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‘Smart Ass’ does Blade
Popular trivia night at Nellie’s hosts Blade edition Wednesday
Nellie’s Sports Bar (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Washington Blade sponsors one of the DC Pub Trivia circuit’s most popular events, Smart Ass Trivia Night at Nellie’s Sports Bar (900 U St., NW) with two games at 8 and 9 p.m. on Wednesday night.
The trivia night involves teams competing against each other to win money off their bar tab and other prizes. The game involves a warm-up round, a theme round, a speed round and wipe out round. Each round comes with its own rules. For this week, the Blade will be providing special prizes and some of the questions will be based on facts about the Blade. The traditional first prize is $40 off the team’s bar tab, second place is $20 off and third place is $10 off.
No cover. For more information, visit smartassdc.com.
Baltimore
This John Waters interview has been edited for readability — but perhaps not human decency
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By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell.
The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass.
The occasion was the Blu-ray releases of two of his movies — the 1977 dark comedy “Desperate Living” and his enduring 1988 musical “Hairspray” — on June 23 by the Criterion Collection, which publishes restorations of films it deems culturally important. The Criterion stamp of approval has become the gold standard among cinephiles.
“It’s like getting an award,” said Waters, who wrote and directed both films.
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13.
(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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