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CYMK Cover Story Dancing with Tears in His Eyes An Interview with Andreas Lundstedt of Alcazar By Gregg Shapiro Ever since Abba, the world has been aware of the Swedish affinity for disco. With “Crying at the Discoteque,” from their self- titled domestic debut (E-Magine Music), Alcazar, the latest Swedish disco export, prove that they can also “dance” and “jive” and “watch that scene.” Openly gay front man Andreas Lundstedt and fellow group members Annikafiore and Tess, are poised to meet the needs of queer club culture via the dance floor (“Tears of a Clone,” for example, contains the lyrics “A room with a hundred men/The design of a perfect blend/ Identical strains of code/Dressed up in the fashion mode”). Gregg Shapiro: Many of the songs on Casino, including “Paris in the Rain,” have a vintage disco energy. That is especially

true in the case of “Sexual Guarantee” and Photo courtesy of E-Magine Entertainment “Crying at the Discoteque,” which feature Andreas Lundstedt (center), flanked by fellow Alcazar members Annikafiorem Chic samples. Do you have a favorite period Johansson (left) and Tess Merkel, is poised to invade the North American dance circuit. of dance music? Andreas Lundstedt: Actually (laughs), AL: Well, not to cover a Pet Shop Boys for me in Swedish, before, when I did solo. it’s hard to decide, because I love them all. I song, but we would love to work with them. We have a good connection. must say for me, the ’70s crossing over to That would be a great thing, if they had a GS: Alcazar will be performing live at the ’80s disco music, I kind of like the most, song for us or something like that. You never the Billboard Music Summit in New York because when it was really hip in the ’70s know, maybe we will do a cover, because City in October. What are you most looking with disco and everything. I was too young their songs are so great. I don’t think we forward to about that event? to go out clubbing. I never got to go out would do it as good as they do, actually. It’s AL: Oh my God, we are so psyched. We dancing to that music. I did it in my living kind of like doing a cover of a song of Abba. can’t really believe yet. I used to live in New room. Now that I’m older (laughs), I can kind Abba does it so good themselves; you can’t York from ’93 to ’95. When I lived there, I of take it back, do it real, full out and record it really top it. If Neil Tennant or Chris Lowe didn’t work with music or anything. I was and sing it. would call us and say, “Hey, we just wrote a hoping and dreaming that one day it would GS: So, you’re reclaiming it for song that would really suit you,” we would be so cool to come back to New York and yourself? definitely be there in a second. They’re so actually be on a stage and perform. It was AL: Yeah, definitely, and for people who nice, and they are such cool guys. kind of one of my dreams, and now it’s coming love the disco. GS: Alcazar does do a cover of the true. It’s really hard to believe. Also, we are GS: “Crying at the Discoteque” was Human League song “Don’t You Want Me.” going to the United States. included on the original soundtrack to the Why was that song selected? We were so happy when Alcazar was Showtime production of Queer as Folk. AL: It was actually one of our producers, breaking in Finland in the beginning. We What did it mean to you to be included on the Alexander Bard, who got the idea for us to were like, “Hooray!” Then it spread out CD? sing the song and record it. When he asked through all of Europe, and we thought that AL: A lot. We’ve never had one of our us, “What do you feel about doing a cover of was amazing. Then we got to go to Australia. songs on any kind of soundtrack. I’ve never ‘Don’t You Want Me’?,” we immediately got That was even (more exciting), because it’s seen the series, though. I’ve seen the English all of these memories from the ’80s. It’s kind of another continent, just like the United States. version, but I’ve never seen the American. the same with the ’70s music as well. It feels really weird. Because we’re It’s really cool that they picked it for the We were kind of too young to be out Swedish, typical Swedish people, we don’t album. It’s really great. clubbing. The song is so kind of funny, fun take anything for granted. We certainly don’t GS: Dance music is very popular within lyrics. They’re very desperate, “Don’t you take it for granted with the United States the queer community, and it’s refreshing to want me?” and we love desperate lyrics — thing. Maybe we’ll get it when we are on the hear these songs sung by a gay man, as “Crying at the Discoteque,” “Don’t You Want plane, or maybe when we land, or maybe opposed to a big disco diva. Me,” “Sexual Guarantee.” Maybe that goes when we are in the Lincoln Tunnel or AL: (laughs) hand in hand with the gay thing, the queer something, and we’ll be like, Okay we’re here. GS: There’s the Pet Shop Boys and thing, like “I will Survive,” “Disco Inferno,” We are really here. We’re going to kiss the Jimmy Somerville, to name a few, but there everything is kind of desperate. We like that. ground. No, not really. aren’t that many openly gay men singing in Desperate lyrics are always welcome for GS: The predominant musical trends the realm of disco. How does it feel to have Alcazar. Also it’s kind of funny that Human currently emerging from Sweden appear to that distinction? League are one guy and two girls, so we be dance music, such as the songs on Casino, AL: That’s something that I don’t really thought that it fit pretty well with our line-up. or garage rock, performed by bands such as reflect on. I don’t think about that really. It’s GS: What was it like working with The Hives and Sahara Hotnights. What do just my sexuality. I don’t think it comes across Alexander Bard, formerly of (Sweden’s) you think about those musical extremes? in the music—my sexuality. Maybe because Army of Lovers, who co-wrote and co- AL: I think that it has to do with in the I like disco, and maybe that’s very queer produced most of the songs on Casino? winter, Swedish people don’t have a lot to music. Other than that, I’m just a singer like AL: Hell! No, I’m just kidding. do because it’s so freaking cold. What to other singers, straight or bi, or gay. I don’t GS: Would you work with him again? do? We go down in the basement and write see it as a big thing. Maybe other people AL: Definitely! He’s writing new songs songs. Or, when we were in school we had a do—or as a good thing or whatever. I think for our next album already. He’s kind of like lot of music classes. We were always in there’s more gay singers, but they just aren’t our guru. He’s the one that molded Alcazar different choirs. It’s the way that we were saying they are. and the sound and the songs. He’s really good. brought up, we Swedish people—choir GS: Speaking of Pet Shop Boys, Neil He’s a tough guy, and he knows what he wants practice and you always learn some kind of Tennant, of that group, had words of praise and we know what we want. He’s very instrument. I felt that was so boring; I just for Alcazar. intelligent in so many ways, not only in music. wanted to sing. I didn’t want to play piano or AL: Yeah! He does so many other things. He’s really cool. the flute or anything. A lot of people stay GS: Does Alcazar have any plans to ever We have a really good contact, because I’ve with it, and then all of a sudden they get to cover a Pet Shop Boys song? known him since ’96. He wrote some songs write music and become real big music writers.

