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U.S. Supreme Court
Awaiting Supreme Resolution
In 2015, the Supreme Court could at last address the right of same-sex couples
to marry. But will they?
by Justin Snow
ARLY NEXT MONTH, THE

issue of same-sex marriage will
once again find itself before
the U.S. Supreme Court. Upon
return from their winter recess, the nine
justices will meet behind closed doors
on Jan. 9 to consider a number of cases
petitioned to be heard by the high court.
Among those cases will be Robicheaux v.
George a case challenging the constitutionality of Louisianas ban on same-sex
marriage and the first same-sex marriage
case to find itself before the justices since
they doubled the number of marriageequality states earlier this year.
In September, U.S. District Court
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tional a Louisiana law prohibiting samesex marriage and recognition of samesex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, marking the first federal court
decision to uphold a state ban on samesex marriage since the Supreme Court
struck down Section 3 of the federal
Defense of Marriage Act in June 2013. On
Nov. 20, plaintiffs in the case asked the
Supreme Court to hear the case before a
federal appeals court has rendered judgement. The state of Louisiana agreed with
the plaintiffs that the Supreme Court
should address whether the Fourteenth
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
requires states to license or recognize
same-sex marriages.
The Louisiana case is one of five cases
challenging same-sex marriage bans that
the Supreme Court has been asked to
hear, which are also expected to be dis-
tributed to the justices on Jan. 9.In a 2-1

decision handed down Nov. 6, the 6th
Circuit Court of Appeals upheld same-sex
marriages bans in four states Kentucky,
Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee breaking with other federal appeals courts that
have considered the issue. The Supreme
Court has been asked to consider all
four state marriage bans by plaintiffs in
the four cases. With the exception of
Tennessee, all of the states defending
those respective bans have agreed the
court should hear the cases.
The Supreme Court has no obligation
to take up any of the cases, nor are they
restricted to a specific time frame for
announcing their decisions. Four of the
nine Supreme Court justices must vote to
hear a case in order for a writ of certiorari
to be granted. The breakdown of those
votes are not released by the court, nor
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the justices reasons for granting or denying a petition to hear a case. But it appears
increasingly clear that the justices will
feel compelled to act.
Indeed, this isnt the first time the justices have been presented with the opportunity to consider state bans on same-sex
marriage. In October, the court surprised
marriage-equality advocates and opponents alike when they declined to hear
cases challenging same-sex marriage bans
in five states Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia,
Indiana and Wisconsin thus allowing
lower court decisions legalizing marriage
equality in those states to stand.Because
the Supreme Court left intact rulings by the 4th Circuit, 7th Circuit and
10th Circuit Courts of Appeals striking
down same-sex marriage bans in those
five states, the appeals courts decisions
applied to six other states in those three
circuits: West Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Kansas, Colorado and
Wyoming.As a result of their inaction, the
Supreme Court doubled the number of
marriage-equality states. More than half
of the U.S. population now lives in one
of the 35 states, plus D.C., that recognize
same-sex couples right to marry.
We all knew intellectually that was
an option but we really all thought they
were going to take it, says Evan Wolfson,
founder and president of Freedom to
Marry, of the Supreme Courts October
surprise. I will say it brought tremendous gains and certainly worked out so
far, but while we celebrate getting to 35
states, it still means people in 15 states are
being left behind and they are still experiencing real injury, real indignity and real
injustice.
But the legal landscape has changed
since the Supreme Court last decided not
to weigh in on the issue of a constitutional
right to marry. The 6th Circuits decision
last month to uphold same-sex marriage
bans in four states has created a split
among the circuits that did not exist in
October. During a speech at the University
of Minnesota Law School in September
before the 6th Circuits decision, Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that if the 6th
Circuit struck down the marriage bans
there would be no need for us to rush.
However, if the court broke with other
circuit courts in upholding the marriage
bans, there will be some urgency for the
Supreme Court to step in.
In retrospect, I think we all have to
acknowledge that it was a really powerful thing that the Supreme Court did
[in declining to hear same-sex marriage
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cases], says Roberta Kaplan, the attorney

who represented Edith Windsor in her
challenge to DOMA. By making marriage
reality in so many more states the sense
of inevitability only became that much
greater. You see that in connection with
the denial of the stay effort in Florida.
In an order handed down late Friday,
the Supreme Court denied a stay request
by attorneys for the state of Florida seeking to halt the implementation date of
a lower court ruling striking down the
states same-sex marriage ban during the
appeals process. The hold on same-sex
marriages in Florida is set to expire at
the end of the day on Jan. 5, meaning
same-sex marriages will likely begin the
following day.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi
had asked Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas, who oversees the
11th Circuit, to extend the stay. Thomas
referred the issue to the full court, which
denied the stay. The denial noted that
Thomas and Justice Antonin Scalia
would have granted the stay. Thomas and
Scalia have dissented in a number of stay
requests that have been denied by their
colleagues. Unlike those cases, which
have pertained to states in the circuits
impacted by the Supreme Courts decision not to hear the handful of marriageequality cases in October, Florida is in the
11th Circuit, which has not yet addressed
the issue of same-sex marriage. While a
year ago the high court was quick to stay
marriages in Utah while the case was
appealed, the justices appear increasingly
comfortable with allowing same-sex marriages to proceed before they themselves
have considered the issue.
In November, Thomas provided a rare
glimpse of the apparent divide among
the justices over taking up the same-sex
marriage cases that were denied by the
court. In an order denying a stay in an
unrelated immigration case in Arizona,
Thomas issued a statement attached to
the order that was joined by Scalia noting
that they only agreed to denya stay in the
Arizona case because it appeared unlikely
the necessary four justices would join in
agreeing to hear arguments in the case.
That is unfortunate, Thomas wrote.
Indeed, we often review decisions
striking down state laws, even in the
absence of a disagreement among lower
courts, he continued, noting the decision by the court to hear arguments in
the challenge to Californias Proposition
8 in 2012. But for reasons that escape
me, we have not done so with any con-
sistency, especially in recent months.

Thomas pointed to the decision not to
hear cases concerning same-sex marriage
bans in Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia and
Wisconsin as well as the decision by the
court to deny stays in same-sex marriage
cases in Idaho and Alaska. One day prior,
a Supreme Court order declining to put
same-sex marriage on hold in Kansas
noted that Thomas and Scalia, who are
considered part of the courts conservative wing, would have granted a stay.
Thomas wrote that the court could
still act on a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Arizona immigration case, but
pointed back to the actions of the court
this term. I hope my prediction about
whether that petition will be granted
proves wrong, he wrote. Our recent
practice, however, gives me little reason
to be optimistic.
According to Kaplan, theres little
question as to whether the Supreme
Court will take up the issue of same-sex
marriage. They clearly will and could
do so as early as January 9, says Kaplan,
who successfully challenged Mississippis
same-sex marriage ban in district court
and is preparing for arguments before
the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. It will
certainly be in calendar year 2015, as to
when in calendar year 2015, I think that is
something that is solely in the discretion
of the Supreme Court.
Although it seems likely that will be
the case, advocates are also combating
a sense of inevitability, which Wolfson
describes as the movements biggest
obstacle. Thats why were working so
hard to communicate the urgency that
this is about real people and it makes a big
difference whether we win in ten years
instead of one, he says, adding that the
hope is for the Supreme Court to bring
the country to national resolution by the
end of June.
It really doesnt matter which case,
it really doesnt matter which state, it
really doesnt matter which lawyer,
because there will be a collective presentation. Lets not forget, the court has
heard these arguments before and more
than 60 courts state and federal, including so far five appellate courts have
written rulings based on our arguments
and evidence, he says. Everything thats
going to be said has been said, the court
has heard it, they will hear it again, they
will hear it well and virtually every court
that has heard it in the last two years has
found the answer to be crystal clear: Its
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LGBT Allies Brace for

Discrimination Bills
State legislatures mull Religious Freedom Restoration Acts
that would grant the right to refuse service to gays and lesbians
by John Riley
VEN WITH THE ADVENT OF

marriage equality in a majority of U.S. states, LGBT allies
remain on high alert as they
brace for the introduction of bills that seek
to curtail gay-rights gains. How so? By
allowing people or businesses to discriminate against LGBT people and married
couples in various forms by claiming religious objections. Already, Texas, South
Carolina and Michigan have jumped on
the pro-discrimination bandwagon, and
many expect other Republican-leaning or
swing states, including Virginia, to be
next in line.
The American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU), in a Dec. 11 press briefing, announced the expansion of its
Out4Freedom campaign to push for marriage equality, noting that the campaign
will be fighting against any bills that seek
to deny LGBT people equal rights under
the guise of religious freedom.
In the midst of the progress that
were seeing on marriage, and that we are
seeing in terms of seeking new nondiscrimination laws, were also seeing a troubling push to use religion as an excuse to
discriminate against LGBT people, and,
quite frankly, against others as well,
James Essex, the director of the ACLU
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Project, told reporters.
Its no accident that these bills are
appearing now, Esseks added. The
opponents of LGBT equality are moving from their Plan A to Plan B. Plan
A very simple: it was to stop us. And
for a while, they were doing pretty well
on their Plan A...but their Plan A is not
going so well anymore. We are making
progress on many fronts on LGBT rights,
which is a wonderful thing. So they
need a Plan B. And Plan B is using religious freedom arguments in an effort to
justify anti-gay discrimination, because
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they want to make sure LGBT equality

