conservatives no longer walking administration’s legal fight against same- dent with campaigns firmly planted in in lockstep on LGBT issues. A New York sex marriage last year, thus leading to social issues, told the audience he didn’t Times/CBS News poll released late last same-sex nuptials in New Jersey.) Sen. want to talk about “redefining marriage,” month found 40 percent of Republicans Ted Cruz (Texas), who introduced an but about “reclaiming marriage as a good believe it should be legal for same-sex cou- anti-gay marriage bill last month that for society and celebrating how impor- ples to marry. But that reality and divide would defend his states’ right to regulate tant it is for our economy.” From whom was easy to miss on the stage at CPAC. marriage, articulated a tea party vision of marriage must be reclaimed Santorum “I think throughout CPAC, if I’m limited government focused largely on did not say, but it was easy enough to read being polite, there has been a sensitiv- federal spending and Obamacare. between the lines. ity toward gay issues,” said Gregory T. “That may be the interesting point, “I’ve been watching a little bit of what’s Angelo, executive director of Log Cabin what you’re not hearing about a lot,” going on here at CPAC and I hear a lot of,

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‘We have to win.’ Now, we all know what GOProud was not invited back. them to be that, whether you’re talking they mean. They actually mean, ‘We have “This year, we’re not on a panel and about banning Big Gulps or same-sex to lose,’” Santorum said. “We have to lose we don’t have a booth, which was our marriage,” said Alexander McCobin, co- those currently unfashionable stances on choice,” Hemminger said. “But next year founder and president of Students for cultural and limited-government issues we do hope to have a larger level of par- Liberty, to widespread applause. that have been proven over time to give ticipation and I hope to see a GOProud At a panel on minority outreach, the Americans the best chance for a healthy, supporter on a panel next year and that gay community was not once mentioned. happy life.” will be another step forward.” “Part of me sees an element of fear Dr. Ben Carson, who linked same-sex But while GOProud works to repair its there. I think that it’s largely due to marriage to bestiality last year, told the relationship with the ACU board, groups a conservative movement still trying to audience that gay people deserve the who have done little to rock the boat come to terms with the best language to same rights, but not “extra rights” to have found themselves shut out as well. use when addressing these issues and the “redefine marriage.” Log Cabin Republicans sought to partici- messaging on this,” said Angelo. And among the various organizations pate in a “meaningful” capacity, only to Lisa De Pasquale, who resigned from that erected booths at the conference receive no response from the ACU. “They GOProud’s board along with Barron and was the National Organization for Mar- told me everything they needed to with one other member after the organization riage, as well as the American Society their silence,” said Angelo. agreed to attend CPAC as guests of the for the Defense of Tradition, Family and “Whether or not this is something the ACU, said “playing nice” will do nothing Property, which distributed pamphlets conservative movement directly address- to increase acceptance of gay conserva- depicting the group GOProud as a rain- es or not, it’s something that must be tives by CPAC organizers. bow-colored beaver gnawing away at acknowledged at some point, whether it’s “People have been working against the social leg of Ronald Reagan’s three- at CPAC or whether it’s on the campaign GOProud since before Chris or Jimmy legged stool representing the conserva- trail,” he continued, speaking of same- said anything. Certainly they’ve had tive movement. sex marriage and LGBT rights. “One of sponsors in the past who have been criti- Missing for the third year in a row, the important parts of CPAC is being able cal of ACU, so why pick on the gays?” said however, was any official presence to debate these issues as a family, and the De Pasquale. “They seem to have a differ- of gay conservatives. Although Matt lack of any explicit discussion of these ent standard for GOProud just because Bechstein and Ross Hemminger — for- issues at CPAC is something that I was they’re gay.” mer GOProud interns who became part missing here and something I was disap- Whether it went acknowledged at of the organization’s new leadership pointed to see.” CPAC or not, the conservative movement team after the departure of GOProud Although last year’s conference saw is at a crossroads, with the old guard co-founders Jimmy LaSalvia and Chris a sparsely attended anti-gay marriage and a younger generation increasingly at Barron — were extended an invitation panel featuring NOM’s Brian Brown, and odds over issues such as LGBT equality. to attend by CPAC’s organizers, the a widely attended panel on gay inclu- “To me the big story is the leadership is American Conservative Union (ACU), sion, no such panels were devoted to that out of touch with the attendees and the they did not sponsor the event or have a debate this year. The most the issue was attendees don’t necessarily know it,” said booth present. GOProud participated in discussed was during a panel on social De Pasquale. But conservative leaders CPAC in 2010 and 2011 to the protests conservatives vs. libertarians, which wit- will be forced to address that simmering of social conservatives, but was kicked nessed widespread applause not only for divide, either among movement-faithful out of the conference in 2012 after Bar- preventing government from dictating at an event like CPAC or among the ron labeled conservative attorney Cleta certain beliefs on others, but also for masses on the campaign trail. Mitchell a “nasty bigot” and blamed gay adoptions rather than single-parent “Like it or not, gay conservatives her for the decision by the Heritage homes and putting children in institu- are here and here to stay,” said Angelo. Foundation to remove itself from the tions. “Just because you think people “They can either keep their heads in the conference over GOProud’s participa- ought to act a certain way doesn’t mean sand or acknowledge us as a formal part tion. Despite an apology from Barron, you want the government to require of this movement.” l Stein Club Misses Endorsement Among Democrats for mayor, Vincent Gray comes closest, yet four votes shy

tion, at a March 6 mayoral forum. He did, first round of balloting, Gray earned 115 by John Riley however, get closer to that endorsement votes, well short of the 140 needed. But he than any of his challengers, and brought a was significantly ahead of his competitors: strong show of support to the forum venue, Councilmembers Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), ncumbent Mayor Vince D.C.’s Metropolitan Community Church, with 56 votes; Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), Gray (D) fell four votes short of which was packed to capacity. with 28; Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4), with securing the coveted endorsement of To win the endorsement for the April 26; and Vincent Orange (D-At-Large), the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, 1 Democratic primary, a candidate need- with eight. Ithe city’s largest LGBT political organiza- ed 60 percent of all votes cast. On the A runoff ballot narrowed to vote to

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Gray and Evans alone. In this second dates are in an attempt to neutralize than just putting logos on government round, Gray won 112 votes, narrowly Gray’s advantage as an incumbent popu- letterhead. So I’m supporting Muriel.” missing the 60 percent threshold of 116. lar among many in the city’s LGBT com- Stein member Justin Becker threw his Evans, meanwhile, won 74 votes. Eight munity. Wells and Orange, in particular, support behind Jack Evans. members voted for “no endorsement.” used the issues surrounding marijuana “I’m supporting Jack Evans because of With no candidate meeting the 60 per- decriminalization to try and set them- one word: dedication,” Becker said. “Jack cent threshold, the Stein Club issued no selves apart from the other candidates, is a dedicated advocate for the LGBT mayoral endorsement. with Wells criticizing the continued community, and has been since the begin- Throughout the evening, Gray sup- criminalization of those who smoke mar- ning of his political career. Jack has prov- porters, many wearing campaign stickers ijuana in public and advocating eventual en his dedication to our community time on their shirts or jackets, were clearly legalization, and Orange pointing out the and time again, when he led the effort to the largest bloc in attendance. When need for legislation to reel in employers overturn D.C.’s sodomy laws, supported Gray entered the church, news cam- who would use drug tests to turn away marriage equality in D.C., and advocated era crews in tow, his supporters began job applicants. – and continues to advocate – for fair chanting “Four more years!” Throughout By dint of their sheer size, the Gray treatment for people with HIV/AIDS.” the forum, Gray received the loudest supporters at Thursday’s forum con- Ward 2 School Board member Jack cheers, though smaller groups of Evans trolled the room for much of the debate, Jacobson also spoke on behalf of Evans, and Wells supporters showed enthusi- occasionally booing Stein members who emphasizing Evans’s record and knowl- asm for their respective candidates, as spoke in favor of other candidates before edge of how to foster economic growth, well. Bowser, whose supporters were far being shut down by the club’s presi- along with his support for education. outnumbered, delivered the most pol- dent, Angela Peoples, and Martin Garcia, Stein Club member Paul Cooper spoke ished responses and stayed within the vice president for legislative and political on behalf of Wells, as did longtime activ- time limit for each question, while some affairs. Overall, though, most remained ist Bob Summersgill. Both men focused of the other candidates, including Gray, respectful. on Wells’s record on ethics, contrasting chose to deliver stem-winders to ignite “Four years ago, in June of 2010, this it with the Gray administration, which the crowd, only to be cut off mid-speech club endorsed Vincent Gray by 63.1 per- has at times been overshadowed by fed- by the Stein Club moderators keeping cent over Mayor Fenty,” said Paul Kunt- eral investigations relating to Gray’s 2010 track of time limits. zler, one of the Stein Club’s original co- mayoral campaign. During the course of the forum, can- founders. “As I assess the race, I believe “All of the candidates tonight, they didates were asked about their records; that Mayor Gray is going to win the are unimpeachable in terms of their sup- their ratings by the nonpartisan policy election, and I urge us to be part of that port for LGBT issues,” Cooper said. “As group, the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alli- winning ticket.” Democrats, though, we should also be ance (GLAA); the adequacy of the Met- Longtime activist Peter Rosenstein thinking about who’s good for our party ropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) also endorsed Gray, saying he felt the city and who’s good for our city. And one Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU) “was never better off than it is today,” of the things we read most about in the in combating hate crimes; whether they and urging all those present to support newspaper is the corruption that is tak- would support the creation of affirming whoever the Democratic nominee is in ing place in our government. We’ve lost housing options for LGBT elders; and the general election. While the winner members of the Council, we have indict- their stances on the decriminalization/ of the Democratic mayoral primary is ments, we have that entire culture of cor- legalization of marijuana. expected to go on to win the seat in heav- ruption. And there’s only one candidate For Gray, as both the incumbent and ily Democratic D.C., Rosenstein’s state- who’s been a leader fighting for clean the presumptive favorite heading into ment hinted at the specter of a possible campaigns and ethics reform. … I hope the Thursday evening forum, he largely candidacy by At-Large Councilmember you’ll support Tommy Wells.” relied on his record of achievement on David Catania (I), seen to be a viable Following the second round of bal- LGBT issues, citing his shepherding of Gray challenger in general-election polls. loting, Gray said that while he would marriage equality through the D.C. Coun- Catania has said he will seek the mayor’s have loved to have won the Stein Club’s cil as chairman in 2009; and his attempts office if Gray wins the primary. endorsement, and believes his record to help transgender residents through a “This year, we do have an embarrass- merits an endorsement, he will continue public-awareness campaign, job training ment of riches,” said transgender activist to be an advocate for LGBT issues as, “It’s through the Department of Employment Jeri Hughes. “We have some great candi- the right thing to do.” He also said he was Services’ Project Empowerment, and his dates running for mayor. But, make no mis- confident that he would win the majority administration’s policy of ensuring non- take, I am supporting Mayor Vincent Gray.” of LGBT votes in the primary. discrimination in health care. Other members, despite being in the “I’m disappointed that we didn’t Evans, the longest serving council- minority, expressed their support for make an endorsement,” Peoples said. “I member among the five mayoral candi- other candidates. continue to think that the Stein Club’s dates, also touted his record of taking Christopher Dyer, who works on endorsement is important, and we think pro-LGBT stances as far back as the behalf of the Bowser campaign, stood up that our members really are at the fore- 1990s, when it was not politically popu- for his preferred candidate, saying: “It front of leadership in the Democratic lar to do so. Bowser, Wells and Orange would be folly for me to not acknowledge Party. I wish we would have been able emphasized their records of voting for the work the mayor has done on our to endorse, but no matter what happens, pro-LGBT legislation, and often pointed behalf, but I think we need a mayor who we’re going to be in full force in Novem- out how LGBT-friendly all the candi- actually believes that ‘One City’ is more ber in support of any Democrat.” l

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Metro Weekly’s Community Calendar highlights important events in DC Front Runners running/walking/social club welcomes all levels for exercise in a fun and the D.C.-area LGBT community, from alternative social events to supportive environment, socializing afterward. volunteer opportunities. Event information should be sent by email to Meet 9:30 a.m., 23rd & P Streets NW, for a walk; or [email protected]. Deadline for inclusion is noon 10 a.m. for fun run. dcfrontrunners.org. of the Friday before Thursday’s publication. Questions about the calendar may be directed to the Metro Weekly office at 202-638-6830 or the calendar email address. Sunday, March 16

Adventuring outdoors group hikes 7 moderate miles, Silver Spring Metro into northern Rock Creek Park. Bring beverages, lunch, bug spray, $2 trip fee. Contact Brett, [email protected], for time. adventuring.org.

Weekly Events Project STRIPES hosts LGBT-affirming social Thursday, March 13 group for ages 11-24. 4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road LGBT-inclusive All Souls Memorial NW. Tamara, 202-319-0422, layc-dc.org. Episcopal Church celebrates Low Mass at 8:30 Weekly Events a.m., High Mass at 11 a.m. 2300 Cathedral Ave. NW. SMYAL’s Rec Night provides a social 202-232-4244, allsoulsdc.org. atmosphere for GLBT and questioning youth, DC Lambda Squares gay and lesbian square- featuring dance parties, vogue nights, movies and Dignity Washington offers Roman Catholic dancing group features mainstream through games. [email protected]. Mass for the LGBT community. 6 p.m., St. advanced square dancing at the National City Margaret’s Church, 1820 Connecticut Ave. NW. All Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW, 7-9:30 p.m. welcome. Sign interpreted. dignitynova.org. Casual dress. 301-257-0517, dclambdasquares.org. Saturday, March 15 The Dulles Triangles Northern Virginia social Friends Meeting of Washington meets for worship, 10:30 a.m., 2111 Florida Ave. NW, Quaker group meets for happy hour at Sheraton in Reston, The Latino Queer Bilingual Writing 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, second-floor bar, 7-9 House Living Room (next to Meeting House on Group hosts monthly workshop. Writers of all p.m. All welcome. dullestriangles.com. Decatur Place), 2nd floor. Special welcome to genres/experience welcome. 2-4 p.m. The DC lesbians and gays. Handicapped accessible from Center, 2000 14th NW, Suite 105. 202-682-2245, Phelps Place gate. Hearing assistance. quakersdc.org. HIV Testing at Whitman-Walker Health. The thedccenter.org. Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center, 2301 Institute for Spiritual Development, MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Call 202-745- Adventuring outdoors group hikes 10 strenuous God-centered new age church & learning center. 7000. Visit whitman-walker.org. miles, 2,400 feet elevation gain on Signal Knob Sunday Services and Workshops event. 5419 Sherier overlooking Strasburg, Va. Bring beverages, lunch, Place NW. isd-dc.org. Identity offers free and confidential HIV testing bug spray, sturdy boots, about $22/fees, plus money in Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond Ave., and in for dinner. Carpool 8:30 a.m., East Falls Church Lutheran Church of Reformation invites Takoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411. Metro Kiss & Ride lot. Devon, usblackwolf@ymail. all to Sunday worship at 8:30 or 11 a.m. Childcare is Walk-ins 2-6 p.m. For appointments other hours, com. adventuring.org. available at both services. Welcoming LGBT people for call Gaithersburg, 301-300-9978, or Takoma Park, 25 years. 212 East Capitol St. NE. reformationdc.org 301-422-2398. Chrysalis arts & culture holds annual meeting for elections/planning. All welcome. 7 p.m. Contact Metropolitan Community Church of Women’s Leadership Institute for young Craig, 202-462-0535, [email protected], Northern Virginia services at 11 a.m., led by LBTQ women, 13-21, interested in leadership for venue. Rev. Onetta Brooks. Children’s Sunday School, 11 development. 5-6:30 p.m. SMYAL Youth Center, 410 a.m. 10383 Democracy Lane, Fairfax. 703-691-0930, 7th St. SE. 202-567-3163, [email protected]. Academy of Washington hosts Miss Gaye mccnova.com. Universe DC Ball. Doors 3 p.m., pageant 4 p.m. Us Helping Us hosts a Narcotics Anonymous $20, $15 for members. Town, 2009 8th St. NW. National City Christian Church, inclusive Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave. NW. thewashingtonacademy.com. church with GLBT fellowship, offers gospel worship, The group is independent of UHU. 202-446-1100. 8:30 a.m., and traditional worship, 11 a.m. 5 Thomas Weekly Events Circle NW. 202-232-0323, nationalcitycc.org. St. Stephen and the Incarnation, an Friday, March 14 Andromeda Transcultural Health “interracial, multi-ethnic Christian Community” offers free HIV testing, 9-5 p.m., and HIV offers services in English, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and Weekly Events services (by appointment). 202-291-4707 or in Spanish at 5:15 p.m. 1525 Newton St. NW. 202- andromedatransculturalhealth.org. 232-0900, saintstephensdc.org. MetroHealth Center offers free, rapid HIV testing. Appointment needed. 1012 14th St. NW, Bet Mishpachah, founded by members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of LGBT community, holds Saturday morning Shabbat Suite 700. 202-638-0750. Silver Spring invites LGBTQ families and services, 10 a.m., followed by kiddush luncheon. individuals of all creeds and cultures to join the Services in DCJCC Community Room, 1529 16th St. Bet Mishpachah, founded by members of the church. Services 9:15 and 11:15 a.m. 10309 New NW. betmish.org. GLBT community, holds Friday night Shabbat Hampshire Ave. uucss.org. services followed by “oneg” social hour. 8-9:30 p.m. Services in DCJCC Community Room, 1529 16th St. Brazilian GLBT Group, including others NW. betmish.org. interested in Brazilian culture, meets. For location/ time, email [email protected]. Monday, March 17 HIV Testing at Whitman-Walker Health, Five NIH-affiliated grad students offer HIV’s Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW, DC Aquatics Club (DCAC) practice session at 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 202-745-7000, whitman-walker.org. Marie Reed Aquatic Center, 2200 Champlain St. Hiding Place: Epigenetic Mechanisms Challenge NW. 8-9:30 a.m. swimdcac.org. the Search for a Cure presentation. 7-9 p.m. The DC

