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CHRIS HARVEY
Jindal order prompts IBM to cancel ribbon cutting

British activist argues Jesus might have been gay
Participants in Gay Pride Parade Day on July 3, 2010 in Central London, England
Anti-Gay Pride
LGBT members of a notoriously anti-gay party have been banned from

marching in Londons Pride parade
by Rhuaridh Marr
HERES A STORM BREWING ACROSS THE POND.

This weekend, London will host its annual Pride
celebration, where thousands of British queers will
parade through the citys ancient streets. They have
plenty to celebrate, too: Its been over a year since marriage
equality was legalized in England and Wales (Scotland followed
later that year), and Britain is often voted as the most LGBTfriendly nation in Europe.
But the weekend-long celebrations look set to be overshadowed, and not just by the typically unpredictable British
weather. Instead, a political quagmire has formed in the wake of
Pride in Londons decision to ban one of the U.K.s political parties from marching in the parade. Yes, Pride normally an ode
to all things inclusion is preventing a group of LGBT people
from marching together. Why?
In short, theyre members of a party notorious for its homophobic views. The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP
is a right-wing party that advocates for the U.K. to leave the
European Union. Widely viewed as racist nationalism tempered
for the mainstream, the partys members have frequently come
under fire for charged statements against migrants and ethnic
minorities when campaigning for votes.
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minded members party data suggests UKIP supporters consist mostly of white, older, working-class males with limited
higher education homophobia is rife. PinkNews compiled a
list of UKIP members various outbursts, including: a candidate
calling for poofters to be shot to convince others that they
should choose to be straight; a party donor claiming that gay
people are incapable of love (he also believes women should be
banned from wearing trousers); the partys leader, Nigel Farage,
suggesting that its okay for older people to be homophobic; and
a UKIP councillor who famously claimed that support for gay
marriage was the cause of flooding in England.
Indeed, in this years national elections, UKIP actively
campaigned on an anti-LGBT manifesto, with support for conscience laws that would exempt Christians from adhering to
anti-discrimination laws similar to the recent proliferation
of religious freedom laws in the U.S. During election debates,
Farage also attempted to demonize those with HIV, claiming
migrants were coming to the country for treatment and denying hospital resources to British citizens. His opponents openly
condemned his statements.
Its perhaps understandable, then, that when Pride in
London released a statement initially saying they wouldnt prevent UKIPs LGBT group from marching in the parade, a lot of
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people were upset.
We provide a platform for every part of the LGBT+ community and respect the principles of free speech, Pride in London
said in a statement. We do not discriminate against people based
on their political affiliation, and all political parties taking part in
the Parade will be positioned together in the same section.
Shortly after the decision was announced, a petition was drafted calling for UKIPs members to be banned from marching in the
parade. Nigel Farage, leader of Ukip, clearly does not support the
values of acceptance that Pride promotes, it stated, and Ukip is
an inherently homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, racist and
misogynistic political party. Veteran LGBT rights campaigner
Peter Tatchell demanded that Pride reverse their decision, claiming that the partys opposition to same-sex marriage, frequent
homophobic outbursts, and staunchly anti-equality voting record
meant that it shouldnt be allowed to march alongside the U.K.s
other main parties, all of which support LGBT equality.
Two days later, Pride in London reversed their decision.
UKIPs application to join the parade was turned down, with
Pride stating it had made the decision in order to protect participants and ensure the event passes off safely and in the right
spirit, emphasizing that its decision had not been made on a
political basis. The parades organizers argued that there were
concerns for the safety of parade volunteers and fears that angry
demonstrators could disrupt proceedings should UKIP be there.
There is no level of prejudice that is unacceptable as long
as it is directed against UKIP, Nigel Farage wrote in a column
for the Daily Express. He noted that his party had been banned,
outlawed in fact from attending Pride and that he thought the
parade was about standing for tolerance rather than censorship and hate. Somewhat ironically, Farage then compared the
discrimination against his party to the bigotry and sometimes
even racism experienced by many Brits conveniently ignoring UKIPs racist reputation.
Londons Mayor, Boris Johnson, stated that he didnt agree
with Prides decision: I passionately believe in the Pride march
and the values of equality it represents and think that all should
be allowed to participate. Even Peter Tatchell, who initially
opposed UKIPs inclusion, has now admitted that he is struggling with the ban. For me, this is a grey, conflicted issue, he
wrote. I can sympathise with some aspects of both sides of the
argument but on balance, for now, the case against UKIP LGBTs
marching in the Pride parade is stronger.
For its part, LGBT* in UKIP, the partys LGBT group, intends
to march in Sundays parade. Despite this ban, LGBT* in UKIP do
plan to show a presence, the group wrote in a bulletin to members.
However, the controversy has inevitably politicized the entire
affair. UKIPs LGBT group no longer wants to march for the sake of
showing pride instead, it wants to do so as a statement of intent:
It is important that we get as many LGBT people from UKIP to
attend, as there will be media interest in us.
Pride in London this year threatens to be overshadowed by
a deep split among its revellers, with plenty of opinions on both
sides of the UKIP debate. Should LGBT* in UKIP choose to
march together, in defiance of Prides ban, theres every chance
that it could disrupt what is otherwise supposed to be a joyous
celebration. Of course, there is also the argument that, despite
their politics, they are still members of the LGBT community
if Pride is for everyone, it really must mean everyone, surely?
After all, the Republican Party is hardly the dictionary definition of inclusion and tolerance and most gays may oppose their
politics but wed never ban Log Cabin members from Pride. l
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Budget Battle
Coalition of LGBT and pro-choice groups
stands together to oppose
congressional rider
by John Riley
NCE AGAIN, THE D.C. COUNCIL HAS FOUND

itself in the crosshairs of congressional conservatives. And once more, a coalition of LGBT and reproductive rights organizations is banding together to
oppose attempts to meddle in District affairs.
Every year, as part of the appropriations process for the
upcoming fiscal year, the District of Columbia must have its
budget approved by Congress even for plans involving nonfederal funds. As part of the process, members of congress are
frequently able to attach congressional riders typically controversial amendments that dictate the terms of how and when
money can or cannot be spent to a larger spending bill.
The addition of a controversial measure that might not necessarily pass as a standalone bill is a way to sneak the provision
into law. Because the president can only decide whether or not
to veto the whole bill rather than individual line items, many
riders can be successfully introduced and implemented, as the
president is usually less willing to expend political capital to
fight against a single provision.
In the spotlight this year is the Reproductive Health NonDiscrimination Amendment Act (RHNDAA), a bill unanimously
passed by the D.C. Council last year. It prevents employers from
discriminating or retaliating against employees, their spouses
and dependents for their reproductive decisions such as if a
woman has previously had an abortion, has opted to use birth
control, or has undergone in vitro fertilization to become pregnant. In light of recent Supreme Court rulings, most notably in
the Hobby Lobby case, all of those reproductive decisions may
be fodder for an employer who feels that such decisions violate
their religious or moral beliefs.
The bill was targeted by congressional conservatives earlier
this year after Senate and House members tried to overturn the
law. A similar bill prohibiting religiously-affiliated educational
institutions from discriminating against LGBT students or
groups was also targeted. Attempts to overturn both bills failed,
with the laws going into effect in May.
After failing to stop the reproductive rights bill from going
into effect, congressional conservatives instead have targeted
its funding, introducing a rider that prohibits the District from
using its own funds to enforce the law. That rider was introduced
by U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) and passed on a largely
party-line vote in the House Committee on Appropriations.
According to congressional observers, it is still unclear when
the bill will be brought forward for a vote of the full House
of Representatives, or if the rider will remain intact when the
appropriations bill is voted upon for final passage.
So far, there have been no attempts to introduce a similar
rider prohibiting the enforcement of the LGBT nondiscrimina-
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tion law. However, the coalition of LGBT groups and womens
reproductive rights groups has continued working together
behind the scenes to marshal opposition to any potential riders.
The coalition has also actively sought out support from local
business owners, and has cobbled together more than 100 D.C.based businesses to sign a letter expressing their opposition
to any attempts to undermine either RHNDAA or the LGBT
nondiscrimination law. Signatories of the letter include Cork
Market & Tasting Room, where coalition members opposing the
rider held a rally on Tuesday to call attention to the cause, Cork
Wine Bar, Hills Kitchen, Lucky Bar, Mr. Henrys Restaurant,
The Pug, Oasis Hair Salon Unisex, Bulldog Finance Group and
Busboys and Poets.
Sasha Bruce, senior vice president of campaigns and strategy
of NARAL Pro-Choice America, one of the reproductive rights
groups heading up the coalition, says the coalitions ability to
successfully canvass and call employers to organize opposition to any potential riders demonstrates how out-of-touch
Congress is, not only with the residents of the District, but with
its business owners, who dont wish to discriminate against their
employees because of their personal reproductive decisions.
Bruce adds that the decision by members of Congress to
target the RHNDAA law, rather than also going after the LGBT
nondiscrimination law, is based on a political calculation made
by Republicans controlling Congress.
The question is: why did they end up leaving LGBT discrimination off the table as these bills move to a floor vote? And I think
it is pure politics, says Bruce. They feel it is not a political liability to attack womens reproductive rights, and they are wrong. It
is absolutely a liability. Seven in 10 Americans are supportive of
abortion access for women, regardless of what they would choose
to do themselves, and 99 percent of women, that are or have been
of reproductive age, have used birth control. These guys are completely out of touch with the American mainstream. l
OPINION Sean Bugg
Whitewashing
History
Its time for whites including LGBTs to
move beyond willful ignorance when it comes
to race in America
ROWING UP IN RURAL KENTUCKY DURING

the late 70s and early 80s the time of national
transition from Carter to Reagan the Confederate
flag was an ever-present icon in the background of
my life. Belt buckles and bumper stickers, t-shirts and flags, all
little reminders of the slogan, The South will rise again!
While I had studied the basic history of the Civil War and
slavery, the flag didnt ping my radar as racist. Instead, it was
just another signifier for Hank Williams Jr. and Lynyrd Skynyrd
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fans, a rebel flag reduced to a marker in the battle between MTV