doesnt affect them.
Currently, 21 states have laws on
the books prohibiting discrimination in
employment, housing and public accommodations based on sexual orientation,
and 18 of those states extend the same
protections to transgender individuals.
But supporters of LGBT rights say they
are alarmed at several provisions in some
of the bills, which opponents of LGBT
rights have labeled Religious Freedom
Restoration Acts, or RFRAs. Some RFRA
laws allow an individual, such as a county
clerk, to refuse to issue a marriage license
to same-sex couples or to refuse to recognize a marriage in places where marriage
equality is law. Other RFRA laws contain
provisions that allow businesses to refuse
service to gay or lesbian people.
Furthermore, LGBT allies claim that
the RFRAs being proposed are overly
broad, and may be interpreted to subvert
existing laws, such as those governing
child welfare or domestic violence.
According to Esseks, some of the
RFRAs could potentially allow a hotel
owner to discriminate against a cohabitating straight couple; allow a homeless
shelter to turn away a Muslim family; or
allow men who beat their wives to claim
their religious beliefs require them to
discipline their families as they see fit.
LGBT allies saw 10 RFRAs introduced in
various states during the 2014 legislative
session, with nine of those bills eventually being rejected most prominently,
through a gubernatorial veto in Arizona
following nationwide protests and the
tenth, in Mississippi, passed only after
being significantly narrowed.
As we push for LGBT nondiscrimination laws in this environment, were
looking for are laws that treat sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination the same as other forms of discrimination, Esseks said. And that means no
religious exemptions. Because the countrys existing civil rights laws dont allow
people to discriminate in hiring, based

on sex, or turn people away based on
race, even where the desire to treat other
people differently is based on religion.
With RFRA laws already introduced
or in the process of being drafted in
Michigan, Texas, South Carolina, Kansas,
Utah and North Carolina, LGBT allies in
the DMV area are also on guard against
bills that would allow discrimination
under the guise of religion. Kirsten
Bokenkamp, a spokeswoman for Equality
Virginia, said that the organization is
closely monitoring the 2015 legislative
session for any such bills. On Dec. 9,
Equality Virginia, the commonwealths
major LGBT rights organization, sent a
letter to members of the Virginia General
Assembly asking them to oppose any bill
that would allow any business or service
agency to discriminate based on religious
or moral beliefs.
Everyone is entitled to their own religious beliefs, but when you operate a business or run a publicly-funded social service agency thats open to the public, your
religious beliefs do not give you a license
to discriminate, James Parrish, the executive director of Equality Virginia, said in
the letter. Its that simple.
Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington Co.)
told Metro Weekly that it wouldnt surprise him if Republicans in charge of the
General Assembly tried to introduce a
RFRA-style law during the 2015 session,
though legislative success wasnt guaranteed. As of print deadline, no such bill
had been introduced, although bills may
be proposed through Jan. 14. However,
Hope also said that any discriminatory measure, if it managed to pass both
chambers, would be vetoed by Gov. Terry
McAuliffe (D). While there are enough
Republicans to override a gubernatorial
veto in the House of Delegates, a veto
override would fail in the more closelydivided Senate.
It would be a cold day in hell before
Gov. Terry McAuliffe would sign a bill
like that, Hope said.
More importantly, Hope added, in
Virginia, 2015 is an election year, which
may give even the most fervent social
conservatives in the legislature pause
before introducing such a volatile measure.
Because its an election year, you
sort of want to double-dog-dare people
to bring up such a hateful bill like that,
Hope said. Because it reminds people of
how extreme they are. l
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the D.C.-area LGBT community, from alternative social events to
volunteer opportunities. Event information should be sent by email to
calendar@MetroWeekly.com. Deadline for inclusion is noon
of the Friday before Thursdays publication. Questions about
the calendar may be directed to the Metro Weekly office at
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25
Merry Christmas!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26
WOMEN IN THEIR 20S, a social discussion and
activity group for LBT women, meets at The DC
Center. 8-9:30 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
Dancing at Phase One after meeting. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
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, first and third Fridays. 8:30 p.m.
The DC Center, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. 202682-2245, gaydistrict.org.
GAY MARRIED MENS ASSOCIATION (GAMMA)
is a peer-support group that meets twice a month
in Dupont Circle, Northern Virginia and Maryland
suburb. 7:30 p.m. Contact for more info on location:
GAMMAinDC.org or GAMMAinDC2@yahoo.com.
PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-affirming social
group for ages 11-24. 4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road

NW. Contact Tamara, 202-319-0422, layc-dc.org.
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.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27
THE 27TH ANNUAL LGBT COMMUNITY
KWANZAA includes presentations of the Seven
Principles by community members, an interactive

part with gifts for children, African drummers and
dancers. 4 p.m. Metropolitan Community Church
of Washington, 474 Ridge Street NW. Free, all
welcome. RSVP preferred, cbw5355dc@msn.com.
202-710-0298.
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay volunteer orga-
nization, volunteers today for Food & Friends. To

participate, visit burgundycrescent.org.
DECEMBER 25, 2014
Collection near Dupont Circle to see exhibition on

Neo-Impressionism. $12 adults, $10 seniors. Meet at
11 a.m. inside the entrance lobby at 1600 21st St. NW
between Q & R Streets. Lunch follows. More info,
Craig, 202-462-0535. craighowell1@verizon.net.
WEEKLY EVENTS
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.
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CHRYSALIS arts & culture group visits the Phillips
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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. For more info, visit
dignitywashington.org.
GAY LANGUAGE CLUB discusses critical languag-
es and foreign languages. 7 p.m. Nellies, 900 U St.

NW. RVSP preferred. brendandarcy@gmail.com.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28
ADVENTURING outdoors group hikes 9.5 moderate-to-strenuous miles from Dupont Circle to Silver
Spring via Rock Creek Park. Bring beverages, lunch,
holiday treats to share, winter-worthy boots, and
$2 for trip fee. Meet at 10 a.m. in front of elevator
for Dupont Circle Metro Station on Connecticut
Avenue NW, south of Q Street. Hike should end by
3:30 p.m; take Metro back to Dupont Circle. Craig,
202-462-0535. adventuring.org.
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay volunteer organization, volunteers today for Lost Dog & Cat Rescue
Foundation in Potomac Yards. To participate, visit
burgundycrescent.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
DIGNITY WASHINGTON offers Roman Catholic
Mass for the LGBT community. 6 p.m., St.

Margarets Church, 1820 Connecticut Ave. NW. All
welcome. Sign interpreted. For more info, visit dignitywashington.org.
FRIENDS MEETING OF WASHINGTON meets for

worship, 10:30 a.m., 2111 Florida Ave. NW, Quaker
House Living Room (next to Meeting House on
Decatur Place), 2nd floor. Special welcome to lesbians and gays. Handicapped accessible from Phelps
Place gate. Hearing assistance. quakersdc.org.
INSTITUTE FOR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT,
God-centered new age church & learning center.
Sunday Services and Workshops event. 5419 Sherier
Place NW. isd-dc.org.
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
WASHINGTON, D.C. services at 9 a.m. (ASL inter-
preted) and 11 a.m. Childrens Sunday School at 11

a.m. 474 Ridge St. NW. 202-638-7373, mccdc.com.
RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, a Christ-centered,

interracial, welcoming-and-affirming church, offers
service at 10 a.m. 680 I St. SW. 202-554-4330,
riverside-dc.org.
UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ARLINGTON, an
LGBTQ welcoming-and-affirming congregation,
offers services at 10 a.m. Virginia Rainbow UU
Ministry. 4444 Arlington Blvd. uucava.org.
UNIVERSALIST NATIONAL MEMORIAL
CHURCH, a welcoming and inclusive church. GLBT
Interweave social/service group meets monthly.

Services at 11 a.m., Romanesque sanctuary. 1810 16th
St. NW. 202-387-3411, universalist.org.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 29
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.
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.
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
affinity group. 3636 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-446-1100.
WASHINGTON WETSKINS Water Polo Team
practices 7-9 p.m. Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van
Buren St. NW. Newcomers with at least basic swimming ability always welcome. Tom, 703-299-0504,
secretary@wetskins.org, wetskins.org.
Whitman-Walker Health HIV/AIDS SUPPORT
GROUP for newly diagnosed individuals, meets 7
p.m. Registration required. 202-939-7671, hivsupport@whitman-walker.org.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30
WEEKLY EVENTS
ASIANS AND FRIENDS weekly dinner in Dupont/
Logan Circle area, 6:30 p.m. afwash@aol.com,
afwashington.net.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at
Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW.
7:30-9 p.m. swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social club

serving greater D.C.s LGBT community and allies
hosts an evening run/walk. dcfrontrunners.org.
THE HIV WORKING GROUP of THE DC CENTER

hosts Packing Party, where volunteers assemble
safe-sex kits of condoms and lube. 7 p.m., Green
Lantern, 1335 Green Court NW. thedccenter.org.
SUPPORT GROUP FOR LGBTQ YOUTH ages 13-21

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

gay men 40 and older. 7-9 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave.
NW. 202-446-1100.
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.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUSLGBT focused
meeting every Tuesday, 7 p.m. St. Georges

Episcopal Church, 915 Oakland Ave., Arlington, just
steps from Virginia Square Metro. For more info.
call Dick, 703-521-1999 or Gretchen, 703-307-9517
Handicapped accessible. Newcomers welcome.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31
WEEKLY EVENTS
AD LIB, a group for freestyle conversation, meets at
7:45 p.m., covered-patio area of Cosi, 1647 20th St.
NW. All welcome. Jamie, 703-892-8567.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds practice, 6:30-8:30
p.m. Garrison Elementary, 1200 S St. NW. dcscandals.wordpress.com.
JOB CLUB, a weekly support program for job
entrants and seekers, meets at The DC Center. 2000

14th St. NW, Suite 105. 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. More info,
www.centercareers.org.
PRIME TIMERS OF DC, social club for mature gay

men, hosts weekly happy hour/dinner. 6:30 p.m.,
Windows Bar above Dupont Italian Kitchen, 1637
17th St. NW. Carl, 703-573-8316.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1
ADVENTURING outdoors group sponsors 5-mile New
Years Day hike from Riverbend Park Visitor Center to
Great Falls, Va. Bring beverages, lunch, holiday treats
to share, winter-worthy boots, and a few dollars for
fees. Meet at 11 a.m. in front of elevator for Dupont
Circle Metro Station on Connecticut Avenue NW,
south of Q Street, to form carpools, or at 11:45 a.m. at
Riverbend Park Visitor Center next to the Potomac
River at 8700 Potomac Hills Street in Great Falls, Va.
Craig, 202-462-0535. adventuring.org.
Happy New Year!

