NEW WAY TO ENTER! Review and Giveaway: ‘Eating Fire: My Life As a Lesbian Avenger’

Lesbian Avengers

UPDATE – I ditched Rafflecopter. To enter, just leave a comment. Make sure I can get in touch with you via your comment by linking it to your email/Facebook, etc. That’s it. Comment. (Folks who entered via Rafflecopter have had their entries transferred – no worries.) As we gear up for Pride and the 45th […]

Congrats to Our Mary Lambert EP Winners

Free Fall Movie

Congrats to Becky, Heidi, Amanda and Lisa – the winners of Mary Lambert’s debut EP  “Welcome to the Age of My Body.” I heard they received their EP’s over the weekend and are now enjoying her dulcet tone. Our next giveaway will kick off at week’s end – two copies of the movie “Free Fall” which […]

GIVEAWAY: Mary Lambert’s EP “Welcome to the Age of My Body”

Mary Lambert

One of the truly bright spots from the Grammy’s and the debate around Macklemore is the emergence of queer musician Mary Lambert. We had a chance to review the EP and it is terrific. You may have heard “She Keeps Me Warm” which is a lovely love song reminiscent of Alicia Keys (to me) and. […]

Giveaway and Interview: SONia and disappear fear are coming to Pittsburgh

Recording artists disappear fear’s brand new release Broken Film debuts this month and the band with SONia will be playing Club Cafe on Wednesday September 18  (7:00 doors/8:00 show) as part of the CD release party tour. With stellar musicians from NYC and L.A. joining Baltimore’s own SONiA (Rutstein) this disappear fear CD release show […]

Giveaway: Pair of Tickets to See Chris Pureka at Club Cafe

Singer-songwriter Chris Pureka is coming to Pittsburgh on Sunday August 25 and you can win a pair of tickets right here. Pureka has been compared to everyone from Ani DeFranco to Mary Gauthier to Neil Young and beyond. Pureka identifies as genderqueer. “I feel like I’m definitely a more butch lesbian, and that’s not very common in […]

Giveaway: Tickets to See Lisa Ferraro and Erika Luckett at Club Cafe

Great news – the folks at Opus One have offered us a pair of tickets to see this duo in concert on Friday, May 17 at Club Cafe.   Tickets are also available for purchase at this link.  Ferraro and Luckett are well-known in the women’s music circuit. Ferraro is a Pittsburgh native and well-known vocalist […]

Review: “Little Gem” at City Theatre (and Ticket Giveaway)

The three woman show “Little Gem” currently at City Theatre is like a book you expect to enjoy, but find yourself unable to put down for hours on end. As the final scene played out, I wanted to stand up and say “BUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?” Fortunately, I did not do that.  LITTLE GEM March […]

Another Giveaway: Tickets to See Tristan Prettyman Perform at Mr. Small’s

Another Giveaway: Tickets to See Tristan Prettyman Perform at Mr. Small’s

We have another ticket giveaway for our music loving readers – singer-songerwriter Tristan Prettyman is headling a show at Mr. Small’s this coming Sunday (4/7) and you can win two tickets plus a signed CD “Cedar and Gold” and a concert t-shirt. This is an all-ages show. Listen to Prettyman’s latest single.   a Rafflecopter […]

Profile: Trans* Comic Ian Harvie Brings Show to Pittsburgh (And Ticket Giveaway)

Ian Harvie bills himself as “Stand Up Comic. Trans Man Superhero. Dog wrangler. Closet Cowboy.” Intrigued? We were so we took a moment to email him about his art and his upcoming show in Pittsburgh – Saturday, April 27 at Mullens on the Northside. Ian’s team has graciously offered us a pair of tickets to […]

Why We Offer Giveaways

I Love Giveaways

So why is a lesbian blog doing “giveaways?”  It began several years ago when I was approached to participate in media night for Cirque du Soleil and give away a pair of passes. It was fun! I wrote about the show and that was that. Since then we’ve been approached several times. I’ve blogged about […]