Food For Thought
People don't talk about Royal Oak's Café Muse without mentioning the grilled cheese: the way the three-cheese blend - havarti, fontina and mozzarella - melts into a savory mix of basil, tomatoes and organic bread, [...]
People don't talk about Royal Oak's Café Muse without mentioning the grilled cheese: the way the three-cheese blend - havarti, fontina and mozzarella - melts into a savory mix of basil, tomatoes and organic bread, [...]
FERNDALE - A sweeping portrait spanning 80 years, "When the Rain Stops Falling" is a story of fathers and sons, lovers and friends, husbands and wives - a grippingly intimate tale of a young man [...]
By Romeo San Vicente 'Magic Mike' sizzles, 'The Paperboy' does whatever the opposite of sizzle is It was a year of male nudity at the movies, but it came with some strings attached. It turns [...]
10. Cat Power, 'Sun' Clocking in at just under 11 minutes, "Nothin' But Time" starts simple enough, with just piano and fuzzy static - then there's some man chants, and Iggy Pop. On paper it's [...]
Across 1 "The Wizard of Oz" dropout Buddy 6 In stitches, to Edith Head 10 Brandy bottle letters 14 Mazda model 15 Dixie Chicks, e.g. 16 Cry after getting the shaft 17 Singer tapped to [...]
By Sue Merrell "Billy Elliot the Musical" is set in 1980s England amid a violent coal miners' strike. One miner's son has a dream to dance, and early in the second act he imagines what [...]
BY Crystal Proxmire Amway owner and President Doug DeVos It isn't enough to spend one's life making millions off the backs of the gullible in a giant multi-level marketing business. One must also then [...]
Michigan's legislators in Lansing may not be ready to step up and declare equality for the LGBT community, but across the state individual communities have been creating local ordinances that prevent discrimination and publicize that [...]
DETROIT - Detroit Tiger's right fielder Torii Hunter joined other professional sports players in reinforcing the stereotype that gays are not welcome in the hyper-masculine world of baseball and football. In a Dec. 29th story [...]
By Megan Anderson The Burchett Family. Photo courtesy of Terry Johnston Photography It all started with a web search. When Lisa Burchett's son Nick came out to her and her husband John, she conducted [...]
DETROIT KICK The Agency for Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgender African Americans will engage colleges, universities and other training institutions that value LGBT culture from across Michigan at The Education & Advocacy Exhibition on Feb. [...]
By Lisa Keen Pres. Obama nominated former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense Monday. AP photo Updated on Tuesday, Jan.8, 2013 U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin said Monday that she wants to see [...]
BTL Staff Report The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday Jan. 7 that it will hear arguments on Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban, on March 26 and United States v. Windsor, challenging the constitutionality of [...]
I don't know if you've noticed, but national approval of Congress is down. Like, way down. You know what's more popular than Congress right now? BP during the oil spill in the Gulf. That's right. [...]
A federally funded study by People & Friends of Cats and Dogs (P-FCD) says that "persons of rainbow personality make the best dog owners, but have little influence on cats - although this should not [...]
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith When we talk about transgender rights we often view this as a singular, monolithic entity, uniquely positioned and separate from everything else. Indeed, this is often the way that transgender activists [...]
Eric W. Rader In the closing days of the Michigan Legislature's lame-duck session, Republicans hastily passed bills to fulfill the right-wing wishes of a small minority of people in our state. Unfortunately, Gov. Rick Snyder [...]
First and foremost, let me say I am no movie critic. My tastes in film are as varied as my tastes in music, books and just about everything else. My personal favorites include the 1933 [...]
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From the presidential inauguration committee WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday the Presidential Inauguration Committee (PIC) announced that Richard Blanco will serve as the Inaugural poet at the swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 21. Blanco will be [...]
LANSING - The Michigan Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 ruling, has upheld the rights of unionized state employees to have medical benefits extend to one non-married, non-related household companion as part of their employment [...]
Jeanne Morford at NYC Pride March in 1988. Photo: NYC Pride Guide, Joseph Barna. "Today the world has lost a pioneer - Jeanne Manford, the founder of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians [...]
From left, Jason Tylenda with children Lily Tylenda, Langston Howley and partner Kevin Howley. Photo courtesy of Howleys. SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Lear Corporation, an international Tier One supplier of automotive electrical and seating components, [...]
If Nate Ruess, Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost have taught us anything, it's this: You can be fun. and still stand up for something serious. The breakout single that sent the New York-based band's sophomore [...]