CONTENTS

JULY 5, 2018 Volume 25 Issue 10

17 EXPANDING FRINGE
Capital Fringe moves its annual festival
to the Waterfront while it completely overhauls
its building.

By Doug Rule

LAST NIGHT IN TOWN

The final “party to end all parties” at Town
Danceboutique on Saturday, June 30, 2018.

Photography by Ward Morrison and Randy Shulman

24
33 FAMILY PORTRAIT
Whitney zeroes in on the Houston family dynamics
that played a part in the singer’s rise and fall.

By André Hereford

SPOTLIGHT: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP p.7 OUT ON THE TOWN p.10
BONJOUR, AQUARIA! p.14 EXPANDING FRINGE: CAPITAL FRINGE 2018 p.17
COMMUNITY CALENDAR p.21 CLASS WARFARE p.21
COVER STORY: LAST NIGHT IN TOWN p.24 FILM: WHITNEY p.33
STAGE: AIN’T TOO PROUD p.35 NIGHTLIFE SCENE: TRADE p.37
NIGHTLIFE LISTINGS p.38 LAST WORD p.46
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 Spotlight
MARVEL-WALT DISNEY
Ant-Man and the Wasp
C
LEARLY TAKING A BREATH BETWEEN THE
massive mountain climbs of Avengers sequels, Ant-
Man and the Wasp (HHHHH) finds Marvel in low-
key mode. Following the events of Captain America: Civil
War, Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is still under federal house
arrest for fighting on Cap’s side, in clear violation of those
pesky Sokovia Accords. He’s been making the most of his
forced downtime by bonding with his daughter Cassie (Abby
Ryder Fortson), and Rudd makes the most of his warm rap-
port with young Fortson. She’s very much a wisecracking
chip off the old block.
Crucially, theirs isn’t the only father-daughter relation-
ship driving the story. Evangeline Lilly is back as Ant-Man’s
leading lady, Hope Van Dyne, who does a good share of
butt-kicking at The Wasp this go-round. She and Lang,
guided by Hope’s prickly scientist dad, Hank Pym (Michael
Douglas), try to save Pym’s long-missing wife and Hope’s
mom, Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), from subatomic
limbo in the “quantum void.”
Ant-Man and the Wasp is rated PG-13, and opens in theaters everywhere July 6. Visit fandango.com.
The nutty quantum physics involved in explaining all the
eye-popping shrinking and enlarging — from worker ants
the size of Great Danes, to Pym’s portable shrinking office
building — are gleefully comic book incredible. So are the
abilities of the film’s comics-derived villain, Ghost (Hannah
John-Kamen).
Ghost isn’t the most threatening adversary in the Marvel
universe, but cinematographer Dante Spinotti and the effects
team make her a rush to watch as she phases through walls,
space, and human beings. On the other hand, the script and
John-Kamen’s wan performance are less successful when
the movie stops for Ghost’s overlong origin story.
Thankfully, that deadly montage is thoroughly one-upped
later in the film by a hilarious recap of Lang’s Ant-Man esca-
pades, narrated by his crafty sidekick, Luis (Michael Peña).
Throughout, the tight-knit ensemble delivers a fun, small-
scale caper that’s delightfully self-contained until the inevi-
table Infinity War puzzle piece is thrown in at the end — and
it’s a good one. —André Hereford
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 Spotlight
JAZZ IN THE GARDEN: BLACK MASALA
The National Gallery of Art offers free outdoor concerts
immediately after work every Friday through late August.
Bands offering a range of jazz styles, from swing to Latin to
ska, perform amidst the museum’s collection of large-scale
sculptural works while patrons enjoy food and drink, includ-
ing beer, wine, and sangria, as sold by the Pavilion Cafe and
outdoor grill. The 2018 series continues with a special post-
4th of July toast from D.C.’s nine-piece Balkan and funk brass
band Black Masala — which includes members of Thievery
Corporation — on July 6, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Sculpture
Garden, between 7th and 9th Streets NW. Call 202-289-3360
or visit nga.gov.
JOHN SHORE

OUTBREAKS: EPIDEMICS
IN A CONNECTED WORLD
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Great Influenza, the
Smithsonian debuts an exhibition on epidemiology and
human health. From HIV to SARS to Ebola, Outbreaks
shows how viruses can spread from animals to people, why
some infectious diseases become pandemics, and the collab-
orative ways many have been stopped or curtailed. Today,
pandemic diseases remain one of the greatest threats to
individuals and society, due to an increasingly interconnect-
ed, increasingly mobile, increasingly urbanized and indus-
trialized global world. Ongoing to 2021. National Museum
of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue
NW. Call 202-633-1000 or visit mnh.si.edu

NIAID
CAMELOT
Alan Paul, the Shakespeare Theatre
Company’s resident musical director, takes
on Lerner and Loewe’s classic about the
powerful love triangle in King Arthur’s court.
Ken Clark plays the King, while Nick Fitzer is
Lancelot, both in love with Queen Guinevere,
played by Broadway star Alexandra Silber.
Local legends Ted van Griethuysen and
Floyd King are also featured in a show with
choreography by Michele Lynch, who won a
Helen Hayes Award for her work on STC’s
Kiss Me, Kate. Extended to July 8. Sidney
Harman Hall, Harman Center for the Arts,
SCOTT SUCHMAN

610 F St. NW. Call 202-547-1122 or visit

shakespearetheatre.org.

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 Spotlight
CARBON LEAF
A five-piece from Richmond, Carbon Leaf
has toured with the Dave Matthews Band,
O.A.R., and Blues Traveler, while drawing
its own fans to its slightly unusual blend
of bluegrass and rock, officially pegged as
“ether-electrified porch music.” The band
tours in celebration of its 25th anniversa-
ry. Saturday, July 14. Doors at 6:30 p.m.
The Hamilton, 600 14th St. NW. Tickets
are $30 to $35. Call 202-787-1000 or visit
thehamiltondc.com.

DIRTY DANCING
The wildly successful 1987 romantic comedy
starring Jennifer Grey and the late Patrick
Swayze is the opening film in the fourth
annual Georgetown Sunset Cinema series.
“Movies That Rock,” the theme of this year’s
series, presents five films voted on by the
public, including Pitch Perfect, Footloose,
Dreamgirls, and Grease. The screenings take
place in a grassy park along the banks of
the Potomac River, with the panoramic Key
Bridge as backdrop. Everyone is welcome to

SAM KITTNER-GEORGETOWN BID

bring a blanket, food and water or soft drinks
— but no chairs and no alcohol. Tuesday,
July 10 at the intersection of Water Street
and Cecil Place NW. The area opens at 6:30
p.m., and the screening starts at sunset,
around 8:30 p.m. Call 202-298-9222 or visit
georgetowndc.com/sunset-cinema.

WHO’S AFRAID OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Mike Nichols adapted Edward
Albee’s acid-laced stage master-
piece for screen, casting Elizabeth
Taylor and Richard Burton, the
most famous couple of the era,
as a warring married couple who
bare their fangs over cocktails
with a pair of guests. Landmark’s
West End Cinema returns the
1966 Oscar-winning classic to the
big screen as part of its Capital
Classics series. Wednesday, July
11, at 1:30, 4:30, and 7:30 p.m.,
2301 M St. NW. Happy hour from
4 to 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 to
$12.50. Call 202-534-1907 or visit
landmarktheatres.com.

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 Out On The Town

THE CAKEMAKER
A shy young German baker falls in love with a married Israeli businessman, who is a frequent visitor to Berlin — until
one day he isn’t, after becoming the victim of a car crash. Israeli filmmaker Ophir Raul Graizer focuses on what happens
after the baker travels to Jerusalem seeking answers into the death of his late lover. Keeping his secret to himself, the
baker quickly befriends the man’s widow (Sarah Adler) and becomes involved in her life in a way far beyond his original
plan. The Cakemaker is “a blend of old-school melodrama, contemporary identity politics, and buttery gastroporn,” writes
Variety. Partially subtitled. Opens Friday, July 5. Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. Call 202-452-7672 or visit
landmarktheatres.com.

Compiled by Doug Rule
FILM
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
A brilliant meditation on man and
the mysterious universe, Stanley
Kubrick’s 1968 visionary saga fea-
tures a thoughtful, spare script
by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke
and Oscar-winning special effects
by visual effects pioneer Douglas
Trumbull (Close Encounters of
the Third Kind). The AFI screens
2001: A Space Odyssey in its original
70mm format, struck from original
negative elements, for a week-long
run in honor of its 50th anniver-
sary. Multiple screenings per day
through July 12. Silver Theatre,
8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring.
Tickets are $15 general admission.
Call 301-495-6720 or visit afi.com/
Silver.
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
Rapper Boots Riley has apparently
crafted an absurd but enjoyable sci-
fi fantasy comedy about a telemar-
keter who discovers a magical key
to business success, but in the pro-
cess learns his corporate bosses are
harboring a macabre secret. It all
takes place in an alternate-universe
Oakland, starring Lakeith Stanfield,
Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer,
Terry Crews, and Danny Glover.
Opens Friday, July 6. Area theaters.
Visit fandango.com. (Rhuaridh
Marr)
STAGE
AIN’T TOO PROUD
The Kennedy Center presents a new
musical about The Temptations,
a group that churned out 42 Top
10 hits, including 14 No. 1’s. Des
McAnuff (Jersey Boys) directs
and Sergio Trujillo (Memphis the
Musical) choreographs a produc-
tion featuring classics everyone
knows — from “My Girl” to “Papa
Was A Rolling Stone” to “Just
My Imagination.” To July 22.
Eisenhower Theater. Tickets are
$59 to $159. Call 202-467-4600 or
visit kennedy-center.org.
ON THE TOWN
Three sailors romp around New
York in 1944. Olney Theatre
Company revives this early musical
that features an exuberant score
by Leonard Bernstein. The origi-
nal show grew out of a ballet that
Jerome Robbins had worked on
with Bernstein, further developed
by the writing and lyricist team of
Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Olney’s starry cast includes Evan
Casey, Rhett Guter, Sam Ludwig,
Donna Migliaccio, Tracy Lynn
Olivera, Bobby Smith, and Rachel
Zampelli, with Robbins-inspired
choreography by Tara Jeanne
Vallee. The company’s artistic
director Jason Loewith helms the
show. To July 20. Mainstage, 2001
Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney,
Md. Call 301-924-3400 or visit
olneytheatre.org.
OTHER LIFE FORMS
D.C. playwright Brandon McCoy
wrote this romantic comedy about
two very different roommates
and their attempts at finding love
online. Keegan Theatre premieres
the play with a cast including John
Loughney, Josh Sticklin, Aidan
Quartana, Brianna Letourneau,
and Shanta Parasuraman. Closes
Saturday, July 7. 1742 Church St.
NW. Tickets are $35 to $45. Call
202-265-3768 or visit keeganthe-
atre.com.
THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE
(AND OTHER SONGS)
Virginia’s Hub Theatre presents
Marc Acito’s play with songs about
the unlikely yet real-life relationship
between singer Marian Anderson
and Albert Einstein. The two titanic
figures on a quest to unlock life’s
mysteries. Opens Friday, July 6 and
runs through July 29. The John
Swayze Theatre in the New School
of Northern Virginia, 9431 Silver
King Court, Fairfax. Visit thehub-
theatre.org.
MUSIC
BRITNEY SPEARS
Billed as the last time ever to see the
pop star’s famed record-breaking
Las Vegas show Britney: Piece of
Me — which kicks off a limited tour
with two shows at the Theater at
MGM National Harbor. Thursday,
July 12, and Friday, July 13, at 8 p.m.
7100 Harborview Ave., Oxon Hill,
Md., Oxon Hill, Md. Call 844-346-
4664 or visit mgmnationalharbor.
com.

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 through that decade’s songbook
in all styles of popular music. The
five-member ensemble is comprised
of singer/guitarist Diego Valencia,
singer Gretchen Gustafson, guitar-
ists Ken Sigmund and McNasty and
drummer Max Shapiro. Saturday,
July 14. Doors at 8 p.m. Rock and
Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE. Tickets
are $25. Call 202-388-ROCK or visit
rockandrollhoteldc.com.

