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Volume 21 / Issue 7
NEWS 6 LONE STAR STRUGGLE
Justin Snow
8 BOWSER SECURES STEINS BLESSING
John Riley
12 BALTIMORE PRIDE BLOSSOMS
Doug Rule
BUSINESS 14 BUSINESSES CHOOSE
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Jessica Vaughan
16 COMMUNITY CALENDAR
FEATURE 24 A CAPITAL CAPITAL PRIDE
Photography by Christopher Cunetto,
Todd Franson, Ward Morrison,
Randy Shulman, Julian Vankim and
Aram Vartian / Story by Doug Rule
OUT ON THE TOWN 46 COCK FIGHT
Doug Rule
48 QUIRKY QFEST
Doug Rule
STAGE 52 WHAT WOMEN WANT
Kate Wingeld
GAMES 55 HACK JOB
Rhuaridh Marr
NIGHTLIFE 59 BLAST OFF! OFFICIAL CAPITAL PRIDE
OPENING PARTY
Photography by Ward Morrison
SCENE 68 DC LATINO PRIDES LA FIESTA
Photography by Ward Morrison
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Lone Star Struggle
Texas GOPs endorsement of ex-gay therapy reects partys LGBT divide
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by Justin Snow
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F THERE WERE ANY CLEAR-
er indication of the work that remains
to bring the Republican Partys posi-
tion on LGBT rights in line with the
views of a majority of Americans, it came out
of Texas this past weekend.
It was there, at the Forth Worth Con-
vention Center on Saturday, that about
7,000 delegates at the Texas GOP Con-
vention ratied an ofcial party platform
that endorses reparative therapy for
gay people. According to the new plank
of the platform, the Texas Republican
Party now recognizes the legitimacy
and value of counseling which offers
reparative therapy and treatment to
patients who are seeking escape from
the homosexual lifestyle.
The adoption of language supporting
therapy that has been deemed junk sci-
ence by every major medical and men-
tal health organization comes after two
states with Democratic and Republican
governors have banned such practices on
minors by licensed therapists, and ies in
the face of efforts by the national Repub-
lican Party to become more inclusive
after a series of electoral defeats.
In September 2012, California became
the rst state in the nation to outlaw such
therapy. This bill bans non-scientic
therapies that have driven young people
to depression and suicide. These prac-
tices have no basis in science or medicine
and they will now be relegated to the
dustbin of quackery, said Gov. Jerry
Brown (D) in a statement upon signing
the bill into law. In August, New Jersey
became the second state to ban ex-gay
therapy for minors. Gov. Chris Christie, a
likely candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for president in 2016, said, Expos-
ing children to these health risks without
clear evidence of benets that outweigh
these serious risks is not appropriate.
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Last week, a New Jersey judge ruled
that a conversion therapy group might be
liable for the costs to repair the damage it
inicted on four former patients.
Bipartisan support for banning ex-gay
therapy is signicant. After all, such laws
essentially profess a consensus among
lawmakers that being gay is not a choice,
thus raising serious questions about how
other civil rights, such as marriage equal-
ity, can be denied to gay people. But
with the adoption of the platform by the
Texas Republican Party, addressing ex-
gay therapy in the Lone Star State has
become anything but bipartisan.
No laws or executive orders shall be
imposed to limit or restrict access to this
type of therapy, states the draft of the
platform considered at the convention.
Christie came in 11th place in the
conventions 2016 presidential straw poll
with just 1.3 percent of the vote, while
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz came in rst, with
43.4 percent of the vote.
As reported by the Associated Press,
the tea party group Texas Eagle Forum
pushed for adoption of the language
and, while some had sought to speak out
against that plank of the platform, they
were not given the chance to address
delegates before a vote on the entire party
platform was held.
Although language adopted in 2012
stating the practice of homosexuality
tears at the fabric of society and contrib-
utes to the breakdown of the family unit
was removed from the platform, the
updated document states, Homosexual-
ity must not be presented as an accept-
able alternative lifestyle, in public policy,
nor should family be redened to include
homosexual couples.
Moreover, the platform voices oppo-
sition to the assault on marriage by
judicial activists. Last February, a fed-
eral judge found a constitutional amend-
ment approved by Texas voters in 2005
dening marriage between a man and
a woman, as well as portion of Texas
Family Code, denies same-sex couples
equal protection and due process rights
under the Fourteenth Amendment of the
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ally over 100 stories about so-called ex-
gay therapy in the platform, and exactly
zero stories exclusively devoted to Greg
Abbott picking up the nomination for
governor, Angelo told Metro Weekly.
The people who inserted this language
into the platform arent medical doctors
or mental health professionals, and they
have no business pushing their opinion
onto the lives of gay Texans.
At a press conference prior to the con-
vention, Log Cabin Republicans and Log
Cabin Republicans of Texas joined with
Metroplex Republicans to call on the
Texas GOP to allow the groups booths
at the convention. At the time, Angelo
warned the exclusion of a literal seat
at the table for gay Republicans at the
convention speaks to a deeper issue that
threatens to turn Texas blue.
Make no mistake: This isnt about
disagreements we may have on civil mar-
riage; this isnt about the party platform
this is about an anti-gay wing of the
party that hates gay people so much they
cant even stand to see us acknowledged
as a necessary part of a winning Repub-
lican coalition, Angelo said in a state-
ment. At a time when Democrats are
working overtime to turn Texas from red
to purple and then a vibrant blue, now is
not the time for the politics of subtrac-
tion and division in the GOP; it is time for
addition and multiplication. The Texas
State GOP and its leadership ignore that
U.S. Constitution a decision that was
blasted by Gov. Rick Perry (R). How-
ever, a Washington Post/ABC News
poll released Friday found 56 percent of
Americans support allowing gays and les-
bians to marry, with 38 percent opposed.
Moreover, echoing many of the court
rulings that have been handed down in
the past year, 50 percent of Americans
believe that the Equal Protection clause
of the U.S. Constitution guarantees same-
sex couples the right to marry.
While many Republican politicians
appear increasingly unwilling to waste
political capital ghting LGBT rights,
that does not seem to be the case in
Texas. Just last month, Pennsylvanias
GOP Gov. Tom Corbett announced he
would not appeal a federal court ruling
legalizing same-sex marriage in his state,
and Rep. Charlie Dent (Penn.) became
the third Republican in the House of
Representatives to openly endorse mar-
riage equality. Meanwhile, Sen. Orrin
Hatch (R-Utah) said during a radio inter-
view that anybody who does not believe
that gay marriage is going to be the law
of the land just hasnt been observing
whats going on.
According to Gregory T. Angelo, exec-
utive director of Log Cabin Republicans,
the pursuit of anti-gay language in the
Texas GOPs platform has proven to be
a major distraction from the issues at
hand. Over the last week, Ive seen liter-
advice at their peril.
Texas Attorney General and Republi-
can gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott
will face the Democratic nominee, Texas
State Sen. Wendy Davis, in November.
During a Human Rights Campaign PAC
and Texas Equity PAC event Friday in
Austin, Davis remarked on the contro-
versy over the Texas GOPs platform.
We know what they really believe
and think about people who dont look
like them or come from where they come
from, Davis said during remarks posted
on YouTube. And we also know, as a
consequence of whats been going on
with their decisions and their platform
on LGBT rights, exactly where their val-
ues are in that regard.
Those remarks from Davis appear to
demonstrate the exact kind of politi-
cal fodder Angelo warned Republicans
would supply Democrats with by adopt-
ing an anti-gay platform.
Advocates of putting an endorsement
of ex-gay therapy into the platform say
that its a response to the bans on repara-
tive therapy that passed in California
and New Jersey last year, but there are
no such bans being called for in Texas, so
this is a solution in search of a problem,
Angelo said. If the Texas GOP is worried
about what a bunch of Democrats in New
Jersey and California are doing, then the
party has a lot more to worry about than
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Bowser Secures
Steins Blessing
LGBT Democrat club members fall in line behind party
nominees amid bout of bad news for Catania campaign
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OUNCILMEMBER MURIEL BOWSER (D-WARD 4), THE
Democratic Partys mayoral nominee and presumed frontrun-
ner to succeed Mayor Vincent Gray as the citys top executive,
secured the endorsement of the Gertrude Stein Democratic
Club Monday night as she seeks to consolidate support among both the
citys LGBT community and rank-and-le Democrats while dealing a
blow to supporters of Councilmember David Catania (I-At-Large), who
is hoping to become the citys rst openly gay mayor.
The endorsement marks a huge victory for the Bowser campaign,
which had struggled to gain traction among most Stein Club members
prior to the April 1 primary election. At the clubs March endorsement
meeting, Bowser placed fourth among all Democratic mayoral candi-
dates on the rst round of balloting. Gray, who was the top vote-getter
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to all Democratic candidates both those
endorsed and those not endorsed but
that many candidates had scheduling
conicts.
During the regular meeting ses-
sion, longtime transgender activist Jeri
Hughes made a motion to have the club
endorse the full slate of Democrats for
Novembers election which would have
expanded the clubs endorsement to in-
clude Bowser, Nadeau, Allen, Shadow
U.S. Senator Paul Strauss, and Council-
member Anita Bonds (D-At-Large), all
of whom had fallen short at the March
endorsement meeting. While most of the
room was stacked with Bowser support-
ers several openly displaying her trade-
mark yellow-and-green campaign stick-
ers on their lapels a group of about six
members opposed Hughess motion and
tried to raise various procedural concerns
and parliamentary inquiries to delay the
vote on an endorsement to a future date,
citing the clubs bylaws.
The bylaws say the club is an inde-
pendent political organization, contrary
to the sense that were just an LGBT
arm of the Democratic Party, said Stein
member Don Haines. One of the impor-
tant roles of the club is channeling LGBT
participation in the Democratic Party, no
question, but notice it says People in the
Democratic Party and in other political
activities. In addition, under the func-
tions of the club it says endorsing spe-
cic Democratic Party candidates, not
a ticket. Specic candidates. Thats very
important to us.
For the next half hour, those oppos-
ing the endorsement raised various is-
sues, including whether Hughess motion
was proper, whether the club had failed
to provide sufcient notice prior to an
endorsement vote, and whether the club
was required to endorse specic individ-
ual candidates. Peoples ruled against the
six, which included some prominent Cat-
ania backers, explaining that, in her inter-
pretation, Hughess motion remained val-
id under the bylaws and that the club was
not required to provide 30 days of notice
prior to an endorsement vote, although
it does require an individual member to
have been registered for 30 days prior to
voting in an endorsement forum.
