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Delve Into Fairy Tales Can Flashdance & The Two Bear Art page 6 Come True page 8 Real Thing page 10 Gatherings page 16 COLOR COLOR Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Strives to Fight HIV/AIDS n observance of the disproportionate rates of HIV/AIDS within the African-American community, Harm Reduction Services, in Icollaboration with other local nonprofit organizations such as Golden Rule Services, are hosting the 2014 National Black HIV/ AIDS Awareness Day event. The National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness since January 2000. “In 2009 African Day is an HIV testing and treatment Americans were 44 percent of people living community mobilization initiative designed with HIV in the U.S., and events such as the to encourage African-Americans across the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day U.S. to get educated, get tested, get treated help raise awareness that the fight against and get involved with HIV/AIDS, as it HIV/AIDS is not over.” continues to devastate African-American This year’s National Black HIV/AIDS communities. Awareness Day observance in Sacramento Each year, thousands of organizers sponsor will be held at the Guild Theater, 2828 35th innovative activities and events. This annual Street, Sacramento, CA on February 7. The effort has four main objectives: event starts at 6 p.m. and will feature guest To educate the African-American speakers, entertainment, free HIV testing, community through the provision of HIV/ food and raffles. For more information, AIDS education and risk reduction please call Angelita Rivera at 916-456-4849. materials; to provide free HIV testing so more people know their status; to solicit more community members to participate in raising awareness about HIV/AIDS in the African-American community; and to encourage those who are HIV positive to enter into treatment and care as soon as possible. This year’s theme is “I am My Brother’s and Sister’s Keeper. Fight HIV/AIDS!” “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African-Americans account for more new HIV infections, people estimated to be living with HIV disease, and HIV-related deaths than any other racial/ ethnic group in the U.S.,” said Clarmundo Sullivan, Executive Director of Golden Rule Services, a local minority based nonprofit organization that have provided a variety of HIV/AIDS education and prevention services Sacramento City College to Host Sex Positive Week reated by four student clubs and faculty at Sacramento City College, Sex+City (pronounced “Sex Positive City”) will Cbe a week of sex-positive events, including presentations by several nationally-recognized speakers, designed to engage students and the community at-large. The Sex+City event seeks to promote Featured events include a Sex Love & healthy concepts about topics related to Health A-Faire, a free fair featuring sex human sexuality through a stigma-free positive booths, Gender & Relationships educational environment. seminars, and presentations from three Topics will include sex education, behavior, nationally recognized speakers including consent, relationships, gender issues, body Laci Green, the popular and entertaining image, safe sex, pornography, the sex- young sex educator with over 20 million positive social movement, socio-religious views on her YouTube vlog. influences and control, and stereotypes in Sex+City is being produced by four mainstream media. student-run clubs: Sac City Freethinkers, Sac Through displays, visual presentations, City Feminists, Queer/Straight Alliance, and panel discussions and guest speakers, the the Sociology Club; and supported by the event endeavors to educate and illuminate SCC Club And Events Board. both the City College and Los Rios For more information and full schedule of community, other area college and university events, visit www.SexPositiveCity.com or students, and the general public. facebook.com/sexpositivecity. outwordmagazine.com January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 Outword Magazine 3 Outword RainbowPAC Kicks Off 2014 Transgender with Champagne and Politics Student Bill Staff by Bonnie Osborn ick off the 2014 Election Year at the RainbowPAC PUBLISHER Repeal Fails in Fred Palmer Champagne Brunch, a fundraiser for RainbowPAC, the non-partisan political action committee of the Sacramento ART DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION K Initial Count Ron Tackitt Rainbow Chamber of Commerce. alifornia’s Secretary of The brunch will be held Saturday, January supporting business-positive candidates who GRAPHIC DESIGN State has announced Ron Tackitt 25 beginning at 10 a.m. and is generously are supportive of diversity and LGBT hosted and sponsored by Dante Club, equality as well as public policy and ballot Cthat California’s School EDITOR/OFFICE located at 2330 Fair Oaks Blvd., just off of initiatives that have a positive impact on the Success and Opportunity Act MANAGER Howe Ave. in Sacramento. 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4 Outword Magazine January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 outwordmagazine.com Briefly Put Obama Nominates Coordinator to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally President Obama has announced his intent to nominate Dr. Deborah L. Birx, as Ambassador at Large and Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, Department of State. Dr. Birx is the Director of the Division of Global HIV/AIDS in the Center for Global Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a position she has held since 2009. From 2005 to 2009, Dr. Birx served as the Director of the CDC’s Global AIDS Programs for the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention. NHL Becomes First Pro- League With All-Team Support For Gay Athletes Through You Can Play The National Hockey League has become the first professional sports league in North America to have each of its member teams represented by players voicing support for LGBT athletes and fans. “Having full, and more importantly, ongoing participation from the NHL, is a milestone for acceptance of all athletes at every level of play and sport,” said You Can Play executive director Wade Davis. “Every major men’s sports league has been represented in a You Can Play video and now every team in one of the world’s premier sports leagues has actively participated. This support from professional leagues has a positive impact in locker rooms and anywhere sports are played.” Visit www.YouCanPlayProject.org. NY Bills Would Ban Reparative Therapy in State Joint bills banning harmful “ex-gay” therapy for minors have been introduced in the New York legislature. If passed, New York would follow in the footsteps of California and New Jersey, which recently passed similar bills into law, while several other states and Washington, D.C. are currently considering such bans. “The science is in on so-called reparative therapy. It doesn’t work, and it hurts people,” said Truth Wins Out Executive Director Wayne Besen. Truth Wins Out recently launched a comprehensive website, LGBTScience.org, where scientists studying sexual orientation speak plainly about the current scientific consensus on sexuality. CeCe McDonald Released Early on Manslaughter Conviction CeCe McDonald, 25, an African-American transgender woman serving a 41-month sentence in the admitted self-defense death of her assailant, was released early from St. Cloud Minnesota Correctional Facility. McDonald, a student in Minneapolis, and her friends survived a violent transphobic and racist attack on June 5, 2011. While the perpetrators verbally initiated the confrontation, CeCe McDonald was the only person to be arrested and charged, in spite of the fact that her actions were defensive. During the confrontation that escalated into a brawl, McDonald was hit by a bar glass on her face, requiring 11 stitches. McDonald served 19 months of a 3½-year sentence. The state’s gender assessment determined that McDonald would be imprisoned in a men’s facility.

