BTL Staff
Let The Games Begin!
BY AMY GARABEDIAN Here's something you probably haven't thought about when it comes to training your dog. Training is just a game you play. In the beginning, we teach our puppies all kinds of things. We teach them to sit, to lay down, not to jump on [...]
Zany, Wealthy Persons of the Largest Continent
Across 1 Composer Ned 6 Verdi slave girl 10 Top Norse deity 14 "You're ___ talk" 15 Stick it to a con 16 Suffix with Congo 17 NBC comedy series about retailers 19 Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" 20 Nutty ___ fruitcake 21 Hiker's snack 22 [...]
Flashing Back to the Past: the '90s
View in this week's downloadable issue January – Let It Be Resolved: A proposed resolution intended to help stop anti-gay attacks in Ferndale was both presented and unanimously adopted by the Ferndale City Council. This is the first time that any [...]
Wayne State to Host Opioid Awareness Day Sept. 18
The opioid epidemic has devastated families across the nation, prompting Wayne State University to host an informative day on Tuesday, Sept. 18 from noon to 5:30 p.m. to educate others about the misuse, abuse and consequences of opioids. Through [...]
Jim Toy Community Center September LezRead Features 'The Stone Sky'
Queer women looking for an LGBTQ-friendly book club can stop their search with the Jim Toy Community Center's LezRead group. Meeting every fourth Saturday of the month from 4 to 6 p.m., attendees will spend the first hour of the meeting chatting [...]
Penny Seats Theatre Company Features 'Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde'
ANN ARBOR — The Penny Seats Theatre Company offers "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," an adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story by playwright Jeffrey Hatcher from Oct. 12 through 28 at the College Theater located at Washtenaw Community [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Thought they were goners? Nope, the Cats have a release date. When Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats, based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, was the hottest ticket in musical theater, film studios weren't [...]
Nessel Faces Tough AG Race
POLITICAL ANALYSIS The contours of the race to replace Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette are starting to clarify. On the Democratic side, openly lesbian attorney Dana Nessel is the nominee, and on the GOP side it's Michigan Speaker of the [...]
Letter to the Editor: The Danger of Youth Vaping
I want to call to your attention the issue of young adults using e-cigarettes and targeted marketing toward those youth. E-cigarettes are on the rise in popularity, with a misconception that it is not truly smoking. In reality, e-cigarettes are yet [...]
