American/Palestinian singer/actor/filmmaker ZAHER SALEH’s deeply moving short film ‘The War Within’ tells a personal story of a gay Muslim man’s struggle to reconcile his sexuality with his faith, his longing for acceptance from his family and his journey to love and accept himself. The movie was released earlier this summer by We Are One+Together … Continue reading
CHICAGO: ANDY WARHOL—FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN This first major retrospective of ANDY WARHOL curated by the Whitney Museum of American Art is now the current Exhibit at The Art Institute of Chicago (running until January 2020). It’s a stunning selection of some 400 works by the Master of Pop Art which reflect … Continue reading
The first Leather Event of the new year in the US is the annual Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend (MAL) in Washington DC on January 13-16, 2023. (it’s also MLK weekend which is totally unrelated!) It all started back in 1976 when Glenn Pitcher of the Links Motorcycle Club (MC) in New York took a suite … Continue reading
The perfect (happy) tearjerker this Friday before the Christmas festivities kick off is this 35mm short film directed by Terry Rayment called Understanding. It simply follows a father has he struggles to come to terms with the revelation that his teenage son, Nolan, is gay. Besides the story’s happy outcome, the other thing which is really positive … Continue reading
If you are still under the (very) misguided impression that Irish entertainment starts and ends with the ubiquitous Michael Flatley then you need to make speedy tracks to Dublin this summer where they are literally having a Riot on stage. Check out the video below and if that doesn’t have you reaching for Aer Lingus … Continue reading