Health Fair targets lesbian, gay community
FERNDALE - On April 28 more than a hundred people will gather at Affirmations in downtown Ferndale to take part in their fifth annual Health Fair. "Many LGBT people are fearful of coming out to [...]
Triangle continues to investigate Anthos case
DETROIT - It's a bit like a beloved old Abbott and Costello routine. Dr. Carl J. Schmitz, chief medical examiner of Wayne County, ruled the February death of 72-year-old Andrew Anthos was natural based on [...]
Creating Change 2008 planning underway
FERNDALE - It's the largest annual meeting of lgbt activists in the country, and it's coming to Detroit. Planning for the 2008 Creating Change conference officially kicked off last Thursday with a well-attended meeting at [...]
Dear Jody: Searching for the right woman for long haul
Q: I am a 52-year-old woman who wants to know how to get into a long term relationship with another woman. I was married for 16 years when my husband died. I have known since [...]
Creep of the Week: National Abstinence Education Association
Flash back to 1991. The soundtrack? "People Are Still Having Sex" by LaTour, a one-hit-wonder dance-pop act. Over a throbbing beat a deep manly voice asks, "Have you noticed that people are still having sex? [...]
Parting Glances: Sister goes chocolate dip
I'll say this for Sr. Scatterpin, Renegade Sisters of Mary, she has an immaculate (no pun intended) sense of timing. I was on an Easter egg hunt sponsored by Hell's Archangels Biker's Club when she [...]
‘Ten little Indians’ in Lansing
Robert Fulghum wrote "All I ever needed to know, I learned in Kindergarten." All I remember about kindergarten was singing, having my very own little mat to sleep on at nap time and what seemed [...]
The Gay Moralist: Listening for Truth, Listening for God
by John Corvino In my last column I wrote about a Christian couple who invited me to dinner during one of my lecture tours. I first met the husband when he stood up during a [...]
Club events
THURSDAY Body Zone Health Club: Free tanning Club Flamingo: Happy Hour, 4-8 p.m. Diamond Jim's Saloon: Karaoke with D.J. Bit T.W.A.T. Diversions: Karaoke. $3.00 16 oz beer. $1.50 Schnapps. $5.00 Jager Bombs The Male Box: [...]
Laugh out loud
Pick up a Pocket Gay. They're like a babbling Barbie, only better - and queerer. These portable homo peeps offer (gay) style tips, abrasive (lesbian) baseball breaking-in and if they're not fed, well, dig a [...]
Hair and homos
Jenny Owen Youngs doesn't need to sit on the reason for her gay fan flock. Sure, the tomboy get-up is a magnetic lesbian force. But there's a more scientific explanation. "It's because my hair is [...]
Art & Around for the period April 19-28
ARCHITECTURE/GARDEN TOURS: Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Discover the Ford House with all-new tours that go behind the scenes, examine special subjects and provide a new perspective on the family that left an indelible mark [...]
Michigan Club Directory
Detroit Area Adams Apple, Detroit, (313) 240-8482 Amici's Living Room Berkley, (248) 544-4100 Backstreet, Detroit, (313) 838-6699 Body Zone Health Club 1617 E. McNichols Detroit, (313) 366-9663 Como's, Ferndale (248) 548-5005 Detroit Eagle, Detroit, (313) [...]
Performers Awards of Detroit
The Performers Awards of Detroit held their 32nd Annual Awards Ceremony at Gigi's on Sunday. The nominees and recipients of this award are recognized by their peers in the only ceremony of its kind in [...]
NEW THIS WEEK: Disturbia
Troubled kid Kale (Shia LaBeouf) is under house arrest for the summer. When boredom sets in, he begins to spy on his neighbors, eventually discovering that one of them is a serial killer. What follows [...]
Q Scopes: Think ahead, Leo
by Jack Fertig April 16, 2007 Venus in Gemini squaring Mars in Pisces makes this a great time for singing and dancing - but beyond that you may get little more than a song and [...]
The OutField: Evan Darling revs his engine
by Dan Woog "Evan Darling" sounds like the fake name of a gay porn star. But there really is an Evan Darling - and the gearshift knobs he grabs and cockpits he enters are not [...]
