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By Louis Weisberg polls on April 5 for a run-off Staff writer election. In many ways, the race for As previously reported Milwaukee County executive in WiG (“Anti-gay state rep will be seen as a referen- seeks top county job,” Jan. dum on Scott Walker, who 27), Stone has a solid anti- held the position before he equality voting record in the was elected governor last Assembly. He was one of only November. 26 members to vote against Republican state Rep. Jeff school safety legislation to Stone vowed to continue the protect LGBT students from governor’s policies before bullying and harassment. Walker’s popularity fell in Abele, on the other hand, recent weeks. Stone’s oppo- fully supports LGBT civil nent Chris Abele, on the rights, including marriage other hand, is a Democrat equality. Unlike Stone, who Photo: AP/Andy M a n i s who’s determined to bring voted twice for the 2006 Filmmaker Michael Moore, center, makes his way through a crowd at the Capitol in Madison on change to the county board. constitutional amendment March 5, the 18th day of protests over Gov. Scott Walker’s effort to end collective bargaining Abele and Stone were the that banned same-sex mar- rights for public unions. LGBT leaders and citizens have supported labor’s fight. top two vote getters in the riage and civil unions in non-partisan Feb. 15 primary, Wisconsin, Abele supported with Stone receiving 44 per- efforts to kill the amend- cent of the vote and Abele ment. Out for workers’ rights taking 25 percent in a five- “Chris Abele has been an way race. Stone was the only ally of the LGBT community By Louis Weisberg Out U.S. Rep. Tammy “Stripping away (gay) ers, including LGBT support, Republican on the ticket. and was a strong opponent Staff writer Baldwin, D-Madison, also people’s rights, union seems to have increased as The two square off at the of the 2006 constitutional Several hundred LGBT addressed the rally. “I have busting, what’s next – gas the battle has raged on.. amendment,” says Katie Wisconsinites and their never been so proud to chambers?” asked Patty Despite 14-degree tem- Belanger, executive direc- allies marched with Fair be a Wisconsinite and to Thompson of Madison, peratures and light snow, tor of Fair Wisconsin. “Fair Wisconsin Feb. 26 to show represent you in the U.S. who marched with Fair the Feb. 26 demonstration This Wisconsin was very grateful solidarity with union work- Congress as I am now,” she Wisconsin. “If we let this attracted the largest crowd for his generous contribu- ers protesting Gov. Scott said. Baldwin compared the happen, who knows where since the protests began issue tion.” Walker’s effort to strip historic protests in Madison it would stop?” more than three weeks inside and online at The contrast between them of collective bargain- over the past several weeks A state worker, ago, with various sources wisconsingazette.com Abele and Stone extends ing rights. to the state’s leadership Thompson said she’s estimating between 70,000 well beyond their stances on “Why would Fair role in gaining voting rights already taken off 14 fur- and 100,000 participants. News equality. Stone is a veteran Wisconsin wade into a for women. lough days without pay to Not since the anti-war pro- WiGWAG ����������������������2 politician who’s held legisla- labor fight? Because our Baldwin and Belanger help alleviate the strain on tests of the Vietnam era has Regional Gaze ���������������4 tive positions in local and government should never warmed up shivering listen- the state budget. She said Madison seen such large National Gaze ������������ 10 state government since 1994. be in the business of taking ers with chants of “Show it’s wrong for Walker to and sustained demonstra- Editorial ����������������������� 12 As a representative from away people’s rights,” Fair us what democracy looks take away collective bar- tions. Faith Gaze ������������������� 14 conservative Greenfield, he’s Wisconsin executive direc- like, this is what democracy gaining rights after state Supported by progres- voted more or less in lock- tor Katie Belanger told the looks like,” before leading workers already agreed sives in all 50 states who Features step with the state’s right- cheering crowd gathered them down State Street to all the concessions he have organized local dem- WiGOUT �������������������� 17 wing GOP leadership. for a pre-march rally at toward the Capitol waving demanded from them. onstrations, Wisconsin pro- Art Gaze ��������������������� 18 Abele, on the other hand, Madison’s Library Mall. pro-labor signs. Support for the protest- PROTESTS page 8 Theater ������������������������ 20 ABELE page 9 On the Town �������������� 28 Community Events ��� 30 Joanne kloppenburg seeks seat on supreme court, page 6 2 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | March 10, 2011 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | M a r c h 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 3 LGBT news with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg

OBSCENE NEAR invited, but it seems been the target of fierce criti- health insurance violates the reli- want me to give you a blowjob? NEW ORLEANS the right-leaning Tea cism for lyrics that advocate gious freedom of those who rely Do you want me to be like your A one-time pastor who cam- Party favorite has violence against gays in songs on God to protect them. A dis- sexual slave?” paigned against a gay festival in two left feet. She also such as 1988’s “Boom Bye Bye,” trict court judge dismissed a suit New Orleans alleging indecency posted on her website in which he raps that gays “have filed by the American Center for FAUX TWEETS and obscenity is now facing an that she’s at work on a book. to die” and he will “shoot them in Law and Justice, a Christian legal Think you’ve been hear- obscenity charge. Grant Storms the head” or “burn them.” group founded by televangelist Pat ing “tweet, tweet tweet” from was arrested in late February after Two moms X two Robertson. The suit was filed on Patti Lupone? Well, you haven’t. two women told police they saw Marisel Licata and her part- It’s Adam and behalf of five Americans who can The two-time Tony Award win- him masturbating in a van parked ner Theresa Valone are the proud tyrannosaurus afford health insurance but have ner tells Broadway.com that she near a playground in Jefferson new parents of quadruplets. The A progressive blogger and chosen not to buy it because that doesn’t have a Twitter account. Parrish. Storms told local TV news upstate New York couple greeted another man who tried to go would indicate they need “a back- So, who’s been tweeting harshly stations that he was in his van and their daughters – Olivia and Chloe to a special event at Kentucky’s up plan and (are) not really sure about other stars – Glenn Close, his hands were in his pants, but – and their sons – Cody and Creation Museum said they were whether God will, in fact, provide.” Barbra Streisand and Bernadette he was not masturbating. Storms Dustin – into the world on Feb. denied admission because they Peters – in her name? Lupone had once raged against a gay- 6 via Cesarean section. Licata said told security that they were a Too much doesn’t know, but the Broadway themed party in New Orleans the couple decided they wanted same-sex couple. The men bought communal wine? songbird says she’d like to “wring called Southern Decadence. to have a sibling for their son tickets online for the “Date Night A priest from Akron, Ohio, who his or her neck.” Casey. After failing to become at the Creation Museum” event was arrested after wrecking his DON’T SAVE THE pregnant for 10 months, Licata on Feb. 11 at the privately funded car, went on a 20-minute drunken dirty old man LAST DANCE tried ovarian stimulation. museum. It offers visitors a literal rant in his holding cell during Los Angeles County health Christine O’Donnell, the for- interpretation of the Bible, depict- which he offered to perform oral officials recently reported find- mer Senate candidate from Clang bye bye ing how fundamentalists claim the sex on officers in exchange for ing the bacteria that can cause Delaware who livened up the Grammy winner Buju Banton world was created in six days his release. The rant by the Rev. Legionnaire’s Disease at the 2010 midterm elections, will not was convicted of federal drug about 6,000 - 10,000 years ago. Ignatius Kury, who oversees the Playboy Mansion, where 200 peo- be livening up the next run of charges related to his attempt Holy Ghost Ukrainian Byzantine ple gathered for a conference in “Dancing with the Stars.” The new to purchase $135,000 worth Low premium Catholic Church, was recorded on February became ill. The bacteria season, which begins in May, will of cocaine from an undercover A federal judge on Feb. 22 a video camera. was found in the water at Hugh feature Sugar Ray Leonard, Ralph DEA agent in 2009. The anti-gay threw out a lawsuit claiming that “I’ll pay you whatever you Hefner’s estate, but authorities Macchio, Hines Ward and Kirstie Jamaican reggae star faces 15 President Barack Obama’s require- want,” he said. “What do you said they had not confirmed that Alley. O’Donnell says she was years to life in prison. Banton has ment that all Americans have want, what do you want? Do you was the source of the illness.

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Got news? Tell us Historic assault on women’s health is underway REgional GAzE [email protected]. We appreciate our Reps. a divorced single mother in her told Judy that if she had skipped eliminating funding for repro- Gwen Moore, Ron Kind and mid-30s going to school and her regular check-up that year, ductive healthcare, politicians Opinion Tammy Baldwin for recog- working hard to make ends the cancer would have been are taking away the preven- HIV/AIDS agencies brace for budget cuts nizing that, at $317 million, meet as she raised her daugh- very advanced by the time she tive healthcare currently TERI HUYCK less than 0.1 percent of the ter in Waukesha. Every year, she showed symptoms. available to 73,000 un- and By Scott Foval federal healthcare programs not given up on protecting posed 10 percent in across- are currently. little reduction in core ser- federal budget, Title X is a came to Planned Parenthood Judy credits Planned under-insured Wisconsinites Contributing writer and, at the state level, drop core services, despite the the-board reductions. “The thing that is curious vices. But she admits the What a difference a year small price to pay for more for her annual exam. Parenthood with saving her life. seeking care at Planned Healthcare, social services hundreds of BadgerCare Republican push to slash “There is room for trim- to me is the shortsighted- true impact is not yet known makes. than 4 million lifesaving can- One year, out of the blue, In attacking Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. and mental health treatment patients. public funds and repeal the ming in some administrative ness of not investing more beyond the overall 10 per- Last year I was at our cer screenings and over 6 a routine pap test came Parenthood, politicians who This reckless political providers across Wisconsin HIV/AIDS treatment and national healthcare law. At costs, and we are hopeful in prevention, consider- cent cut in funding. state Capitol watching for- million STD tests, including a back very abnormal. Planned want to overturn Roe v. assault needs to end. are bracing for potentially prevention programs would a rally in Madison, U.S. Rep. that we will be able to work ing that it is less expensive “There are some con- mer Gov. Jim Doyle sign the million HIV tests, for women Parenthood’s nurse referred Wade are undermining the radical cuts in funding as suffer an estimated $638,700 Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, with the Walker adminis- to prevent disease rather cerns about how much the Healthy Youth Act, a long- who otherwise would have Judy to an ob/gyn who diag- organization that does more Teri Huyck is president political leaders in Madison cut under Gov. Scott said the fight is not over. tration to hold the line on than treat it after the fact,” Medicare and Medicaid cuts overdue law ensuring that nowhere to turn. nosed her with a rare form than any other to prevent of Planned Parenthood and Washington, D.C., scram- Walker’s budget, passed by “We all know that we cuts and maintain core ser- she said. “We were already will have on our budgets,” Wisconsin youth get accu- None of these funds pays of cervical cancer. The doctor unintended pregnancy. In Advocates of Wisconsin. ble to close budget gaps the Legislature’s Joint Finance have to create budgets that vices,” said Michael Gifford, behind on this thing before, she said. rate and age-appropriate funds for the basic preventive for abortions. exacerbated by the Great Committee in early February. are in balance,” she said. chief operations officer at if you look at the incidence Like Gifford, Dotson information in Wisconsin sex healthcare we provide to mil- It’s no understatement to Recession. It is the same bill that has “Democrats understand AIDS Resource Center of rates and prevention efforts. expressed a hopeful tone as education classrooms. lions of patients throughout say that the state and federal Wisconsin agencies servic- resulted in massive protests that. But we have to do it in Wisconsin. And with the proposed cuts, to how Walker’s administra- Fast forward to today, when the country, including more attacks mean we’re in the ing HIV/AIDS patients, car- statewide for stripping public a smart way that promotes Other HIV/AIDS advo- I have little hope we can get tion will view serving the we are facing serious attacks than 73,000 un- and under- midst of the most aggressive ing for LGBT at-risk youth unions of most of their col- the health, education, and cates, including Heidi Nass ahead of it.” needs of the poor. Dotson on access to healthcare at the insured Wisconsinites, more political assault on women’s and homeless individuals and lective bargaining rights. welfare of the people of from the UW Health Nass said UW Health is noted that 33 percent of her state and federal level. than 31,000 of whom seek health in history. And while delivering mental health and At the same time they’re the United States, and in Infectious Diseases Clinic, evaluating how to service agency’s budget comes from At the state level, I join care at our Milwaukee health this plays out, women’s lives addiction recovery services slashing state healthcare Wisconsin.” based at UW Hospitals its caseload of about 800 private donations and grants, with the chorus of tens of centers. hang in the balance. are poised to be some of the funding, Walker and other Leaders in HIV/AIDS ser- and Clinics in Madison, said patients with core medical not from public funds. thousands of Wisconsinites One in five women has Take, for instance, this hardest hit. GOP governors are fighting vices delivery and activism she and other activists in services and limited case Wisconsin’s State outraged at the overreach relied on Planned Parenthood story: In the wake of the Republican majorities in implementation of the 2010 communities are uncharac- the provider commu- management, while continu- Department of Human of conservative politicians for basic women’s health- U.S. House vote to eliminate the U.S. Congress and the federal healthcare law, which teristically split on the cuts’ nity don’t understand why ing to push for more fund- Services has yet to weigh in working to advance an care at some point in their Title X and defund Planned Wisconsin Assembly already is designed to provide near- possible impact. They all President Barack Obama and ing support from state and on exactly which cuts will extreme agenda in a Trojan lives, and 60 percent of our Parenthood, Judy X called proposed and partially passed universal healthcare cover- admit there might be room Democrats have not fought national leaders. be implemented if the gov- horse barreling through patients consider us to be me and told me some- budget bills that would dra- age. for compromise with Walker, harder for the ground gained Karen Dotson, executive ernor’s budget becomes law. a purported state of fiscal their only healthcare provider. thing remarkable: “Honestly, matically reduce the number Politicians who have sup- and they’re cautiously opti- in the past few years regard- director of AIDS Network emergency. These same representa- if it wasn’t for Planned of Medicare and Medicaid ported strong public health mistic that proposed cuts can ing HIV/AIDS funding, consid- in Madison, said she is hope- Get breaking news at Gov. Scott Walker, who has tives also voted to eliminate Parenthood and Title X fund- patients, potentially shrink funding policy say they have be maintained at the pro- ering how scarce resources ful her 400 clients will see www.wisconsingazette.com. been a staunch opponent of Title X, America’s decades- ing, I wouldn’t be here today.” reproductive healthcare his old family planning program. 