outwordmagazine.com January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 Outword Magazine 5 Delve Into Art & Wonder at Sacramento Museum Day magine. Explore. Discover. That’s not only the theme, but also the goal for Sacramento Museum Day, a popular Sacramento Icultural tradition, designed to encourage all members of the community to experience the Capital City’s incredible wealth of art, history, science and wildlife — at little or no cost. Thirty local museums will offer free or day in order to allow adequate time to enjoy half-priced admission from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the experience and to travel between on Saturday, February 1, during the 16th individual sites. Annual Sacramento Museum Day. Due to the popularity of Sacramento During the highly anticipated event, 28 of Museum Day, some locations must limit the the 30 museums will offer free admission number of admissions for whereas two destinations located in safety reasons. The event is residential areas — the Sacramento Zoo and scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 Fairytale Town — will offer half-priced p.m., but note, the last admission to offset parking control and guests will be admitted at security costs. 4 p.m. More detailed Two museums have recently joined the information about The California Automobile Museum is one of the 30 Sacramento museums offering association and community-wide event, participating museums, free admission on Sacramento Museum Day. including the California Statewide Museum addresses, limitations, Museum Day 2014 include: Heidrick Ag History Center (Woodland); Collections Center (located at 4940 Lang suggested parking and Aerospace Museum of Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park; Avenue in McClellan) and the Center For public transit options is California; California Maidu Museum & Historic Site (Roseville); Sacramento History (located at 551 Sequoia available at www. Automobile Museum; The Museum of Medical History; Old Sacramento Pacific Blvd. in Sacramento). sacmuseums.org (click on California Museum; California Schoolhouse Museum; Old Sacramento State Coordinated by the Sacramento “Events”), or by calling the State Capitol Museum; Historic Park; Roseville Utility Exploration Association of Museums (SAM) and the Sacramento Convention & California State Military Museum; California Center; Sacramento Children’s Museum; Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau, Visitors Bureau at 916-808-7777. State Railroad Museum; California Statewide Sacramento Historic City Cemetery; this hugely popular event is presented by Sacramento Museum Day 2014 is proudly Museum Collections Center; Center for Sacramento History Museum; Sacramento Chipotle Mexican Grill and SMUD. supported by active and engaged community Contemporary Art, Sacramento; Center for Many of the museums are within walking partners. In addition to the title sponsor Sacramento History; Crocker Art Museum; Zoo; Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts distance of each other and easily accessible Chipotle Mexican Grill and SMUD, other Discovery Museum Science and Space Museum; State Indian Museum; Sutter’s Fort via public transportation. Event coordinators sponsors include FOX40, KSEG 96.9 FM, Center; Don & June Salvatori California State Historic Park; Wells Fargo History suggest that guests plan to visit no more Outword Magazine and STAR 106.5 FM. Pharmacy Museum; Fairytale Town; Museum (Capitol Mall); and Wells Fargo than two or three different museums on this Participating museums for Sacramento Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park; History Museum (Old Sacramento).