Eventually, Hughess motion was
considered along with a friendly
amendment that listed each of the Dem-
ocrats individually instead of a generic
endorsement of the slate with mem-
bers voting 35-8 in favor of the proposal.
All the candidates received 73 percent of
in the rst round, went into a runoff with
Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2),
eventually falling four votes short of the
60 percent threshold needed to secure
the clubs ofcial endorsement.
Bowser rebounded from that loss to
defeat Gray by casting aspersions on the
incumbent mayor amid an investigation
by the Department of Justice looking
into whether Gray knew about a shadow
campaign related to his 2010 mayoral
primary campaign against then-incum-
bent Mayor Adrian Fenty. Businessman
Jeffrey Thompson, a Gray associate, had
pleaded guilty in March to illegally fun-
neling campaign contributions to Gray
and other local and federal candidates,
and alleged that Gray knew of the shadow
campaign.
By backing Bowser the Stein Club
also dealt a symbolic blow to Catania,
whose chances of becoming mayor rely on
persuading fair-minded Democrats and
LGBT voters to support his candidacy.
While an endorsement of Catania by the
Stein Club was never a possibility due to
his party afliation, some of his support-
ers had hoped they could at least deny
Bowser the 60 percent needed for the nod.
Earlier in the day, Catanias campaign
received more bad news when former
Councilmember Carol Schwartz (R-At-
Large), who has previously run for may-
or four other times in 1986, 1994, 1998
and 2002 announced she was entering
the mayoral race as an independent, po-
tentially siphoning off some voters that
would have otherwise backed Catania.
Mondays Stein Club meeting was split
into two parts: the rst, a town hall-style
meeting where Democratic candidates
for various ofces on the November bal-
lot were invited to answer audience ques-
tions, and the second, a regular meeting
where members were given the chance to
decide whether they wanted to endorse
the Democratic slate of candidates. Pre-
viously, the club had decided to endorse
Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D),
Councilmembers Mary Cheh (D-Ward
3) and Kenyan McDufe (D-Ward 5), U.S.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
and candidate for Shadow U.S. Represen-
tative Franklin Garcia.
The town hall portion featured Bows-
er, Ward 1 Council candidate Brianne
Nadeau, and Ward 6 Council candidate
Charles Allen, who answered a variety of
questions about their positions on LGBT
issues, education, taxes, and other con-
cerns. Angela Peoples, the president of
Stein, said invitations had been extended
the votes of Stein Club members.
Paul Kuntzler, a Catania supporter, left
the room angrily, saying, I just want to
say...in the minds of about 80 percent of
gay and lesbian voters in the District of
Columbia, the decisions made tonight are
irrelevant. This club is irrelevant.
Kuntzlers comments reect an on-
going debate voiced by many in one-
on-one conversations held prior to and
during the candidate forum and meeting
over the role of Stein and the scope of its
inuence within the party and within the
city. On one hand, prior to the endorse-
ment, the club was potentially facing be-
ing seen as irrelevant to Democratic ac-
tivists who feel the Districts top LGBT
political club should back the partys
nominee out of loyalty to the partys val-
ues. On the other, the club also faced be-
ing seen as simply a rubber-stamp for the
party, thereby losing its degree of inde-
pendence and in the eyes of detractors
its ability to effectively pressure elected
ofcials to stand up for LGBT issues.
Both Bowser and Peoples denied that
there was any pressure placed on Steins Ex-
ecutive Committee by the Democratic State
Committee to steer the meeting towards an
endorsement of Bowsers candidacy.
After the meeting, while Bowser and
her supporters celebrated, the candi-
date dismissed those voting against the
endorsement as a minority with a par-
ticular view, saying, They expressed
that view, they were heard by the chair,
and the members voted. I support the
clubs decision to take a vote. Its been
my position that Im the only Demo-
cratic candidate running for mayor, and
the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club
endorses Democrats.
Peoples acknowledged that there
was some contention among some of the
members but said she expected it, calling
the discussion over whether to endorse
healthy and necessary for the club to
have. She also said she did not foresee
any legal action on the part of those an-
gered by the endorsement.
I have led this organization under
a vein of transparency, and trying to be
as inclusive as possible, and I knew that
folks wanted to have a discussion, that
they wanted to have a little of this back-
and-forth out, Peoples told Metro Week-
ly. And I think we were able to do that
today. And its a different kind of club.
The Stein Club loves our process, we love
our policies, but at the end of the day, I
think we will be united, and the club will
be healthier for it. l
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By Doug Rule
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EARS IN THE MAKING,
this weekends Baltimore Pride
will move to a new, larger space
on the edge of the gay-popular
Mount Vernon neighborhood. Both the
Saturday block party and the Sunday
festival will take place in what is commonly
known as the ArtScape space, named after
the citys large annual arts festival in July.
Weve outgrown the footprint of
Charles and Eager Streets, says Dan
McEvily, a spokesperson for Baltimore
Pride, which draws in an estimated
30,000 people. In fact, rumors have
circulated since 2011 about a move of
the Saturday party from that blocked-
off intersection in the heart of Mount
Vernon. But rather than moving the block
party to the festival site in Druid Hill
Park, as some had suggested back then,
organizers opted instead to move both
events to a site only four blocks north
of Charles and Eager and near the citys
Baltimore Pride Blossoms
This weekends Baltimore Pride celebrates in a new, larger location
Penn Station. One other small move this
year: The seven-block pride parade will
now kickoff at that intersection and not
the citys Washington Monument, which
is currently surrounded by construction.
To a degree, the moves reect this
years Pride theme, We Are Family, by
accommodating more people but also by
making a push for greater unity and local
connection. In previous years the block
party was a younger audience and the
Sunday event was more family-oriented,
says McEvily, director of communications
for the GLCCB, the citys gay community
center and producer of Baltimore Pride
since 1978. Were trying to integrate both
of those groups together.... Its just going to
be a little bit of everything for everybody
on both days. The Baltimore Pride
celebration ofcially kicks off Friday night,
June 13, with the Twilight on the Terrace
fundraiser at Gertrudes Restaurant at the
Baltimore Museum of Art.
In addition to beverage gardens
and food and merchandise vendors,
entertainers will perform both days of the
street festival on two stages. The lineup
includes singers, drag kings and queens,
DJs, belly dancers and assorted others
all of them local or regional acts. We
dont have a headliner this year, McEvily
notes, adding, Instead weve amped up
our local talent to give it a very local avor.
Other locals getting recognition: Tom
Patrick, volunteer manager for the service
organization Moveable Feast, as the parade
grand marshal and Sharon Brackett, the
board chair of Gender Rights Maryland, as
2014 Baltimore Activist of the Year.
Perhaps the closest thing to a national
headliner this year is Susan Morabito, the
veteran club DJ who will spin at Club
Hippo Saturday night starting at 8 p.m. The
venue at Charles and Eager will open with
an outside bar at noon that day, in time for
the short, quirky high-heel race that kicks
off the Pride Parade at 12:45 p.m.
The Hippos Chuck Bowers isnt
worried about a loss in business even
without an all-day Block Party directly out
front his bars doors. Says Bowers, Its
going to be a lot of fun. Were all part of
the community here.
For specic times and other information
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Businesses Choose Social Responsibility
Volunteerism, charitable giving can reap dividends in the workplace
by Jessica Vaughan
F
OR YEARS, THE PROFESSION-
al world has divided into for-
prot companies that primar-
ily make money and nonprots
that primarily help people. Now, there is
a growing movement, especially among
small business owners, to mix it up a
little. Socially responsible business own-
ers are discovering that making money
does not have to be the sole mission of
the business, and, even better,
that giving back can lead to
a better bottom line.
Tom Raffa, CEO of the
accounting rm Raffa Com-
panies, has worked this
dualfocus into his mission.
His primary customers are
nonprots and it is one of the
most successful rms in the
country. He says this is possi-
ble because instead of count-
ing philanthropy as a cost of
doing business, to Raffa, its
a revenue driver.
Bill Gannon, M.D., M.B.A. is the chief
scientic ofcer and medical director of
Capital City Technical Consulting, an in-
dependent medical consultant company
that also supports many causes. Gannon
sits on several nonprot boards such as
the Foundation For Sickle Cell Disease
Research and says, Its led to several
interesting business connections. My cli-
ents also nd it interesting that were not
just working all the time.
There are many different opportuni-
ties for philanthropy and social respon-
sibility. Most nonprots in this city are
happy to accept any corporate or nan-
cial sponsorship and active participa-
tion, Gannon says.
Raffa, too, sits on several nonprot
boards and encourages all of his senior
people to do so as well. Raffa gives his
employees time off to volunteer without
limits. At his rm, people spend an aver-
age of 53 hours a year volunteering, and
the return on investment is happier peo-
ple and less turnover. Hes also found no
dip in productivity. Another way to give
back is through pro bono work. One un-
expected benet of his efforts, Raffa says,
is Ive learned some important skill sets
as a leader.
Demonstrating social responsibility
doesnt have to take a huge time commit-
ment, either. Gannon has done things like
sponsor a yearly walk for Cystic Fibrosis
that takes only one day. The organiza-
tion United Way has specialized locally in
one-day giving with the Do More 24 cam-
paign, which is coming up on Thursday,
June 19. Kelly Brinkley, Chief Operating
Ofcer of the United Way of the National
Capital Area, says, Do More 24 raises
much-needed funding for local nonprof-
its that create opportunities for under-
served populations. Do More 24 presents
the perfect opportunity to advance a
companys corporate social responsibility
initiative. Last year, Do More 24 donors
contributed more than $1.3 million for lo-
cal nonprots.
The hardest part may be choosing
what cause to support. Gannon has taken
an organic approach to giving, wherein
action is taken once opportunities pres-
ent themselves. But Gannon is also drawn
to causes related to his area of expertise,
saying, I gravitate toward areas where I
know I can contribute that are the best
use of my background and wherewithal.
Raffa takes a much more strategic ap-
proach, asking, What is the overall ob-
jective of my giving and how can I best
do that? He says its equally important
to him to evaluate the programs and ask
whether they reach their objectives and if
not, why not. Recently he held an annual
invite-only Nonprot Empowerment
Summit that brought lead-
ers together from around D.C.
Raffa asserts, Community
problems are caused by com-
munity and they can be solved
by community. How do we all
work together? Nonprots,
foundations, government, and
business?
Businesses arent looked at
as being those kinds of prob-
lem solvers and we should be,
Raffa adds. It takes capacity
and it takes money, but we have
that, especially in this city.
More and more, the line between
business and philanthropy has blurred,
to the benet of both. Giving back actu-
ally makes companies more money, while
nonprots get a huge boost from the
funding, expertise, and capacity of the
business world.
