thursday, nov. 22 In the Fold ArtHatch and Distinction Gallery present, In the Fold, a new exhibit featuring the art of Casey Weldon and Andrew Shondrick. Weldon was born in Southern California and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Shondrick is an artist currently working in Cleveland, Ohio. Distinction Gallery, 317 E. Grand Ave. in…
(CNN) – Kevin Clash, the puppeteer who provides the voice of Elmo on “Sesame Street,” resigned Tuesday after a man filed a lawsuit accusing him of conducting an underage sexual relationship. The lawsuit was filed in a New York court Tuesday, a week after another accuser recanted his claim that Clash, now 52, engaged him…
NEW YORK – RuPaul and Logo have announced the 14 contestants who will vie for a $100,000 cash prize, the crown and the coveted title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar.” The hit reality competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race returns to Logo for a fifth season in January 2013. With more than four outlandish, OMG-filled seasons,…
NEW YORK – A male-on-male sexual harassment suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against an upscale New York steakhouse has been settled. Sparks Steak House, once rated by The New York Post as “The Greatest Steakhouse in Manhattan” will pay $600,000 and take steps to introduce a number of anti-discrimination policies….
The shower has always been a great place to do it. In the privacy of your car is good, too. Nobody can hear you sing there, so you can belt out a tune as loud as you want and the radio is always there as a guide. At church, at the bar with friends, in…
WASHINGTON – With school bullying reaching epidemic proportions through social media, a new, 21-minute film and bullying prevention program is saving lives nationwide. Entitled Acception, which means to accept and appreciate differences, the storyline follows four students as they perform a class assignment on bullying and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues. Using original animations…
thursday, nov. 8 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Yoshimi must choose between two boyfriends, but first she’s got to take down an army of pink robots. This magical tale of love and the struggle for survival is a poignant and humanistic story set to the music of The Flaming Lips. Mandell Weiss Theatre, 2910 La…
Halloween in my youth was exclusively for us children. In costume we fearlessly walked the streets after dark in search of candy and an occasional apple bob. The fiend hiding in the bushes we knew was just another kid trying to scare us. True, parents told of reports from New York and other bastions of…
NEW YORK (CNN) — A federal appeals court in New York on Thursday became the nation’s second to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, finding that the Clinton-era law’s denial of federal benefits to married same-sex couples is unconstitutional. The divisive act, which was passed in 1996, bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages and…
NEW YORK – The gruesome murder trial of a Portuguese model, accused of killing his elderly lover, continued last Friday with jurors being shown the bloody corkscrew that he used to castrate his victim. The New York Times reported that Renato Seabra, 22, admits to using the bottle opener to gouge off the testicles of…