DANCE
BEYOND
A new full-length dance opera uti-
lizing a mix of dance, acting, and
aerials and telling a mesmerizing,
fantastical tale of other worlds.
Beyond features an all-female cast
COURTESY OF WOLF TRAP

of heroines led by Luna the astro-

naut, on an interplanetary journey
that takes her to the very edge of
life. Saturday, July 7, at 8 p.m., and
Sunday, July 8, at 7 p.m. Dance
Place, 3225 8th St. NE. Tickets are
$15 in advance, or $25 at the door.
Call 202-269-1600 or visit dan-
ceplace.org.
HALSEY
It’s surprising when you stop and think about how quickly Halsey has risen to the COMEDY
upper echelon of the music industry — two years after breaking onto the scene with
CHRISTIAN FINNEGAN
the Chainsmokers, she’s already headlined a stadium tour, which stopped at Capital A regular performer at the DC
One Arena last fall. The bisexual New Jersey native returns to the area for what is sure Improv, the stand-up veteran is also
to be a starry concert under the stars in support of her latest album, Hopeless Fountain an accomplished TV writer and per-
former — known from Chappelle’s
Kingdom. Special guest Jessie Reyez opens. Sunday, July 15, at 8 p.m. The Filene Center Show, The Jim Gaffigan Show, and as
at Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are $40 to $80. Call 877-WOLFTRAP or one of cable TV’s first great “talking
visit wolftrap.org. head” comedians, not to mention
many appearances on MSNBC’s
Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
Finnegan is currently polishing up
in New York City. She comes to jections overhead as the orchestra a new show entitled My Goodness, a
CREATIVE CAULDRON CABARET Washington as the second concert plays John Williams’ score. Fans comedic look at what it means to be
The 9th annual summer cabaret in the monthly summer series host- are even encouraged to dress up a good person. He’ll take the show
series at ArtSpace Falls Church ed by the White House Historical as their favorite characters. Friday, to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
launches this weekend with pia- Association and presented by July 6, and Saturday, July 7, at 8:30 next month. Thursday, July 12,
nist Alex Hassan and tenor Doug Burnett Thompson Music in the p.m. Filene Center at Wolf Trap, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 13, and
Bowles in “Two for a Song,” a per- courtyard of the historic Decatur 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are Saturday, July 14, at 7:30 and 9:45
formance of Tin Pan Alley Hits and House. Thursday, July 12, at 6:30 $40 to $65. Call 877-WOLFTRAP or p.m., and Sunday, July 15, at 7 p.m.
American Songbook Standards, on p.m. Decatur House, 748 Jackson visit wolftrap.org. DC Improv, 1140 Connecticut Ave.
Friday, July 6, and Saturday, July Place NW. Visit whitehousehistory. NW. Tickets are $17 to $22, plus a
7, at 8 p.m. Next weekend brings org. WHY IS EARTHA KITT two-item minimum. Call 202-296-
two chiefly musical theater-themed TRYING TO KILL ME? 7008 or visit dcimprov.com.
cabarets: Katherine Riddle offers a MAKING MOVIES Subtitled A Love Story, the new
tribute to the hardworking ingenue Mixing psychedelia, experimen- one-act opera by composer THE SECOND CITY:
in “More Than Just A Pretty Face,” tal rock, son cubano, cumbia, and Jeffrey Dennis Smith and libret- GENERATION GAP
on Friday, July 13, at 8 p.m.; and African Yoruba rhythms, this Afro- tist David Johnston offers a zany, The full title of the latest show from
Creative Cauldron regular sopra- Cuban indie-rock band tours in sup- rhythm-driven romp through the Chicago’s famed troupe created
no Susan Derry performs a feisty port of I Am Another You, which darker side of love — focused on especially for the Kennedy Center
evening of theater standards, unex- NPR heralded as “lyrically and son- a mysterious and unlikely murder is Generation Gap...Or, How Many
pected gems, and the occasional ically one of the best albums of the suspect. Performances, each fol- Millennials Does It Take to Teach
pop song in “Days and Dazed,” on year.” Strathmore presents the free lowed by an audience talk-back, are a Baby Boomer to Text Generation
Saturday, July 14, at 8 p.m., and concert as part of its Live from the Saturday, July 7, at 8 p.m., Sunday, X? Expect a satirical crash course
Sunday, July 15, at 7 p.m. ArtSpace Lawn summer series. Wednesday, July 8, at 2 p.m., Friday, July 13, spanning miscommunications,
Falls Church, 410 South Maple Ave. July 11, at 7 p.m. Gudelsky Gazebo, at 8 p.m., and Saturday, July 14, at careers, dating, and more in a two-
in Falls Church. Tickets are $18 to 10701 Rockville Pike, North 8 p.m. Presented by Urban Arias act, interactive spin on what the
$22 per show, or $55 for a table for Bethesda. Tickets are free. Call 301- in Signature’s Ark Theatre, 4200 troupe calls “the age-old battle of
two with wine and $110 for four 581-5100 or visit strathmore.org. Campbell Ave., Arlington. Tickets the ages.” To Aug. 12. Theater Lab.
with wine. Call 703-436-9948 or are $47. Call 703-820-9771 or visit Tickets are $49 to $59. Call 202-
visit creativecauldron.org. NSO: HARRY POTTER AND THE urbanarias.org. 467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.
PRISONER OF AZKABAN org.
JAZZ ON JACKSON PLACE: Steven Reineke leads a magical eve- WHITE FORD BRONCO
ADI MEYERSON ning under the stars for Potter fans, “D.C.’s all ’90s party band,” cheek- VIVICA A. FOX:
Born in the U.S. and raised in with the third installment of J.K. ily named after O.J. Simpson’s EVERY DAY I’M HUSTLING
Israel, Meyerson is a rising talent Rowling’s series screening on pro- notorious failed getaway car, sings In her new book, the actress relates
stories from her early life all the

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 way through to today. Known from
supporting roles in the blockbust-
ers Kill Bill and Independence Day,
as well as more recently on Empire,
Fox, host of Lifetime’s Vivica’s
Black Magic, will share some of her
secrets to success and sign cop-
ies of her book, presented in col-
laboration with Solid State Books.
Friday, July 13, at 7 p.m. Lang
Theatre in the Atlas Performing
Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. Tickets
are $25 to $37. Call 202-399-7993
or visit inseries.org.

MUSEUMS
& GALLERIES
BASELITZ: SIX DECADES
The Hirshhorn presents the first
major U.S. retrospective since 1996
of one of Germany’s greatest liv-
ing artists, featuring more than
100 works, from iconic paintings
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to wood and bronze sculptures,

BONJOUR, AQUARIA!
highlighting every phase of Georg
Baselitz’s career. The occasion is
the 80th birthday of the figurative
artist, who came of age in post-war
East Germany and is best known for
RuPaul’s latest Drag Race winner is on a mission to turn looks large-scale, expressive paintings,
often with subjects painted upside
and be an LGBTQ leader. down. Through Sept. 16. Second

A
Floor Galleries, Independence
NOINTED BY RUPAUL AS “THE FUTURE OF DRAG,” DRAG RACE SEASON 10 Avenue and Seventh Street SW.
Call 202-633-1000 or visit hirsh-
winner Aquaria might well usher in a new age. At just 22, she has the confidence, the talent, horn.si.edu.
and the canny ability to recognize a good branding opportunity that marks the strongest
winners of drag’s toughest competition — her newly launched website Age of Aquaria, for instance. CLARA CORNELIUS:
And she doesn’t take for granted the platform that she’s earned. CASURA OBSCURA
An installation of screen-printed
“I’ve always been inspired by the people who have made success and a career out of their drag,” banners bursting with color, pat-
she says. “I just want to continue to uphold the prestige that comes with the crown, and just be a tern, and energy fills the tiny out-
shining example of what it means to be a superstar, and what it means to be a leader for the queer door space that has become known
as Takoma Park’s Pump House
community.” Pop-Up Gallery. Pyramid Atlantic
For a self-proclaimed “bitch from New York City,” Aquaria genuinely wants to uplift others Arts Center created the gallery with
through the art of drag. “You can learn things about life and society and all the facets of that from funding from the city government.
drag. And I just think it is truly a unique means of getting a point across.” And she’sshe’s ready The works in the exhibition are a
combination of photographic and
to greet every challenge with a sickening look and a cheerful “Bonjour!” In fact, even her use of cut paper patterns, assembled in
“Bonjour” to open her verse of Rupaul’s “American” played a subtle part in her mission. such a way as to transform what
“There’s no national language here in America,” she says. “It was very much a statement, might be considered ordinary
images and objects into something
that some people take for granted and don’t realize, that English is not the national language of magical. Through Aug. 18. Hilltop
America. There are many, many, many, many, many people in America who don’t speak English, or Road between Maple and Geneva
who are bilingual. And it was just more of a statement that in America, you are welcome. Whether Avenues, Takoma Park. Call 301-
you speak the majority language or not.” 608-9101 or visit pyramidatlanti-
cartcenter.org.
Aquaria made both a political and artistic statement on Drag Race with a deft impression of
one multi-lingual American: Melania Trump. The First Lady has been part of Aquaria’s act since CULTIVATING AMERICA’S
“before 45 was elected into office.” GARDENS
An examination of gardening in
“I stopped performing it after things became a lot less funny, and a lot too serious,” she says. the U.S., from early horticulture
“But since having my breakthrough moment as Melania Trump on the show, I have resurrected [it]. practices to Victory gardens to the
“Her character is something so easy to screw around with,” she continues, “because I think the romance of the American lawn.
whole Trump family is composed of dirtbag humans. And that makes them easier to make fun of, Co-presented by the Smithsonian
Libraries, Smithsonian Gardens,
and give personality to and joke about. If we can laugh with me saying, ‘Any hole is a goal,’ as the and the Archives of American
First Lady of the United States, I think it’s not necessarily making the most political change. But Gardens, this traditional museum
it is a way to at least persevere with the terrible circumstance and political time we are living in exhibition — about gardens but not
any kind of garden tour — looks
right now.” – André Hereford at gardening’s history in America
broken down into seven main seg-
ments. It starts with the creation
Aquaria’s new song “Burn Rubber” is available on Amazon, iTunes, and on various of botanical gardens in the 18th
streaming services. For information on her upcoming tour dates, visit ageofaquaria.com. Century — as one example of how

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the early focus on “Gardening for
Science” was brought to fruition
— and ends with today’s increas-
ing concern over organic and sus-
tainable practices, or “Gardening
for the Environment.” Whether the
genetically modified, chemically
enhanced plant breeding days of
the last century or so are truly on
the way out — and with them, the
focus on “Gardening as Enterprise”
— certainly longgone are the large,
showy private gardens of the Gilded
Age and a “Gardening to Impress”
outlook. On display through August.
Smithsonian Libraries Exhibition
Gallery, National Museum of
American History, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW. Call 202-
633-2240 or visit library.si.edu/
exhibition.

KATIE PUMPHREY: FIVE MORE

MINUTES, PART I AND II
Through large-scale paintings and
installations, the Baltimore artist
explores the tension between calm
and chaos — specifically, the anx-

