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Vol.13 • No. 13 The Weekly Voice of Wisconsin's LGBT Community February 23 - 29, 2000 WI LightExclusive. . . Interview with Author Michael Chabon By Larry Flick

hero edge by Michael Doug as, is a one-time "Being a life-long movie fan, there's "wonder boy" and darling of the literati, no way to fully describe the experience Chabon ... has whose unfinished novel has been growing of sitting in a theater and seeing your created a and metastasizing for years. "Grady's a man who, in so many ways, has name appear in the credits on the fascinating cast never grown up," author Chabon says,"it takes screen!" So says Michael Chabon after a of characters, . seeing that spark of brilliance in someone else screening of Wonder Boys, the to force the revelation of his arrested development - and trigger a life-altering change." Paramount Pictures adaptation of his some of whom Enter James Leer, a brooding college stu- famed 1995 book of the same name,"it's are Gay ... that dent played with boyish flair by rising film star totally cool... and it's a little surreal?' are immensely Tobey Maguire (Ice Storm, The C'ider House It's also a rite-of-passage for the Rules). On a fateful evening that. includes a honest and murdered dog and a stolen outfit once worn Michael Chabon, acclaimed writer, who has been inching likeable by Marilyn Monroe, Grady and James become the author of the book toward a full transition from the printed inextricably tied into a sea of quirky melodra- page to the motion picture screen for ma.Along the way, James also catches the eye The Wonder Boys, Chabon, who also wrote the contemporary several years now. There's a splash of of Grady's flamboyant editor,Terry Crabtree (a adapted for the film classic The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, (which, sly, notably understated Robert Downey Jr.) irony in the fact that the first adaptation of the same name like Wonder Boys, has achieved cult-like status Ultimately, the richly textured, often startling of a Chabon novel also chronicles the in the Gay community) has created a fascinat- story- explores a wide range of relationships opening February 25th fictional life transition of a writer of con- ing cast of characters, some of whom are Gay and sexuality- and it does so in a remarkably or are struggling to define their sexuality, that relaxed, adult manner. siderable note. are immensely honest and likable. In a film aimed at a mainstream audience, this matter- of-fact portrayal of Gay characters is a wel- ... this matter-of-fact come change from Hollywood's typical depic- portrayal of Gay char- Dixon's Sentencing Postponed tion. Here's a film where the Gay characters do not end up miserable, dead, or homicidal acters is a welcome maniacs. On Monday at 8:30 am Bill Meunier, questions since it would be inappropriate change from and Nadine Walther (Editor of 1V/ Light) for them to comment prior to them mak- "My intention was Hollywood's sat in the gallery of the court room await- ing testimony on Ms Dixon's behalf. ing the sentencing of Sharon Dixon, Bill, a long time associate and friend of that their sexuality ... typical depiction Ms Dixon's was very distressed to hear owner of Fannies. be woven prominently "I'm pleased that the film followed the Court officials relayed to both Bill and that Ms Dixon was in the hospital. into their lives, book's lead in that it handled the character's Nadine that Sharon Dixon was in the WI Light has received information that relationships and sexuality as no big deal," hospital and her sentencing was post- Fannie's, the Lesbian bar owned by Ms. and not necessarily Chabon says, referring to the screen adapta- poned. When questioned further, the Dixon has been sold. This information ' be the sole driving tion by Steve Kloves (Fabulous Baker Boys, court official's stated that Ms. Dixon had has not been confirmed by either Ms. Flesh & Bone)."I didn't want the fact that Terry ' never been out on bail, and that she is still Dixon or her attorney. Both individuals force for any of them. Crabtree is Gay, or that James turns out to be Gay to be blown out of proportion. My inten- incarcerated. Her hospitalization is with- were unavailable for comment. was really pleased tion was that their sexuality - as well as in the confines of the County's correc- WI Light will continue to cover the that the film remained Grady's and that of every other character in tional facility hospital unit. Sharon Dixon case with its continued