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1 Mamma Mia! band
5 ___ Room
10 Opera solos
14 Men on top, perhaps
15 The L Word creator Chaiken
16 Hoofbeat of a stallion
17 1976 Jodie Foster film
19 Bone below the elbow
20 6 to P-town
21 Event for George Frenn
22 Spuds for Gomer
24 Straight leader?
25 When doubled, defensive fire
26 Kelly’s partner
27 Like dirty pictures
29 1994 Jodie Foster film
32 […]
For many people, a family is what they choose to make of it. For some, that means a close-knit collection of relatives; for others, it’s a group of friends who are always there when needed.
But in reality, the family has almost always had a clear legal definition that changes slowly with the times and […]
For some time, I’ve wanted to say something in this column about the use of crystal meth in the leather and gay male communities. No, I’ve never used it, but I’m still affected by it. Crystal meth affects all of us, users and nonusers alike.
Like California in the 1960s, the leather and gay male communities […]
Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap were key figures in the literary scenes of Chicago, New York, and Paris in the 1910s and 1920s. Their magazine The Little Review introduced Modernism to a contemporary American audience.
In 1886, Anderson was born to a middle-class family in Indianapolis. She attended Western College for Women to study piano, but […]
The life of a political pundit isn’t easy. The other night, I was at a “mixed” dinner party. My partner and I were the only lesbians. All the others were straight married couples. They wanted my take on the upcoming presidential election—who would win in November?
Strategic, I am. Clairvoyant, I’m not. If Tim Russert and […]
Blue Door
Through Jan. 27
Guthrie Theater
818 S. 2nd St., Mpls.
(612) 377-2224
www.guthrietheater.org
David Evlus Wiles (left) and Eric Avery in Blue Door. Photo Courtesy of Emigrant Theater
It’s painful to be a member of a minority, period. Your personal need to feel included is primary, while cultural signals that you are to be excluded are pervasive. If you’re black, […]
The Life of Reilly is not only one of the most marvelous success stories of a gay man set to film, but also belongs in the Hall of Fame of “Great Films About The Theater,” alongside All About Eve, The Dresser, and All That Jazz. Measuring right up there, The Life of Reilly is a […]
Another year, another look back. 2007 was a transitional year for the music business, as the reality of the new economic situation (in a nutshell: unless things change fast, the mainstream record companies are sunk) and a dearth of new sounds made for 12 months of good to great, but rarely spectacular, music. Still, plenty […]
Franco and Brolin Got Milk
The long road to a film version of the life and death of Harvey Milk has been given another vote of confidence with the addition of three new cast members. Joining Sean Penn, who plays the title character in Gus Van Sant’s Milk, will be Josh Brolin (No Country for Old […]
As my partner, Chad, and I guided our culinary vacation troupe up a 900-foot, narrow, suspended, cement walkway, it felt as if we were leaving the real world.
Our destination, Civita di Bagnoregio (in the Lazio region of Italy, about an hour north of Rome)—or simply Civita (chee-VEE-tah)—is perched on top of a hill at an […]
If you spotted clothing designer Andrew Christian pounding the star-studded pavement of Hollywood Boulevard, you might mistake him for a cleaner-cut Colin Farrell, or, perhaps, a more rugged Robin Thicke. But Christian is neither a reformed drunk from Dublin nor a pretty-boy R&B balladeer. Still, the 29-year-old Christian oozes sex appeal with the best of […]
This fall, Mac Chisaboon fielded an anguished e-mail sent to the Gay & Lesbian Athletics Foundation (GLAF)—<www.glaf.org>. As founder of the organization, which promotes visibility and acceptance of GLBT athletes at the professional, amateur, and recreational levels, he was used to queries from closeted players. But this was different.
Mac Chisaboon.
It came from the father of […]
Jan. 18-31 Make your personal mark on the world, as the Sun enters Aqueerius. It’s not enough to think about the “what ifs” of life. Start to think about the “why nots?” as well. And full speed ahead!