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Center, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. 202-682-2245, Karing with Individuality (K.I.) Services, thedccenter.org. Tuesday, March 18 at 3333 Duke St., Alexandria, offers free “rapid” HIV testing and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 703-823-4401. Weekly Events Weekly Events SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5 p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and younger. The DC Center hosts Coffee Drop-In for the Asians and Friends weekly dinner in Dupont/ Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, Senior LGBT Community. 10 a.m.-noon. 2000 Logan Circle area, 6:30 p.m. [email protected], [email protected]. 14th St. NW. 202-682-2245, thedccenter.org. afwashington.net. Support group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-21 GetEqual meets 6:30-8 p.m. at Quaker House, Whitman-Walker Health’s Gay Men’s Health meets at SMYAL, 410 7th St. SE, 5-6:30 p.m. Cathy 2111 Florida Ave. NW. [email protected]. and Wellness/STD Clinic opens at 6 p.m., Chu, 202-567-3163, [email protected]. 1701 14th St. NW. Patients are seen on walk-in basis. Karing with Individuality (K.I.) Services, No-cost screening for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and MetroHealth Center offers free, rapid HIV 3333 Duke St., Alexandria, offers free “rapid” HIV chlamydia. Hepatitis and herpes testing available testing. Appointment needed. 1012 14th St. NW, for fee. whitman-walker.org. testing and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 703-823-4401. Suite 700. 202-638-0750.

Washington Wetskins Water Polo Team HIV Testing at Whitman-Walker Health. D.C.: Us Helping Us hosts a support group for black practices 7-9 p.m. Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. gay men 40 and older. 7-9 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave. NW, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center, Van Buren St. NW. Newcomers with at least basic NW. 202-446-1100. swimming ability always welcome. Tom, 703-299- 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an 0504, [email protected], wetskins.org. appointment call 202-745-7000. Visit whitman- walker.org. HIV Testing at Whitman-Walker Health. D.C.: Wednesday, March 19 Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. The HIV Working Group of The DC Center NW, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center, hosts “Packing Party,” where volunteers assemble Bookmen DC informal men’s gay-literature 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an safe-sex kits of condoms and lube. 7 p.m., Green group discusses The Lost Library: Gay Fiction appointment call 202-745-7000. Visit whitman- Lantern, 1335 Green Court NW. thedccenter.org. Rediscovered. 7:30 p.m. AFSA, 2101 E St. NW. All walker.org. welcome. bookmendc.blogspot.com. Identity offers free and confidential HIV testing in Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond Ave., and in Takoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411. The Tom Davoren Social Bridge Club meets for Social Bridge. No reservations or partner Walk-ins 2-6 p.m. For appointments other hours, needed. All welcome. 7:30 p.m. Dignity Center, 721 call Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978 or Takoma Park 8th St. SE. For information or a partner, at 301-422-2398. 301-345-1571.

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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.

Andromeda Transcultural Health offers free HIV testing, 9-5 p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). 202-291-4707, andromedatransculturalhealth.org.

Ad Lib, a group for freestyle conversation, meets about 7:45 p.m., covered-patio area of Cosi, 1647 20th St. NW. All welcome. Jamie, 703-892-8567.

DC Aquatics Club (DCAC) practice session at Marie Reed Aquatic Center, 2200 Champlain St. NW. 8-9:30 p.m. swimdcac.org.

Historic Christ Church offers Wednesday worship 7:15 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. All welcome. 118 N. Washington St., Alexandria. 703-549-1450, historicchristchurch.org.

Identity offers free and confidential HIV testing in Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond Ave. Walk- ins 2-7 p.m. For appointments other hours, call Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978.

HIV Testing at Whitman-Walker Health. D.C.: Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 202-745-7000, whitman-walker.org.

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, 703-573-8316. Thursday, March 20

DoD Pride hosts happy hour for Pentagon LGBT personnel, including civilians. 5-7 p.m. Freddie’s Beach Bar, 555 South 23rd St., Arlington. info@ dodpride.org. Friday, March 21

Mayor’s Office of GLBT Affairs presents Sheroes of the Movement awards ceremony. 6:30- 8:30 p.m. Fannie Mae Conference Center, 4000 Wisconsin Ave. NW. RSVP by March 18 to [email protected]. l

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MARCH 13, 2014 Volume 20 / Issue 45 Publisher A Wish for Ukraine Randy Shulman As tensions simmer in Crimea, one gay activist calls for Editorial Editor-in-Chief calm – and human-rights monitors Randy Shulman Art Director On Feb. 26, the Russian LGBT Net- Todd Franson by Viachaslau “Slava” Bortnik work condemned the possibility of Rus- Managing Editor sian forces seizing military control over Will O’Bryan Crimea. Later, controversial activist The Crimean Political Editor Nikolai Alekseev of GayRussia applaud- Justin Snow Peninsula is an ed the Russian military intervention in autonomous Crimea on his Facebook page. Staff Writer John Riley republic within The same day, Gay Alliance-Ukraine Ukraine, and the released a statement expressing full Contributing Editors Rhuaridh Marr, Doug Rule home to the Rus- support for “revolutionary changes in sian Black Sea our country since we believe that under Senior Photographer Ward Morrison Fleet, in Sevasto- the overthrown pro-Russian regime pol, in accordance Ukrainian LGBT movement would not Contributing Photographers Christopher Cunetto, Julian Vankim with a bilateral have had a future.” Ukrainian-Russian agreement. That statement concludes: “We Contributing Illustrators Scott G. Brooks, Christopher Cunetto And for LGBT people from all over appeal to some of our pro-Russian col- the former Soviet Union, Crimea is leagues asking them not to speculate on Contributing Writers Daniel Burnett, Christian Gerard, important because of Simeiz, the first the pain of Ukrainians to pursue their Brandon Harrison, Chris Heller, Troy Petenbrink, and only gay resort anywhere in the own political or public image goals.” Richard Rosendall, Kate Wingfield former USSR. It’s a small town at the There has been no reaction from Editor Emeritus southern tip of the eastern coast of the Belarusian LGBT movement so Sean Bugg Crimea. The first nude beach was far. Being a member of Amnesty Inter- Webmaster founded here in 1950s, and the gay national for the last 19 years, I fully David Uy fame of Simeiz goes as far back as to share the approach of my organization Multimedia the ’70s when homosexuality was still that takes no position on the legality or Aram Vartian criminally prosecuted and hundreds moral basis of the use of armed force or Administrative / Production Assistant of Soviet gays were jailed each year. on military interventions. Julian Vankim Today, thousands of gay travelers come Amnesty International is concerned here to relax and play every summer. that both the Russian and Ukraini- Advertising & Sales I was there twice, in 2002 and 2012, an authorities should respect human Director of Sales and was planning to return soon with rights at all times. In this atmosphere Randy Shulman my husband. I’m not sure now if that’s of growing tensions and conflicting National Advertising Representative going to be possible. allegations, there is an urgent need for Rivendell Media Co. On Feb. 26, I happened to be in international human rights monitors, 212-242-6863 my hometown of Gomel, Belarus, on as well as for an independent fact- Distribution Manager the border with Ukraine, when clashes finding mission in Crimea – as well as Dennis Havrilla were reported in Crimea between sup- in other parts of Ukraine where ten- porters of the so-called EuroMaydan sions remain high. Such a mission has Patron Saint protests that resulted in the ousting of been proposed by a number member Eleanor Parker President Viktor Yanukovych and cre- states in the Organization for Security ation of an interim central government. and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Cover Photography Buildings belonging to local authori- but is reportedly opposed by Russia Todd Franson ties across Crimea were simultaneously and the new de facto authorities in seized by armed groups. Meanwhile, a new Simferopol loyal to them. regional administration opposed to the For the sake of everyone in the Metro Weekly interim central Ukrainian authority was region, my wish is that human-rights 1425 K St. NW, Suite 350 Washington, DC 20005 formed in Simferopol, Crimea’s capital. monitors are in all affected areas imme- 202-638-6830 This new Crimean entity is putting diately. MetroWeekly.com forth a March 16 referendum on the All material appearing in Metro Weekly is protected by federal copyright law and may not be reproduced in whole or part without the permission of the publishers. Metro Weekly assumes no region’s status and accession to Russia. Viachaslau “Slava” Bortnik, a responsibility for unsolicited materials submitted for publication. All such submissions are subject to editing and will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. The last few days have seen a grow- Belarusian, is a D.C.-based human-rights Metro Weekly is supported by many fine advertisers, but we cannot accept responsibility for claims made by advertisers, nor can we accept responsibility for materials provided by advertisers or their agents. Publication of the name or photograph of any person or organization in articles or ing number of threats and intimidation activist and Amnesty International advertising in Metro Weekly is not to be construed as any indication of the sexual orientation of of human-rights monitors, independent USA country specialist for Belarus, such person or organization. observers, journalists and pro-Ukraini- Moldova and Ukraine. Email him at © 2014 Jansi LLC. an protestors in Crimea. [email protected]. l METROWEEKLY.com MARCH 13, 2014 23 LGBTOpinion The Right To Be Wrong Separation of church and state works both ways

area Catholic school after marrying his same-sex partner, has by Richard J. Rosendall filed an employment-discrimination lawsuit against the school and the Seattle Archdiocese. Zmuda is unlikely to win his case. The U.S. Supreme court unanimously upheld the “ministerial exception” to nondiscrim- I have been fighting the Catho- ination laws in its 2012 decision in Hosanna-Tabor Lutheran lic Church since I first argued with a nun at Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis- St. Catherine Labouré Elementary School sion. Chief Justice Roberts cited a string of rulings going back in 1962. I don’t recall being smacked with to 1872. a ruler, but Sister Mary Margaret gave Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain has a constitutional right intimidating glares. to impose Catholic teachings in church-run schools. I disagree I remembered her, and the scorn of with those teachings, but I also respect and cherish the First the parish’s Monsignor W. Joyce Russell Amendment. It does not, in my view, give a baker or a photog- toward liberal priests during 1968’s uproar rapher the right to refuse service to a customer (this is being over the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae, litigated), but it does protect a church in its core religious func- when I helped win D.C. marriage equality over objections by the tions. That does not mean the church is entitled to discriminate Archdiocese of Washington several decades later. The Archdio- using public funds. cese wanted various exemptions enabling them, for example, to President Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptists receive government contracts for adoption services while turn- in 1802 that the First Amendment built “a wall of separation ing away gay couples. They lost. They then withdrew from pub- between Church & State.” That wall has taken a battering in the lic adoption services and were replaced by another contractor. ensuing centuries, yet it persists, and it protects those on both Those past battles came to mind last week with the news that sides. Mark Zmuda, the vice principal fired last year from a Seattle- Leah Ward Sears and David Blankenhorn write in Time, “Does any religious conviction justify denying lesbians and gays a basic legal promise of non-discrimination in hiring, public accommodations, and housing? Surely the answer to this ques- tion is no.” Blankenhorn was a witness for the anti-gay side in the Proposition 8 trial. He has had a change of heart, and now supports civil marriage equality. Our fight is not over, but we are winning. The fact that our opponents overreach by seeking to extend faith-based discrimi- nation into the public square with conscience clauses and the like does not mean that we should reciprocate by telling reli- gious organizations whom they can and cannot fire. Neither need we be silent. Francis DeBernardo, execu- tive director of New Ways Ministry, writes of those who fired Zmuda, “Though they may have had a legal right to fire Zmuda, did they stop to think what lesson they would be sending to stu- dents with such an action?” The outspoken defense of Zmuda by his former students is the latest example of Catholic laity heed- ing their well-formed consciences over the knee-jerk dictates of bishops. People of faith, from high school students to dissident clergy, are waging the fight for gay-affirming policies from within their denominations. That is where that part of the fight should be waged. “Gays Not Welcome” signs should no more be allowed in shop windows than “Blacks Not Welcome” signs; on the other hand, “All Are Welcome” signs outside houses of worship must be placed there by the religious groups themselves, not imposed by the state. I have the Constitution and the ACLU on my side, and if you fight us on this point we will win.H oller all you want. The First Amendment is a sturdy thing.

Richard J. Rosendall is a writer and activist. He can be reached at [email protected]. l

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Makeup by Emerito Amaro-Carambot Costumes by Nicolas Baker Mother Abbess played by Montario Hill

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As executive director, Chase Maggiano has bold ideas for building on GMCW’s strong, harmonious history

by Doug Rule Photography by Todd Franson

Makeup by Emerito Amaro-Carambot Costumes by Nicolas Baker Mother Abbess played by Montario Hill

METROWEEKLY.com MARCH 13, 2014 27 ach is my favorite composer, hands Only six months into his first year, Maggiano is certainly down,” Chase Maggiano says, when asked fired up by the chorus’s prospects. GMCW is one of the largest what he listens to in his spare time. But in choruses by size in D.C., widely regarded as the choral capital of addition to baroque Bach and Tchaikovksy, his the country. And the 33-year-old organization is also one of the favorite Romantic, Maggiano cops to more cur- largest and most successful choruses in the national gay choral rent sounds. “I also like Top 40,” he says. “It’s movement. Much of the chorus’s success can be attributed to fun, and that’s what music should be, right?” Jeff Buhrman, who will step down after 14 seasons as GMCW’s BMaggiano is executive director of the Gay Men’s Chorus of artistic director. A search for Buhrman’s replacement is in its Washington, so it would be unusual if he didn’t like pop music. beginning stages. “Yeah, our chorus can get away with doing the fun, poppy stuff,” Once a new artistic director has been selected, Maggiano he says, adding that his pitch when reaching out to other local, intends to build on the chorus’s strong track record — in part by classically minded arts organizations, exploring future collabo- working with more arts groups, and performing at more venues, rations, is, “Come let your hair down with us.” around Washington. Oftentimes, the best way to let your hair down with the Gay “I want to actually share directors and share repertoire and Men’s Chorus is by donning a wig. For example, take Maggiano’s share stages,” he says, rattling off a few of his bold ideas. “To description of this weekend’s chorus offering, Von Trapped. kind of come together as a whole city to say, ‘We’re all here “Think of the Mother Abbess in drag, or a six-foot Gretl,” to sing in support of equality for everybody.’ We can’t do that he suggests. “It’s a hilarious, smart, gay parody of The Sound of sitting alone in isolation on stage. We really need to reach into Music. We’re back to our campy roots.” other communities.” Leading a gay arts organization isn’t exactly the career path For the record, Maggiano doesn’t sing himself. “I studied Maggiano thought he might pursue. As a teenager in Vienna, Va., voice in college, and I know what to listen for,” he explains. “My he traveled to Germany, Brazil and Argentina playing violin with instrument’s just not very good.” a small local orchestra. But Maggiano — who, incidentally, is not He’s better suited to championing those with better related to the American-Italian restaurant of the same name — instruments. And championing the chorus is something he opted for a career outside of the arts. “I didn’t want to make my seems to relish, even down to every last concert, such as the bread and butter doing something that I loved so much,” he says. final offering this season, A Gay Man’s Guide to Broadway. “So I just decided in high school to leave music as an avocation.” This May show-tunes revue finds the chorus performing at But after a few years post-college working in Virginia’s high- the Kennedy Center and with a special guest, Tony Award- tech field, Maggiano got the arts itch. He spent a couple years winner Laura Benanti. exploring, including a gig in the pit orchestra for a national tour But in many ways it’s conceived as a toast to the departing of South Pacific. Eventually, he decided arts management would artistic director Jeff Buhrman. Says Maggiano, “This concert is be a good fit. Now 30, Maggiano came to the chorus after a stint really his baby. It’s an opportunity to really celebrate Jeff and his fundraising and managing programs for the Washington Per- great work with the chorus.” forming Arts Society. When asked if he enjoys fundraising, Maggiano responds The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington performs Friday, March vividly. “If there’s something I’m passionate about, like music 14, and Saturday, March 15, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, March 16, at 3 and equality, then I’ll spill my blood on the floor for it.” He’ll p.m. Lisner Auditorium, The George Washington University, also apparently devote every fiber of his being to it, at least at the 730 21st St. NW. Tickets are $59. Call 202-293-1548 or start. “Let’s just say I’m married to my job. It’s a very busy year.” visit lisner.org or gmcw.org. l