Learn about how you can give back through
Do More 24 on June 19 by visiting www.do-
more24.org.
The Chamber Means Business. For more
information visit caglcc.org or facebook.
com/CAGLCC. On Twitter, follow
@DCLGBTBIZ.
Jessica Vaughan is a D.C.-based freelance
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SATURDAY, JUNE 14
ADVENTURING outdoors group hikes 8 easy miles
on the C&O Canal near Shepherdstown, WV. Bring
beverages, lunch, bug spray, sunscreen, about $10
for fees. Carpool at 9 a.m. from Shady Grove Metro
Station. David, 240-938-0375. adventuring.org.
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers for the National Cherry
Trees around the Tidal Basin. To participate, visit
burgundycrescent.org.
Mayor Vincent Gray hosts an LGBTQ YOUTH
TOWN HALL MEETING at the Columbia Heights
Community Center. 1480 Girard St. NW. 12:30-2:30
p.m. RSVP at lgbtqyouthmeeting.eventbrite.com.
For more info, contact DCYAC at 202-727-7968 or
email dcyac@dc.gov.
WEEKLY EVENTS
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH
offers free HIV testing, 9-5 p.m., and HIV
services (by appointment). 202-291-4707 or
andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
BET MISHPACHAH, founded by members of the
LGBT community, holds Saturday morning Shabbat
services, 10 a.m., followed by kiddush luncheon.
Services in DCJCC Community Room, 1529 16th St.
NW. betmish.org.
BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, including others
interested in Brazilian culture, meets. For location/
time, email braziliangaygroup@yahoo.com.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at
Hains Point, 972 Ohio Dr., SW. 8:30-10 a.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social
club welcomes all levels for exercise in a fun and
supportive environment, socializing afterward.
Meet 9:30 a.m., 23rd & P Streets NW, for a walk; or
10 a.m. for fun run. dcfrontrunners.org.
DC SENTINELS basketball team meets at Turkey
Thicket Recreation Center, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE,
2-4 p.m. For players of all levels, gay or straight.
teamdcbasketball.org.
DIGNITY NORTHERN VIRGINIA sponsors Mass
for LGBT community, family and friends. 6:30 p.m.,
Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, 3606 Seminary
Road, Alexandria. All welcome. dignitynova.org.
GAY LANGUAGE CLUB discusses critical
languages and foreign languages. 7 p.m. Nellies,
900 U St. NW. RVSP preferred. brendandarcy@
gmail.com.
IDENTITY offers free and condential HIV testing
in Takoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite
411. Walk-ins 12-3 p.m. For appointments other
hours, call 301-422-2398.
SUNDAY, JUNE 15
CHRYSALIS arts & culture group visits the
National Geographic Museum at 17th & M Streets
NW to see Peruvian Gold and other exhibits. $11
FRIDAY, JUNE 13
The DC Center hosts monthly meeting of its
TRANS SUPPORT GROUP. 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more information,
visit thedccenter.org
The WOMEN IN THEIR 20S social group for LBT
women will hold its bimonthly meeting at the DC
Center. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. 8-9:30 p.m.
For more information, visit thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
services (by appointment). 202-291-4707,
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session
at Hains Point, 927 Ohio Dr. SW. 6:30-8 p.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
GAY DISTRICT holds facilitated discussion for
GBTQ men, 18-35, rst and third Fridays. 8:30 p.m.
The DC Center, 1318 U St. NW. 202-682-2245,
gaydistrict.org.
GAY MARRIED MENS ASSOCIATION (GAMMA)
is a peer-support group that meets in Dupont Circle
every second and fourth Friday at 7:30 p.m. gay-
married.com or GAMMAinDC1@yahoo.com.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health,
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. 202-745-7000, whitman-walker.org.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers free, rapid HIV
testing. Appointment needed. 1012 14th St. NW,
Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-afrming social
group for ages 11-24. 4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road
NW. Contact Tamara, 202-319-0422, layc-dc.org.
SMYALS REC NIGHT provides a social
atmosphere for GLBT and questioning youth,
featuring dance parties, vogue nights, movies and
games. More info, 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,
testing@smyal.org.
THURSDAY, JUNE 12
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay volunteer
organization, volunteers today for Food & Friends.
To participate, visit burgundycrescent.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
offers free HIV testing, 9-5 p.m., and HIV services
(by appointment). Call 202-291-4707, or visit
Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW.
7:30-9 p.m. swimdcac.org.
DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay and lesbian square-
dancing group features mainstream through
advanced square dancing at the National City
Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW, 7-9:30 p.m.
Casual dress. 301-257-0517, dclambdasquares.org.
The DULLES TRIANGLES Northern Virginia social
group meets for happy hour at Sheraton in Reston,
11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, second-oor bar, 7-9
p.m. All welcome. dullestriangles.com.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health. The
9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center, 2301
MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Call 202-745-
7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.
in Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond Ave., and in
Takoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411.
Walk-ins 2-6 p.m. For appointments other hours,
call Gaithersburg, 301-300-9978, or Takoma Park,
301-422-2398.
Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
202-567-3155 or testing@smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics Anonymous
Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave. NW.
The group is independent of UHU. 202-446-1100.
WOMENS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE for young
LBTQ women, 13-21, interested in leadership
development. 5-6:30 p.m. SMYAL Youth Center, 410
7th St. SE. 202-567-3163, catherine.chu@smyal.org.
Metro Weeklys Community Calendar highlights important events in
the D.C.-area LGBT community, from alternative social events to
volunteer opportunities. Event information should be sent by email to
calendar@MetroWeekly.com. Deadline for inclusion is noon
of the Friday before Thursdays publication. Questions about
the calendar may be directed to the Metro Weekly ofce at
202-638-6830 or the calendar email address.
LGBTCommunityCalendar
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adults, $9 seniors. Meet at 1:30 p.m. in NatGeo
lobby, 1145 17th Street NW. Damon, 202-364-0790.
damoncmiller@verizon.net.
WEEKLY EVENTS
BETHEL CHURCH-DC progressive and radically
inclusive church holds services at 11:30 a.m. 2217
Minnesota Ave. SE. 202-248-1895, betheldc.org.
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF REFORMATION invites
all to Sunday worship at 8:30 or 11 a.m. Childcare is
available at both services. Welcoming LGBT people for
25 years. 212 East Capitol St. NE. reformationdc.org
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA services at 11 a.m., led by
Rev. Onetta Brooks. Childrens Sunday School, 11
a.m. 10383 Democracy Lane, Fairfax. 703-691-0930,
mccnova.com.
MONDAY, JUNE 16
The DC Center hosts its monthly meeting of its
CENTER FAITH group. Brown bag dinner at 6:30
p.m., meeting from 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. thedccenter.org
WEEKLY EVENTS
Michael Brazell teaches BEARS DO YOGA, a
program of The DC Center. 6:30 p.m., Green
Lantern, 1335 Green Court NW. No cost, newcomers
welcome. 202-682-2245, thedccenter.org.
at Hains Point, 927 Ohio Dr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds practice, 6:30-
8:30 p.m. Garrison Elementary, 1200 S St. NW.
dcscandals.wordpress.com.
GETEQUAL meets 6:30-8 p.m. at Quaker House,
2111 Florida Ave. NW. getequal.wdc@gmail.com.
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.
testing. No appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012
14th St. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing. 5-7 p.m. 2049
N. 15th St., Suite 200, Arlington. Appointments:
703-789-4467.
The DC Center hosts COFFEE DROP-IN FOR THE
SENIOR LGBT COMMUNITY. 10 a.m.-noon. 2000
14th St. NW. 202-682-2245, thedccenter.org.
US HELPING US hosts a black gay mens evening
afnity group. 3636 Georgia Ave. NW.
202-446-1100.
WASHINGTON WETSKINS Water Polo Team
practices 7-9 p.m. Takoma Aquatic Center, 300
Van Buren St. NW. Newcomers with at least basic
swimming ability always welcome. Tom, 703-299-
0504, secretary@wetskins.org, wetskins.org.
Whitman-Walker Health HIV/AIDS SUPPORT
GROUP for newly diagnosed individuals, meets
7 p.m. Registration required. 202-939-7671,
hivsupport@whitman-walker.org.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health. D.C.:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St.
NW, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center,
2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an
appointment call 202-745-7000. Visit whitman-
walker.org.
TUESDAY, JUNE 17
Team DC hosts NIGHT OUT AT THE NATIONALS
vs. Houston Astros. Nationals Park. Gates open
4 p.m., game starts at 7:05 p.m. Tickets $20-$25.
Contact noan@teamdc.org
WEEKLY EVENTS
A COMPANY OF STRANGERS, a theater chorus,
meets 7:30-9:30 p.m. A GLBTA and SATB looking
for actors, singers, crew. Open Hearth Foundation,
1502 Massachusetts Ave. SE. Charles, 240-764-
5748. ecumenicon.org.
ASIANS AND FRIENDS weekly dinner in Dupont/
Logan Circle area, 6:30 p.m. afwash@aol.com,
afwashington.net.
Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW.
7:30-9 p.m. swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social club
serving greater D.C.s LGBT community and allies
hosts an evening run/walk. dcfrontrunners.org.
THE GAY MENS HEALTH COLLABORATIVE
offers free HIV/STI screening every 2nd and 4th
Tuesday. 5-6:30 p.m. Rainbow Tuesday LGBT
Clinic, Alexandria Health Department, 4480 King
St. 703-321-2511, james.leslie@inova.org.
THE HIV WORKING GROUP of THE DC CENTER
hosts Packing Party, where volunteers assemble
safe-sex kits of condoms and lube. 7 p.m., Green
Lantern, 1335 Green Court NW. thedccenter.org.
in Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond Ave., and in
Takoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411.
Walk-ins 2-6 p.m. For appointments other hours,
call Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978 or Takoma Park
at 301-422-2398.
KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY (K.I.) SERVICES,
at 3333 Duke St., Alexandria, offers free rapid HIV
testing and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 703-823-4401.
Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155,
testing@smyal.org.
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SUPPORT GROUP FOR LGBTQ YOUTH ages 13-21
meets at SMYAL, 410 7th St. SE, 5-6:30 p.m. Cathy
Chu, 202-567-3163, catherine.chu@smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a support group for black
gay men 40 and older. 7-9 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave.
NW. 202-446-1100.
Whitman-Walker Healths GAY MENS HEALTH
AND WELLNESS/STD CLINIC opens at 6 p.m.,
1701 14th St. NW. Patients are seen on walk-in basis.
