dvr this TCM, from 3 a.m., June 10, to 3 a.m., June 11 Judy Garland would be turning 90 June 10 this year, and TCM is honoring her birthday by showing all of her greatest musicals, from The Wizard of Oz to A Star Is Born to Easter Parade, and many more. While watching these…
It’s time to pull the white shoes out of the closet, clean off the barbecue and plan your outdoor soirée. I love this time of the year. About now is when Skecthalina Jones, Nikki Fierce and I get together on my private outdoor patio overlooking the Hillcrest strip once a month for lunch and cocktails…
Letters Looking for the common ground Dear Editor, I think that it was not appropriate for James Hartline to have taken our personal email exchange and turned it over to the press. I further think that most people would agree with me that it is not appropriate to release a private email exchange to the…
Well, it is settled; our choice November is between Councilman Carl DeMaio and Congressman Bob Filner. So, who should be our Mr. November? DeMaio has turned out to be the gay Manchurian Candidate. A Manchurian candidate is one who is brainwashed to tell one group he supports them, but who later turns against them when…
also playing What a great idea: Remake Snow White, but throw out everything that made the Disney film work – the sweetness, the cuteness, and brilliant Technicolor – and replace it with everything that made The Lord of the Rings work: stunning cinematography, intense acting, special effects monsters and special effects little people, swordplay, and…
Most of Tuesday’s primary election results are in the books, paving the way for our first way-too-early look at the general election in November. Obama vs. Romney. If California is in play in the presidential election, you can practice saying President Romney. Still, the amount of money and effort the candidates put into the state…
Home equity is the difference between the balance of your home mortgage and the current market value of your home. If you are fortunate enough to have equity in your home, using it to invest in real estate is something you may want to consider. Throughout history, many people have made outstanding investments in real…
Earlier this year I had the good fortune to be asked to participate in session I of Explosive Time, a three part performance series at Space4Art down in the East Village. At the event, I dragged a small boat through the gallery crowd and then sat in it under a blue flood light to recite…
thursday, june 7 Hoodoo Love Written by the first black American woman to win the Olivier Award for Best New Play, Hoodoo Love is set during the Great Depression and tells the story of a young woman who escapes the Delta cotton fields to pursue her dream of becoming a blues singer in Memphis. She…
I recently listened to a trans activist talk around a table about the work of his trans-specific service organization. The organization provided antidiscrimination training that complied with a particular government mandated sexual orientation and gender identity training requirement for a particular service sector. There were no broader LGBT organizations in the immediate area providing that…
