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A Little DiffereotO K , you’re already tired o f “ 0 ,

Come, A ll Ye F a ith fu l.” Your

h ^ ls are as decked w ith ho lly as

they're going to be, and you smug­

ly beat the shopping insanity by

s trik ing the last name o ff your

Christm as list last m onth. So

w hat’s there to do?

P len ty, and you don’t even have to

sing one verse o f “ Joy to the

W o rid .”

I f yo u ’re looking fo r something festive

but a little different, w hy not take

the H o liday Ik d u d Breakfast

T o a r [Dec. 11], noon to S pm.

Sponsored by San Francisco

Heritage, the tou r features the ho li­

day decorated in terio rs o f five

renovated historic inns. Relax in a

m otorized cable car as a Heritage

guide describes the architecture and

h isto ry o f the Haight-Ashbury,

where most o f the to u r inns are

located. Tickets are S20 for

Heritage members, $2S fo r non­

members. Info rm ation is available

a t 441-3000.

9 is the season to be gay. Or so the carote tell us. What thefamiliar hymns of old don’t reveal, however, is that for

the lesbian and gay community, the Bay Area offers an unlimited array of holiday activities — some mniticnitnral, some religions, some irreverent. If you’re into tradition, join in a tree-lighting, a carol sing-akti^ or a symphonic seasonal tribute. If the shopping crowds have gotten yon out of tradition, take in a holiday circus juggling act, a Channnkah luan or a reprise performance of “The Nutcracker Sweetie.’’

T h a t’s rig h t... “ The Nutcracker

Sweetie.” I t ’s back again fo r a second

year from The Dance Brigade in O ak­

land. The b izarre adaptation o f the

classic baUet, hailed last year as

“ w onderfully tasteless,” defin ite ly pro-

mises a respite from the Yu le tide tunes

get in to the ho liday sp irit and ro ll w ith

the season in to the new year.

piped in to every department store.

A h , the department stores. A sk any

lesbian o r gay about the Christm as

season, and the in itia l response is to

blast the ho liday shopping crowds.

A fte r a day o f lighting the madcap

checkout rush, most o f us are ready to

throw up our hands and forget the

season altogether.

But we don’t. Christm as — es­

pecially th is year in San Francisco —

has too much to offer. L ike the lOth

anniversary th is weekend and next o f

the W om en’s Build ing A rts and Crafts

Festival. O r a varie ty o f special benefit

programs to provide assistance fo r vic­

tim s o f A ID S . O r even a “ Search for

Santa” from The M yth o f the M onth

Q ub at the Museum o f M odem M y th ­

ology.

In San Francisco, d ifferent ways to

celebrate the ho liday season can be

found on every street com er. W ith so

m any events to choose from during

such a busy month o f the year, strate­

gic p lann ing o f your festive tim e is an

utmost p rio rity . The Sentinel has

prepared a guide o f ho liday activities

in the Bay A rea, many targeted fo r the

lesbian and gay com m unity. W hether

you’re a rom antic, a trad itio na lis t o r

just a p la in o ld Santa lo ve r, it ’s tim e to

(Dec. I3| 10 am to 2 pm in the San

Francisco County F a ir Build ing

Recreation Room. Registration,

661-1316.

J LOVERWe know you’re s till asking yourself;

Just what does juggling have to do

w ith Christmas? W e ll, San F ran­

cisco’s own P k k ie F im fly C ircus

[Dec. 10-Jau. 2| b back w ith a new

ho liday show at the Palace o f Fine

A rts . Steeped in the trad itio n o f

juggling lore from the tu rn o f the

century, the P ickle Fam ily C ircus

recreates the “ animated restaurant

scene.” W hy not fo llow the h o li­

day bouncing ba ll — o r whatever

— and call 775-2021 fo r showtimes

and ticket in fo rm ation.

Traditional

TORYstrategic Planning Guide to all the Holiday Stuffings

So

A lso th b Sunday, you can bum o ff

some o f that excess ho liday energy

by entering the M u tb i H o o k IOK

Q iiis tn a s Cfausk Footrace |Dcc.

11] at the Polo F ie ld , Golden Gate

P a rk. The race is a benefit fo r

M a rt in ’s H o s p ita lity House.

Registration can be completed by

ca lling 681-2322.

D on ’t believe in Santa? O r maybe like

most o f us, you want to believe in

O ld Saint N ick but are growing just

a b it suspicious. W hy not jo in

"T h e Search fo r Santa: The Ex-

tn io rd in a ry O rig ins o f Christm as

Characters and Custom s” |Dec.

I I and Dec. I8| 2:30 pm at the

Museum of M odem M ythology,

693 M ission. The M yth o f the

M on th G ub presents o ra l historian

Bertram M ink in ’s secrets o f the

ho liday season. Tickets, $5 o r less;

phone, 546-0202.

Y o u ’ve looked a t a ll the commercial

ho lid ay decorations and jus t don’t

lik e them. M ake you r own. The

Reaeation Departm ent is sponsor­

ing a W reath-M aking W o^shop

you’re not tired o f Christm as.

Y o u ’re s till in to Santa G aus,

Christmas trees and special stories

o f the season. Th is b your tim e

then, fo r everywhere you tu rn in

the next two weeks trad itio na l

Christm as celebrations abound.

T h is Saturday beginning at 9 am, you

can help Decorate the Sanctuary

fo r Christm as (Dec. I0| at

M etropolitan Com m unity Church-

San Francisco, 150 Eureka St.

T h b Saturday beginning a t 8:30 pm , a

Last N igh t o f C hanukah Fo lk

Dance M ara thon |Dec. I0| w ill be

sponsored by the San Francisco

Jewish Com m unity Center’s Cafe

Shalom Fo lk Dance G ub . Fo lk

dancing, food and fun w ill run un­

t il 4 am Sunday at 3200 C a lifo rn ia

St.

Congregation Sha’a r Zahav b ho ld ing

a La tke Luan (Dec. 11| as its

Chanukah event fo r th is year.

O r Sunday at 6 pm , you can jo in in

the lighting dedication o f the A n ­

nual M em oria l Christm as T ree

|Dec. I l l at Security Pacific N a­

tional Bank “ H ibernia B ranch,”

comer o f Castro and 18th Streets.

This special tree-lighting, during

which people w ill be invited to in ­

scribe a loved one’s name on a big

red m em orial bow to be hung on

the tree, w ill help scholarship

PW As and PW ARC s in to the

A ID S M astery W orkshop produc­

ed by Northern Lights A lternatives.

A $5 donation w ill be asked fo r in ­

scriptions on the bow.

San Francisco’s O ffic ia l Christm as

Tree [Dec. I4| w ill be lit Wednes­

day 4;45-6 pm on the lawn at

M cLaren Lodge in Golden Gate

Park. Santa and M ayo r A rt Agnos

both w ill be there as the 113-year-

old, 115-foot-high tree b set ablaze

w ith thousands o f tw inkling lights.

I f you want to go C aro ling in the

Castro (Dec. I8 | , dress w arm ly

and be ready to sing a ll yo u r

fa v o rite s . T h e p ro c e ss io n .

spreading its own brand o f good

cheer, w ill leave M etropo litan

Com m unity Church shortly a fte r 8

pm and herald its way through the

Castro neighborhood.

W ear yo u r fa vo rife Haw aiian

costume and jo in the congregation

at the U n ita rian Center, G eary and

F ranklin , 2-6 pm . Latkes (potato

pancakes), dancing, schmoozing, a

special ch ild ren’s program and

other festive activities w ill be

featured during the afternoon. The

cost is $5 fo r members; S7 fo r non-

members; ftee fo r child ren.

Fo r stories o f Christm as sans m usk,

jo in StorytcBer O lga Loya [Dec.

18] as she weaves her tales in

Spanish and English 3-4:30 pm at

the M ission C u ltu ra l Center, 2868

M ission St. Adm ission is $2 fo r

adults and $1 fo r kids — “ re a l”

kids, by age tha t is.

W hat do Jews do on the M a jo rity

H o liday anyway? Come to Con­

g reg a tio n A h a v a l S h a lo m ’s

“ lU n l A nn na l M ovie N ig h t”

|Dec. 24| and find out. Share a

night o f good film s and munchies

in a mem ber’s home. In fo nna tion

b ava laU e a t 621-1020.

Gd-Tonethcrs

Jewish CommunityCongregation Ahavat Shalom w ill

celebrate the 7 lh N ig h t o f

H annkah [Dec. 9|, 8:15 pm , 150

Eureka St. The regular Shabbot

service begins w ith a group

menorah lighting. B ring your own

menorah, o r borrow one o f theirs.

The ho liday is a tim e fo r people to get

together. W hether fo r parties, good

conversation o r support, the Bay

Area celebrates th is season w ith

many gay and lesbian social gath­

erings throughout the m onth.

G ue rrillas, the Jewish Lesbian W rite rs

G roup, w ill sponsor A C hanukah

Rea (Mag [Dec. I0| 7:30 pm this

Saturday at The Brick H ut, 3222

Adeline, Berkeley. The reading,

open only to women, cosb $4 to

$12, but no one w ill be turned

away because o f lack o f funds.

Join the Gay/Lesbian S ierrans (Dec.

10| fo r the ir ho liday bash w ith live

music by T rop ica l Breeze. The

evening features d inner and danc­

ing near H a ight/Ashbury, a ll for

$13.50. In fo rm ation and reserva­

tions are availab le at 236-2783.

I f you’re in to potluck, the Metropol-

ila a C o m m u n ity C h u rc h

W oraen’i B ranch [Dec. I l|

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HOLIDAYS AT A GLANCE by Dean KinleyM t

A Little Different

^ T P is the season to be gay. Or so the carols tell us. What the .1 . familiar hymns of old don’t reveal, however, is that for

the lesbian and gay community, the Bay Area offers an unlimited array of holiday activities — some multicultural, some religious, some irreverent. If you’re into tradition, join in a tree-lighting, a carol sing-along or a symphonic seasonal tribute. If the shopping crowds have gotten you out of tradition, take in a holiday circus juggling act, a Channukah luau or a reprise performance of “The Nutcracker Sweetie.”

T h a t’s r ig h t. . .“ The Nutcraclcer

Sweetie.” I t ’s back again for a second

year from The Dance Brigade in O ak­

land. The bizarre adaptation o f the

classic ballet, hailed last year as

“ w onderfully tasteless,” defin ite ly pro-

mises a respite from the Yuletide tunes

piped in to every department store.

A h , the department stores. Ask any

lesbian o r gay about the Christm as

season, and the in itia l response is to

blast the ho liday shopping crowds.

A fte r a day o f fighting the madcap

checkout rush, most o f us are ready to

th row up our hands and forget the

season altogether.

But we don’t. Christmas — es­

pecially this year in San Francisco —

has too much to offer. Like the 10th

anniversary th is weekend and next o f

the W om en’s Build ing A rts and Crafts

Festival. O r a varie ty o f special benefit

program s to provide assistance fo r vic­

tim s o f A ID S . O r even a “ Search for

Santa” from The M yth o f the M onth

C lub at the Museum o f Modem M yth ­

ology.

In San Francisco, different ways to

celebrate the ho liday season can be

found on every street comer. W ith so

m any events to choose from during

such a busy month o f the year, strate­

gic planning o f your festive tim e is an

utm ost p rio rity . The Sentinel has

prepared a guide o f holiday activities

in the Bay A rea, many targeted fo r the

lesbian and gay community. W hether

you're a rom antic, a trad itiona list or

ju s t a p lain old Santa lover, it ’s tim e to

get into the ho liday sp irit and ro ll w ith

the season in to the new year.

O K , you’re already tired o f ” 0 ,

Come, A ll Ye F a ith fu l.” Your

halls are as decked w ith ho lly as

they’re going to be. and you smug­

ly beat the shopping insan ity by

striking the last name o ff your

Christm as lis t last m onth. So

what's there to do?

P lenty, and you don’t even have to

sing one verse o f “ Joy to the

W o rld .”

I f you're looking fo r something festive

but a little different, why not take

the Holiday Bed and Breakfast Tour |Dec. 11|, noon to 5 pm.

Sponsored by San Francisco

Heritage, the tour features the h o li­

day decorated interiors o f five

renovated historic inns. Relax in a

m otorized cable car as a Heritage

guide describes the architecture and

h istory o f the Haight-Ashbury,

where most o f the tou r inns are

located. Tickets are J20 fo r

Heritage members, $25 fo r non-

members. Info rm ation is availab le

at 441-3000.

A lso this Sunday, you can bum o ff

some o f tha t excess ho liday energy

by entering the Martin House lOK Christinas Classic Footrace (Dec. I l l at the Polo Fie ld, Golden Gate

Park. The race is a benefit fo r

M a rt in ’s , H o s p ita lity H ouse.

Registration can be completed by

calling 681-2322.

D on’t believe in Santa? O r maybe like

most o f us, you want to believe in

O ld Saint N ick but are grow ing just

a b it suspicious. W hy not jo in

“ The Search for Santa: The F.x- Iraordinary Origins of Christmas Characters and Customs” |Dec.

II and Dec. I8| 2;30 pm at the

Museum o f Modem M ytho logy,

693 M ission. The M yth o f the

M onth G u b presents o ra l h istorian

Bertram M in k in ’s secrets o f the

ho liday season. Tickets, $5 o r less;

phone, 546-0202.

Y o u ’ve looked at a ll the commercial

ho liday decorations and jus t don't

like them . M ake your own. The

Recreation Department is sponsor­

ing a Wreath-Making Workshop

(Dec. I3| 10 am to 2 pm in the San

Francisco County Fa ir Build ing

Recreation Room. Registration.

661-1316.

We know yo u ’re s till asking yourself:

Just what does juggling have to do

w ith Christm as? W ell, San F ran­

cisco's own Pickle Family Circus (Dec. lO-Jan. 2| is back w ith a new

ho liday show at the Palace o f Fine

A rts. Steeped in the trad itio n o f

juggling lo re from the tu rn o f the

century, the Pickle Fam ily C ircus

recreates the “ animated restaurant

scene.” W hy not fo llow the h o li­

day bouncing ball — o r whatever

— and ca ll 775-2021 fo r showtimes

and ticket in form ation.

________ Traditional________So you’re not tired o f Christm as.

You ’re s till in to Santa C laus,

Christm as trees and special stories

o f the season. This is your tim e

then, fo r everywhere you tu rn in

the next two weeks trad itio na l

Christm as celebrations abound.

This Saturday beginning at 9 am , you

can help Decorate the Sanctuary for Christmas (Dec. I0 | at

M etropo litan Com m unity Church-

San Francisco, 150 Eureka St.

O r Sunday at 6 pm, you can jo in in

the lighting dedication o f the An­nual Memorial Christmas Tree |Dec. I l l at Security Pacific N a­

tional Bank “ H ibernia B ranch,”

comer o f Castro and 18th Streets.

This special tree-lighting, during

which people w ill be invited to in ­

scribe a loved one’s name on a big

red m em orial bow to be hung on

the tree, w ill help scholarship

PW As and PW ARCs in to the

A ID S M astery W orkshop produc­

ed by N o rthe rn Lights A lternatives.

A $5 donation w ill be asked fo r in ­

scriptions on the bow.

San Francisco’s Official Christmas Tree (Dec. I4| w ill be lit Wednes­

day 4:45-6 pm on the lawn at

M cLaren Lodge in Golden Gate

Park. Santa and M ayor A rt Agnos

both w ill be there as the 113-year-

old, 115-foot-high tree is set ablaze

w ith thousands o f tw inkling lights.

If you want to go Caroling in the Castro [Dec. 18|, dress w arm ly

and be ready to sing a ll your

fa v o rite s . T he p ro c e ss io n .

COVERSTORYStrategic Planning Guide to all the Holiday Stuffings

This Saturday beginning at 8:30 pm, a

Last Night of Chanukah Folk Dance Marathon (Dec. t0 | w ill be

sponsored by the San Francisco

Jewish C om m unity Center’s Cafe

Shalom Fo lk Dance C lub. Fo lk

dancing, food and fun w ill run un­

t il 4 am Sunday at 3200 C a lifo rn ia

St.

Congregation Sha’ar Zahav is holding

a Latke Luau (Dec. l l | as its

Chanukah event fo r th is year.

spreading its own brand o f good

cheer, w ill leave M etropo litan

C om m unity Church shortly after 8

pm and herald its way through the

Castro neighborhood.

For stories o f Christmas sans music,

jo in Storyteller Olga Loya |Dec.18| as she weaves her tales in

Spanish and English 3-4:30 pm at

the M ission C u ltu ra l Center, 2868

M ission St. Adm ission is $2 fo r

adults and $1 for kids — “ rea l”

kids, by age that is.

Jewish CommunityCongregation Ahavat Shalom w ill

celebrate the 7th Night of Hanukah (Dec. 9|, 8:15 pm , 150

Eureka St. The regular Shabbot

service begins w ith a group

m enorah lighting. B ring your own

m enorah, o r borrow one o f theirs.

G uerrillas, the Jewish Lesbian W riters

G roup, w ill sponsor A Chanukah Reading (Dec. i0| 7:30 pm this

Saturday at The Brick H u t, 3222

Adeline, Berkeley. The reading,

open o n ly to women, costs $4 to

$12, but no one w ill be turned

away because o f lack o f funds.

W ear you r fa vo rit e Hawaiian

costume and jo in the congregation

at the U n ita rian Center, G eary and

F ran k lin , 2-6 pm. Latkes (potato

pancakes), dancing, schmoozing, a

special ch ild ren’s program and

other festive activities w ill be

featured during the afternoon. The

cost jy $5 fo r members; $7 fo r non-

members; free fo r children.

W hat do Jews do on the M a jo rity

H o lid ay anyway? Come to Con­gregation A havat S halom 's “ Third Annual Movie Night” (Dec. 24| and find out. Share a night of good films and munchies in a member’s home. Information is available at 621-1020.

________Ciet-Togethers_______The ho liday is a time fo r people to get

together. W hether fo r parties, good

conversation o r support, the Bay

A rea celebrates th is season w ith

m any gay and lesbian social gath­

erings throughout the month.

Join the Gay/Lesbian Sierrans (Dec. 10) fo r th e ir ho liday bash w ith live

music by T rop ica l Breeze. The

evening features dinner and danc­

ing near H aight/Ashbury, a ll for

$13.50. Info rm ation and reserva­

tions are availab le at 236-2783.

If yo u ’re in to potluck, the Metropol­i t a n C o m m u n i t y C h u r c h W omen’s Brunch (Dec. I l |

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follows th is Sunday’s 10:30 am

church service. G ather after church

and walk over to K it and A ud rey’s

fo r a special Christinas celebration.

In fo rm ation. 863-4434.

M aybe you’re more into “ Hdpiag Yoursctfl Eijoy the Holidays: A Guide for Adult C h ildm of Dys- functknal F aa iie s” (Dec. I4 |.The ta lk by Berkeley therapist D r.

Suzanne Lem er is scheduled 7 pm

at A W om an’s Place Bookstore,

4015 Broadway, O akland.

The National Assodalioa for Lesbian and Gay Gerontology [Dec. I5|also is taking potluck fo r the

Christm as season. The group’s

H o liday Potluck Party w ill be held

6-7:30 pm at St. Francis o f Assisi,

145 G uerrero St. Info rm ation:

626-700.

Jack Frost w ill be nipping at the

noses o f Girth & Mirth Q n b of San Francisco members |Dcc. 17]as the group holds its Jack Frost

Christm as H o liday Patty. An open

bar at 7 pm, an Ita lian dinner a t 8,

a ll fo r $10 at the Granada Cafe,

4753 M ission St.

The Rainbow Deaf Society Christmas Party (Dec. 17|, featuring a “ grab

bag gift brought by each person,

w ill be held 7-11 pm at the Hearing

Society, 20 lOth St., San F ran­

cisco. The cost is $10, and refresh­

ments and drinks w ill be served.

Women! Country i Western Dancing |Dec. 17| at A m e lia ’s, featuring

the kd long Christmas Party, is on

fo r 7 pm , 647 Valencia & . T reat

yourse lf to a night o f line dances

and two-steps fo r only $3.

Black and While Men Together [Dec.22| has set its annual ho liday

Christm as dinner at 7:30 pm. For

in fo rm ation , 931-BWMT.

________ Rea] Giving________The ho liday season is a ll about giving,

and San Franciscans have many

opportunities to demonstrate the ir

generosity fo r worthwhile causes

th is season.

The most heralded benefit o f 1988 is

The Names Quilt: Threads of Love |Dec. 14-I8|, when the q u ilt

comes home from a year-long U .S.

to u r fo r display at the Moscone

-----Center. Proceeds raised w ill benefit

18 Bay Area A ID S services

organizations. Some 6,400 o f the

9,000 m em orial panels comprising

the q u ilt w ill be displayed, in ­

cluding a ll panels contributed by

and fo r Californ ians. V is ito rs are

encouraged to bring donations o f

canned foods which w ill benefit the

San Francisco A ID S Foundation

Food Bank. D isp lay hours w ill be

noon to 9 pm Dec. 14-16 and 10

am to 7 pm Dec. 17-18. In fo rm a­

tion : 863-5511.

In conjunction w ith the Names Q u ilt

d isplay, the Saa Fraucisco Sym­phony (Dec. 15) will present a

benefit “ Threads o f Love” concert

8 pm at the Masonic A ud ito rium .

Tickets arc $16 and $24 and are

available from the Symphony Box

office at 431-5400, BASS/Ticket-

masier and a ll m ajo r ticket agen­

cies. Special golden circle tickets

are priced at $75 and entitle the

purchaser to a post-concert recep­

tion w ith composer David Carlson

and conductor L e if Bjaland.

The Putiche Hair Salon Christmas Party [Dec. 14), w ith a ll proceeds

going to The A ID S emergency

Fund, is scheduled for 8 pm at The

Kennel Q ub . 628 D ivisadero.

Music w ill be provided by The

Essentials-Chaos, Miss K itty and

The K itty Kat Jubilee Q uintet. Be

sure to wear your Christm as

“ best.” Donations at the door.

The Pacific Chamber Singers [Dec. 9, 16, 17] w ill present ho liday con­

certs 8 pm th is F riday at St.

M a rk ’s Episcopal Church, Ban­

croft & E llsw o rth Streets, Berkeley,

and again at 8 pm Dec. 16 and

Dec. 1 7 'at S t. M a rk ’s Lutheran

Church, nil O ’Fa rre ll, San F ran­

cisco. T ickets are $10, a ll o f which

goes to The San Francisco A ID S

Foundation Food Bank. The con­

certs feature 16th century Spanish

carols and an audience sing-along

o f Handel’s “ H a lle lu jah Chorus.”

Life On The W ater’s Third Annual Holiday Auction Benefit [Dec. 11)is scheduled 3-6 pm this Sunday at

Bruce Ve lic k G a lle ry, 371 11th St.

(between Folsom and H arrison).

Featured w ill be entertainm ent:

silent b idding on a rt, jew elry,

theater tickets, a rafting trip , o r­

chestra seats, you name it; and, o f

course, refreshments.

______ Arts and Crafts______The Dickens Christmas Fair [Dec.

10-11, Dec. 17-181, an annual

celebration o f V irto ria n English

food, runs 10 am to 7 pm at P ie r

45, Fisherm an’s W harf.

Christmas At Alligator! [through Dec. 24[ offers creative items by 18

artists. Noon to 7 pm Wednesdays

th ro u g h S undays, A llig a to r

G a lle ry, 924 Valencia.

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24th S t. In fo rm ation: 826-8009.

Helper’s Home Mini-Bazaar [through Dec. 23[ offers ornaments, baskets,

wreaths, ceramics, flo ra l items and

books. Weekdays, 10:30 am to

4:30 pm , 2626 Fulton.

The Gay Studio Holiday Sale [Dec.

12-24[, d a ily 9 am to 9 pm, 52

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The Holiday Treasure Chest at Elaine Potter G alery [Dec. 10[, 336 Hayes, offers a showroom w ith the

work o f 50 artists: jew elry,

ceramics, glass, wearables, toys

and wood articles to fit every

budget. A special “ tru n k show”

this Saturday features s ilk kimonos

o f fiber artists A lex & Noble.

431-8511, fo r info rm ation.

Pottery, cards, sculpture and paintings

by homeless and low-income artists

in the Tenderlo in are fo r sale to

support the econom ically disadvan­

ta g e at the Hospitality House Art Studio Holiday Arts Sale, 146 Leavenworth. W ork is also shown

at Am erican Zephyr G a lle ry, 25

Van Ness, 776-2102.

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Homophobic EpisodesBoycott The Movie “ 1969”To the Ed ito r:

I urge your readers to boycott the

new A tlan tic Pictures release l% 9 because o f its b la tan tly homophobic

content. In one o f the m ovie’s first

scenes, the principal characters, two

young men, are picked up while

h itchhiking by an effem inate man.

The d rive r im m ediately asks the boy

in the passenger seat, “ How big are

you?” and continues by asking him to

"show it to me.” W hen the hitch­

hikers te ll the d rive r to pu ll over and

let them out, he refuses and begins to

fondle the leg o f the h itchh iker next to

him . A fight ensues, the car hits a

ra ilroad track, and the young men

escape while ye lling “ hom o” and

“ fag.”

I watched this scene in a theatre

fu ll o f people who were laughing as

the “ homo” was beaten up. I walked

out. Later 1 learned that there were

other homophobic scenes in the

movie, but none as dangerous as the

first.

C learly, this film propagates one o f

the most insidious o f a ll gay

stereotypes, that gay men w ill force

themselves on straight men in an

overtly physical m anner, and w ill con­

tinue to do so even if to ld to stop. It

also makes light o f anti-gay violence,

and justifies many o f society’s gay-

fearing beliefs.

But the one thing that rea lly w or­

ries me about this picture is that five

o r ten years ago, I too would have

laughed at the scene in question. And

if 1 had seen this movie five years

ago, it would have been that much

harder to come to terms w ith my sex­

ua lity and convince m yself that 1

rea lly was in the same group o f peo­

ple, “ homosexuals,” as the freaks in

the movies and on T V . Films like this do

an injustice to society; they make

closeted people hate themselves, make

straights hate gays, and make gays

want to hate straights.

I ask a ll o f your paper's readers

not to patronize theatres showing

!% 9 . Maybe studios w ill get the

message that offensive people-bashing

won’t be tolerated by our community.

K a rl H . Coryat

Bravo To YoungbloodPluralistic PoliticsTo the Ed ito r:

It has been years since the Sentinel — or any other gay publication —

has published a b rie f w ith greater

potentia l fo r dynam ic d ia logue than—

Tom Youngblood’s “ W hat Happened

to ‘Question A u tho rity? ’ ” (Sentinel, Point o f View, 1 Dec 88).

As evidenced by the m ediocrity o f

“ leadership” w ith in our homosexual

population, that structured agenda

which allows fo r neither dissent nor

d iversity generally becomes n ih ilistic .

As Youngblood perceptively notes,

often the most visib le “ leaders o f the

gay movement seem to forget that

Am erica is a p lura listic society.”

They would impose that which they

deem to be “ p o litica lly correct” upon

each and a ll, forgetting tha t the “ gay

com m unity” is but a microcosm o f

our nation as a whole.

D uring the past presidential election

m y lover and I — both conservative

Republicans — displayed BUSH/-

Q U A Y L E & P E TE W ILS O N signs in

our Castro D istrict w indow, together

w ith a “ No on 102” sign and selec­

tions o f my occasionally published

“ letters to the ed ito r.” O u r window

was frequently defaced o r covered

over w ith radical gay slogans and

stickers. We received anonymous —

synonymous w ith “ cow ard ly” —

mailed threats. Piles o f dog waste

were repeatedly set in fron t o f our

gate. O ur car — w ith s im ila r

“ political statements” and a Gay

Freedom Flag-sticker — was

vandalized.

Because 1 know Tom Youngblood

— and because we remain members

o f a “ ‘lo ya l opposition’ ” as between

ourselves and w ith in the gay move­

ment. 1 know that he, too, has

endured comparable abuse and insults

because he has dared to exercise his

constitutional rights to act according

to his conscience. Thus, I concur w ith

what 1 consider the centerpiece o f his

polem ic: “ Gay politics should not

remain im pervious to new

id eas.. .G roups don’t th in k, in ­

d ividuals do .”

Thomas M. Edwards

United Front NeededSelf-Appointed Leaders Douse 96To the Ed ito r:

Self-appointed leadership has

always bwn a problem in a ll com ­

m unities, even in the gay and lesbian,

fo r too long.

Th is was seen once again in “ o u r”

com m unity in the last elections. The

No On 96/102 committee was made

up o f a lo t o f different groups as a

united front to fight o ff the attacks of

homophobic politicians.

P roposition 96 would have been

defeated. But we have those self-

appointed leaders like Bob C ra ig ,

D iane H ines, Paul Self, Ivy B o tin i

and others who refuse to w ork w ith

others because they cannot w ork

under a true grassroots, democratic

coalition.

This is not an attack on the w ork

that these people have done, but the

way the co iiununity and a ll people

w ith H IV , A R C , A ID S , have been

sold out. These self-appointed leaders

refused to w ork w ith others, they felt

that 96 could not be defeated. TTiey

did not want to scare o ff the

Republicans from opposing P rop.

102. But in San Francisco % /102 it

could have been defeated together.

So instead o f w orking together like

they were asked, once again they

started up the ir own group which

splits the com m unity.

