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By John Quinn Review: 'Sly Fox' Boisterous Hilberry comedy shows 'greed is good' Lies! Avarice! Lust! Deceit! No, we're not talking about Jack Abramoff and his merry band on Capitol Hill. This is "Sly Fox," Larry Gelbart's homage to Ben Jonson's [...]
Meet Mookie the BTL pet of the week
Mookie is a two-year-old tabby who was found wandering the streets. HeÕs a mellow cat that loves to be held and is looking for a new family to call his own. Mookie does like to try and sneak outside, so his new guardian will need to keep a watchful [...]
Traveling in style
By Peter Galvin Duncan Sheik is ready to talk politics. Known mostly for his examinations of romantic and spiritual states of being, Sheik has turned his gaze to the state of the world on his fifth album, "White Limousine." "My politics are known," [...]
Voices from an Urban Bush Sista! Black history, herstory is every day
By Imani Williams I commit myself to a 365-day-a-year acknowledgement of black history and the importance it plays in my life. When I think about Morgan Freeman's recent announcement on "60 Minutes" that Black History Month no longer needs to be [...]
What's on Heather Headley's mind?
By Gregg Shapiro HH SHOTS: Tony Award-winning actress and Grammy-nominated singer Heather Headley has returned with her highly anticipated second album "In My Mind". CDCOVER: Heather Headley's new album "In My Mind" is in stores now. Tony [...]
Gay-friendly poster creates controversy in Troy
By Sharon Gittleman TROY – A poster sharing the message that gay people are everyday people has raised an uproar in Troy. The poster shows a group of youngsters surrounded by typical everyday careers – mail carriers, soldiers, artists, scientists [...]
No more Mr. Nice Gay
By R.J. Beaumia I know with all certainty that if I wake up in the hospital tomorrow in a complete amnesiac haze, among the things I'll have forgotten is that I was an altar boy and that I went to a Catholic school for 12 years. I also know that if [...]
A musical of love songs by men for men debuts June 5
DETROIT – Kick, the agency for LGBT African-Americans, presents a musical of love songs by men for men, called Gentlemen Preferred on June 5. The event will reinterpret love songs that have been traditionally performed by women to be by men in [...]
Students who painted hate message at Howell High School may face prosecution
By Dawn Wolfe Gutterman HOWELL – Two ninth-grade students who painted an anti-gay message on a rock in Howell High School's courtyard have been suspended for at least 10 days and might face criminal prosecution, the school district said May [...]
Battle over judges is a battle over democracy
. After months of headlines and behind the scenes deal making, the filibuster in the United States Senate is safe. For now. Fourteen Senators reached a last minute compromise Monday that allows the minority party – the Democrats – to keep the [...]