No-cost screening for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and
chlamydia. Hepatitis and herpes testing available
for fee. whitman-walker.org.
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St.
NW, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center,
2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an
appointment call 202-745-7000. Visit whitman-
walker.org.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
BIG GAY BOOK GROUP meet to discuss The
Gay Metropolis by Charles Kaiser. 7 p.m. 1155
F Street, NW Suite 200. For more info, email
biggaybookgroup@hotmail.com.
BOOKMEN DC, an informal mens gay-literature
group, discusses three short stories by Carson
McCullers: The Sojourner, A Domestic Dilemma and
A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud. 7:30 p.m. DC Center, 2000
14th St NW, Suite 105. All welcome. bookmendc.
blogspot.com.
LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA host their 2014 Pride Social. All
are welcome, Republican or Democrat. 7-9:30 p.m.
The Chastleton Ballroom, 1701 16th St. NW. Visit
dclogcabin.wordpress.com.
THE TOM DAVOREN BRIDGE CLUB meets for
Social Bridge. No reservation and partner needed.
All welcome. 7:30 p.m. Dignity Center, 721 8th St.
SE. 301-345-1571 for more information.
The Womens Collective hosts monthly meeting of
WOMEN TO WOMEN: A SUPPORT GROUP FOR
HIV POSITIVE WOMEN WHO LOVE WOMEN.
1331 Rhode Island Ave. NE. 5-7 p.m. For more info,
contact June Pollydore, 202-483-7003.
WEEKLY EVENTS
AD LIB, a group for freestyle conversation, meets
about 7:45 p.m., covered-patio area of Cosi, 1647
20th St. NW. All welcome. Jamie, 703-892-8567.
at Hains Point, 927 Ohio Dr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds practice, 6:30-
8:30 p.m. Garrison Elementary, 1200 S St. NW.
dcscandals.wordpress.com.
HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH offers Wednesday
worship 7:15 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. All welcome.
118 N. Washington St., Alexandria. 703-549-1450,
historicchristchurch.org.
in Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond Ave. Walk-
ins 2-7 p.m. For appointments other hours, call
Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978.
testing. No appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012
14th St. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing. 11 a.m.-
2 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite 200, Arlington.
Appointments: 703-789-4467.
PRIME TIMERS OF DC, social club for mature gay
men, hosts weekly happy hour/dinner. 6:30 p.m.,
Windows Bar above Dupont Italian Kitchen, 1637
17th St. NW. Carl, 703-573-8316.
9 a.m.-6 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center, 2301
MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 202-745-7000,
whitman-walker.org. l
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PRO-FOOTBALL PLAYER, A GROUP OF ACTIVE DUTY
military ofcers and several nationally known drag queens all
walk into a gay pride event
It has all the makings of a good joke. And certainly the gay
pioneers at Stonewall 45 years ago could not have conceived that such a
gathering would ever be real. You can just imagine them laughing at the
setup: Nationally known drag queens? Now thats a hoot!
As it turns out, last weekends Capital Pride was a hoot and a half all
that and more. In excess of a quarter of a million people attended all or part
of the festivities, according to Bernie Delia, board president for the organiza-
tion putting on the 39th annual event. Its hard to break it down between
From a news-making parade to an extensive and extended festival,
last weekends 39th annual Capital Pride had it all
Photography by Christopher Cunetto, Todd Franson, Ward Morrison,
Randy Shulman, Julian Vankim and Aram Vartian / Story by Doug Rule
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staying longer than they had planned. Of course,
aiding in those decisions was the fact that the
main Capitol Stage show started an hour late and
ended more than two hours later than 7 p.m. as
originally planned all-but cancelling the two-
hour street dance party with DJ Tracy Young,
who only got to spin two songs. Well have
her back for something else, Delia says, adding
that organizers will be reviewing the technical
glitches that contributed to the festivals over-
long run. Were going to take a really close look
at where the disconnects were in terms of the
technical aspects that set us behind.
Still, this years lineup turned out to be con-
sistently strong, with nearly everyone turning
in dazzling performances, from Karmin to the
local Enkore Dance Company to those nationally
known drag queens from season six of RuPauls
Drag Race nalists Adore Delano, Courtney
Act and Darienne Lake, and winner Bianca del
Rio, the self-styled insult comic who cracked that the festival
was a three-hour event turned into a Jerry Lewis Telethon.
Even many of the headliners stuck around and simply hung out
at the festival most notably Betty Who, who performed early
but stuck around until the very end, often seen carousing in this
years new elevated VIP area.
But the Capital Pride festival has grown well beyond its main-
stage set up near the intersection of 3rd Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue NW. From photo booths to lounges with comfortable
chairs, even recliners, more and more of the festival exhibi-
tors have gone beyond simply staff-
ing a table with literature to attract
visitors. The most interactive and best
furnished was the National LGBT
Museums pavilion called The Future
Is Here, which included a family area
especially for kids and a central com-
munity area for people to congregate
with furnishings provided by Mitchell
Gold + Bob Williams and Flor.
The museums booth also had a
Time Machine area for individuals to
record their personal stories, something
people were over-eager to do. Were
booked solid until 8 oclock and the fes-
tival ends at 7, marveled Tim Gold of
the Velvet Foundation. The foundation
is leading the campaign to establish a
national LGBT museum in Washington,
with a target date of 2018. Gold told
Metro Weekly a location will hopefully
be secured and ready to announce by the end of this year.
Just think back again on those original Stonewall pioneers,
and how incredulous theyd be to hear all of this a festival
where gay people tell the world their stories and kids color
away, all while protesters are held at bay? Were not in Kansas
anymore, thats for sure.
For more information on Capital Prides events throughout the
year, including volunteering for next years event, visit
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JUNE 12 - 19, 2014
SPOTLIGHT
AVENUE Q
Despite the time thats passed since Robert Lopez,
Jeff Marx and Jeff Whitty rst sent their profanity-
spewing puppets on stage to deliver such toe-tappers
as The Internet is for Porn, Everyones a Little Bit
Racist and that ode to loud sex You Can Be as Loud
as the Hell You Want (When Youre Makin Love),
Avenue Q is just as funny, surprising and good-
naturedly shocking as ever. Olney Theatre presents
a production of the show directed by its own artistic
director Jason Loewith and choreographed by
Bobby Smith. Now to July 6. Olney Theatre Center,
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, Md. Tickets
are $43.50 to $63.50. Call 301-924-3400 or visit
olneytheatre.org.
BALLET ADI
Carmina Burana is exactly what it sounds like:
A new ballet from this resident company of the
American Dance Institute set to sections of Carl Orffs
masterpiece. Runqiao Du, Ballet ADIs director, was
inspired by the majestic music, text and context in
which Orff composed the music, and has assembled
the largest cast in his companys history for the
work using neoclassical ballet language and featuring
pianist Glenn Sales and vocal soloists. Friday, June
13, and Saturday, June 14, at 8 p.m. American Dance
Institute, 1501 East Jefferson St. Rockville. Tickets are
$33.50. Call 301-984-3003 or visit americandance.org
or christopherkmorgan.com.
CLOAK AND DAGGER
Signature Theatre closes out its season with a
world premiere musical comedy by actor Ed Dixon
(Signatures Sunset Boulevard). A screwball send-up
of the 1950s lm noir and mile-a-minute whodunit,
Cloak and Dagger features four actors Dixon,
Christopher Bloch, Erin Driscoll, Doug Carpenter
playing nearly 20 roles as directed by Signatures
Eric Schaeffer. Opens Thursday, June 12, at 8 p.m.
Pride performance is Friday, June 20, at 8 p.m. To
July 6. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave.,
Arlington. Tickets are $40 to $95. Call 703-820-9771
or visit signature-theatre.org.
LYNDA CARTER
The Virginia-based Wonder Woman and staunch
supporter of the LGBT community returns to the
Kennedy Center for an annual cabaret, this time with
the new show, This Time of My Life, presented by
Potomac Productions. Saturday, June 21, at 7:30 p.m.
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Tickets are $25 to
$65. Call 202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
SUPERMENSCH:
THE LEGEND OF SHEP GORDON
For the grand opening of a new, temporary movie
theater at Union Market, specialty movie chain the
Angelika offers a local exclusive engagement of Mike
Myerss documentary about a drug dealer-cum-
superstar music producer in Hollywood, as told by
his pals including Alice Cooper, Michael Douglas,
Sylvester Stallone and Emeril Lagasse. The three-
screen micro cinema Angelika Pop-Up at Union
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sented the provocative playwrights Contractions, a short, sharp black
comedy that toyed with the meanings of the word in its title by focusing on a preg-
nant woman and obligations to her employer conicting contractions.
But the playwright made his name with the earlier drama Cock. Bartlett makes
much hay out of wordplay here and really the best way to describe Cock is to
borrow a couple other British phrases featuring the titular word. The focus is on
one man, John, who makes a cockup (mess) of his relationship to another man by
falling in love with a woman. Is he bisexual or just all-a-cock (mixed up)?
Although it might sound like it, Cock is not cock to use one more British
denition of the word, this time meaning nonsense. Ben Cole makes John just
appealing enough that you can see how both a man and a woman could fall for
him while also portraying him as an indecisive, immature boy-at-heart who
cant get enough attention. As it goes on, you might not quite grasp why either his
male lover M (Scott Parkinson) or his female lover W (the beguiling Liesel Allen
Yeager) want to keep him, but the fact that both do propels this play to its dramatic
climax.
Director David Muse follows Bartletts stage direction to keep things minimal
and focused on the action, working with designer Debra Booth to stage things as
if in a cockghting ring. But its not simply a ght for Johns love between M and
W. John steps into the ring too, dueling and simulating sex while fully clothed
with each in rounds. Toward the end of the play Bruce Dow appears as Ms father
F. It ramps up the tension but is otherwise rather ill-conceived.
While not all real-life cockghts end in death, few gamecocks emerge unscathed
from the blood sport. Its not giving away anything to say the same holds true for
Cock.
After all, except in Hollywood and seedy massage parlors isnt a happy
ending total cock. Doug Rule
Cock () runs to June 22 at Studio Theatre, 14th & P Streets NW.
Tickets are $39 to $85. Call 202-332-3300 or visit studiotheatre.org.
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Center opens at the hip food market late next year.
Opens Friday, June 13. Angelika Pop-Up at Union
Market, 550 Penn St. NE Unit E. Call 800-680-9095
or visit angelikapopup.com.