the story - be woven prominently into their While in the courtroom Bill spoke commitment to journalistic standards. true to that idea." lives, and not necessarily be the sole driving with three individuals who had come as If individuals are interested in assisting - Chabon force for any of them. I was really pleased that character witnesses for Ms. Dixon. WI Ms. Dixon, by posting bail, WI Light rec- the film remained true to that idea." Wonder Boys key Light chose not to pursue them with ommends they contact the court directly. character, 50-year-old Grady Tripp, played with a sharp, often anti- Continued on Page 9 2 !JO! February 23 - 29, 2000 www.wilight.coni 0/04d '14B111 q THEATRE THE wol

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Bradley Reprimands Gore Foreman, the Pride Agenda's Executive Director."We are proud to endorse Al Gore in for Scare Tactics the Democratic primary based on the long, National San Fransico, CA - Democratic groundbreaking and supportive record of the NEWS Presidential Candidate Bill Bradley was joined Clinton/Gore Administration over eight February 15 byA1DS activists and members of years." Feb. 23 - Feb. 29, 2000 Agreement Reached the gay community of San Francisco in repri- "As a candidate, Bill Bradley has helped to About Dr Laura manding Vice President Al Gore for his con- keep the discussion of lesbian and gay issues Los Angeles, CA - Paramount Television tinued use of distortions and scare tactics in on the front burner. He often voted right in Studio promises the Gay and Lesbian commu- the 2000 Presidential campaign. Jeff Sheehy, the U. S. Senate, and his vision of lesbian and Contents nity that Dr.Laura Sdilessinger's new show former President of the Harvey Milk gay equality is very positive. But in making its will include differing viewpoints on homo- Democratic Club, Phillip Babcock, current decision the Board looked at concrete actions secuality President of the Club, and others joined as well as words, to a history of personal lead- News &Politics The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Bradley in calling Gore to account for his false ership over eight years and to a sustained Defamation met last week with Paramount assertions that Bradley's health care plan commitment to fight for lesbian and gay 5 Community officials and producers of Schlessinger's would hurt HIV positive individuals and AIDS inclusion and equality despite unrelenting 10 Health Issues upcoming daytime show, submitting a list of patients during a recent interview with the homophobic attacks by the right wing in "requests" meant to ensure that the program San Francisco Chronicle. Congress," Foreman said. is fair and balanced from the organization's "On Saturday the Vice President at the He noted that both Democratic candidates perspective. Democratic Convention said,'Let's not be divi- have called for repeal of the current Don't Ask P-2 Erotic Women's Videos Following the marathon session, which Dr. sive;" Bradley recalled. "At the same time, he Don't Tell policy P-3 SexTalk Laura did not attend, the parties issued a joint was making an outrageous attempt to scare a banning gay men vulnerable part of the population - those and lesbians from P-4 XXXposed Herotica statement Tuesday saying the TV program will offer"many points of view, derived from a vari- with AIDS and HIV. It was the worst use of openly serving in ety of sources, guests and a studio audience." scare tactics that I've seen for many years" the U.S. military, Spotight The statement went on to say that the Sheehy expressed alarm at Gore's pattern and both say they of distortions, stating,"I'm a person living with support legal 11 Spotlight Events meeting "created a positive exchange of differing perspectives" and that a dialogue HIV and AIDS, and I've got to tell you, Vice recognition of 12 Cimena & Theatre Review between Paramount and GLAAD will contin- President Gore's comments are astounding, same sex domes- 14 Gotcha ue. and they are ignorant and divisive. For the tic partnerships. 