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In Search of a Speaker
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Model Legislation
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Go for the Gays
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(L-R) Ryan, Webster, Blackburn and Flores
In Search of a Speaker
Palace intrigue during leadership vacuum in wake of John Boehners
retirement exposes rifts among GOP caucus
by John Riley
TS THE POLITICAL EQUIVALENT OF WHOS ON

First? that has left GOP leaders in Congress squabbling
with one another. And its an internal political battle that
could come to a head this week.
In the wake of Speaker John Boehners (R-Ohio) announcement that he plans to retire from Congress at the end of October,
rather than finishing out his 13th term, the GOP has found itself
without a consensus choice to lead the party in the U.S. House of
Representatives. GOP leadership had initially coalesced around
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), but pressure
from members of the Freedom Caucus a right-wing group of
30 to 40 Republicans who want the GOP to be tougher on spending cuts and opposing President Obama forced McCarthy to
announce two weeks ago that he was dropping out of the race.
Such is the problem with any candidate for Speaker. So long
as members of the Freedom Caucus insist on one of their own
or at least a leader who will prioritize pushing conservative
legislation and play hardball with the White House they have
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enough votes to not only deny a potential Speaker the votes for
confirmation, but threaten rebellion and repercussions for any
top Republican who cuts a political deal with the Democratic
White House.
According to most news outlets and Beltway conventional
wisdom, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), the partys vice presidential nominee from 2012, has been touted as a figure that
could be acceptable to both the ultra-conservative flank and
the more establishment Republicans within the GOP caucus.
However, Ryan is reportedly skeptical of taking the job in light
of Boehners resignation and the Freedom Caucus threats.
Additionally, some right-wing organizations and media outlets have attacked Ryan as insufficiently conservative due to his
votes in favor of various bailouts during the financial crisis of
2008 and the subsequent recession, for cutting a budget deal
with Senate Democrats, and for his support of comprehensive
immigration reform.
According to CNN, Republicans were expected to hash out
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their differences this Wednesday, when the GOP was scheduled to hold two closed-door conferences to discuss the partys
future and its vision for how the House will be run. Some proposals that are expected to be discussed include: placing more
Tea Party Republicans in positions of leadership, stopping
retaliations against those conservative members who buck party
leadership on key votes, and pushing for votes on conservative
legislation, even those bills which either do not have enough
support to pass or will be vetoed by President Obama.
In light of the most recent political developments, accurately
predicting the next Speaker of the House is essentially as reliable as a political parlor game. Besides Ryan, other names that
have been floated include Reps. Bill Flores (R-Texas), the head
of the Republican Study Committee, another conservative
caucus within the GOP, Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.), Daniel
Webster (R-Fla.), Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and Marsha Blackburn
(R-Tenn.). In all, the names of more than 20 different members
of the GOP caucus have been floated as potential speakers, but
some of those mentioned are considered too close to the current
party leadership, likely dooming their chances of emerging as a
consensus candidate.
As a result of the unpredictability surrounding the Speakers
race, it is also unclear whether the next GOP House leader
would be as willing to consider fostering a working relationship
with LGBT conservatives as Boehner has, let alone allowing
votes on pieces of pro-LGBT legislation.
I, at this juncture, am not going to make any statements
expressing favoritism for any particular candidate for Speaker,
says Gregory T. Angelo, president of the Log Cabin Republicans,
when asked for political predictions. This is still a very fluid
race, and I would want to make sure that whomever gets
the speakership starts off on the right foot with Log Cabin
Republicans, and that were able to have a working relationship
with the Speakers office, in the same way weve had a working
relationship with Speaker Boehners office in the past.
But David Stacy, the director of government affairs for the
Human Rights Campaign, says that those looking for a positive
outcome from the Speakers race, at least in terms of LGBT
rights, are likely to be disappointed.
None of the candidates for Speaker have particularly good
records on LGBT issues, Stacy says. I do think you can dif-
ferentiate Paul Ryan a tad, because he voted for a sexual orientation-only version of ENDA in 2007, and recently voted on an
amendment on the Transportation and Housing appropriations
bill that said no funds can be used in contravention of the presidents federal contractor executive order.
That said, Stacy adds, the rest of Ryans record on LGBT
rights especially on issues related to marriage and relationship recognition is not especially favorable. According to
HRCs congressional scorecard, of the 20 to 25 members whose
names have been floated as a potential Speaker, almost all of
them, including Ryan, have zero ratings.
But Angelo dismisses doomsaying from the left, saying his
LGBT organization is hoping to establish working relationships
with whomever becomes the next Speaker in order to lobby the
GOP on embracing pro-equality measures.
I would just say this: there has rarely been a door that has
been closed to Log Cabin Republicans, Angelo says. And I can
only speak for my time as president of this organization, but
there has rarely been a time that a Republican office has not
expressed a willingness to engage with us, discover and learn
more about the issues for which were lobbying, and find out
more about what it is to be an LGBT Republican.
Angelo acknowledges that the next Speaker will have a lot
of work on his or her hands to unite the party and reconcile
divisions among the various factions within the GOP caucus.
He also has praise for Boehner, whom he said did yeomans
work and was never credited for holding together one of the
most fractured House Republican conferences in history. He
believes the person who will emerge as Speaker will be the one
who articulates a clear vision of what they hope to accomplish
while promoting conservative ideas and values.
I think the thing thats going to ultimately help the party
and the House to forge ahead is someone who is able to take the
Speakers gavel and come up with a new and innovative way to
lead this caucus, he says. Ultimately, some sort of change is
needed in terms of the way leadership approaches legislation,
approaches passage of legislation, and so I think there is some
opportunity there for a consensus candidate to emerge. But they
cant just be a consensus candidate; they need to be a consensus
candidate that presents a vision for how the day-to-day work of
the House is going to transpire. l
Model Legislation
National LGBT organizations lay framework for state legislators to follow

when curbing conversion therapy
by John Riley
HETHER YOU CALL IT COOKIE-CUTTER

politics or a paint-by-numbers approach to legislating, proponents of ending sexual orientation change efforts are offering up model legislation aimed at achieving their goal.
The sample legislation, released Tuesday by the National
Center for Lesbian Rights and the Human Rights Campaign,
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seeks to provide guidance to state legislators who wish to prohibit licensed therapists or mental health practitioners from
subjecting minors to conversion therapy, aimed at changing
a persons sexual orientation. Four states California, New
Jersey, Oregon and Illinois and the District of Columbia currently prohibit such practices on individuals under the age of 18.
NCLR and HRCs preferred legislative framework
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was introduced less than a week after the release of a
report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration that consulted experts in child and adolescent mental health, eventually drawing the conclusion that
conversion therapy is not considered an appropriate therapeutic approach to youth experiencing feelings of same-sex
attraction or gender dysphoria.
The sample draws language from bills introduced in more
than 20 states where such legislation has previously been
introduced. It also mirrors provisions in the Therapeutic Fraud
Prevention Act, a federal bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu
(D-Calif.), which would amend the Federal Trade Commission
Act to classify for-profit conversion therapy, and its promises to
change sexual orientation or gender identity, as fraud.
Sarah Warbelow, legal director for HRC, called the sample
legislation important, saying it comes at a critical time in the
fight for LGBT rights and calling conversion therapy a junk
pseudoscience that amounts to nothing more than child abuse.
Warbelow said her organization looks forward to working with
local legislators to pass bills based on the model legislation.
By incorporating what are widely seen as best practices
into the bill, NCLR and HRC are also giving states a push toward
ending a practice that is widely panned by most, if not all, main-
stream medical and mental health organizations as ineffective.

NCLR hopes to prod states into introducing and passing such
legislation. The organizations goal is to ban conversion therapy
for LGBT youth in all states by 2019.
In addition to prohibiting the practice on minors, the bill also
provides optional language that can be used to define promises
to change sexual orientation or gender identity as fraud. Other
optional provisions include the expansion of prohibitions on
conversion therapy to cover vulnerable adults as defined by
individual states, and prohibitions on disbursing state funds
to mental health practitioners, therapists or organizations that
engage in the practice.
This sample legislation is the culmination of two decades
working to end conversion therapy, three years helping states
take legislative steps to protect youth from these ineffective
and harmful practices, and a truly exceptional coalition of legal
experts from across the country, Samantha Ames, a staff attorney for NCLR, said in a statement. What has emerged from this
extraordinary process is a bill that is both true to our shared
values and legally airtight. Moving forward, we could not be
more excited to work with state legislators and equality groups
equipped with this powerful tool to end conversion therapy
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COMMENTARY
Go for the Gays
LGBT voters are an essential part of the American social fabric and
the GOP should view them as a boon
by Timothy Rosenberger
AST TUESDAYS DEMOCRATIC DEBATE STOOD

in stark contrast to the GOP debates, which have featured useless equivocating that does nothing to attract
voters while clearly angering others.
This is especially clear on LGBT issues. No GOP presidential candidate looks likely to push for ENDA or for expanded
rights for trans Americans. That said, its unlikely any GOP
Presidential candidate could actually reverse marriage equality or the advances that LGBT Americans have made over the
last decade. Rather than allowing Huckabee and Ben Carson to
railroad the debate into these dicey waters, the party should get
everyone to just shut up about gay issues.
The pitch the GOP can make to the LGBT segment of the
electorate is actually very simple. Gay couples often have higher
disposable incomes than their straight counterparts. They are
likely to be business owners or independent contractors. With
marriage won, the GOP has a lot to offer: less taxes and regulation, as well as more opportunities to create wealth and participate in the global economy. By not fixating on things that drive
LGBT voters away, the GOP could actually make a strong, and
perhaps ultimately winning, play for the four or five percent of
the electorate that identifies as other than straight.
While recent elections have brought Democratic candidates
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terparts, this is a relatively modern innovation. Conservative

LGBT groups actively supported Nixon and Reagan, and in 1996
Dole/Kemp were arguably ahead of Clinton/Gore on our issues.
No less important than their ability to transcend party, LGBT
voters are an essential part of the American social fabric. Many
other countries now view gay rights and openly gay people as a
dangerous Western import. The GOP should view gays as a boon
if only because of the wildfire manner with which Americanized
LGBT rights have advanced our nations interests and stature
abroad.
The GOP establishment is attacking Donald Trump for his
unartful comments about immigrants, but seems markedly less
concerned about Ben Carson mouthing off about the gays.
Trump is doing just fine in hypothetical matchups with Clinton
and has made the base incredibly excited to turn out and vote. If
the party wants to see a change in the box score on 2016s election night, it is looking at the wrong voters. There are plenty of
gay voters clinging to God, guns, and religion who are ready to
settle for a Republican as soon as one who isnt actively toxic
rises to the fore.
Tim Rosenberger is the former Vice-Chair of the DC Federation
of College Republicans and a former member of Georgetown
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Metro Weeklys Community Calendar highlights important events in the D.C.-area
LGBT community, from alternative social events to volunteer opportunities.
Event information should be sent by email to calendar@MetroWeekly.com.
Deadline for inclusion is noon of the Friday before Thursdays publication.
Questions about the calendar may be directed to the
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THURSDAY, OCT. 22
IDENTITY offers free and
Rainbow Response Coalition and

the Human Rights Campaign host
SHOW ME LOVE: A ROBUST

DISCUSSION PROMOTING
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS,
an event for Domestic Violence

Awareness Month. D.C. Attorney
General Karl Racine to attend. 6:308:30 p.m. HRC, 1640 Rhode Island
Ave. NW. For more information, visit
rainbowresponse.org.
confidential HIV testing in

Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond
Ave., and in Takoma Park, 7676 New
Hampshire Ave., Suite 411. Walk-ins
2-6 p.m. For appointments other
hours, call Gaithersburg, 301-3009978, or Takoma Park, 301-422-2398.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers
free, rapid HIV testing. Appointment

needed. 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700.
202-638-0750.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5
WEEKLY EVENTS
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing,
9-5 p.m., and HIV services (by

appointment). Call 202-291-4707, or
visit andromedatransculturalhealth.
org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)
practice session at Takoma Aquatic

Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW. 7:30-9
p.m. swimdcac.org.
DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay and

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

Health. At the Elizabeth Taylor
Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson
Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. For an appointment call
202-745-7000. Visit
whitman-walker.org.
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p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for

youth 21 and younger. 202-567-3155
or testing@smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics

Anonymous Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,
3636 Georgia Ave. NW. The group is
independent of UHU. 202-446-1100.
WOMENS LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE for young LBTQ women,
13-21, interested in leadership
development. 5-6:30 p.m. SMYAL
Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202567-3163, catherine.chu@smyal.org.
FRIDAY, OCT. 23
CENTER AGING, a group for LGBT
seniors, holds its monthly lunch event
at The DC Center. 12-2 p.m. 2000
14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
SATURDAY, OCT. 24
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay
volunteer organization, volunteers for
Food & Friends. To participate, visit
burgundycrescent.org.
CHRYSALIS arts & culture group
visits two historic homes, Oatlands

and the George C. Marshall Home,
near Leesburg, Va. Admission and
transportation fees under $30. Bring
a picnic lunch. Carpool at 9 a.m. from
the East Falls Church Metro station.
Craig, 202-462-0535. craighowell1@
verizon.net.
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WEEKLY EVENTS

appointment). 202-291-4707,
andromedatransculturalhealth.org.

appointment). 202-291-4707 or
BET MISHPACHAH, founded by

members of the LGBT community,
holds Saturday morning Shabbat
services, 10 a.m., followed by Kiddush
luncheon. Services in DCJCC
Community Room, 1529 16th St. NW.
betmish.org.
practice session at Hains Point, 927

Ohio Dr. SW. 6:30-8 p.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
GAY MARRIED MENS

ASSOCIATION (GAMMA) is a
confidential support group for men

who are gay, bisexual, questioning
and who are married or involved with
a woman, that meets on the second
and fourth Fridays of the month in
Dupont Circle at 7:30 p.m. GAMMA
also offers additional meeting times
and places for men in Northern
Virginia and Maryland. For more
information: GAMMAinDC.org.

202-745-7000. Visit
whitman-walker.org.
BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, including

others interested in Brazilian culture,
meets. For location/time, email
braziliangaygroup@yahoo.com.

