By SA Tripi –– I watched an old movie years ago with Eddie Cantor, an entertainer from the twenties and thirties. He sang a song “The Man on the Flying Trapeze”. It was a fun song but I never gave it much thought. Years later I saw my first Cirque du Soleil. All I could
By Terri Schlichenmeyer You had plenty of both and then, well, life and politics wedged an ocean-sized chasm between you and it makes you sad. And yet – are you really all that far apart? As in the new memoir, “Cleavage” by Jennifer Finney Boylan, maybe you’re still two peas in a pod. Photo by
By Johnny Trlica –– Ever since we started the “Star of the Month” column in January of 2024, all of the featured performers have been drag queens. We’ve profiled legends like Lana Blake and Tanya Hyde and a few newcomers like Wilhemina Guess and Kitty West. Drag queens are not the only talented members of
By Carly Davin Nation, Special to the MONTROSE STAR –– As of this writing we are three months into Trump’s second term. Every day I wake up to news of yet another heinous action the president has taken, or another Executive Order he has signed in his attempt to take our country backwards. Donald Trump
By Johnny Trlica –– Does a tourist town with over eight million visitors a year have a slow season? For Galveston, the answer is definitely a “yes.” While May through September finds the island hopping, with out-of-towners spending money and filling the restaurants and bars, the off season can be challenging for those in the
By Forest Riggs –– After a little cold snap that dampened some early festivities, the parades, music and partying for Mardi Gras 2025 kicked off on February 21. Friday evening saw downtown streets crowded with anxious revelers as the Downtown Umbrella Brigade kicked off the 14 days of celebrations. Those famous colors — purple, gold
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By Romeo San Vicente –– Queer Academy Award nominee Cynthia Erivo has joined a large ensemble cast for “The Woman King” filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood’s latest, “Children of Blood and Bone.” She’ll be part of a group that includes Academy Award winner Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Chiwetel Ejiofor (“12 Years a Slave”), Amandla Stenberg (“The Hate
By D’Anne Witkowski –– It is simply impossible to keep up with the barrage of antiLGBTQ+ news coming out of the Trump Administration. Upontaking office, Trump wasted no time signing executive orders to hurtas many marginalized people as possible. On Inauguration Day Trump signed an executive order called“Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism AndRestoring Biological
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