and Nashville.
That was my ignorance.
Youd expect that heading off to a good university would
have corrected some of my notions about American history.
But I ended up at Washington and Lee, the rural Virginia college where Gen. Robert E. Lee retired after the Civil War and
took up the cause of molding Southern gentleman. Lee Chapel
featured a marble statue of the general sleeping at camp during wartime, surrounded by Confederate flags, looming over
students during any assembly. (The flags were removed in 2014
after furious protests from many alumni.)
This was where I first heard phrases like The War of
Northern Aggression and assertions that the Civil War was
not about slavery but instead about states rights and economics
and whatever other excuses might be historically handy. We
watched Gone with the Wind in Politics 101 the class moved
to an auditorium to handle the overflow and everyone cheered
when Scarlett shot the Union soldier in the face.
Though I considered myself not-racist, I never pushed back,
because these were my friends and fraternity brothers. It didnt
seem important enough to question.
Again, that was my ignorance.
Once I found myself out of the closet and abandoned by those
same friends, even targeted by their hatred, those same things
began to seem very important to question. I suddenly had more
empathy for black students who had complained about one
years Fancy Dress Ball theme being The Dark Continent and
another being the antebellum South.
That was my privilege.
It took my losing access to all the white heterosexual male
perks of life to better understand how it feels to be on the outside in America. Sadly, even that experience isnt enough for
some, as Ive seen far too many white LGBT people put on the
same blinders when it comes to race. Sad as it is, in 2015 we
have as far to go as pretty much every other white person in
this country.
As certain white folks congratulate themselves on taking
the brave steps to remove a racist flag from a state capitols
grounds, the rest of us white folks shouldnt forget that it took
nine African-Americans being shot in cold blood in their church
in order to get it done. And we still have a significant white
culture that views the Confederate flag as heritage and the
Civil War as a noble effort unrelated to slavery, despite the welldocumented words and statements of the Confederate leaders
that they were going to war to preserve slavery.
We live in this weird world where white people believe its
worse to be called a racist than to be a racist; where the sight of
a black woman using food stamps in a checkout line sparks outrage while the white woman doing the same one lane over goes
unremarked; where whites want to say n***** because black
people do, but call President Obama a racist divider for using the
word while talking about actual racism.
As white people we can pretend all we want that were colorblind, that we live in a country thats conquered racism, that our
political system treats everyone fairly regardless of the color of
their skin. That would be willful ignorance. And ignorance fosters hate, poisons our culture, and sometimes kills.
Its time for us to stop pretending.
Sean Bugg is the editor emeritus of Metro Weekly. Follow him on
Facebook (/seanbugg) and Twitter (@seanbugg). l
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Deadline for inclusion is noon of the Friday before Thursdays publication.
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PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-
affirming social group for ages 11-24.

4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road NW.
Contact Tamara, 202-319-0422,
layc-dc.org.
SMYALS REC NIGHT provides a

social atmosphere for GLBT and questioning youth, featuring dance parties,
vogue nights, movies and games. More
info, catherine.chu@smyal.org.
SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-6
p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for
youth 21 and younger. Youth Center,
410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, testing@
smyal.org.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
METRO DC PFLAG holds a group
meeting and community chat for

parents, family members and friends
of the LGBT community. 6:30-8 p.m.
Empoderate Centro Juvenil, 3055 Mt.
Pleasant St. NW. For more information, visit Jesus Chavez, jchavezmdcpflag@gmail.com.
SMITHSONIAN LATINO CENTER

and the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
AND CULTURE host a free screen-
ing of the film Paris is Burning

on its 25th anniversary, with a
follow-up Q&A session moderated
by Rayceen Pendarvis. 7:30-9:30
p.m. Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian
Museum of Natural History, 10th
St. and Constitution Ave. NW.
More info, visit facebook.com/
events/381996572004468.
THE DC CENTER will hold a

DECISION DAY GATHERING on
the day that the Supreme Court rules

on marriage equality, regardless of
the ruling. Date subject to change.
Celebration starts at 6 p.m. 2000 14th
St. NW, Suite 105. For more information, visit thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURAL
HEALTH offers free HIV testing, 9-5
p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). Call 202-291-4707, or visit

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

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

mainstream through advanced square
dancing at the National City Christian
Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW, 7-9:30
p.m. Casual dress. 301-257-0517,
dclambdasquares.org.
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The DULLES TRIANGLES Northern

Virginia social group meets for happy
hour at Sheraton in Reston, 11810
Sunrise Valley Drive, second-floor
bar, 7-9 p.m. All welcome. dullestriangles.com.
HIV TESTING at Whitman-Walker

Health. At the Elizabeth Taylor
Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max Robinson
Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9
a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an appointment
call 202-745-7000. Visit whitmanwalker.org.
IDENTITY offers free and confiden-
tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg,

414 East Diamond Ave., and in
Takoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire
Ave., Suite 411. Walk-ins 2-6 p.m.
For appointments other hours, call
Gaithersburg, 301-300-9978, or
Takoma Park, 301-422-2398.
METROHEALTH CENTER offers

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

youth 21 and younger. 202-567-3155
or testing@smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics

Anonymous Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,
3636 Georgia Ave. NW. The group is
independent of UHU. 202-446-1100.
WOMENS LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE for young LBTQ women,
13-21, interested in leadership development. 5-6:30 p.m. SMYAL Youth
Center, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3163,
catherine.chu@smyal.org.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
LGB PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP for
adults in Montgomery County offers
a safe space to explore coming out
and issues of identity. 10-11:30 a.m.
16220 S. Frederick Rd., Suite 512,
Gaithersburg, Md. For more information, visit thedccenter.org.
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THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
(DCJCC) hosts a special Erev
Shabbat Service and Congregational

Oneg Reception, with a presentation
by Matt Nosanchuk, national security council director for outreach to
the Jewish and LGBT communities
and the inaugural recipient of the
American Bar Association Stonewall
Award. 8-9 p.m. 1529 16th St. NW.
For more information, visit washingtondcjcc.org.
WOMEN IN THEIR TWENTIES, a

social discussion and activity group
for LBT women, meets on the second
and fourth Fridays of each month
at The DC Center. Social activity to
follow the meeting. 8-9:30 p.m. 2000
14th St. NW, Suite 105. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). 202-291-4707, andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
ADVENTURING outdoors group
hikes 11 strenuous miles on the Billy
Goat Trail at Great Falls, Md. Bring
plenty of beverages, lunch, bug spray,
sunscreen, sturdy boots and a few
dollars for fees. Carpool at 8:30 a.m.
from the Tenleytown Metro Station
east entrance at Wisconsin Avenue &
Albemarle Street NW. Jeff, 301-7759660. adventuring.org.
BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay volunteer organization, volunteers today
for Food and Friends. To participate,
visit burgundycrescent.org.
The DC Center hosts an ASL CLASS
FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE. Suggested
donation of $5. First come, first serve.

1-3 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
For more information, visit thedccenter.org or facebook.com/qweirdodc.
WEEKLY EVENTS
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice
p.m., and HIV services (by appointment). 202-291-4707 or andromedatransculturalhealth.org.
GAY DISTRICT holds facilitated

discussion for GBTQ men, 18-35, first
and third Fridays. 8:30 p.m. The DC
Center, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
202-682-2245, gaydistrict.org.
BET MISHPACHAH, founded by

members of the LGBT community,
holds Saturday morning Shabbat services, 10 a.m., followed by Kiddush
luncheon. Services in DCJCC
Community Room, 1529 16th St. NW.
betmish.org.
session at Hains Point, 927 Ohio Dr.

SW. 6:30-8 p.m. Visit swimdcac.org.

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

202-638-0750.
BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, including

others interested in Brazilian culture,
meets. For location/time, email braziliangaygroup@yahoo.com.
session at Hains Point, 972 Ohio Dr.,
SW. 8:30-10 a.m. Visit swimdcac.org.
DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walking/social club welcomes all levels for
exercise in a fun and supportive environment, socializing afterward. Meet
9:30 a.m., 23rd & P Streets NW, for a
walk; or 10 a.m. for fun run. dcfrontrunners.org.
DC SENTINELS basketball team
HOPE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
DIGNITYUSA sponsors Mass for
INSTITUTE FOR SPIRITUAL

DEVELOPMENT, God-centered new
meets at Turkey Thicket Recreation

Center, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE, 2-4
p.m. For players of all levels, gay or
straight. teamdcbasketball.org.
LGBT community, family and friends.

6:30 p.m., Immanuel Church-onthe-Hill, 3606 Seminary Road,
Alexandria. All welcome. For more
info, visit dignitynova.org.
GAY LANGUAGE CLUB discusses
welcomes GLBT community for worship. 10:30 a.m., 6130 Old Telegraph
Road, Alexandria. hopeucc.org.
age church & learning center. Sunday

Services and Workshops event. 5419
Sherier Place NW. isd-dc.org.
Join LINCOLN CONGREGATIONAL
TEMPLE UNITED CHURCH OF

CHRIST for an inclusive, loving and
critical languages and foreign languages. 7 p.m. Nellies, 900 U St. NW.
RVSP preferred. brendandarcy@
gmail.com.
progressive faith community every

Sunday. 11 a.m. 1701 11th Street NW,
near R in Shaw/Logan neighborhood.
lincolntemple.org.
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF
REFORMATION invites all to Sunday
tial HIV testing in Takoma Park,

7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411.
Walk-ins 12-3 p.m. For appointments
other hours, call 301-422-2398.
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
BRAVE SOUL COLLECTIVE will be
performing the piece Plot Twists...,
a collection of new works written
and performed by African-American
LGBTQ artists, at the Undercroft
Theatre for the groups entry into the
DC Black Theatre Festival. 6-8:30
p.m. 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
For more information, visit bravesoulcollective.org.
WEEKLY EVENTS
LGBT-inclusive ALL SOULS
worship at 8:30 or 11 a.m. Childcare is

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

and 11 a.m. Childrens Sunday School
at 11 a.m. 474 Ridge St. NW. 202-6387373, mccdc.com.
NATIONAL CITY CHRISTIAN

CHURCH, inclusive church with
MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
GLBT fellowship, offers gospel worship, 8:30 a.m., and traditional worship, 11 a.m. 5 Thomas Circle NW.
202-232-0323, nationalcitycc.org.
BETHEL CHURCH-DC progressive

and radically inclusive church holds
services at 11:30 a.m. 2217 Minnesota
Ave. SE. 202-248-1895, betheldc.org.
NEW HSV-2 SOCIAL AND

SUPPORT GROUP for gay men living
celebrates Low Mass at 8:30 a.m., High

Mass at 11 a.m. 2300 Cathedral Ave.
NW. 202-232-4244, allsoulsdc.org.