Ohio Dr., SW. 8:30-10 a.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/
walking/social club welcomes all

levels for exercise in a fun and
supportive environment, socializing
afterward. Meet 9:30 a.m., 23rd & P
Streets NW, for a walk; or 10 a.m. for
fun run. dcfrontrunners.org.
DC SENTINELS basketball team

202-638-0750.
meets at Turkey Thicket Recreation

Center, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE, 2-4
p.m. For players of all levels, gay or
straight. teamdcbasketball.org.
LGB PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP
PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-
DIGNITYUSA sponsors Mass for
WOMEN IN THEIR TWENTIES, a
SMYALS REC NIGHT provides

a social atmosphere for GLBT and
questioning youth, featuring dance
parties, vogue nights, movies and
games. More info, catherine.chu@
smyal.org.
for adults in Montgomery County

offers a safe space to explore coming
out and issues of identity. 10-11:30
a.m. 16220 S. Frederick Rd., Suite
512, Gaithersburg, Md. For more
social discussion and activity group

for LBT women, holds its meetings
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month. Group social activity to
folow the meeting. 8-9:30 p.m. 2000
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affirming social group for ages 11-24.

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

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

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

critical languages and foreign
languages. 7 p.m. Nellies, 900 U St.
NW. RVSP preferred. brendandarcy@
gmail.com.
IDENTITY offers free and confidential
HIV testing in Takoma Park, 7676

New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411. Walkins 12-3 p.m. For appointments other
hours, call 301-422-2398.
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SUNDAY, OCT. 25
Join LINCOLN CONGREGATIONAL
ADVENTURING outdoors group

hikes 10 strenuous miles with 2200
feet of elevation gain in southern
Shenandoah National Park. Suitable
for experienced, fit hikers only.
Bring beverages, lunch, about $25 for
fees, and money for dinner on way
back. Carpool from East Falls Church
Metro station; return 10 p.m. or later.
Harris, 443-415-7856.
adventuring.org.
progressive faith community every

Sunday. 11 a.m. 1701 11th Street NW,
near R in Shaw/Logan neighborhood.
lincolntemple.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
LGBT-inclusive ALL SOULS

MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
celebrates Low Mass at 8:30 a.m.,
High Mass at 11 a.m. 2300 Cathedral
Ave. NW. 202-232-4244,
allsoulsdc.org.
BETHEL CHURCH-DC progressive

and radically inclusive church holds
services at 11:30 a.m. 2217 Minnesota
Ave. SE. 202-248-1895, betheldc.org.
practice session at Hains Point,

972 Ohio Dr., SW. 9:30-11 a.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
DIGNITYUSA offers Roman Catholic

Mass for the LGBT community. 6
p.m., St. Margarets Church, 1820
Connecticut Ave. NW. All welcome.
Sign interpreted. For more info, visit
dignitynova.org.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED

CHURCH OF CHRIST welcomes all
to 10:30 a.m. service, 945 G St. NW.
firstuccdc.org or 202-628-4317.
FRIENDS MEETING OF
WASHINGTON meets for worship,
10:30 a.m., 2111 Florida Ave. NW,
Quaker House Living Room (next
to Meeting House on Decatur
Place), 2nd floor. Special welcome
to lesbians and gays. Handicapped
accessible from Phelps Place gate.
Hearing assistance. quakersdc.org.
HOPE UNITED CHURCH OF

CHRIST welcomes GLBT community
for worship. 10:30 a.m., 6130 Old

Telegraph Road, Alexandria.
hopeucc.org.
HSV-2 SOCIAL AND SUPPORT

GROUP for gay men living in the
DC metro area. This group will

be meeting once a month. For
information on location and time,
email to not.the.only.one.dc@
gmail.com.
INSTITUTE FOR SPIRITUAL

DEVELOPMENT, God-centered new
age church & learning center. Sunday

Services and Workshops event. 5419
Sherier Place NW. isd-dc.org.
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TEMPLE UNITED CHURCH OF

CHRIST for an inclusive, loving and
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF
REFORMATION invites all to Sunday
worship at 8:30 or 11 a.m. Childcare is

available at both services. Welcoming
LGBT people for 25 years. 212 East
Capitol St. NE. reformationdc.org.
services at 11 a.m., led by Rev. Onetta

Brooks. Childrens Sunday School, 11
a.m. 10383 Democracy Lane, Fairfax.
703-691-0930, mccnova.com.
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
services at 9 a.m. (ASL interpreted)

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

CHURCH, inclusive church with
GLBT fellowship, offers gospel

worship, 8:30 a.m., and traditional
worship, 11 a.m. 5 Thomas Circle NW.
202-232-0323, nationalcitycc.org.
RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH,

a Christ-centered, interracial,
welcoming-and-affirming church,
offers service at 10 a.m. 680 I St. SW.
202-554-4330, riversidedc.org.
ST. STEPHEN AND THE
INCARNATION, an interracial,
multi-ethnic Christian Community

offers services in English, 8 a.m. and
10:30 a.m., and in Spanish at 5:15 p.m.
1525 Newton St. NW. 202-232-0900,
saintstephensdc.org.
UNITARIAN CHURCH OF
ARLINGTON, an LGBTQ welcoming-
and-affirming congregation, offers

services at 10 a.m. Virginia Rainbow
UU Ministry. 4444 Arlington Blvd.
uucava.org.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
CHURCH OF SILVER SPRING
invites LGBTQ families and

individuals of all creeds and cultures
to join the church. Services 9:15 and
11:15 a.m. 10309 New Hampshire Ave.
uucss.org.
UNIVERSALIST NATIONAL
MEMORIAL CHURCH, a welcoming
and inclusive church. GLBT
Interweave social/service group
meets monthly. Services at 11 a.m.,
Romanesque sanctuary. 1810 16th St.
NW. 202-387-3411, universalist.org.
MONDAY, OCT. 26
CENTER MILITARY, a group
for LGBT veterans, military
servicemembers and their families,
holds its monthly working group
meeting to discuss upcoming
initiatives. 7-8:30 p.m. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. For more information,
contact Eric Perez, eric.perez@
thedccenter.org or 202-682-2245.
WEEKLY EVENTS
practice session at Hains Point,

927 Ohio Dr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds
practice, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Garrison

Elementary, 1200 S St. NW.
dcscandals.wordpress.com.
GETEQUAL meets 6:30-8 p.m. at

Quaker House, 2111 Florida Ave. NW.
getequal.wdc@gmail.com.
HIV Testing at WHITMAN-WALKER
HEALTH. At the Elizabeth Taylor
202-745-7000. Visit
whitman-walker.org.
KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY

(K.I.) SERVICES, 3333 Duke St.,
Alexandria, offers free rapid HIV

testing and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
703-823-4401.
METROHEALTH CENTER
offers free, rapid HIV testing. No

appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700.
202-638-0750.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing.

5-7 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite 200,
Arlington. Appointments:
703-789-4467.

p.m., by appointment and walk-in,
for youth 21 and younger. Youth
Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155
or testing@smyal.org.
THE DC CENTER hosts Coffee Drop-
In for the Senior LGBT Community.

10 a.m.-noon. 2000 14th St. NW. 202682-2245, thedccenter.org.
US HELPING US hosts a black gay
mens evening affinity group. 3636

Georgia Ave. NW. 202-446-1100.
WASHINGTON WETSKINS WATER

POLO TEAM practices 7-9 p.m.
Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van

Buren St. NW. Newcomers with at
least basic swimming ability always
welcome. Tom, 703-299-0504,
secretary@wetskins.org,
wetskins.org.
WHITMAN-WALKER HEALTH
HIV/AIDS Support Group for newly

diagnosed individuals, meets 7 p.m.
Registration required. 202-939-7671,
hivsupport@whitman-walker.org.
TUESDAY, OCT. 27
The DC Centers GENDER QUEER
DISCUSSION GROUP meets to
discuss issues related to identity
for those who identify outside of
the gender binary. 7-8:30 p.m. 2000
WEEKLY EVENTS

ASIANS AND FRIENDS weekly

dinner in Dupont/Logan Circle
area, 6:30 p.m. afwash@aol.com,
afwashington.net.
practice session at Takoma Aquatic

Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW. 7:30-9
p.m. swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/
walking/social club serving greater

D.C.s LGBT community and
allies hosts an evening run/walk.
dcfrontrunners.org.
THE GAY MENS HEALTH

COLLABORATIVE offers free
HIV testing and STI screening and

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

Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. For an appointment call 202745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.
THE HIV WORKING GROUP of THE
DC CENTER hosts Packing Party,
where volunteers assemble safe-sex

kits of condoms and lube. 7 p.m.,
Green Lantern, 1335 Green Court NW.
thedccenter.org.

HIV testing in Gaithersburg, 414 East
Diamond Ave., and in Takoma Park,
7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411.
Walk-ins 2-6 p.m. For appointments
other hours, call Gaithersburg at 301300-9978 or Takoma Park at
301-422-2398.
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KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY

(K.I.) SERVICES, at 3333 Duke St.,
Alexandria, offers free rapid HIV

testing and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
703-823-4401.
local nonprofits will be present. 6-8

p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For
more information, contact Eric Perez,
202-682-2245 or eric.perez@
thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS

202-638-0750.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS
LGBT focused meeting every
Tuesday, 7 p.m. St. Georges
Episcopal Church, 915 Oakland Ave.,
Arlington, just steps from Virginia
Square Metro. For more info. call
Dick, 703-521-1999. Handicapped
accessible. Newcomers welcome.
liveandletliveoa@gmail.com.
p.m., by appointment and walk-in,

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

YOUTH ages 13-21 meets at SMYAL,
410 7th St. SE, 5-6:30 p.m.
Cathy Chu, 202-567-3163,
catherine.chu@smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a support

group for black gay men 40 and older.
7-9 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave. NW.
\202-446-1100.
Whitman-Walker Healths GAY
MENS HEALTH AND WELLNESS/

STD CLINIC opens at 6 p.m., 1701
14th St. NW. Patients are seen on

walk-in basis. No-cost screening
for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and
chlamydia. Hepatitis and herpes
testing available for fee. whitmanwalker.org.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28
THE HIV PREVENTION WORKING
GROUP of The DC Center holds its
monthly meeting to discuss ongoing
and upcoming projects. 6-7:30 p.m.
2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For
more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
THE LAMBDA BRIDGE CLUB meets

for Social Bridge. 7:30 p.m. Dignity
Center, 721 8th St. SE, across from
the Marine Barracks. No reservation
needed. 202-841-0279 if you need
a partner.
THE LATINO LGBT TASKFORCE
hosts a Town Hall meeting at The DC

Center focusing on the needs of the
local LGBT Latino community in the
areas of health, education, housing,
economic development, immigration
and public safety. Representatives
from D.C. government agencies and
AD LIB, a group for freestyle

conversation, meets about 6:30-6 p.m.,
Steam, 17th and R NW. All welcome.
For more information, call Fausto
Fernandez, 703-732-5174.


Ohio Dr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds
practice, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Garrison

Elementary, 1200 S St. NW.
dcscandals.wordpress.com.
HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH
offers Wednesday worship 7:15 a.m.

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

202-745-7000. Visit
whitman-walker.org.
HIV testing in Gaithersburg, 414
East Diamond Ave. Walk-ins 2-7 p.m.
For appointments other hours, call
Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978.
JOB CLUB, a weekly support
program for job entrants and seekers,

meets at The DC Center. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. 6-7:30 p.m. For more
info, www.centercareers.org.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers free,

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

11 a.m.-2 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite
200, Arlington. Appointments: 703789-4467.
PRIME TIMERS OF DC, social club

for mature gay men, hosts weekly
happy hour/dinner. 6:30 p.m.,
Windows Bar above Dupont Italian
Kitchen, 1637 17th St. NW. Carl,
703-573-8316. l
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Positive
Messenger
Danny Pintauro hopes his new role as an HIV

activist will put the virus back into the public light,
particularly among the LGBT community.
Interview by John Riley
but I wasnt ready. Im ready now.... Im HIV-positive.

With those words, Danny Pintauro revealed his HIV status not
only to Oprah Winfrey on her TV series Oprah: Where Are They
Now?, but to the public at large. Afterwards, Pintauro an actor
who, in his youth, played Jonathan Bower on the ABC sitcom Whos
The Boss? told People magazine that he regretted not being a
beacon of light who could act as a role model for younger LGBT
people.
Following his revelation, Pintauro was hailed for speaking
openly about his HIV status, his methamphetamine addiction
which he says contributed to his contracting the virus and his
plans to raise public awareness during a time when media attention
once lavished on HIV has waned. In what has been dubbed the
Beacon of Light tour, Pintauro has embarked on a mission to alert
the wider public and the LGBT community in particular about
the threat that HIV still poses and the importance of getting tested,
knowing ones HIV status, and seeking the appropriate treatment.
As a result of his efforts in re-energizing HIV activism, Pintauro
will be honored by Whitman-Walker Health with their Courage
Award at the 29th annual Walk to End HIV this Saturday, Oct. 24.
Pintauro who was previously interviewed by Metro Weekly in
1999 about his experience coming out as gay hopes to use the
event to gain experience for what he expects will be a year of traveling across the country.
The Beacon of Light tour is just a moniker somebody gave to
the fact that Im taking a year off to make some changes. I dont even
know what that means yet, Pintauro says. Depending on how big
the response was to this, I was literally ready, and am still ready,
to go from Pride to Pride across the country and speak to as many
people as I can.
He acknowledges that the biggest obstacles to communicating
his message are complacency, apathy and sometimes even outright
ignorance about HIV, particularly among younger members of the
LGBT community, where transmission rates are increasing.
The problem is that the younger generations dont have the
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I wanted to tell you this a long time ago,
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frame of reference, Pintauro says. For my generation, theres

still that sense of fear that people were dying, and that makes
HIV scary. So youre more likely to take care of yourself, because
you dont want to die just like those people did.
But for the younger generation, they dont have that fear,
they dont have that frame of reference, he continues. For
them, its Ill just take one pill a day and Ill be fine. What they
dont understand is: what if you dont have insurance? Can you
afford $3,000 a month for a bottle of pills? Or what if in 10 years,
you dont have insurance, suddenly youre not going to be able
to take the medication that you have been taking, youre going
to become resistant to it, and, potentially, you could die just like
everyone did in the 1980s. But explaining that to someone in
their early 20s, whos loving life and being free, is hard. So we
have to figure out a way of getting through to that generation.
Pintauro wants to deliver a wake-up call to the LGBT community. As well as reducing the stigma around the disease, he is
attempting to motivate them to become re-engaged in the fight
against it though thats not without its hardships.
There was a person on Facebook who said, Oh, look,
another gay with HIV... And I was furious that they would have
the audacity to type this out. And then I said, You know what?
Theyre kind of right. And that makes me mad, that, as a community, were letting this stereotype perpetuate.
Pintauro is calling for the gay community to return to its historical roots in organizing and grassroots activism. He points to
rallying, which were incredibly good at, as key to helping the
HIV epidemic in the 80s.
Everyone got involved, he says. Whether it was holding
signs at a rally, cold-calling politicians, or visiting people who
were sick and bringing them food. We just did this with marriage equality and Prop 8.... Can you think of a time in the last 10
years that we rallied within our community to eradicate HIV or
highlight how big a problem meth is? I dont think you can. And
thats what I mean by getting our stuff together.
METRO WEEKLY: Youre embarking on this new journey as an HIV/

AIDS awareness activist. Tell us about your initial diagnosis as
being HIV-positive.
DANNY PINTAURO: Believe it or not, I was actually scheduled for
my 6-month blood work, which I had done about two weeks
before. And I received a phone call from my doctor. Back then,
it was actually still a two-week process to get that blood work
back. So my doctor scheduled an appointment for me to come in.
I feel like I would have known if he called and said, You
need to come in, that something was wrong. But I think I
remember him telling me we needed to talk about my cholesterol, and maybe something else, to get me to come into the office,
so that I wasnt freaking out.
I walked to my doctors appointment on my lunch break and
we had that conversation, which I dont actually remember at all,
and then the next memory I have is walking back to work. I have
this vivid memory of looking up at the tall buildings in New York
City, and realizing that I would have to deal with it after work.
When I left work, I was heading home, and I got out of the
subway and was walking up my street, and it was obviously a
fateful event my best friend, in New York City, at that time,
was walking past me. And hes never in that area, so it was really
weird. We stood on the street and talked about it a little bit. And
then decided that wed all get together later that day for a meal,
to talk about it some more.
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MW: What was the aftermath of the diagnosis like?