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6 Outword Magazine January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 outwordmagazine.com Mental Illness: It’s Not Always What You Think ental illness affects every ethnic, racial, economic, religious my outcome would have been. In your experience, what is the largest and age group, and roughly one in every four adults will misconception people have about mental Mexperience a diagnosable mental disorder during their illness? lifetime. People believe that “it’s all in your head” In Sacramento County, it is estimated that Tara retired from the University of California, and, if you had the will power, you could nearly 355,000 residents are living with a Santa Cruz and moved to Sacramento two “shake it off.” They think people are weak if mental illness, and that nearly one out of years ago. She was a member of the LGBTQ they ask for help. “Good” people don’t have every five children will experience emotional Speakers Bureau in Santa Cruz for seven mental illness. “Bad” people do. or behavioral difficulty. years. If someone wants to help stop these Mental illness is treatable, and recovery is How does mental illness affect your life? misconceptions or stigma, what do you possible when education, family, peer and The biggest negative effect is my fear of think is the best thing they can do? community support systems are available and used. However, many never seek help or treatment because of the stigma, discrimination or shame they experience. The result is unnecessary pain and sadness for the person with the mental illness, their family, friends and the community as a whole. For those reasons, The Mental Illness: It’s Not Always What You Think project was initiated by the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services/ Division of Behavioral Health Services (DHHS/DBHS), with the goals of reducing stigma and discrimination; promoting mental health and wellness; inspiring hope for people and families living with mental illness; and changing minds, attitudes and outcomes. Tara Crowley is a member of the Stop Stigma Sacramento Speakers Bureau and Outword talked with her about the program. how people will perceive me if they know. I have diabetes and I must take insulin every day. There is no shame in that, and people “get that.” But people often don’t Educate themselves. Invite Stop Stigma understand the disease of mental illness and Sacramento speakers to your school, house I feel it is incumbent upon me to be “out” of worship or community organization. Get about my mental health status to lessen the the real information and speak up when you stigma. Just like I’m an ‘out’ queer woman. hear hate and fear. And, as a person living What has been the most supportive with this disease, I hope that someday I can be just as up front about it as I can be about aspect in living successfully with a mental my diabetes. illness (person, resource or activity)? If you or someone you know is living with Good health insurance and medical care mental illness and you want more has been a literal life saver for me. I’ve information about the resources available, required hospitalization in the past, and call 211 or (TTY 916-446-1434) or visit without these resources I don’t know what www.StopStigmaSacramento.org.