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as it’s now an $80 million blockbuster LoCKBUSter SeaSon nearS, anD For eVery WeB- starring Kate Winslet as the head of one slinger, mutant and giant lizard, there seems to be fare more faction who is intent on destroying all “di- intimate and potentially interesting — a sex-hungry woman, vergents,” those who don’t fi t into any one B terminally ill teenagers in the thrall of romance, a bear fam- category. Finally, i can be that person who ily making its way across alaskan tundra. there are also Muppets, dragons, sees the fi lm instead of reading the book. greek gods, biblical legends and Jon hamm. So, something for everyone. (3/21)

nyMphoMAniAC: pARt 1 — Don’t let Shia neeD FoR SpeeD — We kick off our list BAD WoRDS — oh, Jason Bateman. your LaBeouf’s current bout of insanity stop with a fi lm based on an incredibly popu- fi lm career has never quite matched the you from seeing Nymphomaniac. it follows lar series of video games. great start, no? brilliance of playing Michael Bluth. Per- one woman’s erotic journey from birth to Look, it’s a fi lm about cars with a thin plot haps, then, starring in a fi lm you’re also di- age 50, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac weaved in between the driving sequences. recting will improve matters? Bad Words, Joe. Featuring un-simulated sex, the fi lm aaron Paul cashes in on his Breaking Bad about a middle-aged man who uses a loop- is a two-fi ngered salute to slut-shaming — notoriety in a movie that will please the hole to enter a spelling bee, could be just so probably not one to take your mother Fast and the Furious crowd, who’ll drive the success Arrested Development fans to see. (3/21) their pimped out ‘90s honda Civics to see have been hoping for. Come on! (3/14) it and likely love every minute. (3/14) noAh — russell Crowe takes the lead in MuppetS MoSt WAnteD — Dear gods of this fantasy epic based on the biblical tale veRoniCA MARS — Fans of the canceled Film: Please, please, please don’t let this of noah. With a huge budget, all-star cast CW series Veronica Mars wanted a fi lm suck. the Muppets’ comeback was so bril- and copious amounts of Cgi, it’s typical so badly they paid for it themselves. one liant i don’t think i could handle a lacklus- pre-summer blockbuster fare. god wasn’t year after the most successful Kickstarter ter sequel. trailers and synopses point to given a token producer’s credit, but he’s funding campaign in history and seven an absolute train wreck, but i have faith. likely too busy looking after Matthew Mc- years after the show went off the air, (3/21) Conaughey to notice. (3/28) Kristen Bell and company return in this noir drama, which will feature copious DiveRgent — i feel like the only one who SABotAge — arnold Schwarzenegger. amounts of fanservice. good or bad, it had never heard of Divergent, the young- guns. explosions. action thriller. that doesn’t matter — it’s a success story befi t- adult novel set in near future where soci- should be enough to make up your mind ting the digital age. (3/14) ety is divided into fi ve factions as deter- on this one. (3/28) mined by their personalities. no matter,

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CAptAin AMeRiCA: the WinteR SolDieR — BeARS — Disneynature gets ready to make the AMAzing SpiDeR-MAn 2 — if this sequel Superhero season kicks off with the sequel us laugh, cry and squeal like delighted follows the trajectory of the Sam raimi- to 2011’s Captain America. Come for Chris children with a documentary that follows directed Spider-Man trilogy, it will be evans (or Scarlett Johansson), stay for the the lives of a mother and her cubs over the even better than the fi rst, while the sec- popcorn-friendly, big-budget thrills typi- course of a year in alaska’s wilderness. it’s ond sequel, due in 2016, will be more The cal of Marvel’s cinema offerings. (4/4) going to be breathtaking, and arrives in Mediocre and Uncomfortably Awkward theaters in time for earth Day. (4/18) Spider-Man. Presumably, they’ll avoid Rio 2 — With above-average reviews and calling the third sequel, greenlit for 2018, above-average box offi ce returns, some- heAven iS FoR ReAl — no, it isn’t. that’s The Rather Shit Spider-Man, but you never one at Blue Sky Studios thought animated the skepticism facing Colton Burpo, who know. fi lm Rio worthy of a second outing. good wakes up from emergency surgery and for them, but i still won’t be watching. shares details on the procedure and his neighBoRS — rose Byrne and Seth ro- (4/11) family history that he claims to have gen are new parents. they’re young, they learned by visiting heaven. Based on the want to go out, but all that baby stuff is St. vinCent De vAn nuyS — Very little has best-selling Christian novel, greg Kinnear cramping their style. What could make been leaked or shown of this comedy, stars as Colton’s father, navigating his things worse? Why, a fraternity moving in starring Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, family through the drama of coming to next door, that’s what! okay, so the prem- naomi Watts and Chris o’Dowd. that cast terms with their religious beliefs. For non- ise sounds cringe-inducing, but the actual alone, though, should be enough to pique believers, neil degrasse tyson’s Cosmos: fi lm looks to be a pretty decent r-rated your interest. the screenplay, about a boy A Spacetime Odyssey airs april 20 on tV. comedy. Zac efron gets shirtless a lot, if whose parents have recently divorced (4/18) that’s your thing. (5/9) striking up a friendship with his war-vet- eran neighbor, was rumored to be one of WAlK oF ShAMe — elizabeth Banks is in- goDzillA — if your mind immediately hollywood’s best unproduced fi lms, but credibly watchable. that alone should jumped to a hulking dinosaur stamped- we’ll have to wait and see. (4/11) help this comedy rise up from what seems ing through Japan, please leave. your like a rather middling premise. Banks outdated references have no place in this tRAnSCenDenCe — Christopher nolan’s stars as a reporter stranded in downtown modern reimagining of the oft-told tale. cinematographer steps behind the camera L.a. after a one-night stand, who has eight anyone remember the 1998 fi lm of the for the fi rst time with this sci-fi thriller hours to reach a job interview with no iD, same name? no? okay, then this is prob- starring Johnny Depp and Morgan Free- car or phone. Let’s hope the walk is all ably for you. expect all the Cgi destruc- man. Depp plays a researcher intent on that’s shameful about this fi lm. (4/25) tion you could possibly want as this giant creating the fi rst sentient machine. he beast stomps its way past the $160 million incurs the wrath of extremists opposed to the otheR WoMAn — Cameron Diaz teams budget. (5/16) technological advancement. Maybe they up with Leslie Mann and Kate Upton to just really like Windows XP? (4/18) seek revenge on her boyfriend, who tran- Million DollAR ARM — Jon hamm is all the spires to be Mann’s wife and who’s also reason you need to see this. i think there’s Upton’s lover. they’re all the other wom- a really uplifting and inspiring true story an... get it? (4/25) about a sports agent recruiting indian

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cricketers to play Major League Baseball, A Million WAyS to Die in the WeSt - Fam- the FAult in ouR StARS — hazel, a 16-year- but i’m not sure as i was too busy looking ily Guy, American Dad, Ted. all good. The old cancer patient, meets and falls in love at Jon hamm. Did i mention Jon hamm is Cleveland Show. Bad. Dads. atrocious. a with 17-year-old amputee and cancer sur- in it? Jon hamm. (5/16) slice of Seth MacFarlane’s canon, but it vivor augustus at a support group for chil- shows that his content can vary greatly in dren living with cancer. Be ready to cry in X-Men: DAyS oF FutuRe pASt — this fi lm quality. A Million Ways to Die in the West front of strangers. (6/6) carries a lot on its mutant shoulders. at- could be a golden nugget, it could be horse tempting to be a sequel to X-Men: The Last droppings. (5/30) 22 juMp StReet — Sequel to surprise hit Stand and X-Men: First Class, it’ll also fol- 21 Jump Street, starring Channing tatum low-on from Wolverine. how is this pos- eDge oF toMoRRoW — tom Cruise will run and double-academy award nominee Jo- sible? time travel, of course! Present day a lot, that much we can be sure of. this nah hill. (no, we didn’t think we’d ever Wolverine travels to the ’60s, and meets sci-fi action fi lm is a bit like Groundhog write that, either.) expect more r-rated the gang from First Class in an attempt Day, in that its main character is stuck in antics as the duo fi nd themselves under- to stop a war occurring in both timelines a time loop, forced to repeat each day. it cover at a local college. (6/13) which threatens to destroy mutants. slightly differs from Bill Murray’s com- heavy stuff, but there’s an incredible cast edy in that Cruise repeats his last day in hoW to tRAin youR DRAgon 2 — i’ll go on offer here, so it should be pretty decent a battle between humanity and aliens. ahead and say it, How to Train Your Drag- watching. (5/23) okay, it differs quite a lot. Still, it’s a nice, on is my favorite non-Disney/Pixar ani- Cgi-fi lled take on the old “humanity is mated fi lm. the original had everything: BlenDeD — When Drew Barrymore and dooooooomed” humans vs. aliens premise humor, heart, action and it was beautifully adam Sandler team up for a comedy, you of many sci-fi fi lms. (6/6) animated and scored. i didn’t want Uni- know it’s going to be incredible. Said no one, ever. (5/23)

MAleFiCent - yes. angelina Jolie takes on the role of one of Disney’s most formida- ble antagonists, Malefi cent, who cursed Princess aurora to die by the prick of a spinning wheel’s spindle. a live-action re- imagining of the original animated tale, it will follow the chain of events that led to Malefi cent’s pure heart turning to stone. Jolie was reportedly so scary in full make- up that only her own daughter was able to play young Princess aurora, as she wasn’t frightened of her mother. this is going to be good. (5/30)

METROWEEKLY.cOM MARCH 13, 2014 33 Spring Arts Preview versal to turn it into a cash cow, but here HERCULES: THE THRACIAN WARS — Dwayne society free from racism, sickness or con- we are. I hope it’s as brilliant as the first Johnson stars as Hercules, Zeus and flict.H owever, he gradually learns that his one. If not, I’m taking my pitchfork and Achilles in this film centered on the Gre- world is a dystopia, one devoid of emo- torch to L.A. (6/13) cian demi-god (Hercules, not Johnson). tional depth — the price paid long ago for It’s like The Nutty Professor, but with more a seemingly perfect society. (8/15) TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION — Blah death and classical references. (7/25) blah, Michael Bay, blah blah, big explo- S IN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR — The sequel sions, blah blah, CGI, blah. (6/27) GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY — A film with a to 2005’s Sin City features an incredible premise so fantastic it’s a wonder Disney cast, and takes its inspiration from the TAMMY — Melissa McCarthy, who’s lost greenlit production, but I’m glad they did. second book in Frank Miller’s series of her job and found her husband cheating Chris Pratt takes the lead (with his new, graphic novels. Several characters return on her, hits the road with her profane, al- rippling torso in a supporting role) as Pe- from the original film, while newcomers coholic grandmother, played by Susan Sa- ter Quill, who finds himself hunted after such as Eva Green, Josh Brolin, Joseph randon. Not quite Thelma and Louise, but stealing an orb coveted by the film’s an- Gordon-Levitt and Lady Gaga round out we’ll take it. (7/4) tagonist, Ronan. Quill, along with Groot, a the rest of the cast. Fans of the first film’s tree-like humanoid; Rocket, a genetically slick visual style will likely find much to DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES — This engineered raccoon; Drax the Destroyer, love. (8/22) will mark the eighth film in the Planet a muscular warrior; and Gamora, a bright of the Apes franchise, proving above all green former-associate of Ronan. Togeth- THEO L FT — We end our list with a pretty else that when there’s nothing original er, they’ll save the galaxy — and we’ll all good pick. The Loft is a remake of a Belgian to make, Hollywood will beat that dead have a true spectacle to behold. (8/1) film of the same name, and follows five horse for every last cent. (7/18) married friends who share an upmarket FIFTY SHADES OF GREY — Will the same loft apartment. They each use the space JUPITER ASCENDING — Mila Kunis, star- bored housewives who loved the saucy to meet and sleep with their mistresses, ring in a big-budget sci-fi film, written and novels be willing to watch the film? Who until the body of a murdered woman is directed by the Wachowskis. Something cares? They forced the beautifully scruffy discovered in the bed. The men’s lives un- about this all sounds very good. Kunis Jamie Dornan to shave for his role as ravel as they accuse each other and those is a lowly janitor, discovered to have the Christian Grey, so I’m already out. (8/1) around them of the murder, with the film same genetic make-up as the Queen of the utilizing flashbacks to tease the plot to its Universe. This makes her a prime target THE GIVER — Stop chuckling at the title. end. An interesting concept — let’s hope it for assassination, and this film a prime This is a very serious film based on an doesn’t join the list of “remakes that were launchpad for more Mila Kunis in our award-winning book, and stars Mer- inferior in every way to the film that pre- theatres. (7/25) yl Streep and Jeff Bridges. It follows ceded them.” Hollywood has a lot of them. 12-years-old Jonas, who lives in a utopian (8/29) l

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CENTER STAGE FORD’S THEATRE 700 N. Calvert St. 511 10th St. NW Baltimore 202-347-4833 410-986-4000 fordstheatre.org centerstage.org The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – William Finn’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike — A co-production with delightful crowd-pleasing musical is a natural, obvious fit for Kansas City Repertory Theatre of Christopher Durang’s hilari- Ford’s (3-5/17) ous look at a very odd set of siblings (4/16-5/25) • Wild with GALA HISPANIC THEATRE Happy — Colman Durango’s wild comedy focuses on Gil, who’s boyfriend has just left and mother has passed away. Enter bois- 3333 14th St. NW terous Aunt Flo, who pulls him out of his funk (5/28-6/29) 202-234-7174 galatheatre.org CONSTELLATION THEATRE Living Out – A lawyer and her Salvadoran nanny, both mothers, 1835 14th St. NW struggle to make better lives for their children in this play by Lisa 202-204-7741 Loomer. Directed by Abel Lopez (4/24-5/18) constellationtheatre.org KEEGAN THEATRE The Love of the Nightingale – Playwright Timberlake Werten- baker adapts Ovid’s myth about Philomele, Procne and Tereus, 1742 Church St. NW in which family loyalties, desire and violence merge and erupt 703-892-0202 keegantheatre.com (4/24-5/25) Hair – The classic rock musical lets the sun shine in at Church FOLGER THEATRE Street (3/15-4/12) • Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight – A 201 East Capitol St. SE loud, boisterous screwball comedy by Peter Ackerman. Directed 202-544-7077 by Colin Smith (5/3-24) • A Midsummer Night’s Riot – A one- folger.edu man tour-de-force from Irish playwright Rosemary Jenkinson Fiasco Theater’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona – New York’s (5/6-25) inventive theater company brings its whimsical version of Shakespeare’s light comedy (4/17-5/25) KENNEDY CENTER 202-467-4600 kennedy-center.org World Stages: International Theater Festival — Works from 20 countries, including staged readings and installations (Now to 3/30; see page 44) • Side Show – Directed by Bill Condon, this is a Kennedy Center-produced revival of the hit musical about conjoined twins (6-7/13, Eisenhower) • Disney’s The Lion King – Julie Taymor’s lavish, inventive adaptation of the popular animated film returns with a roar (6/17-8/17,O pera House)

METRO STAGE 1201 North Royal St. Alexandria 703-548-9044 metrostage.org Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song – Maurice Hines directs and choreographs this celebration of the legendary jazz singer (Now to 3/16) • The Thousandth Night – An actor is arrested and avoids his fate by playing 38 characters from the Arabian Nights. Directed by John Vreeke (4/3-5/18) • Underneath the Lintel — Glen Berger’s play concerns a Dutch librarian, a returned library book 113 years overdue and the obsession to locate its owner (4/17-5/25)

NATIONAL THEATRE 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW 202-628-6161 nationaltheatre.org Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight — Yes, he’s still doing it, and nope, there’s no finer personification of Twain (4/4-5) • West Side Story — One of the greatest musicals of all time in a new revival (6/3-8)

