Sarah Brightman knows what it means to "shoot for the stars." A one-of-a-kind soprano, the "Phantom of the Opera" singer, who originated the iconic role of Christine 27 years ago, has a voice that can [...]
Somewhere over the rainbow exists fantastical fairies, diva witches and flying monkeys (oh my!), but friends of Dorothy will have to do without the optimistic dreamer and her dog. Neither follow Sam Raimi's yellow-brick road [...]
By Lisa Keen President Obama speaks at a rally. Photo: Max Hodgson The Obama administration continues to back up its words of support for marriage equality with action, this week taking the seldom used [...]
Unity Michigan team delivers 2,397 signed petitions asking the Royal Oak City Commission to pass a human rights ordinance, which it did with a 6-1 vote. BTL photo: Crystal Proxmire Readers wishing to thank [...]
Report for American Independent Network LANSING - Dozens of agencies and local health departments will be attending a mandatory meeting Wednesday, March 6 in Lansing to review grant-fulfillment requirements related to HIV funding, but the [...]
By Romeo San Vicente The sun'll come out tomorrow for Jane Lynch And that sun will stay out for exactly eight weeks. That's how long "Glee"'s mercurial Sue Sylvester, aka Jane Lynch, will star as [...]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower First-time director Stephen Chbosky sensitively explores high school self-discovery and outsider hardships in his big-hearted teen drama about the pains of youth and the people who help us through [...]
Across 1 "Les Miz" list 5 Two of a kind 9 Jane of the cloth 14 "Desert of the Heart" novelist Jane 15 Craig Claiborne's gumbo pod 16 Weather conditions 17 Thames college 18 Life [...]
By Dan Woog The OutField Born a male, Jazz began to live as a girl at a young age. Thanks to supportive parents, she was well-adjusted and happy - except for one thing. For more [...]
By Martin F. Kohn There's a rueful old joke about how people in Harlem in the 1930s never knew there was a Depression. Substitute Recession for Depression and the same might be said of South [...]
By Dana Casadei I discovered the "Harry Potter" series when I was in the fourth grade. It was an instant obsession that would follow my friends and I not only through the rest of elementary [...]
By Carolyn Hayes On paper, playwright Scott Organ's "Phoenix" is a sleek little nugget of a play. The plot encompasses just two characters; their story takes scarcely more than an hour to tell, or a [...]
By Andrew Collins Out of Town Few cities have grown faster and more dramatically in the past half century than Phoenix (pop. 1.4 million), which currently ranks as the sixth-largest city in America. It's also [...]
Since 2003, the Michigan Department of Community Health has been secretly collecting the names, dates of birth, risk categories, and other demographic information of people submitting for confidential HIV testing at grant-funded locations throughout the [...]
By Dawn Wolfe DETROIT - On Feb. 7 the U.S. Justice Department made Michigan history when Everett Avery plead guilty under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, for [...]
On Feb. 28 Equality Michigan joined a broad nonpartisan coalition of equality organizations which have filed amicus briefs in support of the plaintiffs in the landmark Perry v. Hollingsworth and Windsor vs. United States cases. [...]
YPSILANTI - On April 13 Inclusive Justice will present a training opportunity for people interested in non-violent resistance. Activities run from 1 - 7:30 p.m. at Eastern Michigan University Student Center with registration beginning at [...]
If you or someone you know between the ages of 12 and 19, is interested in an alternative spring break experience in New Orleans Lower 9th Ward, then Dedicated To Make A Change wants to [...]
By Lisa Keen In a major victory for Democrats, the U.S. House voted Thursday (Feb. 28) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act with a bill that includes language to ensure that victims of domestic [...]
Creep of the Week I've been critical of anti-gay folks for a long time. I've even been known to call them names ("creep," for example), but for as long as I've been writing this column [...]
Letters To The Editor Dear Editor, I'm going to be honest with you - I'm not a professional. In fact, I'm the opposite: I'm a fifteen year old kid who steals her parent's Metro Times [...]
Parting Glances If one person can be truly said to have single-handedly pushed this country into a War of Independence from England it was patriot and pamphleteer Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809). His book "Common [...]
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Transmissions The City Council of Phoenix, Arizona recently voted on a bill to add sexual orientation as well as gender identity and expression to the city's existing anti-discrimination bill. The bill [...]
It would be easy to mistake Dido as being as mellow as her music - but don't. In our chat, the British singer-songwriter - promoting her first album in five years, "Girl Who Got Away," [...]
The couple will have to wait until June for U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman to make a decision in their case. BTL Photo: Crystal Proxmire Hazel Park couple Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer will [...]
