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Blocking Benets
Little federal response as four states hinder same-sex National Guard families
access to benets
Hagel (L) and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
By Justin Snow
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KLAHOMA HAS BECOME
the latest state to stand in
deance of a Pentagon order
by halting the processing
of requests for benets from members
of the National Guard with a same-sex
spouse, and the federal government
seems tepid to react.
Oklahoma joined Texas, Mississip-
pi and Louisiana following an order by
Republican Gov. Mary Fallin to block
requests for benets. Fallins decision,
conrmed Sept. 17, was a reversal of
how the Oklahoma National Guard had
been processing requests. According to
the Associated Press, a spokesperson for
Falling said the governors decision is
meant to reect the will of voters, who
approved a constitutional amendment in
2004 banning same-sex marriage.
Because of that prohibition, Gov.
Fallins general counsel has advised the
National Guard not to process requests
for benefits of same-sex couples,
spokesman Alex Weintz told the AP.
Gay couples that have been legally mar-
ried in other states will be advised they
can apply for those benets on federal
facilities, such as Tinker Air Force Base,
rather than state run facilities.
Fallins order came on Sept. 5, two
days after the Pentagon deadline for
extending full benets to military fami-
lies. In light of the Supreme Courts
decision striking down Section 3 of the
Defense of Marriage Act, Defense Sec-
retary Chuck Hagel announced in an
August memo that the Pentagon would
make the same benets available to mar-
ried same-sex couples as are available to
married opposite-sex couples.
Despite that order, those four states
which are run by socially conserva-
tive Republican governors have deter-
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mined same-sex military families must
go to a federal facility to enroll in the
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Report-
ing System (DEERS) rather than a state
installation. And while they appear to be
in deance of an order from the secretary
of defense, the Pentagon has been mum
on what, if any, response it will issue.
Defense Department spokesman Lt.
Cmdr. Nate Christensen told Metro Weekly
simply, All Federal Military installations
will issue IDs to all those who provide a
valid marriage certicate from a jurisdic-
tion that recognizes same-sex marriage.
Speaking to reporters Thursday after-
noon, Sept. 19, White House press secre-
tary Jay Carney also said he did not know
if President Obama was aware of the
situation in those four states and referred
legal questions to the Pentagon.
Legal action, however, appears to be
afoot among at least one LGBT group. In
a Sept. 13 letter to the commanding gen-
eral of the Texas Military Forces, Lamb-
da Legal urged him to follow the Penta-
gon directive issued earlier this summer.
When voluntarily implementing
federally-funded benets programs on
behalf of the U.S. Army National Guard,
Texas may not violate the federal civil
rights of eligible spouses of military per-
sonnel, Lambda Legal staff attorney Paul
Castillo wrote. The discriminatory treat-
ment of lesbian and gay spouses of service
members, including those in the Army
National Guard in Texas, is illegal.
According to Castillo, the Texas
National Guard conrmed the receipt of
that letter last week and the legal group is
seeking to give them every opportunity to
reconsider their position before pursuing
legal action. Castillo told Metro Weekly it
was extremely concerning that Oklaho-
ma has followed suit, but that no decision
has been made as to whether Lambda
Legal will pursue similar action in the
three other states blocking the processing
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sentencing memorandum: Although the
defendant appears to suffer from bouts of
severe depression and unidentied psy-
chosis, there is absolutely nothing to indi-
cate that the defendant did not fully com-
prehend what he was planning and sought
to accomplish in the shooting perpetrated
at the FRC. Instead, the detailed nature
of his planning and execution reveal the
deliberate and clear-headed manner in
which the defendant acted in this case.
According to the governments evi-
dence, Corkins, who briey served as a
volunteer receptionist at The DC Center,
the citys LGBT community center, pur-
chased a semiautomatic pistol that he
later converted from a 22-caliber pistol
into a 9-millimeter rearm in Virginia on
Aug. 9, 2012, and began planning his trip
to the FRCs downtown D.C. headquar-
ters. On the evening of Aug. 14, Corkins
returned to the store where he purchased
the gun and engaged in shooting practice.
On Aug. 15, Corkins entered the Family
Research Council headquarters, posing as
a prospective intern. After being allowed
into the building, he pulled the pistol
from his backpack and pointed it at secu-
rity guard Leonardo Reno Leo Johnson,
who charged Corkins. The two struggled,
with Corkins ring off three shots and
striking Johnson in the arm. Johnson
eventually subdued Corkins and handed
him over to law enforcement ofcers.
Johnson underwent emergency sur-
gery, in which metal plates were inserted
into his arm to allow his shattered bones
to heal. Numerous bullet fragments
remain in his arm, and he was unable to
work for several months. For his actions
in protecting the FRC staff, Mayor Vin-
cent Gray (D) awarded Johnson with the
inaugural Mayors Medal of Honor on
Oct. 22, 2012.
Once he was subdued, Corkins told
Johnson, Its not about you, but about
the FRCs policies. He was heard making
remarks such as, I dont like these peo-
ple, and I dont like what they stand for.
Police later discovered two fully load-
ed magazine clips, 50 rounds of ammuni-
tion, a handwritten list of four socially
conservative, anti-gay organizations that
included the FRC, and 15 wrapped Chick-
l-A sandwiches on Corkinss person or
by John Riley
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LOYD LEE CORKINS II, THE
29-year old Virginia gay man
who pleaded guilty in Febru-
ary to committing the August
2012 shooting at the Family Research
Councils (FRC) D.C. headquarters with
the intent of carrying out a mass killing,
was sentenced Thursday morning, Sept.
19, by U.S. District Court Judge Richard
W. Roberts to 25 years in jail, with ve
years supervised release after nishing
his sentence.
Corkins, of Herndon, Va., originally
faced 10 separate charges related to the
shooting, but chose to plead guilty to
committing an act of terrorism while
armed, assault with intent to kill (AWIK),
and interstate transportation of a re-
arm and ammunition. Corkins is the rst
defendant to be charged and convicted
under the District of Columbias Anti-
Terrorism Act of 2002, which prosecutes
actions committed with the intent to
intimidate or coerce a signicant popu-
lation of the District of Columbia or the
United States.
Prosecutors had originally pushed for
a 45-year sentence for Corkins on the
three charges, while Corkinss lawyer,
David Bos, had argued for an 11-and-a-
half year sentence, as well as assurances
that Corkins would continue to receive
mental-health treatment during his time
and prison and when placed on super-
vised release. In his Sept. 10 sentencing
memorandum, Bos noted that Corkins
had no prior criminal record and had
been receiving mental health treatment
as a result of suffering from auditory hal-
lucinations and having thoughts of killing
his parents and conservative right-wing
Christians. Bos also noted that Corkins
had been diagnosed with severe depres-
sion with schizophrenic aspects and had
been receiving anti-psychotic medication
as part of his treatment, but missed a
crucial dose on Aug. 14, the night prior to
the shooting.
But prosecutors had sought, months
earlier, to preempt Boss requests for a
lighter sentence, writing in their April 19
in his backpack. Corkins told investiga-
tors he was an activist and had planned
to kill as many people as I could and
smear the Chick-l-A sandwiches on
their faces afterward. Chick-l-A has
received attention for supporting anti-
gay organizations through an afliated
foundation. Among other things, Corkins
told detectives, Chick-l-A came out
against gay marriage so I was going to use
that as a statement.
Corkins also told investigators he had
been thinking about perpetrating similar
violence for years. He said that had he
not been stopped at FRC headquarters,
he planned to go to the next organization
on his list and carry out a similar shooting
there. Corkins also claimed he had gotten
the names of the organizations from a list
of anti-gay hate groups on the website of
the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Following Corkinss sentencing, Ron-
ald C. Machen Jr., the U.S. attorney for
the District of Columbia; Valerie Parlave,
assistant director of the FBIs Washing-
ton Field Ofce; and Metropolitan Police
Department Chief Cathy Lanier issued a
joint statement praising the sentence.
A security guards heroism is the
only thing that prevented Floyd Corkins,
II from carrying out a mass shooting
intended to kill as many people as pos-
sible, Machen said in the statement.
Our entire community is thankful to
the hero who stood up to this heinous
attack. Todays 25-year prison sentence
demonstrates the steep price to be paid
for turning to violence to terrorize your
political enemies.
Acts of terrorism, like the one that
Mr. Corkins admitted to committing in
pursuit of political aim, are horric events
that instill a sense of fear on our com-
munity, Parlave said. The FBI applauds
the heroic acts of the security guard who
deterred Mr. Corkins from inicting
harm on additional victims. With our
law enforcement partners, the FBI will
respond to, secure and investigate scenes
and bring violent actors to justice.
In the joint statement, Lanier said, I
want to commend FRC employee Leon-
ardo Johnson for his heroism and the rst
responding ofcers for their quick assess-
ment of the situation, which brought sta-
bility and control to the chaos. Then, ref-
erencing the Sept. 16 shootings that killed
13, including the suspected shooter, at the
Navy Yard in Southeast Washington, she
added, As recent events have shown us,
quick thinking and bravery during inci-
dents like this can save many lives. l
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FRC Shooter Sentenced
Corkins gets 25 years for August 2012 incident
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HIS TIME LAST YEAR, BARRETT L. BRICK WAS
being honored by Immigration Equality with the
groups Global Vision Award as a consistent voice
in speaking out on behalf of LGBT immigrant fami-
lies. From the former Soviet Union, to Argentina, to the State
Department, Brick was a consistent voice, indeed.
That voice, however, was silenced Sunday, Sept. 22, when
Brick, 59, died of cancer, his husband Antonio Rufni at his side.
It had been a long-term illness that Brick often mastered, still
making appearances and otherwise taking part in Washingtons
LGBT community, which he did so much to build. Bricks inter-
est in global LGBT issues, after all, was only one interest of the
man who had a great enthusiasm not only for social justice, but
for science ction, soccer, the stars and his Jewish faith. And
the Immigration Equality honor was hardly isolated, with Brick
recognized as a Rainbow History Project Community Pioneer
and by the nonpartisan Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of
Washington, D.C. (GLAA), with its 2000 Distinguished Service
Award, among other plaudits.
He was really multidimensional, says Rufni, a South
African, whom Brick met at the 1999 World Science Fiction
Convention in Melbourne, Australia. Until Bricks illness began
to dictate the couples plans, there was hope of the two settling
into retirement in Johannesburg, where Brick would often visit.
Coming to South Africa was getting away from D.C., a break
from the politics. Wed go and see local soccer matches. He had
his little telescope that he used to bring over.
With that telescope, in Rufnis garden, Brick enjoyed new
celestial vistas of the Southern Hemisphere. The two also
explored the country together and Brick, past president of D.C.s
Bet Mishpachah congregation for LGBT Jews and past execu-
tive director of the World Congress of Gay and Lesbian Jewish
Organizations, found more intimate ways to express his faith.
Its all fairly Orthodox, Rufni, also Jewish, says of South
Africas Jewish community, noting there is no equivalent of Bet
Mishpachah in Johannesburg, but that the two marked the High
Holy Days together, making new traditions. I think Barrett
enjoyed that, the different experience.
Still, so much of Bricks life, with much of his career spent
working as an attorney with the Federal Communications Com-
mission, was focused on getting things done. His activism surely
occupied as much time as his other interests, as evidenced by his
three years as GLAA president, for starters.
Barrett stepped forward and did things, says current GLAA
President Richard J. Rosendall, a regular opinion writer for
Metro Weekly and longtime friend of Bricks. He transformed
belief and advocacy into direct action, approaching people and
getting the ball moving. Barrett focused on the issues and would
work with whomever he had common ground. He was always
building bridges. GLAA is very signicantly one of his legacies.
Rosendall shared some thoughts he penned shortly after
Bricks death, writing, Barretts contributions were many and
varied. He was an early voice for inclusion of the faith com-
munity in LGBT movement strategizing decades before that
was a key part of our strategy for marriage equality in D.C. As a
science-ction fan, he helped organize a Gaylaxicon convention.
As a soccer fan, he helped organize a gay football world cup. He
often led services at Congregation Bet Mishpachah, and worked
to build bridges between gay Jews and Muslims.
Just in the early 1990s, he pressed successfully for gay inclu-
sion in the State Departments annual country human rights
reports, pressed for gay inclusion in the Holocaust Memo-
rial Museum, and intervened personally with the president of
Argentina on behalf of a gay rights group there.
At a personal level, he was a close collaborator and sounding
board for virtually every issue I worked on as a leader of GLAA.
He was smart and wise and funny, and was very good at keeping
things in perspective.
Rosendall adds that Brick did much of this work in a signa-
ture style that was unassuming, yet impressively effective.
He didnt particularly promote himself. He was so stoi-
cal and uncomplaining, says Rosendall, recalling a quote that
seems to t perfectly: Theres no limit to what you can accom-
plish if you dont need to get credit for it.