WHOS BAD: THE ULTIMATE MICHAEL
JACKSON TRIBUTE BAND
Founded by Vamsi Tadepalli in North Carolina a
decade ago, Whos Bad: The Ultimate Michael
Jackson Tribute Band didnt explode in popularity
until after the King of Pops death in 2009. Ever
since, this infectious tribute production to the King
of Pop has regularly offered fans in our region a
treat, putting on its show recreating Jacksons
precise synchronized dance routines, in full regalia,
from glitzy jackets to glittery gloves. Saturday, June
14. Doors at 10 p.m. Nightclub 9:30, 815 V St. NW.
Tickets are $20. Call 202-265-0930 or visit 930.
com. Also visit 930.com/friends to sign up for the
clubs new Friends With Benets rewards program
offering exclusive deals and discounts on tickets,
drinks and merchandise.
WILLIE NELSON, ALISON KRAUSS,
KACEY MUSGRAVES
Country legend Willie Nelson enlists one of the
artists, Alison Krauss, who appeared on his release
last year To All The Girls, which featured duets
with most of countrys current leading ladies. And
as if a show with Nelson and classy bluegrass act
Alison Krauss and Union Station wasnt enough
of a destination event, theres also an opening
set from Kacey Musgraves, who was one of the
darlings at this years Grammy Awards, where she
won two top country awards as well as performed
her LGBT-afrming hit Follow Your Arrow. All
arrows point to Merriweather next weekend to catch
this superstar show. Saturday, June 14, at 5 p.m.
Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent
Parkway, Columbia, Md. Tickets are $45 to $75. Call
800-551-SEAT or visit merriweathermusic.com.
FILM
22 JUMP STREET
Yes, indeed, a sequel to the surprise hit 21 Jump
Street which was a movie version of the 80s Fox
show. Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill play ofcers
who graduate from two undercover tours of high
school to an undercover tour of a local college. Opens
Friday, June 13. Area theaters. Visit fandango.com.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
The original How to Train Your Dragon had
everything: humor, heart, action, and it was
beautifully animated and scored. Hopefully
Universal didnt mess with that success for the
sequel, also directed by Dean Deblois and starring
Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Cate Blanchett, Djimon
Hounsou and Craig Ferguson. Opens Friday, June 13.
Area theaters. Visit fandango.com.
SING-A-LONG GREASE
Wolf Trap offers the chance to sing-a-long to the
hits from the 1978 Olivia Newton-John and John
Travolta ick, aided by animated subtitles on screen.
You know the ones, from Youre The One That I
Want to Greased Lightning to Summer Nights.
Saturday, June 21, at 8:30 p.m. The Filene Center at
Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are $25
to $38. Call 877-WOLFTRAP or visit wolftrap.org.
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If you cant make it up to Broadway to see the revival
of the revival of the popular Kander & Ebb original,
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TS FUNNY, SAYS CHRISTOPHER LINES OF THE BALTIMORE QUEER
Film and Media Festival, a lot of the lms that were showing have drag
queens as either primary characters or playing important roles.
Thats certainly true of the festivals opening night lm, First Period, screen-
ing Thursday, June 12. Charlie Vaughns spoof is what might result if John
Waters directed a John Hughes movie, a very 80s retro feel with what Lines
calls a high camp modern touch. The two main characters, the two young high
school girls, are actually two men in drag.
This years inaugural edition of the festival, nicknamed the BMore QFest,
screens over 50 lms in the span of just four days, everything from short features
to full-length documentaries. Among the documentaries are Age of Consent,
about Londons infamous leather/sex fetish bar, screening Friday, June 13; and
The Rugby Player, about 9/11 United Flight 93 passenger Mark Bingham and his
mother, who became an LGBT activist after his death, which screens Saturday,
June 14. The festival ends Sunday, June 15, with The 10 Year Plan, JC Calianos
rom-com about two gay best friends who vow to commit to each other in a
decade if they dont nd love elsewhere in the meantime.
About 10 lmmakers are expected to attend this years QFest, which falls on
Baltimore Pride weekend. The festival is essentially a rebirth of a festival that
Lines ran for a few years in the late 1990s. Over the past decade without a queer
lm festival, Baltimoreans have missed out on a lot of LGBT-themed lms. A lot
of times distributors will book in Philadelphia or theyll book in D.C., but they
wont book in Baltimore. And theres still a limit to the LGBT content you can
nd on todays digital outlets for lm, from Netix to Hulu. There are so many
LGBT lmmakers out there that dont get the opportunity to get their lms seen,
Lines says.
In recent years Lines studied lm at Towson University and even tried his
hand at the lmmaking craft. But he hardly revived QFest as a venue to show his
own work. No, Im no longer a lmmaker, he says, laughing. I discovered Im
a better producer than I am a director. Doug Rule
BMore QFest runs Thursday, June 12, through Sunday, June 15, at ve downtown
Baltimore venues. Tickets are $10 per lm or $100 for a pass. Visit bmorequeer.org
for a full festival lineup and more information.
the queer-identied theater company Richmond
Triangle Players offers its own production of the
show throughout the month of Pride. The show
focuses on the decadent and sexually liberating era of
1930s Berlin and how the Nazis killed off the culture
and many of its most creative and forward-thinking
leaders, both Jews and gays alike. Penny Ayn Maas
directs and choreographs RTPs production, staged
in an intimate cabaret style. To June 28. Richmond
Triangle Players, 1300 Altamont Ave. Richmond.
Tickets are $32 to $35, or $18 for the preview. Call
804-346-8113 or visit rtriangle.org.
FREUDS LAST SESSION
Theater J stages a production of Mark St. Germains
brainy play about a clash between intellectual giants
Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis during World War
II, when Lewis was as-yet unknown. Serge Seiden
directs Rick Foucheux and Todd Scoeld. Extended
to July 6. The Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater,
Washington, D.C.s Jewish Community Center, 1529
16th St. NW. Tickets are $30 to $55. Call 202-518-
9400 or visit washingtondcjcc.org.
GROUNDED
Through its Studio Special Events series, Studio
Theatre welcomes Londons Gate Theatre and its
visceral production of George Brants gripping solo
show about the world of remote warfare aka the
use of drones which was a sold-out hit at the
Edinburgh Fringe. Christopher Haydon directs Lucy
Ellinson, who plays a pregnant hotshot military
pilot who ies drones in Afghanistan from a trailer
outside Las Vegas. Now to June 29. Studio Theatre,
14th & P Streets NW. Call 202-332-3300 or visit
studiotheatre.org.
HAPPY DAYS
Scena Theater presents Samuel Becketts darkly
comic classic starring multi-time Helen Hayes
Award winner Nancy Robinette as the happy-
go-lucky Winnie struggling to uncover meaning
in her static, lonely life. Stephen Lorne Williams
stars as Winnies totally aloof husband, who hasnt
helped her existential crisis one bit. To July 5. Atlas
Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. Tickets are
$35 to $40. Call 202-399-7993 or visit atlasarts.org
or scenatheater.org.
HEALING WARS
Arena Stage presents a world-premiere theatrical
dance piece from celebrated choreographer Liz
Lerman exploring the experiences of the healers
tasked with treating the physical and psychic wounds
of battle. Bill Pullman stars among an ensemble
of dancers representing medics and soldiers from
the Civil War to today. Now to June 29. The Mead
Center for American Theater, 1101 6th St. SW. Call
202-488-3300 or visit arenastage.org.
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
The American Century Theater offers a production
of Abby Manns riveting play about the World War
II war crime trials that raises important moral
issues still relevant and controversial today. Joe
Banno directs this rarely produced but critically
praised courtroom drama starring a large cast of
TACT veterans, including Craig Miller, Bruce Alan
Rauscher, Steve Lebens, Mary Beth Luckenbaugh,
Karin Rosnizeck and Christopher Henley of WSC
Avant Bard making his TACT debut in a role played
by Montgomery Clift in the 1961 Oscar-winning lm
version that also starred Judy Garland. To June
28. Gunston Theater Two, 2700 South Lang St.
Arlington. Tickets are $32 to $40. Call 703-998-4555
or visit americancentury.org.
ORDINARY DAYS
Signature Theatres Matthew Gardiner, who must
be the busiest working director all around D.C.,
helms a Round House Theatre production and the
area premiere of up-and-coming gay composer
Adam Gwons musical Ordinary Days. Touted as a
refreshingly honest, funny musical about the difculty
of making real connections in the overwhelming
hubbub and pace of urban life. Erin Weaver, Will
Gartshore, Samule Edgerly and Janine DiVita star.
To June 22. Round House Theatre, 4545 East-West
Highway, Bethesda. Tickets are $35 to $50. Call 240-
644-1100 or visit roundhousetheatre.org.
PURO TANGO 2
GALA Theatre offers a sequel to a 2012 hit tango
musical revue, with singers and dancers from
Argentina and Uruguay where the stirring musical
genre was born. Conceived and directed by GALA
favorite Hugo Medrano, Puro Tango 2 features
vocalists Nelson Pino, Maria de los Angeles and
Elisa Cordova, with the dance duo Jeremias Massera
and Mariela Barufaldi, and Cecilia de Feo as emcee.
Pianist Alvaro Hagopian offers musical direction,
with Nario Recoba on the bandoneon and Dominic
Martinez on bass Now to June 22. GALA Theatre at
Tivoli Square, 3333 14th St. NW. Tickets are $38 to
$42. Call 202-234-7174 or visit galatheatre.org.
SOURCE FESTIVAL
Throughout June, Cultural DC presents its annual
theater festival dedicated to the up-and-coming and
named after its black box theater in the heart of
bustling 14th Street. This years Source Festival
features three full-length plays, 18 10-minute plays
and three artistic blind dates built on themes of
mortality, revenge and quests. Now to June 29.
Source, 1835 14th St. NW. Tickets are $10 to $20
for each show, $45 for a three-play package or $100
Ravid Kahalani in a performance of his new group
Yemen Blues Thursday, June 12, at 7:30 p.m.; and
a closing performance from Israeli violinist Asi
Matathias, accompanied by pianist Eliran Avni,
Saturday, June 14, at 8 p.m. The Aaron and Cecile
Goldman Theater, Washington, D.C.s Jewish
Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. Tickets are
$25 for Yemem Blues, $20 for Asi Matathias. Call
202-518-9400 or visit wjmf.org.
WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA
As part of its second season of the American Opera
Initiative the Washington National Opera presents
the world-premiere of an hour-long opera composed
by Huang Ruo with a libretto in English by David
Henry Hwang. An American Soldier is based on
the true story of a Chinese-American soldier in
Afghanistan. Friday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m., and
Saturday, June 14, at 2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace
Theater. Tickets are $30. Call 202-467-4600 or visit
kennedy-center.org.
