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Summer Concert Highlights
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The Music of RuPauls

Drag Race Queens

by Connor J. Hogan

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Concert Venues
OUT ON THE TOWN

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Grill Master
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Oiled Up, Stripped Down
TECH

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Eighties Night
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by Chris Heller
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by Chris Gerard
photography by Ward Morrison
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Rumba Latina

Boyz In Heels VI
Anniversary Party

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Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.
Bayou Bigotry
Bobby Jindal intends to be President, despite a hatred for gay rights
and a desire to appeal to far-right voters
by Rhuaridh Marr
OBBY JINDALS POLITICAL AMBITIONS ARE

vastly outstripping reality. Louisianas Republican
governor is determined to make a bid for the White
House in 2016, but if recent polling is anything to go
by he may struggle to even make it to the Fox News debates.
Consistently at or near the bottom of a large field of candidates,
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Jindal needs to stand out in a crowded field of me-too Clintonbashers and immigrant-aggravators. Unfortunately, hes all too
keen to toe the party line on the vast majority of issues particularly LGBT matters.
Jindal has a long history of opposing gay equality. He converted to Christianity at a young age, eventually becoming a self-
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described evangelical Catholic. To quote the man himself, when
he was introduced to the Bible by a friend in high school, he
was struck, and struck hard. Factor in his politics Jindal is a
fiscal and social conservative, and Governor of one of Americas
most conservative states and its hardly an ideal recipe for
breeding tolerance.
Certainly not helping matters is a scathing editorial
this week by Jindals former New Media Director, Taylor
Huckaby. Writing for the New Orleans Advocate, Huckaby
offers an insight into the right-wing, religious extremism
Jindal surrounds himself with and that ultimately influences his policymaking. Huckaby notes that, during his time
working for Jindal, he witnessed the birth of the fire-andbrimstone Jindal, who clamored to stand in the church
house door and refuse Americans their individual right to
marry the one they love.
Jindals extremism is equal parts religion and politics, a
product of the virulently anti-gay company he keeps [that] has
come to define him in the same way chameleons take on the
color of their surroundings. It should come as no surprise that
Jindal includes the homophobic stars of A&Es Duck Dynasty in
his various social circles. Religious and conservative extremism
is surrounding, insulating and shrouding the current occupant
of the Governors Mansion, according to Huckaby.
I regret nothing more than my complicity in the states
relentless attacks against my fellow LGBTQ citizens, he writes.
Being anti-gay was (and is) a system requirement for working
in Louisiana conservative politics, and it bred a powerful selfhatred.
Jindals signature strategy of rallying bigotry is diminishing, however, especially in light of the Supreme Courts recent
ruling on same-sex marriage. The governors attempts to block
or limit the advancement of equality will be fruitless, petty and
ultimately unsuccessful. In a devastating final blow, Huckaby
anticipates the day Jindal fades into irrelevance, taking his
dishonest, destructive administration with him and paving
the way for leadership that embraces fairness, charity, dignity,
prudence and kindness above all.
Unfortunately, for Louisianas LGBT citizens, Jindal wont
leave office until next year. If his actions so far are anything to
go by, hell do everything he can to prevent further advancements for equality.
In May, despite protests from gay rights groups and businesses that have operations in the state, Jindal signed an executive order granting business owners the right to discriminate
against LGBT customers. Adapted from religious freedom
laws, it had originally been proposed by the state legislature,
though they sensibly killed it once objections were raised.
Jindal, disappointed that bigotry had failed, promptly appropriated it.
Despite tech giant IBM telling Jindal that the bill will
create a hostile environment for our current and prospective
employees and asking him to ensure this legislation is not discriminatory, Jindal signed his order. IBM promptly cancelled a
ribbon-cutting at a new headquarters in Baton Rouge. Fearing a
backlash in tourism, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu issued
his own executive order proclaiming [New Orleans] welcomes
people from all walks of life with open arms. Gay rights groups,
both in-state and nationally, decried Jindals attempts to discriminate against his states LGBT residents. The ACLU was so
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nor, challenging the validity of his order.

Jindal was unmoved. This is even bigger than marriage, he
said, The Times-Picayune reports. Its the right to live your lives
24 hours a day, seven days a week, according to your sincerely
held religious beliefs.
It was the latest in a long line of anti-gay, anti-marriage
equality statements from the governor. He told MSNBC
that his order was not about discriminating against anyone
or about judging people, despite it allowing for discrimination and judgement. He told the Washington Examiner
last year that marriage is between a man and a woman.
Im not a weather vane on this issue and Im not going to
change my position.
In the wake of the last months marriage equality ruling,
Jindal proclaimed, Marriage between a man and a woman was
established by God, and no earthly court can alter that. I will
never stop fighting for religious liberty and I hope our leaders
in D.C. join me. In a failed attempt to fight the ruling, Jindal
searched for ways to block the issuance of marriage licences in
his state. It was for naught two days later, he told NBC News
We dont have a choice. Our agencies will comply with the
court order.
Jindals religious fervor extends to the company he keeps.
He is an ally of Tony Perkins, president of the notoriously
homophobic Family Research Council. Jindal has appeared
on Perkins radio show to denounce marriage equality and
espouse the value of protecting religious liberty. When Jindal
announced appointments to the Louisiana Commission on
Marriage and Family, Perkins was included due to his expertise in community programs and assistance. Right Wing Watch
also reports that Jindal has courted religious activist David
Lane who is funded by the homophobic American Family
Association. Lane organized Jindals prayer rally, held in Baton
Rouge earlier this year, which utilized promotional materials
that proclaimed gay marriage and abortions to be the cause of
Hurricane Katrina.
Jindals descent into the more extreme folds of the Republican
Party is astounding for a man who just two years ago stated that
the GOP must stop being the stupid party.
We had a number of Republicans damage the brand this
year with offensive and bizarre comments, he told the attendees of 2013s Republican National Committee Winter Meeting.
[We need to] stop insulting the intelligence of voters.
Since then, Jindal has presided over a staggering implosion
in Louisianas finances, while reaching further into the GOPs
far right for votes. If his Presidential campaign which has
never reached above 5% in polls, according to Real Clear Politics
is anything to go by, the Jindal who once reformed his states
Medicare, who graduated a Rhodes scholar, who once espoused
responsible conservatism, is long gone.
Now, hes desperately campaigning for relevancy in a party
filled with similarly bigoted candidates. In a bitterly ironic twist,
Jindals mismanagement of Louisianas fiscal priorities has
led to a $1.6 billion hole in its budget. As the Washington Post
reported in May, the state is now so poor that it cant afford to
budget for the primaries Jindal hopes to compete in as a candidate.
Stephen Handwerk, executive director of the states
Democratic Party, perhaps best summarized Jindals leadership
skills in the wake of his anti-gay executive order: Its foolishness our families cannot afford. l
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Rainbow Flag hangs from front window of house in Logan Circle.
Home Front Fears
Survey shows LGBT consumers support home ownership,

but concerned about housing discrimination
by John Riley
E LIVE IN A VERY POLARIZED SOCIETY

politically, and you never know someone until
you interact with them, says Jeff Berger.
Theres a fear of being treated poorly, of not
being accepted.
Berger, founder of the National Association of Gay and
Lesbian Real Estate Professionals (NAGLREP), is referencing statistics from a recent survey. It determined that nearly
three-quarters of LGBT consumers are concerned about being
discriminated against when purchasing new real estate.
Commissioned by NAGLREP and Better Homes and Gardens
Real Estate, the LGBT Home Buyer and Seller Survey is the first
of its kind to poll more than 1,700 LGBT homeowners and renters on their attitudes towards home ownership. The dream to
buy a home it there, says Sherry Chris, CEO of Better Homes
and Gardens. Its our job to reach out to these young professionals and help them become more knowledgeable about home
ownership.
The recent Supreme Court decision legalizing marriage may
have provided some buyers with a shot of confidence. After
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all, 81 percent of survey respondents said that the court supporting same-sex marriage would make them feel more fiscally
protected. But most of those questioned also expressed concern
over some aspect of housing discrimination.
Its this seeming contradiction that can have a significant
impact. Chris says even the possibility of discrimination can
have a psychological effect on peoples decisions to rent or
buy property. And considering the potential buying power of
the LGBT community estimated at $840 billion thats a
significant flow of cash that could be turned off or tapered with
a negative buying experience.
We definitely need legal protections in housing for sexual
orientation and gender identity, says Morgan Barker, from
Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) of Virginia.
HOME found that a same-sex couple seeking a rental apartment in the Richmond area was 31 percent more likely to experience some form of discrimination than an opposite-sex couple.
Moreover, other studies by the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, the Fair Housing Center of Detroit, the
National Transgender Discrimination Survey, and the Equal
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Rights Center have found similarly disproportionate levels of
discrimination against either same-sex couples or LGBT individuals.
This is a national, pertinent problem, says Barker.
Laura Durso, director of the LGBT Research and
Communications Project at the Center for American Progress,
believes part of the remedy requires educating the larger public
about it.
If you look at public opinion polling, there is some evidence
that most Americans believe that LGBT people are covered
under federal nondiscrimination laws, and we know thats not
the case, she says, adding that there need to be more studies,
as governments often require substantial amounts of statistics
before they can be compelled to act.
That inertia is something familiar to Virginia Del. Alfonso
Lopez (D-Arlington). Lopez has previously tried to add protections for sexual orientation and gender identity to the Virginia
Fair Housing Act. However, any bills seeking to combat housing
discrimination have been killed by the Republican-led legislature.
The fact that both the federal Fair Housing Act and the
Virginia Fair Housing Act do not provide protections for LGBT
Virginians on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
is just wrong, Lopez says.
Equal rights, civil rights, LGBT rights, theyre all the
same. And these are basics, he continues. And if we have the
statistics to prove that there is discrimination, then its something I will be talking about in my platform. Weve already
mentioned it to Democratic candidates in the House running
against incumbents or for open seats as something they should
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bring up in the campaign.

Durso says that nondiscrimination advocates should take
a page from the marriage equality movements book when it
comes to humanizing the issue.
I think what the benefit of the very long discussion that
weve been having on marriage equality is that people have
come to learn who LGBT Americans are, she says. I think
something weve learned very strongly from the marriage equality movement is that people telling their stories makes a huge
difference. And thats not only LGBT Americans telling their
stories, but friends, and families, and bosses telling the story of
how its important that LGBT Americans be included and protected in the public square, in every facet of their lives.
But Chris, of Better Homes and Gardens, also points out
that societal attitudes are becoming more tolerant. People are
becoming more comfortable with same-sex couples and LGBT
families once they move away from segregated LGBT neighborhoods and interact regularly with the wider population.
Berger, of NAGLREF, has seen similar anecdotal evidence
to that effect. Particularly after the Supreme Court decision,
he expects the percentage of LGBT people concerned about
discrimination to wane as obstacles to equality become fewer.
Berger also notes that while 7 in 10 survey respondents said
living in a progressive community was an important consideration in buying a home, the term progressive does not necessarily refer to a leftward political slant.
Clients dont necessarily want to live where everyone is the
same, but a place thats progressive in terms of being an accepting community, he says. Its more about a general feeling of
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CENTER GLOBAL holds a monthly
Metro Weeklys Community Calendar highlights important events in the D.C.-area

LGBT community, from alternative social events to volunteer opportunities.
Event information should be sent by email to calendar@MetroWeekly.com.
Deadline for inclusion is noon of the Friday before Thursdays publication.
Questions about the calendar may be directed to the
Metro Weekly office at 202-638-6830 or
the calendar email address.
meeting to discuss resources available to LGBT asylum seekers in the

area, how to raise the visibility of
global LGBT issues locally, and to plan
events to help raise money to assist
asylum seekers. 12-2 p.m. 2000 14th
St. NW, Suite 105. For more information, visit thedccenter.org.
CHRYSALIS arts & culture group
THURSDAY, JULY 9
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay vol-
unteer organization, volunteers today

for Food and Friends. To participate,
visit burgundycrescent.org.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5
p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for

youth 21 and younger. 202-567-3155
or testing@smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics
WEEKLY EVENTS
Anonymous Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,

3636 Georgia Ave. NW. The group is
independent of UHU. 202-446-1100.
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing, 9-5
WOMENS LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE for young LBTQ women,
p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). Call 202-291-4707, or visit

andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
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.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)
practice session at Takoma Aquatic

Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW. 7:30-9
p.m. swimdcac.org.
DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay and les-
bian square-dancing group features

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

Health. At the Elizabeth Taylor
Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson
Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9
a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an appointment
call 202-745-7000. Visit whitmanwalker.org.
FRIDAY, JULY 10
LGB PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP for
adults in Montgomery County offers
a safe space to explore coming out
and issues of identity. 10-11:30 a.m.
16220 S. Frederick Rd., Suite 512,
Gaithersburg, Md. For more information, visit thedccenter.org.
WOMEN IN THEIR TWENTIES, a
social discussion and activity group

for LBT women, meets on the second
and fourth Fridays of each month.
Social event to follow meeting. 8-9:30
p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For
more information, visit thedccenter.
org.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers

free, rapid HIV testing. Appointment
needed. 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700.
202-638-0750.
GAY MARRIED MENS

ASSOCIATION (GAMMA) is a con-
fidential support group for men who

are gay, bisexual, questioning and
who are married or involved with
a woman, that meets regularly in
Dupont Circle at 7:30 PM and also
Northern Virginia and Maryland. For
more information: GAMMAinDC.org.
THE DC CENTER hosts confidential

FREE HIV TESTING. Know your sta-
tus. 4-7 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite

105. For more information, visit thedccenter.org.

Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9
a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an appointment
call 202-745-7000. Visit whitmanwalker.org.
THE DC CENTER hosts a

VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION for
those interested in helping around the

Center. 12-3 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW,
Suite 105. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS

202-638-0750.
PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-
affirming social group for ages 11-24.

4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road NW.
Contact Tamara, 202-319-0422, laycdc.org.
SMYALS REC NIGHT provides
a social atmosphere for GLBT and

questioning youth, featuring dance
parties, vogue nights, movies and
games. More info, catherine.chu@
smyal.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS

youth 21 and younger. Youth Center,
410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, testing@smyal.org.
p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). 202-291-4707, andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
SATURDAY, JULY 11
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) prac-
ADVENTURING outdoors group
IDENTITY offers free and confiden-
tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg,

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

its exhibition: Spirited Republic:
Alcohol in American History. Free,
all welcome. Meet at 11 a.m. past
security inside the ground floor lobby
at 9th & Constitution Avenue NW.
Lunch follows. Craig, 202-462-0535.
craighowell1@verizon.net. Caution:
The Red Line will potentially be
closed between Farragut North &
NOMA.
tice session at Hains Point, 927 Ohio

Dr. SW. 6:30-8 p.m. Visit swimdcac.
org.
GAY DISTRICT holds facilitated
discussion for GBTQ men, 18-35, first

and third Fridays. 8:30 p.m. The DC
Center, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
202-682-2245, gaydistrict.org.
hikes 11 strenuous miles on the Billy

Goat Trails near Great Falls, Md.
Carpool at 8:30 a.m. from the top of
the escalators at the eastern entrance
to the Tenleytown Metro Station,
Wisconsin Avenue & Albemarle
Street NW. Bring plenty of beverages,
lunch, bug spray, sunscreen, and a
few bucks for fees. Jeff, 301-775-9660.
adventuring.org.
p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). 202-291-4707 or andromedatransculturalhealth.org.

