Detroit Institute of Arts
Get Indigo Girls Tickets, Experience Queer Art at the DIA, Learn Gay Bar History, Unironically Attend a Honky Tonk
It's Pride Month in Detroit and there's so much going on: art, history, activism, country music, public joy and, yes, just the tiniest bit of [...]Read more about Get Indigo Girls Tickets, Experience Queer Art at the DIA, Learn Gay Bar History, Unironically Attend a Honky Tonk
Catch Drag at the DIA, Visit the Queertroit Art Show, Go to the Lansing Pride Pageant, Attend the COLOURS Gala
If your slide into Pride Month starts with staring at your phone, wondering why everyone else seems to have calendared more fun than you, we've got great [...]Read more about Catch Drag at the DIA, Visit the Queertroit Art Show, Go to the Lansing Pride Pageant, Attend the COLOURS Gala
Michigan Dad Champions Daughter's Queer Debut Novel
The email from Larry Peplin landed in Pride Source's inbox with fatherly pride. His queer daughter Erica had just published her debut novel, "Work [...]Read more about Michigan Dad Champions Daughter's Queer Debut Novel
Sleigh the Holidays: Staff Gift Picks for Every Name On Your List
Looking for the perfect gift to honor your chosen family this season? Give the gift of Michigan adventure, support local LGBTQ+ businesses, and celebrate queer [...]Read more about Sleigh the Holidays: Staff Gift Picks for Every Name On Your List
Don’t Sleep on These 2024 Mighty Real / Queer Detroit Events
In 2022, patrick burton embarked on a journey to highlight queer artists, and Mighty Real / Queer Detroit was born: an organization committed to honoring, [...]Read more about Don’t Sleep on These 2024 Mighty Real / Queer Detroit Events
How This Detroit Short Queer Film Series Strays Far From Identity-Based 'Boxes'
Even as short films are often the easiest to make — a truth that holds special weight for marginalized artists — they often encounter roadblocks to finding an [...]Read more about How This Detroit Short Queer Film Series Strays Far From Identity-Based 'Boxes'
Why You’ve Probably Never Heard of Edward Brezinski, a Gay Michigan Artist Who Desperately Wanted to Become Famous
‘Make Me Famous’ doc explores the strange, sometimes sad ‘70s and ‘80s art scene.
Final Show For Late Artist, Pride Source/Between The Lines Columnist to Open This Week
He left us in December but his memory will always linger on in metro Detroit’s queer community.The work of artist and longtime Between The Lines columnist [...]Read more about Final Show For Late Artist, Pride Source/Between The Lines Columnist to Open This Week
Queer Things to Do: Commemorate Black History Month, Draw Nude Models, Find Trans-Masc Support
February is an excellent time for self-reflection and community connection. With the worst of winter in the rear-view, it's not too soon to look ahead to [...]Read more about Queer Things to Do: Commemorate Black History Month, Draw Nude Models, Find Trans-Masc Support
Charles Alexander, Beloved Michigan Writer and Artist, Leaves Behind Enormous Impact on Local LGBTQ+ Community
Longtime Pride Source and Between The Lines columnist Charles Robert Alexander, also a beloved artist and community activist, died Dec. 10 following a brief [...]Read more about Charles Alexander, Beloved Michigan Writer and Artist, Leaves Behind Enormous Impact on Local LGBTQ+ Community
5 Queer Things You Can Do Right Now-ish: See a 'Drag Race' Contestant Live, Explore Black Art at DIA
April showers may block some much-needed vitamin D, but thanks to a springtime influx of social events, your internal sunshine is sure to shine through. So, [...]Read more about 5 Queer Things You Can Do Right Now-ish: See a 'Drag Race' Contestant Live, Explore Black Art at DIA
5 Queer Things You Can Do Right Now-ish: Celebrate Black History Month By Supporting Black LGBTQ+ Creators and Businesses
The Black community has been pioneering American culture for centuries, from the arts to the civil rights movement. This is especially true for the Black LGBTQ+ [...]Read more about 5 Queer Things You Can Do Right Now-ish: Celebrate Black History Month By Supporting Black LGBTQ+ Creators and Businesses
5 Queer Things You Can Do Right Now: See a Broadway Show, Take in Some Online Healing, Celebrate Women and Jazz
Here’s to a new year and a new COVID strain! Right? Of course, an ongoing pandemic is not ideal, but it’s not going to halt our joy.You’ll find plenty of safe [...]Read more about 5 Queer Things You Can Do Right Now: See a Broadway Show, Take in Some Online Healing, Celebrate Women and Jazz