D avid N iM e lt

Prop 96 Gives Cops a Lethal WeaponTo the Ed ito r:

The shockingly overwhelm ing and

tragic vic tory o f P roposition % on the

C a lifo rn ia ballo t gives even more

urgency to our need to develop effec-

tive strategies fo r coalition-build ing

among gay and racial m ino rity com­

m unities. not on ly in th is state, but

nationw ide, where it sets a dangerous

legal precedent.

T\\eSentinel, by publishing W .J.

Brandy M oore's October 14th

ed ito ria l (“ Connections Between

Blacks and Gays in ’88” ) less than

four weeks before voters went to the

polls, surely lives up to its name,

displaying a keen foresight in to an

issue which must be at the top o f our

po litical agenda. (No wonder th is

paper enjoys an every-growing reader-

ship among activi.sts from San F ran­

cisco to New Yo rk.)

Proposition 96 arms law enforce­ment with a lethal political weapon not only against individuals, but to attack the very sectors of society most disproportionately suffering the scourge of AIDS; gays. Mack and Hispanic communities in particular. Convince us that this was not a cen­tral objective in the minds of the reactionary right-wing forces who authored and campaigned for 96! Their ludicrously unscientific asser­tions on AIDS viral transmission can

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FRONT NEWSHIV-positive Patient Refused TreatmentDental Clinic Sued by NGRAT he National Gay Rights Advocates announced last week

that they have filed suit against Sutter Dental Clinic for refusing to treat patient Doug Bearden, who had indicated on hb

“ Health Questionnaire” that he was HIV-positive.Bearden, who was present at a press

conference called by N G R A last week,

related that he had gone to the Sutter

Place Dental G roup fo r routine x-ray

and cleaning. He was asked by the

receptionist to f ill out a questionnaire.

One o f the boxes printed on the form to

be checked o ff by the patient was

“ A ID S V iru s Positive,” which Bearden

checked.

He was then taken to be x-rayed, but

before the technician had finished,

Bearden was summoned back to the

fron t office and inform ed that he could

not be treated because o f his H IV

status. The only explanation given by

the c lin ic staff was tha t they were “ not

equipped” to handle H IV-positive

patients.

First Case in Califomia______According to Ben Schatz, d irector o f

the N G R A , the su it on behalf o f

Bearden represents the firs t case in

C a lifom ia to test whether the law

assures equal access to health care fo r

H IV-positive patients. The suit makes

reference to San Francisco M unic ipal

Code 3805, p roh ib iting discrim ination

according to A ID S o r H IV status, and

to C a lifo rn ia C iv il Code, Section 51,

which defines H IV infection as a

d isab ility and forb ids discrim ination on

that basis. The suit calls fo r an un­

named am ount in damages and an in ­

junction against the Sutter Place C lin ic

from d iscrim inating against other H IV-

positive patients.

Both the Am erican Medical Associa­

tion and the Am erican Dental Associa­

tion have pub lic ly expressed the ir op­

position to H IV discrim ination in

health care. G uidelines fo r the protec­

tion o f dental health professionals from

the H IV virus have been provided by

the A ID S Prevention Project o f the

UC SF Dental C lin ic . The guidelines

call fo r no special equipment which

would not have been available to a

c lin ic such as the Sutter Place G roup.

Victims Reluctant To SueAccording to Schatz, many d txto rs

a ll over C a lifo rn ia are currendy refus­

ing to treat H IV-positive patients.

There have been cases o f patients being

denied care sim ply because they are gay

and therefore thought to be potentia lly

H IV-positive.

Many victims are highly reluctant to enter into a civilsuit against their health care

providers for fear o f eventually having to receive medical care from a doctor who would then be in a position as adversary.

M any victim s o f such discrim ination

are highly reluctant to enter into a c iv il

suit against the ir health care providers

fo r fear o f eventually having to receive

medical care from a doctor who would

then be in a position as adversary. W ith

this suit the N G R A aims to send a

strong message to health providers that

such discrim ination w ill carry a price.

In a related m atter, G overnor

Deukm ajian vetoed a law passed by the

legislature ea rlie r th is f ^ , SB 2857

(Kopp), e xp lic itly p roh ib iting the

refusal o f health care on the basis o f

H IV o r A ID S status. The N G R A suit is

based on existing leg islation, however.

Sutter Place D enta l G roup was con­

tacted by the Sentinel but refused to comment.

Shops Owners Are Optimistic

Castro Blaze Won*t Douse Spiritsby Mike Long

A lthough businesses destroyed in Monday’s four-alarm fire at Castro and 18th Streets are unsure when they will reopen, they are optimistic about their future.

There are many conflicting reports regarding the fire’s exact cause. The San Francisco Fire Department is still investigating. Lieutenant Hesselroth of the SFFD’s General Works Department believes that the Maze was accidental. All damaged businesses carried fire insurance, as required by city law.

— “ 1 th in k we can be-open by the first

o f the year,” said Fred Coddington,

manager o f the Elephant W a lk bar on

the southwest com er o f Castro and

18th. A lthough the percentage o f

devastation has not been determ ined,

Coddington believes that his bar w ill

no t be condemned by build ing inspec­

tors because he says it is less than two-

th irds damaged. H is bar is throw ing a

14th anniversary party F riday at

Scooters Bar, 22-4th St. at M arket.

“ M y (jo d , they fin a lly got us,” said

Randy Schell, d irector o f the Commun­

ity United Against Violence (C U A V ),

when to ld his office was on fire . He has

received hate m ail and death threats

from unidentified homophobic people.

Schell said even though C U A V is

“ clim bing through the rubb le ,” his o f­

fice at 514 (Tastro is s till open, accepting

new clients and assisting present ones.

“ The fire inspectors were very en­

couraging and hoped we would be back

in business soon.”

The Love That Dares Bookstore

owner Calvin Low ery said, “ I have

every intention o f reopening,” but it

w ill take three to nine months. “ I ’ll

have to start a ll over again. I have

learned from m y mistakes. It w ill be

easier than three years ago when I

moved from New Y o rk C ity to start the

store,” he said.

Passport to Le isu re consultant

M ichad Sharpe had just moved to a

new office at 4111 18th St. and had

remodeled it when the fire struck. “ We

suffered some smoke and w ater

damage, but most o f the office

m aterials are salvageable,” he said.

A fte r 14 years a t two offices on 18th

Street, he has tem po ra rily moved to 563

Castro Street. He has some inconve­

niences, such as handw riting a irlin e

tickets, but hopes his fo rm er office

could reopen w ith in three months.

O ther owners o f destroyed shops, in ­

cluding Haagen Dazs Ice Cream and

M ain line G ifts, d on ’t know when they

w ill reopen, but neither say the fire w ill

force them to close perm anently. ■

December 1,1988 — On World AIDS Day, Mayor Art Agnos saluted San Francisco General Hospital, a pioneer in AIDS research and care, and asked a ll San Franciscans who have fe lt the epidemic In the ir lives to place a candle In the ir window that night. Behind him are qu ilt panels of the AIDS Quilt from the NAMES Pro­ject. Throughout AIDS Awareness Week, the hospital is host to a number of educational m aterials, displays and presentations.

KSJO’s Shock JockPerry Stone Still On The Airby Mary Hope Tobin

I got a lot of homo fans,” states Perry Stone. “ I’m compared to Morten Downey. |But| I don’t have a brother that’s a homo. And if 1 did, I would just go after him on the air.” KSJO’s “ shock

jock” is still on the air despite numerous protests and a meeting with th e s t a t io n ’s m an ag em en t.

Station manager D avid Batonfeld

claims Stone’s show, which consists

p rim a rily o f attacks on women and

ethnic and sexual m inorities, is pro­

tected under the F irs t Am endm ent. He

describes Stone’s show as “ R-rated

rad io” and insists that its purpose is

only to “ enlighten and ente rta in .”

However, the F irst Am endm ent does

not protect indecency, obscenity,

defam ation, slander, o r “ fighting

words,” — i.e ., “ speech which d irectly

results in violence.”

According to the C oa lition fo r In ­

tegrity in the M edia (C IM ), which is

made up o f numerous Bay A rea groups

opposed to Stone and hate rad io .

Stone’s comments are unprotected

speech and should be stopped. In Oc­

tober, the V ic tim Services Adviso ry

Committee o f the San Francisco

Department o f Public H ealth sent a le t­

ter to Baronfeld stating that Stone’s

A ID S m isinform ation and inflaim na-

tory rem arks were a public health issue.

Baronfeld responded by saying Santa

C lara county is separate from San

Francisco county; therefore, it was not

a public health issue.

C IM m et w ith B a ro n fe ld on

Novem ber 21. T he ir demands were;

1. “ Im m ediate end to racist, homo-

phobic and sexist attitudes o f the Perry

Stone show.

2. Im m ediate end to the degrading

and stereotypical depictions o f people

o f co lor, gays, lesbians, and women.

I 3. Im m ediate end to A ID S m is info r­

m ation.

4. M ake ava ilab le to m in o rity

groups tim e to respond to the negative

m ing and p u b lic se rv ic e a n ­

nouncements.

Randy Schell o f the V ic tim Services

Advisory Committee is not satisfied

w ith Baronfeld’s apparent lack o f com­

passion. “ Th is S.O .B. is a nobody;

anogant, u tte rly lacking in any feelings

toward people who are vic tim ized,”

said Schell. “ He doesn’t care if people

are hu rt by Stone’s program . . . W e ’ll

make him care.”

Schell urges the community to get in ­

volved, to listen to Stone’s show, and to

help take the next step in stopping hate

radio in the Bay A rea by targeting

advertisers. Two sponsors. Rainbow

Records and Colum bia School o f

Broadcasting, have already pulled the ir

spots from Stone’s show after pressure

from C IM and the Gay-Lesbian A lli­

ance Against Defamation (G LA A D ).

Current advertisers include San Jose

State U n ivers ity, Kragen Auto Dealers,

and Gensler-Lee Diamonds.

Zane B laney, a member o f the Bay

Area chapter o f G L A A D , is in favor o f

future meetings w ith Baronfeld as well

as contacting sponsors. Blaney is also

preparing a form al com plaint to the

FCC by recording Stone’s show da ily

and logging each ind ividua l rem ark, in

order to prove that Stone is in direct

vio la tion o f FC C regulations. Schell

and B laney also believe that public

hearings w ill get the government in-

volved and put more pressure on Stone

and others like him to end hate

broadcasting.

K S JO sta tion m anager D avid

Baronfeld has said he is aiiienable to

meeting w ith anyone from the com­

m unity, even though he feels that “ gay

groups already have the ir m inds made

up.” He can be reached at KSJO FM ,

1420 C o llh ill, San Jose, C A 95112,

^Most listeners don't fin d it offensive. The station can't cater to special interest groups."

—David Baronfeld, KSJO Station Manager

Firefighters battle the Castro blaze.

5. Increased station sensitivity to

m ino rity concerns.

6. Term ina tion o f the Pe rry Stone

Show .”

Can’t Take A JokeAccording to Baronfeld, however,

C IM consists o f people who “ jus t can’t

take a jo ke ” ; m inorities who are always

on the defensive because they “ just

don’t fit in ” w ith m ainstream society.

This is not a po litical situation, he in ­

sists, and a few, desperate gay activists

are m isconstruing Stone’s “ hum o r” as

personal attacks and try in g to make it

po litica l.

(408) 288-5400. KSJO also has a sales

office in San Francisco at 100 Spear

Street, 543-3834.

“ There is no question that the media

is fille d w ith arrogant, pompous, sexist,

homophobic pigs,” says AC T-U P

member N iq Shelbi. “ It ’s no wonder

that someone like Perry Stone gets

away w ith it and gets paid. A lthough I

can’t speak fo r ACT-UP as a whole, I

feel confident that the m ajo rity o f ACT-

UP members would jo in w ith me in

chorusing these very words; ‘W e’re

here, we’re queer, you must be brain

dead.’ ”

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Continued from page 6

only lead us to seeing that % was a deliberate sel-iip to polilically in­timidate. if nol jail, gays and people of color en masse.

You dare not snee/e in the presence

o f a beat cop in any gay o r racial

m ino rity neighborhood, lest you be

ja iled fo r possibly exposing him A ID S

in the course o f his o ffic ia l duties.

You dare not get too close to any

public demonstrations fo r ou r rights

— by farm workers battling the use o f

chem ical herbicides on food crops, by

the disadvantaged m obilizing fo r de­

cent jobs, housing and economic

justice, o r by gays and m inorities

fighting to wrestle out needed govern­

ment funds to save human lives from

the onslaught o f the A ID S epidemic

— lest you be arrested in (especially

tooth-and-nail) scuffles w ith police.

In reply to Stuart A . M cDonald

(Novem ber 2} Sentinel Letters,

“ Revisiting Blacks & G ays” ). I ’ll sec

you on the battle lines. Maybe

together we can fight ou r real and

common enemy: the reactionary

forces on the righ t, in a united way

sp irit. I don’t know you — but 1 love

you.

Robbs ( ’n iz- l)K 'a s lro

Shanti Board Not at FaultTo the Ed ito r;

W ith due respect to the point o f

view K randa ll Kraus expressed in his

artic le o f November 21, 1988, I

believe it is critica l to challenge his

assertion that it was inappropriate fo r

Shan ti’s Board o f D irectors to handle

Jim G eary’s separation from the p ro ­

ject in the way it did.

He states that he th inks he “ can

speak to the issue at hand w ith a cer­

ta in degree o f o b je c tiv ity ." I f so. he

did not demonstrate that capab ility in

his article.

F A C T : The Board o f D ireao rs o f­

fered Jim Geary a severance package,

the am ount o f which has already been

disclosed in th is paper. They did so.

as they stated pub lic ly, to avoid long

and costly litiga tion which would

clearly have cost Shanti more money

than the settlement cost. They did so

to put an end to the raging controver­

sy surrounding Shanti. They did so to

help save Shanti’s life . They did so to

send this message to volunteers,

clients, donors, staff and our com­

m unity: the w ar is over. Shanti is f ix ­

ing its problems.

FA C T : Jim G eary’s severance pay

is com ing from large contributions

from anonymous donors. The money is not coming from general,funds ordonations from any other sources. F A C T : Shan ti’s Board is acting in a

un ifo rm ly constructive and responsible

manner. Each o f the Commissioners

of the Department o f Public H ealth

praised the Board, staff and

volunteers o f Shanti fo r the ir com m it­

ment to client services and the agency.

The Commissioners stated strongly

that never once has the qua lity o f ser­

vices been questioned nor has it suf­

fered during this time. In fact, the

Commissioners, in recognition o f the

results o f the hard work o f the Board

and staff, released the rem ainder o f

the Shanti’s C ity funding almost three

months ahead o f schedule.

It m ay be that M r. Kraus is not

aware o f any o f the facts presented

here. It m ay be that he chooses not to

believe them. In any case. I ask that

the reader believe this: Shanti is com­

ing through this crisis. M r. K raus and

others may disagree w ith certain ac­

tions the Board takes, but to fu rther

blast Shanti in the press — when it

needs a ll the support it can get. and

when it is w orking tirelessly to correct

its in terna l management problem s —

is to seriously jeopardize the services

M r. Kraus and others depend upon

greatly.

Tim Teeter

NEWS PROFILEAIDS Service Visits PWA'sGodfather Gifts Warm Heartsby Gary Menger

T he Godfather Fund exists primarily to bring giftpackages containing toiletries, a robe and slippers, and a

Teddy Bear, to people newly hospitalized with AIDS. At first glance this might seem a little frivolous compared to those organizations which exist to feed people with AIDS, counsel them, help them with their daily problems, assist in paying rent and other bills, etc.

But picture yourself being diagnosed

and finding yourself hospitalized in the

b link o f an eye. W ould there be someone

you could c ^ to go to your home and

retrieve for you a ll the li^ e things you’d

need? Do you have a ll the things you

would need, and if not is there cash on

hand to pay fo r them? And don’t you

th ink you’d have enough on your m ind

w ithout a ll that to w orry about?

The Godfather Fund is chaired by its

founder, Tony Trevizo, a guy who

moves through his busy life w ith quick

and quiet efficiency, wearing a friendly

face that seems most comfortable w ith a

smile on it. He radiates kindness and

serenity, and seems content to be s till in

his own calm aura t ill you push the r i^ t

button by saying: “ T d l me about the

Godfather Service Fund.” Then he can

speak w ith direct, precise eloquenoe fo r

two houn w ith barely a pause fo r breath.

He doesn’t identify h i n ^ as the presi­

dent o r d irector (titles he could easily

have invented fo r himself): he doesn’t

even assert him self as his organization’s

founder. . . he sim ply admits to being the

chairman.

________ Begmniiigs_________It began five years ago, when Tony

Trevizo’s lover Dwayne was diagnosed.

Soon after, Tony o t^ rve d that he and

his friends a t the SF Eagle had something

new in common: friends who were in SF

General’s W ard 5B w ith A ID S . They

speculated on the number o f people who

m i^ t be in the ward who weren’t the ir

friends, and who perhaps had no friends,

who were also newly hospitalized w ith

A ID S — and they decided that more was

needed than jus t the gifts they’d planned

to bring to the people they knew. F in t

they defined the ideal gift package (a

good supply o f to ile t articles: razor,

shaving cream and after shave, tooth­

paste and brush, deodorant, etc. . . and a

warm terrycloth robe, and lined slippen,

and a Teddy Bear). Then, th ro u ^ a

Father’s Day benefit, they raised enough

to bring one fo r everybody m the ward.

how many patients are on the list (in a ll.

there have been more than 600).

It takes $40-$50 to put the r^ u la r gift

package together. (Retail value is more

like $100, but Walgreen’s provides the

toiletries at cost, and there are special a r­

rangements fo r securing the robes, slip­

pers and bears wholesale.)

W hat began w ith just the patients in a

single SF General ward grew to fou r hos­

pitals the year before last, to eight last

year, and has now been extended to in ­

clude Com ing Home Hospice and nine

San Francisco ho^ ita ls, the largest

numbers being in SF General (20) and

Ralph K . Davies (usually 20 to 36). M t.

Z ion, St. Luke’s and St. Francis have re­

quested to be added to the Fund’s lis t,

but this can’t happen un til there are

more contributions and more volunteers.

There are presently about 150 G od­

father Service Fund volunteers, and also

liaisons who are hospital volunteers and

who meet m onthly with GSF. Plans are

made then, and inform ation is ex­

changed. The current meetings have

been concerned with plans fo r the

Christm as parties being planned in five

o f the hospitals, and the carol singing

and ^ d irtribu ting projected fo r the re­

m aining five. A ll Ih ro i# this week, gifts

are being wrapped, trees and wreaths

have jus t been delivered, and approx­

im ately 100 singers and comedians have

volunteered to provide the entertainment

at each place fincluding the whole Les-

bian/Gay Chorus).

______Eager Voliinteefs______The Godfather Fund was adopted

along the way by E. R. Taylo r Elemen­

ta ry School, where Ée kids make 3-D

cards and decorations fo r (115101)01100 by

the Fund at the hospitals. They also col­

lect alum inum cans to help out, and

regularly send checks from that on to

The G txlfather Fund. M ore than 500

students share this project, fo r \riiich

they were honored last year by Senator

M ilto n M arks.

Volunteers wrap gift packages.

The Fund operates w ith only a 3*70

''Your gifts are useful and the loving spirit behind them helps brighten the lives o f our AIDS patients

and encourages those o f us who care fo r them. ” —Ann Eby, Volunteer Coordinator

Garden Sullivan Hospitalredevdopment.

“ People have said,” Trevizo explains,

“ You can use m y name, but I don’t have

time enough to hdp.” W hat good, he

asks, is that? The need is not fo r an im ­

pressive collection o f names on the sta­

tionery, but fo r people who can hdp

and, o f course, fo r donations.

Donations this year have come from

many individuals and businesses, in-

duding Horizons (form erly the G G BA

Foundation), M acy’s Passport (3300),

Friends o f Oscar, Castro Lions, D if­

ferent Spokes, Joe Boxer, Headlines and

Esprit. /Vnd there are tickets to the Ballet

and to A C T , and courtesy dinners to

several restaurants includ ing Don

Ramon’s. Jerry K re llin , o f Always Tan

& T rim , has been broadening the donor

list by approaching Castro neighboring

merchants on behalf o f the Fund.

The volunteers, who put in an average

o f 4-6 hours a week, maintain a locker at

each o f the hospitals, and make rounds

ddivering thd r gifts every other week.

always do patients want to he

visited, o r fed well enough fo r it, so the

g ift- b e a re r is p receded b y a

“ cheerleader,” who goes into the room,

greets the patient, and asks if he could

use a robe, o r slippers, o r anything else,

and if he’d like to be visited by someone

who’s brought those things. People w ith

Godfather teddy finds a home.

Paulette W allin receives some cheer.

The Godfather Service fund was bom

that day — and ever since, its volunteers

have brought these gifts regularly to new­

ly hospitalized people w ith A ID S . They

have now reached hundreds o f people in

ten different hospitals w ith the ir little gifts

fo r spedal holidays, espedally Christ­

mas. These gifts m ight be socks, scarves,

gloves, books, handkerchiefs, sweaters,

sweatshirts, games, gift certificates. It

depends on what has been donated and

adm inistrative overhead. No one is paid,

and there are virtua lly no costs but

duplicating, printing, postage (fo r which

they hope to find donors). The Fund has

always been part o f the Tavern G u ild

um brella, and six months ago its board

conssted o f Jim Bonko, R ikk i Streicher,

M a rk Friese and Tony Trevizo. B u t most

o f these have moved on o r gotten very

busy w ith odier tasks and projects, so

now the board is in need o f some

"Thank you so much fo r the wondeiful gifts you left fo r m y son, Jeff, while he was in the hospital

at Ralph K. Davies. It meant so much to us to know that there are so many caring people in the

world. ”—D ot Brown

A ID S don’t quickly forget these gifts,

which arrive at a moment when they’re

very much needed (not just in the prac­

tical sense, but because o f the human

contact and the expression o f love that

goes w ith than ). '% m e o f the present

volunteers are people w ith A ID S who

have been on the receiving end, and now

find jo y in passing gifts on to others.

Anyone interested in volunteering can

do so by calling 552-6383, o r w riting The

Gotffaiher Fund, 584 Castro, #225, San

Francisco, C A 94114. Tha t’s also where

to direct a $50 check, thereby supplying

the whole deluxe package to someone in

need o f it. I t isn’t food fo r the month, it

isn’t a rent check, it doesn’t solve any o f

life ’s larger p rob lem s.. . it ’s just an ex­

pression o f love to someone who needs it

right now. It w ill dean him up, warm

him up and cheer him up, a ll at the same

time. ■

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INVESTI-GAYTIVEREPORTSEarly 1989?Domestic Partners Is Around The Comer

by Charles Linebarger

T he next major step San Francisco takes along the road to gay equality will probably be the passage of the city’s first domestic partners law which will enable the lovers of the city’s

gay and lesbian workers to include their unmarried mates in whatever health plans, and other benefits, now enjoyed by their straight co-workers. Berkeley, West Hollywood and Los Angeles all have enacted legislation along these lines with Los Angeles’ being the most recent. Efforts are now moving apace in San Francisco to enact similar legislation.

“ W e’re moving on a number o f fronts

w ith regard to domestic paitners,”

M ayor A it Agnos’ deputy Press Sec­

retary, Scott Shafer, told the Sentinel. The m ayor has contacted the C ity A t­

torney’s office to determine the wording

o f a letter to city departments and com­

missions asking them to forward to the

m ayor the existing fam ily policy defini­

tions w ith regard to visitation in ja ils,

hospitals and bed and care homes.

W e’re doing this to determine what our

existing policies are and how we current­

ly define ’fam ily.” ’

Shafer said the m ayor’s office has con­

sulted w ith other jurisdictions that have

domestic partnership provisions and w ith

the private sector (some unions and p ri­

vate businesses already have domestic

partnership provisions fo r unmarried

employees who have live-in lovers) to

find out how these provisions are w ork­

ing elsewhere.

Shafer specifically mentioned Catholic

Charities as one o f the private employers

Agnos’ office has contacted. “ And fina l­

ly we’ve been working w ith Supervisor

B ritt and Leonard G ra ff (director o f the

N a tio n a l G ay R igh ts Advocates

(N G RA ) and a recent Agnos appointee

to the Human R i^ ts Commission) to

develop new proposals fo r alternative

fam ily legislation.”

The Sentinel wos unable to reach Britt fo r comment on the latest efforts to enact

domestic partners legislation, but we

were told that a meeting was planned

between Agnos and the gay supervisor

this week at which the two men <W)uld be

ment in the earlier B ritt proposal (of the

early eighties) that couples register at

C ity H a ll to be digible fo r domestic part­

ners status.

“ W hat I'm working o n ,” said G raff,

“ w ill help more than just lesbian and gay

couples. It w ill equalize the benefits be­

tween those who are m arried and those

who are not married. And we also want

to take our time so that the San Fran­

cisco legislation can be a model fo r the

rest o f the country.”

Speaking from the standpoint o f a vet-

discussing sudi l^ s la tio n for San

Frandsco.

John Wahl ACLU Attorney

eran gay activist attorney in the d ty is

John W ah l, who ten years ago served as

slain gay Supervisor H arvey M ilk ’s at­

torney. Said W ahl, “ W e now have a

Board o f Supervisors and a m ayor who

.are committed to passing dnmeslk: pait-

ners legislation. There is no reason not to

have d ia t legislation passed and in place

''There is no reason not to have domestic partners legislation passed and in place by the

end o f the first quarter o f1989. ”-J o h n Wahl

ACLU Attorney

VIRx Inc. 655 Sutter Street. Suite 600, San Francisco, California 94102

G raff at N G R A told Sentinel that

he was working independently on a p ro­

posal he hoped to present to Agnos and

the Hum an Rights (Commission (HRC )

dealing w ith domestic partnership

legislation.

Asked why he was presenting his p ro­

posal to the H RC , G ra ff responded, “ I

th ink the H RC has twenty-five years o f

experience in dealing w ith im portant d v il

r i^ ts issues in th is community and if

there is going to be a change as signifi­

cant as this fo r the community the com­

mission should hold hearings.”

G raff, while not w illing to discuss the

details o f his domestic partnen proposal,

did say that it would ddp the require-

by the end of the firs t quarter o f 1989.1

personally believe that th is l^ a t io n w ill

be passed and in place by the end o f the

first quarter of the coming year. I don’t

th in k I or this com m unity w ill be disap­

pointed by the m ayor o r the board in

th is.”

Shafer, speaking fo r the m ayor, reit­

erated that the m ayor’s office is deter­

mined to move ahead on domestic part­

ners. Said Shafer, “ W e do expect action

on this in 1989. The issue is no longer

whether or not the votes are there, or

whether the mayor w ill sign it. The goal

is now to develop a state o f the a rt model

to help real people in real life

situations.” ■

BAY CITY BEAT"After It Happened” Airing SoonL orim ar W on ’t P ull E pisodeby Brett Hobble

T he script o f an upcoming, controversial episode o f the San Francisco based T.V. series entitled “ Midnight Caller” is slated to air next week, despite enormous community opposition.

Since mid-October, organizations including A C T U tySF, the A ID S Foundation and Mobilization Against A ID S have been urging the creators o f the controversial episode entitled “ After it Happened” to alter the basic premise o f the drama._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

The episode v iv id ly depicts a bisexual

man know ingly and in ten tionally infec­

ting others in San Francisco w ith the

A ID S virus. Protesters charge that the

script contains damaging stereotypes

and gross inaccuracies about H IV infec­

tio n and w ill encourage fu rthe r

discrim ination and violence against

gays and lesbians across the country.

Fanning The FlamesThus far, L o rim a r Productions and

N BC have on ly fanned the flames o f

protest. A fte r a m onth o f discussion

and negotiation, they have seemingly

failed to recognize the im plications o f

the ir program and have reftised to make

any significant changes in the text.

“A fte r it Happened” was in itia lly

brought to the atten tion o f A C T U IVSF

by a frustrated member o f the film crew.

In the orig inal version, the main char­

acter, M ichael Barnes (a vam pire figure

who emerges a t n ight dressed in black)

is shot and k illed by one o f the women

he has infected. The fina l scene shows

his body being put in to a bag labeled

“ Biohazardous M a te ria l” and taken

away by health department workers

wearing contam ination suits.

A fte r on location protests at KRON-

T V (Channel 4) and demonstrations

shut down film ing twice, producer Bob

Singer and other executives at Lo rim ar

Productions agreed to meet w ith A ID S

activists.

A series o f educational efforts were

made to elim inate what ACTT/UP called

irresponsible and ill- inform ed portraya l

o f A ID S , and the o rig ina l script went

in to rewrite. Though a few individuals

may have been enlightened by the

forum and some so lid script changes

were made, the producers failed to ad­

dress the most significant concerns and

objections about the episode. Members

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Am idst Charges o f HomophobiaRosselli Clinches Local 250 Election

by Ted Milliken

A bitter battk involving charges of homophobia ended this week with the certification of Sal Rosseiii, a gay man, as president of embattled Local 250, Hospital & Health Care

Workers Union.

N ikki Davis at a recent ACT-UP picket outside Lorimar studios.

criticizes the “ hopeless” way in which

M ichael Barnes and his ex-lover are

portrayed. Beswick insists that more

people are fin a lly “ liv in g ” w ith A ID S

ra the r than jus t w aiting to die.

Beswich feels that any fictional piece

dealing w ith A ID S must necessarily

contain some factual in fo rm ation. D u r­

ing in itia l negotiations w ith Lo rim ar,

activists asked that they include short

public service announcements on the

transm ission o f the disease and safe sex.

