You’re staying. No, you’re going. You’re staying and then you’re going. The truth is that it’s going to be a nice long summer, so you can do what you want to do. One thing’s for sure, though: you want to do it with a book. So here are some great new releases scheduled to come…
This summer, the first ever “Out and Proud” LGBT microbrewery will open its doors in San Diego under the name of Hillcrest Brewing Company (HBC). General manager and partner of Baja Betty’s, Stefan Chicote and Mo’s Universe family of restaurants (Urban Mo’s Bar and Grill, Baja Betty’s and Gossip Grill) owner, Chris Shaw, were looking…
Sam Shakusky, the hero of Moonrise Kingdom, is an awkward 12-year-old boy. An orphan living in a foster home for troubled boys in 1965, he is the only one who doesn’t look like an extra in Rebel Without A Cause. Tough guys, the other boys are all in white T-shirts and blue jeans and their…
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…
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…
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…
dvd of the week When you cast someone whose last name is Kitsch in a bound-to-be-cheesy sci-fi action film, you’re begging for a review that says that the movie is “kitschy.” And that would be a perfect description of John Carter, which stars Taylor Kitsch: The film is “a worthless imitation of art of recognized…
dvr this Turner Classic Films, Monday, June 4, 2:30 p.m. At the top of the list of movies every gay man must see, Auntie Mame is one of the camp classics that is deliberately funny, garish and, yes, camp. Based on Patrick Dennis’ semi-autobiographical novel, the movie follows young Patrick as he becomes the ward…