Rufni also points to that sort of modesty that leaves many
thinking of Brick as refreshingly gracious, mentioning that few
knew Brick graduated Columbia Law School as one of the top
graduates, if not the top.
That was just one of the things Rufni got to know of Brick as
the two began a long-distance relationship following the 1999 con-
ference. After that Australian week, during which Rufni found
himself immediately attracted to Bricks intellect, he was entirely
uncertain there was more to come. Back home in Johannesburg,
however, he received a card from Brick, was sparked an email
correspondence of sometimes several messages a day. Then, some
months later, a trip with the American Bar Association had Brick
headed to London. Rufni was able to coordinate work travel of
his own, and the two reunited and realized that there was some-
thing deeper than simply an intellectual attachment. That love led
to the two being married in South Africa in 2009.
Rufni says that while the two made plans for Brick to retire
in South Africa, illness demanded otherwise. Still, today, as
Rufni executes his responsibilities as widower, his many trips
to Washington to visit Brick have helped to build a supportive
circle of friends.
Ive been traveling to D.C., so Ive gotten to know a couple
of people, Rufni says on his way to New Jersey for Bricks
funeral, traveling with a few of them. Some of them have
become friends of mine, as well. People are really being great.
Plans for a Washington memorial service honoring Barrett L.
Brick will be added to this story, as well as to glaaforum.org, once
announced. l
Community Loses Past
GLAA President
Barrett L. Brick, 59, dies of cancer after years of deep community involvement
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Columbia Island Marina snack bar to Mount
Vernon. 11 a.m. Bring helmet, lunch, water, $2 fee.
Jerry, 703-920-6871. adventuring.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
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.
DIGNITY WASHINGTON offers Roman Catholic
Mass for the LGBT community. 6 p.m., St.
Margarets Church, 1820 Connecticut Ave. NW. All
welcome. Sign interpreted. dignitynova.org.
FRIENDS MEETING OF WASHINGTON meets for
worship, 10:30 a.m., 2111 Florida Ave. NW, Quaker
House Living Room (next to Meeting House on
Decatur Place), 2nd oor. Special welcome to
lesbians and gays. Handicapped accessible from
Phelps Place gate. Hearing assistance. quakersdc.org.
INSTITUTE FOR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT,
God-centered new age church & learning center.
Sunday Services and Workshops event. 5419 Sherier
Place NW. isd-dc.org.
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. 202-638-7373, mccdc.com.
RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, a Christ-centered,
interracial, welcoming-and-afrming church, offers
service at 10 a.m. 680 I St. SW. 202-554-4330,
riverside-dc.org.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF
SILVER SPRING invites LGBTQ families and
individuals of all creeds and cultures to join the
church. Services 9:15 and 11:15 a.m. 10309 New
Hampshire Ave. uucss.org.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
MENS CIRCLE for GBTQ men to explore
thoughts about life. Free, all welcome. 7-9:30 p.m.
Convention Center area. For RVSP and location:
Randy, rmarksftc@yahoo.com.
WEEKLY EVENTS
The DC Center hosts COFFEE DROP-IN FOR THE
SENIOR LGBT COMMUNITY. 10 a.m.-noon. 1318 U
St. NW. 202-682-2245, thedccenter.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.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5 p.m., by
appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and younger.
Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155 or
testing@smyal.org.
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.
PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-afrming social
group for ages 11-24. 4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road
NW. Tamara, 202-319-0422, layc-dc.org.
SMYALS REC NIGHT provides a social
atmosphere for GLBT and questioning youth,
featuring dance parties, vogue nights, movies and
games. catherine.chu@smyal.org.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
ADVENTURING outdoors group hikes 8 moderate
miles, 1,300 feet elevation gain, in Shenandoah
National Park. Bring beverages, lunch, bug spray,
sturdy boots, about $25 for fees, money for
inexpensive dinner. Carpool 8:30 a.m., East Falls
Church Metro Kiss & Ride. Craig, 202-462-0535.
adventuring.org.
BURGUNDY CRESCENT gay volunteer
organization helps at Food & Friends. To
participate, visit burgundycrescent.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH
offers free HIV testing, 9-5 p.m., and HIV
services (by appointment). 202-291-4707 or
andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
BET MISHPACHAH, founded by members of the
LGBT community, holds Saturday morning Shabbat
services, 10 a.m., followed by kiddush luncheon.
Services in DCJCC Community Room, 1529 16th St.
NW. betmish.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at
Marie Reed Aquatic Center, 2200 Champlain St.
NW. 8-9:30 a.m. 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.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
ADVENTURING outdoors group hikes 10 strenuous
miles, 2,400 feet elevation gain, to Signal Knob on
Massanutten Mountain. Experienced hikers only.
No pets. Bring beverages, lunch, bug spray, sturdy
boots, about $22 for fees. Dinner follows. Carpool
8:30 a.m., East Falls Church Metro Kiss & Ride.
Devon, 202-368-3379. OR bike 32 roundtrip miles,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
WEEKLY EVENTS
METROHEALTH CENTER offers free, rapid HIV
testing. Appointment needed. 1012 14th St. NW,
Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
The DULLES TRIANGLES Northern Virginia social
group meets for happy hour at Sheraton in Reston,
11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, second-oor bar, 7-9
p.m. All welcome. dullestriangles.com.
IDENTITY offers free and condential 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, 301-300-9978, or Takoma Park,
301-422-2398.
WOMENS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE for young
LBTQ women, 13-21, interested in leadership
development. 5-6:30 p.m. SMYAL Youth Center, 410
7th St. SE. 202-567-3163, catherine.chu@smyal.org.
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.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
LGBTQ Latinas, Latinos and allies celebrate
8TH ANNUAL HISPANIC LGBTQ HERITAGE
AWARDS RECEPTION. 6:30-9 p.m. HRC Equality
Forum, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW. For tickets,
$30, visit latinoglbthistory.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
BET MISHPACHAH, founded by members of the
GLBT community, holds Friday night Shabbat
services followed by oneg social hour. 8-9:30 p.m.
Services in DCJCC Community Room, 1529 16th St.
NW. betmish.org.
GAY DISTRICT holds facilitated discussion for
GBTQ men, 18-35, rst and third Fridays. 8:30 p.m.
The DC Center, 1318 U St. NW. 202-682-2245,
gaydistrict.org.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health,
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. 202-745-7000, whitman-walker.org.
Metro Weeklys Community Calendar highlights important events in
the D.C.-area LGBT community, from alternative social events to
volunteer opportunities. Event information should be sent by email to
calendar@MetroWeekly.com. Deadline for inclusion is noon
of the Friday before Thursdays publication. Questions about
the calendar may be directed to the Metro Weekly ofce at
202-638-6830 or the calendar email address.
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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, OCTOBER 1
Carol Schwartz, Ike Leggett and Jay Fisette host the
METRO DC PFLAG 30TH ANNIVERSARY. 6-8
p.m. 2029 Connecticut Ave. NW. $30. 202-638-3852
(10 a.m.-2 p.m., M-F), pagdc.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
ASIANS AND FRIENDS weekly dinner in Dupont/
Logan Circle area, 6:30 p.m. afwash@aol.com,
afwashington.net.
Whitman-Walker Healths GAY MENS HEALTH
AND WELLNESS/STD CLINIC opens at 6 p.m.,
1701 14th St. NW. Patients are seen on walk-in basis.
No-cost screening for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and
chlamydia. Hepatitis and herpes testing available
for fee. whitman-walker.org.
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.
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.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2
BOOKMEN DC, an informal mens gay-literature
group, discusses Tom Spanbauers The Man Who
Fell in Love with the Moon. 7:30 p.m. Tenleytown
Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. All welcome.
bookmendc.blogspot.com.
THE TOM DAVOREN SOCIAL BRIDGE CLUB
meets for Social Bridge. 7:30 p.m. Dignity Center,
721 8th St. SE. No reservation, newcomers welcome.
No partner needed. 301-345-1571.
WEEKLY EVENTS
METROHEALTH CENTER offers free, rapid HIV
testing. No appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012
14th St. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH
offers free HIV testing, 9-5 p.m., and HIV
services (by appointment). 202-291-4707,
andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
AD LIB, a group for freestyle conversation, meets
about 7:45 p.m., covered-patio area of Cosi, 1647
20th St. NW. All welcome. Jamie, 703-892-8567.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at
Marie Reed Aquatic Center, 2200 Champlain St.
NW. 8-9:30 p.m. swimdcac.org.
HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH offers Wednesday
worship 7:15 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. All welcome.
118 N. Washington St., Alexandria. 703-549-1450,
historicchristchurch.org.
IDENTITY offers free and condential HIV testing
in Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond Ave. Walk-
ins 2-7 p.m. For appointments other hours, call
Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health. D.C.:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,
9 a.m.-6 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center, 2301
MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 202-745-7000,
whitman-walker.org.
PRIME TIMERS OF DC, social club for mature gay
men, hosts weekly happy hour/dinner. 6:30 p.m.,
Windows Bar above Dupont Italian Kitchen, 1637
17th St. NW. Carl, 703-573-8316; or Bill,
703-671-2454.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3
Join HIPS 20TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY, with
special VIP-reception guest Laverne Cox. 6 p.m.
Josephine Butler Parks Center, 2437 15th St. NW.
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EVEN AFTER
a few years of
watching it grow,
I still nd myself
fascinated daily by
my Facebook feed.
The thousand or
so friends I have
those arent
sneer quotes, just
acknowledging the hilarity of the idea
of my introverted self having an actual
1,000 friends encompass quite the
range of opinions and interests. I regu-
larly bounce from progressive Green
Party propaganda to libertarian denun-
ciations of Obamas transgressions,
from foodie pics at Le Diplomate to
ultra-country recipes calling for Pills-
bury and American cheese.
Americas a funny place in cross section.
But while I enjoy watching the
parade, theres one thing from the past
few months that continually sticks in
my craw. Not anti-gay stuff those
people get booted from my list at rough-
ly the same speed with which Johnny
Weir spouts stupid quotes. No, its the
Ready for Hillary folks who are trying
my patience.
To be clear, because I must before a
horde of Hillary-ites shows up outside
my door, I dont harbor some hatred for
Hillary Clinton. I opposed her in 2008
pretty vociferously but I found myself
admiring her stint as secretary of state.
I stand by my opinions at that time
though, because I am deeply uncom-
fortable with the increasingly dynastic
tone of American politics. Weve had
two Bushes and theres always a danger
of another one of those popping up
at any moment. Once weve had two
Clintons, our political cults of person-
ality will begin yearning for Chelsea.
Then we could come back around to the
Obamas, with a rst lady and two cool
daughters waiting in the wings.
I supported Barack Obama in 2008
because I believed he would be bet-
ter on rolling back the overreach of
executive power that reached fearsome
levels under Bush-Cheney. And as dis-
appointing as Obama has been overall
with some notable exceptions I
dont see how anyone could reasonably
believe Clinton would have been better.
In short, if the progressive Democrats
I see getting Ready for Hillary are
looking for some change of course then
Clinton isnt the ship to take.
But the broader and more important
point here is that its 2013, people. We
have three more years until the next
presidential election and about two
more years before we start suffering the
long, soul-deadening slog through Iowa,
New Hampshire and South Carolina. It
is beyond too early for Democrats to be
engaging in this effort to make Clinton
the inevitable candidate for the White
House (a position shes held before and
we all saw how that turned out). To her
credit, Clinton sees this problem her-
self, telling New York magazine, This
election is more than three years away,
and I just dont think [the speculation
is] good for the country.
Given the current situation in Wash-
ington, with the wilder fringes of the
Republican Party throwing an entire gov-
erning system into chaos and economy-
destroying threats, I think Democrats
have better things to focus on than 2016.
Dont think that having Clinton in the
White House would break the fever of the
irrational Obama haters theyll redis-
cover their Clinton-hating ways in a ash.
And a lot can happen in three years
(again, see the 2008 Democratic pri-
mary season). Clinton isnt the only
woman in the Democratic Party; Im
perplexed that more progressives get-
ting ready for Hillary arent making
noise for Elizabeth Warren, whos cut-
ting her own interesting and effective
path through the Senate. Vice President
Joe Biden supposedly has his eye on the
rung above him, which would be enter-
taining in that special Biden way even if
I hope he chooses not to.
Anyway, dont make up your mind
yet. In 2013, the best approach is to be
ready for anything. l
Ready? Set! No.
No matter how much some people love Hillary Clinton,
it is far too early to be focusing on 2016
LGBTOpinion
by Sean Bugg
METROWEEKLY.COM SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
I AM GRATEFUL
to have a pope who
does not remind me
of Emperor Palpa-
tine. This does not
exhaust my hopes for
the papacy, but were
off to a good start.
The former Car-
dinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos
Aires, now Pope Francis, has been a ray
of sunshine since his elevation in March.
His charm, humility, generosity and
respect even for gays and atheists, have
made him far more appealing than the
authoritarian medievalist he replaced.
