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Down to the wire
for Fenty, Gray
Prominent activists,
disappointed in
mayor, embrace
Council chair
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
After months of sitting on the
fence, many of the city’s most
prominent LGBT activists have
come out in support of City
Council Chairman Vincent Gray
(D-At-Large) over Mayor Adrian
Fenty (D) in the city’s Sept. 14
Democratic primary.
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Similar to reports about voter
sentiment in many parts of the
city, some LGBT activists say
their enthusiasm for Fenty in the
months following his landslide
election in 2006 diminished over
the past three years on both gay
and non-gay issues.
Like their straight counter-
parts, a number of LGBT
activists said Fenty seemed to
show a lack of interest in speak-
ing out on issues of importance
to them, including hate crimes
targeting the LGBT community.
“Adrian is very bright and
energetic and he’s well mean-
ing,” said gay and AIDS activist
news
Former Log Cabin leader
assails Ken Mehlman
for staying closeted
while running the GOP.
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Michael Sainte-Andress. “But
one of the things that Vince has
that Adrian lacks is the maturity
and the wisdom to understand
that you have to be genuinely
concerned about the people that
you’re elected to represent.”
Gay Democratic activists
Peter Rosenstein and Lane
Hudson, who supported Fenty in
the 2006 mayoral election, were
among the early supporters this
year of Gray’s candidacy for
mayor. Citing their disappoint-
ment in Fenty’s handling of both
gay and non-gay issues, the two
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A fourth openly gay
member of Congress?
Democrat Cicilline
faces Tuesday
primary in R.I.
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
A gay Rhode Island politician
running for Congress faces a
major hurdle next week in his bid
to represent the Ocean State in
the U.S. House.
David Cicilline, the mayor of
Providence, R.I., is facing a pri-
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Washington Blade photos by Michael Key
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty (right) faces a tough primary challenge next
week against Council Chair Vincent Gray.
mary on Tuesday that will deter- reach out to voters in the district
mine who will carry the
Democratic banner in the gener-
he wants to represent.
“We are running a strong
al election to represent Rhode grassroots campaign with many
Island’s 1st congressional district volunteers knocking on doors,
and potentially succeed retiring making phone calls and reaching
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) in out to voters more and more
Congress. each day,” he said. “We are going
Should Cicilline win the pri- to continue doing this from now
mary and later the general elec- until the election on Sept. 14.”
tion, he would become the fourth Cicilline is enjoying consider-
sitting openly gay member of able support from the LGBT
Congress. community in his bid for a U.S.
In a statement provided to the House seat not only because
Blade, Cicilline said he’s “work-
ing hard every single day” to Continues on page 12
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LOCALNEWS
10 LGBT candidates running in Maryland
Beyer hopes to become first
out trans state legislator
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
Maryland has a chance of electing the
nation’s highest number of out lesbian,
gay or transgender people to a state leg-
islature on Sept. 14, when nine such can-
didates will be on the Democratic primary
ballot for seats in the state’s General
Assembly.
A tenth candidate, gay consultant
Byron Macfarlane, is running for the state
post of Register of Wills.
Four of the nine General Assembly
candidates are incumbents who are
expected to win re-election, according to
the head of Equality Maryland, a
statewide LGBT advocacy group.
“It’s exciting that we have all these
LGBT candidates,” said Morgan
Meneses-Sheets, the group’s executive
director. “They are talking about jobs and
the economy as well as LGBT issues.”
Meneses-Sheets and others familiar
with the races say as many as four of the
LGBT challengers have a shot at winning,
which could raise the number of out LGBT
members of the General Assembly – the
state legislative body that consists of the
House of Delegates and Senate – from
four to eight.
One of the candidates hopeful of victo-
ry is eye surgeon turned political activist
Dana Beyer of Montgomery County,
who has been endorsed by the
Washington Post and the Montgomery
Gazette for a District 18 seat in the House
of Delegates.
If she wins her primary race in the over-
whelmingly Democratic district, Beyer is
expected to easily win in the November
general election, making her the nation’s
first out transgender person to be elected
to a state legislature.
As a legislative adviser to a member of
the Montgomery County Council and an
outspoken advocate for LGBT equality,
Beyer’s status as a transgender woman
has been widely reported in the media for
at least four years or longer.
“It was a novel thing four years ago,”
Beyer said. “Now, nobody cares. Now it’s
about my being a physician, surgeon,
county staffer, advocate and activist. And
somebody with a record who can get
things done and is willing to stand up and
speak clearly,” she said.
“I think that matters more than anything
else. The fact that I’m trans is not rele-
vant.”
In the Maryland General Assembly,
most legislative districts include three
House of Delegate seats and one Senate
seat. In District 18, Beyer and one other
challenger are competing against three
delegate incumbents. The district includes
the areas of Chevy Chase, Kensington,
Silver Spring and Wheaton.
The incumbent senator in the district is
Richard Madaleno, the first out gay per-
son to win election to the Maryland
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
‘It was a novel thing four years ago,’ said
Dana Beyer. ‘Now, nobody cares. … The
fact that I’m trans is not relevant.’
General Assembly. Madaleno, who also
received endorsements from the Post and
Gazette, is expected to win election to
another term.
The other incumbents considered
strong favorites to win re-election to the
House of Delegates are lesbians Anne
Kaiser of District 14, which includes
Damascus, Olney, part of Silver Spring,
and Burtonsville, among other areas in
Montgomery County; Heather Mizeur of
District 20, which includes Takoma Park
and part of Silver Spring; and Maggie
McIntosh of District 43, which includes
north-central Baltimore and surrounding
areas.
Among the four challengers seeking
seats in the General Assembly include
gay trade association legislative director
Tim Quinn, who is running for a state
Senate seat in District 37, which includes
the cities of Easton, Cambridge, and
Salisbury. Lesbian civic activist and envi-
ronmental group director Mary
Washington of Baltimore is seeking a
House of Delegates seat in District 43, the
same Baltimore area district that
McIntosh represents.
Gay Anne Arundel County Assistant
State’s Attorney Luke Clippinger is run-
ning for a House of Delegates seat in
District 46, which includes south and
southeast Baltimore, including parts of
Federal Hill, Fells Point and Patterson
Park.
Lesbian teacher and National
Education Association Foundation official
Bonnie Cullison is running for a House of
Delegates seat in District 19, which
includes the Montgomery County jurisdic-
tions of Gaithersburg, Aspen Hill,
Wheaton and Olney.
Macfarlane, who is running for the
Register of Wills position, is a resident of
Howard County and serves on the coun-
ty’s Democratic Central Committee.
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FBI investigating ‘robocall’ attacks against Graham
Federal authorities are investigating at least two separate computer generated
phone messages initiated by an anonymous person or group that denounced gay
D.C. Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) as being “immoral” and “wretched.”
The phone messages, known as “robocalls,” were placed to homes of Ward 1
residents on Sept. 4. They urged the residents not to vote for Graham in his re-
election bid because, among other things, he helped pay for an abortion for the
girlfriend of a former member of his staff.
“Paying to take a life is evil, especially when you weren’t even the parent,” one
of the phone messages said. “Jim Grahamn is wretched, immoral, and doesn’t
deserve to represent us. Let’s get a decent human being to fight for our children
— not kill them.”
The allegation apparently was based on a Washington City Paper story last
year reporting that Graham loaned his former aide, Ted Loza, money to help pay
for an abortion for his girlfriend. The City Paper said Graham confirmed the report
and said Loza repaid him. Graham later dismissed Loza after a grand jury indict-
ed him on bribery charges related to the city’s taxicab industry. Graham has not
been implicated in the taxicab bribery matter, which has been the subject of a fed-
eral investigation.
“We have turned over information about the calls to local and federal authori-
ties, including the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission,” said Chuck
Theis, a spokesperson for Graham’s election committee.
Theis said the calls appear to be aimed at the sender’s opposition to abortion.
The automated phone messages did not refer to Graham’s status as one of two
openly gay members of the Council. The second of the two robocalls accuses
Graham of having committed adul-
tery with a woman, a claim that
Theis calls “ridiculous” as well as
“outrageous.”
Federal law prohibits robocalls
that don’t identify the individual or
organization initiating the calls.
Theis said phone companies rou-
tinely cooperate with local and fed-
eral authorities to help trace the
calls and identify the vendor that the
initiator retains to transmit the calls.
The vendor is required by law to
reveal the call’s initiator to the
authorities.
Graham’s two opponents in the
Sept. 14 Democratic primary and Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
his Republican opponent in the An anonymous person denounced gay D.C.
November general election have Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) as
each said they had nothing to do being ‘immoral’ and ‘wretched’ in a robocall to
with the attack calls. GOP opponent voters.
Marc Morgan, who is gay, issued a
statement calling the phone messages “a horrible political stunt” that’s unethical.
“I have personally reached out to Council member Graham and assured him
that neither I nor anyone associated with my campaign was involved,” Morgan
said. “Furthermore, I will work with the Council member to identity the responsible
parties and assure they are due swift and necessary punishment.”
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Catania opponent disqualified from ballot
A D.C. minister who was endorsed by the anti-gay National Organization for
Marriage in his effort to oppose gay D.C. Council member David Catania (I-At-
Large) in the city’s November election was disqualified from the race last week by
the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics.
In a statement, Anthony Motley told supporters the election board notified him
that he did not fulfill the requirements for placement on the ballot. The Washington
Post reported that Motley failed to collect 3,000 valid petition signatures needed
to appear on the ballot for a citywide, at-large race.
Motley has said he supports LGBT equality in general but opposed legal recog-
nition of same-sex marriage, a position that prompted same-sex marriage oppo-
nents to back him over Catania, who wrote and became the lead sponsor of the
city’s same-sex marriage law.
LOU CHIBBARO JR.
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LOCALNEWS
Metro Weekly calls lawsuit ‘irresponsible’
Post-Newsweek sues
gay pub for more
than $1 million
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
lchibbaro@washblade.com
A lawsuit filed in July against
the local LGBT magazine Metro
Weekly by the company that
owns the Washington Post over
an alleged $85,000 printing debt
is a “sloppy pleading” and should
be dismissed with prejudice,
lawyers representing the maga-
zine said in an Aug. 23 motion.
The motion, filed in D.C.
Superior Court, says the court
lacks jurisdiction over the law-
suit’s allegation of breach of con-
tract against Jansi LLC, the com-
pany that publishes and oper-
ates Metro Weekly, for the
Poll shows Gray leading Fenty as election nears
Continued from page 1
agreed to add their names to a
new Gray campaign website
called FormerlyFenty.com, in
which dozens of former Fenty
supporters explain why they’re
now backing Gray.
Rosenstein and Hudson have
said that despite Fenty’s support for
same-sex marriage, Gray has
taken a greater interest in other
issues of concern to the LGBT
community, especially hate crimes.
Gay Fenty supporters, includ-
ing Capitol Hill Realtor and
Advisory Neighborhood
Commissioner Neil Glick, dispute
claims by Fenty critics that the
mayor is uncaring, saying Fenty
has improved city services that
impact both gays and non-gays.
“For mayor, I don’t need Miss
Congeniality,” said Glick. “And no
one leader is 100 percent per-
fect. But we have to look at the
bigger picture. We are light years
ahead of where we were in the
recent past.”
Gay ANC Commissioner Alex
Padro, who represents the city’s
Shaw neighborhood, echoed
Glick’s sentiment.
“It’s not about personalities, it’s
about performance,” Padro said.
“Shaw has seen major improve-
ments under Fenty. And I’m
pleased to be able to say the vast
majority of people in my neighbor-
hood — both LGBT and straight —
favor giving the mayor another
term to complete his work.”
Veteran D.C. gay rights leader
alleged 2005 printing debt.
The lawsuit says the alleged
printing debt stems from printing
services Metro Weekly used
from Comprint, a Gaithersburg,
Md., printing plant owned by
Post-Newsweek Media.
Metro Weekly’s motion to dis-
miss the suit says Post-
Newsweek Media also failed to
substantiate its second allega-
tion in the lawsuit—that Jansi
LLC engaged in fraud by enter-
ing into a licensing agreement
with Isosceles Publishing, the
company that published and
operated Metro Weekly up until
November 2007, for the alleged
purpose of evading debts and
liabilities.
The lawsuit says that as a
result of the alleged fraud, Post-
Newsweek Media “suffered dam-
ages in a sum to be proved at
trial but expected to exceed
Frank Kameny, who said he has
yet to decide whether to vote for
Fenty or Gray, appeared to sum
up the views of activists who
consider both candidates friends
of the community.
“I would be perfectly happy to
have either one of them as my
mayor for the next four years,”
he said.
In other city races, gay
Council member Jim Graham (D-
Ward 1) is the strong favorite to
win his party’s nomination in the
primary and win re-election to
another term in November.
But Democratic at-large can-
didate Clark Ray, who some
LGBT activists hoped would
become the third out gay mem-
ber of the City Council, is trailing
badly in his race, with just 7 per-
cent support, according to a
recent Washington Post poll.
While the same Washington
Post poll shows Gray leading
Fenty by a margin of 49 to 36
percent among city-wide
Democratic voters, some Fenty
supporters predict the LGBT
vote, although appearing to be
divided, could still tilt toward
Fenty before the polls close on
election day.
Some Gray backers, including
Rosenstein, predict the LGBT
vote will go to Gray by a margin
of about 60 percent to 40 percent
for Fenty.
Gray and Fenty each have
longstanding records of support
on LGBT issues, with Gray vot-
ing for and Fenty signing the
$1,000,000.”
Attorneys for Metro Weekly
have said the debt was incurred
exclusively by Isosceles and that
Jansi, which assumed all pub-
lishing responsibilities over
Metro Weekly in 2007, is not
responsible for the debt.
The lawsuit’s fraud allegation
“fails to state a cause of action
on which relief can be granted
because the plaintiff has failed …
to state underlying facts in suffi-
cient detail and with sufficient
particularity of the five factual
elements necessary to support a
fraud claim,” the motion to dis-
miss says.