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 20)
This period, try to make a difference in someone’s life, and, in turn, you make […]
“Once upon a time….And they lived happily, ever after.” Everyone loves a story, and storytelling has been around since mankind began to communicate—by grunts and clicks, cuneiform scratches, and villanelles.
Some stories—and I use the word “story” broadly here as those patterns of self-perception embedded in a person or culture—are passed on orally, as origin legends […]
Jason and deMarco Concert at All God’s Children MCC
deMarco DeCiccio (left) and Jason Warner. Photo Courtesy of AGCMCC
Spiritually gifted singers Jason Warner and deMarco DeCiccio are gracing the Twin Cities on January 20, 7 PM, at All God’s Children Metropolitan Community Church, 3100 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, with a event showcasing their talent. Enjoy this free […]
A couple we’ll call Bob and Phillip have been living in the house Phillip bought, and Bob has been working only part-time, so he could help raise their son. But after 10 years and a lot of effort to work things out, Bob and Phillip have split up. So, what about Bob? He no longer […]
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly six in ten businesses shut down within their first four years of operation. It’s a sobering thought for anyone who may be tempted to invest time and money in launching a business. Fortunately, that thought wasn’t in Andrew Makay’s head when he founded N2N—a line of […]
Local, National, and World News
Local News
Lawyers Argue Craig Entrapped
Lawyers for US Senator Larry Craig (Republican-Idaho) say the police officer who arrested him in a gay-sex bathroom sting at the Minneapolis airport entrapped him. In a filing with the Minnesota Court of Appeals, Craig’s legal team argued the undercover officer initiated foot-tapping—a possible signal for gay-sex […]
The generation of speed and convenience has had a tremendous impact on most businesses large and small, but among the most affected is the floral industry. Whereas years ago one called a local florist to deliver a hand-selected bouque either to celebrate life’s joys or empathize with its sorrows, now, more and more orders are […]
Here I sit, drooling, and barely able to form complete sentences. No, I’m not auditioning for Ace Ventura: The Golden Years. I’ve just had a root canal. Root canal: two words guaranteed to evoke fear in our hearts faster than “tax audit,” “system malfunction,” or “writers’ strike.”
Actually, this is my second root canal in as […]
A number of fears—maybe it would be better to call them concerns—seem to be out there at the margins of the gay community over research on the origin(s) of homosexuality and the possibility of changing people’s sexual orientation. The concern is mainly that the results of such research could be used to prevent or extirpate […]
For the first four installments of this Dateland Mystery, go to www.jenniferparello.com. Readers, let’s get this out in the open: I’m going to admit something that you all have been far too polite to tell me. This mystery series is one of the lamest things I’ve ever written.
Oh, I know what you’re doing now. You’re […]
Dear Ms. Behavior:
My boyfriend, Franz, is a gym Nazi. (I don’t mean to offend with this term—we are both Jewish, and the names in this letter are fake.) I am naturally thin and well-built, but Franz insists that I tone up and build my muscles, and keep my heart pumping, especially because we are getting […]
So just why did God give men nipples? One wag helpfully suggests, “So there would be somewhere for men to wear titclamps.”
That might not be the whole truth, but there’s no doubt that male nips, while not designed to lactate, are capable of providing a whole lot of joy.
Sometimes that pleasure can be in […]
There has been some “discussion” lately among food writers about who gets to the newest places the fastest, who puts the first reviews out with roadrunner quickness, and who attends the most openings around town. All that’s important, of course, but I dare say other things are equally important.
I’ll readily admit that I haven’t spent […]
It rightly is felt by some that assimilationist gays and lesbians threw transgender citizens under the bus by recently excluding transgender rights from the national Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). After all, men who present as “effeminate” and women who present as “masculine” might offend the right-wing radio mob and nonwhite evangelicals. So, let’s grovel in […]
Ice skating in St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center usually evolves into visions of bone-rattling hip checks and images of teeth-gritting slapshots, as perpetrated by the National Hockey League’s Minnesota Wild and their invading opponents, a manifestation of major league competition. But, during the week of January 20-27, while that same sense of rivalry still will […]