Lets remember that his organization
used to burn heretics at the stake. What
kind of Catholic leader says, Who am I
All the faithful, considered as a
whole, are infallible in matters of belief.
When the dialogue among the people and
the bishops and the pope goes down this
road and is genuine, then it is assisted by
the Holy Spirit.
God in creation has set us free: It is
not possible to interfere spiritually in the
life of a person.
God is always a surprise, so you never
know where and how you will nd him.
Tradition and memory of the past
must help us to have the courage to open
up new areas to God. Those who today
always look for disciplinarian solutions,
those who long for an exaggerated doc-
trinal security, those who stubbornly
try to recover a past that no longer exists
they have a static and inward-directed
view of things. In this way, faith becomes
an ideology among other ideologies.
The great leaders of the people of
God, like Moses, have always left room
for doubt. You must leave room for the
Lord, not for our certainties; we must
be humble. Uncertainty is in every true
discernment that is open to nding con-
rmation in spiritual consolation.
That the Bishop of Rome should
embrace this conservatism of doubt, as
Andrew Sullivan describes it, is a stark
departure from his immediate predeces-
sors, John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
They fought to dismantle the legacy of
Vatican II, which represented an opening
of the church to the modern world.
The rst Jesuit pope is making a good
deal of trouble for the bullies in his midst,
saying of abortion, gay marriage and con-
traception, It is not necessary to talk
about these issues all the time. It is
revealing that some of the anti-gay obses-
sives he implicitly skewers, like Maggie
Gallagher and Cardinal Timothy Dolan,
gamely applaud as if that were just what
they wanted to hear.
This popes less imperial and more
community-driven approach could bear
fruit down the road. Some liberals are
dismissive because he covers his right
ank and did not instantly issue ve revo-
lutionary encyclicals. But past wrongs
should not blind us to new opportunities.
Francis talks about a collective journey.
We should offer our blessings to those
prepared to walk with this pontiff who
has exchanged the so-called Prada loaf-
ers for the shoes of the sherman.
Richard J. Rosendall is a writer and
activist. He can be reached at
rrosendall@starpower.net. l
to judge? This one, it turns out.
On the other hand, LGBT people and
others have reason to be skeptical. The
new popes considerable pastoral gifts
do not erase the Catholic Churchs long
history of obscurantism, its assaults on
intellectual freedom and science, its sub-
ordination of women, its anti-gay slan-
ders, its facilitation and cover-up of child
rape, its attacks on the use of condoms to
prevent AIDS, or its dogma that outside
the church there is no salvation, which
fueled great oppression and bloodshed.
Redemption requires more than smiles
and soothing words.
But let us not be as peremptory as
the Grand Inquisitor. Francis is new on
the job, and deserves a chance to make
his mark. Last week he gave an extraor-
dinary interview to Antonio Spadaro
S.J., editor of Italys La Civilt Cattolica,
for America magazine. Consider several
illustrative quotes:
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director Paul Tetreault, Fords Theatre launched the
Lincoln Legacy Project to annually build program-
ming that educates and engages on topical issues,
all centered on a particular theatrical production. In 2011, the
project debuted with Parade, the play by Alfred Uhry dramatiz-
ing the 1913 trial of a Jewish factory superintendent in Georgia
accused of raping and murdering a 13-year-old employee. Fords
complemented the staging with discussions of anti-Semitism, of
relationships between African-American and Jewish communi-
ties in the South, and other points of interest stirred by Parade.
The next year, Fords chose Trey Ellis and Ricardo Khans
Fly, based on the World
War II experiences
of African-American
pilots. This 2012 itera-
tion included an exhibit,
The Test, in Fords new
Center for Education and
Development across from
the theater on 10th Street,
detailing the training of
these pilots and the rac-
ism they faced.
Now, Fords is turn-
ing to Matthew Shepard,
the 21-year-old gay man
beaten, tied to a fence
and left to die in Laramie,
Wyo., 15 years ago. And
its all coming together
at a time when the basic
narrative is again being
challenged. In 2009 it
was Rep. Virginia Foxx
(R-N.C.) calling the hate
crime a hoax. Today, it
is Stephen Jimenezs new
book, The Book of Matt,
claiming that metham-
phetamine rather than
bigotry was central to Shepards murder, for which Aaron McK-
inney who attempted to use the dubious gay-panic defense
and Russell Henderson were convicted. Clearly this is a story
that is tightly woven into the American cultural fabric. Its a true
story that has changed a family, a town and a nation forever.
How tting, then, for Fords Theatre, the spot where President
Lincoln was shot, to focus its third Lincoln Legacy Project pro-
gram on The Laramie Project, the play by Moiss Kaufman and
members of the Tectonic Theater Project, exploring the reac-
tions of the people of Laramie to the murder that made their
home the nexus of national debate on hate crimes, on LGBT
equality, on American values.
As with Parade and Fly, the programming goes far beyond
the staging of the play itself. There will be Monday-night discus-
sions, Sunday readings of the companion play Ten Years Later,
an exhibit featuring many of the thousands of letters sent to the
Shepard family, a candlelight vigil and more.
The formula weve worked with, including this year, is we
create this community conversation around the piece, Tetreault
explains. It is an event. It is a huge event. It would be nice for
Fords to just put on The Laramie Project. But why? Why just
do that? Why stop there? We have a platform in Fords Theatre,
in Abraham Lincoln, in his legacy, in this education center. We
have a platform to create a dialogue for Americans to talk about
these issues.
FINDING DIRECTION
MATTHEW GARDINER KNOWS knows exactly where he was
when he learned of the murder of Matthew Shepard in October
1998. Fourteen at the time, he was seated in the backseat of his
parents car, ghting with his twin brother, James. Their mother
was in front listening to the radio as they sat parked, waiting for
their father to return from an errand. Then, their mother turned
in her seat to face her sons particularly
Matthew. She was crying.
It doesnt matter who you are, I love
you no matter what, the 29-year-old
Gardiner says, repeating his mothers
words. I started to listen to what they
were talking about on the radio, and they
were talking about Matthew Shepard.
It had both a positive and a negative
effect on me, he continues. The posi-
tive effect was the words that came out
of my mothers mouth stayed with me
till I came out. The negative was being a
14-year-old and hearing about the attack
on a young gay man. It delayed my com-
ing out. It was terrifying to a young, gay
kid to think that could happen to some-
one. Or that could happen to me.
Today, Shepards murder is again
inuencing Gardiners life. Gardiner,
associate artistic director at Arlingtons
Signature Theatre, is stepping into Fords
Theatre to direct this production of The
Laramie Project. And while Gardiner has
directed serious, intense material before,
this play brings its own challenges, both
technical and emotional.
Laramie is a series of monologues,
Gardiner says. There are very few
moments in the play when people are actually engaging with
other people on the stage. The challenge is, when its a play
about a community, how do you create a community? How
do you make this group of actors feel like a community when
theyre never looking at each other? We spend a lot of time in
rehearsal when Ill say, Okay, turn to this person and deliver
this monologue. Now turn back out. And all of a sudden, it irises
things down, it becomes very specic. Its a different thing when
youre saying this monologue to a woman instead of a man. Its a
different thing when youre saying this monologue to somebody
in their 50s, as opposed to someone in their 20s. So its a lot of
guring out what are your opinions and who are you talking to.
When it starts to feel like were talking to a wall again, we turn
back to the person and we try to nd what it is like to actually
speak to another person onstage and not just deliver another
monologue.
The emotional punch, however, seems to have been the
greater challenge, at least when rehearsals began.
Those early rehearsals were hard, Gardiner readily admits.
Everybody would end rehearsal in tears. At some moment, we
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were like, We cannot do this for three-and-a-half weeks.
Gardiner and his cast may have managed to nd ways to cre-
ate some personal distance from the material as they continue to
master it, yet there is no getting around the gravity of not only
the play itself, but the monumental nature of staging this play
in this theater, representing the living residents of Laramie to
audiences that will range from Shepards family even if Mat-
thews mother, Judy Shepard, nds it possibly unbearable to sit
through a full staging to a range of D.C. luminaries, marking
this sad but important anniversary.
I cant let myself think that way, says Gardiner. Otherwise,
all of my decisions and choices will be hindered. All I can do is
honor the voices in the play and do my best in that. There are
just a lot of people that are committed, who believe that this
story is still important to tell, both for Matthew Shepard and the
community of Laramie, Wyo. and for the gay, lesbian, bi and
transgender community of D.C. There are a lot of people we feel
its important for. I try not to get stressed out about all of whats
around it.
EXHIBITING AN OUTPOURING
WHILE GARDINER AND his cast and crew prepare the stage
production, others have given attention to the complementary
exhibit now open in Fords Center for Education and Develop-
ment, Not Alone: The Power of Response. Almost by accident, the
nature of the exhibit was a sort of gift from Judy Shepard.
Months ago, in late winter, Tetreault was sitting in a con-
ference room in the center, discussing with Judy Shepard the
programming that would revolve around The Laramie Project.
Sitting at the same table where the two spoke, he tells the story
these months later.
I said, We have this gallery space downstairs and wed real-
ly like to do something great with that, Tetreault recalls telling
Judy Shepard. And she said, Well, you know, we have these
letters. After Matthews beating and murder, we got over 10,000
letters and cards. Theyre in the basement of our home in Casper
and no ones ever seen them. You can have access to those.
That meeting, in this room, is where that exhibit was born.
We sent a team of four people to Casper, Wyo., shortly after
that.
Heading that team was Tracey Avant, Fords curator of exhi-
bitions, who found herself in a somewhat surreal setting, stand-
ing in a storage room off the Shepards nished basement, facing
several boxes of correspondence and other materials related to
Matthew Shepards death and the response it generated a very
sizable response.
They had these tubs, bins stacked up with the materials,
Avant explains of her expedition to Casper. We knew going in
there would be about 10 of these bins lled with letters. Someone
had gone through them when they got donations and things like
that, but they werent organized in any particular way.
Avant and her team set to work there in the Shepards base-
ment, reading the letters, making high-resolution digital scans,
keeping an eye on what might be appropriate for an exhibit back
in Washington.
The most surprising nd, Avant says, wasnt in anything they
discovered, but what they did not.
The biggest thing I took away from this experience is that
when these things happen, you realize that more people are
compassionate and caring and understanding than not, she says.
In the course of these 10,000 letters, they probably received
less than a handful of hate mail, which to me was shocking. I
wouldve assumed that there wouldve been a lot more.
There was also something notable in that this sort of experi-
ence is rare for a curator, says Avant, with the history in ques-
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N MARKING THESE 15 YEARS
since the death of Matthew Shepard,
Fords Theatre has partnered with a
number of other entities. Some of
the partners have obvious ties to the trag-
edy, such as the Matthew Shepard Foun-
dation and the Human Rights Campaign.
Others, less so. The Washington National
Cathedral may be a case in point.
Arguably the countrys most prominent
Episcopal church, the cathedral is offering a
weekend of events Oct. 4 to 6, remembering
not only Shepard, but also Tyler Clementi,
an 18-year-old Rutgers University freshman
who committed suicide in 2010 after an epi-
sode of anti-gay cyberbullying.
For too long, LGBT people have been
ostracized by or unwelcome in faith com-
munities who have used the Bible like a
weapon, said the Very Rev. Gary Hall,
dean of the cathedral, in a statement an-
nouncing the Honoring LGBT Youth
weekend. Washington National Cathe-
dral is a house of prayer where all are wel-
come, and where all people can experi-
ence Gods boundless love and grace.
This is not Halls rst stand in support
of LGBT rights. Prior to coming to Wash-
tion still relatively recent, still actually unfolding.
These people are alive, we spent time in their house, Avant
says of Dennis and Judy Shepard. That is a really unusual expe-
rience. And they are the most amazing and warm people, wel-
comed us into their home. You go into a situation like that with
trepidation. You dont want to impose. Theyve invited you to do
this, but youre in their home, their personal space. So to be able
to work with material like this, that you have a real human con-
nection with, especially doing history exhibits, its rare that you
have that kind of modern history. Id never had an opportunity
to do that. Its been pretty emotional and amazing.
What Fords has created as a result is also emotional and
amazing, with letters suspended behind glass in a space that
is otherwise unassuming, with only a few benches. Avant says
this is the rst exhibit thats prompted the center to leave boxes
of tissues on those benches. But some letters will likely elicit a
strong response maybe not the two from Bill Clinton, or some
of the other similarly stately messages, but certainly those writ-
ten by children or just everyday people compelled to respond
with some positive action to the hate and violence that killed
Matthew Shepard.
Avant mentions one of her favorite examples.
There was a young woman who wrote from New York
shortly after, saying that she was going to start this tennis tour-
nament, this Tennis Jam, and send the proceeds, Avant says.
Then we have her follow-up letter from almost a year later
when she sent the proceeds. She actually managed to follow
through, do the tennis jam, and send the money from that.
New Yorkers particularly tennis-loving LGBT New York-
ers might recognize that event as the Metropolitan Tennis
Groups Matthew Shepard Memorial Tennis Jam, marking its
14th year Oct. 13.
