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An audience with Bonnie Raitt

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt always wanted to play into her 70s (...)

Visiting Philadelphia with Yannick Nézet-Séguin

I jetted to Philadelphia for a weekend getaway last November, to att (...)

An audience with Martha Wash

There are great voices and then there is the voice of legendary dance diva Martha Wash, whose soa (...)

Heroes and Zeros of 2019 (part 1)

Here is Richard Burnett’s 24th annual column of the past year’s heroes and zeros.

Heroes and Zeros of 2019 (part 2)

Here is Richard Burnett’s 24th annual column of the past year’s heroes and zeros.

An audience with Ronnie Burkett

Ronnie Burkett is one of the great puppeteers not just of his genera (...)

Violinist Blake Pouliot queers the classical mus (...)

Toronto-born, Los Angeles-based violinist Blake Pouliot has become the toast of the classical mus (...)

An audience with Felice Picano

The Godfather of Gay Lit, Felice Picano, returns to Montreal for a special reading at Montreal’s (...)

The Triumphant Montreal homecoming of Antoni Por (...)

Antoni Porowski is looking forward to homecooked meals with his family when he returns to Montrea (...)

The boy who knew too much is all grown up

When I first met Mika a decade ago, in 2009, we sat together at a pi (...)

Will Rock Hall induct KISS gay manager Bill Auco (...)

Bill Aucoin is the out gay man who made KISS superstars and got them (...)

An audience with Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho is having a very queer summer: the comedy legend hosted the massive 2019 New York Ci (...)

Wanda Sykes, Jonathan Van Ness lead queer comics (...)

There is no mistaking the unique sounding voice of out superstar com (...)

Broadway queens unite!

Toronto: Summer in the Queen City

“Sacre bleu! Toronto rocks!” That pretty much sums up how I feel about Canada’s Queen City. 

Amanda Lepore headlines Wiggle

Trans icon and former New York City club kid Amanda Lepore will be t (...)

An audience with Rufus Wainwright

Elton John once famously said Rufus Wainwright is the greatest songw (...)

The Musical Ballet of Soul Diva Lisa Fischer

Supersonic soul singer Lisa Fischer is a legend in the music industr (...)

Kenneth Mosley reimagines Lola in Kinky Boots

I last saw Kenneth Mosley in Montreal when he starred as Berry Gordy (...)

Stepping out with literary legend Marlon James

Jamaican literary icon Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica, b (...)