WORLD ON A STRING
Capitol Hills Hill Center offers the cross-cultural
program World on A String: Free Outdoor Concert
featuring Master Musicians chiey, hip-hop artist
Christylez Bacon, Swedish ddle player Andrea Hoag,
Hindustani classical violinist Nistha Raj, Afro-Cuban
percussionist Felix Contreras, Native-American
cellist Dawn Avery and medieval viol player Tina
Chancey. Sunday, June 15, at 4 p.m. Hill Center, Old
Navy Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. Free. Call
202-549-4172 or visit HillCenterDC.org.

DANCE
MOVEIUS, NEXT REFLEX
Clean Sweep is a free site-specic dance performance
and music collaboration between Moveius
Contemporary Ballet and Next Reex Dance
Collective, with performers moving in, around
and among the people, water and vegetation of
Kogod Courtyard at the National Portrait Gallery.
As choreographed to live and recorded music by
Nancy Havlik, Diana Moveius and Roxann Morgan
Rowley, the gallery co-presents this performance in
conjunction with its exhibition Dancing the Dream
and in partnership with the D.C. Commission
on the Arts and Humanities, Shakespeare Theatre
Company and Washington Performing Arts. Open
rehearsal Monday, June 16, at noon. Performance
is Tuesday, June 17, at 5:30 p.m. Kogod Courtyard
at National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F Streets. NW.
Free. Call 202-633-8300 or visit npg.si.edu.
GALLERIES
AN OPENING OF THE FIELD:
JESS, ROBERT DUNCAN
An Opening of the Field: Jess, Robert Duncan &
Their Circle is a visual arts and poetry exhibition set
against the backdrop of the love story between two
San Francisco Beat Generation artists: Jess Collins,
known simply as Jess, and Robert Duncan, who
formed their bond in the early 1950s. Jesss collages
and drawings were often published to accompany
Duncans poems and essays, and Duncans writings
and ideas often in turn made their way into Jesss
dense and allusive works. This exhibit looks at
their inuence on fellow Beat Generation artists
as well as their unique position as precursors of
Postmodernism, and includes works by other artists
including Edward Corbett and Lawrence Jordan and
poets Jack Spicer and Michael McClure. Through
Aug. 17. American University Museum at the Katzen
Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Call 202-
885-1300 or visit american.edu/cas/museum.
BOHEMIAN CAVERNS JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Every Monday night the 17-piece jazz orchestra
performs a variety of music from the big band
repertoire including pieces by Duke Ellington,
Count Basie, Billy Strayhorn and Maria Schneider,
plus originals from band members, at its namesake
venue. Founded by baritone saxophonist Brad Linde
and club owner Omrao Brown, featuring some of
D.C.s best jazz musicians, including Linde and
trumpeter Joe Herrera, who co-direct. Performances
at 8 and 10 p.m. every Monday night. Bohemian
Caverns, 2001 11th St. NW. Tickets are $10. Call 202-
299-0800 or visit bohemiancaverns.com.
IRENE DIAZ
A Los Angeles-based modern-day torch singer-
songwriter, touring in support of her debut album I
Love You Madly. Friday, June 13, at 8 p.m. Artisphere,
1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. Tickets are $15. Call
703-875-1100 or visit artisphere.com.
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AT WOLF TRAP
Emil du Cou leads the NSO@Wolf Trap program
Pixar in Concert, featuring scenes and songs from
Pixar lms, from Finding Nemo to Up to Monsters,
Inc. Friday, June 20, at 8:30 p.m. The Filene Center at
Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets are $30 to
$58. Call 877-WOLFTRAP or visit wolftrap.org.
THE INSERIES: LA TRAVIATA
After 25 years of producing pocket opera, and in
honor of the composers 200th anniversary, the
InSeries presents the full-length Verdi masterpiece
La Traviata in English The Fallen Woman
about a socially unacceptable love affair. Nick Olcott
directs a production featuring acclaimed tenor Jesus
Hernandez and Randa Rouweyha in the lead roles,
plus a cast of eight others. Opens Saturday, June 14,
at 3 p.m. To June 28. GALA Theatre at Tivoli Square,
3333 14th St. NW. Tickets are $21 to $44. Call 202-
234-7174 or visit galatheatre.org and inseries.org.
THE FOUR BITCHIN BABES
Founded by Christine Lavin and counting Patty
Larkin and Julie Gold among its alumnae, this
folky cabaret group returns for an annual show at
the Birchmere, where the band recorded its rst
album. This time around, the funny foursome
Sally Fingerett, Deirdre Flint, Nancy Moran and
Debi Smith offer a show based on its recent
recording Mid Life Vices. Saturday, June 14, at
7:30 p.m. The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave.,
Alexandria. Tickets are $35. Call 703-549-7500 or
visit birchmere.com or fourbitchinbabes.com.
THE PUSHOVERS
A self-described smart-pop folk rock band formed
in D.C. about six years ago, the harmonizing trio the
Pushovers lesbians Nancy Eddy, Mara Levi and
Liz DeRoche tour in support of its Kickstarter-
supported debut album Falling For It. Saturday, June
21, at 6 p.m. Corner Store Arts, 900 South Carolina
Ave. SE. Donation of $15. Call 202-544-5807 or visit
cornerstorearts.org.
TIM MCGRAW
Mr. Faith Hill returns for another summer Saturday
night stop at Jiffy Lube Live, with opening acts Kip
Moore and Cassadee Pope on this years Sundown
Heaven Town tour, whose title comes from the
name of what will be McGraws 13th studio album,
not due until September. Saturday, June 14, at 7 p.m.
Jiffy Lube Live, 7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow, Va.
Tickets are $30.25 to $70.25. Call 703-754-6400 or
visit livenation.com.
WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL
Remaining events in this 15th annual festival, which
started on June 1, include: Yemenite Israeli vocalist
for an all-access pass. Call 202-204-7760 or visit
sourcefestival.org.
THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT
Forum Theatre presents a 10th Anniversary
Celebration Production of this darkly comic play
by Stephen Adly Guirgis (The Motherfucker with
the Hat) and directed by John Vreeke. After two
previous sold-out runs, much of the original Forum
cast returns to portray the purgatory trial of Judas,
whos so overwhelmed by guilt that he cannot speak
in his own defense. Lawyers, witnesses, saints, and
even the Devil step up to try the case without him,
debating punishment, redemption and the nature of
free will. Closes this Saturday, June 14. Round House
Theatre-Silver Spring, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver
Spring. Tickets are $20 to $25. Call 240-644-1390 or
visit forumtd.org or roundhousetheatre.org.
THE TOTALITARIANS
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is the local
stop on a National New Play Rolling World Premiere
of Peter Sinn Nachtriebs The Totalitarians. Robert
OHara directs this high-energy farce focused on
the absurdity of the current state of politics and
campaigning specically the secret lies told in
the bedroom and the public lies told on the stump.
The focus is on an ambitious speechwriter who has
stumbled on a perfectly patriotic and perfectly
meaningless slogan that she hopes can advance
her unpredictable, gaffe-prone candidate, seemingly
modeled, at least indirectly, on Sarah Palin. Now to
June 29. Woolly Mammoth, 641 D St. NW. Tickets
range from $35 to $72.50. Call 202-393-3939 or visit
woollymammoth.net.
WILD WITH HAPPY
Center Stage presents this new comedy by
playwright/actor Colman Domingo focused on the
struggles of a gay man whose acting career is going
nowhere and now his personal life is in shambles
too his boyfriend leaves him and his mother dies
in quick succession. But he does have a boisterous
aunt, and an extroverted best friend, who take up the
challenge to cheer him up. Jeremy B. Cohen directs
a cast featuring Forrest McClendon, James Ijames,
Chivas Michael and Stephanie Berry. To June 29.
Center Stage, 700 North Calvert St., Baltimore.
Tickets are $19 to $62. Call 410-986-4000 or visit
centerstage.org.
COMMUNITY THEATER
PLAZA SUITE
The Little Theatre of Alexandria offers a community
production of Neil Simons three-act comedy
exploring the bargains involved in love and marriage,
all set at New Yorks Plaza Hotel. Saturday, June
14, at 8 p.m., Sunday, June 15, at 3 p.m., Wednesday,
June 18, at 8 p.m., Thursday, June 19, at 8 p.m., and
Friday, June 20, at 8 p.m. The Little Theatre of
Alexandria, 600 Wolfe St., Alexandria. Tickets are
$20. Call 703-683-0496 or visit thelittletheater.com.
MUSIC
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Emil de Cou conducts the BSO in a performance
of Max Steiners soundtrack to Casablanca as that
classic movie screens from the stage. Thursday, June
12, and Friday, June 13, at 8 p.m. Joseph Meyerhoff
Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore.
Also Saturday, June 14, at 8 p.m. Music Center at
Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda.
Tickets are $29 to $94. Call 410-783-8000 or visit
bsomusic.org.
ASCAP: ONE HUNDRED YEARS AND BEYOND
The Library of Congress offers an exhibition
featuring 45 objects celebrating the work of the
leading organization advocating on behalf of
musical artists. Included in this centennial toast
to the American Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers is the original manuscript of
Henry Mancinis The Pink Panther theme, Paul
Williamss lyrics for The Rainbow Connection,
and the original lyrics, including the many drafts
and revisions, to the Barbra Streisand staple The
Way We Were, written by Alan and Marilyn
Bergman. There are also interactive, audio and
video stations, and the screening of a lm featuring
artists explaining ASCAPs work. Through July 26.
Performing Arts Reading Room Gallery, the Library
of Congresss James Madison Memorial Building,
101 Independence Ave. SE. Call 202-707-8000 or
visit loc.gov/concerts.
COLLEEN SABO, CHARLES GOLDSTEIN
The Touchstone Gallery presents two very different
exhibitions by abstract artists: Colleen Sabos Avian
Attitudes features paintings and drawings evoking
the many moods of raptors, from owls to hawks
to crows; and Charles Goldsteins Les Chemins de
Memoire (The Paths of Memory) depicts memories
of the abstract expressionist artists family, 84 of
whom perished in the Holocaust. The latter is
co-presented by the French Embassy. Through June
29. Touchstone Gallery, 901 New York Ave. NW Call
202-347-2787 or visit touchstonegallery.com.
FERMATA: A CELEBRATION OF SOUND
Billed as the venues rst exhibition dedicated
entirely to sound and also the regions largest and
most expansive sound exhibition to date, Artispheres
Fermata is a months-long extravaganza featuring
works by a wide variety of artists, including composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto, NASA Kepler scientist Lucianne
Walkowicz and D.C.s own Richard Chartier. The
works will be displayed in month-long stages, or
movements, ending in a Coda in collaboration with
the Transformer Gallery. Through Aug. 10. Terrace
Gallery at Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington.
