I told myself not to overbook my first Fringe. But FOMO and the temptation of hourly shows coaxed me to book 50+ performances. Once I learned to navigate the maze-like venues it became easier to fill my days. On the … Continue reading Edinburgh Fringe 2026 continued
The Edinburgh International Festival launched in 1947. Eight uninvited theatre companies performed on the Festival Fringe. This year the Fringe is hosting over 4,000 performers. Here are some highlights of my first weekend here. Dance Boys Don’t Dance. Marc Brew … Continue reading Edinburgh Fringe 2026
One Night Only places a traditional romcom against the backdrop of a sci-fi dystopia. A conservative congress orders a chastity mandate for unmarried people across the U.S. A tech surveillance company creates the biometric tattoos used to enforce it. Every … Continue reading Movie Review: One Night Only (2026)
Portland, OR is about 130 miles from the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Artist Mike Bennett has provided the next best thing. The Portland Aquarium is an art gallery filled with walk-in dioramas. Each features Bennett’s whimsical portrayals of sea creatures. An … Continue reading Portland Aquarium Night Thread (8/3/26)
Elliot (Cooper Hoffman) is an affable slacker, fresh out of college. He takes a menial job at the studio of Erika Tracey (Olivia Wilde), a narcissistic artist. She immediately clocks him as a potential sub. Soon he’s having intense sex … Continue reading Movie Review: I Want Your Sex (2026)
Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown sets the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to a complex jazz and folk score. A poor musician loves a hungry drifter enough to follow her to the underworld. The narrator warns us up front that this … Continue reading Theatre Review: Hadestown
Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper premiered on the page in 2016 and the screen in 2022. A generation of LGBTQ+ youth have grown up alongside Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring. The first two seasons balanced sweetness with darker topics of abuse and … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Heartstopper Forever (2026)
The Georgia Aquarium opened it 2005. It sits in the middle of Atlanta, sharing a block with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights and the World of Coca-Cola. The Centennial Olympic Park is directly south of them. You … Continue reading Georgia Aquarium Night Thread (7/8/26)
The New England Aquarium opened on June 20, 1969. At the center is a cylindrical tank where Myrtle the sea turtle resides. A ramp spirals around the tank, connecting all four floors of exhibits. The ground floor features habitats for … Continue reading New England Aquarium Day Thread (7/8/26)
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! How did you spend Pride weekend? Rules for this discussion: Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion 6/30/26
Gay teens are outed in a conservative town. Their parents drag them to a preacher who places a curse on them. They will be stalked by an entity. It takes the form of the one you desire most. If you … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Leviticus (2026)
The 2026 Tony Awards broadcast tonight (June 7) from Radio City Music Hall. The Tony Awards: Act One will broadcast at 6:35pm ET on the Live Music channel of Pluto TV. The main ceremony broadcasts at 8pm ET on CBS … Continue reading Tony Awards Ceremony 2026
Took a trip to New York to catch some musical theatre before the Tony Awards. Here’s what I saw. Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody Book, music and lyrics by Dylan MarcAurele. Based on the novels of Rachel Reid and … Continue reading New York Theatre 2026
The 2026 Tony Awards will be announced on June 7. The nominees were announced this morning. It was a season light on new musicals, heavy on new plays, and extremely competitive for lead performers. The nominees include: Best Musical The … Continue reading Tony Award Nominations 2026
The Devil Wears Prada was a dark comedy about workplace abuse. Audiences loved Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), a narcissist who tortured the employees of Runway magazine. Her subs (Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci) called her battered assistant Andy (Anne Hathaway) … Continue reading Movie Review: The Devil Wears Prada 2
I’m two episodes into Tales from ’85 and it’s… fine. The kids from Hawkins meet new allies and new monsters in this animated spin-off. Set after season two, the show recaptures the “kids adventure” tone that the original cast outgrew. … Continue reading Spoil Sports: Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85
Trigger Warning: The following film discusses self-harm. A Single Man follows George (Colin Firth), a college professor teaching in Southern California. His long-time partner (Matthew Goode) has died in a car accident and he is inconsolable. As the day continues, … Continue reading LGBT Movies: A Single Man (2009)
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that most film love triangles could be solved by a threesome. Bed and Sofa (aka Tretia Meshchanskaia), a Russian film from 1927, would come close to this suggestion. A Russian housewife cheats on her … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Bed and Sofa (1927)
TMNT Dioramas Made another diorama Mid life crisis diorama This time based upon the Technodrome set. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles lived in the sewer. The villains lived deeper underground in a fortress called the Technodrome. The playset has been … Continue reading Technodrome Diorama Night Thread (3/12/26)
When Rocco (Andrea Amato) comes out, his liberal parents (Veronica Pivetti and Corrado Invernizzi) react poorly. He leaves town, in a rage, to see his favorite singer (Jacopo Brogioni) in concert. His helicopter mom pursues. A Little Lust (Né Giulietta, … Continue reading LGBT Movies: A Little Lust (2015)
Making Tiny Dioramas Making Tiny Dioramas TMNT Dioramas Heal my inner child with Tape and paper! When I was a lad I wanted a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sewer Playset. My family said, rightly, that it was an expensive plastic … Continue reading TMNT Diorama Night Thread (2/25/26)
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