iety, excitement, panic, and even
monotony that comes from just five
more minutes of doing something.
Through mid-July, Pumphrey’s
works on the theme will be on
display in both Georgetown and
Alexandria as part of a two-part
exhibition at two galleries. Part I is
on display to July 21, ending with a
closing reception. Susan Calloway
Fine Arts, 1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
Call 202-965-4601 or visit calloway-
art.com. Part II is on display to
July 22. The Athenaeum, 201 Prince
St., Alexandria. Call 703-548-0035
or visit nvfaa.org. For additional
events and details about the two-
part exhibition, visit katiepum-
phrey.com/fivemoreminutes.
KRISTAL MCLAUGHLIN:
KONTROLLED KHAOS
A self-taught abstract artist, the
D.C.-based McLaughlin is the latest
to be featured in the gallery space
at the DC Center for the LGBT
Community. With a master’s in psy-
chology, McLaughlin aka Ms. Bald-
Du styles her art as therapy and
approaches her sketches on paper,
to a certain extent, as a way to make
sense or take control of the chaos
of life. Closing Reception, with the
artist plus the serving of light fare,
wine, beer, and non-alcoholic bev-
erages, is Saturday, July 7, from 7 to
9 p.m. Center Art Gallery, 2000 14th
St. NW. Call 202-682-2245 or visit
thedccenter.org/centerartgallery.
MARK BRADFORD:
PICKETT’S CHARGE
Referred to as the most signif-
icant living American painter by
the Hirshhorn, this gay African-
American artist certainly works on a
scale commensurate with that kind
of stature. Take, for example, his
huge, 400-foot installation created
for his debut at the Smithsonian’s
modern art museum as well as in
JEFF SALMORE
WIT: SUMMER ESCAPE
The Washington Improv Theater is D.C.’s answer to comedy star-making groups such
as Chicago’s Second City and L.A.’s Groundlings. Over the next month, the troupe offers
a hodgepodge of summer-themed sketches, with each performance featuring different
WIT ensembles, including three music-driven exercises: iMusical, presenting audiences
with the opportunity to choose-your-own-disaster, resulting in the cast improvising an
instant world-ending musical; Heavy Rotation, featuring a cast performing a School of
Rock-inspired “improvised rock comedy”; and Karaoke Storytellers with a show that
is part-VH1 Storytellers, part-Saturday Night Live audition, and part musical, all built
around improvised characters delivering monologues and interpreting a song kara-
oke-style. Performances begin Friday, July 6. Runs to Aug. 5. Source, 1835 14th St. NW.
Tickets are $15 in advance, or $18 at the door. Call 202-204-7770 or visit witdc.org.
D.C. A timely, commissioned “cyclo- Man, in particular the annual the images on display depict the
rama” of eight large, site-specific Nevada desert event’s maker cul- people and events that have defined
collages, Bradford was inspired by ture and creative spirit. In fact, the the times, capturing war and peace,
Paul Philippoteaux’s same-named exhibition even extends “Beyond disaster and triumph, and the social
masterpiece depicting the loss of the Renwick,” with six sculptural and cultural shifts that have shaped
the Confederate Army at the Battle works from Burning Man installed the past 75 years. Founded in 1944
of Gettysburg. Covering the curved nearby on Pennsylvania Avenue at the University of Missouri, POYi
walls of the Hirshhorn’s third level west of the White House as well as recognizes excellence in photojour-
inner circle, the work presents on Connecticut Avenue and other nalism as well as multimedia and
360-degrees of abstracted historical major corridors. The full exhibi- visual editing. To Jan. 20, 2019.
narrative using Bradford’s signature tion is on view through Sept. 16, Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave.
practice of collage, juxtaposed with while half of it will remain up until NW. Tickets are $22.95 for general
reproductions of the 19th-century Jan. 21, 2019. Renwick Gallery, admission. Call 888-NEWSEUM or
original in a way that intentionally Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street visit newseum.org.
disrupts, messes up, and confuses. NW. Free. Call 202-633-1000 or
The end result is a work that invites visit renwick.americanart.si.edu. PORTRAITS OF THE WORLD:
reconsideration of how narratives SWITZERLAND
about American history have been PICTURES OF THE YEAR: 75 Once a year, the Smithsonian’s
shaped and contested. To Nov. 12. YEARS OF THE WORLD’S BEST National Portrait Gallery plans
Independence Avenue and Seventh PHOTOGRAPHY to showcase one portrait created
Street SW. Call 202-633-1000 or The Newseum celebrates one of the by a foreign artist in an exhibi-
visit hirshhorn.si.edu. world’s oldest and most prestigious tion designed around that work,
photojournalism competitions with via a series intended to highlight
NO SPECTATORS: a show featuring just a sampling of the global context of American
THE ART OF BURNING MAN the more than 40,000 award-win- portraiture. The inaugural exhibi-
The Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery ning images in the archives of tion focuses on “Femme en Extase
has turned over its entire building Pictures of the Year International. (Woman in Ecstasy),” a portrait of
to present the first major nation- Tracing the evolution of photojour- Italian dancer Giulia Leonardi by
al exhibition focused on Burning nalism from World War II to today, Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler,

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 gual show, with works by Winslow
Homer, Dorothea Lange, Elizabeth
Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Lewis
Hine, and Ben Shahn. To Sept. 3.
National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F
Streets. NW. Call 202-633-8300 or
visit npg.si.edu.

BRUNCH
LA BOUM
Launched seven years ago at
L’Enfant Cafe, the incredibly popu-
lar boozy brunch/day party known
as La Boum has only gotten bigger
and boum-ier in recent years — even
earning a nod as one of Bravo TV’s
“Top 5 Raging Brunches in the U.S.”
The self-billed “revolutionary-style
brunch” welcomes patrons of all
genders and sexual orientations
for a multi-course dinner and four
hours of drinking, dancing to a DJ,
and doing “everything they weren’t
allowed to do under pure paren-
tal supervision as young adults.”
KATERYNA ODYNTSOVA

Yet you have to be very grown-up

and plan ahead in particular for
Saturday brunch. Abigail, 1730 M
St. NW. Tickets are $32.50 to $35
per person, plus 20-percent gratuity
and drinks. Call 240-286-4286 or
visit laboumbrunch.com.
DAKSHINA SIR SUNDAYS AT SAX
Daniel Phoenix Singh’s dance company presents two programs as part of its 15th annual Penn Quarter’s Moulin Rouge-
Festival of South Asian Arts. Madhavi Mudgal, one of the leading classical dancers of India inspired restaurant Sax offers move-
and a highly renowned exponent of the Odissi style, brings her namesake dance company ment-based spectacles, including
aerial stunts, hip-hop group rou-
to town for an evening that kicks off with a performance by Nadhi Thekkek of the San tines, pole performances, and bur-
Francisco-based bharatanātyam dance company Nava Dance Theatre. Saturday, July 7, at lesque, to add excitement beyond
7:30 p.m. The next night features New York-based artist Mesma Belsare and a performance the food. And male burlesque is
incorporating her experiences as a visual artist and actor into her work as a dancer in the the showcase every Sunday during
brunch, as a group of male pro-
classical bharatanātyam style. The performance, on Sunday, July 8, at 5 p.m., opens with a fessional dancers, aerialists, and
Bharatanātyam Duet from the North American-based husband-and-wife couple Tanya and bodybuilders perform full-length
Puneet Panda. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. Tickets are $20 to $35 each per- shows, accompanied by unlimited
mimosas delivered by by table ser-
formance. Call 202-399-7993 or visit atlasarts.org. vice studs. Sundays at 11 a.m. and 2
p.m. Sax Restaurant & Lounge, 734
11th St. NW. Tickets are $50 to $65
complemented by a selection of SURREALISM as “the Great Mystery,” the show
works from the gallery’s collec- celebrates mysteries big and small, including appetizers and unlimited
A juried 40th Anniversary Exhibit
tion featuring American dancers, the ultimate source of artistic cre- mimosas. Call 202-737-0101 or visit
featuring works by members of
notably Isadora Duncan, Martha ativity, scientific inquiry and social sirmaleburlesque.com.
The Washington Calligrapher’s
Graham, Doris Humphrey, Ted Guild, an organization devoted to progress. On display are works by

Shawn, and Ruth St. Denis. To Nov.
12. 8th and F Streets. NW. Call 202-
633-8300 or visit npg.si.edu.
REMEMBERING VIETNAM: 12
CRITICAL EPISODES IN THE
VIETNAM WAR
The National Archives offers a
framework for understanding the
decisions that led to the Vietnam
War, its consequences and legacy.
More than 40 years since its end,
the complexity of the conflict is still
being unraveled — in part by his-
torians pouring over newly declas-
sified documents, some of which
factor into this exhibition of more
than 80 original records. To Jan. 6,
2019. Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery,
Constitution Avenue between 7th
and 9th Streets NW. NW. Call 202-
357-5000 or visit archivesfounda-
tion.org.
artistic writing and textual design.
This year’s theme takes inspira-
tion from the famous 20th century
movement known as surrealism,
in which writers, poets, and artists
sought to express themselves free
from conscious control of reason
and convention. Many of the cho-
sen entrees are for sale through
the Strathmore Mansion Gift Shop.
Opening Reception is Thursday,
June 21, from 7 to 9 p.m. On display
to July 29. 10701 Rockville Pike,
North Bethesda. Call 301-581-5100
or visit strathmore.org.
THE GREAT MYSTERY
Baltimore’s American Visionary
Art Museum is letting its curios-
ity run wild in its 21st year-long
exhibition curated by founder and
director Rebecca Hoffberger. Partly
inspired by Albert Einstein, who
once referred to the concept of life
44 visionary artists, research sci-
entists, astronauts, mystics and
philosophers. On exhibit through
Sept. 2, 2018. American Visionary
Art Museum, 800 Key Highway.
Baltimore. Tickets are $20 for
Preview Party, $15.95 for regular
daily admission. Call 410-244-1900
or visit avam.org.
THE SWEAT OF THEIR FACE:
PORTRAYING AMERICAN
WORKERS
Nearly 100 portrayals of labor-
ers by some of the nation’s most
influential artists reveal how
American workers have shaped
and defined the nation in a mul-
tifaceted Smithsonian exhibition
further exploring the intersections
among work, art, and social histo-
ry. Paintings, sculptures, drawings,
prints, mixed-media, and photo-
graphs factor into this fully bilin-
ABOVE
AND BEYOND
FORD’S THEATRE’S HISTORY
ON FOOT
A local actor offers the guided tour
Investigation: Detective McDevitt,
portraying Detective James
McDevitt, a D.C. police officer
patrolling a half-block from Ford’s
Theatre the night President Lincoln
was shot. Written by Richard
Hellesen and directed by Mark
Ramont, the 1.6-mile walking tour
revisits and reexamines the sites
and clues from the investigation
into the assassination. Tours are
offered approximately three eve-
nings a week at 6:45 p.m. Ford’s
Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. Tickets
are $17. Call 202-397-7328 or visit
fords.org. l