outwordmagazine.com January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 Outword Magazine 7 COLOR AG Says Feds Will Recognize Utah’s Same-sex Marriages ttorney General Eric Holder issued a statement on January 10, saying that the federal government will recognize the Asame-sex marriages performed in Utah, even though the state’s government has said it will not. Following a federal judge’s decision striking federal benefits on the same terms as other down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriages on Dec. same-sex marriages,” Holder said in the 20, thousands of couples obtained marriage statement. licenses, and many have already been married. “These families should not be asked to Utah appealed the decision though, and the endure uncertainty regarding their status as the Supreme Court put the ruling on hold until the litigation unfolds. In the days ahead, we will appeals court has ruled. continue to coordinate across the federal The Supreme Court’s decision stopped government to ensure the timely provision of additional same-sex marriages in Utah, but left every federal benefit to which Utah couples and open the status of those same-sex marriages couples throughout the country are entitled – already performed. regardless of whether they are in same-sex or Holder’s announcement clarified that those opposite-sex marriages. And we will continue to couples will be afforded the federal benefits provide additional information as soon as it married couples receive. becomes available.” “I am confirming today that, for purposes of A video recording of the Attorney General federal law, these marriages will be recognized as delivering the above statement can be viewed lawful and considered eligible for all relevant at: www.justice.gov/video.php. Federal Court Says OK Same- sex Marriage Ban Is not Okay n the continuing, almost daily it seems, court battles over marriage equality, a federal court declared on January 14 Ithat Oklahoma’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples is unconstitutional. U.S. Senior District Judge Terence Kern ruled on this and other policy matters.” in Tulsa that a state constitutional amendment The challenge to the law was brought by the limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples ran Oklahoma City law firm Holladay & Chilton afoul of the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal PLLC on behalf of Oklahoma same-sex couples. protection under the 14th Amendment, saying “It’s no accident that we’re seeing a decision that the law also violates the Constitution’s like this in a comparatively conservative place guarantees of due process. like Oklahoma,” said James Esseks, director of Implementation of the decision is on hold the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender while the state appeals. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Project. “It reflects the growing consensus across Fallin said she was “disappointed,” noting that the the country – in red, blue, and purple states – restriction was passed by Oklahoma voters nine that it’s unfair to exclude same-sex couples from years ago with 75 percent support. marriage. At least for the moment, love has won “The people of Oklahoma have spoken on this out.” issue,” Fallin said in a statement. “I support the For more information, visit right of Oklahoma’s voters to govern themselves www.aclu.org/out-freedom. Fairy Tales Can Come True

Longtime LGBT activist Jerry Sloan had his lifetime dream of marrying the man he loved come true when he married his Russian-born fiancé, Vitaly, at a ceremony held January 16 at Head Hunters. U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller, who is a longtime friend of Sloan’s, performed the wedding that was attended by many of the couple’s friends. You can see more photos from the wedding and read an article about it by Ken Pierce at OutwordMagazine.com. 8 Outword Magazine January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 outwordmagazine.com COLOR

