Doug Tennant

A Matter of Pride in Canton

An anonymous quote states it well, \”Gay Pride was not born of a need to celebrate being gay, but our right to exist without persecution. So instead of wondering why there isn’t a Straight Pride movement, be thankful you don’t need one.\” What began as Gay Pride has enlarged to include the LGBT community, and …

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The Pride of Gilda Shedstecker Presents!

\”Just tell me, Mary, are we the parents of the groom or the parents of the bride?\” Although some communities choose to celebrate on a different schedule, June is generally regarded as LGBT Pride Month, in honor of the 1969 Stonewall  riots in Manhattan that were pivotal in launching a national movement of acceptance and …

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Gilda Shedstecker is Twisted & Shouting!

Oh, yes, it\’s been a while coming, and here it is. It\’s like Comedy Central when some of our Gilda Shedstecker Presents! players in solo action steal the spotlight. Happy New Year, our first production of 2016 is a party for our audience, our friends! When I directed Tammy Zinkhon Hyde in the one-woman show …

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How is a pastor like a dental hygienist?

I ran across some notes I made once after hearing a good message from Dr. Charles Stanley. I don\’t agree with all his dogma by any means, so I won\’t recommend him in toto, but his message on a particular Sunday morning was a pretty sound one and it got me thinking, as I sometimes …

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Hell with the Holidays

Ah, it\’s that time of year: the often trying occasion of getting together with family to celebrate the holidays! With the accumulating pressures of decorating, shopping, and planning, who has the energy left to endure yet another assemblage of those people who are by accidents of birth, relatives. Welcome to Christmas with the Holiday family! …

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