It’s ten minutes to lunchtime and your stomach is smarter than you are. You want to finish the project in front of you, but your stomach has other ideas. It snarls and aches and reminds you that breakfast was hours ago. At that point, you know you might as well give in, no matter what…
Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in Behind the Candelabra dvd of the week Steven Soderbergh’s film about Liberace and his last lover, the young, blond and clueless Scott Thorson, was too gay and too sexy to be a feature film, supposedly. HBO, however, was thrilled to produce Behind the Candelabra, which stars Michael Douglas as…
Andre Braugher in Brooklyn Nine-Nine dvr this Fox, Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Michael Schur and Dan Goor, two of the people behind Parks & Recreation, have created a police station workplace comedy that exists somewhere between Barney Miller and The Office. It’s a vehicle for Saturday Night Live’s Andy Samburg, and he’s doing his schtick: wacky…
When Fox News aired a story last month highlighting Jason Greenslate, a San Diego surfer musician who bought lobster with his CalFresh support (aka food stamps, aka Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP), the response from the right was swift and vicious. Like the relentlessly demonized “welfare mothers” of the 1990s, he was the proof…
Queer in Aztlán A reading was held at Centro Cultural de la Raza to commemorate the release of the anthology Queer in Aztlán featuring the book contributors. The book explores issues of queer youth identity, sexuality, masculinity, homophobia, sexism and violence in Mexican and American culture, presenting a complex view of queer Chicanos/Mexicanos, and contests…
This irresistible exhibition of 65 black and white photographs by noted American photographer Elliott Erwitt is a heartfelt and original tribute to “man’s best friend.” Nearly every image is a miraculous blend of composition and content by a 20th-century master of moment and meaning. Erwitt sees the dignity of the ankle-high Chihuahua; the anxiety of…
As the military services are moving each day in the direction of better supporting LGB dependents (spouses, children, etc.), there are Ts in the military family that the DoD is failing to adequately support. We don’t hear much about these Ts in the military family, but within the military family there is no question that…
Marry Me A Little, being presented at Diversionary Theatre, is a Stephen Sondheim musical revue that features many of the composer’s unknown musical gems that have been cut from several of his shows. Some of those shows are well known (Follies and Company) and some are not (Saturday Night). Playwright and performer Craig Lucas and…
The San Diego Ambassadors of the Trevor Project will be holding their annual PEP Rally fundraiser Sept. 19 at Martinis Above Fourth, 3940 Fourth Ave. in San Diego. The evening begins with a silent auction and cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m. followed by a three course dinner at 7 p.m. At 8 p.m. the show…
Not long ago I was searching for a bartending job, and while scouring Craigslist I fell upon an ad for a bar in my neighborhood that called for someone just like me. Must be gay-friendly the ad warned, as the bar was in a gay neighborhood and the clientele were predominately gay. Perfect, I thought,…