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outwordmagazine.com January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 Outword Magazine 9 COLOR Magic Theatre or Mondavi Center? Honesty. by Chris Narloch Respect. fter I have seen the new productions that Sacramento has to bent on forging a liberated world for her two offer, my theater addiction often takes me to the Bay Area wayward children. Professionalism. Son Isaac is on leave from the Marines Aand beyond in search of anothr “fix.” under mysterious circumstances, and tender, Currently, you can choose to take a Courtesy. theatrical jaunt to Davis for their upcoming Circus Oz appearance by Circus Oz. And if you find yourself in the Bay Area this February, you It’s how I treat all my customers. And you must check out HIR. can be sure I’ll always do my best to meet Circus Oz your needs. From Cirque du Soleil to Cirque Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.® Holidaze, new age, post-modern circus CALL ME TODAY. productions are the hottest thing since Barnum & Bailey. For p.c. theater fans like me, these types of shows are not only often more artistic than old school-style circus acts. I also don’t have to wonder how the animals are being treated because there are none. Circus Oz is a part of this wonderful new tradition, and they are scheduled to “sky dive” back in to the Mondavi Center in early February for two productions of their latest work, From the Ground Up. HIR jaded Max is sculpting a third-sex gender Stephanie Slagel CLU, Agent The show, described as “a spring-loaded The last time I saw a Taylor Mac identity for hirself. Insurance Lic#: 0C34763 production, the downtown New York Magic Theatre welcomes back renowned 6130 Fair Oaks Blvd, Suite E tribute to the absurd,” features a mob of quick-witted performers, power-packed City-based visionary had brought The Lily’s theatre artist Taylor Mac with this laugh- www.stephanieslagel.com Revenge – his five hour, five act theatrical Bus: 916-485-4444 aerialists, knockabout jugglers and live filled drama. Based solely on Mac’s uniquely wire musicians. phantasmagoria, complete with dinner break creative resume, I am looking forward to this Irreverent, beautiful and spectacular, – to the Bay Area for a triumphant run. play more than any other production Circus Oz has taken its self-styled HIR, Mac’s latest work, sounds like it will announced so far this year in Northern performances to 26 countries across five be more serious and less campy but equally California. continents. intriguing. The world premiere of HIR begins January 1101013 State Farm, Home Office, Bloomington, IL Circus Oz’s From the Ground Up plays Written by Taylor Mac and directed by 29 and plays through February 23 at San two performances at Mondavi Center in Niegel Smith, HIR is a drama about the Francisco’s Magic Theatre. For more Davis, February 8-9. Please visit modern definitions of family. information, please visit www.MondaviArts.org. Newly enlightened Paige is hilariously hell www.magictheatre.org.

Flashdance & The Real Thing by Chris Narloch ne of the things I love about attending the theater is Flashdance The Musical the variety of productions we have to choose from in Of all the cheesy hit movies made in the ‘80s, perhaps none was as bizarrely enjoyable OSacramento. You don’t have to fly to New York City to see as the ludicrous guilty pleasure known as great theatre — you can see everything from Shakespeare to Sister Flashdance. That 1983 film starred Jennifer Act right here. Beals as a welder who works in a steel mill by day but dreams of attending ballet school. This February, River City will host the area when it’s the “real thing?” By night, her dance skills are utilized at a premiere of Flashdance The Musical and The Real Thing plays through February 23 strange club that features female performers also a new production of Tom Stoppard’s The at Capital Stage on J Street in Sacramento. and water effects. The movie was so bad that, . It doesn’t get much more eclectic For more information, please visit www. Real Thing of course, it had to be an enormous hit, and than Tom Stoppard and Flashdance. capstage.org. the film’s soundtrack was equally successful. The Real Thing Since it is the new law of Broadway that For Hollywood, Tom Stoppard has worked every movie ever made, good or bad, must on everything from Terry Gilliam’s Brazil eventually sing and dance, we have and one of the Indiana Jones movies to Flashdance The Musical. Shakespeare in Love and Anna Karenina. I have not seen the show – it has yet to The Czech-born British playwright is also make its way to Broadway, although that is famous for such celebrated stage works as the hope – but it recently wrapped up a run Arcadia, Travesties, The Coast of Utopia, The in our nation’s capital, at the Kennedy Invention of Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll. First performed in 1982, The Real Thing Center, no less. focuses on the relationship between Henry The big dance numbers from the film are and Annie, an actress who is part of a tailor-made for a Broadway musical, and the committee to free Brodie, a Scottish soldier show, which features hit songs from the imprisoned for burning a memorial wreath movie such as “Maniac” and the title song during a protest. plus new music, promises to be just as One of Stoppard’s most famous plays, The garish and frightening as the original. I hope Real Thing combines the playwright’s so anyway. characteristically brilliant wordplay and wit Flashdance The Musical plays February with poignant insights that ask the question, 4-9 at the Community Center Theater. Please when it comes to love how do we know A scene from Flashdance the Musical visit www.BroadwaySacramento.com. 10 Outword Magazine January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 outwordmagazine.com COLOR

outwordmagazine.com January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 Outword Magazine 11 COLOR Grammy Girl Sara Bareilles On DVD Plus A New Paul Simon Retrospective by Chris Narloch

he big news this year at the Grammys is a long-awaited TBeatles reunion, or the closest thing we will ever get considering two of the Beatles are now deceased, so mark your calendars for the Grammy Awards, which airs live on Sunday, January 26 on CBS.