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NO RULES THEATRE CO. POINTLESS THEATRE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY 4200 Campbell Ave. Mead Theatre Lab Harman Center for the Arts Arlington 916 G St. NW 610 F St. NW 571-527-2159 202-733-6321 Lansburgh Theatre norulestheatre.org pointlesstheatre.com 450 7th St. NW Boeing Boeing — A playboy juggles three Sleeping Beauty — A puppet ballet (4/9- 202-547-1122 fiancées, all of whom are flight attendants. 5/3) shakespearetheatre.org Chaos ensues when there’s a weather Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 – Michael Kahn delay (6/4-29, Signature Theatre) REP STAGE directs the epic history plays, running in 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway rep and starring Stacy Keach as Falstaff OLNEY THEATRE CENTER Columbia, Md. (3/25-6/8, Harman Hall) • Private Lives 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road 443-518-1500 – Maria Aitken directs Noel Coward’s Olney, Md. repstage.org sublime comedy of manners (5/29-7/13, 301-924-3400 The Fantasticks – The Tom Jones-Har- Lansburgh) olneytheatre.org vey Schmidt musical still enchants after I and You — Two students unravel a Walt all these years. Features the classic song, SIGNATURE THEATRE Whitman poem and find romance (2/26- “Try to Remember” (4/30-5/18) 4200 Campbell Ave. 3/23, Theatre Lab) • Once On This Island Arlington — A jubilant musical set in the Caribbean ROUND HOUSE THEATRE 703-820-9771 (4/9-5/4, Mainstage) • The Piano Lesson 4545 East-West Highway signature-theatre.org — The August Wilson classic (5/7-6/1, Bethesda Beaches — Eric Schaeffer directs this Theatre Lab) • Avenue Q — Puppets say 240-644-1100 musical adaptation of the beloved book by the most adult things (6/11-7/6, Main- roundhousetheatre.org Iris Rainer Dart (2/18-3/23, Max) • Ten- stage) Two Trains Running – August Wilson’s der Napalm – Matthew Gardiner directs portrait of African-American life in the this edgy, new battle-of-the-sexes drama ‘60s (4/2-27) • Ordinary Days – Adam by Philip Ridley (3/18-5/11, Ark) • The Gwon’s musical is about “growing up and Threepenny Opera – Matthew Gardiner enjoying the view” (5/28-6/22) directs the audacious Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill musical (4/22-6/1, Max)

STUDIO THEATRE 1501 14th St. NW 202-332-3300 studiotheatre.org Water by the Spoonful – In this 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winner, the lives of four addicts collide with an ex-Marine in North Philly (3/5-4/13) • Moth — The friendship between an anime-obsessed teenage boy and an emo-Wiccan girl is forever changed by a huge event on the athletic field (4/9-5/4, 2ndstage) • Cock – A gay man on break from his boyfriend meets the woman of his dreams in Mike Barlett’s provocative work (5/14-6/22) • Beats — Kieran Hurley performs his one-man show about a teen sneaking off to a rave. A hit at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (6/11-29) • classic about a play- wright and his complicated relationship with his wife. Directed by David Muse (Opens 5/22/13) • Carrie: The Musical — Keith Allen Baker directs this over-the- top musical (that failed spectacularly on Broadway when it first debuted) with a (hopeful) eye toward extreme camp (7/9- 8/3, 2ndstage)

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SYNETIC THEATER 1800 South Bell St. Crystal City Arlington 800-494-8497 synetictheater.org Hamlet – A revival of the production that started it all for Synetic (3/14-4/6) • Three Men in a Boat – Three men take a holiday from work and encounter all manner of misadventures. Directed by Derek Goldman (5/8-6/8)

THEATRE J 1529 16th St. NW 800-494-8497 theaterj.org The Admission – An Israeli homage to All My Sons set in Haifa during the first Intifada. Directed by Sinai Peter (3/20- 4/27) • Freud’s Last Session — Serge Seiden directs Mark St. Germain’s play in which Freud engages with C.S. Lewis in an exchange about God, love, sex and life (5/14-6/29) • The Prostate Dialogues – John Spellman performs his own work, commissioned by Theater J, in which he explores masculinity and mortality in the face of cancer. Directed by Jerry Whid- don (5/30-6/29)

WASHINGTON STAGE GUILD Undercroft Theatre 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW stageguild.org Elling – Oddly matched roommates must cope with the real world and each other (4/24-5/18)

WOOLLY MAMMOTH 641 D St. NW 202-393-3939 woollymammoth.net Arguendo – The innovative company Ele- vator Repair Service applies its unique theatrical style to the Supreme Court, tackling the 1991 First Amendment case where a group of go-go dancers peti- tioned for their right to perform com- pletely naked (3/31-4/20) • The Totali- tarians – The ambitious speechwriter for a rich housewife’s vanity campaign for public office stumbles upon a perfectly patriotic slogan and it produces campaign gold. Directed by Robert O’Hara (6/2-29)

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METROWEEKLY.com MARCH 13, 2014 41 All the World’s Stages Spring Arts Preview With offerings from 19 countries, the Kennedy Center’s World Stages Festival is a love letter to international theater Interview by Rhuaridh Marr Photos courtesy Kennedy Center

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

merican culture dominates the METRO WEEKLY: I’ve been looking through the program — it’s an global stage. Whether film, TV, music or theater, incredible selection. There are 22 productions this year. Are they New York and Hollywood control the world to the all productions you’ve personally experienced, or are some chosen A point where it can be difficult to access foreign based on their significance? media without specifically seeking it out. For Alicia Adams, vice ALICIA ADAMS: I’ve seen 90 percent of them. Savannah Bay hadn’t president of international programming at the Kennedy Center, yet been done. A Midsummer Night’s Dream I saw the workshop that’s part of the joy of her job. “As I’ve traveled around the world for. Rupert hadn’t been created when I was visiting Australia and researching other festivals, I’ve come across a lot of wonderful programming the festival. work,” she says. “America often misses out on some of the great MW: When you’re watching a production, what’s the experience of theater in the world.” seeing it performed in its native country, compared with how it’s That’s the inspiration behind this year’s International Theater then staged at the Kennedy Center? Festival, World Stages. The festival imports 22 theatrical offerings ADAMS: That’s something that’s really important for me to know from 19 countries to the Kennedy Center, with a mixture of full- and to understand. I need to see what the local audience response scale productions, installations, staged readings and forums. is to the work, because often things read well in one place, but not Giving locals the chance to access as much international culture another. It might read very well in Iceland, but not in the United as possible is something Adams is passionate about, and it’s what States. I want to be able to pick up those cues and understand inspired her to move this year’s festival from a region-specific from the people around me as to why they think this is either program — as it has been in the past — to a truly global offering. fantastic or not, and why it’s representative and reflective of their “It’s something that I’ve always tried to work on here at the culture. I’m trying to bring as authentic a representation as I can. Kennedy Center,” she says. “I thought this would be a great time Of course, that means it’s not always work I personally like, but it to bring as much theater as we could afford from every continent, is work I feel is resonant and appropriate to have at the Kennedy except Antarctica, to the Kennedy Center.” Center. Both seasoned theatergoers and newcomers alike will be MW: With that, are there any performances that particularly stand well-catered for. Adams makes sure that whatever production is out to you? being staged, it is as accessible as possible for those willing to Adams: Sure. A Midsummer Night’s Dream — the Handspring take the plunge. “We surround everything in a contextual way,” puppets are involved with that piece and I’ve been working with she says, “so that people can dive into it from wherever they them for a long time. Solomon and Marion, the South African choose to enter.” production, because it’s a post-apartheid piece and I think it has Of course, the festival itself would be nothing without Adams. a lot of resonance for this country, but also for what’s going on in She curates it, hand-selecting the content and overseeing the South Africa now. It’s all about reconciliation, misunderstandings production of each piece. It is her love letter to international and how they continue to heal a country and, therefore, the culture, a passion she hopes many will share as they enjoy all the people. festival has to offer. Not by Bread Alone, the Israeli piece, is one I find to be the

42 MARCH 13, 2014 METROWEEKLY.com Spring Arts Preview most emotional for me, in that all of the performers are deaf and MW: In your experience, is there anything that particularly sets blind. These people are telling their stories and working together apart an American audience experiencing a piece of work to, say, a as an ensemble, and it’s just intriguing that they can do it. You Chinese or Australian audience? Are there any marked differences? feel very grateful for all of the gifts that you have when you see ADAMS: That’s a hard question to answer. I think it depends performers like this. At the end of the performance they invite on what piece they’re watching, and whether the enthusiasm the audience onto the stage so that the performers actually know is there. One of the things I do notice that’s different in some that they’re there, because otherwise they don’t, so they want audiences around the world, say Australia or in Europe, is that people to touch them and partake in the eating of the bread. It’s regardless of whether the audience likes the piece or embraces very moving. the piece or not, for them it inspires a dialogue, a conversation. One of the readings I selected, A Great Wilderness by Samuel I see people turn to their friends afterwards to have a discussion Hunter, is about this whole notion of counseling people who feel about it, such as, “Well I like this but I didn’t like that,” and they that they are gay into being straight. As we know from this past year, would go on and on. all of that kind of therapy has been thrown out the window as being Americans, I find that if they don’t like the piece, they don’t invalid. So I thought it was a very timely piece to present here. like it. [Laughs.] That’s it, no discussion, they’re out of there! I MW: What is it like to have your job? To be able to visit all of these wish that it provoked more dialogue and more thought about the countries and experience all of these productions, it seems to be the piece, because artists spend a lot of time creating this work and most interesting thing in the world. it does have value and meaning. To be able to tease some of that ADAMS: It’s a fascinating way to learn a lot about the history of the out is really important. It’s why we have the post-performance world through the lens of arts and culture. For me, the challenge — discussions, so that audiences are able to gain more insight and what I particularly like doing — is to have people experience into the work. I would like to see more conversations about the here, at the Kennedy Center, that which I am able to experience production happen post-show in the U.S. abroad. I try to do it in a variety of ways so that people are really MW: I know from personal experience that a lot of Americans don’t able to feel, when they walk in the door, that they’ve immersed leave the United States, don’t vacation in other countries. Many themselves in a very different world. I want to contextualize it don’t have passports. Is it important then, to you, to try and bring as much as I am able to in terms of history. One example was the as much international culture into America as possible? Arab festival, Arabesque. As I was doing the research — which ADAMS: Absolutely. I think that the arts are the best tool we have was based on the 22 countries of the Arab world — I realized for bringing people together. What I hope for is that by being there was no way that I could put performances on the stage able to see the arts and culture of the world, people will be able without somehow talking about the Arab contribution to the to see themselves in these countries and see the humanity that world. The 13th and 14th centuries with Baghdad, the House of we share. I think that’s something we do miss here in America, Wisdom, everything that occurred with medicine and math and because we don’t know these people, we don’t know who the astronomy, science in general. So much of what was learned then people are in Africa and in Latin America and in Asia. I know that has really influenced and been imparted to the rest of the world. after many of the festivals people are very interested in traveling Given that history, I created something called an Exploratorium to the countries they’ve experienced here — and I hope that it where we crafted a 12-minute film so that people could see some does have an impact on people. of the ancient manuscripts, doing so in a very creative way. There was a dark room, the film was in the ceiling, people sat in beach World Stages: International Theater Festival 2014 runs through chairs to watch it — it became a place that people went to rest, March 30 at the Kennedy Center. It includes free and paid events. and while they rested they were able to look up and think about For more information or tickets, visit kennedy-center.org/ the Arab contribution to the world. worldstages or call 202-467-4600. l

“The arts are the best tool we have for bringing people together. What I hope for is that by being able to see the arts and culture of the world, people will be able to see the humanity that we share.”

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biweekly Sunday night of jazz (3/17) • BLUES ALLEY & Andrew White (4/22) • Nasar Abadey Billi “Mag c” Lavender Bey Ensemble - 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW & Super Nova (4/23) • Yellowjackets A free biweekly night of ensemble jazz 703-549-7500 (4/24-27) • Roni Ben-Hur (4/28) • The (3/18) • Jeff Weintraub (3/19, 4/2, 4/16) bluesalley.com Columbia Jazz Band (4/29) • Moonlight • Butch Warren Memorial Band (3/20, Jimmy Cobb, Mike Stern w/Sonny For- Jazz Orchestra (4/29) • Christiana 4/17, 5/1) • Jon Rooks (3/21, 4/4, 4/18) • tune & Buster Williams - “4 Genera- Drapkin (4/30) • John Pizzarelli (5/1-4) Aaron Myers and the Black Fox Lounge tions of Miles” (3/13-16) • Colie Williams • Donato Soverio (5/8) • Benny Sharoni Jazz Ensemble (3/21, 4/4, 4/18) • DC Jazz (3/17) • Our Mood Swings - Neo-jazz (5/7) • Azar Lawrence Quintet (5/9-10) Singers Jam (3/23, 3/30) • Joe Vetter twist (3/18) • Patrick Cooper & Phillip • Michael Fineberg - Humblebrag CD Duet (3/24, 4/28) • Herb Scott (3/26, 4/9, ‘Doc’ Martin (3/19) • Kevin Eubanks - The release party (5/12) • Althea Rene (5/13) 4/23) • James Benson Trio (3/27, 4/24) • jazz guitarist and former band leader • Dee Lucas (5/14) • Karla Chisholm M-Law and the Prophets of Jazz (3/28) • on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno (5/23) • Lena Seikaly - Local jazz vocal- Amanda Ashely (3/29) • Julie Mack Trio (3/20-23) • Kaori Kobayashi (3/24) • ist who often channels Ella Fitzgerald (3/31, 4/29) • Nobody’s Business (4/3) Miss Jessica (3/25) • Christopher Lin- in her stylings – ain’t nothing wrong • WED Jazz Trio (4/5, 5/3) • Lady Dane man Jazz Ensemble (3/26) • Stanley with that (5/24) • Sharon Clark (5/25) • Figueroa Edidi (4/8) • Herb Scott (4/9) Jordan (3/27-30) • Chihiro Yamanaka Nicole Henry (5/27) • Pieces of a Dream • Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington – Trio (3/31) • Martha Kato - “The New (5/29-6/1) • Pharoah Sanders (6/5-8) • GMCW hosts a monthly open-mike night School Night” (4/1) • Mao Sone Quin- Karrin Allyson - Jazz vocalist, who The (4/10, 5/8) • Christian Perez Trio (4/12) tet - “Berklee School of Music Night” New York Times raves is “one of the most • Open Mic with Faheem — Once a month (4/2) • Cheikh Ndoye & Friends w/Karen charismatic figures on tour today,” makes this pianist accompanies guests singing Briggs, Kazumi Watanabe & Arshak Siru- her annual stop at Blues Alley (6/19-22) show tunes and standards (4/22, 5/27) • nyan (4/3-6) • Chick Corea (4/7-8) • Oren Levine’s Vocal Showcase - A jazz Florian Hoefner (4/9) • Cyrus Chestnut BOHEMIAN CAVERNS ensemble accompanies vocalists Barbara (4/10-13) • Claude Diallo (4/14) • Bowie 2001 11th St. NW Papendorp and Russwin Francisco (4/25) State Jazz Band (4/15) • Steve Fidyk 202-299-0800 • Corey Kennedy (4/26) • UpaTrio (5/2) feat. Terrell Stafford & Tim Warfield bohemiancaverns.com • Tammy Knight (5/3) • David Schulman (4/16) • Triumphant Trumpets - Featur- Siné Qua Non - Local jazz quintet with Duet (5/10) ing Jon Faddis, Terrell Stafford and Lew classical leanings (3/14) • Integriti Soloff (4/17-18) • Triumphant Trumpets Reeves - Celebrated local jazz vocalist - Featuring Jon Faddis, Terrell Stafford (3/15) • Jen Chapin Trio (3/16) • Bohemi- and Tom Williams (4/19) • Bob Mintzer an Caverns Jazz Orchestra – Esteemed