Letters aside, however, there is another element of the
exhibit, one standalone feature that is equally as powerful. And
it was also Judy Shepards suggestion. Tetreault, in his discus-
sions about the exhibit with Judy Shepard, pointed to the bare
wall running the length of the room opposite the display of
the letters. She suggested a photograph: Where Matthew Lay
Dying, by Jeff Sheng. As visitors walk into the exhibit space,
they face an expansive vista of snowy plains, wooden fencing in
the foreground. The view is simultaneously beautiful and terrify-
ing, sharing the point of view from where Matthew Shepard was
tied to that lonely fence.
With these elements paired, one imagines Fords will be
replacing those boxes of tissues with some regularity.
This exhibit is revelatory, says Tetreault. This is some-
thing that no one else has ever seen before. These have been
in Dennis and Judys basement for 15 years. Judy created the
exhibit, I just executed it. It was her idea. It is extraordinary.
A LEGACY FOR THE FUTURE
THE LINCOLN LEGACY Project is essentially Tetreaults
brainchild, one for which he says there was great support among
Fords Theatre backers. And from the start, he knew he wanted
The Laramie Project to be part of it.
Ive kind of had The Laramie Project on my radar since we
started the Lincoln Legacy Project three years ago, he shares.
I knew I wanted to do a project, a piece that centered on gay
issues, on gay-rights issues and what those were. That leaves
you a realm of things. Then thinking about Laramie and thinking
about the 15th anniversary and how that plays out. I thought that
was a great time for us to look at that.
He points to Jason Collins, the gay basketball player who
chose to wear a 98 jersey as a memorial to the year Matthew
Shepard was killed, and to the work of the Matthew Shepard
ington, Hall, a straight ally, advocated for
marriage equality and the inclusion of
LGBT people in the ministry of the Epis-
copal Church as rector of churches in
Michigan, Pennsylvania and California.
Earlier this year, following the legaliza-
tion of same-sex marriage in nearby Mary-
land, the cathedral, under the guidance of
Hall, announced it would perform same-
sex marriage rites. The cathedral also held
a prayer service in support of marriage
equality on the eve of the U.S. Supreme
Courts June decisions in the Defense of
Marriage Act (DOMA) and Proposition 8
cases, which returned marriage equality to
California and allowed for federal recogni-
tion of same-sex marriage.
Hall says the weekend is not just a time
to remember Shepard and Clementi, but
an opportunity to talk about LGBT youth,
their safety and how to make America and
the world safe for people to live their lives
and express their identities.
Hall also hopes the weekend will call
attention to international LGBT issues,
particularly the criminalization of homo-
sexuality in countries where the domi-
nant religion is the Anglican faith. Epis-
copalians, Hall says, as a branch of Angli-
canism, have a duty to reach out to their
fellow Anglicans and promote respect for
LGBT human rights.
The more publicly we stand with
LGBT folks and for LGBT youth, I think
that helps the conversations in other
churches, says Hall. A lot of the dam-
age that is done to kids is done by their
pastors in churches where, for doctrinal
reasons, they consider homosexuality a
sin. I think that one of the things we can
do, as probably the most visible church in
America, is for us to say, Its okay for you
to be lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen-
der. God loves you as you are, and were
a place where you can celebrate and own
your identity, helps other faith communi-
ties raise that issue in their churches.
Despite progress within the Episcopal
Church, Hall says, his church is still under-
going an internal debate about expanding
the denition of marriage to include same-
sex couples. While the church allows
same-sex marriage rites to be performed,
for example, it still denes marriage as a
union between a man and a woman.
Regardless of how the Episcopal
Church and others are progressing or
not with regard to LGBT equality, Hall
hopes the upcoming events at the Wash-
ington National Cathedral will demon-
strate to LGBT youth that they are not
alone, that whatever hardships they face
will get better, and that they have a net-
work of support, not only from healthy
LGBT adults, but also straight allies.
Where I think the Christian commu-
nity needs to go, if we really believe that
God made human beings in Gods image,
if we really believe that God loves and ac-
cepts people as they are, then we really
believe not only that its okay to be gay, les-
bian, bisexual or transgender, but that the
sexual orientation of each person is a gift
and part of their unique identity that they
are called to live out, Hall says. Its not
something you have to grudgingly come
to terms with. Its something you actually
need to learn to accept and celebrate.
For more information about the Washing-
ton National Cathedrals Honoring LGBT
Youth events Friday, Oct. 4, to Sunday,
Oct. 6, call 202-537-6200 or visit
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Foundation as contemporary elements that remind him of the
importance of the crime 15 years on, and the importance of
revisiting it with the Lincoln Legacy Project.
Tetreault adds that this third iteration is evidence that the
projects expected ve-year run at the time it was launched has
given way to new ideas of making it ever richer, and with no end
in sight.
Weve stopped using the term ve-year. We think it will
just be an ongoing program, because weve got issues, he says,
smacking the table for emphasis. This country has issues that
it needs to talk about. If theyre not going to talk about them
in the town square, Im going to talk about them on the Fords
Theatre stage.
Theres no shortage of subjects we need to talk about. The
question is making sure you nd a quality piece of theater that
ts at the center to have that dialogue. If you cant do high-qual-
ity work at the center, youll lose anyones interest in following
the conversation. You have to do the highest-quality work at the
core, and then you can actually have a dialogue.
The question of that dialogue prompts two further points
from Tetreault. One is his understanding of his audience. Point-
ing to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), for example,
as a regular Fords Theatre attendee, Tetreault says that Fords
offerings have the opportunity to inuence Americas leaders,
to perhaps challenge some negative ideas and encourage posi-
tive ones. At the same time, he points to the challenge of taking
Fords Theatres content and moving beyond the connes of
geography, enabling all Americans if not a global audience to
join the discussion. Live-streaming a post-show interview with
Judy Shepard is one of Fords steps in that direction.
What Tetreault seems most passionate about, however, is his
dedication to honoring Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln Legacy
Project is by no means an effort in name only.
The mission of Fords Theatre is to carry on the legacy of
Abraham Lincoln, he says. I think that creating a dialogue in
this Lincoln Legacy Project, which is to deal with issues of toler-
ance, equality. Lincoln said, With malice toward none, charity
for all. Thats what this is. Thats what the Matthew Shepard
Foundation is about. Lincoln said, for all. And that is what
were doing. To me, this Lincoln Legacy Project, which is slowly
becoming a sort of cornerstone for who we are and what we are,
I think, is exactly what we should be doing, because it is, at its
core, the essence of who Lincoln was.
I think Abraham Lincoln would want to see this play, Tet-
reault concludes. I think he would like to hear this story. And
that is my guide. Its always my guide. I think, Where would
Abraham Lincoln stand on issues of anti-Semitism? We know
where Abraham Lincoln stood on issues of race. Where would
Abraham Lincoln stand on GLBT issues today? I have no ques-
tion. If anyone does question that, then they just dont know
Abraham Lincoln.
The Laramie Project as part of the Lincoln Legacy Project runs
from Sept. 27 to Oct. 27 at Fords Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. The
exhibit, Not Alone: The Power of Response, runs to Nov. 3 at
Fords Center for Education and Leadership, 514 10th St. NW. For
more information about either, or to purchase tickets, call 202-
347-4844 or visit fords.org. l
Sunday, Sept. 29
The Laramie Project
Pay-What-You-Can preview performance
7:30 pm, Tickets on sale 5:30 pm,
limit two per customer, cash only
Fords Theatre
511 10th St. NW
202-347-4833
fordstheatre.org
Monday, Sept. 30
With Malice Toward None:
Judy Shepard, a Mothers Response to Hate
Judy Shepard and Cokie Roberts
Free, 7 pm, Fords Theatre
Friday, Oct. 4
Matthew Shepard Is a Friend of Mine premiere
Post-screening discussion with lmmaker
Michele Josue
$16, 7:30 pm, Washington National Cathedral
Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues NW
202-537-6200
nationalcathedral.org
Sunday, Oct. 6
Forum with Judy Shepard, Jane Clementi,
Joshua Deese and the Very Rev. Gary Hall
10:10 am, Washington National Cathedral
Special service of Holy Eucharist with
prayers for LGBT youth
11:15 am, Washington National Cathedral
Ten Years Later reading
$8, 7:30 pm, Fords Theatre
Monday, Oct. 7
With Charity for All: Lives Changed by Hate
Dave OMallery, former Laramie Police commander;
Billy Rowles, former Jasper, Texas, sheriff;
and members of KhushDC
Moderated by Jonathan Capehart,
The Washington Post
Wednesday, Oct. 9
DC Bar Cre attends The Laramie Project
7:30 pm
20 percent discount code Partner
Fords Theatre
Thursday, Oct. 10
The Laramie Project
Faith Night performance and discussion,
with the Very Rev. Gary Hall
$12 - $33.65
7:30 pm, Fords Theatre
Friday, Oct. 11
Post-performance Candlelight Vigil with Dennis
Shepard; the Rev. Dwayne Johnson, Metropolitan
Community Church of Washington; members of the
Gay Mens Chorus of Washington
10:15pm, Fords Theatre
S P E C I A L E V E N T S C A L E N D A R
Sunday, Oct. 20
Ten Years Later reading
$8, 7:30 pm, Fords Theatre
Monday, Oct. 21
To Bind up the Nations Wounds: Communities
Respond to Hate
Tony Banout, Interfaith Youth Core; and Patrice
ONeill, The Working Group/Not In Our Town
Moderated by Michele Norris, NPR
Friday, Oct. 25
The DC Center/GLOV attend The Laramie Project
$50, 7:30 pm
$75 with pre-show reception
6 pm, Fords Theatre
Tickets at thedccenter.org
Monday, Oct. 28
To Achieve and Cherish a Just and Lasting Peace:
Envisioning a World Beyond Hate
With youth from Split This Rock, and Supporting and
Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders (SMYAL)
Free, 7 pm, Fords Theatre l
SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 3, 2013
SPOTLIGHT
8TH ANNUAL HISPANIC
LGBTQ HERITAGE CELEBRATION
Immigrant Roots Paving the Way for Today is the
theme for the 8th Annual Hispanic LGBTQ Heritage
Celebration, presented by the Latino GLBT History
Project (LHP), which culminates in an LGBTQ
Heritage Awards Reception at the Human Rights
Campaign headquarters Friday, Sept. 27. Honorees
at the reception include Jocelyn Carrillo of Majestic,
Catherine Pino of D&P Creative Strategies and
Russell Roybal of the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force, plus there will be a special tribute
to Bamby Salcedo of the Trans-Latina Coalition.
CNN contributor Maria Cardona will host. As
part of the month-long celebration theres also a
Heroes Latinos LGBTQ photo exhibit, showcasing
community leaders in photographs by Kevin Kenner.
The Sept. 27 Awards Reception runs 6:30 to 9 p.m.,
at the HRC Equality Forum, 1640 Rhode Island Ave.
NW. General tickets are $30. The photo exhibit runs
to Oct. 15 at Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library,
3160 16th St. NW. Visit latinoglbthistory.org.
ALICE RUSSELL, MARQUES TOLIVER
British soul singer Alice Russell is woefully
underappreciated, and anyone who loves Amy
Winehouse and Adele or, for that matter, Aretha
Franklin and Jill Scott will nd favor with her
original matter, including the new set To Dust. And
just as worthy of wider attention is her opening act
Marques Toliver, whose skills as a classically trained
violinist shine on his striking debut Land of CanAan.
You just havent heard much that sounds like the gay
Toliver, who weaves his chamber music background
into a soul-pop base. Adele was an early champion of
the 26-year-old Toliver, and you just know youll be
hearing more from him. And you want to. Saturday,
Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m. The Howard Theatre, 620 T St.
NW. Tickets are $17.50 or $23 day-of show. Call 202-
588-5595 or visit thehowardtheatre.com.
GAY/BASH!
DJs Joshua Vogelsong and Dean Sullivan, both local
gay bear cubs, offer another round of the Black Cats
rst monthly drag show. Edgy drag performers Heidi
Glum and her bratty stepchild Rumor Millz host
the queer punk/electro-inspired party, headlined
this time by Atlanta native Dax ExclamationPoint!
Saturday, Sept. 28, at 9:30 p.m. Black Cat Backstage,
1811 14th St. NW. Tickets are $5. Call 202-667-4490
or visit blackcatdc.com.
JAMES MURPHY
Two years after disbanding his incredibly great
electronic band LCD Soundsystem, the cowbell-
loving, New York-based artist is still an inuential
gure in todays music scene via his work as a
co-founder/principal of hipster label DFA Records
(home to The Rapture, Juan Maclean and Holy
Ghost!) and as a producer-for-hire on new material
by the hipster-favorite bands Yeah Yeah Yeahs
and Arcade Fire. But hes also a sharp, skilled DJ,
spinning tunes steeped in disco but strongly avored
by modern deep house. Dont forget your dancing
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EMEMBER JOHN WATERSS A DIRTY SHAME?
