Arts

Finding her voice

Two spirit singer-songwriter Shawnee talks identity and empowerment

By Julie Cruikshank

Culture

A transmission on the late-night radio

Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig Broadway soundtrack to be released

By Michael Lyons

Culture

Gimme shelter

Toronto’s operatic It Girl stars in Tapestry Opera’s latest production

By Lydia Perovic

Culture

Sweet and sticky sugar daddies at Tonys

Neil Patrick Harris grinds every angry inch of the stage, wins Tony Award

By Michael Lyons

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