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big band performs every Monday night “New Destination,” title track to a new Tribute to Sublime (4/19) • 5 Seconds to • Thad Wilson Quintet - Artist in Resi- EP due in May (5/2) • Roy Schneider & Summer (4/21) • The Used, Taking Back dence (3/18, 3/25) • Craig Handy & 2nd Kim Mayfield (5/4) Sunday (4/22) • YG, DJ Mustard (4/25) Line Smith (3/21-22) • Eri Yamamoto Trio • Zucchero (4/29) • Vinnie Paz with (3/23) • Mickey Bass and his Manhattan DAR CONSTITUTION HALL Army of the Pharoahs (5/1) • Iggy Azalea Burn Unit (3/28-29) • Leena Conquest 1776 D St. NW - Monster Energy Outbreak Tour (5/2) (3/30) • Jesse Fischer (3/3) • Russell 202-628-1776 • Black Label Society (5/4) • Black- dar.org/conthall Gunn & Dionne Farris - The Grammy- berry Smoke w/The Delta Saints (5/9) • winning R&B vocalist (best remembered Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds w/Nicole Paul Potts (5/11) • Ghost (5/14) • Eric as the “Tennessee” female singer in ’90s Atkins (7/23) • Tori Amos - A tour in sup- Hutchinson - Ones to Watch with Skype hip-hop group Arrested Development) port of Unrepentant Geraldines, Amos’s presents this artist on a Tell The World returns to the Caverns once again with first all-pop set in years, due in May Tour (5/23) • Manchester Orchestra w/ this Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter (8/16) • Il Divo - “A Musical Affair: The Balance and Composure, Kevin Devine & (4/4-5) • Carolyn Malachi (4/8) • Jer- Greatest Songs of Broadway Live” (5/14) the Goddamn Band (5/27) • Brand New emy Pelt (4/11-12) • Adam Rudolph’s (7/13) • Mint Condition (7/25) • Boyz II DC9 Moving Pictures (4/13) • Braxton Cook Men - More than two decades since these 1940 9th St. NW (4/18-19) • Soul Understated ft. 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(3/19) • Switch- Enemies - Other “enemies” include Laura (4/4) • Kelly McFarling — A hometown foot (3/20) • Children of Bodom (3/21) • Tsaggaris and Django Haskins of the Old show from singer-songwriter whose style AER (3/22) • The Ataris - So Long, Astoria Ceremony (4/24) • Alejandro Escovedo is “original rhythm and bluegrass” (4/10) Reunion Tour 2014 (3/28) • Kap Slap & The Sensitive Boys w/Amy Cook (4/26) • King Street Bluegrass Band (4/25) • (3/29) • The Wanted - If there were jus- • Rodney Crowell featuring Steuart Rachael Sage - Inspired by the new Car- tice in the pop world, the Wanted would Smith and Friends (5/1) • Katie Herzig ole King Broadway musical Beautiful, this be as big or bigger than that other one- (5/2) • Priscilla Ahn (5/3) • The Nels bisexual artist wrote the groovy, upbeat dimensional British boy band (4/9) • Car- Cline Singers (5/4) • Elephant Revival cass, The Black Dahlia (4/13) • Kid Ink, (5/13) • Howie Day (5/14) • Todd Park King Los, Bizzy Crook (4/18) • Badfish, a Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters

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(5/15) • Paul Barrer and Fred Tackett of THE IN SERIES Cole Swindell - That’s My Kind of Night Little Feat. featuring the New Orleans 202-204-7763 Tour 2014 (5/30-31) • Journey & Steve Suspects (5/17) • Lisa Loeb (5/25) • inseries.org Miller Band w/Tower of Power (6/1) • Yacht Rock Revue (6/12) • Simone Felice The Romantics: Schubert & Goethe - A Foreigner and STYX w/Don Felder (6/20) (6/13) • Griffin House (6/19) salon-style concert celebrating the 200th • OneRepublic w/The Script, American anniversary of the birth of the German Authors (6/27) • Dave Matthews Band THE HOWARD THEATRE art song, or lied, and a discussion of ear- - Billed as “A Very Special Evening,” per- 620 T St. NW ly-German Romanticism (4/11-12, Heu- forming two sets, one acoustic, the other 202-588-5595 rich House) • Carousel Latino - A romp electric (7/26) • James Taylor (7/31) • thehowardtheatre.com through cabaret, congas, tango, zarzuela, Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Anthony David (3/14) • Bohannon - “The bolero and opera (5/29-6/1, Source) • Band - “This One’s For You” Tour 2014 return of the legendary rhythm funk mas- Verdi’s La Traviata - The InSeries steps (8/16) • Motley Crue w/Alice Cooper - ter” (3/15) • Howard Gospel Brunch fea- out of its usual presentation of pocket “All Bad Things Must Come to an End” turing the Harlem Gospel Choir (3/16 operas to celebrate its 25 years of perfor- (8/22) and every Sunday) • Steven T. Herrion — mances and the 200th birthday of Verdi DMW Honors presents the Icon Award (6/14-28, GALA) JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL ceremony also featuring Biz Markie and 1212 Cathedral St. Junkyard Band (3/16) • Get The Led Out JIFFY LUBE LIVE Baltimore — The American Led Zeppelin (3/21) • 7800 Cellar Door Drive 410-783-8000 Young Thug (3/21) • SWV (3/22) • Marsha Bristow, Va. ticketmaster.com Ambrosius - From Floetry to the “Friends 703-754-6400 The 70s Soul Tour with the Whispers & Lovers Tour” (3/23) • “Sassy”: Cel- livenation.com — The bill also includes the Stylistics, ebrating Sarah Vaughn — Indigo Love Avicii - The young Swedish megastar DJ/ Dramatics and Howard Hewett (4/19) • & The Renaissance Trio featuring Nasar producer stops by on his #TrueTour with MPT’s Best of Doo Wop — Charlie Thom- Abadey, Allyn Johnson and James King special guests (4/12) • 2014 Moe’s South- as’s Drifters, Jay Siegel & the Tokens, (3/26) • DJ Dave Paul: The Prince and west Grill Country Megaticket - Many the Coasters, Shirley Alston Reeves and Michael Jackson Experience (3/27) • Jon of the biggest names in country set fire the Legendary Teenagers are just some Batiste & Stay Human - WPAS presents. to this oily amphitheatre: Dierks Bentley, of the acts on this year’s bill (5/3) • The (3/29) • RAWKUS by Pumpstation (3/29) Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, Temptations, the Four Tops — A double • Mack Wilds (3/30) • Erica Campbell — Rascal Flatts, Miranda Lambert and Brad bill of old-school soul harmonizing (5/10) Mary of Mary Mary fame (4/2) • El Gran Paisley • Luke Bryan w/Lee Brice and • Morrissey - After storming the Music Combo (4/4) • Uncalled4 Band - UCB Reunion Show. (4/4) • Juicy J (4/6) • Gato Barbieri (4/10) • Jesse Cook (4/11) • Southern Soul Assembly - Featur- ing J.J. Grey, Luther Dickinson, Anders Osborne and Marc Broussard (4/12) • Go-Go Mickey’s Birthday Bash feat. Familiar Faces (4/12) • The Trillest Tour featuring Bun B & Kirko Bangz (4/14) • Los Amigos Invisibles (4/19) • William Fitzsimmons w/Ben Sollee (4/20) • Tech N9ne (4/23) • Musiq Soulchild (4/24) • Kindred The Family Soul (4/26) • Raul Midon w/AverySunshine (4/28) • Strunz & Farah (4/29) • The Lox - Styles P, Sheek Louch & Jadakiss (4/30) • The Foreign Exchange (Phonte + Nicolay) (5/2) • Sev- endust Acoustic (5/3) • Noa (Achinoam Nini) (5/7) • Robben Ford (5/13) • Roy Ayers (5/16) • Melanie Fiona & Black Alley (5/18) • Mobb Deep - Still going after more than two decades of hip-hop- ping, or rather, mobb-deeping? (5/23) • Chanté Moore (5/24) • Capleton (5/29) • White Ford Bronco (5/30) • Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (6/11) • Trina & Backyard Band (6/20) • Luciano - One of today’s most celebrated Jamaican roots reggae musicians returns to the Howard (6/25) • Ginger Baker - Featuring Pee Wee Ellis, Alec Dankworth and Abass Dodoo (6/27)

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Center at Strathmore, the British mopey Jimi Hendrix and featuring Billy Cox, I.M.P. and sweetgreen present Lana Del pop crooner makes it even more of a trek Buddy Guy, Johnny Lang, Bootsy Collins, Ray, Foster the People, Bastille, Fitz and for tears — unless you live and cry in Bal- Dweezil Zappa, Eric Gales and Ana Popo- the Tantrums, Chromeo, 2 Chainz, Capi- timore (6/10) vic, among others (3/30) • Dream The- tal Cities, St Lucia, Bombay Bicycle Club, ater (4/1) • Emmylou Harris w/Daniel Gems, Hozer, Astr, Spirit Animal, Nicky KENNEDY CENTER Lanois, Steven Nistor, Jim Wilson (4/11) Blitz, That Work (5/1) • Jack Johnson 2700 F St. NW • Neil Finn w/Midlake — Dizzy Heights w/Amos Lee (6/5) • Willie Nelson, Ali- 202-467-4600 Tour (4/12) • Rufus Wainwright w/Lucy son Krauss and Union Station featuring kennedy-center.org Wainwright Roche — Two of Loudoun Jerry Douglas w/Kacey Chambers — A KC Jazz Club: The Revive Big Band - Wainwright III’s musical progeny (4/16) not-to-be-missed show for any quality Trumpeter Igmar Thomas leads this • Stephen “Ragga” Marley (4/17) • John- country fan (6/14) • Fall Out Boy, Para- New York band that blends contem- ny Hallyday (5/8) • Morcheeba — The more (7/18) • Queen + Adam Lambert — porary grooves from hip-hop and R&B British trip-hop pioneers return (5/14) • The almost American Idol is now almost into traditional jazz sounds (4/5) • KC Ingrid Michaelson w/Storyman, Sugar Freddie Mercury and the queen of Queen, Jazz Club: Kevin Mahogany - Jazz vocal- + the Hi-Lows (5/24) • Eels w/Chelsea at least for a month this summer (7/20) • ist returns to the Kennedy Center with Wolfe (5/31) • Andrew Bird & Hands of Vans Warped Tour — A Skylit Drive, Air a blues-heavy set celebrating 20 years Glory w/Luke Temple — The Chicago- Dubai, Alive Like Me, Anberlin, Attila, as a performing artist (4/26) • KC Jazz based dramatic pop singer-songwriter Bad Rabbits, Beartooth, Beebs and Her Club: Justin Kauflin - Young jazz pianist and film composer tours in support of the Money Makers, Born of Osiris, Chelsea returns to the Kennedy Center as part acoustic set Hands of Glory (6/9) Grin, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, Cour- of the venue’s Discovery Artist series age My Love, Crown The Empire, Cute LISNER AUDITORIUM AT GWU (5/2) • Barbara Cook’s Spotlight: Megan Is What We Aim For, Echosmith, Enter 730 21st St. NW Hilty - From Broadway’s Wicked and 9 Shikari, Every Time I Die, Falling In to 5 to TV’s Smash to an NSO Pops con- 202-994-6800 Reverse, For Today, I Fight Dragons, I lisner.org cert last season, Megan Hilty is keeping The Mighty, Ice Nine Kills, Issues, Less busy (5/2) • Terence Blanchard Quintet Tomatito Sextet - A group of young Than Jake, Mayday Parade, MC Chris, - Famed trumpeter celebrates the 75th musicians sharing the intangible magic Mixtapes, Motionless in White, Neck anniversary of storied Blue Note Records of flamenco (3/18) • The Ravi Coltrane Deep, Nit Grit, Parkway Drive, Plaque (5/9) • Listening Party: Blue Note at Quartet (3/26) • Johnny Clegg - This Vendor, Real Friends, Saves The Day, 75 - Jazz greats Jason Moran, also Ken- South African artist has become an inter- Secrets, State Champs, Stray From the nedy Center’s jazz adviser, and Terence national music sensation (3/29) • Ben Path, Survive This!, Tear Out The Heart, Blanchard discuss and sample their all- Folds Solo (4/28) • Lawrence Brownlee Teenage Bottlerocket, Terror, The Color time favorite Blue Note Records (5/10) & Kevin Murphy in recital (5/13) Morale, The Devil Wears Prada, The • Blue Note at 75: The Concert - Norah Ghost Inside, The Main, The Protomen, LYRIC OPERA HOUSE Jones, Wayne Shorter and Jason Moran The Ready Set, The Story So Far, The 140 West Mount Royal Ave. are just some of the special guests pay- Word Alive, TheCityShakeUp, This Wild Baltimore ing tribute to the storied jazz label in a Life, To The Wind, Vanna, Volumes, We 410-547-SEAT Are the In Crowd, Yellowcard (7/22) • concert at the Kennedy Center (5/11) lyricoperahouse.com • 19th Annual Mary Lou Williams Jazz Neutral Milk Hotel (7/25) Festival — Today’s top jazz artists per- Brit Floyd — Billed as “the World’s form over two nights and demonstrate Greatest Pink Floyd Show” (3/26) • The NATIONALS PARK the contributions women have made to Ten Tenors (4/26) • Il Divo (6/4) • Diana 1500 South Capitol St. NE. 202-675-6287 jazz (5/23-24) Ross - The ultimate Supreme is on a tear this summer, also reprising last year’s livenation.com LINCOLN THEATRE stop at Wolf Trap’s outdoor amphithe- Jason Aldean w/Florida Georgia Line, 1215 U St. NW ater the Filene Center (6/28) Tyler Farr (7/25) • Billy Joel - It 202-328-6000 wouldn’t be summer without another thelincolndc.com MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION concert from Billy Joel at Nationals Park 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway A Ca Challenge - Alexandria Harmoniz- (7/26) • One Direction - Where We Are Columbia, Md. ers present this competitive a cappella Tour 2014 (8/11) 800-551-SEAT show featuring the George Washington merriweathermusic.com University Vibes, the University of Mary PATRIOT CENTER Washington Symfonics, the Noctonals, MC Rock Festival – Day One: Kix, George Mason University the Chromatics, Capital Blend and Word Extreme, Lita Ford, Winger (4/25); Day 4500 Patriot Circle Fairfax of Mouth (3/22) • Steve Hackett - A Two: Tesla, Night Ranger, Sebastian tour by Genesis’s guitarist, in support of Bach, Queensryche, Slaughter, Stryper, 703-993-3000 patriotcenter.com his second album, Genesis Revisited II, L.A. 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RAM’S HEAD LIVE Gibb Droll & Jeff Sipe (4/17) • Livings- • Chad Vangaalen (5/17) • Maximo Park 20 Market Place ton Taylor (4/18) • Delbert McClinton (5/20) • Pains of Being Pure at Heart Baltimore (4/19) • Hotel California: A Salute to the (5/21) • Deleted Scenes (5/22) • Fu Man- 410-244-1131 Eagles (4/20) • Alejandro Escovedo & chu (5/23) • Channels (5/30) ramsheadlive.com The Sensitive Boys w/Amy Cook (4/22) • Clockbreaker - BaltSoundManagement Edwin McCain Trio w/Mark Bryan (4/23) SIXTH & I HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE presents this band’s CD-release party • Four Bitchin’ Babes — The funny folky 600 I St. NW (3/15) • Mindless Self Indulgence (3/20) female foursome (4/24) • Earl Klugh 202-408-3100 • Shoop: A 90s Hip-Hop Dance Party fea- (4/25) • Locash Cowboys (4/26) • Maceo sixthandi.org turing DJ Lil’E (3/21) • The Legwarmers Parker (4/27) • Bret Michaels (4/28) The Internet - A soul band created by (3/22) • The Infamous Stringdusters • Rodney Crowell feat. Steuart Smith Matt Martians and Syd “The Kyd” of Odd (3/28) • John K Band (3/29) • Cher Lloyd & Friends w/special guest Shannon Future (3/18) • Tinariwen - The Saharan - Last year’s Capital Pride headliner (4/3) McNally (4/30) • Steve Tyrell (5/1) • blues band performs hypnotic and elec- • Crowded Streets: Dave Matthews Elayne Boosler (5/2) • Katie Herzig w/ trifying guitar rock (3/22) • Fl agship, Band Tribute (4/4) • Aaron Lewis - Lead Elizabeth & The Catapult (5/4) • Little Little Daylight, Terraplane Sun - Three vocalist for Staind performs a solo show Barrie (5/6) • Suzanne Vega w/Ari Hest of Clubs Tour showcasing the sounds (4/9) • Wild Eyes (Tool Tribute) (4/11) • - The “Luka” folk pop singer-songwriter of these three emerging bands (3/25) Railroad Earth (4/12) • Pat Green (4/17) with rich baritone opening act (5/8) • • WRGW Spring Showcase: River City • Lotus (4/18-19) • The Polish Ambassa- Judy Collins - The female folk legend Extension - This eight-member indie- dor (4/24) • Ani DiFranco w/Eric Himan stops for two shows at Rams Head (5/9) • rock ensemble performs in a showcase - The DIY folk-rock pioneer with the Dwight Twilley & Pezband - The Ameri- with Paperhaus and Sun Cycle (3/29) • gay troubadour (4/26) • Beats Antique can Power Pop Tour (5/10) • David Brom- Bumper Jacksons - A bold mix of tra- (5/1) • Rob Zombie (5/5) • Seether (5/6) berg Band (5/11) • Todd Park Mohr — The ditional jazz and pre-war country with • Bad Suns & Skaters (5/11) • Killswitch lead from Big Head Todd and the Mon- a modern DIY-style (3/30) • James Vin- Engage (5/15) sters (5/16) • Tom Wopat (5/17) • Syleena cent McMorrow w/Aidan Knight - Irish Johnson (5/21) • Justin Hayward of the singer-songwriter explores new sounds RAM’S HEAD ON STAGE Moody Blues (5/22-23) and textures on second album Post Tropi- 33 West St. cal (4/8) • Hurray for the Riff Raff (4/9) ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL Annapolis • Daniel Rossen - The Grizzly Bear gui- 1353 H St. NE 410-268-4545 tarist performs solo (4/13) • Cloud Cult ramsheadonstage.com 202-388-ROCK - A very stirring and inspiring hazy rock rockandrollhoteldc.com The Oak Ridge Boys (3/14) • Mac McA- band from Minneapolis, akin to Bon Iver, nally (3/15) • Larry Braggs & The Side- Redline Graffiti w/Lowercase Letters but deeper (4/19) • Brad Mehldau Trio guys feat. Special Guest Davy Knowles (3/14) • The Deadmen w/The Lawsuits (4/24) • Lo-Fang - Nearly two months - Former Tower of Power lead singer and (3/15) • The Jim McCourt Memorial Con- after his stirring set last week as opening his new band (3/16) • Lee Dewyze - The cert (3/16) • Osage (3/19) • Ghost Hotel act for Lorde at Echostage, this Colum- American Idol from Season 9 (3/18) • In (3/20) • Shearwater w/Death Vessel, bia, Md.-native returns home for a head- Gratitude: A Tribute to Earth, Wind & Jesca Hoop (3/21) • Lydia (3/22) • Betty lining show (4/26) • Keren Ann - Well- Fire (3/19) • Matt Schofield (3/20) • Rita Who w/The Lawsuits - Woo, somebody known Israeli pop singer (5/11) • Hamil- Rudner (3/21) • Mike Doughty: Question loves gay D.C. so much, she’s returned ton Leithauser - The Walkmen frontman Jar Show (3/22) • Wheeler Brothers only a few months since her last trip performs from his solo debut Black Hours (3/23) • Todd Rundgren - Billed as “An (3/23) • And You Will Know Us By The (5/17) • Tom Goss - The local gay trouba- Unpredictable Evening,” so, you know, Trail of Dead (3/27) • White Ford Bron- dour takes to the acoustic-rich Sixth & you just never know (3/23) • Jake Shima- co (3/28) • Protest The Hero (4/2) • I to perform songs from his latest, Wait bukuro (3/24) • Crystal Bowersox - Skaters (4/3) • The Very Small (4/4) • (5/31) • Carsie Blanton (7/20) Yet another American Idol finalist from Beware of Darkness (4/8) • Go Mod Go! Season 9 at Rams Head On Stage this w/the Yachtsmen, the El-Rays (4/10) • THE STATE THEATRE season (3/25) • Nicole Atkins (3/26) • The Walking Sticks (4/11) • Wild Child 220 North Washington St. Will Downing (3/27) • Brian Culbert- (4/12) • S. Carey (4/13) • The Jezabels Falls Church son - Long Night Out 20th Anniversary (4/17) • Kill Lincoln (4/18) • Rye Coali- 703-237-0300 Tour (3/28) • Los Lonely Boys (3/29-30) tion (4/19) • Dan Croll (4/21) • Ema thestatetheatre.com • Hugh Masekela (4/1) • The Lone Bel- (4/24) • Nicole Atkins (4/25) • Woods Queensryche — Featuring original lead low (4/2) • T hhe Man attan Transfer (4/26) • Timber Timbre (4/27) • Connan singer Geoff Tate (3/13) • Almost Queen (4/3) • Over The Rhine (4/4) • Charo - Mockasin (4/28) • Jessica Lea Mayfield (3/14) • Passafire w/Lullwater (3/28) Yes, the Charo! (4/5) • Tom Rush (4/6) • (4/30) • The Whigs (5/2) • Typefighter • The Psychedelic Furs (4/3) • Jorge Candy Dulfer (4/8) • Al Stewart (4/9) w/Shark Week, Sunset Guns, Teen Mom - Gonzaelz of Los Prisoneros (4/18) • • Iris Dement (4/10) • The Flamingos A CD-release party (5/3) • Margot & The The Dreamscapes Project - After near- feat. Terry ‘Buzzy’ Johnson (4/11) • Nuclear So and So’s (5/5) • Sohn (5/7) ly two decades on the D.C. scene, this Joan Osborne (4/12) • Hiroshima (4/13) • Ben Kweller (5/9) • Eagulls (5/14) • group offers a final farewell show (4/19) • In The Vane of…Tom Petty - Annapo- Angel Olsen (5/15) • Uh Huh Her - The • Ozomatli (5/7) • The Hackensaw Boys lis Musicians Fund for Musicians pres- indie-rock duo of Leisha “The L Word” w/Bryan Elijah Smith (5/8) • Buddy Guy ents this covers concert (4/14) • Ben Hailey and Camila Grey returns (5/16) - One of the most celebrated blues gui- Taylor (4/16) • Keller Williams with tarists of all time (6/10) • Leon Russell

