Openly gay, Texas hip hop pop soul artists/activists God Des and She are coming to the Ruby Room, 1271 University Ave. in San Diego Feb. 26 for a high-energy show in celebration of their fourth album United States of God Des and She. God Des & She’s energy and talent caught the attention of industry…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Marie Davis and Margaret Hultz, two award-winning lesbian authors known as the Wickedly Sisters have released their first full-length, digital, interactive novel. Previously available only on the Android and Kindle Fire platforms, gold medal, award-winning Spoon and the Moon is now available on the iBookstore for the iPad too! Spoon and the…
Most comedians will tell you the material they use comes from everyday life happenings and things most of us actually read in the papers and see on the news. These days, comedians pull from whatever source they can to show the humor and absurdity of our everyday lives. Comedian Jason Stuart, who will be bringing…
Officially it’s the Academy Award of Merit. But we all know it as “Oscar,” though the origin of that name has long been debated and disputed. One thing that can’t be argued is that we love Oscar! Maybe not everyone, but ditching the stereotypes, the truth is that a big segment of the LGBT community…
Steven Soderbergh has announced that Side Effects will be his last Hollywood film. At 50, he’s done; he’s said that he’s going to turn to painting and, maybe, directing television. But after directing Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Out of Sight, The Limey, Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Oceans 11, Che, The Informant, and Magic Mike, I would…
dvd of the week Ben Affleck’s film about the insane plan the CIA devised (“This is the best bad idea we have”) to rescue six American embassy workers from Iran in 1980 is thrilling, funny and nearly flawless. The merging of a satirical comedy about Hollywood, the paranoid suspense in Iran, and the wonkish, but…
dvr this Turner Classic Movies, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2:30 a.m. Alan Parker’s searing, gritty, and brilliant musical about New York’s School of the Arts is everything Glee is not: believable, moving and full of original songs. Starring Irene Cara as the ambitious singing and dancing Coco; Debbie Allen as the school’s charismatic dance teacher and…
thursday, feb. 14 Life Could Be A Dream This doo-wop musical by Roger Bean, is a San Diego Regional Musical Theatre premiere! Return to Springfield High (where The Marvelous Wonderettes matriculated) and meet the Crooning Crabcakes, the boy group banned from the senior prom. The singing foursome is headed for fame and fortune by trying…
What could be better than a cookie? Not much, right? Well, to my lesbian friends and my more outrageous gay brothers I offer you this: The Palm Springs Fine Art Fair begins next week and it aims to enchant fairgoers on its Valentine’s opening night preview with an art installation inspired by the work of…
MOVIE REVIEW Warm Bodies Written and Directed by Jonathan Levine Starring Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer and John Malkovich Rated PG-13 At your local multiplex This winter, two of my students are writing research papers on why zombies are such a popular topic in media culture. And what they’ve taught me is that, while horror trends…