BET MISHPACHAH, founded by
members of the LGBT community,
holds Saturday morning Shabbat services, 10 a.m., followed by Kiddush
luncheon. Services in DCJCC
Community Room, 1529 16th St. NW.
betmish.org.

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

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at Hains Point, 972 Ohio
Dr., SW. 8:30-10 a.m. Visit swimdcac.
org.

DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social club welcomes all levels for
exercise in a fun and supportive environment, socializing afterward. Meet
9:30 a.m., 23rd & P Streets NW, for a
walk; or 10 a.m. for fun run. dcfrontrunners.org.

DC SENTINELS basketball team
meets at Turkey Thicket Recreation
Center, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE, 2-4
p.m. For players of all levels, gay or
straight. teamdcbasketball.org.

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LGBT community, family and friends.
6:30 p.m., Immanuel Church-on-theHill, 3606 Seminary Road, Alexandria.
All welcome. For more info, visit dignitynova.org.
a salad or dessert to share and $5 to

offset expenses. Activities include volleyball, fun hike, and an Adventuring
Jeopardy! contest. For more info,
contact Brett or John, 703-914-1439.
adventuring.org.
DIGNITYUSA offers Roman Catholic
GAY LANGUAGE CLUB discusses
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay vol-
HOPE UNITED CHURCH OF

CHRIST welcomes GLBT community
DIGNITYUSA sponsors Mass for
critical languages and foreign languages. 7 p.m. Nellies, 900 U St. NW.
RVSP preferred. brendandarcy@
gmail.com.

IDENTITY offers free and confidential
HIV testing in Takoma Park, 7676
New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411. Walkins 12-3 p.m. For appointments other
hours, call 301-422-2398.
SUNDAY, JULY 12
ADVENTURING outdoors group hosts
annual Summer Picnic in Grove # 1 in

Rock Creek Park across from Peirce
Mill, Beach Drive & Tilden Street NW.
Picnic opens at 11:30 a.m., grilling
begins at noon. All welcome. Bring
FEATURED
PARTNER
unteer organization, volunteers today

for DC Central Kitchen. To participate, visit burgundycrescent.org.
THE UNITED SOLDIERS AND

SAILORS OF AMERICA and the
MILITARY PARTNERS AND
FAMILIES COALITION co-host a
monthly Sunday Brunch at Boundary

Road for LGBT military members, veterans, their families and allies. 11:301:30 414 H St. NE. For more information, contact Eric Perez, 202-682-2245
or eric.perez@thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
Mass for the LGBT community. 6

p.m., St. Margarets Church, 1820
Connecticut Ave. NW. All welcome.
Sign interpreted. For more info, visit
dignitynova.org.
for worship. 10:30 a.m., 6130 Old

Telegraph Road, Alexandria. hopeucc.
org.
INSTITUTE FOR SPIRITUAL

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

Services and Workshops event. 5419
Sherier Place NW. isd-dc.org.
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF
REFORMATION invites all to Sunday
worship at 8:30 or 11 a.m. Childcare is

available at both services. Welcoming
LGBT people for 25 years. 212 East
Capitol St. NE. reformationdc.org..
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
services at 11 a.m., led by Rev. Onetta
Brooks. Childrens Sunday School, 11
a.m. 10383 Democracy Lane, Fairfax.
703-691-0930, mccnova.com.
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY
CHURCH OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
services at 9 a.m. (ASL interpreted)

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

INCARNATION, an interracial,
multi-ethnic Christian Community

offers services in English, 8 a.m. and
10:30 a.m., and in Spanish at 5:15 p.m.
1525 Newton St. NW. 202-232-0900,
saintstephensdc.org.
MONDAY, JULY 13
FUNDACION ANGIE, a group of D.C.

Dr., SW. 9:30-11 a.m. Visit swimdcac.
org.
residents concerned about HIV rates

and other health disparities among
the Latino and LGBTQ communities,
Solaris Laser & Skin Care: A Welcoming Spa

Warmth and happiness is the mainstay of this
friendly state-of-the-art spa in Vienna
HIRIN NARIMAN WAS INSPIRED TO OPEN

Solaris Laser & Skin Care after years of searching in
vain for a state-of-the-art spa one using the best
equipment that wasnt a cold, calculating, high-pressure
business venture.
We try to give positive energy to our clients, to make them feel
good about whatever they do here, says Nariman, who was inspired
by the sun for her spas name and decor. The sun gives warmth and
happiness. It is the mother of earth and the whole world.
Everyone is welcome at Solaris, from the novice we offer
free consultations for all of our services [and] take our time to
explain and address all concerns to those in the LGBT community. A lifelong supporter of human rights, Nariman rebukes
the anti-LGBT attitudes even violence of leaders in the
country of her birth. I hope that one day we can help my people
in Iran, the many gay and transgendered people who are being
persecuted. I see it as a violation of human rights. God created
everyone for a reason.
Solaris also aims to be a welcoming environment for men
as well as women. We have a lot of male clients for all of our
services, from fixing their eyebrows to getting laser hair treatment or botox and facials. Some spas use multipurpose laser
equipment removing varicose veins or wrinkles as well as hair
which is not as strong or effective as the all-skin-type, hairspecific laser that Solaris uses. Were seeing very good results,
says Nariman. I cant recall any of my clients telling me that it
didnt work for them.
The price is right, too: Rather than more typical prices of
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$4,000 or $5,000, Solaris offers a six-session laser hair removal

on special for only $1,800. They also offer an introductory botox
special of $11 per unit which contrasts with a more typical
price of $12 to $14
elsewhere. It generally takes a minimum
of 25 to 30 units per
session, for a total
cost of $275 to $330.
We go conservatively, Nariman says.
We dont want to
put too much botox
that the face is completely changed.
Additionally,
Solaris offers massage in its aim to be a
refuge for people
who need a place just
to relax.
For Nariman, her business philosophy is pretty simple. Its
about health, its about beauty and its about making people feel
good about themselves.
Solaris Laser & Skin Care is located at 513 Maple Ave. West in
Vienna. For more information, call 703-255-0300 or visit solarislasercare.com l
holds three separate trainings for HIV

prevention counselors. Training will
be in Spanish. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 2000 14th
St. NW, Suite 105. For more information, contact Angie Ruiz, fundacionangie@gmail.com.
Whitman-Walker Health HIV/

AIDS SUPPORT GROUP for newly
THE DC CENTERS YOUTH

WORKING GROUP holds a monthly
TUESDAY, JULY 14
meeting to discuss upcoming initiatives and ways to positively impact

LGBTQ youth. 6-7:30 p.m. 2000 14th
St. NW, Suite 105. For more information, visit thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at Hains Point, 927 Ohio
Dr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit swimdcac.
org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds
practice, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Garrison

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

Quaker House, 2111 Florida Ave. NW.
getequal.wdc@gmail.com.
HIV Testing at WHITMAN-WALKER
HEALTH. At the Elizabeth Taylor
Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. For an appointment call
202-745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.
org.
KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY

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

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

free, rapid HIV testing. No appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012 14th
St. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing.
5-7 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite 200,
Arlington. Appointments: 703-7894467.

410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155 or testing@smyal.org.
THE DC CENTER hosts Coffee DropIn for the Senior LGBT Community.
10 a.m.-noon. 2000 14th St. NW. 202682-2245, thedccenter.org.
US HELPING US hosts a black gay

mens evening affinity group. 3636
Georgia Ave. NW. 202-446-1100.
WASHINGTON WETSKINS Water
Polo Team practices 7-9 p.m. Takoma

Aquatic Center, 300 Van Buren St.
NW. Newcomers with at least basic
swimming ability always welcome.
Tom, 703-299-0504, secretary@
wetskins.org, wetskins.org.
diagnosed individuals, meets 7 p.m.

Registration required. 202-939-7671,
hivsupport@whitman-walker.org.
DC BI WOMEN meets on the second

Tuesday of each month at Dupont
Italian Kitchen Restaurant in the
upstairs room. 7-9 p.m. 1637 17th
St. NW. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.

and other health disparities among
the Latino and LGBTQ communities,
a training for HIV prevention counselors. Training will be in Spanish. 9
a.m.-4 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite
105. For more information, contact
Angie Ruiz, fundacionangie@gmail.
com.
THE DC CENTER hosts a COMING

OUT DISCUSSION GROUP for those
exploring issues related to their identity. 7-8:30 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW,
Suite 105. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
ASIANS AND FRIENDS weekly din-
ner in Dupont/Logan Circle area, 6:30

p.m. afwash@aol.com, afwashington.
net.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)
practice session at Takoma Aquatic

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

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

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

Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. For an appointment call
202-745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.
org.
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THE HIV WORKING GROUP of THE

DC CENTER hosts Packing Party,
where volunteers assemble safe-sex

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

HIV testing in Gaithersburg, 414 East
Diamond Ave., and in Takoma Park,
7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411.
Walk-ins 2-6 p.m. For appointments
other hours, call Gaithersburg at
301-300-9978 or Takoma Park at 301422-2398.
KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY

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

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

202-638-0750.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS
LGBT focused meeting every Tuesday,

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

410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, testing@
smyal.org.
SUPPORT GROUP FOR LGBTQ

YOUTH ages 13-21 meets at SMYAL,
410 7th St. SE, 5-6:30 p.m. Cathy Chu,

202-567-3163, catherine.chu@smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a support
group for black gay men 40 and older.

7-9 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave. NW. 202446-1100.
Whitman-Walker Healths GAY
MENS HEALTH AND WELLNESS/

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

basis. No-cost screening for HIV,
syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia.
Hepatitis and herpes testing available
for fee. whitman-walker.org.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
BOOKMEN DC, an informal mens
gay-literature group, discusses selected essays from Love, Christopher

Street: Reflections of New York City,
edited by Thomas Keith. 7:30 p.m.
at the DC Center, 2000 14th St. NW,
Suite 105. All are welcome. bookmendc.blogspot.com.
FLYHIGH MINISTRIES offers a
screening of the documentary The

Abominable Crime, about homopho-
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bia in Jamaica, as part of the

Geopolitics of LGBT Rights Forum
Series being held by the Center for
Transatlantic Relations at Johns
Hopkins SAIS. Q&A session with filmmaker Micah Fink and film subject
Maurice Tomlinson to follow. 5:30-7
p.m. Rome Auditorium, Benjamin T.
Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts
Ave. NW. RSVP via eventbrite.com.
For more information, visit transatlanticrelations.org/human-and-lgbt-rights.

and other health disparities among the
Latino and LGBTQ communities, holds
a training for HIV prevention counselors. Training will be in Spanish. 9 a.m.4 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For
more information, contact Angie Ruiz,
fundacionangie@gmail.com.
THE TOM DAVOREN SOCIAL

BRIDGE CLUB meets for Social
Bridge. 7:30 p.m. Dignity Center, 721

8th St. SE, across from the Marine
Barracks. No reservation and partner
needed. Call 301-345-1571 for more
info.
WOMAN TO WOMAN: A SUPPORT

GROUP FOR HIV-POSITIVE
WOMEN WHO LOVE WOMEN, holds
a monthly meeting at The Womens
Collective on the third Wednesday
of each month. Light refreshments
served. 5:30-7 p.m. 1331 Rhode Island
Ave. NE. For more information, contact June Pollydore, 202-483-7003.
WEEKLY EVENTS
AD LIB, a group for freestyle con-
versation, meets about 6:30-6 p.m.,

Steam, 17th and R NW. All welcome.
For more information, call Fausto
Fernandez, 703-732-5174.

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

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

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

Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. For an appointment call 202745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org. l
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Poptimist
Melissa Etheridge maintains a constant positive outlook about
everything in her life and the world around her
Doug Rule
OU CAN PRETTY MUCH COUNT ON ONE HAND THE NUMBER OF

pop stars to come out since Melissa Etheridge publicly acknowledged her
sexuality in 1993.
Still, the reigning lesbian rocker is confident there will be more gay pop
stars in the near future. It takes a special kind of strange person to want
to be a pop star anyway, says Etheridge. Often part of the appeal, for both the artist and
the public, is a mystery about exactly who the person is, especially when it comes to
sexuality. And today theres far more room for mystery than ever before.
My generation, we were more gay or straight there was a big divide between the
two, the 54-year-old says. But progress in LGBT rights in the past two decades allows
more fluidity to sexuality in general.... Im sure there are some major pop stars right now
in their twenties that are kind of going, I dont know. I might be this or that. But I dont
have to label myself right now.
It turns out thats not mere speculation from a woman with an optimistic disposition.
In fact, Etheridge has personally given advice to some not-yet-out young musical artists.
We have long discussions on the benefits of coming out, the benefits of being out, and
what it might look like for them, she says. To be sure, it might not look quite as rosy as
it did for Etheridge.
She came out in January of 1993 at an inaugural ball for Bill Clinton. She returned to
Washington that April to perform at the third gay March on Washington on the National
Mall. Later that year, Etheridge broke through to the mainstream with the release of the
appropriately titled Yes I Am, which sold over six million copies. All in all, coming out
was a boost to her career.
The only reason that we see change in the world is because we have been brave
enough to come out, Etheridge says. More people know more gay people because we
have come out. More frank talk about sexual experiences will advance us further. Its
about sexual freedom, bottom line, she says. Its not just about being gay its about
not being so fearful about sex in general.
Beyond sex, theres love and being gay or lesbian today does not preclude getting
legally married, much less publicly proclaiming a relationship. Etheridge and her wife
Linda Wallem were among the many who expressed elation after the Supreme Courts
breathtaking, landmark ruling last month, which effectively struck down barriers to
same-sex marriage in all 50 states. My wife Linda and I join everyone around the world
as we celebrate...the Supreme Court in upholding the civil rights and liberty of all the
citizens of this great land, Etheridge said in a statement. Life is full of wonder and love
is never wrong.
In an interview before the Supreme Court had issued its ruling, Etheridge said she
hadnt given much thought to what might happen if the court ruled against marriage
equality, because she saw it as an inevitable outcome. You cant roll this tide back,
she says. I just cant believe that for very long...you could interpret our constitution as
meaning everyone except gay people. It doesnt work that way. Thats not the way our
forefathers built it.
Etheridge tries to think very positively, an outlook she applies to pretty much
everything, from politics to the environment. Even her home state of Kansas isnt as
hopeless to Etheridge as it is so often regarded.
I think its misleading to say these are blue states, these are red states, Etheridge
says. Because even in the red states, many of them are only 51-percent red.... I think the
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whole country is more purple than we know. Theres a lot of just good people
trying to do their best, trying to live and let live.
Etheridge expresses optimism when reminiscing about her early life in
Leavenworth, outside Kansas City. I remember we didnt have liquor we had
to cross the border to Missouri to get alcohol, she says. So theyre a little bit
behind. Its okay. Everybody is getting there. Theyre on a journey.
Nearly a decade ago Etheridge won an Oscar for her song I Need to Wake
Up, written for the 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, which focused
on Al Gore and his work in raising awareness about climate change. As with
LGBT rights, Etheridge says environmental progress starts individually
person by person. I think we are headed in the right direction, she says, singling out the Waterkeeper Alliance, a network working to protect waterways.
Headed by Robert Kennedy Jr., its the one environmental organization shes
been championing these days. Naturally, shes troubled by the water issue
or to be more precise, lack-of-water issue in California. Its become the
number one issue in the state. But she doesnt dwell on the negative impacts
the drought has had even on her own life. Im looking at my brown yard right
now, she says. Which is fine. We live in a desert.
Though shes certainly had her downs, including two very public breakups
prior to Wallem, and a bout with breast cancer last decade, Etheridge focuses
on the ups many of which she could not have planned or even predicted. That
includes her relationship to Wallem. The two were born on the same day May
29, 1961 with just a four-hour difference between them. Whatever celestial
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cautions there are to pairing up with someone of the same sign,