PINTAURO: The first three or four months were awkward. I
couldnt really wallow in the corner and not do anything. I had

to go to work every day, so I did that. And then Id think about
it. And here and there, Id throw in a weekend doing more
meth, and that obviously didnt help, but I thought it did. At the
six month marker, I decided to take the summer off. I went to
Provincetown with some friends and decided to stay. While we
were there for the week, I got a job and found a place to stay
for the next three months, just in Provincetown, working at the
front desk of a hotel there. Just trying to process and not be in
New York City.
When youre in New York City, and you know, Well, I went
there with this person, and Ive done this, its just hard and
weighs heavily on your mind. And so, to go somewhere that just
doesnt have those memories, where I could think it through and
breathe, was great. After that, I was pretty good. I came back
to New York and was looking for jobs as an actor. And I was
blessed the next year to go to Kansas City and get a job in a show
called Sheer Madness. I really got to work on my craft, and I got
to focus on doing a great job and being this character, and it sort
of brought me to another place. And by then, I was really doing
pretty well with the news.
MW: Did you know how you contracted the virus?
PINTAURO: Theres obviously been lots of talk about that. I know
exactly who the person is. And Im pretty confident about when
it happened, what day, what we were doing that day. Anyone
who has seroconverted has spent endless hours looking at that
time, saying, What did I do wrong? or What could I have done
differently? or If I hadnt done this, would I be okay?
Look, I wholeheartedly admit that it could be a whole slew of
other ways to have contracted it. As soon as you throw meth into
the picture, the rules change. So I dont know for sure, Ive spent
the last bunch of years sort of feeling like that it was something that
I probably did with him orally, but it could have been anything. I
think everyone who goes through it, goes through that feeling. And
Ive had people contact me saying that they have similar stories.
And thats nice to hear. I dont know everyones truth is their
truth, and their version of their own story is their own version. Ive
spent the last 12 years having that version of the story.
I definitely know who the person was, and Im confident
that this person was not on any medications, so the one thing I
imagine is that his viral load was very high, he did a lot of drugs,
he wasnt taking really great care of himself, and that combination is not good, when you combine meth and sex and all of that.
MW: I want you to address that for a minute. You have gotten a lot
of backlash from commenters on gay and HIV-positive blogs for
saying that you contracted it orally, because it is a rarer form of
transmission than anal sex. Some people have even accused you of
fudging the details or not being honest about your activities. How
do you respond to that criticism?
PINTAURO: All along, I have never said, in any conversation, that
I am 100 percent sure thats how I contracted it. But its not
impossible, and when you throw meth into the picture, everything changes. But the idea for me thats really frustrating is:
why does it matter? We should be focusing on the bigger issues,
on the larger topic.
They say that I fudge the truth or that Im lying. Why would
I lie? If anything, it doesnt fit into the message Im trying to get
across. So, if anything, should I have changed the story to say
confidently that I was barebacking? I didnt. The frustrating part
is that I feel like the biggest blowback that Im getting is from
these people who I feel like should be on my side and helping
I know exactly who the person is. And Im pretty

confident about when it happened, what day,
what we were doing that day. Anyone who has
seroconverted has spent endless hours saying,
me through this process.
Im very new to this. Ive been doing this for 18 days. Am I
going to say all the right things at all the right times? Absolutely
not. Some of the people Ive been working with for the last few
weeks have been doing this for years, and theyre still getting
blowback from people based on the things they say. Its impossible to please everyone, especially in this age of technology,
where anyone access a blog site, or the HuffPost, or wherever.
But I feel like the biggest message Im trying to get across is
that stigma is the biggest problem when it comes to HIV still
being around. People dont want to get tested, because theyre
afraid to find out. They dont want to know, because they dont
want the stigma of being that guy. What Im finding is that the
stigma within our community is as great, if not greater, than the
stigma coming from society as a whole.
The thing about it is Ive been listening to those people, and
Ive got some really great people Im working with to help me
hone the words and what Im speaking about. Ive done a ton
of research, so I feel Ive got the knowledge behind me, and just
need to work on the words. And that comes from being a brand
new activist, and someone whos just figuring this out. The nice
part about it, though, is a lot of people have written back to those
people and said, Hey, lets just be supportive. Hes new at this.
Lets give him some slack. And thats been good, because its gotten the conversation started in another way, which is You guys
are the ones who are activists, why dont you get on his side, as
opposed to blast him all over the Internet for his word choice.
MW: Lets talk about one of the contributing factors to your seroconversion, which is drug use. How did you get started using meth,
and how did it get linked to sex?
PINTAURO: I only did meth when I was looking to have sex. For
me, it never became the kind of drug that I needed to do to
get through a work day, or because I felt like it. It was always,
Heres a great weekend. Ive got three days off. Id love to find
someone to hang out with. And Id want to find someone who
was also doing meth to hang out with, because that only made
sex so much better.
And thats the problem: meth heightens your level of sexuality, and your limits are gone. The things that may scare you about
sex are suddenly not scary. Meth makes you feel invincible. It
makes you feel really sexy and really desirable. I feel like because
the easiest way to find meth is through Grindr or any of the websites where you can hook up with people who are doing meth,
the link to sex becomes more intrinsic as well.
When I did ecstasy, I felt great, I felt sexual, but I didnt feel
more confident. I didnt feel like I had a bigger everything, or a
better this. I just felt good. But with meth, I felt bigger, better,
more confident, more capable and more desirable. Who wouldnt
want to experience that? And some of the people I know or have
encountered definitely latched onto that confidence. Maybe
theyre just not great in social situations, or dont feel like theyre
that desirable, and the first time they do meth and feel like theyre
awesome and invincible. Thats going to be alluring.
WHAT DID
I DO WRONG?
OR IF I HADNT
DONE THIS,
WOULD I BE
OKAY?
Im actually talking to someone on the internet right now,
someone who came to me through my Facebook page, and
theyre starting to have this moment it happens to a lot of people, and it definitely happened to me where you start to lose
sight of what sex without meth feels and looks like. And thats a
little scary, because you think, I dont know if I can even have
sex without meth. You start to lose that image of what sex was
like before or without meth.
Thats why counselors have to look at your sexual health just
as closely as the drug, because you need to get to a place where
you can separate the two again, where you can feel sexual and
feel healthy about your sex life, and feel good about your experience, outside of using the drug.
MW: How did you first get introduced to meth?
PINTAURO: I had just gotten out of a tumultuous relationship, and
I wanted to start exploring my bondage side. I was looking into
being submissive, and what all that meant. And it just so happens
that the person I found to do that with had meth. I didnt know it
when I went over there, but he was gorgeous, and he was exactly
what I was looking for. So I thought, Ill try it, and then had
this mind-blowing experience and wanted to do it again the next
time. Suddenly, I felt like I was willing to try anything when it
came to BDSM, and that was a great feeling.
Ive been saying that, and some people are frustrated that
Im connecting meth to the bondage community, and thats not
my intention. From my experience, theyre intertwined. But I
dont know whether thats just my experience or whether thats
a bigger problem.
The times after that, for the next three years, were a combination of knowing how good the sex was on meth, and maybe a
little bit about what was happening in my life I didnt have a
job, or was not seeing any men, or felt fat, or was feeling some
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When I did ecstasy, I felt great, I felt sexual,

but I didnt feel more confident.
WITH METH, I
FELT BIGGER,
BETTER, MORE
CONFIDENT,
MORE CAPABLE
AND MORE
DESIRABLE.
WHO
WOULDNT
WANT TO
EXPERIENCE
THAT?
depression. It depends on what was happening at the time during those years. But my initial introduction to meth was through
bondage/sex. And I feel thats true for a lot of people. Most of
the people Im connecting with now are saying that they got into
meth because of sex.
MW: Did you ever go through withdrawal?
PINTAURO: Yes, of course. For me, it can range anywhere from one
to seven days of comedown. Think of your worst alcohol hangover, and throw in a chemical content its your worst chemical
hangover. I dont know how else to describe it. It often meant five
days of just awfulness. The first two days, Id sleep, barely eat,
lose weight. And in that time, my brain chemistry is off, so Im
feeling incredibly depressed and incredibly guilty about having
done it again, and angry with myself. So it was just these five days
of awfulness. It got so bad, I would consider wanting to do the
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ness that I was going to have to go through after doing it. And that
became enough to make me want to stop doing it.
Thats not true for everyone. Look at it this way: if you dont
have as bad of a comedown from doing meth, it doesnt resonate
with you. But withdrawal comes with any drug. It never got to
a place for me where I couldnt get through a day without doing
meth. It did maintain itself as more recreational than that. But a
drug is a drug. And it should never have gotten to that point in
the first place.
MW: When we talk about engaging in risky behaviors, whether
thats drug use or unprotected sex, whatever shape it takes, is
there a mental health aspect that is being overlooked, and how do
we treat that?
PINTAURO: I definitely think there is a mental health aspect to
it. Im not informed or educated enough to delve into where it
comes from and what it means, but Im definitely seeing that in
my personal experiences.
I had a guy say to me, Im just coming out of this awful relationship, and I havent done it for years and years, but something
compelled me to want to do it again. I think thats true with
any substance abuse, alcoholism, you name it. I think some of
that mental aspect is stronger in the gay community because of
our internal struggles with being gay, in terms of our family and
friends. And maybe even our internal struggles within the community, whether thats I dont have enough friends, or I dont
have a lot of friends, or I go to a bar, and I dont ever get hit
on. Theres a whole range of feelings that could lead someone
to go down that road.
But with mental health, especially in our community, were
dealing with the issue of being gay and coming to a place where
we feel like being gay is not an issue at all. I dont think weve
gotten to that place as a community yet. A lot of people still have
issues when it comes to being gay. I also know that some people
get into drugs or alcohol because of their HIV status. If we cant
get them to a place where they dont feel that its a death sentence, or their life is over, or they cant expect to have anything
positive come from their life with HIV, were going to continue
to see that problem.
MW: Youre being given the Courage Award from WhitmanWalker Health. What does that feel like, to be honored, given your
fairly recent entrance into the world of activism?
PINTAURO: You know, Im not a confident person in general, and
Im still finding my own levels of confidence. I dont necessarily
feel like a hero. I dont want to feel like a hero. But I did a brave
thing by coming out as HIV-positive to the world. That alone
takes courage, and so I can definitely see that.
I couldnt be more honored and I couldnt be more happy that
people are recognizing my courage. But get back to me in a few
more months, once Im confident about being an activist, once I
really start to see the help Ive been giving. I already am seeing
that. Ive been talking to one guy on Facebook I wrote back
to him and he told me, I just turned someone down for getting
together to smoke crystal. And I thought, Oh my gosh. What
can we do to help you not want to do that? And we talked about
getting into a meeting, and talked about speaking with friends.
Im not qualified to talk him out of it, but I can certainly give him
some ideas of who to go to or what to do. So I can see some of
the positive changes Im making, but right now, Im honored. Im
just honored. I dont want to be a hero, I just want to be an example of what not to do. And it does take courage to admit that.
MW: Its interesting to hear you, as a former television star, say
that youre not confident. Where do you think that sense of insecurity comes from?
PINTAURO: Its really clear for me, at least. It goes back to the
years after coming off of Whos the Boss? As an actor, its been
incredibly difficult for me to ever have gotten a job again. And
believe me, Ive tried over the last 20 years. I was out of the
spotlight for six years while I finished high school and went to
college, and then I came back into the real world and tried to get
my career going again. And by that point it was child celebrity
and child celebrity whos gay and the combination at that time
was the end of your career. I feel like over the years, no matter
how far away from my child celebrity I get, it doesnt seem to be
able to go away from this scenario.
Or, maybe, I just feel like the fates have told me that Im not
supposed to be an actor. And thats fine. Maybe this is what the
fates were trying to get me to do. But inherently thats going to
create self-doubt, especially when you associate the doubt with
being a celebrity and being in the limelight. And now that Im in
it again, that doubt is sort of creeping up. Im working on it, and
Im sort of coming through it, because this is completely different. This, to me, isnt about a popularity contest.
Being a child celebrity is like a popularity contest. Its like,
are you old enough to have a fan base? And are you able to get a
job because of that fan base? Kind of like Alyssa Milano. She was
old enough to have this huge fan base, so when Charmed came
around, she was immediately considered for the role, because
they knew shed be able to bring people to the show. But I was
too young, and I wasnt even really paying attention. I wasnt the
one getting covers of teen magazines. I wasnt even trying. So the
doubt comes from that.
MW: When you recently appeared on The View to talk about your
status, the interview was criticized by many in the LGBT community who felt that Candace Cameron Bur and Raven Symon
attacked you and your husband in a way that was viewed as pozshaming or sex-shaming. Did you feel disrespected?
PINTAURO: Its complicated, because I knew all of those questions
in advance. I found out some of them were coming right before
the show. I cant expect much more from The View in the sense
that its the kind of show where controversy gets people watching. And youve got a diverse group of people who have very,
very differing opinions. You have to be prepared for all of those
opinions when you go on a show like The View. I knew that when
I said yes, even before I knew who was going to be doing the
interview with me.
What was frustrating to me was the part with my husband.
He had prepared to answer a different question, which was: On
your very first date, Daniel told you, before your first kiss, that
he was HIV-positive, and you didnt bat an eye, and were 100
percent on board because you trusted him and his character. Tell
us more. They flipped it on him at the last second and expected
him to talk about our sex life. She basically said, Do you guys
bareback? in so many words. I just was astounded that it had

happened. It threw me off enough that I wasnt ready for the
answer. Hes new to being in the spotlight. Hes well-spoken,
and really gave a great answer. I cut him off a little bit, because I
didnt know how he was going to respond, and I wanted to protect him a little bit. That was the part that was really upsetting, if
anything. For them, in the middle of a live show, to throw that at
him, was really unprofessional and unfortunate.
But I dont regret it at all, and I almost thank them for it,
because it got people talking. And it got people angry. And it got
people looking at the media and how they handle HIV. And looking at how the media still doesnt know how to handle HIV and
the conversation around it. Theyre still stuck at, Do you take
full responsibility for your actions? And Im like, Yeah, Im on
your show talking about it. I wouldnt be here if I wasnt taking
responsibility for it.
MW: Without probing into your sex life, I do want to ask you about
PrEP versus condom use. Do you think PrEP is a good thing for
serodiscordant couples?
PINTAURO: Im a huge proponent of PrEP. I have been since I first
heard about it. But Im a huge proponent of the whole conversation when it comes to PrEP. It is, technically an inoculation for
HIV, in a sense. It could literally eradicate HIV for the gay community if everyone who was negative started taking it. The thing
that needs to be said when it comes to PrEP is that you still need
to take precautions in some way, because HIV is not the only STI
going around out there, and not every STI is treatable. So you
still need to be taking care of yourself. It doesnt give you carte
blanche to have bareback sex. Thats not fair to the person youre
having sex with, and its not fair to yourself. So as long as that
part of the conversation is spoken about, Im a huge fan of PrEP.
Its going to make a huge difference in terms of the contraction
of the virus, provided that you take it consistently and you take
precautions to prevent yourself from getting other STIs.
MW: Lets talk about undetectability. What does an undetectable
status mean and what are its implications?
PINTAURO: Undetectable means that the level of the HIV virus in
[My husband] had

prepared to answer a
different question on
The View. They flipped it
on him at the last
second and said,
Do you guys bareback?
FOR THEM, IN THE MIDDLE OF A LIVE SHOW,