session at Hains Point, 972 Ohio Dr.,
SW. 9:30-11 a.m. Visit swimdcac.org.
DIGNITYUSA offers Roman Catholic

Mass for the LGBT community. 6
p.m., St. Margarets Church, 1820
Connecticut Ave. NW. All welcome.
Sign interpreted. For more info, visit
dignitynova.org.
in the DC metro area. This group will

be meeting once a month. For information on location and time, email to
not.the.only.one.dc@gmail.com.
RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH,

a Christ-centered, interracial, welcoming-and-affirming church, offers
service at 10 a.m. 680 I St. SW. 202554-4330, riversidedc.org.
ST. STEPHEN AND THE
INCARNATION, an interracial,
to 10:30 a.m. service, 945 G St. NW.

firstuccdc.org or 202-628-4317.
multi-ethnic Christian Community

offers services in English, 8 a.m. and
10:30 a.m., and in Spanish at 5:15 p.m.
1525 Newton St. NW. 202-232-0900,
saintstephensdc.org.
FRIENDS MEETING OF
WASHINGTON meets for worship,
UNITARIAN CHURCH OF
ARLINGTON, an LGBTQ welcoming-
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED

CHURCH OF CHRIST welcomes all
10:30 a.m., 2111 Florida Ave. NW,

Quaker House Living Room (next to
Meeting House on Decatur Place),
2nd floor. Special welcome to lesbians
and gays. Handicapped accessible
from Phelps Place gate. Hearing
assistance. quakersdc.org.
and-affirming congregation, offers

services at 10 a.m. Virginia Rainbow
UU Ministry. 4444 Arlington Blvd.
uucava.org.
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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
CHURCH OF SILVER SPRING
WASHINGTON WETSKINS Water

Polo Team practices 7-9 p.m. Takoma
Aquatic Center, 300 Van Buren St.
NW. Newcomers with at least basic
swimming ability always welcome.
Tom, 703-299-0504, secretary@
wetskins.org, wetskins.org.
UNIVERSALIST NATIONAL
MEMORIAL CHURCH, a welcom-
Whitman-Walker Health HIV/

AIDS SUPPORT GROUP for newly
diagnosed individuals, meets 7 p.m.
Registration required. 202-939-7671,
hivsupport@whitman-walker.org.
invites LGBTQ families and individuals of all creeds and cultures to join
the church. Services 9:15 and 11:15
a.m. 10309 New Hampshire Ave.
uucss.org.
ing and inclusive church. GLBT

Interweave social/service group
meets monthly. Services at 11 a.m.,
Romanesque sanctuary. 1810 16th St.
NW. 202-387-3411, universalist.org.
MONDAY, JUNE 29
WEEKLY EVENTS
WEEKLY EVENTS
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at Hains Point, 927 Ohio

Dr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit swimdcac.org.
DC SCANDALS RUGBY holds
ASIANS AND FRIENDS weekly dinner in Dupont/Logan Circle area, 6:30

p.m. afwash@aol.com, afwashington.
net.
GETEQUAL meets 6:30-8 p.m. at

Quaker House, 2111 Florida Ave. NW.
getequal.wdc@gmail.com.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)
practice, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Garrison

Elementary, 1200 S St. NW. dcscandals.wordpress.com.
HIV Testing at WHITMANWALKER HEALTH. At the Elizabeth

Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th
St. NW, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max
Robinson Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave.
SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an appointment call 202-745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.
KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY

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

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

free, rapid HIV testing. No appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012 14th
St. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV test-
ing. 5-7 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite

200, Arlington. Appointments: 703789-4467.

410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155 or testing@smyal.org.
THE DC CENTER hosts Coffee Drop-
In for the Senior LGBT Community.

10 a.m.-noon. 2000 14th St. NW. 202682-2245, thedccenter.org.
US HELPING US hosts a black gay

mens evening affinity group. 3636
Georgia Ave. NW. 202-446-1100.
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practice session at Takoma Aquatic

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

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

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

Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. For an appointment call 202745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.
THE HIV WORKING GROUP of THE
DC CENTER hosts Packing Party,
where volunteers assemble safe-sex

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

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

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

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

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

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

410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, testing@smyal.org.
SUPPORT GROUP FOR LGBTQ
YOUTH ages 13-21 meets at SMYAL,
410 7th St. SE, 5-6:30 p.m. Cathy
Chu, 202-567-3163, catherine.chu@
smyal.org.
US HELPING US hosts a support
group for black gay men 40 and older.

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

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

walk-in basis. No-cost screening for
HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. Hepatitis and herpes testing
available for fee. whitman-walker.org.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1
BOOKMEN DC, an informal mens
gay-literature group, discusses
Flagrant Conduct: The Story of
Lawrence v. Texas, by Dale
Carpenter. 7:30 p.m. Cleveland
Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave.
NW. All are welcome. bookmendc.
blogspot.com
Rayceen Pendarvis hosts THE ASK
RAYCEEN SHOW, where he moderates The Trans and Genderqueer
Spectrum: A Panel Discussion.
Pendarvis also interviews cast of
Edens Garden webseries. Also
featuring poetry from Venus-Thomas
Hinyard, Rehmih Mihreh Unisex
Clothing mini-fashion show, music
by DJ Que Lo Que and performances
from Dana Nearing and Timm T.
West. 6-8:30 p.m. Club Liv, 2001 11th
St. NW. For more information, visit
facebook.com/AskRayceen.
THE TOM DAVOREN SOCIAL

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

8th St. SE, across from the Marine
Barracks. No reservation and partner
needed. 301-345-1571 for more information.
WEEKLY EVENTS
AD LIB, a group for freestyle conversation, meets about 6:30-6 p.m.,
Steam, 17th and R NW. All welcome.
For more information, call Fausto
Fernandez, 703-732-5174.
DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice session at Hains Point, 927 Ohio

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

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

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

Center, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. For an appointment call 202745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.
tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg, 414

East Diamond Ave. Walk-ins 2-7 p.m.
For appointments other hours, call
Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978.
JOB CLUB, a weekly support pro-
gram for job entrants and seekers,

meets at The DC Center. 2000 14th St.
NW, Suite 105. 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. More
info, www.centercareers.org.
free, rapid HIV testing. No appointment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012 14th
St. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.
NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing.

11 a.m.-2 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite
200, Arlington. Appointments: 703789-4467.
PRIME TIMERS OF DC, social

club for mature gay men, hosts
weekly happy hour/dinner. 6:30 p.m.,
Windows Bar above Dupont Italian
Kitchen, 1637 17th St. NW. Carl,
703-573-8316. l
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Duplex3.0
The new owners of the 17-year-old Duplex
Diner want to ensure the venue remains a gay
institution and neighborhood draw
by Doug Rule
Photography by Todd Franson
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ARK HUNKER HAS BEEN GOING TO THE

18th & U Duplex Diner since the second day
it was in business. Or maybe it was the third
day, he cant quite recall. While 17 years to
the month can rush by and make memories
blurry for anyone, its especially true when your ties to a place
run deeper than mere longevity, as Hunkers do to Duplex.
This place, I grew up here, the 50-year-old Hunker halfjokes. Certainly, it would be hard to overstate the significance
Duplex Diner has had in Hunkers adult life. So significant, he
picked the gay D.C. landmark as the place to get hitched: He married Jeff Shields almost five years ago on the steps off the foyer,
leading into the dining room. And so significant, he is essentially
raising his nine-year-old daughter Samantha in the place, just a
block from their D.C. residence. In fact, when Samantha was just
a baby, bartender Jesse Tyler installed a special high chair that
hooks right onto the bar a measure to ensure the continued
patronage of her daddy, one of its best customers.
It worked, and then some. Last December, Hunker took his
support to the ultimate level, becoming an owner of the diner
along with Jeff McCracken. The two longtime friends are also
part of a core group of early customers that Eric Hirshfield,
the restaurants original proprietor, calls founding members.
And yet, that alone is not what made them the obvious choice
to take over this long-established institution. Instead, its the
experience theyve developed as owners of two restaurants in
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware: The upscale (Hunker calls it beach
elegant) Eden Restaurant, which they bought 10 years ago, and
Jam Bistro, built next door in 2010. According to Hirshfield, the
two popular Rehoboth restaurants, like the diner in D.C. before
them, have also kind of become institutions. All three are
draws places that many people in the community go to regularly, and most everyone else goes to at least occasionally. So I
guess theyre building a mini-empire of restaurant institutions,

Hirshfield laughs.
Youd be forgiven if this mini-empire all-but escaped your
notice even if you count yourself a Duplex regular. Six months
into their ownership, Hunker and McCracken have barely trumpeted that news. Its basically been business as usual at Duplex,
with few changes made and few anticipated for the foreseeable future. The two didnt buy the business from its second
owner Kevin Lee to change it or assert their authority, but to
ensure it stays the place theyve long known and loved. Explains
McCracken: Mark and I want it to remain basically what it is,
and kind of let it evolve a little bit.
Of course they wouldnt dream of changing the two bathrooms the original shrine to Madonna and the newer tribute
to other pop divas, each with wall-plastered press clippings and
piped-in music. But they also think the overall space remains
fine as it is, four years after Lee remodeled it last. Kevin did
quite a bit of work to the dining room and the bar and I still
think its fresh, says McCracken, who renovates houses and
does handiwork in his spare time. Hunker and McCracken have
also kept the place running the same, retaining most employees,
many of whom have been there for 10 years or more this, in
a high-turnover industry where staff often last a year or less at
any one place.
Ive watched them grow up and get married, buy houses,
have children, Hirshfield says. There are some employees that
have worked there longer than I did. That is, counting from the
time Duplex opened in 1998 to the time he sold it to Lee and his
partner Holger in 2011. Jesse the bartender lapped me about
two or three years ago, Hirshfield says.
Lee was another employee who only lasted 13 years,
including nearly a decade as a bartender and server. He chalks
up Duplex Diners impressive retention rate to an environ-
On the cover: Crispy Rockfish, Left: Classic Mac and Cheese, Above: Toasted Quinoa Salad
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Clockwise from upper left:

Watermelon and Basil Salad, Wild
Mushroom Ragout over creamy
Polenta, Classic Meatloaf, Fresh
Pappardelle
ment akin to a gay Cheers its friendly, familiar, even familial.