astrology has nothing on this Geminis terrestrial experience.
I havent had my astrological chart read in 20 years or so,
Etheridge says, but believe me, Ive had many relationships
with many signs, and this relationship works across the board
on every level.
Etheridge also had no plans to have one kid, let alone four. I did
not expect to be a mother, she says, but its probably the greatest
experience Ive ever had. Just the experience of being around these
four amazing souls, and helping through the world is everything.
She laughs at her quick response to the obvious next question,
whether shell have more. No. Can I answer that faster? No!
Touring is another up that keeps on giving, which Etheridge
hopes is true for concertgoers as well. Beyond a natural rapport
with the audience and a personable, engaging stage presence,
no two shows are exactly alike. I create a set list before every
show now, she says. Aside from the staples the biggest hits
and other proven crowd-pleasers in her 27-year-old repertoire
Roses Tomatoes
Maggie Rose is coming home to the 9:30 club, and

shes bringing some new ripe tomatoes with her
by Connor J. Hogan
OUNTRY MUSIC STAR MAGGIE ROSE LOVES

a good tomato. When radio consultant Keith
Hill compared women in country music to
tomatoes in a salad, Nashville was thrown into a
controversy aptly named Salad Gate. According to
his research, country radio generates more revenue
from their female listeners, and women just dont like
listening to women.
If country radio wanted to make more money, he
posited, they should limit their playlists to mainly feature men, and never play female artists back to back.
And like tomatoes to greens in a salad, they should
be the accent, not the feature. A lot of people were
upset, Rose says. But I decided to have fun with
the analogy.
there are four, five, six songs that Ill do different every night.
I want people to be able to see it multiple times and have a different experience every time.
Next month, Washingtonians are in for an extra treat, when
Etheridge returns to the Music Center at Strathmore. Its so
beautiful, she says. And its an acoustically perfect place to
play. The Strathmore stop is part of Etheridges current solo
tour solo, that is, not acoustic. Shell play a variety of 10
guitars, a keyboard, a little hand drum set and a digital looper,
recording rhythms on the spot, live.
Its a show where I really get to show off what I can do, says
Etheridge. Its very intimate, yet its still a major rock and roll
show. People are up and dancing and going crazy. l
Melissa Etheridge performs Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 8 p.m., at
the Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North
Bethesda. Tickets are $45 to $85. Call 301-581-5100 or visit
strathmore.org.
Since Roses breakout in 2012, shes been the

indie darling of the country music scene. I moved to
Nashville six years ago, she says. And my goal was
to get a hit on country radio.
That came in May of 2012 with her single I Aint
Your Mamma which reached No. 29 on the country
airplay chart. A year later, her album Cut to Impress
made was named one of the best country records of
2013 by CountryRecordMusic.com. Now, as the sixth
most played woman on country radio, Rose wants
to use her visibility to highlight the great work that
women in music are doing.
I started a campaign called #TomatoTuesday,
she says. Every Tuesday, I release a song Ive been
working on. And Ill do that until labor day when Ill
drop a single. However, not everything she releases
is specifically country. Im getting to create and cultivate new styles, she says. Im looking forward to
sharing it with my fans.
Born in Potomac, Maryland, Rose spent a lot of
her youth in the District. Ive been to the 9:30 club
a lot, but never played there, she says. Im excited
to finally get a chance. It was definitely on my bucket
list. But dont expect a twangy guitar and a down
home sound at her show on July 16th. Its going to
be fun to go home, and back to my growing fan base,
she says. Ill be playing a lot of my new stuff there.
Hopefully, Ill make some new fans at 9:30 club too.
For Rose, Keith Hills salad analogy has had the opposite effect. Female-driven country music is flourishing.
I get a pretty cool look at what women are creating in
Nashville, she says. Ive never seen women support
each other as much as they do now. Theres really good
material being generated, either underground or simmering at the surface. People are going to start yearning for
more women on the radio. l
Maggie Rose plays the 9:30 Club, 815 V Street NW, on Thursday, July 16th. Tickets are $25 and
are available at the door or online at 930.com. Read more about #tomatotuesday on
Roses website iammaggierose.com.
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GRIFFIN HARRINGTON FOR WOLF TRAP
de Cou at Wolf Trap
Orchestral Maneuvers
As the principal conductor for the NSO at Wolf Trap, Emil de Cou often finds himself (happily) in
strange orchestral terrain
By Randy Shulman
TS NOT THE HIGH POINT OF WESTERN ART,

admits Emil de Cou with a laugh, but it serves a really
good purpose of introducing the sounds of the orchestra
and the incredible colors, melodies, to young people who
otherwise wouldnt hear it.
It is the music of Pokmon. And as the official NSO at Wolf
Trap Festival Conductor, de Cou is addressing its inclusion in
the 2015 summer lineup, one of several diverse, eclectic performances by the NSO during their annual run at the Filene Center.
A Nintendo video game may seem an odd thing to discuss with
a nationally-renowned classical conductor, but de Cou, whose
full-time post is as the director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet,
handles the subject with typical grace and aplomb.
Certainly, youre not going to sit and listen to The Legend
of Zelda by yourself or over dinner, he says. Its video game
music. It sounds like lighter film music its not as substantive
as works by someone like John Williams. But its a really good
introduction to the beautiful sounds of the orchestra.
Of the remaining seven NSO appearances in the series
including Verdis Aida and Puccinis Madama Butterfly, performed in tandem with the Wolf Trap Opera de Cou is helm-
ing three: An evening with Rufus Wainwright (July 31), a live

accompaniment to the 2009 reboot of Star Trek (August 1), and a
tribute to the music of John Williams (August 8).
Williams is probably the single most famous composer in the
history of music, says de Cou. Without a doubt, hes the most
famous living composer in the world. The majority of the worlds
population probably know the theme to Superman or Raiders or
Star Wars. And if your music is known by a billion people, thats
important not just for him as John Williams, but for American
musical culture. Thats a pretty hefty contribution.
The Williams evening will include the composers usual hits
Raiders, Jaws, E.T. but will also display the his breadth by
including movements from Lincoln, the Harry Potter series,
and Catch Me If You Can, which de Cou personally admires for
its jaunty, jazzy feel.
By far, the most challenging concerts on de Cous slate are
those in which the orchestra plays live to an established motion
picture. For this, a films musical tracks are stripped from
the soundtrack. The NSO must then reproduce, note-for-note,
sound-for-sound, second-for-second, the entirety of the score in
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vels is much bigger than IMAX. Its a daunting task.

Its some of the most difficult work Ive ever done, says
de Cou. You have to be precise within half a second, which is
really, really, really hard. I basically have to memorize the film.
Im watching for lines. Im watching for camera angles and camera changes. In a studio if youre recording 30 seconds at a time,
its one thing, but if youre playing 2 plus hours, its a real feat to
pull it off.
The 55-year-old conductor notes that the feat is hardest for
the musicians furthest away from his podium. When youre play-
ing a brass instrument a tuba or trombone or trumpet youre

putting out so much sound you cant hear the violins, you cant
hear the cellos, just because theres just so much sound around
where youre sitting. I have to communicate a lot in silence to
different sections that might get a little ahead or behind. l
Tickets to the NSOs season at Wolf Trap start at $20 and are
available online at wolftrap.org or by calling 877-965-3817. Wolf
Trap is located at 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Va. For the full summer
concert lineup, visit wolftrap.org.
FancyFeast
His mysterious identity revealed, Jake Hagood is enjoying a slow, steady march to hopeful success
by
Doug Rule
HO IS WHO IS FANCY? THAT WOULD

be Jake Hagood.
There is a little bit of Fancy inside everyone, says Hagood, the 24-year-old budding
pop artist behind the song Goodbye as
well as a buzzed-about publicity campaign concocted by his
label earlier this year. I wanted people to hear my story my
song and the heart of that song, Hagood says. Republic
Records released this sumptuous, mid-tempo breakup anthem
in early February, listing the artist as Who Is Fancy and
including no identifying details about Hagood. Then, the label
released three music videos, starring three very different actors
lip-syncing to the song a white male model, a chunky black
woman and a black transgender model shorn of female attire.
It was eventually revealed that Hagood was a cute gay cub
unfearful of his feminine side.
I started wearing makeup and doing my nails and dyeing
my hair crazy colors, pretty much immediately after I came out,
he says. He was working at a Forever 21 store in Nashville, Tn.,
and it was the first place he felt free to be himself and explore
his identity. A co-worker nicknamed him Fancy, referencing
Drakes early hit, popular at the time. It was the first time I had
a nickname that I really identified with and that gave me a sense
of comfort, he says. I agreed wholeheartedly that I was fancy.
A native of Bentonville, Ark., Hagood originally moved to
Nashville to study at Trevecca Nazarene University, founded
over a century ago as the Pentecostal Literary and Bible Training
School.
I grew up in the Nazarene Church. My parents are very
faithful in their belief system, Hagood says. So coming out was
a struggle, but it was something all of us worked through and
worked at. And I think were all better for it. Now, his parents
rarely miss a performance, and were present when he revealed
his true identity to the world in April on The Tonight Show
with Jimmy Fallon. I think thats the best thing thats ever happened to me, he says. Music has been so important to me, and
performing has been my passion since I was little. It was really
just a dream come true.
It was hard to stay quiet and maintain the mystery while his
song was on the radio, becoming a modest hit on Billboards
charts. His videos went viral, garnering millions of hits on
YouTube and Vevo. Even at my songs highest peak, I was just
chilling, watching a lot of Gilmore Girls, The Unbreakable Kimmy
Schmidt just Netflix-ing it up. It was absolutely wild, he says.
Now comes the hardest part parlaying that initial success into a musical career. Hes got heavy-hitters behind him,
including Big Machine, the same management company that
discovered Taylor Swift. Having recently made the move to Los
Angeles to step up his game, Hagood feels the pressure and
yet hes reluctant to rush. His second single, for example, is more
happy and fun, a different facet of who Fancy is. Very soon is
all he will say about a release date.
Its not lost on me that this opportunity doesnt come for a
lot of people, he says. Im really wanting to take my time. I
want this to be right.... I want it to be me all the way through, and
its not something Im willing to rush to get out.
Later this summer hell open for Meghan Trainor on a few
dates of her tour, but the focus is on releasing new music. And
yes, all of it will be released as Who Is Fancy. Throughout my
career, I want to always be reminding people what makes them
special, or fancy, he says. Everyone has something thats different about them, and its not necessarily wrong. l
Listen to Goodbye and watch the videos at whoisfancymusic.com.

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STEPHEN SCHOFIELD AND SARAH BARLOW
SUMMER CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS

JULY
Pink Martini The popular cocktail
lounge act returns to Wolf Trap, again
with NPRs Ari Shapiro as special guest
(7/10, Wolf Trap) Jason D. Williams
and Dale Watson & His Lone Stars
(7/10, Birchmere) The Heydaze (7/10,
DC9) The Persuasions (7/10, AMP by
Strathmore) Dierks Bentley with Kip
Moore, Maddie & Tae and Canaan
Smith Part of Jiffy Lube Lives 2015
Country Megaticket (7/10, Jiffy Lube
Live) Wolf Trap Opera: The Ghosts of
Versailles (7/10, 7/12, 7/15, 7/18, Wolf
Trap) Mint Condition (7/11, Fillmore
Silver Spring) Father 9:30 Club presents this concert (7/11, U Street Music
Hall) NSO @ Wolf Trap Beethovens
Symphony No. 5, plus Sarah Chang plays
Bruch (7/11, Wolf Trap) Old Time Banjo
Festival Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer,
Jayme Stone, David Reed and Adam Hurt
perform at this 9th annual event (7/11,
Birchmere) Mr Twin Sister (7/11, DC9)
R5, Jacob Whitesides A party-pop
quintet featuring a Disney Channel star
and a Dancing With The Stars competitor
performs at Wolf Trap with a folky-pop
artist known from The X Factor (7/12, Wolf
Trap) Southside Johnny & The Asbury
Jukes (7/12, Birchmere) The Mighty
Mighty Bosstones (7/12, 9:30 Club)
SOAK. (7/12, DC9) Mourn (7/13, DC9)
Kehlani (7/14, U Street Music Hall) Toad
The Wet Sprocket (7/14-15, Birchmere)
Elvis Depressedly & Mitski (7/14, DC9)
Punch Brothers with Bela Fleck &
Abigail Washburn Progressive acoustic
quintet is joined by 15-time Grammywinning banjo virtuoso and his singer/
banjoist wife (7/15, Wolf Trap) Team
Familiar D.C.s own go-go legends
new band performs as part of Strathmores
Free Summer Outdoor Concert series
(7/15, Strathmore) Night Kitchen
(7/15, DC9) Maggie Rose Twentysomething country singer originally from
Potomac, Md. (7/16, 9:30 Club) Federico
Aubele 9:30 Club presents this concert
by this Argentinian chillout artist affiliated
with Thievery Corporation (7/16, U Street
Music Hall) Guster A low-boil kind of
rock band, with pop and country influences
(7/16, Wolf Trap) Body Thief (7/16, DC9)
The Bacon Brothers with Cleopatra
Degher Zero degrees from Kevin Bacon
(7/16-18, Birchmere) Jake Miller (7/17,
9:30 Club) The Weather Station (7/17,
DC9) Idina Menzel Broadway belter
and TV guest star now best known as
the voice of an emotionally frozen Disney
queen (7/18, Jiffy Lube Live) Blues
Alleys 50th Anniversary Strathmore
toasts the legendary Georgetown jazz and
blues club with a concert featuring Angela
Winbush, Kindred the Family Soul and
Chelsey Green (7/18, Strathmore) Elle
King 9:30 Club presents this concert
by young rocker (7/18, U Street Music
Hall) NSO @ Wolf Trap Pokemon:
Symphonic Evolutions, a toast to the popular Japanese franchise billed as the mustsee video game concert of the year (7/18,
Wolf Trap) Chopteeth Local Afrobeat
collective (7/18, AMP by Strathmore)
Vans Warped Tour Some 90 indierock acts perform at this all-day festival,
many with crazy names such as Black Veil
Brides, I Killed the Prom Queen, the Amity
Affliction, Hands Like Houses and Koo
Koo Kanga Roo (7/18, Merriweather Post
Pavilion) Patti LaBelle Soul diva and
Emmy-nominated actress who performs
at the Filene Center with the gospel group
the Jones Family Singers (7/19, at Wolf
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Trap) Ambrosia (7/19, Birchmere)

