dvd of the week After nearly twenty years of big name American directors circling an adaptation of the classic beat novel On the Road, it was the Brazilian Walter Salles, who directed Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries, who managed to get it made; his first English-language film. Nowhere near as acclaimed as those two…
dvr this Turner Classic Movies, Tuesday, August 13, 1:15am TCM has The Hunger listed as a “horror” film, but it’s not. The movie is somewhat suspenseful, but it’s certainly not scary. It just happens to be about vampires. Really, really, really sexy vampires. Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie are a centuries-old vampire couple until Deneuve…
“I don’t recall.” From President Reagan to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, it has been the mantra of elected and appointed officials forced to testify. Should Mayor Filner’s alleged behavior indeed lead he or staffers to court, it’s a safe bet it will be uttered at least once by someone who has blocked a potentially damaging…
We attended the celebration of Danza Mexi’cayotl dancers’ thirty-three years of San Diego tradition at the Historic Chicano Park July 21. La Danza Azteca is not only a modern mystic folk dance tradition of Central Mexico based on the cultural legacy of the Aztecs, their enemies and their descendants; it is a way of life,…
thursday, aug. 8 Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey: Built to Amaze The 143rd edition of the Greatest Show On Earth will delight audiences with over the top feats of strength, agility and courage. As the momentum builds so does the anticipation, anything can happen when Ringling Bros. presents Built to Amaze! Circus performers from…
The Vital Statistics Modernization Act (AB 433) became law Jan. 1, 2012. It alleviated the confusion, anxiety and even danger that trans people in California face when they have identity documents that do not reflect who they are. Authored by Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal, the act changed the documentation standard for obtaining a legal gender change…
AIDS Walk has changed its grant process, providing local HIV/AIDS service organizations the opportunity to earn double matching grants for this year’s event! Thanks to dedicated and generous community support, AIDS Walk has raised awareness and funds for more than two decades, and the event has evolved with the epidemic. AIDS Walk and the San…
Sean Sasser, AIDS activist and MTV star, has died at age 44. Queerty.com reports, Sasser entered the American consciousness as Pedro Zamora’s boyfriend on MTV’s The Real World: San Francisco, back in the early 1990s. Zamora, who was HIV positive, passed away not long after the show ended, due to complications of the disease —…
By Jeremy Wilson Union Bank, N.A. Vice President and Branch Manager UB PROUD San Diego Co-Chair Buying a home may be the biggest investment you’ll make in your lifetime. The process can be exciting and for many, it can also be intimidating. There are additional factors for same-sex couples to consider that may make the process…
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Andrew Garfield, Spider-Man in the Hollywood reboot of the iconic Marvel comic, discussed a suggestion – sacrilege some would argue – with the producers of The Amazing Spider-Man series. “I was kind of joking, but kind of not joking about MJ . And I was like, ‘What if MJ…