People I hired would say, Oh my god, this is the nicest place Ive
ever worked! he says. The place just feels very comfortable and
homey and doesnt give off an air of pretentiousness. Adds Hunker:
Everybody here has grown to become a little family.
One of the few changes Hunker and McCracken made was to
promote Kelly Laczko to the newly created position of general manager, after she had spent six years as a bartender and server. Laczko
had turned down offers to manage other bars and restaurants, but
this was the right time, and the right place. I wouldnt have wanted
to do it anywhere else. Both Hirshfield and Lee say Hunker and
McCracken made the right choice in promoting Laczko to handle
the venues day-to-day operations. She knows what shes doing,
shes on point, honest and hard-working, Lee says.
I was really happy to hear that she took over as general manager, Hirshfield adds. The diner is definitely in good hands.
Hunker and McCracken also retained Lees original hire of Mark
Mulvey as chef. The Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef had worked at a
restaurant in the foodie destination of Charleston, South Carolina.
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I think Mark is anxious to spread

his wings a little bit, and were giving him more license to do that, McCracken says.
Last month Duplex unveiled Mulveys slight revamp of the
menu, developed after months of consultation with Laczko
and the owners. The new menu still adheres to a notion of
Duplex as the place to go for gay Washingtonians and others looking for slightly upgraded diner-fare one of the
better burgers in town, plus above-par Reuben and chicken
sandwiches, and a homemade-style meatloaf entre served
with green beans and creamy mashed potatoes. It also offers
slightly healthier fare, notably through entre-sized salads
such as broccolini with grilled chicken, an option suited to a
health-conscious clientele.
All of those items remain essentially unchanged, though
the menu does see the return of a couple of older sides. For
example, the burgers three twists on the Angus beef standard, plus a vegetarian option made with black beans and
other sandwiches are now served with hand cut fries (unless
youd prefer tater tots or onion rings). These are the smaller,
better variety Duplex once served, before, one surmises, a
size-queen mentality mucked up a good thing. Speaking of
big, the large, plump pickles once served in a bucket in lieu
of a breadbasket have also returned to the menu, although
only upon request.
A few of the new Mulvey-designed standouts first saw life

as specials over the past several months: a Watermelon and
Basil Salad, which is an unusually good twist on a Caprese
salad but with feta replacing mozzarella to make up for
the missing tomato, which even watermelon-averse eaters
wont hate; an entre of crispy rockfish with lemon-butter
sauce served with toasted farro risotto and kale; and Wild
Mushroom Ragout, an incredibly rich and flavorful vegetarian entre, consisting of shitake and Hen of the Woods
mushrooms and a creamy polenta with tomato butter sauce.
The new menu was partially influenced by the philosophy
that guides the pairs Rehoboth restaurants: We do nothing
off the truck, says McCracken. Its all made in-house, or
using fresh produce, that we prepare and offer all the time.
A new foldout cocktail menu was also recently unveiled,
listing the finer wines and higher-quality beers, both bottled and on tap. Of course, Duplexs signature drink, the
Lemon Squeeze, remains, as do the many muddled-fruitwith-vodka variations its inspired.
For her part, Laczko, who has her own events planning business, intends
to throw more and better organized events
and parties in the space
such as an Edge of
Seventeen-themed
anniversary
party
Friday, July 17, with
DJ Khelan. Shes also
working to establish a
regular Ladies Night
the type geared for
lesbians and the ladies
who love them as
well as make Duplex
a bit more active in
the LGBT community
as a whole, sponsoring more gay amateur
sports teams, and catering or hosting receptions for gay-supportive charities.
But the themed nights remain essentially unchanged. In
terms of specials, these include: Monday nights half-priceoff most menu items beginning with the letter M, from
mac n cheese to meatloaf to margaritas to Montepulciano;
Tuesdays half-price burgers and $4 domestic beers; and
Wine-O Wednesdays half-price-off all wines. Many nights
also bring in specific crowds for example, Monday nights
typically draw a slightly older, more established gay set,
while Saturdays tend to attract more straight couples.
Of course one night continues to reign supreme.
Thursdays are a mix, all different ages, Laczko says, but
its generally a younger crowd, an influx of new blood coming in. Thursday is popular with diners, but even more so
with drinkers, who slowly take over the entire space after
10 p.m., turning it into a stand-and-model bar. Hirshfield
still marvels at how the night developed into Duplexs busiest. Thursday nights became really busy on their own, he
says. That wasnt a promotion, that wasnt anything we
kick-started.
Hirshfield cites the unplanned popularity of Thursday
night as one example of why he thinks Duplex took root as
an institution. I think its because I wasnt trying to make
Laczko and Hunker
it anything specific, he says. It was just this simple concept of a

diner-style restaurant and neighborhood bar with a friendly staff,
good food and strong drinks. There was no gimmick, there was no
set formula that I followed. Hirshfield conceived of the restaurant
after walking by the vacant, abandoned and forlorn storefront.
He sensed an opportunity to provide something he found lacking
in his ethnic cuisine-rich Adams Morgan neighborhood a basic,
American-style diner. Naturally, he had no idea it would remain vital
nearly two decades later. Equally, its gratifying to see it thriving
without him. He compares the feeling to that of a proud papa and
all that corny stuff.
Ultimately, however, Hirshfield, who is now a property developer
for both commercial and residential projects, is glad to be out of the
restaurant business. The only thing he misses are the many built-in
social opportunities that owning Duplex provided. Lee, who has
returned to full-time work with the small gardening business he and
his partner Holger own, feels the same way. Owning the diner was a
bit too taxing on their time.
Yet both are pleased with whats shaping up as Diner 3.0 under
Hunker and McCracken. Theyve been true to their word as far as
keeping a lot of the good things about the diner, they have kept the
core the same, Lee says. Adds Hirshfield: They havent changed the
concept. Theyve kept the spirit of it.
For his part, Hunker is intrigued by prospects for Duplexs surrounding neighborhood. We want to be part of what I think is going
to be the renaissance of the bottom part of Adams Morgan and the
top of Dupont Circle, he says, citing a forthcoming new restaurant
across 18th Street as well as friendly relations with Duplexs neighbors. You cant ask for more than just being part of the neighborhood, he says. And this longtime neighborhood resident is still a bit
in awe of the fact that hes also now a neighbor in a different capacity.
I still pinch myself that it actually happened, he says. I cant
believe that I own the diner!
The 18th and U Duplex Diner is at 2004 18th St. NW. Call 202-265-9599
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Simple Joys
Duplex Diners Chef Mark Mulvey believes food
should be two things: delicious and easy
By Connor J. Hogan
RUN MY KITCHEN LIKE I WAS TAUGHT IN

Charleston, Mark Mulvey says. Very strict.
Mulvey, the head chef at Duplex Diner, might have
downhome roots, but hes anything but country cooking.
Growing up in Winchester, Virginia, his journey to gastronomy wasnt exactly a straight shot. I was working at this
bar in Blacksburg after high school, he says. Just working on
the line, but I remember one of my bosses told me I should check
out culinary school. The next year, he was enrolled in the Le
Cordon Bleu Institute for Culinary Arts, and the year after that,
he was working his first externship in a high-end restaurant in
Charleston, South Carolina.
Holding a plate of fresh pappardelle pasta with mushrooms
and broccolini, steeped in a parmesan cream sauce, Mulvey
beams with pride. We make our pasta in house, he says.
Unfortunately, people arent ordering this dish with beach season coming up.
But the first bite of this light pasta dish will make you forget
about Rehoboth, instead transporting you directly to Rome. In a
way, the pappardelle perfectly captures Mulveys style: a humble
presentation with only a few ingredients that complement each
other beautifully. Food should be simple, he says. Simple

tastes good. It only needs the correct procedure, and understanding your ingredients. Let the food speak for itself.
And the food at Duplex speaks volumes. The Airline Chicken
Breast with farro, black beans, and corn is a perfect example of
the bistro flair on a traditional diner dish. With summer coming
around, the menu has added new salads featuring fresh ingredients I really like the Watermelon and Basil salad, Mulvey says.
Its refreshing to have on a hot summer day. Of course, what
would a diner be without its traditional fare?
Mulveys twist on the traditional meatloaf features a more
diverse spice portfolio, and includes a carrot salad. When I
started in 2011, we had a meatloaf competition, he says. We
asked our customers to vote on the better meatloaf: mine or the
one that was on the menu before. Mine won, so now its on the
menu. Also, make sure you swing by for Monday Happy Hours
where a basket of tater tots comes on the house.
Cooking for a mainstay of Adams Morgan doesnt come without its own set of challenges. We only have four burners back
there, he says. So Ill never make a dish that takes multiple
saucepans. But Mulveys philosophy in the kitchen works best
when its under constraint, and his passion for cooking is linked
to his desire to grow as a cook.
I love learning new things, he says. You might try something, and it might not work, but thats exciting. Id never
worked with broccolini before I came here, and now I love
it. Theres always a pulse of something new in a restaurant. I
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LightShow S
Duplexs whimsical in-house lightbox campaigns
have become as beloved as the Diner itself
By Doug Rule
OON AFTER REMODELING THE DUPLEX

Diner in 2011, then-owner Kevin Lee asked
Tony Frye to design posters to put in the
lightboxes above each booth. Frye, a graphic
designer and a former art director for Metro
Weekly, thought to make a series starring the
new chairs, posed in different positions, that Lee
had bought for the space. I thought of the whole
story that happens at the diner, Frye says. You
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come in and meet someone, you hook up with them, you

have drama and then you get drunk about it.
The popular campaign led to T-shirts and another
series in which the chairs portray various Queens
from Dairy to Drag. Since then, the lightboxes have seen
a steady stream of clever and funny promotions, both for
the diner itself, often using gay-popular movie quotes,
and for the parties hosted there. The latest series displays some of Duplexs best-known dishes, set off using
lyrics from 80s-era pop songs, a nod to the venues
popular Breakfast Club dance party.

