Arts & Entertainment
Piano virtuoso to join NSO for performances
Stephen Hough is also known for writing about the relationship between music, religion and being gay

Pianist Stephen Hough. (Photo by Andrew Crowley; courtesy Kennedy Center)
British pianist Stephen Hough performs with the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F St., N.W.) Thursday, Jan. 16 through Jan. 18.
Hough has performed with major orchestras all over the world and has recorded 50 albums. He is also known for writing about the relationship between music, religion and being gay.
Tickets range from $10-$85. For details, visit kennedy-center.org.
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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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