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UMS' Arab World Music Festival highlights Syrian music and dance ANN ARBOR - The University Musical Society presents Ensemble Al Kind” and the Whirling Dervishes of Damascus along with one of the East Mediterranean's most [...]
This week: Ivana SantilliThurs. 11/4/04Club Meow, Windsor Bette MidlerFri. 11/5/04 8 p.m.Palace of Auburn Hills Beastie BoysFri. 11/5/04 7:30 p.m.Cobo Arena, Detroit Green DaySat. 11/6/04 7 p.m.Cobo Arena, Detroit Chris SmitherSat. 11/6/04 7:30 p.m.The Ark, [...]
By John Corvino "To the extent that marriage is good for children, it is good for ALL children, not just those who live with biological parents. Adopted children deserve stable homes too." One of the [...]
Theater Profile: Fisher Players at Matrix Theatre Screw stigma: Troupe creates original works about mental illness "People don't have a clue about what we have to go through," Melanie Ortiz, a poet and member of [...]
Profile: Footlights LGBT group at Detroit Opera House looks to expand membership Some stereotypes are hard to break. Take the opera, for example. When I mentioned to a few friends that I was writing a [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Nixon meets Roosevelt One was rumored to have had an affair with a woman; the other just recently confirmed having a lesbian relationship. That used to be the only common ground [...]
As of 1:00 a.m. Nov. 3 no winner for President has been decided. Michigan is one of only a handful of states left to be colored blue or red, though Kerry is showing a small [...]
BTL photos: Matthew Barton
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Politics Cipel questioned by FBI TRENTON, N.J. - More than two months after Gov. James E. McGreevey said he would resign in the wake of an extramarital affair with a man, [...]
Just Out The Grudge Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar), an American living in Japan who finds herself in a house where a long-ago murder-suicide took place, soon begins experiencing horrifying visions. Her fear only increases when [...]
It doesn't make a difference what this column is about. It was written before the election, for which I voted by absentee ballot. If Bush wins everyone will be too damn depressed to care. If [...]
Wizard of Ahs Across1 Jane Addams' Nobel Prize6 Cruising areas10 "Queen of Country" McEntire14 Fashion designer Perry15 R.E.M. neck attachment16 Type of stimulation17 Start of a question from 44-Across to 28-Across19 More of the question20 [...]
Professional Theater: Art A debate between three friends explores art and friendship when one buys a provocative and expensive piece of modern art. Presented Wednesday through Sunday by Meadow Brook Theatre, Rochester, through Nov. 7. [...]
FERNDALE - La Comunidad and Hermanos de Corazon, two well known groups offering support to Michigan's LGBT Latino community, are joining forces to host "Latin Night" at Menjo's on Friday, Nov. 5. La Comunidad, a [...]
Few gay rock stars can say they came out in Contemporary Christian Music magazine and then came out again four years later in The Advocate. That is, unless you're King's X bassist and vocalist Doug [...]
Well, the trend in music tours these days is apparently to hit each city twice per outing, unless of course you're Cher, in which case you hit each city at least a half a dozen [...]
On December 2-3, 2004 the Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of HIV/AIDS-STD, will host "STD & HIV: A Decade of Working Together" at the Ypsilanti Marriott at Eagle Crest in Ypsilanti. Workshops at the [...]
By Sharon Gittleman While youngsters around the world have to stay up late on Christmas Eve to catch a glimpse of Santa, in Birmingham, St. Nick keeps regular business hours. You'll find him at 1 [...]
By Dawn Wolfe FERNDALE - Affirmations Lesbian & Gay Community Center's Program Director Michael Larson and Executive Director Leslie Thompson are among the Michigan LGBT community leaders who will be attending the National Gay and [...]
BTL Interview by Dawn Wolfe Dr. Alice Dreger, an Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Associate Faculty in the Center for Ethics and Humanities at Michigan State Univesity, is also the current Chair [...]
By Leslie Robinson I've missed Jimmy Swaggart. Since he was exposed as a hypocrite of biblical proportions in the late '80s, he hasn't been very visible. I didn't know whether he was even still preaching. [...]
Tired of giving yet another tie, knick-knack, or book you're not sure the other person even wants? Want your gift-giving to make a difference beyond your circle of family and friends? In addition to the [...]
DETROIT - About 550 people gathered at The Atheneum Hotel at the Greektown Casino for the 2004 Human Rights Campaign Gala Event dinner Oct. 30. Dinner Chair Gary Baglio said the evening was "sold-out." Although [...]
It's been nearly ten years since Jill Sobule's surprise lesbian-themed hit "I Kissed A Girl" burned up the airwaves and the tongue-in-cheek song "Supermodel" helped make "Clueless" the must-have movie soundtrack of 1995. If you [...]
DETROIT - Sen. John Kerry scored a narrow victory in hotly contested state of Michigan in the 2004 presidential election. Kerry received 51 percent of the vote to Bush's 48 percent. The close nature of [...]
Anti-gay discrimination set to be written into state's constitution DETROIT - It was a day that will go down in gay rights infamy. After 20 weeks of urging Michigan voters not to write discrimination into [...]
By Lawrence Ferber Trey Parker and Matt Stone are super, thanks for asking! Creators of Comedy Central's deliciously un-PC "South Park," the duo has brought the world wonderfully queer creations like Big Gay Al - [...]
By Dawn Wolfe Last year, I was a graduate assistant teaching Freshman English at a rural college in Ohio. And I mean rural - there was a corn field about two city blocks from my [...]