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(6/12) • English Beat w/Nappy Riddem Cashmere Cat w/Trippy Turtle - As part WASHINGTON WOMEN IN JAZZ FESTIVAL (6/15) • Here Come The Mummies (6/19) of U Street Music Hall Anniversary Week washingtonwomeninjazz.com (3/20) • The Colourist (3/21) • Magda w/ Integriti Reeves (3/15, Bohemian Cav- STRATHMORE DJ Tennis, Beautiful Swimmers - A Red erns) • Jessica Boykin-Settles presents 5301 Tuckerman Lane Fridays event during U Street Music Hall Shirley Horn: Her Life and Music (3/16, North Bethesda Anniversary Week (3/21) • How To Dress Anacostia Community Museum) • J en 301-581-5100 Well & Forest Swords (3/22) • Bliss w/ strathmore.org Chapin w/Transparent Productions Dusky (3/22) • Bass Nation DC feat. the (3/16, Bohemian Caverns) • Carol Mor- Julie Brown w/Us and Us Only - Dreamy Hospital Records Tour w/Danny Byrd, gan with the Bohemian Caverns Jazz pop tracks from this Maryland native Fred V & Grafix, S.P.Y. and RenderOne - A Orchestra (3/17, Bohemian Caverns) • (3/14) • Es trella Morente - The fla- U Street Music Hall Anniversary Week Brandee Younger (3/18, Hill Center) • menco singer (3/19) • Meklit (3/20) • event (3/23) • Classixx (Live) - A U Street Mary Halvorson, Allison Miler, Sarah Pat Metheny Unity Group - Chris Pot- Music Hall Anniversary event. (3/24) • Hughes, Jaimie Branch, Karine Chapde- ter, Antonio Sanchez, Ben Williams and Michal Menert - Local act Fort Knox laine, Amy K. Bormet (3/19, Union Arts) Giulio Carmassi (3/21) • Stone Kawala, Five opens with a DJ set (3/25) • Gui • Leigh Pilzer/Jen Krupa - Playing the Juneau Sky & Paul Pfau (3/21) • Brad Boratto (3/26) • Rufus Du Sol (3/27) • music of Melba Liston (3/20, Smithson- Kolodner (3/26) • Nils Frahm with Doug- Kerri Chandler - Red Fridays presents ian American Art Museum) • Shannon las Dare (3/28) • Keb’ Mo’ - A solo acous- a set by this deep house music purveyor, Gunn and the Bullettes - An all-female tic performance by this three-time Gram- who performs an open-to-close set (3/28) big band (3/21, Jazz Night in SW) • my-winning blues guitarist (4/3) • Ploy, • Tiger and Woods + Poolside (3/29) • Allison Miller (3/22, Levine School of Beyond Modern - D.C.-based indie-rock Melo-X and Jasmine Solano (3/30) • Pig Music) • Young Artist Contest and Jam groups perform as part of the Mansion at Pen Theatre Co., The Spring Standards - Session (3/22, Levine) • Isabelle DeLe- Strathmore’s Friday Night Eclectic series Co-presented by the 9:30 Club and Brind- on Trio (3/22, Wesley United Methodist (4/4) • Buika (4/6) • Atomic Yacht Fax ley Bros. (4/2) • UZ (4/2) • Eisley (4/3) • Church) (4/11) • Gabriel Kahane & Rob Moose Duo Dean Wareham w/The Vacant Lots (4/4) (4/17) • Julio Iglesias - The featured per- • Grandmaster Flash — The hip-hop WOLF TRAP former at the 2014 Spring Gala at Strath- innovating legend (4/5) • AN21 and Third 1645 Trap Road more (4/26) • 4 Girls 4 - Four leading Party (4/6) • Shiftee (4/9) • The Hood Vienna show-tune ladies - Maureen McGovern, Internet (4/10) • GoldLink — The God 703-255-1900 Andrea McArdle, Donna McKechnie and Complex release show (4/12) • Fred Falke wolf-trap.org Faith Prince - team up for a mega-cabaret - French house master (4/12) • Singular- Under the Streetlamp/Gentleman’s show, presented by Strathmore (5/2) • ity + Mutrix (4/13) • Kill Paris & Candy- Rule (5/30) • Ringo Starr & His All- Elijah Jamal Balbed (5/14, 5/28) • Neil land (4/17) • Mark Farina - Red Friday Starr Band (6/12) • John Butler Trio Sedaka (5/16) • Quiet Nights: Ron Kearns presents this Chicago-based chillout/ w/Allen Stone (6/18) • Dr aa yl H ll & Quartet with Michael Thomas - Part of house producer (4/18) • Jacques Greene John Oates - Yes, the ’80s blue-eyed Strathmore’s Jazz Samba Project (5/30) • (4/19) • Baths (4/22) • Claude Von- soul duo is back together (6/19) • Diana Smokey Robinson - When Smokey sings… Stroke (4/23) • Factory Floor (4/24) Ross - The original Supreme returns for a (6/4) • Amadou Kouyate (6/4, 6/18) • • Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks (4/25) • second year at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center Romero Lubambo, Duduka da Fonseca Fanfarlo w/Lilies on Mars (4/26) • Peg- (6/29) • Crosby, Stills & Nash (7/3) • and Friends - Brazilian/Jazz Connec- board Nerds (5/1) • Broods (5/2) Straight No Chaser - A cappella innova- tion (6/5) • Sergio Mendes & Eliane Elias tors harmonize through an upbeat, eclec- VERIZON CENTER (6/6) • John Prine (6/13) tic songbook (7/17) • Huey Lewis & The 601 F St. NW News - It’s hip to be square, again (7/20) U STREET MUSIC HALL 202-628-3200 • Lionel Richie, CeeLo Green — No, that’s 1115A U St. NW verizoncenter.com not a typo; the old crooner will tour with 202-588-1880 Paul Simon & Sting (3/13) • Cher w/Pat one of today’s leading voices (7/21-22) • ustreetmusichall.com Benatar - Dressed to Kill Tour (4/4) • Sarah McLachlan (7/26) • Darius Rucker Julio Bashmore w/South London Ord- Miley Cyrus (4/10) • Lady Gaga - ArtRave: (7/27) • Heart (7/29) • Lincoln Cen- nance, Hugo Zapata (3/14) • When Irish The Artpop Ball (5/15) • Katy Perry w/ ter Jazz Orchestra w/Wynton Marsalis Eyes Are SMYALing Fundraiser - DC Capital Cities - The Prismatic World (7/30) • Dark Star Orchestra (8/3) • Pat Progressive Dinner presents this event Tour (6/24-25) • Arcade Fire (8/17) Metheny Unity Group, Bruce Hornsby - benefiting YASM L and featuring Team CampfireT our 2014 (8/6) • Boney James, Peaches DC, DJ Chord Bezerra and Sier- WARNER THEATRE Eric Benet (8/14) • Yanni (8/15) • ABBA - ra Braxton (3/15) • Penguin Prison and 513 13th St. NW The Concert - Tribute band to the world’s Cassian w/Caleb L’Etoile (3/15) • Sabina 202-397-SEAT great pop ensemble (8/16) • Lyle Lovett warnertheatre.com Sciubba of Brazilian Girls - The only & His Large Band (8/22) • Boston (8/24) “girl” and lead singer of the New York- Rain - A Tribute to the Beatles (3/14-15) based band Brazilian Girls stops by for • The Piano Guys (3/29) • Boz Scaggs Find more venues and listings online at a solo show, presented by the 9:30 Club (5/16) • Celtic Woman - The Emerald metroweekly.com. l at U-Hall (3/18) • Moombahton Massive Tour (5/22) XXXV - Nadastrom, Sabo, Branko (3/19) •

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t LeaSt tWo oF the region’S MaJor orCheStraS Cou conducts the BSo in a performance will perform a toast to the 150th birthday of german compos- of Max Steiner’s soundtrack as one of the er richard Strauss, while two local Bach-focused ensembles greatest fi lms of all time screens (6/12-13, A are toasting the 300th birthday of C.P.e. Bach, the son of Meyerhoff, 6/14, Strathmore) the great german Johann Sebastian. But this season in classical music-rich Washington, several organizations are toasting american-grown composers, ClARiCe SMith peRFoRMing ARtS CenteR from Barber to Bernstein to Bayolo, including the Capital City Symphony at University of Maryland atlas, the national Chamber ensemble at artisphere and the Choral arts College Park Society at the Kennedy Center. But of course no spring and summer would 301-405-artS be complete without classical takes on movie music — and musicals — led claricesmithcenter.umd.edu by the gay Men’s Chorus and especially the national Symphony orchestra evelyn elSing - this faculty artist gives Pops’s starry sounds, under starry skies, outside at Wolf trap. a recital playing cello (4/5) • MARylAnD opeRA StuDio - Die Fledermaus (4/11, 4/13, 4/19) • univeRSity ChoRAle: SpRing Con- BAltiMoRe SyMphony oRCheStRA Concerto No. 5 (5/2, 5/4, Meyerhoff; 5/3, CeRt (4/11) • MARylAnD opeRA StuDio - A 410-783-8000 Strathmore) • BSo SupeRpopS: All thAt Night in Old Vienna (4/12, 4/15) • RoB- bsomusic.org jAzz: A SyMphoniC CeleBRAtion oF KAnDeR eRt DilutiS - this faculty artist gives a BSo SupeRpopS: StAyin’ Alive: one night oF AnD eBB (5/15, Strathmore; 5/16-18, Mey- recital playing clarinet (4/13) • ChAMBeR the Bee geeS (3/27, Strathmore; 3/28-30, erhoff) • tChAiKovSKy’S violin ConCeRto MuSiC ShoWCASe (4/15) • eXCelSA QuAR- Meyerhoff) • SChuBeRt & MenDelSSohn (5/22-23, Meyerhoff; 5/24, Strathmore) tet: ClASSiC to ConteMpoRARy - explor- (3/28, Weinberg Center) • BugS! (3/29, • A MiDSuMMeR night’S DReAM - A Con- ing more modern works for string quartet Meyerhoff; 4/5, Strathmore) • AnDRe CeRt - Maestro alsop leads the BSo, the in conjunction with the classics (4/16) WAttS RetuRnS! - Star pianist returns to Baltimore Choral arts Society and actors • teMpo (4/28) • uMD WinD oRCheStRA: the BSo to perform grieg’s Piano Concer- in edward Berkeley’s concert adaptation ContRAStS (5/2) • the leFt BAnK QuARtet to conducted by Jakub hrusa(4/3-4, Mey- of Shakespeare’s popular magical com- - a program of haydn, Beethoven and erhoff; Strathmore, 4/5) • itzhAK peRl- edy with incidental music by Felix Men- Webern from this Maryland ensemble. MAn (4/10, Strathmore, 4/12-13, Meyer- delssohn (5/29, Strathmore; 5/30-6/1, (5/3) • AnnuAl popS ConCeRt UMD Wind hoff) • MAhleR’S titAn (4/24, 4/27, Mey- Meyerhoff) • Beethoven’S ninth (6/5- ensemble, University Band, Community erhoff) • yeFiM BRonFMAn - Marin alsop 6/6, 6/8, Meyerhoff; 6/7, Strathmore) • Band team up for this 38th annual audi- conducts this pianist in Beethoven’s Piano CASABlAnCA - Movie AnD MuSiC - emil de ence favorite (5/3)

