BTL Staff
Theatre NOVA's 'The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith' Extended
ANN ARBOR, Mich – Ann Arbor's Theatre Nova has announced an extension of its smash hit "The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith" by Angelo Parra. The show was slated to run through April 22 but has been extended through April 29 due to [...]
This Is What's Wrong: NASSAR and MSU Are Not Alone
BY SUSAN GRETTENBERGER I am a Michigan State University alum. Currently, I am a faculty member at Central Michigan University, where I and my colleagues are entrusted with thousands of young adults beginning to negotiate the world on their own. I am [...]
2018 Affirmations Spring Bash Event Raises Over $165K for LGBTQ Community Center
Affirmations' Annual Spring Bash themed "Celebrate Community" was "truly amazing" this year said Lilianna Reyes, the community center's interim executive director. With over 400 people in attendance, the April 14 event, emceed by Fox 2 Detroit News [...]
Educating Betsy
Across 1 Scott of "American Beauty" 7 Subtle difference 13 Wonder Woman's people 15 Drag queen's application for lids 16 End of an SNL quip: "I may not be very good on camera, but ___" 18 IRS data 19 Actor Robert and family 20 South Beach's [...]
Hepatitis A Helpline Provides 24/7 Counsel to Fight Outbreak
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit have teamed up for a provider helpline to assist healthcare providers with questions about hepatitis A. The helpline is staffed by [...]
$3.75 Million in Federal Grants Available to Crime Victim Public, Nonprofit Groups
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced on April 12 that local organizations across the state will be able to apply for $3.75 million in federal grants to provide services for supervised visitation and [...]
Lansing Lugnuts Host Pride Night Baseball Game
For sports fans all across the U.S., spring just isn't the same without the start of baseball season. The Lansing Lugnuts baseball team recognizes this and wants to make a stand for an inclusive season for all its fans, so on Friday, May 18, fans [...]
Timothy J. Dyer Obituary
Dr. Tomothy J. Dyer was deeply rooted in the Ypsilanti and Eastern Michigan University communities. He died Thursday, April 12, at 80. He was born December 29, 1937, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, the son of John and Genevieve (Lynn) Dyer. Education played [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
'A League of Their Own' gets a show of its own Remember that part in "A League of Their Own" where Rosie O'Donnell talks about feeling different from the other women, and how that was pretty much all the lesbian coding the script was willing [...]
Words from Dear Simon
Across 1 "___ because you think I look like a guy?" (with 7-Across) 7 See 1-Across 13 Establishes sexual preference? 15 Classical guitar great 16 Put it to your mouth at a gay rodeo 17 Like the most in-vogue porn stars 18 Heal, like a bone 19 [...]
DSO Musicians Perform for Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings in Birmingham
Detroit Symphony Orchestra flutist Amanda Blaikie and and cellist Una O'Riordan will accompany pianist Rudolf Ozolins in a night of chamber trios. The event be on Friday, April 13 and held at Birmingham's Hagopian World of Rugs. Chamber music is a [...]