The stars o f “ A fte r it Happened” were

w illin g to shoot the proposed P S A ’s,

but N BC refused to fund them.

Both T e rry Besw ick and Pat

Christen, speaking a t a recent press

conference, stressed that the ir demands

fo r change were not attempts a t censor­

ing o r restraining the rights o f NBC o r

Lo rim a r to produce television programs

o f the ir choice.

According to Lo rim a r Executive

Barbara B rag lia tti, the creators o f

“ M idn ight C a lle r” feel they have a

responsib ility to produce “ thought-

provoking television.”

Rosselli beat union trustee M ark

Splain w ith 3391 votes to 2695 in an elec­

tion conducted by the American A rb itra ­

tion Association, an independent organ­

ization. Joyce Schon received 88 votes

and Jenny R. Apodaca 46.

Rosselli, the victor, had charged

Splain’s group w ith homophobic a t­

tacks, a charge vehemently denied by

some o f Splain’s gay backers.

The election was the first in years fo r

local 250, which was placed under trus­

teeship by its parent organization. Ser­

vice ^ p lo ye e s International Union, in

early 1987. Splain was brought in from

Washington, D .C ., to take over the

union as trustee after the parent

organization determined the loc^ was

not meeting its objectives and found fault

w ith the democratic procedures o f the

local.

Rosselli to ld the SfTiime/.' “ I ’m confi­

dent that ou r people w ill jo in together to

accomplish ou r goals. It is tim e fo r a ll o f

us to jo in in the process o f dealing w ith

the problems we have w ith our

employers.”

For these health care workers, the

healing o f the wounds o f battle may be

more challenging than the optim istic

predictions o f their new president.

Rosselli ran on the New Leadership

slate and Splain ran on the Solidarity

slate.

John Mehring, newly-elected San

Francisco d is tria vice president and New

Leadership activist, insists there were

voting irregularities. “ In the East Bay,

we’ve had reports that Sal’s campaign

was colluding w ith management and that

some hospitals allowed his people to vote

in a block o f time, clearly in vio lation of

labor law.

“ We distrust him because he made

deals w ith the old leadership,” Mehring

said, alluding to the problems that

brought the union into trusteeship.

“ M ehring was on the executive board

when the union was put under trus­

teeship,” Vince (Juackenbush o f So li­

d a rity counters. “ He is ju s t as much a

part o f the o ld leadership as Sal was.”

Splain is largely credited w ith forging

an alliance w ith the C a lifo rn ia Nurses

Association which led to a successful

strike against eight Bay A rea hospitals

ea rlie r th is year.

M ehring, who is gay but supported

straight candidate Splain, denies charges

o f homophobia in the S o lida rity cam­

paign. “ A s an openly gay man in Sol­

id a rity , I have never observed any

homophobia in Solidarity.

I do not th ink we have homophobic

members in our union,” he said. “ We

have been very supportive o f gay civil

rights and other gay issues.” Referring to

the August strike, he said, “ The main

issues were health care and sick tim e —

issues very im portant to gay men.”

Spokesmen fo r both sides appeared to

agree that the American A rb itra tio n

Association did a fa ir job o f handling the

vote count, which took more than three

weeks. (Thallenged ballots hinged largely

on the question o f whether the voters

were paid-up members o f the union.

O ira a ls o f the local are anticipating

the lifting o f the trusteeship and the

restoration o f local control as a result of

the election, which was supervised by the

independent Am erican A rb itra tio n

Association.

Local 250 is the largest o f the union’s

locals in Californ ia w ith approxim ately

30,000 members, o f whom 6355 voted in

the election. The other elective office,

financial secretary-treasurer, was won by

Sh irley W illou^iby-W are w ith 3367

votes to opponent Lula Simmons’ 2607

votes and Kathy Foster’s 171.

Police Officers Throw AIDS BenefitPigs and Piglets Find Temporary Paradise

by Ron Hendricks

H igh overhead at the Trocadero, a winged porcine Pegasus exulted above a parked motorcycle. Other friendly-looking cardboard pigs in police drag, part of the decor, cavorted above a

house full of revelers. Meanwhile, throngs of human dancers twisted and bent themselves to the seamlessly mixed disco.

As the evening wore on, more and more to the rest o f the gay community.

o f A ID S organizations who viewed the

fina l rough cut version in Los Angeles

were unsatisfied and disappointed w ith

Lo rim a r’s concessions.

Script ChangesActivists had asked that the main char­

acter no longer be portrayed w illfu lly

transm itting H IV , but instead be in a

state o f denial and, therefore, carrying

the virus unknow ingly. Lo rim ar did

change the k illin g o f M ichael Bames.

which concludes the show, to an a t­

tempted m urder, but he remains

depicted as a bisexual m aliciously

spreading the disease.

A ID S groups m aintain that his “ in ­

tentional infection scenario” is very

frightening as it portrays people w ith

A ID S as sadistic k ille rs loose among an

honest, innocent society. Pat Christen,

director o f Pub lic Policy fo r the A ID S

Foundation, asserts tha t “ people who

have suffered in th is epidemic and taken

responsible courageous steps to stop the

spread o f the disease are being pre­

sented as v illa ins who must be hunted,

trapped , in ca rce ra ted and even

m urdered.”

Te rry Beswisk, o f A C T U F S F ,

claims that there are no positive images

o f gay men in the program and he

Throw Lorimar OutT e rry Beswisk to ld Hat Sentinel that

th is episode represents “ ignorance at its

w orst,” but that A C T UW SF was not

calling fo r legislation against it, on ly in ­

formed, conscientious re-action.

“ W e are not questioning the ir 1st

Amendment rig h t,” Christen asserted,

“ we are questioning the ir intelligence

and in teg rity .” She went on to say that

“ the m istake Lo rim ar made was not

consulting w ith the appropriate A ID S

experts from the beginning and obtain­

ing an accurate assessment o f the

o rig ina l sc rip t.”

Pat Christen claims that producer

Bob Singer is eager to collaborate w ith

A ID S experts in the future. “ He has,

most like ly , realized that we are righ t”

she said, “ but do lla r signs are the bot­

tom lin e .”

A t this point Lo rim a r Productions

has played its ro le and the po litica l

m elodrama around “ M idn ight C a lle r”

must now be directed toward NBC.

Activists say that the network has

taken a very self-serving, callous ap­

proach to the controversy. Last week

Beswisk called on San Franciscans to

“ throw Lo rim a r out o f town” .

more bare torsos appeared — the sort

o f torsos, m ind you, that ought to be

bared, tha t had worked hard fo r nights

like these. Tank tops came o ff and then

waggled provocatively from the waist­

bands o f countless 5 0 l’s, as the ir

owners lost themselves in clouds o f

cigarette smoke and natural musk. The

exc iting ly g yra ting bodies seemed

strangely at odds w ith the stony faces

attached to them , wearing tha t studied

look o f polite ennui. In short, it was a

mahvelous pahty.

partly as a result o f the current health

crisis in which gay officers have seen at

least eight o f the ir fellows buried.

______ Frisking Booth_______W h ile as always, the health crisis

could not be forgotten, at the party

there was a frisking booth next to the

dance floo r. “ Complete F risk: Dona­

tion $2.00. Handcuffs O p tiona l.” O f­

ficers D an ita and Dean stood ready to

give any w illin g party-goer an official

“ standard procedure” frisking. I talked

fo r a moment w ith Danita and watched

as Dean, a handsome, beefy officer

tho rough ly searched a man in leather.

D an ita explained that the arrest pro­

cedure doesn’t have to be a degrading

experience. “ It ’s just an interaction be­

tween two human beings. I f both parties

have the righ t attitude, it can be carried

out w ith d ignity and grace.” I looked

doub tfu lly over at Dean, who was

checking the seams o f the leatherm an’s

chaps and stopped to fo rcefully replace

the m an’s hands above his head.

Soon it was m y turn . I thought, as

Dean efficiently searched m y 501’s,

how unfortunate it is that one usually

has to be arrested to experience this. I

d idn ’t have to te ll him I wanted the

search to proceed avec handcuffs; he

seemed to understand.

A ll in a ll, not only the Emergency

Fund benefited from Pigs In Paradise.

The party provided a much needed con­

trib u tio n to hedonism in the C ity . A dd i­

tio n a lly , some much-deserved recogni­

tion was given to lesbian and gay cops

and to the Golden State Peace (Officers

Association. A ll law enforcement o f­

ficers are encouraged to inqu ire about

the G S P O A at 433-4999. ■

Piglet BeginningsO ut fron t, by the coat check, I talked

w ith J.D . H icks, president o f the Golden

State Peace Officers Association. A rug­

gedly good-looking, modest man, I had

heard from other officers that in addition

to receiving four bronze medals, he is the

only San Francisco police officer — gay

o r straight — to be awarded the National

Award fo r Heroism . Officer H icks gave

a b rief account o f the G SPO A and the

party, which has come to be known as

Pigs In Paradise.

The first Pigs In Paradise was an in­

form al get-together o f San Francisco

deputy sheriffs and police officers at the

Russian R iver in 1979. The fete grew in

follow ing years and spawned the organ­

ization, which now is comprised o f over

l(X) men and women in law enforcement

throughout the state and the nation.

Last year, the Golden Staters “ came

ou t” w ith the ir firs t public fundraiser,

the Pig-Out at the ^w fa ide and last

year’s Pigs In Paradise at D ream land.

This HaUoween saw an A ID S charity

fundraiser, also at the Rawhide.

A lthough the prim ary goal o f the

G SPO A is to promote fellowship and to

provide in fo rm ation and support fo r les­

bians and gays in law enforcement, the

group has turned outward more and

Jean Crosby (seated) w ith Del M artin during a recent celebration of Jean’s 18 years of outstanding service to San Francisco Women’s Centers and the Women’s Building. Jean has played an Important role In the history of the Women’s Community in the Bay Area, as well Insuring the survival of the Women’s Building as a progressive community institution.

EDITORIALHope, caution for Bush; listen to the homelessT he new year will bring a new President to the White House.

We look forward to this change with hope and caution. Mixed signals towards gays continue to come out of Washington. Though many gay men and women have already formed their opinions of Mr. Bush, it would be unfair to make any judgments at this point in time.

We do know, however, that George

Bush wants a “ kindler, gentler” nation.

He can begin w ith a more protective

stance towards gays and A ID S patients.

Th is is entire ly w ithin his scope.

M r. Bush was a hero in W orld W ar 11.

The son o f a powerful and wealthy East

Coast fam ily, Bush risked his life for his

men. W e can expect as much from him

in regards to A ID S patients. He has

already stated publicly that he wants his

adm inistration to find a cure fo r A ID S .

In a more guarded moment he tells us

that his w ife Barbara has made him most

aware o f the suffering o f A ID S patients.

I f th is is his response then fine. If Bar­

bara has to be the cover then fine. We

could not expect as much during the

Reagans' eight years in office.

It is ou r hope that gay men and

women and organizations send M r. Bush

a telegram wishing him well and the best

o f luck w ith his new adm inistration.

The honeymoon is just about to begin.

H e was just anotherhomeless person to the

guard who dragged his body out of a fast-food restaurant and left it on a cold San Francisco street. But this

POINT

person did have a name.Joseph Emerson Eaton Jr. He came from a prominent Boston family. He had a problem with drugs and his lover had recently

died of AIDS. He himself was diagnosed with ARC weeks before.

W e rarely know the backgrounds,

much less the names, o f those homeless

who die on our streets. N atu ra lly there

w ill be a public outcry that this should

never have happened to someone who

came from such a fine fam ily. Someone

who attended several o f the finest private

schools on the East Coast. Someone who

apparently s till had contact w ith his

fam ily.

Joseph's younger brother Nicholas

said, “ We see homeless people and we

just assume they are nameless, faceless

people, but they a ll have a story.” The

problem is that no one takes the tim e to

listen to that story. I f only someone had,

Joseph Emerson Eaton Jr. might still be

alive today.

It might be a good idea to ta lk to a

homeless person the next time you are

approached. O r better yet, take a

homeless person to lunch or dinner. Buy

them a meal and listen to their story.

You might save a life.

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OF VIEWGays Are Not ImmuneDomestic Violence and the Holidays

''The dominant society also conditions us to

believe that men cannot be victims

women cannot be aggressors. ”

by Beverly Mesch

O ne indication of the evolution towards hope of the gay, lesbian and bisexual communities in the last two years has been the recognition and acknowledgment of the existence of

Heads in the Sand

violence in our partner rdatiouriiipsr Gay and lesbian domestic violence results in serious injuries,

long-term disabilities, psychological and emotionai damage, and death.

U n til very recently, ou r domestic

violence problems have been in the

closet, much as heterosexual domestic

violence was un til the last decade. There

are a number o f reasons fo r its

widespread invisib ility. Because society

tends to ignore and rqect gay and lesbian

relationships, and to stereotype us as

single people, there has been a lack o f

recognition both on our part and from

others that our domestic relationships do

in fact exist and do suffer from many o f

the same dynamics and problems that

beset other domestic relationships — in ­

cluding issues o f power and control, and

the use o f violence. The dom inant society

also conditions us to believe that men

cannot be victims and women cannot be

aggressors.

Th is lack o f recognition o f our part­

nerships and the violence w ith in them in ­

creases isolation and lowers sdf-esteem,

and allows both partners to deny the

rea lity o f the problem and its potential

fo r destruction. It prevents both people

from taking action to change their situa­

tion, and thus increases the risk o f fu r­

ther abuse.

couple where one person uses violence or

threats o f violence o r verbal abuse o r

property destruction to intim idate and

control the ir paim er. Another m yth is

that the victim really likes o r has “ asked

fo rt is to lash out at whomever is closest.

And fina lly, the increase in alcohol and

drug intake during the holidays also ex­

acerbates the problem .

O ur community has been unwilling to

focus openly on the problem, until

recently, fo r two reasons. First, we are

r i^ t f iilly ooncemed ffia t acknovidedging

the existence o f gay and lesbian domestic

violence w ill lower ou r image and de­

crease our acceptance in the eyes of the

dom inant culture, and so f ^ e r in ­

crease homophobia and its damaging

manifestations. Second, we are reluctant

to put time and energy into our personal

problems when it seems that what is

called for now is a united front in dealing

w ith the m ajor problems facing our com­

m unity as a whole. W e are only now

beginning to recognize that domestic

violence is a community as well as a per­

sonal problem.

O ther tools fo r denying this problem

are the myths surrounding domestic

violence, which need to be debunked: the

myth that domestic violence only hap­

pens to people who arc poor, or

uneducated, o r belong to a different

ethnic o r racial group than we do. In

fact, domestic violence happens in any

fo r” the violence. Domestic violence is

not consensual; in the decade I have

worked w ith battered partners, not one

has liked being hit; not one has asked to

be hurt.

Why Violence Rises ______ Durii^; Holidays______

H oliday season means many things to

many people. A t C U A V , unfortunately,

one o f the signs o f the season is an in ­

crease in reports o f domestic violence.

Th is increase is caused by a number o f

factors. F irst, holidays mean that lovers

spend more time together, and whatever

dynamics exist between them are intensi­

fied. So the cyle o f the violent relation­

ship — tension/violence/honeymoon/

tension — is accelerated; and there are

more opportunities fo r abuse. Further,

there is a tendency in violent partnerships

fo r the abuse parmer to want to isolate

the victim , and that becomes more dif-

ficuh at holiday time, when planning for

festivities frequently involves other

friends, and so presents a series o f

theatening situations to the abuser.

O ver a ll holiday stress, which affects

everyone, manifests itse lf through

violence in a person whose learned

response to stress and personal discom-

Breaking Old Patterns

The good news is that women and

men who are trapped by fear and social

pressure in dangerous, damaging re la­

tionships can learn to break old patterns

o f abuse, to access support, and to take

control o f the ir personal lives. Both vic­

tims and abusers need counsding in

order to elim inate violence from the ir

relationships. Fortunately, ou r com­

m unity has excellent counseling and ad­

vocacy services fo r both partners. Les­

bians who are being abused can contaa

W O M A N Inc. (864-4722). Gay men

who are being abused can contact

C U A V 's Gay M en’s Domestic Violence

Project (864-3112). Lesbians who batter

can obtain counseling referrals from the

Center fo r Special Problems (558-4801)

o r ca ll therap ist Morgane W ilde r

(431-6564.) M en who batter can get help

from M O V E (6 2 6 ^ 3 ) .

W hat can we do about violence in

relationships? I f you are in a vio lent rela­

tionship, realize firs t that it's a danger to

every part o f you, body, m ind and soul,

and second that many people have been

in you r situation, and have escaped and

gone on to violence-free personal lives. If

you have a friend in a vio lent relation­

ship, let them know you’re there for

them, and be patient; the isolation,

dependency, low sdf-esteem that is so

much a part o f abusive relationships

sometimes takes a long tim e to over­

come. G ive you r friend the above phone

numbers to get help, and affirm and

repeat the idea that they rea lly do have

control over the ir lives and what happens

to them. If you hear the sounds o f

domestic vio lence from neighbors

(screams, breaking objects) call the

police. C a lling the police sometimes ef-

fectivdy interrupts a dangerous crim inal

assault; it lets both abuser and victim

know that someone is listening, and that

assault is a crim e, even in the presence of

love.

Peace on earth begins at home. Hap­

py holidays! ■

AT THE COURTHOUSENine Vacancies In Probation Deptby Ken Cady

T he city has agreed to add nine new positions to the overworked Adult Probation Department at the Hall of Justice. As the caseloads have risen, primarily due to crack cocaine, the existing

probation officers have been unable to do any real supervising of the average probationer. This staff increase could have the result of bringing more gays and lesbians into the probation department. Currently of the 67 officers, only two are very open about being gay. There are a few others whose orientation is less public. In a department that deals with many gays and lesbians, it seems important to have an openly gay presence.

Probation officers must be college

graduates and take a c iv il service test.

Special language skills may give you an

edge in getting hired, and experience in

the c rim ina l justice system m ay be

helpful. Since we can’t expect gays and

lesbians to be hired unless they app ly,

those who m ight be interested are en­

couraged to get an application. Contact

the Aduh P robation Departm ent at

553-1704.

if ic itYou’ve heard about it, you've read

about it, and you’ve seen evidence o f it

fo r the past three weeks. The Sentinel has been undergoing some rad ical

changes. Change is often pain fu l. It cer­

ta in ly brings uncertainties fo r the fu ture.

A lthough 1 am sorry to see many o f o u r

most talented people leave the Sentinel, I ’m excited a t the prospect o f a new ap­

proach to iiepoiting the news o f ou r com­

m unity. The fact that ou r new news

editor is a lesbian is also a step fo rw ard

fo r theSentinel. I t ’s going to take some

time fo r the new people to get in to the

swing o f it — the master plan calls fo r ten

weeks. So be patient, the future looks

good. And after a ll. not everything has

changed. A t the Courthouse is in its th ird

year o f weekly appearances.

if if itAn advisory to some gay men who

th ink that they w ill never see a probation

officer: United States Park Police a r­

rested two men last Sunday fo r engaging

in o ra l copulation along the tra ils at

Lands End. I have heard it said that th is

is a "sa fe” area to cruise because police

do not make the effort to patro l the

tra ils . O bviously tha t’s not always the

case.

Gordon A rm strong, the highest ran k­

ing gay attorney in city government, was

honored w ith an award fo r managerial

excellence from M ayor A rt Agnos last

m onth. A rm strong is the head tria l a t­

torney fo r the public defender’s office.

U n til recently he was the on ly gay in an

adm in istrative position at the cour­

thouse, but now both the public defender

and the d istrict attorney have gay men as

part o f the supervisorial team in the

m isdemeanor tria l d ivision. However,

A rm strong remains the only head tria l

attorney. He plans to retire at the end of

the fiscal year.

W h ile we’re th inking o f honoring peo­

ple, couldn’t somebody organize a show

of support fo r Elizabeth Tay lo r, cu rren t­

ly battling substance abuse problems?

Fo r a ll tha t T a y lo r has done to help

PW As and others, it seems that the

powers tha t be could do something to let

her know that our com m unity cares

about her and wishes her well.

We know that not everybody loves us,

but consider th is debate reported in the

Straits Times from Singapore. The

public re lations manager o f the Furam a

Hotel says that “ It is not hygienic to

have homosexuals serve food . . . If a

homosexual is hired, he w ill usually be

placed at the front office, where he does

not come into contact w ith food. They

make very good service people. They are

very friend ly and approachable.”

But another hotel disagrees about le t­

ting gays serve food. “ W e find that they

make very good workers. They are chat­

ty and fnendly. There is no reason to pull

them ou t.” Another hotel public re la­

tions officer says “ Having gays at F&B is

fine as long as they behave themselves.

Some things are no-no, like we can’t

have someone who wears high heels in

tuxedo.”

As long as I ’m quoting from the

media. I ’d like to ask Newsweek magazine if they are tru ly devoted to te ll­

ing the tru th . Last m onth the T V news

showed W hite House chief o f staff

designate John Sununu being in te r­

viewed. Sununu described him self thus:

“ I ’m a pussy.” Yet the newsmagazine

te lls us that Sununu said “ I ’m a

pussycat.”

And the San Francisco Examiner probably to ld too much o f the tru th . In

an article about the lengthy delay in a

m urder case being brought to tria l in

O akland, the Examiner printed the

defendant’s “ rap sheet.” In order to

give a defendant a fa ir tria l, judges are

very careful about what inform ation

about a person’s c rim ina l h istory is

given to the ju ry , lest he o r she be con­

victed sim ply because o f a bad past.

T h e £ x solved that problem fo r the D A

in this case, unless the judge now

decides that a fa ir tria l w ill require a

ju ry in a city outside o f the Examiner's circu lation.

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TRANSITIONS

DuMont Howard 1954-11/5/88DuM ont Howard died November 5,

after a two and a ha lf year bout w ith

A ID S .

Bom in New York C ity, he grad­

uated from the University o f Pennsyl­

vania in 1976 in Architecture. He

moved to San Francisco, and plunged

into music and theater, appearing in

Anyone Can fVhislle at the Intersection and The Cradle Will Rock at the Vic­

to ria Theater.

H is starring roles in children’s mus­

icals fo r the L illip u t Players led to his

longest run, as author-in-residence for

the company. Between 1985 and his

death, he wrote librettos fo r seven

orig inal musicals which were enjoyed by

over 125,000 children. A ll were marked

by a w it, intelligence and sophistication

missing from most children’s theater, an

adro it blend that appealed to adults and

young people.

During the late I970 ’s, DuM ont

served as music critic fo r the Sentinel. His stories, reviews and celebrity inter­

views have also appeared in Chris­topher Street. Blueboy. Cinéaste and

The Bay Guardian, and in the anthol­

ogy o f gay fiction Cracks in the image.DuM ont lived w ith his long-time

lover, Burleigh Sutton, un til Burleigh’s

death in June 1988. D uM ont w ill be

remembered by a ll his friends. He is

also survived by his parents, Oscar and

Dorothy, his sister and brothers.

DcEtte, Andrew and Ralph. A memo­

ria l service w ill be held at 7:00 p.m. on

Sunday, December 11, at the Green

Room, 2nd Floor, at the San Francisco

Museum o f Modem A rt, Van Ness and

M cA llis te r Streets. D onations in

D uM ont’s memory may be made to

one o f the follow ing A ID S organiza­

tions: A C T U P , SAN E, Shanti.

Jeff Escuffier

Dr. A. Brad Truax 9/13/46-11/29/88D r. A . Brad Tuax, perhaps San

Diego’s most prom ient gay leader, died

November 29 o f complications related

to A ID S . He was 42.

Services fo r T ruax have been sche­

duled fo r I I a.m . Saturday, December

10 at the F irs t U n ita rian Church o f San

D iego, 4190 Fron t Street. Scheduled to

speak at the services are San Francisco

M ayo r A rt Agnos and San Diego

po litica l activist Evonne Schultze.

T ru a x was a physician in private

practice in San D iego since 1978.

Because he served p rim a rily gay pa­

tients, he became aware o f the im p lica­

tions o f A ID S early in the epidemic. He

lobbied then San D iego M ayor Roger

Hedgecock to form the area’s firs t Task

Force on A ID S in 1983, and served as a

member and vice-chair.

In 1986, when Hedgecock left office,

the County o f San Diego took charge o f

A ID S p lanning and set up the San

Diego County Reigonal Task Force on

A ID S . T ruax was appointed its chair,

and served as such u n til ea rlie r this

year.

Because o f his income as a physician

and the freedom his practice allowed,

T ruax assumed a m ajo r role as perhaps

the com m unity’s most prom inent p o li­

tical fundraiser. H is home was the site

o f numerous events fo r politicians on a

local, state and national level, and he

became involved in the upper echelons

o f fundraisers and political agenda-

setters in C a lifo rn ia and gay/lesbian na­

tiona l politics.

T ru ax was most proud, however, of

his w ork to advance the cause o f human

rights fo r a ll people. He was instrum en­

ta l in the effort to fo rm San Diego

C ounty’s Hum an Relations Com m is­

sion, and was appointed one o f its in ­

itia l members in 1985. He received a

Special Service Award from his fellow

Commissioners in early 1988.

New AIDS Legal Services___Arts Seeks BoardJan Leim ert, Executive D irec to r o f

the Santa Q a ra Bar Association Law

Foundation, has announced the crea­

tion o f a new A ID S Legal Services pro­

gram . The project w ill be funded by

United W ay o f Santa C la ra County and

a grant from the County Bar Associa­

tio n ’s Law Foundation.

The service is designed to provide free

legal assistance to indigent persons w ith

A ID S and A R C , and those who are

H IV positive, through a panel o f

trained volunteer attorneys.

Paul W ysocki, coordinator o f the

p ro je rt, said the “ simple w ills and

durable powers o f attorney w ill be

covered as well as cases involving

discrim ination in housing and em ploy­

ment, insurance, bankruptcies, and

government benefits.”

The firs t tra in ing session fo r at­

torneys was held last week. Experts

discussed the issue o f dealing w ith the

emotional and psychological impact o f

working w ith A ID S and A R C patients.

Santa C lara County has recorded over

400 cases o f A ID S to date w ith projec­

tions o f over 3000 cases by 1992.

A tto rneys interested in volunteering

w ith A ID S o r A R C o r diagnosed H IV

positive seeking legal help are encour­

aged to call Paul W ysocki at (408)

293-3135.

The A ris Project, a non-profit cor­

poration provid ing volunteer support

services to people w ith A ID S in Santa

C la ra C ounty, is seeking ind ividuals in ­

terested in serving as a member o f the

corporation’s Board o f D irectors. A ris

Project programs include volunteer

peer support counseling, weekly discus­

sion support groups, assistance w ith

tasks o f d a ily liv ing and com m unity

education.

The Board o f D irectors are a ll

volunteers who bring resources from

diverse backgrounds and professional

experience. People who are committed

to provid ing services to people w ith

A ID S and who have had experience in

fundraising and public relations are en­

couraged to apply.

The duties o f a board member in ­

clude: active partic ipation in m onthly

meetings, active partic ipation in at least

one committee which meets m onthly,

and responsib ility fo r bringing at least

$1000 a year to the project.

App lication m aterials are availab le

by w riting to: M a ry Anne W akefield,

C ha ir o f the Nom inating Committee,

c/o A ris Project, 595 MUlich D rive ,

Suite 104, Cam pbell, C A 95008.

ON THE JOBBlack, Gay & FemaleTriply Enlightened At SF Chronicle

for the San her peers at

Francisco a recent

by Arthur Lazere

E velyn C. White, a staff reporterChronicle, dazzled an audience o f __ ___

conference of the Gay and Lesbian Press Association. “ Instead of talking about the triple oppression 1 experience as a black, gay woman, 1 feel triply enlightened,” she was quoted by writer Steve Warren. “That is the attitude I bring with me into the news room every d ay .. .Our lives may be difficult, but because of that we have more depth, more range, more to share with other people.”

W hite, 34, started in journalism with

a book review published in Seattle Gay News fo r which she was paid $13. “ It

was like magic to m e,” she recalls.

“ You mean to te ll me that people w ill

pay me money to w rite about gay

lite rature? I thought it was the best thing

in the world. It was magic money.

T ha t’s the way 1 fe lt the entire time I

w rote fo r the gay press. It gave me a

purpose. It was the firs t tim e 1 got away

from black m iddle class expectations

about what I should do.”

Bucking My Black _______ Middle Class_______

W hite has struggled to find her own

direction as she has rebelled against the

black m iddle class expectations learned

in her home town, G a ry, Indiana.

When a black was elected m ayor o f

G ary in 1%8, white fligh t ensued and

the public high school became a ll black.

Her parents sent her to a parochial high

school where she was one o f 13 blacks

in a class o f 356.

“ M y parents achieved what they

wanted to achieve,” she says. “ I d idn’t

get pregnant. I d idn’t get shot. I didn’t

get on drugs. And I did get an educa­

tion and went on to an Iv y League col­

lege. But it was very lonely and 1 got

to ta lly removed from the black

com m unity.”

