dvd of the week Ang Lee won his second Oscar for directing this gorgeous adaptation of Yan Martel’s Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, a book that begins with an old man saying that “I have a story that will make you believe in God.” The film begins similarly, with Pi Patel (Irrfan Khan) telling…
dvr this Turner Classic Movies, March 9, 2:30 p.m. Before Stephen Spielberg started making Oscar bait, he made Oscar-worthy adventure films, and from that early period in the 1970s, I think Close Encounters of the Third Kind is his best film. Based on the classification of UFO encounters in which the third refers to human…
I spent last weekend in Washington, D.C. lobbying and learning with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest LGBT civil rights organization. I returned with a few stories to share. The last time I visited room 2410 in the Rayburn House office building with an HRC folder I got a forced smile from a staffer…
We attended the Latino Film Festival media kickoff party Feb. 21 at Gang Kitchen in Downtown San Diego. We saw many familiar faces from the community and one that we recognized but couldn’t pinpoint from where. He started charging his phone behind us and then it hit us that it was Douglas Spain. He’s one…
The San Diego Latino Film Festival begins this weekend. As it has for the past seven years it will be continuing its mission to help correct the often distorted images seen on television and in the movies by revealing LGBT lives through international film in the 8th outing of their Cine Gay Showcase. Challenging the…
I would never refer to African Americans by the terms “colored” or “negro” even though Martin Luther King Jr. used those terms frequently. Times have changed, and the terms we use for the African American community and its members have changed. Many, if not most, African Americans now consider those terms to be offensive, although…
I invite you to join me for my birthday celebration and fundraiser at The Center, Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 p.m. The food will be catered by Babbo’s at a reasonable price and your money goes to a good cause. I hope you’ll join us! … end commercial! Te amo! Je t’aime! Ich liebe dich! I…
Absolut Hillcrest Mardi Gras brought out our community to raise funds for scholarships that are awarded to LGBT college students or allies. Despite the frigid temperature, (48 degrees, it felt like Chicago!), many in our community showed they care about the next generation. While the Hillcrest Business Association and its board of trustees decided to…
San Diego LGBT Weekly has learned that Dwayne Crenshaw, former Pride executive director and current City Council candidate for District 4, was awarded a retroactive raise to his hire date by the Pride board of directors in October of 2012. LGBT Weekly reached out to the current leadership of Pride to better understand why this…
John O’Connor was appointed as executive director of Equality California (EQCA) December 2012. O’Connor brings much experience to the role with more than 15 years of cause-related work and a strong record of accomplishment. In his previous role as executive director of the LGBT Community Center of the Desert, O’Connor planned and executed a complete…
