Amy Grant with BTL Entertainment Editor Chris Azzopardi. Back in the mid-'90s, I watched from my seat at The Palace of Auburn Hills, just outside Detroit, as kids circled Amy Grant onstage with overzealous [...]
A call from Amy Grant started as these promo chats usually do. Hellos were exchanged, small talk was made and questions about her first studio album of all-new material in 10 years, "How Mercy Looks [...]
Graphic from www.msmgf.org On April 18 the major regional networks of men who have sex with men (MSM) and the www.msmgf.org Global Forum on MSM & (MSMGF) announced they have joined forces to form [...]
By Katia Hetter (CNN) - The Boy Scouts of America would no longer deny membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation, but would maintain its ban on openly gay adult leaders under a [...]
By Angela M. Kelley "The proposal makes a number of positive changes to the family immigration system, including eliminating the visa wait times for the spouses and minor children of U.S legal residents ("green card" [...]
By Anthony Paull Dating Diet I shouldn't talk about my asshole. It's not that amazing. It's pink and whatever but it's not like it's the only one that color. My friends tell me a lot [...]
By Ed Sikov Cocktail Chatter "Portuguese is easy," Chipper explained. "All you do is speak Spanish through your nose." Hilarity ensued. "That's so bogus," Craig managed to get out through heaves of laughter. The other [...]
Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. will host "Chair-ity" Benefit for the Rainbow Connection to celebrate the launch of Fresh Colors, "a new collection for the young and the young at heart." Proceeds will go to The [...]
With all the due praise for Jessie Ware's honeyed debut, "Devotion," including a Mercury Prize nomination, no one's complaining that the Londoner dropped journalism for music. Least of all Ware herself. As she heads stateside, [...]
Les Miserables Wins: Actress in a Supporting Role (Anne Hathaway), Sound Mixing, Makeup and Hairstyling Boasting of its eight Academy Award nominations, three Golden Globe wins and "perfect" picture and sound, the "Les Miserables" Blu-ray [...]
Across 1 Sarandon's partner in "Thelma & Louise" 6 Neuwirth of "Chicago" 10 Court order 14 Bridge call, informally 15 Like a meticulous bottom? 16 Have ___ to grind 17 Serial killer on 26-Across 19 [...]
By Michael H. Margolin For its first-ever production of Beethoven's only opera, "Fidelio," Michigan Opera Theatre caught the wave and brought one of the best dramatic sopranos around, Christine Goerke, to sing the role of [...]
By Michael H. Margolin In Act II of "Memphis," Bryan Fenkart takes center stage. As Huey, the white disk jockey in Memphis in the '50s who brought black music to radio and subsequently black dancers [...]
The UDM Theatre Company is closing its 42nd season with a rather unique endeavor in a rather untraditional space (for them) and featuring a very unique mix of performers. And the result is a night [...]
By Judith Cookis Rubens KALAMAZOO - Sometimes the best ideas sound more than a little ridiculous. For example, who would turn "The 39 Steps," a classic 1935 Alfred Hitchcock thriller picture, into a top-speed theatrical [...]
By John Quinn Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond" enjoys high name recognition, due to the playwright's 1981 film adaptation that won Academy Awards for Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn. The film, frankly, is a tad [...]
By Dana Casadei Nowadays there seem to be cruises for everyone. Disney cruises for the family; singles cruises for those looking to find their soul mate (or hook up with some randoms); and ones for [...]
By John Quinn In spring a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love; the theatrically inclined turn to thoughts of farce. Broadway Onstage Live Theatre closes its 32nd season with an original musical comedy, [...]
By Kyle Almond Extending the rights to marry and adopt to same-sex couples in France was one of President Francois Hollande's electoral pledges in campaigning last year. He is seen above during his installation ceremony [...]
The Mahoney family. BTL Photos: Andrew Potter The pressure began as soon as Jacob was born. Doctors told Donna and Marian Mahoney that their son was deaf, but that he could be "cured." Doctors [...]
When Paul Fugate was 13 years old, he worked in an apple orchard in Romeo with a man who could not hear. Later on when it was time to select a college and start on [...]
Knowledge is power, especially when it comes to HIV and AIDS prevention. But sometimes groups are overlooked in outreach efforts. This is particularly true in the deaf community, where reading levels can be lower, TV [...]
"I really think that what we're doing here is a proclamation of how we do live." - Pleasant Ridge Resident Pat Gross There was little to debate in the unanimous passing of the Pleasant [...]
From left, Affirmations Community Center Executive Directory David Garcia with staff members Kat LaTosch, Meg Hollowell and Johnny Jenkins with dinner guest. BTL photo: Crystal Proxmire Related Stories: GALLERY: Spring Bash goers VIDEO: Acceptance [...]
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From left: Melissa Grey, Diana Popp, and Judith Kovach from The Michigan Project for Informed Public Policy have forged a partnership with Affirmations Community Center. BTL photo: Crystal Proxmire With all the emotional and [...]
By Crystal Proxmire LGBT inclusion in the Catholic Church is a long-standing battle, with groups like Dignity Detroit leading the charge. Thirty-nine years ago the group formed to give support to church members, and especially [...]
KALAMAZOO- Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center's 6th annual Kalamazoo Pride event returns to Arcadia Creek Festival Site for a celebration of diversity spanning the June 14-15 weekend with live entertainment, dancing, over 75 vendors, [...]
There are hundreds of entries on BTL's website, quoting former Pennsylvania Senator and 2012 Republican Presidential contender Rick Santorum making anti-gay remarks. He has made the Creep of the Week column numerous times (perhaps a [...]
Creep of the Week You know how sometimes you haven't heard from somebody in a while and you just kind of assume that they've crawled under a rock and disappeared from public life for the [...]
Parting Glances There are bits and pieces, odds and ends, this, thats, the others, that adhere like crazy glue to my brain pan. Some of these mental bits of flotsam and jetsam are almost as [...]
By John Austin Last week, at Wayne State University, I gave the Samuel Levin Economics Award Lecture http://www.mieconomiccenter.org/Portals/0/1_THE%20FOUNDATIONS%20OF%20OUR%20MICHIGAN%20ECONOMY%20-%20SPEECH.pdf and used the forum to deliver a major speech on Michigan's economy. I basically made two arguments [...]
by Mark Segal Everyone is predicting how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on marriage equality. Let me give you my prediction. We already won, no matter which way they rule of the some 200-plus [...]
Olly Murs isn't your average straight dude. The U.K. "X Factor" alum, who recently released his proper stateside debut "Right Place Right Time," has stripped down to a thong for an all-queer crowd, championed games [...]
By Monica Attard SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) - The competitive spirit between Australia and New Zealand rarely dims, but New Zealand has sprinted ahead of its trans-Tasman rival to become the first country in the Asia [...]