I was the splosher, says Susan Rome, who played Messy Melinda. I
was the person who derived sexual satisfaction by splashing myself with
messy stuff. It wasnt so sexy to her new husband, at least not when Rome would
get home after a late-night shoot and have macaroni and cheese stuck in her ear. My
husband said, You look like Alice Cooper and you smell like a garbage dumpster,
Rome laughs.
Among other lm and TV roles, the Baltimore-based Rome repeatedly played DA
Ilene Nathan on HBOs The Wire. But Rome is more often seen on area stages, and
is currently appearing in a supporting role in Theater Js After The Revolution. Amy
Herzogs play focuses on a political family struggling with the revelation that its
patriarch wasnt the progressive hero he was mythologized to be. I think its really
about disappointment, says Rome, who plays stepmother Mel Joseph, and how
families deal with their disappointment with each other.
Rome will appear in back-to-back plays at Theater J this season as the companys
associate artist in residence. Next up she plays the lead role in Alexandra Gersten-
Vassilaross The Argument. Im playing a woman who just does not want to be a
mother, says Rome, who calls the character Sophie an anti-mom, but one who
happens to nd herself pregnant. The role is a bit of a departure for Rome, who plays
a stepmother in After The Revolution.
I realized Ive been a Jewish mother in every single play, Rome says about her
13 years of regular work with Theater J. And I became a mother within that time,
and becoming a mother denitely changed me as a person for sure, but it also had an
impact on my acting.
I dont know how I pretended to be a mother before I was one, she continues.
That love is terrifying. I think I had just scratched the surface in any previous portrayal
I had done. What youre willing to do for your child is pretty serious. Doug Rule
After The Revolution runs to Oct. 6 at The Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater,
Washington, D.C.s Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. Tickets are $30 to
$55. Call 202-518-9400 or visit washingtondcjcc.org.

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Theater J actor Susan Rome is most often
a mother except when shes a splosher
shoes to say nothing of party favors. Friday, Oct.
4. Doors at 11 p.m. Nightclub 9:30, 815 V St. NW.
Tickets are $40. Call 202-265-0930 or visit 930.com.
JUAN AHONEN-JOVER,
DANA BEYER AT DC CENTER
Last year this high-tech entrepreneur, founder
of sites including eQualityGiving, launched the
annual guidebook series The Gay Agenda. Hell read
from the 2013 edition next Thursday, Oct. 3, in a
discussion about the state of the gay movement also
featuring an introduction by Dana Beyer, executive
director of Gender Rights Maryland and board chair
of Freedom to Work, who was one of Ahonen-
Jovers co-authors in creating the 2009 guide to
achieving full LGBT equality known as the Dallas
Principles. Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. The DC Center
for the LGBT Community, 1318 U St. NW. Call 202-
682-2245 or visit thedccenter.org.
CHELSEA SHORTE AT SPEAKEASYDC
What Was I Thinking? True Stories About Things
That Went Horribly Wrong is the name for
storytelling organization SpeakEasyDCs debut at
Alexandrias Birchmere. Jorge Silva, Tabbie Mann,
Mike Kane, Mike Baireuther, Jenny Splitter, Jason
Pittman, Amy Saidman and John Tong are all
scheduled to share their stories at the event, which
will also feature comedian Chelsea Shorte, who is
expected to talk about her coming-out experience
in the comedy world. Sunday, Sept. 29, at 7:30
p.m. The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave.,
Alexandria. Tickets are $20. Call 703-549-7500 or
visit birchmere.com.
DAKSHINAS 10TH ANNUAL
FALL FESTIVAL OF INDIAN ARTS
Internationally acclaimed artists perform as part of
Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Companys
annual festival that started last weekend at the
Shakespeare Theatres Sidney Harman Hall.
Remaining performances include the premiere
of Pravaha, Sheejith Krishnas original dance-
theater production commissioned by Dakshina and
featuring an all-male cast of performers, on Friday,
Sept. 27; and a closing performance from Shanta
& VP Dhananjavan on Saturday, Sept. 28. Sidney
Harman Hall, Harman Center for the Arts, 610 F St.
NW. Ticket prices vary. Call 202-547-1122 or visit
shakespearetheatre.org or dakshina.org.
HILLWOODS GAY DAY
Activities at the 12th annual Gay Day at Hillwood
include an LGBT family garden party with Rainbow
Families, Punch on the Portico, vintage cars from
Straight Eights, and performances from the Rock
Creek Singers of Gay Mens Chorus of Washington
and the square-dancing group DC Lambda Squares.
The day also offers exclusive peeks into rooms
not usually open to the public, as well as the great
current exhibition Living Artfully: At Home with
Marjorie Merriweather Post. Saturday, Sept. 28, from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Hillwood Estate, 4155 Linnean Ave.
NW. Tickets are $10 to $15. Call 202-686-5807 or
visit HillwoodMuseum.org.
JOSH WOLF
The cute gay-friendly straight comic familiar
from Chelsea Lately, who also records the podcast
Josh and Ross with fellow Chelsea Lately regular Ross
Mathews, Josh Wolf offers three shows of standup
as part of a tour supporting his rst book, It Takes
Balls: Dating Single Moms and Other Confessions
from an Underprepared Single Dad. Friday, Oct. 4, at
10 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Arlington Cinema N Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia
Pike, Arlington. Tickets are $20. Call 703-486-2345
or visit arlingtondrafthouse.com.
PHASEFEST 2013
Southeast D.C.s lesbian bar Phase 1 has to turn
away people every year on account of reaching its
400-people capacity at the queer music-focused
PhaseFest. That certainly will be true this year, when
the event is scaled down to two days and features
popular acts from both the local and national scenes.
The Shondes and local queer dance-punk band
Glitterlust headline the seven-act lineup Friday,
Sept. 27, which also features performances by The
Coolots and the drag DC Kings. Saturday, Sept.
28, offers headliners guitarist-extraordinaire Kaki
King and belly-dancing troupe BellaDonna, plus
the Pushovers and the Michelle Raymond Band
among its eight acts. Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday,
Sept. 28, starting at 7 p.m. Phase 1, 525 8th St. SE.
Tickets are $15 on Friday and $25 on Saturday, and
only available at the door. Call 202-544-6831 or visit
phasefestdc.com.
YO-YO MA, CAMERON CARPENTER,
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Christoph Eschenbach kicks off the new season
of the National Symphony Orchestra with a bang,
bringing in superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma to perform
Tchaikovskys Rococo Variations and gay, rising
superstar organist Cameron Carpenter, making
his NSO debut performing Saint-Saens Organ
Symphony on the Concert Halls new Rubenstein
Family Organ a piece that NSO organist William
Neil will also play just a few days later in the rst
NSO program of the season. The NSO also performs
Bizets Carmen Suite No. 2 at the opening night ball.
Sunday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera
House. Remaining tickets are $175 to $250. Call 202-
467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
FILM
DON JON
Joseph Gordon-Levitt wrote, directed and stars in
this lm about a porn-addled playboy who falls for
a beautiful, old-fashioned girl played by Scarlett
Johansson, and the struggles they have wrestling
with old-fashioned expectations of the opposite sex.
Julianne Moore and Tony Danza also star in this
rom-com. Opens Friday, Sept. 27. Area theaters. Visit
fandango.com.
ENOUGH SAID
Julia Louis Dreyfus and James Gandolni play single
parents who fall in love in Nicole Holofcenters
rom-com, which just debuted at the Toronto Film
Festival and also starring Catherine Keener and Toni
Collette. Opens Friday, Sept. 27. Area theaters. Visit
fandango.com.
HAUTE CUISINE
Based on the true story of the private chef to former
French President Francois Mitterand, Christian
Vincents comedy follows the impassioned and
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One of the rst out actors has enjoyed impressive
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TEPHEN SPINELLA BOLDLY THANKED HIS MALE
lover in 1993 when he won a Tony Award for Best
Actor. There was a little squeaky-squeaky about that,
but Harvey Fierstein had broken that [taboo] much earlier,
Spinella demures, adding: By 93, the AIDS crisis was
happening, and people were starting to behave.
Even so, it took another couple decades before more than a
handful of gay actors would also risk image and career by being
so public. At least the 56-year-old Spinella has managed to
achieve impressive career longevity. After his Tony-winning
work originating the role of Prior Walter in Tony Kushners
Angels in America plays, he took on prominent roles on
Broadway in James Joyces The Dead and Spring Awakening.
He was also part of both the off-Broadway and lm casts
of Love! Valour! Compassion! And he can point to relatively
recent parts in the movies Milk and Lincoln.
Right now Spinella can be seen at D.C.s Arena Stage
starring opposite Estelle Parsons (Bonnie and Clyde, Roseanne)
in Eric Cobles The Velocity of Autumn. Spinella plays Chris,
the estranged gay son of Parsonss Alexandra, returning home
to reconnect with her before she dies. The title of the play is
about how fast the end comes, Spinella explains.
Before arriving in D.C. Spinella wrapped up work as part
of the cast of HBOs The Normal Heart, the lm adaptation of
Larry Kramers ery play about the rise of HIV/AIDS, directed
by Glee creator Ryan Murphy. Spinella also plays a recurring
character on the USA Network series Royal Pains. And hes in
talks with a New York theater to star in a production of Shakespeares Richard II.
In other words, the longtime openly gay actor is hardly at a loss for prestigious work on account of homophobia.
I think there still is a degree of homophobia not so much in the theater, but through Hollywood and television, he says,
adding, nevertheless, that even in Hollywood anti-gay attitudes are harder to get away with. Now people are more like, Fuck
you! Thats disgusting! I think people have the courage to say that now. Doug Rule
The Velocity of Autumn runs to Oct. 20 at Arena Stages Mead Center for American Theater, 1101 6th St. SW.
Call 202-488-3300 or visit arenastage.org.
talented Hortense Laborie, (Catherine Frot), who
is plucked from relative obscurity to take on the
high-prole job and all the traps that go with that
power. Opens Friday, Sept. 27. Landmarks E Street
Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. Call 202-452-7672 or visit
landmarktheatres.com.
INEQUALITY FOR ALL
President Bill Clintons Secretary of Labor
Robert Reich picks up Al Gores mantle to offer
a documentary on a hot-button issue based on
college lectures. This time, its not climate change
but growing economic inequality that we should
be worried about, as lmmaker Jacob Kornbluth
captures Reich the way Davis Guggenheim captured
Gore in the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth.
Chiey via his Wealth and Poverty class lectures at
the University of California-Berkeley, Reich discusses
the grave economic and social consequences that may
result if the gulf between rich and poor continues to
widen his Wealth and Poverty class. Opens Friday,
Sept. 27. Landmarks E Street Cinema, 555 11th St.
NW, and Landmarks Bethesda Row Cinema, 7235
Woodmont Ave. Visit landmarktheatres.com.
MORRISEY 25: LIVE
Earlier this year the British mope-rocker Morrissey
performed at his most intimate gig in decades,
Hollywood High School which wouldnt you know
is right there in the backyard of the lm capital
of the world. So naturally the concert was put to
tape. The American Film Institutes Silver Theatre
presents two screenings of James Russells Morrissey
25: Live, said to offer an immersive cinematic concert
experience. Let the crying commence. Saturday, Oct.
5, at 9:30 p.m., and Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 9 p.m. AFI
Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring.
Tickets are $12 general admission. Call 301-495-6720
or visit a.com/Silver.
POSSESSED
The National Theatre presents Joan Crawford:
Hollywood Star, a free Monday-night screening
series that runs to Nov. 25 and includes, among
others, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Mildred
Pierce and Flamingo Road. Next up: Possessed, the
1947 lm noir thriller by Curtis Bernhardt about a
spurned woman of course played by the inimitable
Crawford in an Oscar-nominated turn out for
revenge. Monday, Sept. 30, at 6:30 p.m. Helen Hayes
Gallery at the National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania
Spinella and Parsons
Ave. NW. Tickets are free, distributed 30 minutes
prior to screening. Call 202-783-3372 or visit
nationaltheatre.org.
SPICE WORLD
As part of its weekly Midnight Madness screening
series, which includes monthly screenings of The
Rocky Horror Picture Show, Landmarks E Street
Cinema offers the 1997 musical comedy starring the
best-selling female group in music history and the
most successful British band since The Beatles
whose A Hard Days Night informed Spice World.
Ah yes, the Spice Girls act out ctional events, plus
dream sequences and ashbacks, leading up to a
concert at Royal Albert Hall. Alan Cumming, Roger
Moore play supporting roles, as do everyone from
Barry Humphries aka Dame Edna to singer Meat
Loaf to The Rocky Horror Show creator Richard
OBrien, to say nothing of celebrity cameos. The lm
has become something of a cult classic for people
who want to Spice Up Your Life. Friday, Sept. 27,
and Saturday, Sept. 28, at midnight. Landmarks E
Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. Call 202-452-7672
or visit landmarktheatres.com.