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8 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | March 10, 2011 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | M a r c h 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 9 Polls indicate Governor Walker is losing the debate on workers’ rights Abele seeks to form a collaborative PROTESTS from page 1 lenting debate has divided lied to the voters last fall, testers show no sign of giving neighbors, co-workers and and now we all have to pay relationship between city and county up. On March 5, documenta- even families. the price.” ry filmmaker Michael Moore The LGBT communi- In supporting the protest- ABELE from page 1 Abele’s biography includes went to Madison to urge ty, however, appears to be ers, the LGBT community is mounting his first run for ‘Abele working with business, com- them on, saying, “Madison is firmly in the anti-Walker ironically finds itself in the public office. A successful could be munity and elected officials only the beginning.” camp. Although there have same column as the Roman businessman, he also man- on such projects as reinvigo- Moore implored thou- been no surveys, activity on Catholic Church. ages the Argosy Foundation, a game- rating Mitchell Park Domes sands of listeners to keep Facebook and other social “These are not just politi- a philanthropic fund started and Bradford Beach. He up the struggle, comparing networking sites show over- cal conflicts or economic by his family. changer.’ also started Milwaukee Film their fight to the revolt in whelming support for work- choices; they are moral The editorial board of to replace the Milwaukee Egypt. He also thanked the ers’ rights among open gays choices with enormous the pro-business Milwaukee International Film Festival, 14 state Democratic sena- and lesbians. Fair Wisconsin human dimensions,” Bishop Journal Sentinel was so turning it into one of the tors who fled the state to and Equality Wisconsin have Stephen E. Blair, chairman impressed with Abele that it fastest growing such events block a vote on Walker’s bill, publicly backed the protests, of the U.S. Conference of endorsed him in the primary cally look for programs that in the nation. saying history will remember as have the national organi- Catholic Bishops’ Committee over both Stone and former offer measurable outcomes. Unlike Stone, who backs them fondly. zations Pride at Work and on Domestic Justice and state Sen. Jim Sullivan, saying “The way we look at most Walker’s union-busting bill, Moore said the wealthy GetEqual. Human Development, said in he has the vision and drive to things is, what has the most Abele supports the right of have overreached, first tak- Like Baldwin, gay state Rep. a public letter. “The debates lead the county forward. potential for impact,” Abele public and private workers ing the working class’ money Mark Pocan and gay state over worker representation “Abele could be a game- says. Abele says he wants to to organize and engage in and then taking their souls Sen. Tim Carpenter have and collective bargaining are changer,” MJS enthused. lead county government in collective bargaining. He says by shutting them up at the Photo: John Kivi ko s k i been out front in criticizing not simply matters of ideol- Central to Abele’s vision this direction, avoiding what he disagrees with the way bargaining table. Fair Wisconsin executive director Katie Belanger (left) and U.S. Rep. Walker. Pocan has delivered ogy or power, but involve of change for county govern- he calls “speculation-based Walker has positioned the The governor’s controver- Tammy Baldwin lead a contingent of several hundred LGBT people and some of the most wither- principles of justice, partici- ment is forging a collabora- policy” and decision-making issue as budget-driven when sial budget bill, which besides their allies at a Feb. 26 demonstration in Madison. ing and frequently quoted pation and how workers can tive relationship between the based on political one-ups- the unions made all the con- banning state workers from attacks on the governor. have a voice in the workplace county board and Milwaukee manship. cessions he asked for to help collective bargaining also the singer/songwriter told back and smiled. It was an low- to mid-40s. A tavern “Clearly Gov. Walker will and economy.” City Hall to more effectively “The goal of any govern- balance the budget. Abele also drastically cuts funding for the audience how proud she extraordinary thing to wit- in Madison reportedly asked go down in history as far Even right-wing Milwaukee attract businesses and jobs to ment entity should be the questions Walker’s motives health and education while is of the people of Wisconsin. ness.” him to leave a few weeks more extreme than any prior Archbishop Jerome L. Listecki the area and to deliver ser- sustainable, efficient delivery for not taking collective bar- offering tax cuts to the “The entire crowd sponta- Public opinion polls indi- ago after customers started Wisconsin Governor,” Pocan has weighed in on the unions’ vices to constituents more of services,” Abele says. “I’m gaining rights away from the wealthy, has dominated news neously began cheering and cate the governor is los- booing him. said in one of many recent side, although tepidly. efficiently. He says he learned interested in how we get police and fire unions, which reports, public dialogue and chanting, ‘Kill the bill!’” WiG ing the public debate. Of course, there have press releases on the subject. “Hard times do not nul- the power of collaboration there. I’m not attached to supported him for governor. the blogosphere. reader Tami Green wrote on Walker, who was elected in been strong emotions on “Walker’s quest for national lify the moral obligation each through his work in the non- the current system if it’s not Although he’s a political At a Feb. 24 performance Facebook. “Suddenly it was November 2010 with 52 per- the other side of the issue attention comes at the sake of us has to respect the profit world, where agencies working.” newbie, Abele seems to have by Lucinda Williams at their auditorium and their cent of the vote, has seen his as well. Media reports have of his constituents, the peo- legitimate rights of workers,” must stretch their dollars by Abele says his background a good chance of winning Milwaukee’s Turner Ballroom, show – and she just stood approval rating slide into the documented how the unre- ple of Wisconsin. … Walker Listecki said. pooling resources and exper- as a funder also has led to the race against Stone. Only tise. productive working relation- 38 percent of Milwaukee “I’m interested in helping ships with the key players in County voters cast their organizations do more for Milwaukee’s civic life, from ballots for Walker last less,” he says. Mayor Tom Barrett to the November, and 54 percent The nonprofit world has Boys & Girls Club of Greater of voters in the February also conditioned Abele to Milwaukee, which named him primary for county executive be outcome-oriented rather the organization’s most valu- supported Democrats. LOWEST PRICES! LLC than politically driven, he says. able person for his work on Abele says he hopes LGBT Gruber Law Offices, As a way of leveraging dollars a 10-year plan to address voters will be among those to support their missions, problems facing Milwaukee’s who turn out for him on LARGEST philanthropic funders typi- youth. April 5. Over 25 years experience handling SELECTION! Chris Abele accident and personal injury cases at a glance Basics: Abele is 44 years old and mar- ried to Miriam Abele. They have a baby daughter. Occupation: Businessman, civic lead- er, CEO of the Argosy Foundation. College: Lawrence University. “One Call ...That’s All” A phrase that describes you Wisconsin’s politically: “A Democrat with progres- sive social values who understands how a Largest balance sheet works.” Where do you stand on equal- Showroom! 414-276-6666 ity?: “I support gay marriage.” Are you an ideologue or a prag- matist? “Pragmatist.” ATTORNEY DAVID E. 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Got news? Tell us GOP expected to defend anti-gay marriage law NATIONAL GAzE [email protected]. By Lisa Neff ‘Thousands Eisenhower, Harry Truman that Congress must argue, Staff writer and John F. Kennedy refused among other points, that gays Married same-sex cou- of same-sex to defend segregation in and lesbians have not faced a U.S. court rules for military funeral protesters ples preparing their federal court. history of discrimination. income tax forms can hold couples with • Gerald Ford’s adminis- While GOP leaders are By Mark Sherman ing that they obeyed police States for burial. Members ence to maintain order. The sided with Snyder, asking the Margie Phelps, a daughter off on the head-of-household tration refused to defend a discussing DOMA’s defense, AP writer directions and were 1,000 of the Westboro Baptist result was a spectacle that court to shield funerals from of the minister and a law- discussion for at least anoth- valid marriage campaign finance law passed Democrats in both the House The Supreme Court feet (300 meters) from the Church, who have picketed led to altering the route of the Phelps family’s “psycho- yer who argued the case er year. licenses in the wake of the Watergate and Senate are exploring leg- ruled March 2 that the free church. military funerals for several the funeral procession. logical terrorism.” at the Supreme Court, said Though the Obama admin- scandal. islation to repeal DOMA. speech provisions of the U.S. “Speech is powerful. It years, decided to protest Several weeks later, While distancing them- she expected the outcome. istration has said it will not are being • Ronald Reagan’s adminis- Such a measure likely Constitution protect funda- can stir people to action, outside the church where his Albert Snyder was surfing selves from the church’s mes- “The only surprise is that defend the section of the tration refused to defend the would not move this session, mentalist church members move them to tears of both funeral was to be held. the Internet for tributes sage, media organizations, Justice Alito did not feel Defense of Marriage Act that discriminated independent counsel law. and there is general agree- who mount anti-gay protests joy and sorrow, and – as it The Rev. Fred Phelps and to his son from other sol- including The Associated compelled to follow his defines, for federal purposes, • President George H.W. ment that a final decision on outside military funerals, did here – inflict great pain. his family members who make diers and strangers when Press, urged the court to oath,” Phelps said. “We read marriage as the union of a against Bush’s administration did not DOMA most likely would despite the pain they cause On the facts before us, we up most of the Westboro he came upon a poem on side with the Phelps fam- the law. We follow the law. man and a woman, the law defend affirmative action leg- come from the U.S. Supreme grieving families. cannot react to that pain Baptist Church have picket- the church’s website that ily because of concerns that The only way for a different will be enforced until a court because of islation. Court. The court voted 8-1 in by punishing the speaker,” ed many military funerals in attacked Matthew’s parents a victory for Snyder could ruling is to shred the First or Congress voids the mea- DOMA.’ • The administration of Bill In the meantime, with favor of the Westboro Roberts said. “As a nation their quest to draw attention for the way they brought up erode speech rights. Amendment.” sure. Clinton refused to defend a enforcement continuing, Baptist Church. The decision we have chosen a different to their incendiary view that their son. Roberts described the She also offered her That means the Internal law requiring the dismissal same-sex couples will con- upheld an appeals court rul- course – to protect even U.S. deaths in Afghanistan and Soon after, Snyder filed a court’s holding as narrow, church’s view of the deci- Revenue Service, the Social of military personnel living tinue to pay a price, said ing that threw out a $5-mil- hurtful speech on public Iraq are God’s punishment lawsuit accusing the Phelpses and in a separate opinion, sion. “I think it’s pretty self- Security Administration and proposition that ‘marriage is with HIV. marriage equality advocates. lion judgment to the father issues to ensure that we do for the nation’s tolerance of of intentionally inflicting Justice Stephen Breyer sug- explanatory, but here’s the other federal agencies and inscribed in human nature • George W. Bush’s admin- There are more than 1,100 of a dead Marine who sued not stifle public debate.’’ homosexuality. emotional distress. He won gested in other circumstanc- core point: The wrath of God departments will not recog- and centered on the volun- istration refused to defend benefits, rights and responsi- church members after they Alito strongly disagreed. They showed up with their $11 million at trial, later es, governments would not is pouring onto this land. nize legally married same-sex tary union of a man and a a federal law withholding bilities at the federal level picketed his son’s funeral. “Our profound national usual signs, including “Thank reduced by a judge to $5 be “powerless to provide Rather than trying to shut couples as married couples. woman in a lifelong covenant,’ federal transit money from associated with marriage, but Chief Justice John Roberts commitment to free and God for dead soldiers,” million. private individuals with nec- us up, use your platforms to DOMA was enacted in and we ‘oppose all efforts transportation systems that under DOMA, an 81-year-old wrote the opinion for the open debate is not a license “You’re Going to Hell,” “God A federal appeals court essary protection.” tell this nation to mourn for 1996, signed in the early p h oto : c o u rt e s y T to undermine, alter or oth- allowed pro-marijuana ads. widow who legally married court. Justice Samuel Alito for the vicious verbal assault Hates the USA/Thank God threw out the verdict and But in this case, Breyer your sins.” morning by Bill Clinton. Attorney General Eric Holder says the govern- erwise corrupt the institu- More recently, at the state her partner of 44 years in dissented. that occurred in this case,” for 9/11.” said the Constitution shield- said, it would be wrong to There are two basic provi- ment can no longer make a case against DOMA. tion of marriage,’” American level, Arnold Schwarzenegger 2007 must, for example, pay Roberts said the he said. The church members ed the church members from “punish Westboro for seek- sions in DOMA: the federal Legion national command- and Jerry Brown refused to $360,000 in federal estate Constitution’s First Matthew Snyder died in drew counter-demonstra- liability. ing to communicate its views Get breaking news at definition of marriage as the er Jimmie L. Foster wrote defend Prop 8 in California. taxes to the IRS that would Amendment shields the Iraq in 2006 and his body tors, as well as media cover- Forty-eight states, 42 U.S. on matters of public con- www.wisconsingazette.com. union of a man and a woman Since 2008, the Justice fails to meet that standard Congress, asserting that he Holder, in a letter to not be collected if her spouse funeral protesters, not- was returned to the United age and a heavy police pres- senators and veterans groups cern.” and the federal provision Department has defended and is therefore unconstitu- represented the organiza- House Speaker John Boehner, had been a man. allowing one state to ignore DOMA