In case you don’t already know, Michael Mizerany, associate artistic director of Malashock Dance will make it clear, “The San Diego dance scene is a well kept secret.” Pressing the point, Mizerany tells me that, “There are many amazing choreographers doing amazing work here. San Diego boasts three ballet companies, numerous modern companies and a…
Young musical performer Josh Lamon, who is openly gay, has come a long way from his Poway roots in only a few short years. Along the way, Josh was in the hit Wicked on national tour, played Seymour in Little Shop Of Horrors with TV star Hal Linden and won a Barrymore Award for his…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has collaborated with pop star Ke$ha with a unisex T-shirt to encourage everyone to celebrate their inner superstar and come out for equality. Launched to coincide with National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11, and as part of the Musicians for Equality series, the T-shirt features a purple zebra, an empowering…
LAUGH OUT PROUD, San Diego’s only gay-produced comedy show for the LGBT community, returns Oct. 13, featuring Los Angeles-based standup comic and TV personality Renee Santos and a number of local comedians. The show will be at Hillcrest’s Martinis Above Fourth from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Santos, who appears on Showtime’s new stand-up comedy…
Patti Stanger, presenter of TV’s Millionaire Matchmaker has tried to defend and apologize for her offensive remarks on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live (WWHL). The Int’l. Business Times reported that Stanger sparked an initial outrage after making some discriminatory comments against gay men and Jewish men on the live show last week. When a viewer…
MTV and The Associated Press revealed last Friday results from a new study exploring the pervasiveness of digital abuse, how it is affecting America’s youth and how they’re responding to it. According to the study, 76 percent of 14-24-year-olds say that digital abuse is a serious problem for people their age. More than half (56…
Playboy Club actor, Sean Maher, has publicly come out as a gay man. In an exclusive interview with Entertainment Weekly (EW) he opened up about his sexuality. He told EW, “I was nervous coming here today because I’ve just never talked about it. But, it’s so liberating. It was interesting to be coming to have…
The Foo Fighters found a novel way to get back at the infamous Westboro Baptist Church as they demonstrated and picketed at their recent concert in Kansas City. Before the show the band pulled up in front of the banner-waving protesters on a flatbed truck and performed their song “Keep It Clean (Hot Buns),” especially…
The wildly popular comic actress Jane Lynch of Fox TV’s Glee show is appearing Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at 2910 La Jolla Village Drive for a book signing and discussion. This is sponsored by Warwick’s Books and the La Jolla Playhouse as a ticketed event. For a fee of $30, attendees will receive admission…
September was designated “Arts Month” in San Diego, but October is National Arts and Humanities Month. That means America’s Finest City gets 61 days of creative events and activities to keep us entertained. Here’s a list of a few things happening around the city in the coming week: Fall for the Arts: Dozens of arts…
