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  The Lambda Literary Foundation has selected 119 finalists for the prestigious 24th Annual Lambda Literary Award, which identifies and celebrates the best of lesbian and gay books in the year of their publication. Finalist readings are being held in San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles. On Friday, May 11, Lambda [...]

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Best Erotic Romance (Cleis Press, 2012) offers a sampling of work from some of the best authors writing in the erotic romance genre today. Editor Kristina Wright introduces Best Erotic Romance by saying, “These are the stories that touched my heart and ignited my libido, that made me think about the nature of desire and [...]

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A pear is always more than just a pear and a man is more than the sum of his collaborations.   Coosje the story of Claes Oldenburg (played by Steven Conroy) and his long-time collaborator and wife Coosje van Bruggen (played by Julie Congress). It is also the story of a Pear who is “self-aware” [...]

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Call For Submissions: Putting The “BLE” In Combustible

by Karen Tortora-Lee February 21, 2012 Books

What is “BLE”?  It’s Best Lesbian Erotica of course!  Simply Google the title and you’ll find nothing but praise for this anthology of steamy hot stories. This is the fourth year that friend of our site, Kathleen Warnock, is editing the anthology – and she’s looking for submissions for Best Lesbian Erotica 2013 to be published by [...]

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Entrevista: Island To Island – The Photography Of Marielle DeLuna

by Antonio Miniño February 5, 2012 Art

  In she walks wearing one of New York based Dominican fashion designer Peter Hidalgo‘s latest creations for Spring/Summer 2012, a turqouise Mosquito dress that asserts her readiness to conquer the world and create all opportunities. She has a lot to celebrate, a dream come true to most artists and even bigger accomplishment for someone [...]

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My Left Hand Man: Antonia Bogdanovich Explains What It Means To Be A Family

by Karen Tortora-Lee January 24, 2012 Film

  I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at the new short film by Antonia Bogdanovich — MY LEFT HAND MAN —  starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Nanny McPhee, Love Actually), Andrew Howard (Limitless, upcoming “Hatfields and McCoys”), Kevin Bigley (“The Chicago Code,” “CSI: Miami”) and Erich Wildpret, who is a Latin American star. The [...]

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Spielberg Delivers A Steady Trot To The Finish With ‘War Horse’

by The Happiest Medium December 6, 2011 Film

The Happiest Medium Review by guest contributor Anjali Koppal . I’ll admit it — knowing nothing about horses and not being an animal lover, the only reason I initially jumped at the prospect of watching ‘War Horse’ was the fact that it is directed by Steven Spielberg. Not ‘Executive Produced’, not ‘Presented By’, but directed. [...]

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DUBH – Dialogues In Black, At The American Irish Historical Society

by Geoffrey Paddy Johnson October 20, 2011 Art

  In an era of virtual reality the prospect of visiting an exhibition dedicated to products of designer craft presents a salutary experience. Here, at least, one can be assured of an encounter with the visual imagination made tangible; ideas translated into something that can be touched, held, worn, or reclined upon. The exhibition DUBH [...]

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Interview With Mads Jeppesen: Somewhere In The Dark

by Michelle Augello-Page October 1, 2011 Art

Today The Happiest Medium shines the spotlight Somewhere in The Dark, in this interview with Danish filmmaker Mads Jeppesen. “Somewhere in the Dark is an insightful cinema verite documentary that encompasses the raw undiscovered talents within a plethora of individuals and their hunt for somewhere to create and express their art through the dark and [...]

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Bill Connington Is Unstoppable With *Zombie* And *The Thornhills Of Park Avenue*

by Karen Tortora-Lee September 14, 2011 Event

We recently wrote about Bill Connington’s success with his award winning play, Zombie (based on the novella by Joyce Carol Oates).  The short film based on the play- winner of “Best Short Film (Horror)” at the Washington D.C. International Film Festival will be shown as part of The Williamsburg International Film Festival — Knitting Factory | [...]

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“ZOMBIE” To Be Screened At NYC International Film Festival

by Karen Tortora-Lee August 21, 2011 Event

  The short film ZOMBIE will be screened on Monday, August 22 at the New York City International Film Festival. The program of shorts is at 11:35 am – 1 pm at the Abingdon Theater, 312 West 36th Street, 2nd floor.  ZOMBIE is the last film on that morning’s program. Tickets are $5. ZOMBIE tells [...]

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Anna & The Annadroids: Memoirs Of A Robot Girl (Fringe Festival 2011)

by Stephen Tortora-Lee August 20, 2011 Art

Meet Anna.  In Anna & The Annadroids: Memoirs of a Robot Girl – an  interesting combination of modern dance, techno music, social commentary, science fiction, multimedia, and a bit of burlesque – Anna  is an android who is made of  ”pure synthetic organic flesh”.  So instead of being made only of metal with a “mind [...]

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Smoke The New Cigarette (Fringe Festival 2011)

by Geoffrey Paddy Johnson August 20, 2011 Art

It’s pretty clever when a theatrical production adopts the stance that what it is about to present you with is nothing more than offensive, odious rubbish. And when it does so persistently, warning you at each interval that things are only going to get worse, more unbearable, it seems cleverer, because you have no one [...]

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A Creation Story: An Interview With Eric Sanders And Dave Nuss – The Team Behind “Original Innocence”

by Karen Tortora-Lee March 22, 2011 Art

In early February I did a mini-interview with Eric Sanders knowing that I’d soon have the opportunity to have a much longer conversation with him and his collaborator, Dave Nuss.  Together they have created Original Innocence – The Rock Opera and I’m already fascinated by what I’ve seen.   This Friday, March 25th I’ll be [...]

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Doppleganger Diptychs: Bring On The Oscars!

by Karen Tortora-Lee February 27, 2011 Art

By now we’ve all heard the tale of how that little statue came to be known as “Oscar” (“He looks just like my uncle Oscar!”) and whether it’s true or not it’s just yet another testament to the fact that we love to make comparisons. Today, in honor of the 83rd Academy Awards we bring [...]

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Doppleganger Diptychs – Unleash Your Inner Drag Queen

by Karen Tortora-Lee February 17, 2011 Art

Have you heard the news? This week Harvey Fierstein joined the cast of the musical he created in 1984 – La Cage Aux Folles . . . a musical I was so obsessed with in high school that I banked my birthday and Christmas presents so that I could see it not once but twice. [...]

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Doppleganger Diptychs – Funny Ladies

by Karen Tortora-Lee January 29, 2011 Art

If you missed my interview with Cindy Murphy last week take a second to catch up – she is one talented lady with a great eye and an even greater sense of humor.  Which is why it’s only fitting that for the first official instiallment of what will be a biweekly event we focus on [...]

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