‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ — the gayest movie in history — becomes the gayest stage musical in history … and that’s saying something ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor The last time most North Texas audiences got to see Wade McCollum, he was slithering around in a pair of tight-fitting pants (and little else) [...]
Out choreographer Bill T. Jones continues his foray into the legitimate stage with ‘Fela!,’ the African dance musical ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor Although he’s best known as a choreographer, Bill T. Jones would probably resist applying any label to what he does that inhibits his creative expression. As the surviving founder of [...]
Texas’ most rebellious Chick goes solo, rocking covers big-time on ‘Mother’ RICH LOPEZ | Contributing Writer getrichindallas@gmail.com Most great contemporary music trios contain a budding artist, eventually ready to take a crack at solo superstardom. You often see it coming: In Genesis, both Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins went on to bigger and better things; [...]
LISA KEEN | Keen News Service Just minutes before the Delaware Senate was set to vote on its marriage equality bill Tuesday, a Democrat senator who had been quiet about how she would vote announced on her Facebook page that she was a yes. The announcement by Sen. Bethany Hall-Long, who represents Dover, the state [...]
Fort Worth ISD’s anti-bullying initiative has earned national recognition, but LGBT advocates say it isn’t doing enough to protect queer youth ANNA WAUGH | News Editor FORT WORTH — When Carina Terry came out last year in middle school, she wasn’t sure how to talk about it with friends and family. She wanted a space [...]
Griggs says he has votes needed to pass measure backing same-sex marriage, employment protections, but mayor calls it ‘misuse’ of time JOHN WRIGHT | Senior Editor Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is so frustrated that a resolution in support of marriage equality has been brought before the Dallas City Council that he doesn’t know how he’ll [...]
Church’s board holds open meeting to discuss abrupt resignation of Senior Pastor Jo Hudson, who declines requests for an interview DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer At a public meeting this week, members of the Cathedral of Hope’s Board of Stewards acknowledged a lack of support for the Rev. Jo Hudson, who stepped down as [...]
New book by Dallas native guides photographers and couples through strange territory: Shooting gay weddings JONANNA WIDNER | Contributing Writer jonanna.widner@gmail.com The complexities and nuances of same-sex wedding photography probably aren’t the first things that come to mind for a wedding photographer. After all, the art of capturing images of nuptials has been around since the [...]