It says that under court rules
and D.C. law, the allegation of
breach of contract must be dis-
missed because Post-Newsweek
Media filed a nearly identical
lawsuit in 2009 against Isosceles
Publishing over the same
Council member Phil Mendelson found himself trailing in a recent poll
due to confusion over the name of his opponent, Michael Brown, who
shares the same name with the popular incumbent Council member.
city’s historic same-sex marriage
law last December.
The Gertrude Stein
Democratic Club, the city’s
largest LGBT political group, has
endorsed Gray.
The Gay and Lesbian Activists
Alliance, a non-partisan group,
gave Gray a rating score on LGBT
and some-non-LGBT issues of
+8.5 on a rating scale of -10 to +10.
The group gave Fenty a score of
+4, saying the mayor disagreed
with its position on some issues,
including a gay adoption bill that
LGBT activists backed but Fenty
initially opposed at the advice of his
attorney general, Peter Nickles, on
alleged $85,000 printing debut
and failed to name Jansi LLC as
a defendant.
The motion says that under
court rules and D.C. law, Post-
Newsweek Media is precluded
from adding Jansi LLC and one
of its two shareholders, Randy
Shulman, as defendants in the
second lawsuit.
The attorney representing
Post-Newsweek Media did not
respond to a request for com-
ment by press time.
The Post-Newsweek lawsuit
alleges that Shulman, the princi-
pal owner of Isosceles
Publishing and a part owner of
Jansi LLC, Jansi, and Isosceles
“entered into the 2007 License
Agreement with the specific
intention of evade Isosceles’
creditors while continuing to pub-
lish, and reap revenue from,
Metro Weekly.”
Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
grounds that it would violate federal
adoption related rules.
Gay rights attorney Nancy
Polikoff, who is considered an
expert on family law issues, dis-
puted Nickles’ assessment of the
federal rules. The D.C. Council
eventually passed the bill and
Fenty signed it.
In a statement accompanying
its ratings, GLAA says that in
addition to his initial opposition to
the gay adoption bill, Fenty lost
points in his rating score for
breaking a 2006 campaign
promise to consult with the
LGBT community on his selec-
tion of a police chief and director
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D.C. attorney John Karr is one
of the two attorneys that filed the
motion to dismiss on behalf of
Metro Weekly.
“Post-Newsweek has not
identified a false representation
made to it by the present defen-
dants,” the motion says. “Nor a
material fact about which any
representation has been made.
Nor any reference or basis of
knowledge on the parts of these
defendants of the falsity of any
statements made by either to
Post-Newsweek…This is not just
sloppy pleading, it is irresponsi-
ble, and a far cry from what the
rules and the decisional law
interpreting them require,” it
says.
Superior Court Judge John
Ramsey Johnson, who is presid-
ing over the case, must decide
whether to grant or reject the
motion to dismiss.
of the Office of Human Rights.
The group noted that the mayor
made the appointments without
consulting the community.
The Post poll did not identify
LGBT voters. The Blade con-
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NATIONALNEWS
Former Log Cabin
leader assails Mehlman
Tafel says gay RNC chair
‘never lifted a finger for us’
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
Photo by Bettye Lane; courtesy of First Run Features Release
A historic photo of the Stonewall riots seen in the documentary ‘Stonewall Uprising.’ A former head of the Log Cabin
Republicans is criticizing newly out Ken
Mehlman for keeping his sexual orienta-
tion secret and for working against the
Police inspector who raided Stonewall Inn dies  LGBT community when he held leader-
ship positions in the Republican Party.
NEW YORK — Seymour Pine, the deputy police inspector who led the raid on Rich Tafel, who served as executive
the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village, on a hot summer night in 1969 director of Log Cabin from 1993 to 2002,
— a moment that helped start the gay liberation movement — died Sept. 2 at an said in a Blade interview that he’s “a little
assisted living center in Whippany, N.J., according to a New York Times article. He less sympathetic” than others regarding
was 91. Mehlman’s announcement.
Pine, who later apologized for his role in the raid, was commander of the New “It pisses me off that people will put
York Police Department’s vice squad for Lower Manhattan when he led eight offi- their ambition ahead of the truth, and
cers into the Inn, an illegal club frequented by transgender patrons, just after mid- then, when it’s convenient, play the gay
night on June 28, 1969. card and hope that everybody [can] raise
During a 2004 appearance at the New York Historical Society, an audience money and get money and then expect
member at a speech he was giving said he should apologize. He did. Author David everybody to say, ‘Everything is great,’”
Carter, who wrote a 2004 book about the riots, said Pine had typical hang-ups Tafel said.
and preconceived ideas common at the time but that he wasn’t the homophobe Mehlman came out in an article pub-
he’s been remembered as. lished online last month in The Atlantic
after he reportedly told close friends he’s
Iowa study shows gay marriage caused no harm  gay and that he recently came to terms
with his sexual orientation. Mehlman
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A new IowaWatch study on same-sex marriage in that reportedly has come out for same-sex
state found that in the 18 months it has been legal there, the newly legalized insti- marriage will take part in a fundraiser this
tution has revealed striking similarities to traditional marriage and no discernible month for the American Foundation for
harm to the institution, according to a report by the Iowa City Press-Citizen news- Equal Rights, the organization behind the
paper. federal lawsuit against Proposition 8 in
The study found that similarities range from the way men and women often California.
view marriage — gays compared to their straight counterparts — to the more Before becoming chair of the
mundane tasks of married life such as doing yard work. Like people in traditional Republican National Committee in 2005,
marriages, same-sex couples also talk about raising children and shielding them Mehlman worked for the presidential
from the verbal slings of peers, the stability and unit-strength of a family and the campaigns for George W. Bush in 2000
value of loving relationships among parents and children as well as legal neces- and 2004. LGBT rights supporters
sities and financial security. denounced Bush’s 2004 campaign for
endorsing the Federal Marriage
Thousands rally against gay marriage in California  Amendment, which would have banned
same-sex marriage throughout the coun-
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thousands of Christian conservatives spent 12 hours try.
last weekend praying and fasting in front of the California state Capitol at a gath- Tafel said Mehlman’s decision to come
ering organizers described as spiritual repentance “when there is no hope for a out after working for campaigns that pro-
nation.” The day-long event, called “The Call to Conscience,” was led by pastors moted anti-gay initiatives “sends a lousy
who oppose same-sex marriage, pornography and abortion, according to an message.”
Associated Press report. Attendees jumped and danced between sermons and “You do have to show moral courage in
musical performances. coming out when you work in politics,”
Tafel said. “And if the message is stay
New York governor signs anti-bullying law ambitious, and stay in the closet, even
work with anti-gay stuff, and then come
WASHINGTON — New York Gov. David Paterson (D) signed into law on out and everybody’s supposed to forgive
Wednesday legislation intended to alleviate bullying and harassment against him — I’m just not there.”
LGBT people in public schools. Tafel said Mehlman was unhelpful in
The legislation, known as the Dignity for All Students Act, includes protections those years, even as others who were
based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. According to closeted and held high-level positions
the New York Times, the law will require school districts to report instances of bul- within the Republican Party provided
lying to the State Education Department. assistance to Log Cabin. Tafel counted
It’s the first state law in New York to provide explicit protections for transgender Dan Gurley, a former field director for the
people. Republican National Committee, as
In a statement, Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay & Lesbian among those who were helpful even
Task Force, said Paterson’s signing of the bill is important because for many though he was closeted as a Republican
LGBT students “going to school is tantamount to a daily dose of torture.” Party operative.
Charles Robbins, executive director of the Trevor Project, an organization “I would say there are two types of
devoted to suicide prevention for LGBT youth, also applauded Paterson’s action. people in the closet,” Tafel said. “There’s
one type of people in the closet who were
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icized by a former gay GOP leader for stay-
ing closeted while the party pushed to ban
same-sex marriage.
extremely helpful to me, and then there
were the other ones who weren’t. Ken
was in the very small category of people
who weren’t.”
Tafel said he first met Mehlman when
he was about to go work on the Bush
campaign in 2000 and that Mehlman
“chastised” him for “not being supportive
enough” of then-Gov. Bush.
“Most people actually tried to help ...
wherever they were in their life,” Tafel
said. “They tried to help you, but he really
never lifted a finger for us. Things got
pretty hostile with myself and the Bush
campaign. He was unhelpful. So, it was a
pretty unhappy relationship. It was noth-
ing positive.”
Tafel said the Bush campaign in 2000
was “coming after” him personally and
threatening to create another gay organi-
zation while saying “get in line or we’re
going to put you out of business.”
Recalling the 2004 presidential cam-
paign and its endorsement of the Federal
Marriage Amendment, Tafel criticized
Mehlman for supporting anti-gay rhetoric
and initiatives.
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cynically used gay issues to score points
to win at the presidential election, even
though they knew they couldn’t pass leg-
islation,” Tafel said.
Tafel said he finds the notion that
Mehlman is just now coming to terms with
his sexual orientation at the age of 43
“really hard to believe.” The former Log
Cabin head recalled Mehlman acted
“overly anxious and nervous” when the
two attended Republican events.
“There were people always coming up
to me saying that he hit on me, or I know
someone who knows someone — so I
don’t know if it’s anything but gossip,”
Tafel said. “But the whole thing strikes me
as a little almost picture perfect PR timing
to do it now when it’s probably going to
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NATIONALNEWS
‘Don’t Ask’ repeal is
priority #1 for activists
Advocacy groups plan
aggressive lobbying
effort next week
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
A gay veterans group is planning a
series of events next week to highlight the
need to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” as
the Senate could take action on the issue
this month.
Servicemembers United is organizing
a lobby day on Sept. 16 for gay veterans
and other supporters of repeal to ask
members of Congress to support pas-
sage of the fiscal year 2011 defense
authorization bill and pending language
that would lead to repeal of “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell.”
Additionally, the organization is plan-
ning on the same day an event for the
same-sex partners of U.S. service mem-
bers. Servicemembers United will also
host a gala Sept. 17 at its office to raise
money for the organization.
The events come as many repeal sup-
porters are pushing for and expecting the
Senate to take up the fiscal year 2011
defense authorization bill and “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” this month after lawmakers
return from August recess.
Michael Cole, a Human Rights
Campaign spokesperson, said taking up
repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is the first
priority for HRC when lawmakers return
next week.
“We are communicating with our allies
on the Hill to let them know that we’re
looking for them to finish the job,” Cole
said. “We feel confident that the votes are
there and that it’s time that we rid our
laws of this terrible policy.”
Cole said the Senate reportedly is
looking at the week of Sept. 20 to take up
the defense authorization bill and the
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” language in the
legislation.
The upcoming lobby day and other
events are intended to build pressure on
Congress in the remaining days before
the vote to move forward with repeal.
Alex Nicholson, executive director of
Servicemembers United, said the idea for
the upcoming lobby day came after the
organization and HRC jointly organized a
similar lobby day on “Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell” in May.
“It’s something that has value outside
of just the lobbying,” Nicholson said. “It’s
an opportunity for vets from all over the
country, supporters to get together and
connect to socialize, to meet, to work
together, collaborate.”
Nicholson said he’s expecting around
between 50 and 100 people to attend the
upcoming lobby day and estimated
around 75 percent of attendees would be
former U.S. service members.
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Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key
Supporters of repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell’ will urge Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid (D-Nev.) to schedule a vote on repeal
during lobby day activities next week.
But Nicholson said the lobby day next
week would be different from the lobby
day in the spring in many respects. One
major difference will be that rather than
simply pushing lawmakers to repeal
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” participants in the
upcoming lobby day would ask members
of Congress to support certain concrete
actions.
“We’re focused on a different objective
right now with this lobby day, which is the
quality of the visits and the nuances of
where the issue is right now,” Nicholson
said. “We’re in a very different place right
now than we were in early May and
there’s some very specific procedural
votes that are going to happen.”
Nicholson said the five actions that
participants will ask lawmakers to take
will be to:
• Oppose a motion to strike the repeal
language from the defense authorization
bill;
• Oppose any replacement or substi-
tute amendment with respect to the
repeal language;
• Oppose any other attempt to modify
or remove the repeal language in the
defense authorization bill;
• Oppose any filibuster attempt of the
defense authorization bill as a whole;
• and support final passage of the
defense authorization bill.
Nicholson said this approach to repeal
is necessary because many members of
Congress hold nuanced positions on
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
“People like Sen. Jim Webb can say, ‘I
Continues on page 16
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Cicilline seeks to become 4th out gay member of Congress
Continued from page 1
he’s gay but also because he’s
been supportive of the LGBT
community in the past.
Kathy Kushnir, executive
director of Marriage Equality
Rhode Island, said Cicilline has
been a steadfast supporter of
same-sex marriage and other
LGBT causes in his position as
mayor and earlier as a state law-
maker.
“As mayor of the city of the
Providence, he has always sup-
ported equal rights and he’s sup-
ported marriage equality and
done everything that he can to
make sure that all couples, all
families are treated equally in the
city of Providence,” she said. “We
would love to see him do his
good work wherever he goes.”
Among the national LGBT
groups that have endorsed
Cicilline are the Gay & Lesbian
Victory Fund and the Human
Rights Campaign.
Robin Brand, deputy execu-
tive director of the Victory Fund,
said Cicilline is “doing very well”
as he approaches his primary.
“He’s working very hard; he’s
raised a very competitive amount
of money,” she said. “We are feel-
ing that he’s in a very strong
position going into Sept. 14.”
Cicilline’s main opponent in
the primary is William Lynch, for-
mer head of the Rhode Island
State Democratic Party. Other
candidates in the running are
Anthony Gemma, a business-
man, and David Segal, a Rhode
Island State House member.
Brand said primary results are
sometimes hard to predict
because turnout is often unpre-
dictable, so Cicilline’s chances
next week will depend on the
ground game of getting out sup-
porters.
“You’re also trying to message
to a relatively small number of
voters,” she said. “A lot of times,
primary campaigns are really
driven by endorsements and by
personal connections to the
community.”
But Cicilline has a number of
factors in his favor as he enters
the Democratic primary. A poll
published last month by Brown
University found the Providence
mayor leading in the pack of
Democratic candidates.