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D.C.’S DIFFERENT DRUMMERS who regularly performs with pop stars Fever and Rock Creek Singers - The cho- 202-269-4868 including Alicia Keys, the Roots and Sigur rus’s two stellar select vocal ensembles dcdd.org Ros, performs a classical program with are showcased (4/11, New York Avenue Capital Pride Symphonic Band Spring paino accompaniment (3/28, Embassy of Presbyterian Church; 4/19, Arena Stage’s Concert: Dances — The Capitol Pride the Russian Federation) • Operetta Eve- Kogod Cradle) • A Gay Man’s Guide to Symphonic Band offers a festive, upbeat nings: Michael Heim, Krisztina David - Broadway w/Laura Benanti - Everything performance, and the last for its direc- The Embassy Series revives its popular you need to know about Broadway musi- tor of the past six years Joe Bello (3/29, operetta series with the Austrian tenor cals courtesy of the chorus and this Tony Columbia Heights Education Campus) • and Hungarian soprano featuring works Award winner for Gypsy, most recently DC Swing! Spring Concert (5/25) • March- by Austro-Hungarian composers such as seen on NBC’s live The Sound of Music ing Band: Capital Pride Parade (6/14) • DC Kalman, Lehar and Strauss (5/15, Embas- (5/18, Kennedy Center) Swing!: Capital Pride (6/15) • Marching sy of Austria; 5/16, Embassy of Hungary) Band: Baltimore Pride Parade (6/21) • KENNEDY CENTER Marching Band Palisades Parade (7/4) • FOLGER CONSORT 202-467-4600 Marching Band Monumorial Tour (7/14) 202-544-7077 kennedy-center.org folger.edu The Nash Ensemble of London - A For- THE EMBASSY SERIES Le Jardin Chinois: Music of 18th-Century tas Chamber Music Concert focused on 202-625-2361 France - Exploring the allure of China in one of music literature’s timeless corner- embassyseries.org the musical imagination of Rameau, Marias stones, Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet (4/1) • This 20-year-old series offers public and others (3/21-23) • A Polish Renaissance: 35th Young Concert Artist Series: Cicely access to foreign embassies and diplo- Music of Poland’s Golden Age - Accompa- Parnas, cello (4/7) • Augustin Hadelich, matic homes in D.C. via classical con- nied by vocal ensemble the Western Wind, a Joyce Yang & Pablo Villegas: Tango, certs, followed by receptions, aimed at performance of the rarely heard, extraordi- Song and Dance - A violinist, pianist and “uniting people through musical diplo- nary musical art of what was then Europe’s guitarist join forces for this Fortas Cham- macy” • Claudia Galli, Gregory Moulin largest kingdom (4/11-13) ber Music Concert, a multimedia recital - Luxembourg-born soprano opera star featuring wide-ranging works by Previn, performs Schumann, Strauss, Brahms, GAY MEN’S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON, D.C. Rodrigo, Falla, Piazzolla and Villa-Lobos Wolf, Zemlinsky and Berg with piano 202-293-1548 (4/21) • Carlo Grante - HH Promotions accompaniment (3/22, Embassy of Lux- gmcw.org London LLC presents this pianist, one of embourg) • Adrian Daurov, Di Wu - St. Von Trapped - A gay parody of The Sound of today’s most active and popular record- Petersburg-born, New York-based cellist, Music (3/14-16, Lisner) • Forte: Potomac ing artists (5/14) • Marc-Andre Hame-

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lin with the Pacifica Quartet - Quartet the preeminent new ensembles offer a ensemble takes its name from the 18th- makes its Fortas Chamber Music Concert program including the Washington pre- Century Spanish philosopher Pablo Min- debut performing Leo Ornstein’s rhyth- miere of Jeremy Gill’s Capriccio (3/31) • guet, who tried in his writings to make mically engaging Piano Quintet with this Avi Avital - German-based Israeli mando- the fine arts accessible to the masses (4/2, acclaimed pianist (5/20) lin player returns to the area. (4/3) • Piotr Kennedy Center) • Louis Lortie - French- Pakhomkin - Russian-American guitarist Canadian pianist appears as part of the NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA performs acrobatic works by Paganini Piano Masters series (4/11, Kennedy Cen- Kennedy Center Concert Hall and Mertz (4/9, 4/23) ter) • Of Thee We Sing: The Marian Ander- 202-467-4600 son 75th Anniversary Celebration (4/12, kennedy-center.org WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA DAR Constitution Hall) • Hilary Hahn Celebrating Richard Strauss at 150 - Kennedy Center Opera House (4/23, Strathmore) • Benjamin Grosve- Soprano Irene Theorin and bass-baritone 202-295-2400 nor - The youngest-ever winner of the John Relyea join Christoph Eschenbach dc-opera.org Keyboard section of the BBC’s Young and the NSO in this salute to Strauss that The Magic Flute - Mozart’s final opera in Musician of the Year in 2004 - at the age includes selections from Don Juan, Elektra what the San Francisco Chronicle calls a of 11 (4/29, Kennedy Center) and Salome (3/20-24) NSO Pops: Rajaton: “zesty and imaginative new production” The Music of ABBA - The genre-crossing (5/3-18) • An American Soldier - The sec- WOLF TRAP Finnish ensemble Rajaton joins the NSO ond season of the American Opera Initia- 703-255-1900 Pops in a tribute to ABBA (5/30-31) tive continues with this hour-long, world- wolf-trap.org premiere opera composed by Huang Ruo N SO @ Wolf Trap: Matthew Morrison STRATHMORE with a libretto by David Henry Hwang (7/10) • NSO @ Wolf Trap: Fantasia (7/11- 301-581-5100 (6/13-14) 12) • NSO @ Wolf Trap: Jean-Yves Thibau- strathmore.org det, piano (7/18) • NSO @ Wolf Trap: 2001: WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY Escolania de Montserrat - Spain’s pre- A Space Odyssey (7/19) miere boys’ choir and one of its oldest 202-833-9800 wpas.org music schools in Europe performs in the Find more venues and listings at U.S. for the first time in its history (3/16) • Los Angeles Philharmonic - Gustavo metroweekly.com. l Peter Minkler & Jeremy Gill - Baltimore Dudamel directs (3/18, Kennedy Center) Symphony Orchestra violist performs • Israel Philharmonic Orchestra - Gia- works by Gill, who will accompany at the nandrea Noseda conducts (3/30, Kennedy piano (3/30) • Parker Quartet - One of Center) • Minguet Quartett - German

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anCe PLaCe WiLL ConCLUDe itS SeaSon, in WhiCh itS dices in a discouraging world (3/29-30) • Brookland home venue has undergone extensive renovations, by ShAReD gRADuAte DAnCe ConCeRt (4/12- presenting performances elsewhere by many of dance’s leading 13) • uMoveS: unDeRgRADuAte DAnCe Con- D lights, including gay choreographer Kyle abraham at howard CeRt (4/24-27) University and pioneering transgender choreographer Sean Dorsey, who worked with the LgBt elders oral history Project for his latest piece, to be presented DAnCe plACe at Joe’s Movement emporium in May. But that’s just the tip of what’s on offer 202-269-1600 this season. From the national Symphony orchestra “new Moves: Symphony danceplace.org + Dance” series to Wolf trap presenting the fi nal D.C. performance of the trey Rennie hARRiS RhAW - harris’s second Mcintyre Project, movement fans will fi nd plenty to move them. company meant to forge new paths for young hip-hop hopefuls and present the genre in its “rhaW-est” forms (3/22-23, the AlDen ClARiCe SMith peRFoRMing ARtS CenteR edgewood arts Center, 3415 8th St. ne) • 703-790-0123 University of Maryland telephone DAnCe pRojeCt - Four female aldentheatre.org College Park choreographers led by Katie Drake of ChRiStopheR K. MoRgAn & ARtiStS: DiS- 301-405-artS D.C. demonstrate the improvisational Solving – D.C.-based contemporary claricesmithcenter.umd.edu skills they use to collaborate via long dance company, led by gay namesake, uMD DynAMiC DAnCe teAM: Rip the FlooR distance as well as present a site-specifi c is in its third season as alden’s resident 2014 – Campus hip-hop team hosts a dance experience at the national Portrait dance company; the company offers an regional battle for bragging rights as “the gallery and a salon-style show (3/28-29, evening of mixed repertory including the hottest dance team on the east Coast,” Brookland artspace Lofts) • CoMpAnhiA world premiere of a piece that artfully as selected by a panel of locally grown, uRBAnA De DAnCA - an ensemble of street explores themes of water pollution and widely known choreographers and danc- performers founded in Brazil a decade ago conservation, incorporating locally accu- ers (3/29) • SAM MAuCeRi: SeAgiRl - Set by dancer tiago Sousa and choreographer mulated and collected rainwater into the to feminist punk music, Sam Mauceri’s and artistic director Sonia Destri Lie (4/5, performance (3/14-15) original work utilizes theater, dance and edgewood arts Center) • DAnCe plACe’S movement to explore a young woman’s neXtgeneRAtion ShoWCASe - Showcas- attempts at unpacking her own preju- ing the talents of Dance Place’s Kids on the Move students and Coyaba Dance

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theater’s students in african, ballet, tap and visuals that includes a computerized and hip-hop (5/10, thearC, 1901 Missis- pin board of 3,200 LeD lights (5/1-3) the WAShington BAllet sippi ave. Se) • Step it up DC - Special step • nAtionAl SyMphony oRCheStRA’S neW 202-362-3606 workshops and an informal performance MoveS: SyMphony + DAnCe series, featur- washingtonballet.org by the Dance Place Step team (5/16, ing: KeigWin + CoMpAny, with new cho- peteR pAn - a new production of Sep- edgewood arts Center) • Kyle ABRAhAM/ reography by Larry Keigwin set to selec- time Webre’s dazzling ballet adaptation ABRAhAM.in.Motion - Live! The Realest tions from Bernstein’s On The Town and of J.M. Barrie, a whimsical adventure told MC is a new ensemble work by noted On The Waterfront and Schuman’s New through vibrant dance (4/16-20, 4/26- gay choreographer, who was inspired by England Triptych (5/7-8); neW BAllet 27, Kennedy Center) • touR-De-FoRCe: Pinocchio in this exploration of gender enSeMBle, featuring a dance performance BAlAnChine! - a gala-style program of roles in the black community and hip- by Memphis Jookin’ artists performing provocative and engaging, showstopping hop celebrity (5/17-18, ira aldridge the- to music by Duke ellington, plus Barber’s classical and contemporary ballets (4/23- ater, howard University) • Step AFRiKA! - Souvenirs, gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and 25, Kennedy Center) • Who CAReS? - the Green Is The New Black (5/29-6/1, hartke a concerto featuring timpani Javon gil- Washington Ballet Studio Company per- theatre at Catholic University) liam (5/10-13) forms an exuberant ballet set to the music of george gershwin (5/17-18, thearC) liSneR AuDitoRiuM At gWu KenneDy CenteR 202-467-4600 202-994-6800 WolF tRAp kennedy-center.org lisner.org 703-255-1900 one MiC: BReAKing FoRM: gloBAl uRBAn MoMiX: BotAniCA - Co-presented by the wolf-trap.org ConteMpoRARy DAnCe - hip-hop artist Washington Performing arts Society, this tRey MCintyRe pRojeCt (6/11) • pilo- and director of the U.K.’s Breakin’ Con- show features an eclectic score ranging BoluS (7/1) • noChe FlAMenCA (8/12) • vention, Jonzi D hosts this showcase of from birdsong to Vivaldi that shows off pACiFiC noRthWeSt BAllet, oRegon BAl- hip-hop dance featuring Project Soul the endlessly renewable energy of the let theAtRe - a Face of america Produc- from South Korea, Sebastien ramierz and performers, aided by costumes, projec- tion (8/27) honji Wang from France and Compan- tions and custom-made props and pup- hia Urbana from Brazil (4/6) • WAyne petry (4/25-26) • toDo tAngo - DC tango Find more dance venues and listings at MCgRegoR AnD RAnDoM DAnCe - British Festival presents the Pan american Sym- metroweekly.com.l choreographer brings his company to the phony orchestra and a tango music spec- Kennedy Center to present the multime- tacular featuring an international cast of dia work Far, with a score by Ben Frost dancers (5/3) SteVen SChreiBer

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ties Union, stops by for a talk as part of the ABOVE&BEYOND: Comedy, Arts & Humanities Dean’s Lecture Series (4/16) • Creative Dialogue: Fast Food, Readings, Discussions, Slow Food and Food Justice: Global Poli- cies Creating Global Hunger - WAMU’s Spoken Word, Multimedia, Kojo Nnamdi hosts a panel discussion Tastings, Tours, Etc. about both the local and global issues sur- rounding public policy and food (4/21) By Doug Rule FILMFEST DC The Washington, DC International ou may know John Waters best as a wacky, Film Festival beloved Baltimore filmmaker, but these days he’s spending 202-274-5782 filmfestdc.org more time on the standup circuit — which is why you’ll find him in this, Metro Weekly’s et cetera arts category. Waters, who Filmfest DC is back for a 28th year — Y though also probably its final, according appears at The Birchmere in May, is in good company this season: Lily Tomlin at Strathmore, Lewis Black at the Warner and Loni Love at the DC Improv are to recent press. The program, still to be just three of our favorites. But it’s not all fun and games in “Above and Beyond,” fully announced, will include 80 features, which includes lectures, cooking demonstrations, even off-the-beaten-runway documentaries and shorts from all over drag shows. From several discussions about serious global issues at the Uni- the world (4/17-27, various venues) versity of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Center, to a book signing with Twitter FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY co-founder Biz Stone at Sixth and I, to storytelling event after storytelling 202-544-7077 event, you’ll find all the live talk and action you could possibly want this side folger.edu of Baltimore, Hon. The Voice of Women in American Poetry: Hailey Leithauser and Shara McCallum THE ALDEN BLACK FOX LOUNGE - Poets reflect on the poetry of Marianne 703-790-0123 blackfoxlounge.com Moore and Elizabeth Alexander as well aldentheatre.org La-Ti-Do — Regie Cabico and Don Mike as read from their own works (3/24) • Code 20: Proceed To Improv - A free Mendoza host this spoken word & musi- Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture 2014: monthly coffeehouse-style night of cal theater show every Monday night Brian Cummings – University of York improve and open mike (4/10, 5/8) • (3/17) • The Academy of Washington — A professor discusses the problem of writ- Midday Movie Musicals: The Producers night of drag in the lounge (5/18) ing the biography of Shakespeare (4/3) - Free screenings of the Alden staff’s • Shakespeare’s Birthday Open House – THE BIRCHMERE favorite movie musicals (4/16) • Char- Jugglers, jesters, musicians and actors all 703-549-7500 lie Chaplin 125th Birthday Celebration re-create the time and stories of Shake- birchmere.com (4/16) • Midday Movie Musicals: Meet Me speare for this party, complete with a In St. Louis - Free screenings of the Alden Kathleen Madigan - Madigan Again: The birthday cake and tour of the reading staff’s favorite movie musicals (5/28) comedian makes her annual stop at the rooms (4/6) • The Literary Legacy of Birchmere (3/21, 3/23) • John Hodgman Seamus Heaney - Folger pays tribute to BARNS AT WOLF TRAP - “I Stole Your Dad” is the latest standup the man once called “the most important 703-255-1900 show by this droll comic and The Daily Irish poet since W.B. Yeats” a year after wolf-trap.org Show alum (5/15) • John Waters - The his passing (4/7) • The 34th Annual PEN/ The Second City - Happily Ever Laughter famous Baltimore filmmaker offers a night Faulkner Award for Fiction Ceremony (4/18-19) • 27th Annual Evening of Com- of his “This Filthy World” standup (5/16) — America’s largest peer-juried literary edy – Murray “The Unknown Comic” prize (5/4) Langston, Brett Leake and Dave Gold- BUSBOYS AND POETS stein are part of this year’s lineup (5/2-3) 2021 14th St. NW HILL CENTER 202-387-POET 202-549-4172 BLACK CAT busboysandpoets.com H illCenterDC.org 202-667-4490 SPARKLE Queer Open Mic – Queer-friend- blackcatdc.com Mark Haskell: Hot Oven Baking: Way ly, queer-focused reading series the first Beyond Pizza - A hands-on baking lesson Dr. Who Happy Hour – One free episode Sunday of the month, hosted by Regie about the Mediterranean root dishes that of Dr. Who and drink specials (3/14, and Cabico and Danielle Evennou (4/6) eventually led to the pizza (3/15) • Why every Friday) • And I Am Not Lying - A Can’t I Sleep? - Dr. Francisco Hoyos, med- CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER night of storytelling, comedy and bur- ical director of the Sleep Center at Provi- lesque. (3/15) • Breadcrumb Trail - A 301-405-ARTS claricesmithcenter.umd.edu dence Hospital, is the featured speaker Slint Documentary screening followed by and presenter, including techniques for a Q&A with director Lance Bangs (3/16) • Anthony Romero – One of Time’s “Most getting a good night’s sleep (3/17) • Talk of Cabin Fever Burlesque (3/21) • Gay/Bash! Influential Hispanics in America,” the gay the Hill with Bill Press: Amie Parnes and - A queer night of rock & pop gems w/ Romero, head of the American Civil Liber- Jonathan Allen - Authors of HRC: State DJs Joshua and Dean (3/22) • Joe Mande Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton - #Bitchface Mini World Tour (3/25)

