I didn’t plan it this way, but for the second week in a row I’m reviewing a movie that is oddly in tune with the Occupy Wall Street zeitgeist. While Margin Call, which I wrote about last week, is actually about Wall Street, In Time has a slightly more oblique connection; it uses a science…
thursday, nov. 3 Dia de los Muertos Gala Concert Celebrate Mexico’s most colorful and magical holiday by honoring the legacies of Mexico’s most beloved artists and the lives of our loved ones who are no longer with us. Symphonic Mariachi Champana Nevin’s Dia de los Muertos Gala is a family celebration with gleeful, dancing skeletons…
The community room at the Bonita-Sunnyside Library, 4375 Bonita Road, will be transformed into a Day of the Dead for Everyone Festival Saturday, Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Customers of all ages are invited to visit the library, enjoy free programs and observe the occasion. In addition to a goblins and skeletons…
NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has spoken out against anti-LGBT bullying in a public service announcement (PSA) unveiled by The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and produced in partnership with the NBA and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). “Millions of gay and transgender youth are made to feel like they don’t fit in…
Nearly 343 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists and allies concluded the 15th annual ILGA-Europe’s Annual Conference in Turin, Italy on Oct. 30. The event served as the largest LGBT event occurring on an annual basis in Europe’s history. Conferences, workshops, and discussion panels centered around the event’s theme: “Human Rights and “Traditional Values”: Clash…
A gay student at Wigwam Creek Middle School is seeking public action to help put an end to verbal harassment and bullying at his school after the districts superintendent has refused to take action on the matter. Pleas for long-term bullying solutions from the boy’s family and LGBT support groups including Gays and Lesbians United…
The Live and Let Live Alano Club in University Heights (1730 Monroe Ave.) will celebrate Halloween with an LGBT sober dance and prize-awarding costume contest at its clubroom Oct. 29. The event is $5 for Alano Club members or $8 for non-members. The event will begin at 10 p.m. and wrap up at 12:30 a.m….
SWANSEA, Wales – A Welsh nightclub has been accused of ejecting a gay couple for allegedly sharing a quick kiss. Two men were enjoying a night out at Reflex nightclub in Swansea when they were ejected by club security for “a quick peck on the lips.” Club security gave the reason for the ejection as…
dvr this Flix, 8 p.m., Oct. 31 In arguably Tim Burton’s best movie, Johnny Depp plays the worst director of all time, Ed Wood, whose insanely bad, low-budget schlock often starred Bela Lugosi and various other has-beens. Martin Landau won an Oscar playing Lugosi, who can’t seem to believe he’s still playing Dracula after all…
Before Lindsay Lohan, there was the original Hollywood bad girl, Traci Lords. One of the biggest adult film stars of the eighties, Lords sparked a firestorm of controversy when it was revealed that she was under 18, making all of her popular films, in essence, child pornography. The Traci Lords of today is a star…