According to the poll, 32 per-
cent said they would vote for
Cicilline while 15 percent would
support Lynch, 11 percent would
support Gemma and 5 percent
would support Segal.
Still, a number of votes could
be up for grabs. In the poll, 35
percent of respondents identified
as undecided.
Cicilline has also been a pow-
erhouse fundraiser whose war
chest dwarfs other Democratic
opponents in the race.
According to the most recent
Federal Election Commission
reports, Cicilline has raised
$1.16 million for his campaign
and has more than $900,000 in
cash on hand.
Comparatively, Lynch has
raised $286,000, Gemma has
raised $240,000 and Segal has
raised $144,000.
Brand said both the poll and
the fundraising numbers
“absolutely” bode well for
Cicilline as the primary
approaches.
“You’d rather be ahead than
behind, especially if we’re talking
significant spread margins,
which have been demonstrated
not only in the fundraising, but
also in the polling,” she said.
But Brand said the Cicilline
campaign is “taking nothing for
granted” despite these numbers
and has “been building a strong
field organization for months” in
anticipation of the primary.
Still, Cicilline’s opponents are
hammering on the problems fac-
ing Providence during his stew-
ardship of the city as mayor,
such as underperforming
schools and high unemployment.
In a radio debate on Aug. 18,
Gemma said Providence was in
“shambles” and said Cicilline is
not fit to serve in Congress, while
Lynch said city schools are a
“disaster,” according to the
Associated Press.
Cicilline didn’t attend
Wednesday’s debate reportedly
because it was held during the
“Buddy Cianci Show.” The show’s
host, Cicilline’s predecessor as
mayor, served time in federal
prison for corruption.
In response to these criti-
cisms, Brand said the situation in
Rhode Island isn’t different from
many other places that are fac-
ing economic problems.
“The frustration that voters are
feeling about the state of the
economy is happening across
the country,” she said. “I think
what voters are looking for is
strong leaders, and David
Cicilline is a strong leader.”
Brand said the Victory Fund
hasn’t seen Cicilline’s
Democratic challengers employ
anti-gay campaign tactics in an
attempt to derail the candidate in
the primary.
Whoever wins the Democratic
primary is likely to face in the
general election GOP candidate
John Loughlin, a Rhode Island
Assembly member and Army
David Cicilline, the gay mayor of Providence, R.I., is seeking to replace Rep. Patrick Kennedy in the House.
veteran.
Even though the winner of the
Sept. 14 primary would be run-
ning in a Democratic safe seat,
Brand said Cicilline is “keeping a
very close eye” on the general
election.
“It is Patrick Kennedy’s seat
and they kind of have hired the
Scott Brown team to try and
challenge him in the general, but
I believe Mayor Cicilline performs
strongly, which I expect he will,
that’s going to position him well
for holding that seat in
November,” Brand said.
Besides the primary in Rhode
Island, other openly LGBT candi-
dates are facing elections on
Tuesday and could achieve mile-
stones with their wins.
In New York, two non-incum-
bent candidates are running for
Democratic nominations to pur-
sue seats in the State Assembly:
Harry Bronson and Philip
LaTessa, who are both small
business owners.
Brand said the election of
those candidates could have a
bearing on the fight to win same-
sex marriage in the Empire
State.
“We’ve all been watching the
marriage battle there very close-
ly,” Brand said. “To increase the
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issues. The Post poll showed
Brown receiving just 1 percent
support and Johnson receiving
less than 1 percent among par-
ticipants in the citywide poll.
Perennial mayoral candidate
Faith, who has entered the city’s
mayoral race nearly every four
years since the 1980s, also
received a “0” GLAA rating for fail-
ing to return the group’s question-
naire. Faith, who is running this
year in the Statehood Green Party
primary, received less than 1 per-
cent support in the Post poll.
Ward 5 City Council candidate
Delano Hunter, who is challeng-
ing incumbent Council member
Harry Thomas Jr., in the
Democratic primary, and Ward 6
Council candidate
Robinson, who is challenging
Kelvin
incumbent Tommy Wells in the
primary, have also expressed
support for a ballot initiative to
decide whether to overturn the
marriage law. Most political
observers believe the two chal-
lengers are trailing far behind
Thomas and Wells, who support
same-sex marriage equality and
oppose holding a ballot
measure on the issue.
At the time the Council
approved the same-sex marriage
law last December, at least one
opponent of the bill, Rev.
Anthony Evans, predicted voters
would rise up to defeat each of
the 11 Council members who
voted for it. Evans and Rev. Harry
Jackson, one of the leaders of a
campaign to defeat the marriage
bill, vowed to recruit candidates
to oppose the Council members
backing the bill.
At-Large Council race
GLAA Vice President Rick
Rosendall said the fact that candi-
dates emerged to oppose Council
members supporting the marriage
bill in just three races and have lit-
tle or no chance of winning con-
firms the city’s longstanding repu-
tation as a progressive, LGBT-sup-
portive jurisdiction.
“Oddly enough, the only
Council member supportive of
the marriage bill that’s in serious
danger of being knocked off is
Phil Mendelson, but not by an
opponent of marriage equality,”
said Rosendall.
He was referring to
Mendelson in his role as an
LGBT-supportive at-large
Council member who is running
17 points behind challenger
Michael D. Brown, the largely
unknown D.C. shadow senator,
in a Washington Post poll that
stunned the city’s political estab-
lishment.
Political observers agree that
Brown’s lead over Mendelson
among registered Democrats is
due to voter confusion over
Brown’s name, which is the
same as that of incumbent D.C.
Council member Michael A.
Brown (I-At-Large).
Council member Brown, who
is not running for re-election this
year, has endorsed Mendelson
and has joined Vincent Gray in
an aggressive public awareness
campaign to clear up the confu-
sion over the two Browns. Gray
has also endorsed Mendelson.
Based on Mendelson’s lead
role in pushing through the same-
sex marriage bill as well as other
actions in support of LGBT legisla-
tion, GLAA gave Mendelson a per-
fect rating of +10.
Mendelson also received the
Stein Club’s endorsement over
shadow senator Brown and his
second primary opponent, gay for-
mer city parks and recreation
department director Clark Ray.
Ray is shown to have just 7 per-
cent support among Democratic
voters participating in the Post poll.
GLAA gave Ray a +5.5 rating.
The group said Ray is supportive
on all LGBT-related issues but lost
points by not elaborating on how
he would advance those issues.
GLAA said it also docked points
from Ray for his decision to seek
and accept an endorsement by
Rev. Willie Wilson, a local minister
who has denounced gays in
church sermons in past years. Ray
said he has persuaded Wilson, an
influential Ward 8 leader, to back
down from delivering such ser-
mons and to back LGBT rights.
GLAA gave shadow senator
Brown a rating of 0, in part
because he failed to return a
questionnaire that GLAA uses,
along with candidates’ past
records, to assess their position
on LGBT issues. Brown told the
Stein Club that he supports
same-sex marriage and opposes
a ballot measure on the issue.
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GLAA questionnaire but has no
LGBT-related record that the
group is aware of.
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advance ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal
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do support repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,
just not this year,’ or ‘I do support it; I’m
just going to support it within an expand-
ed certification,’” Nicholson said. “So, we
want to make sure that people who are
doing our work have the detailed knowl-
edge to be able to push back on these
attempts to get around to actually voting
for repeal this year.”
Additionally, the upcoming lobby day
will differ from the previous lobby day
because different members of the Senate
are being targeted.
Previously, the repeal supporters had
been working to influence the Senate
Armed Services Committee to adopt
repeal language as part of the defense
authorization bill. Now that the committee
has taken action to include the language
in the legislation, the focus is on the
Senate as a whole.
Nicholson said the targeted senators
of the upcoming lobby day are Sens. Kent
Conrad (D-N.D.), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.),
Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), Tim Johnson (D-
S.D.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Mark
Pryor (D-Ark.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.).
One senator that Nicholson said will
get “special attention” is Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) because he’s
the sole person who can ensure the
defense authorization bill sees a vote this
month.
Even though the Senate is the priority
for repeal supporters because a vote in
that chamber is imminent, Nicholson said
the lobby day will also involve visits to
members of the U.S. House, which has
already approved the defense authoriza-
tion bill with “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal
language.
“I’m a big believer in follow up and grat-
itude and appreciation,” Nicholson said.
“And so, we’re also doing, where possi-
ble, we’re doing some visits with House
staff to follow up and thank them for their
support, especially for some of the mem-
bers for whom it was hard to take this
vote.”
Servicemembers United is the sole
organizer of the upcoming lobby day and
is not working with HRC to draw citizen
lobbyists from across the country.
“We’ve grown to the point now where
we can do something like this by our-
selves, and so we decided to convene
another lobby day,” Nicholson said.
Still, Nicholson said while previously
Servicemembers United was able to rely
on HRC to pay to bring people into D.C.
from across the country, interested partic-
ipants will now have to pay their own trav-
el expenses
“They paid for a lot of tickets for people
to come into town, and we don’t have that
kind of money to throw down on this, so
we’re obviously relying on people who are
motivated and have the capacity to bring
themselves here,” Nicholson said.
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On the same day as the lobby day on
Capitol Hill, Servicemembers United is
also hosting a forum for the same-sex
partners of U.S. service members.
Nicholson said the forum is the first
ever for the same-sex partners of U.S.
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Nicholson said the event will be small
in scale and estimated about 10 to 15
people will attend.
One component of this forum will be a
meeting with the partners and the
Pentagon working group that is develop-
ing a plan to implement repeal of “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Nicholson said he thinks this meeting
will be similar to the meeting that repeal
supporters arranged with the Pentagon
working group for gay veterans in May.
“The Pentagon working group’s style
with meeting with groups of people like
this has been to let it be an open dialogue
with some introductions and talking a little
bit about their work and what they’ve
been charged with,” Nicholson said.
Nicholson said he thinks that military
partners would talk about their experi-
ence being the partner of a gay, lesbian
or bisexual service members serving
under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and advo-
cate on their partners’ behalf.
Cynthia Smith, a Pentagon spokesper-
son, confirmed that members of the
Pentagon working group are set to meet
with the same-sex partners of U.S. serv-
ice members. Still, she said she couldn’t
yet identify which members of the work-
ing group would meet with the partners.
“We’re just going to discuss what
impact the possible repeal would have
on military readiness, unit cohesion,
family readiness and recruiting and
retention — the same thing we’re ask-
ing the spouses of heterosexual part-
ners,” she said. “We understand their
voice is very important and we want to
hear from them as well.”
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Graham likely to win
easy re-election victory
Continued from page 14
his mind on the issue, saying he supports
the city’s same-sex marriage law and
opposes a ballot measure calling for its
repeal. He expressed strong support on a
wide range of other LGBT issues in his
responses to the GLAA questionnaire.
The Stein Club endorsed Kwame
Brown over Orange, and GLAA gave
Brown a rating of +5.5 compared to a
+4.5 rating for Orange. A third candidate
running in the Democratic primary for
Council chair, Dorothy Douglas, received
a GLAA rating of +2. Statehood-Green
Party candidate Ann Wilcox, who is run-
ning unopposed in her party’s primary,
received a 0 GLAA rating for not returning
the group’s questionnaire.
Ward 1
Gay Council incumbent Jim Graham
(D-Ward 1), who activists consider a
champion of LGBT causes, received a
+10 rating by GLAA and the Stein Club
endorsement. A poll commissioned by the
Graham campaign and conducted by
Democratic pollster Celinda Lake, shows
Graham far ahead of his two Democratic
opponents, Bryan Weaver, who received
a +5.5 GLAA rating, and Jeff Smith, who
received a “0” GLAA rating.
Gay Republican candidate Marc Morgan,
who is running unopposed in the GOP pri-
mary, would be Graham’s main challenger in
the November general election if Graham
wins the Democratic primary on Sept. 14.
GLAA gave Morgan a +3 rating.
Ward 3
Incumbent Council member Mary Cheh
(D-Ward 3) is running unopposed in the
Democratic primary. A strong supporter of
LGBT rights who voted for the same-sex
marriage bill, Cheh received a +7.5 rating
from GLAA and the Stein Club’s endorse-
ment. She will face off against Republican
candidate Dave Hedgepeth in the
November election. Hedgepeth is also run-
ning unopposed in the primary. He received
a “0” GLAA rating for not returning the ques-
tionnaire and not having a known record on
LGBT issues.
Ward 5
In the Ward 5 race, Democratic incum-
bent Thomas faces two other Democratic
rivals in addition to Delano Hunter, the
candidate favoring a ballot measure
seeking to overturn the same-sex mar-
riage law. Tracy Turner received a +2
GLAA rating and Kenyan McDuffie
received a “0” GLAA rating.
Gay Republican Timothy Day, who is
running unopposed in the GOP primary,
received a +1.5 GLAA rating.
The local gay group Log Cabin
Republicans and the gay chair of the D.C.
Republican Party, Robert Kabel, criti-
cized GLAA for giving the two gay GOP
candidates a rating they said was far
lower than the two deserve. GLAA offi-
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cials said Morgan and Day didn’t provide
sufficient details on their position on
LGBT issues or their records of support
on those issues in their questionnaire
responses. GLAA said it would be willing
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if they submit new questionnaire respons-
es in time for the November election.
Ward 6
Incumbent Council member Tommy
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INSIDELGBTWASHINGTON
A winning team: Gray, Ray and Kwame Brown
Inclusive, responsive
leadership for D.C.
By PETER ROSENSTEIN
Editor’s note: Washington
Blade is not making endorse-
ments in next week’s elec-
tions. The following column
represents the writer’s opin-
ions and is not intended as an
official Blade endorsement of
any candidate.
On Tuesday we have the oppor-
tunity to vote for a better future for
the District. We can elect leader-
ship that will move D.C. into the
21st century in an inclusive, open
and transparent way. We can elect
three individuals who have proven
their mettle and who have shown
they will value everyone’s ideas
and opinions when making the
tough decisions that will impact us
for years to come.
Vincent Gray for Mayor. Gray is
an intellectual, a thinker and an
inclusive leader with a record of
success in government and the
non-profit sector. He has proven
he can make the tough decisions.