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CYMK For the Love of Music Music Fest Miami Arrives Labor Day Weekend By Mary Damiano Miami-Dade County. There will be a tour in Convention Center. Music will fill the air this Labor Day Overtown highlighting the African-American Sunday brings the Marching Band weekend when Music Fest Miami comes to and Caribbean community; one in Coral Extravaganza in a battle of the bands, town for its second year. Gables that explores the European heritage; featuring many high school bands from all Patti LaBelle, Al Jarreau and Issac Hayes a tour in Little Haiti examining the over South Florida at the Orange Bowl. The will headline the three-day event, which is Haitian community; a tour in Little weekend culminates in an outdoor aimed at uniting the community through music. Havana highlighting the Hispanic concert at Bayfront Park headlined by “The creative arts are the means by community; and a tour in Miami Beach Patti LaBelle and featuring Latin artist which a country or culture records its life, exploring the Jewish community. The Giselle; Jamaican and reggae celebrates its uniqueness, poses questions tours will feature music, dance and group Third World; the and establishes harmony out of discord,” arts and crafts from the different Caribbean and calypso said Miami-Dade County Commissioner Dr. cultures. sounds of Krosfyah; jazz Barbara Carey-Shuler, who spearheaded the The festival will begin on performers Jeff Golub and event along with City of Miami Mayor Friday, August 30, with the Warren Hill; Bahamian and Manny Diaz. school visits and Jazz-matazz, junkanoo group Visage and a In addition to concerts, Jarreau and the Mayor’s Ball, featuring a performance by Cuban Jam many other musicians will present workshops concert by Jarreau at the Miami Session. and performances at five Miami-Dade public Arena. Saturday, in edition to the In addition to the live schools. The workshops are aimed at helping community tours, there will be a performances, Music Fest students discover the Unity Football Miami will feature the seventh roots of various Classic, with the Annual Miami Jazz Film genres of music, their FAMU Rattlers Festival, consisting of more traditional importance and the than 20 documentaries, shorts and their modern University of Miami and animated films featuring relevance. The Hurricanes squaring jazz greats including Billie workshops will seek off at the Orange Holiday, Count Basie and Miles to inspire children to Bowl. Davis. The film festival will avoid drugs and Saturday night, take place at the Absinthe reach for their dreams will be Gospel Fest House Cinematheque in Coral through continuing 2002, featuring many Gables. their education. gospel performers, For more information Another feature including Dr. Bobby about Miami Fest 2002, of Music Fest Miami Jones and Vicki Winans including a complete will be Community Jisselle at The Caleb. Later that schedule and ticket Experience Tours, night is the Salute to information, call which will help visitors and residents Soul, starring Issac Hayes, at the 305.373.0011 or visit understand the various cultures within Miccosukee Resort and www.musicfestmiami.com. Al Jarreau

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CYMK Fall Preview Meet the Players: Local People, Local Arts