A couple of years ago Frye created a perennial poster
for Duplexs Tots and Tiaras New Years Eve party in
which he crowned a tater tot with what else? a tiara.
The first thing we discovered is that tater tots dont
stand up, he says of the photo shoot. The problem was
solved by propping them up, very carefully, with a toothpick. Frye also notes that it takes time to find a photgenic
tot: You can bake 100 of them, and they all sort of look
like the land of the mutated tater tots. l
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A Day in the
Folklife
This years Folklife Festival offers a glimpse
into the cultures of Peru
JOSHUA ELI COGAN
ERU IS HOME TO ONE OF THE MOST

famed ancient cultures: the Incans. With its cities high above the ocean, and unique styles of
farming in the mountains, the Incans, usually paired
with the Mayans, were one of those peoples that everyone learned about in school. But the Incans werent
the only indigenous population in Peru, and this years
Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Per: Pachamama, seeks
to shed light on the vast differences of heritage in the
South American country.
A lot of people have this image of Peru, says festival
coordinator James Mayer. You know Machu Picchu,
and pan flutes. I think people are going to be surprised
at the immense diversity of Peruvian traditions and
cultures.
When the Folklife Festival debuted in 1967, it was
an opportunity for Washingtonians to learn more about
cultures they might not encounter on a daily basis. This
years festival will continue in that tradition, but theyre
experimenting within their formula.
Were in a new location this year, Mayer says.
Right next to the National Museum of the American
Indian. The location has already proved to be fortuitous. On June 26th, NMAI will open The Great Inka
Road: Engineering an Empire, where museumgoers can
Sisters Katya and Blanca Canto, gourd engravers from Huancayo,
learn about the 20,000 mile stretch of road that linked
have carried on the traditional family craft.
Cusco, the capital, to the rest of the Incan empire.
Los Wemblers de Iquitos, a Peruvian band that mixes traditional folk sound with psychedelic rock, will play a
concert on Saturday, June 27th. You even have the opportunity to hear one of Perus indigenous languages broadcast
back home to native speakers. Radio Ucamara, a Peruvian radio channel, was created to serve the Kukama people, and
to save their nearly extinct language. Theyll be at the festival creating a radio show for their broadcast back home.
Since the beginning, the festival has been focused on honoring people, and uniting practitioners of tradition and
culture to celebrate diversity, Mayer says. But its also about that person-to-person exchange. Sharing those experiences with someone else. Often its a person you might have never met if you hadnt come to Folklife.

Connor J. Hogan
The 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival runs through Sunday, June 28, and again Wednesday, July 1, through Sunday,
July 5 on the National Mall adjacent to the National Museum of the American Indian. Admission is free.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day, with special evening events beginning at 7 p.m.
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SPOTLIGHT
8
Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin

Lance Black (Milk) wrote the play 8,
chronicling the federal case for marriage equality and the challenge to
Californias Proposition 8. This weekend Cobalt hosts a two-night-only
reading of the play as organized by
the District Arts Collaborative, with
license from the American Foundation
for Equal Rights and Broadway
Impact. A Q&A with marriage equality advocates will follow the readings.
Friday, June 26, and Saturday, June
27, at 8 p.m. Cobalt, 1639 R St. NW.
Tickets are $10 in advance or $20 at
the door. Call 202-232-4416 or visit
8theplay.com.
BASEMENT JAXX
Nobody creates a better spectacle than

this British duo, which all-but created
the template for the style of globally
informed, pop-flavored house that has
become mainstream in recent years.
From Red Alert to Rendez-Vu,
Wheres Your Head At? to Do Your
Thing, Flylife to Good Luck, the
duos club hits from its first decade
all became indelible. Better still, the
Grammy-winning duo has only gotten
better with time. Last years album
Junto, for example, is its most accomplished, cohesive, appealing yet. Next
weeks concert at the 9:30 Club is
only one of three U.S. dates featuring
the full live Jaxx show. Were talking
a whopping 12 performers on stage,

billed as a riot of color, movement
and pure energy. The fact that Felix
Burton and Simon Ratcliffe havent
played or DJed in D.C. since at least
the turn of the millennium reinforces
how imperative this show will be: Its
all-but guaranteed the enthusiasm of
the crowd at the 9:30 Club already
known for its engaged patrons
will be through-the-roof contagious.
Tuesday, June 30. Doors at 7 p.m.
Nightclub 9:30, 815 V St. NW. Tickets
are $35. Call 202-265-0930 or visit
930.com.
BRANDY CLARK
This great, lesbian country singersongwriter returns a year after her

rousing debut at the Birchmere. Clark
has established herself as a preeminent Nashville songwriter, writing
smart, sophisticated songs, many of
which have become major hits from
Mamas Broken Heart for Miranda
Lambert to Better Dig Two for
The Band Perry, and the twangy,
gay-affirming anthem Follow Your
Arrow for Kacey Musgraves. Two
years ago, Clark released her tremendous, and tremendously entertaining, debut album 12 Stories. I think
life is a dark comedy, so to me my
songs are kind of dark comedy, a lot
of them, she told Metro Weekly last
year. Tough subject matter but really
delivered a little bit tongue in cheek.
Sunday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m., at The
Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave.,
Alexandria. Tickets are $29.50. Call
703-549-7500 or visit birchmere.com.
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
FANTASIA WITH NATIONAL

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA POPS
Steven Reineke conducts the NSO in a

concert featuring soulful stage standout Fantasia Barrino, who will perform a program of showtunes and pop
standards, including Summertime
from Porgy and Bess as seen on
American Idol as well as favorites
from the The Color Purple and After
Midnight. The concert comes a mere
three days before her 31st birthday, so
consider this Kennedy Center engagement an early gift. Saturday, June 27,
at 8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert
Hall. Tickets are $20 to $88. Call 202467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
IMPOSSIBLE!
A HAPPENSTANCE CIRCUS
A year after its debut, Round House

Theatre offers a full remounted production of Impossible! A Happenstance
Circus, billed as a kaleidoscopic, theatrical homage to classic circus characters and images from local devised theater company troupe Happenstance
Theatre. The show amusingly promises everything from startling leaps
of imagination to ferocious acts of
wonder. And the entire ensemble
developed, or devised, the show,
working as a collective from script
start to finished performance. Opens
in previews Friday, June 26, at 8 p.m.
To July 12. Round House Theatre,
4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda.
Tickets are $20. Call 240-644-1100 or
visit roundhousetheatre.org.
Co-directed by Signature Theatres

Eric Schaeffer, Floyd Mutrux and
Colin Escotts hit Broadway musical
Million Dollar Quartet was inspired by
the true story of the time Sam Phillips
assembled Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash,
Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for
a famed recording session. You can
expect to hear many of these artists
hits, which have become standards,
from Hound Dog to I Walk The
Line, from Great Balls of Fire to
Blue Suede Shoes. Friday, June 26, at
8 p.m., Saturday, June 27, at 2 p.m. and
8 p.m., and Sunday, June 28, at 2 p.m.
and 8 p.m. The Filene Center at Wolf
Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets
are $22 to $80. Call 877-WOLFTRAP
or visit wolftrap.org.
FILM
MAGIC MIKE XXL
Yes, the plucked and waxed muscle-fest

is back for round two, with nary a chest
hair nor premise for justifying its existence in sight. Well, except for the eye
candy, including Channing Tatum, Joe
Manganiello and Matt Bomer. Gregory
Jacobs directs a cast also including
the hysterical Gabriel Iglesias, Amber
Heard and Jada Pinkett Smith. Opens
Wednesday, July 1. Area theaters. Visit
fandango.com.
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TED 2
Seth MacFarlanes anthropomorphic

bear returns, this time fighting to be
recognized as a person so he can have
a child with his wife. Ted was a massive success the highest-grossing
original R-rated comedy of all time,
in fact so there are big expectations
riding on the sequels stuffed shoulders. Opens Friday, June 26. Area theaters. Visit fandango.com.
TERMINATOR GENISYS
STAN BAROUH
Ill be back! and sadly, its true:

James Cameron reboots his scifi blockbuster, returning Arnold
Schwarzenegger to the big screen. In
fact, this is conceived as the first in
a new trilogy. Apparently, you just
cant terminate the Terminator. Opens
Wednesday, July 1. Area theaters. Visit
fandango.com.
STAGE
Allergic Reaction
An edgy satire, The Tale of the Allergists Wife is a showpiece

for two local actresses
TS WRY TITLE ONLY HINTS AT THE GENUINE LAUGH-OUT-LOUD HUMOR

contained in The Tale of the Allergists Wife (HHHHH).
If youre familiar with writer/performer Charles Buschs previous work, including
the uproarious Die Mommie Die and Psycho Beach Party, then you expect the funny. But
Allergist is a different animal than Buschs previous works, chiefly because it was written
from the get-go as a play for others, not Busch, to star in and none of them in drag.
And as it begins, you may sense that, despite being Buschs first play on Broadway, and
one earning him his first Tony nomination, Allergist is not up to his previous campy level. Its
not, but its also not a thoroughly navel-gazing and whiny play about poor rich New Yorkers
from the Upper West Side, full of angst and ennui about having money and access but no
meaning or purpose in life. No, thats just the initial setup for a play that becomes a fanciful
and edgy satire about modern life, love and the pursuit of personal and professional happiness and the boundaries, mostly self-imposed, that get in the way.
The focus is on Marjorie Taub, whos so depressed she cant get off her couch when we
meet her. Her husband, the allergist of the title, cant shake her stupor or that of the play,
which doesnt spring to life until we meet Marjories unsupportive and embittered mother
Frieda (perfectly realized by Barbara Rappaport). She cant stop nagging or talking about her
bowel movements or lack thereof usually as the others are eating. By the time we meet
Marjories unbelievable, pansexual childhood friend, Lee Green, were off on an adventure
as improbable and hysterical as many of Lees clearly exaggerated stories about hobnobbing
with the worlds elite while doing international charity work.
Stylishly directed by Eleanor Holdridge, Allergist is a showpiece for Theater Js longtime
acting ace Susan Rome, who plays Marjorie in various shades of realistically over-the-top
ways that would make Busch proud. Not to be outdone is Lise Bruneau, who portrays Lee as
a modern-day Mame Dennis. In her hands, Lee is so alluring and captivating, its essentially
laughable that Marjorie or her husband (Paul Morella) would ever try to resist her charms.
Youll laugh at that and so much more in this daffy play, which ultimately proves itself to be
as lovable as others in Buschs oeuvre. Doug Rule
The Tale of the Allergists Wife runs to July 5 at Washington, D.C.s Jewish Community
Center, 1529 16th St. NW. Tickets are $35 to $65. Call 202-518-9400 or
visit washingtondcjcc.org.
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JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS
HHHHH
Theres no shame in losing so long
as you play fairly and honestly, giving your best shot. Thats the life lesson Tom Wells imparts in his touching, tender play, now having its U.S.
Premiere at Studio Theatre. The sliceof-life type of play, about an amateur
LGBT soccer team, Barely Athletic,
stuck in a losing streak, is as winsome
as they come, though it might not seem
so at the outset. Everything is rather
mundane, even drab, right down to
the unpretentious setting a no-frills
locker room in a run-down British
town. Matt Torneys direction keeps
things simple and unremarkable the
focus is almost solely on the five fine
actors recruited to relate Wells quietly powerful and eventually surprising tale. Ultimately, Jumpers tackles
some big issues and aspects of modern-day life, particularly for gays, in a
remarkably realistic, restrained way.
Extended to June 28. Studio Theatre,
14th & P Streets NW. Tickets are $44
to $88. Call 202-332-3300 or visit studiotheatre.org. (Doug Rule)
LAS POLACAS: THE JEWISH