Gray is not a career politician. He
has accomplished much during
his six years on the Council, two
representing the people of Ward 7
and four as Council chair. He is a
civil rights leader who was the
first African-American to join a
fraternity at George Washington
University. One year later he was
elected its president.
He was a good enough base-
ball player to be scouted by the
White Sox and Dodgers. Rather
than pursue a baseball career
Gray chose to work to improve the
lives of people with cognitive chal-
lenges working to build and then
lead the Association for Retarded
Citizens (ARC). He was then
asked to come into government to
take over the failing Human
Services Administration, a dys-
functional 7,000 person agency.
He streamlined the budget and
worked to rebuild the agency from
the ground up.
He had many successes and
yes some failures but he put in
place new management proce-
dures and policies and the first
HIV/AIDS agency, during a time of
crisis in District government. He
implemented programs still in
place today and a new vision for
the agency. He then left govern-
ment to become the first executive
director of Covenant House in D.C.
where he successfully built a crisis
and community service center for
homeless youth.
He was then recruited to run,
and he won his race for Ward 7
Council member. Two years later
he was elected chair of the
Council. In that role he has been a
progressive and successful leader
herding what are often called our
12 little mayors into a cohesive
body. His Council passed land-
mark legislation including: school
reform, universal early childhood
education, civil marriage equality
and the healthy schools act. He
reformed and streamlined the
operations of the Council and
opened the budget process to TV
cameras. These landmark legisla-
tive achievements were sent to the
mayor’s office with veto-proof
majorities. This amazing feat
earned the Council one of the
highest ratings of any legislative
body in the nation. Gray’s collabo-
rative style, his vision for a united
city, his in-depth understanding of
the issues we will be facing in the
next few years make him the ideal
next mayor.
Kwame Brown for Council
Chair. Brown has been a suc-
cessful Council member for six
years. Brown ran as a communi-
ty activist going door-to-door in
2004 promising to be inclusive
and to bring people into the
process. His successes, and
kept promises, were rewarded
when he was re-elected with a
huge majority in 2008. Brown
has clearly never forgotten who it
was that elected him and has
continued to be responsive to the
community. He has worked col-
laboratively with all members of
the Council, both those with
whom he agrees and those who
oppose him on various issues.
Now every member of the
Council has endorsed him for
chair. As chair of the Economic
Development Committee he
worked to make the city more
business friendly. He under-
stands the realities of the tax
base in D.C. and that our ability
to continue to collect the revenue
we need to meet our basic
responsibilities to the people of
the District is dependent on a
vibrant business community
since the Congress will not let us
impose a commuter tax.
His problems with personal
finances may make some think
twice. But the D.C. Chamber of
Commerce, the Board of Trade,
as well as many others have
determined that he has the skills
and the ability to continue to
move the Council and the city for-
ward. His collaborative style,
commitment to continue the
reforms brought to the Council by
Vincent Gray, and in-depth knowl-
edge of the issues, make him the
ideal choice for Council Chair.
Clark Ray for Council At-Large.
Ray is an energetic, intelligent,
Vincent Gray is the best choice for mayor and will be accessible and
responsive to concerns of LGBT residents.
responsive community activist with
a record he can be proud of. He
has experience at both federal and
local levels of government. He is
going door-to-door to share his
vision for the future of the District.
He supports school reform and
Chancellor Rhee and has two
degrees in education. Ray has
proven his ability to successfully
manage a large city agency, Parks
and Recreation, and will be the
only member on the Council with
that background. This gives him
the knowledge needed to do
agency oversight, a major part of
the Council’s work.
Ray worked as neighborhood
services coordinator for Wards 2
and 8 in the Williams’ administra-
tion and as director of that office
for the Fenty administration. Ray
has experience lobbying Congress
and will be a strong ally for our
D.C. delegate working for District
residents on issues ranging from
D.C. voting rights, statehood,
budget and legislative autonomy
to gaining and protecting equal
rights for his LGBT constituents.
He served as a Reserve Police
Officer with the MPD and walked
the beat to protect us. He is com-
mitted to revamping the juvenile
justice system, making sure vio-
lent juvenile offenders are not back
on the streets. His intelligence,
activism, proven successes and
willingness to bring government to
the people and into neighbor-
hoods make him the ideal choice
for Council At-Large.
Gray, Brown and Ray are a
winning team for the LGBT com-
munity and for all the people of
the District. As a Catholic from
Ward 7, Gray is a “profile in
courage” for his outspoken lead-
ership in the fight for civil mar-
riage equality. Gray led the
Council to speak out on hate
crimes, has committed to
rebuilding the Gay & Lesbian
Liaison Unit, met with Gays &
Lesbians Opposing Violence and
the Rainbow Response Coalition
and committed to continued dia-
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
logue and support when he is
mayor. Gray doesn’t need to
“promise to change” but rather
he will continue a record of col-
laboration and inclusiveness.
Brown will also continue to
work with our community. He has
worked to educate the residents
of the District to respect diversity,
exemplified by bringing his own
son to walk in a candlelight vigil
for a gay man killed in Shaw.
Brown stood up and spoke out
for civil marriage equality even
when under pressure not to.
Ray is a leader. He will bring
government hearings into our
neighborhoods and out of the
Wilson Building. He will work to
reform the juvenile justice system
and close the “open door” at DYRS.
He will work closely with our D.C.
delegate and walk the halls of
Congress for D.C. voting rights and
to speak out on issues relevant to
his LGBT constituents. Ray repre-
sents “another seat at the table”
and the chance to change hearts
and minds to build a better future for
everyone. He has walked the
streets as a reserve police officer
and understands the issues facing
those who need government the
most. He will work to give all D.C.
residents an opportunity for a more
promising future.
The winning team of Vincent
Gray, Kwame Brown and Clark
Ray will ensure that we are all
included in the decision-making
process and in every aspect of life
in the District of Columbia.
Together they will move us toward
a brighter future with an open and
transparent government where
everyone can work together to
make D.C. the best place in the
world to live, work and recreate.
Peter Rosenstein is
a D.C.-based LGBT
rights and Democratic
Party activist. He writes
regularly for the Blade.
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require 10% or 15%, depending
on the bank, the type of property
and some other qualifications. For
condos in buildings that have over
30% tenant-occupants, many
banks require 20% down or more.
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by taking a higher-interest-rate
loan, which is typically called a
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opt against this since they can lock
in a lower rate and eventually elim-
inate their PMI payment with
increased equity. The only good
candidates for LPMI are those
whose incomes are too high for
them to deduct PMI payments
from their taxable income.
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your Realtor or a qualified lender
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QUEERY: 20 Questions for Christopher Wingert
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
Christopher Wingert is a pretty decent
sight reader. The pianist had a friend in the
cast of Ganymede’s “Naked Boys Singing”
a few months ago and heard the show
needed an emergency fill in.
“I think I had about 24 hours,” Wingert
says. And not only did he have to learn
the entire score from scratch, he was the
only one in the pit for this production. “It’s
not the world’s toughest score and I was
vaguely familiar with it since I’d seen it in
New York. It was a lot of fun. I had time to
run through some of the trickiest parts
that day with the cast.”
Wingert must have done well. He’s
music director/accompanist for
Ganymede’s new show, a production of
William Finn’s Tony Award-winning musi-
cal “Falsettos” which opens tonight at Go
Mama Go! (1809 14th St., N.W.; visit
www.ganymedearts.org for tickets and
show times). Wingert says he’s excited to
be involved with Ganymede and admires
its artistic director Jeffrey Johnson.
“I had seen a number of Jeffrey’s pro-
ductions and I always felt they were just
the best of quality and he himself is so
talented so I really do feel strongly about
a local theater community. The touring
shows that come through town are great
but a sign of a vibrant local culture is its
own theater community and D.C. has a
ton. I just really enjoy that side of
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
Washington and kind of forget about the
politics and the law firms because for me
D.C. is almost the opposite, it’s so rich
with arts and performing groups.”
The 28-year-old Tuscon, Ariz., native
came to Washington in the summer of
2005. He works by day doing executive
recruiting for non-profit arts organizations
but keeps a busy schedule outside of that
teaching piano lessons, teaching musical
theater classes at the College of Mary
Washington and singing with the
Washington Chorus. Wingert is single and
likes singing, cooking and dancing in his
spare time. He lives in Logan Circle.
How long have you been out and
who was the hardest person to tell?
Let’s see, I guess I’ve been out for
about 10 years. It was toughest to tell
the family but even that went really
well.
Who’s your gay hero?
That’s not really a fair question since
so many have done so much to further
the LGBT rights movement. But I do
think Fred from “Scooby-Doo” was an
inspiration to gays in both law enforce-
ment and the Navy.
What’s Washington’s best nightspot,
past or present?
9:30 club, hands down.
What’s your dream gay wedding?
Have you seen the last 10 minutes of
“Mamma Mia?” That’s a pretty gay wed-
ding.
What non-gay issue are you most
passionate about?
Education and the public school sys-
tem. My background is in music educa-
tion so I also feel strongly about the role
of the arts in young people’s develop-
ment.
What historical outcome would you
change?
Eve just had to go for that apple, did-
n’t she?
What’s been the most memorable
pop culture moment of your life-
time?
If it’s pop and memorable, it must be
Swedish. ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn …
I mean, the Swedes have got it all fig-
ured out.
On what do you insist?
Be decent and give a damn.
What was your last Facebook post
or Tweet?
I was tagged in a video of a slew of
friends in my living room wailing “Part
of Your World” from “The Little
Mermaid” with me at the piano. This
was not the first time (or last) that this
has happened.
If your life were a book, what would
the title be?
I’m not sure, but I think Amy Sedaris
should write it.
If science discovered a way to
change sexual orientation, what
would you do?
Wonder why science wasn’t spend-
ing its time doing something important.
What do you believe in beyond the
physical world?
There is so much beyond the physi-
cal world. Anyone who makes or enjoys
music, for example, experiences this all
the time.
What’s your advice for LGBT move-
ment leaders?
Keep on keeping on!
What would you walk across hot
coals for?
Anything with peanut butter.
What gay stereotype annoys you
most?
That one about all gays loving musi-
cal theater. Just because I’m gay does-
n’t mean that I know all these show
tunes … Oh, wait. Shoot.
What’s your favorite gay movie?
Does “Hedwig” count? Amazing.
What’s the most overrated social
custom?
If anything, I think we’ve started to
underrate social customs. Be polite. Hold
doors. Say please and thank you. Introduce
yourself. Stay off your dang phone if you’re
talking with others. I’m a crotchety old man
when it comes to manners.
What trophy or prize do you most
covet?
I wouldn’t sneeze at an Olympic gold.
What do you wish you’d known at
18?
How to invent Google.
Why Washington?
A beautiful city in a beautiful part of
the country. Amazing friends and a
vibrant local arts and culture scene.
Washington Blade photo by Michael Key
BOOKAGENDA
10 must-read books
Ricky Martin’s autobiography, ‘Me,’ revisits his long career and eventual coming out.
Lambda Literary helps us
find the season’s gems
Weeding through scores of books set to
hit shelves this fall, Antonio Gonzalez, chief
editor of LambdaLiterary.org, compiled a list
of the 10 must-reads. As he notes, from a few
well-known authors (Emma Donoghue), to a
relative unknown (Tristan Garcia), to a
Grammy winner (Ricky Martin), the fall book
line-up is all over the map.
Here are the books (in no particular
order) that Gonzalez expects to make a
big impact among literary critics, book-
worms, and novice readers alike.
• “Mary Ann in Autumn” by
Armistead Maupin (Harper; $25.99)
In the eighth installment of Maupin’s
Tales of the City series, Mary Ann
Singleton (now 57) returns to San
Francisco after 20 years with news she
can only share with her pal Michael
Tolliver — who’s happily married to a
younger man. By the way, did you know
there’s a musical of the saga coming out
next year in San Francisco with a score
and lyrics by Jake Shears and John
Garden of Scissor Sisters? Now you
know. (Nov.)
• “Hate: A Romance,” by Tristan Garcia,
translated by Marion Duvert and Lorin
Stein (Faber and Faber; $14)
Winner of France’s prestigious literary
award Prix de Flore, “Hate” is set in Paris
in the ’80s and chronicles a group of
friends — and the subsequent love affairs
that destroy a life. Previously titled “The
Best Part of Men,” “Hate” received a tepid
review from Publisher’s Weekly, but with
its enticing cover, who can resist picking
up this new translation? (Oct.)
• “Inferno (A Poet’s Novel)” by Eileen
Myles (OR Books; $16)
If the glowing reviews from John
Waters, Alison Bechdel, and John
Ashbery don’t convince you, then per-
haps you need to read the first two sen-
tences: “My English professor’s ass was
so beautiful. It was perfect and full as she
stood at the board writing some important
word.” (Nov.)
• “By Nightfall” by Michael
Cunningham (Farrar, Straus, and
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Despite making Anis Shivani’s list of
“Most Overrated Contemporary
Authors,” Cunningham’s talent cannot Want a subscription to
be overlooked, even when he’s writing
about the existential crises of wealthy
New Yorkers. (Sep.)
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• “Me” by Ricky Martin (Celebra; $26.95)
Contact
After fathering twin boys via surrogate
and finally coming out, Martin releases
his memoir that, according to the press
Lynne Brown at
release, takes us through his musical lbrown@washblade.com
career, the challenges of increased fame,
and his “unique personal connection with
millions of fans around the world.” (Nov.)
• “Grant Wood: A Life” by R. Tripp
Evans (Knopf; $37.50)
The artist behind one of America’s
most famous paintings, American
Gothic, was much more complicated
than the image of simple, decent,
homespun Americana that his paintings
reflected. (Oct.)
• “Fever of the Bone” by Val
McDermid (Harper; $14.99)
The sixth in the Tony Hill mystery
series, this novel received a starred
review and high praise from Publishers
Weekly: “McDermid demonstrates once
again that she’s as adept with matters of
the heart as she is with murder.” (Sept.)