You know their work, but probably not Music What, in your opinion, is the power of How is theater in South Florida their names. It takes a lot of talented people Cami Delgado has been a member of theater? different from other places? to create the diverse local arts and the South Beach Gay Theater is powerful because it is live; What makes South Florida theater entertainment scene that we have in South Men’s Chorus since it’s a living art. Because what we see on stage different is what makes South Florida Florida, and many of them work behind the its inception. is a reflection of who we are, theater has the different. This is a totally different kind of scenes. Here are a just a few of the people ability to transform, make us question, disturb place, hence we are a totally different type who help bring the performing arts to life. Why is the South us, entertain us, make us laugh or cry and of people—good and bad. We didn’t all Beach Gay Men’s make us think. The connection between actor move here for the weather; some of us came Film Chorus important to and audience is key to this. In South Florida, for a change of lifestyle. It’s also an Gregory von Hausch is president of the the community? our stages are typically very small, which incredibly diverse population. However, I Fort Lauderdale makes this connection immediate and will point out that South Florida has such International Film We represent the intimate. There are no second takes when a fertile pool of talent, that it makes one Festival, which runs community in a positive light. We enrich the you’re watching live theater—the action wonder why so many South Florida October 18 to lives of many with our singing, music, comedy happens, and what you see is what you get. theaters feel the need to hold auditions in November 24, 2002. and dancing and send them home with a great New York. (The Shores has recently Now in its 17th year, it smile. By showcasing local talent, we add to Rich Simone is the changed our mission statement to hire only is the longest-running the community’s self- esteem and pride. artistic director of South Florida performers and artists.) I film festival in the Already people are saying that their holidays Miami Shores think that it’s more challenging in some world. would not seem complete without attending Performing Arts ways to work in this field down here, and I What do you love most about working our December concert. Also, by definition, we Theatre. He is an actor, think there is room for much improvement, with the festival? are a gay-affirming organization that openly director and set but I want to stay and try to raise the bar It is exciting, unpredictable, ever embraces and celebrates being gay, a healthy designer. artistically. changing—no one day is ever the same. I statement in our South Beach community. love travel, and the festival has sent me to Local Theaters Line Montreal, Toronto, L.A., New York, Cannes, Derek Mann is a Berlin, London, Paris, Tehran, Santa Barbara, soloist with the Gay Santo Domingo, Rome and just about Men’s Chorus South Up New Season Florida. The season anywhere in between. But most of all, I love By Mary Damiano cult film is based on. The Public Theatre will what I do because film is so explosive, so marks his sixth year with the group. Theater mirrors life. The magic of theater do Jeffrey, a comedy by Paul Rudnick, mood altering, so fantastic. It is easy to is that it’s live, and just like life, there are October 4-27, and Fifth of July, a drama by promote something you love, and it makes plenty of second acts, but no do-overs. Lanford Wilson, November 15-December 8. your work a labor of your passion. What is the best part of being in the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida? While film is my passion, there is nothing The Jerry Herman Theater will present The By being a member of the Gay Men’s like being in the audience for a live performance. Laramie Project, which deals with the murder Carol Coombes is The performers must shed every inhibition they of Matthew Shepard, October 4-12. the program manager for Chorus of South Florida, I have been allowed an outlet to express my creative and artistic have, and no matter how elaborate the The Hollywood Playhouse will present the Miami Gay & Lesbian costume, they’re naked up on that stage. Meshuggah-Nuns, the latest installment of Film Festival, which runs abilities and talents. After having trained and performed professionally for many years South Florida is lucky to have such a the Nunsense series, October 24 to December April 24 to May 4, 2003. thriving theatrical community. This season, 1. And a new play, Nature of the Beach, by Before coming to Miami, in this country and abroad, I am now a practicing registered nurse in the field of HIV about 30 theaters and theater companies will local writer and artist David Sexton and she worked for five years present about 120 productions—musicals, starring out ex-baseball player Billy Bean, will with the British Film Institute on both the London and AIDS. The chorus gives me the opportunity to continue in the entertainment dramas, comedies and mysteries—literally be presented at the Shores Performing Arts International Film Festival and the London something for everyone. Theatre beginning September 12. Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. field, which is an important part of my life. Even though I am a regular soloist in the There is no lack of gay-themed plays on So, stock up on tapes and record the chorus, it is all of us coming together in song the season’s agenda. The Shores Performing new fall TV season. There’s too much going Why is the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Arts Theatre will present the South Florida on at the theater to give into couch potato Festival (MGLFF) important to the South that makes performing with this organization an incredible experience for me year after year. premiere of The Rocky Horror Show, tendencies. Don’t watch drama and comedy Florida community? October 25 to November 24, the play that the on TV, experience it live. The word “community” is the key word. The MGLFF is one of the key cultural events in the Theater Gay Films and Fort Lauderdale social calendar here in South Florida. The MGLFF Robert Hooker is receives in-kind support from its partnerships with the founder and artistic Fest Featured this Fall local hotels, restaurants, venues and clubs. The director of the Sol MGLFF brings in out-of-town guests, and as we Theatre Project in Fort Theatrical Releases Filled grow and garner more press and publicity, the Lauderdale. In addition event will attract more visitors, which is important to acting, directing and with Gay Themes and Characters to the economy here in South Florida. South writing, he is also a By Mary Damiano woman’s baby. His lover is not amused. Florida is geographically large, and the audience teacher at Broward The big news in film this season is a Japanese with English subtitles. September for the festival is dislocated. There are a number Community College. very big deal. The 17th Annual Fort 27. of dispersed LGBT organizations within the area Lauderdale International Film Festival, the All the Queen’s Men—Men in drag go which the MGLFF works with to cosponsor films What do you love most about working longest film festival in the world, will be held on a mission to steal a code from the Nazis. across our 10 days. What we do is pull elements in theater? October 18 to November 24. Starring Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Izzard. together. We provide a platform for LGBT I love working in theater because it is ever The 37 day film frenzy will feature over September. organizations to outreach to a receptive audience. changing. Try as I may, I have never been able 100 films and more than a dozen parties, with His Secret Life—A hit last spring at the We bring audiences the best of international queer to stick to a 9-to-5 routine job. I love theater plenty of stars and special guests that the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, this Italian cinema and the opportunity to meet other people people, even though we’re all a bit nuts. I love folks at the festival will be announcing soon. film follows a grieving widow who discovers and network and talk to filmmakers. Our program theater because I can’t think of anything else The opening night party is sure to be an her dead husband had a gay lover. October. aims to challenge, entertain and culturally enrich that would make me happy. Teaching is fun extravaganza, a movie masquerade bash at The Rules of Attraction—Two men, your life here in South Florida. The MGLFF is and challenging, but there’s nothing that the Design Center of the Americas. one of whom is bisexual, and a young woman important culturally, but it’s own lifeline is the compares to “doing.” When opening night Though the other film festivals, the Palm form a love triangle at a New England college community support it hits, and that electricity is in the air, and the Beach International Film Festival, April 3-10, in the 1980s. Starring James Van Der Beek receives in South Florida. cast is filled with adrenaline, and we all hug and the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, and Ian Somerhalder. October 11. and say how much we love each other, and April 25 to May 4, aren’t until the spring, Frida—Biopic of passionate bisexual Randi Emerman is how proud we are of what we’ve movie addicts will not be lacking for a fix. artist Frida Kahlo. Starring Salma Hayek and the executive director of accomplished—no matter what anyone may Besides all the new films at the Fort Alfred Molina. October 25. the Palm Beach say—and then knowing that I’m already in Lauderdale International Film Festival to keep International Film the works for the next show, and that a new film fans sated, there are plenty of theatrical Festival, which runs set, and new characters, and new discoveries releases, many with gay themes and April 3-10, 2003. is right around the corner—ahhhhh, that’s life characters, coming out (pun intended) this What is the power of film? in the theater. That’s what I’ve always wanted fall. (Note: Release dates are national, not To me, the power of film is that it permits to do with my life. necessarily South Florida.) us to escape our realities. Through film, we Love in the Time of Money—A can be purely entertained, we can experience Meredith Lasher is married closet case goes after a sexy travel to far off places and we can participate an actress and costume artist. Starring Malcolm Gets, Steve in adventures unlikely for us to do. It can bring designer who has Buscemi and Jill Hennessey. us through a gambit of emotions—laughter, costumed more than 100 September 20. fear, sadness and even thrills. I cannot think shows for South Florida Hush!—Comedy about a gay of another medium as powerful as that. theater companies. man who is asked to father a Love in the Time of Money Q4 • www.ExpressGayNews.com • August 26, 2002