GIRLS OF BUENOS AIRES
GALA Hispanic Theatre presents

this world-premiere bilingual musical from writer Patricia Suarez-Cohen
and composer/lyricist Mariano Vales
about the tragic real-life saga of a
group of Eastern European Jewish
girls lured to Argentina and a life of
prostitution a century ago. Mariano
Caligaris directs this Spanish/English
production featuring Martin Ruiz, Ana
Fontan, Samantha Dockser, Joshua
Morgan, Amy McWilliams, Juan
Bianchi and Carlos Macher. Closes
this Sunday, June 28. GALA Theatre
at Tivoli Square, 3333 14th St. NW.
Tickets are $28 to $42. Call 202-2347174 or visit galatheatre.org.
SOURCE FESTIVAL
Throughout June, CulturalDC presents its annual theater festival dedicated to the up-and-coming and
named after its black box theater in
the heart of bustling 14th Street. This
years Source Festival features three
full-length plays, eighteen ten-minute
plays and four artistic blind dates
built on themes of mortality, revenge
and quests. Closes this Sunday, June
28. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. Tickets
are $10 to $20 for each show, $45 for a
three-play package or $100 for an allaccess pass. Call 202-204-7760 or visit
sourcefestival.org.
TARTUFFE
Dominique Serrand directs Molieres

classic indictment of religious hypocrisy at the Shakespeare Theatre
Company in a co-production with
South Coast Repertory and Berkeley
Repertory Theatre. The show stars
Steven Epp, last seen at STC in the
2012 Helen Hayes Award-winning
performance in The Servant of Two
Masters, and Sofia Jean Gomez (Ariel
in this seasons The Tempest). To
July 5. Sidney Harman Hall, Harman
Center for the Arts, 610 F St. NW.
Tickets are $20 to $110. Call 202-5471122 or visit shakespearetheatre.org.
THE BOOK OF MORMON
Yes indeed, the biggest show on

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

Theatre production of the zany Mel
Brooks musical, based on the zany,
nearly 50-year-old Mel Brooks
film, following the adventures of
washed-up Broadway producer Max
Bialystock and his mousy accountant
Leo Bloom who scheme to get rich
by producing the most notorious flop
in the history of show biz. Michael
Kostroff plays Max and Michael Di
Liberto plays Leo at Olney. Now in
previews. To July 26. Olney Theatre
Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring
Road, Olney, Md. Tickets are $55 to
$65. Call 301-924-3400 or visit olneytheatre.org.
MUSIC
DANCE
ABOVE AND BEYOND
AKUA ALLRICH
CHAMBER DANCE PROJECT
LA-TI-DO
A D.C. native and Howard University

alum, young jazz vocalist and composer Akua Allrich blends traditional,
modern and African jazz styles while
often singing in the showy, rangy manner of many of todays leading soul/
pop divas when not channeling her
idol Nina Simone. She performs with
a six-piece band plus special guests
at the Kennedy Center for a free
Millennium Stage concert that is also
an album release show for Allrichs
new set Soul Singer. Sunday, July 5,
at 6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage. Free. Call 202-467-4600 or visit
kennedy-center.org.
NATIONAL ORCHESTRAL
INSTITUTE AND FESTIVAL
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts

Center at the University of Maryland
concludes its month-long festival
pairing outstanding young classical
musicians with world-renowned conductors. The final performance finds
Israeli conductor Asher Fisch leading
the National Festival Orchestra in a
program of Wagner and Beethoven,
led by Bartoks dazzling Concerto for
Orchestra. Saturday, June 27, at 8
p.m. Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center, University of Maryland,
University Boulevard and Stadium
Drive. College Park. Tickets are $25.
Call 301-405-ARTS or visit claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
ROCHELLE RICE
Americas Most Outrageous Singers

delves into the shocking true stories
behind some of pop musics most
scandalous songs and colorful artists,
all as part of a free concert by this
Strathmore Artist-in-Residence, also
an alumna of Howard Universitys
premiere vocal jazz ensemble the Afro
Blue Vocal Band. Saturday, June 27, at
7:30 p.m. The Mansion at Strathmore,
10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda.
Tickets are free, but reservations
required. Call 301-581-5100 or visit
strathmore.org.
SONDRE LERCHE
Brooklyn-based Norwegian poprocker Sondre Lerche is a sensitive

soul who creates music and lyrics that
are generally guitar-hazed and love
dazed, not angry or angst-ridden. He
has a calming voice and a casual vocal
delivery that can be both charming
and disarming sometimes at the
same time. And he offers lyrics that
are often opaque, a bit of a puzzle. The
9:30 Club presents Lerches return to
the area, a tour in support of Please.
Saturday, June 27, at 7 p.m. U Street
Music Hall, 1115A U St. NW. Tickets
are $15. Call 202-588-1880 or visit
ustreetmusichall.com.
Last year ushered in the debut of this

former New York-based ballet company as a Washington-based ensemble
an imaginative and determined
new dance force, as Sarah Kaufman
of the Washington Post heralded the
move. Artistic director Diane Coburn
Bruning leads six principal dancers
from major ballet companies the
Joffrey, Atlanta, Milwaukee and
Washington along with a string
quartet performing live accompaniment. Next week the company
offers two repertory programs at the
Lansburgh Theatre: Program A features two world-premieres, Wild
Swans by Darrell Grand Moultrie and
Arranged by Bruning, plus the D.C.
premiere of the witty Four Men in
Suits and the exuberant Time Has
Come, with remaining performances Friday, June 26, at 8 p.m., and
Sunday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m. Program
B offers Wild Swans plus Brunings
Exit Wounds, a powerful male duet
exploring memory and loss, and
tango-infused ballet Sur, with performances Thursday, June 25, at 7:30
p.m., Saturday, June 27, at 2 p.m. and
8 p.m. Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St.
NW. Tickets are $18 to $70. Call 202547-1122 or visit chamberdance.org.
MOVE FEATURING DEREK HOUGH

AND JULIANNE HOUGH
Dancing with the Stars champion

brother-sister duo, an Emmy-winning
and Olympic Gold Medal-winning
choreographer and country chart-topper, perform works by So You Think
You Can Dance married choreographers Tabitha and Napoleon Dumo,
known together as Nappytabs. The
Houghs will be accompanied by the
Move Company Dancers. Friday, July
3, at 8 p.m. The Filene Center at Wolf
Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. Tickets
are $25 to $55. Call 877-WOLFTRAP
or visit wolftrap.org.
COMEDY
RUSSELL HOWARD
Star and creator of the long-running

hit BBC show Russell Howards Good
News returns to North America for a
new standup show kicking off in the
U.S. at Sixth and I this weekend. The
tour, perhaps even the D.C. concert,
will no doubt factor into a new series
hes developing for Comedy Central
documenting his travels around the
world. After all, how could he not talk
about performing standup in a synagogue? Saturday, June 27, at 8 p.m.
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. 600 I
St. NW. Tickets are $25. Call 202-4083100 or visit sixthandi.org.
Regie Cabico and DonMike Mendozas

La-Ti-Do variety show is neither karaoke nor simply cabaret. In addition
to higher-quality singing than most
impromptu karaoke, Cabico and cohost Mendoza also select storytellers
who offer spoken-word poetry and
comedy. Now moved to James Hobans
on Dupont Circle, the featured performer the whole month of Pride is
local lesbian stage vocalist Jade Jones.
Next Monday, June 29, Jones will perform with a cast of guest vocalists
a program dubbed the events first
ever boyband night, even though it
also includes songs made famous by
girl groups. Also performing is poet
Lisa Pegram as the nights spoken
word segment. Monday nights at 8
p.m. James Hobans Irish Restaurant
& Bar, 1 Dupont Circle NW. Tickets
are $15, or only $7 if you eat dinner at
the restaurant beforehand. Call 202223-8440 or visit latidodc.wix.com/
latidodc.
SPECIAL AGENT GALACTICA
For a one-off show at Freddies Beach

Bar this weekend, Jeffrey Johnson
will once again don a pink wig, frock
and heels to appear as Special Agent
Galactica. Also known as The Pink
Haired One, Galactica is a drag performer known primarily for singing the
songs in her act, as opposed to merely
lip-syncing. Yet at Freddies she will
perform a few lip-synced numbers in
a show featuring bawdy blues standards, classic jazz tunes and rock hits.
Guitarist Peter Fields aka Captain
Sattelite will accompany Galactica
and special guest local actor and singer
Barbara Papendorp. Sunday, June 28,
at 4:30 p.m. Freddies Beach Bar, 555
South 23rd St., Arlington. Free. Call
703-685-0555 or visit facebook.com/
SpecialAgentGalactica.
STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
The website and app HowStuffWorks

produces the popular podcast Stuff
You Should Know, and the two principals behind it, Chuck Bryant and
Josh Clark, now bring it to life in a
live show. Expect discussion of topics as wide-ranging as the history and
impact of Ouija boards, termites, the
use of MDMA for pleasure and mental
health, the effects of going without
sleep and gender reassignment surgery. Friday, June 26, at 8 p.m. Lincoln
Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. Tickets are
$25. Call 202-328-6000 or visit thelincolndc.com. l
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health
Safe Swim
by KATE WINGFIELD
S THE HAZY, HOT AND HUMID WEATHER