TO THROW THAT AT HIM, WAS REALLY
UNPROFESSIONAL AND UNFORTUNATE.
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your blood is so low that the technology we have to detect HIV

in the blood cannot detect that number. The number of copies of
HIV is so low that the machines that test the blood come back
with the undetectable answer. It doesnt mean that there isnt
any HIV in the blood, it just means that the number of copies are
so low that the machines cant tell how many copies are there.
For me, undetectable means that as someone who is HIV positive, you are taking care of yourself. It means that you know that
youre HIV-positive and youre doing something about it, not
only for yourself but the people you love.
One of the things that I had really wanted to talk about
on The View, in some way, shape or form, was being undetectable and what that means. And I ended up using their
question as the opportunity to discuss that somewhat. I
really didnt get into enough detail, and I dont think anyone really understands what it means. For me, thats one
of the big topics: being undetectable, and how it affects the
relationship. And how there arent any examples of anybody
who is undetectable passing the virus along. That should be
a part of the conversation.
Stigma is obviously a big thing in our community. If we
can get people who are HIV-positive, who are taking care of
themselves, who are taking their meds if we can get people
to a place where being undetectable isnt a scary thing, then
people might be more willing to come out and talk about being
HIV-positive. And that, inherently, is going to help the stigma
go away. I feel like HIV is the new closet. The more people who
come out and talk about being HIV-positive, and talk about taking care of themselves and their partners, that will take care of a
lot of the issues associated with that.
MW: You said that HIV is the new closet, and youve talked about
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the stigma associated with the virus. Before you met your husband,
was disclosing your status difficult and did you ever feel rejected
because of it?
PINTAURO: Of course. Youd be hard-pressed to find anyone whos
HIV-positive who hasnt had someone in the past decide not to
hang out with them. It just comes with the territory. A lot of
people are fearful of HIV, and they make the choice not to spend
time with someone whos HIV-positive. And thats fine. I cant
force them to accept me.
It compares in so many ways to being gay. Twenty years ago,
coming out as gay was very scary, because you were afraid for
your life, you were afraid everyone in your life would abandon
you, you were afraid of losing all your friends. We all know what
that list is compiled of, because weve all thought, Oh, God, if I
tell people Im gay, all this is going to happen. Were in a place
where that doesnt happen as much anymore.
The more people who come out as gay, the more likely that
a person is going to realize that their neighbor is gay, or the guy
at the cubicle next to them is gay, or the person they laugh with
at the supermarket every Saturday is gay. If you put it in the
context of someones life, it becomes much less scary and much
less taboo. If we can do the same thing with people who are
HIV-positive, the stigma will become less, because you know
someone and you care about that person.
Danny Pintauro will receive Whitman-Walkers Courage Award
at The Walk to End HIV on Saturday, Oct. 24. The event will start
and end at Freedom Plaza, located at Pennsylvania Avenue and
13th Street NW. Activities begin at 7 a.m., with a 5-kilometer timed
run starting at 9:15 a.m. and the walk at 9:20 a.m. For more information, or to register, visit www.walktoendhiv.org. l
Treating the
Whole Patient
by
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Whitman-Walker Health offers numerous

addiction-related programs and services for
individuals suffering from substance abuse
John Riley
F I HAD TO PICK A DRUG THAT WOULD BE PERfect with matching some of gay male culture, methamphetamine would be the choice, says Josh Riley, the
senior manager of Behavioral Health at Whitman-Walker
Health. Methamphetamine use is a very powerful stimulant,
compared to others. It lasts for a very long time. It makes people
feel invincible and erotic, energized. And so it pairs well with
sexual behavior. And in that sense, I think its particularly harmful to our community, and has been for years.
Rileys explanation highlights a well-documented link
between the use of stimulants and higher rates of HIV infection.
Many cases abound, most notably former child actor Danny
Pintauro, who is featured in this issue and discusses recreational
use of methamphetamines. According to Riley, stimulant use
such as cocaine or ecstasy has been common among the
LGBT community, but methamphetamine has been particularly
prominent. He estimates that among all people who eventually
seek treatment for addiction services at Whitman-Walker, about
half are methamphetamine users.
To treat those dealing with substance abuse, Whitman-Walker
has two separate facilities its 1525 building in Logan Circle and
the Max Robinson Center in Anacostia where people can seek
assistance. Among the various services that Whitman-Walker
offers are intensive and co-occurring outpatient programs, substance abuse management and harm reduction services, individu-
al psychotherapy and groups tailored to HIV-positive individuals,

gay-identified men and transgender individuals.
In Northwest, we see a lot of methamphetamine use, alcohol
use, and a lot of stimulant use, Riley says. In Southeast, our
services focus on a lot of opiate users, heroin and pills, where
we run a harm reduction-focused opiate replacement program.
Some of our programs are abstinence-focused, and some of our
programs are for people who are interested in looking at their
relationship to substances, but may not be sure they want to quit
completely, and we do not require them to.
Riley notes that an equally important part of treating addictions involves dealing not only with the substance dependence
but the underlying mental, emotional or sexual health issues
that may be fueling or related to an addiction. He also points
out that each client must be treated as an individual, with a plan
tailored to their own needs, to help them best cope with their
substance abuse in a non-judgmental manner.
Part of trying to help people come in the door is to help them
recognize that were not there to force them to stop, or scream at
them about their denial, but that ultimately, its their choices and
their goals, Riley says. Our goal as therapists and as experts is
to help shift them to a place where they have a relationship with
drugs or alcohol that works for them. We try to be as culturally
competent and as warm as we can to welcome people in to look
at their relationship to substances.
Whitman-Walkers Addictions Treatment programs are offered at its 1525 building, located at 1525 14th St. NW,
and at the Max Robinson Center, 2301 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE. For more information about addiction
services, contact the Behavioral Health Treatment Coordinator at 202-797-3539 or visit whitman-walker.org.
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Hurricane Kirk (L) and Mermaid by Susan Gott
FINELY CRAFTED
This weekends American Fine Craft Show will feature plenty of stunning handcrafted art
by Doug Rule
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE AMERICAN FINE CRAFT SHOW
Engagement boxes by Richard Rothbard
.C. IS ONE OF THE BEST MARKETS FOR FINE

crafts in the country, says Richard Rothbard of
American Art Marketing. And that market is wellserved by several renowned annual events from
the Smithsonian Craft Show and the Northern Virginia Fine
Arts Festival in the spring, to the Washington Craft Show at the
Convention Center in the fall.
When the shows producer retired after last years 27th
edition, the New York-based Rothbard seized on the opportunity. That show had acquired quite the stature in the industry,
says Rothbard, who this weekend launches the D.C. edition of
his American Fine Craft Show. The show will take place for
three days where over 190 exhibitors will present their wares,
including, a large number of the exhibitors that were in [the
Washington Craft Show] who were very, very upset that it was
going away, says Rothbard.
The American Fine Craft Show is intended to serve a wider
and younger audience than the one it replaces. This is very
nice, but I cant afford anything, Rothbard heard over and over
again about the Washington Craft Show. Im bringing in a lot
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Furniture by Peter Shepard
Glass vase by Jeffrey Pan
Watchwork by Valerie Bunnell
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of great work thats much more affordable. Things that people

can purchase for holiday shopping as well as be able to look
at something and say, gee, I could buy that. We have a lot of
affordable, fun and high-quality work.
The American Fine Craft Show features artisans who are
among the best in their fields in furniture-making, woodwork,
ceramics, glassware, leather and metal goods, painting, jewelry
and other wearable and decorative art. The artists come from
across the United States and Canada, and many have not previously exhibited in the D.C. area. All of it takes place at the DC
Armory near RFK Stadium, on the Blue-Orange-Silver Metro
Line. Its a beautiful space inside, he says, noting the feel is
almost museum-like in tone.
Rothbard, who got his start in the business as a furniture
maker in Manhattan, eventually began to make original, collectible wood boxes that he would sell at craft shows around the
country. He eventually opened An American Craftsman, a small
Ceramic tumblers by Sarah Nikitopoulus
Orange Slice by Hegland Glass
chain of galleries in New York. Hell be one of the exhibitors on

hand at this weekends show, displaying his line of rustic yet
elegant handcrafted boxes, many of which play on themes of
poetry, psychology or philosophy, often expressed in the form of
a story or a puzzle, with removable, nesting parts.
The Washington show is affiliated with the National
Museum of Women in the Arts, and a portion of the admission and Friday afternoon sales will go to the storied museum,
which has also inspired Rothbard to start an annual recognition: Craftswoman of the Year. The debut honoree is Susan
Gott, who teaches glassblowing in Tampa, Fla., and is known
for her large sculptural works. Some of them weigh thousands of pounds, he says. She does amazing things with glass.
Theres no one quite like her.
Rothbard promises Gotts booth will be one of the most spectacular, but there will be plenty of other stunning works on display. Throughout the day, artists will talk and answer questions
about their works and careers and there will even be fashion
models sporting the shows jewelry strolling the floor. Its all to
make the show a little bit more fun, a little bit more interesting,
says Rothbard.
When asked to pick a particular artist or work to highlight, he
stops at Gott. Thats an almost impossible question to answer,
he says. We have some of the top glassblowers and furniture
makers, amazing clothing and jewelry. I think its a matter of
taste. Pretty much anybody can come to our show and find something they want to own. l
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE AMERICAN FINE CRAFT SHOW
Leather works by Molly Grant
The American Fine Craft Show Washington takes place Friday,

Oct. 23, from 2 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
and Sunday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the DC Armory,
2001 East Capitol St. SE. Tickets are $22 for Fridays First Look
event, or $14 per day Saturday and Sunday, $16 for a weekend pass.
Call 202-271-1171 or visit AmericanFineCraftShowDC.com.
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Fame Fatale
Suzanne Westenhoefer paved the way for the latest generation

of female comics to be fully out in their careers
UDIENCES RIGHT NOW DONT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT POLitics! wails Suzanne Westenhoefer. If youre on stage and you say
Donald Trump, everyone boos. Theyve had enough of politics! Still,
that doesnt mean shes not political in performance. Theres a sneaky way
you do it. Youre talking about your cat or your girlfriend and then you just
sneak a little Vote for Hillary in there somewhere.
The popular (and hilarious) comic is presently enamoured with Kate
McKinnons portrayal of Hillary Clinton on Saturday Night Live. Ive
known Kate since she was on Logo, says

Westenhoefer, who brings her act to The
Birchmere on Nov. 7. She has always been
openly gay and has achieved this level of success. Just talking about Kate makes me rub
my nipples.
As the first female comic to come out of the
closet (yes, even before Ellen), Westenhoefer
paved the way for a new generation to flourish. Comics like McKinnon and Amy Schumer
represent what shes been fighting for since
her career began.
When I started in the early 90s, it was
hard for me to get on stage because I wasnt a
big name, but also because I was a lesbian. It
was a different time then. She understands
the double-edged sword that comes with having a public platform.
Oddly enough, I agree a bit with Matt
Damon, she says. We shouldnt know all
about actors personal lives. I think with
actors, its better when we dont know everything about them, because then, when we see
them, we buy into them.
But, unlike Damon, she doesnt think
actors should hide in the closet. People need
to be out because there is so much work still
to be done. Things change when celebrities
come out.
Unsurprisingly, Westenhoefer is extremely vocal about womens issues. One of the
things I care a lot about is the safety of women.
I dont want to lose Planned Parenthood. We
go over to these other countries, and bitch
and moan about how theyre treating women.
It doesnt look good if were treating them just
as shitty back here. Connor J. Hogan
Suzanne Westenhoefer appears Saturday, Nov. 7th at 7:30 p.m. at The Birchmere,
3701 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria. Tickets are $45. Visit birchmere.com.
AVENUE Q
SPOTLIGHT
2015 HALLOWEEN
HIGH HEEL RACE
What started just for fun and a little

neighborhood bonding nearly three
decades ago by a couple of JR.s
employees has now become one of
the citys most popular annual events.
Spectators start assembling in the two
and a half blocks north of JR.s as early
as the late afternoon, so dont expect to
be able to see the high-heeled sprinters
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or even much of the pre-race parade

unless you stake out a spot hours in
advance. The only way to guarantee
a good view? Show up at JR.s by 6:30
p.m. to volunteer, which gets you a
shirt and route placement. This years
event features Mayor Muriel Bowser,
BaNaka and Birdie LaCage as Grand
Marshals. Tuesday, Oct. 27, starting
with a parade at 7 p.m., with the race
promptly at 9 p.m. Outside JR.s at
corner of 17th and Church Streets
NW. Visit jrsbar-dc.com.
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Constellation Theatre Company opens

its new season, dubbed Playtime for
Grownups, with Robert Lopez and
Jeff Marxs Tony-winning musical comedy Avenue Q. Allison Arkell
Stockman directs the companys first
full-scale musical production, which is
essentially a Sesame Street for adults,
with a six-person orchestra and nine
performers in the intimate Source
space. To Nov. 23. Source, 1835 14th St.
NW. Tickets $20 to $45. Call 202-2047760 or visit constellationtheatre.org.
DAKSHINAS 12TH FESTIVAL OF

SOUTH ASIAN ARTS
Daniel Phoenix Singhs company

Dakshina presents its 12th annual
weekend of dance, music and poetry featuring artists from around
the U.S. and India, including CV
Chandrasekhar, Chitra Dasarathy,
Mallika Sarabhai, Prashant Shah
Arushi Mudgal, Rama & Dakshina
Vaidyanathan and Alif Laila as
well as the Dakshina ensemble itself,
showcasing its signature fusion work.
Friday, Oct. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 31,
at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 1, at
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High Note
Having made her Kennedy Center debut in 1986 with

Les Miz, Randy Graff returns with a one-woman cabaret
4 p.m. Atlas Performing Arts Center,

1333 H St. NE. Tickets are $20 to $50.
Call 202-399-7993 [OR 202-547-1122?]
or visit dakshina.org.
GIMME A BAND, GIMME A BANANA!