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JEFF MARTIN
Expanding Fringe
Capital Fringe moves its annual festival to the Waterfront while
it completely overhauls its building. By Doug Rule
I
HAVE TO ADMIT, I DIDN’T THINK WE WERE GOING TO GET THE
money,” says Julianne Brienza. “I didn’t think it was going to happen. I
thought we’d be announcing that we’re selling the building and I would be
giving a year’s notice and moving somewhere else in the world.”
Instead, Capital Fringe, which Brienza heads, raised nearly $9 million dollars
to further renovate the space it purchased in 2014. If all goes as planned, by
this time next year the Logan Fringe Arts Space complex in Northeast D.C.’s
Trinidad neighborhood will go from having one theater to three, while adding a
full kitchen to further complement the venue’s indoor bar, outdoor beer garden,
and art gallery.
“When we started Fringe, it was all about starting an arts organization,” she
says. Indeed, the arts center is intended to stand apart from the namesake annu-
al festival. “It could be that in the new building we have other shows running
during the time that have nothing to do with the
Fringe Festival.”
The goal is to let the festival become its own
entity, rooted elsewhere. This year’s event, for
instance, has all performances taking place at the
Waterfront area, in Southwest D.C.
“It’s the most concentrated the festival has
ever been in our entire history,” says Brienza,
adding that Fringe will light up 11 stages at ven-
ues including Arena Stage, Blind Whino, and area
churches — all within a five-minute walk of one
another. The concentration in the now-bustling
Waterfront area is a boon to both veteran festi-
val-goers as well as those unsuspecting passersby
who “don’t know anything about theater and are
just super curious.”
The festival is centered on productions select-
ed through an unjuried, open-invitation process
— first-come, first-staged — with works large-
ly created and produced by new or relatively
inexperienced theatermakers. “The focus is on
the story [with] overall middle-to-low technical
elements in the shows,” says Brienza, noting that
most of the productions are short, clocking in at
approximately 75 minutes each.
This year’s festival adds to that mix a few
plays the organization specifically commissioned
— “all dealing with folktales and myths,” from
America’s Wives, an adaptation of a Yoruba
folktale by Farah Laval Harris, to Andromeda
Breaks, a Southern Gothic horror spin on a
Greek myth by Stephen Spotswood. The ros-
ter also showcases two new productions from
well-established companies: Barocco, a devised
work from the Fringe-birthed, Helen Hayes
Award-winning Happenstance Theatre; and O
Monsters, an experimental performance piece
from Philadelphia’s Obie-winning New Paradise
Laboratories.
Among shows wth LGBTQ themes, high-
lights include Jamie Brickhouse’s darkly comic
Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex & My Mother,
Kate Robards’ PolySHAMory, about a non-mo-
nogamous, non-heterosexual, opposite-sexed
couple’s adventures, and Glass Attic Collective’s
devised work, Up Your Aesthetic, which reclaims
stories of othered or historically misrepresented
bodies from the Amazons in Greek mythology.
“We’re really trying to encourage people to
get outside of their comfort zone,” says Brienza.
“Because, why not? You can buy a six-pack and a
four-pack and the tickets are $13 or $11 each. In a
pretty expensive city, that’s pretty affordable for
theater.” —Doug Rule
The 2018 Capital Fringe Festival kicks off on
Saturday, July 7 and runs to July 30. A Festival
Preview with a sampling of offerings is Sunday,
July 8, at 7 p.m. at the Pearl Street Warehouse, 33
Pearl St. SW. Tickets are $17 per show, with a one-
time purchase of a $7 Fringe button. Multi-show
passes range from $60 to $350. Call 866-811-4111
or visit capitalfringe.org.
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Fringe2018Fringe2018Fringe2018Fringe2018Fringe2018Fringe2018
A complete listing of all of 2018 Capital Fringe Productions.
Show descriptions provided by productions. For times,
S.U
pricing and more information, visit capitalfringe.org.
▼ denotes significant
LGBTQ content.
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A tragicomedy about
family rifts and ballroom dancing.
Christ United Methodist Church
July 13, 14, 22, 27, 29
14
A time- and reality-warping medita-
tion on love and loss.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 18, 22, 24, 26, 28
50 Ways… ▼
Fifty mini-scenes about the many
ways lovers leave.
Christ United Methodist Church
July 18, 20, 22, 24, 28
50 Ways to Date your Aubrey ▼
A tragicomedy about monogamy.
Real love, real life. Mostly.
Caos on F
July 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21,
24, 25, 26, 28, 29
52:15
A teacher absconds with a young
student. A reporter follows.
Blind Whino
July 24, 25, 27, 28, 29
Almost Full: A Young Woman’s
Guide to Growing Up
Teenagers relate their experiences
growing up as young women.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 21, 22
America’s Wives
Explore identity, love, greed and
morality in modern America.
Arena Stage
July 8, 11, 14, 18, 22
Andromeda Breaks
Andromeda is accused of murder,
but all is not what it seems.
Arena Stage
July 7, 12, 15, 21, 22
An Unhealthily Man
Lectures You on Medical Issues
A comic romp through medicine, sur-
gery and health insurance.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 14, 19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
Aphrodite’s Refugees
Four teenage refugees are pawns in
a Greek goddess’ card game.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
July 14, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 29
A Slow Bullet
A dead friend. His last play. Respect
his wishes, or produce it anyway?
Arena Stage
July 12, 14, 15, 20, 25
A Two Woman Hamlet ▼
A fake skull, a real shovel, and a lot
of imagination.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 15, 22, 25, 28
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Audience Awards
Voting starts July 7, awards present-
ed July 29.
Pearl Street Warehouse
July 29
A View From My Backyard
Memories told though movement,
storytelling and cold beer.
Blind Whino
July 25, 26, 27, 28
Barococo
Six clowns portray oblivious entitle-
ment in the late Baroque.
Arena Stage
July 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18,
20, 21, 22
Bartleby, the Magical White
Coworker
A satire about tropes, race, and
creepy male coworkers.
Christ United Methodist Church
July 12, 14, 21, 24, 28
Beauty and the Beat
A haunting interaction. The beauty
and life in recalled moments.
Blind Whino
July 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28
Black Confederates
A dying civilization turns desperately
to the African-American male for
deliverance.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 13, 15, 24, 26, 28
Blowin’ Off Steam
Six guys in a steam room. What
could go wrong?
Blind Whino
July 21, 22, 25, 26, 28
Burn Out Blessings
One teacher’s treacherous trek to
tenure status.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 11, 14, 21, 27, 28
Chlamydia dell’Arte: MORE Sex-Ed
Burlesque
A 1910s-style burlesque about sex
and human sexuality.
Arena Stage
July 18, 19, 21, 22, 24
Cold Rain ▼
Three witches try to snare a man,
but hex an entire town.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
July 14, 15, 21, 26, 28
Coronado
Adultery. Murder. Diamonds. Six
people walk into a bar...
Westminster Presbyterian Church
July 14, 19, 21, 22, 28
Cuerpo y Alma Flamenco Hawaii Nei
Live flamenco music. Free. Two acts, two points of view on the
Market SW fight for Hawaii’s freedom.
July 11 St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 15, 19, 21, 27, 28
Dangerous When Wet:
Booze, Sex & My Mother ▼ Heartbreak Hitman
An alcoholic’s odyssey from small- Based on the true story of a man
town sissy to louche Manhattanite. who outsourced breakups.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church Blind Whino
July 14, 15, 19, 21, 24 July 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29
Deadlie Affairs: Hexagon 2018:
Arden of Faversham Tweet Land of Liberty
Two classical actors are stuck recre- When the future looks back at us,
ating sex and murder. how hard will they laugh?
Arena Stage Westminster Presbyterian Church
July 13, 15, 21, 27, 28 July 12, 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 28
Dragon Hunting Support Group ▼ Hold The Tomato
Five chairs. Five survivors of suicide. A variety show with improv, sketch,
A powerful shared bond. songs, and low-budget art.
Arena Stage St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 14, 20, 22, 27, 29 July 14, 19, 21, 25, 27, 28
Holon!
Draupadi’s Arranged Marriage ▼
A subtly irreverent, casually tender
An Indian epic is reworked to focus
comedy-drama-dance.
on the progress of women’s rights.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
July 12, 18, 24, 28, 29
July 17, 19, 21, 28, 29
Horse People
Entre Nous
Looking through generations of
Live jazz music in French and
strange women to seek the source
Portuguese. Free.
of neuroses.
Market SW
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 17
July 14, 15, 17, 18, 22
Experimental Music Showcase
How’s That Workin’ Out for Ya?
Showcase of three solo performanc-
A cheeky look at women, power,
es. Free.
politics, and flushing.
Market SW
Arena Stage
July 24
July 17, 18, 22, 26, 28
F*ck Tinder: A Love Story
How to Fall in Love
120 women. Two years. A search for
on a Warming Planet
love that finds everything else.
Part concert, part protest. How do
Christ United Methodist Church
you fall in love on a warming planet?
July 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 24, 28
Blind Whino
July 20, 21, 22, 26, 28
Flight of the Xenophobe
Versed in the Black Power move-
Isadora Duncan:
ment. Paroled in a gentrified neigh-
Landscapes of the Soul
borhood.
Explore power, beauty, brokenness
Christ United Methodist Church
and triumph through dance.
July 11, 15, 21, 27, 28
Christ United Methodist Church
July 12, 15, 21, 25, 26
Fringe Festival Preview
Four-minute rapid fire excerpts from
La Marvela
over 20 Fringe shows.
Live all female, traditional Colombian
Pearl Street Warehouse
music. Free.
July 8
Market SW
July 25
Ghosts
How far would you go to reunite
Learn to Fringe Happy Hours
with a deceased loved one?
Join Fringe staff every Tuesday to
Blind Whino
Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m.
July 21, 22, 24, 29
CityBar
July 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25,
Gilded
26
A steampunk monarchy in decline. Is
checkmate worth the cost?
Lesbians and the Men Who Love
Westminster Presbyterian Church
July 14, 19, 21, 22, 28 Them ▼
Leading the lesbian revolution is
God is Dead and April’s Getting tough. Falling for the enemy is
tougher.
Married ▼
Christ United Methodist Church
A wedding invite from an ex-friend?
July 10, 13, 15, 19
Time to reexamine the past.
Arena Stage
July 15, 21, 22, 28, 29
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Love in Three Scenes
A look inside Trump’s heart is one
part of love in the age of rage.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 13, 15, 21, 26, 29
Marx in Soho
A humane alternative to capitalism
on Marx’s 200th birthday.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27
MasterMimes: The Show
A reflection, through mime, on what
it is to be human.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 13, 14, 18, 21, 22
Meet the Glory Wholes
Four comedians. A canceled TV
show. One “creative” Christmas
episode.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 14, 18, 21, 26, 28
Mesa, Arizona
or Something Like It
Classical Greek theater meets
Arizona-bound surrealism.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
July 14, 15, 22, 28, 29
Metamorphose
Goddesses, nymphs and women
transform through story and song.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 14, 15, 22, 27, 29
Mike Olcott
Live music from singer/songwriter.
Free.
Market SW
July 18
Movie Magic Live!
100 years of film in a live game
show the whole audience plays!
Blind Whino
July 20, 21, 22
M-Trane
Live funk jazz music. Free.
Market SW
July 26
Musical Therapy
Theresa will stop at nothing to win
her neighbour Mr. Wonderful.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
July 14, 15, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29
O Monsters
Feral triplets. A fluttering mother. A
father who haunts them all.
Arena Stage
July 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22
On the Eve
Unexceptional people are trans-
formed into the stuff of legends.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 14, 15, 17, 21, 22
Painted Ladies:
Bosses of the Wild West
Sweet Fall Saloon has gambling,
dancing, and good ol’ shenanigans!
Christ United Methodist Church
July 10, 12, 15, 21, 27
Perfecting the Kiss ▼
Everybody here is in love with the
wrong f***ing person.
Arena Stage
July 24, 25, 28
Phantom Limb
A story for anyone who has ached
for the smartphone not in hand.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 12, 14, 22, 28, 29
PolySHAMory ▼
Kate has everything she’s ever
dreamed of. So does her husband’s
girlfriend.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 17, 21, 25, 27, 28
Riot Brrrain ▼
Neurosyphilis? Time for a punk-filled
journey through Teddy’s sexual past.
Blind Whino
July 21, 22, 24, 27, 28
Roko’s Basilisk
Explore “the most terrifying thought
experiment of all time.”
Christ United Methodist Church
July 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 28
Roof Top Jams
Sets from DJs including Diaspora,
Jahsonic, Mothershiester. Free.
CityBar
July 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28
Salute the Sun on Sundays
All-levels outdoor vinyasa flow yoga.
Free.
Market SW
July 15, 22, 29
Sara Hughes
Live jazz and experimental music.
Free.
Market SW
July 10
Shopworn
Estranged brothers reunite over their
mother’s offensive antiques.
Christ United Methodist Church
July 17, 19, 22, 26, 28
Show Business 101
A second year of sketch comedy
about show business.
Christ United Methodist Church
July 11, 14, 20, 28, 29
Sobriety of Fear
A call from an old friend reveals a life
of violence and abuse.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 11, 12, 14, 19, 24, 27, 28
Sonic Castaways
Live latin, rock and flamenco music.
Free.
Market SW
July 19
SPOOK
A murderer gives a live interview an
hour before his execution.
Arena Stage
July 13, 14, 19, 21, 26
Sucks To Be A Grownup This Historic Night
A laughter-filled journey to (semi) Five stories about people on the
adulthood and lessons learned. edge of catastrophe.
Christ United Methodist Church St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 26, 27, 28, 29 July 12, 14, 15, 21, 29
(Super) Friends Through the Wall
Cash-strapped Quantum-Man unwit- A meditation on human revelation
tingly moves in with his archenemy. through dance and storytelling.
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church Christ United Methodist Church
July 14, 18, 24, 25, 26, 28 July 17, 19, 22, 25
Tales of The Mysterious and Tributary Project
Grotesque: The Works of Edgar Live global jazz and experimental
Allan Poe groove music. Free.
Poe’s most twisted tales merge into Market SW
one immersive journey. July 12
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
July 12, 15, 21, 25, 27 Unscripted
VI Lenin explores the world and char-
The Accidental Pilgrim acters all around us.
Psychedelic visuals and sound follow Christ United Methodist Church
a decidedly obtuse adventure. July 13, 15, 21, 22, 25
DC Arts Center
July 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, Up Your Aesthetic ▼
26, 28, 29 Disrupting the oppressive origins
of the ancient Greek myths of the
The Body of a Woman as a Amazons.
Battlefield in the Bosnian War Blind Whino
A rape victim carrying a child of war. July 22, 24, 27, 28, 29
A psychologist urging her to keep it.
Arena Stage Vengeance in My Heart
July 12, 14, 17 Vengeance will destroy everything
they love and know. Adapted from
The City Of... Titus Andronicus.
The world starts to lose its collective Christ United Methodist Church
memory -- except for one person. July 14, 18, 24, 28
S.U
Arena Stage
July 8, 14, 15, 17, 21
The Country Co-ed ▼
The Country Wife meets American
Pie in this raunchy, over-the-top sex
comedy.
Blind Whino
July 25, 26, 28, 29 VENUES
All venues in Washington, D.C. in
The Lives Left Behind the Southwest Waterfront neigh-
Four one-act operas explore loss and borhood. Within walking distance of
reclamation of agency. the Waterfront Station on Metro’s
Westminster Presbyterian Church Green Line.
July 14, 15, 21, 22, 26
Arena Stage
1101 6th St. SW
The Tragical Comical Fool’s Game ▼
An almost nun, a g@y sailor, a $lut
Blind Whino
and a raging bitch grapple with fate.
700 Delaware Ave. SW
Christ United Methodist Church
July 10, 11, 18, 21, 26
Caos on F
923 F St. NW
The Truth*
Hilarity and heartbreak as four dicta-
Christ United Methodist Church
tors fight over new land.
900 4th St. SW
Blind Whino
July 20, 21, 22, 24, 29
CityBar
400 E St. SW
The Unaccompanied Minor
Elan is a father...four times a year.
DC Arts Center
Christ United Methodist Church
2438 18th St. NW
July 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 27, 28
Market SW
The Vandal by Hamish Linklater
4th & M St. SW
Three characters, each with prob-
lems, hopes, and barely plausible
Pearl Street Warehouse
tales.
33 Pearl St. SW
Caos on F
July 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 21, 22, 27, 28
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
555 Water St. SW
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I St. SW l
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THURSDAY, July 5
The DC Center holds a meeting of its
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER QUEER
SUPPORT GROUP. 7-8 p.m. 2000 14th
St. NW, Suite 105. For more informa-
tion, visit thedccenter.org.
Weekly Events
GURUXOX CREDIT
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing and
HIV services (by appointment). 9 a.m.-5
p.m. Decatur Center, 1400 Decatur St.
NW. To arrange an appointment, call
202-291-4707, or visit andromedatrans-
culturalhealth.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB practice session
at Takoma Aquatic Center. 7:30-9 p.m.
300 Van Buren St. NW. For more infor-
mation, visit swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walk-
ing/social club welcomes runners of all
ability levels for exercise in a fun and
supportive environment, with socializing
afterward. Route distance is 3-6 miles.
Meet at 7 p.m. at 23rd & P Streets NW.
For more information, visit dcfrontrun-
ners.org.
DC LAMBDA SQUARES, D.C.’s gay
and lesbian square-dancing group,
features mainstream through advanced
square dancing at the National City
Christian Church. Please dress casually.
7-9:30 p.m. 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-
930-1058, dclambdasquares.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds practice.
The team is always looking for new
members. All welcome. 7-9 p.m. Harry
Thomas Recreation Center, 1743 Lincoln
Rd. NE. For more information, visit scan-
dalsrfc.org or dcscandals@gmail.com.
THE DULLES TRIANGLES Northern
Virginia social group meets for happy
hour at Sheraton in Reston. All wel-
come. 7-9 p.m. 11810 Sunrise Valley
Drive, second-floor bar. For more infor-
mation, visit dullestriangles.com.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker
Health. 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and from 2-5
p.m. at 1525 14th St. NW, and 9 a.m-12
p.m. and 2-5 p.m. at the Max Robinson
Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE. For an
appointment call 202-745-7000 or visit
whitman-walker.org.
IDENTITY offers free and confidential
HIV testing at two separate locations.
Walk-ins accepted from 2-6 p.m., by
appointment for all other hours. 414
East Diamond Ave., Gaithersburg, Md.
or 7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite
411, Takoma Park, Md. To set up an
appointment or for more information,
call Gaithersburg, 301-300-9978, or
Takoma Park, 301-422-2398.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers free,
rapid HIV testing. Appointment needed.
1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700. To arrange
an appointment, call 202-638-0750.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5
p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for
youth 21 and younger. Youth Center, 410
7th St. SE. 202-567-3155 or testing@
smyal.org.
20 JULY 5, 2018 • METROWEEKLY
Community
CLASS WARFARE
Want to learn how to defend yourself against
verbal and physical harassment?
There’s a class for that.
A
SELF-DEFENSE CLASS IN THE MID-80S DRAS-
TICally changed the trajectory of Lauren Taylor’s
life. “Before I took the class,” she says, “I had always
thought that because I was small and not strong that anyone
could do anything to me, and there would be nothing I could
do. Knowing there were things I could do if I was targeted
was life-changing.”
Since then, Taylor has spent 33 years teaching those
at risk of gender-based violence how defend themselves,
including women, LGBTQ people, and gender-nonconform-