Neon Trees Another year, another 9:30
Club show by this appealing gay-fronted
Mormon synth-pop band (7/20, 9:30 Club)
Son Lux (7/20, U Street Music Hall)
Eagles (7/20, Royal Farms Arena) Jonny
Lang (7/20, Birchmere) The Answer
(7/21, DC9) Brandi Carlile A lesbian
rocker whose sharp, wide-ranging sound
blends influences from a wide range of
musical styles (7/22, Wolf Trap) Nicki
Minaj Madonnas biggest cheerleader
and reigning female rapper (7/22, Jiffy
Lube Live) Emily King (7/22, U Street
Music Hall) No BS! Brass Band One
of Strathmores Free Summer Outdoor
Concert (7/22, Strathmore) GoldLink
(7/22, 9:30 Club) Planes Mistaken
for Stars (7/22, DC9) Peter White &
Richard Elliot (7/23, Birchmere) Tanlines
(7/23, U Street Music Hall) Hackensaw
Boys Rootsy bluegrass (7/23, AMP by
Strathmore) Syklar Spence (7/23, DC9)
Sam Smith w/Jazmine Sullivan The
biggest gay pop star offers one of the
main concert draws of the summer (7/24,
Merriweather Post Pavilion) Wolf Trap
Opera: Verdis Aida in Concert (7/24,
Wolf Trap) Ryn Weaver (7/24, U Street
Music Hall) Cowboy Mouth (7/24, 9:30
Club) Ariana Grande with Prince Royce
(7/25, Verizon Center) Little Boots
with Prinze George 9:30 Club presents this concert by underground British
dance-pop artist and up-and-coming local
synth-pop band (7/25, U Street Music Hall)
Billy Joel (7/25, M&T Bank Stadium)
Diana Krall (7/25, Wolf Trap) The
Dead Milkmen (7/25, 9:30 Club) Rocky
Votolato & Dave Hause (7/25, DC9)
My Morning Jacket (7/26, Merriweather
Post Pavilion) Memory Tapes (7/26,
DC9) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (7/26,
Birchmere) Marriages (7/27, DC9)
Indigo Girls The influential lesbian
harmonizing folk duo returns to the Filene
Center (7/28, Wolf Trap) Interpol (7/28,
Echostage) Brandon Flowers The
lead singer of The Killers (7/29, Echostage)
Django Django Sharp British surfrockers with synth-pop influence, sort
of a modern-day Beach Boys (7/29, 9:30
Club) Jill Scott Few tickets remain
for this great neo-soul singer/songwriter
and poet making her debut in the Filene
Center (7/29, Wolf Trap) Creole United
A free Millennium Stage concert at the
Kennedy Center from this band highlighting
Louisianas Creole music tradition (7/29,
Kennedy Center) Frank Solivan and
Dirty Kitchen Part of Strathmores Free
Summer Outdoor Concert series (7/29,
Strathmore) Dawn of Midi (7/29, DC9)
Los Amigos Invisibles (7/30, 9:30 Club)
The El Mansouris - A newly formed
collective of D.C.-area folk/rock musicians
performs a free Millennium Stage concert
(7/30, Kennedy Center) Ben Harper &
The Innocent Criminals (7/30, Wolf Trap)
School of Rock All Stars (7/30, DC9)
NSO @ Wolf Trap featuring Rufus
Wainwright The gay singer performs
his dramatic tunes with more flourish than
usual, given NSO accompaniment, led
by Emil de Cou (7/31, Wolf Trap) Laura
Marling (7/31, 9:30 Club) Lazyeyes
(7/31, DC9) Linda Purl and Lee Lessack
Too Marvelous for Words: The Songs
of Johnny Mercer (7/31-8/1, AMP by
Strathmore)
AUGUST
NSO @ Wolf Trap: Star Trek Emil de
Cou conducts Michael Giacchinos score to
the 2009 film, presented in HD on a huge
above the stage (8/1, Wolf Trap) Marty
Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives (8/1,
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Birchmere) The Rodgers Family: A

Century of Musicals Wolf Trap Opera
soloists join Steven Blier of the New York
Festival of Song in a recital of songs from
Broadway musicals written by Richard
Rodgers, his daughter Mary Rodgers and
his grandson Adam Guettel (8/1, Wolf
Trap) Veruca Salt (8/1, 9:30 Club)
Loud Boyz (8/1, DC9) Faith No More
(8/2, Merriweather Post Pavilion) Boz
Scaggs (8/4, Strathmore) Graham Nash
(8/5, Birchmere) Steely Dan with Elvis
Costello (8/5, Jiffy Lube Live) Cheick
Hamala Diabete Part of Strathmores
Free Summer Outdoor Concert series (8/5,
Strathmore) Kasey Chambers One of
countrys rising starlets (8/6, Birchmere)
The Piano Guys This classical crossover
quartet has become a YouTube sensation
in recent years for its mashups of classical
tunes with pop hits (8/6, Wolf Trap) The
Gibson Brothers (8/6, AMP by Strathmore)
Emily Skinner Broadway Her Way
(8/7, AMP by Strathmore) Wolf Trap
Opera: Madama Butterfly The NSO
and Choral Arts join for a one-night-only
a new staging of Puccinis heartbreaking
love story (8/7, Wolf Trap) Kim Waters
(8/7, Birchmere) One Direction with
Icona Pop (8/8, M&T Bank Stadium)
Toby Keith and Friends Part of the
2015 Country Megaticket(8/8, Jiffy Lube
Live) 2015 Summer Spirit Festival
Erykah Badu, Anthony Hamilton, Floetry,
Estelle, Junkyard Band, Toni! Toni! Tone!,
AverySunshine, Phony PPL and others
perform at this annual soul highlight (8/8,
Merriweather Post Pavilion) NSO @
Wolf Trap: The Music of John Williams
(8/8, Wolf Trap) Desaparecidos Conor
Oberst of Bright Eyes leads this Husker
Du-esque pop-punk quintet from Nebraska
(8/8, 9:30 Club) J. Cole with Big Sean,
YG and Jeremih Several of todays
biggest hip-hop/pop hitmakers (8/9, Jiffy
Lube Live) Culture Club Boy Georges
hitmaking pop band from the 80s is back
in action, with a new album in the works
led by punchy and grandiose single More
Than Silence (8/10, Wolf Trap) Beach
Slang (8/10, DC9) NeedToBreathe,
Switchfoot, Drew Holcomb & The
Neighbors, and Colony House A Tour
De Compadres of four catchy alt-rock
bands (8/11, Wolf Trap) Slipknot
Lamb of God, Bullet for My Valentine and
Motionless in White are also on this heavy
metal bill (8/11, Jiffy Lube Live) Failure &
Hum (8/11, 9:30 Club) Preservation Hall
Jazz Band (8/13, Birchmere) Counting
Crows (8/13, Wolf Trap) Basement
(8/13, 9:30 Club) Zac Brown Band with
the Avett Brothers (8/14, Nationals Park)
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band Altcountry (8/14, Wolf Trap) Chicago and
Earth, Wind & Fire (8/14, Jiffy Lube Live)
Jonny Grave and the Tombstones
(8/14, 9:30 Club) Little Big Town (8/15,
Wolf Trap) Tank (8/15, Birchmere)
Poseurs 32nd Annual Reunion (8/15,
DC9) Phish (8/15-16, Merriweather
Post Pavilion) Uke & Guitar Summit
Strathmores annual Uke Fest put together
by Grammy-winning duo Cathy Fink and
Marcy Marxer (8/15-17, Strathmore)
ABBA The Concert A tribute to
the influential Swedish pop quartet (8/16,
Wolf Trap) Edwin McCain Trio (8/16,
Birchmere) Touchpants (8/16, 9:30 Club)
ZZ Top (8/18, Wolf Trap) Willie Nelson
and Family with Old Crow Medicine
Show (8/19, Merriweather Post Pavilion)
Uke Fest Part of Strathmores Free
Summer Outdoor Concert series (8/19)
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Falsetto-singing pop quartet whose
success in the 60s begat the blockbuster
Broadway jukebox musical Jersey Boys
(8/19, Wolf Trap) Sugar Ray, Better
Than Ezra, Uncle Kracker and Eve 6
Another reunion of these 90s-era alt-
rock hitmakers (8/20, Wolf Trap) Wolf

Trap Orchestra: Disney In Concert
Orchestra accompanies songs sung live
along with synchronized video images
drawn from The Lion King, Beauty and
the Beast, Aladdin and Frozen (8/21, Wolf
Trap) O.A.R. (8/21, Merriweather Post
Pavilion) Gladys Knight and the OJays
Empress of Soul shares a bill at Wolf
Trap with the 70s-minted Philadelphia soul
group; together, they could hop on the
midnight love train to Georgia (8/22, Wolf
Trap) Chris Brown (8/22, Jiffy Lube Live)
Darius Rucker Hootie without the
Blowfish (8/22, Merriweather Post Pavilion)
Jake Shimabukuro (8/22, Birchmere)
Babes Anniversary A party celebrating
Babe City Records featuring performances
by Young Rapids, The Sea Life, The Max
Levine Ensemble, Den-Mate and the El
Mansouris (8/22, 9:30 Club) The Beach
Boys The longest-lasting surf rock band,
who started harmonizing a whopping 52
years ago (8/23, Wolf Trap) John Nolan
of Taking Back Sunday (8/23, DC9)
Santana (8/25, Wolf Trap) Gregg Allman
(8/25-26, Birchmere) Melissa Etheridge
This Is M.E. Solo (8/26, Strathmore)
Motley Crue with Alice Cooper The
Final Tour (8/26, Royal Farms Arena)
Dean Ween Group (8/27, 9:30 Club)
The Delta Saints (8/27, DC9) Kristin
Chenoweth An evening of show
tunes and pop songs from this Popular
Broadway and television star (8/28, Wolf
Trap) Tim McGraw Billy Currington
and Chase Bryant are opening acts for
this country superstar, part of the 2015
Country Megaticket (8/28, Jiffy Lube Live)
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club
Nearly two decades after helping spark the
Latin Jazz revival, this Afro-Cuban dance
band offers a final tour to say goodbye
(8/29, Wolf Trap) Van Halen (8/29, Jiffy
Lube Live) Larry Graham & Graham
Central Station (8/30, Birchmere)
SEPTEMBER
Lenny Kravitz (9/1, Wolf Trap) Arum
Rae (9/1, DC9) Frank Sinatra, Jr. with
the Wolf Trap Orchestra Sinatra Sings
Sinatra: The Centennial Celebration (9/2,
Wolf Trap) Euge Groove (9/4, Birchmere)
The Seldom Scene & Jonathan
Edwards (9/5, Birchmere) Catch A Fire
Tour 2015 Damian Jr. Gong Marley
and Stephen Ragga Marley, sons of
the late Bob, will perform with Morgan
Heritage and Tarrus Riley (9/5, Wolf Trap)
Rodrigo y Gabriela Supercharged
Mexican guitar duo returns for another
year at Wolf Trap (9/6, Wolf Trap) 5
Seconds of Summer (9/6, Jiffy Lube Live)
Say Lou Lou (9/8, U Street Music Hall)
Watkins Family Hour Featuring Sean
and Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, Fiona
Apple, Don Heffington, Sebastian Steinberg
and more (9/8-9, Birchmere) Emmylou
Harris and Rodney Crowell The
Traveling Kind Tour (9/10-11, Birchmere)
The Gypsy Kings (9/10, Wolf Trap) REO
Speedwagon (9/10, Warner Theatre)
Jackson Browne (9/11, Wolf Trap) The
Nighthawks (9/11, AMP by Strathmore)
Langhorne Slim & The Law (9/11, 9:30
Club) Madonna Even if youd rather
forget about her Rebel Heart, at least you
can always count on a good show (9/12,
Verizon Center) Jason Aldean Cole
Swindell and Tyler Farr are also on the bill
for this country/pop show, part of the 2015
Country Megaticket (9/12, Jiffy Lube Live)
A Heartless Bastards (9/12, 9:30 Club)
Kelly Clarkson Live Nation and Wolf
Trap team up to offer two nights with the
original American Idol, plus Pentatonix and
Eric Hutchinson, but not surprisingly, tickets are nearly sold out (9/12-13, Wolf Trap)
Death Cab for Cutie (9/13, Merriweather
Post Pavilion) Jess Glynne 9:30 Club
presents this concert by the Rather Be
Clean Bandit singer (9/14, U Street Music
Missing RuPauls Drag Race? Make sure you check

out these new albums from our favorite
Drag Race Queens
By Connor J. Hogan
HIS IS LIKE THE SUMMER OF DRAG MUSIC, SAYS ALASKA

Thunderfuck. Were really gaining some visibility. And everyone is doing their own thing.
The season six finalist of RuPauls Drag Race is right. Since the
premiere of the cult show, alumni have been releasing their own
songs, following in the footsteps of the queen mother herself.
However, this summer, the iTunes music store is brimming with
new singles from a number of them and its unlike anything thats
come before.
Each has developed her own unique style appealing to a wide
variety of Drag Race fans. Shartistry in Motion, Willam Bellis debut
album, features the season four comedy queens own brand of
parody. Most songs are a fun and raunchy nod to Top 40 hits from
notables like Taylor Swift and Wilson Phillips. And despite First
Amendment protection, the blonde bombshell gives more than a
passing nod to the artists she parodies. In Ride for AIDS she sings
Please dont sue us Taylor Swift/were dogooders/Gave you credit
right down there in the footer.
However, not every queen aims for comedy, as this seasons
contestants are making their own mark on music. Miss Fames new
album, Beauty Marked, features electronic beats over pop lyrics that
are too good to get out of your head. Not into pop? Check out the
flazda style of Pearls new house album Pleasure. Less for dancing,
and more for chilling, Pearl shows that shes not just relying on pretty
with her music. With distorted vocals, and addictive drum snares,
Pleasure shows us a side of the RPDR ladies we havent seen before.
Last, but not least, we have current Drag Race superstar Violet
Chachkis new album, Gagged. The young queen shows more bondage than beauty in her musical talents, reminding us whos in charge
while serving a style that is a fusion of glam rock and queer punk, with
a decidedly 1950s twist.
Hall) Diana Ross (9/15, Strathmore)

