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Editor’s Note: This in-depth interview with David Mixner, who passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024, at the age of 77, originally appeared in the issue of July 29, 2004. Photography by Todd Franson.“You want a soundbite?”David Mixner grins.“I’ll give you a soundbite. I’m a man who’s devoted forty years of his life — sometimes at great validation and sometimes at great pain — to the struggle for freedom and human rights.“You know, when I was a child growing up,” he continues, “we didn’t have television, but we got Life magazine.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi — Photography by Todd Franson

DeMarc A. Hickson of Us Helping Us — Photo: Todd Franson

This is a special Anniversary 26th Issue of Metro Weekly, featuring portraits taken by Todd Franson between the years 1996 and 2020.

Alphonso David — Photo: Todd Franson

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (ABC/Image Group LA), Terrence McNally (Todd Franson/Metro Weekly), Zachary Quinto (Gage Skidmore)

Terrence McNally: Todd Franson

Beer to Serve: Focusing on high-quality brews and a host of entertainment options, Red Bear Brewery has become the go-to place in NoMa. By John Riley. Photography by Todd Franson.

David Amoroso — Photo: Todd Franson

Shawn Short — Photo: Todd Franson

The cast of Spring Awakening, photographed on the set by Todd Franson for Metro Weekly. .

Earline Budd — Photo: Todd Franson

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Mary Washington — Photo: Todd Franson

The Mr. MAL Contest – Photo: Todd Franson

MPD Lt. Brett Parson — Photo: Todd Franson

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Russwin Francisco — Photo: Todd Franson

Centaur MC — Photo: Todd Franson (2015)

Timothy Nelson — Photo: Todd Franson

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