Following the abrupt closure of Harvey Milk’s American Diner, Stonewall Citizens’ Patrol has changed the venue for their anniversary fundraiser and awards ceremony, Monday Oct. 13, 6-9 p.m. to Gossip Grill, 1220 University Ave. in San Diego. This signature fundraising event, celebrating eight years of the Stonewall Citizens’ Patrol will be recognizing Nicole Murray Ramirez,…
In the somewhat tired genre of British movies that focus on plucky working class folks winning contests and defying mores (The Full Monty, Billy Elliot, Brassed Off, etc.) the politics of class conflict are usually sublimated by the up-from-our-bootstraps plotlines. It’s actually kind of sinister how those films trivialize the experience of British coal miners,…
thursday, oct. 9 An Evening with Laurence Juber: Beatles, Wings & Six Strings Fusing folk, jazz, rock and pop styles, two-time Grammy-winner and Wings guitarist Laurence Juber creates a multifaceted performance that belies the use of only one acoustic guitar. Known to his fans as ‘LJ’, the guitarist celebrates John Lennon’s birthday with some of…
Reporting for the Washington Post, Ed O’Keefe reported on Wednesday that the oldest gay rights organization in the United States, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, will now be known as The National LGBTQ Task Force. “In light of growing support and a shift in judicial thinking, we want to reflect the next era…
SAN DIEGO – The award-winning San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus (SDGMC) is back with its celebrated annual Holiday Spectacular Saturday, Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 14 at 3 p.m. Once again, the show takes place at the festive Balboa Theatre in downtown San Diego. “Our family-friendly show weaves the whimsical magic of…
Sometimes, you wonder how Grandma coped. For most (if not all) of her life, she lived without a computer or cell phone. She made meals for her family without a microwave, sewed her own clothing and enjoyed each of the four channels she got on her small-screen TV. So how did she do it? Conveniences…
dvd of the week In Bryan Singer’s latest X-Men movie, his third and the franchise’s seventh since 2000, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is sent back in time to 1973, when shape-shifting Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) is going to kill Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage), the inventor of mutant-hunting robots called the Sentinels. The film includes every single X-Men…
dvr this ABC, Thursdays, 10 p.m. Shonda Rhimes’ new show is more Scandal than Gray’s Anatomy, and that’s perfect fine with me. Led by two-time Oscar nominee Viola Davis as a brilliant, cynical and sexy law professor, the show revolves around her cases and her students who help her win them. Everyone is morally and…
LAS VEGAS — It’s official, Las Vegas just got more fabulous. Yesterday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the same-sex marriage ban in Nevada. Clark County will begin accepting marriage applications from same-sex couples today, Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 2 p.m., one day after a federal appeals court declared gay marriage legal in Nevada….
HOTLINE Trailer from Hotline Documentary on Vimeo. NEW YORK – At hotlines across the country, the phones never stop ringing. People call to confide in strangers – looking for advice, entertainment, or simply to connect with someone they don’t know. Hotline is a documentary about telephone hotlines, the people who call—and the people who answer–…
