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  • Hope Springs Eternal

    By on September 3, 2003

    I just returned from two glorious weeks working at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. Nearly 4,000 festie-goers and workers enjoyed sunshine, the red glow of...

  • Comic Sutra

    By on September 3, 2003

    In the sixties he was a mad scientist. In the eighties he was an evil businessman. Today he is the President of the United States....

  • Words Worth

    By on September 3, 2003

    Plays, novels and other works of art about the comic tendency of language to be misunderstood, misused and misdirected are, as they say, a dime...

  • Dorm Strife

    By on September 3, 2003

    Say you lock a gaggle of college freshmen in a dorm room, supply them with generous amounts of alcohol and tape the madness that ensues....

  • Screwballed

    By on September 3, 2003

    James Barbour starred on Broadway opposite Toni Braxton in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. But let's not hold that against him. This man of great...

  • Soundwaves

    By on September 3, 2003

    GUSGUS'S DANCE FLOOR RUSH-RUSH…  Most dance-music compilations simulate the music heard at peak hour on the dance floor. The rest tend to simulate radio. Mixed...

  • Truly Yours

    By on September 3, 2003

    Dear Lena, I've recently discovered that the clubs aren't where all the gay men are. We're more spread out than that. There are gay men...

  • Environs

    By on September 3, 2003

    MORE STUFF THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE in a 3BR, 2 1/2BA townhouse plus atrium, all in two floors and a basement. Renovated and refined over...

  • For the Record

    By on August 20, 2003

    The battle over same-sex marriage in the courts -- public courts, religious courts, the court of public opinion -- recently led me into a long...

  • One More Dance

    By on August 20, 2003

    ''I love all things Russian -- I'm a Russophile, '' grins playwright Norman Allen. ''I read War and Peace every year. I also love ballet...

  • Perfect Harmony

    By on August 20, 2003

    John Rowell's is a moving and hilarious new voice. His new story collection, The Music of Your Life concerns itself with the minutiae of everyday...

  • Rap+Pop = Alt-Hip Hop

    By on August 20, 2003

    The Black Eyed Peas Elephunk A&M Records Appearing Live: 8/25 MCI Center The Black Eyed Peas There's only so much love to go around, obviously,...

  • A Thai Treasure

    By on August 20, 2003

    (Photo by Todd Franson) While 49 Twelve Thai Cuisine won't win any awards for imagination with regard to its name -- those numbers come from...

  • Soundwaves

    By on August 20, 2003

    WHERE THE GRAMMYS DON'T SHINE... The Grammy Awards are always a hit-and-miss ceremony, but every winner is a hit, commercially speaking. How, then, to even...

  • Hearsay

    By on August 20, 2003

    Hard or soft, they're all big ol' balls to us… An androgynous legend announces retirement… Psst, want a used sex toy?… Hearsay has long concerned...

  • Visible Progress

    By on August 20, 2003

    We've come a long way since the day Dr. Zachary Smith got lost in space. Or when Jodie Dallas came out to his family on...

  • Requisite Requiem

    By on August 20, 2003

    The combining of popular movie horror icons to make a quick buck is a time-honored tradition in Hollywood. Anybody remember Frankstein Meets the Wolfman? But...

  • Environs

    By on August 20, 2003

    4BR, 2BA Victorian in Logan Circle, with original stained glass, working dumbwaiter, and two modern refrigerators in a refurbished kitchen. Big airy rooms. Refurbished floors....

  • Watch and Wear

    By on August 20, 2003

    Long before the Fab Five of Queer Eye took to the airwaves, fashionistas on TLC's What Not to Wear were transforming eyesores into knockouts. In...

  • Truly Yours

    By on August 13, 2003

    Dear Lena, I've been with my boyfriend for a year now and just found out that he's a sex addict. He says he hasn't been...