Whether it's an embracing couple, a seaside view or a crane mid-flight, seeing any of Don Tran's textile pieces from afar, it's hard to imagine the hand-embroidered silk isn't the work of brush strokes. Step [...]
DEXTER – Everybody who’s wistfully sighed, “They don’t make musicals like they used to,” should do themselves a favor and see Encore Musical Theatre’s production of “Crazy For You.” This recreation of George and Ira Gershwin’s 1930 show “Girl Crazy” is a fun-filled 2 1/2-hour, laugh-a-minute song and dance extravaganza that kicks up so much positive energy that you’ll almost feel like you’re floating out of the theater.
Canadian singer, songwriter and actress Carly Rae Jepsen shot to fame in 2012 after releasing her single "Call Me Maybe" and since then has consistently released records that have earned her accolades like a Billboard [...]
By Anne Kiley FERNDALE — Opening July 12 at The Ringwald Theatre is "Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical" that tells the famous rags-to-riches story. Debbie Benton has been invited to try out for the Dallas [...]
Picture it: Miami. 1987. A successful television show ends after seven seasons to everyone’s chagrin. Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia live on in all of our hearts as we watch reruns of "The Golden Girls" [...]
A benefit held for anti-racism and anti-facism, Bash Fest is a festival with an eight-band lineup featuring local acts like Pancho Villa's Skull, GIRL FIGHT and more. Find out more about the show online at [...]
The annual Hotter Than July festival held July 23 through July 28 is put on by LGBT Detroit annually to celebrate the local black LGBTQ community. Events include a candlelight vigil, a summit, a mixer, [...]
If you’re not a Robyn fan, you’re not gay. Or so they say. I told Robyn about this POV from the gay Twitter collective when I called her direct on Skype recently – it was [...]
You probably remember Brian Justin Crum from Season 11 of NBC’s hit reality competition “America’s Got Talent.” He finished in fourth place, and videos of his performances blew up YouTube, especially when he returned earlier [...]
"Invisible No Longer: LGBTQ Detroit" is a new exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum that takes a deep dive into the city's rich and varied history with the LGBTQ community. The exhibit, which features 26 [...]
Booths may be the most popular seating option at restaurants, but dining at the bar has more benefits than you may realize. Here are five.
Pull up to the bumper, baby, drive on in between Little Caesars Arena and the Temple Bar and head on inside the Masonic Temple on Monday, July 1, for what is sure to be a memorable musical experience. Well, musical, yes. But Grace Jones is so much more than a songstress. She is a performance artist, a supermodel, a fashion icon, a muse to the late, great Andy Warhol, a Studio 54 princess and just the type of bold black beauty that commoners look to in awe.
The Center for Relationships and Sexual Health will examine child sexual abuse in family systems and the various impacts it can have on one's life as well as avenues for treatment and overcoming and preventing [...]
This brand-new event will be held at the Trumbull and Porter Hotel in Detroit and is called Detroit Trans-Fusion. This event will include four days of summer with a schedule of dinner cruises, party buses, [...]
When Queen shot to fame in the '70s the band's bridging of rock and classical music shook the music industry in an unforgettable way. Now, heading to the Meadowbrook Ampitheatre on Oakland University's Campus, audiences [...]
Out pop artist Lucy Spraggan skyrocketed to fame after debuting on "The X Factor" seven years ago and has kept her momentum up since. With the release of her fifth album "Today Was a Good [...]
Fans of podcasts and all things radio can get excited for the Radio Campfire "Round Here" audio stories going on on Friday, June 28. Listeners will get to hear sound portraits and sonic experiments from [...]
The Academy Award-nominated, Golden Gobe and Tony Award-winning performer will head to Detroit on his first ever world tour. He'll perform music from some of the most recognizable Broadway and film shows in the world [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Jesse Tyler Ferguson will produce 'Stonewall Forever' Gay documentary filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz has built a career digging into queer pop culture, exploring how it has shaped the rest of the world. [...]
As Michael “Mouse” Tolliver, "Looking" alum Murray Bartlett is the third actor to walk the queer utopian enclave at 28 Barbary Lane in Armistead Maupin's book-based "Tales of the City." The role was originated by [...]
In 2012 U.K. artist Lucy Spraggan took the music world by storm when at 19 she auditioned for "The X Factor" with an original song "Last Night (Beer Fear)." An instant hit, the track got [...]
Down to the very last rhinestone on a perfectly recreated jacket, when Kenny Metcalf and The Early Years Band is on stage audiences swear they're being serenaded by Elton John himself. Having performed Elton John [...]
Picture a classic circus strongman and the thought of him lifting a heavy barbell isn't far behind. Quebec-based circus "Barbu" is bringing the strongmen, but in this show, they're the acrobats, too. In fact, the [...]
DETROIT – The Stonewall rebellion ignited a movement that spread across the nation 50 years ago, including in Detroit. What’s happened in Detroit since that catalytic uprising is documented in a remarkable new exhibit, Invisible [...]
Welcoming Everyone Grosse Pointe, also known as We GP, will host the third annual Grosse Pointe Pride March on Saturday, June 22, starting at 9:30 a.m., in conjunction with National Pride month and hundreds of [...]