ing people. But her classes are not just about physical tech-
niques like judo or karate.
“In empowerment self-defense, we don’t focus solely on
physical attacks, but microaggressions, obnoxious family
members, problematic coworkers, and standing up for your-
self verbally as well as physically,” she says.
On July 11, Taylor will offer a special class at The DC
Center. It costs $23, but Taylor never turns away people who
can’t pay, and has even bartered for payment. Due to the
Center’s small size, the class is limited to 10 people. Enrollees
will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
“We talk a little bit about what kinds of violations are
realistic,” she says. “Mostly from the media, people have very
unrealistic ideas of what their threats are, and there’s a lot of
fear of ‘stranger danger’ and stuff like that.”
The class focuses on the daily harassment and micro-
aggressions that often precede a physical attack, and how
to halt that behavior to prevent it from escalating. The rest
of the class examines scenarios where participants might
encounter harassment, with the remaining time dedicated to
physical strikes and other techniques.
Many of Taylor’s students have told her they found the
class has increased confidence in their ability to defend them-
selves from various forms of harassment and violence.
“You not only feel more safe,” she says, “but you take up
more space in the world and ask for what you want, and set
limits, and live a more authentic life.” —John Riley
Lauren Taylor’s “Get Empowered!” self-defense workshop
for women, LGBTQ, and gender-nonconforming people is
Wednesday, July 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The DC Center,
2000 14th St. NW. The class is open to ages 16 and up. To reg-
ister, visit defendyourself.org.
STI TESTING at Whitman-Walker
Health. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2-3 p.m.
at both 1525 14th St. NW and the Max
Robinson Center, 2301 Martin Luther
King, Jr. Ave. SE. Testing is intended
for those without symptoms. For an
appointment call 202-745-7000 or visit
whitman-walker.org.
US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics
Anonymous Meeting. The group is inde-
pendent of UHU. 6:30-7:30 p.m., 3636
Georgia Ave. NW. For more information,
call 202-446-1100.
WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
for young LBTQ women, 13-21, interest-
ed in leadership development. 5-6:30
p.m. SMYAL Youth Center, 410 7th St.
SE. For more information, call 202-567-
3163, or email catherine.chu@smyal.org.
FRIDAY, July 6
GAY DISTRICT, a group for GBTQQI
men between the ages of 18-35, meets
on the first and third Fridays of each
month. 8:30-9:30 p.m. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. For more information,
visit gaydistrict.org.
Join LGBTQ people from the D.C. Metro
area for an LGBTQ HAPPY HOUR
SOCIAL at Pinzimini Lounge in the
Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel. No
cover, everyone welcome. 6:30-8:30
p.m. 801 Glebe Rd., Arlington, Va.
Ballston Metro is two blocks away. Visit
gogaydc.org for more information.
The DC Center’s TRANS SUPPORT
GROUP provides a space to talk for
transgender people and those who iden-
tify outside of the gender binary. 7-8:30
p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For
more information, visit thedccenter.org.
Weekly Events
BET MISHPACHAH, founded by
members of the LGBT community,
holds Friday evening Shabbat services
in the DC Jewish Community Center’s
Community Room. 8 p.m. 1529 16th
St. NW. For more information, visit
betmish.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB holds a practice
session at Howard University. 6:30-8 p.m.
Burr Gymnasium, 2400 6th St. NW. For
more information, visit swimdcac.org.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker
Health. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at 1525 14th St.
NW. For an appointment call 202-745-
7000 or visit whitman-walker.org.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers free,
rapid HIV testing. Appointment needed.
1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700. To arrange
an appointment, call 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, layc-
dc.org.
SMYAL’S REC NIGHT provides a
social atmosphere for LGBT and ques-
tioning youth, featuring dance parties,
vogue nights, movies and games.
For more info, email catherine.chu@
smyal.org.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-6 p.m., by
appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and
younger. Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-
567-3155 or testing@smyal.org.
SATURDAY, July 7
ADVENTURING outdoors group hikes 11
very strenuous miles with 3300 feet of
elevation gain past nine waterfalls to the
highest point in Shenandoah National Park.
Bring plenty of beverages, lunch, bug spray,
sunscreen, sturdy boots, and about $20
for fees, plus money for dinner on the way
home. Carpool at 8:30 a.m. from the East
Falls Church Metro Kiss & Ride lot. Return
by dark. Contact Jeff, 301-775-9660 or visit
adventuring.org.
CENTER GLOBAL, a group that fights
against anti-LGBTI laws and cultures in 80
countries, holds its monthly meeting on the
first Saturday of every month. 12-1:30 p.m.
The DC Center, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
For more information, visit thedccenter.org.
CHRYSALIS arts & culture group visits the
Library of Congress to see its new exhibition
on “Baseball Americana” shortly before
the annual All-Star Game. Free admission.
Lunch in area follows. Meet at 11 a.m. past
security inside the ground-level entrance
of the Jefferson (Old) Building, on First
Street SE, between East Capitol Street
and Independence Avenue. Contact Craig,
202-462-0535, or email craighowell1@
verizon.net.
Join Inner Light Ministries UCC for its
25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION,
honoring Bishop “Rainey” Cheeks. Concert
will feature Julia Nixon, B. Jackson Ceasar,
the OASIS Dance Collective and the Beloved
Community UCC music ministry. 7-9 p.m. First
Congregational UCC Church, 945 G St. NW.
For tickets, visit eventbrite.com.
Weekly Events
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH
offers free HIV testing and HIV services (by
appointment only). 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Decatur
Center, 1400 Decatur St. NW. To arrange
an appointment, call 202-291-4707, or visit
andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB holds a practice ses-
sion at Montgomery College Aquatics Club.
8:30-10 a.m. 7600 Takoma Ave., Takoma, Md.
For more information, visit swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/
social club welcomes runners of all ability
levels for exercise in a fun and supportive
environment, with socializing afterward.
Route distance will be 3-6 miles. Walker
meet at 9:30 a.m. and runners at 10 a.m. at
23rd & P Streets NW. For more information,
visit dcfrontrunners.org.
DIGNITYUSA sponsors Mass for LGBT
community, family and friends. 6:30 p.m.,
Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, 3606 Seminary
Road, Alexandria. All welcome. For more
info, visit dignitynova.org.
IDENTITY offers free and confidential HIV
testing at its Takoma Park location. Walk-ins
accepted from 12-3 p.m., by appointment for
all other hours. 7676 New Hampshire Ave.,
Suite 411, Takoma Park, Md. To set up an
appointment or for more information, call
301-422-2398.
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SUNDAY, July 8
Weekly Events
LGBT-inclusive ALL SOULS MEMORIAL
EPISCOPAL CHURCH celebrates Low
Mass at 8:30 a.m., High Mass at 11 a.m.
2300 Cathedral Ave. NW. 202-232-4244,
allsoulsdc.org.
BETHEL CHURCH-DC progressive and radi-
cally inclusive church holds services at 11:30
a.m. 2217 Minnesota Ave. SE. 202-248-1895,
betheldc.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB holds a practice ses-
sion at Wilson Aquatic Center. 9:30-11 a.m.
4551 Fort Dr. NW. For more information, visit
swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/
social club welcomes runners of all ability
levels for exercise in a fun and supportive
environment, with socializing afterward.
Route will be a distance run of 8, 10 or 12
miles. Meet at 9 a.m. at 23rd & P Streets
NW. For more information, visit dcfrontrun-
ners.org.
DIGNITYUSA offers Roman Catholic Mass
for the LGBT community. All welcome. Sign
interpreted. 6 p.m. St. Margaret’s Church,
1820 Connecticut Ave. NW. For more info,
visit dignitywashington.org.
FAIRLINGTON UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH is an open, inclusive church. All
welcome, including the LGBTQ community.
Member of the Reconciling Ministries
Network. Services at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
3900 King Street, Alexandria, Va. 703-671-
8557. For more info, visit fairlingtonumc.org.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST welcomes all to 10:30
a.m. service, 945 G St. NW. firstuccdc.org or
202-628-4317.
FRIENDS MEETING OF WASHINGTON
meets for worship, 10:30 a.m., 2111 Florida
Ave. NW, Quaker House Living Room (next
to Meeting House on Decatur Place), 2nd
floor. Special welcome to lesbians and gays.
Handicapped accessible from Phelps Place
gate. Hearing assistance. quakersdc.org.
HOPE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST wel-
comes GLBT community for worship. 10:30
a.m., 6130 Old Telegraph Road, Alexandria.
hopeucc.org.
HSV-2 SOCIAL AND SUPPORT GROUP
for gay men living in the DC metro area.
This group will be meeting once a month.
For information on location and time, visit
H2gether.com.
INSTITUTE FOR SPIRITUAL
DEVELOPMENT, God-centered new age
church & learning center. Sunday Services
and Workshops event. 5419 Sherier Place
NW. isd-dc.org.
Join LINCOLN CONGREGATIONAL
TEMPLE – UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
for an inclusive, loving and progressive faith
community every Sunday. 11 a.m. 1701 11th
Street NW, near R in Shaw/Logan neighbor-
hood. lincolntemple.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. Emma Chattin. Children’s
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. Children’s
Sunday School at 11 a.m. 474 Ridge St. NW.
202-638-7373, mccdc.com.
NATIONAL CITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH,
inclusive church with GLBT fellowship, offers
gospel worship, 8:30 a.m., and traditional
worship, 11 a.m. 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-
232-0323, nationalcitycc.org.
RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, a Christ-
centered, interracial, welcoming-and-affirm-
ing church, offers service at 10 a.m. 680 I St.
SW. 202-554-4330, riversidedc.org.
ST. STEPHEN AND THE INCARNATION,
an “interracial, multi-ethnic Christian
Community” offers services in English, 8
a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and in Spanish at 5:15
p.m. 1525 Newton St. NW. 202-232-0900,
saintstephensdc.org.
UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ARLINGTON,
an LGBTQ welcoming-and-affirming congre-
gation, offers services at 10 a.m. Virginia
Rainbow UU Ministry. 4444 Arlington Blvd.
uucava.org.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
OF SILVER SPRING invites LGBTQ families
and individuals of all creeds and cultures to
join the church. Services 9:15 and 11:15 a.m.
10309 New Hampshire Ave. uucss.org.
UNIVERSALIST NATIONAL MEMORIAL
CHURCH, a welcoming and inclusive church.
GLBT Interweave social/service group meets
monthly. Services at 11 a.m., Romanesque
sanctuary. 1810 16th St. NW. 202-387-3411,
universalist.org.
MONDAY, July 9
The YOUTH WORKING GROUP of The DC
Center holds a monthly meeting to discuss
upcoming programming options. Light snacks
will be provided. 6-7:30 p.m. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. Visit thedccenter.org.
Weekly Events
DC AQUATICS CLUB holds a practice ses-
sion at Dunbar Aquatic Center. 7:30-9 p.m.
101 N St. NW. For more information, visit
swimdcac.org.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health.
9 a.m.-6 p.m. at 1525 14th St. NW, and
9 a.m-12 p.m. and 1-5 p.m. at the Max
Robinson Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE. For
an appointment call 202-745-7000 or visit
whitman-walker.org.
KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY (K.I.)
SERVICES, 3333 Duke St., Alexandria, offers
free “rapid” HIV testing and counseling, 9
a.m.-4 p.m. 703-823-4401.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers free, rapid
HIV testing. No appointment needed. 11
a.m.-7 p.m. 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700. For
more information, call 202-638-0750.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing. 5-7
p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite 200, Arlington.
Appointments: 703-789-4467.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5 p.m., by
appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and
younger. Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-
567-3155 or testing@smyal.org.
STI TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. at both 1525 14th St.
NW and the Max Robinson Center, 2301
Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE. Testing is
intended for those without symptoms. For
an appointment call 202-745-7000 or visit
whitman-walker.org.
The DC Center hosts COFFEE DROP-IN
FOR THE SENIOR LGBT COMMUNITY.
10 a.m.-noon. 2000 14th St. NW. For more
information, call 202-682-2245 or visit thed-
ccenter.org.
US HELPING US hosts a black gay men’s
evening affinity group for GBT black men.
Light refreshments provided. 7-9 p.m. 3636
Georgia Ave. NW. 202-446-1100.
WASHINGTON WETSKINS WATER
POLO TEAM practices 7-9 p.m. Newcomers
with at least basic swimming ability always
welcome. Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van
Buren St. NW. For more information, contact
Tom, 703-299-0504 or secretary@wetskins.
org, or visit wetskins.org.
WHITMAN-WALKER HEALTH HIV/AIDS
SUPPORT GROUP for newly diagnosed indi-
viduals, meets 7 p.m. Registration required. 202-
939-7671, hivsupport@whitman-walker.org.
TUESDAY, July 10
The DC Center holds a monthly meeting of
its COMING OUT DISCUSSION GROUP
for those navigating issues associated with
coming out and personal identity. 7-8:30
p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
The DC Center’s TRANS SUPPORT GROUP
provides a space to talk for transgender
people and those who identify outside of
the gender binary. 7-8:30 p.m. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
Weekly Events
DC AQUATICS CLUB practice session at
Takoma Aquatic Center. 7:30-9 p.m. 300 Van
Buren St. NW. For more information, visit
swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/
social club welcomes runners of all ability
levels for exercise in a fun and supportive
environment, with socializing afterward.
Route distance is 3-6 miles. Meet at 7 p.m.
at Union Station. For more information, visit
dcfrontrunners.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds practice. The
team is always looking for new members. All
welcome. 7-9 p.m. Harry Thomas Recreation
Center, 1743 Lincoln Rd. NE. For more infor-
mation, visit scandalsrfc.org or dcscandals@
gmail.com.
THE GAY MEN’S 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 571-214-9617.
james.leslie@inova.org.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health.
9 a.m.-6 p.m. at 1525 14th St. NW, and
9 a.m-12 p.m. and 1-5 p.m. at the Max
Robinson Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE. For
an appointment call 202-745-7000 or visit
whitman-walker.org.
IDENTITY offers free and confidential HIV
testing at two separate locations. Walk-ins
accepted from 2-6 p.m., by appointment
for all other hours. 414 East Diamond Ave.,
Gaithersburg, Md. or 7676 New Hampshire
Ave., Suite 411, Takoma Park, Md. To set up
an appointment or for more information, call
Gaithersburg, 301-300-9978, or Takoma Park,
301-422-2398.
KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY (K.I.)
SERVICES, at 3333 Duke St., Alexandria,
offers free “rapid” HIV testing and counsel-
ing, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 703-823-4401.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers free, rapid
HIV testing. Appointment needed. 1012 14th
St. NW, Suite 700. To arrange an appoint-
ment, call 202-638-0750.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS holds an
LGBT-focused meeting every Tuesday, 7
p.m. at St. George’s 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.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5 p.m., by
appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and
younger. Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-
567-3155 or testing@smyal.org.
STI TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. at both 1525 14th St.
NW and the Max Robinson Center, 2301
Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE. Testing is
intended for those without symptoms. For
an appointment call 202-745-7000 or visit
whitman-walker.org.
Support group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-21
meets at SMYAL. 5-6:30 p.m. 410 7th St.
SE. For more information, contact Cathy Chu,
202-567-3163, or catherine.chu@smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a support group for
black gay men 40 and older. 7-9 p.m., 3636
Georgia Ave. NW. 202-446-1100.
Whitman-Walker Health holds its weekly
GAY MEN’S HEALTH AND WELLNESS/
STD CLINIC. Patients are seen on walk-in
basis. No-cost screening for HIV, syphilis,
gonorrhea and chlamydia. Hepatitis and her-
pes testing available for fee. Testing starts
at 6 p.m, but should arrive early to ensure a
spot. 1525 14th St. NW. For more informa-
tion, visit whitman-walker.org.
WEDNESDAY, July 11
BIG GAY BOOK GROUP meets at Trio
Bistro to discuss The House of Impossible
Beauties by Joseph Cassara. The book fol-
lows a cast of gay and transgender club kids
navigating the Harlem ball scene of the ‘80s
and ‘90s. 7 p.m. 1537 17th St. NW. To RSVP
and for more information, email biggaybook-
group@hotmail.com.
The DC Center hosts a GET EMPOWERED!
Self-Defense Workshop on how to defend
yourself if you are verbally or physically
harassed. Open to women, transgender, and
gender-nonconforming people ages 16 and
up. 6:30-8:30 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite
105. To register, or for more information, visit
defendyourself.org.
The TOM DAVOREN SOCIAL BRIDGE
CLUB meets for Social Bridge at the Dignity
Center, across from the Marine Barracks. No
partner needed. 7:30 p.m. 721 8th St. SE. Call
301-345-1571 for more information.
Weekly Events
AD LIB, a group for freestyle conversation,
meets about 6-6:30 p.m., Steam, 17th and R
NW. All welcome. For more information, call
Fausto Fernandez, 703-732-5174.
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH
offers free HIV testing and HIV services (by
appointment). 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Decatur Center,
1400 Decatur St. NW. To arrange an appoint-
ment, call 202-291-4707, or visit andromeda-
transculturalhealth.org.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) holds a prac-
tice session at Dunbar Aquatic Center. 7:30-9
p.m. 101 N St. NW. For more information,
visit swimdcac.org.
FREEDOM FROM SMOKING, a group for
LGBT people looking to quit cigarettes and
tobacco use, holds a weekly support meeting
at The DC Center. 7-8 p.m. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH offers
Wednesday worship 7:15 a.m. and 12:05
p.m. All welcome. 118 N. Washington St.,
Alexandria. 703-549-1450, historicchrist-
church.org.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health.
9 a.m.-6 p.m. at 1525 14th St. NW, and
9 a.m-12 p.m. and 1-5 p.m. at the Max
Robinson Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE. For
an appointment call 202-745-7000 or visit
whitman-walker.org.
IDENTITY offers free and confidential HIV
testing at its Gaithersburg location. Walk-ins
accepted from 2-7 p.m., by appointment
for all other hours. 414 East Diamond Ave.,
Gaithersburg, Md. To set up an appointment
or for more information, call 301-300-9978.
JOB CLUB, a weekly support program for
job entrants and seekers, meets at The DC
Center. 6-7:30 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite
105. For more info, centercareers.org.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers free, rapid
HIV testing. No appointment needed. 11
a.m.-7 p.m. 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700. For
more information, call 202-638-0750.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing. 11
a.m.-2 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite 200,
Arlington. Appointments: 703-789-4467.
STI TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. at both 1525 14th St.
NW and the Max Robinson Center, 2301
Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE. Testing is
intended for those without symptoms. For
an appointment call 202-745-7000 or visit
whitman-walker.org.
WASHINGTON WETSKINS WATER
POLO TEAM practices 7-9 p.m. Newcomers
with at least basic swimming ability always
welcome. Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van
Buren St. NW. For more information, contact
Tom, 703-299-0504 or secretary@wetskins.
org, or visit wetskins.org. l
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COURTESY OF THE ESTATE OF WHITNEY E. HOUSTON
Movies

