BTL Staff
Five15 Offers Sip, Swish & Stroke Painting Classes
Known for its popular Drag Queen Bingo events, Royal Oak's Five15 Media, Mojo, & More store is now offering a more creative outlet: Sip, Swish, & Stroke. Attendees are invited to bring an open mind as an instructor walks them through how to [...]
Arts, Beats & Eats Continues for 21st Year
This year marks the 21st annual Ford Arts, Beat & Eats festival. Presented by Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort, this year there will be more than 200 performances that will be held across 9 stages located in downtown Royal Oak. Attendees are [...]
Affirmations Hosts Golden Girls Trivia Party
Fans of Blanche, Rose, Dorothy and Sophia now have a chance to test their trivia skills against other hopefuls for prizes at Affirmations' Golden Girls Trivia Party. For $25, guests can create teams of two to five people and show off their knowledge [...]
City of Ferndale Approves Skate Park Grant
After roughly two years of grant applications, the Ferndale City Council has approved the installation of a skate park at the city's Wilson Park through a Built to Play Skate Park Grant through the Tony Hawk Foundation. The city originally planned [...]
Mom to Mom Sale in Ferndale on Aug. 25
When a child hits a growth spurt it's likely that an outfit that fit just weeks before is no longer the right fit. However, Ferndale Parks and Recreation is hosting a day of bargain hunting with its very own Mom to Mom sale on Saturday Aug. 25 from [...]
Divine Comedy
Across 1 Nutty as a fruitcake 5 Prevents from scoring, with "out" 10 They call balls 14 Barbra's "Funny Girl" guy 15 Vietnam capital 16 Type of Mary pass 17 Collette of "Connie and Carla" 18 Straight, to PlanetOut? 19 Jazz singer Anita 20 [...]
Flashing Back to the Past: the '90s
link to PDF page 1997 February – Addressing Anti-Gay Violence in Schools: The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Teachers Network of Detroit released their report assessing the climate for gay and lesbian youth in Southeastern Michigan schools. The report, [...]
Detroit Repertory Theatre Hosts Second Arts & Culture Festival
On Saturday, Aug. 25 aficionados of local artists can come together for the second official Detroit Repertory Theatre Arts & Culture Festival and Dream of Detroit Street Fair. From 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., attendees can look forward to a variety of [...]
Trans Woman Wins Historic Gubernatorial Primary Victory
Christine Hallquist Is Democratic Nominee for VT Governor Washington, DC – Democratic primary voters in Vermont selected out transgender woman Christine Hallquist as their nominee for governor, making her the first out trans person to be the [...]
HRC Celebrates Victories of Pro-Equality Champions in Wisconsin Primary
MILWAUKEE — On Tuesday, Aug. 14, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, released the following statement celebrating the victories of pro-equality candidates including [...]