in federal court juris- tional. Given that conclusion, tion’s 2.4 million members. R-Ohio, left defense of “Today, in the United a same-sex marriage legalized dictions where its attorneys the president has instruct- Foster and others also DOMA to Congress, if mem- States, there are five states in another state. Historically, could argue that binding legal ed the department not to complained that the admin- bers wanted that role. plus the District of Columbia states have recognized oppo- precedents hold that laws defend the statute in such istration’s decision violated Boehner, in a recent that issue marriage licenses site-sex marriages performed singling out people based on cases. I fully concur with the the constitutional decree interview on the Christian to same-sex couples,” said in other states. sexual orientation are consti- president’s determination.” that the president “shall take Broadcasting Network, said, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Since DOMA was passed, tutional if there is a “rational The announcement was care that the laws be faith- “If the president won’t defend D-Madison. “That means Massachusetts, Connecticut, basis” for enactment. celebrated widely among lib- fully executed.” DOMA, then you’ll see the there are thousands of same- Vermont, New Hampshire, In two cases now filed in eral groups, with every major However, there are House of Representatives sex couples across the U.S. Iowa and the District of the 2nd Circuit, the Justice group working for marriage numerous precedents for the defend our actions in pass- with valid marriage licenses Columbia have legalized Department cannot make equality issuing statements in Justice Department refusing ing a bill that frankly passed who are being discriminated same-sex marriage. New that argument. The prec- late February. to defend a statute: overwhelmingly.” against at the national level York has yet to pass marriage edent in the jurisdiction is “The president did the • The administrations However, to defend because of the Defense of equality legislation, but it rec- different. To defend DOMA, right thing and just propelled of Presidents Dwight D. DOMA, legal experts agreed Marriage Act.” ognizes same-sex marriages Justice Department lawyers gay rights into the 21st cen- from other states. Meanwhile, would have to argue that tury, where it belongs,” said Steven Donatello, MD in California, same-sex cou- laws that discriminate against American Civil Liberties For the record… ples married during a short gays and lesbians, as a class, Union executive director Responding to the Obama administration’s announcement that it would no longer period that ended with the should not be subjected to Anthony Romero. “Our gov- defend the section in the Defense of Marriage Act prohibiting federal recognition of passage of an anti-gay consti- heightened scrutiny by the ernment finally recognizes legal same-sex marriage… Helping to Manage Your Pain tutional amendment in 2008. courts. what we knew 14 years ago – • U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, said, “DOMA was unconstitutional in 1996, and it’s A number of challenges Holder said he and Obama that the so-called ‘Defense of unconstitutional today. And the Obama administration made the right call to no for a Better Lifestyle to DOMA are in the federal could not make that case. Marriage Act’ is a gross vio- longer defend it in the courts. The Defense of Marriage Act has never been about courts, and, until this year, “The president has con- lation of the Constitution’s defending marriage. It’s been nothing more than an unconstitutional effort to deny Individualized Treatment for Chronic Pain the Justice Department has cluded that given a number guarantee of equal protec- same-sex couples basic rights and protections.” Oxford defended each. of factors, including docu- tion before the law. DOMA • Equality Matters president Richard Socarides, said, “This changes everything. The admin- Corrective Options • Symptom Management But the administration’s mented history of discrimi- betrays core American values istration’s decision … is the kind of change Americans voted for. Obama is now start- Art Glass approach was reversed with nation, classifications based of fairness, justice and dignity ing to show leadership on the most important civil rights struggle of our time.” ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL GLENDALE CLINIC an announcement Feb. 23 on sexual orientation should for all, and has no place in • Lambda Legal executive director Kevin Cathcart said, “The president and the attor- from U.S. Attorney General be subject to a more height- America.” ney general recognized … what we have been saying in court since the day we OF WISCONSIN BROWN DEER ROAD Studios Custom Stained Glass Eric Holder, who said he and ened standard of scrutiny,” Representatives from opened our doors: Discriminating against people on the basis of sexual orientation is 575 W River Woods Pkwy #205 9233 N Green Bay Rd President Barack Obama Holder stated. a number of conservative presumed to be unconstitutional and unconstitutional laws should not be defended.” Glendale, WI 53209 Brown Deer, WI 53223 Expert Repair & Restoration agree that DOMA’s section “The president has also groups criticized the admin- • U.S. Rep. 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Cory liebmann tioning support of Walker’s state aid to local govern- Resign! questioning the Walker administration’s It has become increasingly voted to put the marriage Budget Repair Bill. Stone ments, including Milwaukee Milwaukeeans knew Scott Walker would say or do anything to raise his claim that protesters had done $7 mil- clear that the differences amendment on the ballot in literally was standing over County. Abele stood up political profile and promote the corporate-right agenda. His tenure as lion in damage to the Capitol. The admin- between Chris Abele and 2006 and, more recently, he Walker’s shoulder when the against the proposed $1 bil- Milwaukee County executive was marred with such antics, which helps istration later backed off the claim. his opponent, GOP state voted against legislation that governor announced the lion cuts to schools and to explain why he received only 38 percent of the county’s vote last November. Rep. Jeff Stone, are dramatic. sought to protect students extreme policy measures in the state’s shared revenue Thanks to a recorded conversation Walker had with a journalist pretending “If you squint a little bit, it is true I do sometimes Abele is not a career politi- from bullying. that piece of legislation. The program. Stone has said very to be right-wing billionaire activist David Koch, now the whole world knows look like a dude, and I am definitely gay,” cian. He has spent his time In contrast, Abele has bill is a direct attack on little to defend Milwaukee about Walker’s ruthless ambition, his unethical tactics and his sycophantic – MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow responding to her building broad consensus helped lead human rights Wisconsin’s labor unions, County, its municipalities or allegiance to the interests of the rich. homophobic critics. and strengthening our com- organizations that support many of which have been its schools from these dras- State Sen. Tim Carpenter was dead-on when he said the revelations Walker munity in many different LGBT rights. He was very extremely supportive of tic cuts. made during the conversation “would make Richard Nixon blush.” Walker “I got a dead baby, I want you to bring him back ways. supportive of Fair Wisconsin equality in Wisconsin. Stone has the same kind of bragged about his underhanded schemes to trick Democrats into thinking he to life again. Whatever you need!” Stone is the very defi- and its efforts to fight the Abele has called out Stone backing that we normally see would negotiate with them over his union-busting budget bill. He acknowl- – Televangelist Pat Robertson calling forth the audi- nition of a career politi- discriminatory marriage for backing an agenda that in a partisan race, but Abele edged that his administration had considered illegally positioning “trouble- ence to touch his healing hands at a mass faith healing cian. He has a history of amendment in 2006. refuses all compromise and has put together a broad coali- makers” among the tens of thousands of protesters who have swarmed the in Virginia Beach, Va. following the lead of the During his time in the shuns good faith negotiation. tion of support that includes Capitol in recent weeks. extreme elements of his Legislature, Stone has com- Abele correctly has pointed Democrats, Republicans and Walker has talked publicly about his petty tactics to get even with the “As of this moment, I would say no and no.” party. He’s embraced the piled an extreme record on out the fact that labor has Independents, as well as Democratic senators who fled to Illinois to prevent him from ramming his “The first thing you guys should do is find a turkey baster.” – Prospective Republican presidential contender failed hyper-partisan model other issues, such as wom- already agreed to the fiscal important leaders in business budget bill through the Legislature. He’s threatened to revoke their Capitol Donald Trump telling the Des Moines Register that he set by Walker. en’s reproductive health. He’s concessions and only seeks and labor. While we may not parking permits and end direct deposit of their paychecks. His GOP cronies approves of neither same-sex marriage nor civil unions Although Stone has been repeatedly received 100 per- to maintain collective bar- always agree on the difficult have ordered state police to the senators’ homes to intimidate their families. for same-sex couples. referred to as a “moder- cent ratings from some of gaining rights. decisions ahead, it is clear This sort of embarrassing behavior is nothing new for Walker. In 1988, he ate” Republican, there is Wisconsin’s most extreme On the other hand, Walker that only Abele wants every- admitted violating Marquette University campaign rules during his run for “She’s a 50-year-old adult bully, really is what she very little evidence to jus- right-wing organizations on and Stone refuse to take yes one to have a meaningful student government president. The student newspaper called him “unfit” for is – kind of a has-been comedian.” tify that description. He has women’s health issues. Abele for an answer, and that is spot at the table. office. { Letters } – Sarah Palin answering a question about Kathy been repeatedly hostile to has served as a board mem- what is needlessly prolonging That is the only approach Walker ended up dropping out of the university, a strange decision for an Griffin’s new “Glee” character, which is modeled after Palin. the interests of the LGBT ber for Planned Parenthood the self-induced crisis. that will help move Milwaukee ambitious man. Rumors that he was expelled for cheating have plagued him Still that the 9th Circuit Court of tory law remains in force. Are community. He repeatedly of Wisconsin for years. Walker also recently pre- County forward. since, and he has never responded to them convincingly. waiting Appeals immediately lift the you as outraged as I am? The “Granting homosexuals the right to marry is like Walker’s reason for stripping organized labor of its power is clearly politi- Every minute of state- stay on enforcement of this Republicans purposely saved granting plantation owners the right to own slaves.” cal, not budgetary. His budget bill could cost the state $43 million in federal sanctioned discrimination decision so that families like their announcement for the – Former GOP senate candidate Alan Keyes writing in transportation funds, due to labor law. That loss comes on top of the nearly is a minute too long. The Riverside’s Derence Kernek last minute on a Friday so his World Net Daily column. $850 million he’s already turned down in rail and broadband funding. California Supreme Court’s and Ed Phillips – together it would be next to impos- Time marches forward Walker is untrustworthy and beholden to special interests. His thuggish decision to put its own sum- for 40 years but now waging sible to organize a response “I’m sorry if democracy is a little inconvenient brand of leadership is out of step with Wisconsin. He should resign and spare mer vacation plans before a battle against Alzheimer’s to this crusade against equal and you had to stay up two nights in a row. Is this 40 years ago Cream City Foundation, I will have more about the state a costly recall election. After all, we can’t afford it. the lives of thousands of Disease – are able to marry rights for the LGBT com- inconvenient? Hell, yeah! It’s inconvenient. But we’re In 1971, gay people first which has provided finan- 1991 in a future column. California families is an out- before it’s too late. I chal- munity. But there are two going to be heard!” marched in a public event in pinion cial grants that have helped rage, and it must not be lenge the California Supreme things you can do right now: – Openly gay state Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, Milwaukee. It wasn’t a Pride O to build and sustain dozens 10 years ago allowed to stand. Court – or any court for Tweet your outrage (http:// leading the charge on the Wisconsin Assembly floor parade, though. It was an Jamakaya of LGBT organizations and On August 2, 2001, the Thousands of loving cou- that matter – to tell Derence www.fearlesscampaign.com/ against Republicans attempting to ram through a con- anti-war march sponsored by the guts it took to do that 40 projects over the years. Milwaukee Common Council ples have waited decades for or Ed that they have not yet Twitter-DOMA) and share troversial budget bill. Ultimately, the GOP succeeded. the Vietnam Veterans Against years ago. When the license approved a labor contract the chance to exercise their earned that right. it on Facebook (http:// the War. About 30 members was denied, they filed a law- 20 years ago that incorporated benefits The Wisconsin Gazette is published every constitutionally protected www.fearlesscampaign.com/ “Illinois is open for tourism all the time.” of an organization called the suit, but it was dismissed. The year 1991 was a long for the domestic partners of other week and distributed throughout right to the recognition and Rick Jacobs Facebook-DOMA). – Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn telling the Huffington Post that Gay Liberation Front par- nightmare for Milwaukee’s gay and straight city employ- the Milwaukee area, Madison, Racine, security that only comes with Courage Campaign As both a gay man and a his state welcomes the senators from Wisconsin and ticipated, hoisting a “Gay 30 years ago queer community. In late July, ees. Kenosha, and 40 other cities statewide. marriage. Now, while these member of Congress, I am the lawmakers from Indiana hiding out there to stall Liberation” banner all along In October 1981, a Jeffrey Dahmer’s years-long In November, the National To have WiG delivered to your address, same families see a light at hate campaign saddened and disgusted by union-busting budget bills. Shortly after his election, Gov. the route of the march. state bill (AB70) prohibit- murder spree was finally Gay and Lesbian Task Force CEO/PRINCIpal contact circulation@wisconsingazette. the end of their long struggle It’s a modern day crusade Speaker Boehner’s actions. Scott Walker reached out to companies in Illinois and The Gay Liberation Front ing discrimination based on uncovered. Also exposed was held its annual “Creating Leonard Sobczak com or call 414-961-3240, ext. 101 for equality, the courts are – a waste of taxpayer money Not only did he launch a invited them to relocate to the Badger State, promising was one of two gay groups sexual orientation in hous- the entrenched racism and Change” conference at the WiG Publishing, LLC. © 2011 dithering, and hundreds of and motivated entirely by crusade against equality – them lower taxes. founded the year before. The ing, employment and pub- homophobia that allowed Hyatt Regency Hotel in Publisher/ these same families are fac- prejudice and hate. he purposely tried to slip other group called itself the lic accommodations was the crimes to be undetected downtown Milwaukee. More Editor in Chief ing new struggles like termi- In