15 Book Notes GLAAD initially expressed - concern about Vice President to frighten people who are in New York's the content of the TV show which is being this precarious situation - well, it causes me highest gay and to have serious questions about his character." lesbian elected sold to stations by - Paramount and is slated Democratic Life After NM to premiere in the fall due to comments made Phillip Babcock, current president of the officials, State Presidential Candidate 16 Gay Agenda & by Schlessinger on the advice maven's nation- Harvey Milk Democratic Club echoed Sen. Tom Duane Al Gore Sheehy's concerns, saying,"After eight years in (D-Manhattan) Lesbian Notions ally syndicated radio program, including her ongoing campaign against marriage and adop- the White House, my concern is that he's and Assembly Member Deborah Glick (D- 17 Nights Out Events tion involving same-sex couples. learned one thing and one thing only - how Manhattan), joined in the endorsement of the 18 Horoscopes & Cartoons A spokeswoman for Schlessinger had no to lie to the American people." Vice President, as did New York City comment, saying let the statement stand for Empire State Pride Councilwoman Christine Quinn of itself. Manhattan. The Fighting LGBT Endorses Gore Small Town Paper Staff New York City, NY - The Empire State Irish Pride Agenda, New York's largest lesbian and Includes Gay Couple in Publisher: Greg Quindel ([email protected]) New York, NY— A NY City Attorney com- gay political organization, has endorsed Vice Valentine's Interview Editor: Nadine A. Walther [email protected]) President Al Gore for President in the New pared the LGBT Irish protesters to party Swarthmore, Pa - On Valentines Day the General Manager:-Ron Geiman ([email protected]) York presidential primary on March 7. The crashers last Wednesday in his argument that Swarthmorian (The Village of Swarthmore's Production Manager/Art Director Pride Agenda, a non-partisan organization, said the Giuliani administration violated no one's weekly paper) did a story on Couple and Tom ITJ) Herrmann ([email protected]) it would not make an endorsement in the Director of Sales/Marketing Diane M. Gregory First Amendment rights by refusing to grant Love. The feature depicted a married couple Republican primary because none of the can- Arts & Entertainment Editor: Jerry Johnson the demonstrators a permit to march on St. that had been together for 65 years, another didates had earned one based on their cur- Sports Editor: Bob Melig Patrick's Day. couple married for 35 and a Gay male couple rent public positions on lesbian and gay Internet Project Manger: Bit Meunier The attorney for the Irish Lesbian and Gay who had been together for 25 years. No dis- issues. Photographer: Cynthia Lorenz Organization (ILGO), -said the decision to tinction was made regarding the sexual pref- The endorsement decisions were made at NE Wisconsin Bureau Chief: keep them from marching was nothing more erence of any of the couples. In a very matter the regular quarterly meeting of the group's Mike Fitzpatrick than "backroom political process." of fact way it presented all three couples as Columnists & Reporters: Bill Meunier, Dr. Terry The quips continued during each of their Board of Directors on February 12. The loving, long term relationships that have cele- Boughner, Margaret Flood, Virginia Harrison, John Jahn, closing arguments after a three-week trial. In endorsement of the Vice President and a dis- brated many Valentine's Days. Swarthmore is a Jim McFarland, Justin Lockridge, Dave Runyon, Dusty 1996 the ILGO filed a lawsuit against the City cussion of the other candidates will be includ- small town of 3000 residents and home of Sass, Ruthie, Charles Grosz, Gina King, Nicki Schlaishunt ed in 25,000 voter guides the Pride Agenda Contibuting Writers: Tim Nasson, Gip Plaster, Kirk of New York when they were not permitted Swarthmore College. will distribute statewide prior to the primary Read, Billy Masters to march in the St Patty's Day Parade. Editor's Note: If more ofthe straightpress The federal jury found that LGBT rights "The Vice President has been a key partner Opinions expressed by writers in Wisconsin Light are not necessarily those acted like that, there would be less needfor of the publishers. editor or our advertisers. Any reference to any individual were not infringed upon. 