CYMK Dance Miami City Ballet to Offer Broad Repertoire of New Programs and Old Favorites From the premieres of new, innovative premiered our first full-length story piece, programs to the tried-and-true classics, the Giselle, last year,” Lawson says. “Because Miami City Ballet will offer a broad repertoire of the success of it, we decided to premiere when its season opens November 8 at the Coppelia.” Jackie Gleason Theater. The season’s Program IV features The Neighborhood highlights include a night of Tchaikovsky, a Ballroom, which represents the completed classic story ballet and the world premiere of program of work that Villella has presented Artistic Director Edward Villella’s The as individual pieces. “He has been premiering Neighborhood Ballroom, a historical one section of the work for the past four program that depicts ballroom dancing from years,” Lawson explains. “First it was the the waltzes of the Belle Epoque to the mambo mamba, followed by the waltz and the quick- craze of the Cold War era. step last year. This year, he will present the “I think the one unifying theme this year full-length work.” is diversity, the broad range of repertoire,” The dancers will show off their own says Eve Lawson, principal ballet mistress creations in a program called Our Show at for the Miami City Ballet. the company’s studios in Miami Beach. “The The season’s opening program—Some dancers came up with this idea to raise money Balanchine Heroes: From Samurai Prince to for the company,” says Lawson. “It gives Broadway Hoofer—pirouettes from East to people a more intimate look at our facilities West, moving from the ancient Japan of and a program that shows a more personal Bugaku to America’s Broadway with side because the dancers put it together Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. themselves.” Program II, Tchaikovsky’s Princes and The Miami City Ballet performs at the Poets, features the company premiere of Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, the Black Swan Pas de Deux, along with Swan Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Lake Act 2, Elegie and Theme and Palm Beach and the Broward Center for the Variations. Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale. Program III, Coppelia: Ballet’s Comic For the company’s full schedule of Masterpiece, is the company’s premiere performances and ticket prices, visit production of the classic story ballet. “We www.miamicityballet.org.

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CYMK Heard It Through the Gayvine Queers, Quotes and Quips of Interest

Heeere’s Bill (Clinton) Staying on Top The concept of a Bill Clinton talk show sounds not so much like a good idea or a Director/Videographer George Duroy, who took the gay porn world by storm in bad idea as an inevitable idea. It’s been a long time since the nation had to cope with a 1993 with the release of Tender Strangers for his own company, Bel Ami, and Accidental relatively young and extremely energetic ex-president, and, unlike Theodore Roosevelt, Lovers, for Falcon International, is the subject of the newest Adam Gay Video Erotica this one does not appear interested in big-game hunting or third parties. magazine titled “The Films of George Duroy.” The traditional route along the highly profitable speakers’ circuit seems to be boring Duroy’s band of fresh, him, and he is showing no signs of flinging himself into exciting Eastern European good works the way Jimmy Carter did. If Clinton is yearning porn stars (headed by Lukas for a meld—a job in which he can express concern about Ridgeston and Johan Paulik) the nation’s problems while making oodles of money—talk and the technical superiority of TV talk was bound to follow. of his photography— As a New York Times article by Bill Carter and David ”flawless” is a term used to Kirkpatrick revealed, discussions between Clinton’s describe his work—have surrogates and network representatives about an afternoon kept Duroy and Bel Ami in talk show have been under way, first at NBC and more the number one spot in their recently at CBS. Although the exact format of the show has genre for nearly a decade. apparently never been nailed down, the price tag is a lot Every Bel Ami Duroy clearer—$30 million to $50 million a year. movie is featured in the all Source: The New York Times color Erotica edition plus an exclusive preview of the Centaur signs Tracy Young to soon-to-be released Frisky Mix the 2002 White Party CD Summer 4 and the nine Miami is already setting up for one of the largest White Party events in history, and features he made for Falcon Centaur is hard at work with DJ/Producer Tracy Young, preparing for yet another International. spectacular White Party benefit CD. Also included are Young is scheduled to spin during White Party Week at White Dreams, an event pictures and brief hosted at the Miami Seaquarium and which Mark Baker, Jeffrey Sanker and Johnny biographies of the many Chisholm will team up to produce again in 2002. performers Duroy has used The upcoming White Party CD will be Young’s second DJ mix on the Centaur label over the past decade as well since making her debut along side Warren Gluck for Winter Party (Vol 4). After carving as brief synopses and a name for herself in the music scene with remix work for Madonna (“Music”), Young reviews of all of Duroy’s has continued to become one of the busiest DJs on the dance scene with appearances films. at Millennium March in Washington, DC, Unity in Toronto, and Mardi Gras in Sydney. Fifty Bel Ami Young is also set to spin along side Tom Stephan and Mark Anthony for this performers, many from October’s Black & Blue Festival in Montreal. Central Europe, are featured in scenes from Duroy’s films in this, the largest collection Look for further details on this new release later this fall. Previous White Party CDs ever published. are still available for sampling and ordering at www.grooveCD.com. ‘Adam Gay Video Erotica,’ with a cover price of $9.95 ($11.95 Canada), is on For more information on White Party visit www.whiteparty.com sale in bookstores, video stores and newsstands worldwide.