the wake of President it through late on Friday, in “With this decision the president has thrown Gay Liberation Organization. adopted by the Wisconsin for so long. WISN-TV fol- than 2,000 activists from Louis Weisberg contributors Debra Brehmer, nal illness and the prospect Obama’s brave stand against the hope that no one would down the gauntlet, challenging Congress. It is Because GLF was anti-war Assembly. In February 1982 it lowed up with an exploitive, around the country attended. Harry Cherkinian Jr., Will Fellows, of never – no matter what discrimination, my Republican notice. incumbent upon the Republican leadership to and more leftist-oriented was approved by the Senate homophobic series called Girlfriends magazine NATIONAL NEWS Editor Scott Foval, Jody Hirsh, Rick Karlin, the eventual outcome of this colleagues did exactly as I’d Don’t let this crusade pass respond by intervening to defend DOMA, or they and the two groups were and signed by Republican “Flirting with Danger.” declared Milwaukee the “best Lisa Neff Cory Liebmann, Jamakaya, Mike Muckian, case – being able to exer- hoped they wouldn’t. They unnoticed. Help me spread will become complicit in the president’s neglect of often confused, members of Gov. Lee Dreyfus. It is offi- In November, hundreds of place in the country for les- Kat Murrell, John Quinlan, Dan Wilson cise the freedoms they have mobilized in support of the the word so we can launch a duty.” GLO, who wanted to focus cially ensconced in Chapter alleged “Christians,” whipped bians to live,” resulting in Creative Director sought for so long. so-called Defense of Marriage counter-movement. – Tony Perkins, the gay-obsessed head of the Family only on gay issues, renamed 112 of the Laws of 1981. The into hysteria by local TV many titters and guffaws. I Jim Lautenbach Distribution Manager With Proposition 8 already Act and are preparing to Research Council, responding to the news that the their group the Gay People’s lobbying effort required care- preacher Vic Eliason, stormed sent some “Nanner-nanner- Robert Wright ruled unconstitutional in fed- appoint their own lawyer to U.S. Rep. Jared Polis Obama administration will no longer defend the Union. They published GPU ful strategizing and alliances. a school board meeting to nanner” messages to lesbi- Account Executives eral court, it is imperative make sure this discrimina- D-Col. Defense of Marriage Act in court. News (until 1981) and found- The support of many church- oppose support services for an friends in Madison, the Kim Jackson, Jim Lautenbach, Technical consultant ed the clinic that continues es was considered critical. gay and lesbian teens in the city displaced from the top Marypat Wulff Kevin Rux “I’m comfortable with who I am – to function today as the Wisconsin was the first state schools. The board adopted spot, and cracked in a story Our mission and happy to say who I am in public.” BESTD Clinic. to pass a gay civil rights law. the modest reforms but not for In Step: “Milwaukee IS a Entertainment Editor office assistant – Steven Davies, the first British Also in 1971, two African- The Cream City Business before a media circus that great place for lesbians to Gregg Shapiro Anita Gielow To inform, engage and empower Wisconsin’s LGBT community cricket athlete to come out as gay. American women, Donna Association, an alliance of included shockingly ignorant live. It’s just the lesbians in by providing a professional, independent print and online source for news Burkett and Manonia Evans, gay and gay-supportive busi- testimony and open intimida- Milwaukee, many still hud- and commentary, as well as coverage of political and cultural issues. applied for a marriage license nesses, was founded in 1981. tion of gay proponents by the dling nervously in the closet, in Milwaukee County. Imagine CCBA, in turn, created the self-avowed Christians. who don’t get it!” 14 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | March 10, 2011 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | M a r c h 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 15

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faith 5 gaze [email protected]. By Lisa Neff the stay ever was justified, it ebrate marriages sanctioned At least nine other par- Rights, American Civil Staff writer ‘Loved ones is no longer.” and protected by California ties – American Foundation Liberties Union, Lambda Discovering the unexpected blessing of being gay The California attorney Citing the Obama admin- law. Each one of those days, for Equal Rights, Human Legal and the city and county general recently called on a have been istration’s decision not to loved ones have been lost, Rights Campaign, Courage of San Francisco – filed briefs hate-crimes came to light. scripture: “Before I formed sitivity training. My coming to share my life. Our life grew federal appeals court to lift defend aspects of the fed- moments have been missed, Campaign, Equality California, urging the court to lift the One evening I went with you in the womb I knew you, out ended the festivities. to include our adopted chil- a stay and allow same-sex lost, moments eral Defense of Marriage Act, and justice has been denied.” National Center for Lesbian stay. my fraternity brothers to a and before you were born Twenty years since I came dren. The assurance I heard couples in the state to marry. have been Harris said, “Classifications Religion lecture on homophobia. We I consecrated you; you are out, but somehow yesterday. so many years ago became The stay was imposed fol- based on sexual orientation ANDREW WARNER learned one in 10 people wonderfully, fearfully made, Guilt and shame gave way, as a grace I live each day. God’s lowing the August 2010 rul- missed and cannot survive constitutional In the courthouse were gay. Afterwards one my work of art.” did fear and unrequited love. blessed my gay life. ing from U.S. District Court scrutiny.” The American Foundation for Equal Rights filed its federal case challenging California’s Anniversaries sneak up brother said, “I don’t care God made me gay – con- And in their place I built a life Now when I pray, I mostly Judge Vaughn Walker, who justice has She further argued that Proposition 8, a voter-approved constitutional amendment defining marriage as the and suddenly you realize how who it is, but if one of you is secrated me to love men. It I only once imagined: a lover, listen. And sometimes I catch declared Proposition 8 a vio- the defendants have not union of a man and a woman in May 2009. much has changed. One day, gay, I’ll hate him.” was part of God’s intention a family, a community. Mary speaking to John. It’s lation of the due process and been denied.’ demonstrated they will be AFER’s attorneys are Theodore Olson and David Boies, who were up against one fraternity brothers play bas- I knew in my heart that for my life. Perhaps Mary was I left the fraternity and the day they saw Jesus suffer, equal protection clauses of injured if the stay is lifted. another in the Bush v. Gore dispute over Florida ballots. ketball – shirts versus skins. I was one in 10. And so I silent so I could learn to lis- the Catholic Church. I found when he told his mother that the 14th Amendment. Voters “Indeed, because the stay The clients are two same-sex couples, Kris Perry and Sandy Steir, and Paul Katami Quick, strong bodies. The prayed again and again but ten to what God was saying new brothers and sisters in the disciple he loved would approved Prop 8, a state con- to lift the stay because a final continues in effect a law that and Jeff Zarrillo. next day, 20 years later, the Holy Mary was quiet, silent all along. the LGBT community and be her son. The day he told stitutional amendment defin- decision in the Prop 8 case has been adjudged to violate The named defendants, then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and then-Attorney General bodies are slower and larger in the face of my guilt and The assurance of God’s with our straight allies. In the John that Mary would be his ing marriage as the union of now may be more than a the plaintiff’s due process Jerry Brown, who is now governor, decided not to defend Prop 8 in court. Both said the – dark shirts versus white. prayed to Mary. “Holy Mary, fear and loneliness. For a love gave me the courage to United Church of Christ I new mother. a man and a woman, in 2008. year away. Before the federal and equal protection rights amendment was unconstitutional and declined to use state resources for a court fight. In college, I watched the make me straight.” long time I didn’t know what come out. It happened one learned that who I was could When I listen, I can hear For a period before that appeals court will rule on the and therefore perpetuates The acting defendants are the proponents of Prop 8. basketball games wistfully. I Fraternities at Colgate Mary’s silence meant. I kept weekend when my fraternity be a blessing. her say, “It gets better some- vote, same-sex couples legally constitutional questions, the unconstitutional discrimi- U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn R. Walker heard Perry v. Schwarzenegger in 2010, carried a secret, a longing for University were required to praying until I ran out of held an anti-gay Pride, full of I pastor a congregation day.” Mary is right. married in California. Walker, California Supreme Court nation, it is plaintiffs who with the trial taking place in January and closing arguments in June. In August, Walker my best friend to be my boy- undergo diversity training, words. I was silent too. derision, which they called that has publicly welcomed in his decision, said same-sex must take up the question of continue to suffer substantial ruled that Prop 8 is unconstitutional under the due process and equal protection clauses friend. It filled me with shame. a sanction from the college In my emptiness, I began to the “Prove You’re Not Gay gays and lesbians for 20 years. Andrew Warner is pastor of marriages should resume. whether Prop 8 proponents injury,” Harris wrote. of the 14th amendment and ordered that same-sex couples again be allowed to marry Raised a good Catholic, I after a series of hazing and hear God speak to me from Weekend.” So much for sen- And I discovered a partner Plymouth UCC in Milwaukee. But Prop 8 proponents, have standing to defend a She concluded, “For 846 in California. challenging the judge’s deci- measure that state officials days, Proposition 8 has The ruling was quickly appealed to the 9th Circuit Court, which heard oral arguments sion, won a stay of the federal have refused to fight for in denied equality under law to in December 2010. court order from the 9th court. gay and lesbian couples. Each In January, the appeals court said that before it ruled on the constitutional questions, Circuit Court of Appeals. In a brief filed with the and every one of those days, the California Supreme Court should consider whether Prop 8 proponents have stand- Open & AffirmingC hurches In late February and early appeals court March 1, same-sex couples have been ing as defendants. The state court will consider the issue, but has said it could take a year. March, a flurry of briefs were California Attorney General denied their right to convene – WiG filed urging the appeals court Kamala D. Harris argued, “If loved ones and friends to cel- MILWAUKEE MADISON Central United Methodist Church, 639 Beth’El Evangelical Lutheran Church, March Special! The practical way N. 25th St., 53233, 414-344-1600, www. 101 Bethel Drive, P.O. Box 70, Poynette, WI DENTAL CLEANING centralumcmilw.org. 53955-0070 White House names new, gay social secretary to put more hours Congregation Shir Hadash, 414-297-9159, in your day 10% OFF www.cshmilw.org. From AP and WiG reports and I am eager to continue Bernard will be the several LGBT organizations, should be celebrated by all history of the White House Cross Lutheran Church, 1821 N. 16th GREEN BAY The Obama White House these efforts in the years Obamas’ third social secretary. including the National Gay & Americans.” and the presidency will serve Kathryn Christensen, dvm St., 53205, 414-344-1746, www. Angels of Hope MCC, P.O. Box 672, Green broke decades of tradi- ahead,” he said through the The first social secretary Lesbian Victory Fund, Access “Anyone who knows the American people well.” niKKie seibert, dvm crosslutheranmilwaukee.org. Bay, 54305, 920-983-7452, www.aohmcc. tion Feb. 25, naming Jeremy White House. at the White House served Now for Gay & Lesbian Jeremy Bernard knows he Another friend and Divine Word Lutheran Church, 5505 org, [email protected] Bernard – the first male, and Bernard will become the under Teddy Roosevelt’s Equality and several advisory will be a great addition to HRC board member, Dana Consistent, Quality Feline Medicine & Surgery Lloyd St., 53208, 414-476-3189, the first openly gay person first male social secretary administration and was hired committees in Los Angeles, the White House,” said Barry Perlman, said, “Jeremy’s warm thorough, divinewordlutheran.org. – to ever serve as social in White House history, but by Roosevelt’s wife, Edith. according to the White Karas, a friend of the appoin- personality and attention to affordable, Dentistry • Boarding • Grooming First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, 1342 FOX VALLEY secretary. he will not be the first man The San Antonio native House. tee and a member of the detail will make families – green N. Astor St., 53202, 414-273-5257, www. Fox Valley UU Fellowship, 2600 Philip Lane, Bernard, a senior adviser based in the East Wing of succeeds Julianna Smoot, Chad Griffin, president of Human Rights Campaign’s both the First Family and Nutritional & Behavioral Consultations uumilwaukee.org. Appleton, 54915, 920-731-0849, www.fvuuf. to the U.S. ambassador to the White House, where the who stepped down early this the American Foundation board of directors from Los the American family – feel at Cat Adoptions Lake Park Lutheran Church, 2647 N. org France, will soon trade Paris first lady’s mostly female staff year to help get Obama’s for Equal Rights, which is Angeles. “Jeremy is a true joy home.” through Local Rescue Groups Stowell Ave., 53211, 414-962-9190, SS Cyril and Methodius United for Washington and take is located. re-election campaign up and fighting California’s voter- to be around and work with. Bernard is expected to lakeparklutheran.com. Independent Catholic Church, 3499 on the high-profile assign- Both deputy social sec- running. approved gay marriage ban, His appreciation of the arts start at the White House Food • Supplies • Gifts Metropolitan Community Church, 1239 W. Oakridge Road, Neenah, 54956, 920- 750- ment, the White House. That retaries are male, as are Desiree Rogers, the said Bernard’s appointment and culture will make for soon, after he completes the Mineral St., 53204, 414-383-1100, www. 4465, www.uicchurch.homestead.com means he’ll be responsible Michelle Obama’s deputy Obamas’ first social secre- “underscores the president’s grand events and his under- trans-Atlantic move from milmcc.org. for planning numerous social policy director and her trip tary, departed in February commitment to diversity and standing of the important Paris. Milwaukee Friends Meeting (Quakers), functions and events and director. 2010, a few months after for your health 3224 N. Gordon Pl., 53212, 414-263-2111, KENOSHA/RACINE pulling them off without a And there’s some prec- Obama’s first state dinner – We Do www.milwaukeequakers.org. Bradford Community Church-Unitarian hitch, including opulent state edent for having a male social honoring India – was marred one-time or House Calls! Plymouth Church, 2717 E. Hampshire Ave., Universalist, 5810 8th Ave., 53140, 262- dinners, the annual Easter Egg secretary. Vice President Joe when a Virginia couple man- regular 53211, 414-964-1513, www.plymouth- 656-0544, www.bradforduu.org Roll and dozens upon dozens Biden’s is a man, Carlos aged to get in without an Winter Move-In Specials! service church.org. of receptions. Elizondo. invitation and shake hands 236 N. Water St. St. James Episcopal Church, 833 W. President Barack Obama Letitia Baldrige, who was with the president. Gracious East Side Apartments (414) 272-CATS (2287) Wisconsin Ave., 53233, 414-964-1513, CENTRAL said Bernard shares his and social secretary for the Before moving to Paris, www.stjamesmilwaukee.org. First Christian Church, 1909 Highland Ave., First Lady Michelle Obama’s Kennedys, said women for Bernard was the White Available Now — HEAT INCLUDED! catdoctor98.com Underwood Memorial Baptist Church, Janesville, 53548, 608-752-3847, www. vision of the White House years have been breaking the House liaison to the One bedroom $690 • Two bedroom $895 414-384-4620 | maidbrigade.com 1916 Wauwatosa Ave., Wauwatosa 53213, fccjanesville.org as a place that “celebrates glass ceiling and filling posi- National Endowment for the www.underwoodchurch.org First Congregational UCC, 504 Washington our history and culture in tions long held by men and Humanities from 2008 to Unitarian Church North, 13800 N. Port Ave., Sauk City, 53583, 608-643-8387, dynamic and inclusive ways.” that there’s no reason why 2010. He also was a finance R Solochek Investments R Washington Road, 53097, 262-375-3890, [email protected] Bernard said he is deeply this key White House position consultant in California for www.ucnorth.org humbled to be joining the shouldn’t be filled by a man. Obama’s presidential cam- Residential Real Estate MORE NEWS! Wauwatosa Presbyterian Church, 2366 N. To contribute a listing, please e-mail White House staff. “Husbands and wives have paign and a member of (414) 961-7245 • [email protected] 80th St., Wauwatosa, 53213, 414-774-5005, [email protected]. “I have long admired the been co-hosting since the the Democratic National www.solochekinvestments.com www.wisconsingazette.com www.tosapres.com arts and education programs beginning of time,” she said. Committee from 2001 to that have become hallmarks “I think it’s terribly smart to 2009. of the Obama White House give men a chance.” He has been active in 16 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | March 10, 2011 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | M a r c h 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 17