STAGE
A YOUNG LADY OF PROPERTY
Michael Stebbins directs this Horton Foote drama
about a young, lonely woman who inherits a house
after her mother dies. Closes this Sunday, Sept. 29.
Rep Stage: The Horowitz Centers Studio Theatre at
Howard Community College, 10901 Little Patuxent
Parkway, Columbia, Md. Call 443-518-1500 or visit
repstage.org.
AFTER THE REVOLUTION
Theater J dives into its new season with another
play from Amy Herzog, who won the 2013 New
York Times Outstanding Playwright Award and
whose 4000 Miles was a runaway hit at Studio
Theatre last season. After The Revolution focuses on
a young woman shaken to her core by revelations
that her late grandfather wasnt the progressive
hero he was always held up to be. Eleanor Holdridge
directs the production featuring a cast led by Nancy
Robinette and Megan Anderson. To Oct. 6. The
Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater, Washington,
D.C.s Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW.
Tickets are $30 to $55. Call 202-518-9400 or visit
washingtondcjcc.org.
CABARET BARROCO:
INTERLUDES OF SPAINS GOLDEN AGE
GALA Hispanic Theatre presents a show by Calderon
de la Barca, Francisco de Quevedo and Bernardo de
Quiros focused on the Spanish theater genre known
as interludes, rst performed on the streets as
bawdy, subversive theater, but eventually co-opted
to become part of royal performances. Jose Luis
Arellano Garcia directs. To Oct. 6. GALA Theatre at
Tivoli Square, 3333 14th St. NW. Call 202-234-7174
or visit galatheatre.org.
DETROIT
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Sometimes its all about the synergy. With Woolly
Mammoths dark comedy Detroit, the power of
the ride is not just in playwright Lisa DAmours
potently drawn prisoners of Americas lower middle
class and the insidious crisis that engulfs them, a
masterpiece of suburban gothic. It is the startlingly
real portraits by a pitch-perfect ensemble; the
aging, gaggingly bland American suburb evoked in
Tom Kamms sets; and the scene segues in which
Erik Pearsons unsettling retro projections and
Christopher Bainess distorted montage of suburban
sounds amplify DAmours message of confusion
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and despair. Though each may stand alone for their
craft and imagination along with John Vreekes
direction together they transform a small stage
into a living, breathing world humming with context
and life even if its one in which the average
theatergoer would prefer not to live. To Oct. 6.
Woolly Mammoth, 641 D St. NW. Tickets are $35 to
$72.50. Call 202-393-3939 or visit woollymammoth.
net. (Kate Wingeld)
DISTRICT IMPROV FESTIVAL
The Washington Improv Theater presents the rst
national festival in D.C. dedicated to promoting
long-form improv. More than 30 troupes, both from
D.C. and as far away as Toronto, will participate.
The festival runs to Sunday, Sept. 29. Source,
1835 14th St. NW. Tickets are $15 each show, or
$40 for a festival pass. Call 202-204-7770 or visit
washingtonimprovtheater.com.
GEES BEND
To kick off its new season MetroStage taps Thomas
W. Jones II once again to direct and choreograph a
bio-musical rooted in the African-American tradition
and once again William Hubbard and William
Knowles are in charge of the music. This time, the
focus is on the gospel music that the women of the
Pettway family in Gees Bend, Ala., would sing as
they made quilts during the segregation and the Civil
Rights eras as a way to deepen a sense of community
and comfort. The quilts, a labor both of love and
necessity, ended up becoming valuable works of
art. To Nov. 3. MetroStage, 1201 North Royal St.,
Alexandria. Tickets are $50 to $55. Call 800-494-
8497 or visit metrostage.org.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
The Shakespeare Theatre Company offers a
production of Shakespeares dark comedy that poses
controversial ideas and explores the corrupting
nature of power. Jonathan Munby directs the show
with enough of an edge, theyve added a warning
that its intended for ages 18 and up. Theres also
a 20-minute pre-show cabaret leading into it each
night, getting people in the mood for whats to come.
To Oct. 27. Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St. NW. Call
202-547-1122 or visit shakespearetheatre.org.
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
The Kennedy Center offers a reprise of its hit show
last season which before that was a Tony-winning
musical inspired by the famed recording session
where Sam Phillips, the father of rock n roll,
brought together Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry
Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. To Oct. 6. Kennedy
Center Eisenhower Theater. Tickets are $59 to $120.
Call 202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
SAINT JOAN AND HAMLET
Olney Theatre Center presents two classics, stripped
down and performed in rotating repertory, and both
produced by New Yorks well-regarded innovative
theater company Bedlam and directed by its artistic
director Eric Tucker. Theres Saint Joan, George
Bernard Shaws story of Joan of Arc, who is presented
here not as a saint or a witch but as a simple farm
girl who stumbled into greatness. Saint Joan is
considered by many to be Shaws greatest play and a
pivotal reason he won the Nobel Prize in 1925. The
second play is Hamlet, the tragedy of a mad Danish
prince, considered Shakespeares greatest play and
even the greatest play in the English language. To
Oct. 27. Theatre Lab at Olney Theatre Center, 2001
Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, Md. Call 301-924-
3400 or visit olneytheatre.org.
THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN
Scena Theatre presents Peter Marthesheimer and
Pea Frohlichs stage adaptation of Fassbinders
famous German lm, about what happens to a
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Artisphere presents Andy Warhols inatables installation
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J
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decade ago at New Yorks Queens Museum of Art.
You follow all the rules and you dont touch and you dont do this
and that, Ortiz explains. And then to go into a room where you actually were
encouraged to touch the works of art, and to play with it and move around. Its
like we were outlaws with the art.
So Ortiz decided to recreate the experience, essentially an Andy Warhol
inatables installation, at Artisphere. As the Arlington arts complexs executive
director, Ortiz has arranged with Pittsburghs Andy Warhol Museum to host
in its Terrace Gallery a free, temporary installation of Warhols Silver Clouds.
We have about 150 of these very large, rectangular Mylar pillows inated with
helium and air, Ortiz says. Theyre oating at different heights in the room.
And certainly as people go in there, they set them in motion by touching them
and pushing them.
Developed with researchers at Bell Labs, Warhol rst installed Silver Clouds
at a New York art gallery in 1966. At the time it was a really groundbreaking
intersection between art and technology, Ortiz says. It also stands out from the
more common work by the late Warhol. Weve had our share of retrospectives
and exhibitions in this area of his really familiar work portraits or silkscreens
or Brillo boxes, he says. Silver Clouds introduces another side of Andy Warhol
to our audiences.
It also offers Artisphere a chance to show contemporary artists using new
technology in their work. We have a series of installations throughout the
building that are inspired by or nod to Andy Warhol, Ortiz says, including three
generative video portraits by Sergio Albiac. Other related activities include
a performance by Dance Exchange on Friday, Oct. 11, amongst the clouds,
in a nod to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, which did that at the
rst installation back in the 1960s. On other Fridays during the run Artisphere
will play Vapor Forms, a 28-minute electronica soundscape that Jakub
Alexander created specically for the installation.
And then a week before the installation ends, on Saturday, Oct. 12, Artisphere
throws a Warhol-inspired affair, Night of 1,000 Andys Dance Party,
featuring comedian Andrew Bucket and eclectic music from DJ Baby Alcatraz,
MarchFourth Marching Band and Javelin.
Says Ortiz, Were encouraging people to wear turtlenecks and wigs.
Doug Rule
Silver Clouds runs through Oct. 20. Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd. Arlington.
Call 703-875-1100 or visit artisphere.com.
driven woman who dares to control a mans world.
Scenas Robert McNamara directs a strong cast led
by Helen Hayes Award winner Nanna Ingvarsson in
this powerful World War II drama of love, lust and
loss. To Oct. 11. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H
St. NE. Tickets are $35 to $40. Call 202-399-7993 or
visit atlasarts.org.
TORCH SONG TRILOGY
The play that put Harvey Fierstein on the map,
garnering the 1983 Tony Award for Best Play and
Best Actor in a Play, is arguably his greatest work,
drawing from the same drag queens-deserve-respect
well as his books for La Cage Aux Folles and Kinky
Boots. Even after signicant advances in civil rights
and technology in the past 30 years, gay men and
drag queens anyone who feels like an outsider,
really can still relate to the storys struggles for love
and acceptance and its emphasis on the need for self-
afrmation. The Shakespeare Theatre Companys
Michael Kahn, making his Studio Theatre directorial
debut, has assembled a ne cast and creative team
led by set designer James Noone who succeed in
proving that this play has not only stood the test of
time, but also that its something of a travesty that
its rarely been staged. Brandon Uranowitz leads
the cast as Arnold, making the character, which
Fierstein largely based on himself, his own. To Oct.
13. Studio Theatre, 14th & P Streets NW. Tickets are
$39 to $85. Call 202-332-3300 or visit studiotheatre.
org. (Doug Rule)
MUSIC
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
Yes, the 80s hit-making duo of Daryl Hall and John
Oates is still performing together, and not just on TV,
where Hall & Oates been seen live on both American
Idol and The Voice. The duo isnt touring in support
of any new original recordings the last together
was 2006s holiday set Home for Christmas. But the
two both have relatively new material as solo artists:
Halls 2011 release Laughing Down Crying and
Oatess singles project Good Road to Follow. The two
will each perform from their solo repertoire as well
as their group hits on its current tour. Wednesday,
Oct. 2, at 8 p.m. Warner Theatre, 513 13th St. NW.
Remaining seats in the Upper Balcony cost $89.75.
Call 202-783-4000 or visit warnertheatredc.com.
GRACE KELLY
No, not the beautiful late actress and Princess
of Monaco, but the young up-and-coming jazz
saxophonist/songwriter of Korean descent. She may
be only 21 years old, but Kelly has already released
seven albums of original music and won Down
Beat Magazines Critics Poll a long ve years ago,
when she was only 16. Nearly two years after her last
visit, she returns to the Kennedy Center as part of its
KC Jazz Club programming. Friday, Oct. 4, at 7:30
p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Gallery.
kennedy-center.org.
KT TUNSTALL
A couple years ago Scottish folk-rock artist KT
Tunstall toured through D.C. twice in support of her
appealing, underappreciated, upbeat third album,
2010s Tiger Suit. Now shes back in support of this
years critically heralded, more melancholic affair
Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon, inspired by her
fathers recent death and her own recent divorce.
In other words, youre missing out if you still only
really know Tunstall from her great early hit Black
Horse and the Cherry Tree. Shes the real deal.
Saturday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U
St. NW. Tickets are $35. Call 202-328-6000 or visit
thelincolndc.com.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA
Swedish soprano Irene Theorin lls in for the
originally scheduled Deborah Voigt to star as Isolde
in Opera Australias production of Wagners Tristan
and Isolde. The WNO conducted by Philippe Auguin
presents a two-week run at the Kennedy Center.
To Sunday, Sept. 27. Kennedy Center Opera House.
kennedy-center.org.
DANCE
DANCE PLACES LATIN SIZZLE FESTIVAL
While Dance Place is closed until 2014 to undergo
extensive renovations, the areas leading dance
venue, located in the Northeast D.C. Brookland
neighborhood, has organized several festivals all
the way down 8th Street to the Atlas Performing
Arts Center. The rst kicks off the last weekend
in September and features the exuberant sights
and sounds of Latin culture, as presented in two
programs: one featuring dance companies DC
Casineros, Duende Quartet, Furia Flamenca and
Manu Montero Dance Company, plus a preview
from Nego Gato Afro Brazilian Music and Dance, on
Saturday, Sept. 28, at 8 p.m.; the other featuring the
full-length performance by Nego Gato previewed
the night before, Sunday, Sept. 29, at 4 p.m. Atlas
Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. Tickets
are $25 each program. Call 202-399-7993 or visit
atlasarts.org or danceplace.org.
COMEDY
GARY VALENTINE
A regular on Chelsea Lately, Gary Valentine has
Rosenberg and Murs co-host. Saturday, Sept. 28, and
Sunday, Sept. 29. Festival Grounds at RFK Stadium,
2400 E. Capitol St. Remaining tickets are $86.50 to
$338. Visit rockthebells.net to see the full schedule.
SIDI TOURE
A world-renowned songwriter and guitarist from
northern Mali, who blends the sounds of Western
folk and blues with the plaintive vocal melisma style
of Songhai folk. Toure tours in support of his third
album, Alaa, which means peace in his native
tongue. Saturday, Sept. 28, at 8 p.m. The Dome
Theatre at Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington.
Tickets are $15. Call 703-875-1100 or visit
artisphere.com.
SPECIAL AGENT GALACTICA
Local drag phenom Special Agent Galactica, aka
The Pink Haired One, performs a free bi-monthly
happy-hour show at Black Fox Lounge, singing with
her Very-Sexy-Cute-Boy combo and offering some
lip-sync favorites. Galactica is also joined by special
guests. Friday, Sept. 27, from 6 to 9 p.m. Black Fox
Lounge, 1723 Connecticut Ave. NW. Tickets are free.