Free. Call 703-875-1100 or visit artisphere.com.
GENOME: UNLOCKING LIFES CODE
Thanks to the work of the decade-long, $3
billion Human Genome Project, human society
has gained much greater insight into our bodies
and our health. Scientists have identied genes
that contribute to disease, stoking hope for ways
to treat or eradicate cancer among many other
ailments. This Smithsonian exhibition, which will
soon travel the country, explores the work and
growth in sequencing technology that helped spark
this medical and scientic revolution. Through
September. National Museum of Natural History,
10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Call 202-
633-1000 or visit mnh.si.edu.
HUMAN, SOUL & MACHINE: THE COMING
SINGULARITY!
Baltimores American Visionary Art Museum opens
its 19th original thematic yearlong exhibition this
weekend. Human, Soul & Machine is a playful
examination of the serious impact of technology on
our lives, as seen through the eyes of more than 40
artists, futurists and inventors in a hot-wired blend
of art, science, humor and imagination. Through
August. American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key
Highway, Baltimore. Call 410-244-1900 or visit
avam.org. l
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Amato and Waterston
What Women Want
Private Lives, The Totalitarians feature
strong female protagonists, but leave
unanswered questions
S
EPARATED BY TIME AND GENRE, YOU WOULDNT
expect Noel Cowards 1930s ever-so-British rom-
com Private Lives to have much in common with Pe-
ter Sinn Nachtriebs The Totalitarians, a deeply funny
and scathing take on 21st century American politics and culture.
But take a look under the hood and they share a lot in common:
irreverent humor, unmitigated cynicism and some very interest-
ing questions about what women want. What they also share is
the lingering sense that, despite clever and boisterous nales, the
epilogues are riddled with less than rosy questions.
A will-they, wont they, Private Lives starts the melee with
two honeymooning couples who discover via the interconnect-
ing balconies of an idyllic seaside hotel that they have made a
very unlucky choice in room number. As we quickly learn, Elyot,
who is now married to Sibyl, was ve years earlier married to
Amanda, the new wife of Victor. Even before the exes discover
one another, no one is nding it easy to lay the previous report-
edly highly tumultuous relationship to rest. Farcical battles of
love and hate ensure, bobbing along on a river of Cowards wit
and joyfully provocative social commentary.
What keeps Lives interesting is not just its screwball comedy
cuteness, but Cowards remarkably timeless edge, an enduring
steel that glints in and amongst the pretty manners and affecta-
tions of the age. As Elyot and Amanda alternately swoon and at-
tack, Coward asks, What counts for love and is it anyones business
but our own?
Yet, whether Coward intended it or not, this production, un-
der the hand of director Maria Aitken, suggests something a little
more about the female condition. Bianca Amatos Amanda is an
independent woman with air beautiful, lithe, and endlessly
intriguing as she dances, sings and throws her barbs. But as much
as we see she needs the stimulus of Elyot, he begins to look more
like a bad habit than a cure.
Whether you look for the deeper resonances or not, its a
tightly sprung and pleasurable production. Amato steals the day
with her larger-than-life but highly expressive Amanda and Au-
tumn Hurlbert is not far behind with a very funny and perfectly
pitched Sibyl. The men hold their own, but with perhaps more
bluster than air. James Waterston is an attractive Elyot, but he
is tad more adolescent than rakish and thus seems too somehow
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fortable with the accent and it occasionally dampens the breezy
delivery Coward requires. Also, without more chemistry, the
swoons between Amanda and Elyot come over as a little too sac-
charine for a play of such gratifying cynicism.
Serving more as foil than anything else, Jeremy Webb as Vic-
tor keeps the momentum intact but feels a bit derivative of an old
movie character. Nevertheless, none of the humor is lost, and, if
the evening begins to dip in the second act, Aitken covers for Cow-
ards longer-winded scenes between the warring couple by deliv-
ering a charming and memorable vintage vision to the goings-on.
Flash-forward to the not too distant future and another hus-
band and wife nd themselves at war; although in The Totalitar-
ians, it is of a more insidious variety. Coming at his material with
the subversion angle of a grafti artist/commentator, Nachtrieb
moves between (at least) two levels. First is the marriage of Fran-
cine and Jeffrey, showing distinct signs of tension as they dance
around Jeffreys gentle but insistent need for a baby and Fran-
cines not-so-gentle need for a career. Then there is the object of
Francines drive; the ailing political campaign of Penny who is in
need of a miracle-working speechwriter and manager. When a
mysteriously unsettling saboteur begins his own campaign, ev-
eryones needs begin to surface with a relentlessness that brings
disaster. If the aftermath has removed Francine from her trajec-
tory, one has to ask for how long?
And it seems no accident that Nachtriebs dark unravelings
posit another explosive and almost allegorically-delivered sug-
gestion that driven women breed, guratively and literally, po-
litical and social danger and that it is men that must rein them in
by any means necessary.
Essential to this provocative territory is candidate Penny. In
a phenomenal performance, Emily Townley delivers this Ne-
braskan housewife-turned-local-contender with stellar concept
and execution. Most of us are familiar with a Penny: the kind of
woman who presides with unassailable good cheer and an iron
st over the potato salad at school picnics. But Townley only be-
gins with this spot-on portrait. As the play unfolds, she slowly
but surely delivers another far more complex and subterranean
woman. It is a brilliant and credible transformation and the con-
summate expression of Nachtriebs tremendous ear for language
and all the damage it can do.
Perhaps less easy to swallow is the ease with which Francine
subsumes herself to Pennys inuence. Played and written as a
powerfully independent woman, its easy to see how she would
take the job; less easy to see why she would start drinking the
Kool-Aid. Nevertheless, taken as a whole, Dawn Ursula gives her
Francine a seriously compelling urgency and credibility and de-
livers Nachtriebs ruthless wit with perfection. As her comically
polar opposite of a husband Jeffrey, Sean Meehan has much pres-
ence and forges a credible chemistry with his extrovert wife. The
success of this, however, exposes a problem Nachtrieb doesnt
quite overcome everything about Jeffrey suggests that he
would wait for his wife. Like Francines co-opting by Penny, it
doesnt quite add up.
As the saboteur Ben, Nicholas Loumos offers the touching
vulnerability of a young man who has had too little love in his life
and his nal scenes with Jeffrey are poignant. Its a tricky role
though, at times almost cartoonish, at others, subtler and funnier
(and the accent is never quite explained). Loumos throws him-
self in and gets a lot of it right and is clearly an actor to watch.
And so two strong heroines, each thinking they deserve a
gratifying life. The question the (male) playwrights seem to ask
is do they and did they? l
Hack Job
Watch Dogs isnt quite the game
we were promised, but its still
got its moments
W
ATCH DOGS TRIES HARD TO MAKE YOU
want to play something else. Its opening hours
are a mixture of confusion, frustration, disap-
pointment and the desire to jump back into
Grand Theft Auto V. However, persevere with it and, most impor-
tantly, severely temper your expectations of it and what youll
nd is a solid, enjoyable open-world game thats denitely worth
your time. Think of it as store brand cereal: looks like the real thing,
the taste isnt quite right, but itll still satisfy your hunger.
The main problem with Watch Dogs is how toned down the
end product is compared with the original demo Ubisoft wowed
us with two years ago. Watch Dogs puts the player in the shoes
of Aiden Pearce, a hacker able to control the city of Chicago
thanks to its ctOS system essentially, everything in the city is
connected to the internet, from cameras to ATMs, trafc lights
to bridges, letting skilled hackers manipulate the world at whim.
Ubisofts demo showcased a multitude of hacking opportunities,
including proling citizens as you walk past them, learning their
history, determining their criminal potential and should you
sense that someone is about to commit a crime (or be a victim of
crime), use your smartphone-enabled superpowers to intervene.
It looked beautiful, offered a fresh gameplay idea and seemed to
be the denitive next gen experience.
Time, sadly, changes everything. Hints that the game, which
Ubisoft themselves claimed would be the rst title worthy of the
new generation of consoles, would not live up to expectations
should have been apparent when it was announced that it would
run on PS3 and Xbox 360. Can a game be truly next gen if its got
to work on 8-year old hardware? Then, last year, Ubisoft delayed
launch by six months to polish the game and get it to a standard
games
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they were happy with. Alarm bells were ringing.
At Watch Dogs outset, all fears seem to be assuaged. After the
opening cutscene, which establishes our protagonist, Aiden, the
rst playable scene tasks Aiden with escaping from a crowded
sports arena while a game is in progress. Everything looks great,
the lighting engine is throwing shade (in a good way) and the AI
seems to be working as expected. The initial bout of hacking
throwing the stadium into complete blackout to avoid detection
teases the powers youll have once the game world opens up.
Then, you leave the stadium and everything starts to fall apart.
Driving, for example, is something of a shock. Cars are bland
mash-ups of real world cars, devoid of any personality. Every-
thing feels heavy, arcade-oriented and improperly balanced.
Evading the police can be a tiresome exercise as you smash into
walls and other vehicles. Then, even worse, it quickly becomes
apparent that the games hacking has been reduced to mash-
ing one button square (or X, if you play on Xbox). Tap square
to hack trafc lights, causing citizens to drive into each other,
blocking the police. Tap square to raise bollards in front of squad
cars, disabling them. Tap square to burst steam pipes, throwing
cars off the road. Tap square, repeat ad nauseum. Have a police
helicopter chasing you? Look at it, tap square to disable it and
then hide in an alleyway until everything calms down. You cant
be arrested: you just have to keep going until you evade, or die
from repeated ramming by squad cars.
Things are slightly better on foot. Missions are often the stan-
dard open-world fare of drive to X, do Y, drive to Z. Everything
works, control-wise, which is good. Theres a basic cover system,
activated by pressing cross (A for Xbox users) with Aiden able to
shoot around and over objects. Focus is here to ape the slow-
mo shooting of so many other games, allowing for easy head-
shots on foes. There are a good variety of guns, too, with pistols,
ries, shotguns and grenade launchers, all nicely balanced and
varied in their operation. A curious satisfaction will come from
the games sound, with explosions and gunre lling areas, and
headshots accomplished with a gruesomely gratifying splat.
Theres even a skill tree that lets users unlock special abilities to
further hack their world or improve their driving and shooting
skills.