Got news? Tell us! INTERNational GAzE [email protected] English cricketer Davies comes out WiGOUT!Wisconsin Gazette entertainment From AP reports Davies said. “He supported Bangladesh. England wicketkeeper me 100 percent, him and “His private life is his own Steve Davies has become the (captain) Andrew Strauss. It concern and has absolutely country’s first professional was the right thing to do as no bearing on his ability to Wisconsin filmmaker JasonP aul cricket player to publicly I felt I couldn’t live like this excel at the very highest announce he is gay. any more. level in international sport,” Collum has a gay way with gore “It is something I have “I didn’t enjoy going on Flower said on the England lived for a long time with and tour too much because of and Wales Cricket Board able at tempevideo.com and “October Moon 3,” and the Which of the char- I am really comfortable about the secret.” website. “I have no doubt through major online retail- actors who “survived” the acters is most like you? things with now,” Davies said. Meeting up with the squad that he will continue to work ers), he explores the horrors first two films have all agreed I’m a combination of sev- “I have got nothing to hide in November for the first hard to regain a place in the Interview of obsession and revenge, as to jump on board for at least eral characters. I guess I’m and I am ready to tell peo- time since the announcement England squad.” Gregg Shapiro well as the terror known as one more round of may- most like Corin. The relation- ple.” was nerve-racking, Davies Davies said he told his religious fanaticism. And he hem. The last four months ship between the boyfriends, The 24-year-old Surrey said. family and close friends he is Gay filmmaker and does it all with bravado, in have actually taken off for me Corin and Jake, was really player made the announce- “Everyone was great – gay at the age of 19. He was Wisconsin native Jason Paul B-movie style. professionally. … So when based off of my own relation- ment Feb. 27 in video inter- they just said it wasn’t an inspired to go public after Collum isn’t afraid of scaring “October Moon 3” happens ship at the time. I was a lot in Los Angeles holding my All the Scott Walker views on the websites of issue,” Davies said. “Matt Wales rugby center Gareth audiences. In his gay horror Gregg Shapiro: Is there will depend on when a bit more in love with the other partner’s hand and nobody chaos, and even going back The Sun and Daily Telegraph (Prior) came and gave me a Thomas made the same film “October Moon” and the possibility of a of free time comes avail- person than he was with me. blinks. I can do the same in to the last several presiden- newspapers, saying he told hug. He couldn’t believe I had announcement in December its sequel “October Moon 2: third film in the series? able. Might have to wait until I think many of your readers Chicago, but only in certain tial elections has made me England coach Andy Flower kept it to myself for this long. 2009. November Son” (both avail- JPC: There is an outline for December 2012. know how much that bites. areas. It’s much less of a free- realize just how divided we last year before going on He said I should have told Davies said that before There were elements of me dom in Racine without fear are as a state. People seem the Ashes tour to Australia, him. That was special.” Thomas “came out there was in Elliot as well. That fear of of mockery or insults, but I’m to be hard-core Republican where he played in the limit- Prior is also a wicketkeep- no one to look up to.” coming out. The confusion not so afraid of assault. or hard-core Democrat. ed-overs matches. er and beat Davies to a spot “It just showed me it can of being something you don’t On the surface Racine Whatever happened to vot- “It was a tough thing for in the squad for the World be done,’’ Davies said. “He P h oto : C o u rt e s y want to be. plays itself as a very lib- ing for the guy (or girl) me to do, to tell him face Cup, which is currently taking was brave enough to stand England wicketkeeper Steve Davies. eral town, but behind closed who’s best for the job? to face, but I had to do it,” place in India, Sri Lanka and up and say who he was.” Corin is Elliott’s doors … if you sit and listen My partner went to col- “October moon.” Did to conversations around you lege with Walker and said he you have one? at the bar, it’s a much more was untrustworthy. One of Gay soccer fans want separate Euro 2012 seating Well, in the sense of not sordid side. While I do think my best friends worked for being able to attain some- southeastern Wisconsin Walker for three years and From AP reports ists criticized the recent pro- other fans and want to feel of being able to relax in the church in the predominantly choose separate seating. one you think is so insanely (don’t get me started on the said he was untrustworthy. A group of gay Polish posal, saying it would single safe during the championship stands – we can’t imagine Roman Catholic country. “I understand their initia- beautiful and perfect but northern half of the state) is Yet when we try to have soccer fans has called on out gay fans and put them at in Poland and neighboring not being at the Euro 2012 One match venue, the tive, and what they are trying completely unattainable, yes. much more progressive in these conversations with the organizers of the 2012 greater risk. Ukraine. matches, which will be held city of Gdansk, rejected the to do,” Czarnecki told The There have been two in my the last 10 years than it was people it’s always “Nope. European Championships to Teczowa Trybuna 2012, or “During trips to matches in our country!” group’s call for separate seat- Associated Press. life. And that’s where I drew when I was growing up here, He’s a Republican so I have set aside separate seating for Rainbow Stand 2012, calls of our beloved clubs ... we Polish soccer matches are ing, saying it would stigmatize “But the message might that allegory of an October I think there’s still a long, to vote for him and believe gays and lesbians to protect itself the first gay fan club for unfortunately are often faced often the scene of violent gays. And some gay rights be counterproductive in moon from. But today, and long way to go. everything he says.” them from harassment and Poland’s national team. It says with unpleasantness, harass- attacks and fights involving groups are distancing them- Poland,” he said. “I don’t think I’m not just saying this so I violence. on its website that its mem- ment and violence from the hooligans. selves from the appeal. many people would be brave don’t have to sleep on the In both films you Gay horror is a film But other gay rights activ- bers fear aggression from ‘real’ fans,” it said. “We dream Homophobia also remains Gregory Czarnecki enough to not only come couch tonight, I’m partnered look at religious con- genre that continues deeply embedded in Poland of the Campaign Against out, but also to sit in this for more than six years with servatism, which is to grow in popularity. because of the legacy of Homophobia, a leading gay section.” a very handsome gentleman interesting in light of It’s a fairly untapped mar- communism – which treated rights group in Warsaw, said named Michael Isaacson. We politics in the state. ket. It also has the possibil- homosexuality as a taboo he believes that very few gays Connect with WiG seem to balance each other Again, we’ve come a long ity to dig deep into our – and the teachings of the and lesbians would willingly and readers on facebook. and complement each oth- way since I was a kid. I have issues as a culture. The Don’t just smile – Sparkle! er’s quirks very nicely. an incredibly accepting fam- best horror films, the ones ily and a wonderful group of that have lasted over the Another distinctive friends and employers here. decades, had something to David A. Paris, DDS, SC aspect of the films is And thanks to many coura- say without putting it in the Wisconsin setting. geous people who stopped your face. “Invasion Of The I was born and raised in to “think” about what it Body Snatchers” was about 8901 W. Capitol Dr. | Milwaukee, WI 53222 | www.st-al.org Wisconsin. I’ve been drawn means to be in love with McCarthyism. (The original) to the beauty of the state. someone and the desire to “The Last House On The Cosmetic & Become a treatment foster parent And in Racine we have this start a family and be an Left” was about Vietnam, civil The needs are great; the rewards are greater gorgeous lakefront. accepted part of everyday unrest and political assas- Having lived in Los society, I can now call Mike a sinations and scandals. “The General Dentistry Please help us grow hope in the lives of kids who Angeles for many years and domestic partner. But I have Exorcist” was about the con- have suffered abuse and neglect. You provide then Chicago and then com- other gay friends who can’t flict of loyalty to ones reli- healing and hope for the child; we provide support ing home to Racine really adopt a child as a couple. I gious beliefs and loss of faith. 414-272-7747 for you. gave me a perspective of still can’t get on Mike’s insur- “October Moon” in Downtown Milwaukee Financial compensation, educational/support our social situation, which ance. If either of us were to particular was written for meetings, Title 19 insurance for kids provided. I’m not sure anyone who’s die, the other might have to straight people to watch and 601 N. Broadway never left the area is able to be in fear of losing the house say, “Are we really that over (corner of Broadway & Michigan) 414-465-5700 | [email protected] appreciate or understand. I to some distant relative we the top?” Same to be said can walk down the street haven’t spoken to in years. for gay audiences.

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Got news? Tell us Art Gaze [email protected]. How did four blue-collar kids become one of White is more than a the greatest successes in pop music history? blank canvas in new show

By Kat Murrell This large painting is abso- yet so very still. Contributing writer ON DISPLAY lutely laden with paint in “White” is a tough show White is a loaded color. “White” is at Katie a heavy impasto that sug- for people who really, real- It is absence and emptiness, Gingrass Gallery, 241 gests the vertical forms and ly want to touch the art. but also purity and simplicity. N. Broadway, through contours of birch trees. The Schaefer’s paintings are as White is often extrapolated March 31. Call 414-289- color isn’t really white, but much about tactile qualities into the boredom of vanilla, 0855. rather a mix of shades that as they are about visuals, something ordinary and plain. settle on an overall effect and this can also be said of However, the current show of pale, luminous jade. The the encaustic paintings of at Katie Gingrass Gallery, 241 comprised of the same notes translucent feeling that Sarah Budensiek. Encaustic N. Broadway, Milwaukee, sim- arranged in multitudinous comes from the shimmering is an ancient form of paint- ply titled “White,” is anything ways, so art relies on these undercoat of silver recalls ing that consists of pig- but dull. It offers works full of formal elements in ever- the reflective nature of ment suspended in hot wax delight and surprise. inventive relationships. By birch trees in crepuscular and applied to a support. The premise of the show minimizing color, our atten- light, or under strange skies Known to the Egyptians and rests on the color white as a tion is cleverly refocused on before a storm. The sur- Romans, it was used notably unifying hue. Color is a basic other aspects in intriguing face is built from hundreds in the mid-20th century by building block of art. It is ways. of gestures. Small waves of American artist Jasper Johns. one of the formal elements Material and texture paint seem to have crested Budensiek works down into that most all art uses, in become more prominent in and dried just as they were the surface of her pieces, combination line, space, form, many works, such as David starting to spill down the carving and scraping to etc. In the way that music is Schaefer’s “Silver Birches.” surface. So much motion, expose color below, leaving patterns like organic sprays of curved grasses or cosmic forms of space. P h oto : K at i e G i n gra s s G allery The emphasis on tactile Kristin Haas’ work (above and left) is shown to sensation and physical mate- dramatic effect in “White.” rial reaches another level in Kristin Haas’ three-dimen- white, subtly moving in the lines and breathiest of gray sional works. From across air. These skeins of dried tones create different types the gallery, a white, lace-like latex paint are like post- of landscapes. Some bring form appears draped on a industrial cobwebs, the pati- to mind the vastness of the pedestal. Come closer and na of time and age, but also sea through a wave-life wash, this lace reveals itself as the action of painting frozen where the pale water dark- “Echo,” a winding interlace in midair. ens to meet a strange shad- of caulk, sinewy and layered The aforementioned ow of a horizon. In others, into a gathered pile. Industrial works are elegantly and the urban sky is evoked by chic indeed. overtly dramatic in their sur- judiciously selected power Haas also explores the faces and materials. But many lines. These exquisite and beauty of entwined lines of others in the show offer thoughtful images pare the caulk in wall pieces that aesthetic delights through world down into delicate bits are organized into floral and the subtlety of their com- and pieces. The low horizons framed shapes. But the most positions, as seen in the pig- used throughout the series lively are the spilling exuber- ment prints of Brian Manci. create an expansive air in TICKETS ON SALE NOW! ances such as “Duet” and These are diminutive pho- small pictorial spaces. her chandeliers. Painted in tographs, printed with pig- Works by nine artists com- (800) 982-2787 or (414) 273-7206 • Ticketmaster.com a soft antique white, the ments instead of dyes. They prise the full scope of this chandeliers hang down from create a rather lighter qual- exhibition, which includes the ceiling on chains. Draped ity, something more like a other media, such as ceram- Groups (10+): (414) 273-7121 Ext. 210 on them are thin strips of drawing. The thinnest of ics, sculpture and furniture.