Call 202-483-1723 or visit blackfoxlounge.com.
STARS
What has been called Canadas best-kept secret
institution returns to the 9:30 Club in support
of its sixth album The North, which showcases
the ve-piece bands sharp, straightforward, well-
orchestrated pop music. Monday, Sept. 30. Doors
at 7 p.m. Nightclub 9:30, 815 V St. NW. Tickets
are $25. Call 202-265-0930 or visit 930.com. Also
visit 930.com/friends to sign up for the clubs new
Friends With Benets rewards program offering
exclusive deals and discounts on tickets, drinks and
merchandise.
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC
Piotr Gajewski kicks off the National Philharmonics
new season with a focus on Beethovens Eternal
Masterworks, basically two of classical musics
most popular compositions: Beethovens Symphony
No. 5 and his Violin Concerto, featuring violinist
Soovin Kim Saturday, Sept. 28, at 8 p.m., and Sunday,
Sept. 29, at 3 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore, 5301
Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. Tickets are $28 to
$84. Call 301-581-5100 or visit strathmore.org.
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Last year, NSO Organist William Neil christened
the new Rubenstein Family Organ in the Kennedy
Center Concert Hall by playing Saint-Saens majestic
third symphony, otherwise known as the Organ
Symphony. Neil will play it again next weekend,
when the NSO starts its new season with a program
that also includes Joseph Haydns Symphony No. 21
and the world premiere of a multimedia work by
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Roger Reynolds.
A co-commission by the NSO, Reynoldss george
WASHINGTON features actors portraying the
nations rst president at different ages and offering
slices of his daily life, with text drawn primarily from
his letters and journals. Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m.,
and Friday, Oct. 4, and Saturday, Oct. 5, at 8 p.m.
Kennedy Center Opera House. Remaining tickets are
$10 to $85. Call 202-467-4600 or visit
kennedy-center.org.
ROCK THE BELLS FESTIVAL
The hip-hop festival returns, capped off with a
20th anniversary reunion of the Wu-Tang Clan
including a virtual appearance by the late Ol
Dirty Bastard but also featuring everyone from
old-school entertainers Big Daddy Kane, Rakim,
Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh to fresh-faced fellas
Kendrick Lamar, Kid Cudi, J Cole, Odd Futures
Tyler The Creator and D.C.s own Wale. Peter
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taken some ribbing there for being such a plumpy straight guy and also the
older brother of The King of Queens Kevin Mall Cop James. Thursday, Sept. 26,
through Saturday, Sept. 28, at 8 p.m. Also Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28,
at 10:30 p.m. DC Improv, 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW. Tickets are $15 to $17. Call
202-296-7008 or visit dcimprov.com.
JOE MATARESE
Another familiar straight comedian from guest spots on Chelsea Lately, known for
his humor poking fun at his dysfunctional Italian family and especially his own
neuroses and other life struggles. Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28, at 10
p.m. Arlington Cinema N Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington. Tickets are
$20. Call 703-486-2345 or visit arlingtondrafthouse.com.
GALLERIES
A DAY LIKE NO OTHER: THE 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON
A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on
Washington features 42 black-and-white images plus a video demonstration of 50
additional images commemorating the 250,000 people who participated in one
of the largest nonviolent demonstrations for civil rights that America has ever
witnessed. Through March 1. Graphic Arts Galleries in the Library of Congresss
Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. Call 202-707-8000 or visit loc.gov.
A DEMOCRACY OF IMAGES
A Democracy of Images offers a survey of photography in America, tracing its
evolution from a purely documentary medium to a full-edged artistic genre.
The exhibit marks the 30th anniversary of the museums pioneering photography
collection, and its title was inspired by Walt Whitman, who believed that the
then-young art form matched the democratic spirit of America. Through Jan. 5.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1st Floor West, 8th and F Streets NW. Free.
Call 202-633-1000 or visit americanart.si.edu.
A NEW AGE OF EXPLORATION: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AT 125
As part of an organization-wide toast to the rst 125 years, the National
Geographic Museum offers a visual and interactive exhibition celebrating modern
exploration by featuring some of the most iconic moments from the institution
and its bedrock magazine. Entered through an archway made of hundreds of
issues of National Geographic magazine, the exhibition in the complexs 17th
Street gallery features the work of National Geographic explorers, photographers,
scientists and journalists everyone from Jacques Cousteau to James Cameron
and is sponsored by GEICO, with the North Face a sponsor of giveaways and
events throughout its run. Through June. National Geographic Museum, 1145 17th
St. NW. Tickets are $11. Call 202-857-7588 or visit ngmuseum.org.
ERIC GOINES: SMUT
The exhibition Smut is the result of a yearlong project by this local gay African-
American artist of erotic drawings and paintings made during nude-male sketch
nights at this gay-owned gallery. On exhibit through Oct. 12. Vitruvian Fine Arts
Gallery, 734 7th St. SE, 2nd Floor. Suggested donation of $5. Visit
vitruviangallery.com.
GRAND PROCESSION: DOLLS FROM THE DIKER COLLECTION
Grand Procession: Dolls from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection features
the work of ve female artists from Plains and Plateau tribes. The exhibition
includes 23 colorful and meticulously detailed dolls originally created as both toys
and teaching tools in their communities. Through Jan. 5. National Museum of the
American Indian, Independence Avenue and 4th Street SW. Call 202-633-1000
or visit nmai.si.edu.
LIVING ARTFULLY: AT HOME WITH MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST
Living Artfully transports visitors to Marjorie Posts grand estates of the 1950s
and 1960s through multimedia presentations, audio tours, jewelry and apparel
displays, and decorative art and furniture collections. Through Jan. 12. Hillwood
Museum, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. Tickets are $15. Call 202-686-5807 or visit
HillwoodMuseum.org.
ONE PERCENT
Del Ray Artisans presents an all-area artist show exploring the symbolic, political
or physical meanings to the concept of One Percent, initially inspired by F.
Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby and last years presidential election, but
expanded to include whatever each artist took it to mean, from things that are
overlooked or unnoticed. Through Sept. 29. Del Ray Artisans in the Nicholas A.
Colasanto Center, 2704 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. Call 703-731-8802 or
visit thedelrayartisans.org.
SARAH B. PECK ART SHOW
Memories, Mythologies, Symbols and Archetypes presents a series of monotypes
from this multimedia artist. Through Sept. 30. Reception is Sunday, Sept. 29, from
3 to 5 p.m. Fellowship Room of River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation,
6301 River Road, Bethesda. Call 301-229-0400 or visit muuc.org.
ABOVE AND BEYOND
LOST BOOKS OF ANTIQUITY
Many of the great books of classical antiquity no longer exist, having been burned,
traded, cut up, badly stored, written over or carbonized by the heat of volcanic
eruptions. Friday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. The Athenaeum, 201 Prince St., Alexandria.
Free. Call 703-548-0035 or visit nvfaa.org.
MARYLAND RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL
As summer winds down, thoughts naturally turn to jousting, feasting, crafts,
theater, music and merriment. Ah, yes, its time once again for the Maryland
Renaissance Festival, one of the worlds largest festivals, recreating a 600-year-
old era in jolly olde England. Set in a woodsy park outside Annapolis, patrons
are encouraged to dress in period costume. (They can even rent such duds.)
But they shouldnt bring weapons real or toy or pets, as they tend to eat
the turkey legs, which in this context are also weapons. Weekends through
Oct. 20. Maryland Renaissance Festival, Crownsville Road, Crownsville, Md.
Tickets are $17 to $22 for a single-day adult ticket. Call 800-296-7304 or visit
marylandrenaissancefestival.com.
STACEYANN CHINS MOTHERF#CKER
Busboys & Poets presents a reading of the new play Motherf#cker by StaceyAnn
Chinoet, who will also read from her poetry. This New York-based playwright,
author and performer, a co-writer and original performer in Russell Simmons Def
Poetry Jam on Broadway, has also gained attention as an activist against the dire
situation for gays in her native Jamaica. Saturday, Sept. 28, at 8 p.m. Busboys &
Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. Call 202-789-2227 or visit busboysandpoets.com. l
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HERES NO SUCH THING AS AN
unpredictable sports movie. Once in a
while, a surprising one might pop up, but
the rhythms of the story largely remain
the same. An athlete pushes himself to succeed,
stumbles, pushes himself beyond every conceivable
limit, and then you guessed it succeeds. That
success need not be a victory or championship. It
could be a lesson learned, a promise kept, or a love
rekindled. The point is: Any great sports movie is
great in spite of this pattern. It cant change. Its a
permanent formula for the genre. Any great sports
movie, in other words, is great because its not just
about a sport.
Rush is one of these movies. A fully torqued
biopic based on the 70s rivalry between Formula
One drivers James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and
Niki Lauda (Daniel Brhl), it marks an exciting turn
for Ron Howard, a director known for cranking out
faux-falutin dramas like Cinderella Man and Apollo
CHRIS HELLER
13. With Rush, however, Howard has accomplished
something rare and unexpected hes made a fun,
exciting action movie that also has quite a few smart
things to say about its subject.
It certainly helps that the story behind Rush does
most of the heavy lifting with a bit of Hollywood
embellishment, of course. Hemsworths Hunt is a
rakish skirt-chaser, who wins races because hes
irresponsible enough to risk life and limb in his
little cofn of a racecar. The closer you are to
death, he explains, the more alive you feel. Brhls
Lauda is the polar opposite: a careful, cautious driver
who relies on his knowledge and dedication to win.
Theres a 20 percent chance hell die every time he
gets onto the track, he says. He refuses to let that risk
jump even a percentage point higher. As the two men
work their way up the racing circuits, eventually
reaching the echelon of Formula One, their rivalry
festers from personal distaste into an aggressive
sort of motivation. Hunt wants to beat Lauda. Lauda
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HAPPEN TO BE A PERSON WHO ENJOYS DOING
enjoyable things over again. Most of my favorite books
Ive read more than once and I often nd myself re-
starting a novel I read 10 years ago when I nd it in the
middle of pile while searching for something new. There are
movies Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Alien(s), Magnolia
that Ive seen so often that the time Ive spent watching
them adds up to a signicant percentage of my lifespan. And
Ive never met a favorite album that I couldnt listen to over
and over and over until my husband wants to tear his ears off.
I suppose my comfort with repetitive entertainment
probably explains my decades-long love of video games.
From the olden days of Ms. Pac-Man and Centipede to mod-
ern-day shooters like Halo, games are tweaked to make you
want to do it again, make you want to do more. You beat a
game once, you want to beat it again faster. You nd one
hidden Easter egg, you start a quest to nd another. You
prove your skills on normal difculty, you rise to the chal-
lenge of beating it on expert.
The idea of a piece of art or entertainment getting pro-
gressively more difcult is pretty much limited to video
games (its hard to imagine, say, War and Peace increasing in
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difculty every time you picked up a copy). And among current
games, nothing quite presses the buttons of obsessive-compul-
sive gamers like Blizzards Diablo III, which challenges you to
ght your way through legions of demons, against the armies of
Hell and to the pinnacle of Heaven, collecting ever more pow-
erful weapons along the way.
This third installment of Diablo actually launched in 2012
as a PC- and Mac-only title to mostly good reviews (including
mine) along with some controversy over its always on Inter-
net connection requirement and real-money auction house for
trading in-game items. While the game itself was an impressive
dungeon hack-and-slash that could easily eat up hours (and
days and weeks) of your time, that auction house effectively
broke the game at higher levels Diablo III was tuned so that
you had to use the auction house in order to play the most dif-
cult parts.
This month Diablo III made the jump to consoles, leaving
behind the required Internet connection and ditching the auc-
tion house, making it the denitive experience of the game.
To understand why I say that, you should know that I wont
even tell you how many hours I actually spent playing Diablo
III on my Mac because youd rightly wonder how I ever got
GAMEFACE
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addictive demon-slaying action
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any actual work done. While I took vari-
ous weeks-long breaks to play other other
games, Ive been playing the game consis-
tently since its release. I have four charac-
ters maxed out at level 60, one of which
I have further increased along the games
paragon scale for advanced players. I
have killed the devil more times than you
can count.
And I havent even touched the Mac
version since I started playing on my Play-
station 3. To me, its that much better. On
PC/Mac, the game requires a carpal-tun-
nel-syndrome-inducing number of mouse
clicks to move around the screen and rain
death on foes. With a console controller,
the game moves (and kills!) much more
uidly and naturally. Its easy for a newbie
to pick up a controller, jump in and dis-
patch some zombies.
Thats largely because the difculty
ramps up at a fast but doable pace. And be-
cause Diablo is all about teasing you along
by doling out rewards that make you want
to keep playing because the next reward
might be even better, this console version
has revamped its loot system so that youll
always be nding something cool. Unlike
the PC version, which required you to
learn how to work an online auction sys-
tem that was overrun with Chinese gold
wants to be Hunt. Theyre the two best
drivers in the world. Predictable story,
right?
