PROFESSIONAL THEATER/OPERA: The All Night Strut! The Wilde Award-nominated musical returns to celebrate one of the greatest eras of American music, the era of Swing. BoarsHead Theater, Lansing. Wed.-Sun., through July 8. $25-$40. 517-484-7805. http://www.boarshead.org [...]
EDITORâS PICK: On Saturday, July 7, Detroit will join major cities around the world in celebrating âWorld Hoop Day,â the first-ever, international holiday dedicated to promoting hula hooping for fun and fitness. Think of it [...]
EDITOR'S PICK: The Ledges Playhouse Theatre Co. and the Lansing Civic Players present "Godspell," a rock musical with music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, at the Ledges Playhouse in Fitzgerald Park in Grand Ledge. [...]
by Jessica Carreras MADISON HEIGHTS - On July 4 of 2005, a day when most Americans celebrated their unsurpassed freedoms and rights, Anton Anderssen was in Canada getting married - a right not afforded to [...]
Capitol Correspondent LANSING - Claudia Gonzalez remembers vividly walking across the campus of Michigan State University two years ago. The campus was abuzz with football excitement, the Spartans were hosting a home game. That's when [...]
By Lisa Keen Keen on the trail SCORE ONE FOR THE STIGMA: The question to Democratic candidates last Thursday night, June 28, was "What is the plan to stop and protect these young people from [...]
by Bob Roehr Studies have long shown that gays and lesbians are more likely to smoke than their heterosexual counterparts, however there have been concerns about the way that data was gathered. A large new [...]
LANSING - Despite pressing financial woes and an alleged lack of leadership, Michigan Pride in Lansing went off without a noticeable hitch on Saturday, June 30. A high spirited march kicked off at 1 p.m. [...]
DETROIT - The National Black Justice Coalition is hosting a reception honoring local LGBT organizations that are empowering and enhancing the lives of black LGBT men, women and youth. The July 10 reception will take [...]
America celebrates her freedoms on the Fourth of July. We raise the flag, remember our history and the sacrifices that others have been made for our rights and liberty. But for LGBT people the holiday [...]
SUMMER ARTS FESTIVALS: Ann Arbor Summer Festival A three-week celebration of performing arts, outdoor entertainment and community spirit that offers dozens of legendary artists, pop icons, international superstars and emerging newcomers in and around the [...]
A good farce is hard to find these days, but that's exactly what playwright/director Matt Letscher delivers with his wickedly funny and slickly staged "Sea of Fools" that had its world premiere last weekend at [...]
By Robert W. Bethune David Latham's production of "Othello" is a thing of terror: first the terrible clarity of what Iago is going to do and that nothing can stop him, then that even Iago [...]
ANN ARBOR - Carla Milarch hopes you'll come up and see her some time this summer as she tackles the role of Mae West in "Dirty Blonde," the final production of Performance Network Theatre's 25th [...]
by Bob Roehr CHICAGO - The American Medical Association (AMA) amended its nondiscrimination policies to include transgender persons at the annual meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in Chicago, which ended on June 27. [...]
by Kirsti Reeve Terry and I were probably one of the first couples to admit "we met online", through a tape trade on the Indigo Girls email list in 1994. One morning, my inbox contained [...]
BY SHARON GITTLEMAN FERNDALE- While most people living in Ferndale reside in homes built in decades past, they'll soon have a new option. Recently, developer Robert Wolfson celebrated the groundbreaking of the four floors of [...]
Newly elected Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri once told a daily newspaper that gay people are sick. In a 1997 interview with Pagina/12, Macri was asked if he'd accept gay players on the Boca Juniors [...]
The bishops of Canada's Anglican Church voted 21-19 June 24 against giving dioceses the option of allowing priests to bless same-sex marriages. To be approved, the measure needed majority support in separate votes by three [...]
Only one Canadian same-sex couple has gotten married in Toronto this year, while 118 American gay couples have married there along with 201 gay couples from elsewhere in the world. Same-sex marriages account for 4.3 [...]
Opposition lawmakers introduced a same-sex civil-union bill in Costa Rica June 19. It would grant spousal rights in areas such as inheritance, bereavement leave and medical decisions. The bill's sponsors, from the Citizens Action Party [...]
About 2,000 people marched in the gay pride parade in Edinburgh, Scotland, June 23. It rained, but cleared up for the post-parade festival at Pilrig Park in Leith. "We had a real ale bar, entertainment, [...]
Istanbul police raided two gay bars June 16, pushing patrons into the streets with threats of using pepper spray and billy clubs. When the patrons then ignored orders to disperse and instead began clapping, some [...]
by Rex Wockner Three pro-gay protesters were arrested June 27 outside the European Commission office in Moscow during a picket by 25 people urging the European Union to revoke Mayor Yuri Luzhkov's right to travel [...]
I irreverently begin this PG Mary-go-round with a caveat of charity, sprinkled with a modicum of glee. Charity for hypocritical factotums of the religious right who rarely extend that most Christian of virtues to others. [...]
by Sean Kosofsky All Politics is Loco Immigration reform is dead on arrival. President Bush could not even keep his own party together over one of the most pressing issues in our country. This has [...]
After moving to the United States 10 years ago from Argentina, filmmaker Sebastian Cordoba still hasn't secured a green card. His artist visa allows him to produce films in America, like his recent look at [...]
By Jessica Carreras Murse. Man-bag. Messenger. Whatever you call it, men, it's still a purse. They began showing up on the runways at fashion shows around the world. Then, designers like Louis Vuitton and Armani [...]
July 9, 2007 NEW THIS WEEK: Evening As she lies in bed, slowly dying of cancer and hovering between consciousness and morphine-inspired dreams, Ann Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) drifts back to her past when she was [...]
Dennis Bruce Spencer 'Progressive Digression' Plymouth Coffee Bean 884 Penniman Ave., Plymouth (734) 454-0178 Dennis Bruce Spencer's never-before-seen acrylic paintings on found wooden boards will be on display and for sale at well below market [...]
'Ratatouille' In theaters now A You're thinking: Since when did an animated rat-flick review fit into a gay rag? If I wanted to bullshit you, I'd quip, "Somewhere, there's a rodent that's spending too much [...]
Girlfriend can't discipline children around mom Q: My partner, "Mary," and I have been living together for a year; we moved in after we had a commitment ceremony at our church. My partner has been [...]
by Jack Fertig July 2, 2007 Mercury is in Cancer turning direct, offering an opportunity to apologize for emotional outbursts and correct all the problems that erupted while he was retrograde. If you don't know [...]
July 2, 2007 Across 1 Type of father Robert Reed played 5 Gay teen on "Degrassi: The Next Generation" 10 Cruising hazard 14 Composition of some beds 15 Dangerous emission for Tin Man 16 Baudelaire's [...]
When the going gets tough, the tough get going... after gay families. And the "tough" aren't actually tough, but are hoping to appear so by taking a swing at this "family values" crowd pleaser. On [...]
by Leslie Robinson Do you remember an organization called "Christian Exodus?" Sounds like something Charlton Heston should lead, doesn't it? I can see him in a TV ad demanding, "Pharaoh, let my people have guns!" [...]