Sara Bareilles

Yes, Paul McCartney and Ringo Grammys since it consists of Paul Simon — Over The Bridge Starr are slated to perform together previously released material. Of Time during the 56th annual Grammy (Simon already has 12 Grammy Like James Taylor and Carole Awards ceremony, either before or wins over the years, thank-you very King, Paul Simon is a classy, after they accept a Lifetime much.) timeless songwriter whose talent Achievement Award on behalf of Sara Bareilles — Brave Enough: exists outside of musical trends and the Beatles. Live at the Variety Playhouse chart positions. His last original I don’t think the Grammy Will this gifted singer-songwriter album, 2011’s So Beautiful or So producers can top that historic have a lengthy, legendary career What, was one of his finest, despite reunion, but other artists scheduled like Carole King? It’s too early to being ignored by the Grammys. to perform this year include Keith tell, but her lyrics are often clever Over The Bridge Of Time: A Paul Urban, Lorde, Katy Perry, and catchy, and I look forward to Simon Retrospective looks back Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Taylor Bareilles’ collaboration with King over his impressive career, Swift, John Legend, Daft Punk, on the Grammys. including his time as half of Simon Pink, Pharrell Williams, Metallica, This live CD/DVD combo was & Garfunkel, and showcases 20 Lang Lang, Robin Thicke, Stevie classic cuts on one disc. Wonder, Imagine Dragons, recorded in Atlanta, GA during Bareilles’ “The Brave Enough Tour,” The release is by no means Kendrick Lamar, Willie Nelson, comprehensive, but for casual fans in support of her current, Grammy- Blake Shelton, Kris Kristofferson, and those new to his work, this is a and Merle Haggard. nominated CD, The Blessed Unrest. fine sampler of some of his best Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles That tour sold-out nationally in material. is a surprise nominee in the Album three minutes, and the CD captures Included on the CD are such of the Year category, and she is Bareilles’ entire May 20, 2013 familiar hits as “The Sound of scheduled to perform with Carole performance, which includes her Silence,” “Cecilia,” “Slip Slidin’ King during the live broadcast. hit singles “Brave,” “Love Song,” Away,” “Late In The Evening,” Bareilles has a new live DVD and “King of Anything,” as well as “Diamonds On The Soles Of Her out, and I also write about Paul the singer’s never-before-released Shoes,” “50 Ways To Leave Your Simon’s recent CD, a greatest hits cover of Elton John’s classic song, Lover,” and of course “Bridge Over collection that was not eligible for “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.” Troubled Water.” Festival Favorite Reaching for the Moon Set for Release If you missed this fan favorite at SF’s or LA’s LGBT film festivals, the award winning feature will be released on DVD February 11 (digitally on Feb. 4). Reaching for the Moon is a sophisticated tale of an unlikely romance between two extraordinary artists, Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Glória Pires) and American poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto), set against the backdrop of political upheaval and a clash of cultures. Find more info online at WolfeVideo.com. 12 Outword Magazine January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 outwordmagazine.com COLOR