Yes and its very well done. Rush
sticks to a simple distillation of Hunt and
Laudas rivalry, mining it for worthwhile
farmers, the console version gets out of
the way and lets you play.
You can easily jump into games with
others online, open your game up to friends
and/or strangers, or play with three other
friends in your own living room. Or you
can go solo in your quest to beat Diablos
most difcult challenges. Just be prepared
to spend a lot of time on your couch, be-
cause once youve beaten the devil youre
going to want to do it again.
Review notes: I played the digital download
version of Diablo III on the Playstation 3. I
took one character to the max level 60 and
played through some of the fourth and nal
difculty level, Inferno. I also spent a few
levels with other characters to see how con-
trol compared to the PC version; all were
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questions about the risks and rewards of
such a dangerous sport. (Howard never
shies away from showing the carnage of
the eras auto racing, so the weak-stom-
ached should be prepared to look away at
a moments notice.) What does Hunt want
to accomplish? Why does Lauda even
race? A lesser movie would skirt these
ideas, and its a small miracle that Rush
spends enough time off the racetrack to
consider them. Thats the happy accident
of a director like Ron Howard making
a movie like this one. His workmanlike
approach to lmmaking doesnt lend itself
to racing scenes he never seems to settle
on a place for his camera, burying it inside
an engine as often as its drifting toward
the stands yet his style works wonders
on the dueling philosophies of each man.
With Howard at his back, screenwriter
Peter Morgan lls out scene after scene
of high-adrenaline, heart-racing conver-
sations. The races are almost an after-
thought to Morgan, who focuses on Hunt
and Laudas dueling philosophies as the
movies beating heart. Thats the surprise
of Rush after a grisly turn of events that
throws the entire rivalry into sharp relief,
its clear that this is not a movie about auto
racing. Its a movie about the men who are
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DC EAGLE
$2 Off for Men with Club
Mugs, Leather Vests,
Harnesses or Chaps
Join our friends from
Manhattan, Empire City
Motorcycle Club (ECMP)
Club Bar: ECMP, Draught
Beer and Jello Shots $2
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Diner Brunch, 10am-3pm
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Karaoke and/or live
entertainment, 9pm
JR.S
$4 Coors, $5 Vodka
highballs, $7 Vodka Red
Bulls
NELLIES
Guest DJs Zing Zang
Bloody Marys, Nellie Beer,
House Rail Drinks and
Mimosas, $4, 11am-5pm
Buckets of Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
PHASE 1
Dancing, 9pm-close
PHASE 1 OF DUPONT
Doors at 9pm 21+

PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Karaoke in the lounge
Charity Bingo with Cash
Prizes 3rd Sat. of Every
Month
TOWN
DJ Drew G Doors open
10pm The Lady Bunny
Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by
For those 21 and over,
$8 from 10-11pm and $12
after 11pm
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All nude male dancers,
9pm Ladies of Illusion
with host Ella Fitzgerald,
9pm DJ Steve
Henderson in Secrets
DJ Spyke in Ziegfelds
Cover 21+
SUNDAY, 09.29.13
9 1/2
Open at Noon for NFL
Football Happy Hour: 2
for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
Multiple TVs showing
movies, shows, games,
football on Sundays
Expanded craft beer
selection No cover
DC EAGLE
New Happy Hours
Specials: $2 off rail and
domestic, 4-9pm DC
Eagle Beer Bust, 1-5pm
$15 for Refllable Cup of
Bud and ShockTop, second
45
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foor DC Eagle Buffet:
Chicken, Ham, Spring
Veggies, Desserts 5pm
FIREPLACE
Skyy Vodka, $3 $5 cover
with $1 off coupons
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Champagne Brunch
Buffet, 10am-3pm
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Drag Show hosted by
Destiny B. Childs featuring
performances by a rotating
cast, 9pm No cover
Karaoke follows show
JR.S
Sunday Funday Liquid
Brunch Doors open at
1pm $2 Coors Lights &
$3 Skyy (all favors), all
day and night
NELLIES
Drag Brunch, hosted by
Shi-Queeta-Lee, 11am-3pm
$20 Brunch Buffet
House Rail Drinks, Zing
Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie
Beer and Mimosas, $4,
11am-close Buckets of
Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Decades of Dance DJ
Tim-e in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+
MONDAY, 09.30.13
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
Hour: 2 for 1 on any
TVs showing movies,
Sundays Gay Spelling
Bee hosted by Brett
Expanded craft beer
selection No cover
ANNIES
Martinis
DC EAGLE
Open 4pm $1 Drafts
(Bud and Bud Light)
FREDDIES
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Karaoke, 9pm
JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm
Showtunes Songs &
Singalongs, 9pm-close
DJ Jamez $3 Drafts
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Poker Texas Holdem, 8pm
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Buzztime Trivia
competition 75 cents off
bottles and drafts
TUESDAY, 10.01.13
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
TVs showing movies,
ANNIES
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $4
Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
DC EAGLE
Open 4pm $2 Rail and
Domestic, All Day Free
Pool till 9pm
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Karaoke, 9pm
JR.S
Underground (Indie Pop/
Alt/Brit Rock), 9pm-close
DJ Wes Della Volla
Special Guest DJ Matt
Bailer 2-for-1, all day
and night
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Karaoke
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
75 cents off bottles and
drafts Movie Night
WED., 10.02.13
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
TVs showing movies,
ANNIES
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $4
Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
DC EAGLE
Open 4pm Wooden
Nickels Redeemable
2 Nickels get Rail or
Domestic
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm Drag
Bingo, 8pm Karaoke,
10pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour Prices,
4pm-Close
JR.S
Trivia with MC Jay
Ray, 8pm The Queen,
10-11pm $2 JRs Drafts
& $4 Vodka ($2 with
College I.D./JRs Team
Shirt)
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Half-Price Burger Night
Buckets of Beer $15
SmartAss Trivia, 8pm
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Free Pool 75 cents off
Bottles and Drafts
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
New Meat Wednesday DJ
Don T 9pm Cover 21+
THURSDAY, 10.03.13
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
ANNIES/ANNIES
UPSTAIRS
4@4 Happy Hour,
4pm-7pm $4 Small
Plates, $4 Stella Artois,
$4 House Wines, $4
Stolichnaya Cocktails, $4
Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
DC EAGLE
3-Way Thursdays Bring
Your Buddies when two
friends buy drinks, yours
are free, rail or domestic
Boys Night Out Club Bar:
DC Boys of Leather
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Karaoke, 9pm
GREEN LANTERN
Shirtless Men Drink Free,
10-11pm
JR.S
$3 Rail Vodka Highballs,
$2 JR.s drafts, 8pm to
close Top Pop Night
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Drag Bingo
NUMBER NINE
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Shirtless Thursday DJ
Tim E in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+
FRIDAY, 10.04.13
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
DC BEAR CRUE
@Town Bear Happy
Hour, 6-11pm $3 Rail,
$3 Draft, $3 Bud Bottles
Free Pizza, 7pm Hosted
by Charger Stone No
cover before 9:30pm 21+
DC EAGLE
New Happy Hour Specials,
$2 off regular prices,
4-9pm DC Eagle
welcomes Otter Crossing
2nd Anniversary
Specials at facebook.com/
OtterCrossing
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
Karaoke, 9pm
JR.S
Buy 1, Get 1,
11pm-midnight Happy
Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm $5
Coronas, $8 Vodka Red
Bulls, 9pm-close
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
DJ Matt Bailer Videos,
Dancing Beat The Clock
Happy Hour $2 (5-6pm),
$3 (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
PHASE 1
DJ Styalo Dancing
$5 cover
PHASE 1 OF DUPONT
1415 22nd St. NW
Doors at 9pm 21+
PWS SPORTS BAR
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Drag Show in lounge
Half-price burgers and
fries
TOWN
Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by
Doors open at 10pm For
those 21 and over, $5 from
10-11pm and $10 after
11pm For those 18-20,
$10 all night 18+
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Ladies of Illusion with
host Kristina Kelly, 9pm
Cover 21+ l
DESTINATIONS
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d dancing v video t drag cw country western gg go-go dancers o open 24 hours s sauna
BARS & CLUBS
MARYLAND
CLUB HIPPO
1 West Eager Street
Baltimore, MD
(410) 547-0069
THE LODGE
21614 National Pike
Boonsboro, MD
(301) 591-4434
PWS SPORTS BAR
9855-N Washington, Blvd.
Laurel, MD
(301) 498-4840
VIRGINIA
FREDDIES
BEACH BAR
555 South 23rd Street
Crystal City, VA
(703) 685-0555
Crystal City Metro
m&w r
V3 LOUNGE
6763 Wilson Blvd.
Falls Church, Va.
301-802-8878

HRC
ACTION CENTER
& STORE
1633 Connecticut Ave. NW
(202) 232-8621
Dupont Circle Metro
THE FIREPLACE
22nd & P Streets NW
(202) 293-1293
Dupont Circle Metro
m v
FUEGO
Aqua
1818 New York Ave. NE
m&w d t
GLORIOUS
HEALTH CLUB
2120 W. VA Ave. NE 20002
(202) 269-0226
m o s
GREEN LANTERN
1335 Green Court NW
(behind 1335 L St.)
(202) 347-4534
McPherson Square Metro
m l
JR.S
1519 17th Street NW
(202) 328-0090
Dupont Circle Metro
m v
LACE
2214 Rhode Island Ave. NE
(202) 832-3888
w r d
MOVA
2204 14th Street NW
(202) 629-3958
U Street / Cardozo Metro
NELLIES
SPORTS BAR
900 U Street NW
(202) 332-6355
m&w r
D.C.
18th & U
DUPLEX DINER
2004 18th Street NW
(202) 265-7828
Dupont Circle Metro
r
9:30 CLUB
815 V Street NW
(202) 265-0930
BACHELORS MILL
1104 8th Street SE
(202) 546-5979
Eastern Market /
Navy Yard Metro
m d
COBALT/30 DEGREES
17th & R Street NW
(202) 462-6569
Dupont Circle Metro
m d t
CREW CLUB
1321 14th Street NW
(202) 319-1333
McPherson Square Metro
m o s
DC EAGLE
639 New York Ave. NW
(202) 347-6025
Convention Center /
Gallery Place /
Chinatown Metro
m l
DELTA ELITE
3734 10th Street NE
(202) 529-0626
Brookland Metro
m d
NUMBER NINE
1435 P Street NW
Dupont Circle Metro
PHASE 1
525 8th Street SE
(202) 544-6831
Eastern Market Metro
w d
PHASE 1 of DUPONT
1415 22nd Street NW
(Formerly Apex)
Dupont Circle Metro
w m d
REMINGTONS
639 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
(202) 543-3113
Eastern Market Metro
m cw d v
TOWN
2009 8th Street NW
(202) 234-TOWN
U Street/Cardozo Metro
m d v t
ZIEGFELDS /
SECRETS
1824 Half Street SW
(202) 863-0670
Navy Yard Metro
m d v t gg
RETAIL
m mostly men w mostly women m&w men and women r restaurant l leather/levi
d dancing v video t drag cw country western gg go-go dancers o open 24 hours s sauna
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Live at Freddies
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Saturday, September 14
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Up to the last moment, we thought the problem would be resolved, but it turned out that
things arent so simple in our country.
A spokesman for the Russian Entertainment Academy on Selena Gomezs decision to cancel concerts in St. Petersburg and
Moscow because of delays in receiving visas. Russia has made the visa process more difcult for entertainers in response to
pro-gay statements made onstage by Lady Gaga and Madonna.
(Agence France-Presse)
Berlusconi is on trial for living with women, but

if he were a homosexual, nobody would dare touch him.
Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN, already presiding over a nation with growing anti-gay hatreds, goes on the offensive
to defend his friend Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister convicted of having sex with an underage prostitute.
(Agence France-Press)
Theyre
service members applying for benets,
so we give them to them.

Lt. Col. KIRK HILBRECHT, a spokesman for the Kentucky National Guard, on the states decision to process federal benets for
servicemembers. Texas and three other states have refused to do so, citing state laws against same-sex marriage.
(The Washington Post)
[L]ets kill as many babies as possible,

lets make sure we encourage as much decadent
homosexual activity as possible
and it happens to be the worst year ever in terms of ood and re damage in Colorados history.
Colorado Pastor KEVIN SWANSON on his radio show blaming the states recent ooding and other
tribulations on gays and abortion.
(Mediaite)
Ive gotten pushback from a number of things
Ive stood up in the pulpit and said,
but almost none about sexuality.
The Very Rev. GARY HALL, dean of the Washington National Cathedral, on the responses hes
received on the churchs gay-positive approach.
(Metro Weekly)

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4 SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 METROWEEKLY.

Berlusconi is on trial for living with women, but

[L]ets kill as many babies as possible,

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