Folliard, 233 N. Milwaukee check out Ken Kwint’s is currently presenting the ing a mega retrospective of types in his smeary, misplaced St., through April 9, will pos- new show – large ab-ex work of Stacy Rocich, who local boy Jim Nutt. organ style. sibly wow you, prior to a pas- paintings, layers of drips and does sort of Disney-meets- We hear this is the hit Sleek as gemstones are Artwatch trami sandwich. Uttech is the drabs in pleasantly active Cucina doll characters, show of the season. Jim Nutt these paintings. Nutt is crafts- DEBRA BREHMER state’s muse of all things wild fields of mid-range hue. dancing close to the Jungian is part of the Chicago Imagist man, colorist and draftsman and endangered. He’s the old For the more daring, you within. movement born of the 1960s extraordinaire – all thrown JULY 20–AUGUST 14, 2011 Here’s the deal. You can master of the untamed: sun- could cross the bridge to But this is all leading up mélange of pop-meets-out- together with a whiff of the stay in town and visit a few set hues and distraught ani- Bay View and check out the to an exodus. What art lov- sider-meets-underground anarchist. The show runs MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS art exhibits that will be nice mals, the animus in the wind tiny Sky High Gallery’s new ers should really do right comics. Much of the work until May 29. addendums to lunch. Tom of our souls. show. DIY goddess Faith now is head out of town to in this show is later in the Original Cast Recording On Photo: Chris Callis Photo: JerseyBoysInfo.com Uttech’s quintessential You could then tool down Levine curates this space Chicago, where the Museum artist’s career, when he began Connect with WiG wilderness paintings at Tory to Elaine Erickson gallery and at 2501 Howell Ave., which of Contemporary Art is stag- making portraits of female on facebook. 20 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | March 10, 2011 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | M a r c h 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 21 Troupe tackles controversy with ‘Corpus Christi’ ‘Stonewall Uprising’

ON STAGE sets stage for revolt heater “Corpus Christi” T Socarides, fear-mongering riots in late June 1969. plays the Milwaukee JOHN QUINLAN educational films, a horrific What sets this documen- Gay Arts Center, 703 S. anti-gay assembly at a Dade tary apart is the in-depth Second St., March 11-26. Film County, Fla., school, newspa- focus on the events that cre- Since opening in New York Call 414-383-3727 or per coverage of gay bar raids ated the perfect storm for in 1998, Terrence McNally’s go to www.theatrical- GREGG SHAPIRO and a psychiatric hospital in the uprising that birthed gay play “Corpus Christi” tendencies.com. has sparked controversy There is no shortage of Atascadero, Calif., which was liberation. The film’s coda, throughout the world for its good LGBT documentaries, considered the “Dachau for coverage of the first Gay depiction of Jesus as a gay and “Stonewall Uprising,” queers.” Pride Parade in June of 1970, man living in 20th–century of a Christ figure in modern based on David Carter’s book The oppressive atmo- is particularly moving. Texas. times with the possibility that “Stonewall: The Riots that sphere of the 1960s proved The play has been con- he might be homosexual is Sparked the Gay Revolution,” to be fertile ground for what demned, picketed and what interests me most. I takes its proud and right- would eventually occur at banned. know that everyone would ful place among its prede- Greenwich Village’s Stonewall And McNally, who is open- not feel the same way. I like cessors. Co-directors Kate Inn, described as both “a toi- ly gay, has received death that this show will force the Davis and David Heilbroner let” and “a refuge from the threats. audience to consider that provide a suitable amount streets.” Theatrical Tendencies idea. Would I be as willing of background through pho- The film also covers the opens a production of the to accept these messages tographs and “dramatic rec- increase in gay and les- play at the Milwaukee Gay of love and acceptance and reation” for what was to bian visibility during this Arts Center on March 11. respect from a gay man? As become the gay “Rosa Parks period, including the rise of WiG asked director Mark E. Joshua says in the show, “The moment.” the homophile movement Schuster to share his insights Word is the Word, not the The doc sets the stage through the Mattachine ON SCREEN about the play as well as the man who speaks it.” for gay life in the 1960s, Society and Daughters of “Stonewall Uprising” experience of directing it. described as the “dark ages Bilitis. Interviewees include is screened on March What do you like for gay and lesbian people Virginia Apuzzo, former New 19 at 7 p.m. at Unitarian John Quinlan: What is about McNally as a across America.” Included are York City mayor Ed Koch, Church North, 13800 there about the play playwright? footage of CBS’s 1967 news historian Eric Marcus, writer N. Port Washington in that excites you? The way he is able to cre- them in realistic situations umphs and struggles is some- teen suicides weighed heavily Do you believe special “The Homosexuals,” Lucian Truscott IV and sever- Mequon. Call 262-375- Mark E. Schuster: Just the ate characters that audiences where we are able to share thing I find very appealing on us as we began our pro- that this play is any a speech by the virulently al Stonewall Inn bar patrons 3890. idea of a “second coming” can truly care about and put in their joy and pain, their tri- about his work. cess with this show. Joshua way disrespectful of anti-gay psychologist Charles who were present at the is bullied in the play in high Christianity? Has this production school. In the final moments I believe this show is com- presented any special of the show, James the Less pletely respectful and true challenges? repeatedly says, “Look what to the teachings of Christ. New perspectives of daNce iN centrocafe We have had a really great they did to him.” I thought It just presents those teach- time with the show. There is the same thing when I heard ings in a new and very casu- three New perspectives of daNce a lot of humor in it, and it’s about those young peo- al way. It uses humor (and three beautifully crafted works is now Open been lots of fun trying to fig- ple taking their own lives some four letter words) to ure out how far to take some – “Look what they (their remind us that this story MARCH 31 –APRIL 3 of it. We’re doing our best to peers and tormentors) did still rings true in a modern Marcus ceNter for the perforMiNg arts on Mondays! understand the relationship to them.” setting. I think the show’s between Joshua and Judas in critics haven’t taken the the play. There is very little Why is theater time to understand what it Diane Coburn Bruning’s Ramblin‘ Suite written into the dialog, so that pushes the limits is trying to do. They assume Set to the music of the Tony award-winning Red Clay Ramblers. we’re trying to flesh out and important, even if it that because Joshua and the discover the complexities offends some people? disciples are gay that the of why Judas would betray I don’t think “Corpus very worst aspects of what Petr Zahradnícek’s Broad Waters Joshua in a contemporary Christi” is an offensive show. they believe the “gay life- This popular Company Artist presents another new work. re-telling of the story. Staging Irreverent, definitely. It simply style” entails will be pre- it has certainly been a chal- takes an old and familiar tale sented on stage. I think they Darrel Grand Moultrie World Premiere lenge, as we try to fit 13 men and sets it in a new time would have a very different Moultrie returns following his performance in Billy Elliot. 414-455-3751 on an 8 x 20 stage with no and place with some startling opinion if they would actu- wing space. results. 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has some introspective songs ON STAGE about coming to terms with blues come with dues Theater “Make Me a Song” one’s own mortality.” plays March 11 - 26 at The Washington Post has humiliation and subjugation JAY RATH the Bartell Community named Finn, who serves ON STAGE are told with an offhanded- on the faculty of New York ness that underscores the Theatre, 113 E. Mifflin “Ma Rainey’s Black Look out, Scott Walker! University, “the composer fact these horrors are their St., in Madison. Call 608- Theater Bottom” runs through “Make Me a Song,” a satiri- laureate of loss.” He is the everyday reality, all they’ve 661-9696, ext. 3, or visit HARRY CHERKINIAN March 27 in the cal musical that takes on the creator of three revues, ever known. stageq.com for informa- Milwaukee Repertory Republican Party, receives including “Elegies: A Song Done as a co-production tion. Theater’s Quadracci its Midwestern premiere on Cycle.” Finn is also the cre- “White folks don’t under- with the Actors Theatre of Powerhouse Theater. March 11 in Madison. The ator of “The 25th Annual stand the blues,” says Ma Louisville, director Ron O.J. Call 414-224-9490 play is by William Finn, the Putnam County Spelling Rainey to her sidemen dur- Parsons brings a lyrical beau- or visit www.milwau- lyricist-composer who cre- featured are the songs Bee,” which is becoming a ing a break in the recording ty to the harsh language and keerep.com. ated the hit “Falsettos.” “Passover,” “Billy’s Law of staple in the community the- studio, which is run by white all-too-realistic atmosphere “It’s very timely, because Genetics,” “Republicans” ater repertoire. men. “They hear it come created by playwright August one of its through-lines and “Hitchhiking Across During its off-Broadway out, but they don’t know Wilson. “Ma Rainey” is one makes fun of Republicans,” America.” 2007 run, The New York how it got there. They don’t underpaying, overpromising of the 10 plays in Wilson’s The only line of feminine styled footwear says Tara Ayres, artistic direc- “It’s interesting, because if Times said that “the beau- understand that’s life’s way and, in the end, maintaining “Pittsburgh Cycle,” which tor of StageQ. The Madison there’s any kind of common ty of ‘Make Me a Song’ is of talking.” the unequal balance of the details the African-American built to fit and designed specifically theater company’s mission is theme to the show, I’d say it’s that the audience gradually P h oto : A le x S z ele In the superb, flawless status between the races. experience. to present gay and lesbian- about being urban and intel- falls into Mr. Finn’s mind-set “Make Me a Song” features Nicole Riege, Bruce Wheeler, Lisa Spierer, production of “Ma Rainey’s Ma Rainey is based on Although it’s been 29 years for larger-sized customers. focused productions and lectual and hip and Jewish and goes along for the ride Bobby Goderich and Ken Kusiak. Black Bottom” at The Rep’s Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, since its inception, the play works by gay and lesbian and homosexual,” Ayres says. with his changing moods.” Powerhouse Theater, Ma known as the “Mother of the continues to resonate today, Men Sizes 9 medium to 15 medium playwrights. Besides comedy, one of The newspaper also lauded audience.” the site of ongoing demon- moral support and respite Rainey (a real life blues sing- Blues.” She influenced artists especially in this joint pro- Makeovers Available “It’s not primarily a politi- the show’s serious topics is the revue’s “long stretches of The cast includes Bobby strations against Gov. Scott for people to go out back er) and her band know the as diverse as her immediate duction, with its excellent cal show, but it does have AIDS. brilliance.” Goderich, Ken Kusiak, Nicole Walker. there. I think they would blues all too well. They’ve rival Bessie Smith (“Empress ensemble cast. The actors so Exclusively at Total Image Hair & Boutique political content,” Ayres “There are a number of “Most of it is a story- Riege, Lisa Spierer and Bruce “I’m actually assuming we’ll enjoy it.” experienced racial oppres- of the Blues”) to contem- fully inhabit each character 425 South Yellowstone Drive • Madison, WI 53719 explains. love songs, and then there are teller’s show,” Ayres says. Wheeler. pick up some audience mem- Will protesters’ signs be sion, violence and humilia- porary folk music master that it’s easy to forget they’re “Make Me a Song” fea- songs about people dealing “Finn is a kind of narra- “Make Me a Song” will bers from those folks who safe in the lobby during the tion. Yet, they find a way to Bob Dylan (“Highway 61 acting. Private appointments available: (608) 276-7333 tures 25 songs from Finn, with death, or people even tive songwriter, so, in the be performed at the Bartell are protesting,” Ayres says. show? go on. Revisited’). On stage, Ma is Rainey’s four musicians a Tony Award-winning com- facing their own impending majority of the songs in the Community Theatre, just off “One of the reasons I like “Absolutely,” promises For them, “life’s way of difficult, demanding, ill-tem- represent various perspec- www.madcityshoes.com poser, including a suite death,” she says. “This is not show, the cast members the northeastern corner of doing theater that has politi- Ayres, laughing. “I think we talking” is to create, sing pered – “a diva” long before tives of the African-American from “Falsettos.” Also a sad show, but it certainly are telling a story to the Capitol Square in Madison, cal content is that it provides can arrange that.” and perform the music that the term was ever dreamed experience. There’s the lit- had its roots in the songs up. erate, self-educated pianist and spirituals of plantation As Rainey and her band Toledo (Alfred H. Wilson), slaves. In a way, the charac- attempt to record some new Cutler (Ernest Perry, Jr.), who 0 11 2 01 N ters of “Ma Rainey” remain tracks, including the “Black understands what it takes to SEASO enslaved, subjugated to the Bottom” dance, their stories make the session successful, machinations of the white unfold. Their tales of physical and his good friend Slow disco brunch man’s recording industry – and sexual violence, racial Drag (A.C. Smith), who’s in it for the money. 