takes hold, its time for the beach with its promise of cool, refreshing waves and a gentle sea
breeze. But as your deposits clear on that oceanview condo and you start shoveling towel and bathing suit into a
weekender, dont leave behind your two other essentials: beach
safety and common sense.
REALLY? ISNT ALL THAT SAFETY STUFF FOR PARENTS WITH KIDS?
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Kids are always vulnerable around water. But so are adults.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), drowning
is still the fifth leading cause of death for people of all ages in
the United States. In a report issued last year, the CDC found
that between 1999 and 2010, more than 46,000 people died from
drowning or more than 10 per day. And even though drowning
rates are on the decrease for some age groups, they are trending up for those aged 45 to 84. Notably, adults are also more
likely than others to drown in natural bodies of water such as
the ocean.
BUT IM A GOOD SWIMMER!
Being a competent swimmer is obviously one of the best ways to

stay safe in the surf. But it can be easy to overestimate your abilities. In fact, in a recent survey, the American Red Cross found
that while 80 percent of Americans said they could swim, only 56
percent could actually perform the basic skills necessary to save
their lives in the water. If you want to be sure of your abilities,
consider an assessment by a qualified swim instructor or sign up
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Heading to the beach this

weekend? Dont forget to bring
along the common sense
for a set of classes before your beach break. But be aware that
even a strong swimmer can drown if they dont pay attention to
the dangers.
DANGERS? ALL I SEE IS A CALM SEA AND GENTLE BREAKERS.
When it comes to coastal swimming, what you see is not always

what you get; many dangers are not easily visible from the shore.
Rip currents, for example, are one of the most deadly of underwater hazards, yet they are not always visible from the beach.
I KNOW A RIPPED BEACH BODY WHEN I SEE ONE, BUT WHATS A RIPPED
CURRENT?
Rip currents are converging channels of water that are moving

swiftly out to sea. Unfortunately they form in the surf zone
the band of water where most people swim. They often occur
near piers, jetties, and around and above sandbars or other
variations in the sea floor. Without experience, they can be hard
to spot.
According to NOAAs National Ocean Service, rip currents
can be anything from a few feet to a few yards wide and they can
move up to eight feet per second. Thats faster than an Olympic
swimmer. Death most often occurs because swimmers try to fight
the current as they are pulled out to sea and then they tire and
drown. Indeed, in 2014, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration found that rip currents were responsible for 79
percent of all ocean fatalities. Of the twelve drownings reported
this past May, nine were attributed to rip currents.
SO HOW DO I AVOID THEM AND WHAT TO DO IF I FIND MYSELF IN ONE?
SHEESH, ANYTHING ELSE?!
Absolutely: never swim alone, always swim sober, and dont

swim during or just after storms. Be aware that the ocean floor
can be uneven and get deep quickly. Bigger waves can arise
unexpectedly and knock you off your feet. Avoid toy inflatables
and noodles as they can float you into deeper water and will
never be reliable in an emergency. Finally, remember to keep
hydrated and reapply your sunscreen so you dont end up with
sunstroke or sunburn.
WOW, YOUVE REALLY RUINED MY WEEKEND!
Dont be silly! Stick with lifeguard-protected beaches where they

will post warnings for rip currents and other issues such as high
surf and jellyfish and you will be off to a good start. Then put
safety first, slather yourself in common sense, and youre ready
to frolic! l
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According to the Red Cross, the best plan to avoid rip currents is
to always swim at least 100 feet away from piers, jetties or other
underwater structures. When it comes to the surf in general, be
alert for sandbars, breaks or gaps in the waves, churned up sand,

or clusters of seaweed being dragged out to sea these are all
potential signs of a rip current at work.
If you are caught in a rip current, stay calm there are techniques you can use to break free. First and foremost, dont try
to swim against the current. Instead, swim parallel to the shore
until you are out of the current and then swim toward shore
angling away from the current.
If you cant swim out of the current, float or tread water until
you are carried out of the pull; then swim to shore.
If none of this is working for you, wave an arm and yell for
help.
If you see someone trapped in a rip current, hail a lifeguard or
dial 9-1-1. If you can, throw the swimmer something that floats.
Dont swim out to help them; many people drown this way.
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Distant Relative
Next month, a NASA probe will
reach Pluto, finally unlocking the
mysteries of the former planet
by RHUARIDH MARR
OOR PLUTO. WEVE HAD SUCH A CAPRICIOUS

relationship with the former planet. One minute we
love it, celebrating it as the ninth celestial body in
our solar system. The next? Were casting it out, proclaiming it a fraud, relegating it to lesser dwarf planet status as
we pull focus back to the original eight.
Admittedly, we assumed Pluto to be our solar systems ninth
largest planet for over seventy years. Discovered in 1930 by
astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the little rock some 4.7 billion
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miles from Earth remained a distant mystery for decades. By the

end of the seventies, Pluto was found to have a neighbor, its largest moon Charon the first of five to be discovered. However,
while it was finally a little less lonely at the farthest reaches of
our little system, Charon would be Plutos downfall.
Charons size and relative distance from Pluto allowed
astronomers to estimate the size of the planet. It wasnt good
news. Pluto is (relatively) tiny both it and Charon could just
about fit inside the borders of America a mere one-fifth of one
percent of the mass of Earth. By the nineties, Plutos status as our
ninth planet was on rocky footing. Other, similarly-sized bodies
had been detected out in the black of space, beyond Neptunes
orbit. Its a place known as the Kuiper belt, and Plutos place
within it led to the ultimate fall from grace: in 2006, the
International Astronomical Union declassified Pluto as a planet.
It was just too small.
NASA, however, isnt giving up on little ol Pluto. Instead
of leaving it to dry its tears with the other dwarf planets (yes,
there are more), the space agency launched its New Horizons
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY/SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
tech
mission which is currently en route to intercept Pluto next

month. After two previously cancelled missions, New Horizons
left Earth in 2006. The 1,000 pound craft is currently hurtling
through space at 31,300 miles per hour, thanks to a helping hand
from Jupiter New Horizons used the giant planets gravity to
slingshot it faster towards Pluto.
The craft itself is jammed with the latest space exploration
tech (for 2006, anyway). There are seven instruments in total:
three optical, two plasma, a dust sensor (because space is a vacuum! No? Okay) and a radio receiver. Combined, they will be
used to inspect and probe Pluto when New Horizons eventually
reaches it. The craft will spend 150 days total observing Pluto,
getting as close as 6,000 miles from its center of mass.
New Horizons will photograph Plutos surface in a variety of
ways. LORRI, or the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager, is the
main camera on board, utilizing a one megapixel sensor with
a giant, 8-inch aperture designed to provide high-resolution,
responsive images. The total unit weighs over thirty pounds, but
it should pay dividends when it starts returning images of Plutos
surface. It will take hundreds of photos of the surface of Pluto
and its moons, letting scientists effectively map them for the first
time. Indeed, until New Horizons, astronomers have relied on
the Old Faithful of the space community, the Hubble Telescope
last month, New Horizons finally returned clearer images of
Pluto than Hubble can provide, though it was still millions of
miles away at the time.
NASA has recently released the first major images of Pluto
from the mission. Resembling something out of an ancient
arcade machine, an orange-grey lump of pixels sits in the blackness of space, as a smaller, brown-grey pixel blob circles it. Its
Pluto, with its moon Charon, seen for the first time in color. For
eighty years, Pluto has remained a black-and-white mystery to

us, but thanks to New Horizons Multispectral Visible Imaging
Camera, were achingly close to seeing the dwarf planet in its
full glory.
Black and white images captured by LORRI have revealed
further details, including an incredible variety in terrain and
the presence of a dark pole on Charon an anti-polar cap, as
NASA is calling it currently. Its a world of unknowns, as New
Horizons continues to race towards the planet, teasing scientists
with ever-clearer glimpses of its surface.
After traveling more than nine years through space, its
stunning to see Pluto, literally a dot of light as seen from Earth,
becoming a real place right before our eyes, said Alan Stern,
New Horizons principal investigator. These incredible images
are the first in which we can begin to see detail on Pluto, and
they are already showing us that Pluto has a complex surface.
New Horizons isnt just unravelling the enigma that is Pluto,
its also a crowning achievement in the technological capabilities
of NASA and the United States. After the Cold War space race,
which culminated in the moon landing, America has led the
world in space exploration. Of the seven other planets in our
solar system, NASA probes have been the first to reach them.
With Pluto soon to be added to NASAs trophy cabinet, the
United States will have successfully completed the initial reconnaissance of our solar system.
Its an astounding testament to the progress of science and
technology that Pluto a dot of light suspended in darkness
at the furthest extremes of our solar system, which we once
heralded as the ninth body in our string of magnificent planets
will soon become just another achievement in mankinds quest
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LIFE
LISTINGS
THURS., 06.25.15
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple
TVs showing movies,
shows, sports Expanded
craft beer selection No
Cover Music videos
featuring DJ Wess
ANNIES/ANNIES
UPSTAIRS
4@4 Happy Hour, 4pm7pm $4 Small Plates,
$4 Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $6 Call
Martini, $3 Miller Lite,
$4 Rail, $5 Call, 4-9pm
$3 Rail Drinks, 10pmmidnight, $5 Red Bull,
Gatorade and Frozen Virgin
Drinks Locker Room
Thursday Nights: Pride
PUMP Thursday edition
DJs Sean Morris and
MadScience Ripped Hot
Body Contest at midnight,
hosted by Sasha J. Adams
and BaNaka $500 Cash
Prize Doors open 10pm,
18+ $5 Cover under 21
and free with college ID
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
New Opening Time, 8pm
Jock Night: Men in jocks
drink free, 8-10pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
Ladies Drink Free Power
Hour, 4-5pm Shirtless
Thursday, 10-11pm DJs
BacK2bACk
FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
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JR.S
All You Can Drink for $15,
5-8pm $3 Rail Vodka
Highballs, $2 JR.s drafts,
8pm-close Throwback
Thursday featuring rock/
pop retro hits
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Beat The Clock Happy
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Drag Bingo
NUMBER NINE
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
TOWN PATIO
Open 5pm No Cover
$3 Drinks and $3 Draughts,
5-9pm
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Shirtless Thursday DJ
Tim-e in Secrets 9pm
Cover 21+
FRI., 06.26.15
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
Hour: 2 for 1 on any drink,
5-9pm Friday Night
Videos with resident DJ
Shea Van Horn VJ
Expanded craft beer selection No cover
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 4-8pm
dcnine.com
NUMBER NINE
Open 5pm Happy Hour:
2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover
DC EAGLE
Shirtless Happy Hour,
8-10pm $3 Rail and
Domestic
TOWN
DC Bear Crue Happy
Hour, 6-11pm $3 Rail,
$3 Draft, $3 Bud Bottles
Free Pizza, 7pm No
cover before 9:30pm 21+
Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by Lena
Lett and featuring Miss
Tatianna, Shi-QueetaLee, Epiphany B. Lee
and BaNaka DJ Wess
upstairs, DJs BacK2bACk
downstairs Doors open
at 10pm For those 21
and over, $5 from 10-11pm
and $10 after 11pm For
those 18-20, $12 all night
18+
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis Upstairs open
5-11pm
FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
COBALT/30 DEGREES
All You Can Drink
Happy Hour $15 Rail
& Domestic, $21 Call
& Imports, 6-9pm
Guys Night Out Free
Belvedere Vodka, 11pmMidnight, $6 Belvedere
Vodka Drinks all night
MadScience presents,
10pm-close DJ Keenan
Orr on the dancefloor
$10 cover 10pm-1am, $5
after 1am 21+
JR.S
$2 Skyy Highballs and $2
Drafts, 10pm-midnight
Happy Hour: 2-for-1,
4-9pm Retro Friday
$5 Coronas, $8 Vodka Red
Bulls, 9pm-close
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm $5
Smirnoff, all flavors, all
night long
NELLIES SPORTS BAR