THE CARMEN MIRANDA STORY
Roberta Alves and Matt Reckeweg

direct Pointless Theatre Companys
latest experimental, multi-disciplinary
puppet theater piece, devised by Mel
Bieler and Patti Kalil, narrated through
the samba songs of the Tutti Frutti
Brazilian bombshell and emigre to the
U.S. This homage to Carmen Miranda
is presented in Capital Fringes Logan
Fringe Arts Space. Now to Nov. 14.
Logan Fringe Arts Spaces Trinidad
Theatre, 1358 Florida Ave. NE. Tickets
are $20 to $25. Call 202-733-6321 or
visit pointlesstheatre.com.
MARY GAUTHIER
Earlier this year, ABCs Nashville featured a new song written by Mary
Gauthier, performed by one of the
shows lead characters. I love the way
that they recorded it, Gauthier told
Metro Weekly about How You Learn
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To Live Alone, drawn from last years

intense breakup album Trouble and
Love. Gauthier returns to the area
next week with a show in Annapolis
with fellow Americana singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson. Wednesday,
Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at Rams Head On
Stage, 33 West St., Annapolis. Tickets
are $22.50. Call 410-268-4545 or visit
ramsheadonstage.com.
RAHEEM DEVAUGHN & LEELA

JAMES WITH V. BOZEMAN
Raheem DeVaughn, who grew up in

suburban Maryland and got his start
in D.C., teams up with fellow neo-soul
star Leela James for this Love n Soul
Experience show with an opening set
by rising chanteuse V. Bozeman, who
is so far best known as the lead female
voice in Foxs Empire. Saturday, Oct.
24, at 8 p.m. Warner Theatre, 513 13th
St. NW. Tickets are $43 to $67.50. Call
202-783-4000 or visit warnertheatredc.
com. Also Sunday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m.
Rams Head Live!, 20 Market Place,
Baltimore. Tickets are $40. Call 410244-1131 or visit ramsheadlive.com.
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COURTESY OF THE KENNEDY CENTER
HE KENNEDY CENTER IS MY FAVORITE PLACE TO

work in the U.S., crows Randy Graff. Two of the most
meaningful shows in my professional life happened there
and the Opera House is where it all began for me as a musical theater actor. The year was 1986, with the pre-Broadway American
premiere of Les Miserables. And Graff played the pivotal role
of Fantine, whose I Dreamed a Dream is one of the musicals
biggest, most heartbreaking, showstoppers. The second moment
came sixteen years later, in 2002, with A Little Night Music,
the closing production of the Sondheim Celebration festival, in
which Graff played Charlotte.
Graffs one-woman cabaret, Made in Brooklyn, will include a
nod to her KenCen roots. I am singing I Dreamed a Dream,
she notes, in honor of Les Miz. But the October 30 appearance
her fifth in the venue is mainly a tribute to the place where she
spent her childhood.
Its the story of me growing up in Brooklyn, singing on street
corners and eventually getting to Broadway, she says. Every
song I sing was either written or made famous by a Brooklynite
foremost Barbra Streisand, but so many composers, lyricists
and movie stars.
Graff has appeared in countless hits on the Great White Way,
including 1989s City of Angels, for which she won a Tony, 1992s
Falsettos and revivals of A Class Act and Fiddler on the Roof.
Through it all, shes noticed her very large gay fanbase is among
the most engaged.
Theyre the most accepting perhaps that comes from living
their own self-acceptance, she says. No matter what I do I could
fall on my face, I could crack on a high note, whatever I do, theyre
just with me for the ride. I just so appreciate it. Doug Rule
Randy Graff performs as part of the Barbara Cook

Spotlight series on Friday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m., at the
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Tickets are $50. Call
202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
RONALD K. BROWN/EVIDENCE
WITH JASON MORAN
AND THE BANDWAGON
Celebrated choreographer Ronald K.

Brown and pianist Jason Moran, the
Kennedy Centers jazz director, bring
their ensembles to perform as part of
Morans new multidisciplinary series
Jason+. The focus is The Subtle One,
a potent new work of jazz and dance
reflecting on the presence of ancestors
and their profound impact in the contemporary world. Morans Bandwagon
will also perform inspiring jazz sets
and Browns Evidence, now celebrating its 30th anniversary, includes three
classic Brown works. Wednesday, Oct.
28, through Friday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m.
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater.
Tickets are $29 to $59. Call 202-4674600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
THE APPLE FAMILY CYCLE
Studio Theatre presents the final two

plays in Richard Nelsons bold fourpart examination of a rapidly changing America. The plays Sorry, set
on Election Day 2012, and Regular
Singing, set on the 50th Anniversary
of JFKs assassination are staged in
rotating repertory and with the same

cast. In fact, its the same superb cast
that appeared in the first installment
at Studio in 2013, called the strongest,
tightest ensemble seen in several years
by Metro Weekly: Ted van Griethuysen,
Rick Foucheux, Sarah Marshall,
Elizabeth Pierotti, Kimberly Schraf and
Jeremy Webb. Serge Seiden directs.
Opens in previews Wednesday, Oct.
28, at 8 p.m. To Dec. 13. Studio Theatre,
14th & P Streets NW. Call 202-332-3300
or visit studiotheatre.org.
THE SUZANNE FARRELL BALLET
Balanchine, Bejart and the Bard adds

two pieces choreographed by George
Balanchine the Walpurgisnacht
Ballet and Emeralds to the repertoire of the Kennedy Centers in-house
ballet company, led by Balanchine
muse Suzanne Farrell. Bejarts Scene
damour, set to Berliozs Romeo and
Juliet, and Balanchines Shakespeareinspired A Midsummer Nights Dream
are also on the program featuring
The Kennedy Center Opera House
Orchestra, led by Scott Speck. Friday,
Oct. 30, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31, at 1
p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 1, at
1 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House.

Tickets are $20 to $119. Call 202-4674600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
TRACY LYNN OLIVERA:

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR
CABARET
One of Signature Theatres star performers offers a run of cabaret shows

on a Halloween theme, featuring her
renditions of classic spooky-esque
songs, from Thriller to Science
Fiction Double Feature. Opens
Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 8:30 p.m. To Oct.
31. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell
Ave., Arlington. Tickets are $35. Call
703-820-9771 or visit signature-theatre.org.
FILM
BRIDGE OF SPIES
Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, wartime drama, big budget? Color us

intrigued. Inspired by or, liberally
adapted from the 1960 U-2 incident,
in which an American spy plane was
shot down by Soviet forces, Hanks
stars as James B. Donovan, tasked
with negotiating an exchange between
the American pilot and a Soviet prisoner in bleak East Berlin. Now playing. Area theaters. Visit fandango.com.
CRIMSON PEAK
HHHHH
Lustrously photographed, and lavishly
art directed with attention to ubiquitous metaphor, Guillermo del Toros
Crimson Peak harkens to the movies
of the 40s. The dialogue is heavily
starched and delivered with meticulous precision it feels out of time
and unnatural, yet its absolutely perfect, evoking nostalgia for a time when
movies wore their artifice with pride.
If Crimson Peak has a patron saint,
its Alfred Hitchcock, with Rebecca,
Notorious and Suspicion supplying the
oxygen from which the story draws
life. Its a potent, old-school experience, with perpetual dread giving
way to isolated, shocking moments
of brutality that produce full throttle
screams. In these days of movie action
unfolding at a hyper-rapid clip, its
nice to encounter a film that takes its
time to get to its climax. Now playing. Area theaters. Visit fandango.com.
(Randy Shulman)
JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS
Its nice that Molly Ringwald and

Juliette Lewis are back on the big
screen, but this live-action take on
the 80s animated show looks awful.
Jon M. Chu directs a cast whose main
young cast includes Aubrey Peeples,
Stefanie Scott, Aurora Perrineau,
Hayley Kiyoko and Ryan Guzman.
Opening Friday, Oct. 23. Area theaters. Visit fandango.com.
JERUSALEM 3D
Benedict Cumberbatch narrates a film

offering the first-ever large format
aerial footage of the Old City and
throughout the Holy Land including
sites ranging from the Western Wall

to the Dome of the Rock to the Sea of
Galilee. This 3D film also offers eyeopening personal stories and remarkable historical perspective. Showtimes
Saturdays and Sundays to March 31.
National Geographic Museum, 1145
17th St. NW. Tickets are $7. Call 202857-7588 or visit ngmuseum.org.
STEVE JOBS
HHHHH
Steve Jobs is not a biography. Director
Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron
Sorkin dont try to capture Jobs as he
was, or define his life and his intentions. They dont paint him as a sinner or a saint. No, Jobs doesnt get
off that easily. What they did do is
adapt details from a nonfiction book
while also conjuring scenes and conversations wholesale from the makebelieve corners of their minds. Fact
and fiction, mixed together. Sorkin
has called the script an impressionistic story, more similar to a painting
than a photograph. The goal here isnt
mimicry. Its cultivation. Sorkin, the
Moneyball scribe, ditches almost every
element of conventional storytelling,
transforming Walter Isaacsons biography into a tightly focused presentation of Jobs rise, fall, and return
to Apple Computer. Its a traditional
narrative arc, of course climb the
mountain, fall into the valley, then
finally reach the summit but its
framed within three highly original
acts, which Boyle stitches together
with characteristically slick montage
work. Now playing. Area theaters.
Visit fandango.com. (Chris Heller)
THE 17TH ANNUAL ANIMATION

SHOW OF SHOWS
The American Film Institutes Silver

Theatre presents the exclusive local
screening of this annual featurelength program, this year an eclectic, international mix of 11 animated shorts including several festival
award-winners. Nine films included
in past incarnations have gone on to
win Oscars, so you could say curator
Ron Diamond, a veteran animation
producer, knows how to pick them.
Opens Friday, Oct. 23. Runs to Oct. 29.
AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville
Road, Silver Spring. Tickets are $12
general admission. Call 301-495-6720
or visit animationshowofshows.com.
THE LAST WITCH HUNTER
Breck Eisners big-budget, supernatural fantasy adventure stars Vin Diesel

as an immortal witch hunter (complete with hilariously fake beard) who
has to team up with a witch to save
us fragile humans. Meanwhile, Elijah
Wood wisecracks as his religious
sidekick. A sequel has already been
greenlit, which is only going to make it
more awkward when this (hopefully)
bombs. Opening Friday, Oct. 23. Area
theaters. Visit fandango.com.
STAGE
ANIMAL
A Studio Theatre commission from

Clare Lizzimore, this dark comedy
looks at the underside of domesticity and the thin line between sinking
and survival, from the perspective of
a woman who seems to have it all,
yet cant shake the self-doubt that
is becoming an increasingly psychological burden. Gaye Taylor Upchurch
directs a cast including Kate Eastwood
Norris, Cody Nickell, Michael Kevin
Darnall and Rosemary Regan. Closes
this Sunday, Oct. 25. Studio Theatre,
14th & P Streets NW. Call 202-3323300 or visit studiotheatre.org.
BAD DOG
A deliciously dark comedy featuring six of Washingtons greatest

actresses, including Holly Twyford,
Naomi Jacobson and Alyssa Wilmoth
Keegan, about a dysfunctional family and an intervention gone awry.
Written by Jennifer Hoppe-House,
whose television credits include
Showtimes Nurse Jackie and Netflixs
Grace and Frankie. This is Olneys
contribution to the Womens Voices
Theater Festival. Extended to Nov.
1. The Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre
Lab at Olney Theatre Center, 2001
Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, Md.
Tickets are $42. Call 301-924-3400 or
visit olneytheatre.org.
BEAUTIFUL:
THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
A tapestry or really just another

jukebox of a musical focused on
the inspiring story of this singersongwriters rise to stardom, told
through Douglas McGraths book as
well as the songs she co-wrote with
her husband Gerry Goffin and friends.
This national touring production of
the 2014 Tony-winning hit stops by
the Kennedy Center in the same year
King was feted by the institution as
a Kennedy Center Honoree. Marc
Bruni directs. Closes Sunday, Oct. 25.
Kennedy Center Opera House. Tickets
are $39 to $175. Call 202-467-4600 or
visit kennedy-center.org.
CAKE OFF
Signature presents the world-premiere of a wild musical satire about

a battle-of-the-baking-sexes starring
Sherri L. Edelen and Todd Buonopane
from Broadways Cinederella. Joe
Calarco directs the show written by
Sheri Wilner (Kingdom City), Julia
Jordan (Murder Ballad) and Adam
Gwon (Ordinary Days). To Nov. 22.
Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell
Ave., Arlington. Call 703-820-9771 or
visit signature-theatre.org.
CANT COMPLAIN
Spooky Action Theater launches

its new season with the world premiere of Christine Evanss Cant
Complain, focused on three generations of women who meet in a
hospital. Michael Bloom directs the
production, part of the Womens
Voices Theater Festival, and featuring

Cornelia Hart, Wendy Wilmer, Tonya
Beckman, Nicole Ruthmarie and
Eric M. Messner. Evans, a native of
Australia, is part of the theater faculty
at Georgetown University. Closes this
Sunday, Oct. 25. Universalist National
Memorial Church, 1810 16th St. NW.
Tickets are $25 to $35. Call 202-2480301 or visit spookyaction.org.
ERMA BOMBECK: AT WITS END
Twins Allison and Margaret Engel

(Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of
Molly Ivins) offer a pits-and-all portrait of the award-winning humorist
Erma Bombeck. Arena Stage presents a world production as part of
the Womens Voices Theater Festival
directed by David Esbjornson and featuring Barbara Chishold as Bombeck.
To Nov. 8. The Arlene and Robert
Kogod Cradle at Arena Stage, 1101 6th
St. SW. Call 202-488-3300 or visit arenastage.org.
GIRLSTAR
Billed as The Voice meets Maleficent,

the latest world-premiere musical from
Signature Theatre also sounds like a
modern-day take on Gypsy. Signature
co-founder Donna Migliaccio stars as
a legendary record producer searching
for the next international sensation in
Anton Dudley and Brian Feinsteins
pop-oriented Girlstar. Now in previews. Pride Night is Nov. 13. Runs
to Nov. 15. Signature Theatre, 4200
Campbell Ave., Arlington. Tickets are
$35. Call 703-820-9771 or visit signature-theatre.org.
NEW ADVENTURES
OF DON QUIXOTE
GALA Hispanic Theatre has commissioned a world premiere by Patricia

Suarez and Cornelia Cody offering
more comic and touching adventures of the beloved Spanish knight
and presented for the entire family
as part of its GALita program. Cody
directs this bilingual production of
Nuevas aventuras de Don Quijote, starring Roberto Colmenares as Quijote
and Omar Alexander as his sidekick
Sancho Panza, and celebrating the legacy of Miguel de Cervantes, whose Don
Quijote de La Mancha is considered
the first modern novel and a classic of
Western literature. Saturday, Oct. 24,
Saturday, Oct. 31, and Sunday, Nov.
1, at 3 p.m. GALA Theatre at Tivoli
Square, 3333 14th St. NW. Tickets are
$10 to $12. Call 202-234-7174 or visit
galatheatre.org.
THE MAGIC TREE
Ursula Rani Sarmas story of love born

in a very dark place examines why
good people do bad things and repeat
the mistakes of the past. Matthew J.
Keenan and Colin Smith jointly direct
Keegan Theatres contribution to the
Womens Voices Theater Festival and
featuring Brianna Letourneau, Chris
Stinson, Scott Ward Abernethy and
Ryan Tumulty. To Nov. 13. Keegan
Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW. Tickets
are $25 to 36. Call 703-892-0202 or
visit keegantheatre.com.
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TINY ISLAND
The Washington Stage Guild offers

a production of Michael Hollingers
bittersweet comedy Tiny Island, an
ode to movie theaters of yore. Bill
Largess directs a cast featuring Laura
Giannarelli and Lynn Steinmetz portraying sisters in the early 80s struggling over the fate of the familys movie
theater as video stores encroach and
cable TV looms. Closes this Sunday,
Oct. 25. Undercroft Theatre of Mount
Vernon United Methodist Church,
900 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Tickets
are $40 to $50. Call 240-582-0050 or
visit stageguild.org.
UPRISING
For its contribution to the region-wide

Womens Voices Theater Festival,
Alexandrias Metro Stage presents the
rolling world premiere of Uprising,
inspired by true tales from playwright
Gabrielle Fultons great-grandmother.
Thomas W. Jones II directs this play
with music, led by William Knowles,
exploring notions of freedom and sacrifice, family and community, and set in
the aftermath of John Browns raid on
Harpers Ferry. Closes this Sunday, Oct.
25. MetroStage, 1201 North Royal St.,
Alexandria. Tickets are $55 to $60. Call
800-494-8497 or visit metrostage.org.
MUSIC
ANTIGONE RISING
You may have seen bass guitarist

Kristen Ellis-Henderson on the cover
of Time magazine kissing her wife,
Sarah Kate Ellis-Henderson the
head of GLAAD who also recently
graced Metro Weeklys cover in a
celebration of marriage equality. Next
Saturday, Oct. 24, Kristen joins her
bandmates, including her sister Cathy
Henderson, in another show this year
at Jammin Java. The all-lesbian country/rock quartet is touring in support of the album Whiskey & Wine
- Volume 2. Saturday, Oct. 24, at 6
p.m. Jammin Java, 227 Maple Ave. E.
Vienna. Tickets are $17. Call 703-2553747 or visit jamminjava.com.
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Joshua Weilerstein makes his debut

leading the BSO alongside YouTube
sensation Valentina Lisitsa, performing Mozarts passionate Piano
Concerto No. 20. Also on the program is Mendelssohns Symphony No.
3 Scottish and Christopher Rouses
Prosperos Rooms, a new work by the
Baltimore native channeling the gothic energy of Edgar Allan Poes Masque
of the Red Death.
Friday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m., and Sunday,
Oct. 25, at 3 p.m. Joseph Meyerhoff
Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St.,
Baltimore. Also Saturday, Oct. 24, at 8
p.m. Music Center at Strathmore, 5301
Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda.
Tickets are $20 to $99. Call 410-7838000 or visit bsomusic.org.
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CATHERINE RUSSELL
An NPR critic recently touted this

Grammy-winning jazz vocalist, the
daughter of swing jazz veteran Carline
Ray and Louis Armstrongs music
director Luis Russell, as one who is
claiming her place in the pantheon of
21st Century jazz divas. Friday, Oct.
30, at 8 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap,
1635 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are
$22 to $25. Call 877-WOLFTRAP or
visit wolftrap.org.
CECILY BUMBRAY
Young soprano and D.C. native Cecily

Bumbrays sound is rooted in a deep
appreciation for mid-century soul and
jazz, 90s R&B and re-imagined folk.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
Tickets are $20, plus $12 minimum
purchase. Call 202-337-4141 or visit
bluesalley.com.
CHUS & CEBALLOS
Chus Esteban and Pablo Ceballos,

who perform as Chus & Ceballos,
one of the worlds best progressive
house acts, return once again to control arguably the citys best sound and
lighting system, at Flash. The gaypopular straight Spaniards just cant
seem to get enough of the enthusiastic response theyve gotten the previous three times from the mixed gay/
straight crowd they always attract to
the intimate space. Friday, Oct. 30, at
10 p.m. Flash Nightclub, 645 Florida
Ave. NW. Tickets are $$20. Call 202827-8791 or visit flashdc.com.
DUKE DUMONT
Part of a strong, young British crop

of soul-informed deep house DJs/producers also including Disclosure and
Gorgon City, Duke Dumont has had
some impressive early success, as his
first two singles both reached the top of
the charts in the U.K. and also snagged
back-to-back dance Grammy nominations. First was Need U (100%) featuring the Sierra Leone-born British
singer A*M*E, and next came his
song I Got U featuring producer Jax
Jones and vocalist Kelli-Leigh in an
inspired interpolation and homage to
Whitney Houstons My Love Is Your
Love. After a show at the 9:30 Club
just this past April, Dumont returns
to DJ a Club Glow party at Echostage.
Saturday, Oct. 24. Doors at 9 p.m.
Echostage, 2135 Queens Chapel Rd.
NE. Tickets are $25. Call 202-503-2330
or visit echostage.com.
EVGENY KISSIN
Washington Performing Arts presents this Grammy-winning virtuosic

pianist in his last D.C. performance
before a planned touring hiatus until
2018. The program includes classic
favorites by Mozart, Beethoven and
Brahms as well as works by 19th- and
20th-century composers Isaac Albeniz
and Joaquin Larrela. Wednesday, Oct.
28, at 8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert
Hall. Tickets are $45 to $135. Call 202467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
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JOAN ARMATRADING
Years ago this British bluesy-pop singer-songwriter, who had a couple hits
in the 70s, toured as part of Cyndi
Laupers pro-LGBT True Colors Tour.
But this year Joan Armatrading has
been making the rounds on her final
world tour before retiring. Her last
performances at the Barns at Wolf
Trap will feature Ohio-based husband-and-wife duo of singer Marti
Jones and producer/musician Don
Dixon. Saturday, Oct. 31, and Sunday,
Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m. The Barns at Wolf
Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets
are $85 to $95. Call 877-WOLFTRAP
or visit wolftrap.org.
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC
Victoria Gau conducts the National

Philharmonic Chorale and soloists in
a Halloween night program of Bach
Favorites. Saturday, Oct. 31, at 8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301
Tickets are $xx. Call 301-581-5100 or
visit strathmore.org.
NATIONAL SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA WITH LANG LANG
Conservatory of Music. The latter, a

nationally accredited community music
school for students of all ages, presents members of Verge in a one-hour
Piano Plus Concert featuring three
new works for marimba, violin, cello,
electronics and piano, by composers
including Marc Mellits, Steve Antosca
and Dan Visconti. Sunday, Oct. 25, at
4 p.m. Westmoreland Congregational
Church, 1 Westmoreland Circle.
Bethesda. Suggested donation of $20.
Call 301-320-2770 or visit washingtonconservatory.org.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA
A few weeks before WNO presents

the revised version of Philip Glasss
Appomattox, WNO offers a preview
as part of the free nightly Millennium
Stage programming. Members of
the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist
Program will perform songs and readings from both the Civil War and Civil
Rights Era, in addition to an excerpt
from the opera. Thursday, Oct. 29, at
6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage. Free. Call 202-467-4600 or visit
kennedy-center.org.
Christoph Eschenbach conducts

the NSO with this superstar pianist in a program including Griegs
Piano Concerto as well as Wagners
Tannhauser Overture and Dvoraks
Symphony No. 8. Thursday, Oct. 28,
at 7 p.m., and Friday, Oct. 30, and
Saturday, Oct. 31, at 8 p.m. Kennedy
Center Concert Hall. Tickets are $25
to $99. Call 202-467-4600 or visit
kennedy-center.org.
YUNA
STRANGE TALK
DANCE
The 9:30 Club presents the D.C. debut

of this new Phoenix-esque synth-pop
Aussie act led by singer/keyboardist Stephen Docker, who is a former
classical violinist with the Australian
Youth Orchestra, and also featuring
DJ/bassist Gerard Sidhu, drummer
Travis Constable and guitarist/keyboardist Gillian Gregory.
Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. U Street
Music Hall, 1115A U St. NW. Tickets
are $16. Call 202-588-1880 or visit
ustreetmusichall.com.
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE
A 15th Anniversary Tour in which the

group performs The Beginning Stages
of in its entirety as well as some
deep cuts, choice covers and some
other surprises. Telegraph Canyon
joins in the festivities. Monday, Oct.
26, at 8 p.m. Rams Head On Stage,
33 West St., Annapolis. Tickets are
$39.50. Call 410-268-4545 or visit
ramsheadonstage.com. Also Sunday,
Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m. The Birchmere,
3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.
Tickets are $35. Call 703-549-7500 or
visit birchmere.com.
VERGE ENSEMBLE
After 42 years as the New Music

Ensemble-in-Residence
at
the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washingtons
oldest contemporary music organization recently announced its new
affiliation with the Washington
Malaysias first international pop star,

whose music has featured on So You
Think You Can Dance, returns to the
area for two shows that come a year
after a stirring double-bill concert at
Lisner Auditorium. Saturday, Oct. 24,
at 8 p.m. Rams Head On Stage, 33
West St., Annapolis. Tickets are $25.
Call 410-268-4545 or visit ramsheadonstage.com.
CAMILLE A. BROWN & DANCERS
Black Girl: Linguistic Play uses AfricanAmerican social dancing, rhythmic

play and mesmerizing movement to
explore the complexities of carving
out a positive identity as a black female
in an urban American culture that is
racially and politically charged. A leading voice in contemporary American
dance, Camille A. Browns exuberant
choreography and restless curiosity
will be on display at the University of
Marylands Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center as part of its 2015-2016
Visiting Artists Series. Friday, Oct.
23, at 8 p.m. The Clarice, University
Boulevard and Stadium Drive in
College Park. Tickets are $25. Call 301405-ARTS or visit theclarice.umd.edu.
KRASNOYARSK NATIONAL DANCE

COMPANY OF SIBERIA
From fierce Cossack bravado to charming peasant traditional dances, this

troupe of 50 dancers offers folk dance
as a streaming choreographic symphony, in a colorful, joyful display of the
many cultures that make up Siberia.
Krasnoyarsk was founded more than
50 years ago by Mikhail Godenko, one
of the former Soviet Unions leading
ballet masters. Sunday, Oct. 25, at 4
p.m. Music Center at Strathmore, 5301
Tickets are $32 to $72. Call 301-5815100 or visit strathmore.org.
COMEDY
ADAM LOWITT
An award-winning co-executive producer for Comedy Centrals The Daily

Show with Jon Stewart, Adam Lowitt
is only starting to become better
known as a stand up act maybe you
caught him on John Olivers New York
Stand Up Show on Comedy Central.
The Kennedy Center is the latest to
give Lowitts stand-up a boost, via its
Comedy at the Kennedy Center series.
Sunday, Nov. 1, at 6 p.m. Kennedy
Center Terrace Theater. Tickets are
free, distributed in the lobby starting
at approximately 5:30 p.m. Call 202467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
READINGS
A STORY LEAGUE HALLOWEEN
Scary League is the name of this

months event from D.C. storytelling
outfit Story League. This Millennium
Stage performance includes a costumed comedy-story show featuring
artists from all over, as well as magic
tricks, treats and other surprises. Oct.
31, at 8 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace
Theater. Tickets are free, distributed
up to two per person in the States
Gallery starting at approximately 5:30
p.m.. Call 202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
AWKWARD SEX...AND THE CITY
Comedians from New York relive their

most awkward sex/dating/relationship moments on stage at this raunchy storytelling event, which returns
to D.C. after two previous sold-out
shows. Natalie Wall hosts this show
featuring, among others, Carly Ann
Filbin of Upright Citizens Brigade,
Bobby Hankinson of Towleroad and
Emmy Harrington of Reno! 911. A
portion of proceeds benefit Planned
Parenthood. Friday, Oct. 23. Doors at
8 p.m. Bier Baron Tavern, 1523 22nd
St. NW. Tickets are $20. Call 202-2931887 or visit inlovewithbier.com.
ZAHI HAWASS
Pyramids, Mummies and Cleopatra:

Recent Discoveries is the focus of a
discussion at National Geographic,
presented in collaboration with the
Embassy of Egypt and the Egyptian
Tourism Authority, led by this
renowned archaeologist, who is a former minister of antiquities in Egypt.
Hawass, author of the book Discovering
Tutankhamun: From Howard Carter to
DNA, will offer an up-to-date insiders look at captivating archaeological
stories from Egypts past, bolstered
by modern technology that is actually helping to reveal ancient secrets
in archeology. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at
2 p.m. National Geographic Societys
Gilbert H. Grosvenor Auditorium, 1600
M St. NW. Tickets are free but required.
Call 202-857-7700 or visit nglive.org or
events.nationalgeographic.com.
GALLERIES
A JOURNEY FROM CIVIL WAR TO
CIVIL RIGHTS
Tied to next months revised version

of Philip Glass opera Appomattox,
the Washington National Opera presents a related photo exhibit also commemorating the 50th anniversary of
the Voting Rights Act as well as the
sesquicentennial of the end of the
Civil War. The exhibit was curated by
Journey Through Hallowed Ground,
named after the 180-mile-long,
75-mile wide National Heritage Area
stretching from Gettysburg, Penn.,
to Thomas Jeffersons Monticello in
Charlottesville, Va. Through Nov. 29.
Kennedy Center Hall of Nations. Free.
Call 202-467-4600 or visit kennedycenter.org.
CHAMBER MUSIC: THE LIFE

AND LEGACY OF
ELIZABETH SPRAGUE COOLIDGE
In honor of the 150th anniversary of

her birth, the Library of Congress
presents a new exhibition about the
woman who supported establishment
of the institutions first music venue,
the intimate, finely tuned Coolidge
Auditorium that required an act of
Congress but finally opened in 1925.
An accomplished pianist and avid composer, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidges
passion was chamber music and her
mission was to make it more widely
available and accessible by sponsoring
concert tours around the world and

commissioning new works. The exhibit features 40 items, most drawn from
the Coolidge Foundation Collection at
the Library, which holds the worlds
largest music collection. Through Jan.
23. Performing Arts Reading Room
Gallery in The Library of Congresss
James Madison Memorial Building,
101 Independence Ave. SE. Call 202707-8000 or visit loc.gov/exhibits.
COLIN WINTERBOTTOM:
SCALING WASHINGTON
Celebrated local gay photographer

Colin Winterbottoms debut museum
exhibition features stunning, largescale images of the post-earthquake
restoration of the Washington
Monument and Washington National
Cathedral. Through Jan. 3. National
Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. Call
202-272-2448 or visit nbm.org.
COMMEMORATING
CONTROVERSY: THE DAKOTA-U.S.
WAR OF 1862
The National Museum of the American

Indian presents a provocative exhibition exploring a decision by President
Abraham Lincoln to order the hanging
of 38 Dakota men. The mass hanging was a culminating step in a war
between natives in southern Minnesota
and the U.S. military and immigrant
settlers that left deep wounds still to
heal over 150 years later. Through Dec.
29. National Museum of the American
Indian, Independence Avenue at 4th
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Street SW. Call 202-633-1000 or visit

nmai.si.edu.
8th St. NW. Cover is $10. Call 202403-3669 or visit dcdd.org.
INGENUE TO ICON: HILLWOODS

FASHION EXHIBITION
LA-TI-DO
Subtitled 70 Years of Fashion from the

Collection of Marjorie Merriweather
Post, the Hillwood Museum offers
a special exhibition focused on the
elegant fashions and sumptuous fabrics documenting the evolution of 20th
Century fashion and all drawn, naturally, from the late Hillwood owner
who gave the place so much style.
Through Dec. 31. Hillwood Estate,
4155 Linnean Ave. NW. Tickets are
$18. Call 202-686-5807 or visit hillwoodmuseum.org.
MICHELLE PETERSON-ALBANDOZ:
NEW WORK
Long View Gallery offers another show
from Michelle Peterson-Albandoz, the
Chicago-based lesbian artist whose
large, hanging-wood sculptures are
made from reclaimed wood, often
found in dumpsters and back alleys.
Her latest work on display includes
a moon made out of slats of brownand white-painted wood and American
flags placed under wooden lattices.
Closes this Sunday, Oct. 25. Long View
Gallery, 1234 9th St. NW. Call 202-2324788 or visit longviewgallery.com.
SKELETONS: EXPLORING UNDER

THE SURFACE
Alexandrias rather quirky gallery Del

Ray Artisans presents a Halloweenpegged exhibition that goes beyond
predictable displays of animal and
human skeletons to also include 2D
and 3D artworks in a range of mediums. All of them dig deeper to discover
whats under there, examined literally and figuratively. Through Nov. 1.
Del Ray Artisans in the Nicholas A.
Colasanto Center, 2704 Mount Vernon
Ave. Alexandria. Call 703-731-8802 or
visit thedelrayartisans.org.
THE BIG HOPE SHOW
Baltimores American Visionary Art

Museum offers its 21st annual exhibition, featuring over 25 artists offering
works in various media that champion the radiant and transformative
power of hope. Its an original and
unabashedly idealistic exhibition,
curated by Rebecca Alban Hoffberger,
founder and director of this original
and unabashedly unusual 20-yearold museum. Through Sept. 4, 2016.
American Visionary Art Museum, 800
Key Highway. Baltimore. Tickets are
$15.95, or $20 for the preview party.
Call 410-244-1900 or visit avam.org.
ABOVE AND BEYOND

D.C.S DIFFERENT DRUMMERS:
DCDD DOES DRAG VI
Yes We Can...Can is the theme for

this years annual drag benefit by local
gay marching band D.C.s Different
Drummers. A raffle will also be part of
the festivities. Sunday, Oct. 25. Doors
at 7 p.m. Town Danceboutique, 2009
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Regie Cabico and Don Mike

Mendozas La-Ti-Do variety show is
neither karaoke nor cabaret. In addition to higher-quality singing than
most impromptu karaoke, Cabico and
co-host Mendoza also select storytellers who offer spoken-word poetry and
comedy. Held at James Hobans on
Dupont Circle, the shows in October
feature Chris Sizemore, one of the
most valued if underrated players in
D.C.s musical theater scene, a regular
star at Signature Theatre especially,
plus the newly formed American Pops
Orchestra and the National Broadway
Chorus, both led by Luke Frazier.
Monday nights at 8 p.m. James
Hobans Irish Restaurant & Bar, 1
Dupont Circle NW. Tickets are $15, or
only $7 if you eat dinner at the restaurant beforehand. Call 202-223-8440
or visit latidodc.wix.com/latidodc.
POTTERY ON THE HILL SHOW

AND SALE
Sixteen of the nations top ceramic

artists collaborate in this unusual pottery show, offering something for both
the most avid pottery collector and
the casual observer from table platters to fanciful mugs to cooking pots.
There are five potters from Virginia
and one from Maryland, but most
are from farther afield New York,
Massachusetts, North Carolina and
even Minnesota. Preview Reception
is Friday, Oct. 30, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Show is Saturday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 1, from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Hill Center, Old Navy
Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE.
Tickets to the preview reception is
$25 in advance, or $30 at the door,
and includes complimentary hors
doeuvres and refreshments served;
the show itself is free. Call 202-5494172 or visit HillCenterDC.org.
RAVENS NIGHT
The fourth annual event promises to

have plenty of appeal with its supernatural theme. The wide-ranging
show is rooted in Bella Donnas primary work as a tribal fusion bellydance performer and teacher, as
well as her background as a medieval
re-enactor. It also encompasses other
forms of dance, performance art and
music, with performers from all over
the country. In many ways, not least
because the audience is encouraged
to dress up, Ravens Night is the sort
of event youre only going to experience around Halloween and its
name is an homage to Baltimores
master of macabre, Edgar Allan Poe.
Saturday, Oct. 24, starting with a preshow All-Hallows Exposition carnival at 5:30 p.m., before the main
Cabaret Melancholia at 7:30 p.m.
The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon
Ave., Alexandria. Tickets are $25. Call
703-549-7500 or visit
birchmere.com. l
stage
Naked and Afraid

The Shakespeare Theatre
Companys Salom is a challenge
on several fronts, but its
one you consider accepting
by KATE WINGFIELD
SCOTT SUCHMAN
HIGH-CONCEPT INTERPRETATION, ALMOST

to the point of being performance art, Yael
Farbers adaptation of the biblical story of Salom
(HHHHH) is a dream-like riff that mixes the
historical, the metaphorical and the speculative. It is an uncompromisingly earnest reflection on the intersection between this
womans embodiment, literal and otherwise, of personal activism and the oppression of herself and her people.
It is also, truth be told, the kind of theater that turns people off.
Between the leaden tone and the slow-motion movements
of the ensemble forming themselves into tableaux, there will
be many an eye roll. Throw in the accusatory narrator sitting
with legs feminist-akimbo, the effete pair of Jewish high priests

striking poses, and Pontius Pilate (in a variation on Hellraisers
maxi-skirt) delivering historical expository text-book style, and
feet will begin to shuffle.
And for those with a tendency to giggle in church (or
synagogue), there is the very real danger of an evening of
marathon suppression. Not only do many of the techniques
here beg to be mentally spoofed, Yeshua the Madman is painfully reminiscent of Terry Gilliams Patsy in Monty Python
and the Holy Grail.
But and its a big but there are also the extraordinary,
and at times exquisitely mournful, voices of Lubana Al Quntar
and Tamar Ilana, whose singing invites the mind to wander and
reflect on Farbers themes. There are often beautiful moments,
when movement director Ami Shulman gives the actors hauntingly exotic shapes and designs. There is scenic designer Susan
Hilfertys highly effective and thoughtful use of sand, water
and a circulating stage, which combines with Donald Holders
gloomy lighting to symbolize the overlap between ritual and
reality. And there is the visually arresting figure of Salom,
played with tremendous physical competence and a feverishly
searching energy by Nadine Malouf, as she embodies Farbers
concept of a woman politicized and political, terrorized and yet
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capable of bringing terror.

The mood and place created by all of these elements, if you
are open to them, can lead to interesting contemplations: how
history has shaped the Jewish experience; the fertile landscape
of womens bodies and how they mirror life-giving land; the
tension between progress and tradition; the annihilation of the
abused soul and its struggle to rebirth; the desperate places from
which madness and sometimes courage grow.
So where does all this leave the average theatergoer?
It depends on ones mood. Salom is a thesis wrapped in
high-concept theatrics. If you can enjoy the process of agreeing or disagreeing with Farbers premise, then you will likely
also appreciate the artful way in which the playwright makes
her points. If anything approaching performance art and the
phrase feminine narrative make you balk, it will be a long 90
intermission-less minutes.
Still, it is impossible not to appreciate the cohesive and
engaged ensemble who deliver, if not a conventional drama of
emotion, then certainly a spiritual potency. Aside from a memorable Salom, Olwen Fouere as the Nameless Woman and narrator sources an eternal kind of anger as she carries the story over
Farbers rocky and sometimes mysterious terrain. Her accusatory stare is relentless, but taken conceptually, it makes much
sense. Of the other players, Yuval Boim delivers an appealingly
strange and exotic Caiaphas, one of the high priests, and adds
much to the tableau with his expressive physicality.
Most unusual and affecting of all, however, is Ramzi Choukairs
Iokanaan, aka John the Baptist. Wild of beard and half-naked he
may be, but Choukairs Iokanaan walks and talks and questions
with a palpable realness that transcends Farbers construct. As
he paces and speaks, translated by others, he evokes an essential
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saneness and humanity amidst the madness. His moments with

Salom might easily have turned into a caricature of attraction or
holiness, but Choukair makes his Iokanaan, subtlety and without
fanfare, a real and practical man. A man who Salom might, in
another lifetime, have loved. It doesnt mean they would have
loved that is far too much the fairy tale for Farber but it does
give him the fragile, palpable pulse of life and it makes Saloms
later request for his death that much more affecting. At least as far
as Farbers interpretation allows it.
How real, or surreal, the human relationships are is one of
her many choices here all with costs and benefits. Another is
Farbers strategic use of nudity. Although it is always possible
to argue the artistic merits of getting naked on stage that it
represents the stripping away of various metaphorical layers or
reveals human vulnerabilities it is almost impossible to pull off.
The reality is that in the vast majority of cases, nudity immediately and irrevocably breaks the fiction. It works only in the most
finely-honed contexts. Even if the playwright or director wants
it to break the fiction, it must be set up with the greatest of care.
Here, as brave and focused as the actor is and as much as
Farber wants to manifest the concept of baptism and challenge
our relationship with the female form, it serves only to distract.
Put another way, the intellectual aspects may be important and
compelling, but if they vanish as soon as one starts wondering
where the razors were in the First Century ACE, then all is lost.
It also begs another, rather cheeky, question: if the nudity has to
be real, then why not the beheading?
Salom runs to November 8 at the Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St.
NW. Tickets are $44 to $118. Call 202-547-1122 or visit
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music
Artistic Renewal
Unbreakable is a welcome
return and return to
form for Janet Jackson
by GORDON ASHENHURST
ANET JACKSON LAST RELEASED AN ALBUM

seven years ago. With that kind of break and
the threat of newer, younger peers Unbreakable
couldnt be anything less than Jackson at her best.
Thanks to legendary studio wizards Jimmy Jam and Terry
Lewis, Unbreakable (HHHHH) does the unthinkable. Jackson
has bared her soul, allowing her music to speak for itself and
she pulls it off, quietly upstaging her peers and casually deliv-
ering an impressive return to form.

