YPSILANTI - In observance of Homeless Awareness Week, the SOS Stone Soup Community Cook-Off will take place on Nov. 14 from 2-4 p.m. at Washtenaw Community College's Student Center Building. Those sending the best recipes, [...]

Get connected! Non-profit organizations are encouraged to send listings of ongoing events to Community Connections via email at dawnwolfe@pridesource.com, fax at 248-615-7018 or postal mail: 20793 Farmington Rd., Ste. 25, Farmington, MI 48336. FORTY WORD [...]

Fall in love with Rackham Symphony Choir twice in November DETROIT - Rackham Symphony Choir is delighted to announce two nights of beloved opera classics just in time for those wearied by politics. The performances [...]

This week: Nu Jazz Festival: Jill Scott, FloetryFri. 11/12/04 7 p.m.Masonic Temple, Detroit Nu Jazz Festival: Erykah Badu, TwistaSat. 11/13/04 7 p.m.Masonic Temple, Detroit Marilyn MansonSun. 11/14/04 6:30 p.m.State Theatre, Detroit Joseph ArthurSun. 11/14/04 Magic [...]

Review: 'Period of Adjustment' Little-known Tennessee Williams comedy gets lively staging at Blackbird Theatre Mention to the average theatergoer that Tennessee Williams wrote a comedy, and the response you get is either hysterical laughter or [...]

By John Quinn Review: 'The Full Monty' Six brave men do more than simply shuffle off to Buffalo When you're a group of men beyond your prime, it takes, well, cajones to bare all in [...]

By Romeo San Vicente 'The Women' return It's been a long time coming and the definition of "development hell," but the remake of 1939's "The Women," the George Cukor-directed, Clare Boothe Luce-penned comedy of sharp-tongued, [...]

By Dr. Kevin Wang Flu time in the flux I had a few questions in the last few weeks regarding the flu and the flu vaccine - i.e. Who should get it? How do I [...]

{ITAL If you listen to the spin doctors discussing the results of the 2004 election not only are gays destroying the institution of marriage but we also caused Kerry to lose the election. The news [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe California: The Alliance Defence Fund, opponents of equal marriage rights, told a California judge Nov. 4 that same-sex unions are contrary to the purpose of marriage itself: procreation. The arguments were [...]

Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Politics Cincinnati voters repeal ban on gay rights laws CINCINNATI - Eleven years after Cincinnati became the nation's only city to have a ban on gay-rights laws, voters repealed it. Gay-rights [...]

Just Out Birth Anna (Nicole Kidman) has been widowed 10 years and is preparing to marry a new man (Danny Huston) when a solemn-faced 10-year-old boy arrives at her door, lets himself in, and announces [...]

WEDNESDAY (11/3): Did I imagine someone sent me long-stem American beauty roses? If so, they arrived faded, tinged with blight; the petals tumbling one by one onto my well-worn carpet. The card reads, "Promise for [...]

The L Word revisited Across1 "Big boned" women, to k. d. lang5 "I've had it!" to Gomer9 Do this with the International Male catalog14 Opposite a bottom15 Ready to come out of the oven16 "Twelfth [...]

By Jack Fertig Read Dorothy Parker, Leo! Mars enters Scorpio late on Nov. 10. Recent cooperative efforts either consolidate into patterns or yield to subversion. Erotic energies and other obsessions get more intense and demanding. [...]

"I've heard your stories. I know your struggles, I know your hopes. They are part of me now. And I will never forget you and I'll never stop fighting for you." - John Kerry in [...]

Professional Theater: Blithe Spirit The dead won't go away in No‘l Coward's farce, where if one wife is too manyÉhow about two? Performed in Repertory at the Hilberry Theatre, Detroit, through Dec. 11. Tickets: $15 [...]

Metra Magazine employee and "true friend" Terry J. Romatz reportedly died in his sleep on Oct. 27, 2004 of unreported causes. According to Metra, Romatz is survived by his brothers Ron, Ken and Daryl, a [...]

The Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project plans to continue the fight against this anti-gay and anti-straight amendment to our state's constitution. WRAP is calling for a community meeting to discuss, strategize, and begin the fight. The [...]

The 57th annual NCCJ Humanitarian dinner will be held on Monday, Nov. 15 at the Detroit Renaissance Center's Mariott Hotel. A 5:30 p.m. reception will be followed by dinner at 6:30. This year's honoree is [...]

