Lunch, as described in the English Oxford Dictionary from 1580, is a “meal inserted between more substantial meals”. During the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s, factory workers brought a small nosh with them to eat during the middle of the day. Soon after, an hour-long midday break became the workday norm, and small eateries sprang…
dvd of the week Supposedly, Jersey Boys, the Four Seasons jukebox musical, deserved its adulation and four Tony Awards. But as a film directed by Clint Eastwood, Jersey Boys is nostalgic pabulum. The film is a typical musical biopic, tracing the rise, peak, fall and redemption of one of the most successful musical acts of…
dvr this Lifetime, Saturday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m. I always hope that Lifetime’s celebrity biopics will be good or so bad they’re good, but they usually fall between the two. This week’s entry is two hours about the short life of ‘90s R&B star Aaliyah, who sold a few million records before dying in a…
In response to Nicole’s comments about Harvey Milk’s American Diner Dear Editor, I found Nicole’s comment regarding the closing of the Harvey Milk Diner a bit harsh. Despite how it ended, the gentlemen who created and managed the restaurant deserve some kudos for their efforts and hard work. Nicole, who had his finger in the…
The votes have been counted, and we now know that former City Councilmember Carl DeMaio failed in his bid to oust freshmen Rep. Scott Peters in California’s 52nd District. It’s time to move on and start to heal some of the rifts left in the wake of a largely negative campaign. In that spirit, I…
In the 1955-1960 television program The Millionaire, the millionaire John Beresford Tipton would call his secretary, Michael Anthony, into his drawing room. In a booming voice, he would utter the following, handing his assistant an envelope, “Mike, our next millionaire …” Mike would then set off to find the lucky recipient and we would watch…
thursday, nov. 13 Lucette A collaborative exhibition by Brooks Dierdorff, Jared Haug and Kyle Thompson. Using as inspiration the survival story of the Robertson Family, whose sailboat The Lucette was sunk by killer whales in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in 1971, Lucette explores ideas about fate and chance, fear and boredom, enforced leisure…
“I have always been more for celebrating accomplishments and victories and I have never really loved the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), to be honest,” said Helen Kramer, author of My Husband Betty, to LGBT Weekly. “I know so many vibrant, interesting, awesome trans people, and it upsets me that there are so many people…
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O God, my strength and my redeemer. Amen” Matthew 18:12-14 I was sent an email by someone who has attended this church on and off for many years; it was a sermon preached by the very first ordained…
If, and it’s not really a big if, but if District Court Judge Mark Mason joins the Massachusetts’ Superior Court, he already understands the special role he will play in cases involving the criminal justice system and members of the LGBT Community. As an openly gay man he feels added responsibility to be sensitive to…
