http://www.xtra.ca http://xtra.ca/images/logo_xtra.gif Canada's online source for gay and lesbian news “It’s a balanced exploration of fame, of celebrity and of realness,” Alistair Newton explains. “And it’s fabulous.” The hint of irony in the latter sentence does well to sum up a conversation with writer/director/producer Newton. He’s discussin... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Monster_mash-13563.aspx Nick Green Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EST El Camino or the Field of Stars, writer/performer Stewart Legere’s new solo show, takes its title from El Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a pilgrimage route that follows the Milky Way through Europe. The journey fascinates Legere, a... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/El_Camino_or_the_Field_of_Stars-13582.aspx Johnnie Walker Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EST Normal.dotm 0 0 1 474 2706 pink triangle press 22 5... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/The_Biographer-13552.aspx Nick Green Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 EST “Not enough ecstasy for me,” Jack Kerouac famously wrote in On the Road, “not enough life, joy, kicks, darkness, music, not enough night.” Of course he was romanticizing: he was white, a soon-to-be icon of the beat movement, “wishing I were a Negro” a... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Toronto_the_not_so_good-13544.aspx Gerald Hannon Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 EST In 2006, comic artist Justin Hall curated a show at the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum called No Straight Lines: Queer Culture and the Comics.   First pitched as a catalogue for the show, the project grew into an anthology called No Straight Lines: Four D... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Drawing_on_queer_comics_past_and_present-13523.aspx Michael Lyons Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 EST Gerard Reyes has hair removal down to an art from. A relatively furry guy normally, the Montreal-based dancer/choreographer can go from Sasquatch to baby-smooth in just under two hours.   “I could probably do it in less time but I’m very meticulous,&rdquo... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/The_Golden_Mean-13529.aspx Chris Dupuis Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 EST Andrew Murphy travels the world in search of the best queer films to bring to Toronto’s Inside Out Film Festival, and it looks like he's found some amazing films for this year's lineup, which was released on May 1.  But the Inside... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Inside_Out_Film_Festival_lineup_announced-13503.aspx Xtra staff Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 EST The first time Damian Mellin was called a fairy, he took it as a compliment. A fierce and fabulous five-year-old, he turned up at school one day with his nails painted bright red. Imagining the other kids would be jealous of his crimson talons, when the slur was tossed his way, he wore it like a ba... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Finding_the_winged_weirdo_within-13506.aspx Chris Dupuis Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 EST Dialogues of the Carmelites (1957). Composed by Francis Poulenc, with a libretto by Poulenc. It is based on Georges Bernanos’s play of the same name, which was based on a 1931 novel by Gertrud von Le Fort, itself based on a true story, the account of which was published as Rela... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/The_gayest_Canadian_Opera_Company_show_this_season-13507.aspx Lydia Perovic Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 EST With lyrics about unions, discrimination and bullying, Arlene Mantle’s songs became the soundtrack to Toronto’s workers’ and women’s rights movements in the 1980s. But with such direct, call-to-action songwriting, like that in “Smash the Right,” her songs could h... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Remembering_Arlene_Mantle-13488.aspx Eva Salinas Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 EST