On my recent trip to visit my family I was thrilled to read the above headline in my hometown newspaper. It means the Portland team now leads the East Division (of something) by 1 1/2 games. “One more win puts them in the playoffs for the first time since 2008.” My heart be still. My…
Some years ago, a young candidate for City council reached out to me for some advice. He was gay and wanted to come out publicly as a vast majority of San Diegans did not know, though he never hid it. In the last decades I’ve become used to GLBT people of all ages reaching out…
The second of Marc Webb’s reboot of the Spider-Man franchise starts shortly after the events in the previous film. Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) is a superhero-about-town, trying to balance his heroics with his relationships with Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) and Aunt May (Sally Field). Peter’s childhood friend Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) is determined to find a…
On Netflix Ira Sachs’s last movie was a critical darling but barely released. It’s a shame because it’s a beautifully shot, extremely sexy, but difficult love story. Erik (Thure Lindhardt) is a dilettante filmmaker who spends a lot of time having sex with guys he meets on phone sex lines, and Paul (Zachary Booth) is…
Everyone wonders about the motivations of those in many professions. Whether it is the teacher in an inner city school who works for low pay but is determined to offer children the best opportunity at a good start in life. Or the firefighter, or police officer, who risks his or her life everyday so that…
Nicolasaurous Dear Editor, Stampp’s standing up to Nicole is brave and badly needed. Nicole has stayed at the party way too long and it’s time to go. Have you ever zipped up too fast and gotten your nuts caught in the zipper? Well, that is what 40 plus years of Nicole feels like. Someday the…
Why Ira Sachs titled his latest film Love is Strange is unclear. Nothing about the love depicted in the film – between Ben and George, together for 39 years; between Elliot and Kate, together 19 years; between young lovers Ted and Roberto; between Eliot and Kate and their son Joey – is remotely weird. These…
“Lock him up and throw away the key.” That seems to be the prevailing sentiment about Thomas Guerra, aka Ashton Chavez, who was charged by the San Diego City Attorney’s Office with “wilfully exposing infectious person to another,” or, in English, lying about his HIV status and infecting his sexual partner(s). If all I have…
Just as ideas in fashion become new again, so do many other facets of our lives. Years ago it was common for people to live together in extended family groups and to form close-knit communities. Then individualism drove us apart. But there has always been a desire in the hearts of many to live close,…
thursday, sept. 4 Retro Futura Tour 2014 For nearly three decades fans of The Thompson Twins have been waiting for more live performances from one of the most iconic bands of the ’80s. Now Tom Bailey, with a new band, will be touring and performing most of the big Thompson Twins hits on the Retro…
