Arts advocates to protest state budget cuts
LANSING-- ArtServe Michigan, an arts advocacy group, is planning a rally on April 18 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the State Capitol to protest cuts in the budget they say are impacting arts [...]
LANSING-- ArtServe Michigan, an arts advocacy group, is planning a rally on April 18 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the State Capitol to protest cuts in the budget they say are impacting arts [...]
DETROIT - First there was the Promise Keepers, committed to helping men reassert themselves as the godly leaders of their homes and the world. Now, the Battle Cry Coalition, is coming to town. Created by [...]
MT. PLEASANT-- The Pride Week celebrations this week at Central Michigan University have been overshadowed by dozens of antigay chalkings. Ana Guerriero, director of the Gay Lesbian Issues office at CMU, says she was informed [...]
DETROIT - Creating Change, the premier national grassroots organizing and skills building LGBT conference organized by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, is coming to Detroit next year. To help get the city ready [...]
If a school were to, say, participate in a national event that sought to shed light on anti-Semitism, should that school welcome a neo-Nazi to make a counter speech? Should schools allow KKK members to [...]
"I love you from here to the moon and back . . ." Composer John Adams 9/11 commemorative piece, "On the Transmigration of Souls," with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the UMS Choral Union Choir, [...]
By Jasmyne A. Cannick I was just as surprised by the comments of MSNBC commentator Don Imus when referring to the Rutgers University women's basketball team as anyone else. I mean, it doesn't get much [...]
by Sean Kosofsky The American Family Association has officially gone from a crazy, right-wing lunatic fringe organization to an outright fascist hate group. There is no way that they can ever return from the brink [...]
By R.J. Beaumia Recently I have had to make what is perhaps the most crucial, difficult decision of my life, but unlike the majority of my previous King Solomon moments, I think it is also [...]
ANN ARBOR - The award-winning ensemble Opus 21 returns to Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert House with a new program of world premieres at 8 p.m. April 20 at Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor. The [...]
Diana Ross is a legend. Several PO'ed fans that found my review of her latest syrup-fest "I Love You" outlandish drilled that into my head. How dare I diss one of America's most well-known divas? [...]
Lucinda Williams drives "West," her latest confessional opus, through a path paved in ditches and dead ends. She could've stalled. Instead, the musician cruises down a road resurfaced with optimism. "A lot of positive changes [...]
By B. George Don't try to hide it, it's clear: Your world crumbles when Macy Gray is not near. Now, nearly four years after her last studio album, the raspy-voiced Grammy winner returns with "BIG," [...]
Tipping Point Theatre, the newest professional theater in southeastern Michigan, announced its initial fundraising campaign to raise $100,000 for new programs, shows and a renovated building. "100 Founders, 100 Days - Opening the Doors of [...]
You'll never look at gold stars the same. Judi Dench's stinging lesbian persona in "Notes On A Scandal" likes to put one of those shiny stickers in her journal every time something goes her way. [...]
Toss the knives out the window. Lucinda Williams' ninth album swells with an escalating surplus of sadness as she mourns her mother's passing and a grinding break-up that could drive anyone over the edge. To [...]
Orchestra Canton presents the season finale of their 2006-2007 "Classical Canton" season, under award-winning Plymouth Canton Symphony Society Music Director and Conductor Nan Washburn, with "Sunday Serenade" at 4 p.m. April 1 at the Village [...]
DETROIT - The Pic-Nap Poetry Series & Slam is presenting its second annual slam invitational this month. The last two semi-finals will take place at the Java Exchange Cafe, located at 440 Burroughs, on April [...]
by Richard Labonte April 9, 2007 Talking to the Moon, by Noel Alumit. Carroll & Graf, 340 pages, $14.95 paper. Alumit's impressive fiction debut, "Letters to Montgomery Clift," was a distinctly queer coming-out novel filtered [...]
by Jack Fertig Mercury entering Aries provokes an already dismal Saturn-Neptune opposition. Foot-in-mouth disease will be rampant. Think carefully; focus on spiritual ideals and good manners. (Funny how they usually coincide!) Initiative is good, but [...]
April 16, 2007 Are We Done Yet? In this oddly titled sequel to "Are We There Yet?," Nick (Ice Cube) has married single mom Suzanne (Nia Long), and the new, blended family has moved to [...]
A joyful chap waiting for his true love to come along! Meet Teki, a one-year-old beagle mix with the biggest, most adorable brown puppy dog eyes you'll see! He loves to take long walks with [...]