ARLINGTON, VA – Narrated by Glenn Close and featuring the voices of Cynthia Nixon, Zachary Quinto, T. R. Knight and David Hyde Pierce, "The Lavender Scare" tells the little-known story of an unrelenting campaign by the federal government to identify and fire employees suspected of being homosexual. Produced and directed by Josh Howard and based on the award-winning book by David K. Johnson, "The Lavender Scare" premieres Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at 9 p.m. eastern time on PBS.
Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds’ devotion to LGBTQ issues – chief among them: mitigating queer-youth suicide rates – has only escalated in the years since he founded the first LoveLoud Festival Powered by AT&T in 2017. [...]
Those in the LGBTQ community who lived through the Stonewall Riots in 1969 still hold a personal and unmistakable connection to that pivotal point in American history that sparked the modern gay liberation movement. Fifty years later, that iconic moment has cemented itself into the lives of the LGBTQ community everywhere across the U.S. and across all ages.
Cate Blanchett fights feminism in 'Mrs. America' History lesson time, kids! In the 1970s there was a proposed change to the Constitution called the Equal Rights Amendment. It failed to be ratified, and a major [...]
Multiplatinum selling pop group New Kids on the Block is set to perform at Little Caesars Arena on June 18 for their brand-new "Mixtape Tour." Longtime fans of theirs can get excited to hear tracks [...]
Actor, comedian, writer, director and Michigan native Dax Shepard will bring his Armchair Expert podcast to the Fox Theatre in The District Detroit on Friday, June 21 at 8 p.m. The live broadcast was announced [...]
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band will perform six shows at DTE Energy Music Theatre during the “Roll Me Away Tour.” Local Metro Detroit musician Barbara Payton will also accompany Seger on the tour. [...]
A known commodity in Metro Detroit, Barbara Payton has been rocking stages and Pride festivals in the area for 25 years. Despite all that local clout, many might not realize that she has a pretty [...]
Ascot, impeccable suit and devastating wit are just three of the ingredients in the recipe that is Buddy Cole, the effeminate LGBTQ comedy icon created by openly gay comedian Scott Thompson. Fans of the Cole [...]
As LGBTQ people and their allies make their way to Ferndale Pride this Saturday, June 1, they can look forward to not only adult-specific events but family oriented ones as well. Perhaps most notably, this [...]
My love affair with drag queens goes way back. Since my childhood in the suburbs of East L.A. (an area noticeably lacking in glitz and glamour), I have been fascinated with these magical creatures. My [...]
Metro Detroit’s official Pride season kicks off this week with Ferndale Pride presented by the Candle Wick Shoppe, which takes place Saturday, June 1, in downtown Ferndale. More than 25,000 LGBTQ folk and their friends [...]
As pride month kicks off, Ypsilanti residents can gear up to celebrate the LGBTQ inclusivity in the city via the third annual Ypsi Pride happening on Friday, June 7, from 5 to 10 p.m. And, [...]
The West Michigan LGBTQ community and its allies have a scheduled weekend of fun starting Friday, June 7, and lasting through Saturday, June 8. This event will, among its other aspects, serve to commemorate all [...]
On June 2 all LGBTQ-affirming Detroiters are invited to join the Motor City Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for Bad Habit Bingo Pride Edition. This monthly fundraising game raises funds for local causes and this year [...]
Ferndale Pride attendees are invited to join the Affirmations LGBTQ community center on the Sky Deck during Ferndale Pride 2019 for a morning of Pride Yoga with longtime Center Volunteer' Rusty LeBlanc. The event starts [...]
By Romeo San Vicente Jessica Chastain has Tammy Faye’s 'Eyes' In 2000, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato directed "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," a documentary about the strange life of singer/televangelist Tammy Faye Baker. It [...]
"Pride & Joy: The marvin Gaye Musical" is the story of the Motown legend who, among his other accolades, earned 18 pop Top 10 hits and was eventually inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall [...]
Driving into San Francisco, Laura Linney’s Mary Ann Singleton is flush with nostalgia, her lips gently bending into a soft, soothed smile. Home is here and she is home. It is present-day when Mary Ann [...]
Thousands of music fans from across the globe are gearing up to visit the birthplace of techno for three days of some of the world's best electronic music played by dozens of artists across five [...]
Originally banned in its country of origin, Kenya, "Rafiki" is the story of two young women who fall in love in a society that criminalizes their relationship. The film, which made international ripples after its [...]
It’s a take on the ongoing community mail art project "Post Secret" by Frank Warren. In the fall, in the days leading up to National Coming Out Day, the newly created LGBTQ+ Alliance at Renaissance [...]
At Berts Warehouse Entertainment on Saturday, May 25, all are invited to dance like no one is judging, because no one is. Ecstatic Dance is a Freeform dance, consent-based safespace for all, where music is [...]
On Friday, June 7, LGBTQ people from across the Metro area are invited to Detroit's Club Bleu for a pride pre-party. The event starts at 10 p.m. and will last through 2 a.m. Find out [...]
Three-time Grammy Award-winner and Matchbox Twenty co-founder Rob Thomas will stop by the Meadow Brook Ampitheatre on Saturday, June 1 at 8 p.m. touring with his anticipated solo album "Chip Tooth Smile." Joining him on [...]