Eagles of Death Metal (9/15, 9:30 Club)
Stromae (9/16, Echostage) Catfish and
the Bottlemen (9/16, 9:30 Club) Ride
(9/17, 9:30 Club) Alabama Shakes w/
Drive By Truckers Great soul rockers
led by a modern-day Janis Joplin (9/18,
Merriweather Post Pavilion) Years &
Years (9/19, 9:30 Club) Brigitte (9/19,
Birchmere) Of Monsters and Men (9/20,
Merriweather Post Pavilion) Larry Gatlin
& The Gatlin Brothers (9/20, Birchmere)
The Fratellis (9/21, 9:30 Club) Charli
XCX, Bleachers (9/23, Echostage)
Lianne La Havas The great, young
British soul singer returns (9/23, 9:30 Club)
Farao (9/23, DC9) John Ondrasik
of Five for Fighting Performing with
his quartet (9/24, Birchmere) Maysa &
Her Jazz Funk Soul Orchestra (9/25,
Birchmere) Yo La Tengo featuring
Dave Schramm (9/25, Lincoln Theatre)
Chaise Lounge (9/26, AMP by Strathmore)
Brad Paisley Justin Moore and
Mickey Guyton are also on the bill for this
final concert in the Jiffy Lube Live series
2015 Country Megaticket (9/26, Jiffy Lube
Live) Loretta Lynn (9/27, Lincoln) The
Jesus and Mary Chain (9/27, 9:30 Club)
Buddy Guy (9/28, Birchmere) The
Neighbourhood (9/28, 9:30 Club) Patty
Griffin (9/29, Birchmere) Ibeyi (9/30, 9:30
Club) Chick Corea & Bela Fleck (9/30,
Strathmore)
CONCERT VENUES
9:30 CLUB
815 V St. NW
202-265-0930
930.com
AMP BY STRATHMORE
11810 Grand Park Ave.
North Bethesda
301-581-5100
ampbystrathmore.com
THE BIRCHMERE
3701 Mount Vernon Ave.
Alexandria
703-549-7500
birchmere.com
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
202-483-5000
dcnine.com
ECHOSTAGE
2135 Queens Chapel Rd. NE.
202-503-2330
echostage.com
FILLMORE SILVER SPRING
8656 Colesville Road
Silver Spring
301-960-999
fillmoresilverspring.com
So why all this new music? Alaska has a theory:

Well, drag queens love money, she says, But
also, we want our music to appeal to as many people
as possible.
Appropriately, the quirky queens debut album Anus which
recently hit number one on the iTunes Dance chart features a track
called Gimme All Your Money. Alaskas Anus is an essential playlist
for any lover of drag.
They always tell you to write what you know, Alaska says, I
know about drag queens, so I wrote about drag queens. Though
silly, Anus is anything but sophomoric. Each song has a distinct sound
that ranges from the spoken-word dance vibes of This Is My Hair to
the lyrically sweet Pussy. I love all my songs. I cant pick a favorite,
she laughs. If I say one is my favorite, then the others will get jealous and Ill have to take them out for ice cream.
Of course, for Drag Race fans, the real fun comes when other
queens pop up as featured artists on certain tracks. Listen to
the above records and youll hear Courtney Act whose own
Kaleidoscope dropped this week Laganja Estranja, Latrice Royale,
and many more. Its obvious that these queens are a family, dedicated to supporting one another in wherever their post Drag Race
endeavors might take them. l
Find Shartistry in Motion,
Kaleidoscope, Love Slave,
Gagged, Beauty Marked,
and Anus on the iTunes or
Amazon music stores.
ALASKA THUNDERFUCK BY AUSTIN YOUNG
Draggin Queens
JIFFY LUBE LIVE

7800 Cellar Door Drive
Bristow, Va.
703-754-6400
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ROYAL FARMS ARENA

201 West Baltimore St.
Baltimore, Md.
410-727-7811
royalfarmsarena.com
KENNEDY CENTER
202-467-4600
kennedy-center.org
STRATHMORE
5301 Tuckerman Lane
Bethesda, Md.
301-581-5100
strathmore.org
LINCOLN THEATRE
1215 U St. NW
202-328-6000
thelincolndc.com
M&T BANK STADIUM
1101 Russell St.
Baltimore, Md.
410-261-7283
livenation.com
MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION
10475 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, Md.
800-551-SEAT
merriweathermusic.com
NATIONALS PARK
1500 South Capitol St. NE
202-675-6287
livenation.com
U STREET MUSIC HALL

1115 U ST. NW
202-588-1880
ustreetmusichall.com
VERIZON CENTER
601 F St. NW
202-628-3200
verizoncenter.com
WARNER THEATRE
513 13th St. NW
202-783-4000
warnertheatredc.com
WOLF TRAP
1551 Trap Road
Vienna, Va.
877-WOLFTRAP
wolf-trap.org l
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Compiled by Doug Rule
Grill Master
Bayou Bakerys David Guas offers a barbecue boot camp at the Hill Center
SCOTT SUCHMAN
NTIL VERY RECENTLY, DAVID GUAS

was little more than your typical backyard
griller. I have grilled since I was young,
Guas says, but it was one of those things
that I would always do at home, not necessarily
professionally.
That changed when the Travel Channel asked
Guas to host and serve as a judge on last summers
traveling competition series, American Grilled. A
longtime chef who owns the Bayou Bakery, Guas
had already learned the basic tricks of the TV
trade from his years as a frequent cooking segment contributor on NBCs Today Show, as well as
other gigs, including as a guest expert on the Food
Networks Chopped. But he did a deep dive into
the subject of grilling, learning about all the things
that go into the style of cooking. The research also
informs his new book, Grill Nation: 200 Surefire
Recipes, Tips and Techniques to Grill Like A Pro.
This Saturday, July 11, he offers a cooking class
based on the book, part of the professionally-guided Barbecue Boot Camp series at the Hill Center
in Capitol Hill.
I havent decided what Im cooking yet, Guas says.
At least three different items out of the books 200
recipes. Hell prepare something sweet, as well as a
type of sauce or glaze, maybe a type of meat but not
at the expense of a vegetable. I really want to highlight
the vegetable aspect, to kind of get away from the traditional proteins, he says. Participants will help Guas
with a few basic sous-chef tasks, such as chopping and
Guas
dicing, and will get to eat what he prepares.
If they want more, they can stop by Guass Bayou Bakery, Coffee Bar and Eatery in the same Old Navy Hospital
complex. This is Guass second location, after opening the first in Arlington in 2010. The focus is on celebrating the
cuisines of the Deep South, in particular New Orleans. A Louisiana native, Guas moved to D.C. in 1998 to be part of the
opening culinary team at DC Coast and the broader Passion Food Hospitality group of restaurants.
Calling his occasional TV work lagniappe, a New Orleans term for something extra, Guas intends to open more
Bayou Bakeries in the D.C. area, but vows to do it with as much careful deliberation as he took in securing the Capitol
Hill location, which fits the concept well. Says Guas, This neighborhood specifically reminds me of New Orleans a
lot. Doug Rule
Barbecue Boot Camp is Saturday, July 11, at 11 a.m. Hill Center in the Old Navy Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE.
Tickets are $85, which includes tastings. Call 202-549-4172 or visit HillCenterDC.org. l
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ONCE
SPOTLIGHT
BALLROOM WITH A TWIST
Various personalities and finalists

from performance-based reality TV
shows sing and dance in a musical
showcase of dance styles as varied
as ballroom, hip-hop, the waltz and
samba. Among those on the bill when
the show stops at Strathmore next
weekend: Lacey Schwimmer and
Oksana Dmytrenko from Dancing
with the Stars, Legacy, Tanisha Belnap
and Nick Garcia from So You Think
You Can Dance, Von Smith from
American Idol, and Caitlin Koch from
X Factor. Also performing will be several international world champion
dancers. Saturday, July 11, at 8 p.m.,
but starting at 6:30 p.m. with a preshow Party on the Patio featuring food
and drink specials. Music Center at
Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane,
North Bethesda. Tickets are $35 to
$75. Call 301-581-5100 or visit strathmore.org.
COMMANDER
As part of the Baltimore Playwrights

Festival, Baltimores Vagabond
Theatre, a community theater, stages
Maroi Correas play about a gay politician who decides to see if America is
ready for a gay president though
hes not helped by personal demons
and a troubled partner. Chelsea Dove
directs the production. Opens, Friday,
July 10, at 8 p.m. Runs weekends to
July 26. Vagabond Theatre, 806 S.
Broadway, Baltimore. Tickets are $12.
Call 410-563-9135 or visit vagabondplayers.org.
DC SHORTS: CHEERS OR JEERS
DC Shorts presents an evening of

short films that did not make the cut
during the first 12 years of the DC
Shorts Film Festival. A selection will
be screened, each for three minutes,
at which point the audience will either
jeer to stop the insanity, or cheer to
finish the flick and put it in the running to be the audiences pick for programming in this Septembers festival.
Wednesday, July 15, at 7:30 p.m., with
the bar opening at 6 p.m. Penn Social,
801 E St. NW. Tickets are $10. Call
202-697-4900 or visit dcshorts.com.
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Arena Stage has recruited some allstar talent for its world premiere
musical Dear Evan Hansen, featuring
a book by Steven Levenson (Masters
of Sex) and a score by Tony nominees Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
(Broadways A Christmas Story, TVs
Smash). Michael Greif (Rent, Next
to Normal) directs this modern tale
about a boy preparing for a bright
future so long as his secret past
doesnt come back to haunt him. Ben
Platt from Pitch Perfect stars. Mead
Center for American Theater, 1101 6th
St. SW. Tickets are $51 to $66. Call
202-488-3300 or visit arenastage.org.
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Summer has become the time

when you can see not one, but two
acclaimed Broadway musicals at the
Kennedy Center. While the decades
biggest musical to date (The Book of
Mormon) has returned to the Opera
House, a quieter show that also nearly
swept the Tony Awards debuts next
week in the Eisenhower as part of its
first national tour. Glen Hansard and
Marketa Irglovas eight-time Tonywinning Once, with a book by Enda
Walsh, features an ensemble of actor/
musicians who play their own instruments onstage. They tell an enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician
whos about to give up when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden
interest in his haunting love songs. To
Aug. 16. Kennedy Center Eisenhower
Theater. Tickets are $65 to $160. Call
202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
SIGNATURE THEATRES
CABARET SERIES
Signature Theatres annual popular

cabaret series runs the next twoand-a-half weeks. Highlights include:
Signatures Summer Bash with a
Heat Wave cast of the companys
favorites, on Tuesday, July 14, at 8
p.m. and Natascia Diaz, performing an
eclectic set of covers of songs by Nat
King Cole, Stevie Wonder, Sting and
more, on Friday and Saturday, July
17 and July 18, at 7 p.m. The series
runs to July 25. Signature Theatres
ARK Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave.,
Arlington. Tickets are $25 for each
show, or $150 for a special All-Access
Pass. Call 703-820-9771 or visit signature-theatre.org for a complete
schedule.
SWEENEY TODD-PROG
METAL VERSION
Yes, Stephen Sondheim really did

give the quirky and risqu Landless
Theatre Company permission last
year to adapt his most commercially successful musical as a progmetal piece, while leaving the lyrics and Hugh Wheelers book intact.
Landlesss Andrew Baughman, who
devised the prog-metal concept, plays
the title character. During its debut
run last summer, Landless repeatedly
sold out performances and it also
garnered the company its first three
Helen Hayes Awards nominations,
including Outstanding Musical and
Outstanding Director. For this years
remount, Landless stages the show
at the Atlass 260-seat Lang Theatre,
which is more than twice the size of
last years venue, Warehouse Theater.
Opens July 9, at 8 p.m. To Aug. 2.
Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H
St. NE. Tickets are $29. Call 202-3997993 or visit atlasarts.org.
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TAYLOR SWIFT
Fresh from fighting Apple over its

Music streaming service, a string
of chart-topping hits, and generally
dominating pop culture, Taylor Swift
brings her infectious pop/country
tunes to D.C. Expect a fun evening.
Monday, July 13, and Tuesday, July 14,
at 7 p.m. Nationals Park, 1500 South
Capitol St. NE. Tickets are $54.50 to
$134.50. Visit washington.nationals.
mlb.com.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG
Now best known as a daytime talker,

Whoopi Goldberg is in that elite circle of entertainers who have won an
Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony
a circle known by its acronym
E.G.O.T. Goldberg got her start on
Broadway in 1983s one-woman comedy The Spook Show. Now, she offers
a one-night-only comedy presentation
at the Kennedy Center. Friday, July
17, at 8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert
Hall. Tickets are $49 to $125. Call 202467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
FILM
MINIONS
Facebooks greatest Messenger sticker

pack, also known as the Despicable Me
franchises greatest marketing asset,
gains its own feature-length animated film co-directed by Pierre Coffin
and Kyle Balda. Jon Hamm voices
Herb Overkill while Sandra Bullock is
Scarlet Overkill, the worlds first-ever
female super-villain. Opens Friday,
July 10. Area theaters. Visit fandango.
com.
THE ROCKY HORROR

PICTURE SHOW
Every Friday and Saturday Landmarks

E Street Cinema shows films at midnight that are more risqu or campy
than the usual fare. And, no surprise,
once a month brings screenings of
a certain cult classic. Each screening is accompanied by the shadow
cast Sonic Transducers, who act out
the film in front of the screen with
props and costumes. Friday, July 10,
and Saturday, July 11, at midnight.
Landmarks E Street Cinema, 555 11th
St. NW. Call 202-452-7672 or visit
landmarktheatres.com.
STAGE
DOUBLE TROUBLE
(AKA THE PARENT TRAP)
Bethesdas youth-oriented theater

company Imagination Stage offers
a world-premiere musical based on
Erich Kastners novel Lottie & Lisa
as adapted by David S. Craig, with
music by Marc Schubring. The focus
is on 10-year-old twins who are being
raised separately, unknowingly, by
their divorced parents. To Aug. 14.
Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave.
Bethesda. Tickets are $10 to $25. Call
301-280-1660 or visit imaginationstage.org.
GARFIELD, THE MUSICAL