Gay Identity Explored in FIA Jack B. Pierson Art Exhibit
A new exhibition titled "Political and Personal: Images of Gay Identity" has opened at the Flint Institute of Arts. The exhibition, which features photos from [...]Read more about Gay Identity Explored in FIA Jack B. Pierson Art Exhibit
Mighty Real/Queer Detroit, Motor City Pride Partner on Virtual Art Exhibits
Mighty Real/Queer Detroit was designed to gather together, for the first time, a grand-scale representation of the range and depth of Detroit LGBTQ art. But [...]Read more about Mighty Real/Queer Detroit, Motor City Pride Partner on Virtual Art Exhibits
Detroit to Showcase its Mighty Real, Queer Art in June
A group of LGBTQ artists are planning a multi-venue art exhibit to run in June throughout Detroit for Pride month. Called Mighty Real/Queer Detroit, it is the [...]Read more about Detroit to Showcase its Mighty Real, Queer Art in June
47th Annual Noel Night
The 47th annual Noel Night is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, with over 110 participating venues, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Michigan Science [...]Read more about 47th Annual Noel Night
Obituary: Clif Levin
November 17, 1947 – July 9, 2019 Longtime community activist and committed volunteer Clif Levin died July 9. He was 71. Levin grew up just outside of Detroit [...]Read more about Obituary: Clif Levin
BTL Hosts National LGBT Publishers
DETROIT – Publishers of the 12 largest LGBT newspapers in America met in Detroit on April 10 and 11 for the annual meeting of the National LGBTQ Media [...]Read more about BTL Hosts National LGBT Publishers
Pop Art at the DIA
Colors, clear-cut lines and often, deceptive simplicity; those are just a few common characteristics of the pop art movement and exactly what will grace the [...]Read more about Pop Art at the DIA
Parting Glances Black Gay Detroit Friends (Pt. 3)
I had my picture taken a year ago with actress Lily Tomlin, who was in Detroit — her native city — as speaker for an LGBTQ fundraiser. I was wearing a [...]Read more about Parting Glances Black Gay Detroit Friends (Pt. 3)
DIA Partners with Social Service Agencies for 10th Community Group Art Exhibition
DETROIT — The Detroit Institute of Arts presents its 10th annual Community Group Art Exhibition from Dec. 6, 2018, to Jan. 6, 2019, in the special exhibition [...]Read more about DIA Partners with Social Service Agencies for 10th Community Group Art Exhibition
Jon Strand: Dots! Exclamation points! Smiles!
For those with an obsession for counting things there are 10,000 alphabet letters in this review of pointillist artist Jon Strand's exhibition: Oracles, [...]Read more about Jon Strand: Dots! Exclamation points! Smiles!
Concert of Colors Diversity Festival in 26th Year
Since 1993, the Concert of Colors has been a regular Detroit-based, diversity-themed music festival with a goal of "uniting Metro Detroit's diverse communities [...]Read more about Concert of Colors Diversity Festival in 26th Year
Healing Words
Poetry for the Purpose of Community Engagement The strong sense of resilience that permeates Natasha "T" Miller's poems was shaped by dealing with great loss. [...]Read more about Healing Words
Home Guide 2018 News Hits
Hagopian Cleaning Services Adds Air Duct and Dryer Vent Cleaning Members of the community will begin to see new purple trucks on Michigan roads. Hagopian [...]Read more about Home Guide 2018 News Hits
The Science of Grief Explored
Local Poet Hosts 14-Hour Community Grief Outlet The violent death of a family member is the stuff of nightmares, but for poet Natasha Miller it was a [...]Read more about The Science of Grief Explored
Fashionably correct
36th Annual Fash Bash Who: Famed designer Elie Tahari will unveil his fall clothing line. Where: On the rooftop of General Motors' new Beaubien Place [...]Read more about Fashionably correct
Curtain Calls XTRA
Review: 'The Smell of the Kill' When housewives attack: Dinner theater presents screwball comedy Perhaps the operative phrases have fallen from your very own [...]Read more about Curtain Calls XTRA
["Turn Your Community Inside","Out with DIA Reproductions"]
BY BTL STAFF The Detroit Institute of Arts is recruiting city representatives, downtown development authorities and arts organizations in communities [...]Read more about ["Turn Your Community Inside","Out with DIA Reproductions"]
Auto-Themed Attractions for Car Lovers in Michigan
BY BTL STAFF Detroit has a rich automotive history that car enthusiasts can enjoy beyond the annual North American International Auto Show in January. Here is [...]Read more about Auto-Themed Attractions for Car Lovers in Michigan
