Arts & Entertainment
GLBT Ad Spending Hits Record in 2009
While the rest of the media industry took a major hit, publications serving lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgendered people enjoyed a record year in 2009 in terms of ad spending, according to the 2009 Gay Press Report just released by Rivendell Media. Total spending in GLBT publications jumped 13.6% from $308 million in 2008 to... »
Vanessa Carlton, “I am a proud bisexual woman”
Singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton has confessed that she is ”bisexual”. The Thousand Miles hitmaker announced her identity at the Nashville Pride Festival this past weekend to a crowd of 18,000. “I’ve never said this before, but I am a proud bisexual woman,” the New York Daily News quoted her as saying. The 29-year-old musician has been linked with... »
San Diego County Library to host Pride Celebration
The San Diego County Library will be sponsoring a Pride Celebration at the Lemon Grove Branch Library on Saturday July 10th from 12-3 p.m. In light of San Diego Pride on the approach, the Pride Celebration will play host to authors, cartoonists, and musicians. For more information, visit www.sdcl.org »
‘Gay San Diego,’ Premiere Issue Out Today
‘Gay San Diego,’ a new GLBT newspaper premieres it’s first issue today. The bi-monthly newspaper will report on local news in the community as well as feature arts & entertainment, national news and current events focusing and relating to the GLBT community. »
BREAKING NEWS: Multi- Platinum Rapper, Eminem Supports Same-Sex Marriage
The New York Times today released an interview with the multi-platinum selling rapper, known for his harsh lyrics and even harsher relationship with then- wife Kim Mathers, and touched on the issues of same-sex marriage. With the release of his (real name: Marshal Mathers) new album “Recovery,” Mathers answers interviewer Deborah Soloman’s questions with... »
Ladies of THE REAL L WORD Takeover L.A Pride
The ladies of THE REAL L WORD took over L.A. Pride today and surprised a pavilion of party goers with an unexpected stunt and appearance by show creator Ilene Chaiken and stars Whitney, Mikey and Rose. ... »
‘Hot l Baltimore’
The once-elegant Hotel Baltimore has long since lost its class, along with the “E” in its sign. The hotel is now a flophouse where the water supply is often in question, hookers turn tricks and the socially discarded live out their days. But next month they’ll have to go elsewhere: the hotel is slated... »
‘The Habit of Art’
Playwright Alan Bennett follows his 2004 smash hit The History Boys with The Habit of Art, structurally a more complex piece using the play-within-a-play gambit to tell the story of a fictional meeting between two 20th century creative giants – poet W. H. Auden and composer Benjamin Britten. But the real subject of the... »
‘Seven Against Thebes’
Those rulers of Thebes were a piece of work. Not above rape, murder or incest, they incurred the wrath of gods and mortals alike. You remember them. Oedipus committed the unpardonable sins of killing his father and marrying his mother (albeit unknowingly), continuing the family curse brought down by his grandfather Laius, who had raped... »
‘GAM3RS’
Listen up, geeks and gamers: there’s a late-night show at ion theatre just for you. Yes, you’ll have to turn off the electronics for an hour or so, but dude, take my word for it, it’s worth it. Brian Bielawski, avid gamer since the tender age of 7, managed to tear himself away long enough... »