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Continued from Page 3 The report also found that while the GLB them together. The resulting chimera, electorate is particularly strong in large cities Hate Crime brought to term in a surrogate mother, would The Power of the - nearly 9 percent in cities with populations Investigation have three parents. Every cell would have LGBT Vote exceeding half a million inhabitants - it is also Morgan Hill, CA - Santa Clara County half its genes from the mother, but half the Washington, DC - The Gay, Lesbian and strong in mid-sized cities. In cities with popu- Sheriff's detectives are investigating what remaining genes would be from one man and Bisexual (GLB) electorate in the United States lations ranging from 50,000 to half a million, they are calling a "rare" hate crime in which a half from the other. The process could also be is large and powerful enough to tip the scales 7.2 percent of the electorate is Gay,Lesbian or gay man was abducted, raped and beaten adapted for two women. Silver said: "Every in both hotly contested Congressional elec- bisexual. before being left tied and gagged near a creek- technical detail of this could be carried out tions and in close elections in key states such In small towns and suburbs, GLB people side trail in Morgan Hill for more than a day. today." as California, a report released by the Policy are about 4 percent of the vote. The 38-year-old man, found by a passer-by Human chimeras occur naturally when Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task "This figure is particularly telling, given the on Friday, was suffering fromhypothermia two eggs become fertilized but, instead of Force reveals. number of hotly contested House races that and trauma, and had cuts on his head and developing into twins, they fuse in the womb. Overall, the GLB vote was 5 percent of the are in or around small- to mid-sized cities," scrapes on his knees, said Sheriff's Sgt. John Episcopalians Open electorate in the 1996 election. In cities of Lobel said. "The Democrat and Republican Hirokawa. He was taken to San Jose Medical more than half a million inhabitants, 9 per- Parties ignore the GLB vote in these races at Center, where he was treated and released. LGBT Debate cent of voters self-identified as GLB, while in their peril." Sheriff's detectives released a composite Birmingham, AL - Alabama Episcopalians medium-sized cities (50,000 to 500,000 The report found that at the time of the sketch of the suspect, described as a white voted to open the debate over homosexuality inhabitants) GLB voters comprised 7 percent 1998 mid-term elections, 61 percent of GLB man in his 40s, 6 feet tall with salt-and-pepper within the church. Church members hope a of the electorate. voters lived in a congressional district repre- h* a pockmarked face and slender build. He resolution to study sexuality will help bridge "California will play a crucial role in the sented by a first-term Republican."Not only is was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the gap between liberals and conservatives. election of the next president and the com- this a vote that can help Democrats recapture a zipper up the front, black sweatpants and Father Timothy Holder, the rector at position of the next Congress; said NGLTF seats, but GLB voters in general live in swing white tennis shoes with a black diagonal Woodlawn Grace Episcopal Church, intro- Executive Director Kerry Lobel. "The GLB districts that Democrats will need to pre- stripe. duced the resolution at the annual business electorate in both California and across the serve; Bailey found. Hirokawa described the attack as"rare" and meeting in Talladega. He says it's a call for con- nation is sizable and independent. This elec- "Identifying competitive Congressional said it is being Classified as a hate crime versation. torate, bolstered by the increasing number of House districts where there are substantial because the victim was allegedly singled out "To call that we come together for a period voters who support equality for GLBT peo- GIB voters and then mobilizing these voters for his sexual orientation. of time, we don't know how long, but to be ple, has the power to tip the balance in the for Democratic candidates could be a crucial together. To not go about pushing issues or year 2000 elections" factor in recapturing a Democratic majority in Cell Fusion Could Pave pushing agendas on someone as much as to One of the major finings of the report is the House. the Way for Gays to open ourselves up simply to the Holy Spirit; that: Despite the fact that GLB voters support "The transfer of a few seats in the House in said Holder. Democratic Congressional candidates in the 2000 elections would result in a change in Have Children "It's not that we're beginning a conversa- greater numbers than non-GLB voters, the congressional leadership away from mem- Researchers are planning to create the first tion on sexuality and homosexuality specifi- number of GLB voters who are casting ballots bers who have publicly identified themselves primate with three parents, paving the way cally. We're expanding