Across 1 Nightclub in a Manilow song 5 Like Alexander Pope? 10 Radio jock Don 14 Force that causes you to go down 15 Shell competitor 16 "Frasier" actress Gilpin 17 Pink Triangle Press publication [...]
by Richard Labonte April 9, 2007 Talking to the Moon, by Noel Alumit. Carroll & Graf, 340 pages, $14.95 paper. Alumit's impressive fiction debut, "Letters to Montgomery Clift," was a distinctly queer coming-out novel filtered [...]
by Rex Wockner Honduran gay activist Donny Reyes was beaten by police and raped by fellow detainees at a police station on March 18, according to Amnesty International. The organization said Reyes, treasurer of the [...]
by Jack Fertig Mercury entering Aries provokes an already dismal Saturn-Neptune opposition. Foot-in-mouth disease will be rampant. Think carefully; focus on spiritual ideals and good manners. (Funny how they usually coincide!) Initiative is good, but [...]
by Rex Wockner Someone spray-painted "Shame On You Bagnasco" on the Roman Catholic cathedral in Genoa, Italy, on April 2 after Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco, head of the Italian Conference of Catholic Bishops, likened gay relationships [...]
by Rex Wockner Three Jamaican gay men were attacked by a mob at Montego Bay's MoBay Nite Out carnival event April 2, The Jamaica Observer reported. The men, one of whom was hospitalized, angered other [...]
by Rex Wockner Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov's press secretary, Sergei Tsoi, said April 6 that activists planning to stage a gay pride parade May 27 are "aggressive" and "play with fire." The gay community's "most [...]
April 16, 2007 Are We Done Yet? In this oddly titled sequel to "Are We There Yet?," Nick (Ice Cube) has married single mom Suzanne (Nia Long), and the new, blended family has moved to [...]
A joyful chap waiting for his true love to come along! Meet Teki, a one-year-old beagle mix with the biggest, most adorable brown puppy dog eyes you'll see! He loves to take long walks with [...]
Across 1 Nightclub in a Manilow song 5 Like Alexander Pope? 10 Radio jock Don 14 Force that causes you to go down 15 Shell competitor 16 "Frasier" actress Gilpin 17 Pink Triangle Press publication [...]
by Rex Wockner Ukrainian nationalists are protesting the nation's official entry in the Eurovision Song Contest - a single by drag queen Verka Serdyuchka. They demonstrated in several cities April 1, calling for Ukraine to [...]
Dear Ian, We're looking forward to seeing you enjoy the new center as soon as we finish the lettering on the front of the new building. When complete, the front facing of the building will [...]
We would like to thank Between The Lines for the wonderful article last week that praised the Safe Schools Lobby Day. Many people put a great deal of hard work into lobby day. Each year [...]
I am a mother of two, married thirty-four years, and a retired high school and middle school educator. My husband and I have fifty-five combined years' teaching experience. I have seen first-hand what it is [...]
I found Todd A. Heywood's two articles on the safe schools bill (April 5 issue) both enjoyable and informative. Incidentally, when my wife and I were driving through Tupelo several years ago we happened on [...]
Is anyone suprised that the democrats do things behind closed doors and cowardly? Listen, the GOP is NO friend of the gay community, we know this. But how many times do you want to be [...]
Wow I am really amazed that you seem that scared to compare a group of Christians to the Nazi's. THe stark difference is this group (out of love) is trying to pray for the sinner [...]
by Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Health and Human Services announced more than $1.1 billion in Part B funding under the revised Ryan White CARE Act. Word came late in the day [...]
by Bob Roehr Medicare Part D, the prescription drug benefit created by Congress in 2003, is failing people with HIV/AIDS, according to a detailed online survey of their members conducted by the American Academy of [...]
DETROIT - Although local HIV/ADIS service providers have yet to digest the total impact on funding levels for Michigan as a result of the Part B funding under the revised Ryan White CARE Act, it [...]
IRVINE, Ca.- When the Annual Exodus International Conference arrives in Irvine this June it will be met with a counter-conference organized by Soulforce, http://BeyondExGay.com, and the LGBT Resource Center at the University of California - [...]
EAST LANSING - Young Americans for Freedom at Michigan State University is bringing in extremist anti-immigration leader Chris Simcox. Simcox will speak at Wells Hall 106B, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., on April 19, [...]
LANSING - The small group of teens looked like any other group that would have gathered in the local coffee house for a lazy cold Saturday afternoon. But they were there on a mission. They [...]
FARMINGTON HILLS - Community ally and proud mother of a gay son, Janis Warren died April 24 following a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 60. A certified public accountant, Warren received a bachelor's degree [...]
LANSING-- ArtServe Michigan, an arts advocacy group, is planning a rally on April 18 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the State Capitol to protest cuts in the budget they say are impacting arts [...]
DETROIT - First there was the Promise Keepers, committed to helping men reassert themselves as the godly leaders of their homes and the world. Now, the Battle Cry Coalition,is coming to town. Created by Teen [...]
MT. PLEASANT-- The Pride Week celebrations this week at Central Michigan University have been overshadowed by dozens of antigay chalkings. Ana Guerriero, director of the Gay Lesbian Issues office at CMU, says she was informed [...]
Between the Lines Newspaper MT. PLEASANT-- The 13 member student senate here voted Tuesday to label the Central Michigan University chapter of Young Americans for Freedoma a hate group. The elected body voted 8 in [...]