Arts

Lumineers

The 2014 Luminato fest’s gay-interest quotient reaches an all-time high

By Serafin LaRiviere

Culture

Popping culture: Zebra Katz tears up the house

By Simon Thibault

Travel

Lab.oratory, Berlin’s brashly perverse sex club

Hard and dirty techno beats, like the sleazy action inside this abandoned power station

By Mike Miksche

Culture

Arts

Wild at heart

Olivier Hébert-Bouchard brings rebellious spirit to Stepping Stone classical music competition

By Lydia Perovic

Arts

So much singing

Sing! is a celebration of a cappella music

By Serafin LaRiviere

Arts

Vancouver’s drag Spice Gurls impress Texas on three-city tour

Girl power revival

By Raziel Reid

Arts

Queer music for the weekend

Claudie Larouche and friends to play at Ottawa U

By Julie Cruikshank

Arts

When baritones last in the dooryard bloom’d

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon returns to Canada with new work

By Lydia Perovic

Sex

The Masturbatory Tales: Volume 1

To mark Masturbation Month, David Benjamin Tomlinson shares his most harrowing story of self-pleasure

By David Benjamin Tomlinson

Arts

Hervana

Toronto’s all-female Nirvana cover band arrives

By Lauryn Kronick

Culture

Le1f releases video for single ‘Sup’

By Raziel Reid

Toronto Diary

Cher voices support for Conchita Wurst

By Jeremy Feist

Culture

Hercules & Love Affair try to talk to you

New York dance ensemble releases new video ahead of WorldPride performance

By Ryan English

Culture

WorldPride playlist

Songza will get you festival-ready with these special selections

By Ryan English

Opinion

It don’t get better

For Owen Pallett, it’s always a struggle, but that’s not a bad thing

By Kevin Ritchie