If Jacksons famously filthy interludes and pornorific, melody-free ballads are a daunting prospect, The Great Forever
would be a wise place to start. Revving up guitars and adding
vocal grit (casual fans would be forgiven for thinking she sounds
like Michael here), the song leans hard on funk-tinged rock.
Its also her biggest burst of pop since 2001s All For You a
worthwhile comparison, as it basks in a personal growth notably
absent from the latter tracks eponymous album.
Impressively, she easily maintains this revelatory momentum.
With Shoulda Known Better, Jackson concocts a cascade of
shimmery surfaces around her richly vulnerable falsetto. Jam and
Lewis unleash some incredible sounds here, including a subtle
and seamless shift into a throbbing disco rhythm. Along with Miss
Jacksons soft, whispery timbre, the sonic wallop is undeniable.
With equally grand atmospherics, Take Me Away is glorious.
Cooing clichs, the precisely-produced track is immersing stuff.
Pensive ballad Lessons Learned is more airy breeze than
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structured song. This soft and intimate approach allows Janets

murmured vocals to come to the fore. Its so atypical of what is
on offer here and all the more memorable because of it. Black
Eagle is another feathery and faintly audible vocal turn, but in
this instance it fails to find flight. Jam and Lewis seldom put a
foot wrong on this album in many ways upstaging Janet herself so disparate moments such as this (like the singers more
quiet vocal turns) barely register. The tender touch works better
on After You Fall, a ballad more delicately arranged than some
of her familys noses, and it might just be the most compassionate song of her career.
Much of the album is committed to laid-back dance grooves.
Broken Hearts Heal is a prime example, with its swishy,
lounge-esque, genre-melding disco. Her soulful vocal quiver is
so absorbed into the rhythm (or over-processed, you decide),
that it almost sounds like an air-vent. Never credited as an
amazing singer, Jackson sure knows how to make the most of
her voice.
Slow-burner No Sleep was no accidental choice for lead
single. Burning from the same candle as Thats The Way Love
Goes, the video is itself a reference to her sublime 90s highlight
(its only a shame J-Lo didnt re-create her role as anonymous
dancing friend in the promo clip).
Great grooves abound. Somewhere between a sigh and a
song, Night is a lo-fi dance track with a sinewy bass, giving it
plenty of bite. Every fluttering production essence, mixed with
the whisper-vapour vixen herself, escalates into a deceptively
lavish finish. It is an approach that dictates much of this album.
Dammn Baby has a thick, juicy bass you can sink your teeth
into, with Jacksons dental floss vocals threading through the
production. Needless to say, if you dont get into this, you prob-
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ably have an aversion to enjoying yourself. Its no dancefloor

beast, but it does deserve to make your speakers bounce off the
walls and have the neighbours banging the walls to make you
turn it down (Jacksons No Sleep policy isnt for everyone,
after all). 2 Be Loved is another bass-driven dollop of disco
minimalism, akin to Chris Browns Loyal. Instead of appearing
to chase after trends, the composition is so intrinsically Janet
Jackson, its as if the sound could belong to no other.
An early promotional item for the album, Burnitup enlists
former Son of A Gun helpmate Missy Elliott, though her illfitting battle cries fail to ignite beyond a flicker. Be grateful its a
brief cameo. However, with club-centric beats that slam notably
harder its sprightly and infectious.
Something of a cheesy but welcome refill for the soul,
Well Travelled is tinged with country, folk and gospel. Its
impossible not to imagine Jackson, with her equator-stretching
Cheshire Cat grin, toasting marshmallows around a campfire
with her friends while having a sing-along to this. All thats
missing is her trademark giggle maybe she really has grown
up, after all. A happy song about not being sad, its shallow, but
the sentiment of acceptance and closure is nicely enhanced by its
placing at the tail end of the album. However, she chose to close
with the jarringly jaunty Gon B Alright. The jacked up, retrofunk tempo is too nakedly contrived to convince, and Bruno
Mars wont be losing any sleep over it.
Ultimately, Unbreakable should restore Jacksons reputation
for purely-expressed popular music. Her depth of feeling here is
far more provocative than someone from N*Sync pretending to
accidentally expose her nipple piercing, and long may such soulbaring continue. Unbreakable is Janet Jacksons long-overdue
artistic renewal. l
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NIGHT
LIFE
LISTINGS
THURS., 10.22.15
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection
Music videos featuring
DJ Wess
ANNIES/ANNIES
UPSTAIRS
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $6 Call
Martini, $3 Miller Lite,
$4 Rail, $5 Call, 4-9pm
$3 Rail Drinks, 10pmmidnight, $5 Red Bull,
Gatorade and Frozen
Virgin Drinks Locker
Room Thursday Nights
DJs Sean Morris and
MadScience Ripped Hot
Body Contest at midnight,
hosted by Sasha J. Adams
and BaNaka $200 Cash
Prize Doors open 10pm,
18+ $5 Cover under 21
and free with college ID
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Happy Hour, 8-10pm $3
Domestic, $4 Rail, $5 Call
Jock Night specials for men in jocks
Thursday Night Football on
big screen
FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
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VelvetNation with DJ Billy Carroll
at Town
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GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Ladies Drink Free Power
Hour, 4-5pm Shirtless
Thursday, 10-11pm DJs
BacK2bACk
JR.S
All You Can Drink for $15,
5-8pm $3 Rail Vodka
Highballs, $2 JR.s drafts,
8pm-close Throwback
Thursday featuring rock/
pop retro hits
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Beat the Clock Happy Hour
$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
$4 (7-8pm) Buckets of
Beer $15 Drag Bingo
NUMBER NINE
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm No Cover
$4 Drinks and $3 Draughts,
6-9pm
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Shirtless Thursday DJ
Tim-e in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+
FRI., 10.23.15
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink,
5-9pm Friday Night
Videos with resident DJ
Shea Van Horn VJ
Expanded craft beer selection No Cover
ANNIES
Martinis Upstairs open,
5-11pm
COBALT/30 DEGREES
All You Can Drink Happy
Hour $15 Rail and
Domestic, $21 Call &
Imports, 6-9pm Guys
Night Out Free Rail
Vodka, 11pm-Midnight, $6
Belvedere Vodka Drinks all
night DJ MadScience
upstairs DJ Keenan Orr
downstairs $10 cover
10pm-1am, $5 after 1am
21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
NUMBER NINE
Open 5pm Happy Hour:
2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover
DC EAGLE
Happy Hour, 6-10pm
Beltway Bears on Club Bar
$2 Draughts
TOWN
DC Bear Crue Happy
Hour, 6-11pm $3 Rail,
$3 Draft, $3 Bud Bottles
Free Pizza, 7pm No
cover before 9:30pm
21+ Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by Lena
Lett and featuring Miss
Tatianna, Shi-QueetaLee, Epiphany B. Lee
and BaNaka DJ Wess
upstairs, DJs BacK2bACk
downstairs GoGo Boys
after 11pm Doors open
at 10pm For those 21
and over, $10 For those
18-20, $15 18+
FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Smirnoff, all flavors, all
night long BOOM, featuring D.C.s hottest GoGo
Bears, 10pm-close
JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1,
4-9pm $2 Skyy Highballs
and $2 Drafts, 10pmmidnight Retro Friday
$5 Coronas, $8 Vodka Red
Bulls, 9pm-close
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
DJ Matt Bailey Videos,
Dancing Beat the Clock
Happy Hour $2 (5-6pm),
$3 (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm No Cover
before 10pm Cover after
10pm (entry through Town)
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers,
hosted by LaTroya Nicole
Ladies of Ziegfelds,
9pm Hosted by Miss
Destiny B. Childs DJ
Darryl Strickland in Secrets
VJ Tre in Ziegfelds
Cover 21+
SAT., 10.24.15
9 1/2
drink, 3-9pm $5 Absolut
& Titos, $3 Miller Lite
after 9pm Expanded
craft beer selection No
Cover Music videos
featuring various DJs
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Drag Yourself to Brunch at
Level One, 11am-2pm and
2-4pm Featuring Kristina
Kelly and the Ladies of
Illusion Bottomless
Mimosas and Bloody
Marys Happy Hour: $3
Miller Lite, $4 Rail, $5
Call, 4-9pm Saturday
Night Party, 10pm-close
Doors open 10pm $7
before midnight, $10 after
21+
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DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 4-6pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Onyx on Club Bar $2
Draughts
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Drag Queen Broadway
Brunch, 10am-3pm
Starring Freddies
Broadway Babes Crazy
Hour, 4-7pm Freddies
Follies Drag Show,
8-10pm, hosted by Miss
Destiny B. Childs No
Cover
GREEN LANTERN
Bacardi, all flavors, all
night long RockBoxx: A
night of classic, indie, college, alternative and new
wave rock Featuring DJ
Jim Gade GoGo Boys
Doors open 9pm No
Cover
JR.S
$4 Coors, $5 Vodka
Highballs, $7 Vodka Red
Bulls
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NELLIES SPORTS BAR

Guest DJs Zing Zang
Bloody Marys, Nellie Beer,
House Rail Drinks and
Mimosas, $4, 11am-5pm
Buckets of Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
TOWN
CTRL Dance Party, 11pmclose Music and video
downstairs by DJ Wess
Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by Lena
Lett and featuring Miss
Tatianna, Shi-QueetaLee, Epiphany B. Lee and
BaNaka Doors open
10pm Cover $12 21+
TOWN PATIO
Open 2pm No Cover
before 9:30pm Cover
after 10pm (entry through
Town)
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Men of Secrets, 9pm
Guest dancers Ladies
of Illusion with host
Ella Fitzgerald, 9pm
DJ Steve Henderson in
Secrets DJ Don T. in
Ziegfelds Doors open
8pm Cover 21+
SUN., 10.25.15
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
COBALT/30 DEGREES
$4 Stoli, Stoli flavors
and Miller Lite all day
Stonewall Kickball
Post-Game Party, 5pm
Homowood Karaoke,
10pm-close No Cover
21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 2-6pm
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DC EAGLE
Sunday Night at the Meat
Rack Buffet, 2-7pm
$2 Bud and Bud Light
Draughts all day and all
night Sunday Football
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Champagne Brunch Buffet,
10am-3pm Crazy Hour,
4-7pm Karaoke 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Mamas Trailer Park
Karaoke, 9:30pm-close
JR.S
Sunday Funday Liquid
Brunch Doors open at
1pm $2 Coors Lights and
$3 Skyy (all flavors), all
day and night
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Drag Brunch, hosted by
Shi-Queeta-Lee, 11am3pm $20 Brunch Buffet
House Rail Drinks, Zing
Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie
Beer and Mimosas, $4,
11am-close Buckets of
Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
Pop Goes the World with
Wes Della Volla at 9:30pm
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on
any drink, 3-9pm No
Cover
ROCK HARD SUNDAYS
@THE HOUSE
NIGHTCLUB
3530 Georgia Ave. NW
Diverse group of all male,
all nude dancers Doors
open 7pm Shows at
8:30 and 10:30pm $5
Domestic Beer, $6 Imports
Happy Hour 7-8pm
$10 cover For Table
Reservations, 202-4876646 rockharddc.com
TOWN PATIO
Open 2pm No Cover
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Decades of Dance DJ
Tim-e in Secrets Doors
8pm Cover 21+
MON., 10.26.15
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
ANNIES
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
Ladies of Monster
Mash Drag Show, featuring RuPauls Drag Race
girls, hosted by Kristina
Kelly Doors open at
10pm, show starts at
11pm $3 Skyy Cocktails,
$8 Skyy and Red Bull No
Cover, 18+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Monday Night Football
Happy Hour, 8-10pm
Jersey Night support
your favorite team Free
Pool all night
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long
Michaels Open Mic
Night Karaoke, 9:30pmclose
JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1,
4-9pm Showtunes Songs
& Singalongs, 9pm-close
DJ James $3 Draft
Pints, 8pm-midnight
NELLIES SPORTS BAR

$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
Beer $15 Texas Holdem
Poker, 8pm Dart Boards
NUMBER NINE
TUES., 10.27.15
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail,
$3 Miller Lite, $5 Call,
4-9pm After Party High
Heel Race, hosted by
Miss Kristina Kelly & Isis
Deverreoux
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
ANNIES
$4 Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
JR.S
Birdie La Cage Show,
10:30pm Underground
(Indie Pop/Alt/Brit Rock),
9pm-close DJ Wes
Della Volla 2-for-1, 5pmmidnight
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long,
4pm-close
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$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
Beer $15 Karaoke and
Drag Bingo
NUMBER NINE
Safe Word: A Gay Spelling
Bee, 8-11pm Prizes to
the top three spellers
After 9pm, $3 Absolut,
Bulleit & Stella
TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm No Cover
Yappy Hour: Happy Hour
for Dogs and their best
friends $4 Drinks and
$4 Draughts
WED., 10.28.15
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
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ANNIES
$4 Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
Rocky Horror Review
and Show, hosted by
Miss Kristina Kelly and
Mister Cobalt Brian Embly,
10pm Wednesday Night
Karaoke downstairs, 10pm
Hosted by Miss India
Larelle Houston $4
Stoli and Stoli Flavors and
Miller Lite No Cover
21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
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FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Crazy Hour, 4-7pm $6
Burgers Drag Bingo
Night, hosted by Ms.
Regina Jozet Adams, 8pm
Bingo prizes Karaoke,
10pm-1am
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long,
4pm-close The Boys of
HUMP upstairs, 9pm
JR.S
Buy 1, Get 1 Free, 4-9pm
Trivia with MC Jay Ray,
8pm The Feud: Drag
Trivia, hosted by BaNaka,
10-11pm, with a $200
prize $2 JR.s Drafts and
$4 Vodka ($2 with College
ID or JR.s Team Shirt)
NELLIES SPORTS BAR

SmartAss Trivia Night,
8pm and 9pm Prizes
include bar tabs and tickets to shows at the 9:30
Club $15 Buckets of
Beer for SmartAss Teams
only Bring a new team
members and each get a
free $10 Dinner
NUMBER NINE
TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm No Cover
Half-Price Hump Day
half-price drinks all day
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Shirtless Night, 10-11pm,
12-12:30am Military
Night, no cover with
military ID DJ Don T. in
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You can be one or the other.

You can be black or you can be gay. You cant be both.
DARRYL STEPHENS, formerly of the TV show Noahs Arc, talking to the Los Angeles Times about the reluctance in Hollywood
to hire black LGBT actors, and of actors to accept roles playing LGBT people for fear of being typecast.
[Diversity] in our ranks gives us

a breadth of understanding and capability
we dont get in any other way.
British Lt. Gen. JAMES EVERARD to the Financial Times about the benefits of recruiting more gay and transgender people into
the military. According to Everard, diverse teams, well led, are far more effective than bog-standard teams. Britain
lifted its previous ban on LGBT servicemembers in 2000.
If it were possible to leave less than one star I would. I would leave minus 5 stars.
This costume is repugnant, despicable, and
downright offensive.
An anonymous reviewer expressing outrage over online giant Amazons choice to market a Lady Boy costume, complete with
a lifelike felt penis that fastens in place underneath a flap in a sequin slip dress. Amazon later pulled the costume after
outraged customers flooded the site with negative comments.
I dont think I have disparaged people.

I feel like Ive held to a very consistent Biblical standard of marriage. Again, I remind you, the same standard
of marriage that not only Barack Obama, but Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, they all had it.
Republican presidential candidate MIKE HUCKABEE, in an interview with CNBC, defending himself from accusations that he has
disparaged LGBT people. Huckabee has claimed same-sex marriage twists marriage into perversion and an unholy pretzel.
We are dictated not by emotion.

We are dictated by facts, logic and
what the law requires us to do.
JOHN MCCARTHY, Montgomery County, Md. States Attorney, explaining to NBC4 Washington that prosecutors have not yet
decided whether to charge Rico Hector Leblond with a hate crime for the shooting of 21-year-old transgender woman
Zella Ziona near a Gaithersburg shopping center last week.
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p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for

US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics

visits two historic homes, Oatlands

9-5 p.m., and HIV services (by

9-5 p.m., and HIV services (by

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)

BET MISHPACHAH, founded by

practice session at Hains Point, 927

GAY MARRIED MENS

confidential support group for men

HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker

BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, including

practice session at Hains Point, 972

DC FRONT RUNNERS running/

walking/social club welcomes all

DC SENTINELS basketball team

free, rapid HIV testing. Appointment