Charles Alexander's 'Art and Autograph' Debuts
A new collection of the mixed media art of Between The Lines columnist and venerable LGBT community institution Charles Alexander has just been released. The [...]Read more about Charles Alexander's 'Art and Autograph' Debuts
DLECTRICITY, a Festival of Art and Light in Midtown Detroit
1234567The stunning nighttime outdoor festival of art and light, DLECTRICITY, returns to Midtown Detroit Sept. 22-23 from 7 p.m. to midnight. The event, [...]Read more about DLECTRICITY, a Festival of Art and Light in Midtown Detroit
Voice of Detroit
BY EMELL DERRA ADOLPHUS BTL Photo: Alex Godin You won't hear Michael Perkins on-air at WDET, but his work developing local partnerships for the nonprofit radio [...]Read more about Voice of Detroit
Sigourney Weaver and Jeff Daniels share 'Love Letters' July 26
CHELSEA – If going to the theater and watching a man and a woman read a lifetime of their correspondence sounds like a snooze-fest, you could be correct. But [...]Read more about Sigourney Weaver and Jeff Daniels share 'Love Letters' July 26
Rachel Lutz to Open New Boutique Named Yama
BY BTL STAFF Yama, a new retail store dedicated to the contemporary woman is set to open this fall. Named in honor of legendary Detroit architect Minoru [...]Read more about Rachel Lutz to Open New Boutique Named Yama
Congratulations to Detroit Ad POP Award Winners
BY BTL STAFF 123456789101112 BTL Photos: Alex Godin The Ad POP (Pride in Online and Print) Awards, presented by the National LGBT Media Association, [...]Read more about Congratulations to Detroit Ad POP Award Winners
Pursuing Our Inner Mood
BY BTL STAFF "Under the Surface," a groundbreaking photographic exhibition by well-known rainbow community photographer Myles Gallagher opens April 5, and [...]Read more about Pursuing Our Inner Mood
Ruth Ellis Center Builds Diverse and Inclusive Board
A strong non-profit organization recognizes that a diverse and inclusive board is essential to its success. It's with that in mind the Ruth Ellis Center in [...]Read more about Ruth Ellis Center Builds Diverse and Inclusive Board
Nancy Schlichting Shares Secrets of Success with DRLGBTCC
BTL photos: Kate Opalewski DETROIT – The Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce welcomed Nancy Schlichting, CEO of Henry Ford Health System, to their [...]Read more about Nancy Schlichting Shares Secrets of Success with DRLGBTCC
#FoodPorn Stars to Follow on Instagram
BY EMELL DERRA ADOLPHUS Jared Peña on learning to throw the cookbook out the window Jared Peña likes to cook from cultural experience. He's traveled to more [...]Read more about #FoodPorn Stars to Follow on Instagram
Elliott Broom as Authentic as the Art
Elliott Broom says it's a dream come true to live and work in the "Paris of the Midwest," surrounded by groundbreaking and breathtaking structures designed by [...]Read more about Elliott Broom as Authentic as the Art
["DIA Features Works By LGBT Artists Through Art","Pride Talks"]
BY BTL STAFF photo: S1M9_BRF_DIAArtPride_2435.jpg caption: "Something You Can Feel," Mickalene Thomas, 2008, rhinestone, acrylic paint, and oil enamel on wood [...]Read more about ["DIA Features Works By LGBT Artists Through Art","Pride Talks"]
Cultural Enthusiasts Support Art and Music in Their Hometown
Rex Dotson and Max Lepler are Governing Members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as well as members of the Volunteer Council and the 1887 Society. Their [...]Read more about Cultural Enthusiasts Support Art and Music in Their Hometown
Poor Man's Art Collective Gives Emerging Artists a Chance to Shine
Mychal Noir and Geno Harris co-founded the Poor Man's Art Collective in 2003. BTL photo: Jason A. Michael DETROIT – It's not easy for an emerging artist to [...]Read more about Poor Man's Art Collective Gives Emerging Artists a Chance to Shine
Scarab Club Unveils Marketing Campaign: 'We Know Detroit by Art'
DETROIT – It's an organization rich in history and poor on public relations. The Scarab Club, which turns 110 next year, has not always done a good job of [...]Read more about Scarab Club Unveils Marketing Campaign: 'We Know Detroit by Art'
New DIA Exhibit Looks at Vibrant History of Dance
BY BTL STAFF The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will present its new multimedia exhibition, "Dance! American Art 1830-1960," from March 20 to June 12. The [...]Read more about New DIA Exhibit Looks at Vibrant History of Dance