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Buy 5 shows 916-608-6888 and save 15% HarrisCenter.net outwordmagazine.com January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 Outword Magazine 13 Local Models to Grace LGBT Wedding Expo Fashion Show by Bonnie Osborn ack by popular demand from the first Sacramento LGBT Wedding Expo held last August, will be the LGBT Bridal BFashion Show, produced by Sacramento’s House Of Fashion, with members of the Sacramento LGBT community modeling the latest in same-sex wedding couture. With Valentine’s Day just around the among the happy couples who attended the corner, this year’s Sacramento LGBT 2013 Expo and met photographer Monica Wedding Expo, will be held Tuesday, Feb. 18, Neuman Lunardi, who will photograph their from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Red Lion February 22 wedding. Woodlake Hotel, and will once again be “Larry and I weren’t going to go at first,” presented by Outword Media Marketing Waller said. “We thought it would just be a Events and Details Details Events & big party. We were quite impressed. We Conference Planning, partnering with the made it a point to visit every booth.” Lunardi Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of hosted a photo booth at the Expo, where Commerce. Waller and Smith picked up her contact New for 2014 will be men’s fashions information and followed up a few days featuring a broad range of color beyond the afterward. traditional wedding black-and-white, said The LGBT Wedding Expo will again Jenny Marie, fashion show producer for feature free wine, hors d’oeuvres and cake

Joshua Waller and Larry Smith were among the happy couples who attended the 2013 Expo. Photo by Monica Neuman Lunardi. House of Fashions. tastings, dueling DJs and scores of local “Men’s suits now come in tons of colors, businesses, all showcasing what they can do including beige, grey and navy,” Marie said. to create same-sex weddings to remember. “Weddings right now aren’t all so formal; Admission to attend the Expo is free, as is they’re a little more casual. Especially the parking. men often use their own shirt and tie and The Wedding Expo will be held in mix and match the colors, such as a striped shirt with a different printed tie. Some men conjunction with the Sacramento Rainbow are just wearing vests with matching pants. Chamber of Commerce monthly mixer, and Women’s fashions also are going a little more Chamber members in good standing qualify casual, going with color, such as champagne for a $25 discount on the cost of exhibit tones or light blues or pinks.” space. For information about exhibiting at The community models will visit the store the LGBT Wedding Expo, contact Details prior to the Expo to choose their styles and Details at 916-307-5130 or e-mail kelli@ be fitted. “We have them choose the styles details2.com. Exhibit space cost is $300; after they would wear for their own weddings,” February 7 cost is $350. Event sponsorships Marie said. Labels most popular with last are $1,000 each; contact Outword Media at year’s models included Pronovias, Maggie 916-329-9280 for information. Sottero, Allure and Lizaro. Visit SacLGBTWeddingExpo.com for more Joshua Waller and Larry Smith were information. 14 Outword Magazine January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 outwordmagazine.com Hot Times At Harlow’s On The Horizon Duncan Sheik, Bettye LaVette Perform by Chris Narloch he year is young, but 2014 has already seen some superb live shows in Sacramento. This February, Harlow’s will host two Tnot-to-be-missed music artists — Duncan Sheik, co-creator of the musical Spring Awakening, and, in a separate evening, the current queen of the blues, Bettye LaVette.