woman and her remarkable career, this

Family Portrait
documentary, as opposed to the equally
worthy Can I Be Me?, was authorized
by the Houston family, and was exec-
utive produced by Gary’s wife, Patricia
Whitney zeroes in on the Houston family dynamics that played a part Houston. Consequently, the Houstons hog
in the singer’s rise and fall. By André Hereford a lot of screen-time, as Macdonald weaves
stark audio and talking-head interviews

H
with peak-Whitney performance footage,
OUSTONS, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WATCHING WHITNEY HOUSTON’S music videos, and truly revealing home
brothers Michael and Gary in the maddening new documentary Whitney movies and backstage video.
(HHHHH), it’s mind-blowing to note the difference in how they describe The Newark, New Jersey clan abso-
doing drugs with their superstar little sister, versus describing how they felt about what lutely worked and sacrificed so that their
she might have been doing in the bedroom. golden-throated princess could become
On the subject of sharing blow with the Grammy-winner, known to family and America’s princess. And she made it,
friends as “Nippy,” the siblings’ candor seems laced with a mix of loss, and nostalgia for reigning gloriously with talent, beauty,
coke-fueled family time. They appear wistful for good old days that weren’t all good. and chart-topping success. Her father
But when the discussion turns to the possibility that Nippy might have been bisexu- John ruled the roost with smarts and
al or gay, a wall goes up, and their tone changes sharply. They sound angry, defensive, savvy. But make no doubt about it, accord-
and even a bit cruel addressing the topic of sexuality and Whitney’s relationship with ing to Whitney and several sources within,
her former friend and assistant Robyn Crawford. the queen behind the throne was Nippy’s
Despite the fact that Crawford, by every account, tried to keep Whitney focused on mom, revered gospel and soul singer, Cissy
performing, not on drugs, she was, in the brothers’ eyes, an evil, wicked influence — Houston.
not them. It’s a darkly telling glimpse of what one associate in the film refers to as the While Whitney’s notorious ex-hus-
strictly religious Houston family’s homophobia. band, Bobby Brown, doesn’t show up until
Whether or not the late singer enjoyed romantic or sexual relationships with late in the film to pointedly refuse to
women, Whitney, directed by Oscar-winner Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of talk about drugs (whatever, Bobby), the
Scotland), makes clear that her family was hellbent on preventing her from being her- film kicks off with plenty of input from
self, whomever that was. Viewed together with Nick Broomfield’s 2017 documentary Cissy, in interviews and on the soundtrack.
Whitney: Can I Be Me?, both films make a strong case that she never found a proper way Centering their fraught mother-daugh-
to answer that question. ter dynamic, the film traces a neatly pre-
Much more a portrait of Whitney and the Houstons than a focused survey of the scribed narrative of Whitney’s rise under