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CYMK Live Theater • Dance Q Music • Art Exhibitions CulturalEvents Radio • Television Events Thursday, September 5: Estate Planning Saturday, August 31: American Pop - Part Riverfront by Sea Monster. for Unmarried Couples – This workshop performance, part poetry, part audience Sunday, September 1: SunTrust Jazz Wednesday, August 28: Discovering Soul provides valuable information on the estate and participation. Sol Theatre Project kicks off Brunch – 11am – 2pm along the New River. Connections – Barbara Yudell is presenting this free financial planning issues facing unmarried couples. its second season with this poetry slam/improv Riverwalk in Downtown Fort Lauderdale. lecture series. Included topics are: meditation Qualifying attendees will also receive a piece that also serves as a donations-only fund- Enjoy gourmet brunch and entertainment guidance, spiritual study and service, reincarnation complimentary Basic Estate Planning Analysis. 6:30 raiser for the troupe. It’s free if you showcasing South Florida’s finest jazz and past life regression, and identifying signs and – 8pm at Morgan Stanley, 2400 East Commercial participate! 9pm at Sol Theatre Project, 1140 musicians on five stages. This month’s symbols by which your higher self communicates. Blvd., Suite 1200. All are welcome, but seating is NE Flagler Dr., Fort Lauderdale. For musicians are: Flight, Just Jazz, Marci Hans, 7:30pm at Barnes & Noble, 2051 North Federal limited, so please RSVP: Stephanie Small, information visit www.soltheatre.com. For Karen Schoenbals and the Heartbeat Jazz Highway, in Fort Lauderdale. For more information 954.267.5672. (No investment products will be tickets call 954.525.6555. Quintet. call 954.561.3732. offered at this meeting.) September 10 – 15: A Night with Dame Sunday, September 1: Eminem - Wednesday, August 28: Young Friday, September 6: September Client Edna – The incomparable Dame Edna is back! Anger Management tour at National Car Professionals for Covenant House Social - Social – For information please call Community “The show that cares” will be at the Jackie Rental Center, 2555 Panthers Dr., Sunrise. YPFCH Social at Porterhouse on Second Street in Healthcare CenterOne: 954.537.4111 x117. Gleason Theater, 1700 Washington Avenue, For information and tickets call Fort Lauderdale. 5:30pm-9pm. Admission includes Saturday, October 5: WIN Raffle Miami Beach. For tickets call 305.358.5885 954.835.8000. two free drinks and appetizers. $10 members, $15 Drawing - Prizes include: a 2003 Mercedes, a or 954.523.3309. guests, $25 membership and admission. All proceeds laptop computer, a $1,000 Mayor’s Jewelry gift Sunday, September 15: Dame Edna - benefit Covenant House Florida, a crisis center for Art Exhibitions certificate, a $500 Burdines shopping card, a GayLauderdale cordially invites you to join runaway teens. Through August 31: Art and Lust – digital camera and a South Beach weekend 50 other gay and lesbian Edna Fans in our Thursday, August 29: Gay and Lesbian Fetish art and gay erotica at Wild Seduction package. The winning ticket will be drawn at a group for this hilarious show! 7:30pm at The Wedding Seminar - Learn the secrets you need Gallery, 2762 NW 22nd Street in Miami. free cocktail party from 5:30 - 7:30pm on Jackie Gleason Theater. Lower Center to know to hire the right professionals for your Tuesdays – Saturdays from 11am – 3pm The October 5 at the Esther L. Grossman Women’s Orchestra Seating is as Follows: Row T - Seats commitment ceremony and reception. Call Suzy Q gallery will also present videos, lectures and Health and Resource Center, 4320 Sheridan St., s101 - s120; Row U - Seats s101 - s120; Row Productions 954.563.2529 or e-mail performances. For more information call Hollywood. WIN will donate $1 of each ticket W - Seats s101 - s110. First Come, First [email protected] for details. The seminar 305.633.8951. sold to the Grossman Center. Tickets are $10 Served. Tickets $55. ALL ARE WELCOME! will be held at 6:30pm, location TBA. Through August 31: Jose Arce - each and available through October 5 at WIN For tickets e-mail Friday, August 30: Asians and Friends ArtsUnited is exhibiting the mixed-media art meetings, the Grossman Center and via mail: [email protected] or call International Friendship Weekend - Hosted of Jose Arce in the Stonewall Library, 1717 WIN, Attn. Joanne E. McKenna, Fundraising 954.938.5226. by Asians and Friends South Florida on Royal N. Andrews Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Admission Chair, P.O. Box 9744, Fort Lauderdale, FL Thursday, February 6, 2003: AIDA – Only Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas. For information is free. The exhibit runs through the end of 33310-9744. For more information, call limited number of tickets are available for the Gay please contact: [email protected]. August. 954.564.4946. and Lesbian Community Center of South Florida Friday, August 30: Rear Window – Through September 1: A Thousand Group to Elton John & Tim Rice’s AIDA at the Hitchcock film series with discussion by Bob Sandler Hounds - This special exhibit is subtitled A Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Show of WZTA 94.9 FM. 7:30pm at the Sunrise Civic Kids Walk with the Dogs Through the History of time is 8pm. GLCC Seats: Orchestra Left Center Center Theatre, 10610 W. Oakland Park Blvd. in Through January 12, 2003: Mr. Rogers’ Photography and includes a number of dog- rows CC – FF, Orchestra Right Center row BB, Sunrise. For information call 954.747.4646. Neighborhood - Venture into Mr. Rogers’ world of related family activities on most Sundays. Orchestra L rows AA – EE. Call Terry at Friday – Sunday, August 30 - September make believe and experience the castle, trolley, tree Daily at the Norton Museum of Art, 1451 954.463.9005. 1: Music Fest Miami 2002 - Three-day celebration house and other favorite spots from the popular South Olive Ave. in West Palm Beach. Adults Fridays: Separate Checks- Spice up of the diverse cultures throughout Miami-Dade. children’s television series. Miami Museum of $6, children and under, free. For information your night with South Florida’s favorite Activities include a children’s workshop, community Science, 3280 South Miami Ave. in Miami. Adults call 561.832.5196. Comedy Improv Troupe, where you the experience tours and live performances by national $10, children $6. For information call Through September 8: Portraits from audience create the show! (Bring odd objects recording artists at Bayfront Park, 301 N. Biscayne 305.646.4420. the Golden Age of Jazz - Photographs by to be used in the show.) Every Friday night at Boulevard. Invited artists include Al Jarreau, Patti William P.Gottlieb are at gallery six at the 9:30pm at the Blue Box, upstairs at the LaBelle, Isaac Hayes, Celia Cruz, Jeff Golub, Warren Broward County Main Library, 100 South Hollywood Playhouse, 2640 Washington Hill, Zen and Third World. Admission is $10.00 Andrews Ave. The exhibit features 33 black Street. Admission is $7/adults, $5/students. For (discount coupons available) and parking is $3 - $10. and white photographs of jazz greats including more information call 954.327.9159. For information visit www.musicfestmiami.com, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Fridays and Saturdays: Just the Funny – e-mail [email protected] or call Stan Kenton and Louis Armstrong. For more Whose Line Is It Anyway meets Saturday Night Live. 305.373.0011. information, call 954.357.7464. Performances are Friday and Saturday nights at 11pm Friday - Tuesday, August 30 – September Through September 9: Chagall for at Dreamers Theatre, 65 Almeria Avenue in Coral 3: Miami Home Design & Remodeling Show - Children - Interactive art exhibit highlighting Gables. Tickets are $10. For information call See the latest home products and services both inside the artist Chagall at the Young at Art 305.69.FUNNY or visit www.justthefunny.com. and out. Open to the trade and public. Miami Beach Children’s Museum, 11584 SR 84, Davie, Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Dr. 954.424.0085. Admission and Parking is $8. For information call Music Through September 14: Healing and 305.667.9299 or e-mail [email protected]. Friday, August 30: Cher - Join us for a Heroes: A Celebration of the American Spirit To receive a special gay and lesbian group for Cher’s Living Proof – This exhibit is at ArtServe in Fort show discount, visit Farewell Tour in the comfort and luxury of our Lauderdale. For information call HomeShowSpecials.com. Lexus Club Level Skybox Suite. Ticket price 954.462.9191. Saturday & includes use of North VIP entrance, comfortable, Through September 20: Hollywood Sunday, August 31 roomy seats, private restrooms, large lounge area, Biennial Juried Print Exhibition - Entries are and September 1: hot hors d’oeuvres and open bar. Tickets are $225. drawn from around the world to compete in Las Olas Art Fair - Groups of four or more receive a free VIP Parking the Hollywood Art and Culture Center’s For one weekend only, Pass ($15 value) ALL ARE WELCOME! 