The 14th annual FilmOut Film Festival being held at the Birch North Park Theatre, from May 30 through June 3, is the very epitome of celebrating excellence in queer cinema. There are more than 40 features, coupled with short subjects, highlighting a truly diverse look inside our world by a multitude of different eyes and…
The opening measures of Kander and Ebb’s The Scottsboro Boys captivates with the simultaneous presence of the tragedy’s 1930s vaudeville act, 1950s finely ironed resistance and, most profoundly, our submerged present day fickle tolerance of black and brown. Sound like heady stuff? It’s not. Under director Susan Stroman’s incandescent direction and period-infused choreography replicated by…
Downtown’s 10th Avenue Theatre has been busy with a series of community events and productions lately. Up next is the world premiere of WoMan In The Mirror, A Dancer’s Journey, a one woman show created by local performer Devra Gregory. Directed by Jessica Bird, Gregory (DEV) as MJ will take you on a wild ride…
Continually, I find great, sometimes unheralded, treasures here in America’s Finest City that prove otherwise. One such is the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, now actually in its 57th season of bringing classical music to Southern California. I had the opportunity to experience this orchestra with more than a half century of legacy for…
Growing up gay in the Mormon community gave up-and-coming alt-country musician Justin Utley a unique perspective. After spending two unsuccessful years in church-run ex-gay therapy, he split from the church in 2005 and moved to New York City to pursue a music career. Utley’s second CD, Nothing This Real, chronicles his journey. Abby Walker: How…
After watching Melissa James Gibson’s This at the North Coast Rep. I wanted to seclude myself with comfort food and cuddle with the APA’s Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders. But, before I go any further let me tell you that, including today you’ve still got five more chances to see This at the Rep., including…
Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride,now playing at the Diversionary Theatre, weaves the tale of three people living in England in two different time periods. This is done in two acts with each scene alternating between 1958 and 2008. The characters names remain the same in both periods, and in some ways the subject matter is…
BY ANDREW PRINTER A one act play that is simply ‘awesome’ A Man, his Wife, and his Hat is an imaginative and thoroughly entertaining 90 minute, one act play up and running at the Moxie Theatre until April 29. The play, written by local MFA candidate Lauren Yee weaves a simple message about love…
Assembled in a large, unadorned meeting hall at the University Christian Church on Cleveland Avenue, a gathering of mostly-white, all-male singers are taking direction from Gary Holt, the artistic director of the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus. Gary, the current artistic director and a warm, enigmatic presence, has also served as the former artistic director…
The annual White Party weekend in Palm Springs is the highlight of the year for many of the thousands of men from all over the globe who flock to the desert for three days of nearly non-stop dancing, drinking and an all-around good time. Founded more than two decades ago by Los Angeles promoter Jeffrey…