DJ Matt Bailer Videos,
Dancing Beat The Clock
Happy Hour $2 (5-6pm),
$3 (6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm No Cover
before 10pm Cover after
10pm (entry through Town)
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers,
hosted by LaTroya Nicole
Ladies of Ziegfelds,
9pm Hosted by Miss
Destiny B. Childs DJ
Darryl Strickland in Secrets
VJ Tre in Ziegfelds
Cover 21+
SAT., 06.27.15
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
3-9pm $5 Absolut &
Titos, $3 Miller Lite after
9pm Expanded craft
beer selection No Cover
Music videos featuring
various DJs
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Drag Yourself to Brunch at
Level One, 11am-2pm and
2-4pm Featuring Kristina
Kelly and the Ladies of
Illusion Bottomless
Mimosas and Bloody
Marys Happy Hour: $3
Miller Lite, $4 Rail, $5
Call, 4-9pm Doors open
10pm $7 before midnight, $10 after 21+
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DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 4-6pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Club Colors get $2 off
all drinks, 8pm-close
Beltway Bears on Club
Bar, 10pm-close $2
Draughts
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Diner-style Breakfast
Buffet, 10am-3pm
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Freddies Follies Drag
Show, 8-10pm, hosted by
Miss Destiny B. Childs
No Cover
GREEN LANTERN
Bacardi, all flavors, all
night long
JR.S
$4 Coors, $5 Vodka highballs, $7 Vodka Red Bulls
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NELLIES
Guest DJs Zing Zang
Bloody Marys, Nellie Beer,
House Rail Drinks and
Mimosas, $4, 11am-5pm
Buckets of Beer, $15
NUMBER NINE
TOWN
DC Rawhides host Town
& Country: Two-Step, Line
Dancing, Waltz and West
Coast Swing, $5 Cover
to stay all night Doors
open 6:45pm, Lessons
7-8pm, Open dance
8-10:30pm CTRL Pop
Music Dance Party, 11pmclose Music and video
downstairs by DJ Wess
Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by Lena
Lett and featuring Miss
Tatianna, Shi-QueetaLee, Epiphany B. Lee and
BaNaka Doors open
10pm Cover $8 from
10-11pm and $12 after
11pm 21+
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TOWN PATIO
Open 2pm No Cover
before 9:30pm Cover
after 10pm (entry through
Town)
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Men of Secrets, 9pm
Guest dancers Ladies
of Illusion with host
Ella Fitzgerald, 9pm
DJ Steve Henderson in
Secrets DJ Don T. in
Ziegfelds Doors 8pm
Cover 21+
SUN., 06.28.15
9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
COBALT/30 DEGREES
$4 Stoli, Stoli flavors
and Miller Lite all day
Homowood Karaoke,
10pm-close No Cover
21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 2-6pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
$1 Bud and Bud Light
Draughts, 8pm-close
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Champagne Brunch Buffet,
10am-3pm Crazy Hour,
4-7pm Karaoke, 8pm1am
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm
$3 Rail vodka all night
Mamas Trailer Park
Karaoke, 9:30pm-close
JR.S
Sunday Funday Liquid
Brunch Doors open at
1pm $2 Coors Lights &
$3 Skyy (all flavors), all
day and night
NELLIES
Drag Brunch, hosted by
Shi-Queeta-Lee, 11am3pm $20 Brunch Buffet
House Rail Drinks, Zing
Zang Bloody Marys, Nellie
Beer and Mimosas, $4,
11am-close Buckets of
Beer, $15 Guil-Tea Tea
Dance with DJ Shea Van
Horn, 3-8pm DJ Lemz,
8pm-close
NUMBER NINE
Pop Goes the World with
Wes Della Volla at 9:30
pm Happy Hour: 2 for
1 on any drink, 3-9pm
No Cover
ROCK HARD SUNDAYS
@The House Nightclub
3530 Georgia Ave. NW
All Male, All Nude
Dancers Shows at 8 and
10pm Happy Hour Drink
Specials, 7-8pm $10
rockharddc.com
TOWN PATIO
Open 2pm No Cover
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Decades of Dance DJ
Tim-e in Secrets Doors
8pm Cover 21+
MON., 06.29.15
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
5-9pm Multiple TVs
showing movies, shows,
sports Expanded craft
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
RuPauls Drag Race
Viewing and Drag Show
hosted by Kristina Kelly
Doors open at 10pm, show
starts at 11pm $3 Skyy
Cocktails, $8 Skyy and Red
Bull No Cover, 18+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
FREDDIES
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour All Night
Long, 4pm-close
Michaels Open Mic Night
Karaoke, 9:30pm-close
JR.S
Happy Hour: 2-for-1, 4-9pm
Showtunes Songs &
Singalongs, 9pm-close
DJ Jamez $3 Draft Pints,
8pm-midnight
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Poker Texas Holdem, 8pm
Dart Boards
NUMBER NINE
2 for 1 on any drink, 5-9pm
No Cover
TUES., 06.30.15
9 1/2
Open at 5pm Happy
5-9pm Multiple TVs
showing movies, shows,
sports Expanded craft
ANNIES
Stella Artois, $4 House
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
SIN Industry Night
Half-price Cocktails, 10pmclose
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour All Night
Long, 4pm-close
JR.S
Birdie La Cage Show,
10:30pm Underground
(Indie Pop/Alt/Brit Rock),
9pm-close DJ Wes
Della Volla 2-for-1, 5pmmidnight
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
Hour $2 (5-6pm), $3
(6-7pm), $4 (7-8pm)
Buckets of Beer $15
Karaoke and Drag Bingo
NUMBER NINE
2 for 1 on any drink,
5-9pm No Cover Safe
Word: A Gay Spelling
Bee, 8-11pm Prizes to
top three spellers After
9pm, $3 Absolut, Bulleit
& Stella
TOWN PATIO
Open 5pm No Cover
Yappy Hour: Happy Hour
for Dogs and their best
friends $3 Drinks and
$3 Draughts
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9 1/2
TVs showing movies,
Cover
ANNIES
Stella Artois, $4 House
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Wednesday Night
Karaoke downstairs, 10pm
Hosted by Miss Sasha
Adams $4 Stoli and Stoli
Flavors and Miller Lite
No Cover 21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
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FREDDIES BEACH BAR

Crazy Hour, 4-7pm $6
Burgers Drag Bingo
Night, hosted by Ms.
Regina Jozet Adams
Bingo prizes Karaoke,
10pm-1am
GREEN LANTERN
Drafts all night long
Boys of HUMP upstairs,
9pm
JR.S
Trivia with MC Jay Ray,
8pm The Queen Amateur
Drag Competition, hosted
by BaNaka, 10-11pm,
with a $200 prize Buy
1, Get 1 Free, 4-9pm $2
JRs Drafts & $4 Vodka
($2 with College I.D./JRs
Team Shirt)
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
SmartAss Trivia Night,
8pm and 9pm Prizes
include bar tabs and tickets to shows at the 9:30
Club $15 Buckets of
Beer for SmartAss Teams
only Bring a new team
member and each get a
free $10 Dinner
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NUMBER NINE
TOWN PATIO
Open 5pm No Cover
Half-Price Hump Day
half-price drinks all day
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Shirtless Night, 10-11pm,
12-12:30am Military
Night, no cover with
military ID DJ Don T. in
Secrets 9pm Cover
21+ l
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LGBT rights have been recognized and solidified

in ways that we couldnt even imagine 10 years ago.
PRESIDENT OBAMA, speaking on Marc Marons WTF podcast. He called advancing LGBT rights one of the hits of his
presidency, along with Obamacare, unemployment and the environment. Weve had a lot more hits than misses
and weve made a difference in peoples lives, he continued.
What if no one had acted in disobedience

to the Dred Scott decision of 1857?
MIKE HUCKABEE, Republican candidate for president, speaking with Fox News. Huckabee compared accepting a Supreme Court
ruling in favor of marriage equality to accepting the infamous Dred Scott case, which ruled that African-American people were
not U.S. citizens. Widespread protests after that case helped set in motion the events that led to the Civil War.
I dont see any reason to

change the sexual proclivities of a character
once theyve already been established.
STAN LEE, former Marvel Editor-in-Chief and creator of several notorious comic book characters, discussing with Newsarama
a leaked email in which he mandated that any film adaptations must portray Spider-Man as a Caucasian heterosexual.
I love my siblings, I love my children, I love my parents, but

does that mean that I should marry them?
DENNIS JENSEN, Australian Member of Parliament, comparing same-sex marriage to incest, PinkNews reports.
Why not polygamy, polyandry? he continued.
It shows how
we, as a brand, believe in self-expression.
FERNANDO MACHADO, Burger Kings senior vice president of global brand management, in a statement after an advertising
partner won an award at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for its Proud Whopper campaign last year. Burgers
sold at one San Francisco location had special rainbow wrappers which read We are all the same inside.
This site is internationally recognized for its connection to

the birth of the modern LGBT rights movement,
and to the fight for equality, fairness, and a more just society.
ANDREW BERMAN, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society of Historic Preservation, in a statement. New Yorks
iconic Stonewall Inn has been afforded landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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