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P h oto : z A n e W i ll i am s Colleen Madden and Olivia Dawson in “Going to St. Ives.” Sparks fly in S‘ t. Ives’ FRIDAY SUNDAY surgery, but in reality she’s able seats. ” mar.25 • RIVERSIDE | $25 ADV. mar.27 • RIVERSIDE seeking help in killing her son, The sets and properties who is responsible for the by Charles J. Trieloff II are Theater murders of hundreds, crimes evocative of their characters, MICHAEL MUCKIAN for which she feels respon- including a cool blue and sible because she brought white rug in Gage’s St. Ives him into the world. house that mirrors the design When strong women But Dr. Gage also has a on the doctor’s teacups. By w e l c o m e come together, hearts ignite, secret – a sense of guilt contrast, the courtyard of sparks fly and sometimes a for inadvertently causing the N’Kame’s small African home combined clarity of vision death of her son two years is done in earth tones brim- emerges to reveal truths earlier. The two women stand ming with warmth and wel- that aren’t always pretty. on opposite sides of the come. This thesis, brought to life same mortality equation, and The same warmth comes by two compelling charac- the actors’ masterful explo- through in the African back- ters, drives Forward Theater ration of the theme breathes ground music assembled by Co.’s powerful production of life into both performances. composer Joe Cerqua. The Lee Blessing’s “Going to St. Madden plays Gage with a contrasting music for St. Ives plus special guest Ives” at Promenade Hall in flawless accent and quality of may best be described as Madison’s Overture Center urgency that drives the pro- “Industrial Bagpipe” and is TiTus Andronicus for the Arts. duction. Dawson’s N’Kame is every bit as jarring as its Director Laura Gordon, alternately regal and humane, name suggests. FRIDAY tURNER | g/A SUNDAY RIVERSIDE | g/A coaxes what may be career- a contemplative soul fully But the sets and sound apr.01 • $25 apr.03 • $25 defining performances out aware of the weight of her are truly secondary to the of actors Colleen Madden, a decision and its likely conse- remarkable performances of member of American Players quences. “A mother is a weak Madden and Dawson. Too Theatre’s acting company, part for a true god,” N’Kame often local professional the- and Olivia Dawson. The nar- says in acknowledging her ater is marred by superior A Knupp & Watson & Wallman Music Celebrations Series Event rative by Blessing, who has son’s prospective demise at performance and produc- w e l c o m e won both Tony Awards and her hands. tion joined with unworthy Michael Feinstein Pulitzer Prizes for his work, Gordon sculpts her play- material. With “Going to St. balances the play’s emotional ers’ characterizations as Ives,” Forward has found a and intellectual facets with separate but connected near-perfect blend of com- GEorGE and His Big Band, FRI, APR 1, 8 PM ruthless precision. All com- by maternal instincts that ponents, each of which helps The Sinatra Project $36.50 - $75.50 ponents combine beautifully Madden’s Gage would rather the other rise to remarkable in this production to signal not acknowledge but that levels. For even the most WinsTon Sponsored by Town Bank Overture Hall that the two-year-old com- Dawson’s N’Kame appears casual theater buffs, this is a pany may have come of age. to have known even before show not to be missed. Madden plays Dr. Cora their meeting. Despite her Gage, an English optometrist problem with vision, it is firmly ensconced in her N’Kame who sees the situ- ON STAGE comfortable home in St. Ives, ation clearly. Forward Theater’s England. Dawson plays Mary For this produc- production of “Going to .50 tUES. .50 N’Kame, the mother of an tion, Forward Theater St. Ives” runs through tHURS. apr.21 • $29 RSVD. apr.26 • RIVERSIDE | $29 g/A African dictator who fancies uses Promenade Hall on March 19 in Promenade OVERTURECENTER.COM himself an avenging god over- Overture’s second floor, a Hall at Madison’s seeing a barren “empire.” temporary performance Overture Center. Call 608.258.4141 | GROUPS: 608.258.4159 Mary N’Kame initially vis- space fitted with bleacher- 608-258-4141. its Dr. Gage for optometric type structures and comfort- 26 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | March 10, 2011 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | M a r c h 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 27 interest in ballroom danc- Ballroom” is gaudily colorful, years old, Scott almost blows Mercurio and Morice, sort the setting of its inspiration. ing, leading eventually to the wickedly funny and strictly it by working in his own of like a poor-man’s Guy Filmed on location in New popular ABC series “Dancing sentimental and entertaining. flashy, crowd-pleasing steps Pearce and Toni Collette, York and featuring a breath- Patty Larkin: Music from the heart DVDiva With the Stars.” The directo- Competitive and promising during an early competition. are outstanding and provide taking ensemble of dancers Gregg Shapiro rial debut of Australian film- ballroom dancer Scott (the He upsets dance partner Liz the film with the necessary from the New York City By Michael Muckian after school,” Larkin says. more opportunity to write, maker Baz Luhrmann, the stunning Paul Mercurio, mak- (Gia Carides), disappoints kick, so to speak. Preceding Ballet, the film begins with Contributing writer Larkin earned a music drawing on the influences of heightened and exaggerated ing his film debut) is the son his parents and coach Les “Muriel’s Wedding” and a convergence of dancers, Outside of zydeco and degree from the University her peers, her upbringing and ‘Strictly “Strictly Ballroom” remains of former competing dancers (Peter Whitford) and infuri- “The Adventures of Priscilla, arriving at an abandoned out- polka circles, there are prob- of Oregon in Eugene, playing even the city where she spent Ballroom’ his best work. Far less over- Shirley (Pat Thompson) and ates crooked toupee-wearing Queen of the Desert,” door public pool by train, ably few musicians who have at coffee houses there and in her formative years. “Strictly Ballroom” blown than the misguided Doug (Barry Otto). Working Australian Dance Federation “Strictly Ballroom” kick- taxi, tram, bicycle and on foot. fond memories of spending San Francisco. She was never “I sang in choirs in grade (Miramax, 1992) deserves “Australia” and the overrat- toward the Pan-Pacific president Barry (Bill Hunter). started a new wave of The spectacular group dance time on stage with an accor- closeted, she says, because school, which allowed me to credit for sparking renewed ed “Moulin Rouge,” “Strictly Championship since he was 6 Just when all hope is lost Australian cinema in the number is akin to a flash mob dion. Singer/songwriter Patty her friends and acquaintances do a lot of ‘ear training,’” she to find Scott a new dance 1990s. It remains one of the crossed with a Gap ad. Larkin is one of the excep- knew and accepted her for says. “That’s a beautiful way partner, he connects with genre’s best examples. A dance number on an tions. who she was. to learn how to sing with Fran (Tara Morice), a student The DVD bonus features abandoned pier begins with Her most memorable Upon graduation, Larkin people.” at the dance studio where a deleted scene, the infor- three men and one woman experience occurred a few moved to Boston to assist Her family’s musical and his mother and father work. mative featurette “Strictly who are later joined by more years ago, when she took an her older sister, who was artistic nature – her late Once she convinces Scott Ballroom: From Stage to male dancers. accordion on stage and, along pregnant with her first child. mother Mary Jeanne Larkin to give her a chance, we Screen,” audio commentary The next dazzling group with folkie Tom Rush, played It was the mid-1970s, and the was a painter – fed her artis- watch her ugly duckling-to- and more. dance takes place in a school “Hey Bo Diddley” with none city’s music scene appealed to tic muse, as did poetry rang- swan transformation. But gymnasium and is followed other than Bo Diddley himself. Larkin, so she stayed. ing from Dylan (Thomas) to Shirley and Les won’t stand ‘Jerome Robbins’ by a couple dancing on aban- “That was fun – there are She studied jazz guitar at Dylan (Bob). As a guitar-driven for Scott dancing with Fran NY Export: doned railroad tracks over- a lot of sharps in that song,” the Berklee College of Music, songwriter, she tends to find and have other plans for Opus Jazz’ grown with weeds. The final says Larkin, who will take which has since awarded her the melody first then look both of them. Not letting Even if dance isn’t your group number, in which the Milwaukee’s Shank Hall stage an honorary doctorate, a for the words that match. fear or anything else get in thing, it’s hard not to be dancers are all dressed in on March 23 and appear at degree that puts her in the Her influences include Celtic their way, Scott and Fran captivated by “Jerome jeans and white T-shirts, is set Madison’s Barrymore Theater same league as Duke Ellington, dance music and old-time practice their routines, even Robbins’ NY Export: Opus in an empty auditorium and on March 26. Natalie Cole and Sting. country, but she also looks enlisting the help of Fran’s Jazz” (Factory 25). Known as takes place on a stage, mak- Still, Larkin’s instrument of Larkin created a rock ‘n’ to contemporary artists such flamenco-dancing father Robbins’ “ballet in sneakers,” ing excellent use of light and choice, the one that’s charac- roll band. “I think we were The as Moby, Beck and Bjork as a Rico (Antonio Vargas) and “NY Export: Opus Jazz” was shadows. terized her career for more Patty Larkin Group,” she says, source of inspiration. her grandmother (Armonia originally performed in the This is a choreographed than 25 years, is the guitar – shrugging off a request for “I come out of the ’70s Benedito). Everything comes late 1950s and the dancers love letter to New York. both electric and acoustic. more information. “Please – it with singer/songwriters like to a flashy conclusion at the appeared on “The Ed Sullivan DVD extras include a direc- Guitar wasn’t the first was forgettable,” she says. Richard Thompson, Joni Pan Pacific Championships, Show.” tor’s cut by Matt Wolf and instrument for Larkin, now The rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle Mitchell and Bruce Cockburn,” where long-kept secrets are Henry Joost and Jody Lee Anna Farrell, the 1958 doc 59. She started in music with took a toll on Larkin, making it she says. revealed and love triumphs Lipes’ film adaptation returns “Jerome Robbins’ Ballets: piano lessons at St. Anthony hard to maintain her relation- Cockburn, in fact, was one over fear. Robbins’ choreography to USA” and more. of Padua, a Catholic grade ship with Bette Warner, her of the artists to accompany school on Milwaukee’s West life and business partner of Larkin on “25,” last year’s CD Side. The lessons did not go 25 years. Larkin switched to set of 25 acoustic songs she well, she says. acoustic music and a kinder, recorded to celebrate the Over 100 Stories “The school had a very gentler sound. The change 25th anniversary of “Step into Read Some of Them at authoritarian structure, and helped the relationship, she the Light,” the first album she ThePointOnTheRiver.com/ ON STAGE I needed something kinder says, and the pair has since recorded in 1985. Stories Patty Larkin appears at 8 p.m. and gentler at the time,” she adopted two daughters – But, back to those accor- March 23, at Milwaukee’s Shank explains. Ruby, 6, and Xiaodan, 9. The dions. In addition to playing Hall, 1434 N. Farwell Ave. Call 414- A second round of lessons family lives on Cape Cod, them, Larkin collects and 276-7288 or go to www.shankhall. went better, but it wasn’t until Mass. refurbishes them. com. a guitar showed up in the “I am determined to be “I consider myself an accor- She appears again at 7 p.m. on Larkins’ Irish-Catholic house- more out as a performer and I dion rescue person,” she says. March 26 at Madison’s Barrymore hold that she joined her older always thank my partner from “Some are so beautiful, and Theatre, 2090 Atwood Ave. Call and younger sisters in seri- the stage,” Larkin says. “It’s not some just show up at my 608-241-8864 or go to www.bar- ously pursuing music. that I need to be honest for door. I have so many that I’ve rymorelive.com. “There were no girls sports their sakes, but for mine.” started to give them away.” in those days, which left me a In addition to improving One could say the same lot of time to practice the gui- her personal situation, the about her heart, which she tar and to start writing songs move to acoustic folk gave her puts in every song she writes. “At Any Price, It’s a Great Place to Live” – Michael tickets start at 30! REAL PEOPLE. REAL STORIES. REAL HAPPY. 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MARCH 17, THURSday Got news? Tell us! MARCH 10, Thursday [email protected] out & about High Noon Saloon, 701 E. Washington in Madison, presents Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents the fifth annual a solo performance by singer/songwriter Dan Bern, at 6:30 WiGOUT Young Playwrights Festival through March 20, featuring p.m. Call 608-268-1122. three one-act plays by the area high school students, at Statewide bar and entertainment venue listings “Nobody Lonesome For Me” by Lanie Robertson Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway. Call 414-291-7800. continues through March 13 in the Stackner Cabaret at In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, all Irish lads and lassies get one KENOSHA/RACINE Tropical Niteclub, 626 S. Fifth St., 414-460-6277. FOX VALLEY Milwaukee Repertory Theater, 108 E. Wells. Call 414-224-9490. ON THE free drink during the Shenanigans Party from 5 to 9 p.m. at Walker’s Pint, 818 S. Second St., 414-643-7468. This Is It, 418 E. Wells. Call 414-278-9192. 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Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents “Mauritius” by Art Bar, 722 Burleigh, 414-372-7880. 920-432-2662. Plan B, 924 Williamson St., 608-257-5262. Theresa Rebeck through March 13 at Broadway Theatre Center, Skylight Opera Theatre of Milwaukee director Dimitri Toscas Ballgame, 196 S. Second St., 414-273-7474. XS Niteclub, 1106 Main St., Green Bay, 920-430-1301. 158 N. Broadway. Call 414-291-7800. Shamrock, 117 W. Main St., 608-255-5029. puts a fresh and contemporary spin Mozart’s comic opera “Cosi Boom & The Room, 625 S. Second St., Debs Spare Time, 1303 Harrison St., Oshkosh, fan tutte,” setting it in 1959 Chicago, through April 3 in the WOOF’S, 114 King St., 608-204-6222. 414-277-5040. 920-235-6577. MARCH 13, SUNDAY Cabot Theatre at Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway. PJ’s, 1601 Oregon St., Oshkosh. Call 414-291-7800. Boot Camp, 209 E. National Ave., 414-643-6900. BELOIT/JANESVILLE At 3 p.m., UWM presents an Institute for Chamber Music Florentine Opera Company presents “The Italian Girl in Fluid, 819 S. Second St., 414-643-5843. Impulse, 132 W. Grand Ave., Beloit, 608-361-0000. Concert with faculty cellist Stefan Kartman and guest artist Algiers” by Gioacchino Rossini (sung in Italian with English Harbor Room, 117 E. Greenfield, 414-672-7988. NORTHERN Jeannie Yu on the piano, at Cedarburg Cultural Center, W62 translations projected above the stage), tonight and tomorrow night Hybrid, 707 E. Brady St., 414-810-1809. LACROSSE Scooters, 411 Galloway Street, Eau Claire, N546 Washington Ave. in Cedarburg. Call 262-375-3676. at 7:30 p.m. in Uihlein Hall at Marcus Center For the Performing JACK, 200 E. Washington St., 414-389-3596. 715-835-9959. Arts, at the corner of Water and State. Call 414-273-2787. My Place, 3201 South Ave., 608-788-9073. Marcus Center For the Performing Arts, at the corner of Kruz, 354 E. National Ave., 414-272-KRUZ. Players, 300 Fourth St., 608-784-4200. JT’s Bar and Grill, 1506 N. Third St., Superior, Water and State, presents classical Chinese dance company “The Bomb-Itty Of Errors,” an ad-rap-tation of Shakespeare’s “The Comedy Of Errors” by Jordan Allen-Dutton, LaCage, 801 S. Second St., 414-383-8330. Chances R, 417 Jay St., 608-782-5105. 715-394-2580. Shen Yun Performing Arts. Call 414-273-2787. Mona’s, 1407 S. First St., 414-643-0377. The Flame, 1612 Tower Ave., Superior, 715-395-0101. Milwaukee’s Festival City Symphony presents American Jason Catalano, Gregory J. Qaiyum and Erik Weiner has its Tales at 3 p.m. at The Pabst, 144 E. Wells. Call 414-286-3663. Milwaukee premiere through May 8 in the Stackner Cabaret at Nut Hut, 1500 W. Scott, 414-647-2673. WISCONSIN DELLS The Main, 1217 Tower Ave., Superior, 715-392-1756. Milwaukee Repertory Theater, 108 E. Wells. Call 414-224-9490. Pump, (Sundays at Decibel), 1905 E. North Ave., Captain Dix Rainbow Valley Resort, OZ, 320 Washington St., Wausau, 715-842-3225. 