Lost Places – short stories stories about secret subversions, hidden messages in art, lost routes, and last chances

posted Tuesday, May 2, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Lost Places is Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author Sarah Pinsker’s second short-fiction collection, that brings together a seemingly eclectic group of stories that unite behind certain themes: her touchstones of music and memory are joined by stories about secret subversions and hidden messages in art, lost routes, last chances. Her stories span and transcend genre […]

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Provincetown Parties

posted Monday, May 1, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Travel

Parties, celebrations, meet-ups, dances, and gatherings make Provincetown’s blockbuster lineup of events a standout, a world-class roster of happenings that salutes every colour of the rainbow. Provincetown has more than two dozen events that are ready to go. This quirky, proud, and flamboyant town at the tip of Cape Cod celebrates Pride and Carnival, opens […]

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Len & Cub: A Queer History – chronicles of an early 20th century same-sex couple living in rural New Brunswick

posted Monday, May 1, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Len & Cub: A Queer History tells the story of Leonard “Len” Keith and Joseph “Cub” Coates, who grew up in the rural New Brunswick village of Havelock in the early 20th century. The two were neighbours, and they clearly developed an inseparable relationship. Len was an amateur photographer and automobile enthusiast who went on […]

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Discover what’s new in Puerto Vallarta, while enjoying Casa Velas luxury accommodations

posted Monday, May 1, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Travel

Puerto Vallarta was a small agriculture and fishing town until 1963 when Hollywood director John Huston chose the nearby small fishing village of Mismaloya, ten miles south of Vallarta, for the filming of Tennessee Williams’ brilliant 1961 play The Night of the Iguana. Its main star was Richard Burton who was dating Elizabeth Taylor at […]

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Pride Radio Canada plays LGBTQ+ artists from Canada and beyond

posted Sunday, April 30, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Community, Entertainment, Music, Sex & Sexuality

It has been a work in progress for over two years, but Pride Radio Canada has finally launched! An internet-based radio station that  highlights 2SLGBTQ+ artists from Canada. Too many times, 2SLGBTQ+ artists have been overlooked or bypassed in Canada, and we are here to change this. Supported by North  Bay Pride, they launched on […]

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A Bard on Hercular – Felice Picano’s latest novel is a surprising and entertaining blend of science fiction and pop culture

posted Saturday, April 29, 2023

by: Jeffrey Round in Author by Author, Books

In “A Bard on Hercular“,  a 23rd-century spaceman drifts through deep space at the mercy of an AI that keeps sedating him during troubled periods, only to finally awaken on the planet Hercular. Who is he? Where does he come from and where is he going? This is the start of Felice Picano’s new work […]

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Anything That Moves – Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart discusses sex and sexuality in sexy worldly words

posted Saturday, April 29, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

In Anything That Moves, Jamie Stewart divulges everything from being caught having their first orgasm by their mum’s best friend, to being stalked and propositioned by a fundamentalist pastor. And that’s just the beginning! It continues with soliciting spanking dates over the Internet, and scoring a coveted invitation to a threesome with some elf fetishist […]

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Palazzo Editions are the purveyors of classic hardcover illustrated coffee table books

posted Thursday, April 27, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

UK based Pallazo Editions creates beautifully designed and illustrated books in the areas of popular culture, music, film, art, design and architecture, history and biography, and children’s books. Below are two wonderful pictorial releases on two of the most influential bands from the underground 1980s UK music scene. Joy Division + New Order: Decades It’s a […]

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Electronically Yours – Martyn Ware looks back at his career through music, politics, travel, and more

posted Monday, April 24, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Martyn Ware was at the helm of both The Human League and Heaven 17, two music projects that were among some of the most pioneering bands of the 1980s, and still touring today. As a young lad from the heart of post-war Sheffield, Ware formed The Human League a few years out of school in […]

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Global Tourism Film Festival – April 27 to 30, 2023 (North Bay)

posted Saturday, April 22, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Travel

The Global Tourism Film Festival takes place April 27 to 30, 2023 in North Bay, Ont., with a program of tourism related films, workshops, and seminars. Film categories comprise Feature Films, Documentaries, Short Films and Tourism Commercials that compete for the prestigious Global Cine Awards, and include films from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, […]

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