7:30pm biennial print exhibition. We are delighted to this traditional event at the National Car Rental Center. For tickets announce Jurgen Strunk, an internationally welcomes over 300 E-mail [email protected] or recognized artist and professor at the artists from 40 different call 954.938.5226. University of Dallas as our juror. For states to showcase their work. Las Olas Friday, August 30: The Goo information or an exhibition entry prospectus, Boulevard will be transformed into an open Goo Dolls – With Vanessa Carlton call the Center’s Visual Arts Department at air art gallery with life-size sculptures, and Third Eye Blind. 7pm at Mars 954. 921. 3274 ext. 223. The Opening landscape photography, striking oil Music Amphitheatre, 601-7 Reception is Friday July 19. paintings, uniquely crafted jewelry, pottery Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach. Through April 1, 2003: Catalyst: 50 and so much more. Artists will be present For information and tickets call Years of Collecting at the Lowe Art Museum - for festival-goers to personally meet and 561.795.8883 or 561.793.0445. An exhibit that features some 150 objects speak to during the event. Las Olas Boulevard. Friday, August 30: Jo Dee spanning 5,000 years. Paintings, sculptures Free. 10am - 5pm. For more information, Messina - Performing live in concert at and works on paper representing each of the call 954.472.3755. the Pompano Beach Amphitheater, 1801 Lowe’s collections will be on view. Lowe Art Saturday & Sunday, August 31 & NE 6th Street, Pompano Beach. For Museum, 1301 Stanford Dr. in Coral Gables. September 1: Riverfest Block Party - Gay & information and tickets call 954. 946.2402. For information and tickets call the Box Lesbian entertainers will be featured during the two- The show starts at 9pm and tickets are $35. office at 305.284.3535. day event on the stage along the New River in front Live Theatre and Dance Friday, August 30: Jazz at MoCA - August 27 – December 5: The Beach of the Sea Monster Nightclub for this Poverello Bring a blanket, sit out under the stars, and House – Personal testimonials and fragmented Through September 1: Rent - This benefit. National, regional and local bands, singers, enjoy the sounds of Davis & Dow. Emceed by memories incorporated into a beach house multiple Tony Award winning Broadway musical dancers, comedians and impersonators will perform. China Valles. 8pm at the Museum of built within the galleries. At the Museum of set in New York’s East Village honors the Admission is free. Saturday: 3pm - 9pm. Sunday: Contemporary Art. For information call Art, 1 East Las Olas Blvd., 954.525.5500. struggling artists of today by bringing their stories 3pm - 11pm. 305.893.6211. Free. The Espanola Way FestivArt - A street center stage. 8pm at the Broward Center for the Sunday, September 1: Tea at Sea – Friday, August 30: Heaven Up – Live celebration with musicians, sculptors, artists, Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Ave. in Fort Poverello’s two hour Riverfest Cruise, Tea at Sea, at The Wallflower Gallery, 10 NE 3rd Street and photographers exhibiting their work. Lauderdale. For information and tickets visit will depart promptly at 6pm from the dock in front in Downtown Miami. For information call Every Friday and Saturday, 7am - midnight at www.curtainup.org or call 954.462.0222. of the Sea Monster Nightclub on the South side of 305.579.0069. Espanola Way between Washington & Drexel Through September 7: Victoria Place II the Andrews Avenue Bridge. Tickets are $25 and Friday & Saturday, August 30 & 31: Cher Avenues in Miami Beach. Live music. For - Victoria Place presents its second episode of can be purchased at Poverello and the Sea Monster – With Cyndi Lauper, 7:30 pm at the National Car more information call 305.673.4166 or this gay soap opera. Baby Doll Gibbons, a Nightclub. Guests are encouraged to arrive early for Rental Center. Tickets are $79.75, 59.75, & 39.75. 305.604.3889. misunderstood drag queen, has stolen some jewels the 5pm Suzanne Palmer performance. Fritz Anne, Tickets are available from www.national-ctr.com from an art auction. A Giseppe henchman wants Tony Cruise and DJ Andre headline the entertainment or TicketMaster: 954.523.3309, 305.358.5885 them back but finds that difficult when an earring Radio as guests cruise the New River and the Intracoastal or 561.966.3309. is swallowed. Baby Doll’s estranged lover, Richie, The Norm Kent Show – He’s Back! Waterway. Numerous area restaurants have donated Saturday, August 31: Cyndi Lauper - vows to protect her—but just this one last time. Interviews and commentary with Norm Kent, food and cocktails. A silent auction will be held on 1980s pop icon and Grammy-winning vocalist Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm weekday mornings at 10am on WFTL 1400 AM. board during the cruise. After the cruise, guests Cyndi Lauper will perform two songs at the Broward Library Auditorium, 1350 East The Call-In Line is 1.877.644.1400. continue the party at Sea Monster’s Riverfest Block acoustically from her new album Shine. Lauper Sunrise Blvd. Tickets are $15 at the door, $12 Issues Over the Rainbow - MarkyG hosts Party 2002 and South Florida’s biggest Sunday Tea. is on tour with Cher through the month of in advance and can be reserved by contacting this new gay and lesbian early morning talk show. For more information call 954.463.4641. September. 12:30pm – 2pm at Borders Books, Robby Kendall at [email protected] or Sunday mornings at 6:30am on PARTY 93.1 Tuesday - Monday, September 3 – 9: Music & Café, 2240 East Sunrise Boulevard, 954.525.7703 (before 5pm). FM. www.Party931.com. WomenFest 2002 - Get ready for WomenFest ’02. Fort Lauderdale. For more information on this Through October 20: The Nerd – Laughs, There will be women-only water sports, parties, free event, call 954.566.6335. guffaws, chuckles and grins! Rick is the guest that music, art, dancing, film and comedy with Suzanne Sunday, September 1: Suzanne Television stayed and Willum is the reluctant host whose career, Westenhoefer in the Florida Keys. All tickets will Palmer - This National Recording Artist, SoFla Q TV- Television for the alternative life and sanity are nearly destroyed as a result. be available on the website starting August 1 and in will headline RiverfestBlock Party 2002, a lifestyle. For information call 305.534.3975 or Performances are at the Stage Door’s 26th Street the Hospitality suite of Atlantic Shores Resort benefit for Poverello. Performing at 5 and visit www.soflaqtv.com. Theatre. For performance times and tickets call starting Tuesday, September 3. For information 11pm. Palmer will showcase her dance hits 954.344.7765. visit www.womenfest.net. including “Show Me” and “Hide U.” On the www.ExpressGayNews.com Q8 • www.ExpressGayNews.com • August 26, 2002