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2
The DC Centers TRANSGENDER SUPPORT AND
DISCUSSION GROUP meets on the first Friday of
each month. 7-8 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
More information, visit thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
GAY DISTRICT holds facilitated discussion for
GBTQ men, 18-35, first and third Fridays. 8:30-9:30
p.m. The DC Center, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
202-682-2245, gaydistrict.org.
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GAY MARRIED MENS ASSOCIATION (GAMMA)
is a peer-support group that meets twice a month
in Dupont Circle, Northern Virginia and Maryland
suburb. 7:30 p.m. Contact for more info on location:
GAMMAinDC.org or GAMMAinDC2@yahoo.com.
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.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 3
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay volunteer organization, volunteers today for Food & Friends and the
Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation at Falls Church

PetSmart. To participate, visit burgundycrescent.org.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 4
The DC Center hosts its monthly LGBT ASYLUM

SEEKERS/ASYLEES FORUM, for refugees and
asylum seekers and their supporters. 7-9 p.m. 2000
14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
WEEKLY EVENTS
Hains Point, 972 Ohio Dr., SW. 8:30-10 a.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
LGBT-inclusive ALL SOULS MEMORIAL

EPISCOPAL CHURCH celebrates Low Mass at 8:30
a.m., High Mass at 11 a.m. 2300 Cathedral Ave. NW.

202-232-4244, allsoulsdc.org.
BETHEL CHURCH-DC progressive and radically

inclusive church holds services at 11:30 a.m. 2217
Minnesota Ave. SE. 202-248-1895, betheldc.org.
Hains Point, 972 Ohio Dr., SW. 9:30-11 a.m. Visit
swimdcac.org.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF

CHRIST welcomes all to 10:30 a.m. service, 945 G
St. NW. firstuccdc.org or 202-628-4317.
HOPE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST welcomes
GLBT community for worship. 10:30 a.m., 6130 Old

Telegraph Road, Alexandria. hopeucc.org.
Join LINCOLN CONGREGATIONAL TEMPLE

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST for an inclusive,
loving and progressive faith community every
Sunday. 11 a.m. 1701 11th Street NW, near R in
Shaw/Logan neighborhood. lincolntemple.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.
NATIONAL CITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, inclusive

church with GLBT fellowship, offers gospel worship,
8:30 a.m., and traditional worship, 11 a.m. 5 Thomas
Circle NW. 202-232-0323, nationalcitycc.org.
ST. STEPHEN AND THE INCARNATION, an
interracial, multi-ethnic Christian Community

offers services in English, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and
in Spanish at 5:15 p.m. 1525 Newton St. NW. 202232-0900, saintstephensdc.org.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF

SILVER SPRING invites LGBTQ families and indi-
viduals of all creeds and cultures to join the church.

Services 9:15 and 11:15 a.m. 10309 New Hampshire
Ave. uucss.org.
MONDAY, JANUARY 5
CHRYSALIS Arts & culture group sees early eve-
ning showing of Mr. Turner, about famed 19th century British painter J. M. W. Turner, at the Regal
Gallery Place Stadium 14 downtown. Refreshments,
discussion follow. Craig, 202-462-0535. craighowell1@verizon.net.
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The DC Center holds its monthly VOLUNTEER
NIGHT. All welcome. Activities include sorting
through book donations, cleaning up, taking inventory for safe sex kits. Pizza provided. 6:30-8:30 p.m.
2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more information,
visit thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY (K.I.) SERVICES,
3333 Duke St., Alexandria, offers free rapid HIV

testing and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 703-823-4401.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers free, rapid HIV
testing. No appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012

14th St. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5 p.m., by

appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and younger.
Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155 or testing@smyal.org.
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, JANUARY 6
The DC Center hosts an LGBTQ MENTOR
INFORMATION NIGHT event for those interested
in learning about serving as mentors to high-school

youth in D.C. through a program run by Mentors,
Inc. 6:30-8:30 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
Contact mentors@mentorsinc.org for more details

or to set up individual informational meeting.
721 8th St SE, across from Marine Barracks. No

partner needed. 301-345-1571 for more information.
WEEKLY EVENTS
WEEKLY EVENTS
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH offers
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session
free HIV testing, 9-5 p.m., and HIV services (by

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

testing. Appointment needed. 1012 14th St. NW,
Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5 p.m., by
appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and younger.

Youth Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, testing@smyal.org.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7
BOOKMEN DC, an informal mens gay-literature
group, discusses Left-Handed, a collection of

poetry by Jonathan Galassi. 7:30 p.m. Tenleytown
Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave NW. All are welcome.
bookmendc.blogspot.com.
THE TOM DAVOREN SOCIAL BRIDGE CLUB
meets for Social Bridge. 7:30 p.m. Dignity Center,
at Hains Point, 927 Ohio Dr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit

swimdcac.org.
HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH offers Wednesday

worship 7:15 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. All welcome. 118 N.
Washington St., Alexandria. 703-549-1450, historicchristchurch.org.
IDENTITY offers free and confidential HIV testing
in Gaithersburg, 414 East Diamond Ave. Walkins 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.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker Health. D.C.:
Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,

9 a.m.-6 p.m. At the Max Robinson Center, 2301
MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 202-745-7000,
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Compiled by Doug Rule
Laura at Home, Havana (2012-14) from the series TransCuba by Mariette Pathy Allen
Picturing Freedom
The Art Museum of the Americas offers a timely look at LGBT rights
VEN WITH THE RECENT UPTICK IN STORIES ABOUT LIFE IN MODern-day Cuba a result of President Obamas decision to lift some restrictions against the communist Caribbean country its still rare to glimpse the
struggles of LGBT Cubans. But the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) is offering
just that as part of an exhibit that couldnt be timelier.
It presents transgender now women with tremendous dignity and warmth
and power at the same time, the AMAs Andres Navia says of photographer Marie
Pathy Allens series TransCuba. It is technically very, very beautiful, and the
fact that this happens in Cuba is quite

important to us. It connects with whats
going on right now.
Allens series factors into the museums current photography exhibition
What We Have Within, focused on freedom of expression.. Besides EgyptianAmerican Allen, other photographers
in the exhibit include Susan Barnett,
Meg Birnbaum, David Lykes Keenan,
Daniel Handal and Dominique Paul.
Assembled by AMA exhibit coordinator Fabian Goncalves, the exhibition
touches on the concept of free expression in various forms, but a majority
of the photographs focus on issues or
ideas related to LGBT rights.
Which is, of course, a rather provocative stance to take for a museum
that is part of the United Nations-like
Organization of American States (OAS),
whose membership includes countries,
particularly in the Caribbean, where
being openly gay is illegal. However,
Navia says theres been no controversy
or pushback about the exhibit. AMA has
even partnered with the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights on the
exhibit, helping to advance its work in
promoting the LGBT cause.
Its very important to send this message, Navia says. I can only hope that
in the future this will be discussed more
formally in terms of how LGBT rights
are moving forward in the Englishspeaking Caribbean. Doug Rule
What We Have Within runs through Jan. 9 at the Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States,
1889 F St. NW. Call 202-370-0149 or visit AMAmuseum.org to schedule an appointment.
SPOTLIGHT
AN IRISH CAROL
Just because its in the midst of renovating doesnt

mean Keegan Theatre has to forego its third annual
run of company member Matthew Keenans homage
to Dickens classic albeit with typical, Irish biting humor and incisive candor. Instead, Theater J
donated its space to Keegan to present performances
of An Irish Carol, all benefitting the companys capital campaign. Mark A. Rhea directs a cast featuring
Jon Townson, David Jourdan, Susan Marie Rhea,
Josh Sticklin, Timothy Lynch, Daniel Lyons, Mike
Kozemchak and Kevin Adams. Friday, Dec. 26, at
8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 27, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and
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Sunday, Dec. 28, at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Aaron and

