Autumn Skin Care: Let Your Face Speak as Lovely as Your Words
During the past decade, American consumers spent five times more on men’s skin care products than they did in the previous decade, totalling nearly a quarter of a billion dollars. Now, given that the population has not increased fivefold, that statistic…
Sexy Vegan Joshua Katcher : Fighting for the Rights of Those Who Can’t
Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves – and then there’s Joshua Katcher, the vegan animal rights activist whose arms are enveloped by a multi-hued tapestry of avian tattoos. “My tattoos are birds that have gone extinct over the past…
Arias Returns! Arias Conquers! Joey Arias in Concert
Before Gaga, there was Joey. That would be Arias, as in Joey Arias, the incomparable and inimitable chanteuse and critic’s darling, long celebrated for her channeling of the voice (and aura) of Billie Holiday. After a six-year sabbatical in Las Vegas as…
Face It, Summer’s Over: Put Your Best Face Forward into Autumn
Face it, summer’s over. Your share has expired and fears of Hurricane Earl sent you racing back to the city. No more salty-air days; so long, sun-kissed skin. Boo hoo. So now what? Now it’s time to put your best face forward and stride into autumn with…
Manchester Pride Celebrates Twenty Years of Madchester Magnanimity
Second cities like middle children often find themselves in the shadows of their bigger, older siblings. Some, like Chicago, embrace the Second City moniker, while others like Manchester, England, work to define themselves apart from their larger sister.…
Macdonald Townhouse Hotel: Manchester, England
Formerly known as the Princess, the property on the corner of Princess and Portland (a five-minute walk to Canal Street) has undergone a $6 million renovation and been rechristened the Macdonald Townhouse. Right in the heart of Manchester, this former…
Manchester Pride
For years, Manchester has been well-known as a breeding ground for boundary-pushing musical pioneers - and yet, equally important if perhaps lesser known, Manchester has been at the vanguard in the fight for LGBT equality.
Marcy Harriell Hits the Heights
Anyone who’s ever seen Marcy Harriell on stage, television, or the silver screen, knows how she illuminates the space around her. During her two-year run playing Mimi in the Pulitzer Prize-winning production of Rent, the New York Times called her…