Curtain Calls XTRA
By John Quinn Review: 'Margaret Garner' A night at the opera: A triumph for MOT Detroit witnessed a bit of theatrical history this past Saturday as Michigan [...]
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Kristin Chenoweth gets Dusty Dusty Springfield may be gone, but her memory is about to get a well-deserved shot in the arm. Tony-winning [...]
Motor City Pride coming to Ferndale June 5
By BTL Staff FERNDALE – The annual Motor City Pride event will take over the streets of downtown Ferndale Sunday, June 5 from noon to 7 p.m. The festival will [...]
Singing to be free, opera as a political act
DETROIT – For many Americans who do not identify as opera buffs, which is undoubtedly a significant majority, Grand Opera can conjure up images of long, [...]
Blaming the victim
By John Corvino Opponents of homosexuality often claim that gay people lead miserable lives. To the extent that this claim is true (and it's generally not), [...]
Microsoft causes anti-discrimination bill to crash
By Lisa Keen OLYMPIA – The Microsoft Corporation, once heralded by many in the gay community as a model employer when it comes to treating gay employees [...]
NCAVP releases annual report on anti-LGBT violence, announces new training academy
DETROIT – On April 26 the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs released their 11th annual report on bias-related incidents targeting LGBTs in the U.S. [...]
Playin' Hooky
By Lawrence Ferber MIAMI BEACH – The 2005 Winter Music Conference has kicked off with a bang. The energetic opening night party, at the massive art deco [...]
Pull up a chair
There's a scene in the movie "High Fidelity" where John Cusack's character, a record store owner, puts on the song "Dry The Rain" by The Beta Band and says, "I [...]
Remembering a childhood lesson
By HRC President Joe Solmonese As kids we all learned the old lesson that you can't change the rules in the middle of a game, no matter how difficult the game [...]
Anti-gay Cardinal Ratzinger becomes Pope Benedict XVI
By Bob Roehr The College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church selected German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as pope April 19. He chose the name of Benedict [...]
