We have Rian Johnson and his critically acclaimed box office hit “Knives Out” to thank for the revival of the comedic murder mystery. Advance word on the sequel, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” is that it’s as good as the original.

For a generation of gay men, nightclubs were a magical refuge from the homophobia of friends, coworkers and even family, an energetic “Never Never Land” where seemingly everyone — and everything — was accepted.

For years, City Theatre of Miami and Island City Stage in Wilton Manors have offered theatergoers “Summer Shorts” and “Shorts Gone Wild,” annual festivals of short plays. Last weekend, The Vanguard in Fort Lauderdale opened its own holiday-themed collection of shorts, “Mixed Nuts,” featuring nine new works, all from local playwrights.

Years ago on a bitterly cold and snowy night in Denver, my husband and I trudged across much of downtown in a driving blizzard to see a musical production about the life and times of Patsy Cline. The set was period fifties, the costumes and music followed right along.

There was a time not long ago when gay men resorted to cruising parks or spending hours in dark bars to search for sex and, perhaps, more. The advent of the smartphone and apps like Grindr, Scruff, Growlr and Craig’s List made the process quicker and easier.

For gay couples who desire to start a family and raise children, surrogacy might offer a seemingly simple solution: just hire a woman to be artificially inseminated and carry the baby to term.