the conversation," said for Republican candidates is on the rise. In the as unsupportive of the lives of GLBT for gay couples to have children who carry Grace Episcopal Church Deacon Ruth 1992 elections, 23 percent of GLB voters cast Americans," the report concludes. "A system- both partners' genes, according to reporter Iamonte. their ballots for Republican Congressional atic strategy of voter mobilization in key dis- Jonathan Leake. "I'm just very proud to be an Episcopalian candidates. This figure rose to 26 percent in tricts would give the emerging GLB elec- The research involves creating two this morning. I was joyful about the conven- 1994, 28 percent in 1996 and 33 percent in torate the clout that its numbers suggest it embryos and then fusing them to Create an tion and how everybody really came together 1998. deserves" individual made up of two types of cell. Such and talked, and I feel like that this just lays the animals are called chimeras. groundwork for the future," said church mem- The technique has been widely applied to ber Mary Holt. mice and other species but has never before The resolution was overwhelmingly' been tried in primates. approved by over 300 delegates, representing Reproductive scientists at the Oregon 90 parishes in the state. 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MAYFAIR ROAD, #320 phone at (608) 255-8582 from 10:30arn-6:30 organization can participate at this year's fes- WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN 53226 pm, Monday through Friday, by fax at (608) tival? You need the PrideFest Planner! 255-0018, or potential group members can (414) 258-5404 The Planner is a concise packet of infor stop at the office in the Gateway Mall. mation that includes everything from ven- TOLL FREE (888) 744-5404 Spirit Creek to Appear at dor booth information to ad size require- ments to sponsorship opportunities. Each Free Concert section comes complete with the necessary Milwaukee - The bands for the Marquette applications and guidelines, making it easy Radio Low-Power FM (LPFM) Benefit Concert for any business owner and organization have been confirmed. Spirit Creek The member to plan how they will participate at Crou'ning, and the Rooftop Prophets are donat- PrideFest 2000. ing their time and efforts to Marquette Radio "In the past, applications and guidelines for Li for the LPFM Benefit Concert. The LPFM each activity were mailed separately and sev- Benefit Concert is to take place on Saturday, eral business owners felt inundated with February 26, 2000, at the Union Sports Annex these mailings, oftentimes missing deadlines (814 North 16th Street) at 8pm This is the because they misplaced the forms they kick-off event for a series of approximately needed" commented Marketing Director L 200 concerts taking place nationally in sup- Susan Cook. "This is the fourth year the port of Low-Power FM. PrideFest Planner has been published and Spirit Creek has recently released their people really like getting everything at one highly anticipated debut album The time in an easy-to-read format" n Masquerade on EMO Records. 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Service, Stonewall and Lifetime Achievement is: Awards, which will be presented to the Sonbert's Carriage Trade recipients at the festival. to be Screened The Pride Guide ad deadline is March 15; the Milwaukee-UW-Milwaukee's Department Food Vendor application deadline is March of Film will present the recently restored 31; Exhibitor and Merchandise Vendor application Carriage Trade, the acclaimed 1972 film from deadline is May 1; and the early-bird I I experimental filmmaker Warren Sonbert at Parade Unit application deadline is Woodland Pattern Book Center on Friday, May 19. February 25, at 7pm. PrideFest will be held June 9, 10 and 11 at Sonbert produced 18 films, which continue the Henry W. Maier Festival Park along Dian to play at museums and festivals worldwide. Milwaukee's lakefront. 