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Arts + Culture
Project run-gay
By RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer [email protected] Design student Jazzy Abram brings ‘refined drag’ to El Centro fashion show ROARING STONEs | El Centro fashion student Jazzy Abram likes a little bling on his couture. (Photo by Rich Lopez/Dallas Voice) FASH…
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Putting the 'Q' in Quebec
By JON FAIRBANKS | Contributing Travel Writer [email protected] Montreal’s gayborhood, The Village, puts a French twist in North America Originally named Ville-Marie or City of Mary for you Anglophones, Montreal is a chic, sophisticated gay destin…
Arts + Culture
Tasting notes • 04.09.010
By ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor [email protected] Two Cowboy restaurants — Chow and Diner —make big gambles SCENE OF THE CRIME | The 64 oz. chicken-fried steak platter at Cowtown Diner in Fort Worth is free — if you can finish it all. Cowboy…
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Bulg-ing out all over
By JON FAIRBANKS | Contributing Travel Writer GayTravel.com Tolerant and lovely, Bulgaria makes Eastern Europe surprisingly gay-friendly MOUNTAIN HIGH | Bulgaria offers both stunning mountain vistas and beautiful coastlines. “You know, Bulgarians are the fi…
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Apparently, the head of the Marine Corps thinks gays have cooties
News report: Military experts today expressed concern about Marine Commandant General James Conway’s remarks that he would build new quarters to separate gay and straight troops. Many said his plans could cause the very problems he seeks to prevent. Gen. Co…
Arts + Culture
TASTING NOTES • 03.26.10
By Arnold Wayne Jones The fifth annual No Tie Dinner and Dessert Party puts a casual spin on the formal Black Tie Dinner. The benefit for AIDS Services of Dallas is a two-part event: First, you enjoy dinner at a private home with your friends (or host one y…
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Miami's neighbor
By MARGARET FOX | Contributing Travel Writer GayTravel.com No, not Fort Lauderdale — Delray Beach makes for a sunny gay getaway SANDY BOTTOM BEACH | An hour’s drive north of Miami, Delray Beach has a small-town charm with a gay-friendly attitude. For those…
Arts + Culture
Lady Gaga's new video is epic, just not great
I hadn’t heard this much buzz about a music video since Michael Jackson was releasing his mini-movies back in his Bad and Dangerous days. But the Web was abuzz with pics and gossip about Lady Gaga’s premiere of her latest video, “Telephone.” Coming off a fa…
Arts + Culture
Dishing in daylight
By ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor [email protected] The gayborhood’s newest eatery opens for lunch — and gets back on track I WANT MUSSELS | The spicy chorizo counterbalances the sweetness of dried tomatoes in the mussels at Dish, which opened f…
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Singer Mary Gauthier proclaims she isn't lesbian enough
Today, Australia’s Star Observer profiled out country singer Mary Gauthier and her latest release, The Foundling. They call the album her most personal to date which is a bold statement considering Gauthier’s past includes alcoholism, running away and a par…
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Oscar post no. 5 (final)
• In 18 awards, I have correctly predicted 14 so far. • Gay filmmaker Pedro Almodovar co-presents the best foreign language film award, but Quentin Tarantino (who dropped out of high school) reads off the nominees, and pronounces “France” like some stuck-up…
Arts + Culture
Oscar post no. 4
• Avatar wins its first Oscar of the evening, for art direction. • Gay designer (and now filmmaker) Tom Ford co-presents the costuming Oscar to Sandy Powell for The Young Victoria. • Taylor Lautner presents an award. Sigh. Too bad it was presenting a banal…
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