She wasn’t interested in the blacks at

her high school who tended to emulate

white m iddle class values, including

the ir own debutante balls. “ M y mother

was m y m odel,” W h ite explains. “ She

was flam boyant. She was e xo tic .. .She

went against the g ra in . She was not a

member o f the N A A C P . She thought

those broads were a bunch o f snooty

black women. . . ”

It was at th is tim e tha t W hite realized

she was gay. “ By avoid ing the black

kids, I d idn’t have to explain why I

wasn’t dating boys,” she says. “ I

started hanging out w ith three white

girls. They were renegades, the bad ap-

ples. One had been pregnant at 14

a lo t about child development,” she

says. “ 1 was expecting a ll th is heavy

duty crim ina l analysis about m urderers

and child molesters and crazy people

over the edge. I d idn’t care about ch ild

deve lopm en t. It w asn’t in tense

enough.”

She observed that most o f the

W ellesley women, highly m otivated

academ ically, disappeared after d inner

every night to devote themselves to the ir

studies. But one woman in her dorm ­

ito ry was different. “ She would hang

ou t in the lounge, leisurely smoking

L a rk cigarettes and playing cards.

She’d be sitting there w ith the cards in

her hand, like , hey, you know, w hat’s

the big problem? I thought, ‘W ow !

Look at her! T a k in ’ it easy!’ One day 1

walked over to her and said, ‘Excuse

me, what is your m ajor?’ She said, ‘I ’m

a theatre m a jo r.’ And 1 said to myself,

‘T h a t’s it ! ’ I was the on ly theatre m ajo r

in m y class o f over 500 women.

“ It was not considered to be serious.

T h a t’s not the sort o f thing you go to

W ellesley College fo r. 1 loved it. It was

fun. It was the firs t tim e in m y life I fe lt 1

was allowed to be myself. 1 had been

tracked a ll my life in this very na rrow ,

black m iddle class kind o f track. You

are supposed to do certain things. You

are not supposed to be a weirdo. Y o u ’re

pay fo r my lunch? Am 1 going to be s it­

ting here, th is little colored g irl in this

fancy restaurant, w ith no money!' I

d idn’t th in k it was cool to say yes righ t

away, so 1 to ld her I ’d th in k about it . ”

The publisher picked up the tab. The

book. Chain, Chain, Change, was

published in 1985 and continues to sell

well. And W hite had found a new

career. "T h is was the first time it rea lly

clicked,’! she says. “ People w ill pay me

to w rite. I grew up in this culture th in k­

ing no one would ever pay me to w rite. I

had no ro le models. The experience

w ith the gay press had been so reward­

ing in terms o f recognition and making

a difference. Now I could see the

money, so 1 decided to be a jo u rna lis t.”

Enlightening The ChronicleShe went to Colum bia U n ivers ity’s

G raduate School o f Journalism where

she completed her m aster’s degree in

1985. A fte r a short internship at the

Wall Street Journal, she bought a one

way ticket to San Francisco where she

quickly landed her jo b at the Chroni­cle. According to her boss, city ed ito r

Dan Rosenheim, she is the best known

black reporter at the paper. O ut o f a

total o f some 65 c ity desk staff

reporters, five are black. O nly W h ite

and Randy Shilts are fu lly up fron t

gays; a handful o f others are open in the

office, but not to the ir readership.

W hite often gets to choose the stories

on which she works. H er stories have

included black, gay, and disabled sub­

jects as w ell as domestic violence.

Rosenheim calls her a thoughtful, d ili­

gent reporter “ w ith insights that many

She is the best known black reporter at the Chronicle. Only White and Randy Shilts are

fu lly up front gays.have.' "She adds

was an alcoholic, the other was a

re b e l.. .There is a part o f me that is

rea lly intrigued by lawlessness.”

She was so fascinated by the subject

that she aspired to a career as a prison

warden. “ I wanted to study the minds

o f mass murderers. I wondered if it was

something organic in the ir brains that

made them do it o r if it was something

extrem ely d ifficu lt in th e ir childhood. I

was going to m ajor in psychology, do

graduate w ork in crim ino logy, start o ff

at a sm all women’s prison, and work

my way righ t up to Sing Sing. That was

pregnant at 14, one----women involved

supposed to carry this great baiu ier fo r

b lack Am ericans, go to college, be

serious, get a good jo b , come back and

help the people. I was able, instead, to

be jus t a-totally crazy person in college.

I wore overalls and drank beer and

played the saxophone.”

She worked as manager o f the Seattle

office o f the N ational O rganization fo r

W om en, but she quickly became d is illu ­

sioned. “ N o t on ly were no black

reporters don’t

dim ension.”

W hite is clear on what her interests

are — and on what they’re not. “ I am

not into power jo u rna lism ,” she says.

“ I ’m not in tereked in what 1 call the

W atergate m enta lity o f journalism , the

kind that says, ‘M ake me a star! Look

at me! Look at m e!’ I th ink tha t’s a

problem that often arises w ith b lack

journalists. M ost w orking black jour-

in N O W ,” W h ite---- nalists w ith experience can get a jo b

says, “ but there was no sense o f b lack

women’s concerns. 1 felt oppressed

because I was invisible to them. It was

discouraging because these were the

women who were supposed to be the

embodiment o f the fem inist movement.

J f this group isn’t listening to the con­

cerns o f black women, then they are

part o f the problem. It was sta rtling to

me that a movement o f women was

happening and making changes and

that black women were excluded.”

W h ite notes that w ith in the black c iv il

rights movement, women were put in

Tm not interested in the Watergate mentality o f journalism. ”

my p lan .”

W hite points out tha t, a generation

ago, the perceived alternatives in

careers fo r black professionals were

lim ited. Then they thought in terms o f

social work o r teaching, not law or

journalism .

Theater At WellesleyWhen she got to exclusive Wellesley

College, she started righ t in on the

freshman psychology course, but she

was disappointed. “ TTiey were teaching

second class positions. Now she saw the

women’s movement ignoring blacks.

She fe lt excluded in both places. It was

in the gay community that she fin a lly

found acceptance. When she started

wnixngloT Seattle Gay News, she says,

“ It came from inside.”

She- was approached by a les-

bian/fem inist publishing house. Seal

Press, about w riting a book fo r battered

women. A month after subm itting an

ou tline , she went to lunch w ith the

publisher. “ She asked me to w rite the

book,” W hite recalls. “ The firs t th ing I

thought was, ‘I f I say no, w ill she not

now pretty much anywhere they want

to , because the industry, after years o f

racism, is now desperate fo r m ino rity

journalists. So lots o f black journalists

are put on a fast track and there is a lo t

o f pressure to be vis ib le, to get the p lum

assignments, whether o r not that is

what the jo u rna lis t wants to do.

“ I am black. I am a lesbian. I am a

com m unity person to the core. I make

that very clear to m y editors. I like be­

ing among the people and walking

among the peop le .. .There are times

when I th in k 1 could be doing

something tha t has more immediate

contact w ith disenfranchised people.

Often I feel removed from the real

action.

“ Sometimes 1 th in k I don’t have

anything more to say and I ’m going to

qu it. But then the phone rings. A black

farm er can’t get a loan. A woman has

been sexually abused by her father. A

black manager is having troub le

managing black staff people. Those are

interesting things to me.

“ Enlightenm ent is an understanding

that everybody is hum an, everybody

has d ign ity, everybody has pain,

everybody has something to contribute.

You have to move beyond the super­

fic ia l barriers that keep people apart.

You have to see them as human

beings.”

BEYOND THE BAYDuke Students Show Their Levi’sCompiled by Catherine Seidenberg

D urham, N.C. — The Duke Gay and Lesbian Alliance (DGLA) decided it was time to take some action aga in st

homophobia on the Duke Campus. They turned the tables on the heterosexual community by asking that all gays and lesbians wear jeans for a day.__________________________________The predom inant attitude toward gays

on campus is narrow-minded and ho­

m ophobic. Duke doesn’t have a gay

do rm , p ub lic a tio n o r fra te rn ity .

Iro n ic a lly , the university has one o f the

N a tio n ’s prom inent Gay Studies p ro­

grams. Gays at Duke either cut them ­

selves off, o r live in the closet.

O rganizers o f “ Blue Jeans D ay”

faced open harassment, and were sent

snide anonymous phone calls and sar­

castic flyers. However, the point was

made effectively, and w ith good hum or.

It was the heterosexuals left standing in

fron t o f the ir closets, wondering what to

choose. The organizers agreed tha t sig­

n ifican tly fewer students wore jeans that

day, and Associate Professor o f

D ram a, John C lum , faculty adviser to

IX j L A , said one student told him most

o f the residents in his dorm ito ry washed

the ir clothes Wednesday evening, to en­

sure that they would have a clean pair

o f non jean pants.

However, the day passed w ithout any

reported harassment to students wear­

ing jeans. “ B lue Jeans D ay” was a first

step in heightening awareness o f hom o­

sexual concerns on campus. D G LA is

planning a num ber o f activities to con­

tinue the process, including a gay

awareness week in spring, and creating

a “ h a rm o n y” group- to fo ste r

understanding and in teraction be­

tween homo- and heterosexuals.

Big Bucks For Art Against AIDSLO S A N G E LE S — Artists, cu ltu ra l and

business leaders have joined together in a

m ajo r campaign called A rt Against

A ID S . E lizabeth Taylo r, N a tiona l

Chairm an o f the American Foundation

fo r A ID S Research (Am FAR ), an­

nounced “ spectacular response” to the

campaign scheduled fo r December 14 in

Los Angeles.

O ver $250,000 has already been

raised, w ith confident expectations to

raise in excess o f $ I ,5 m illion fo r urgent­

ly needed patient care, education pro­

grams and research.

The opening reception kicks o ff the

six-week series o f events on December 14

from 6-8 pm at the M urray Feldman

G alle ry o f the Pacific Design Center,

8687 Melrose Avenue in West H o lly­

wood. A dance patty at Studio One w ill

follow. Culm inating the effort w ill be a

gala dinner on Jan. 29 at Greenacres, the

Beverly H ills estate o f Susan and Ted

Field, Campaign Committee Co-Chairs.

Tickets fo r the diner w ill cost $500 and

$1,000. The events w ill benefit A m FA R

and A ID S Project Los Angeles (A P IA ).

A rt Against A ID S was conceived and

organized by Stephen Reichard and

Anne Livet o f the Livet Reichard Com­

pany, Inc., in association w ith Susan

M artin o f Susan M artin Public Rela­

tions, both based in New Y o rk C ity. Last

year’s A rt Against A ID S events in New

Yo rk raised more than $2.5 m illion.

Clinical Trial of Ganciclovir AnnouncedThe Food and D rug Adm inistration an­

nounced that Syntex Corporation and

the National Institute o f A lle rgy and In ­

fectious Diseases are in itiating a con-

tro lled clinical tria l of Syntex's investiga-

tiona l drug, ganciclovir, in A ID S pa­

tients w ith cytomegalovirus (C M V ) re tin­

itis , an eye infection that can lead to

blindness.

The new study w ill include a ll patients

w ith newly diagnosed AIDS-related

C M V re tin itis that is not immediately

sight-threatening, estimated to be about

twenty patients a month.

Those patients w ith immediatley sight-

threatening C M V retin itis w ill be eligible

fo r treatment w ith ganciclovir under a

new Treatment IN D sponsored by

N IA ID . The Treatment IN D was ap­

proved by F D A under its recently revised

regulations, which make available p ro­

m ising drugs that are still under study to

patients w ith severe o r life-threatening

diseases.

“ Regardless o f geographic location,

a ll eligible, newly diagnosed patients can

participate in the controlled clinical tria ls

o r the Treatm ent IN D ” , said N IA ID

D irec to r Anthony S. Fauci, M .D . A ny

physician in the United States may enro ll

a patient in the controlled tria l o r the

Treatm ent IN D .

Study participants who have been

taking zidovudine (A ZT ), the only ap­

proved anti-A IDS drug, must discon­

tinue A Z T when they begin treatment

w ith ganciclovir. Because both drugs are

to xk to white blood cells, A Z T and gan­

c ic lo v ir cannot safely be taken

simultaneously.

Physicians and patients interested in

either the controlled tria l o r the Treat­

ment IN D may call the Ganciclovir

Study Center at (30 i) 497-9888.-------

Judge Convicts Wight’s MurdererAdam ’s C ounty, P A . — In an Adam ’s

County, PA . court recently, a judge con­

victed Stephen Roy C arr o f first degree

m urder in a shooting that critically

wounded G aud ia Brenner and killed her

lover, Rebecca W ight. The two women

were fired at last M ay while camping in

the Appalachians.

The judge ruled as inadmissable any

arguments claim ing the women pro­

voked the attack by perform ing sex acts

in front o f the intruder. W hile acknow­

ledging that she and W ight had made

love at the campsite, Brenner insisted

they both thought they were alone, and

said the accusation that they provoked

the attack was “ not only untrue but

insulting” .

Kevin B e rrill, director o f the National

Gay and Lesbian Task Force (N G LTF)

Anti-Vio lence Project commented,

“ W hile the crim inal justice system’s

handling o f this particular case was bet­

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1. The first and most im portant step

is tha t I honestly tell the truth about

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tio na lly . Through meditation and quiet

times I look w ith in m y body and sense

o r feel “ how am I doing? Am 1 burned

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ed, angry o r what?” Next, I a llow

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w ithout judgment so I can be at choice

to do something about how I fed. Th is

allow ing process is “ loving m yself.”

D a ily I meditate fo r 20 to 30 m inutes

in to ta l silence. 1 do nothing but open

up to receive insp ira tion, guidance o r

jus t bask in non-activity. W alking in

nature is another way to relax and get in

touch; it allows m y m ind to let go o f try ­

ing to figure everything out from con­

flic t, anxiety o r fears to just not w o rry­

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it releases the stored emotional stress

and mental anxiety in the tissue o f the

physical body. Swimm ing and dancing

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jogging, yoga o r one’s favorite sport,

not to forget sexual lovemaking. Gym

tra in ing is excellent and popular

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and physique, but develops self-esteem.

A physical regime lo avoid burnout should be one of pleasore and not pain or boredom. important thanreleasing stress is understanding how we respond to it and creating healthy ways of physical response. The main feature to remember is that “ I am

4. The next m ajor step in personal

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have allowed myself to meet m y per­

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up control and practice trusting others.

The hardest tim e to ask fo r support is

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responsib ility fo r fixing someone o r

something. Letting go and letting things

take the ir na tu ra l healing process is not

easy. T ru s t and patience go hand in

hand. The key to support is not waiting

fo r it, but asking fo r support when it is

needed. S uppo rt is true desire

answered.

5. The last step to nourishing the self

is the power o f laughter. Learning to

“ lighten up” has been a pa in ftil p ro­

cess. Fo r most o f my life I have felt like

Zo rro w ith a black mask o f sadness and

pain over m y face. G radua lly the mask-

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tice o f forgiveness. 1 have spent many

hours fo rg iving m y parents, past loved

ones and myself. The result was my

in ne r< h ild emerged in a ll its true

outrageous and hum orous g lo ry.

Presently, 1 use hum or to shift my

energy from heaviness and depression

into lightness and jo y . L ife can be a

celebration, but only if one constantly

chooses to experience it tha t way!

W atching comedy videos, movies,

ta lk ing and listening to jokes and taking

life sincerely, and not seriously, does

the tric k . As singer Bobbie M cFerrin

and avatar M eher Baba say: “ D on’t

w o rry, be happy!”

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a strong life teacher. Fo r m any, it is a

needless hab itua l pattern o f push and

w ork t ill you drop. I feel having an

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D ram a” isn’t worth much. I melted

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ing something for myself by myself.”3. Saying YES to what I want and

N O to what I don’t want is the next

key. This is a p roverb ia l hard one fo r

caretakers, hea lth providers and

anyone in the ro ll o f teacher, parent o r

healer. Saying no is especially d ifficu lt if

one is a recovering alcoholic o r A C A

(adult child o f an alcoholic). For many,

th is addictive pattern is what provides a

sense o f self-worth. Being able to easily

say no to a sick lo ve r o r friend can be

very painful and often times gu ilt is the

result. One has to be w illing to give up

being a “ pleaser.”

When I constantly say yes to

everyone’s wishes, I feel very angry and

resentful not on ly to o then, but most o f

a ll to myself. I judge myself as weak,

lacking self-discipline and fed I ’m not

in touch w ith m y true self and my

needs. Helping someone w ith A ID S o r

any illness can be very rewarding

psychologically and sp iritua lly. It can

also be pa in fu lly damaging to the

caretakers’ career if “ saying n o " is not

okay.

I now say “ no thank you” or “ not at this time” without guilt, shame or the fear of rejecting myself or others. I have learned bow to not be nice, still be loving, be true lo my desires and needs. From thb space of personal power and aothority I am more able lo serve

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U.S. Government Grants AID S Cure Patent to CatapanoThe Typhoid Vaccine For Non-toxic Remission

Reprinted from Spin Magazine November, 1988

A patent to use typhoid vaccine to cure AIDS patients has been granted to a VaUey Stream, N.Y., laboratory technician by the U.S. government, SPIN magazine reports in its

November issue.“ It has been found that a complete

im m unization and rem ission o f a per­

son affiicted w ith A ID S m ay be

achieved by the adm in istration w ith

typhoid vaccine w ith no observed tox­

ic ity ," states patent No. 4,711,876

granted to Salvatore Catapano, 72.

who spent 15 years researching it.

A fte r years of experim enting on

hamsters w ith the vaccine, during which

he discovered its unique capab ility to

stim ulate the immune system and

reduce tum ors, Catapano is now w ork­

ing w ith physicians around the country

to help A ID S patients, w ith impressive

results. Some .KX) o f them are on the

protocol, 2(X) o f them being treated in

Rockville Center, N .Y . by Catapano in

conjunction w ith D r. ^ g u e l Cima.

Doctors have termed the ir results “ ex­

trao rd in a ry” and “ astonishing,” and

the A ID S test (H lV-H isa) o f one pa­

tient is said to have become negative.

Patients in itia lly receive injections

tw ice weekly, then weekly, and fina lly

once a month.

The patent — only one of three ever granted for AIDS treatment — grew out of Catapano's 46 years of ex­perience as a medical technologist, beginning in the U.S. Navy, where he was involved in the testing and treat­ment of thousands of syphilitics.

Syphilis ConnectionCatapano believes that the source o f

immune suppression in A ID S patients

is not v ira l but bacterial. He claim s they

are suffering from e xtrao rd ina rily en­

trenched late-staging syphilis whose

symptoms have been worsened by m ul­

tip le exposures, the resulting depression

o f the immune system and m isapplica­

tion o f antibiotics and rad ia tion.

Once the immune system is restored with typhoid vaccine, he told SPIN, a course of penicillin should bring the AIDS patient into remission. Cata­pano qualifies his work by stating that “ to finish the treatment doesn’t mean that someone will never be sick again, never have pneumonia or an infection. But, with their immune system restored, they wiU be able lo handle H

coveries. Learning o f the acquired im ­

mune deficiency syndrome, the Long

Island man saw a new therapeutic ap­

p lication fo r the vaccine. In 1985, when

the government had come up w ith no

effective A ID S therapy, he filed a new

app lication fo r the patent covering its

use fo r A ID S treatm ent.

Before the application could be

reviewed, Catapano treated a dozen

A ID S patients. H is results were

scrutinized by fou r medical exam iners

who reviewed the Woodwork and c lin ­

ical h istory o f each patient, and looked

at before and after photographs. E x­

cerpts from the ir observations are in ­

cluded in the granting document.

better than patients on any other form

o f treaunent.” he states. M any o f his

patients now have norm al blood

counts.

Among the patients Catapano has

seen, the percentage o f lymphocytes —

the white blood cells that k ill immune

system invaders — has increased.

Twenty-six o f them have completed the

treatment and are receiving m ain­

tenance shots every few weeks.

Lewis Mehl, M.D., is a Stanford trained physician and a licensed Ph.D. psychologist. Dr. Mehl also draws upon his Native American heritage, the Lakota tradition, for his holistic approach to healing through integration of the body, mind and spirit. In addition to his medical- healing practice in San Francisco, Dr. Mehl also leads workshops and seminars across the United States and is the author ot Mind and Matter and Language of the Body: Hypnosis Healing and Physical Illness. He is knowledgable in shamanism and is a certified hypnotherapist.

Recently Dr. Mehl has incorporated the typhoid protocol for more than 50 ot his patients w ith AIDS. At this time, there are approximately 1200 people throughout the US receiving this protocol for treatment of AIDS. While the results ot the research have not yet been published. It appears that 25% indicate no beneficial Impact. Although the procedure remains experimental, it is believed to hold great promise for those suffering w ith AIDS.

The Road To DiscoveryThe Long Island researcher’s four

A year ago, Catapano and D r. C im a ^ decades o f tra in ing and clinical ex-

Catapano believes the source o f immune suppression in AID S is not virala but

bacterial.

as they should." Those who repeatedly reinfect themselves with syphilis, however, should not expect to live, no matter what course of treatment is used.

W hen Catapano recognized after

years o f research the extrao rd inary

a b ility o f typhoid vaccine to stim ulate

the im m une system, in 1978 he went to

the N ationa l Cancer Institu te to have

researchers perform experim ents with

lab anim als to determine the vaccine’s

a b ility to fight cancer. According to

Catapano, experiments there demon­

stra ted the vaccine’s a b ility to

strengthen the immune system.

Breakthrough By ChanceThen N C I D irector D r. A rth u r

Upton, now a department chairm an at

the New Y o rk University School of

Medicine, who ordered the animal

studies to test Catapano’s theories,

recalls: “ People thought 1 was wasting

m y tim e ta lk ing to someone w ithou t an

M .D . o r other scientific credentials. But

it ’s easy to forget, now that science is a

w ell organized profession, that a cen­

tu ry ago, it was conducted by

am ateurs.”

Despite the prom ising results at N C I,

. chemotherapy remained the favored

treatm ent fo r cancer, and Catapano

began seeking a patent fo r his dis-

were the only therapists using the

typhoid vaccine protocol, but word

spread and physicians began treatment

w ith it in Los Angeles, San Francisco,

A tlan ta , Dallas, C incinnati, W ash­

ington, D .C ., M iam i, New Yo rk and

Ind ianapolis. The doctors were re-

quired to obtain a license to employ the

patented vaccine to treat the ir patients

lest they infringe on Catapano’s patent.

In Los Angeles, Dr. German Mai- sonet, an oncologist, said he was skep­tical at first, “ But when I saw a patient with 68 T-helper ceUs go up lo 300 within two months — and maintain that improvement — I decided I had lo investigate.” Adding, “ i was tired of having my patients die,” he began treating 20 sufferers. “ The patients I’m treating with typhoid (vaccine) are getting better. This stuff works, that’s what I care about."

Another enthnsiast is Dr. Lewis Mehl, of San Frandsco, who has been treating 20 AIDS patients since last summer. Each of them had previously stopped taking AZT because of that drag’s toxidty. A few of Dr. Mehl’s patients, SPIN reports, have ex­perienced “ remarkable recoveries," and the pfaysidan says be has seen lesions and chronic respiratory symp­toms disappear in many sufferers.

D r. Te rry Pulse, a fam ily medicine

p ractitioner near Dallas who became

the firs t physidan to obtain a typhoid

license last January, has treated 15 pa­

tients, two o f whom are now in rem is­

sion. “ There has been dram atic visual

improvement and the patients who are

on the typhoid vaedne report feeling

perience were p rim a rily associated w ith

venereal disease. But he had a lifelong

interest in cancer as, by the time he left

the Navy in 1945, it had claimed a

brother, sister, and his father. Not u n til

1960, however, did Catapano bu ild a

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Catapano relentlessly tested different

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Catapano in 1970 tried typho id

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“ From the beginning he knew he was

onto something b ig ,” SP IN reported.

“ The immune stim ulation it produced

was extraord inary. In matched exper­

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m iniscule doses o f vaccine effectively-

dissolved the tumors; conversely it was

impossible to induce tum ors in ham ­

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On Wednesday. December I4ih. Mercury joins two other planets in the sign of Capricorn. Now is the lime to start trying out those fabulous ideas you've gonen in the last three weeks.

With Venus opposed Jupiter Thursday evening, please watch what you eat and drink. Over- indulgence is in the air!

ARIF..S (Mar 21 - Apr 19): You're in the mood for love — wdl, actually a fling. Remember not to lake this too seriouslyd umd after Dec. 22. Have fun!

TAURUS (Apr 21 - May 20): There's been a sub­tle, unnecessary anxiety over a health problem. Get it checked this week and set yoursdf free. Virgo plays a role.

GEMINI (May 21 -Jun 20): That partner you've been considering is ready lo come on board now . The timing will never be any better. You're ready to share a pan of your life never before revealed.

CANCER (Jun 21 - Jul 22): A secret is being revealed that will set your life in a new direction. Trust your intuition on this significant matter. Scorpio plays a role.

LEO (Jul 2J - Aug 22): Now. Leo is a pretty moral fellow, but, let's face it. we all need an ethical "tune-up” now and then. This week clean up that

nasty little sector of your life that's causing you guilt.

VIRGO (Aug 21 - Sep 22): This career you are in has served you wdl. Now there are changes and adjustments to be made and Ihe next two weeks offers the prime opportunity. Don't get stale by letting this one slip by.

LIBRA (Sep 23 - Oct 22): There's a difficult scene involving a friend and you'd rather die than be in it! Take it on. Directly on the other side of the obstacle lies bliss. An Aquarian gels involved.

SCORPIO (Oct Z3 - Nov 21): ''Laughter is the best medicine” and it wll surdy help that namdess, faceless worrying you've been doing latdy. Gel yourself going on a humor program — read a fiinny book, Idl jokes, get silly, and laugh at yoursdf,

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 - Dec 21); If you're feel­ing schizoid and change your mind more often than the change in weather, lake heart. This is a temporary situation. You've been overloaded. The thing lo do is lo lake care and love yoursdf. Kindly put everything dse on "hold.”

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 - Jan 19): If you haven't gotten what you want then you haven't been ask­ing for it. Make your security needs known lo those who can help. It's OK lo be a little sdfish for Ihe next two weeks.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 - Feb 18): The key phrase for Aquarius is " I know.” However, there's something vital to you right now that you don't know. There's a night dass down the street. Enroll. It will be fun.

PISCKS (Feb 19 ■ Mar 20): Even though you can live with a lot of clutter, Pisces, you have too much duttcr in your home, your business place, your social life. Get back on track by focusing on yourtM priority.

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CLASSICSA Singer and Her Audienceby Bill Huck

Soprano Eva Marlon created a sensation recently, when durine a performance of Ponchielli’s La Gioconda she rebuked * me audwnce for laughing at the supertitles. Their laughter hurl her feehngs and she let them know it.

F irst, let’s recreate the scene. It is the

last act o f Ponch ie lli’s blood and thunder

opera, and the heroine’s life has

thoroughly unravelled. The man she

loves is in love w ith another woman,

whom Gioconda has twice rescued from

disaster. The first time she saved Laura,

it was because the aristocratic lady had

protected the Streetsinger’s mother from

an angry crowd. The second time comes

about because Gioconda realizes that

Enzo actually does love Laura and so

Gioconda saves her fo r his sake, to

secure his happiness.

It is a dark and m isty night on the

Venetian canals. In the previous act,

Gioconda gave Laura a Juliet-like potion

from which she w ill awake after seeming

death. Now she brings Laura’s sup­

posedly dead body to her apartment by

gondola and sends fo r Enzo. When the

handsome tenor arrives, the lonely

Streetsinger explains that Laura’s tomb

is empty. A fte r a few harsh words about

grave-robbing, Enzo becomes hysterical

and threatens to m urder the poor, inno­

cent Streetsinger.

It is at this |X)int that the audience

laughed. M arion , speaking in English,

c o m p lie d , " I t ’s not funny.” And then

she pointed out that she was working and

deserved some respect. I did not hear the

performance in which M arion protested,

but in the one I did hear, I noticed that

the audience giggled inappropriately at

exactly that moment. M a rion ’s anger

must have been mounting w ith each per­

formance.

M arion has long been suspicious o f

superiitJes. In an interview last summer

w ith the SF O pera’s new General D irec­

to r Lo tfi M ansouri, who originated that

they had to be handled very carefully o r

they could backfire. The example he

used was a Houston Opera production

o f Puccini’s Tosca, where in the first act,

Tosca chides Cavaradossi for painting a

fair-haired beauty. To Tosca’s way o f

thinking, her lover should adm ire only

brunettes w ith dark eyes, like Tosca’s. In

her parting gesture, the Jealous woman

commands Cavaradossi to paint his

Madonna’s eyes dark — which in the

Houston superiitJes came out as “ Give

her two black eyes.” The audience

na tu ra lly laughed, and the Tosca o f the

production theatened to w ithdraw ,

unless the words were changed. That

Tosca, Mansoui to ld me, was Eva Mar-

T o ir:--------------------------------

There w ill be in every audience some

people fo r whom the most sublime music

makes them just a little nervous. That is

why more people cough in the beautiful,

slovv passages o f a symphony than they

do in the excited hoopla o f the finale.

Those audience members who giggl'- at

superiitJes are frequently seeking an

escape from the s j^ a l involvement that

opera asks o f the listener. I know no way

out o f this. I love live music and

sometimes I hate audiences.

hardly even see them. In one that I do

not know, in a language like Russian,

they are a godsend, keeping me abreast

o f the action. On the whole, what th ^

have done is exactly the opposite o f the

incidental, inappropriate laughter Mar-

ton so objects to: they have made the au­

dience more involved, not less, w ith the

dram a o f the music and the words.

Was M arion right to drop out of

character and address the audience not

as Gioconda but as Eva M arion, the

tired and frustrated singer? C learly she

had stopped feeling G ioconda’s feelings

and begun feeling her own.