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(3/20) •Documentary Fridays: Cowboys ing Earth and Beyond - National Geo- gender gaps (6/10, Town) • SpeakEasyDC’s & Outlaws - The Real Billy The Kid - Fea- graphic Explorer and cave diver Kenny Story Showdown - An interactive storytell- turing a post-screening discussion and Broad is your host as aspiring young sci- ing game show with games adapted from Q&A with director Pip Gilmour (4/11) entists compete to become science’s next The Price Is Right (6/27-28, Dance Place) • • Stephen Grant and John Andrews: star (4/5) • Jet Set Pets with Kelly E. Happy Accidents - Stories about unexpected Collecting Shakespeare: The Story of Carter — A cocktail event featuring the outcomes (7/8, Town) Henry and Emily Folger - A signing and author discussing traveling with canines conversation about the first biography of in conversation with Gary Weitzman of STORY LEAGUE storyleague.org the Folgers (4/13) • The Life of a Poet: WAMU’s Animal House (4/9) Edward Hirsch - The Washington Post’s A competitive storytelling organization Ron Charles moderates a discussion with SPEAKEASYDC with the following upcoming shows: this poet, who’s also president of the John 240-888-9751 Story League All-Stars: Tournament 7 Simon Guggenheim Memorial Founda- speakeasydc.com (3/14, U Street Music Hall) • “Sticky” tion in New York (4/23) • Rebecca Mead: Local, non-competitive storytelling pow- Story Contest – Storytellers will have My Life in Middlemarch - The Atlantic’s erhouse, with upcoming shows: Tales of seven minutes to tell a true, personal on Hanna Rosin moderates this discussion the Unleavened - Passover-themed stories the theme of “sticky” - whatever it means with New Yorker staff writer Rebecca (3/30, Tikvat Israel Synagogue, Rockville) to the storyteller — with judges picking a Mead about her new book (4/25) • Cats Out of the Bag - Stories about slips winner (3/27, Busboys & Poets) • “Saucy” of the tongue, spilling the beans and gos- Story Contest (4/16, Busboys & Poets) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE! sip (4/8, Town Danceboutique) • After- • “Shady” Story Contest (5/21, Busboys 202-857-7700 School Special - A call for stories by and & Poets) • “Stinky” Story Contest (6/18, nglive.org about educators in honor of Teacher Appre- Busboys & Poets) • Story League All- St. Patrick’s Day Concert - The band Runa ciation Week (5/7, Atlas) • Close Call - Sto- Stars: Tournament 8 (6/27, U Hall) offers a mix of traditional and contempo- ries about near misses and narrow escapes rary Celtic sounds (3/17) • Vanished: The (5/13, Town) • Bo i rn Th s Way - Stories STRATHMORE Search for Michael Rockefeller - Carl about queer culture (6/8, Human Rights 301-581-5100 strathmore.org Hoffman reveals the truth behind Rock- Campaign Headquarters) • You Just Don’t efeller’s 1961 disappearance in his book Understand - Stories about generation and Lily Tomlin - One of America’s foremost Savage Harvest (3/19) • FameLab: Explor- comedians returns to the area for a night of standup (3/28, Music Center) • Cirque

62 MARCH 13, 2014 METROWEEKLY.com METROWEEKLY.com MARCH 13, 2014 63 Ziva - Strathmore presents this circus, offering eye-popping fun for the whole family, prior to an expected Broadway run (4/9, Music Center) • Beyond Text and Line: A Discussion on the Art of Comic Books - In conjunction with its A Shared Universe: The Art of Comic Books, Strath- more offers a panel discussion moder- ated by Greg McElhatton of the Small Press Expo, Wizard and iComics.com (4/27, Mansion) • Mother’s Day Brunch - Treat your mother to a majestic brunch at Strathmore, if you can get tickets to this quick-to-sell-out annual tradition (5/11) • Historic Home Tour - Another quick- to-sell-out tradition is a monthly guided tour for adults illuminating the history, architecture and personal stories of the Mansion at Strathmore (6/13)

WARNER THEATRE 202-397-SEAT warnertheatre.com Max Jobrani - A night of comedy from this Iranian-American actor and come- dian, part of the “Axis of Evil” comedy group (3/28) • Lewis Black — The acerbic one, best known for his “Back in Black” segment from The Daily Show, returns for another hometown string of shows on “The Rant is Due” tour (4/10-11) • Brian Regan (4/25-26) • Eddie Izzard - The Brit- ish comic actor, whom John Cleese once called the “Lost Python” (5/1-2) • John Pinette (6/22) • We Will Rock You — Brit- ish comedian Ben Elton’s musical revue featuring Queen’s rock standards (6/3-7)

WOLF TRAP 703-255-1900 wolf-trap.org A Prairie Home Companion with Garri- son Keillor — The old-timey public radio celebrity once again kicks off the season at Wolf Trap’s gorgeous amphitheater, the Filene Center (5/23-24) • Disney’s Beau- ty and the Beast (6/7-8) • Wolf Trap’s 25th Annual Louisiana Swamp Romp — Re-creating the exuberant New Orleans spirit alongside mouthwatering Cajun food (6/14) • Sing-A-Long Grease (6/21) • Sing-A-Long Sound of Music (8/23)

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64 MARCH 13, 2014 METROWEEKLY.com pets by Will O’Bryan

Of Beasts and Brushes

Humane Society of the United States for more than a decade. Theodora Tilton shares her It’s no wonder that it wasn’t too long after launching her own Tilton Studio in 1998 that pet portraiture became a major part of artistic insights from years of her work. She’d already been doing as much close to home. “I started painting my own dogs,” Tilton says of an annual Christmas card project, prior to taking on pet-portrait commis- pet portraiture sions. “Then my husband suggested this. I sort of started with a little notice and got responses right away.” That was 2001, and she’s been painting pets ever since. While the animal kingdom might seem a little hairier than here is a quality to a professional por- painting people, Tilton has her ways. She does, however, point trait that most won’t be able to capture in a few to one example of nearly losing the leash, as it were. smartphone snaps. Or even in a few thousand, for “Nine dachshund puppies and their mother,” Tilton remem- T that matter. bers, adding a short sigh. “Their owner knew all their names. That’s where artists such as Theodora Tilton come in. A I thought, ‘Oh, my God.’ I just took movies of everything and glance at her history and the Alexandria-based artist’s creden- worked from that.” tials – from her master’s degree in fine art, to her many awards, Actually, even with a full 10 subjects – nine of whom were to her various teaching posts – are impressive. still in the wriggling phase – that process of filming is not so Tilton also has the animal credentials, with past work includ- far off from how Tilton handles most pet commissions. While a ing serving as the creative director of the Maryland-based highly disciplined Doberman might comply to sit for a photo, no

METROWEEKLY.com MARCH 13, 2014 65 of her process, which generally takes six to eight weeks. “People give you photos, but they bring their ideas to a photo. It doesn’t do me much good. “I like to do my own sketches and my own photography. I take that back and I come up with a concept sketch. Then, with the client, I see that everyone’s on the same page.” While commissioning a piece of art is far from digging through some bargain bin, Tilton tries to accommodate a range of budgets, with offerings that move from sketches to oils. “At the low end, which would be a pencil sketch, it’s roughly in the range of $500 to $600. That includes me doing everything, for one or two animals,” she explains. “ A basic portrait [in oils] is anywhere from $900 up. The end point is about $2,500, because I won’t go much bigger than 20-by-24 [inches]. Oil painting can be a little pricey for some people, but the fur is a big issue. Oil can give you the depths you want with fur.” Tilton also urges that those considering a pet portrait don’t wait to be moved by an expression of mourning. Such a portrait is possible, she says, but the conditions are far from ideal. “I will do it, but I don’t like it,” Tilton says of painting a pet that has died, an animal she’s never met. “It’s usually from a photo that has all this meaning to them. I tell them I’ll see what I can do. They’re in pain a lot of times, so you don’t want to tell them to forget it. But it’s very hard. “People usually don’t have a clear idea of what they want. I try to guide them. A lot of it can be very emotional. People really love their pets.” thank you. And cats? You can almost hear the feline laughter at the suggestion. For more information about Tilton Studios, call 703-765-2746 or “I like to meet the pets, see the colors for myself,” Tilton says visit tiltonstudio.com. l

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R aja Michael Payne’s 3-year-old Fox Hound Mix “I named him Raja (aka the Fresh Prince) because he carries himself very regally and can act a bit entitled. I used to have a bunch of framed photos art- fully arranged on the bay window in front of my house. As soon as he arrived, he knocked them all out of the way and declared that space as his “throne.” I’ve been his loyal subject ever since. When he’s not surveying his domain, digging and chasing squirrels are his favorite pastimes.”

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Freddie’s Beach Bar Crazy Hour, 4-7pm • Karaoke, 9pm

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JR.’s $3 Rail Vodka Highballs, $2 JR.’s drafts, 8pm to close • Top Pop Night

Nellie’s 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

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METROWEEKLY.com MARCH 13, 2014 71 JR.’s Mon., 03.17.14 Nellie’s Sports Bar Sunday Funday • Liquid Beat The Clock Happy Brunch • Doors open at 9 1/2 Hour — $2 (5-6pm), $3 1pm • $2 Coors Lights & Open at 5pm • Happy (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm) • $3 Skyy (all flavors), all Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink, Buckets of Beer $15 • day and night 5-9pm • Multiple TVs Poker Texas Hold’em, 8pm showing movies, shows, Nellie’s sports • Expanded craft Number Nine Drag Brunch, hosted by beer selection • No cover Open 5pm • Happy Hour: Shi-Queeta-Lee, 11am-3pm 2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm • $20 Brunch Buffet • Annie’s • No Cover House Rail Drinks, Zing 4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm • Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie $4 Small Plates, $4 Stella PW’s Sports Bar Beer and Mimosas, $4, Artois, $4 House Wines, 9855 Washington Blvd. N 11am-close • Buckets of $4 Stolichnaya Cocktails, Laurel, Md. Beer, $15 $4 Manhattans and Vodka 301-498-4840 Martinis Buzztime Trivia Number Nine competition • 75 cents off Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any Freddie’s bottles and drafts drink, 5-9pm • No Cover Crazy Hour, 4-7pm • Karaoke, 9pm Ziegfeld’s/Secrets Tues., 03.18.14 All male, nude dancers • JR.’s 9 1/2 Decades of Dance • DJ Happy Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm Open at 5pm • Happy Tim-e in Secrets • Doors • Showtunes Songs & Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink, 8pm • Cover 21+ Singalongs, 9pm-close • 5-9pm • Multiple TVs DJ Jamez • $3 Drafts showing movies, shows, sports • Expanded craft beer selection • No cover

72 MARCH 13, 2014 METROWEEKLY.com Annie’s Number Nine Annie’s Happy Hour, 4-7pm • $4 Safe Word: A Gay Spelling Happy Hour, 4-7pm • $4 Stella Artois, $4 House Bee • Hosted by Bee-rett Stella Artois, $4 House Wines, $4 Stolichnaya • Register before Bee Wines, $4 Stolichnaya Cocktails, $4 Manhattans starts at 8pm • Open Cocktails, $4 Manhattans and Vodka Martinis 5pm • Happy Hour: 2 for and Vodka Martinis 1 on any drink, 5-9pm • Freddie’s Beach Bar No Cover Freddie’s Beach Bar Crazy Hour, 4-7pm • Crazy Hour, 4-7pm • Drag Karaoke, 9pm PW’s Sports Bar Bingo, 8pm • Karaoke, 9855 Washington Blvd. N 10pm JR.’s Laurel, Md. Underground (Indie Pop/ 301-498-4840 Green Lantern Alt/Brit Rock), 9pm-close 75 cents off bottles and Happy Hour Prices, • DJ Wes Della Volla • drafts • Movie Night 4pm-Close 2-for-1, all day and night JR.’s Nellie’s Sports Bar Wed., 03.19.14 Trivia with MC Jay Beat The Clock Happy Ray, 8pm • The Queen, Hour — $2 (5-6pm), $3 9 1/2 10-11pm • $2 JR’s Drafts (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm) • Open at 5pm • Happy & $4 Vodka ($2 with Buckets of Beer $15 • Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink, College I.D./JR’s Team Karaoke 5-9pm • Multiple TVs Shirt) showing movies, shows, sports • Expanded craft Nellie’s Sports Bar beer selection • No cover Beat The Clock Happy Hour — $2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm) • Half-Price Burger Night • Buckets of Beer $15 • SmartAss Trivia, 8pm

METROWEEKLY.com MARCH 13, 2014 73 Number Nine Annie’s/Annie’s Number Nine Open 5pm • Happy Hour: Upstairs Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any 2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm 4@4 Happy Hour, drink, 5-9pm • No Cover • No Cover 4pm-7pm • $4 Small Plates, $4 Stella Artois, Ziegfeld’s/Secrets PW’s Sports Bar $4 House Wines, $4 All male, nude dancers • 9855 Washington Blvd. N Stolichnaya Cocktails, $4 Shirtless Thursday • DJ Laurel, Md. Manhattans and Vodka Tim E in Secrets • 9pm • 301-498-4840 Martinis Cover 21+ Free Pool • 75 cents off Bottles and Drafts Freddie’s Beach Bar Crazy Hour, 4-7pm • Fri., 03.21.14 Ziegfeld’s/Secrets Karaoke, 9pm All male, nude dancers • 9 1/2 New Meat Wednesday DJ Green Lantern Open at 5pm • Happy Don T • 9pm • Cover 21+ Shirtless Men Drink Free, Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink, 10-11pm 5-9pm • Friday Night Videos with resident Thurs., 03.20.14 JR.’s DJ Shea Van Horn • VJ $3 Rail Vodka Highballs, • Expanded craft beer 9 1/2 $2 JR.’s drafts, 8pm to selection • No cover Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any close • Top Pop Night drink, 5-9pm • Multiple Annie’s TVs showing movies, Nellie’s Sports Bar 4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm • shows, sports • Expanded Beat The Clock Happy $4 Small Plates, $4 Stella craft beer selection • No Hour — $2 (5-6pm), $3 Artois, $4 House Wines, cover (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm) • $4 Stolichnaya Cocktails, Buckets of Beer $15 • $4 Manhattans and Vodka Drag Bingo Martinis • Upstairs open 5-11pm

74 MARCH 13, 2014 METROWEEKLY.com DC Bear Crue Number Nine Town @Town • Bear Happy Open 5pm • Happy Hour: Drag Show starts at Hour, 6-11pm • $3 Rail, 2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm 10:30pm • Hosted by $3 Draft, $3 Bud Bottles • • No Cover Lena Lett and featuring Free Pizza, 7pm • Hosted Tatianna, Shi-Queeta- by Charger Stone • No Phase 1 Lee, Jessica Spaulding cover before 9:30pm • 21+ DJ Styalo • Dancing • Deverreoux and Banaka • $5 cover Doors open at 10pm • For Freddie’s Beach Bar those 21 and over, $5 from Crazy Hour, 4-7pm • PW’s Sports Bar 10-11pm and $10 after Karaoke, 9pm 9855 Washington Blvd. N 11pm • For those 18-20, Laurel, Md. $10 all night • 18+ JR.’s 301-498-4840 Buy 1, Get 1, Drag Show in lounge • Ziegfeld’s/Secrets 11pm-midnight • Happy Half-price burgers and All male, nude dancers Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm • $5 fries • Ladies of Illusion with Coronas, $8 Vodka Red host Kristina Kelly, 9pm • Bulls, 9pm-close Cover 21+ l

Nellie’s 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

METROWEEKLY.com MARCH 13, 2014 75 76 See photos from this event at www.metroweekly.com/scene METROWEEKLY.com MARCH 13, 2014 77 “Of course gay people should have the same rights as everyone else, but they don’t get extra rights. They don’t get to redefine marriage.”

— Washington Times columnist, bestselling author and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, in a speech at CPAC. Carson reinforced his conservative views by stating, “As you know, I am not a fan of political correctness. I still believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.” (Huffington ost)P

“E verywhere that Big Gay gains ground, Christ is forced into retreat.”

— Bryan Fischer, of the American Family Association, in an episode of Focal Point on the AFA Channel. Fischer called the fight against homosexuality the “battle of our time,” also stating “America’s future is gonna be determined by one thing: … whether the forces of light or darkness will prevail in the battle for special rights [based on] sexually deviant behavior.” (Right Wing Watch)

“Marriage [is] between one man and one woman forever leading to life and love. … [I]t’s also the building block of society and culture.” — Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press. Dolan stated that the thought of civil unions for same-sex couples made him “uncomfortable” and believes that any change to the traditional definition of marriage would impact the church. (NBC)

“We don’t need a head of state who guts our defenses and draws phony red lines with a pink crayon. Yeah, I did say that.” — Fox News host and former Lt. Col. Oliver North speaking at CPAC regarding President Obama’s handling of the Ukraine crisis. The “pink crayon” comment continued from North arguing against allowing gay people to serve openly in the military, stating that the repeal of DADT meant armed forces members were being “treated like laboratory rats in some radical social experiment.” (Raw Story)

“I love that Britain is a place where you can be gay and proud – and now you can get married too.” — British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, speaking at his party’s Spring Conference. Clegg compared Britain’s LGBT rights record to the situation in Russia, where he believes the government is “effectively criminalizing homosexuality.” Same-sex marriage was legalized in England and Wales in July last year, with the law coming into effect today, March 13. Marriage ceremonies will begin on March 29. (LibDems.org)

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