WITH CATITUDE
Adventure Theatre MTC presents this

musical for all ages based on the adventures of the sarcastic, tubby cat, with a
book co-written by creator and cartoonist Jim Davis and Aventures own
Michael J. Bobbitt. John L. Cornelius
II wrote the music and lyrics. To Aug.
23. Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300
MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Tickets
are $19.50. Call 301-634-2270 or visit
adventuretheatre-mtc.org.
THE BOOK OF MORMON
Yes indeed, the biggest show on

Broadway in the last decade returns
to the Kennedy Center after 2013s
initial sold out run. Tickets are thankfully easier to come by the second
time around, particularly since it
now runs for two months. Written by
South Parks Trey Parker and Matt
Stone, the riotously funny, audacious
musical, which won a whopping nine
Tony Awards, is both cutting edge in
shocking substance yet traditional in
style. The Book of Mormon may weave
in unexpected and provocative plot
twists and scenes as well as convey
extremely modern sensibilities about
life, culture and organized religion.
Yet it still hews to the standard musical
mold, from repeated musical lines and
lyrics, to boisterous sing-along group
anthems, to sharp group choreography
and a tap number. To Aug. 16. Kennedy
Center Opera House. Tickets are $43
to $250. Call 202-467-4600 or visit
kennedy-center.org.
THE PRODUCERS
Mark Waldrop directs an Olney

Theatre production of the zany Mel
Brooks musical, based on the zany,
nearly 50-year-old Mel Brooks film,
following the adventures of washedup Broadway producer Max Bialystock
and his mousy accountant Leo Bloom
who scheme to get rich by producing
the most notorious flop in the history
of show biz. Michael Kostroff plays
Max and Michael Di Liberto plays Leo
at Olney. To July 26. Olney Theatre
Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring
Road, Olney, Md. Tickets are $55 to
$65. Call 301-924-3400 or visit olneytheatre.org.
THE SECOND CITYS

LET THEM EAT CHAOS
Chicagos legendary improv troupe

returns to present a D.C.-centric production at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Company for the sixth time, after sellout success with previous provocative, political-skewering shows, from
Barack Stars to American All Better!!
To Aug. 2. Woolly Mammoth, 641 D
St. NW. Tickets range from $35 to $83.
Call 202-393-3939 or visit woollymammoth.net.
WASHINGTON IMPROV
THEATER: WIT ATTACKS!
No two performances are alike

when performed by the Washington
Improv Theater D.C.s answer to
those comedy star-making groups
such as Chicagos Second City and
L.A.s Groundlings especially since
theyre spurred on by audience suggestions. All of the companys improv
ensembles have devised new work
for this summers WIT Attacks!,
including Commonwealths public
radio-inspired That American Life,
King Bees production inspired by
the Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear
Window and a short musical by iMusical. Opens Thursday, July 9, at 8 p.m.
To Aug. 1. Source Theater, 1835 14th
St. NW. Tickets are $12 in advance, or
$15 at the door. Call 202-204-7770 or
visit washingtonimprovtheater.com.
COMMUNITY STAGE
ALTAR BOYZ
Baltimores Spotlighters Theatre

offers a community-theater production directed by Jillian Bauersfield
of the foot-stomping, rafter-raising
musical comedy about a fictitious
Christian boy band. Dating to 2005,
the show, featuring music and lyrics
by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick
Walker and a book by Kevin Del
Aguila, ranks as the ninth longestrunning musical in Off-Broadway history. Opening night Friday, July, at 8
p.m. Spotlighters Theatre, 817 St. Paul
St., Baltimore. Tickets are $20. Call
410-752-1225 or visit spotlighters.org.
direct. Performances at 8 p.m. and 10

p.m. every Monday night. Bohemian
Caverns, 2001 11th St. NW. Tickets
are $10. Call 202-299-0800 or visit
bohemiancaverns.com.
CASTLETON FESTIVAL
MUSIC
9TH ANNUAL OLD TIME
BANJO FESTIVAL
Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, Jayme

Stone, David Reed and Adam Hurt
team up for this annual festival, originally co-founded by the late archivist Mike Seeger, who helped stir a
resurgence in popularity of that most
Appalachian of instruments. Saturday,
July 11, at 7:30 p.m. The Birchmere,
3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.
Tickets are $29.50. Call 703-549-7500
or visit birchmere.com.
BOHEMIAN CAVERNS
JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Every Monday night the 17-piece

jazz orchestra performs a variety of
music from the big band repertoire
including pieces by Duke Ellington,
Count Basie, Billy Strayhorn and
Maria Schneider, plus originals from
band members, at its namesake venue.
Founded by baritone saxophonist
Brad Linde and club owner Omrao
Brown, featuring some of D.C.s best
jazz musicians, including Linde and
trumpeter Joe Herrera, who co-
Celebrated classical music maestro

Lorin Maazel, who died last year,
started this festival with his wife
Dietlinde Turban-Maazel principally
as a way to boost the careers of young
artists, pairing them with professional
mentors to produce full-scale operas
and first-rate concerts. Taking place at
the Maazels picturesque property in
Virginias Rappahannock County, the
not-exclusively classical event, now in
its seventh season, runs through Aug.
2. The Castleton Festival, 7 Castleton
Meadows Land, Castleton, Va. For
tickets and details, call 866-974-0767
or visit www.castletonfestival.org.
FAUN AND A PAN FLUTE, SEALAB
Multiflora Productions presents a

concert of experimental rock by two
bands: Atlantas orchestral/jazz ninepiece group Faun and a Pan Flute, and
D.C.s Sealab, an improvisational rock
quartet with strong psychedelic and
Eastern musical influences. Sunday,
July 12, at 9 p.m. Bossa Bistro, 2463
18th St. NW. Tickets are $10. Call 202667-0088 or visit bossadc.com.
IDINA MENZEL
Live Nation presents the first world

tour from this Broadway/pop powerhouse. Expect to hear songs from Rent,
Wicked, If/Then, as well as Glee, not to
mention a little movie called Frozen.
Saturday, July 18, at 8 p.m. Jiffy Lube
Live, 7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow,
Va. Tickets are $25 to $125. Call 703754-6400 or visit livenation.com.
R5, JACOB WHITESIDES
Four siblings make up L.A.s fivepiece party-pop group R5 drummer

Ellington Ratliff is the odd-man-out
and two members of the Lynch clan
are known from the small screen: Lead
vocalist/guitarist Ross, star of a couple
of Disney Channel movies, and bassist/vocalist Riker, who was one of the
Warblers on Glee and is part of the
current season of Dancing with the
Stars. Also on the bill at Wolf Trap
is folk-leaning indie singer-songwriter
Jacob Whitesides, who has his ownclaim to fame: The Tennessee teenager
appeared on The X Factor when he
auditioned for the show in 2012. Hes
since become a YouTuber with views
in the millions, and MTV has picked
him as one of its August Artists to
Watch. Sunday, July 12, at 7 p.m.
The Filene Center at Wolf Trap, 1551
Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are $30
to $55. Call 877-WOLFTRAP or visit
wolftrap.org.
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NSO AT WOLF TRAP:

SARAH CHANG
Bruchs Violin Concerto No. 1 is the

centerpiece of the next performance
of the National Symphony Orchestra
at the Filene Center, as performed by
Sarah Chang, the 34-year-old awardwinning American who was only eight
when she debuted as a soloist with
the New York Philharmonic and her
hometown Philadelphia Orchestra.
This NSO concert ends with as big
of a bang as classical music gets:
Beethovens Symphony No. 5, touted
as the worlds most recognizable classical composition. Rising Korean conductor Shi-Yeon Sung leads the NSO
in this program. Saturday, July 11, at
8:15 p.m. The Filene Center at Wolf
Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets
are $20 to $58. Call 877-WOLFTRAP
or visit wolftrap.org.
NSO SUMMER MUSIC INSTITUTE
Kennedy Center welcomes to its

Millennium Stage a series of performances as part of the Summer Music
Institute [SMI], a free four-week festival of orchestral and chamber music
for under 21-year-olds from around
the country, coached by National
Symphony Orchestra musicians.
Next up is a series of performances
by the full orchestra, Sunday, July
12, through Wednesday, July 15, and
Monday, July 20. All performances
at 6 p.m. Kennedy Center. Free. Call
202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
PUNCH BROTHERS, BELA FLECK

AND ABIGAIL WASHBURN
Talk about a cant-miss concert,

at least for fans of bluegrass. This
Wolf Trap show features the Punch
Brothers quintet, which is led by singing mandolin player Chris Thile, also
part of Nickel Creek, and is touring
in support of the T Bone Burnettproduced The Phosphorescent Blues.
Also on the bill is legendary banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck, nominated in more
categories than anyone in Grammy
history, performing with his wife
Abigail Washburn, a well-regarded
banjo player and vocalist in her own
right. Wednesday, July 15, at 7:30 p.m.
The Filene Center at Wolf Trap, 1551
Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are $20
to $58. Call 877-WOLFTRAP or visit
wolftrap.org.
WOLF TRAP OPERA
Composer John Corigliano and librettist William M. Hoffmans 1991 opera

The Ghosts of Versailles is a grand
opera buffa, a comedy that features
an opera-within-an-opera as the
famed playwright of The Marriage of
Figaro aims to rewrite history and
save Marie Antoinette from the guillotine. Eric Melear conducts and Louisa
Muller directs a Wolf Trap Opera
Company production featuring a cast
of 28 including Melinda Whittington
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as Antoinette, Will Liverman as playwright Beaumarchais, Morgan Pearse

as Figaro and Timothy Bruno as Louis
XVI. Sung in English with supertitles. Performances Friday, July 10, at
7:30 p.m., Sunday, July 12, at 3 p.m.,
Wednesday, July 15, at 7:30 p.m., and
Saturday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m. The
Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road,
Vienna. Tickets are $32 to $88. Call
877-WOLFTRAP or visit wolftrap.org.
COMEDY
JOHN WITHERSPOON
Surely you remember him as Ice

Cubes dog-catching dad in Friday,
Next Friday and Friday After Next,
or as Pops on TVs The Wayans
Brothers, or as Spoon on The Tracy
Morgan Show. Hes also stolen scenes
in films, from Boomerang to Im Gonna
Git You Sucka. Hes even developed
his own humorous greeting card line
called Spoon Cards. Thursday, July 9,
at 8 p.m., Friday, July 10, at 8 p.m. and
10:30 p.m., Saturday, July 11, at 8 p.m.
and 10:30 p.m., and Sunday, July 12, at
8 p.m. DC Improv, 1140 Connecticut
Ave. NW. Tickets are $25. Call 202296-7008 or visit dcimprov.com.
NEAL BRENNAN
A co-creator of and co-writer/director

on Comedy Centrals Chappelle Show
as well as the stoner classic film Half
Baked both with Dave Chappelle
actor and comedian Neal Brennan has
an impressive roster of TV shows and
films that he either helped create or
inspire. But these days, hes focusing
on standup comedy, and returns to
the Arlington Drafthouse. Friday, July
10, at 10 p.m., and Saturday, July 11, at
7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Arlington Cinema
N Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike,
Arlington. Tickets are $20. Call 703486-2345 or visit arlingtondrafthouse.
com.
GALLERIES
ANA SEDILES: A WOMAN
IN THE LANDSCAPE
A well-known artist and one of the

most awarded watercolorist in Spain,
Anna Sediles makes her debut in D.C.
with an exhibition of watercolor landscapes and etchings at Georgetowns
year-old gallery All We Art, in partnership with Spain Arts & Culture. All We
Art aims to serve as a multidisciplinary
space dedicated to promoting international cultural exchange. Through July
26. All We Art, 1666 33rd St. NW. Call
202-375-9713 or visit allweartstudio.
com.
BEYOND BOLLYWOOD: INDIAN

AMERICANS SHAPE THE NATION
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American

Center presents this ambitious and
colorful exhibition on the second floor
of the National Museum of Natural
History, exploring the heritage, daily
experiences and diverse contributions
of Indians and Indian Americans.

Through Aug. 16. National Museum
of Natural History, 10th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW. Call 202633-1000 or visit mnh.si.edu.
BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
The Target Gallery contemporary

exhibition space of the Torpedo
Factory Art Center presents a series
featuring works by 15 artists exploring societal, personal and geographic
margins and working in a variety of
media, from video to photography to
pastels even human hair. Among the
local artists represented: Susan Ellis,
Michael Fischerkeller, Songmi Heart,
Karen Spiering, Kathy Turner and
Lillis Werder. Through July 19. Target
Gallery in Torpedo Factory Art Center,
105 North Union St. Alexandria. Free.
Call 703-838-4565 or visit torpedofactory.org.
ELAINE DE KOONING: PORTRAITS
John F. Kennedy, poets Frank OHara

and Allen Ginsberg, critic Harold
Rosenberg, choreographer Merce
Cunningham, and painters Willem
de Kooning and Fairfield Porter are
among the friends and family members represented in a National Portrait
Gallery retrospective of this abstract
expressionist painters work. Most of
de Koonings paintings hang in private
collection and have rarely been seen
by the public before. Through Jan.
10. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and
F Streets. NW. Call 202-633-8300 or
visit npg.si.edu.
INGENUE TO ICON: HILLWOODS

FASHION EXHIBITION
Subtitled 70 Years of Fashion

from the Collection of Marjorie
Merriweather Post, the Hillwood
Museum offers a special exhibition
focused on the elegant fashions and
sumptuous fabrics documenting the
evolution of 20th Century fashion
and all drawn, naturally, from the late
Hillwood owner who gave the place
so much style. To Dec. 31. Hillwood
Estate, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW.
Suggested donation is $12. Call 202686-5807 or visit HillwoodMuseum.
org.
JONATHAN WEINER: A
JOURNEY DOWN THE POTOMAC
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop presents a selection of photographs from

local artist Jonathan Weiners threeyear endeavor tracing the Potomac
River, from its humble origin in the
Appalachian Mountains to its grand
joining with the Cheseapeake Bay
with stops along the way, naturally including its run through the
nations capital. Opening reception is
Saturday, July 11, from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m. On display through Aug. 15. The
Gallery at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop,
545 7th St. SE. Call 202-547-6839 or
visit chaw.org.
MAKE SOME NOISE:

STUDENTS AND THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Pegged to the 50th anniversary of the

March on Washington and just one of
several exhibitions at the Newseum
marking the occasion, Make Some
Noise: Students and the Civil Rights
Movement explores the new generation of student leaders that emerged
in the 1960s to fight segregation and
fight for civil rights. John Lewis, now
a U.S. representative from Georgia,
and Julian Bond, a former chair of the
NAACP, are among the leaders highlighted here. Through 2015. Newseum,
555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Tickets
are $21.95 for general admission. Call
888-NEWSEUM or visit newseum.org.
MODERN SCULPTURE:
DIALOGUES IN
THREE DIMENSIONS
While its galleries are closed for renovation and expansion, the National
Gallery of Art has set up throughout its
East Building a special installation of
modern sculpture from its renowned
holdings. And three times a week, the
gallery offers a new 60-minute guided
tour highlighting these works, allowing patrons to engage with each other
in open-ended discussions about, in
addition to the guide pointing out connections between, the works on view,
from Alexander Calders monumental
mobile Untitled from 1976 to Andy
Goldsworthys decade-old Roof. The
relationship between I.M. Peis East
Building and John Russell Pops West
Building is also examined. Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Sundays, at 1:30 p.m.
National Gallery of Art East Building
Information Desk, 3rd Street at
Constitution Avenue NW. Call 202737-4215 or visit nga.gov.
MONSTER FISH: IN SEARCH

