By Randall Jobe The Alley Theatre finishes its run of Houston’s seasonal favorite, A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story of Christmas, through December 30. Also, the tumultuous beginning of Lyndon Johnson’s presidency was dramatized by Robert Schenlekkan in his Tony Award-winning All The Way, seen as a spectacular Alley Theatre production last season. The
Local Houston artist Jumper Maybach has partnered with the Montrose Center, Houston’s LGBT community center for “The 12 Days of Jumper†campaign. The project began December 13 and ends on Christmas Eve, December 24, with Jumper donating a portion of proceeds from the sale of holiday items and all artworks back to the Center. Texas-born
In acknowledgment of the holiday season, the HRH Report sways from its usual format of reporting on the most recent LGBTQ news with this seasonal column. We will return in two weeks with hot topics. The finale Christmas presents come in many shapes, forms and sizes. Every year for the past 25 years, my present
By Randall Jobe “Tradition! Tradition!†Tevye sings in the time-honored musical, Fiddler On The Roof. He understands and revels in the importance of tradition as a fabric woven of celebrations of life and love to pass from one generation to the next. Montrose resident Johnny Trlica also knows how traditions are built. Whether his intention
By Jim Ayres When I learned I’d be dining at Doris, I immediately popped in my Pillow Talk DVD. I saw myself as Rock Hudson in a killer black suit/skinny tie/crisp white shirt ensemble. I shook a martini to bossa nova and imagined driving up in my Imperial convertible, there to meet Doris Day in
By Forest Riggs “New Year, new blessings, new grace and new opportunities. Never allow the failures of the past year to rob you of the blessings in the New Year.†—Bamigboye Olurotimi At last, 2017 is over! What a year it has been. Between politics and weather events, our world has changed drastically in the
By Romeo San Vicente The Golden Girls meets It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia in the pilot for Fox’s new retirement community comedy, Cool Kids. And we say Always Sunny because the show is being co-created by Sunny star Charlie Day and co-produced by fellow cast members Rob McElhenney and Glenn Howerton. The pilot stars Leslie
By Mikey Rox Holiday gift buying for LGBT people is difficult at best, anxiety-riddled at worst. What do you get the him, her or them who already have everything with specific tastes to boot? Play into stereotypes – that’s what. Identify where your favorite queers fall on the spectrum of zero to glittered unicorn then
A new magazine and website for the LGBT community of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, has launched. Out & About Puerto Vallarta will publish its first issue in January 2018. The website www.outandaboutpv.com is live now. With a monthly distribution of 5,000 copies, the upscale glossy magazine will feature lifestyle and travel articles focused on the growing
Lifestyle icon talks ‘1860s’ approach to equality, how gays ‘up their game’ in her midst and same-sex weddingsÂ
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