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Arts + Entertainment
AP: Clive Davis, music industry legend who came out as bi later in life, has died at 94
The music world is abuzz over the death of Clive Davis. An iconic figure in the music industry, he helped launched notable music superstars like Whitney Houston and resurrected the careers of others such as Carlos Santana and Rod Stewart. He died today at t…
Arts + Culture
The Modern to premiere a new documentary on lesbian poet Mary Oliver
Next month, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth will screen the new documentary Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World. The film opens for a limited engagement on July 10 through July 12. Directed and produced by Sasha Waters, the film considers Oliv…
Arts + Entertainment
Stage Notes: Uptown Players announce landmark season, ‘Urinetown’ deets ahead of weekend shows
Stage Notes is a weekly aggregate post about theater, classical music, dance, comedy and stage news, events, reviews and other pertinent information. Stage Notes Calendar Opening this week: Broadway Dallas: Clue, June 16-28 at the Winspear, pictured. Pro…
Arts + Entertainment
Queer-fronted metal band Beartooth drops the new single “Bullsh*t” and announce tour
On Friday, Beartooth shared its new single from the forthcoming album Pure Ecstasy, due Aug. 28 on Fearless Records. The track builds buzz ahead of the band’s sixth studio album and follows the previously released tracks “Pure Ecstasy” and “Free.” The band…
Arts + Entertainment
Out actor Robert San Juan’s relentless stage pursuits continue at Stage West
Robert San Juan continues a busy year playing Dr. Watson in Stage West’s Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Ghost Machine RICH LOPEZ | Staff [email protected] Last weekend, Stage West opened the third and final installment of its Sherlock Hol…
Arts + Entertainment
Director Carlos Suarez exposes everything about planning a ‘Naked Pool Party’
Best friends, Frankie (Trevor VanArsdale), Chris (Jorge Oldez) and Oscar (Anthony Ortega) decide to step outside their comfort zones when they accept an invitation to a men-only pool part in filmmaker Carlos Suarez’s Naked Pool Party (Photo courtesy of Carl…
Arts + Entertainment
Mary Gauthier celebrates 20 years of the now-classic album ‘Mercy Now’ with her live show
Mary Gauthier (Photos by Chad Cochran, below left, and Alexa King Stone) RICH LOPEZ | Staff [email protected] Singer and musician Mary Gauthier checks off so many boxes as a queer icon alongside her music: Lesbian? Check. Activist? Check. Empathic…
Arts + Culture
Ask Howard • 06-19-26
Why, a happy belated birthday to you, Mr. President! Lookin’ good, Slick. Most of us only get to dream about installin’ a giant iron claw cage fight on public property when we turn 80 — You the man, Killah! Go, Gaethje! Chin up, Topuria! Fight! Fight like y…
Arts + Entertainment
Review: Rover dials up the suspense in the stage noir ‘Laura’
The allure of Vera Caspary and George Sklar’s Laura lies not just in its twist-filled mystery, but in its exploration of blind obsession. Classic film buffs are likely familiar with the 1944 film noir classic, but on stage, Laura is an intimate, character-d…
Arts + Entertainment
Playwright Steve Yockey gives love in the modern world a lesbian flair in KDT’s ‘Venus’
RICH LOPEZ | Staff [email protected] Currently onstage at Kitchen Dog Theater is the regional premiere of Steve Yockey’s Venus. The story centers on two women who recap a date gone horribly wrong — and that’s underselling it. These women have a mee…
Arts + Culture
Dallas Elite Spartans compete in WNFC championship game in Frisco
The Women’s National Football Conference, the leading women’s professional tackle football league, holds its championship game on Sunday, June 21, at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco. The game will be between the undefeated Dallas-based Texas Elite Spartan…
Community
Bobrow Trust distributes more than $300,000 to beneficiaries
For the eighth year, the Anthony Bobrow Trust, created by former Hidden Door Dallas owner the late Tony Bobrow, presented checks totaling more than $300,000 to Dallas nonprofits serving the Dallas LGBTQ+ community. The Hidden Door is owned by the Bobrow Tru…
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