CYMK Dinner and a Show Rent Comes to Broward Center

Preview By Mary Damiano One of the most honored Broadway shows in history, Rent, is coming to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. The 1996 Tony Award winner for Best Musical will play for only eight performances, August 27 to September 1. Rent is based on the opera La Boheme by Puccini. La Boheme centered on the love and loyalty among a group of Bohemian artists in Paris. Jonathan Larsen, the writer and composer who created Rent, kept the story and many characters but updated his version to New York’s East Village. In the opera, the characters are all living with tuberculosis, the scourge of the time. In Larsen’s musical, the characters live with a more modern plague, AIDS. Just as La Boheme is a tragedy, Rent has tragedy behind it. Larsen died of an aortic aneurysm on January 25, 1996, hours after the show’s final dress rehearsal off-Broadway, 10 days before his 36th birthday. Rent takes the tragedy of living with an incurable disease and turns it into a life-affirming celebration. It features a rock and roll score and a wild menagerie of characters including Roger, a struggling rock musician; Mimi, an exotic dancer; Angel, a transvestite; Mark, a filmmaker; and Maureen, a performance artist. Rent is only the fifth musical in history to be honored with the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Musical. It is credited for giving the ailing Broadway stage a much-needed shot in the arm, invigorating and reinventing the Broadway musical. Over the years, it has been a tradition to collect money for AIDS organizations at performances of Rent. The performers station themselves at the doors of the theater with cans and buckets, thanking the audience for attending and making themselves available for patron’s contributions. In one year alone, Rent audiences in New York donated over $146,000 to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. ‘Rent’ runs August 27 through September 1 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets range in price from $18.25-$54.25. For tickets and more information, call 954.462.0222.

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CYMK By Charlene Lichtenstein For the week of 8/26/02

The Sun ambles into precise and perfect Virgo this week in a clean getaway from that theatrical Leo reign. We get down to business and I mean GET DOWN. Do you prefer the featherduster or the vacuum cousin??