Cecile Goldman Theater, Washington, D.C.s Jewish
Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. Tickets are
$35, or $75 including reception after show on Sunday,
Dec. 28, at 8 p.m. Call 703-892-0202 or visit keegantheatre.com.
youth dance company Los Quetzalitos and the dance

group Alma Boliviana. News Channel 8s Alejandro
Negron will be the emcee. Sunday, Jan. 4, at 11:30 a.m.
and 2:30 p.m. GALA Theatre at Tivoli Square, 3333
14th St. NW. Free, though a small gift for a child is
suggested. Call 202-234-7174 or visit galatheatre.org.
GALAS THREE KINGS DAY CELEBRATION
HILLWOOD ESTATE
GALA Hispanic Theatre offers its 39th annual Fiesta

de los Reyes Magos, or Three Kings Day Celebration.
The timeless tale of the Magi is presented with song,
dance and storytelling in a celebration this year featuring Bienvenido Martinez as Balthasar and Manolo
Santalla as Gaspar, Hector Diaz as Melchoir and
Neena Krutha as the Angel. Additional performers
include Honduran singer Maria Isolina, the Mexican
A Cartier Christmas at the Hillwood Estate features

glittering jewel-toned trees inspired by the special
exhibition Cartier: Marjorie Merriweather Posts
Dazzling Gems. The whole mansion and its gardens
and grounds are all decked out in Cartier-inspired
designs. Through Dec. 31. Hillwood Estate, 4155
Linnean Ave. NW. Suggested donation is $12. Call
202-686-5807 or visit HillwoodMuseum.org.
HOLIDAY VAUDEVILE
The Kennedy Center offers two nights of a variety show of holiday entertainment
hosted by Cajun cellist Sean Grissom and featuring modern Klezmer quartet the
Alexandria Kleztet and comedic entertainer Will Shaw. Saturday, Dec. 27, and
Sunday, Dec. 28, at 6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Free. Call 202-4674600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
HOLY GHOST!
After three stops in the area last year, including opening for New Order at
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Holy Ghost! returns to the region to help lovers
of new new wave rock/synth-pop ring in another new year. The band is part of
Brooklyns hip electronic/rock label DFA Records, co-founded by James Murphy
of LCD Soundsystem, whose dance-rock sound Holy Ghost! furthers. Tuesday,
Dec. 30. Doors at 7 p.m. 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW. Tickets are $20. Call 202-2650930 or visit 930.com.
INTO THE WOODS
Based on the eponymous Broadway musical, Into the Woods is a reimagining of

the Grimm fairy tales, intertwining several characters from various books into one
plot. Meryl Streep is onboard as the Witch, who curses The Baker (James Corden)
and his Wife (Emily Blunt), preventing them from having a family. In order to
break the curse, they must venture out into the world and interact with other
storybook characters, including Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Prince Charming
(Chris Pine, in a perfect bit of casting), and Red Riding Hoods Wolf (Johnny
Depp). As its Disney, expect the film to be a little more sanitized than the musical,
but it is nevertheless getting across-the-board acclaim. Opens Thursday, Dec. 25.
Area theaters. Visit fandango.com.
OZOMATLI WITH THE NSO POPS
The National Symphony Orchestra teams up with this rock band, designated an
official U.S. State Department cultural ambassador, for a multi-genre, multicultural New Years Eve concert. A thoroughly Latin-flavored Black Eyed Peas, the
Los Angeles-based, Grammy-winning Ozomatli is every bit as fun and festive.
And thats just the start of the night: The concert will be followed by a party
in the Grand Foyer to ring in 2015 with sets by the 13-piece D.C. swing band
Craig Gildner Big Band and the 11-piece New York group the Williamsburg
Salsa Orchestra. Wednesday, Dec. 31, at 8:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
Tickets are $55 to $120. Call 202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
Hammerly and Stephen F. Schmidt. Closes Thursday, Jan. 1. Fords Theatre, 511
10th St. NW. Call 800-982-2787 or visit fordstheatre.org.
DISNEYS BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
While Arlingtons Synetic Theater offers a mostly wordless, gothic adaptation of

this fairytale, across the river the Warner Theatre welcomes a stop of the touring
production of the hit Broadway musical version based on the Disney animated
tale. Featuring music by Alan Menken with lyrics by the late Howard Ashman as
well as Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, Disneys Beauty and the Beast
is directed by Rob Roth Opens Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m. To Jan. 11. Warner
Theatre, 513 13th St. NW. Tickets are $38.25 to $79.75. Call 202-783-4000 or visit
warnertheatredc.com.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
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You may have questioned the relevance of Fiddler on the Roof as recently as a
few years ago when the last national tour of the show came to town, starring
Harvey Fierstein who, to be fair, was a hoot as Tevye. But you wont question why Molly Smith has revived it now. Arena Stages new 50th anniversary
production of the show by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick is an
out-and-out revelation. This show, of all shows, seems custom-made for the inthe-round Fichlander Stage. For starters, peering down on the huge, 28-person
cast, regularly coming and going in four directions, you get a real sense of the
energy of a village such as Anatevka, the small, tight-knit Jewish community in
Russia portrayed in the show. Ultimately, its the struggle between tradition and
modernity that makesFiddlerstill relevant today especially when its presented
as realistically and universally as it is at Arena Stage.To Jan. 11. Mead Center for
American Theater, 1101 6th St. SW. Tickets are $50 to $99. Call 202-488-3300 or
visit arenastage.org. (Doug Rule)
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
Arena Stage presents Clarke Peterss celebration of the feel-good music of Louis
Jordan, whose hits included Let the Good Times Roll and Is You Is or Is You
Aint My Baby. Robert OHara directs a cast featuring Travis Porchia, Jobari
Parker-Namdar, Paris Nix, Sheldon Henry and Clinton Roane. Closes Sunday,
Dec. 28. Mead Center for American Theater, 1101 6th St. SW. Tickets are $51 to
$109. Call 202-488-3300 or visit arenastage.org.
TINY TIMS CHRISTMAS CAROL
FILM
BIG EYES
Tim Burtons latest is neither fantasy nor stop-motion animation, but a drama
focused on the lives of Walter and Margaret Keane, who each claimed to be the artist behind a series of works for which Walter Keane took initial credit. Christoph
Waltz and Amy Adams star as the couple, which should make for a pretty incredible
display of acting if the pair has the chemistry required to play the sparring pair of
artists. Opens Thursday, Dec. 25. Area theaters. Visit fandango.com.
UNBROKEN
Angelina Jolie steps behind the camera to direct this poignant war epic, about
the life of Louis Zamperini, the Olympic runner whose plane was shot down in
WWII, survived in a raft with two other crewmen for 47 days and then was captured by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp, where he was
tortured and punished until the end of the war. Opens Thursday, Dec. 25. Area
theaters. Visit fandango.com.
Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig and his son Jack Ludwig adapt a
new version of the popular Dickens classic. Jerry Whiddon directs a nine-member cast including Chris Dinolfo, Conrad Feininger and Megan Dominy. Closes
Thursday, Jan. 1. Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo.
Tickets are $19. Call 301-634-2270 or visit adventuretheatre-mtc.org.
WITS SEASONAL DISORDER
Washington Improv Theaters annual holiday extravaganza features shows based

on audience suggestions, showing you the good, the bad and the ugly of the season
all laughs to get you through this crazy month. Each show is different, but all offer
a grab bag of spontaneous comedy and long-form improv. This years show also
includes the new Improv Actually, a holiday-themed skit drawing inspiration from
the film Love Actually. Closes Saturday, Dec. 27. Source Theater, 1835 14th St. NW.
Tickets are $12 to $30. Call 202-204-7770 or visit washingtonimprovtheater.com.
MUSIC
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
STAGE
Nicholas McGegan conducts a performance of Beethovens ninth and final

joyous symphony by the BSO, in collaboration with the Baltimore Choral
A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS CAROL
Kathy Feiningers A Broadway Christmas Carol tells Dickens classic by altering

the lyrics to familiar Broadway tunes, 30 or so in all, from The Music Man to
Sweeney Todd to Annie. The result is a pretty gay show, especially with gay Helen
Hayes Award-winning actor Michael Sharp at the helm as director and choreographer. This year, Peter Boyer will take on duties of Chief Bah-humbugger,
while Sharp plays The Man Who Isnt Scrooge, Tracey Stephens plays The
Woman Who Isnt Scrooge and Howard Breitbart is the music director aka
The Man Behind The Piano. I always think of it like the Carol Burnett Show,
Sharp told Metro Weekly a couple seasons ago. [Three] people playing a million
different characters. Closes Sunday, Dec. 28. MetroStage, 1201 North Royal St.,
Alexandria. Tickets are $50. Call 800-494-8497 or visit metrostage.org.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Fords Theatre remounts its music-filled production of the Dickens classic,

adapted by Michael Wilson and directed by Michael Baron. Edward Gero returns
for his sixth year as Ebenezer Scrooge in this telling featuring imaginative special
effects, familiar carols and themes of giving back and living with grace. Among
other local stage stars in the cast: Felicia Curry, Bobby Smith, Erin Driscoll, Rick
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Arts Society and soloists soprano Susanna Phillips,

mezzo-soprano Mary Phillips, tenor Thomas Cooley
and bass-baritone Andrew Foster-Williams. Friday,
Jan. 2, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 4, at 3 p.m.
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral
St., Baltimore. Also Saturday, Jan. 3, at 8 p.m. Music
Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North
Bethesda. Tickets are $35 to $100. Call 301-581-5100
or visit strathmore.org.
DC party, an offshoot of a popular party in her

hometown. Friday, Dec. 26. Doors at 10 p.m. U Street
Music Hall, 1115A U St. NW. Cover is $10. Call 202588-1880 or visit ustreetmusichall.com.
ABOVE AND BEYOND
DANCE
FOLGER CONSORT WITH LIONHEART
Ben Levys San Francisco-based contemporary dance

company drops by Dance Place for performances of
Soar, a piece utilizing dance, theater and film to conjure a world beyond reality. The piece involves some
audience walking and limited seats (stools only).
Saturday, Jan. 10, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 11, at 4
p.m. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. Tickets are $30.
Call 202-269-1600 or visit danceplace.org.
Everyones favorite snowman has been sculpted

from two-million pounds of colorful ice at the
National Harbors Gaylord National Resort as part
of its annual event Christmas on the Potomac. This
years Ice! brings the tale of Frosty and his North
Pole-seeking friends to cold-hard reality in a kidcentric way, including ice slides plus a Frostbite
Factory in which you can watch artisans carving
frozen marvels live. Closes Sunday, Jan. 4. Gaylord
National Hotel, 201 Waterfront St. National Harbor,
Md. Tickets are $28 to $34. Call 301-965-4000 or
visit gaylordhotels.com.
THE WASHINGTON BALLET
NATIONAL ZOOS ZOOLIGHTS
Now in its 10th year, Septime Webres refashioned