• “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire
in American Portraiture” by Jonathan
D. Katz and David C. Ward
(Smithsonian Books; $45)
The companion volume to an exhibi-
tion of the same name at the National
Bet Mishpachah
Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian
Institution, “Hide/Seek” highlights the
often overlooked influence of gay and les-
bian artists on American art and portrai-
ture. (Nov.)
• “Room” by Emma Donoghue (Little,
Brown; $24.99)
Long-listed for the Man Booker Prize,
Be a part of our family for the New Year
Donoghue’s new novel tackles kidnapping,
sociopaths, and child psychology. (Sept.)
• “Unbearable Lightness” by Portia Visit www.betmish.org/HHD for complete schedule
de Rossi (Atria; $25.99)
De Rossi, as described by and location information
Amazon.com, “shares her struggles with
eating disorders and her sexuality in this Bet Mishpachah is an egalitarian synagogue founded in 1975, serving the GLBT
riveting memoir.” Back in February, Portia
confirmed her book was “definitely not community and all who wish to participate in an inclusive environment.
self-help.” (Nov.)
34 washingtonblade.com • september 10, 2010
FILMAGENDA
Silver screen sirens
Annette Bening, left, and Julianne Moore star as Nic and Jules in Lisa Cholodenko’s ‘The
Kids Are All Right,’ a lesbian-themed Focus Features release showing now at the AFI Silver
in Silver Spring, Md.
Gay themes at the
multiplex still sparse but
more abundant than
previous seasons
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
A rare lesbian-themed dramedy with
A-list stars is still playing at the AFI Silver,
the staggeringly delayed gay Jim Carrey
comedy looks like it will finally see a U.S.
theatrical release before year’s end and
Reel Affirmations is back on for October.
Such are the high points of the fall season
locally for LGBT movies.
Local movie lovers who haven’t seen
“The Kids Are All Right,” which opened
in the U.S. on July 30, still have a
chance as it plays through Sept. 23 at
the AFI Silver in Silver Spring, Md.
GLAAD calls it the “largest release ever
for a mainstream film about lesbians”
and it’s on track to be one of the high-
est performing indie films of the year. It
made almost $5 million in its first three
weekends of limited release.
“All Right” stars Annette Bening and
Julianne Moore as a longtime couple who
began a family through donor insemination
with each bearing a child. As teens, the cou-
ple’s offspring track down their donor (Mark
Ruffalo) without telling their mothers. Visit
www.afi.com/silver/net/ for show times.
Deadline Hollywood has announced
that the gay-themed indie film “I Love You
Phillip Morris” will finally have a U.S. the-
atrical run in December. Directed by
Alejandro Gonzalez, the true story-based
move follows conman Steven Jay Russell
(Jim Carrey) who falls in love with his
prison cell mate Phillip Morris (Ewan
McGregor) and following Morris’ prison
release, tries one outlandish escape
attempt after another to be with his part-
ner outside prison walls.
No word on a D.C. run yet, but the film is
slated for a Dec. 3 U.S. opening.
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Great Performances at Mason FALL 2010
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel The Merchants of Bollywood Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Turtle Island Quartet
Photo by Suzanne Tenner; courtesy of Focus Features Three Great “Bs”—Bach, Beethoven, and Barber Friday, October 22 at 8 p.m. Company With Cyrus Chestnut and Mike Marshall
Sunday, September 19 at 7 p.m. “…a huge blast of fun.” (The [London] Times) Saturday, November 13 at 8 p.m. Saturday, December 4 at 8 p.m.
Wonderful works from “Three Great B’s.” $48, $40, $24 ff Sunday, November 14 at 4 p.m. A remarkable evening of classic jazz,
$38, $30, $19 ff A magical experience for the whole family to Americana, and holiday favorites.
share and enjoy! $44, $36, $22
Buika
$46, $38, $23 ff
Joel Grey Saturday, October 30 at 8 p.m.
Other mainstream movies of
LGBT interest include:
Saturday, September 25 at 8 p.m. “Luminous…magnificent…superb!”
Aquila Theatre
The Waverly Consort
• ”Howl” which opens in limited release “The quintessential song-and-dance man.”
(The Washington Post)
(The New York Times)
$42, $34, $21 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Christmas Story
Friday, December 10 at 8 p.m.
on Sept. 24. This biopic stars James
Franco as bisexual poet Allen Ginsberg $60, $52, $30 Friday, November 19 at 8 p.m. “One of the joys of the season.”
“Timely and pleasing… this ‘Dream’ soothes (Chicago Tribune)
and focuses its drama on the obscenity
This event is part of the ARTS by George! benefit. Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
the eye and tickles the funny bone.” $42, $34, $21 ff
trial the beat writer faced after the publi- Friday, November 5 at 8 p.m. (The New York Times)
cation of his famous poem “Howl.” MOMIX “Freshness, buoyancy, and sheer dancerly
• “You Again” has no LGBT focus but fea- Botanica joy.” (Seattle Times)
$34, $26, $17
Synergy Brass Quintet
tures several gay favorites such as Saturday, October 2 at 8 p.m. $44, $36, $22 Christmas in Brass
Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristin
New Orleans Nights Saturday, December 11 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 3 at 4 p.m.
Chenoweth and Betty White. This Andy with Allen Toussaint, Nicholas Payton, and
An herbal remedy for whatever ails you, BBC Concert Orchestra “Unadulterated exuberance and a rock star
Frickman-directed comedy follows the story Botanica is an event not to be missed! the Joe Krown Trio approach [to] performing.” (U.S.1)
Keith Lockhart, principal conductor
of a young woman who realizes her brother $46, $38, $23 Sunday, November 21 at 7 p.m. $44, $36, $22 ff
Ilya Yakushev, piano
is about to marry the girl who bullied her in Be sure to catch this incredible evening of
Saturday, November 6 at 8 p.m. rich swingin’ music in tribute to the grand
high school. It also opens Sept. 24. Leahy
• Gay actor Rupert Everett will be seen
American Festival Pops Orchestra
SALUTES!
One of the world’s most respected orchestras. epicenter of jazz.
Leahy Family Christmas
in “Wild Target,” which opens in limited $60, $52, $30 $44, $36, $22 ff
Anthony Maiello, conductor Friday, December 17 at 8 p.m.
release Nov. 5 and tells the story of a con
artist pursued by a top assassin after Saturday, October 9 at 8 p.m. Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel Chanticleer “Leahy makes Christmas a true family affair!”
(Calgary Herald)
scamming a gangster. Delightful music from Broadway, film, and TV. Robert Schumann: Fantasies – Forbidden and A Chanticleer Christmas
• Cher returns to the screen for her first $46, $38, $23 ff
Fulfilled Saturday, November 27 at 8 p.m.
$48, $40, $24 ff
movie in seven years with “Burlesque,” a Sunday, November 7 at 7 p.m. “No one does a better choral Christmas than
musical drama that tells the tale of a young Virginia Opera the virtuoso male voices of Chanticleer.” Vienna Boys Choir
Some of the most romantic music ever
singer (Christina Aguilera) who is hired as a Rigoletto composed. (New Yorker) Christmas in Vienna
cocktail waitress at a club that does musical $48, $40, $24 Saturday, December 18 at 8 p.m.
Friday, October 15 at 8 p.m. $38, $30, $19 ff
revues by the star (Cher). Bi actor Alan Sunday, December 19 at 4 p.m.
Cumming also stars. It opens Nov. 24. Sunday, October 17 at 2 p.m.
Virginia Opera
• “Black Swan,” which appears to have Love, betrayal, vengeance, loss …Verdi. Dailey & Vincent
Così fan tutte
“Theirs are the voices of Christmas, as
pure as angels, as clear as the winter light.”
“Flashdance”-like gay sensibility written all $86, $72, $44 – Friday Friday, November 12 at 8 p.m. (Charles Passy, Ovation)
over it, opens Dec. 1 and tells the story of $98, $80, $48 – Sunday “The most celebrated new bluegrass act of the
Friday, December 3 at 8 p.m. $48, $40, $24 ff
Nina (Natalie Portman), a ballerina in a New last few years.” (The New York Times) Sunday, December 5 at 2 p.m.
York City ballet company who competes for Brooklyn Rider $44, $36, $22 ff Mozart’s deliciously wry tale takes an ironic
the lead in “Swan Lake.” It showed at look at the foibles of love.
Saturday, October 16 at 8 p.m.
Telluride this week and was described as a $86, $72, $44 – Friday
“Few young artists are so versatile.” $98, $80, $48 – Sunday ff = FAMILY FRIENDLY:
gruesomely visceral portrayal of the lengths (New Yorker) Youth through grade 12 half price!
one will go to suffer for one’s art. $40, $32, $20
Reel Affirmations, despite earlier reports
to the contrary, appears to be back on and is
Center for the Arts
slated for an Oct. 14 to 23 run. No word yet on
which films will be shown but a few that are
gathering buzz on this year’s LGBT film festi-
val circuit include “The Secret Diary of Miss
Anne Lister” about the 19th century lesbian;
“Elena Undone,” which ponders the existence
of soul mates among lesbians; “You Can’t On the Fairfax campus, six miles west of Beltway exit 54 at the intersection of Braddock Road and Rt. 123.
Have it All,” a Philly-set romantic comedy;
“Flight of the Cardinal,” a Smokey Mountain-
set gay thriller; and an all-drag remake of the
camp classic “Whatever Happened to Baby
Jane” starring Matthew Martin as Jane.
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Girls, among big acts
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By JULIETTE EBNER
The gay-friendly acts outnumber the
gay acts on the fall album release slate
though a few long-time queer stalwarts,
like Elton John and the Indigo Girls, have
new records coming soon.
Olivia Newton John’s new album,
“Grace and Gratitude Renewed” drops
Tuesday. It’s a re-recording of her 2006
release.
Liza Minnelli’s new album,
“Confessions,” arrives Sept. 21. This
album is a collection of American clas-
sics, featuring some of Minnelli’s favorite
songs with accompaniment by her long-
time pianist Billy Stritch. She has said this
album is almost accidental.
“It just sort of happened,” Minnelli said
in a press release for the album. “I used to
have these evenings at my house, usual-
ly on a weekend, and people like Tony
Bennett — or more surprising people like
Janet Jackson — would come by, and we
would end up singing around the piano.”
After suffering a knee injury, Minnelli
recorded some of her favorite songs while
stuck in her bedroom and kept going with
it even after recuperating. “Confessions”
is the follow-up to her 2008 return to
Broadway, “Liza’s at the Palace,” which
was nominated for a Grammy and won
the Tony Award for Best Special
Theatrical Event.
On Sept. 28, the new Broadway cast’s
recording of “La Cage Aux Folles” will be
Photo by Michelle Day; courtesy of Olivia Newton-John
released including the voice of Kelsey
Grammar and Douglas Hodge, who won a
Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for his per-
formance. The show has earned three
Tonys, including Best Revival of a Musical.
Sept. 28 also brings the “Station to
Station” special edition 3-CD set by David
Bowie. This set includes the original album,
previously unreleased “Live Nassau
Coliseum ‘76” concert, lift-off-lid box, six-
page booklet and three postcards.
Robbie Williams has a greatest hits collec-
tion coming out Oct. 12. “In & Out of
Consciousness” includes two CDs with defini-
tive hits and a third disc with b-sides and rarities,
all in a 20-page casebound book package. The
collection introduces listeners to a new single,
“Shame,” co-written with Gary Barlow. The sin-
gle is the first time these two have ever record-
ed and performed a duet together and the first
time they have written and recorded a song
together since Williams left Take That in 1995.
Elton John has a new album coming out
on Oct. 19, “The Union,” on which he
worked with Leon Russell. Recording in Los
Angeles earlier this year, there are many
guest musicians including Brian Wilson,
Booker T, Don Was and Neil Young. The
recording sessions were filmed by
Cameron Crowe for a documentary.
October also brings two holiday
albums by some big names.
The Indigo Girls add another album
to their discography with “Holly Happy
Days” on Oct. 12. Amy Ray has previous-
ly described this album as having a more
country feel with original songs and clas-
sics, both holiday and seasonal based.
On Oct. 21, “Christmas in Harmony”
will be released, marking the first studio
album by Wilson Phillips since their
2004 release, “California.”
MUSICAGENDA
A little night music
Newly out country singer Chely Wright plays Annapolis in November.
Crow, Carlile, Cole,
others among fall
D.C.-area concerts
By JULIETTE EBNER
Several big-name acts have concerts
slated for the region this fall including gay
fave Margaret Cho, the Indigo Girls in two
variations and newly out country singer
Chely Wright.
September
• Of Montreal will be at the 9:30 Club
with Janelle Monae Monday and Tuesday.
Tickets are $25 each night and can be
purchased at 930.com.
• Sheryl Crow will be at the Music Center
at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, in
N. Bethesda on Sept. 29. Tickets can be
purchased at ticketmaster.com.
October
• Brandi Carlile will be at Rams Head
Live, 20 Market Place, Power Plant Live!,
in Baltimore on Oct. 4 with Katie Herzig.
Carlile’s third album, “Give Up the Ghost”
offered new experiences including work-
ing with the likes of Elton John, Tom Petty
and the Heartbreakers multi-instrumen-
talist Benmont Tench, drummer Chad
Smith and Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls.
Tickets are $26 and can be purchased at
ticketmaster.com.
• Paula Cole will be at Rams Head
OnStage, 33 West St., in Annapolis on
Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. Cole has achieved main-
stream success, winning the Grammy
Award for “Best New Artist” in 1997, and
garnering several platinum records.
september 10, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 37
Photo courtesy of chelywright.com
Tickets are $45 and can be purchased at
ticketmaster.com.
• The Indigo Girls will be at the
Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., in
Alexandria for two nights, Oct. 24 and 25,
with Mount Moriah. Both shows are at
7:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 and can be pur-
chased at ticketmaster.com.
• On Oct. 29, Margaret Cho will be at the
Warner Theatre, 513 13th St., with her
show, “Cho Dependent” with special
guest John Roberts. Tickets can be pur-
chased at livenation.com.