ARIES (MARCH 21 - APRIL 20) Gay Rams can’t help but feel robust, perky and all levels of cocky. Start a new exercise regime or take a sidelong look in that mirror and forgo the extra dessert. Or partake of desserts with no calories. Anyone we know, sugar? TAURUS (APRIL 21 - MAY 21) Queer Bulls are simply inspirational and need to find an outlet for all that pent up zest. If you find yourself craving a party, thank your lucky stars for the Sun in earthy Virgo. Boogie till the rest of the bulls come home. ... or just come. GEMINI (MAY 22 - JUNE 21) Proud Twins contemplate their next big move and can’t help but envision themselves in a pink palace. Use the next four weeks to enliven, expand and enrich your home environment. Bring the family into the picture and don’t forget to focus and smile. CANCER (JUNE 22 - JULY 23) Speak your mind when the expansive Sun tips into practical Virgo. Heck, make that a broadcast! Queer Crabs wax eloquent and can make their opinions known... and accepted. This is the time to speak loud, proud and queer. We are listening..... LEO (JULY 24 - AUGUST 23) We may be headed into bear market territory but Sun in conservative Virgo pulls you through tough financial times. Gather your pennies, check the bottom line and wait for opportunities proud Lion. In the meantime, remain as well endowed as usual. VIRGO (AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23) Sun in your own sign signifies new beginnings, fresh approaches and interesting new people. It is expansion, balance, growth and optimism. Get Out there and meet and greet! It’s time to put the “sin” back in synergy and the triple “x” back in exxxcess. LIBRA (SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 23) Sun in Virgo opens up your closet and exposes all your secrets to the immediate world. You are idling in a no parking zone so rev your engines, negotiate falling rocks and dangerous curves and avoid detours. Full speed ahead! I don’t see any limit. SCORPIO (OCTOBER 24 - NOVEMBER 22) Friends come out of the woodwork when the festive Sun enter Virgo. Gay Scorps are engulfed by the social swirl. It is the time to run with the herd rather than sit by the sidelines. Who knows what can happen when a few good heads work as one. Ahem. SAGITTARIUS (NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22) If you have been feeling jittery about your career, worry no longer queer Archer. Sun steps into Virgo and sets your sights on a corporate course to success. The solar surge catapults you to the upper echelons. Watch your head cousin! CAPRICORN (DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20) Pink Caps feel the need to scratch their itchy feet and see the world. As long as you are aloft, try floating a few global opinions and see where they take you. I suspect they can take you far... or closer than you ever thought possible. AQUARIUS (JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19) Even aloof Aqueerians fan the flames of passion when the Sun penetrates Virgo. You have the urge to merge. Satisfy your appetite. The liaisons you create now have long term impact. Or at least it will seem that way...

PISCES (FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20) Guppies ache to connect when the Sun is in Virgo. If you are still at sea, use the next four weeks to set sail for fertile waters. If you are already on the hook, let your partner know how much they mean to you. Something expensive may do the trick.

© 2002 MADAM LICHTENSTEIN, LLC., All Rights Reserved.For Entertainment Purposes Only. Check out her site www.AccessNewAge.com/Stargayzer for egreetings, horoscopes and Pride jewelry. Her book “HerScopes; A Guide To Astrology For Lesbians” from Simon & Schuster is available at bookstores and major booksites.

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CYMK Pumping It Up with Reviews by MaximumVolume New Album Releases Mary Damiano Gettin’Busy? Compilation AIDS Aid Gettin’ Busy is a CD with a mission. The songs and artists were gathered by Angie Lee, an outreach worker who is determined to educate young people about HIV and AIDS prevention. The idea is, if you speak to kids in their own language, they’re more apt to listen. The result is a funky, danceable mix of songs with lyrics that don’t beat around the bush, as Gettin’ Busy takes its listeners on a journey through AIDS. The first few songs preach prevention. “Break the Silence,” written by Silhouette with vocals by Kristina, advises that only through education can people learn how to be safe. The title track, written by Midnite and Chris Perez with vocals by C.C., is a rap song that speaks frankly about condom use and the importance of getting tested. Then, in “It Ain’t the End of the World,” by Ponder, a young man tries to cheer up a friend when he learns she’s HIV positive. “The Test,” written by Steven Billing and vocals by Silhouette and David Salih, combines the message of prevention with a few scenarios about how people slip up. “En Memoria,” by Fern Rock, is a Spanish track. The English lyrics aren’t included, but from the title, I’m guessing that the song doesn’t paint a happy picture. The last two songs, “Unite in the Light,” by Breath Lyfe, and the touching, hopeful “Time to Heal,” by Steven Billing with vocals by Salih, urge people to work together to make a difference. The songs on Gettin’ Busy are really public service announcements, but when you think about it, the whole purpose of commercials is to get the message across as memorably as possible. Gettin’ Busy accomplishes that mission, and in the 1. Complicated (Avril Lavigne) process, has produced a good collection of singable songs. To purchase Gettin’ Busy, call 1.877.448.8336 or visit www.gettinbusyusa.com. 2. Hot in Here (Nelly) 3. Cleaning Out My Closet (Eminem) 4. Dilemma Dolly Parton Halos and Horns (Nelly and Kelly from Destimy's Child) Devil or Angel? 5. One Last Breath (Creed) You haven’t lived until you’ve heard Dolly Parton do Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.” 6. Down 4 U (IRV Gotti presents The INC.) Yes, you read that last sentence correctly. Parton, arguably the blondest and most 7. Heaven (DJ Sammy) buxom of a musical genre filled with buxom blondes, explores the themes of heaven and hell on her new CD, and includes her own take on the anthem of that devilish rock category, 8. No Such Thing (John Mayer) heavy metal. 9. Love at First Sight (Kylie Minogue) Of course, one look at the photos on the CD will really make you wonder if 56-year-old Parton did make a deal with the devil. It makes me wonder. Really makes me wonder. 10. Objection (Shakira) Parton, a gifted songwriter, presents a mix of her own candy-coated confections with some classic covers. She kicks off the CD with her own cautionary title track, and launches into an upbeat ditty called “Sugar Hill,” a title which, if made plural, could sum up Parton herself. The state of the world is questioned on “Hello God” and “Raven Dove,” and the story of Bible-thumper is told in the twangy “John Daniel.” She also channels an old backwoods woman in “These Old Bones.” Parton’s rendition of “If” by Bread, is more polished than the original, but it’s too bouncy for such a romantic song. Halfway through, it feels as if Parton is racing to catch up with the music. And the breathy spoken part is just too over the top. Nikki Nite Y100/ Miami 100.7 The “Stairway to Heaven” cover is actually quite good. It’s worlds away from the original, of course, but the use of a banjo and mandolin create a haunting atmosphere. Parton’s cover of the heavy metal classic has a nice low-down Midday’s 10am-2pm bayou sound that adds to the mystery of the original. Monday Thru Friday This is a jaunty CD, catchy and infectious, the kind of songs you’ll find yourself singing along with in spite of yourself. www.Y100.Miami.Com

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