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her mother’s exacting tutelage, and subsequent fall from strato-
spheric talent to near-catastrophic demise.
Apparently, no Houston nor Brown wants to shoulder the
blame for the crash that ended the journey. Of course, they
shouldn’t have to shoulder the blame entirely. Whitney was a
grown woman. Yet, oddly for the family-authorized version of
the story, Whitney leaves a strong impression that maybe the
Houston family should accept more responsibility for not just
letting up about the gay thing, and allowing Whitney to live her
life. The story might have unfolded differently. A little accep-
tance goes a long way.
Rather than emphasize that sentiment, Macdonald instead
Whitney is rated R, and opens in theaters everywhere July 6. Visit fandango.com.
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burrows deep into what some in the family pinpoint as the
source of Whitney’s sexual confusion, and thus the pain that
she numbed with drugs. More than one person here claims to
know, based on Whitney’s admission and other sources, that
as a child she was a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of a
female family member. It’s a pretty stunning accusation, and
one that Macdonald makes the questionable decision of tying to
Whitney’s own professed anxiety about being hounded in her
dreams by the devil.
It all adds up to a haunting picture of a bright yet troubled
soul, who gave a tremendous gift of music to the world. Whitney
captures not just the darkness but those dazzling gifts as well.
Her rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” still induces tears
of amazement, and a vocals-only mix of “I Wanna Dance with
Somebody” generates a similar awe for just how powerful and
well-tuned an instrument was her wonderful voice.
Behind-the-scenes moments with the star also reveal a sense
of humor, strength, and steeliness that can get lost in the mess of
assessing her later years. In footage of mother and daughter in
Whitney’s dressing room in the late ’80s, she and Cissy bemoan
the pop balladeer’s struggle to stay relevant in a landscape over-
run with dance-pop acts like C+C Music Factory. They both
have choice words for the thinner-voiced likes of Janet Jackson
and Paula Abdul.
That sort of cattiness, for better or worse, goes down far
easier than the lingering bitterness of the many, many Houston
family secrets. Eventually, Whitney circles back to its recurring
theme of the star running from her demons, and one can’t help
thinking that maybe she finally made her escape. l
LITWIN
Stage

Motown Moves
Four Seasons (Summer, On Your Feet! and
Jersey Boys). For Ain’t Too Proud, Trujillo
has infused the sharp synchronization of
the original Temptations choreography
A stellar quintet recreates The Temptations in the Broadway Bound with a sexy and elegant contemporary
Ain’t Too Proud at the Kennedy Center. By André Hereford edge.
In full flight for performances of hits

I
like “My Girl,” the cast portraying the
T’S A TRICKY BUSINESS PACKAGING A SONGBOOK OF SUCCESSFUL POP Classic 5 — Ephraim Sykes as combustible
tunes into a theatrical musical that both tells a substantive story and serves the lead David Ruffin, James Harkness as
audience’s thirst for nostalgia. The show’s cast also has to deliver concert-style soulful Paul, Jeremy Pope as cocky tenor
versions of seminal, well-known songs that capture what was so great about the tracks Eddie, Jawan M. Jackson as smooth bass
in the first place, while avoiding plain imitation of the originals. Melvin, and the aforementioned Baskin
Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations ( ) has a leg up on — produce their own magic together. The
most jukebox musicals with just the sheer number of potentially substantive storylines dancing these five guys conjure while sing-
comprising the Motown group’s biography. As one of the Temps notes late in the play, ing full-out, dressed to dapper perfection
some two dozen members have, at one time or another in the group’s long history, in costume designer Paul Tazewell’s ward-
donned a natty suit to perform in the R&B quintet. There might be countless takes on robe, is more than impressive. Although,
what it means to be one of the Temptations. for show-stopping entertainment value,
The take Ain’t Too Proud is running with derives from the point of view, and the Next 5, i.e., the Temptations minus
published memoir, of the group’s last surviving founding member, Otis Williams. Ruffin and with new lead singer Dennis
Remarkably, Williams, now 76, still performs with the group, so he’s seen all those Edwards (Caliaf St. Aubyn), hit a mighty
other Temptations come and go for over 50 years. But based on his story, he’d be high with their sizzling performance of “I
the first to acknowledge that the group’s “Classic 5” lineup, established in 1964, was Can’t Get Next to You.”
untouchably the best. The entire cast, including Candice
Director Des McAnuff does a breathtaking job of demonstrating exactly why that Marie Woods leading the Supremes as
particular five — Otis, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, and Paul Diana Ross, nail their performances.
Williams (no relation to Otis) — were so magical together. However, the magic of rivet- Pope’s falsetto doesn’t really sound like
ing biography isn’t necessarily in the show’s book, by acclaimed playwright Dominique Kendricks’, but he still sounds great. Sykes
Morisseau, whose piercing drama Skeleton Crew was presented recently in a fantastic doesn’t much look like Ruffin, but he cap-
production at Studio. Hailing from Motown herself, Morisseau’s dialogue sparkles tures the singer’s fire, his explosive talent
with authenticity and wit. But the behind-the-music plotting, narrated directly to the for expressing emotion through a song,
audience by Otis (Derrick Baskin), barrels ahead with a pace that starts to feel routine. and the pain he carried from a dark child-
Fights between Temptations, and assorted wives and girlfriends, roll across stage hood and his tragic love story with fel-
with a steady “and-then-this-happened” rhythm, as if stuck to the built-in conveyor low Motown star Tammi Terrell (Nasia
belts that move the actors around Robert Brill’s sparse but imaginative sets. Otis and Thomas).
wife Josephine (Rashidra Jones) play different versions of the same scene several Harkness transcends notes about
times. She wants him home, he won’t leave the road, repeat, until finally they move on. sounding or looking like the man he’s
The most effective onstage moves come not from the narrative, but Sergio Trujillo. portraying. He’s simply the Paul Williams
The Tony-nominated choreographer seems to be the go-to guy for reimagining the of the group, a moving embodiment of the
stage moves of acts from Donna Summer, Gloria Estefan and Frankie Valli and the real-life singer’s enigmatic sensuality and

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vulnerability. Following the shape and evolution of his perfor- fans of the music and the group with the highlights and lowlights
mance, knowing in advance Paul’s full trajectory in this story, they arrived expecting to witness. Thought the script might dole
yields strong dramatic impact. those bits out too dutifully, the singing and dancing of these
Like most such musicals, Ain’t Too Proud rewards longtime Temptations put those moments across beautifully. l

Ain’t Too Proud runs to July 22 at Kennedy Center Opera House. Tickets are $39 to $159.
Call 202-467-4600, or visit Kennedy-Center.org.

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Photography by
Ward Morrison