Would the audience have been more

w illing to overlook Enzo’s exaggerated

threat lo murder G ioconda. if the perfor-

listening to yourself?” The amazed

young man replied, “ W ell, no. I know

how to sing, I know how a B-flat feels in

my head, and I sing from the feel o f it .”

“ N o , no ,” Schwarzkopf murmured,

“ F irs t,” and then the great soprano

stopped. “ F irst, we must feel the feelings

o f the characters. That is the most im ­

portant thing we do on the stage. But se­

cond we must always listen to

ourselves.”

The plot and characterization o f La Gioconda are its weakest aspects. A rrigo

Boito, who took them from that master

o f melodrama, V icto r Hugo, fiirih e r

dressed e v e rtin g up in stunningly in ­

flated rhetoric. But these faults in the

script do not release the singers from the

obligation to feel the feelings o f the

charaaer. W hat got to M arion is that the

Mezzo-soprano Sheila Nadler

(standing) as La Cieca and soprano Eva Marion in the title

role o f La Cioconda.

mance itself had been more compelling?

M aybe, but then maybe not. Last year, I

attended tow Romeo and Juliets and the

audience always laughed at the same line

in the middle o f the bedroom duet,

despite some quite gorgeous singing.

Technically, M arion was not right to

drop out o f character and express her

own feelings, but that she did, tells you

how im poriant she thinks the issue is. We

need to look more c ritica lly in to super­

titles and, perhaps, we need to learn

more decorum in the opera house. ■

Wings of Shelter BenefitO n D ecem ber 6, “ W ings o f

S he lte r,” the firs t fundraiser o f its kind

benefiting residential programs fo r

women w ith A ID S , took place at the

G reat Am erican M usic H a ll.

Perform ers included C ris W illiam son

and T re t Fu re , Betsy Rose, The Dance

Brigade and M a ria Cora.

The proceeds from “ Wings o f Shel­

te r” went to three San Francisco service

agencies; The Shanti Project o f San

Francisco, the S p iritu a l Resource

Center in O akland, and the /M DS

M in o rity H ea lth In itia tive o f O akland.

These organizations have recognized

the lack o f residential and home sup­

port services fo r women w ith A ID S and

are com m itted to that purpose.

Most groups have devoted the ir

resources to the dom inant risk popula­

tions, gay males and IV drug users.

Though most cases o f A ID S are among

men, more than 100 women have been

diagnosed w ith the disease in the Bay

A rea and numbers are growing weekly.

The S p iritu a l Resource Center in

O akland has in itia ted a D iscretionary

Emergency Funding Program to help

the ir clients w ith A ID S meet pressing

financial concerns like emergency hous­

ing deposit assistance.

The A ID S M in o rity Health In itia tive

w ill also provide emergency assistance

fo r housing and respite child care.

The Shanti Project is establishing a

long-term cooperative housing un it fo r

women w ith A ID S and severe A R C .

They have also subm itted a proposal to

create a housing program for fam ilies

liv in g w ith A ID S .

E lli Cousineau. D irector o f Shanti

P ro ject’s Residence program , said that

many women prefer to live w ith other

A ID S diagnosed women rather than in

co-ed homes. H er wish is to provide a

safe environm ent where women facing

the disease can support each other. The

hope is that “ W ings o f Shelter” not on­

ly benefited these three organizations,

but encouraged existing A ID S service

providers to expand and respond to the

needs o f women who have been exposed

to the virus.

EVERY ONE'S A CRITIC by Mario MondeMibe caring right now...

The man who wrote the supertitles for

San Francisco’s La Gioconda was ob­

viously trying hard to avoid such prob­

lems. In the second act o f the opera, for

example, the two rivals argue about

who loves Enzo most. It ’s a big duet,

pertaps the heart o f the score. A t one

point in the ir cat-fight Laura explains

that she loves Enzo like the splendor o f

creation, like the a ir that gives breath to

life — to which Gioconda in her ftiry

replies, “ but I love him like the lion who

loves blood, like the wind that loves

flight, like the lightn ing that is drawn to

the sum m it." In the SF Opera super-

titles, there is no mention o f the lion,

presum ably because the translator

wanted to avoid the gory image of

G ioconda’s love as a predatory instinct.

The translator was w illing to sacrifice the

p rim itive power o f G ioconda’s language

to his fear that it would be misunder­

stood. Personally I was sorry for the

loss, because it passed over a great

musical idea, but I understood the

m otivation.

Let’s step back from the details o f

supertitles and look at the problem in a

broader fashion. I once attended a

master class conducted by Elisabeth

Schwarzkopf, when the tenor singing for

her wandered rather far from the pitch.

She stopped him and asked, “ A re you

audience’s laughter showed that they

had, even if for a split second, distanced

themselves enormously from Gioconda’s

personal drama. O r what is perhaps

more im portant; they had distanced

themselves from Gioconda’s musical

drama.

The principal problem w ith supertitles

is that they divorce the words from the

music. The composers and librettists ex­

pected the listener to hear the dialogue as

music, to understand the characters’

emotions more from the way in which

they are sung than from what Ihe words

actually say. Supertitles have no way of

indicating the tone in which a statement

is made. And this is im portant, becau.se

in opera it is the music that provides the

guiding tone.

There is a further problem. The brevi­

ty that supertitles ask o f the translator

heightens the dichotomy between what

the audience reads and the fu ll conte,xt o f

what the characters are saying. The

problem, simply put, is that brevity is the

soul o f w it. The quick, bald statements

that read so well as supertitles abstract

the verbal statement very far from the

musical expression o f the drama. Then

they add insult to in jury by being fre­

quently funny, because they are so con­

centrated.

I confess that I am a big fan o f super-

titles. In an opera that I know well I

(Grace

ACROSS

1 ___ in the hole

4 Hallux

7 U S weapon

10 White, el al

13 Restrain

15 Eve7 one

16 Sewn edge

18 Black or Red

19 Error’s panner

21 Infants accesso722 SA Indttn

23 Lean-to

25 Comic Jay

26 Weaver's boon

28 COC locale

30 Nat/ve Amencan t'lbe

32 ‘ As unacquainted With art as a hog IS with mathematics *

-The London Cr/&c

35 ____carte

38 Failed firecracker

39 Former French currency

AO Grant Of Remick

At First name in Cinematography

A3 Celeb mayor's town

A6 ____\ can help il

A7 One way to stand

50 New Zealand Pofy'’esian51 Sediment

52 AIDS drama

54 Exam or hist0756 Degree

57 * Arrested in the mentaii of

an adolescent schoolboy *Edmund Wilson

60 Type of pay or result

62 Observed

6A Jot down

65 Forman mustcai

67 Emancipated70 Beatty

71 Salinger girl and others73 Hook and___

75 Hea/ih director

76 Music industry acronym

78 Linguist’s suffix

79 Animator's canvas

80 Sewing shop abbf

81 'The book IS unnecessa7 * Sêtjrday Review

86 ‘O livers____ • (Cosiello tune)88 Riddlers quest

89 Bake7 offering

91 Maria preceders

94 1944 battle site

95 Certain voles

98 Metallic element

99 Stan of raven’s quotation101 Rand

102 fndescent stone

103 Accountant, for short

104 Word in business saljiaiions105 Large wr units

106 Porky’sabode

107 Uke. cool, cal

^08 To____(for rent)

DOWN1 Emote

2 Perm objective

3 One Great Lake

4 Temporanfy shelve, as a motion5 Potpoum

6 Pipe joint

7 Faulkners____ ia y Dying

8 Gentle or Big

9 Tropical parrot

10 Branch of law

11 ’ll Should Have

Jones hit)

12 Taxi’s Tony, m character

14 Place for a French quader^

17 Grade school subject

20 ‘Completely unpleasant * The New Yorker

24 George Hamilton trademark 27 Not fern

29 Fsqu/ro called her autobiogra phy ‘historically a fraud,

artistically a put up job a'*d

emotionally packed wih meanness *

3 1 ____Town* (Wilder stagecassie)

33 Rich sod

34 Start o f‘an Irish lullaby'35 Actress Sothern

36 Those born 7/23 8/2237 Addams Family slat 42 Pinball disasters44 Dropped trou

45 Go wrong

47 Hocked

48 Ember

49 Spanish aunt

53 Sol

55 Smallest amount58 Amoche

59 Pa 's season

61 Lass e's owner

63 ^I' W concern

66 S' ow up on camera

68 New York drama critic

69. Brooklynites indicator

72 Symbols for 98 across

74 Type of stop or room

75 Aviators prefix76 Waugh

77 Roiartans'kin

79 Forty winks

81 Explosives (pi abbr)

82 ____sea (far adrift)

83 Alien (comb form)

84 Movte studio department85 Slip's foil, on the 8owe7 87 First name in fashion90 Mature

92 Dastardly

93 Withered

96 Dine

97 Staltone

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ARTSINTERVIEWJon Sugar: Entertainer, Poet and Media Figureb y M a rk S a iz w e d e l

J on Sugar’s celebrity is a difficult quantity to measure. Many people in San Francisco's gay community have heard the name but aren’t sure where. Others know him as some sort of

entertainer or media figure or both. Time magazine identified him as a “ gay poet’’ in an issue earlier this year. OVhen Jon read that, he immediately went home and started writing poetry, including his innovative: “Tree, Angry Tree’’ — that’s the whole poem.)

Jon Sugar’s w riting more often takes

the fo rm o f newspaper articles and song

lyrics, in a ll truthfulness. Those who

have seen Jon perform comedy o r music

— w ith Jon almost inseparable forms o f

expression — know that his songs and

w riting are twice as enjoyable in person.

C om ec jian , m ed ia p e rso na lity ,

o rganizer and now recording artist —

no one o f these labels o r a dozen others

that m ight fit seems to do M r. Sugar

justice.

I met w ith Jon Sugar on the hottest

day in ^ Francisco’s history at his

latest “ gig” — where the label “ security

guard” is usually applied. Jon was in his

guard’s uniform , something he doesn’t

like to wear in public too often because

he lives in fear that someone w ill light up

a cigarette near him and he’ll go up in a

cloud o f polyester. W e were on the

balcony o f Davies Medical Center’s

gazebo overlooking the city he has called

home since 1973.

You've been in San Francisco fo r 15

years. W hat was the gay community

like then, and how has it changed since

then?

When 1 got here, fucking was like a

handshake. It was the ultim ate hand­

shake. I guess I s till have m ixed feelings

about sex. Sometimes it ’s too much like

w ork. L ike I ’ve said before, sex is

everything and nothing.

W hat do you mean by that?

That it becomes mechanical sometimes,

if you’re w ith the same partner fo r a long

period o f time.

Then it becomes nothing?

You have to get to level two after sex.

Anybody can have sex. Dogs have sex.

You don’t hear them barking about it all

the time. Dogs fuck in the park, and dogs

fuck a lo t o f different dogs, too, but

nobody chastises them o r takes away

the ir doggie rights.

I s till don’t know what you mean hv

“ sex is everything.'

It depends. It depends on my mood.

I t ’s like late-night heroin on S ixth Street.

Y ou r eyes start to gloss over, especially if

you haven’t gotten la id fo r a while, and

the sperm starts to rush to your head,

and your eyes tu rn completely white

from having white outs, and you just gets

to plug into something, you know? Do

some serious plugging someplace. I ’ve

had a lo t o f fast-food sex, but then you

get to the point — you ’ve done a lot of

McFuck and McBlow job, so you want to

get to level two. I feel like I can now. You

cannot understand Beaujolais until you

first have Ripple.

So te il me more about how things were.

I worked at the M in i-Adu lt in 1978,

1979 and 1980. The M in i-Adult was, in

the streets, known as the Fuckatorium.

A ll you eat fo r a buck. It was a dollar to

get in , and anyone w ith a pulse got a

blowjob. You could lite ra lly slide to

Va lle jo on the cum on the floor. Anyone

and anything that could walk, ta lk , creep

o r crawl could get sucked off, fucked in

the ass, fucked in the eye, anything. 1

saw people flipped over theatre seats and

screwed while hetero sex flashed on the

screen. It was a tp ily b izarre show, and I

was the manager o f that place. The night

I was busted, they arrested six o f us. The

cops were chiding me. They were bother­

ing me the whole time. They fina lly put

the handcuffs on me and put me in the

truck and said, “ How come gay people

do this when straight people don’t? We

don’t see this happening at the Golden

Gate Theatre.” W e ll, no, I don’t see

nobody butt-fucking while they’re

watching “ Dream girls” o r Anthony

New ly tap dancing across the stage. It ’s

like knowing what to kiss and when. But

at the Fuckatorium we had like “ Bus­

inessmen’s Lunch.” It looked like this

o ld cartoon where the ball bounces on

the words and you sing along. Tha t’s

what it used to look like in there. A ll

these little heads bouncing up and down.

Popcorn boxes was another favorite. A ll

these people w ith popcorn boxes preten­

ding that they were eating popcorn and

they’d have the ir dick sticking up

through the boxt And they had a game

called Checkers, where one guy would sit

here, and another would s it here, and

then they’d keep moving over a seat.

I guess it surprises me that you’ve been

doing as w ell w ith your new record

l “ G ay Type Thang” ) as you have. It

seems like a real in-song, a real novelty

song is one way o f putting it, I guess.

It ’s a novelty. I t ’s a lo t o f things. I t ’s a

rap record. A t 33 'A it ’s serious dance

music. A t 45, it ’s great comedy. DJ reac­

tion has been real funny. I ’ve called all

the gay DJ’s I know to try to get them in ­

volved in it. I f I don’t get gay'D J’s to

p lay it, I don’t know who w ill. And I

need their support.

'So what have they said?

The one’s that listen like it. I t ’s getting

them to spin it. And 1 know that people

that hear it get a real kick out o f it. 1 need

a crew o f cute boys to run around and

kiss the cute D J’s and make them play

these records. You know. I ’m too old

and bulky to be running around w ith my

record.

W hat have you done w ith a ll the media

attentio f l you ’ve— gotten— from— the—

record, your performances, your bust at

the M in i-Adu lt, your gay bashing and

you r other activities?

I don’t know. I ’ll te ll you, when I was

twenty-four years old, I thought my shit

taste like ice cream — I d idn't know that

fo r sure, but I sensed it. I had thrown a

party the night before, and about five

hundred people came. I was the DJ and

the emcee and the entertainment. People

came because I was fresh at the time. It

was a pretty def party. The next day I

went over to this g irlfriend o f m ine’s

house. She was also about twenty-five,

and she lived w ith this black guy who was

in his forties. He sang in an R&B group

called The Four Deuces, and they had

one hit called “ W P LZ .” It went,

"W P U sure feel good to me.” One of

those numbers? They each got fifty bucks

fo r the session. The song was a m illion

seller. And he was an alcoholic in his low

forties. And I just shook my head, and I

said, “ W hat a p itifu l motherfucker. Shit

like this won’t ever happen to me,

because I'm just way too emu tor that.

So two years ago. I was disabled. I was

homeless. I was drug-addicted, I was

eighty pounds overweight. D id it happen

to me? It happened to me! W hat do I do

w ith a ll that attention? I don't know.

H ow were you able to come up w ith the

money to produce “ Gay Type Tbang”

then?

I spent a lo t o f time trying to get local

investors interested in the record. A t this

time, my lover Jerry, who is 16 years

younger than myself, and was as

supportive and loyal and loving as he

could possibly be. considering what a

wreck I was and how young he was. He

really is a great individual — w ith a few

flaws: He was a prostitute, on occasion,

when we were liv ing together. We used

to te ll people when they asked,

Sion when we were living together. We

used to te ll people when they asked.

“ How's your sex life?” We'd say,

“ G reat.” Not w ith each other, but we

had a great sex life. Having sex w ith

Jerry was kind o f interesting.

Under what circumstances were you

able to come up w ith the money?

The money fina lly came because Jerry

became rich. He started his own

business, if you w ill as a — an escort, I

th ink they call it. About this time he

started doing th is, it took him a b it, but

he started doing strip shows at the Nob

h ill under the name o f Todd Thorson.

And I ’ve been supportive o f him . The

im portant thing is that we understood

each other. I f we lied to each other, we

copped to it. A nd both o f came from the

position o f — that neither one o f us were

saints. He understood me. I told him

constantly he was looking for a daddy,

and I said, “ Look, 1 can’t tell you what

to do. I can’t even te ll myself what to

do.” A nd I ’ve been in relationships

before where people get attracted to The

Great Jon Sugar, and like I say. I ’m

about as tough as a N erf Ball. I mean,

there are some things — I know more

about m yself now, thank God. I ’m hap­

py to be the age I am. I ’m happy to be

where I am now — to a point. Thrilled?

I ’m not th rilled about it, but there are

things that I rea lly enjoy. Like, this may

sound corny, but to be able to see these

roses and look at this great city — some­

times just to be alive, to take deep

breaths, to know that even though I ’m

somewhat lum py and mishappen I can

s till pick up the best looking guys in the

world, if 1 want. And to prove it. I ’ve just

had a six-month rdationship w ith a

retarded alcoholic who’s incredibly good

looking.

So Jeny gave you the money fo r “ Gay

Type T lia iig .” Then what happened?

W ith in six weeks, the record came

out. The next thing is promoting it. I ’ve

gotten a irp lay on KALX-FM . That was

a funny story. I got the test pressings,

and I went to K A L X , and there are a ll

these kids — it ’s basically a college radio

station — and there was this g irl trying to

look real ch ill. She’s like sucking a beer

w ith a straw and she’s got braces on.

You know, it ’s like you can’t be too ch ill

when you’re wearing braces. So she’s

sucking a beer and I go, “ I have a new

record, and I want to get some a irp lay.”

“ Oh, what kind o f a record is it? ”

“ W ell, it ’s a rap record.” “ Oh, there’s a

rap show on right now. W hy don’t you

■ gve-the-DJ a copy and maybe he'll play

it after he listens to it?” So I go

downstairs and it ’s this black DJ. H is

name is Blackstone, and he’s got on the

little DJ cap that they wear. I said,

“ Look, I just talked to your program

director, and she said I could come down

here and gve you this record and you’d

give me a little interview. ” And so he a r­

ched his eyebrow and looked at me and

said, “ W hat kind o f record is it?” And I

said, “ It ’s a gay rap record.” So he

arched his eyebrow some more. I said,

“ Does that frighten you?” So he

snatched the record from me and put it

on the turntab le to run it, and then he

turned to look at me and said, “ Does

that frighten me? No, that doesn’t

frighten me. You frighten me.” So I

said, “ G ood.”

And then be played it?

He played it, and then afterwards I

asked if there was anybody out there w ith

some money o r a Xerox machine o r

wanting to have casual sex, they should

call the station and ta lk to me. And there

was another DJ from another show that

heard it who said, “ That soundgs pretty

fresh. I ’ll p lay it on my show.” So I ’ve

got to get some more copies over there.

But it s hard. I ’m doing it a ll by m yself

So where else have you gotten airplay?

KUSF — Jeff M ann. He’s great. He’s

this gay DJ, little short dude, works at

a

A ll the rats are cru is in ' all the kangaroos And the ch icken s are look like Sp iro Agnew s Bone headed beauty with a head like a bone C ad illac-w a lk in ' w ith his rad io on H is titties are pierced and h is butt’s in the breeze Aahooooo, big daddy, my booty stings T h a t’s a deep revelation for a G ay Type Thang

f rom the record "G ay Type Thang" by Jon Sugar, copyr ight 1979

I see him w alkin ' down the hall He s t ic k s his head into my sta ll And w rites his number on my wall That boy is in great mental health And I scream , "D on ’t go! I'll d ie .”And he sa ys , “ Drop dead. G oodbye .”A loves B. B loves C.And C needs drugs just to deal w ith me.

from the song “ Glory Ho les" by Joi i Sugar

KUSF late at night. He’s got a good

sense o f hum or, knew who 1 was and

everything. I said, “ Look, I ’ve got this

record out, and I ’d like an interview,”

He had me on his show twice. A t KZSC

in Santa C ruz, this woman called me,

she said, “ I ’m not sure how I fed about

your music.” I said, “ W ell, do me a

favor and take it to your therapist, okay?

This is a radio show. I a in ’t no goddamn

psychologist.

There's been more than K A L X , KZ.SC

and KUSF?

Oh, yeah. I've gotten airp lay on

KPO O . There's this show w ith this black

DJ where he tries to ridicule me, and I

did a rea lly good job. Actually, he was

just try ing to play the devil’s advocate.

Someone called and said that he liked my

show — while he was playing the

records, they liked what I had to say.

And he said to him , “ What are you —

his cousin?” I ’ve also been getting great

support in Hartford, Connecticut, o ff of

a college radio station, W W UH-FM .

Also KBO O in Portland, Oregon, plays

“ Gay Type Thang.” And I got airplay

on K P FA before I was kicked o ff the air.

So what's coming after “ Gay Tyne

Thang?”

I ’m gonna do an acid-/heavy-metal-

vefsion o f “ Drag Queen” — to the tune

o f “ W üd Th ing .”

Drag Queen.You make m y thing spring You make ei’erything tacky.Dr<^ QueenDrag Queen.I think / love youBut love is just lust in dragDon't you think? Or don't you?Please come back here and untie m y feet Don't piss in my drink / love you.

Heavy intellectual stuff. I want to give

Baudelaire a run for his money. And I ’ve

got another one called “ G lo ry Holes”

and a rock opera I ’ve been w orking on

called “ Free the Western Addition

3 0 0 0 . ’ ’

W ha t’s that?

I t ’s basically a bunch o f New Yo rk

conversations strung together.

M ark Saizwedel is a book editor and freelance writer in San Francisco.

ARTRich Mix of Cultured Crafts Provides R-E-L-I-E-F —One-Stop Holiday Shoppingby Monica Levin

C hanukah arrived early this year but there are still two weeks left before the other C word rolls around. StiD searching frantically — and futilely — for unique presents? Check

out the Women’s Building Arts and Crafts Fair on December lOth-llth and 17th-18th, which is prondly celebrating a decade of promoting women in the arts.

A n event that embraces and offers

diverse cuhures, food, entertainm ent and

the handiwork o f over 100 craftswomen,

the fa ir has burgeoned in to the Women’s

Build ing ’s laigest annual fundraiser as

well as the largest women’s crafts show in

the country. Last year, approxim ately

17,000 men, women and children stop­

ped in during its four-day run . Fa ir coor­

d inator H iilip p a W ink le r encourages

everyone to come and promises that “ it

w ill p u t fun in to yo u r ho liday

shopping.”

T lie W om en’s Building has long been

known as a community center that serves

as a haven fo r women in crisis and a vita l

hub fo r progressive organizing in the Bay

A rea. M ore than 13,000 women a year

receive referrals for employment, hous­

ing, food, legal help, health care and per­

sonal support that often im prove the

q u ^ ty o f their lives. The W om en’s

Build ing also offers low-cost office space

to a wide range o f com m unity groups.

The San Francisco A ID S Foundation,

G ray Panthers, Haight-Ashbury Free

C lin ic, Bay Area W om en’s P h ilh a r­

monic and numerous o ther organiza­

tions provide educational, service and

cu ltu ral programs here.

The fa ir was birthed by O ld W ives’

Tales in 1978, a humble but proud

display by fewer than 20 craftswomen. It

has grown into a m ajor event, w h id i the

Women’s Building has sponsored and

hosted ever ànce. The fa ir is clearly

outgrow ing the three (o f fou r) floors

given over to it. Next year m ay find it at

Fo rt Mason.

A s usual, the accent this year is on

variety, and the array is dazzling. Over

100 craftswomen from the Bay A rea and

beyond w ill display the ir wide-ranging

talents that transform fabric, paper,

clay, glass, leather, metal and wood into

sculpture, paintings, picture frames.

clothing fo r men, women and children,

toys, jew e lry, masks and more.

Photographs, prints, cards, rubber

stamps and bumper stickers w ill be

available, as w ill booths offering tarot

readings, massage and medicinal herbs.

Should you work up an appetite while

feasting your eyes on so much beauty,

ingenuity and good w ill, not to w orry —

a plethora o f edible ethnic delights awaits

you at the food booths on the th ird floor.

W hat — you want entertainm ent

too? Choose from jazz, blues, comedy,

belly dancing, storytelling, gospel sing­

ing and more performed by D anny

W illiam s, A vo lc ja and L isa Cohen,

Hand to Hand C h ild ren’s Kung Fu

Perform ance Team, Gospel E lites,

Rhiannon, Conjunto Cestedes, .Sistah

Boom , Jud y FjeD and C rys ta l Reeves,

San Jose T a iko Ensemble, Sharon

Paige R itch ie, Jessica W illiam s , Faye

C aro l and K ito Gamble and others.

And, since there’s something fo r

everyone, yo u ’ll also fin d free

childcare, admission on a slid ing scale

from $3.50 to $8 (free fo r children

under 12), senior citizen discounts and

wheelchair accessibility. I t ’s a ll happen­

ing at 3543 18th Street, between v ie n -

cia and G uerrero, from 10 am to 6 pm

each o f the four days.

W hat follows is the fa ir in microcosm

— four CTaftswomen who describe their

work, a ll o f which w ill be fo r sale during

one o r both weekends. Three are fa ir

veterans; one is a newcomer to the event.

Two o f them team up to create fiised-

glass bowls, plates, trivets and picture

frames; one makes vibrant fine-art batiks

that cry out to be framed and hung;

another offers a line o f clothes fo r large

women. A ll are big boosters o f what they

call the best women’s crafts la ir around.

Confusion Glassworks encompasses a

collection o f ftised-glass objets d’a rt that

is d istinctly offbeat and whimsical.

Owned and operated by Francine

Popkin and Ginger E llio t, the company

utilizes a process that resembles fining

pieces o f a puzzle together by heating

various glass shapes at temperatures o f

up to 1400 degrees, then fusing them.

Over the past three years, decorative o r

ftm ctional serving and dinner plates,

bowls, trivets and picture frames have

been produced by the duo, along w ith a

jewelry line consisting o f earrings,

necklaces, pins and bolo ties. Copper

and brass often complement the colored

glass.

O rig ina lly from N o rth Carolina,

Popkin moved to the Bay A rea ten yeats

ago. E llio t emigrated from M ichigan

three years later. They met and teamed

up shortly thereafter. E llio t was working

w ith stained glass at that tim e and was

showing some o f her panels and boxes at

crafts fa irs. Popkin, i^ o longed to work

w ith her hands and be her own boss, was

not very inspired by her job in a ceramics

supply shop. A common interest in fused

glass led the women to a weekend fusing

workshop in San Francisco in 1985.

“ I did a piece on Saturday, saw the

results on Sunday and was a ll ready to go

out and buy a k iln ,” la u ^ Popkin. She

enjoyed the quick turnaround time,

which differed fe rn completing clay and

silk-screened pieces, whirh

Cynthia Riggs “Making It B ig”

worked w ith before. “ If you make a

mistake in glass, you can try it again the

next day,” she adds. “ It kept my in­

terest.”

Popkin had found the medium to

build a business around and did order a

kiln . When it arrived the follow ing week,

she and E llio t set up shop in the front

room o f the ir apartment and began tu rn­

ing out vivid ly colored fused-glass

jewelry. It made its debut alongside

E llio t’s stained glass at her next crafts

show at the Women’s Building. W ith

their distinctive new name, a business

license Popkin had acquired fo r past silk-

screening w ork and a nest egg she had

saved fo r jus t such a financia lly uncertain

lifestyle, they were in business for

themselves.

The couple complement each other

perfectly. E llio t does most o f the design­

ing while Popkin handles marketing,

paperwork, details and supplies. It has

become a full-time job for the two o f

them and a real pleasure because the

ledger ink has just turned black. When

some o f the company’s pieces were

shown at the Haine Potter G alle ry and

the C alifo rn ia Crafts Museum late last

year, interest and sales grew.

Confusion Glassworks has matured to

the point where a studio has been rented

fo r its operation. A jew elry sales

representative now sells to local crafts

she had-----the best

Yvonne Brown — Batiks

shops — notably O ut o f Hand in Noe

Va lley and W omancrafls West in the

M ission. A second rep in Los Angeles

also does very well w ith the line.

The unusual plates, bowls, trivets and

frames are available exclusively at fairs

and retail shows, reason enough to seek

out Confusion Glassworks at the

Women’s Building. The average price

range is $50 to $60. “ We are selective o f

the fairs we do,” Popkin says. “ The

Women’s Building Fa ir has always been

'v ‘ £*- / / À

I:- ' 0 m A i m

w ith her son, Sean, in 1983, where she

taught drawing and painting. “ Everyone

goes to the Caribbean now,” Browne

reports. “ Had 1 stayed, I would have

made a lo t o f money. But since I ’m here,

I feel this is the stepping stone.”

A ll o f the Brownes have been passed

into service fo r the advancement o f

Adrionne Stuido, a combination o f

Yvonne’s and her daughter Adrienne’s

names, which has been operating since

1965. Production is done in the fam ily’s

by the form er owners o f Crown Zelle'--

bach.

The growing interest in her w ork no t­

withstanding, Browne still hasn’t bee i

able to reach her goal o f creating her a rt

full-time, but she is confident o f its a.-

tainment in the near future. “ 1 firm ly

believe that when you set your m ind to

something, it works,” Browne relates. “ I

fed that what 1 do is good and it w ill

work fo r me.”

See fo r yourself. Adrionne Studio w il;

display its wares fo r the first tim e at the

Women’s Build ing A rts and Crafts F a ir

at Booth 7 on the second floo r the

weekend o f the 17th and 18th.

