Thursday, March 17 Go green It’s time to get down and get lucky at the15th annual Miller Light ShamROCK 2011, with the Young Dubliners. The Gaslamp transforms into the greenest party this side of Dublin! ShamROCK 2011 will certainly have enough traditional Irish music and food to get your step dancing on, but they’re also…
My doctor made me cancel my Oklahoma trip and I’ve been in bed rest for about four days, but I’m feeling better and ready to rock and roll. I’ve cancelled all of my out of town trips until the end of the month, so maybe I’ll see you around San Diego! SDDC attack on Dumanis…
San Diego leather men and women are in the midst of Leather Pride festivities, an annual series of events that is part celebration and part community outreach. “It is the leather community’s chance for a local celebration of what we are all about, and to do outreach to the rest of the community,” said Adam…
As the Mr. San Diego Leather contest ends two weeks of Leather Pride events, the retiring title holder took time from his busy events schedule to answer a few questions from the San Diego LGBT Weekly. A relative newcomer to the leather community, Anthony Rollar still had an inspiring year. LGBT Weekly: How long have…
Ms. San Diego Leather 2011 is Beanstalk. She’s tall, has long legs, black hair and a charming personality with a wit! And, what a show of support from the leather, Levi, bear, cowboy, Imperial Court de San Diego, Sisters and puppy community of San Diego and the surrounding areas. I liked the members and former…
They say bad things come in threes. Last week, devastation swept over much of Japan, Libya descended into civil war and the Middle East seemed poised to resume its traditional role as the world’s biggest unlearned history lesson. While mankind hasn’t fully mastered the science of reliable earthquake prediction, we have a pretty good handle…
In the last 100 years, there have been 19 films based on Charlotte Bronte’s classic 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Yes, 19. The director of the most recent, Cary Fukunaga, joked in The New York Times last week that a new version has to be made every five years. I must admit, however, that despite the…
Last week, as the U.S. Senate held show votes defeating Democratic and Republican sponsored budget plans, senior legislators in back rooms continued the real negotiations. The Senate’s Gang of Six is using the recommendations of President Obama’s Deficit Commission to design a bipartisan proposal to increase revenue, decrease spending and fix entitlements. In the House,…
If you think you know Cabaret, then you might be in for a big surprise. Cygnet Theatre’s newest staging of the show, opening to previews tonight, is putting a slight spin on the show’s narrator. You see, the Emcee, traditionally performed by a man, is being played by a woman. The show has been a…
The LGBT community can be fickle when it comes to its heroes and heroines. Queer celebrities are saints one day and forgotten the next. When you add decades of “the closet” and AIDS to the mix, we have very few lasting icons to orient ourselves to, even in the arts; however, if we do, then…
