AltWeeklies Wire
Las Vegas Stripnew
Vintage vixens of yesteryear meet up with the neo-burlesque starlets of today at the 16th Annual Miss Exotic World Pageant, one big glittering bridge to the ecdysiastical generation gap.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
06-07-2006 |
History
The Double Closetnew
As gay and lesbian Arabs struggle to come out, they face homophobia, racism and violence -- within their own communities.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
05-03-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: Immigration, 9/11, gay, Arab, Arab American, Chaldean, Dearborn, Detroit, Gay Rights, homophobia, lesbian, racism
Should We Bring Back the Draft?new
Our professional army increasingly doesn't look like America -- in turn, America doesn't pay much attention to it.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
03-22-2006 |
Commentary
Collective Consciousnessnew
Collectors are quite generous -- they're scouting the fields, sleeping with the past and saving our history for each of us.
Metro Times |
Arts Staff |
03-22-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Juan's Worldnew
Middle East scholar Juan Cole discusses the tightrope we're walking.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette and W. Kim Heron |
02-27-2006 |
International
Tags: war in iraq, War on terror
Probing Blitzkrieg's Bopnew
A Detroit author handily delineates the Ramones and their milieu.
Metro Times |
Brian J. Bowe |
02-03-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nicholas Rombes, Ramones
High Stakes Beyond the Gamenew
The Super Bowl itself will not turn Detroit's economic woes around -- the city's residents will still be there after the game to deal with the downturn.
Metro Times |
Keith A. Owens |
02-03-2006 |
Commentary
Adopting New Rulesnew
A planned change to Michigan adoption law for unmarried parents may prove a boon for gay couples.
Metro Times |
Ben Lefebvre |
01-25-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Honor King, but Not With Symbolsnew
While the 20th anniversary of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday is something to be observed, there's not much to celebrate in black America.
Metro Times |
Keith A. Owens |
01-20-2006 |
Commentary
Rail Breaknew
The high-tech transit future Detroit's Marsden Burger envisioned 25 years ago remains mostly that -- a vision.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
01-20-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: cabintaxi, urban transportation
Wham BAMNnew
Controversial civil rights groups make some affirmative action defenders wonder "how far is too far?"
Metro Times |
Ben Lefebvre |
01-12-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Just Saying No to Kidsnew
Are the childfree a fast-growing, misunderstood segment of the population — or just a bunch of mean ol' kid haters?
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
12-28-2005 |
Culture
Geeks Gone Wild!new
Live-action role-playing, or LARPing, is essentially dress-up and make-believe for adults. Does this hobby blur a critical line between fantasy and reality? Or is it just plain dorky?
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
10-26-2005 |
Culture
Paradise Regained: Detroit's Legends of Burlesque Reminiscenew
The most famous exotic dancer in the history of Motown, Lottie The Body, and fellow stripteaser Toni Elling recall the glamourous days of burlesque in the 1960s and the struggles they faced as African-American dancers.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
08-03-2005 |
History
A Grand Tour of Midwest Summer Art Showsnew
This season's exhibits include a collection of outsider art and Art Brut at Buffalo Forum in Milwaukee, and a show of dead human bodies that have undergone a “plastination” process at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland.
Metro Times |
Nolan Simon and Rebecca Mazzel |
07-15-2005 |
Art
Tags: Cincinnati, 4 Under 40: Contemporary Michigan Artists, American Science and Surplus, and the Great Lakes Science Center’s Bodyworlds, Art Institute of Chicago show, Arts Center, Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary, CUT/Film as Found Object, Dan Flavin: A Retrospective, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michaël Borremans: Hallucination and Reality, Milwaukee Art Museum, Multiple Strategies, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art’s great show, Out There: Landscape in the New Millennium, Toledo Museum of Art, Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre, with current art world darling Olafur Eliasson