414-272-3337. 4124 River Road, 866-553-1818. TempT, 324 E. Mason St., 414-221-0228. Don’t see your favorite LGBT hangout? This Is It, 418 E. Wells St., 414-278-9192. SHEBOYGAN To contribute a listing, e-mail Sarah McLachlan “Dueling Divas II” Triangle, 135 E. National Ave., 414-383-9412. Blue Lite, 1029 N. Eighth St., 920-457-1636. [email protected]. MARCH 11, Friday Theatrical Tendencies presents Terrence McNally’s “Corpus Wig’s tail-wagger Christi” through March 26 at Milwaukee Gay Arts Center, 703 C o u r t e s y o f t h e Wisconsin H u ma n e S o c i e t y S. Second. Call 414-383-3727. StageQ presents “Make Me A Song,” conceived by Rob Ruggiero with music by William Finn, through March 26 at Bartell Theatre, 113 E. Mifflin in Madison. Meet DOBBY “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” by August Wilson runs Dobby is a two and a through March 27 in the Quadracci Powerhouse at Milwaukee half-year-old Chihuahua Repertory Theater, 108 E. Wells. Call 414-224-9490. mix who is seeking Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood in Madison, presents a companion who will “Bullying: The Musical,” a new work tackling the pressing Shen Yun Performing Arts make him their No. 1 social issue with a creative approach featuring an all-youth little man. He is an affec- cast. Call 608-241-2345. tionate, polite boy who The divine Sarah McLachlan performs at 8 p.m. at The MARCH 19, SATURDAY does best with adults Riverside, 116 W. Wisconsin. Call 414-286-3663. and teenagers. He is not March’s “Friday Night Live” at Zen Den Lounge in the MARCH 16, WEDNESday Miltown Kings’ “Immaculate Erection Show” begins at 9 interested in toys, but InterContinental Milwaukee Hotel (139 E. Kilbourn) starts p.m. at the Miramar Theater, 2844 N. Oakland. he loves to be praised at 8 p.m. and features DJ Multidimensional Fortitude, live Larry Widen, author of and rewarded. Dobby has “Milwaukee Movie Theaters” and Women’s roller derby team Brewcity Bruisers plays a home video mixes by DJ Kelly and Nitro Pop CD release by DJ Cody game at 7 p.m. at The U.S. Cellular Arena, 400 W. Kilbourn. been neutered, vaccinat- Domino. Call 414-978-2161. Manya Kaczkowski, author of ed and microchipped, and “Milwaukee’s Historic Bowling Fresco Opera Theatre presents “Dueling Divas II,” opera stars belting it out, blow by blow, for the title of diva champion, is set to go home. See Alleys” are at Boswell Book him at 45th & Wisconsin Company, 2559 N. Downer, at 7 at 8 p.m. in the Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood in Madison. Call 608-241-2345. or check him out online p.m. Call 414-332-1181. – our website is updated Marcus Center For the every 30 minutes! MARCH 12, SATURday Performing Arts, at the corner of Water and State, presents Tip of the Dobby, a a two and a half-year-old Chi- Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, 252 E. Highland, hosts Dublin’s Traditional Irish Week: huahua mix its annual fundraising gala celebrating the center’s move to Cabaret featuring Noel V. Ginnity, MARCH 20, SUNday Puppies, especially at 11 a.m. in Vogel Hall. Call 414- from three to five months its new location in downtown Milwaukee with a “Welcome Florentine Opera Company presents “The Italian Girl in to Your New Home.” It’s a two-part affair. “Family Fanfare” 273-2787. and again at 12 months, tend to chew due to mouth pain from teething. To help UWM Recital Hall, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., presents opera Algiers” by Gioacchino Rossini (sung in Italian with English relieve discomfort, freeze a toy stuffed with peanut butter. Let your dog chew is from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and “Sumptuous Soirée,” for translations projected above the stage) at 2:30 p.m. in Uihlein the adults, is from 6 to 10 p.m. Visit www.mkelgbt.org or call scenes, including works from Mozart, Donezetti and Bizet, at on it for 30 minutes at a time to numb the mouth. 7:30 p.m. through March 18. Call 414-229-4308. Hall at Marcus Center For the Performing Arts, at the corner of Patrick Price at 414-292-3065. Water and State. Call 414-273-2787. 30 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | March 10, 2011 WISCONSINGA Z E TT E . c o M | M a r c h 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 31

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Equality Wisconsin, 2717 E. Hampshire Ave., gsaforsafeschools.org. LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin drop-in 4-7 p.m., fourth Friday, Happy Tower at the East end of North 9235 W. Bluemound Road, the Chippewa Valley, Eau Claire.* 53202, 414-276-8787, www.creamcitychorus. Milwaukee Pride Parade, P.O. Box 070177, 53211, 414-431-1306, www.equalitywi.org. hours, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tue., Wed. Hour with Planned Parenthood Avenue, Milwaukee, 262-285-7645. Wauwatosa. 7 p.m., second Tuesday, lesbian reading org, [email protected]. 53207, www.prideparademke.org. Human Rights League, 252 E. Highland Blvd., and Thurs.; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fri.; 10 Advocates of Wisconsin, rotating 9 a.m., Frontrunners/Frontwalkers 7 p.m., second Sundays, Gay and group at Outwords Books, 2710 N. Cream City Squares, 414-445-8080, www. PFLAG-Milwaukee, 252 E. Highland Ave., 53202, 53202, 414-445-5292, www.hrl-pac.org, FOX VALLEY a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat., Racine.* location in Milwaukee/Madison, Madison, Wingra Park off Monroe Straight in Christ, Good Shepherd Murray Ave., 53211, 414-963-9089, iagsdc.org/creamcity. 414-299-9198, [email protected]. [email protected]. www.ppawi.org. St., Madison, 608-469-4882. Catholic Church, N88 W17658 www.outwordsbooks.com. Milwaukee Gay Arts Center, 703 S. PrideFest, 414-272-3378, www.pridefest.com. Community 5:30 p.m., second and fourth Fridays, 3 p.m., second and fourth Saturdays, Christman Road, Menomonee Falls, 7 p.m., last Tuesday, Canasta night, Second St., 53204, 414-383-3727, www. Queer Program, P.O. Box 090441, 53209, 414- Argonauts of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 22096, THURSDAY Pozitive Lite HIV/AIDS group, Women4Women, OutReach, 262-502-0437. SAGE Milwaukee.* milwaukeegayartscenter.org. 265-8500, [email protected]. Sports Green Bay, 54305, www.argonautsll.org, info@ 2:30 p.m., first and third Thursdays, OutReach, Madison.* Madison.* 7 p.m., Spectrum GLBT and Allied Milwaukee/LGBT Film/Video Festival, SAGE Milwaukee, 1845 N. Farwell, Suite 220, Front Runners/Front Walkers, 262-285-7645, argonautsll.org. LGBT senior adults discussion, 6 p.m., second Fridays, Lesbian 6 p.m., Rotating Activity Night each social group for adults, Harmony www4.uwm.edu/psoa/programs/film/lgbtfilm. 53202, 414-224-0517, www.sagemilwaukee.org. ullrwolf.com/frontrunnersmke, [email protected]. Bear Club 4 Men, P.O. Box 13463, Green Bay, Madison Senior Center, 330 W. Alliance game night and potluck, week, LGBT Community Center of MONDAY Cafe, Appleton.* Queer Zine Archive Project, 2935 N. Fratney Sapphic Adventures MKE, 414-628-1049, Metro Milwaukee Tennis Club, 3957 81st St., 54307, www.bc4m.com. Mifflin St., Madison, ferington@ LGBT Community Center, the Chippewa Valley, Eau Claire.* 7 p.m., second Monday, Outwords 7 p.m., Women’s Voice Milwaukee St., 53202, www.qzap.org. www.facebook.com/sapphicadventures.mke, 53222, 414-616-3716, [email protected]. Harmony Café, 233 E. College Ave., Appleton, charter.net. Milwaukee.* 7-8:30 p.m., third Saturdays, BWMT men’s book club, 2710 N. Murray rehearsal, 630-890-5984. Shoreline Country Dancers, 2809 E. Oklahoma [email protected]. Milwaukee Gay Soccer League, 1012 54911, 920-734-2233, www.harmonycafe.org, 6 p.m., third Thursdays, same- 6:30 p.m., Open Mic night, Harmony (Black and White Men Together), Ave., 53211, 414-963-9089, www. Ave., 53207, www.shoreline-milw.org, info@ SHEBA/Sisters Helping Each other Battle E. Clark St., 53212, 414-405-5878, www. [email protected]. sex partners group, OutReach, Cafe, Green Bay.* general meeting.* outwordsbooks.com. shoreline-milw.org. AIDS, 2349 N Holton St., 53212, 414-390-0444. milwaukeegaysoccer.org. Harmony Café, 1660 W. Mason St., Green Bay, Madison.* 7 p.m., AA, The Galano Club, 7 p.m., Spectrum-Social and networking WEDNESDAY Women’s Voices Milwaukee, WanderWomyn Outdoors Group, debydoo2@ Milwaukee Gay Volleyball League, www. 54303, 920-569-1593, www.harmonycafe.org. 6 p.m., Qgrads, UW Memorial Union Milwaukee.* LGBT group, Harmony Cafe, Appleton.* 6 p.m., first Wednesday, LGBT cancer 630-890-5984, womensvoicesmke.viviti.com, yahoo.com. milwaukeegayvolleyball.com. PFLAG-Appleton/Fox Cities, 740 Kensington Rathskeller, 800 Langdon St., Madison. 7 p.m., Gay Narcotics Anonymous, The SUNDAY 7:30 p.m., AA Came to Believe, The networking group, Gilda’s Club, 7907 [email protected]. Washington Heights Rainbow Association, Saturday Softball Beer League, 2333 N. 56th Road, Neenah, 54956, 920-722-7145. 7 p.m., third Thursdays, Lesbian Galano Club, Milwaukee.* 10:30 a.m., Al-Anon, The Galano Club, Galano Club, Milwaukee.* UW Health Court, Middleton, 608- 414-217-1571, on Facebook. St., 53210, www.ssblmilwaukee.com. Rainbow Over Wisconsin, 702 E. Wisconsin Alliance movie night, LGBT 7 p.m., Drop-in night, LGBT Milwaukee.* 828-8880, www.gildasclubmadison.org Wauwatosa Rainbow Association, Ave., Appleton, WI 54911, www. Community Center, Milwaukee.* Community Center of the 10:30 a.m., AA Step/Topic meeting, TUESDAY 6:30 p.m., third Wednesday, Wauwatosa Community [email protected]. rainbowoverwisconsin.org. 7 p.m., Q2-LGBTQ Youth Group, LGBT Chippewa Valley, Eau Claire.* The Galano Club, Milwaukee.* Rainbow Association monthly Bay View Gays, 414-482-3796, www.bvgays.com. Wisconsin Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf, P.O. Youth/Education Positive Voice, P.O. Box 1381, Green Bay, 54305, Community Center of the Chippewa 8:30 p.m., second and fourth Fridays, 1 p.m., Cream City Squares dances, 12:30 p.m., third Tuesday, Retired Old/ meeting, [email protected]. Brew City Bears, P.O. Box 1035, 53201, 414- Box 353, Hartland, 53029, www.wiscrad.org. Alliance School, 850 W. Walnut St., 53205, 920-435-4404, pvinc.org, [email protected]. Valley, Eau Claire.* Shoreline Milwaukee line dancing Lake Park Lutheran Church, 2647 N. Older Lesbians (ROLLers), Madison. 7 p.m., first Wednesday, Bear Club 4 331-3744, www.bcb4men.info. Wisconsin Rainbow Families, 252 E. Highland 414-267-5400, www.allianceschool.org. Pride Alive, 920-471-3260, www.newpride.org, 7:30 p.m., Four Lakes Bears, and lessons, Hot Water, 818 S. Stowell, Milwaukee. Info: 608-219-7751. Men monthly meeting, Napalese BWMT, 414-463-5359, www.nabwmt.org/ Blvd., 53202, www.wirainbowfamilies.com, Alliance for LGBTQ Youth, 1212 S. 70th St., [email protected]. Michelangelo’s Coffee Shop, 114 Water St., Milwaukee, 414-383- 7 p.m., AA The Big Book meeting, 5:30 p.m., AA Over and Under 40; 7 Lounge, 1351 Cedar St., Green Bay, milwaukee. [email protected]. 53214, 414-453-1400, www.cssw.org. State St., Madison, 608-251-5299. 7593. TheGalano Club, Milwaukee.* p.m. AA The Blue Group, The Galano Info: [email protected]. Castaways, P.O. Box 1697, 53202, Gay Youth Milwaukee, P.O. Box 090441, 53209, [email protected]. 414-265-8500, http://gayyouthmilwaukee. Religion/spirituality See Community Listings, prior page, for address and contact information. CONNEXUS, 2439 N. Holton St., 53212, 414-390- Health tripod.com. Angels of Hope MCC, P.O. Box 672, Green * 0444, www.diverseandresilient.org/connexus. AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, P.O. Box Marquette Gay/Straight Alliance, 1442 W. Bay, 54305, 920-983-7452, www.aohmcc.org, Cream City Foundation, 759 N. Milwaukee, 510498, 53202, 414-273-1991, www.arcw.org, Wisconsin Ave., 53233. [email protected]. Suite 212, 53202, 414-225-0244, www. [email protected]. Marquette U G/L Alumni, P.O. Box 92722, 53202. creamcityfoundation.org. Brady East STD (BESTD) Clinic, 1240 E. Brady Project Q, 315 W. Court St., 53212, 414-223-3220. Diverse and Resilient, 2439 N. Holton St., 53212, St, 53202, 414-272-2144, www.bestd.org, UWM LGBT Resource Center, UWM Union RACINE/KENOSHA 414-390-0444, www.diverseandresilient.org. [email protected]. WG 89, P.O. Box 413, 53201, 414-229-4116, Firebirds, P.O. Box 159, 53201. Galano Club, 315 Court St., Suite 201, 53213, www.uwm.edu/Dept/OSL/LGBT. Community FORGE Social Support, P.O. Box 1272, 53201, 414-276-6936, www.galanoclub.org, mail@ LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin, 1456 Junction 414-559-2123, www.forge-forward.org, info@ galanoclub.org. Ave., Racine, 53403, 262-664-4100, info@ forge-forward.org. Health Institute of Milwaukee, 1817 N. MADISON lgbtsewisc.org. At no cost to you, we provide: GAMMA Milwaukee, P.O. Box 1900, 53201, Martin Luther King Drive, Suite 3, 53212, 414- PFLAG-Racine/Kenosha, at the LGBT Center 414-530-1886, www.milwaukeegamma.com. 263-9999. Arts/entertainment of SE Wisconsin, 1456 Junction Ave., Racine, • STD testing and treatment Gemini Gender Group, P.O. Box 44211, 53214, Milwaukee Women’s Center, 611 N. Dairyland Cowboys and Cowgirls, Club 5, 5 53403, 262-664-4100, [email protected]. for men. 414-297-9328, gggwi.tripod.com. Broadway, Suite 230, 53202, www.mwcinc.org. Applegate Court, Madison, 53713, 608-277- Lesbian Alliance, 252 E. Highland Ave., 53202, Pathfinders, 1614 E. Kane Pl., 53202, 414-271- 9700, www.dcandc.org • Hepatitis A & B Vaccinations 414-272-9442, www.lesbianalliance.org. 1560, www.pathfinders.org, [email protected]. Sports for gay or bisexual men. Lesbian Fund of the Women’s Fund STD Specialties, Inc., 3251 N. Holton St., Wisconsin Warriors, P.O. Box 334, Somers, • Hepatitis B Vaccinations for of Milwaukee, 414-290-7350, www. 53212, 414-264-8800, www.stdspecialties.org. Community 53171, 414-759-8823, wiwarriors.com, womensfund.com/who_we_are/lesbian_fund. OutReach, 600 Williamson St., Suite P1, [email protected]. straight men and women. Madison, 53703, 608-255-8582, www. • Anonymous or name lgbtoutreach.org, [email protected]. associated HIV testing PFLAG-Madison, 4221 Venetian Ln., Madison Youth/Education Ready for a 53718, 608-848-2333, [email protected]. Rainbow Alliance, UW-Parkside, Student and counseling. Gay / Bi Fathers Support Group, c/o Outreach, Center, L108D, 262-595-2685, http://www. New Direction? 600 Williamson St., Madison, 53703, uwp.edu/clubs/clubtemp.cfm?clubID=38. Hours: Mondays & Tuesdays John Meier, M.Ed. LPC [email protected]. 6:00pm - 8:30pm Guidance & Support for: OTHER Politics LGBT Community Center of the Chippewa • Self-Esteem Fair Wisconsin, 122 State St., Suite 500, Valley, 1305 Woodland Ave., Eau Claire, • Relationships TELL US WHAT Madison, 53703, 608-441-0143, www. 54701, 715-552-LGBT, www.thecentercv.org. • Growth & Healing YOU THINK! fairwisconsin.org, [email protected]. LGBT Community Resource Center Seven Diverse Music for LGBT individuals Rivers, P.O. Box 3313, 303 Pearl St., LaCrosse, & couples 54602, 608-784-0452, www.7riverslgbt. Send a letter to the editor Sports org, [email protected]. for a Diverse city (414) 305-3049 to managingeditor@ Madison Gay Hockey Association, www. [email protected]. [email protected] wisconsingazette.com. madisongayhockey.org. www.radiomilwaukee.org www.JohnMeierTherapy.com Madison Gay Volleyball, 608-347-8907, www. 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