Duncan Sheik

Duncan Sheik If you turned on a radio in 1996, chances are you heard “Barely Breathing,” the smash hit debut single by Duncan Sheik that propelled the American singer-songwriter to the top of the charts. A practicing Buddhist, Sheik plays the guitar and the piano, and he is most famous recently for having composed the music for Spring Awakening, the Grammy and Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. A feature film adaptation ofSpring Awakening is currently in the planning stages, and a Broadway-bound stage version of American Psycho, with music by Duncan Sheik, opened to acclaim in London this past December. Duncan Sheik will play one show only at Harlow’s in Sacramento, on Sunday, February 9. Bettye LaVette If you want to experience heartbreaking, beautifully rendered blues music, a live show by this veteran singer is a must. A 67-year-old soul survivor, LaVette made her first record at 16 but achieved only limited success despite decades of touring and recording, until 2006, when her critically-acclaimed album, I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise, shot her to stardom. A series of successful CDs and tours followed for the Detroit-raised powerhouse, who has a galvanizing, roof-raising stage and vocal presence. LaVette filled the large auditorium at the Mondavi Center a few years back, but if you want to see her really hypnotize an audience, check her out at an intimate venue like Harlow’s. LaVette performs there on Wednesday evening, February 12. For more information on these and other shows, please visit www. sblentertainment.com. For tickets by phone, call 800-225-2277. Bettye LaVette outwordmagazine.com January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 Outword Magazine 15 Presidents Day Weekend Offers Two Bear Gatherings his February, furry guys and their fans will have their choice of two major bear gatherings taking place in California Tduring Presidents Day Weekend. For the 23rd year in a row, it will be “Bear Weekend” in San Francisco. Meanwhile, to the south, they will be it will have, they proclaim, is “Bears, Cubs, holding the first ever International Bear Otters, Chubs, Chasers and more!” Convergence in Palm Springs. In contrast, the subtly titled and timed Bear Weekend in SF started way back in International Bear Convergence appears to 1994, with the first Bear Expo. Seventeen be a lavish, well organized affair. The International Bear Rendezvous have four-day event includes pool parties with followed, but sadly, 2011 was the last IBR. palm trees, multiple bars, cabanas and With the understanding that the essence of outdoor lounge areas. After the sun sets, any bear event is the people, SF Bear evenings will heat up with three themed Weekend — a grassroots, social media driven dance parties. Weekend passes run between event was formed. Both 2012 and 2013 were $120-$180 and rooms start at $179 per night. huge successes. When asked about IBC’s timing and title, “The whole dog tag thing wasn’t working Tierney replied simply, “It sucks!” He then anymore,” says Shaun Tierney from added, “It looks fun. And expensive. But SFBearWeekend.com. “So when IBR went we’ve got 23 years worth of momentum and away it just seemed natural to keep the the greatest, gayest city in the world here in parties going. Many of the events were SF!” already happening outside of the IBR For more information please visit www. umbrella, using the name ‘Bear Weekend’ to sfbearweekend.com and www.ibc-ps.com. avoid fees. Which is another reason IBR went away.” According to their website, SF Bear Weekend won’t have tags, a shuttle bus, a theme (other than bears) or a charity fund. What

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Moote then embarks on a quest, along with director Brian Spitz, to uncover the bitter truth. Does size really matter? The resulting non-fiction film features Moote’s worldwide travels and interviews with activists, porn stars and sexperts such as Dan Savage and Annie Sprinkle. To read more DVD reviews, go to www.outwordmagazine.com. See Oscar Nominees at the Tower & The Crest by Chris Narloch he Oscar nominations came out during our deadline week, and I was especially happy to see that the Coen Brothers’ Toverrated critical darling Inside Llewyn Davis was shut out of the Best Picture race. (Go to www.nytimes.com if you want to read Suzanne Vega’s expert dismissal of that depressing dud.) Mostly, the Academy did a fine job with a nomination as Best Actress this year, is their nominations for 2013, a year that magnificent in the movie. contained an embarrassment of riches. I’ll Just opened at the Tower is the frontrunner have more commentary on the Oscar race in for Best Foreign Film, Italy’s The Great February, but for now I wanted to let you Beauty, a gorgeous, Felliniesque movie about know about some Oscar nominees that have a man who goes in search of meaning in his finally opened in Sacramento, or are opening life after he turns 65. soon. The Crest If you want to be really ready when the Oscars turn 86 on Sunday, March 2, you can check out the Oscar-nominated short film programs, which will open locally at the Crest, on Friday, January 31. I had not seen any of those films by our deadline, but the collection is almost always a superb sampler of the finest mini-movies from the past year. I especially enjoy seeing the animated shorts on the big screen. Visit www.thecrest.com for more information. The Tower As we go to deadline, all four films playing at the Tower are Oscar-nominated. I can’t promise that they will all still be there by the time you read this, but you can go to www. fandango.com to confirm. In addition to the aforementioned Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska, there are two superb Oscar-nominated films at the Tower that I highly recommend. Don’t miss Steve Coogan and the great Judi Dench in Philomena, an incredibly moving true story that has a fascinating gay angle that I won’t spoil. Dench, who received photo courtesy of zwahlenimages.com 18 Outword Magazine January 23, 2014 - February 13, 2014 • Volume 27 • Issue 2 • No. 497 outwordmagazine.com COLOR

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