Arts Editor

Sarah Marloff is an award-winning reporter who covers queer culture and LGBTQ rights, as well as sexual assault, D.C culture, and women and queers in entertainment. As Arts editor, she’s always on the lookout for off-beat events and upcoming creators. Prior to joining City Paper in June 2021, Sarah was the associate news & Qmmunity editor for the Austin Chronicle. Her work has appeared in the Texas Observer, Smithsonian Magazine, The Counter, Curbed, and more. Sometimes, she throws queer parties in her spare time.

Sarah’s latest stories

Arts

D.C.’s Gay Bars: An Oral History

On the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, City Paper looks back at some of the city’s gone but not forgotten queer bars and clubs of yesteryear.

Gay bars. Ask any member of the LGBTQIA community to tell you a story about one and they’ll regale you with memories. Good ones, bad ones, wild ones, emotional ones—because for decades, these spaces have been homes to a community. They ushered us into adulthood; they provided sanctuary to be ourselves. We mourn them like…

by Ella Feldman and Sarah Marloff
Arts

What’s My Age Again? HFStival Returns Like No Time Has Passed

I.M.P. and the Washington Nationals reanimate HFStival with a lineup pulled from the CD collections of millennials. The Postal Service, Incubus, Girl Talk, and others play Sept. 21.

Wanna feel like it’s 2002 all over again?  I.M.P., in partnership with the Washington Nationals, are officially reanimating HFStival with a lineup reminiscent of my high school CD collection. Taking place one day this September at Nats Park, the festival features the Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Incubus, Bush, Garbage (personally, I think they’re…

by Sarah Marloff
Arts

Pride Weekend May Be Over, But the Events Continue

Remember, it’s a month, not a weekend, so there are plenty more LGBTQIA events happening in the District to keep you celebrating Pride for the rest of June.

Take a nap, drink some water, and wipe the glitter from your eyes—or don’t. D.C.’s official Pride Weekend may have concluded with Sunday, June 9, but as we always say, June is a marathon, not a sprint. With 20 more days left of Pride Month, we’ve rounded up some especially great events aimed at offering…

by Sarah Marloff and Serena Zets