Riggs’ stylish garments are modeled in

her seasonal catalogs by nonpetite

women — the audience they are designed

for. Most cotton and rayon separates are

priced from $40 to $50, w ith dresses

around $80 and wool ponchos up to

$135. The clothes accommodate women

with waists from 31 to 71 Vi inches and

hips from 40 to 74 inches. Blouse and

dress sizes run from 32 to 70-f . Riggs

provides an unusual size chart from X X S

to X X X L and has to educate her

customers because many o f them don’t

believe her pants, tops, dresses, skirts,

vests, pantyhose and nightgowns w ill fit

them o r that they w ill look good in them.

“ Most o f my clientele is under 40,

because they have had a shorter time

period where they’ve been beaten into

submission by what used to pass fo r

fashion fo r large women,” Riggs says.

“ People deal w ith my catalog and m er­

chandise in a very mixed way. Women

who have the concept o f positive self-

identity find it validating; those who find

being big negative have an extremely d if­

ficult time w ith it. They want a size 8

model showing these clothes, which

defeats the purpose.one fo r us and the most en-----large studio apartment. Sean handles the-------“ I reallv believe that it ’s okav fn r»dnhiraiiQPthi.iw.n1pi.rPu.,,, hucin«,, XA.i.___ “ S Okay torjoyable to do because the people are very

appreciative o f ou r work, whether o r not

they buy it. And more and more men are

coming through. W ord is getting out that

the crafts displayed here are for

everyone, even though they are made by

women.”

Confusion Glassworks w ill be at

Booth 78 on the first floo r both weekends

o f the fa ir.

From her youthful exuberance and

boundless energy, you would never guess

that fine artist and commercial designer

Yvonne Browne qualifies for social

security. A social worker fo r a senior

residence by day, she devotes as much o f

her spare time as possible to the time-

consuming art o f batik. A n Indonesian

word meaning “wax w riting ,” batik in ­

volves waxing fabric and dipping it into

o r painting it w ith wet dyes. Browne’s

batiks — most o f bold, colorful scenes

reflecting her black heritage — take

anywhere from two days to two weeks to

complete. A ll exude her positive outlook

on life.

“ I love myself, so I love portraying

people in a happy w ay,” Browne says.

“ I see batik as being able to give expres­

sion. It fits in w ith the kind o f artwork I

like to do — beautihil colored things.”

The New York native has lived in San

Francisco since 1972. H er tim ing was o ff

when she took a brie/h iatus to St. C ro ix

business matters and Adrienne does the

quilting, which gives the batiks a three-

dimensional quality. Browne, a skilled

craftswoman who is equally comfortable

when silk screening, painting, sculpting

o r weaving, became interested in batik in

1970 and now works p rim arily in that

medium. She also reproduces her batik

designs on greeting cards.

Browne insists on applying color to

the architect’s cloth on which she creates

her designs by using the old-fashioned

yet effective dip-and-dye method. The

durable synthetic dyes come out richer

from dipping than by painting them onto

the fabric. And once they are set in soda

ash, the vibrant colors w ill never fade.

Browne’s framed and matted batiks,

which range in size from 6x6" to 36x48",

sell from $25 to $1500. Purse batiks run

$10 to $30. Custom orders are welcom­

ed.

In itia lly , Browne secured a street a r­

tis t’s license for displaying and selling her

a rt, which she had occasion to use. A

friend convinced her that her work was

fine art — too good to sell on the street.

She heeded his advice and her designs

now command prices that are prohibitive

fo r an impulse sidewalk purchase. To

date, Browne’s batiks have been sold in

galleries and appear in collections

around the world, including an Antigua

v illa where six pieces were commissioned

women to be big, and I don’t th ink that

dieting is necessarily the solution to being

a happy person in this culture,” the

32-year-old declares. “ That’s a lot o f the

political work that I do and it ’s also part

o f how this business evolved.”

M aking It Big emerged in 1983, about

the s ^ e tim e that large women were get­

ting tired o f searching the outer recesses

o f department stores to find clothes to fit

them. I f and when they did succeed in

discovering large-sized clothes, they

didn’t appreciate the poor selection,

m atronly styles and lim ited colors

available. M any o f these women

developed a m ilitan t attitude, refused to

settle fo r what they didn’t want

(polyester pants w ith elastic waists no

longer sufficed) and demanded today’s

fashions in large sizes. They got it —

along w ith Big Beautificl Woman and

Radiance, two fashion and beauty

magazines that address the special needs

o f this substantial and previously ignored

audience.

W hat helps Riggs’ business is outreach

— she travels around to fairs and house

parties to spread the news that she sells

fashionable clothing for large women at

reasonable prices. “ When people actual­

ly see, feel and get to try on the clothes,

they become m y customers,” says Riggs.

Making It Big w ill hang its clothing at

Booth 58 on the first floo r both weekends

o f the fair. ■

‘AIDS and T reinsformation ’by Jason Serinus

Among the many books on A ID S that have appeared in the last year, two stand out as eloquent testimony to the healing

and transformational potential o f the epidemic. One, by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M .D ., among the foremost authorities on death and dying in the world today, presents an impassioned, all-inclusive look at the challenges that A ID S presents to our community. The other, a most welcome heartening collaboration by C . Norman Shealy, M .D ., one o f the most respected holistic medical practitioners in the United States, and Caroline M. M yss, an 0\traordinary medical clairvoyant and channel for the spirit entity G enesis, addresses the opportunities for transformation that AID S has presented us.

Although their w ritings come from

d is tin c tly d ifferent perspeetives —

Kubler-Ross believes that A ID S is an in ­

evitab ly fatal disease, while Shealy and

Myss offer evidence to the contrary by

providing an actual case history o f a man

who has healed himself of A ID S — both

works are suffused w ith a much-needed

quality of inspiration which can em­

power both ind ividual and collective

healing.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross views A ID S as

the ultim ate challenge fo r humanity.

"A re we going to choose hate and

discrim ination, o r w ill we have the

courage to choose love and service?"

asks this tireless exponent o f uncondi­

tional love. As if to underscore the cen­

tra lity o f Elisabeth's question, Caroline

Myss writes that “ it seems that life has

provided us w ith those situations that w ill

draw from us our highest potential as

human beings if we choose from our

hearts to respond w ith love. Love is the

only vaccine that can heal these

illnesses." A ID S , in the opinion o f a ll

three autho rs, has provided ou r

planetary community w ith an opportuni­

ty fo r total healing — a healing that can

come about only when we open our

hearts fu lly and unconditionally to

ourselves and to each other.

E lisab e th K ub le r-R oss’s boo k.

A ¡D S : T h e U ltim a te C h a lle n g e ,

is both an eloquent testimony to our

hum anity and a plea fo r us to open our

hearts s t ill fu rth e r. H ig h lig h te d

throughout is the unique contribution o f

the gay community, which has provided

a model of unconditional love and ser­

vice fo r the entire planet. In one o f the

first pages o f her introduction. Kubler-

Ross tells the story o f "one form erly very

up tigh t" heterosexual couple which

sought help from the gay community

when a well-known C alifo rn ia funeral

chain refused to bury the ir son. These

gay men. who had buried hundreds o f

their own friends, not only welcomed the

couple warmheartedly, but arranged the

whole funeral and attended in great

numbers to show that not everybody in

the world had forgotten and forsaken

(the couple)!"

In a subsequent chapter on "Le tting

G o ." Elisabeth w rites that “ the largest

group o f A ID S patients is still homosex­

ual men.” She praises our community,

which has "organized extraord inary

support systems that now serve as ex­

amples to other cities and other coun­

tries. If there is ever a vaccine fo r

A ID S ." she continues, " it w ill not in the

least be the result o f |the gay

community's) strength and efforts."

W hile most gay readers are not in

need o f another w ritten recounting of the

tolls o f this epidemic and the injustices

perpetrated by government and citizens

alike. Kubler-Ross's chapters on parents

of children w ith A ID S , children and

A ID S , babies w ith A ID S , women and

A ID S , and A ID S in prison can help us

free ourselves from any homocentric

'lew of this epidemic as p rim arily a gay

phenomenon. Her inclusion of the

transcript o f the V irg in ia community

meeting that blocked her plans for an

can help us transcend our sense o f isola­

tion and “ victim hood,” and open our

hearts still fu rther to our connection w ith

a ll beings on the planet.

Unquestionably, the most remarkable

pages o f this book were penned not by

Elisabeth, but by her "p rid e and jo y "

student and San Francisco assistant.

Irene Sm ith. Irene began going room-to-

room massaging people w ith A ID S on

San Francisco General Hospital's famed

A ID S ward in August o f 1983. a year

after she had become the first massage

volunteer o f Hospice o f San Francisco.

A fte r massaging more people iv ith A ID S

than perhaps anyone else on the planet,

she founded the Service through Touch

organization, which both tra ins massage

volunteers and bodyworkers working

with PW As and produces invaluable

written and recorded literature on the

subject. Beloved and even revered by the

tens o f thousands whom she has touched

w ith her work. Irene's 50-page testimony

to love and service in this book can onlv

''Are we going to choose hate and discrimination, or will we have the

courage to choose love and service?'^Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Center hospice

for abandoned babies and children w ith

A ID S is quite te lling. A lthough I lament

that much o f this m aterial seems to have

been prepared several years before the

publication o f the book, these sections

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As someone who has spent almost six

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which affirm s people's ab ility to heal

themselves o f A ID S . I was in itia lly deep­

ly disturbed by Elisabeth's declaration

that A ID S is an inevitably fatal disease.

In a discussion I had w ith her at her Life.

Death and Transition workshop (LD T ).

Elisabeth asserted (w ithout dropping a

stitch o f her knitting) that it has been

necessary fo r ou r planetary transform a­

tion into a community o f unconditional­

ly loving beings for a ll those diagnosed

w ith A ID S to have died. (“ Is it possible

that our A ID S patients, children and

adults a like, chose to contribute their

short life spans on planet Earth to help us

open our eyes, to raise our con­

sciousness, to open our hearts and

minds, and to fina lly see the lig h t? " she

asks in her book's Introduction). She

also shared that she did not understand

why everyone made such a fuss over

death. I f they could only know how

wonderful it is on the other side, she

asserted, the fear o f death as a fa ilu re o r

a punishment would cease to shackle us

and blind us to the fu ll to ta lity o f our

existence.

A ll this raises many questions in my

head and heart, for which there are no

simple answers. So I find m yself turning

w ith re lief to the heartening teachings

communicated through Caroline M .

Myss. Kevin Ryerson and other

legitimate and trustworthy trance chan­

nels. A I D S : P a s s a g e w a y to T ra n s fo rm a tio n — has been called

“ exactly what we need to expand our

understanding o f this intense experience

called A ID S " by Louise H ay, and

"m andatory reading" by Kubler-Ross

herself. Except fo r its price per page —

$10.95 fo r a th in hardcover (boo!) that

would be fa r more acceptable as a $5

trade paperback — I have nothing but

praise fo r this unique collaboration.

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Torch Song Trilogy( t ’’ here’ s a certain something to know that you had dream.

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Not only do you feel good about yourself, but you feel good that a few people m ight^o for their dreams because you did.” Harvey Fierstein’ s dream, the long-awaited film adaptation o f"T orch Song T rilogy" has finally been realized in classic “ labor o f lo ve" tradition. "Torch Song Trilogy’ ’ is the funny and poignant story o f a gay New Yorker’ s search for love and respect in a heterosexual world which focuses on the lovers in his life, as well as his strong-willed mother. From its birth off-Broadway to its more than two year successful run on Broadway and two coveted Tony Awards — Best Play and Best Actor, Fierstein was finally able to bring all o f the right elements together to produce the screen version.

T h is com bination included the

assembly o f a dynamo cast — Harvey

Fierstein, Anne Bancroft, Matthew

Broderick and B rian Kerw in, the p ro­

ducing talents o f Howard G ottfried ,

responsible fo r such award-winning,

thought-provoking film s as “ The

H osp ita l,” “ N etw o rk,” and “ A ltered

States,” and fin a lly , a studio that was

committed to bankro lling the project.

New Line Cinem a.

Before securing a commitment from

New L ine Cinem a, numerous p ro­

ducers and studios had expressed in ­

terest in the project; however, each had

screen visions o f “ Torch Song” that

called fo r m ajo r revisions and cuts,

syphoning out what Fierstein con­

sidered to be the heart and soul o f the

work. Based on the critical and box o f­

fice success o f the Broadway stage p ro­

duction, the seasoned production team

of D irecto r, Paul Bogart, and p ro ­

ducer, Howard G ottfried, and the

magnificent ensemble cast. New Line

Cinema realized the project's potential

to reach a larger audience and offered

financing to “ Torch Song” w ithout im ­

posing any m ajo r changes on the screen

adaptation. A happy union fo r a ll pa r­

ties involved, Fiersteing, who adapted

the w ork him self to screenplay, stars in

"To rc h Song T rilo g y” as A rno ld

Beckoff along w ith the exceptional

talents o f Anne Bancroft. Matthew

Broderick, B rian Kerw in and Karen

Young.

A lthough New lin e fell right in stride

w ith the m ajo r creative decisions and

the casting fo r the film , the diversified

company who have been responsible

recently fo r “ A Handful o f D us t,"

John W ater's “ H a irsp ra y" and the

h igh ly successful “ N ightm are on E lm

Street” series, generally focus the ir fun­

ding on $4-7 m illio n do lla r produc­

tions.

O rd in a rily , stars o f this calibre would

not have fit in to New Line C inem a’s

budget range. The entire venture was a

labor o f love, involving risk-taking and

players coming on board fo r less than

norm al fees to see the project through to

fru itio n in the $6-$7 m illio n do lla r

range.

M atthew Broderick received his

breakthrough ro le as D avid , A rno ld

BeckofTs teenage, adopted son, inthe

off-Broadway New York stage produc­

tion o f “ Torch Song T rilo g y ,” which

earned him an Outer C ritics C ircle

Aw ard and The V illager Award. Neil

Simon discovered Broderick in “ Torch

Song," which led to roles Tony Award-

wanning performance as Eugene in

"B rig h to n Beach M em oirs,” followed

by “ B ilo x i B lues.” Broderick went on

to star in the smash screen hits “ W ar

Games” and “ Ferris Bueller's Day

O ff,” among others. Broderick was cast

in the film version o f “ Torch Song

T rilo g y” as A rno ld 's lover A lan — a

role that serves as another turn ing point

fo r the actor, being his firs t portraya l o f

a grown man. B roderick enjoyed the

challenge o f rejo in ing Fierstein in the

film version o f “ Torch Song” as the

older character, A lan . “ It's so nice to

get a phone call after five years to

s a y .. .we're going to do it again, to

work w ith people you've worked w ith

before, people you like and you know

are good,” rem arked Broderick. “ It's

nice to have another chance at it . "

Harvey Fierstein describes "To rch

Song T rilo g y” as “ a story o f a man try ­

ing to find his place in the world, a

w orld that isn’t necessarily built for

him , and he continues because he is

brave o f sp irit and true o f heart. He

builds a world w ith in the world fo r

him self to exist.” Fierstein has moved

on from the in itia l success o f “ Torch

Song” on Broadway to a variety o f p ro­

jects including w ritin g the book fo r the

The cast (L to R)MatthewBroderick;Brian Kerwin;AnneBancroft;and HarveyFierstein.

smash Broadway m usical, “ La Cage

A u x Fo lles.” Recently, his H BO

special "T id y Endings” earned him five

A C E nom inations, includ ing Best A c ­

to r and Best Script, and he has w ritten

the Broadway stage p lay "Legs D ia ­

m ond,” starring Peter A llen which is

slated fo r a late December prem iere. ■

“Torch Song Trilogy," a New Line Cinema film directed by Paul Bogart, opens in Nevv York and Los Angeles on December !4. 1988.

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A long time ago, in a publication far, far away, your well-traveled reviewer gave a rave to the Bfliboard Cafe, new

at that time and leading the way in the South of Market renaissance, it seemed the perfect combination of up-to- date, sometimes even daring food, an everchanging exhibi­tion of sculpture and art. inter­esting people to watch, and righteous prices.

Best o f a ll, the kitchen still takes

chances. O u r appetizer speciah whim ­

sical in light o f the Quayle-free w all

clock, was baby quail over spinach

in a creamy base, w ith the hint o f m int

provid ing an absolutely unique taste.

Fo r main dishes, o ld favorites like

New Yo rk steak, s till a bargain at

$11.95, provided a generous slab with

baked potato and barely cooked veggies.

I f you ’re unsure what to order at the

B illboard , just about anything grilled w ill

be a winner. G iiUed swordfisfa steak

($13.50) was ju icy, w ith a h in t o f char­

coal. A generous portion was topped

w ith a subde hollandaise sauce and

served w ith a cold seafood mousse, a

daring combination o f cold and hot

'The restaurant is s till dark and intimate, with the kitchen spotlighted, and with

good reason — the ch efs still the star. ”($6.75), drizzled w ith a marvelous

vinaigrette sauce. The kitchen knows its

g rilling , and the quail was delicate and

seafood that turned out well. A ll entrees

come w ith a choice o f soup o r salad and

extrem ely fresh French and dark rye

bread.

Join us in our new dining room for dinner & cocktails full bar, daily specials,

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Located in the heart of SoMa, Billboard dominates the corner of

9th and F o lso m .

It ’s now a few years la te r — SoM a, as

it ’s called, has evolved from leather to

Yuppie and post-yuppie, and lots o f d in­

ing, d rinking and dancing establishments

grace the area. A li, the B illboard ’s

owner, has evolved from restaurateur to

arts magazine publisher. Y ou r reviewer’s

waistline (wasteland?) has evolved from

three belt notches to one belt notch.

ju icy. The soup o f the day was (catch

this!) tom ato m int. This is as different

from Cam pbell’s tomato as night and

day. L ittle fresh tomato chunks floated

When you combine the fun atmos­

phere, great prices, and its willingness to

take chances on the food, it ’s easy to see

why the B illboard Cafe is s till going

strong. A li, its owner, is opening a new

restaurant, and we’ll te ll you more about

that in a future colum n. ■

Billboard Cafe, 9th and Folsom, San Francisco, tel. 558-9500. Open from II a .m .-IO p .m . M on .-T hurs.; I I a.m.-midnightFri. & Sat.; 10:30a.m.-4 p.m .; 5:30 p.m.-JO p.m. Sun. Accepts y, MC.

One of B illboard’s famous billboards

How has tim e treated the B illboard?

Very well, thank you. The neon outlined

sculpture o f a hand is going strong, as is

the art nouveau, including a surrealistic

M uni bus. The clocks on the w all are still

set to different time zones, including a

“ Quayle Free Zone” in honor (?) of

you-know-who. The restaurant is still

dark and intim ate, w ith the kitchen

spotlighted, and w ith good reason — the

chefs s till the star. The patrons, ranging

from new wavers to yuppies to guppies

(Gay Upw ard ly Mobile) enjoy the food

and the ambience.

Restaurant GuideThe B l u e M u se R e s t a u r a n t a n d B a r at 409 Gough Street has continental cuisine

featuring many house signature dishes, including fresh seafood and homemade desserts. Our

indoor garden banquet room seats 60 people. We also offer American brunch on Saturdays

and Sundays. The staff is friendly, courteous and renders excellent professional service. For

reservation call 626-7505.B o b b y R a y s BBQ, located at 4063 ISth street, offers possibly the best BBQ ribs and

chicken in the worid, as well as homemade salads and desseiu at affordable prices. Call

S63-04S4 for carry-out service.

B o r d e r Ca f e a n d Ca n t in a , located in the heart of s o m a at 1198 Folsom. Serving

authentic Mexican cuisine. The cantina’s beautiful trompe I’oeil walls are reminiscent of the

beautiful Southwest. Serving lunch and dinner. Phone 626-0414.CeNDR/LLON offers contemporary French cuisine including specialties: clam soup in

pastry and chocolate charlotte. The Cendrillon is located at 1132 Valencia (near 22nd).

Major credit cards accepted. Call 826-7997 for reservations.

CHANNELL 'S RESTARANT located at 803 Fillmore (off Alamo Square) offers a new

twist in dining, serving contemporary Italian and American cuisine at uncommonly good

prices. Dinner is served 5;.30-10:00 Tuesdays through Sundays and brunch on Saturdays and

Sundays from 10:00 till 3:00. Call 922-8607 for reservations.

Ch e z MOLLET, S ll Bryant Street (near Third), serves the finest in Continental cuisine

and the best prime dinner in town, offering a prime rib special for $9.95 on Sundays,

Mondays and Tuesdays. A ll major credit cards accepted. Cal\495-4527 for reservations.

Ga l l e o n B a r a n d R e s t a u r a n t is the last bastion of a vanishing San Francisco

tradition. Featuring fresh fowl, beef, seafood and prime rib. Gassic Sunday brunch is served

10 am until 3 pm. There is a fu ll bar with nightly entertainment. A separate banquet/party

room which also functions as an art gallery and cabaret on Sunday. M ajor credit cards

accepted. 9\vmt43l-0253.H a r r i s R e s t a u r a n t at 2100 Van Ness is voted as having the best steaks and best

martinis; the full menu includes a fresh catch, chicken, lamb, Maine lobster, quail and

elegant desserts. “One of the city’s handsomest restaurants” — serving dinner nightly and

luncheon Monday through Friday. Banquet facilities. Piano nightly. Major credit cards

accepted. Reservations 673-/M8.

OPPENHELMER R e s t a u r a n t & B a r is inviting and often magical with warm

personalized service, offering relaxed neighborhood diñen h i^ quality imaginative

American cuisine at very affordable prices. This newly remodded and romantic setting is

open fo r dinner and cocktails every night, with brunch on Saturday t Sunday.

Reservations: 563-0444; 2050 Divisadero off Sacramento.

PSGHETTl, located at 2304 Market, is a place for pasta people, offering fresh homemade

pastas with a variety of sauces and fresh baked bread. We offer a complete meal for $3.49.

We also have a mini soup and salad bar. Call 621-0503 for our carry-out service.

THEATER by Michael Gunsaulus

“Nubian Princess Workhorse” Needs Brighter Colorsby Michael Gunsaulus

D ee Russell’s “ Nubian Princess" is a portrait of an angry, young Mack woman as artist. It is an unfin­

ished portrait.In a series of snapshot-like

scenes we learn that she has moved to New York from Wis­consin and she b looking for a “ rkh” man. We hear her views on fashion, pohtics, sex and other sundry items. These items tell us little. She b seen either writing into her diary or on the telephone. The most effective scene has Ms. Russell painting her own portrait while removing her clothing.

Ms. Russell would be wise to begin

her show w ith th is scene and end and

begin the interm ission w ith it as w ell. As

young as she is, we do not expect a

complete p o rtra it. But these are water

colors that bleed, not the dom inant o ils

o f a m ature a rtis t. W e see splashes o f

her anger as she confronts a system that

does not understand her needs and

desires. A system she herself does not

understand.

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■ I Say A L ittle

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Each scene, o r blackout,

tuated w ith a h it song.

P raye r” o r "1 Heard It Through The

G rapevine” give the show the continu i­

ty its story lacks.

The colors on Ms. Russell’s palette

appear to be dark. W ith little brush­

strokes o f humor, she gives us very tiny

patches o f yellow and blue sky. I find it

d ifficu lt to believe that the co lo r black

has dominated her life.

Though she obviously borrows from

W hoopie Goldberg, Ms. Russell is, in

fact, closer to a young Lorra ine

Hansberry, author o f ” A Raisin in the

Sun.” She should take a look at Ms.

Hansberry’s w ritings before making

fu rthe r revisions.

Ms. Russell obviously has the poten­

tia l to move us but she needs to open up

m ore about her private life to draw us

closer. C urrently this is just a stick-man

draw ing w ithout color. ■

Eyes ablaze. Dee Russell is

the Nubian Prtneess

Workhorse

“Actual Sho” Visually ExplosiveT he eyes and ears are taken

on an incredible journey in “Actual Sho” but someone left the heart behind.

Intense excitement buikb as we see things never before imagined. Magically George Coates Performance Works creates images that melt, move, dance and flash across the stage. One minute an actor stands before us and the next minute he is a ball of fire flies.

“ A c tua l” which means real, con­

crete w hile “ Sho” is a Japanese word

fo r “ evaporating aftershadow,” begins

w ith the death o f a m in ister on a tum ey.

(He choked to death on a w ishbone.)

Suddenly -be and the audience are

traveling in the life beyond. He is wear­

ing a m iner’s hat, flashlight and

backsack. The m in iste r is greeted by

nymph-like faeries. They fro lick about

the stage but re tu rn to a specific area

which sometimes resembles a huge

drum and, o ther tim es, the deck o f a

ship sailing to nowhere. And tha t’s ex­

actly where the show goes. In the begin­

ning, the m in ister narrates ou r passage

w ith humorous quips. But this narra tive

dries to a tric k le as the visual and

musical elements take over. H is n a r­

rative gives the production its necessary

story. W ithou t it, we are m erely at a

concert featuring Cecil B. D eM ille on

LSD .

Fo r a ll its visua l excitement, “ A ctua l

Sho” slow ly begins to bore. There is an

overload o f im agery w ithout any sub­

stance. “ Actua l Sho” is the brainch ild

o f George Coates o f San Francisco. The

work was created by a combined effort

H A 1 RE S M E SL T M A NLM Y

Y D S

A V E SN E V E R

1 R SL E T

Answers to “EVERY ONE’S A CRITIC” by Mario Mondelli

o f performers, technicians, composers,

architects and craftspeople from cul­

tu ra l institutions in San Francisco. It

has met w ith a somewhat trium phant

to u r o f Europe and the US.

M arc Ream’s music is revo lutionary

but is also very hum anistic. The theme

that begins the show is provocative in its

frag ile beauty. We need to hear more o f

it. H is orchestrations are often

overblown and do not necessarily ad­

vance the story as is the purpose o f

d ram atic music. Again, like the images

themselves, we begin to tire o f the same

themes erupting tim e after tim e.

Th is three-ring circus is also under

the direction o f George Coates. It is

massive in scope and am bitious in goal.

In the end, we can marvel at the visual

fireworks on stage but wonder where

the story is that w ill hold th is tapestry

together.----------------------- ■ -

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“As Is” A Play of Unusual Power

L ike a great Greek tragedy, “ AS IS” recreates the worid of Richard and Saul at the precise moment it is going

up in flames as AIDS sweeps across America.

W illiam H offm an’s powerhouse play

“ AS IS ” receives a polished production

from the Foo th ill C o llie Players at the

M etropo litan C om m unity Church.

It is the early ’80s, New Y o rk C ity ,

and R ichard has just learned he has

A ID S . It is a new disease and Hoffm an

uses a “ Greek-like” chorus o f friends

and relatives to bring the fu ll impact o f

the d iaposis home.

Richard, played by R . Keith A lla un ,

has led a life o f prom iscuity, not un­

common fo r a gay man in New Y o rk

C ity in the early ’80s. W h ile there is

d e to td y an element o f “ sleaze” in

R ichard’s character, there is also a

nob ility that A lla u n fa ils to capture.

He is the hero o f the p lay who slow ly

summons the enorm ous courage needed

to confront th is new dragon. The ro le o f

Richard is tha t o f a knight.

"Both Allaun and Capron have a habit o f racing through material ”

Saul actua lly comes across the more

nobler o f the two. The exact opposite o f

the Broadway production which I saw

several years ago.

As Saul, Bear Capron holds the

audience in the palm o f his hand. He

comforts his lover by le tting him move

in to the apartment but then gives him

this u ltim atum ; “ You can sleep on the

couch.”

Both A llaun and Capron have a

hab it o f racing th ro u ^ m ateria l that

connects the more dram atic confronta­

tions throughout the play. D irec to r J.

M anley should have exercised more

control over his cast. They are fine

when tossing w itty, cutting rem arks at

each other but lack an em otional spark

when delivering exposition. The sup­

porting cast is adequate and performs

the same function o f a G reek chorus.

They, in fact, have some o f the funniest

lines o f the show.

A t the San Francisco prem iere o f this

im portant p lay, th is production is fine.

Judging from the enthusiastic response

o f the audience — the church was filled

to the rafters — it is a wonder that a

tou ring Broadway company has yet to

come to town. ■

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by David Nahmod“ M ädchen in U n ifo rm (1931)

D irected by Leontine Sagan. 87

m inutes; Embassy Hom e Video: in

G erm an w ith English subtitles.

A n impressive, courageous c lassic . M ade in Germany in 1931, just as the Nazis were rising to power,

“ Mädchen in Uniform” created an uproar upon its release because of its frank handling of a lesbian theme.

I t was banned, and a ll prints were

ordered destroyed. But Leontine Sagan

and a few film enthusiasts managed to

hide a few battered copies, and years

la te r the film resurfaced, first in a

severely truncated form . Now, thanks

to Janus Films and Embassy Home

V ideo, the complete uncut p rin t that

Sagan wanted the w orld to see is

availab le.

Unfortunately, years underground

have destroyed a ll decent copies o f

“ Mädchen in U n ifo rm .” It can only be

seen as a scratched, aged film w ith a tin ­

ny soundtrack. And in some scenes, the

English subtitles are too bright, making

them d ifficu lt to read. But it is s till a

h ig h ly watchable, intense w ork.

Sagan's film has become even more

powerful over the years, no doubt due

in part to the treatm ent it received upon

re lease , fo llow ed by its years

underground.

The story is set in a strict, m ilitaristic

g irls boarding school near Berlin .

