American Gored In Pamplona Bull Run
Every July, there’s a story in the media describing how some drunken fool got trampled or gored while running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. This week, an American male tourist got gored in the buttocks and had to run to surgery. Yes, it’s no fun to get stomped or skewered on vacation, but […]
Smoking Gun
Pistolera is a NYC-based band that defines the latin alt-folklorico genre. Drawing from traditional styles of Mexican music and fusing it with pop-rock sensibility, the electrifying quartet features Spanish lyric songs of vocalist and guitarist Sandra Lilia Velasquez, the driving accordion melodies of Maria Elena and the unbeatable rhythm section of bassist Inca B. Satz […]
18 Million Cracks in the Glass Ceiling
A little after noon on Saturday, a proud and powerful senator from New York, Hillary Clinton, officially conceded the democratic party nomination to Senator Barack Obama.
Thousands arrived at the National Building Museum in DC to hear her bid farewell as she ended her historic presidential campaign. Like Clinton, many were profoundly, visibly disappointed but ever-defiant. […]
Britain Soul On The Lower East Side
Pining for the northern soul and mod clubs of her London home, expat Lady Dawn, founded The Subway Soul Club in 2001.
The Subway Soul Club is a fun, vibrant, monthly dance night playing up-beat 1960’s northern soul, motown, boogaloo and organ grooves in New York City.
This month, these fun Brits throw a spectacular Girl’s Night […]
Rocking Out At The Knitting Factory
On a night when Gossip was playing at Webster Hall, two all-female bands stole away a piece of the fan base (heavy on the faux-hawk-sporting, i-D-reading rocker ladies) to New York’s legendary Knitting Factory. Boyskout and Girl in a Coma played the Factory’s Tap Bar on April 15, with the Isles opening.
Boyskout, hailing from Brooklyn […]
Astraea Foundation-Justice in the making
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice is changing the landscape for lesbians and LGBTI communities around the globe. From the isolated townships of Namibia to the rural mountains of Appalachia; from Bangkok to Boston, Astraea grantee partners are fueling the movement for social change in villages, cities and towns everywhere.
Astraea provides critically needed financial support […]
