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Premier classical guitarist Ana Vidović will perform August 7 – 9, 2015 at the Lake Tahoe SummerFest. (Photo: Courtesy of Ana Vidović)

Premier Classical Guitarist Ana Vidovic Rocks Lake Tahoe SummerFest

by Heather Cassell Ana Vidović will rock Lake Tahoe SummerFest with renditions of popular movie and TV scores as the headliner at the fourth annual summer classical music event in Lake Tahoe, July 31 – August 16. Ana is the premier classical guitarist of her generation. She tours globally taking the stages of Baltimore, New […]

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Dinah partiers around the pool at The Dinah 2014. (Photo: Peter Szabadi)

Dinah’s Sizzling Hot at 25

The Dinah, which is arguably the biggest lesbian party in the world, just keeps getting hotter year after year.

There’s a reason why an upward of more than 15,000 beautiful bikini-clad women from around the world head to sunny Palm Springs, California for a week of splashing around in the pool and partying until dawn at The Dinah.

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'All About That Bass" hit-maker Meghan Trainor

Meghan Trainor Brings That Bass to The Dinah 25

I’m sure you’ve heard the song on the radio. You know, the one about the girl, Meghan Trainor, singing about body positive curves with her hit-maker “All About that Bass,” well she’s bringing it to The Dinah 25.

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Lindsay Davenport, background, gives New Jersey's Lisa Webber, foreground, a high five after Lisa's put-away at the net at the Wailea Tennis Fantasy Camp 2010. (Photo: Courtesy of PR Web)

It’s Game On with Tennis Pro Lindsay Davenport at the Wailea Tennis Fantasy Camp

Three-time grand slam singles champion and former World #1 ranked Lindsay Davenport celebrates five years teaching fans how to hit the tennis ball like a pro at the eight annual Wailea Tennis Fantasy Camp.

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Billy Porter, who plays Lola, in Kinky Boots (Photo: Matthew Murphy)

Kinky Boots Is Fabulous!

A man kept walking past me and staring at me while I was eating dinner at a restaurant recently. Super G had left the table for a moment. In my head, I was asking myself, “Is there something wrong with me? Is he looking at me because I’m with a girl who looks somewhat masculine? Is he looking at me because I’m with a woman of color? Why is he looking at me?”

On the third pass-by the man finally stopped and asked me, “What is on your shirt?”

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Veteran slammer Joyce Diane Moody (Photo: Cred)

Slam Nation Hits Oakland

Get ready. A fierce spat of dueling words is coming to Oakland, California for the first time ever and the city will never be the same.

It’s been 25 years since the National Poetry Slam! started across the bay in San Francisco and the poetry competition hasn’t been back to the bay since the 1990s.

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Goapele (Courtesy of Goapele)

Rising Star: Goapele Sings A Happy Tune

The Bay Area has been producing some of the most original artists for decades, Oakland native Goapele’s star is rising fast as the most recent to break out of the East Bay’s independent music scene.

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4 Non Blondes Reunite for One Night at “An Evening with Women”

4 Non Blondes are reuniting to perform for the first time in two decades for one night only at the “An Evening with Women” benefit gala for the Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Center.

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One of The Dinah's famed pool parties (Photo: Courtesy of The Dinah)

Get Your Dinah On!

Thousands of queer women and their friends will head to Palm Springs for the infamous and largest lesbian party on the planet: The Dinah.

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Get Happily Drunk on “Tipped and Tipsy”

Super G and I looked down to the right of the stage where we heard the crinkling of paper bags and the pop of beer bottles being opened. A portion of the audience brought their own props passing the covered bottles around to their friends just before the show began.

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Blue is the Funniest Color: Experiencing Orlando’s Blue Man Group

When is Orlando mentioned in the same breath as New York, Chicago, and Berlin? When people are talking about the wild and wacky Blue Man Group.

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Untitled Feminist Show: A Play without Words that Speaks Volumes

I didn’t know what to expect when I walked in, but I knew that it had changed me when I walked out.

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