M anuela, the beautiful new student,

does not realize tha t the near obsessive

crush she feels fo r her teacher, M iss

Beckenburg, is the firs t conscious s tir­

rings o f her lesbianism.

M iss Beckenburg is very aware o f

what is going on. A closeted lesbian

herself, she befriends M anuela and tries

to act as a surrogate m other to her.

M anuela needs guidance, friendship

and solace. Teacher offers these things

to M anuela in a warm but stric tly

p latonic fashion.

As they become the focus o f unfa ir

gossip and inuendos. M iss Beckenburg

stern ly tells M anuela that she must

learn to control her emotions. But when

teacher turns away from student, we see

tha t she feels exactly the same way.

U n fo rtu n a te ly , w o rd o f th e ir

“ a ffa ir” reaches the school’s stem,

Hearts” was deemed unm arketable.

But then.

Acclaimed Canadian stage and him

actress Helen Shaver read the script and

thought she would like to play V iv ian ,

the 30ish divorcee. A lthough she is

straight. Shaver found the metamor-

phasis o f the character from p rim and

proper m arried woman to passionate

lesbian a fascinating challenge, and said

she would love to p lay the part. Then

A ud ra Lind ley, long popular as M rs.

Roper on the sitcon “ Three’s C om ­

pany,” decided that “ Desert H earts”

would be a good chance to show her

dram atic talents and took the suppor­

ting ro le o f Frances, stepmother to Kay,

V iv ia n ’s lover. W ith a few names in the

cast, “ Desert Hearts” became a

bankable project, and Deitch was given

a small budget to work w ith.

The fina l product is rem arkable.

“ Desert Hearts” is a well acted and

to ta lly believable story . It also looks as

ih o u ^ i it were made w ith a much higher

budget than it actually had. The shots

o f the Nevada desert are beautiful, and

the '50s soundtrack adds a lo t o f atmos­

phere to the film .

The story is simple. It is 1959. New

Yo rk intellectual V iv ia n (Helen Shaver)

has come to Reno fo r a quickie divorce

from a cord ia l, but em pty and loveless

m arriage. She rents a room from

Frances (Aud ra L ind ley), an over-the-

h ill ex-chorus g irl whose parade has

passed her by. The on ly jo y in Frances’

life are her child ren. Handsome W a lte r,

who wants to move to New Y o rk and

study at Colum bia University, and the

fre e - s p irite d K a y ( P a tr ic ia

Charbaneau). Kay is an artist, and

quite courageous fo r the time and place

she lives in. She is an out o f the closet

lesbian. She is determ ined to find some­

one that m atters, and thinks that that

someone m ight be V iv ian . V iv ian , ever

the prude, is at firs t shocked by K a y ’s

advances. G radua lly her long sup­

pressed sexuality comes to the surface,

and the two women consummate the ir

love in a scene that is at once exp lic itly

graphic and tenderly romantic.

The two must weather the storm o f

Frances’ reaction to the ir love — as w ell

as V iv ia n ’s uncertain ty as to whether

th is is the life she wishes to lead.

“ Desert H earts” handles a ll these

issues in refreshingly adult and realistic

fashion. It is a film that w ill touch you

in a ll the righ t places. It is a film fo r a ll

people to relate to and enjoy. ■

Thanks to Superstar Video on I7ih Street near Castro in San Francisco fo r loaning the titles mentioned in this col­umn.

COUNTRYMUSICQiristmas Boot Stuffersby Ronald Vietli

I s there that someone special out there you would Just love to get your arms around? What better way than slow dancing to your favorite two step at the Rawhide II. Maybe this person has told you that they can’t stand country musk. Chances are that

this person hasn’t listened to country music since Grandma used to tune into the Grand Old Opry on the radio or they think all country musk sounds like Kenny Rogers.

cold hearted headmisstress, and the two

closeted lesbians, who touched neither

each other nor anyone else, must face a

very harsh judgment.

The message o f “ Mädchen in

U n ifo rm ” is s im ila r to that o f L illia n

H e ilm an’s “ The C h ild ren’s H ou r.” It

is about how lies, false rum ors and in ­

nuendos that get out o f control can

destroy lives. It is a haunting story that

w ill stay w ith you long after the film

ends.

“ Desert Hearts” (1986) Directed by

D onna Ddtch. 95 m inutes: Veslron

V ideo

A touching and rom antic tale o f les­

bian love in an un like ly setting; Reno in

1959. Donna Deitch’s film was years in

the making. A lthough based on a

popular novel, “ Desert o f the H eart”

by Jane Rule. Deitch could not find

financing for her dream project. The

powers that be in Hollywood did not

th in k that America was w illing to pay to

see the story o f a near frig id divorcee

who finds love and sexual expression

through a younger woman. Most

homosexually themed film s in the past

had been produced in Europe and had

enjoyed only short runs in a rt houses.

The Hollywood money people weighed

the cost o f producing and distributing a

feature film against the box office

returns o f most gay films. “ Desert

The follow ing is a lis t o f ten o f the

most popular country albums that cap­

tured listeners and kept the dance floor

jum ping at The Rawhide I I a ll o f 1988.

Though not a ll o f these albums were ac­

tua lly released in 1988, the ir appeal and

longevity kept them popular well in to the

year.

Tu rn that someone special onto any

one o r more o f the follow ing albums,

tapes or C D ’s (what makes a more

On nearly every critic's Top Ten list

fo r the past five years, Strait shows no

sign o f slowing down and this collection

o f swing and beautiful ballads certainly

does not disappoint.

" I L L BE Y O U R JU K E B O X

T O N IG H T ’’ Barbara M andrell.

Capito l Records - k i e i f k i r Reviewed in this space just last week,

this album heralds MandrelTs return to

perfect (Thristmas gift?) and w ith any

luck w e'll see you on the dance floor.

’’T R IO ” O o ly Parton, Linda

Ronstadt, and Em m y Lou H ans ,

W arner B ro thcn Rerards -k -k -k ir-kReleased in 1987, this monumental

album won this year’s C M A award for

Vocal Event o f the Year and it’s s till go­

ing strong. A wiser choice could not have

been made. The very talented trio har­

monize in a tribute to trad itional country

fo lk music that sounds right out o f the

h ills o f Tennessee.

“ D IA M O N D S A N D D IR T ’ Rodney

C ro w d , Cotnmbia Regards it -k -k -kA fte r years o f kicking around

Nashville w ith little commercial success

Crowell dumped rock and went pure

country in this, his most successful and

best album to date. Don’t call him M r.

Rosanne Cash any more.

“ K IN G ’S R EC O R D SH O P ”

Rosanne Cash. Colum bia Records

★ ★ ★★★

Produced by husband Rodney

Crowell, this was Cash’s long deserved

breakthrough album. A virtua l Greatest

H its, the album has already yielded four

top ten hits w ith as many left.

“ IF YO U A IN ’T L O V IN ’ YO U

A IN ’T L IV IN ’ ” Gcoi]^ StraH, M C A

Records ★ ★ ★ ★

her roots and she has never sounded

more at home o r better.

“S H A D O W LA N D ” k.d. Lang, Sire

Records ★ ★ ★

Produced by veteran Nashville pro­

ducer Owen Bradley who worked w ith

Patsy C line, th is album marked Lang’s

departure from the frantic punkab ility o f

last year’s debut effort. The result is

gorgeous if not a b it too subdued.

“ L O V IN G PR O O F ” R icky Van

Shelton, Colum bia Records i r i f k ' kAlso reviewed here earlier, “ Loving P ro ­

o f,” almost a carbon copy o f last year’s

“ W ild Eyed D ream ,” proved tha t the

sequel can be the equal. A near flawless

balance o f upswing, loving ballads and

fa ithfu l remakes.

“ B U E N AS N O C H E S FR O M A

LO N E LY R O O M ” Dwight Yoakum ,

Reprise Records. ★ ★ ★

Igniting both country and rock charts,

this adventurous concept album can be

as haunting as it is vibrating. Rockabilly

at its best.

“ R E B A ” Reba M cEndre, M C A

Records ★ ★ ★ ★

Reba singing Aretha? O ther than this

a ttem p t a t R h ythm and B lues

(“ Respect” ) and her soulful rendition of

“ Sunday K ing o f Love,” this is standard

McEndre fare. So who’s complaining?

ROCKPlease Pardon Our Appearance...This space under construction: When the dust settles, this

column will be bringing you top coverage of all the hottest bands, clubs and people in the Bay Area. From the power pop of the She-Devils (sec below) to the flat-out weirdness of Gasm (any band whose bass player wears a Spider-Man mask is okay with me) to the kick-ass rock’n’roll of Vulgar and the Woodcutter (one of the finest American bands to surface in years) to the underground club stars (such as the beautiful Metro), this space will have it all or die trying. Send any press kits, demos, hot leads or tax-deductible cash donations to this column, c/o n e Sentinel, 500 Hayes St., San Francisco, CA94102.She-Devils, Concrete Blonde, 12/5,

Oasis: The devil women go in to the

studio this week and don’t plan to reap­

pear un til at least February. M onday’s

show was a great send-off. The ir o rig ina l

work sounds much more polished than

in previous shows (no m atter what

Frances thinks), and their speeded-up

cover o f P a tti Sm ith’s “ Pumping (M y

Heart)” rocks out. (The constant feed­

back between songs, although no t the

band’s fau lt, was incredibly distracting

and created the amazing illusion o f being

in a dentist’s office.) The sound system

while the band was playing did justice to

Frances’ voice, which tends to get lost in

smaller clubs. Frances wails in the best

sense o f the word. Watch fo r th is band

— they sound (and look) better than

ever.

The She-Devils’ tight, light, b r i^ t

pop was no match fo r the headliners,

though. Concrete Blonde tore in to the ir

set and threatened to send the crowd

through the floo r and into the ppol as

they brought the ir “ Impeach Bush

Psychic Phenomenon T o u r” to San

Francisco.

W ith H a rry (or is he H a iry?) on

drums, Jim on guitar, A lan (from Seat­

tle) on bass, and Johnette on lead vocals

and tam bourine, the band played a

dense, hour-long set (no encores). There

was little ta lk between songs; the band

seemed intent on playing and p laying

well — which a ll they did, w ithout

alienating the audience. But it was

Johnette the audience watched.

went in exactly the opposite direction,

soaring as she knelt, d iving as she rose.

Occasionally, voice and body met and

dipped and flew together.

Johnette also plays the tambourine,

but surely this is no sign of her oppres­

sion? No, it is just an extension o f her

body as she rocks back and forth be­

tween verses o f a song, banging the in-

Edie B rickefl and New Bohem ians,

12/9, F illm ore: A mystery but part of

the ir “ new and im portant artists

series.” So it must be good, r i^ t?

Rom anovsky and Phillips, 12/11,

G reat Am erican Music H a ll, $10,

8:00: They’re hip, they’re flawless,

they wear great jewelry, but they’re

also playing the same night as Devo,

the C ircle Jerks, and the Ang ry So-

moans! You decide...

Devo, 12/11, Oasis, $15 advance at

the Oasis/$17 BASS/show, 10:30;

W e’re through being cool. They’re

back, and they’re hip, too. Tough

decision — men who wear flowerpots

on the ir heads, men who wear

rhinestones, o r . ..

C irc le le ik s , 12/11, D N A , $5, 9:00;

F irs t tim e in San Francisco! A n

acoustic set! If anyone out there catch­

es both Ron and Paul and these dudes

on the same night, let me know!

Ang ry Somoans, 12/11, Covered

Wagon Saloon, 9:00: S till angry after

a ll these years: the band that brought

you “ You Stupid Jerk” and “ They

Saved H itle r’s Cock.” So if you can’t

stand rhinestones, flowerpots, acoustic

guitars, and you still need an excuse to

get stupid and dance, this is the place

to be.

V

- r ^

Dancathon held at I-Beam featured Live Skull

Johnette is an amazing woman. W ear­

ing a huge p a ir o f men’s pajamas, k ille r

eyeliner and a pair o f black velvet slip­

pers (which she kicked o ff when things

got really hot), she sang, screamed,

wrapped herself around the m ike stand,

kneeled on the stage, glared at the aud­

ience, and more — all in the first song.

She could be Iggy Pop’s younger sister,

w ith her arms waving, her body spin­

ning, then standing perfectly s till, w ith

her eyes popping, belting out lyrics w ifli

a sure, steady, powerful voice. H er body

danced and jerked and ran back and

forth across the stage while her voice

strument against her a rm .. .no, this is

not an oppressed woman.

Concrete Blonde gave an intense hour

show, even drawing a thumbs-up from

the exhausted but ever-perky under­

ground dub star Skippy. Ciheck out their

album .

D O A , liv e SkuB, 12/9. I-Beam, $6.50

advance/$7 show: San Frandsco ex­

clusive!

Thee Hellhounds, 12/9, 12/10, D N A ,

$6, 9:00

Looten, Zu lu Spear, 12/9, Kennel

Q ub , $7 advanoe/$8 show, 10:00

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THURSDAYSHOW 10 PM

S M e tc fc ^ ^ B o h e n B ls , 12/12,

Paradise, free, 10:00: Both bands are

SF dub favorites. Sneetches have a

new album . Good, solid pop fo r free

— can’t beat it!

Young Fresh FeSows, 12/12, I-Beam,

$5 advance/$6 show: The c o li^ radio

set loves them. The Replacements love

them. They’re young, they’re fresh —

and they have no attitude! Sound too

good to be true? Maybe it is. But

maybe you should see what a ll the fuss

is about, eh? (Also at the Berkdey

Square 12/13 and Cactus G ub in San

Jose on 12/14).

Saeam iag T im , 12/14 I-Beam, free;

Yes, &ee! L ive shows every Wednesday

at the I-Beam, free! W hat m ore do

you need to know?

C h ris tm is Party w ith the DyaatOMS,

12/14, Oasis, $5 (donation to benefit

Project A rrest Hunger), 9:30 and

11:00; So you’re in that ho liday mood,

you want to hdp out a good cause and

you want to show o ff that fabulous

sweater you just bought yourself.

Come on over and tw ist by the pool.

C m d aad Unosual Punbhniciil,12/14, Female Trouble (N ightbreak),

$4, 10:00; A great club, a great name

fo r a band and inside sources know

these women are way cool. ■

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BUZZIN’AROUNDby Lee Hartgrave

Th is is the newer, w hiter, brighter, improved a ll tempa-dish. Prepare to be

dazzled!

☆ ☆ ☆

T O R C H IN G FOR YO U ! Charles P ierce, who plays fie rtAo Vanation will be at the Torch Song Trilogy benefit Dec. I9 th at the Kabuki. Celebs report that

R ichard Gere w ill also show up. His brother David Gere (also an actor) who

lives in the Bay Area is active in an actors fundraising group fo r “ A ID S

Benefits." T ix for the "T o rc h y " evening can be purchased at The Galleon, which

w ill also entitle you to have a two-for-one dinner either before o r after the

benefit. Early reports indicate that the movie is a powerful, emotional experience!

☆ ☆ ☆

T H E Y 'R E D A N C IN G TO G E TH E R - B U T IT 'S N O T A SLO W D ANC E:

Celebs wonder why a ll those football players wear so much jewelry around the ir

necks. They say: "They wear so much, that if you threw them over the side o f a

ship — they’d be an ancho r!" John W a lra ff (who used to do Kate Smith on the

stage w ith Q a rles Pierce at the now gone G ilded Cage) has the answer to Bush's

troubles in Washington. "P u t Q u iyte in a dress and make him the First Lasdy,

and make Barbara the V P .” Joan Co llins has her ha ir done at the Beverly HiUs

Hotel Beauty Salon — and tongues wag on a wegular basis about her recent tell-

a ll book! Watch Out! A round the m iddle o f this month — San Francisco Mag is

publishing their best and worst list — and you may be in it!

☆ ☆ ☆

F (X )T L IG H T P A R A D E : S C (X )P LE T ! Seasoned world class M im e artists Bert

H oule and Veera W ibaux are preparing another o f the ir metaphysical theatrical

adventures for Jan. Called Arcana, it is based on the Taro t. 'Their shows are a

real ra rity . Celebs and fans won’t want to miss it at Theater A rtaud Jan. 13.

Q eo Lane fans better get your m ail orders in fo r Into The Woods at the

Ahm anson Theater in L A if you want to see her in the Sondheim musical.

A lthough it is coming to the Golden Gate in late 1989 — the p ink section ads

make no mention o f G eo Lane. Edie Adams, Nancy DussuN, and Juliet Prowse

did a fu lly staged Follies fo r the M ichigan State Opera. Celebs wonder if it w ill

surface anywhere again soon. If you’re going to Toronto to see Phantom o f the Opera — be prepared to lighten your b illfo ld by $75 bucks! WHA T MAKES A A M A f — The Ken Dixon (artistic D irector o f Theatre Rhino) one-man show at

the E x it Theatre is an autobiographical look at milestones in the actors life. W h ile

many o f the songs are pleasing to the ear like the Charles Aznovour song What M akes a Man" (that contains great lyrics like — “ sometimes We have to pay

fo r having fim and being G ay” ) D ixon fails to tie the songs closely enough to his

life experiences. A lso he m ight try some variety in tempo — the second act was

like talcing a sedative. But, D ixon does outclass the usual ju n k heard on Pop

Radio! Celebs spotted at the opening: Donna Davis (Kudzu D irector), Actress

Suzy Berger, Exam C ritic Robert H u rw itt and a bevy o f Theatre Rhino Actors!

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C ELEB S ARE M A K IN G A L IS T A N D T H E Y ’RE M A K IN G IT SHORT! (Hey,

I ’m a Short Guy!) X M A S W ISHES:

1. A bottle of mustache remover for the Midnight Sun (send me one too).

2. Fo r Sharon M cN igh t: Stock in C lo rox Co. And for a stocking stuffer the

paperback copy o f Roots. Yes, Life’s a Bleach!

3. Fo r Randy S h ills . A Lover that likes to shop — to help him spend all those

m illions!

4. A new Roof for Stars R^taurant. The roof leaks and the Stars really do------

come out!

5. Fo r Harry Britt: The Oprah Winfrey Diet, o r Lavender Robes — now that

he’s Prez o f Board o f Supes.

6. W hat can we get fo r A rt Agnos — other than a toy Battleship!

7. Jim Gaebbert “ A (Contract he can B reak!"

8. Fo r Sylvester “ A ll the Best Wishes and good thoughts!”

9. To Calendar Mag. A fresher, uncluttered look. Celebs ask? A re they a Goset

G ay paper?

f t i t -irH Y P N O T IC M O M E N TS : Diahann Carroll of Dynasty Fame, having lunch w ith

her new partner Gwen Mazer (The Gwen M A Z O R Ckrilection on Maiden Lane).

Joining them at Rosalie’s swank eatery was Designer Michael MHIer. Angela ABoto’s boyfriend Dou^as (he owns Determined Productions which holds the

license for Snoopy) has donated lots o f stuffed animals to The Godfather Fund, which delivers necessities and goodies to A ID S patients. Michael Learned (A

W om an In M ind) w ill .stay on an extra week after the A .C .T . p lay closes to

w ork w ith Celeb Body Builder Coach Mike Thurmond. Just fo r Xmas — The A ho Plaza has installed a Disco Ball. Celebs now call the room The Cha Cha Plaza. A fter one d rink you’re dizzy — o r dizzier! Celebs are calling Jerry Colletti (the Galleon) and Jerry Krellin (Always Tan) the Bqewelled and Befurred C harity

Sisters o f the Castro. It is safe to shop downtown now. The Coast is c lea r.. .N o

one is coming in to do a perfume o r jock short prom otion! However, watch those

revolving doors — because a definition o f a Bitch is someone who enters the

revolving door after you and exits before you!

L ike a ll tru ly interesting people I spend my days and nites looking for items that

w ill clog your vacuum cleaners!

I t ’s Phone Buzzzzzz tim e!

HOLIDAY^Continund from pago 4

Nutcrackers Galore“ Nutcrackers” abound th is year, from

the p o litica lly savage version at the

Oakland Ensemble Theater, to the

classic performance by The San

Francisco B a lle t, to a completely

different a lte rnative fo r those fed

up w ith “ Nutcrackers.”

“ The N u lc racke r Sweetie” |Dec.

16-19] w ill be perform ed six times,

1428 A lice O akland. This

year’s opening night performance

w ill be fo llowed by a Red and

Black B all featuring the music o f

Blazing Redheads. Info rm ation on

tickets and showtimes is available

by calling The Dance Brigade box

office at 652-5322.

The real "N utcracker” [Dec. 13-31)opens 8 pm Tuesday at the San

Francisco Opera House and runs

through the m onth w ith a special

“ Nulcracker — New Year’s Eve

Bash” planned on the last night o f

the y e a r. In fo rm a tio n on

showtimes and prices is availab le at

621-6600.

Burned out on “ Nutcrackers?” New Performance Gallery’s Out of Hiding; Music by Real Living Local Composers (Dec. I I , 18)may be jus t the a lte rnative. W ith

tunes such as “ I ’m a Jew from

Peru,” “ Santa Dog” and “ U r­

sula’s A ria ,” the performances

may be jus t what the doctor

ordered fo r “ Nutcracker Inunda­

tio n .” Tickets $10, show at 7:30

pm. 863-9834.

______ Concerts, musk______Christm as jus t w ouldn’t be (Thristmas

w ithout music. N o t to w orry in San

Francisco. O n alm ost any given

day o f the week from now un til the

big day itse lf. The C ity w ill come

alive w ith a vast a rray o f concerts,

both vocal and instrum ental.

T h is weekend, the choices w ill be d if­

ficult. The S in Frandsco CHy

Chorus [Dec. 10 and l l j w ill pre­

sent two (Thristmas concerts at old

M ission Dolores at 16th and

Dolores Streets. The concerts, at 8

pm Saturday and 3 pm Sunday,

w ill feature a sp irited fo lk dram o f

the na tiv ity based on the rhythm s

and tra d itio n s o f H ispan ic

Am erica. No adm ission; donations

accepted._____________________________

A T Ap p i

In to classical? The San Frandsco Bach Choir [Dec. 10) w ill present

its Christm as concert 8 pm at

historic St. Paulus Church, Gough

and Eddy. The featured work w ill

be the “ M agn ificat.”

The San Francisco Recreation Sym­phony Orchestra [Dec. 10) per­

forms its Christm as concert at the

Com m unity Music Center, 544

Capp Street, at 3 pm.

Handel’s “ M essiah,” Part 1, w ill be

performed by the Metropolitan Com m unity Church Festival C hoir and Cham ber String Ensemble [Dec. I0[ at 7:30 pm .

A n offering w ill be taken fo r the

church organ fim d. 150 Eureka St.

A t Davies Symphony H a ll, am id

garlands, wreaths and 15-foot

decorated Christm as trees, the San

Frandsco Symphony celebrates the

Yuletide season w ith two different

ho liday program s. Candldight Christmas [Dec. 10 and 20[ and

“ Christmas Pipe Dreams” [Dec. 111. In fo rm ation is availab le

through the box office, 431-5400.

A Choral Celebration of the Advent & Christmas Seasons [Dec. I l [ , a

concert w ith the Basilica C ho ir o f

M iss ion D o lores C hurch , is

scheduled fo r 7 pm. A $10 sug­

gested donation. I6 (h and Dolores

Streets. Transportation provided

fo r seniors and the homebound:

621-8203.

W ith A Holiday Tradition: “ Now Sing With Hearts Aglow” [Dec. 15-16), the San Francisco Gay

M en’s Chorus celebrates a decade

o f Christm as concerts w ith perfor­

mances at 8 pm both days. They’ll

be jo ined by the Lesbian and Gay

Chorus o f San Frandsco, plus

there w ill be performances by the

G ay M en’s (Thorus' Chamber

Singers and Men About Town sub­

groups. Tickets $10, $12, $15 and

$25; inform ation at 552-3658.

Herbst Theatre.

Fo r Handel lovers, the Sau Francisco Symphony [Dec. 15-18) is presen­

ting “ The Messiah” in Davies

H a ll. Info rm ation: 431-5400.

I f you want to sing yourself, jo in the

San Frandsco State University Chorus and the Women’s Chorus of San Francisco [Dec. 16) fo r the

“ Festival o f Carols, A Christm as

Sing-along,” 7:30 pm. F irst Con­

gregational Church, Post and

Mason Streets. M ore like a big par­

ty , w ith participants jo in ing in sing­

ing selections from the “ Messiah.”

A Chanticleer Christmas (Dec. 17-18) at St. Ignatius Church, Fu lton and

P arke r Streets, 8 pm both

days.Chanticleer vocal ensemble

concert o f classic Christm as music

and spirituals.

The Women’s Chorus of San Fran­dsco [Dec. 18) also has set aside a

day fo r its own ho liday concert, 4

pm , a t F irs t Congregational

C hu rch . A dm iss ion to “ A

Ceremony o f Carols is $5; students

and seniors, $4.

The San Francisco Giris Chorus [Dec.19) offers its sixth annual

Christm as Carol Sing-along, 8 pm

at Davies H a ll. Tickets $8-$l7; in ­

form ation at 431-5400.

The Big WeekendI f home is not where you want to be

on Christmas Eve o r Christm as

D ay, there certainly are places to

go.

The Fraternal Order of Gays [Dec.24) invites you to jo in them for a

potiuck (Thristmas Eve dinner, 7

pm , 304 Gold M ine D rive. Fo r in ­

form ation, 541-0999.

The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus [Dec. 24) performs highlights from

the ir popular “ Now Sing W ith

Hearts Ag low ” concert, 7 pm , at

F irs t Congregational Church, Post

& Mason Streets. Tickets, $I0-$I2.

C a ll 863-8326.

Join the Christmas Eve Celebration at Golden Gate Metropolitan Com­munity Church (Dec. 24), 7:30

pm, 48 Belcher St. Info rm ation:

621-6300.

Christmas Winds [Dec. 24), part o f

the O ld First Concert Series, Van

Ness at Sacramento. Info rm ation:

474-1608.

Christmas Midnight Mass (Dec. 24),sponsored by D ign ity, an organiza­

tion o f lesbian and gay Roman

Catholics and friends. Everett M id ­

dle School A u d ito riu m , 450

Church St. 584-1714.

The Golden Gate Men’s Chorus [Dec.24) presents “ Th is is C hristm as,”

8 pm, St. Francis Church.

M etropo litan C om m unity Church-SF [Dec. 25| holds Christm as dinner

and church services, 8:30 and

10:30 am holiday services, noon

potiuck. C all in advance and let

them know what you want to b r­

ing: 863-4434. 150 Eureka St.

Getting Thru The Holidays [Dec. 26)is the theme o f M CC-SF’s

December Women’s Gathering.

The ho liday season is a tim e fo r

celebrating, but it can also intensify

feelings o f loneliness and depres­

sion. Come share experiences, find

ways through the ho liday blues.

7:30-9 pm. 150 Eureka S t.,

863-4434.

______ Come on, 1989!______1988 is jus t about over. The minutes

tic k o ff the clock and the new year

is about to begin. So what are you

going to do about it? Here’s just a

sample:

Bay Area Career Women New Year's Eve Dinner Dance [Dec. 31) at theM érid ien Hotel. Two ballroom s,

DJ “ To rch ,” C ity Swing band,

buffet, no-host bar. Deadline fo r

tickets is Dec. 19. 495-5353.

O r try “ Shit Happens — The Year in Review (Dec. 3I[ , a New Year’s

Eve show w ith Tom Am m iano and

the O ver O ur Heads comedy

troupe. 9:30 pm, $15. V ic to ria l

Theater, 2961 16th.

New Year’s Eve Services [Dec. 3 I| at

MCC-SF, 150 Eureka St. 10:30

pm, silent m editation; 11 pm, wat-

chnight service o f hymns and ho ly

communion. 863-4434.

New Year's Eve at DNA Lounge (Dec. 3 I[. Beamik Beatch, and

The M urder o f 1988 live . Doors

open at 9 pm, show at 10:30.

Tickets, $10 advance, $15 day o f

show. 375 11th St.. 626-2532.

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B E N E F IT

“ AS IS " — The Foo th ill College D ram a D epart­

ment w ill present a benefit performance o f the

award-winning dram a tha t presents the human

side o f A ID S . 8 pm, Beresford Recreation

Center, San Mateo. A ll proceeds go to the D irect

Services Fund o f E L L IP S E , Peninsula A ID S Ser­

vices. In fo ; 572-9702, 9 am-5 pm.

C O M E D Y

“ O V E R O U R H E A D S " — Side-splitting im prov,

comedy and music, 8:30 pm. La Pena C ultura l

Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. Tickets

$6-$8.

M E E T IN G S

G IR T H & M IR T H — San Francisco club

business meeting, 7:30 pm , 3744 16th St., No. 3.

Members, friends invited fo r discussion o f club

logo, membership cards and coming events.

M U S IC

D A N IS H C E LE B R A T IO N - Concert in

celebration o f the coronation o f K ing C hristian

IV o f Denmark 300 years ago at MusicSources.

1000 The Alameda at M a rin , Berkeley, 8 pm.

Tickets SIO general; $8 students, seniors,

members. Info; 528-1685.

L IV E C A L E N D A R - A t the 1 Beam: D O A

and L ive Skull today; The Young, Fresh Fellows

M onday; free show, The Screaming Trees,

Wednesday. Info: 668-6023.

P H O T O G R A P H Y

R E T R O S P E C T IV E — Four years after G arry

W inogrand’s death at 56, this is the firs t overview

o f the controversial Am erican photographer's

achievements. San Francisco Museum o f Modem

A rt, through Feb. 5.