The Nutcracker for the Washington Ballet is a tribute
to the nations capital, starring George Washington
as the heroic Nutcracker and Englands King George
III as the villainous Rat King, all against a backdrop
of cherry blossoms and other D.C. scenes. The companys production includes over 350 dancers. Closes
Monday, Dec. 29. Warner Theatre, 513 13th St. NW.
Call 202-397.7328 or visit washingtonballet.org.
Every year, the Smithsonians National Zoo presents ZooLights sponsored by Pepco and featuring
500,000 colorful Christmas lights illuminate lifesized animal silhouettes, trees, buildings and walkways. All that, plus select animal houses will be open,
displaying nocturnal creatures, including the Small
Mammal House, the Great Ape House and Reptile
Discover Center. Closes Thursday, Jan. 1. National
Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. Free. Call 202-6334800 or visit nationalzoo.si.edu.
COMEDY
NOVA PRIDES LGBTUESDAYS AT IOTA
The Folger Consort teams up with the renowned

vocal ensemble Lionheart for a journey through
the music of medieval England, characterized by a
sweetness and cheerful liveliness not often found
in continental music of the period, between the
13th and 14th centuries. Included is a song mentioned in Chaucers Canterbury Tales and ethereal
motets from the Lady Masses celebrated in the side
chapels of cathedrals. Friday, Jan. 9, and Saturday,
Jan. 10, at 8 p.m. Washington National Cathedral,
Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues NW. Tickets
are $30 to $50. Call 202-544-7077 or visit folger.edu.
GAY/BASH!
Local drag acts Heidi Glum, Rumor Millz, Pussy

Noir, Champagne Supernova, Tess OTura and
Salvadora Dali perform at the last edition in 2014
of the Black Cats monthly queer drag/burlesque
performance-focused dance party. DJ Natty Boom
joins DJ Dean Sullivan and Donna Slash for a spin
through punk and electro tunes. Saturday, Dec. 27.
Doors at 10 p.m. Black Cat Backstage, 1811 14th St.
NW. Tickets are $10. Call 202-667-4490 or visit
blackcatdc.com.
JUSTIN TRAWICK AND THE

NINE SONGWRITER SERIES
Folk-rock songwriter Justin Trawick formed the

collaborative the 9 Songwriter Series in 2008 as a
means to book larger venues for shows featuring
Trawick and fellow local musicians, giving them
a bigger audience and giving audiences an easier
way to discover a songwriter or band they love.
Also on the lineup for the first full week of 2015:
The Sweater Set, Margot MacDonald, Lauren Cave,
Shane Gamble, Jason Masi, Bryan Russo, Cash &
Earle and Jamie McLean (of the Dirty Dozen Brass
Band). Thursday, Jan. 8. Doors at 7 p.m. 9:30 Club,
815 V St. NW. Tickets are $15. Call 202-265-0930 or
visit 930.com.
MICHELLE RAYMOND BAND
Bassist Dan Shorstein, electric guitarist Giorgio

Carvallo and drummer Lance LaRue supports
local lesbian singer/songwriter/guitarist Michelle
Raymond in her namesake band at another free concert at the Cleveland Park Irish bar Nanny OBriens.
Saturday, Dec. 27, at 10 p.m. Nanny OBriens, 3319
Connecticut Ave. NW. Call 202-686-9189 or visit
michelleraymondband.com.
THE REBIRTH BRASS BAND
Formed in 1983, this New Orleans band has evolved

from playing the streets of the French Quarter to
festivals and stages all over the world and also
HBOs Treme in the process leading a revival in the
Crescent Citys brass band tradition. Saturday, Dec.
27, at 9 p.m. The Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW.
Tickets are $30 in advance, or $35 day-of show. Call
202-588-5595 or visit thehowardtheatre.com.
ULTRA NAT
Gay-popular Baltimore-based dance singer Ultra

Nat returns to U Street Music Hall to play DJ,
spinning soulful-house sounds her own hits plus
those of her colleagues and contemporaries, including Quentin Harris, Chris Willis, Jocelyn Brown,
StoneBridge and Masters at Work. Shell be joined
by Lisa Moody and Ken Lazee for this Deep Sugar
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LEVYDANCE
RACHEL FEINSTEIN
As part of its new comedy series, the Kennedy

Center welcomes this D.C.-area native, a finalist on
season 7 of Last Comic Standing whose standup has
been shown on Comedy Central and is known for
skewering issues of race, class and pop culture.
Thursday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace
Theater. Free, distributed in the States Gallery starting at approximately 5:30 p.m. Call 202-467-4600 or
visit kennedy-center.org.
ICE AT GAYLORD NATIONAL:

FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
The organization NOVA Pride has recruited Iota

to set aside one day every week to explicitly serve
LGBT residents and allies in the Clarendon community, part of its promotion of the first annual
Northern Virginia Pride Festival, held earlier this
month. Each Tuesdays event starts with a Smasher
Lunch at 11 a.m., and includes a Happy Hour from
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. that kicks off with Mikeys Bar A
Video Wall at 7 p.m. Iota Club and Caf, 2832 Wilson
Blvd., Arlington. No cover. Call 703-522-8340 or visit
novapride.org.
SPEAKEASYDCS TOP SHELF
GALLERIES
BEYOND BOLLYWOOD:
INDIAN AMERICANS SHAPE THE NATION
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center presents this ambitious and colorful exhibition on the
second floor of the National Museum of Natural
History, exploring the heritage, daily experiences
and diverse contributions of Indians and Indian
Americans. Through Aug. 16. National Museum
of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. Call 202-633-1000 or visit mnh.si.edu.
JAMESON MAGROGAN:
12TH ANNUAL DC ARTIST SOLO EXHIBITION
Transformer presents its 12th annual solo exhibition

with a focus on Jameson Magrogan. Oil, Then Acrylic
investigates the artists relationship to the mythos of
art history through painting, drawing, sculpture and
print. Through Jan. 31. Transformer, 1404 P St. NW.
Call 202-483-1102 or visit transformerdc.org.
THE VISIONARY EXPERIENCE:

SAINT FRANCIS TO FINSTER
Baltimores quirky Visionary Art Museum offers

its 20th annual exhibition, this one championing
lifes grand Eureka! moments, held in common
by Earths most dynamic and intuitive evolutionaries, from inventors, scientists, Americas founding fathers, dreamers and saints. The show was
co-curated by filmmaker and publisher Jodi Wille
and AVAM founder and director Rebecca Alban
Hoffberger. Now to Aug. 30. American Visionary Art
Museum, 800 Key Highway. Baltimore. Tickets are
$15.95. Call 410-244-1900 or visit avam.org.
Top Shelf is the annual best-of showcase featuring the most popular tales told over the past year
at this hit storytelling organizations many events
at venues around town. Unlike other storytelling
organizations, SpeakEasyDC is focused on congenial
camaraderie rather than competition no judged
Story Slams here. Top Shelf is a curated group of
eight storytellers. Saturday, Jan. 10. Doors at 6 p.m.
Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. Tickets are $25. Call
202-328-6000 or visit thelincolndc.com.
THE ILLUSIONISTS
The Kennedy Center welcomes a hit Broadway spectacle billed as the worlds best-selling magic show,
featuring seven illusionists performing outrageous
and astonishing acts. Opens Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 7:30
p.m. Runs to Jan. 11. Kennedy Center Opera House.
Tickets are $39 to $135. Call 202-467-4600 or visit
kennedy-center.org.
THE SECOND CITYS

NUT-CRACKING HOLIDAY REVUE
Chicagos legendary sketch comedy troupe offers

its only holiday show on the East Coast, with its
Nut-Cracking Holiday Revue promising a seasonal
blend of hilarious, original improvised scenes and
songs. Intended as an alternative to the usual holiday traditions, expect riffs on uneven gift exchanges
with your clueless partner and couples therapy with
Joseph and Mary. But dont wait: Tickets are selling
fast, and a couple late-night shows are already sold
out. Closes Saturday, Dec. 27. Arlington Cinema N
Drafthouse, 2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington. Tickets
are $31.75. Call 703-486-2345 or visit arlingtondrafthouse.com. l
stage
Magic to Do
A Cirque-inspired Pippin at the
National and a shopworn
Joseph at the KenCen
TERRY SHAPIRO
by DOUG RULE
TS HARD TO IMAGINE ANYONE WHO WOULDNT

find joy in the current revival of Pippin. After all, the
show won four Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a
Musical, last year or 41 long years after its only other run
on Broadway. Though the revivals director Diane Paulus moves
the action to the circus, the focus is still on the titular prince,
son of Charlemagne, leaving no stone unturned in trying to find
meaning and happiness in his life.
That said, the show is too self-referential for my tastes,