What Watch Dogs would prefer you do when tasked with
inltrating somewhere is use its much vaunted hacking system
to work your way through areas, stealthily taking down guards
and maneuvering around them with minimum fuss. Hack into
a camera and from there, work your way through any adjacent
cameras to survey your intended path. Spot a guard? Perhaps he
can be distracted by phoning him, or maybe theres something
on the wall that can be exploded, taking him out. Maybe hes
unwittingly standing beneath a crane, below which a container
is suspended. You can see where its ending: guard pancake, and
Aiden making an easy, if loud, path to the next area.
Of course, theres nothing stopping you from going in guns
blazing, or picking off the guards one-by-one with the excellent
silenced weapons and stealth takedowns. Whats more, its often
less cumbersome and much quicker to ignore hacking and sim-
ply blunder through, either shooting or silencing guards as you
see t, which kind of nullies the whole point of hacking stuff in
the rst place. If it takes longer, why bother?
Furthermore, for a game that was delayed for additional
polishing time, its littered with bugs and frustrations. Flip a car,
or land in water, and Aiden will simply pop out of it no exit
animation, he just appears next to it. You cant walk between
certain objects, even if the gap is big enough. Theres no way
to jump, so you rely on Ubisofts one-button (circle or B) for
climbing objects and detection can be hit-or-miss on occasion.
Rarely, the game will lock you out of hacking objects and start
crashing cars into each other, which can only be xed by reload-
ing the game. Players can fall through the world or get stuck
behind objects. To evade the police, simply head into water
they arent programmed to follow, even with a helicopter. Drive
in front of one of the games subway trains and itll instantly
grind to a halt walk in front and youll be run over. Theres
no animation for shooting water. Whats more, for a game with
such beautiful rain animation (seriously, Chicago looks great at
night, in a storm), theres no splash when you drive through the
deep puddles that form at the sides of roads. None of these will
inherently stop you from playing the game, though its also far
from an exhaustive list. However, there are plenty of details and
additions Watch Dogs ignores that, even on 8-year old hardware,
Grand Theft Auto V includes.
So far, Watch Dogs would seem to be a bit of a dud. But let
me say this: its a hell of a lot of fun to play. Confused? Let me
explain. For what it was billed as a game where you control the
city through your smartphone, a gorgeous, dynamic, owing city
with a deep hacking system it simply fails to meet expectations.
As a fun, open world game, with an interesting hook and a great
location to have a ton of exciting gameplay in, it succeeds on so
many levels.
Once you get over the limited nature of the hacking, the game
shows its strengths in other ways. The randomly generated citi-
zen proles add a wonderful layer to gameplay: as you walk or
drive around, use your phone to hover over someone to bring
up their name, age, income and some random, often hilarious
facts about them. I proled someone who was revealed to be
sexually attracted to musical instruments. Conversely, I hacked
someones phone and stole $3,000 from them, only to learn they
had recently been diagnosed with cancer. Cue guilt. Littered
throughout Chicagos world are intrusion events, which task
players with hacking into an apartment or ofce and spying on
someone through a laptop or security camera, usually with the
intention of syphoning money from a smartphone or tablet left
in view.
The mini game used to access them appears in other parts
of the game, a simple pipe-ow style system where you direct
your digital stream towards an end goal, turning junction boxes
to solve the puzzle its nice, and varied enough that it never
becomes tiresome. Once youve intruded, youre treated to a
scripted scenario and they run the whole gamut of emotions.
I watched a couple high on methamphetamine play Russian
roulette with a gun. I ogled a man as he masturbated at his com-
puter, before a crying baby pulled him from whatever he was
watching (as an added touch, he can be heard, after picking up
his child, saying, I should have washed my hands). Conversely,
I intruded into a womans apartment to hear her shouting at
herself in another room. What followed was a gagging sound and
scrambling, followed by deathly silence. The womans fate isnt
revealed, but the presumed suicide attempt shocked me, given
the otherwise humorous or banal events Id witnessed in other
buildings up to that point.
The games headline feature, intervening in crimes by prol-
ing people, isnt quite as smooth. Instead of discovering crimi-
nals as you roam around, ctOS will alert you to a possible crime
location. Once you get there, you whip out your phone and
search for the criminal or victim and wait for the crime to take
place. Here, it will always end the same way: you stop the crime
in progress, the criminal runs away, you take them down. Every
time. Prole, wait, intervene, give chase. Theres no penalty
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for not intervening in crimes, so
theyre easy to ignore.
They also reveal a major char-
acter aw in protagonist Aiden.
Spot someone stealing a purse?
Give chase and take them out. And
then watch as Aiden pockets the
money. Wait so why is he any dif-
ferent to the person he took down?
It doesnt help that his whole look
and personality seems to be Gener-
ic Gravelly-Voiced Caucasian Pro-
tagonist #1345. Yup, hes as unorig-
inal as they come. The main plot
sees Aiden seeking revenge for the
death of his niece, killed by acci-
dent in a car crash that was sup-
posed to teach Aiden a lesson for
a hacking job gone wrong. Cue the
next ten hours of Aiden reminding
everyone and anyone that he is doing everything to avenge the
death of his niece. Thats right, he steals thousands of dollars,
kills hundreds of guards and gang members and crooked cops,
causes untold damage to the city of Chicago, hacks and steals
from innocent civilians and is generally a complete asshole all
because his niece was killed for something he did. He is com-
pletely unlikeable, and his pious attitude in the later stages of the
game, where hes billed as a Batman-style vigilante who wants to
help Chicago, comes off as utterly false given he does everything
to satisfy his own guilt over his nieces death. Its not helped by
a supporting cast featuring far more likeable characters, with
stronger character design and better voice acting. The story
itself is otherwise quite enjoyable to play through, but youll
constantly wish someone would point out the glaring hypocrisy
Aiden constantly spouts.
Yet once again, Watch Dogs redeems itself, because its possi-
ble to completely ignore Aidens idiocy and focus instead on the
main reason youll want to grab a copy of the game: multiplayer
and side-missions. Ignore the free roam mode, where you and
up to seven friends can drive around Chicago together. You cant
kill each other and there are no missions. Its incredibly dull.
Instead, focus on the incredibly exciting player-versus-player
content. The standout is online hacking: a hacker can enter the
game world of another player without them knowing, with no
visible interruption in play to the person being hacked, and pro-
ceed to download information from them. Once the download
is started, the target is alerted, and they are then tasked with
nding the hacker before the download of information is com-
plete. For the person intruding into the game, theyre restricted
to a certain area, and their player model is masked to look like
a random AI character. They also cannot kill the person they
are hacking. Instead, they must hide and wait, blending into the
game world. For the person trying to nd them, its a race against
time to prole every person you can see within the given area. If
you successfully nd the hacker, youre tasked with taking them
out though its possible for the hacker to evade. For the hacker
to win, they must avoid detection until the download is nished.
Its utterly glorious. I cant count the number of times I sat, my
heart pounding as the person I was hacking walked straight past
me and failed to prole me. Similarly, Ive never felt as desper-
ate as I have when running around, frantically trying to nd the
person who has so rudely entered my game world.
There are other modes, too: races, a capture the ag mode
that tasks multiple players with downloading the same informa-
tion, a special mode that sees a player try to outrun cops and
helicopters generated by users on the Watch Dogs tablet app, and
a tailing mode, which requires players to enter a gamers world
and simply watch, from afar, remaining undetected. It doesnt
alert the player that you have entered the world, but it also
doesnt restrict them to an area. If you join someone as theyre
driving down the freeway, youd better grab a car and give chase.
Add in a wealth of ofine content, including side mis-
sions involving collecting items, proling a serial killer (which
includes nding and identifying the victims), boosting cars and
evading the police and nding QR codes left all over the city
and youve got a game that offers dozens of hours of enjoyable
gameplay.
Really, this is where Watch Dogs nds its feet. As you play,
you forget all of its foibles. You get used to the handling of the
cars. You learn to temper your expectations for the hacking. You
adjust to the graphics, which, though occasionally beautiful,
more often than not look more like a shinier Grand Theft Auto
V than a true next gen game like Infamous: Second Son. Once
youve gotten past that, the world of Chicago is a great place to
spend some time.
Yes, Aiden is a pompous, hypocritical ass. Yes, there are
numerous bugs and certain parts of the game feel like they could
use another six months of polish. Yes, it doesnt quite live up to
expectations. However, the core is solid. Gunghts work well,
the game is packed with numerous details, theres a wealth of
content to explore and the multiplayer mode is addictive and
joyously seamless. Its far from perfect. One can imagine the
inevitable Watch Dogs 2 will deliver more of what the original
demo promised, and there will be some who are too disappoint-
ed with the pared-down hacking and lack of renement to work
through the game. Once you get over the initial disappointment
and delve into Watch Dogs world, however, its a game denitely
worth your time to play.
Though Im certainly more than a little annoyed that Ubisoft
promised so much and failed to deliver, I cant knock a game that
gets so much of the details right even if its not what was origi-
nally intended. Just dont disappoint us the second time around,
Ubisoft. Well be much less forgiving.
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It is a role I was terried of, and in taking it on, it has changed me and challenged me.
Actor NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, speaking after winning the Tony Award for Leading Actor in a Musical for his performance in
Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Harris plays title character Hedwig, whose botched gender reassignment surgery leaves
her with an angry inch.
(CBS)
If he wants to make that statement then

maybe he should be in a different profession
than this one.
Salt Lake County District Attorney SIM GILL, discussing an unnamed Salt Lake City police ofcer. The ofcer was put on
paid leave after refusing to work at Utah Pride Parade.
(Fox News)
There is no third way. A church will either believe and

teach that same-sex behaviors and relationships are sinful,
or it will afrm them.
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary leader ALBERT MOHLER, speaking at the Southern Baptist Convention. Mohler
demanded that every member of the church declare their position on same-sex marriage, claiming there was no middle stance
for the church to take. Said Mohler, Every congregation in this nation will be forced to declare itself openly on this issue.
(AlbertMohler.com)
Zambia is a Christian Nation and as such we live by the Christian values and
we will not be able to recognize gay rights.
GABRIEL NAMULAMBE, Zambian Foreign Affairs Minister, speaking with journalists after meeting with Shannon Smith from
the U.S. Bureau of African Affairs. Zambia criminalizes homosexuality for men and women, with Namulambe adding that
[Homosexuality] is untraditional to our culture, and we have appealed to our colleagues to respect our stance.
(Zambia Daily Mail)
Most gay haredim are married to women who are unaware of their situation, and they are leading a double life.
This carries a major mental price.
Rabbi RON YOSEF, Israels only openly gay Orthodox Rabbi and founder of Hod, has claimed that two thirds of the 1,157
Orthodox gay men who contacted his organization were married to women. According to Yosef, The situation of homosexuals in
the haredi society is much more difcult because of the social isolation they live in.
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