November
• La Roux, meaning “red-haired one” in
French, will be at Rams Head Live, 20
Market Place, Power Plant Live!, in
Baltimore on Nov. 7. The synth pop group
consist of singer/songwriter Elly Jackson
and keyboardist/producer Ben Langmaid.
La Roux supported Lily Allen on her 2009
U.K. tour. That summer, the single
“Bulletproof” debuted at number one a
week before La Roux’s self-titled album
was released. Tickets are $25 and can
be purchased at ticketmaster.com.
• Recently out country artist Chely
Wright will be at Rams Head OnStage, 33
West St., in Annapolis on Nov. 12 at 8
p.m. Wright’s latest album, “Lifted Off the
Ground,” was released the same day as
her autobiography, “Like Me.” Tickets are
$35 and can be purchased at her web-
site, chely.com.
• Amy Ray Band will be at the Sonar
Club, 407 East Saratoga St., in Baltimore
with Mount Moriah on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m.
ARB is a solo project of Indigo Girls’s
Amy Ray. Tickets are $12 in advance and
$15 at the door.
38 washingtonblade.com • september 10, 2010
ARTAGENDA
Museums, galleries planning a busy fall
Painting, sculpture,
photography, design
and more
By DAVID J. HOFFMAN
Arts of painting and sculpture and draw-
ing and print-making and furniture design
spill over the rim of the cup of this autumn’s
cornucopia of exhibits and shows nearly
overwhelming in their abundance.
The challenge to the seasoned art-
lover and to the would-be aesthete is to
pick and choose. To that end, here is one
person’s idiosyncratic guide, front-loaded
for September but including a few high-
lights for October also.
Begin first with a few of the larger insti-
tutions.
For example, the Kennedy Center hosts
its 26th annual Open House Arts Festival
from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday Sept. 11, in
a whirlwind of more than 20 free perform-
ances, demonstrations and events — part of
the Center’s three-week salute to Mexico on
the occasion of the nation’s 200 years of
independence and 100 years since the
1910 revolution. And all over the D.C. area
we shall see many signs of Mexico’s cultur-
al bonanza in the arts.
One hands-on event invites us all to
participate. Local illustrator Edwin
Fontanez will convene “Washington’s
Chalk Festival” on Saturday afternoon, an
interactive invitation to decorate the main
plaza in front of the Kennedy Center. Take
up your chalk and create your own mas-
terpiece. Then watch the Ballet Folklorico
de la Universidad Veracruzana or listen to
Mexico City’s renowned pianist Eugenio
Toussaint perform his piano concerto with
the National Symphony Orchestra.
Meanwhile, at the Phillips
Collection, seize the last opportunity
this weekend to see the stunning exhibit
of Richard Pousette-Dart and his pre-
dominantly white paintings, a series he
began in the early 1950s when shortage
of funds prevented him from buying his
usual supply of paints. But in later years
— until his death in 1992 — he continued
in this style of mostly white works, say-
ing, “white is something you endlessly
return to.”
This showcase of a major figure in the
New York School of mid-century abstract
expressionists closes on Sept. 12, as
does another Phillips show also not to be
missed, 26 small-scale works by Robert
Ryman, who began his career as a jazz
musician. Ryman, born in 1930, like
Pousette-Dart also uses a predominantly
white palette with challenging white-on-
white abstractions. It is his first solo pres-
entation in the D.C. area.
The museum was luckily spared any
serious damage following a serious fire on
the rooftop of the original building, a Greek
Revival mansion, on Sept 2. Fire doors
were swiftly closed, and all artwork was
safe and secure, though some water dam-
age was unavoidable. In the wake of the
fire, all regular admission fees are being
waived during the month of September.
The Phillips is located near 21st and Q
at 1600 21st St. It is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday and also until 8:30 p.m.
Thursdays and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays.
This weekend try on the “Beautiful Minds”
art exhibit at the new Yards Park, which
hosts its grand opening Friday through
Sunday at D.C.’s new waterfront destination,
the Capitol Riverfront at 10 Water St., S.E.,
just three blocks from the Navy Yard Metro
station. In addition to a quarter-mile long
boardwalk along the water, there is a terraced
lawn, a waterfall/canal and an iconic, sculp-
tured pedestrian bridge.
Musical performances are featured,
alongside a “doggie social” and food and
drink and fireworks in activities beginning
at 3:30 p.m. Sept.10 and all day beginning
at 9 a.m. Sept. 11.
Also this weekend try not to miss “Arts
on Foot,” sponsored by the Washington
Examiner newspaper, centered at 7th and
F streets in front of the Smithsonian
American Art Museum and National
Portrait Gallery. It closes its four days on
Friday and Saturday, Sept. 10-11, from 11
a.m.-6 p.m. featuring an art marketplace
with 50 local artists selling their work.
Then turn to less fugitive possibilities at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art at 510 17th St.,
N.W., near the White House. The Corcoran
currently offers a range of selections from its
permanent collection of historic American
art, for example the breathtaking sweep of
Frederic Edwin Church’s “Niagara” (1857),
an eye-filling 42 x 90 inches of oil on canvas,
a stunning study in blues and white of water-
fall grandeur.
Opening Sept. 11 is the inaugural exhibit
of “NOW at the Corcoran” with works of
sculptural installations, photographs and
drawings by Spencer Finch in an exhibit he
calls “My Business, With the Cloud.”
The Corcoran is open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday-Sunday, and until
9 p.m. on Thursday.
Next consider masterpieces like
Monet’s “Springtime at Giverny” (1884),
giddy in all pink and blue in oil on canvas
at the Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall
Rd., N.W., housed in the former residence
of David and Carmen Kreeger and
designed with contemporary flourish by
world-famous gay architect Philip
Johnson. The Kreegers amassed their
world-class collection beginning in 1959
and opened doors to the public with their
museum in 1994.
The Kreeger will host a lecture series
on Post-Impressionism on Oct. 21 on self-
portraits by Paul Gauguin and on Nov. 4
on Vincent van Gogh’s small art school at
Neunen, Holland that he established
there while still largely a self-taught
novice. Both lectures begin at 6:30 p.m.
those Thursdays.
Finally, try an exhibit of 66 pieces of
turned and carved wood, “A Revolution in
Wood,” opening Sept. 24 at the Renwick
Gallery, the Smithsonian American Art
A painting by Pennsylvania-based artist Chad Andrews that is on display now at Gallery
planb.
Museum for crafts and design, located
just steps from the White House at 1661
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
The Renwick is open daily 10 a.m. to
5:30 p.m.
To remind us that smaller is also beau-
tiful when it comes to venues for the arts,
consider two local galleries — Long View
and planb.
At the Long View Gallery (1234 Ninth
St., N.W.), gallery director Drew Porterfield
presents beginning Sept. 16 photos of our
solar system — scenes from “out there” of
such arresting beauty, composite mosaics
processed from among hundreds of thou-
sands of photos taken from telescopes and
NASA’s space probes — in a show titled
“Images From ... Beyond.”
The photo creations using color filters are
by celebrated filmmaker and photographer
Michael Benson. His photos will “astonish
and bewilder” says the New York Times,
“and lure the viewer into a state of wonder.”
Benson will give a talk and screen a film
Photo courtesy of the artist
at a reception at the gallery at 6 p.m. on
Sept. 16. The Benson exhibit closes Oct. 24.
Long View Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5
p.m., Wednesday-Saturday, and Sunday
12-5 p.m.9
Finally, Gallery planb (1530 14th St.,
N.W.) has just opened a new exhibit,
“Relative: Recent Paintings and Drawings”
and offers a reception with the two artists at
6 p.m. on Saturday Sept. 11.
According to gallery director David
Kalamer, artist Chad Andrews presents his
trademark “silicone drawings” and also his
monotypes with their juxtaposed, dueling
images, and also a few small, atmospheric
paintings of Washington, D.C. at night.
Gail Vollrath, who lives and works in
Washington, D.C., meanwhile works from
Polaroids and painting, presenting
palimpsests of new imagery and past
imagery with provocative use of materials
like tar and glitter along with oil paint.
Gallery planb is open 12-7 p.m.
Wednesday-Saturday and Sunday 1-5 p.m.
CAGLCCBUSINESSCONNECTION
Women’s networking
event returns next week
The Women’s Wednesdays networking event is the brainchild of Eileen Kessler, president
of OmniStudios.
Women’s Wednesdays to
be held at CommonWealth
Gastropub
By MAX BARGER &
ERNESTO SANTALLA
At some LGBT events, it feels like the
room is full of nothing but men. That can
leave some women with a less-than-wel-
come feeling so the Capital Area Gay &
Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
(CAGLCC) created Women’s Wednesdays.
The brainchild of Eileen Kessler, presi-
dent of OmniStudios, and her talented
team on the Women and Diversity
Committee, Women’s Wednesdays will
cater exclusively to the busy female pro-
fessional, giving her the opportunity to
network with other like-minded, similarly
positioned professionals.
When CAGLCC tried this concept in
2009, a wine tasting at Best Cellars in
Dupont Circle, dozens of women in business
thronged and found a new place to meet.
The kickoff event in 2010 is set to be even
more successful. Slated for Wednesday at
CommonWealth Gastropub in Columbia
Heights at 6:30 p.m., this CAGLCC network-
ing event is for women only.
For more information about Women’s
Wednesdays and other CAGLCC events,
visit caglcc.org.
CAGLCC member news
Recessionary times create hardships
for many and opportunity for others.
McCabe Russell PA, founded in October
2009 in the thick of the current economic
downturn, is the product of the talents of
Heather McCabe and Emily Russell.
Their professional practice focuses on
Progressive Family Law.
“We represent mothers, fathers, grand-
parents, third parties and children,” Russell
september 10, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 39
Photo courtsey of Eileen Kessler
says. “Whether you are married, partnered or
single, and whether you are beginning your
family or re-structuring it through dissolution
or divorce, our priority is the creation and
security of your unique family.”
Life experiences are often cited as the
source of inspiration for authors, but in
their case, McCabe and Russell draw
strength and motivation from their skills
as both spouses and mothers of four, as
their job often requires counseling clients
during very emotional times.
“We have a lot of empathy for our
clients,” McCabe says. “It is very reward-
ing to know you’ve helped someone
through such a difficult time.
Family law attorneys must possess the
skills of a litigator and negotiator. An
understanding of accounting and finan-
cial matters is essential to guide clients
and present financial issues to the court.
People skills are important, particularly
oral communication.
“You are constantly in contact with
people; whether it be your client, oppos-
ing counsel, or court personnel, there is
always someone with whom you need to
effectively communicate,” McCabe says.
Russell nods in agreement. No doubt
they make a good team; one good reason
to start a business when times are tough.
For more information visit mccaberus-
sell.com
Ackerman Legal PLLC will host the
CAGLCC luncheon, “Making Wireless
Technology Work for Your Business,” on
Sept. 24. Register to attend at
caglcc.org/SeptLuncheon. The event is
sponsored by Verizon.
Joe Rosenlicht has a new position as
career consultant at the F. David Fowler
Career Center, George Washington
University. As a member of the under-
graduate coaching team, he works in
partnership with students to help them in
their career planning, reach their profes-
sional goals and to ultimately succeed.
40 washingtonblade.com • september 10, 2010
TELEVISIONAGENDA
Shadow of the Big O
Nate Berkus says the 2004 tragedy in Sri Lanka in which he lost his partner in the tsunami
helped make him more empathetic and a better listener, qualities he’ll put to good use on his
new syndicated daytime talk show.
Gay designer Nate Berkus
steps into spotlight with
his own show
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
joeyd@washblade.com
The television landscape is abundantly
peppered with gay characters and shows
— “Mad Men,” “Glee,” the hilarious
“Modern Family,” all of which have been
well documented. So we’re focusing on
something new that, on its surface looks
innocuous, but is actually a television first
— an openly gay man with his own day-
time show.
“The Nate Berkus Show” premieres
Sept. 13 as a syndicated daytime show
cleared for 95 percent of the country
including all NBC-owned-and-operated
stations (check local listings at
www.thenateshow.com). The Chicago-
based designer, who became famous for
his guest appearances on “The Oprah
Winfrey Show,” is launching his own pro-
gram as Winfrey starts the final season
of her own show. He has his own
Chicago-based design firm and is a
best-selling author. He also hosted the
short-lived reality show “Oprah’s Big
Give” in 2008.
During a media conference call
Tuesday, Berkus discussed his new show,
its format, some of his guests and his
thoughts about being an openly gay pub-
lic figure.
“I’ve never played anybody but myself
on TV so it’s not my intent to anything
differently now,” Berkus says. “If any-
thing, people will be seeing more of me
than they ever have before, so my day-
to-day will definitely be part of the show.
Being on ‘Oprah,’ I was never front and
center, so this has taken some getting
used to.”
The series is conceived as an explo-
ration of a “broad range of lifestyle sub-
jects providing take-away information and
inspiration that will make a real difference
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in viewers’ daily lives,” according to pro-
motional materials.
Berkus says some of the recurring
segments will find him designing spaces
with a 3-D gaming technology device
Sponsored by
that was designed for him, the “Nate
Crate” which will ship materials to view-
ers all around the country to fulfill a
show-issued challenge and a segment in
which Berkus cohorts will comb neigh-
borhoods for curbside trash pickup that
will hopefully contain treasures worth
refurbishing that will eventually be auc-
tioned for charity. Celebrity guests will
also appear. Dolly Parton and Elizabeth
Edwards have already taped segments.
“The sky is the limit,” Berkus says. “I’m
gonna be out there every day so every-
thing is going through my lens. It’s my
show, with my name and my stamp on
everything. Viewers will see how inept I
am in the kitchen, they’ll see the tension
between my mother and I, they’ll really
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see all facets.”
While lesbians such as Rosie
O’Donnell, Ellen DeGeneres and Rachel
Maddow have thrived with their own
shows, observers are calling Berkus’ the
first show of its kind hosted by a gay man
since Jim J. Bullock hosted the short-lived
“Jim J. and Tammy Faye Show” in 1996. Is
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plans for a visit from the big O though she
may “if it makes sense.” He says Winfrey
taught him to “always speak my truth,
remain authentic and learn to listen
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“I don’t know that I have,” he says. “But
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SPORTININDC
Something for everyone
The D.C. Gay Flag Football League kicks off its season Sunday at Carter Barron.
