Audra McClain

Jan 2, 2024 | playcrazygame.com | Audra McClain

Alexandra Daddario has a message for you. “GoLook at the moon!” The moon is a companion for Daddario. She prefers smelling the roses to gazing up at the night sky. When life seems chaotic, especially in showbiz, the moon is a constant reminder that we are a very It is a small piece of a bigger story. “I think in those moments when I’m lying on the ground, looking at the stars, looking at the moon, you get lost in how small you are, obviously, but it really hits you,” the 37-year-old player said.

Aug 14, 2023 | thebuckeyeflame.com | Audra McClain

Margaret Cho is livid and not afraid to let audiences know. From drag bans to anti-choice legislation to Ron DeSantis, she has a lot of thoughts to share on her “Live and Livid” tour, which also celebrates her 40 years of doing comedy. Ohioans will get celebrate alongside the iconic comedian when she takes the stage at the Ohio Theater in Cleveland’s Public Square on October 7 (tickets here).

Aug 10, 2023 | thebuckeyeflame.com | Audra McClain

As a young queer girl growing up in Sandusky, Grace Ellis found herself devouring the comic strips in her local newspaper, The Sandusky Register. Despite growing up reading comics, she never thought of comics as something she could actually do as a career. “When you read a comic, it’s just you consuming the story by yourself. It’s very, very personal,” said Ellis, who is now a multi-award winning author based in Columbus.

Aug 4, 2023 | thebuckeyeflame.com | Riley Roliff |Audra McClain

By Chloe Robertson/Kent State NewsLabPorthouse Theatre is performing the musical “The Prom” until Aug. 6 — the first LGBTQ+ production done at Porthouse Theatre. The show is a contemporary comedy that features a gay couple as the main focus of the story. With lawmakers in state houses across the country advancing a record-breaking amount of anti-LGBTQ+ bills, this performance of “The Prom” becomes political, the cast said. “We have patrons who are not going to like that.

Aug 3, 2023 | thebuckeyeflame.com | Caitlin Fisher |Audra McClain |Ryann Beaschler

Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP), a Cleveland-based health center, in June launched an initiative to provide pop-up testing locations for rapid HIV tests. Primarily on the west and near-west side of Cleveland, the initiative focuses on areas with higher HIV transmission rates.  This rollout is the latest grant-funded HIV prevention program to come from NFP, on the heels of their HIV awareness campaign that the Buckeye Flame covered last month.