OF THE LAST RIVER GIANTS
Based on the popular National

Geographic Wild series, this interactive exhibit includes clips from the
series, life-size fish sculptures and several family-friendly activities designed
to educate visitors about the massive
fish that Dr. Zeb Hogan, the aquatic ecologist who is the host of the
Monster Fish series, has spent decades
exploring. Through Oct. 11. National
Geographic Museum, 1145 17th St.
NW. Tickets are $11. Call 202-857-7588
or visit ngmuseum.org.
ONCE THERE WERE BILLIONS
Once There Were Billions: Vanished

Birds of North America documents
those species of birds weve lost on
this continent over the past two centuries, from the puffin-like great auck
to the Carolina parakeet to the heath
hen to the passenger pigeon, not to be
confused with the commonplace carrier pigeon. Through October. National
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Museum of Natural History, 10th

Street and Constitution Avenue NW.
Call 202-633-1000 or visit mnh.si.edu.
ONE LIFE: DOLORES HUERTA
The National Portrait Gallery offers

its first exhibition devoted to a Latino
figure. Dolores Heurta co-founded the
National Farm Workers Association
with Cesar Chavez in 1962 and fought
for the passage of the California
Agricultural Labor Relations Act of
1975. Taina Caragol curated an exhibition that vividly traces the 13 years
between those two actions. To May
15. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and
F Streets. NW. Call 202-633-8300 or
visit npg.si.edu.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964: A

LONG STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
The Library of Congress commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Civil

Rights Act with a yearlong exhibition highlighting legal and legislative victories and shedding light on
the individuals who shaped the civil
rights movement. Through Sept. 12.
The Library of Congresss Thomas
Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE.
Call 202-707-8000 or visit loc.gov/
exhibits.
THE VISIONARY EXPERIENCE:

SAINT FRANCIS TO FINSTER
Baltimores quirky Visionary Art

Museum offers its 20th annual exhibition, this one championing lifes grand
Eureka! moments, held in common
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by Earths most dynamic and intuitive evolutionaries, from inventors,

scientists, Americas founding fathers,
dreamers and saints. The show was
co-curated by filmmaker and publisher Jodi Wille and AVAM founder and
director Rebecca Alban Hoffberger.
Through Aug. 30. American Visionary
Art Museum, 800 Key Highway.
Baltimore. Tickets are $15.95. Call
410-244-1900 or visit avam.org.
UNDER A SUMMER SUN
Del Ray Artisans offers this summer-themed art exhibit as part of its
Gallery Without Walls program and
presented at the Vola Lawson Animal
Shelter. Participating artists donate
40 percent of each sale to be shared
equally by the nonprofit arts group
and the Animal Welfare League of
Alexandria. To Sept. 27. Vola Lawson
Animal Shelter, 4101 Eisenhower
Ave., Alexandria.
VANESSA BELLS
HOGARTH PRESS DESIGNS
Virginia Woolfs younger sister was

one of Englands most famous postimpressionist painters. Vanessa
Bell helped start what became the
Bloomsbury Group of writers, artists
and intellectuals in London between
World Wars. But she also designed
many of the book covers for Hogarth
Press, simple arts-and-crafts designs,
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with recurrent geometries and lowercase lettering, and featured in this

exhibition. Through Nov. 13. National
Museum of Women in the Arts. 1250
New York Ave NW. Admission is $10.
Call 202-783-5000 or visit nmwa.org.
WINDOW TO WASHINGTON
Window to Washington: The Kiplinger

Collection at HSW is an exhibition at
Washingtons Carnegie Library that
traces the development of the nations
capital from a sleepy Southern town
to a modern metropolis, as documented through the works of artists.
The Historical Society of Washington,
D.C., exhibition was made possible by
a donation from the Kiplinger family.
Its also an early step in a reorganization effort by the society, which
has struggled to revive ever since
its short-lived effort a decade ago to
run a City Museum of Washington
proved too ambitious. Open Tuesdays
through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Historical Society of Washington,
D.C., at the Carnegie Library, 801 K
St. NW. Call 202-393-1420 or visit
dchistory.org.
ABOVE AND BEYOND

DAVID GUAS: BARBECUE
BOOT CAMP
Over the years, New Orleans-native

David Guas has moved on from his
start in D.C. as the executive pastry chef for DC Coast, Acadiana and
others in the high-end Passion Food

Hospitality local restaurant chain.
Now hes nationally known for his frequent appearances on The Today Show
and as host of Travel Channels 2014
competition series American Grilled.
The chef and TV personality will offer
demonstrations from his new cookbook Grill Nation at Hill Center, where
hes just opened the second location of
his restaurant Bayou Bakery, Coffee
Bar & Eatery. Saturday, July 11, at 11
a.m. Hill Center, Old Navy Hospital,
921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. Tickets
are $85. Call 202-549-4172 or visit
HillCenterDC.org.
LA-TI-DO
Regie Cabico and DonMike Mendozas

La-Ti-Do variety show is neither karaoke nor simply cabaret. In addition
to higher-quality singing than most
impromptu karaoke, Cabico and cohost Mendoza also select storytellers
who offer spoken-word poetry and
comedy. Now moved to James Hobans
on Dupont Circle, the featured performer in July is Bayla Whitten, though
the next show, Monday, July 13, will
include a parade of performers as a
preview of shows in this years Capital
Fringe Festival. Monday nights at 8
p.m. James Hobans Irish Restaurant
& Bar, 1 Dupont Circle NW. Tickets
are $15, or only $7 if you eat dinner at
the restaurant beforehand. Call 202223-8440 or visit latidodc.wix.com/
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film
Oiled Up, Stripped Down

Magic Mike XXL pumps up the muscles
and the fun, while Amy examines the
legacy of Amy Winehouse
by CHRIS HELLER
WARNER BROTHERS
AGIC MIKE XXL (HHHHH) IS AN OILED-UP,

hilariously erotic musical. Three years after
Steven Soderbergh released his ode to men
who strip plastering the asses of Matthew McConaughey and
Channing Tatum on theater screens around the world this
sequel by director Gregory Jacobs unshackles itself from the
serious whispers of its predecessor. Theres a glee to it, an unrestrained satisfaction that sizzles on each frame: we cannot believe
they let us make another one of these, so lets go wild.
Men strip in convenience stores, in workshops, in the sitting
rooms of Southern mansions. They choreograph their performances in hours, then turn women to putty in seconds. There
seems to be no place that isnt an appropriate setting for their
muscle tees and rip-away pants. They come, they strip, they
conquer.
As the movie begins, Mike Lane (Tatum) is running the furniture business he pined to open throughout Magic Mike. He
doesnt sell his body on stage anymore. Rather, he designs cabinets and desks and tables, hauling his work to clients across the
Tampa area. And what of his girlfriend, Brooke, she who lured
him away from a life of Ginuwine and thongs and bronzing oils?
Shes out of the picture seriously, she doesnt even appear in
the movie leaving Mike mired in something akin to an existential crisis. When Big Dick Richie (Joe Manganiello), Ken (Matt
Bomer), Tito (Adam Rodrguez), and Tarzan (Kevin Nash) come
through town on their way to a strippers convention in Myrtle
Beach, hes powerless to say no. He wants back in. He wants to
have some fun.
From there, Magic Mike XXL takes the boys through a series
of set pieces that aim to get them stripping as quickly as possible. Jacobs and screenwriter Reid Carolin cut to the bone here
they recognize theyre telling a nutty story, so they never take
it too seriously and the movie is better for it. Try not to laugh at
the way avalanches of dollar bills blanket Ken. Try not to grin
as women paw Richies chest. This is silly fun and everyone
knows it.
What separates Magic Mike XXL from Magic Mike, though, is
the explicit way it endorses the sex appeal of vulnerability. Mike
and his boys want to make women happy, so they perform in
terms defined by womens desires. They choose to abandon their
old cliches the Its Raining Men routine from Soderberghs
movie comes to mind and create new dances that better reflect
their personalities. Leading men in Hollywood movies rarely
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enlightenment in a g-string. Its delightful.
NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE LATE

singer Amy Winehouse, Amy (HHHHH) interrogates
the tragic side of performance and public identity.
Directed by Asif Kapadia, a filmmaker known for the 2010 biography Senna, the movie earnestly charts Winehouses rise from
early adolescence in Londons suburbs to the crushing pressure
of worldwide acclaim, accompanied by the drug addictions that
ultimately killed her at 27.
Amy opens with home-video footage from 1998, at a birthday party. Winehouse and her friends are horsing around, as
teens always do, when suddenly: that voice. Its like a hot knife
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through butter. As she belts Happy Birthday to the camera, her

undeniable gift unleashed, everything else fades. Its the birth of
a music legend. Amy isnt a hagiography, very far from it, but it
never hesitates to laud Winehouses talent.
Much like Senna, Kapadia doesnt rely on a conventional
documentary style to tell this story. Instead, he pairs footage
of the singer with recorded testimonies of friends, family, and
colleagues. Its an eerie decision, forcing the audience to trust
unseen voices while watching intimate home videos it places
a tremendous amount of narrative control in Kapadias capable
hands but more often than not, it seems to be an honest way to
capture Winehouses prodigious, awful legacy.
Amy is an indictment: of Winehouses ex-husband, Blake
Fielder, who introduced her to crack cocaine; of her father,
Mitch Winehouse, who told her she didnt need to go to rehab;
and of the tabloid media, which ravenously covered her fatal
descent into booze and drugs. We did everything in our power
to help Amy, Mitch says.I felt it was Amys responsibility to
get well. The movies response? It seethes.
The triumph of Amy is Winehouses wit and charm away
from the microphone. Shes shown to be whip-smart, a wily
thinker with little patience for nonsense. Again and again,
Kapadia uses Winehouses own words to frame the irony of her
career. If I really thought I was famous, she says. Id go and
top myself or something because its a frightening thing.
Winehouse died four years ago. Kapadias documentary is
one of the first major attempts to define her legacy. If only for
that reason, its worth seeing, even if several questions remain. Is
this an authoritative story? Is it too voyeuristic, like the tabloids
it criticizes? Could Winehouse have been saved? And most of all:
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Apple Music is a bold, if
uncharacteristically messy, attempt to
dominate the world of streaming music
PHOTO COURTESY APPLE
by RHUARIDH MARR
OR MOST OF THE 00S, ONLY ONE NAME

mattered in music: Apple. With iTunes and iPods,
Apple dominated everything. They commanded the
lions share of downloads, oversaw the virtual obsolescence of CDs, capitalized on the digital revolution and led the
market in changing the way we consume our music.
And then, something changed. As fast, reliable internet
became more ubiquitous, music became more ephemeral.
Spotify, Pandora, Rdio, and a host of other services popped up,
offering ways to enjoy music without the expense of paying for
every single track or the illegality of downloading from illicit

sources. For a simple fee or the radio-aping inconvenience of
adverts between tracks users could enjoy thousands of songs
every day, without ever having to give Apple a cent.
Needless to say, that was never going to sit well with a company that loves money more than Scrooge McDuck. Desperate
to stake its own claim to the streaming empire a market
Google and Microsoft have long-since joined on their Android
and Windows platforms Apple needed its own competitor.
Utilizing the various services at its disposal, Apple combined
Beats Music, iTunes Radio, iTunes Match and its iCloud storage solution into one universal service. Meet Apple Music, the
next step in the companys attempts to dominate every aspect
of our lives.
At first glance, its a compelling system. All 43 million iTunes
songs are available to stream. Your existing music collection
is carried over and will now be accessible from anywhere you
have access to your account. Theres a social network of sorts
on board, letting artists connect to their fans. Beats Radio
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livestreams songs around the world, offering flagship shows in