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Other protease inhibitors: When VIRACEPT is taken together with: • Crixivan' (indinavir) RA,CEPT The amount of both drugs in your blood may be increased. Currently, there are no safety and efficacy data available from the use of this combination. nelfinavir mesylate • NorvirTm Iritonavir) t ab l et s and ora l powder The amount of VIRACEPT in your blood may be increased. Currently, there are no safety and efficacy data available from the use of this combination. Information for Patients About VIRACEPT" (Vi-ra-cept) • Invirase (saquinavir) Generic Name: nelfinavir (nel-FIN-na-veer) mesylate The amount of saquinavir in your blood may be increased. If used in combination with saquinavir hard gelatin capsules at 600 mg three times daily, no dose adjustments are needed. Currently, there are no For the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection safety and efficacy data available from the use of this combination. Please read this information carefully before taking VIRACEPT. Also. please read this leaflet each time WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF VIRACEPT? you renew the prescription, just in case anything has changed. This is a summary and not a replacement Like all medicines, VIRACEPT can cause side effects. Most of the side effects experienced with for a careful discussion with your doctor. You and your doctor should discuss VIRACEPT when you start VIRACEPT have been mild to moderate. Diarrhea is the most common side effect in people taking taking this medication and at regular checkups. You should remain under a doctors care when taking VIRACEPT. and most adult patients had at least mild diarrhea at some point during treatment. In clinical VIRACEPT and should not change or stop treatment without first talking with your doctor. studies. about 20% of patients receiving VIRACEPT 750 mg (three tablets) three times daily had four or more loose stools a day. In most cases, diarrhea can be controlled using antidiarrheal medicines, such WHAT IS VIRACEPT AND HOW DOES IT WORK? as Imodium' A-D (loperamide) and others, which are available without a prescription. VIRACEPT is used in the treatment of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Infection. Other side effects that occurred in 2% or more of patients receiving VIRACEPT include abdominal pain, Infection with HIV leads to the destruction of CD4 T cells, which are important to the immune system. asthenia, nausea, flatulence, and rash. After a large number of CD4 cells have been destroyed, the infected person develops acquired immune There were other side effects noted in clinical studies that occurred in less than 2% of patients receiving deficiency syndrome (AIDS). VIRACEPT. However, these side effects may have been due to other drugs that patients were taking or to VIRACEPT works by blocking HIV protease (a protein-cutting enzyme). which IS required for HIV to the illness itself. Except for diarrhea. there were not many differences in side effects in patients who took multiply. VIRACEPT has been shown to significantly reduce the amount of HIV in the blood. You should VIRACEPT along with other drugs compared with those who took only the other drugs. For a complete list be aware, however, that the effect of VIRACEPT on HIV in the blood has not been correlated with long- of side effects, ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist. term health benefits. Patients who took VIRACEPT also had significant increases in their CD4 cell count. VIRACEPT is usually taken together with other antiretroviral drugs such as Retrovir" (zidovudine, HOW SHOULD I TAKE VIRACEPT? AZT), Epivir (lamivudine. 3TC), or Zerit (stavudine, d4T). Taking VIRACEPT in combination with other VIRACEPT is available only with your doctor's prescription. The light blue VIRACEPT Tablets should be antiretroviral drugs reduces the amount of HIV in the body (viral load) and raises CD4 counts. taken three times a day. VIRACEPT should always be taken with a meal or a light snack. You do not have VIRACEPT may be taken by adults, adolescents, and children 2 years of age or older. Studies in infants to take VIRACEPT exactly every 8 hours. instead. you can take it at normal times when you are eating. younger than 2 years of age are now taking place Take VIRACEPT exactly as directed by your doctor. Do not increase or decrease any dose or the number of doses per day. Also. take this medicine for tile exact period of time that your doctor has DOES VIRACEPT CURE HIV OR AIDS? instructed. Do not stop taking VIRACEPT without first consulting with your doctor, even if you are VIRACEPT is not a cure tor HIV infection or AIDS. The long-term effects of VIRACEPT are not known at feeling better. this time. People taking VIRACEPT may still develop opportunistic infections or other conditions Only take medicine that has been prescribed specifically for you. Do not give VIRACEPT to others or associated with HIV infection. Some of these conditions are pneumonia herpes virus infections, take medicine prescribed for someone else. