While I Was There
From the Editor: Local Music
This is our first Local Music Issue. Are you kidding? Every issue could be a Local Music Issue. Every issue should be a Local Music Issue. Under an early deadline, I’m listening to Rogue [...]
From the Editor: Lavender’s Land of Oz
Fab. I’m feeling fab today. It’s Friday. We’re sending the second half of the Fab 50 issue to press. The weekend is next. And I’ve got so much to tell you. I realize that [...]
La Cage Aux Folles Cast Party – Oct. 18, 2011
La Cage Aux Folles opened to a packed and delighted house at the State Theatre on October 18, 2011. With a cast headed by Christopher Sieber and George Hamilton, it was a dazzling debut. Here are [...]
From the Editor: Politics as Usual?
Halloween and Politics: Two subjects that our publication should be soaking in until our fingers get pruney. The season is changing, the costumes are coming out, and the politics are borderline gruesome—as usual. I ran [...]
Letter from Editor: Rocky Horror Heels
There’s something about growing up in Minnesota that makes the prospect of seeing Don Shelby in fishnet stockings and heels a little bit thrilling. We went to THE LAB theater to do a photo shoot [...]
From the Editor: Always Learning
Back To School A trio of lovely ladies spoke with me at the meet-up at the State Fair the other day. The meet-up was informal, the 5th Annual Gay Day was unofficial, the people were [...]
From the Editor: Boycotts and Story Arcs
One of the lesser-known (but probably predictable) aspects of my job at Lavender is catching up on old issues, literally and figuratively. When approached with an idea for a story, I have to run triage. [...]
From the Editor: Finding Us Out in the Stands
I brought my eight-year old nephew to Lavender’s “Out in the Stands” night at Target Field. I’d never been to Target Field, so I was a little concerned. It’s one thing to go with someone [...]
From the Editor: Beginnings
It’s 4:45am, the morning of my first photo shoot for a cover feature as the Managing Editor of Lavender Magazine. Lavender, the same magazine I can recall from my first year in college in black [...]