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DrinksDragDJsEtc...
Thursday,
July 5
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm • Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports • Expanded
craft beer selection •
Music videos featuring
DJ Wess
BALTIMORE EAGLE
Doors open at 3pm •
Happy Hour, 3-9pm, all
liquors, beers and wines up
to 50% off • $5 Pitchers
of Miller Lite all night long
• $3 Well Drinks in Nest
until 11pm, $3 in Tavern all
day, $5 Miller Lite Pitchers
• Thrifty Minett Drag
Show, hosted by Whimsy
Thrift and Anita Minett,
8-9:30pm, in the Nest • $5
Cover • Underwear Night
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Scene
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 10 Finale at Trade
Thursday, June 28 • Photography by Ward Morrison
See and purchase more photos from this event at www.metroweekly.com/scene
Underwear Drink Free, TRADE BALTIMORE EAGLE NELLIE’S SPORTS BAR
12-12:30am • DJs Doors open 5pm • Huge Doors open at 2pm • Open 3pm • Guest DJs •
BacK2bACk Happy Hour: Any drink Bears & Bellies Friday Beat the Clock Happy Hour
normally served in a cock- Bear Night • $10 Cover — $2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
in the Code Bar, 9pm-2am
• For men in underwear in
NELLIE’S SPORTS BAR tail glass served in a huge • Pay an extra $5, and $4 (7-8pm) • Buckets of
Code Bar, all well drinks
Beat the Clock Happy Hour
— $2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
glass for the same price,
5-10pm • Beer and wine
get 5 free well drinks •
Betty O’Hellno presents
Beer $15
$2, 9pm-12am • Best
$4 (7-8pm) • Buckets of only $4 Grindhouse Burlesque NUMBER NINE
Underwear Contest at
Beer $15 • All Leagues Show in the Nest, 10:30pm Open 5pm • Happy Hour:
Midnight • Code enforced
Night ZIEGFELD’S/SECRETS • $10 in advance, $12.50 2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
in Code Bar after 9pm •
All male, nude dancers • at door • Elyx Vodka and • No Cover • Friday Night
Release Dance Party in
NUMBER NINE Open Dancers Audition • Any Red Bull Flavor for $7 Piano with Chris, 7:30pm
the Nest, featuring DJs
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any Urban House Music by DJ all day long • thebalti-
Thommy Davis and Jerry
drink, 5-9pm • No Cover Tim-e • 9pm • Cover 21+ moreeagle.com PITCHERS
Haley, 10pm-2am • Free
2317 18th St. NW
admission to the Tavern •
PITCHERS FREDDIE’S BEACH BAR Doors open, 5pm-3am •
Admission to the Nest is
2317 18th St. NW Crazy Hour, 4-8pm • facebook.com/PitchersDC
free until 10:30pm • After
10:30pm, $5 Cover for
Doors open, 5pm-2am •
facebook.com/PitchersDC
Friday, Karaoke, 9pm
SHAW’S TAVERN
21 and up, $10 Cover for
18-20 • thebaltimoreea-
July 6 GREEN LANTERN Happy Hour, 4-7pm • $3
SHAW’S TAVERN Happy Hour, 4-9pm • $5 Miller Lite, $4 Blue Moon,
gle.com
Happy Hour, 4-7pm • $3 9 1/2 Svedka, all flavors, all $5 House Wines, $5 Rail
Miller Lite, $4 Blue Moon, Open at 5pm • Happy night long • GlowPaint Drinks • Half-Priced Pizzas
FREDDIE’S BEACH BAR
$5 House Wines, $5 Rail Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink, Underwear Party, and Select Appetizers
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm •
Drinks • Half-Priced Pizzas 5-9pm • Friday Night 10pm-3am • Featuring
Karaoke, 9pm
and Select Appetizers Videos, 9:30pm • Rotating DJ Tryfe • Dancers and TRADE
• All-You-Can-Eat Ribs, DJs • Expanded craft beer Giveaways • $10 Cover Doors open 5pm • Huge
GREEN LANTERN
$24.95, 5-10pm • $4 selection • No Cover Happy Hour: Any drink
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Heineken and Corona all normally served in a cock-
• Shirtless Thursday,
night • Paint Nite, Second tail glass served in a huge
10-11pm • Men in
Floor, 7pm
glass for the same price,
5-10pm • Beer and wine
only $4
ZIEGFELD’S/SECRETS
Men of Secrets, 9pm •
Guest dancers • Rotating
DJs • Kristina Kelly’s Diva
Fev-ah Drag Show • Doors
at 9pm, Shows at 11:30pm
and 1:45am • DJ Don T. in
Ziegfeld’s • Cover 21+
Saturday,
July 7
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 2-9pm • $5 Absolut
and $5 Bulleit Bourbon,
9pm-close • Expanded
craft beer selection •
No Cover
BALTIMORE EAGLE
Doors open at noon
• Happy Hour, 3-9pm
• Leather and Fetish
Saturdays, Code Bar,
8pm-2am • Code enforced
after 9pm in the Code
Bar • Retro Saturdays
Dance Party in the Nest,
9:30pm-2am • $5 Cover
• Drink Specials in the
Nest • Long Island Leather
Saturdays — $5 Long
Islands all day • thebalti-
moreeagle.com
FREDDIE’S BEACH BAR
Saturday Breakfast Buffet,
10am-3pm • $14.99 with
one glass of champagne
or coffee, soda or juice •
Additional champagne $2
per glass • World Tavern
Poker Tournament, 1-3pm
• Crazy Hour, 4-8pm •
Freddie’s Follies Drag
Show, hosted by Miss
Destiny B. Childs, 8-10pm
• Karaoke, 10pm-close
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GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm • $5
Bacardi, all flavors, all
night long • REWIND:
Request Line, an ‘80s
and ‘90s Dance Party,
9pm-close • Featuring
DJ Darryl Strickland •
No Cover
NELLIE’S SPORTS BAR
Drag Brunch, hosted
by Chanel Devereaux,
10:30am-12:30pm and
1-3pm • Tickets on sale
at nelliessportsbar.com
• House Rail Drinks, Zing
Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie
Beer and Mimosas, $4,
11am-close • Buckets of
Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
Doors open 2pm • Happy
Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink,
2-9pm • $5 Absolut and $5
Bulleit Bourbon, 9pm-close
• Time Machine and
Power Hour, featuring DJ
Jack Rayburn, 9:30pm
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PITCHERS
2317 18th St. NW
Doors open, 12pm-3am •
facebook.com/PitchersDC
SHAW’S TAVERN
Brunch with $15
Bottomless Mimosas,
10am-3pm • Happy Hour,
5-7pm • $3 Miller Lite,
$4 Blue Moon, $5 House
Wines, $5 Rail Drinks •
Half-Priced Pizzas and
Select Appetizers • Piano
Bar and Karaoke, 9pm
TRADE
Doors open 2pm • Huge
Happy Hour: Any drink
normally served in a cock-
tail glass served in a huge
glass for the same price,
2-10pm • Beer and wine
only $4
ZIEGFELD’S/SECRETS BALTIMORE EAGLE
Dance Party, 9pm • Guest Doors open at noon •
dancers • Music by DJ Lizzie Beaumont and
Steve Henderson • Ladies Betty Whitecastle present
of Illusion Drag Show, Queens Who Brunch,
featuring Ella Fitzgerald 12-2pm • $34 per person
• Doors at 9pm, Shows includes All You Can
at 11:30pm and 1:45am • Eat • Free pitcher of
Cover 21+ Mimosas per 4 admissions
• Reservations highly
suggested and can be
made online beforehand
Sunday, • Sunday Fun-Day, 4-9pm
• From 2-8pm, buy a cup
July 8 for $5 and fill it with any
Absolut Flavor and Mixer
9 1/2 for $3 each time (excluding
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any energy drink mixers) •
drink, 2-9pm • $5 Absolut thebaltimoreeagle.com
and $5 Bulleit Bourbon,
9pm-close • Multiple TVs FREDDIE’S BEACH BAR
showing movies, shows, Champagne Brunch Buffet,
sports • Expanded craft 10am-3pm • $24.99 with
beer selection • No Cover four glasses of champagne
or mimosas, 1 Bloody
Mary, or coffee, soda or
juice • Crazy Hour, 4-8pm
• Karaoke, 9pm-close
GREEN LANTERN PITCHERS
Happy Hour, 4-9pm • 2317 18th St. NW
Karaoke with Kevin down- Doors open, 12pm-2am
stairs, 9:30pm-close • $4 Smirnoff, includes
flavored, $4 Coors Light or
NELLIE’S SPORTS BAR $4 Miller Lites, 2-9pm
Drag Brunch, hosted
by Chanel Devereaux, SHAW’S TAVERN
10:30am-12:30pm and Brunch with Bottomless
1-3pm • Tickets on sale Mimosas, 10am-3pm •
at nelliessportsbar.com Happy Hour, 5-7pm • $3
• House Rail Drinks, Zing Miller Lite, $4 Blue Moon,
Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie
Beer and Mimosas, $4,
$5 House Wines, $5 Rail
Drinks • Half-Priced Pizzas
11am-close • Buckets of and Select Appetizers
Beer, $15 • Dinner-n-Drag: Pride
Edition, with Miss Kristina
NUMBER NINE Kelly, 7pm • For reserva-
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on tions, email shawsdinner-
any drink, 2-9pm • $5 dragshow@gmail.com
Absolut and $5 Bulleit
Bourbon, 9pm-close • Pop TRADE
Goes the World with Wes Doors open 2pm • Huge
Della Volla at 9:30pm • Happy Hour: Any drink
No Cover normally served in a cock-
tail glass served in a huge
glass for the same price,
2-10pm • Beer and wine
only $4
 Monday,
July 9
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm • Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports • Expanded
craft beer selection •
No Cover
BALTIMORE EAGLE
Doors open at 3pm •
Happy Hour, 3-9pm, all
liquors, beers and wines up
to 50% off • Micro Brew
Draft/Bottle Mondays —
$4 all day • SIN: Service
Industry Night, 11pm-2am
• First Well Drink or
Domestic Beer Free • 10%
off your Food Order all day
• thebaltimoreeagle.com
FREDDIE’S BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm •
Singles Night • Half-Priced
Pasta Dishes • Poker Night
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— 7pm and 9pm games •
Karaoke, 9pm
Miller Lite, $4 Blue Moon,
$5 House Wines, $5 Rail
BALTIMORE EAGLE
Doors open at 3pm •
with Sasha Adams and
Brooklyn Heights, 7-9pm •
tail glass served in a huge
glass for the same price,
Drinks • Half-Priced Pizzas Happy Hour, 3-9pm, all Karaoke, 9pm-close 5-10pm • Beer and wine
GREEN LANTERN and Select Appetizers • liquors, beers and wines only $4
Happy Hour, 4-9pm • Shaw ’Nuff Trivia, with up to 50% off • Fibbage NUMBER NINE
$3 rail cocktails and Jeremy, 7:30pm Tuesdays, 8pm • Free to Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
domestic beers all night play on your smartphone drink, 5-9pm • No Cover
long • Singing with the
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TRADE
Doors open 5pm • Huge
• $6 Any Flavor Martinis
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Beat the Clock Happy Hour only $4 Tuesday • Poker Night — Happy Hour, 4-7pm • $3 TVs showing movies,
— $2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm), 7pm and 9pm games • Miller Lite, $4 Blue Moon, shows, sports • Expanded
$4 (7-8pm) • Buckets of Karaoke, 9pm $5 House Wines, $5 Rail craft beer selection •
Beer $15 • Paint Nite, 7pm Drinks • Half-Priced Pizzas No Cover
• PokerFace Poker, 8pm •
Dart Boards • Ping Pong Tuesday, GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4pm-9pm
and Select Appetizers
• Half-Priced Burgers BALTIMORE EAGLE
Madness, featuring 2 Ping- July 10 • $3 rail cocktails and and Pizzas all night with Doors open at 3pm •
Pong Tables domestic beers all night $5 House Wines and $5 Happy Hour, 3-9pm, all
9 1/2 long Sam Adams • Paint Nite, liquors, beers and wines
NUMBER NINE Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any Second Floor, 7pm up to 50% off • Domestic
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm • Multiple NELLIE’S SPORTS BAR Bottles are $3 all day •
drink, 5-9pm • No Cover TVs showing movies, Beat the Clock Happy Hour TRADE Team Trivia, 8-10pm •
shows, sports • Expanded — $2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm), Doors open 5pm • Huge thebaltimoreeagle.com
SHAW’S TAVERN craft beer selection • $4 (7-8pm) • Buckets of Happy Hour: Any drink
Happy Hour, 4-7pm • $3 No Cover Beer $15 • Drag Bingo normally served in a cock-
FREDDIE’S BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm • $6
Burgers • Beach Blanket
Drag Bingo Night, hosted
by Ms. Regina Jozet
Adams, 8pm • Bingo prizes
• Karaoke, 10pm-1am
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4pm-9pm •
Bear Yoga with Greg Leo,
6:30-7:30pm • $10 per
class • $3 rail cocktails
and domestic beers all
night long
NELLIE’S SPORTS BAR
SmartAss Trivia Night,
8-10pm • Prizes include
bar tabs and tickets to
shows at the 9:30 Club •
$15 Buckets of Beer for
SmartAss Teams only •
Absolutely Snatched Drag
Show, hosted by Brooklyn
Heights, 9pm • Tickets
available at nelliessports-
bar.com
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NUMBER NINE
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm • No Cover
PITCHERS
2317 18th St. NW
Doors open, 5pm-2am •
facebook.com/PitchersDC
SHAW’S TAVERN
Happy Hour, 4-7pm • $3
Miller Lite, $4 Blue Moon,
$5 House Wines, $5 Rail
Drinks • Half-Priced Pizzas
and Select Appetizers •
Piano Bar and Karaoke
with Jill, 8pm
TRADE
Doors open 5pm • Huge
Happy Hour: Any drink
normally served in a cock-
tail glass served in a huge
glass for the same price,
5-10pm • Beer and wine
only $4
Thursday,
July 12
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm • Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports • Expanded
craft beer selection •
Music videos featuring
DJ Wess
BALTIMORE EAGLE
Doors open at 3pm •
Happy Hour, 3-9pm, all
liquors, beers and wines up
to 50% off • $5 Pitchers
of Miller Lite all night long
• $3 Well Drinks in Nest
until 11pm, $3 in Tavern all
day, $5 Miller Lite Pitchers
• Thrifty Minett Drag
Show, hosted by Whimsy
Thrift and Anita Minett,
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
SHAW’S TAVERN
Happy Hour, 4-7pm • $3
8-9:30pm, in the Nest • $5 • Shirtless Thursday, Miller Lite, $4 Blue Moon,
Cover • Underwear Night 10-11pm • Men in $5 House Wines, $5 Rail
in the Code Bar, 9pm-2am Underwear Drink Free, Drinks • Half-Priced Pizzas
• For men in underwear in 12-12:30am • DJs and Select Appetizers • All
Code Bar, all well drinks BacK2bACk You Can Eat Ribs, 5-10pm,
$2, 9pm-12am • Best $24.95 • $4 Corona and
Underwear Contest at NELLIE’S SPORTS BAR Heineken all night
Midnight • Code enforced Beat the Clock Happy Hour
in Code Bar after 9pm • — $2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm), TRADE
Release Dance Party in $4 (7-8pm) • Buckets of Doors open 5pm • Huge
the Nest, featuring DJs Beer $15 • All Leagues Happy Hour: Any drink
Thommy Davis and Jerry Night normally served in a cock-
Haley, 10pm-2am • Free tail glass served in a huge
admission to the Tavern • NUMBER NINE glass for the same price,
Admission to the Nest is Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any 5-10pm • Beer and wine
free until 10:30pm • After drink, 5-9pm • No Cover only $4
10:30pm, $5 Cover for
21 and up, $10 Cover for PITCHERS ZIEGFELD’S/SECRETS
18-20 • thebaltimoreea- 2317 18th St. NW All male, nude dancers •
gle.com Doors open, 5pm-2am • Open Dancers Audition
facebook.com/PitchersDC • Urban House Music by
FREDDIE’S BEACH BAR DJ Tim-e • 9pm • Cover
Crazy Hour, 4-8pm • 21+ l
Karaoke, 9pm
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 LastWord.
People say the queerest things

“Let’s see a superhero who’s gay.

Let’s see a gay James Bond.”
— CRAIG JOHNSON, director of Alex Strangelove and Skeleton Twins, speaking to Queerty about creating more queer characters and
stories in cinema. “I want to see the expansion of what a queer story is,” he said. “I want to see an expansion happen in cinema.
I want to see big budget studio action films have queer leads.”

“I want to give
a lesson to the world of tolerance and respect
”
towards oneself and towards others,

— ANGELA PONCE, speaking after she was crowned Miss Universe Spain 2018. Ponce has made history as the first transgender
winner of the regional competition, and will compete in the Miss Universe final in the Philippines later this year.

“Everyone in this country should feel safe and happy to be who they are, and to
love who they love, without judgement or fear.”
— PENNY MORDAUNT, Britain’s Minister for Women and Equalities, in a statement responding to a government survey which found
that British LGBTQ people are less happy than their heterosexual and cisgender peers. Mordaunt said it was “very disturbing”
that more than two-thirds of those surveyed wouldn’t hold hands with a same-sex partner over fears of negative reactions, while a
majority of trans and non-binary people say they avoid expressing their gender identity due to fear of negative reactions.

“Men get married, women get married,

dogs get married...
”
Everybody is getting married and everybody is getting divorced.

— Actor JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME, responding on French television show On n’est pas couché to a question about same-sex
marriage. Van Damme was criticized by French minister for Gender Equality Marlène Schiappa, another guest on the show.
“I find this shocking,” she said. “There are people who are beaten and insulted because they are homosexual,
we need to support them rather than mocking them, saying they are dogs."

“Instagram spoon feeds us with rainbows and hashtags to appear in solidarity but it seems
real people in love have no place here.”
— JORDAN BOWEN, the subject of an image by photographer Stella Asia Consonni in which he kisses his partner Luca Lucifer,
writing on Instagram after the photo was taken down from Consonni’s Instagram profile for “violating community guidelines.”
Bowen noted: “My relationship of seven years [has been] reduced to a Community Guideline.”
Instagram subsequently apologized, saying the photo was “removed in error.”

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