Our Scene
FEAST opens like a horror movie. A room full of patrons hushes as the lights in the restaurant dim. We all look toward the head table. On it is a…
“5Q” is an online-only column featuring five questions about stage productions in the Metro Area. Periodically, “5Q” will take the form of an interview with actors, directors, writers, etc. to…
According to its creators, Lavish Lab may be a “new baby” in décor, design and event planning, but really it is the fruition of more than 20 years’ experience. The…
Pearl Cleage’s found family is like every other– yet unique. Now, is Summer, 1930, Harlem, where thousands of Blacks have joined the Great Migration north, fleeing Jim Crow segregation to…
A river runs through it….and river that would be the destiny-forging Fox, powering a destination that’s become known as the Fox Cities of Wisconsin. Sure, the cities’ birth retells the…
A chill February evening at the Ordway offered a bright and lively production by the Minnesota Opera of Gaetano Donizetti’s 1840 The Daughter of the Regiment. Opening on a background…
Our Affairs
Marry Me a Little: A Graphic MemoirRob KirbyGraphic Mundi$21.95 A personal and historical look at gay married life by comics creator Rob Kirby, who, following a decade together, and legalization…
Two humanitarian organizations, Quorum and PFund, partnered together to spearhead an initiative. The Equity Fund for Queer Entrepreneurs of Color gives back and invests in small businesses within the BIPOC…
What is a Queer & Trans* Ecologies Symposium? The Queer & Trans* Ecologies Symposium is a groundbreaking event that seeks to explore new perspectives and create awareness of issues affecting…
Blue Zones American Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100Dan Buettner /Photos: David McLainNational Geographic$35 There’s living longer, there’s living healthier; they’re better combined. Dan Buettner has identified and studied…
The Schoolhouse Sophie Ward Vintage$17 University librarian Isobel has created a safe, contained existence of work and home, to date a safe place and protection from…what? We find out as the narrative…
Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land Taylor Brorby Liveright $27.95 Being gay in rural North Dakota, asserts author Brorby, “seems akin to a ticking bomb.” While a reader’s first…
Our Lives
MARILOU AND JANINE How did you both meet? We met back in college of 2008. We were both taking the same course in the Philippines and were in the same…
As many Americans are aware, a terrible war continues to trudge on in Ukraine, after Russia invaded the country on February 24th, 2022. Ukrainians have proven to be iron-tough and…
Here we are – the first Love and Marriage issue of 2023. It is true that the key to the vibrancy of our community is the love we share with…
Greetings. Hello. The hardest part in starting this column has been how to address you, the reader. Often, I’m on stage emceeing and the greetings just seem to flow naturally. …
One of the major and most pressing issues in the United States is the problem of homelessness. Homelessness and housing instability can cause deep rooted trauma and put people in…
With the increased clamor over what children may read–or not–I’ve become curious about what’s new for kids. A wide variety, it turns out. Two, aimed at the youngest readers that…
Our Homes
There are signs of normalization in 2023. Many of the events that had been put on hold or rescheduled – or even reconfigured – began their return last year. This…
It’s late morning on a Saturday in January 2023, and I’m lost in the Mall of America. I paced past stores, their windows and signs shouting at me voicelessly, each insisting that…
Amidst the snow and chilly temperatures, it can be difficult for Minnesotans to imagine spring. But that’s exactly what the annual Minneapolis Home + Garden Show aims to do —…
How hard can it be to find an affordable home in 2023? Right? Shouldn’t it be more convenient to begin the process of homeownership since the first quarter of the…
Welcome to the Spring Home and Garden Issue for 2023! For starters, we acknowledge that owning a home should be the best investment one should make in their lives. It…
Some people find their happy place lounging on Florida sands, some find theirs zooming down a mountain on skis. But if you’re anything like Sarah Lechowich, you just might find…
Online Exclusives
With Northfield’s Pride in The Park coming up on June 3, there has been some changes on this small-town pride event. There is new leadership and committee that is organizing…
FEAST opens like a horror movie. A room full of patrons hushes as the lights in the restaurant dim. We all look toward the head table. On it is a…
“5Q” is an online-only column featuring five questions about stage productions in the Metro Area. Periodically, “5Q” will take the form of an interview with actors, directors, writers, etc. to…
Women’s professional hockey has a home here in Minnesota. It is simply because of our state’s love for the sport and the number of athletes that play on every level.…
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Big Gay News
In the first public hearing for a bill to ban LGBTQ discrimination, an overwhelming majority spoke in favor of it passing. Read the full story at ADN.
Celebrities and advocates from Equality Texas, the Transgender Education Network of Texas, the Texas Freedom Network, the ACLU of Texas, Lambda Legal and the Human Rights Campaign stood outside the…
Republican dominated legislature in Kansas pushed a bill to the Governor banning trans athletes from competing in women’s sports. Gov. Laura Kelly banned it saying, “Let’s be clear about what…
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