Q Puzzle: A Few Laughs
April 16, 2007 Across 1 Gay cultural values, e.g. 6 James of "Only When I Laugh" 10 Sherman Hemsley religious sitcom 14 Cups and such 15 "Pandora's Box" heroine 16 Note to Matt Foreman's staff [...]
Pet of the Week: Kisses
She's terrific gal, looking for a little love! Meet Kisses, a three-year-old Husky mix, waiting to give you all the love she has! Kisses has lots of energy and would love lots of walks and [...]
Health Fair targets lesbian, gay community
FERNDALE - On April 28 more than a hundred people will gather at Affirmations in downtown Ferndale to take part in their fifth annual Health Fair. "Many LGBT people are fearful of coming out to [...]
Letter: Change for better is on the way
The comments of Mr. Bill Ballenger, Inside Michigan Politics Editor, regarding Matt's Safe Schools bill (HB 4162) and categorical enumeration, are shortsighted ("Safe Schools Coalition Fractured..." - April 5, 2007). It seems Mr. Ballenger is [...]
Letter: Cruel to call out Detroit
In your editorial piece "Michigan, Detroit should do more" regarding contributions to the Ruth Ellis center, I took particular issue with calling out the City of Detroit for not contributing to the Ruth Ellis center, [...]
Letter: ‘Dissing Diana’ pisses fan off
Dear Chris Azzopardi, Lets see here, your "talent" is ... what exactly? It's certainly not journalism. You'd be a better writer for The National Enquirer, maybe. Even a true journalist, Liz Smith for example, knows [...]
Letter: Take in the show
Hmmmm? Well, I guess Mr. Azzopardi hasn't read the reviews of each of the stops thus far on La Ross mini-tour. Furthermore, he obviously hasnt been in one of the smaller venues with The Lady...letting [...]
Letter: Diana dissing is dead on
Hi Chris: I'm a long time Diana Ross fan and I thought your initial review of "I Love You" as well as your response to the loads of e-mails you received in response to your [...]
Health Fair targets lesbian, gay community
FERNDALE - On April 28 more than a hundred people will gather at Affirmations in downtown Ferndale to take part in their fifth annual Health Fair. "Many LGBT people are fearful of coming out to [...]
Advocates take on U.S. HIV-Positive “Travel Ban”
by Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. "travel ban" on HIV-positive foreign visitors and immigrants is a vestige of the darkest days of the epidemic. It may be drastically modified or even eliminated completely [...]
Triangle continues to investigate Anthos case
DETROIT - It's a bit like a beloved old Abbott and Costello routine. Dr. Carl J. Schmitz, chief medical examiner of Wayne County, ruled the February death of 72-year-old Andrew Anthos was natural based on [...]
Upcoming auction benefits Affirmations, Mosaic Youth Theater
FERNDALE - Antique hunters will find vintage furniture, china, built-in architectural features at an auction being held this Saturday at Detroit's historic El Moore building. The building is being renovated by El Moore condominiums which [...]
‘OUTSpoken Families’ trainings coming up
Family Pride, the national non-profit organization committed to securing equality for all families, is partnering with the Coalition for Adoption Rights Equality to offer two free "OUTSpoken Families" trainings to Michigan. Participants will receive a [...]
Triangle Foundation board and staff to hold Lansing reception
LANSING - "What's next for LGBT Michigan?" That question will be addressed and answered in Lansing on April 20 during a Regional Reception hosted by the Board of Trustees and staff of the Triangle Foundation. [...]
Evangelical extremists enlist Christian teens in battle against popular culture
DETROIT - More than 300 teenagers and other religious fundamentalists gathered downtown in Grand Circus Park to kick off Battle Cry's Detroit rally. An evangelical youth movement created by presidential advisor and religious extremist Ron [...]
Battlecry.org Featured Battle Plans:
Dirt on my face. Weapon in hand. The Battle's raging. We're waging war. There's no time for apathy. No time for laziness. I can't stand by and watch my comrades be taken down. We have [...]