P IE R C IN G S

C L IN IC S — W ith Jim W ard and s j^ ia l guest

C ou lte r Thomas, a past in ternational M r.

Leather. Permanent piercings in a m irro red

South o f M arket p layroom fo r those seeking a

specialized atmosphere. 1229 Folsom S t., 7-11

— pm,— privacy— assured,— Appointm ent,— M a rk,

call B rian, 863-7764. Sunday, Image Leather,

2199, noon to 5 pm, call Bob, 621-7551.

P O E T R Y

R IC H A R D C H E T W Y N D - “International

Poetry Reading Series” at the Press C lub, 555

Post. Reception in Chetw ynd’s honor, 7 pm,

reading at 8, followed by signing.

V ID E O

O P E N S C R E E N IN G - San Francisco

Cinematheque sponsors its last open screening fo r

1988, Eye G a lle ry, 1151 M ission, 8 pm . Free. A ll

film and video artists welcome. 558-8129.

O rig in a lly scheduled fo r Dec. 2.

Contraband’s Keith Hennessey presents himself in the world premiere of Saliva, a rowdy dance performance by a man under a freeway. 8 pm, Saturday and Sunday. Clementina St. between 1st and 2nd Streets. $5. J

10 DECEMBERSATURDAY

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“ M Y S T E R IE S O F T H E L A U G H IN G

E A R T H " — M ark Wagner paintings, today

through Jan. 7. Fobbo G allery, 3747, 23rd St.,

noon-5 pm Tuesdays, 3-7 pm Thursdays-

Saturdays. Reception fo r artist, 6:30-8:30 pm Dec.

17.

B E N E F IT S

A ID S E M E R G E N C Y FU N D - Beer bust at

San Francisco Eagle, sponsored by M r. S, a

friend o f many w orthwhile causes. The Leather

Hennessy in his rowdy dance — man under a freeway.Daddy him self, Jason Ladd, w ill be M C , and

celebrities w ill auction o ff art, leather goods and

personal services. Patio doors open 8 pm. Dona­

tion , $8.

M E E T IN G S , S E M IN A R S

O U T R E A C H T O E LD E R S - H o lid ay open

house. Operation Concern’s Gay and Lesbian

Outreach to Elders, 1854 M arket S t., 1-3 pm,

626-7000.

W O M E N B R O A D C A S TE R S - N o rthe rn

C a lifo rn ia Women in F ilm and Television

presents “ Not Just A P re tty Face: W om en

Broadcasters,” a panel o f distinguished women in

the industry, 1-4 pm, Potrero H ill Neighborhood

Playhouse, 955 De H aro St. S3 members, $5

non-members, availab le at door.

C O P Y R IG H T C L IN IC — C a lifo rn ia Lawyers

fo r the A rts , 10 am -l2:30 pm, Fort Mason

Center, Build ing C , Room 255. $10 C L A

members, $20 others. In fo : 775-7200.

N IG H T L IF E

P R E - O P E N IN G P A R T Y — H ER O , a new club

fo r a new tim e, pre-opening construction pa rty,

ton ight, 4th St. at B ryan t. DJ Steve Fabus.

F IR S T R E LE A S E S — D uring “ H o ly C ity Zoo

V is its the C ourtyard C afe ,” announcement o f

firs t releases in a new lin e o f comedy album s

under the H o ly C ity Zoo logo. C ourtyard Cafe,

3913 24th St. 550-7000.

C L U B R A P T U R E — Fo r women, by women,

every Saturday night. A t Scooters, 22 4th S t., o ff

M arket.

R E C R E A T IO N

E X P L O R A T O R Y H IK E - W ildcat Canyon

Regional Park, near E l C e rrito , San Francisco

H ik ing G ub . Meet under big Safeway sign.

M a rke t and Dolores. 7 m iles, moderate to

strenuous. To ta l car cost to be shared, $4. Jim ,

665-5578.

11 DECEMBERSUNDAY

621-6294. Saturday, 1779 Folsom , noon to 5 pm.

“ How I Spent My Summer,” paintings of men by Robert Morgan, is on ex* hibit at Cafe San Marcos, 2367 Market St., through Jan. 15. 11 am to 11 pm weekdays, 10 am to 11 pm weekends.--------------------------------------------------------

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1942 M arket, 4 pm . Hosts, M r. Leather Daddy

Jason, Ruth B rinke r, Em peror & Empress,

Steven-L ily , Benefits Project Open Hand. Cel lo

Recital by Empress Connie.

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psychological research grant at Pacific G raduate

School o f Psychology. 5-8:30 pm , Jeremy Stone

G a lle ry, 23 G rant. Donation, $40 per person.

321-1895.

D A N C E

R E N A IS S A N C E — MusicSources begins series

o f three historic “ Tea Dances” w ith Carol Teten,

founder o f Dance Through T im e, as mistress. 5

pm, 1000 The Alam eda at M a rin , Berkeley.

Reservations recommended: 528-1685,

M E E T IN G S

A C L U — B ill o f Rights Day Celebration 1988.

Presentation o f E a rl W arren C iv il Liberties

Aw ard to c iv il rights pioneer Rosa Parks.

Speaker: John Powell. Bar opens 4 pm, Sheraton

Palace H o te l, New M ontgom ery and M arket.

Tickets $12. 621-2493.

M E N ’S B R U N C H — Fo r gay men 60 or older

and friends. Sponsored by O peration Concern’s

Gay and Lesbian Outreach to Elders. Francis o f

Assisi, 145 G uerrero, noon-3 pm. Bring food to

share. 626-7000.

P A R T IE S

P U B L IC A T IO N — Modem Tim es Bookstore,

% 8 Valenc ia, hosts book party 7 pm to celebrate

pub lication by A lyson o f Katherine Sturtevant’s

lesbian novel " A M istress M oderately F a ir.”

A u tho r w ill read. 282-9246.

“ Mysteries of the Laughing Earth,” Marie Wagner paintings at Fobbo GaUery, 3747 23rd St. Reception Dec. 17, 6:30-8:30 pm.

B E E R B U S T — San Francisco Eagle, 398 12th

St., sponsored by R ainbow Dea f Society, 2 6 pm.

Val Diamond in “ A Comedy Christmas,” Fairmont Venetian Room, through Dec. 18. 772-5163.

D A N C E A L O N G — San Francisco Band Foun­

d a tio n ’s 4th annual ho lid ay celebration

“Christm as G ala & Dance A long Nutcracker!’’

50s style T V spoof o f “ I Love Lucy,” featuring

G a il W ilson as Lucy and Marga Gomez as Ricky.

Theater A rtaud . 450 F lorida St. (17th S t.) $50

sponsor, $25 preferred seating, $15 general.

552-3656.

V ID E O

E LE C T R IC e r r v — Gay T V show every Sun­

day, 7 pm on SF Cable 35. Features Sisters of

Perpetual Indulgence, a look inside The Sentinel, Woman lnc„ the Latino A ID S Project w ith Mano

a M ano, and the premiere o f o u r sports segment

w ith the ever<haim ing Irene. Special guest. Chita

R ivera.

12 DECEMBERMONDAY

$6 person. Date changed from Dec. 18.

B E N E F ITS

A T M O R T Y ’S — Benefit to cover costs o f cancer

treatm ent fo r M arsha Richman, young Bay Area

w rite r and volunteer editor o f the Wakan Newslet­ter. 8 pm , $15 person. 986-6678, o r Kelle,

456-5446.

M U S IC

C H A M B E R S Y M P H O N Y - Opens sixth San

Francisco season, 8 pm. First U n ita rian Church,

1187 F rank lin . Ik S . prem iere o f H enri Lazaro fs

“ Concertante.” 552-3656.

M E E T IN G S , S E M IN A R S

S U P P O R T G R O U P — For gay men 60 and

o lder, 7-9 pm. Operation Concern, 1853 M arket.

Sponsored by G ay and Lesbian Outreach to

Elders. 626-7000.

W O M E N O F E X C E L LE N C E - Bay A rea

Career W om en, “ Women o f Excellence Pa rt 3 .”

Top ic: Reclaim ing and C reating Holidays —

Lavender Style. Berkeley Conference Center, 2105

B anao ft, 6:30 pm. Christmas fa ir set up. Info;

495-5393.

V ID E O

LE S B IA N S O A P O PE R A — F ive one-hour

day through Friday, repeated 4 pm Dec. 19-23 and

7:30 pm Wednesdays Dec. 29-Jan. 25. Eureka

Vallev-Harvev M ilk M em oria l Branch, 3555 16th

St.

1 3 DECEMBERTUESDAY

L E C T U R E

A U T H O R A L IC E W A L K E R - San Francisco

Friends o f the Public L ib ra ry lecture series. 8 pm,

Herbst Theatre. $11 and $13.50. 552-3656.

S E M IN A R

C A R E E R T O R U M — Professionals discuss

careers in m arketing. Sponsored by San Francisco

Jewish Com m unity Center. 7-9 pm, 3200 C a lifo r­

nia St. $5 . 346-6040.

S IG N IN G

P A T C A L IF IA — Reads ftom and signs copies o f

her new book “ Macho S lu ts .” The Love Tha t

Dares Bookshop, 506 Castro. 552-511 1.

1 4 DECEMBERWEDNESDAYA R T

A S IA N A R T M U S E U M - “ The Suzuke Lac­

quers: Recent W o rk by M utsum i and Masako

Suzuk i.” Through Feb. 26, Golden Gate P ark.

668-6404.

videotape episodes o f “ Two in Tw en ty.” 2 pm to- 243-0812.

Peter Schickele, creator of P.D.Q. Bach, performs 4 pm Sunday at Old First Church, Van Ness at Sacramento.

B E N E F IT S

T H E N A M E S Q U IL T ; T H R E A D S O F L O V E

— Q u ilt comes home from year-long U .S . to u r fo r

display at Moscone Center, noon to 9 pm through

F rid ay, 10 am to 7 pm Saturday and Sunday.

Benefits 18 Bay A rea A ID S organizations. V is ito rs

encouraged to bring donations o f canned foods fo r

San Francisco A ID S Foundation Food Bank.

863-5511.

C O M E TO T H E C A B A R E T — Rom anovsky &

P h illip s, 8 pm G ub St. John, 170 W . St. John

Street, San Jose. Sing about the ir lives as gay men

and the joys and absurdities o f t« ing gay. Benefits

Necessities— and— M ore— A ID S — organiza tion.

S E M IN A R

Y E A R - E N D T A X P L A N N IN G FO R A R T IS T S

— C alifo rn ia Lawyers fo r the A rts program 7-8:30

pm. Fo ri Mason Center. Bu ild ing B. Room 300.

Cost $5 members. $10 others. 775-7200.

W R IT E R S

G A Y A N D LF .SB IAN O L D E R W R IT E R S - 50

and over. 6-8 pm. Operation Concern, 1853

M arket. Sponsored bv G ay and Lesbian Outreach

to Elders. 626-7000.'

1 5 DECEMBERTHURSDAY

A R T

A L B E R T O G IA C O M E T T I - Through Feb. 5.

a m ajo r retrospective o f Swiss-born a rtis t’s

sculptures, paintings and drawings. San F ran­

cisco Museum o f Modem A rt. Van Ness at

M cA llis te r. 4th floor.

B E N E F IT S

N A M E S P R O JE C T — San Francisco Sym ­

phony presents benefit “ Threads o f Love” Con­

cert. 8 pm . Masonic A ud ito rium . Benefits 18 Bay

A rea A ID S organizations. 431-5400.

R E A D Y B A C K S TA G E ? - “ Three fo r the

Show” clown reunion featuring B ill Irw in , G eoff

Hoyle and La rry P isoni. 8 pm . Palace o f Fine

A rts . To raise funds to purchase lighting and

sound equipment fo r Las Ruinas Theatre in

Managua. N icaragua. A lso benefits P ickle Fam i­

ly C ircus and the San Francisco M im e Troupe.

285-1717.

M U S IC

A L L IG A T O R ’S — Concert series, David

Barnett and B ill Sorenson, classical clarinet and

piano performance. 8:30 pm. 924 Valencia S t..

695-0845.

V ID E O

O U T LO O K — M on th ly lesbian/gay video

magazine. 8 pm at G ub St. John in San Jose and

8 pm on Cable Channel 30 in M ountain View .

Prem iere o f O utlook’s ho liday special. Christm as

cheer w ith Danny W illiam s. Chanukah w ith Con­

gregation Shaar Zahav, a gay synagogue. The

meaning o f W in te r Solstice (Dec. 21) w ith psychic

consultant Van A u lt.

G A V F R E E D O M D A Y ’8« - Footage o f

parade and interviews on Com m unity Action

Netw ork News, 7:30 pm on Cable 30 in M oun­

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SPORTSGay Mens’ Basketball — Social or Competitive?

by Jack McGowan

T he Hotshots — the only gay men's organized basketball now taking place in San Francisco — was started by Tony Jabinski, a Bostonian who first competed in the San Francisco 1982 Gay Games.

Tony eventually made San Francisco

his home and, hnding that local gay

basketball had faded to p rartically

nothing, procured a sm all gym in the

Haight in 1986. where he started a pick­

up basketball program.

The group plays year-round, although

interest and participation is greatest dur­

ing the fa ll and w inter. "Street b a ll" is

what Tony calls it. A lthough this

reporter, observing the ir practice, could

not help but notice the lack o f contact

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and aggressiveness that usually char­

acterizes "street b a ll."

The Hotshots number cunently ap­

proxim ately 50 players w ith 15 to 2 )

showing up each Friday for three hours

o f mixed team play.

Tony, a slightly bu ilt blond about

5'11, obviously loves the game. He

proudly points out that un like other

sporting programs, his is self-supportive.

There are no sponsor fees, no uniforms

and no fundraisers. The games are pick­

up in nature, although to these eyes it ap-

p^red Tony — a good organizer — tries

his best to pick and choose teams of

equal balance. P a rity , as Pete Rozelle

would say, is where it ’s at.

The players run the gamut in age and

socialize — as well as compete —

throughout the year.

O ther activities have also been spon­

sored by the Hotshots. They hope to

participate in Team San Francisco and

w ill compete in the Frontruruier's

A rm ual Gay Sports Day. They ate now

starting a toy drive fo r homeless ch ild ro i

who live in the basement o f the gym.

The first m ajor event conducted by the

Hotshots was co-sponsored by the ham ­

mers, the lesbian basketball team; it was

held about a year ago in Collingwood

gym. The Hotshots-Slammers matchup

raised more than $1,000 fo r the A ID S

Emergency Fund. A second batde o f

these teams, sponsored by the Sisters o f

Perpetual Indulgence, took place last

A p ^ at Kezar Stadium and raised more

than $3,500 for the Names Project. In

October, a small group o f Hotshots

{layers competed and came away w ith

th ird place and a 2-2 record in San

D iego’s firs t Autum n Sports Festival.

Tony feels his group’s sociable, un­

threatening atmosphere o f F riday night

basketball is unique and invites anyone

having an interest in playing to call him

at 621-2710.

Tony says the m ajo rity o f his players

would not play in an organized league,

are not interested in im proving, and

focus on ly on non-competitive play.

In questioning him about his contact

w ith some o f the older players — not

necessarily in age but in Bay A rea par-

SPORTSCOPEby Jack ‘Irene’ McGowan

More hurrahs for our San Francisco gay athletes. Coach Mike Bulawit and his S.F. Islanders visited Chicago over the Thanksgiving Day weekend for a three-day NAGV/ik (North American Gay Volleyball Association) Tournament and came

home with the “ BB” Championship.It was the first appearance by a San Francisco team in the Chicago tournament

— which is the granddaddy o f national gay vo lleyball tournaments. Sam M olinaro

— president o f the M S A (the nation’s largest gay sports association) told me that

M ike and his boys — Whoops! 1 mean men — made quite an impression both

athletically and aesthetically.

Bulaw it says he and his players were looking forward to try ing out fo r Team San

Francisco to compete in Vancouver, B.C. But first they are pointing to the Gay

Nationals to be held in M inneapolis over next M em oria l weekend. He also asked

whether any o f our readers could help him to solve two o f his team ’s most pressing

problems.

F irst, they are desperately seeking gymnasium space fo r weeknight and weekend

practices and exhibitions. They need room enough to put up two to four nets to

accommodate the volleyballers.

Second, he would like to contact gay women vo lleyball teams — o r individuals

— to work together fo r the upcoming Gay Games. In either case he would relish

h ir in g from anyone who can either help in procuring gym space o r in introducing

him to his gay sisters’ vo lleyball activities. H is phone number is 731-2056.

Mike Mazgar — top SF Hotshot scorer at recent San Diego tournament — hits another basket.

Kenny Patterson — quick

hands and quicker feet — is a standout ball handler for the SF Hot-Shots.

ticipation — who played and beat the

S.F. firemen and other straight teams,

his answers were interesting to say the

least.

F irst, he said they had nothing to

prove in playing against straights and

second, the orig inal players had gotten

older and that age was a factor and

deterrent in playing fo r the Hotshots or

not. (A re you listening Tom m y Sherck

and M anny Simmons?)

(Next week — part two o f Bay Area

basketball — an opposing viewpoint o f

competitive vs. social, men against

women, o ld against new, racial im ­

balance.)

And then there were four. . .by Rick Mariani

Round two of the playoffs for the San Francisco Pool Association saw ^ t teams competing in a single-match efimination. Four teams advanced while the other four look forward to next season, which begins late January. Second-round

matches had a bit of everything: a blowout, a sputtering start, a fantastic finish, an undermanned team going the distance, and a near upset.

Chairm an emeritus o f the G SL — Tom Vindeed — upset w ith the recognition o f

(or lack o f it) by certain award groups o f p y men and women and their

achievements — has taken s t ^ (and as everyone knows, when Tom steps, the

Richter scale readings soar, rivaling M t. St. Helena).

He has in itiated an annual celebration o f lesbian and p y athletes and the ir sup­

porters [please spare us the jokes). Tom and a group o f his peers have scheduled an

armual awards dinner — the Apex Awards — to reward top p y men and women

achievers in twenty sporting activities, from bowling to wrestling.

The first gala w ill be held at Bimbo’s ( I am ip o rin g this chance too) on Satur­

day, January 28th. The m ain award w ill be dedicated to the late Tom

W adde ll. . Watch this space fo r further news on this m atter.

Carl Heimarm — reformed softball manager (GSL) o f San Francisco wants us to

know that. "There is more to life than softball” . . .1 more than agree and am

pleased to pass along the fo llowing.

The one-hundred plus members o f S A G A North — the p y ski club — have for

the first time ever scheduled a ski trip to Europe. Twenty-four people have already

siped up for a trek to the beautiful Austrian ski resort o f Kitzbuhel.

M ore immediately 54 o f the ir members w ill be in the K irkwood ski area o f the

Sierras over this upcoming weekend.

The blowout occurred at the W liite

Swallow, where the Detour De Force, a

Cinderella team which had upset a very

good team from the Park Bowl, was fac­

ing the W hite Swallow Wave. The

Detour team had the m isfortune o f fac­

ing the W ave on a night when the surf

was up. Led by Jim Russo and Lynn

Westhoven, the W ave trium phed 9-2 in a

speedy hour-and-a-half match.

The Eagle Creek Chaos had beginning

difficulties against a feisty Deluxe

M ystkks team. The Chaos trailed the

Mysticks 3-4 before going on a six-game

winning streak which ended the season

fo r the Mysticks. The Chaos faces the

Wave at the W h ite Swallow in round

three. These teams are evenly matched

and promise a close contest.

The Cinch Saddletramps could only

field three players as they took on a

powerful Paradise Palace team at the

Paradise Lounge. The Saddletramps

James Ing lis was in top form w irm ing Ws

four games and keeping his team in the

match; however, the Saddletramps,

w ithout a fourth player, p v e up four

games on forfeits and lost 9-7.

The match o f the evening had an a ll­

women’s team, the M aud’s Makeshifts,

facing last season’s champions, the

Deluxe Ducks, at the Deluxe. During

r^ u la r season play, the Makeships were

the on ly team to beat the Ducks, so they

feh they could do it again if they just

stayed loose.

M aud’s led the match from the begin­

ning and eventually had a 6-3 lead before

the fin t tu rn ing point. M akeshift player

M arquita Booth faced the Ducks’ top

player E llio tt Zalta. Booth ran the table,

m alting an almost impossible full-length

cut shot. Unfortunately, she scratched

after pocketing her last ba ll, so Zalta had

all o f his solids on the table and the ad­

vantage o f cue ball in hand.

Zaha is one o f the best players in the

SFPA, and it is a credit to M aud’s that

he was extrem ely jitte ry as he addressed

the table. A loss w o^d put his team

down fou r games, a w in on ly two. He

stepped away from the table numerous

times (a veteran tactic) and was able to

calm down and r^ a in his concentration

to pocket a ll o f his balls and the eight for

a very im portant win.

The match was s till in M aud’s favor

going in to the final round w ith the

Makeshifts holding a 7-5 lead. Ducks

player Lauren W ard then played a

fabulous game, running the table w ith

fantastic cueball control to w in her

fourth game o f the evenine.

The match was now 7-7 and the Ducks

had Za lta up next. He took the oppor­

tunity and ran out the table, putting the

D uck ahead fo r the firs t time in the

evening. The Makeshifts now needed a

win to tie and force a tiebreaker. The

player from M aud’s played b rillia n tly

and again had the game-winning shot in

sight. Once again, w ith nerves and pres­

sure playing an im portant role, the shot

was wide and the Ducks eventually won

the match.

The M aud’s Makeshifts team is to be

(.'uiigratulaied fo r an outstandmg season.'

Watch out for them next season. The

Deluxe Ducks now face the Paradise

Palace team in round three.

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We at the Sentinel wish them good s k iin g .. .as fo r C arl — Irene hopes that he

covers the slopes a little more successfirlly than it is rum ored he ran the bases —

the few times he got on, that is.

PARK B O W L I N G

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N A M E S IN T H E N EW S : M y kind of athlete. Bo Jackson is! Bo, who is having a

disappointing and injury-wracked season w ith the Los Angeles Raiders, recently

wrenched his back while, according to reports, c h a n p g his pants. He loudly denied

the reports and when pressured by the press to explain how this latest in ju ry occur­

red, Jackson rep lied . . . while having weird s e x . . .•k * it it -k it It

I was intrigued by the recently televised go lf tournam ent, called the "S k in s "

game, on ESPN . Lee T revino , Jack N icklaus, Raymond Floyd, and Curtis Strange

were battling fo r two days over a $450,000 purse. G o lly! I just recently picked one

up fo r $1.39. O h, well! Guess those guys would never th in k o f shopping at

Com m unity T h rift.

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A little more help is needed. A number o f readers have called, asking if we had

any knowledge o f a gay hockey group. I f any reader knows o f such a group and

lets us know, we would be glad to pass it along.

PARK BOWL LEAGUESWeek Ending 12/4

SUNDAY - SF W.B.L. (Woown)TUM STANDINGS WDN LOSTInk Blots 20 08

Mauds Squad tz 5 to 5Berkeley Women's

Health Col 17 5 10 5Express Computer Supply 17 11Clive Oils 16 5 115Just Enough 15 13Bad Girls 15 13Park Bowl 15 13Sidney's Pinheads 13 5 14 5Artemis 13 15Cassidys Cabinet-

I9S 13 15F Darling Tax Service 12 I 6Awards by Chris 11 17Bowldykas 11 17Spare Me 09 tg

Amelia's 08 20

Tavern Guild Monday (6:15)

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Pilsner Ouackers 24 16Tavern Guild Monday (8:30) RIsner Pick-Ups 24 16Punto Rolo s 31 8 RIsner Men Behind Balls 24 16Pilsner Pfnguins 30 9 Galleon Sharks 23 16Welcome Home 30 10 Ray With It Again 23 17Bassett Hounds 26 14 SF Eagle 22 17Frantic Finishers 23 16 Ray With ll Ltd 22 ISSF Gay Band 23 16 Evans Pacific 20 20All American Trophy 23 17 Bams & Ewe 18 22Rolos 21 16 Godfather Service Fund 17 22Urasis Dragon 21 19 Gutter Girls 17 23The Barking Lot 21 19 The Unbearable Bottoms 14 25Tom Clark Painting 21 19 9 Eyes Only 14 26Rawhide II 20 20 The Bear Tops 13 27Castro Station 20 20 Pendulum Pandas 10 30Always Tan 19 20 The Helen Beds 3 33

Tavern Guild Thursday (Hawaii)Birds ol Paradise 33 15Hangln' Loose 31 17Throw Mother from the Lane 2B 20Gekko Girls 23 20The Moo Moos 24 24

Castaways 24 24

Roommaters 21 27

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The Executive Director should have 3-5 years management experience in a human services organization of similar size. Experience in AIDS related organizations Is highly desirable. Can­didates must have demonstrated under­standing of the unique needs of an organization serving people with AIDS and must be able to fully embrace its mission and work.

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BEAUTIFULIRelax In a peaceful environment and en­joy a deep, sensual full body massage. In or out, anytime. $40/$50. Discount forPWAs. David, 861-1362.____________

PAMPER YOURSELF with a therapeutic full-body massage that feels good. To celebrate the open­ing of his new office on Market Street near Montgomery, David Zebker is offer­ing first-time clients an hour for only $20.Call39B-6651 or 771-0814.________ (M52)

Handsome, athletic masseur uses com­bination of Swedish, deep tissue and acupressure. 5 years experience. Cer­tified, 18th & Douglass. $35/hr. Jim626-2598._______________________ (M52)

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YOU DESERVE IT ITreat yourself to a sensual, relaxing ex­perience today with a totally nude body massage by a tall, dark and handsome 24-year-old man that will rejuvenate and exhilarate your total being. Call WII at 415 433-4106. All hours. In or out or in.________________________________ (M48)

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Handsome, athletic masseur uses com­bi nation of Swedish, deep tissue and ac- cuprassure. 5 years experience. Cer­tified, 18th & Douglass. $35/hr. Jim626-2598._______________________ (M52)

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Let trained, experienced, strong, friend­ly hands slip you through the unmarked door to Paradise. 18th & Noe. Certified. $35.Comemelt.Jlm,864-2430. (M49)

Handsome masseur's strong, yet gentle touch will relax your body, ease your mind, and lead you to the gateway of your spirit. Eureka Valley location. Even- Inqs. $45/90 min. Greg, 826-4695. (M49)

SENSUAL HEALING Enjoy a deep sensual relaxing massage by a sensitive, loving man. I combine deep tissue, Swedish & accupressure techniques to rejuvenate & heal your body, mind & spirit. Feel nurtured & lifted. Union Square location & major hotels._________ MICHAEL 563-7014 (M49)

RELIEVE HIV STRESSI Healthy and attractive, friendly HIV pos. m asseur o ffe rs sensual, ca ring massage to HIV pos. PWA/ARC. Call Dennis $25(hour. In only. Call Dennis255-2839._______________________ (M49)

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POLARITY MASSAGEPolarity massage Is a powerful system of energy work which transforms and balances the physical and subtle bodies. Polarity massage effects a deep relaxation giving way to an exciting awareness of ourselves as a vibrant, conscious system of life energy. Cer­tified. Castro location. Introductory ses- slon$25.00/hr. David 552-3712. (M49)

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LONGING FORA satisfying massage? Try the experi­enced hands of a certified Esalen-tralned professional. Indulge yourself in a fan­tastic full-body massage at my I7th St. studio near Dolores and BART. $30. Roy.____________ 621-1302__________ (S49)

DEEP PENETRATING MASSAGE Flexible massage to fit your body, com­bining deep tissue and recreational massage with deep inner penetration. Specializing in trim and lit bodies. Tall, trim athlete with strong, sensitive touch! $40/90 min. Out negotiable. Major hotels OK. Call Tom at 755-7471. (48,49,50)

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WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DOHot, affectionate, masseur gives you all the extras! Smooth, trim, nicely worked out body, deliciously endow^. Many satisfied repeats. Near Church/Market. In/Out. Major Hotels O.K. Special after­noon rates.__________ Call J.J. 553-3309 (S48)

CARINGBIk masseur — Alonso 6 ft, 185 lbs., 38 yr old mature. Specialty in Swedish, ac­cupressure, deep tissue, reiaxing. Take pride in my work. $40/hr. Out only. Tel 621-3319 from 1 pm to midnight — tops from NY. ___________________ (S48)

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Mature GWM wants same to share 2 bdrm flat in Bernal Heights. Has view, fireplace, w/d, d/w, but needs bdrm turn. Rent is $450. plus deposit and half u tilit ie s and cable. Smoker okay.Stephen 641-7656.______________ (46,49)Easygoing and professional nonsmoker GWM. 35. has 2 bedroom apartment at Castro & 27th to share. Sunny, fireplace, dishwasher, patio, view, wooded backyard. $450 -f V> utilities. CallMichael 824-5292._________________

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Mature GWM wants same to share 2 bdrm. flat In Bernal Heights. Has view, fireplace, W/D, D/W, but needs bdrm furn. Rent is $450. plus deposit and half utilities and cable. Smoker okay. No pets. Stephen641-7B56._________________ ¡49j

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IDEAL TENANT, PWA Need Space (1/89). Nice location. On limited by DEPENDABLE INCOME. $325 maximum, likely falls below market value for QUALITY situation desired, but I BENEFIT OWNER: Very Dependable. Honest, Sincere, Considerate and Clean. Enjoy quiet home-life. In good health and independent. (Ref's) Paul 213-662-4648 (Iv. msQ.)_____________ (49)

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