regularly breaking the fourth wall by talking to the audience
about what were seeing and especially whats yet to come.
The device is meant to be humorous and it is humorous,
up to a point but it also seems a way to pad out as well as
deflect attention from what is a rather light book by Roger O.
Hirson. Just get to the fire and fireworks already, you might
want to call out, especially as the long, largely inconsequential first act drags on. However, it does end with arguably the
shows highlight: Pippins visit to his wild but wise grandmother Berthe. Lucie Arnaz daughter of Lucille Ball and
Desi Arnaz is definitely her mothers daughter in the touring production, hamming it up in her brief but showstopping
No Time At All, as sad when the curtain falls on her as the
audience is. Arnaz is more convincing and captivating in the
role than the great Andrea Martin was in her Tony-winning
performance last year.
Kyle Dean Massey also bests the revivals original Pippin,
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Matthew James Thomas. You cant help but root for this charismatic character even in the early scenes, when he displays
a bit of unbecoming arrogance. Meanwhile, the 1972 Broadway
shows Pippin, John Rubenstein, returns as Pippins father,
hamming up his role almost as much as Arnaz in hers. If Sasha
Allen, who you may know as a 2013 finalist on NBCs The Voice,
doesnt quite have the triple-threat stage presence that the
Tony-winning Patina Miller did as the shows narrating Leading
Player, she will nonetheless impress you with her performance
and particularly her strong vocal command. She is a worthwhile
successor to a role that originated as a part for a man to play
Ben Vereen, no less.
All in all, youll leave the National Theatre glowing at the
magic displayed and the meaning imparted on stage from
Chet Walkers Bob Fosse-influenced choreography, to the aerial
stunts by former Cirque du Soleil artist Gypsy Snider, to the
principles of savoring the moment and finding a little magic in
the mundane.
YOULL LEAVE THE KENNEDY CENTER a little less
impressed after seeing the latest revival of Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Even if you dont know this
early-70s Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice show from your
high school musical days, youll still see it as a time-warped
kitchen-sink affair, best, if not only, appreciated by younger
members of the audience. Its a Webber-Rice standard through
and through full of cheesy antics and melodies, which are
repeated over and over and slopped together in overeager genrehopping fashion, jumping from country to French chanson, or
disco to calypso often within the same song.
This particular revival is built for our reality-TV age,
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starring two alum from the American Idol franchise the

husband-and-wife duo of Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo.
Young makes for an attractive but underwhelming, nasally
voiced Joseph, while DeGarmo confirms why she came so
close to winning Idol a decade ago and surely would have, if
not for the vocal juggernaut that is Fantasia Barrino. DeGarmo
makes for a clear-voiced, charismatic Narrator who doesnt
stumble once in a role that is harder than she makes it look.
Andy Blankenbuehler directs and choreographs this production of the shopworn musical, focused on the Biblical story
about Jacob and his many sons, including his favored Joseph,
whom he festoons in a magical coat of many colors, an act that
fans the jealous flames of his brothers until they all but commit fratricide. The namesake coat is rendered here by costume
designer Jennifer Caprio as hideous as all get-out; even the
average grandmother could make a more fetching quilted version. (At least youll be easily and happily distracted by Daniel
Brodies vivid video and light projections.)
Then again, the gaudiness of Caprios coat matches the gaudiness of the overall show. Its a spectacle that in the end you wont
hate and might even like but few, even those nostalgic for
Those Canaan Days, will want to see it again.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (HHHHH)
runs to Sunday, Jan. 4, at the Kennedy Center Opera House.
Tickets are $25 to $155. Call 202-467-4600 or visit
kennedy-center.org.
Pippin (HHHHH) runs to Sunday, Jan. 4, at the National
Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Tickets are $58 to $153. Call
202-628-6161 or visit thenationaldc.org. l
food
New Year Feasts

Seven selections for New Years
dining, whether a comfortable
last rite of 2014 or a fine
first feast of 2015
ANNA OMELCHENKO
by DOUG RULE
HERE WILL YOU GO FOR YOUR FIRST

meal of 2015? Sadly, there arent an abundance
of options. Most restaurants will be closed
Thursday, Jan. 1, opting to give staff the day
off to recharge after an exhausting New Years Eve, one of the
busiest nights for restaurants all year.
Nonetheless, you can still start off the new year with a
culinary bang, especially if you feel like diving into a hearty
brunch. And when you think of brunch especially late night/
early morning food in D.C., naturally ANNIES PARAMOUNT
STEAKHOUSE is top of mind. The 17th Street institution will usher
in 2015 in 24-hour fashion, opening at 10 a.m. on Wednesday,
Dec. 31, and not closing again until 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan.
1. And theyll start serving brunch and, of course, booze off
the late night menu at the stroke of midnight on New Years.
Whether you crave Annies steak and eggs, an omelet, or heartier
steakhouse fare including a scene-stealing Bull in the Pan
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you can put off that diet resolution til Jan. 2. Call 202-232-0395.
Another great New Years Day option comes courtesy of
the multi-farmer-owned FOUNDING FARMERS restaurant, a few
blocks west of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. The
restaurant will serve brunch on Thursday, Jan. 1, from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m., followed by dinner that evening. Brunch options include
share plates of Uncle Bucks Beignets, farmhouse fare such
as Breakfast Chicken & Waffles and a Hangover Hash with
poached eggs, chili and pimento and cheddar cheeses. Call 202822-8783 or visit wearefoundingfarmers.com.
For even finer fare, start off the new year with brunch at
DISTRICT COMMONS, Jeff Tunkss trendy, tavern-style eatery on
Washington Circle. Standout entre options include Cast Iron
Skillet Huevos Rancheros, Toasted Coconut Pancakes with
roasted pineapple and star anise agave nectar syrup, Shrimp
& Grits with country ham, and Pan Seared Salmon Cakes
Benedict. Tack on $16 and you can go with bottomless Bloody
Marys or Mimosas for a full two hours. Call 202-587-8277 or visit
districtcommonsdc.com.
BIRCH & BARLEY on 14th Street offers one more first-of-theyear brunch option for the discerning diner. From Fried Chicken
& Waffles, to the vegetarian Early Winter Flatbread with roasted
leeks and smoked kale, to Smoked Mussel & Gruyere Flatbread
(flatbread is a house specialty) you cant go wrong with Chef
Kyle Baileys creative twists elevating the average brunch. Thats
especially true if you opt for the $30 boozy brunch option that
also grants you freshly fried donut holes, a choice of two brunch
cocktails your best bet is the Brunch Punch concoction of
vodka, guava nectar, aperol and citrus and bottomless tea or
coffee. Call 202-567-2676 or visit birchandbarley.com.
Among the far more extensive options for New Years Eve
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dining, most of which require reservations, one standout is

FLORIANAS, the charming and underrated 17th Street Italian
restaurant. For $75 per person, Chef Daniel Hlusaks five-course

menu includes a roasted cauliflower starter, lobster consomm,
squid ink spaghetti with lobster arrabiata, an entre of New
York Strip or pan-seared scallops with sauted rapini and
mushrooms, and a Dolce choice of fresh berries and Zabaglione,
espresso and bitter chocolate mousse or a cranberry-apple strudel. Call 202-667-5937.
Chef Nathan Beauchamp at the relaxed, well-regarded yearold FAINTING GOAT on U Street offers a $55 three-course menu
that includes an oyster stew, a main course of roasted duck or a
barramundi of grilled broccoli and scallops, and either a chocolate torte with cherries and sour cream ice cream or an almond
toffee Budino for dessert. Call 202-735-0344 or visit faintinggoatdc.com.
But the last meal of 2014 will have more significance at the
DUPLEX DINER than almost anywhere else around town. Just a
couple weeks ago, Rehoboth restaurateurs Mark Hunker and Jeff
McCracken (Eden and Jam Bistro) bought the hip gay institution
at 18th and U Streets in lower Adams Morgan and anointed its
popular longstanding bartender Kelly Laczko as general manager. The new owners dont anticipate making major changes to the
comfortable ethos of the place, but anything they do tweak wont
happen until next year. The final huzzah of 2014 will center on
a tots and tiaras theme, with the regular healthy-but-hearty
diner menu, Stoli and champagne drink specials and of course
the many varietals of the popular Squeezes plus free tater tots
at the bar. Oh yeah, and tiaras too which will be on the house.
Of course the tiaras will be provided, Kelly Laczko says. What
kind of stage moms would we be without providing the tiaras? l
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NIGHT
LIFE
LISTINGS
THURS., 12.25.14
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Closed for Christmas
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Doors open 4pm Crazy
Hour, 4-7pm Karaoke,
8pm
JR.S
Open 7pm
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
NUMBER NINE
FRI., 12.26.14
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy Hour:
2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
Friday Night Videos with
resident DJ Shea Van Horn
VJ Expanded craft beer
selection No cover
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis Upstairs open
5-11pm
DC BEAR CRUE
@Town Bear Happy
Hour, 6-11pm $3 Rail,
$3 Draft, $3 Bud Bottles
Free Pizza, 7pm Hosted
by Charger Stone No
cover before 9:30pm 21+
COBALT/30 DEGREES
All You Can Drink Happy
Hour $15 Rail &
Domestic, $21 Call &
Imports, 6-9pm DJ Mad
Science presents Karls
Ugly Sweater Jamboree
$200 Ugly Sweater
Contest Free Belvedere
Vodka, 11pm-Midnight, $6
Belvedere Vodka Drinks all
night DJ Keenan Orr in
30 Degrees $10 Cover
10pm-1am, $5 after 1am
21+
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FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
JR.S
Buy 1, Get 1, 11pm-midnight Happy Hour: 2-for1, 4-9pm $5 Coronas, $8
Vodka Red Bulls, 9pm-close
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
DJ Matt Bailer Videos,
Dancing Beat The Clock
Happy Hour $2 (5-6pm),
$3 (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15 DJ
Jeff Pryor
NUMBER NINE
Open 5pm Happy Hour: 2
for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover
PHASE 1
DJ Styalo Dancing
$5 cover
PWS SPORTS BAR
9855 Washington Blvd. N
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Drag Show in lounge
Half-price burgers and fries,
4-8pm
TOWN
Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by Lena
Lett and featuring Miss
Tatianna, Shi-QueetaLee, Epiphany B. Lee
and BaNaka DJ Wess
upstairs, BacK2bACk
downstairs Doors open
at 10pm For those 21 and
over, $5 from 10-11pm and
$10 after 11pm For those
18-20, $12 all night 18+
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers,
hosted by LaTroya Nicole
Ladies of Illusion with host
Kristina Kelly, 9pm DJ
Steve Henderson in Secrets
DJ Joey O in Ziegfelds
Cover 21+
SAT., 12.27.14
9 1/2
$5 Absolut & Titos, $3
Miller Lite after 9pm
Expanded craft beer selection No Cover
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Drag Yourself to Brunch
at Level One, 11am-2 and
2-4pm Featuring Kristina
Kelly and the Ladies of
Illusion Bottomless
Mimosas and Bloody Marys
Happy Hour: $3 Miller
Lite, $4 Rail, $5 Call, 4-9pm
Sizzling Saturdays $5
rail cocktails, $4 Fireball,
$8 Vodka & Red Bull Go
to hot995.com for chance
to win a Free Bottle Service
Table courtesy of Ciroc
21+
Mimosas, $4, 11am-5pm

