Margaret Cho was a comedian even before she knew it. "As a kid, I was thinking all these things," Cho, 46, recalls, expounding on her surprising childhood shyness, "and when I would say them, people [...]
Cameron Maxwell has joined World AIDS Day Detroit as its first full time executive director. FERNDALE - With just 82 days to go, World AIDS Day Detroit has hired Maxwell Cameron as its first [...]
By Diane Anderson-Minshall Let me tell you about a woman I met. Let's call her Trina. On the surface, we have some similarities. A woman of color and a bottle blonde, Trina grew up feeling [...]
By Ed English Natural-born talents don't come more naturally than with digital painter and ceramicist Spencer Barefield. He's the son to a musically inclined father and artistically inclined mother, and by the age of 2 [...]
It lasted far longer than it was supposed to. When Pride Source Media Group and I launched http://EncoreMichigan.com in 2008, the website devoted exclusively to professional theater in Michigan was intended to be in use [...]
BY SHELBY CLARK PETKUS Metro Detroit's traditional array of events benefitting local LGBT organizations begins this month. Walk AIDS Walk Detroit commemorates its 25th year on Sunday, Sept. 13 with a 5K walk and quilt [...]
DETROIT - The Detroit Artist Market's current show, "We The Vehicles: A Tribute to Detroit Bicycle Culture," is all about and for bicycles. Each unique work of art either is a creation from scrap parts [...]
Susan Rogal is passionate about the city of Detroit. She is also passionate about art. As of late, she has intertwined these two passions under the umbrella of the Detroit Urban Design Studio. "Our motto [...]
DETROIT - Singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist Melissa Etheridge comes to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Oct. 12 to perform songs from her new album, "This is M.E.," as well as other known hits such as "Come [...]
Gay playwright Samuel Hunter wrote the award-winning play The Whale, a touching look into the psyche of a gay man after the loss of his lover. FERNDALE - The University of Detroit-Mercy's 45th [...]
Michigan Opera Theater Puccini's masterpiece, "La Boheme," is a timeless treasure that paints the story of a poor young couple seeking a lovers' paradise among resilient, struggling friends in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Some [...]
BY AJ TRAGER ROYAL OAK - Harvey Fierstein's fiery Broadway play, "Casa Valentina," will come to Detroit in May 2016. Performed by 2nd Stage, Stagecrafters Contemporary Theatre in an intimate blackbox theater design, "Casa Valentina," [...]
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Eisenhower Dance, Metro Detroit's premier contemporary dance company, is celebrating 25 years of dance. Founded by choreographer and Artistic Director Laurie Eisenhower in 1991, Eisenhower Dance has grown from a small ensemble [...]
BY BTL STAFF S2_Arts_MatrixSeason.jpg In honor of 25 years performing, Detroit's Matrix Theatre Company has released its four unique performances for the 2015-2016 season. The opening performance for the season, "A Kid Like Jake," highlights [...]
WEST BLOOMFIELD - Theater professionals from across Michigan gathered Aug. 31 for The 2015 Wilde Awards ceremony at The Berman Center for the Performing Arts. Presented by EncoreMichigan.com, the most comprehensive resource for news and [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Kristen Stewart's 'Personal' approach Kristen Stewart is having an interesting post-"Twilight" moment. Sadly, her latest film, the weird stoner action-comedy "American Ultra," was ignored at the box office, but it's not [...]
America's favorite lesbian, Tiger baseball, all-bases-loaded fan, Stand Up Comic, Leslie Ann Thompson is headliner for Comedy For A Cause, a benefit for the Metropolitan Church of Detroit, Saturday, Sept. 12, 8 p.m., at Novi's [...]
Meet Petunia! This 7-month-old Lab/Pit Bull mix is a very affectionate little girl! She loves to meet all sorts of people and is sure to grow into a big lap dog! The adoption fee includes [...]
The Comeback When HBO gave their beloved mockumentary "The Comeback" the dreaded cut after its 13-episode run in 2005, it was a sad, sad time for us gays. How would we go on living without [...]
Across 1 Pastry with fruit, perhaps 5 "Lesbians ignite!" e.g. 10 Type of Mary pass 14 "You want the light ___ off?" 15 "On the Beach" writer Shute 16 Alan of "And the Band Played [...]
"Jersey Boys" Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13-18 Location: Wharton Center, Cobb Great Hall, East Lansing Tickets: From $35 Ticket Office: [...]
BY AJ TRAGER LANSING - Despite a morning of rain, thousands of Michigan residents came out to Adado Riverfront Park with rainbow umbrellas and long socks to celebrate [...]
Affirmations will host its Fall Fling 2015 this October as a celebration of Metro Detroit's LGBT community and its allies. More than 250 guests will enjoy the "creative, chic affair" held inside Affirmations' 17,000 square [...]
BY BTL STAFF Last years walk included Tammy Boccomino, left, who is no stranger to speaking up about HIV and the harm it can cause to a household. She was there with her sister, brother-in-law [...]
BY BTL STAFF FERNDALE - The Affirmations Youth Drop-In Center will hold an open house at 6 p.m. on Sept. 18 for all LGBT and ally youth. The Carl Rippberger Youth Drop-In Center was shut [...]
Ozone House, Ann Arbor's agency for support and housing for youth and families in crisis or conflict, will host "Harvest of Hope" Oct. 3. The fundraiser benefits the center and will feature food, drinks, music [...]
BY AJ TRAGER Equally Blessed, a coalition of four Catholic organizations that has spent more than 120 years working on behalf of LGBT people and their families, has planned a number of events, including an [...]
BY AJ TRAGER MARQUETTE - The second annual Upper Peninsula Rainbow Pride, or Pride Fest, will begin at noon Sept. 12. and will offer an array of activities for the whole family including live music, [...]
BY BTL STAFF NASHVILLE - As part of the prep work for a presentation at the PFLAG National Convention 2015, David Stocum, president of PFLAG Thief River Falls in Minnesota, is circulating a short, confidential [...]
BY BTL STAFF A recent article published in the August issue of The Journal of Adolescent Health, the official journal of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, has discovered a greater prevalence of eating [...]
BY BTL STAFF NEW YORK - Following the arrests of Rentboy.com chief executive and several employees Aug. 25, national LGBT organizations have called attention to the decriminalization of sex work. Rentboy.com started in 1997 and [...]
BY DAVID CRARY AP - The World Meeting of Families, the central religious event of Pope Francis' first visit to the United States, is intended to convey a message of love and joy as it [...]
Remember when the White House lit up in rainbow colors following the Supreme Court decision that legalized marriage equality nationwide? Yeah, well so does Tony Perkins, and he's still mad about it. Perkins, president of [...]
My friend Jon Strand is a pointillist artist. His art consists of near-micro dots of ink coloration, layer upon layer upon layer. It's no exaggeration that Jon has dotted in his art career spanning over [...]
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Over the course of my lifetime, I've seen Halloween change dramatically. Sure, the shift was slow, but like water carving the Grand Canyon, it was seemingly inevitable. In my youth, it [...]
By Rev. Roland Stringfellow and Rana Elmir At first glance, some might think that religious liberty and LGBTQ equality are mutually exclusive, but that couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, as advocates for [...]
