Blackmail at the Krim
Long before the Detroit Film Theater - now celebrating its 35th year of showcasing good, bad, indifferent American and foreign films at the DIA - Detroit had three art theaters: Studio, Coronet and Trans-Lux Krim. [...]
What gays owe black America
By Diane Silver Political IQ Judging by the stinging e-mails I've received, some of my fellow white queers haven't gotten over their post-Proposition 8 anger at African Americans. A faulty exit poll and even worse [...]
‘Gay-owned, gay-operated’
by Keith Orr When my partner Martin and I travel we love to check out the local LGBT bookstores. One of our favorites has always been the Oscar Wilde Bookshop in New York City. Oscar [...]
Creep of the Week: Sally Kern
Ladies and gentlemen, the jig is up. The "gay agenda," that sacred creed we hold so dear, has been discovered. How did this happen, you ask? Well, after decades of passing the gay agenda using [...]
Curing what Ailey’s you for 50 years
By Taras Berezowsky DETROIT - The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater knows how to make history. In 1962, just four years after gay founder Alvin Ailey started the company in New York City, John F. [...]
Book Marks
By Richard Labonte "Skin Lane," by Neil Bartlett. Serpent's Tale, 344 pages, $14.95 paper. Repressed sexuality is taken to spooky new heights in British novelist Bartlett's first novel in more than a decade. Mr. F [...]
The Dating Diet: A star is reborn
By Anthony Paull I'm a tad worried. I'm not sure if we're going to be asked back to Sundance next year, and to set the record straight, I'm placing blame on my photographer, Stacey. Granted, [...]
Hear Me Out
Mariah releases 'Ballads' in time for V-Day Mariah Carey, 'The Ballads' Before Mariah shed her girl-next-door image - and just about every article of clothing - she was the quintessential queen of ballads, from the [...]
Lube wrestling @ The Male Box…
1. What a mess. 2. Sean, Ken and Kyle 3. Jay, Tim and Neil 4. Mar, John, Jason and Jason BTL photos: Danielle
Fact and fiction of ‘Star Trek’ celebrated at Detroit Science Center
DETROIT - "Star Trek" fans will soon have the opportunity to boldly go where few have gone before - on to the bridge of the original U.S.S. Enterprise, which lands at the Detroit Science Center [...]
Beautiful disaster
'Wendy and Lucy' Starts Feb. 13 Main Art Theatre, Royal Oak Nothing's blatantly queer about a broke woman's financial struggles in this hit economy, but therein lies the strength of "Wendy and Lucy." Wendy's as [...]
Music, Performance and More Editor’s Pick:
The Ann Arbor Art Center is in search of the city's most artful martini - and art and drink lovers can help them decide. The Artini Martini Crawl 2009, a benefit for the Ann Arbor [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Natalie Portman Poses for "17 Photos" Star Wars and Garden State obsessives who still carry a torch for Natalie Portman aren't going to like where she's going next: marriage and motherhood. [...]
Q Scopes: Skip the arguments, Gemini!
By Jack Fertig Stop! Think slowly and carefully before you act, perhaps discussing it with a friend and working it through. The Sun is lined up with Neptune, promoting artistic visions, fuzzy-headed idealism, and (co)dependent [...]
Q Puzzle: Fate Club
Across 1 Stud fees? 6 Poet Teasdale 10 Nero's bird 14 Black to Bonheur 15 Singer Dobkin 16 Farm erection 17 Close of "Serving in Silence" 18 A little behind 19 Reproduced without sex, for [...]
The pride must go on
I would like to give a response to the article "Michigan Pride promises to soldier on despite debt" (BTL Feb. 5). From the article, it seems the Lansing City council would be overjoyed grinding their [...]
Between Ourselves: Program Director Alyssa Johnson
Alyssa Johnson has been the program director of Steppin' Out since May 2008. The 35-year-old Royal Oak-resident works to bring events to the community, from small social gatherings to one of the area's biggest HIV/AIDS [...]
Federal judge takes swipe at DOMA
By Lisa Keen The good news: A well-known federal appeals judge this month took a legal swipe at the Defense of Marriage Act, declaring it unconstitutional. The bad news: The decision packed very limited punch, [...]
Removal of mall HIV/AIDS prevention display sparks anger
TROY - Last week, management at Somerset Collection, a mall known for its upscale shops and clientele, forced the store Armani Exchange to remove a store window display designed to promote HIV/AIDS prevention and education [...]
Multicultural Advisory Committee begins national research on best practices
The Multicultural Advisory Committee, founded by the Affirmations community center in Ferndale, recently announced the creation of two workgroups tasked with researching best practices for multicultural LGBT community work in the Detroit area. Each workgroup [...]
WIHAN to host event for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Religious and secular leaders in Washtenaw will participate in the county's second annual observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Feb 14 at 1-3 p.m. Washtenaw Sheriff Jerry Clayton will be among those at [...]
Still being bullied
by Jessica Carreras As the one-year anniversary of the death of 15-year-old Lawrence King, the gay Oxnard, Calif. student who was murdered by one of his classmates, looms, Michigan advocates for anti-bullying legislation are scrambling [...]
American Family Association infomercial raises concerns for West Michigan LBGT community
by BTL staff GRAND RAPIDS - Collette Beighley has barely had time to get her feet wet as the new associate program director of the office of LGBT Concerns at Grand Valley State University, but [...]
Time to pass Matts Safe Schools, keep specific language
We need to say, loud and clear, to both our opponents and our allies, that this is not acceptable. Anti-bullying legislation without specific language that protects vulnerable groups like LGBT students about as good as [...]
Civic Theatre does noir with ‘Earth & Sky’
Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's Studio Series presents the gritty, urban thriller, "Earth & Sky," directed by Matt Martello, Feb. 6-14 at A2CT's Studio Theater at 322 W. Ann St. in Ann Arbor. Performances are 8 [...]
Williams, Mekka monkey around at Meadow Brook
For seven seasons they brought laughter into the homes of millions as Shirley Feeney and Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa. Now, a quarter-century later, Shirley Williams and Eddie Mekka are reunited - but this time, [...]
Tipping Point Theatre to provide pre-peformance wine tastings at select performances
NORTHVILLE - Tipping Point Theatre and Simply Wine, both of Northville, are partnering to offer complimentary wine tastings at all Thursday evening performances of Tipping Point's upcoming production, "Rabbit Hole." The tastings will begin at [...]
Tipping Point goes down the ‘Rabbit Hole’
By D. A. Blackburn Grief is a powerful emotion, and a subject that can make for potent drama. But it's not a theme generally associated with funny, insightful and satisfying theater. After all, grief is [...]