Buckets of Beer, $15
$8 from 10-11pm, $12 after

11pm 21+
NUMBER NINE
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Men of Secrets, 9pm
Guest dancers Ladies
of Illusion with host Ella
Fitzgerald, 9pm DJ Steve
Henderson in Secrets
Doors 8pm Cover 21+
FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Diner-style Breakfast
Buffet, 10am-3pm
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Freddies Follies Drag
Show 8pm-10pm, hosted
by Ms. Destiny B. Childs
Karaoke, 10pm-1am
TOWN
DC Rawhides host Town
& Country: Two-Step, Line
Dancing, Waltz and West
Coast Swing, $5 Cover to
stay all night Doors open
6:45pm, Lessons 7-8pm,
Open dance 8-10:30pm
CTRL: Snowed In! Dance
Party, 11pm-close Drag
Show starts at 10:30pm
Hosted by Lena Lett and
featuring Miss Tatianna,
Shi-Queeta-Lee, Epiphany
B. Lee and BaNaka
Music and videos by DJ
Wess downstairs Cover
JR.S
$4 Coors, $5 Vodka highballs, $7 Vodka Red Bulls
NELLIES
Guest DJs Zing Zang
Bloody Marys, Nellie Beer,
House Rail Drinks and
PHASE 1
Dancing, 9pm-close
PWS SPORTS BAR
Karaoke in the lounge
Charity Bingo with Cash
Prizes 3rd Sat. of Every
Month Half-price cheesesteaks and fries, 4-8pm
SUN., 12.28.14
9 1/2
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection No
Cover
COBALT/30 DEGREES
$4 Stoli and Miller Lite all
day Homowood Karaoke,
10pm-close
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Champagne Brunch Buffet,
10am-3pm Crazy Hour,
4-7pm Karaoke 8pm-1am
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JR.S
Sunday Funday Liquid
Brunch Doors open at
1pm $2 Coors Lights &
$3 Skyy (all flavors), all day
and night
NELLIES
Drag Brunch, hosted by
Shi-Queeta-Lee, 11am-3pm
$24 Brunch Buffet
House Rail Drinks, Zing
Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie
Beer and Mimosas, $4,
11am-close Buckets of
Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
Pop Goes the World with
Wes Della Volla at 9:30
pm Happy Hour: 2 for
1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Decades of Dance DJ
Tim-e in Secrets Doors
8pm Cover 21+
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MON., 12.29.14
9 1/2
Multiple TVs showing
movies, shows, sports
ANNIES
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
Drag Show hosted by
Kristina Kelly Doors open
at 10pm, show starts at
11pm $3 Skyy Cocktails,
$8 Skyy and Red Bull No
Cover, 18+
FREDDIES
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
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JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm
Showtunes Songs &
Singalongs, 9pm-close
DJ Jamez $3 Drafts
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Beat The Clock Happy Hour
$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
$4 (7-8pm) Buckets of
Beer $15 Dart Boards
Poker Texas Holdem, 8pm
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
TUES., 12.30.14
9 1/2
ANNIES
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $4
Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
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COBALT/30 DEGREES
SIN Industry Night
Half-price Cocktails, 10pmclose
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
JR.S
Underground (Indie Pop/Alt/
Brit Rock), 9pm-close DJ
Wes Della Volla 2-for-1,
all day and night
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
Beer $15 Karaoke Drag
Bingo
NUMBER NINE
No Cover Safe Word: A
Gay Spelling Bee, 8-11pm
Prizes to top three
spellers After 9pm, $3
Absolut, Bulleit & Stella
WED., 12.31.14
COBALT/30 DEGREES
New Years Eve 2015: A
Night at Studio 54, 9pm4am Featuring a live
performance by Debby
Holiday Hosted by
Miss Cyon Flare With
a Midnight Countdown,
Champagne Toast, Party
Favors and Noise Makers
Music by DJs MadScience
and Keenan Orr DJ Sean
Morris in 30 Degrees $4
Stoli & Flavors and Miller
Lite 21+ General
admission tickets $20, VIP
tickets $85, including Open
Bar All Night Advance
tickets at cobaltdc.com
DC9
New Years Eve Chocolate
Factory Buy $2 Chocolate
Bar for chance to win
tickets to DC9 shows
Performances by Oompa
Loompas 4-hour Premium
Open Bar, 10m-2am DJs
Steve Lemmerman and Bill
Spieler $60 Cover before
Dec. 27, $70 Dec. 28-31
Visit dcnine.com
FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Steven Andrade as Cher
Hors doeuvre buffet, champagne toast, party favors
and $5 off New Years Day
Brunch Karaoke DJ Nat
$35 per person
JR.S
NYE balloon drop at
midnight with over $500
in cash and prizes
Complimentary champagne
toast and party favors
No cover
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
New Years Eve Party
featuring DJs Lemz
and Vodkatrina
Complimentary Champagne
Toast 21+
NUMBER NINE
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on
any drink, 5-9pm No
Cover New Years Eve
Party featuring DJ Chord
Free Champagne Toast at
Midnight, as well as hats,
party favors and noise makers No cover
PHASE 1 CAPITOL HILL

New Years Eve Party
$3 PBR Pounders and a
Split Party Hats, Favors
and Noise Makers Prize
Bottle of Champagne to
the sexiest person wearing
all gold attire $10 Cover
21+
PHASE 1 DUPONT
New Years Eve Party
Toast at Midnight Party
Hats, Favors and Noise
Makers DJ Rosie Spins
Featuring the Ladies of
LURe & SCANDAL, with
the DystRucXion Dancers
Live performance by the DC
Kings $15 21+
TOWN
Super-Gay New Years
Eve Party Music by DJ
NIKNO Countdown of the
Top Music Videos of 2014
by VJs BacK2bACk Also
featuring the Town Gogo
Boys Doors open 9pm
Drag Show starts at 9:30pm
featuring performances
by BaNaka, Shi-QueetaLee, Epiphany B. Lee and

guest performer Peaches
Tickets $25 Available
online at Groovetickets.com
or at Number Nine or Town
Box Office during normal
operating hours
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Extended hours for New
Years Eve Featuring a
Cash Balloon Drop and
Split Two shows of Ella
Fitzgerald and the Ladies
of Illusion DJ Don T.
in Secrets VJ Tre in
Ziegfelds 21+
THURS., 01.01.14
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
ANNIES/ANNIES
UPSTAIRS
4@4 Happy Hour, 4pm-7pm

Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $6 Call
Martini, $3 Miller Lite, $4
Rail, $5 Call, 4-9pm $3
Rail Drinks, 10pm-midnight,
$5 Red Bull, Gatorade
and Frozen Virgin Drinks
Locker Room Thursday
Nights DJs Sean Morris
and MadScience Ripped
Hot Body Contest at midnight, hosted by Sasha
J. Adams and BaNaka
$200 Cash Prize Doors
open 10pm, 18+ $5 Cover
under 21 and free with
college ID
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
JR.S
$3 Rail Vodka Highballs, $2
JR.s drafts, 8pm to close
Throwback Thursday featuring rock/pop retro hits
NELLIES SPORTS BAR

Open at noon for Bowl
Games, Nellies Breakfast
and Hangover Specials
$2 (5-6pm), $3 (6-7pm),
Beer $15
NUMBER NINE
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Shirtless Thursday DJ
Tim-e in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+
FRI., 01.02.14
9 1/2
Friday Night Videos with
resident DJ Shea Van Horn
VJ Expanded craft beer
selection No cover
ANNIES
Martinis Upstairs open
5-11pm
COBALT/30 DEGREES
All You Can Drink Happy
Hour $15 Rail &
Domestic, $21 Call &
Imports, 6-9pm Guys
Night Out Free Rail
Vodka, 11pm-Midnight, $6
Belvedere Vodka Drinks all
night DJ Keenan Orr in
Cobalt, DJ Barronhawk in
30 Degrees $10 cover
10pm-1am, $5 after 1am
21+
1, 4-9pm $5 Coronas, $8
Vodka Red Bulls, 9pm-close
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
DJ Matt Bailer Videos,
Dancing Beat The Clock
Happy Hour $2 (5-6pm),
$3 (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
PHASE 1
DJ Styalo Dancing
$5 cover
upstairs, BacK2bACk
downstairs Doors open
at 10pm For those 21 and
over, $5 from 10-11pm and
$10 after 11pm For those
18-20, $12 all night 18+
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers,
hosted by LaTroya Nicole
Ladies of Illusion with host
Kristina Kelly, 9pm DJ
Steve Henderson in Secrets
DJ Don T. in Ziegfelds
Cover 21+
SAT., 01.03.14
DC BEAR CRUE
@Town Bear Happy
Hour, 6-11pm $3 Rail,
$3 Draft, $3 Bud Bottles
Free Pizza, 7pm Hosted
by Charger Stone No
cover before 9:30pm 21+
PWS SPORTS BAR