From rugby to kickball, gay
leagues abound in D.C.
By KEVIN MAJOROS
While most of the local LGBT sports
teams and clubs are active year around,
fall represents a new season for most of
them. This is a great time of year to make
the commitment to join a team or to just
get out there and watch. Below is an
overview of what some of the clubs have
in store for the fall season.
Team D.C.: Team D.C. happy hour and
reunion party for Cologne Gay Games on
If you haven’t been to Washington Concert Opera, then you’ve been missing what audiences and Tuesday at Buffalo Billiards from 6 to 8 p.m.
critics alike have been praising for 23 years. Join Washington Concert Opera this season for two mem- Happy hour prices with foosball and shuffle-
board competitions. teamdc.org.
orable performances.
Champions Awards Brunch is on Oct.
3 at 11 a.m. at Nationals Park Diamond
Club. Team DC will honor leaders in the
LGBT sports community and present the
2010 Team DC College Scholarships.
Capital Tennis Association: The CTA
Francesco Cilea’s dramatic opera is hosting the 2010 Capital Classic this
weekend at the Rock Creek Tennis
ADRIANA LECOUVREUR Center, located at 16th and Kennedy
streets. Draws will be contested on all
with Mary Elizabeth Williams, Elizabeth Bishop, James Valenti and Donnie Ray Albert
three days from morning until early
evening. capital-tennis.org.
on Sunday, October 24 at 6 pm D.C. Sentinels Basketball: The D.C.
Sentinels will be hosting the D.C. Capital
Classic on the weekend of Oct. 16 to 17,
AND 2010 at the Capital Sports Complex in
District Heights, Md. teamdcbasketball.org.
D.C. Ice Breakers: Mega Party Game
Night on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Bailey’s
Jules Massenet’s beautiful Pub in the Ballston Common Mall in
WERTHER
Arlington. Free pool tables, darts and
more. dcicebreakers.com.
The regular ice skating social is
with Giuseppe Filianoti, Jennifer Larmore, Joelle Harvey and Timothy Mixx Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. at the Kettler
on Sunday, May 22 at 6 pm Capital Iceplex in Arlington. dcicebreak-
ers.com.
D.C. Gay Flag Football League: More
than 90 players have come together to form
Antony Walker conducts both performances the fall league of the DCGFFL, which will
kick off their season on Sunday at 10 a.m.
at the Carter Barron Fields in Rock Creek
Park, located at 16th and Kennedy streets.
They will play Sundays through Nov. 11 and
will conclude with a season ending tourna-
Lisner Auditorium, 21st & H Streets NW Tickets and information at 202-364-5826 or www.concertopera.org. ment. dcgffl.org.
District of Columbia Aquatics Club:
september 10, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 43
Photo by Kevin Majoros
The swimmers begin their fall training at
Photo © Michal Daniel, for Minnesota Opera
multiple pools in the D.C. area with their
eyes on the next IGLA World
Championships in Honolulu in July, 2011.
There will be meets locally during their train-
ing including the Patriot Masters Sprint
Classic at George Mason University on
Sunday, Oct. 24. swimdcac.org
D.C. Strokes Rowing Club: The
Strokes will be competing at the Head of
the Potomac event on Sept. 26 from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Thompson Boat
Center on the Potomac near the Kennedy
G
Giuseppe
iuseppe VVerdi
erdi
Un
Un Ballo
Ballo
Center. dcstrokes.org.
Washington Renegades Rugby
Football Club: The Renegades start
their fall season against North Bay at
DeMarco Park in Aberdeen, Md., on
Saturday. The season runs through Nov.
in
in Maschera
Maschera
20, and their schedule can be seen at
dcrugby.com.
D.C. Front Runners: The Front Runners
have weekly runs on weekend mornings
and at night on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Check out the website for weekly run times
and upcoming races. dcfrontrunners.org.
Tuesday Night Social Volleyball
League: This long-running club plays
every Tuesday starting at 7 p.m. at the (A Masked Ball)
S
Sep
ep 111,
1, 114,
4, 116,
6, 117,
7, 119m,
9m, 220,
0, 22,
22, 25
25
Old Mackin Gym at 2200 California St.,
N.W. Contact Mike at dcvb@usa.com.
Stonewall Kickball League: The new
league will kick off on Sunday at 5:30 p.m.
at Stead Park. commi.sh/seasons/113. Featuring
Featuring Salvatore
Salvatore Licitra
Licitra and
and Tamara
TTaamara Wilson
Wilson
Mind Your Own Body Adventures:
Outdoor Flying Trapeze – beginner lessons on
Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. at the Navy Yards. Contact Kennedy
Kennedy Center
Center Opera
Opera House
House Media Sponsors
kevinmnorris@aol.com.
Chesapeake and Potomac Softball In
In Italian
Italian with
with English
English supertitles
supertitles
League: The CAPS 2010 fall season begins
on Sunday and runs through Oct. 24. Games
are played at the Tucker Road fields in Ft.
Washington, Md. Contact Ed at capssoft-
Tickets
Tickets start at $25
ball@gmail.com.
Federal Triangles Soccer Club: D.C. United
Night Out on Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at RFK
Stadium. federaltriangles.org.
Capital Area Rainbowlers Association:
CARA’s fall season has begun with 14
leagues spread out over the metro area. Info
Order today at www.dc-opera.org
can be found at carabowling.org.
Adventuring: 30-mile Wilson Bridge Bike 202.295.2400 • 800.US.OPERA
Ride on Sunday, starting at the Clarendon
Wheelchair accessible seating is available in all price categories for all operas. Call 202.295.2400 or email adacoordinator@dc-opera.org.
Metro Station in Arlington, Va. Contact Scott at
scott.binde@gmail.com
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A slew of restaurant
openings this fall
Banana Cafe is a great place to try the subtelties of Cuban cuisine. It may also warm palettes
for the new Cuba Libre Restaurant and Rum Bar set to open this month on Ninth Street.
Some favorites to close,
as D.C. makes way for
new venues
By WILLIAM GEORGE
As summer ends, the D.C. area will be
awash with several new dining options in
every quarter of the city. Whether your
tastes run toward the upscale or more
down-home fare, the fall season has
many offerings on the horizon to make
sure that nobody goes home hungry.
Chef Jason Kaufman takes the helm of
the new Cuba Libre Restaurant and
Rum Bar (801 Ninth St., N.W.), opening
this month, and looks to cast traditional
Cuban fare in a more modern light.
Expect lighter sauces, expert use of
cilantro and the omnipresent black beans
to infuse the standard Latin-inspired offer-
ings. In order to get your palate ready for
the Cuban flavor profile, try Capitol Hill
veteran Banana Café to get a feel for the
subtleties of Cuban cuisine as opposed to
the sometimes heavy-handedness of tra-
ditional Tex-Mex dishes.
With fall comes a welcome break in the
heat wave, so diners will be seeking out-
door options before winter sets in. Those
wishing to eat under the stars should check
out the newest eatery in Clarendon,
Arlington Rooftop Bar and Grill (2424
Wilson Blvd.). This new hotspot, located
atop the Delhi Dhaba and Subway restau-
rants in the heart of one of the trendiest up-
and-coming spots near the Courthouse
Metro, hopes to draw crowds with a rotating
menu of American focused cuisine, though
the owners are keeping the liquor offerings
a secret.
A New York City staple will make its way
into the District this October. The legendary
saloon P.J. Clarke’s will bring its signature
burgers, steak and raw bar menu into the
space near the White House that once
housed Olives. Décor will pull from the clas-
sic urban experience of tin ceilings, subway
tiles on a weathered bar and red-and-white
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checkered tablecloths. For those wanting a
slightly swankier experience as an option,
the downstairs will offer a separate restau-
rant whimsically named Sidecar; a spiffy
gentlemen’s club with overstuffed leather Activi t i
banquettes and fancier American fare
(1600 K St., N.W.).
Two new gathering places will try to capi-
talize on the success of recent German
schnitzel spot Biergarten Haus in the Atlas
District. New gastropub Queen Vic (1206 H
St., N.E.) looks to offer British fare like curries
and meat pies along with English breakfasts
and pub foods to disprove the myth that the
British can’t eat well. A full slate of British
ciders and ales round out the dining experi-
ence. Down the street, Smith Commons
(1245 H St., N.E.) will offer a broader inter-
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national menu with a focus on craft beers
and cocktails. Smith will present itself as an
urban lounge in a former industrial space
(the building was once a carpet warehouse).
N a t io nals P a r k
Tysons Corner in McLean will play host to
Michel (1700 Tysons Blvd.), the latest ven-
ture by famous chef Michel Richard.
Specializing in elegant French-American cui-
sine, Richard has taken over the space that
once housed Maestro of the Ritz-Carlton and
has furnished it with a sleek color palette of
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burgundy and steel gray. Look for classic
French offerings such as coq au vin and Gates open at 12 Noon
boeuf bourguignon accompanied by Chef
Richard’s inspired plating designs.
Sadly, with so many new restaurants
opening, there are bound to be some
more information visit
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closings as well. Bethesda’s underground
noodle house Ren’s Ramen was sched-
uled to close its doors over the holiday
or call 202.572.3057
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weekend. The owners are looking for
nearby space, however, so a rebirth may
be on the horizon. Enology Wine Bar is
also no more, but it has been rebooted as
Alliance Tavern (3238 Wisconsin Ave.,
N.W.).
In reality competition news, the cheftes-
tants of “Top Chef D.C.” have left our fair city
and have headed to Singapore for the home
stretch of the competition. The remaining four
chefs will compete in a two-part finale with
the Top Chef being named on Sept. 15. Funded in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
46 washingtonblade.com • september 10, 2010
SOCIALAGENDA
Today
BURGUNDY CRESCENT VOLUNTEER
WOMEN’S SOCIAL is tonight at the Jazz in
the Garden from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the
Sculpture Garden. BCV will be the group
with rainbow towels and blankets. The event
was arranged by the Women of BCV Social
Committee and will greet attendees with
BCV nametags as they arrive. Contact
Christine Bartle at christine@burgundycres-
cent.org with any questions.
GAY DISTRICT, a weekly, non-church
affiliated discussion and social group for
gay, bi and trans men between 18 and 35,
meets tonight from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at
St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 1820
Connecticut Ave., N.W. For more informa-
tion, e-mail gd@gaydistrict.org.
CELEBRATE SHABBAT SERVICES,
8:30 to 10 p.m. tonight at the D.C. Jewish
Community Center, 1529 16th St.
Services are followed by an Oneg social.
SIREN, an alternative-to-club music event,
is tonight at Apex, 1415 22nd St., N.W., fea-
turing DJs Majr from Shift and Aaron
Riggins from HHHH, WTF in the main hall
and DJ Frenchie in the backroom video bar
Washington Blade file photo by Henry Linser
playing music videos. There is an $8 cover.
You must be 18 to enter, 21 to drink.
Gays take a ride at last year’s Kings Dominion Gay and Lesbian Night benefit for NITECAMP, hailed as America’s only col-
Brother Help Thyself. This year’s event is slated for Saturday. lege age GoGo team, comes to Town,
2009 8th St., N.W., tonight at 10 p.m. For
those 21 and over, this is a $5 cover
charge before 11 p.m. and $10 after. For
those 18 to 20, the cover is $10 all night.
Saturday, Sept 11
Ten groups are cohosting a second “MEGA
PARTY GAME NIGHT” tonight at Bailey’s
Pub in Ballston Common Mall, from 7:30 to
11:30 p.m. There will be free pizza, wings,
chips and salsa as well as free use of the
pool tables, 50 different games to play and
free door prizes. This event is free.
The annual KINGS DOMINION GAY AND
LESBIAN NIGHT is tonight from 8 p.m. to 1
a.m. This event benefits Brother Help
Thyself. While other Kings Dominion guests
are leaving the park, Brother supporters are
entering. In addition to the rides and attrac-
tions, there will be a party on International
Street. Tickets are $32 in advance and $35
at the gate. To purchase tickets online, visit
kingsdominion.com/shop/shopping_corpo-
rate_partners.cfm and enter gaynight as
the company ID.
CRACK has been canceled for tonight at
Town.
BLOWOFF, a monthly party featuring gay
DJs/remixers Bob Mould and Richard
Morel, is tonight at 9:30 Club, 815 V St.,
N.W., starting at 11:30 p.m. Visit
blowoff.us for more information.
Also at 9:30 Club tonight, in the back bar,
is TRANSFORMER, presented by the
New Gay. It’s billed as D.C.’s only ‘60s,
‘70s and ‘80s queer dance party with DJ’s
by Zack Rosen of Homo/Sonic from 11
p.m. to 3 a.m. This party is co-ed, trans-
inclusive and straight friendly.
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Sunday, Sept 12 Come and see
what you’ve been
CJ FOUNDATION FOR SIDS is having its
annual charity walk today at Buddy Attick
Park, 555 Crescent Rd., in Greenbelt. The
walk is to have fun and raise funds for
SIDS research and support for families
missing 24/7
who have lost babies to SIDS. There will
be live entertainment and actress and
spokesperson, Gabrielle Christian of
South of Nowhere, plans to attend.
Registration is free and starts at 8:15 a.m.
BEST LUNCH EVER!!!
The walk is one and one-fourth mile
around Greenbelt Lake, rain or show. A
light breakfast will be served.
BURGUNDY CRESCENT VOLUN-
TEERS will be helping fight hunger in the MONDAY - FRIDAY:
D.C. area today from 9 a.m. to noon, with
D.C. Central Kitchen. Volunteers will help 1/2 PRICE ROOMS 10 - 2PM
cook, working along chefs who have
1/2 PRICE TUESDAYS
graduated from DCCK’s job training pro-
gram. No experience is required, just an
interest of cooking. DCCK provides job
skills by using rescued and donated 8AM - 12 Midnight
ingredients to teach unemployed and
homeless individuals how to cook, then
turns this food into free meal services. E-
All Rooms & Lockers 1/2 Price
mail jonathan@burgundycrescent.org for
more information.
