Hear Me Out: Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire
Lady Gaga, 'ARTPOP' So much for that high-concept, post-modern ingenuity that "ARTPOP" promised even before Lady Gaga hawked it as the album of not the year, not the decade, but of the millennium. This isn't [...]
Breaking Up Is Hard On You
Across 1 Dancer Taylor 5 Anal insert from a UFO? 10 Cole Porter's "Well, Did You ___" 14 Hollywood canine 15 Early caucus participant 16 Abercrombie & Fitch event 17 Portrayer of Ted 20 "Suburgatory" [...]
Laughter: The Best Medicine
By John Quinn The Hilberry Theatre presents A Doctor in Spite of Himself in rotating repertory through Feb. 8. Photo: Hilberry Theatre The beauty of an academic arts program is how well it educates [...]
Time To ‘Defend’ The Caveman
By Dana Casadei Yesterday afternoon I got coffee with one of my best girlfriends. First thing she said, "You look cute!" We then proceeded to discuss no less than seven different things during our 40 [...]
The Truth, The Whole Truth, The Ugly, Ugly Truth – At UDM
By Carolyn Hayes Pick at a scab long enough, and you'll uncover the wound. "This Is How it Goes," by Neil LaBute, is no stranger to underlying unpleasantness, be it racism or marital conflict, digging [...]
A ‘Traviata’ To Cherish
By Michael H. Margolin The second outing for Michigan Opera Theatre in this, the 43rd season, is the sublime "La Traviata" of Giuseppe Verdi. Pronounce "La Traviata" slowly; tongue meets teeth, your lips purse, upper [...]
Meadow Brook Delivers Dependable Holiday Tradition With ‘A Christmas Carol’
By Jenn McKee Meadow Brook Theatre's annual stage production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" - now in its 32nd year - is the ultimate in theater comfort food: You know precisely what you're going [...]
Michigan-Made Gifts For The Holidays
By Shelby Clark With Black Friday and Cyber Monday approaching, nationwide retailers are dominating the shopping scene. But Michigan offers a variety of stellar gift options for every demographic imaginable - all here in the [...]
Mikey Rox’s Ultimate Guide To Gay Gift Giving
What do you get a gay who has everything? Take your pick from these ideas, perfect for LGBT homebodies, adventurers, activists and more. RoBo 3D Printer Now that 3D printers are commercially available at a [...]
Proposals Of Top 2 Candidates In Chile Vote
Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, the centrist candidate of the Socialist Party, finished far ahead in Sunday's presidential election, but didn't get enough votes to avoid a Dec. 15 runoff with conservative Evelyn Matthei, who [...]
Hope And Understanding For ‘Unstably Housed’ Youth
"Unstably housed." That's the term Ruth Ellis Center Executive Director Jerry Peterson uses to describe the living situation of many of the youth who seek out services at the drop in center and housing program. [...]
Transgender Woman Murdered in Detroit
DETROIT - According to an Equality Michigan press release, a murder victim found last Friday, Nov. 8, discarded in a trash receptacle off Woodward Ave. in Detroit has not yet been identified, but is believed [...]
Justice For Shelly: Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against Police In Gruesome Murder
Shelly Moore was brutally murdered. Her mother Lynice Nelson is suing law enforcement for disclosing Moores identity instead of protecting her in her role as an informant. MADISON HEIGHTS - The October 2011 death [...]
KICK Health Expo Discussions Go Beyond The Basics
Kezia Curtis of Feedom Freedom, an urban farm near Jefferson and Manistique in Detroit, talked about food justice and the barriers some have to getting good meals as part of a day-long series of topics [...]
Transgender Workers Are At A High Risk Of Unemployment And Poverty
Recent Center for American Progress polling shows that 73 percent of voters support protecting transgender people from discrimination in employment. Despite this strong public support, no federal law provides explicit legal protections for transgender workers [...]
Ferndale Pride Changes Leadership: Covey Steps Down and Music Steps In
Craig Covey and Julia Music. File photo Crystal Proxmire Ferndale Pride is now under new leadership. Craig Covey has stepped down as Chairperson of the event, and Julia Music has taken over the role. [...]
AIDS Partnership Michigan’s Hank Milbourne Recognized as POZ 100
AIDS Partnership Michigan's Hank Milbourne was recognized as one of the POZ 100 for 2013. The Chief Program Officer works hard to oversee HIV Prevention programs, mental health services, early intervention, grant writing, report writing, [...]
The Know Us Project
The Universalist Unitarian Church of East Liberty is hosting the Know Us Project, an educational training workshop for LGBT people and allies Nov. 24 from 1 - 4 p.m. The free workshop will be held [...]
Thomas John Paprocki
Creep Of The Week What a wonderful day for an exorcism! On Nov. 20 in Springfield, Illinois, Gov. Pat Quinn will sign the bill to legalize marriage for same-sex couples. But not if the head [...]
50 Years This Friday
Parting Glances Back in the mid-80s a group of friends gathered monthly for dinner and sharing at Detroit's historic artist venue, the Scarab Club. We called ourselves "The Friends of Dorothy Kilgallen". Our campy title [...]
Thankful For The Blessing To Give
by Laurie "Elf" Amalfitano In the days and weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, most everyone we know looks forward to gathering with family and friends to enjoy a feast full of turkey and sides, giving [...]
Detroit And Region Will Grow Vibrant Through Full Inclusion
By Eric Rader Viewpoint The 2013 off-year elections are over and now we look ahead to 2014. Voters in Detroit elected Mike Duggan, the former head of the Detroit Medical Center, to be their next [...]
Gilbert Gottfried On Female Comics ‘Trying Too Hard’ & ‘Aladdin’ Homophobia
The voice of Gilbert Gottfried is so distinguishable you can practically hear it now: high-pitched and abrasively boisterous, it's like he sucked on a balloon right before he opened his mouth. It's really no wonder, [...]