9855 Washington Blvd. N
Laurel, Md.
301-498-4840
Drag Show in lounge
Half-price burgers and fries,
4-8pm
9 1/2
$5 Absolut & Titos, $3
Miller Lite after 9pm
FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
TOWN
Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by Lena
Lett and featuring Miss
Tatianna, Shi-QueetaLee, Epiphany B. Lee
and BaNaka DJ Wess
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Drag Yourself to Brunch
at Level One, 11am-2 and
2-4pm Featuring Kristina
Kelly and the Ladies of
Illusion Bottomless
Mimosas and Bloody Marys
JR.S
Buy 1, Get 1, 11pm-midnight Happy Hour: 2-for-
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Happy Hour: $3 Miller

Lite, $4 Rail, $5 Call, 4-9pm
Drink specials all night
21+
Charity Bingo with Cash

Prizes 3rd Sat. of Every
Month Half-price cheesesteaks and fries, 4-8pm
TVs showing movies,

Cover
FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Diner-style Breakfast
Buffet, 10am-3pm
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Freddies Follies Drag
Show 8pm-10pm, hosted
by Ms. Destiny B. Childs
Karaoke, 10pm-1am
TOWN
Adore Delano from RuPauls
Drag Race performs
Doors open 10pm Drag
Show starts at 10:30pm
featuring Miss Tatianna,
Shi-Queeta-Lee, Epiphany
B. Lee and BaNaka
Music and videos by DJ
Wess downstairs Cover
$8 from 10-11pm, $12 after
11pm 21+
COBALT/30 DEGREES
$4 Stoli and Miller Lite all
day Homowood Karaoke,
10pm-close
JR.S
$4 Coors, $5 Vodka highballs, $7 Vodka Red Bulls
NELLIES
Guest DJs Zing Zang
Bloody Marys, Nellie Beer,
House Rail Drinks and
Mimosas, $4, 11am-5pm
Buckets of Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
PHASE 1
Dancing, 9pm-close
PWS SPORTS BAR
Karaoke in the lounge
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ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Men of Secrets, 9pm
Guest dancers Ladies
of Illusion with host Ella
Fitzgerald, 9pm DJ Steve
Henderson in Secrets
Doors 8pm Cover 21+
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NELLIES
Drag Brunch, hosted by
Shi-Queeta-Lee, 11am-3pm
$20 Brunch Buffet
House Rail Drinks, Zing
Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie
Beer and Mimosas, $4,
11am-close Buckets of
Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
Pop Goes the World with
Wes Della Volla at 9:30
pm Happy Hour: 2 for
1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover
MON., 01.05.14
FREDDIES
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm
Showtunes Songs &
Singalongs, 9pm-close
DJ Jamez $3 Drafts
NUMBER NINE
No Cover
TUES., 01.06.14
9 1/2
COBALT/30 DEGREES
SIN Industry Night
Half-price Cocktails, 10pmclose
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
JR.S
Underground (Indie Pop/Alt/
Brit Rock), 9pm-close DJ
Wes Della Volla 2-for-1,
all day and night
WED., 01.07.14
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
ANNIES
Happy Hour, 4-7pm $4
Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
$4 Stoli and Stoli Flavors
and Miller Lite
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm $6
Burgers Drag Bingo
Night, hosted by Ms.
Regina Jozet Adams

Karaoke, 10pm-1am
JR.S
Trivia with MC Jay Ray,
8pm The Queen, 10-11pm
$2 JRs Drafts & $4
Vodka ($2 with College I.D./
JRs Team Shirt)
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
SmartAss Trivia Night
Anniversary, 8pm and 9pm
Prizes include bar tabs
and tickets to shows at the
9:30 Club $15 Buckets of
Beer for SmartAss Teams
only Bring a new team
member and each get a
free $10 Dinner
NUMBER NINE
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Shirtless Night, 10-11pm,
12-12:30am Military
Night, no cover with
military ID DJ Don T. in
Secrets 9pm Cover
21+ l
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A guide to some nightlife best bets for ringing in 2015
DVARG
BY DOUG RULE
CLUBLIFE
S New Years Dancing
OME PEOPLE LIKE

to stay home and
keep things low-key
and quiet on New
Years Eve. Fortunately,
D.C. has plenty of options
for the rest of us who
would rather tie one on
or three and usher in
2015 with a bubbly toast
among many of our closest,
or at least newest, friends.
If you want to dance
in the new year next
Wednesday, Dec. 31,
there are a number of
great options. Town
Danceboutique gets the
ball rolling downstairs with
a countdown of the top
music videos of 2014 by
VJs BacK2bACk and a drag
show hosted by Lena Lett
and featuring Banaka, Shiqueeta Lee and Epiphany,
plus special guest Team
Peaches. Once midnight
rolls around, both oors will
be stocked with glow sticks
and confetti cannons, and
DJ Nikno closes out the
night by pumping the jams
upstairs. Cover is $25.
Cobalt welcomes dance/
soul singer Debby Holiday
for a performance hosted
by Miss Cyon Flare from
Chicago, plus music all
night from DJs MadScience
and Kennan Orr on the
main dance oor and DJ
Sean Morris in the lounge.
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pagne toast plus $6 Stoli

drinks, while an $85 VIP
ticket gets you a Veuve
Clicquot midnight toast and
open bar all night.
At the Ziegfelds/
Secrets complex, everyone gets their own split of
champagne for the midnight
toast and there will be
cash balloon drops on both
oors. Ella Fitzgerald leads
her Ladies of Illusion in two
shows downstairs with
music by VJ Tre, and the
Men of Secrets offer dancing delights upstairs, with
music by DJ Don T.
The Ladies of LURe &
Scandal have joined forces
at Phase 1 of Dupont (the
space formerly known
as Apex) for an inaugural dance party called
Scene, with beats by DJ
Rosie, eye candy by the
DystRucXion Dancers and
a performance by the DC
Kings drag troupe, plus a
midnight champagne toast
with party favors and other
fun treats. Cover is $15.
Meanwhile the original
Phase 1 in Capitol Hill is
going for gold by offering a
free bottle of champagne to
those dressed in the sexiest in gold NYE apparel.
The cover of $10 gets you a
champagne split, noisemakers and party favors, and all
night you can chug $3 PBR
Pounders.
Green Lantern offers
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a special edition of the

monthly Bears Can Dance
party presented by 495
Bears, with free champagne, party favors for $5
after 10 p.m. and with
coffee and donuts at 1 a.m.
Kamille Leal hosts a party
and balloon drop at Mova
with music by DJs Honey,
adotnet and Jai Syncere,
all for $15 in advance with
complimentary champagne
and $5 Mova punch drinks.
Across the river at
Arlingtons Freddies
Beach Bar, Steven
Andrade performs as Cher
on a night featuring music
spun by DJ Nat, special
New Years Eve cocktails
as well as an hors doeuvre
buffet, champagne toast
and favors, all for $35. (And
of course the venue known
for its brunches offers a
special New Years Day
Brunch for only $19.99,
minus $5 with NYE ticket
stub.)
Meanwhile, DC9
throws a party called NYE
Chocolate Factory, offering one hundred $2 chocolate bars in a contest granting one winner a ticket to
every show at the venue
in 2015 with everyone
else getting a ticket to one
show of their choice. DJs
Steve Lemmerman and Bill
Spieler spin for the party
also featuring appearances
by Oompa Loompas and a
4-hour premium open bar

starting at 10 p.m. plus
complimentary champagne
at midnight, of course.
Cover is $60, or $70 after
Dec. 28.
For free options, head
down the block to Nellies
Sports Bar, where DJs
Lemz and Vodkatrina tagteam a party with $15 buckets of beer, $3 Nellie beer
and $3 house vodka until
10 p.m., and free champagne at midnight. Or you
could head several blocks
southwest to Number
Nine for complimentary
champagne, noisemakers and party favors plus
tunes by DJ Chord, or
another few blocks further
west for JR.s Bar & Grill,
where they will feature a
champagne toast and their
traditional balloon drop at
midnight, featuring $500 in
cash and prizes.
For something more
cultural, you cant do much
better than the Kennedy
Centers Grand Foyer Party
starting at 10:30 p.m. and
featuring music by the
13-piece D.C. swing ensemble Craig Gildner Big Band
and the 11-piece New York
group the Williamsburg
Salsa Orchestra. The party
is free for anyone with a
ticket stub from a show on
site beforehand, whether
Joseph & The Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
or Shear Madness, the
National Symphony
Orchestra with the multicultural Latin rock band
Ozomatli, or saxophonist
Branford Marsalis and his
jazz quartet.
For more info on these
and other area gay bars,
visit metroweekly.com/
nightlife.l
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cases], says Roberta Kaplan, the attorney

sistency, especially in recent months.

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LGBT Allies Brace for

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they want to make sure LGBT equality

people to discriminate in hiring, based

DECEMBER 25, 2014

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session

at Hains Point, 927 Ohio Dr. SW. 6:30-8 p.m. Visit

GAY DISTRICT holds facilitated discussion for

PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-affirming social

group for ages 11-24. 4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road

Principles by community members, an interactive

BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay volunteer orga-

nization, volunteers today for Food & Friends. To

DECEMBER 25, 2014

Collection near Dupont Circle to see exhibition on

CHRYSALIS arts & culture group visits the Phillips

DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social

club welcomes all levels for exercise in a fun and

DC SENTINELS basketball team meets at Turkey

Thicket Recreation Center, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE,

DIGNITY NORTHERN VIRGINIA sponsors Mass

es and foreign languages. 7 p.m. Nellies, 900 U St.

Mass for the LGBT community. 6 p.m., St.

FRIENDS MEETING OF WASHINGTON meets for

preted) and 11 a.m. Childrens Sunday School at 11

RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, a Christ-centered,

Interweave social/service group meets monthly.

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,

The DC Center hosts COFFEE DROP-IN FOR THE