Join your fellow citizens at Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center Thursday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. for VENT. Since Tuesday, Nov. 2, the staff at Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center have reported seeing [...]

Families can take pause from their hectic urban lives and witness 19th century Native American customs at the 12th Annual Autumn Harvest Indian Festival, Nov. 13-14. Festival-goers can experience chanting, drumming, and dancers in colorful [...]

On World AIDS Day, Wednesday Dec. 1, The Detroit Billiards League will host its 2nd Annual World AIDS Day Tournament at the /aut/ Bar in Ann Arbor. Proceeds from the tournament will be donated to [...]

ANN ARBOR - On Friday, Nov. 12, the Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project will host its 2nd Annual Evening of Recognition and Remembrance at Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue in Ann Arbor. A reception [...]

DETROIT - Stunned groups of LGBT activists and coalition partners of the Coalition for a Fair Michigan met Nov. 5 at the ACLU in Detroit and Nov. 6 at the Triangle Foundation offices to discuss [...]

DETROIT - Thirty-one films from MIX, New York City's first and only queer experimental film festival now in its 18th year, will come to the campus of Wayne State University on Nov. 12 and 13 [...]

By Dawn Wolfe After thirteen years in its old location at 215 S. Fourth, Common Language bookstore will be hiking roughly four blocks to Braun Court in January of 2005. There are several reasons for [...]

America is in a moral crisis - that crisis being that a majority of Americans don't believe that Democrats have any. Okay, admittedly that's an overstatement, but judging by poll results from last week's election, [...]

The last few years have been replete with challenges for Diana Ross. The Detroit native and Motown legend has been searching for her proper footing pretty much from the start of the new millennium. OK, [...]

FARMINGTON - Anti-gay backers of Proposal 2, the so-called marriage amendment to Michigan's constitution, are setting their sights on domestic partner benefits offered by public institutions, according to articles appearing in the Nov. 4 and [...]

By Sharon Gittleman Not all of last week's election results brought glum news for LGBT people and their friends. While gay marriage was roundly defeated by people in nearly a dozen states, several races in [...]

By John Polly Carson Kressley can breathe easily. Fortunately for him and his Queer Eye pals, the world isn't overrun with great-looking, sharply dressed, socially adept, charming-as-hell straight guys who are fearless in social scenarios [...]

By Lisa Keen There was at least one huge difference between the presidential voting results this week and those of November 2000: This time around, many pundits are pointing at gay marriage as a reason [...]

By Lisa Keen BOSTON - The Republican party's retention of control in the U.S. Senate is a greater loss for the gay community than the numbers show. Republicans will enter the next legislative session with [...]

Between The Lines welcomes our readers' responses and feedback. You may send letters to the editor by email at news@pridesource.com, fax at 248-615-7018, or postal mail at 20793 Farmington Road, Ste. 25, Farmington, MI 48336. [...]

Dear BTL, Despite our best efforts and the victories won in the process, Michigan's discriminatory marriage amendment was passed. Many more people than the "pollsters and pundits" ever dreamed stood with us and said NO [...]

Dear BTL, I can't quite shake off all this bitterness. The Presidency, the Supreme Court, the House, the gay marriage ban. The ramifications of this election will live long after the four year term is [...]

Dear BTL, Hello Community. I sincerely hope that you all are taking good care of yourselves and each other after Election 2004. I know that many of us have strong feelings about what just happened, [...]

Dear BTL, While many in the gay and lesbian community would say that November 2 should be a day of mourning due to the presidential and Proposal 2 election results, I would say if anything, [...]

By Dawn Wolfe Even with all of the disappointment about the passage of Proposal 2, one fact stands out - the overwhelming number of volunteers, LGBT and ally alike, that came together to support equal [...]

By Dawn Wolfe In an otherwise disappointing election year, the results of the statewide races, especially those for state House, offer hope for LGBTs and allies in Michigan. In addition to picking up five Democratic [...]

The following events have been scheduled to commemorate the Transgender Day of Remembrance, Nov. 20. According to Michelle Fox, one of the directors of TransGender Michigan, the Transgender Day of Remembrance was begun as a [...]

The following is a sampling of the many cultural and social activities taking place in the Ann Arbor area during the month of November. For more information and additional activities, visit the Ann Arbor Convention [...]

By Jane A. Bassett Proposal 2 has passed in Michigan. Congratulations. Let me re-cap exactly what you have accomplished. The first result is that gay marriage is now illegal in Michigan - of course it [...]