London, NYC and L.A. There are playlists generated using an
algorithm as well as curated lists by Apple employees and music
aficionados. Whats more, its all yours for just $9.99 per month,
with the first three months thrown in gratis.
Theres a lot on offer. And, unfortunately, Apple uncharacteristically stumbles by incorporating it all into one app.
Usually the company considers design of paramount importance often at the expense of other areas. Here, it seems as
though Apple tasked several teams with designing the various
components of Music, then hastily slapped them together for
the finished product.
Setting Music up for the first time, for instance, youre tasked
with picking your favorite genres and then highlighting certain
artists that you like Apple uses this to curate playlists and
album suggestions, much like other services. Annoyingly, however, they settled on Beats Musics dynamic bubble interface for
choosing artists; they float, they bump against one another, they
drift offscreen. I found it so obtuse that I simply gave up and said
I was done with only a handful selected. Thats something Steve
Jobs would have considered unacceptable.
After that, however, youre greeted with design flourishes
that are typically Apple. For You is where youll find personalized recommendations, and its a gorgeous, dynamic list of track
covers and clean text. If you want more suggestions, simply drag
down to refresh and theyll slide into view but youll keep the
old ones, too, so can always jump back to a previous playlist.
Next, youll find New. Here, unsurprisingly, is where Apple
introduces new artists, albums, releases, and the latest playlists from Apples music editors. You can also choose playlists
to suit a variety of tasks, such as driving, holidaying and, rather
morosely, breaking up. Perhaps dont listen to the Feeling Blue
playlist immediately after that
Radio is where Apple is making its biggest splash. Alongside
the usual, genre-specific, curated radio stations that youd
expect from other services, Apple is competing with traditional
radio through Beats 1. Broadcast live, 24/7, all around the
world, its Apples way of bringing the widest variety of music to
listeners in as many places as possible. There are guest presenters, interviews, features, music sessions indeed, Zane Lowe,
poached by Apple from the UKs BBC Radio 1 to present the L.A.
show, has undoubtedly had some input in the direction of Beats
1. Many of the offerings and future plans for the station mimic
the music-oriented, ad-free style of the British broadcasters
radio service.
In use, its like any radio station, which is to say that youll
love some songs, hate others, and tune out during the more forgettable offerings. Of course, the personal nature of being able
to tweet in and interact with presenters could make it a more
compelling offering than computer-generated radio stations, but
its future success remains to be seen. Still, traditional broadcasters would do well to be worried about Beats 1. Apples prior successes are proof that the company usually knows exactly what
its doing.
Connect, however, is more of an oddity, a place where
musicians give their fans a closer look at their work, their inspirations and their world. Its a main line into the heart of music
great stuff straight from the artists.
One of the first suggestions Connect offered was Michael
Jackson. Now, call me crazy, but Im pretty sure the King of Pop
wont be posting Candid shots from backstage. In-progress lyrics. A rough cut of a new video. No, instead itll be managers, PR
agents, and record labels who are interacting with fans. Connect
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is a way for Apple to drive more sales and streams and the inclusion of deceased artists only cements that fact. Whats more, a
post from Madonna was pulled from her Twitter feed, so what
youre getting is second-hand information presented as a unique
method of interaction. Thanks, Apple, but Im good.
Navigating the app itself also throws up a number of odd
challenges and inconsistencies though, for the most part, it has
a clean, slick aesthetic. A persistent bar remains at the bottom,
with your currently playing track featured, as well as the option
to share the song or playlist, add the song to a playlist, buy it, or
start a randomized radio station. Its presented in white with red
lettering typical iOS 8. Open up a playlist, or album, or other
such tracklist, however, and itll adopt the color of the album
art. The obvious clash between white controls at the bottom and
the main content is hardly the end of the world it just isnt
the dedication to refinement weve come to expect, nay, demand
from Apple.
Whats more, youll find yourself getting lost or confused in
your first few interactions with Music. Because theres so much
on offer, youll spend a lot of time in menus, and sub menus, and
menus within those sub menus, trying to start a playlist or find
an individual song. Theres also a lack of consistency in design
elements. Click on a big, square album cover in For You and itll
open the album, letting you browse tracks. Ditto for playlists
theyll open, offering further interaction. Click on the same
design element in Radio? Itll instantly start playing. More than
once Id click, thinking I could see further options, only to have
the radio station start playing. Its a bizarrely streamlined process given whats presented elsewhere.
Still, this is an initial release. Music has plenty of room to
grow and theres a sizable user base to support it, given its
now the default app on iPhones. Beats Music users will eventually be ported over to it, as well, while iTunes on desktop now
incorporate Music as part of the software (yes, Windows users,
its still a resource hog). Perhaps more importantly, Apple will
offer Music to Android users this fall. If ever there were a clearer
statement of intent that the company intends to once again
dominate every aspect of the music business, this is it.
So, does Music represent good value? Well, thats less clear,
certainly at the moment. The quality is undoubtedly there
while Apples personally curated playlists arent necessarily better than Google Plays auto-generated streams, for instance, the
fact that the company is making an effort to personalize the service is appreciated. Apple has also added several great features,
such as Siri integration. Ask Apples assistant for the most popular song on your date of birth (Release Me by Wilson Phillips,
in case you were wondering) or the top songs from a particular
year, and shell oblige.
However, should you already own an Xbox Music Pass
(hello, all ten of you!), Google Play Music subscription, Spotify
Premium account, or any other such paid subscription, theres
less incentive to jump ship. Spotify, for instance, has been doing
this for years. Their app is beautiful, fast, intuitive and makes
sharing and finding content a breeze. In addition, for music nuts,
Apple Music streams at 256Kbps, versus Spotifys maximum of
320Kbps. No, average users wont notice a difference, but its a
difference all the same. As it stands, I personally see no incentive
to relinquish my Spotify subscription.
However, in three months time, when the free trial ends and
Apples $9.99 monthly fee kicks in, it could be a different story.
A bit of extra polish, a few UI tweaks, and greater clarity over
Connects purpose (or its total removal), and Apple could easily
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Eighties Night
From Annie Lennox to the Police to
Michael Jackson, we count down the
10 Greatest Pop Songs of the 80s
by CHRIS GERARD
HE MUSIC OF THE 1980S REMAINS AS

enduring as ever, beloved by those who lived through
the decade as well as by younger fans who tend to look
back at the periods garish excesses with some degree
of bemusement. The dawn of MTV ushered in an exciting era
for music, defined by flashy videos, outlandish fashion, massive
hair, and scores of great singles that cover a vast range of stylistic
territory. Here are our top 10.
10. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU - U2 (1987)
By 1987, U2 was poised for a major leap into international stardom, and The Joshua Tree provided the necessary boost. Hailed
by critics and beloved by fans, the album spent nine weeks at
No. 1 and sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. Its success was
sparked by With or Without You, a daring choice for first
single. The song is an exercise in smoldering, escalating tension
and cathartic release. Helmed by Bonos tightly controlled vocals
and The Edges blazing bursts of guitar, With or Without You
is a breathtaking piece of songcraft that doesnt follow the conventional norms of what a pop song should be.
9. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - TEARS FOR FEARS (1985)
The first U.S. hit for British duo Tears for Fears, Everybody
Wants to Rule the World is a gleaming pop shuffle with a
superb vocal by bassist Curt Smith. Although structurally simple
highlighted by a stately, undulating melody, a steady bass and
a repetitive two-chord keyboard line thematically, the song
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exudes unease and cynicism. It remains a beautiful recording

and helped cement the album Songs from the Big Chair as one of
the greatest of the decade.
8. BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG THE PRETENDERS (1982)
The Pretenders Back on the Chain Gang was recorded during

the most tumultuous period in the bands history. In June 1982,
they fired bassist Pete Farndon over rampant drug use. Two
days later, guitarist James Honeyman-Scott died of an overdose.
Chrissie Hynde wrote the beautifully elegiac Chain Gang as a
tribute to Honeyman-Scott. Punctuated by Hyndes devastating
vocal, the wistful, heartbreaking song spent three weeks at No.
5 and was the biggest single of the bands career.
7. LETS DANCE DAVID BOWIE (1983)
David Bowie has made frequent, sudden left-turns throughout

his legendary career. Lets Dance, Bowies first No. 1 in the
U.S. since his 1975 smash Fame, is a tightly wound ball of
tension disguised as a funky pop song. With a slick electronic
beat, woozy horns and a torrid solo by a young guitarist named
Stevie Ray Vaughn, its about love and annihilation, the instinct
to embrace passion when all else is gone. It works great as a pop
song, but is much more than that, and is a fine example of a song
recorded in the shadows of the Cold War menace.
6. BETTE DAVIS EYES KIM CARNES (1981)
Singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon first released the song in

1974. It went nowhere at the time, but, fortunately for everyone,
found its way to Kim Carnes. Recorded for her sixth album
Mistaken Identity, Bette Davis Eyes is a sexy, new wave rocker
that oozes innuendo and attitude. Carnes nails the vocal, her
nuance and phrasing perfect at every turn. From a growl to a

conspiratorial half-whisper, Carnes knows how to wring every
last bit of drama and meaning from the lyrics. Bette Davis Eyes
was the biggest hit of 1981, spending an incredible nine weeks
at No. 1 and winning Grammys for both Song and Record of the
Year.
5. SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) EURYTHMICS (1983)
The striking image of Annie Lennox in her masculine suit and

flaming orange flat-top is one of the visuals that defines the early
MTV era. The song that accompanies it is a simple but profound statement about the human condition (Lennox has often
referred to the song as a mantra). The main riff, improvised by
Lennox while listening to the drum machine part that her partner Dave Stewart had been programming, is a simple two-bar
arpeggio that loops throughout most of the song. Lennoxs vocal
is extraordinary, taut and restrained during the initial verse,
brimming with passion towards the end. It endures to this day.
4. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE THE POLICE (1983)
The lead single from The Polices fifth and final album,
Synchronicity, Every Breath You Take, an exploration of
malevolent obsession, is the biggest hit of the trios career. A
powerful black and white video directed by Godley & Creme
helped cement the songs popularity and its success helped
Synchronicity sell over 8 million copies in the U.S. alone.
3. LIKE A PRAYER - MADONNA (1989)
Like a Prayer begins with shards of distorted guitar and the

sound of a door slamming, followed by Madonnas solemn
opening lines delivered over a haunting background of organ
and choral vocals. Then the drums and bass kick in, and Like
a Prayer becomes an electric hymn reaching a powerful emotional apex featuring a dramatic sense of spiritual crisis. A
controversial video directed by Mary Lambert, laden with provocative religious imagery, helped propel the singles success.
Madonna isnt the first to explore the constant inherent tension
between religion and sex, thrilling ecstasy and abject shame, but
few have done it better.
2. WHEN DOVES CRY PRINCE (1984)
Princes scorching, bitter masterpiece was a late entry to his

film Purple Rain. When Doves Cry rocketed straight to No. 1,
becoming the biggest hit of Princes legendary career. Princes
taut, tightly layered vocals convey a slow boil of desperation and
anguish and the artist twists the atmosphere of sexual tension as
the song grooves toward a sonically innovative finale of slippery
keyboards and shimmering vocal harmonies. Five minutes of
gripping melodrama, When Doves Cry finds Prince at his best.
1. BILLIE JEAN MICHAEL JACKSON (1982)
If one song changed an entire decade, its Michael Jacksons

Billie Jean. One of the greatest recordings in pop history, its
foundation is a heavy back beat by drummer Leon Chancler and
a sinuous bass-line by the late Louis Johnson. Soaring over it all
is Michael Jacksons innovative vocal delivery. His phrasing
every vocal hiccup, twirl and twinge perfectly placed makes
the song. Its a viscerally exciting piece of music, tense and
dramatic, enigmatic and otherworldly. Who else but the King
of Pop could have produced the single greatest pop song of the
80s?
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$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
Beer $15 Texas Holdem
Poker, 8pm Dart Boards
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
NUMBER NINE
Safe Word: A Gay Spelling
Bee, 8-11pm Prizes to
the top three spellers
After 9pm, $3 Absolut,
Bulleit & Stella
NUMBER NINE
TUES., 07.14.15
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long,
4pm-close
JR.S
Birdie La Cage Show,
10:30pm Underground
(Indie Pop/Alt/Brit Rock),
9pm-close DJ Wes
Della Volla 2-for-1, 5pmmidnight
ANNIES
$4 Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
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TOWN PATIO
Open 5pm No Cover
Yappy Hour: Happy Hour
for Dogs and their best
friends $3 Drinks and
$3 Draughts
WED., 07.15.15
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
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ANNIES
$4 Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Wednesday Night
Karaoke downstairs, 10pm
Hosted by Miss Sasha
Adams $4 Stoli and Stoli
Flavors and Miller Lite
No Cover 21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm $6
Burgers Drag Bingo
Night, hosted by Ms.
Regina Jozet Adams, 8pm
Bingo prizes Karaoke,
10pm-1am
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GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long,
4pm-close The Boys of
HUMP upstairs, 9pm
JR.S
Trivia with MC Jay Ray,
8pm The Queen Amateur
Drag Competition, hosted
by BaNaka, 10-11pm, with
a $200 prize Buy 1, Get
1 Free, 4-9pm $2 JR.s
Drafts and $4 Vodka ($2
with College ID or JR.s
Team Shirt)
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
SmartAss Trivia Night,
8pm and 9pm Prizes
include bar tabs and tickets to shows at the 9:30
Club $15 Buckets of
Beer for SmartAss Teams
only Bring a new team
members and each get a
free $10 Dinner
NUMBER NINE
TOWN PATIO
Open 5pm No Cover
Half-Price Hump Day
half-price drinks all day
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Shirtless Night, 10-11pm,
12-12:30am Military
Night, no cover with
military ID DJ Don T. in
Secrets 9pm Cover
21+
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scene
Rumba Latina
Boyz In Heels VI
Anniversary Party
at Cobalt
Saturday, July 4
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with your
smartphone
for bonus scene
pics online!
Photography by
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We have disconnected marriage from children,

that has profound consequences not just for America but for the world.
RICK SANTORUM, Republican candidate for President, speaking on Face the Nation. Santorum claimed that the Supreme
Courts ruling, which legalized marriage for millions of gay Americans, will disrupt the foundation of the world.

Prediction from a grown-up:

Your future is going to be amazing.
HILLARY CLINTON, using her personal account, responding to a post on Facebook page Humans of New York. In the original
post, a young boy is shown with the caption Im homosexual and Im afraid about what my future will
be and that people wont like me.

We shall tell him to

shut up and go home.
Kenyan MP IRUNGU KANGATA, speaking to demonstrators outside the countrys parliament, trust.org reports. Kangata was
discussing a social media campaign aimed at dissuading President Obama from including the gay agenda in his visit to the
nation. We are telling Mr. Obama when he comes to Kenya this month and he tries to bring the abortion agenda, the gay
agenda, we shall tell him to shut up and go home.

Up until now,
I have totally isolated myself from
the transgender community
so I have a lot of catching up to do.
CAITLYN JENNER, writing in the first of a series of editorials for WhoSay. Jenner writes that shes glad to finally be able to live
openly and interact with the trans community. Ive already learned so much about this community, the issues and the people
involved. Its been an eye-opening experience for me mainly realizing how fortunate I am.

They were nervous because they were getting married. I was nervous because
I snuck into my boss house to perform
a wedding against his wishes
in his backyard.
JON LOVETT, former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, speaking with Moth Radio Hour. In 2010, Lovett reportedly
invited two friends on a White House tour, before conducting a secret wedding ceremony in the Rose Garden. If true, it would
mark the first same-sex wedding conducted at the White House.
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Home Front Fears

SALES & MARKETING

2015 Jansi LLC.

Summer Concert Highlights

The Music of RuPauls

OUT ON THE TOWN

Oiled Up, Stripped Down

photography by Ward Morrison

photography by Ward Morrison

Cherry Fund raises $17,000 for local orgs

Now online at MetroWeekly.com

OBBY JINDALS POLITICAL AMBITIONS ARE

nor, challenging the validity of his order.

Rainbow Flag hangs from front window of house in Logan Circle.

Home Front Fears

Survey shows LGBT consumers support home ownership,

E LIVE IN A VERY POLARIZED SOCIETY

bring up in the campaign.

Metro Weeklys Community Calendar highlights important events in the D.C.-area

meeting to discuss resources available to LGBT asylum seekers in the

CHRYSALIS arts & culture group

unteer organization, volunteers today

SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5

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

US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics

Anonymous Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,

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

13-21, interested in leadership development. 5-6:30 p.m. SMYAL Youth

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)

practice session at Takoma Aquatic

DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay and les-

bian square-dancing group features

HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker

WOMEN IN THEIR TWENTIES, a

social discussion and activity group

METROHEALTH CENTER offers

GAY MARRIED MENS

fidential support group for men who

THE DC CENTER hosts confidential

tus. 4-7 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite

HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker

THE DC CENTER hosts a

those interested in helping around the

METROHEALTH CENTER offers

free, rapid HIV testing. Appointment

PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-

affirming social group for ages 11-24.

SMYALS REC NIGHT provides

a social atmosphere for GLBT and

SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-6

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

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

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) prac-

ADVENTURING outdoors group

IDENTITY offers free and confiden-

tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg,

heads to the National Archives to see

tice session at Hains Point, 927 Ohio

GAY DISTRICT holds facilitated

discussion for GBTQ men, 18-35, first

hikes 11 strenuous miles on the Billy

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

a salad or dessert to share and $5 to