MOVIE REVIEW: A few weeks ago, I wrote a summer movie preview in these pages that expressed excitement about The Hangover: Part 2 because The Hangover put its characters into some “pretty homosexually awkward situations” and Part 2 would probably only up the ante. And it did. Oh, boy did it. My prescience should not…
This Sunday, June 5 the Dodge Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon and 1/2 Marathon come to San Diego. More than 30,000 runners and walkers to San Diego are competing in this year’s sold out race. To energize the competitors, more than 60 bands are performing on 40 stages throughout the course. San Diego residents are encouraged…
GALLERY REVIEW Face to Face Museum of Photographic Arts 1649 El Prado (In Balboa Park) 619-238-7559 mopa.org Have you ever taken a photograph of a friend or a family member and thought that the image captured their personality perfectly? When photography came along and replaced painting as the most popular method of fixing someone’s likeness,…
If you’d like to get the inside scoop about what it’s really like to be at the Oscars, the Emmys or any number of other glamorous occasions, then head downtown to the Inkspot on Saturday night. Local fashion writer Chantal Gordon will be in conversation with Christine Schwab, one of the most successful television personalities…
The highest-grossing and most accessible Coen Brothers movie is a remake of the classic John Wayne Western, and if you somehow missed it when it was in the theaters this winter, you must see it now. It is a perfect film, from Jeff Bridge’s crotchety Rooster Cogburn to Hailee Steinfeld’s stern and precocious Mattie Ross,…
LOGO, Friday, June 3, 8 a.m. The bear cub in the title refers not to a slightly smaller, younger guy at Pecs but rather to the nephew of Pedro, a burly and hairy gay dentist with a very active sex and social life in Barcelona. When the nephew comes to stay with Pedro, the comedy…
Oprah Winfrey ended her final show last week thanking her fans for their support over the last 25 years and acknowledging her massive gay following. “I thank you for sharing this Yellow Brick Road of blessings,” the talk show queen said. “I thank you for tuning in every day along with your mothers and your…
Thursday, June 2 Flower Drum Song San Diego Asian American Repertory Theater in residence at La Jolla Playhouse presents Flower Drum Song: A Musical Revival in Concert. Based on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s legendary Broadway musical Flower Drum Song follows Mei-Li, who flees Mao’s Communist China and immigrates to San Francisco in the 1950s. She struggles…
The smash musical Mamma Mia! has been playing to packed houses all over the world. Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ show based on the songs of ABBA has played to more than 45 million people. Now Broadway/San Diego is presenting the show May 31 through June 5 at the Civic Theatre. The San Diego LGBT…
It’s been a couple of years since I went to Rich’s or Kickers and tore off my shirt then tore up the dance floor (at least that’s what I thought I was doing!). Those days are probably behind me, but a different kind of dancing in a different kind of context could be in my…