FRIDAY/SATURDAY/SUNDAY
D.C. KINGS will be performing tonight at
Phase 1, 525 8th St., S.E., in an ‘80s vs. ‘90s Late Night Steams • Afternoon Workouts
Goodlooking Guys • Hot Showers • Videos
Drag King Show starting at 10 p.m. King Idol
will happen before the show, so all partici-
pants must show up by 8:30 with their CD.
This is a 21 and over event. Cover is $5.
Monday, Sept 13 Big Steamroom • Sauna
The first general membership meeting of
the IMPERIAL COURT OF WASHING- Gym & Cardio • Lounges
TON, D.C., will be tonight at Green
Lantern, 1335 Green Court, N.W. There
will be a meet and greet from 7:30 to 8
Friendly Staff • Very Clean Facilities
p.m. and then the meeting will begin. Private Rooms & Lockers
Tuesday, Sept 14
SPEAKEASYDC
Must have valid I.D.
presents “The
Underdog: Stories About Beating the
Odds” tonight at Town, 2009 8th St., N.W.
All the stories told are true. Doors open at
www.inspot.org
6:30 p.m. $10 cover at the door. An all-
you-can-eat buffet will be provided by
Nellie’s Sports Bar for an additional $10.
Both cover and buffet are cash only. Visit
speakeasydc.com for more information.
Wednesday, Sept 15
All STD/HIV testing Information
SAGE METRO DC is having a LGBT and
Aging in America presentation at the D.C.
Center, 1318 U St., N.W., today from 8 to
9 a.m. featuring Greg Case from the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services. This presentation is designed
toward LGBT professionals and those
serving the aging community.
THE TOM DAVARON SOCIAL BRIDGE
CLUB will meet at 7:30 p.m., at the Dignity
Center, 721 8th St., S.E., (across from
Marine Barracks) for Social Bridge. No part-
ner is needed. Visit lambdabridge.com and
click on “Social Bridge in Washington, D.C.”
Thursday, Sept 16
DR. GREGORY JONES will be leading a
discussion tonight at the D.C. Center,
1318 U St., N.W., following a screening of
the film, ‘Do I Look Fat?’ at 7 p.m.
48 washingtonblade.com • september 10, 2010
THE GUIDE TO ARTS & CULTURE
HOT HITS AND HIDDEN JEWELS
OPENINGS
saturday, sept 11
ABBA-THE MUSIC CAPITOL HILL ART LEAGUE HOSTS
Friday, September 17 ALL-MEDIA EXHIBIT WALK ON THE
Wolf Trap WILD SIDE. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.
1-877-WOLFTRAP 202-547-6839. caphillartleague.org.
wolftrap.org EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE 125TH
Disco is back as this tribute to one of the ANNIVERSARY OF THE BALTIMORE
greatest pop groups of all time fires up WATERCOLOR SOCIETY. Montpelier Arts
audiences with their uncanny resem- Center. 301-377-7800. pgparks.com.
blance and spot on performance of icon-
ic songs including ‘Dancing Queen,’ tuesday, sept 14
‘Fernando,’ and ‘Mamma Mia!’ AFTERNOON TEA. Strathmore.
301-581-5108. strathmore.org.
GAY PRIDE WEEK AT JOY OF MOTION DANCE CENTER
Through September 12 wednesday, sept 15
Joy of Motion Dance Center CULTURAL CROSSROADS: VOICES
joyofmotion.org FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE
Celebrate Gay Pride Week with Joy of Motion Dance Center! CARIBBEAN. Brentwood Arts
Bring your significant other, partner or friend during the week Exchange. 301-277-2863. pgparks.com.
of September 7-12 to enjoy our special promotions: 2-for-1 on POETIC ART EXHIBITION. Workhouse Arts
all Drop-In dance classes 2-for-1 on all Social Dance Sessions Center. 703-584-2900. workhousearts.org.
(regular price $99 for 6 weeks) Come and share the joy of cre-
ating communities that dance! thursday, sept 16
EL CABALLERO DE OLMEDO/THE
20TH ANNUAL ROSSLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL KNIGHT FROM OLMEDO. GALA Hispanic
Saturday, September 11 Theatre. 202-234-7174. galatheatre.org.
Arlington Cultural Affairs
Gateway Park
703-228-1850 LAST CHANCE
rosslynva.org saturday, sept 11
How do you celebrate 20 years of a Jazz Festival? By looking WIT PRESENTS: NEUTRINO VIDEO
forward! The 20th Annual Rosslyn Jazz Festival presents the PROJECT. Washington Improv Theater
customary ìall headlinerî caliber lineup of the genre’s most at Source Theatre. 202-204-7770.
visionary artists with twice-Grammy nominated Tierney Sutton washingtonimprovtheater.com.
Band featuring one of today’s top female vocalists; critically
acclaimed pianist Jason Moran and The Bandwagon. sunday, sept 12
ART BY THE YARD: WOMEN DESIGN
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA MID-CENTURY BRITAIN. The Textile
(A MASKED BALL) Museum. 202 667 0441. textilemuseum.org.
September 11 - September 25 CHUCK CLOSE PRINTS: PROCESS AND
Washington National Opera COLLABORATION. Corcoran Gallery of
The Kennedy Center Art. 202-397-7328. corcoran.org.
202-295-2400 DA VINCI - THE GENIUS. National
dc-opera.org Geographic. 202-857-7588.
Love, Murder and Betrayal in High Society! events.nationalgeographic.com.
Based upon the real-life murder of 18th- FROM PRISON TO ARTS CENTER.
century Swedish King Gustavus III, Verdi’s Workhouse Arts Center. 703-584-2900.
Un Ballo in Maschera tells the story of for- workhousearts.org.
bidden love in this lavish production. King SINK THE BELGRANO! SCENA
Gustavus falls in love with Amelia, his best Theatre at H Street Playhouse.
friend Anckarstrˆm’s wife. 703-683-2824. scenatheater.org.
WOMEN TO WATCH 2010 BODY OF
The Guide to Arts & Culture is supplied by CulturalCapital.com, a program of the Cultural Alliance of WORK: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON
Greater Washington. ABBA: Supplied by Wolf Trap; GAY PRIDE WEEK: Supplied by Joy of Motion Dance
Center; JAZZ FESTIVAL: Supplied by Arlington Arts Alliance; UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Supplied by FIGURE PAINTING. National Museum
Washington National Opera. of Women in the Arts. nmwa.org.
monday, sept 13
JUNE WAYNE’S, DOROTHY SERIES.
National Museum of Women in the Arts.
nmwa.org.
JUYEON KIM: THE IN-BETWEEN.
National Museum of Women in the Arts.
nmwa.org.
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
sept 10 - sept 11
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF
THE KING - COMPLETE FILM IN HD
WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA & SOLOISTS.
Wolf Trap. 703-255-1868. wolftrap.org.
sept 10 - sept 12
LIZ LERMAN DANCE EXCHANGE:
THE MATTER OF ORIGINS. Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center.
301-405-ARTS.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
ONE NIGHT ONLY
friday, sept 10
ESTHER WILLIAMS AND DAVEY
YARBOROUGH, MONTPELIER JAZZ
SERIES. Montpelier Arts Center.
301-377-7800. pgparks.com.
saturday, sept 11
FIN DE SIECLE VIENNA: GLORIES OF
ART AND MUSIC. Smithsonian S. Dillon
Ripley Center. 202-633-3030.
residentassociates.org.
ANDREWS AND VOLLRATH OPENING
RECEPTION. Gallery plan b.
202-234-2711. galleryplanb.com.
OPEN HOUSE ARTS FESTIVAL AND
MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S BOOK
FESTIVAL. The Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
sunday, sept 12
AVANT-FOLK (MACARI-SOTELO ENSEM-
BLE) CONCERT. Society of Art Rock at The
Soundry. 703-698-0088. dc-soar.org.
JACKSON BROWNE. Wolf Trap.
1-877-WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org.
monday, sept 13
PICTURE THIS! A WORLD IN A WORK OF
ART. Smithsonian S. Dillon Ripley Center.
202-633-3030. residentassociates.org.
tuesday, sept 14
HOW MADELEINE ALBRIGHT PINNED
DOWN DIPLOMACY. Smithsonian S.
Dillon Ripley Center. 202-633-3030.
residentassociates.org.
wednesday, sept 15
THE GREEN BOOK. Lincoln Theatre.
202-328-6000. thelincolntheatre.org.
ONGOING
CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION.
The Studio Theatre. 202-332-3300.
studiotheatre.org.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. Del Ray
Artisans. 703-836-2724.
theDelRayArtisans.org.
IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRATOR
PLAY. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
202-393-3939. woollymammoth.net.
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. Round
House Theatre Bethesda. 240-644-1100.
roundhousetheatre.org.
PERSPECTIVES. Arlington Artists
Alliance at BB&T Bank.
arlingtonartistsalliance.org.
SOMETHING YOU DID. Theater J.
800-494-8497. washingtondcjcc.org.
EXHIBIT: WATERCOLORIST MICHELE
REA’S VANTAGE POINT. The Art League.
703-683-1780. theartleague.org.
FREE
saturday, sept 11
RUG AND TEXTILE APPRECIATION
MORNING: EMBROIDERIES FROM
MYANMAR (BURMA). The Textile Museum.
202-667-0441. textilemuseum.org.
RELATIVE: RECENT PAINTINGS AND
DRAWINGS. Gallery plan b. 202-234-2711.
SOCIALAGENDA
Lady Gaga goes to
Washington
Lady Gaga’s D.C. show this week was as much a gay rights rally as a pop show. Visit wash-
ingtonblade.com for more exclusive photos of the show.
Pop superstar turns concert
into gay rights rally
By STEVE FOX
Lady Gaga rolled her “Monster Ball” tour
into the Verizon Center on Tuesday night and
left a sold-out audience of 15,000 young
girls, gay boys, suburban moms and the K
Street crowd screaming for more.
This is not a PG-13 show, as evi-
denced by the bleeding angel statues and
heavy religious and sexual imagery. This
is the Monster Ball and Gaga wanted D.C.
to know that she “burned the place to the
f—-ing ground.”
Gaga’s hits were belted out with gusto in
the Broadway-esque spectacle. Introducing
“Fame,” Gaga declared, “All you have to do is
follow the glitter way.” As Gaga and her per-
formers navigated their way to the “monster
ball” (Oz) the crowd experienced a set that
not only included the standard video screens
and catwalks of pop shows today, but stage
props and set designs that gave the multi-
dimensional feel of being on a subway and in
New York’s Central Park. Finally, the audi-
ence was confronted with the Fame Monster
himself — a close cousin to Audrey Jr. from
“The Little Shop of Horrors.”
Sprinkled between numbers and
Broadway references was Lady Gaga’s
unabashed pro-gay message. During
“Boys, Boys, Boys,” Gaga demanded,
“Celebrate your gay pride tonight.”
The audience was filled with LGBT fans
who screamed and applauded with delight at
each message calling for gay equality.
Members of the Servicemembers Legal
Defense Network were in the audience and
Gaga expressed her support for repealing
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” She recounted sever-
al of the heartbreaking stories of those who
have been discharged under the military’s
gay ban. Gaga also gave a check for $20,000
at every show to her favorite local charity.
september 10, 2010 • washingtonblade.com 49
Washington Blade photo by Steve Fox
(Her D.C. beneficiary was unconfirmed at
press time.)
As a singer, Gaga seems to have the
goods. Several fans who attended comment-
ed on the obvious strength of her live vocals.
Lady Gaga demonstrated that her
voice is not only getting stronger, but her
timing on stage is engaging and impres-
sive as she danced and deftly navigated
multiple quick costume changes. Gaga is
the ringleader of the massive production,
at one point demanding that the music be
stopped because two fans were fighting
in the general admission area.
She denounced the fighting during her
concert, as her message is all about love,
not hate: “Only fake monster fighting” is
allowed. With fans crammed together on
the floor, there was no arguing that in just
a few years Gaga has garnered some
passionate and highly animated fans.
Some came with Haus of Gaga-inspired
club wear and many more engaged in
fist-pumping and screaming. More than
one fight was spotted and several fans
were escorted out of the arena.
Highlights included Gaga rising above
the stage on a platform that lifted her high
above the arena floor as she belted out
“So Happy I Could Die.” Gaga also
appeared on stage in a furry fringed cos-
tume, in which she rocked back and forth
to the opening of “Monster,” evoking a
crazed rendition of a character from
“Where the Wild Things Are.” Pot smoke
wafted through the audience as Gaga
delivered the worst best news of the
evening: the finale. “Poker Face,”
“Paparazzi” and “Bad Romance” left fans
hungry for more.
Keeping the Broadway theme
throughout the show, Lady Gaga, her
dancers and musicians gathered at the
front of the stage after “Bad Romance”
and took a bow. The audience reacted
with yet more screams and extended
monster claws.
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the collective’s successful premier pro-
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entire play clocks in at about two hours.
One segment dealing with one of the
more commonly known subjects – Saint
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mined country wracked by civil war.
“I’m interested in the gender issues sur-
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“When she died her charred naked body
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how in order to serve some soldiers must
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about sexuality and gender,” Moletess
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comedy about life, loss and love.
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Tony Award-winning musical is more than
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gay artistic director who is both staging
and playing Marvin in the production.
“This is the story of the universal strug-
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brought together by someone dying from
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been the catalyst.”
Ganymede’s latest venue is the affec-
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vised theater located in the back of “Go
Mama Go!” a 14th Street corridor gift
shop formerly run by the company’s late
and great patron Noi Chudnoff. The inti-
macy of the space and the fact that a lot
of Finn’s songs are kept alive by cabaret
singers has inspired Johnson to strip
away scene changes and focus on the
telling of the story.
“Falsettos sticks with Ganymede’s mis-
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up, toe-tapping good time. It’s an enter-
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At Woolly Mammoth (www.woolly-
mammoth.net), Sarah Ruhl’s funny and
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ship between a cranky white Chicago
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gay associate producing artistic director
Serge Seiden directs.
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Alexandria’s MetroStage (www.met-
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