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[ Local News ]
Fall Theater Season Opens with Spectacle and High Drama

Local actor Tim Elliot is Cabaret’s smoldering, sexually ambiguous Master of Ceremonies at the Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre, beginning September 10. (Photo courtesy Spotlighters Theatre)

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[ Local News ]
Cirque du Soleil OVO: Got to Go!
Looping, swooping, flying, twisting, and bending—these are just some of the breathtaking unimaginable bodily stunts that many highly skilled and talented performers execute throughout the Cirque du Soleil’s OVO show. ...Continue

[ Local News ]
The Wig in a Box

Iron Crow Theatre Company brings Hedwig and the Angry Inch back to Baltimore

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[ National News ]
59% support same-sex marriage in Rhode Island
Fifty-nine percent of Rhode Islanders support legalization of same-sex marriage....Continue

[ Rev. Irene Monroe ]
Reigning Hip-Hop’s Queen Latifah is outed
Long before the African- American celebrity gossip, news, popular culture and entertainment blog “Bossip.com” outed Dana Owens a.k.a Queen Latifah with photos of her and gal pal and “personal trainer” Jeanette Jenkins in a tender embrace not for public viewing, the century-long reliable "chitlin' circuit" told us our closeted Queen was “in the life.”...Continue

Room to Move
Moving can be a great way to unload “stuff” that accumulates.   How do you decide what to keep and what to let go? Is it the space you have, usefulness of the object or enjoyment it brings?...Continue

When you wish…
“Now blow out the candles!” You can picture the scene -   the birthday boy or gal takes a big breath in, draw in the wish and then force out the breath to blow out the candles. It makes for a good picture and lots of fun if all the candles don’t all go out in one blow. ...Continue

An unfortunate incarceration – part 2
Months after the steak knife incident, in 2005, officers from the education department and the Social Security Administration showed up at my front door unannounced and there began a long process of investigation and much suffering on my part. This was the first time I heard about the allegations: as these two men questioned me they used intimidation tactics, including the threat of arrest if I didn’t confess right there and then....Continue

[ Justin's HIV Journal ]
HIV Myth about Virgin Rapes in Africa
The one myth that I hear that is not common in the U.S is that having sex with a virgin will cure you of your HIV. This is honestly one of the most horrific acts I’ve ever heard.   I did some research and actually found that these acts of defilement were mostly going on in Africa. It pains me that HIV education is not wide spread enough to help some people know that raping virgins does not cure HIV. ...Continue

[ Justin's HIV Journal ]
Justin’s HIV Journal: Be Careful What You Say
Sometimes people ask me how I find the courage to be "out" as a Black gay man and HIV/AIDS activist. These days it's easy; it's just who I am. I'm not ashamed about either one, and I have great self-esteem. But that hasn't always been the case. Developing my self-worth hasn't been easy. And becoming infected with HIV is part of the price I've paid for not having it earlier in life....Continue

[ Justin's HIV Journal ]
HIV Myth about Virgin Rapes in Africa

The one myth that I hear that is not common in the U.S is that having sex with a virgin will cure you of your HIV. This is honestly one of the most horrific acts I’ve ever heard.   I did some research and actually found that these acts of defilement were mostly going on in Africa. It pains me that HIV education is not wide spread enough to help some

people know that raping virgins does not cure HIV. 

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[ Flogger Tales ]
Flogger Tales v.3.73
What a weekend that just past! The Mid-Atlantic Leather Family 2010 jetted out west to compete at their respective next levels – Mid-Atlantic Leather Woman 2010 – Val was off to Las Vegas, NV to compete for International Ms. Deaf Leather 2010; while Mid-Atlantic LeatherSIR 2010 – Sir John, Mid-Atlantic Leatherboy 2010 – boy anthoney and Mid-Atlantic Community Bootblack 2010 – Boy Andersen were off to San Francisco, CA to compete for International LeatherSIR / Leatherboy / Community Bootblack 2010 (ILSb/ICBB)....Continue

[ Music ]
Kimberley Locke: Under the Strobelight
KIMBERLEY LOCKE has come a long way in the years since her appearance on American Idol, where she placed third behind Reuben Studdard. In seven years, she’s had eight Top 20 smashes, three #1 Dance hits and has recorded three #1 Christmas songs....Continue

Do You Know Kelly Walker?
Baltimore’s Artstar Exhibits at School 33, September 3 to October 29...Continue

[ DiningOUT ]
Amicci’s
We visited Amicci’s in “Little Italy” with a group of friends on a Saturday night. Amicci’s web page brags about it being the “place to go for cheap eats” in Little Italy.   Surrounded by other Little Italy’s well known destinations like Caesar’s Den, Chiperelli’s, Sabatino’s and Germano’s, the restaurant looked small but we discovered that the narrow space on High Street was unexpectedly deep and the restaurant was far bigger than we suspected....Continue

Hunter on the Prowl!
I am here for your entertainment and prowled the streets of Baltimore to see what I could find to entertain you....Continue