Battle Cry: An Evangelical Christian responds
Dr. Julie Nemecek is worried about Battle Cry and Ron Luce's militaristic movement. As an ordained Baptist minister, Luce,Aeos message twists what she sees as the Christian message. "Jesus didn't dwell on metaphors," she says. [...]
Creating Change 2008 planning underway
FERNDALE - It's the largest annual meeting of lgbt activists in the country, and it's coming to Detroit. Planning for the 2008 Creating Change conference officially kicked off last Thursday with a well-attended meeting at [...]
Definition of a cult
Cult: a group or movement exhibiting a great or excessive devotion or dedication to some person, idea, or thing, and employing unethically manipulative techniques of persuasion and control designed to advance the goals of the [...]
Jesus-jacking a generation: Inside Battle Cry Detroit
Capitol Correspondent DETROIT- Something happened to Jesus. Tolerance? A.W.O.L. Loving thy neighbor as thyself? A.W.O.L Turning the other cheek? A.W.O.L. In their place, a militant brand of ask no questions, take no prisoners Christianity preached [...]
Matthew Shepard Act, other measures introduced in Congress
by Bob Roehr WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate version of hate crimes legislation will be called the "Matthew Shepard Act" in honor of the young man whose death in Laramie, Wyoming gripped the nation over [...]
Treatment changes for gonorrhea
by Bob Roehr ATLANTA - The spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change the nationwide guidelines for treating that infection. The announcement came in an April [...]
A lesson in leadership
The Creating Change conference will be coming to Detroit in February 2008 and it is a tremendous opportunity for all of us in the region. The first meeting for those interested in working on the [...]
Curtain to rise on Ferndale’s newest nightspot
FERNDALE - We'll never know whether it was Divine Providence or the intercession of St. Genesius - the patron saint of actors - that caused Joe Bailey to stop at a red light near the [...]
Art & Around for the period April 19-28
ARCHITECTURE/GARDEN TOURS: Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Discover the Ford House with all-new tours that go behind the scenes, examine special subjects and provide a new perspective on the family that left an indelible mark [...]
Commitments are tested in world premiere
In playwriting class, students are often instructed to write about what they know. Whether or not Brian Letscher has ever studied the craft of scriptwriting I haven't a clue, but the former Division I football [...]
Laughing through TV’s golden age
By D. A. Blackburn When we think of the 1950s, it's easy to get caught up in nostalgic notions. It was, after all, a decade entrenched in the "American Dream" - a period marked by [...]
Not all is lost in fabled ‘Camelot’
It's good to be king. It's even better to be king in an old-fashioned musical about a land where pretty much nothing bad ever happens - except for the overly virtuous best friend who's caught [...]
Traditore, traduttore at the Hilberry
By Robert W. Bethune Irish plays like Brian Friel's "Translations" have great characters. Hugh O'Donnell runs a tiny school, devoting himself to giving backwoods 19th century Irish people the gift of Homer and Virgil. His [...]
Theater Events for the period April 19-28
PROFESSIONAL THEATER/OPERA: Amadeus Salieri wants only one thing - but the musical talent resides within rival Mozart. Performance Network Theatre, Ann Arbor. Previews April 26-29 & May 3 ($20-$28); runs Thu.-Sun., May 4-June 10. $25-$37. [...]
Jesus-jacking a generation: Inside Battle Cry Detroit
Capitol Correspondent DETROIT- Something happened to Jesus. Tolerance? A.W.O.L. Loving thy neighbor as thyself? A.W.O.L Turning the other cheek? A.W.O.L. In their place, a militant brand of ask no questions, take no prisoners Christianity preached [...]
Source for casting information celebrates seventh birthday
CCO1 [no art ] ANN ARBOR - A web-based service that provides performing arts producers and performing artists with a central location where they can find out about productions currently looking for artists across a [...]
Luncheon on the Aisle to benefit Meadow Brook Theatre
ROCHESTER - On Friday, April 27, The Meadow Brook Theatre Guild will host Luncheon on the Aisle, an annual benefit for Meadow Brook Theatre. This year's Luncheon will feature a working rehearsal of scenes from [...]