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infections and Kaposi's sarcoma. The dosing of VIRACEPT may be different for you than for other patients. Follow the directions from It is not known whether VIRACEPT will help you live longer orreduce the number of infections or other your doctor, exactly as written on the label. The amount of VIRACEPT in the blood should remain illnesses that may occur somewhat consistent over time. Missing doses will cause the concentration of VIRACEPT to decrease; There is no proof that VIRACEPT can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to others through sexual theretore, you should not miss any doses. 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WHO SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT TAKE VIRACEPT? Dosing in adults (including children 14 years of age and older) Together with your doctor, you need to decide whether VIRACEPT is appropriate for you. In making The recommended adult dose of VIRACEPT :s 750 mg (three tablets) taken three times a day. Each your decision, the following should be considered. dose should be taken with a meal or light snack. Allergies: It you have had a serious allergic reaction to VIRACEPT, you must not take VIRACEPT. You should also inform your doctor. nurse. or pharmacist of any known allergies to substances such as Dosing in children 2 through 13 years of age other medicines, foods. preservatives, or dyes. The VIRACEPT dose in children depends on their weight. The recommended dose is 20 to 30 mg/kg (or If you are pregnant: The effects of VIRACEPT on pregnant women or their unborn babies are not 9 to 14 mg/pound) per dose, taken three times daily with a meal or light snack. This can be administered known. It you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, you should tell your doctor before taking either in tablet form or. in children unable to take tablets, as VIRACEPT Oral Powder. VIRACEPT. Dose instructions will be provided by the child's doctor. The dose will be given three times daily using the If you are breast-feeding: You should discuss with your doctor the best way to feed your baby. You measuring scoop provided, a measuring teaspoon, or one or more tablets depending on the weight and should be aware that if your baby does not already have FIIV, there is a chance that it can be transmitted age of the child. The amount of oral powder or tablets to be given to a child is described in the chart below. through breast-feeding. Women should not breast-teed it they have HIV. Children: VIRACEPT is available for the treatment of children 2 through 13 years of age with HIV. There is a powder form of VIRACEPT that can be mixed with milk, baby formula, or foods like pudding. Pediatric Dose to Be Administered Three Times Daily Instructions on how to take VIRACEPT powder can be found in a later section that discusses how VIRACEPT Oral Powder should be prepared. Body Weight Number Number Number If you have liver disease: VIRACEPT has not been studied in people with liver disease. If you have liver of Level of Level of disease, you should tell your doctor before taking VIRACEPT. Kg Lb Scoops' Teaspoons* Tablets Other medical problems: Certain medical problems may affect the use of VIRACEPT. Some people taking protease inhibitors have developed new or more serious diabetes or high blood sugar. Some 7 to < 8.5 15.5 to <18.5 4 people with hemophilia have had increased bleeding. It is not known whether the protease inhibitors caused these problems. Be sure to tell your doctor if you have hemophilia types A and B, diabetes 8.5 to <10.5 18.5 to <23 114/ mellitus, or an increase in thirst and/or frequent urination. 10.5 to <12 23 to <26.5 6 112/ 12 to <14 26.5 to <31 7 1 CAN VIRACEPT BE TAKEN WITH OTHER MEDICATIONS? 14/ VIRACEPT may interact with other drugs, including those you take without a prescription. You must 14 to <16 31 to <35 8 2 discuss with your doctor any drugs that you are taking or are planning to take before you take VIRACEPT. 16 to <18 35 to <39.5 9 21/4 Drugs you should not take with VIRACEPT: 113 to <23 39.5 to <50.5 10 212/ • Seldane" (terfenadine, for allergies) ≥23 ≥50.5 15 314/ 3 • Hismanaff (astemizole, for allergies) • Propulsicr (cisapride, for heartburn) • Cordarone(amiodarone, for irregular heartbeat) In measuring oral powder, the scoop or teaspoon should be level. • Quinidine (for irregular heartbeat), also " 1 level scoop contains 50 mg of VIRACEPT. Use only the scoop provided with your VIRACEPT bottle. known as OuinagluteCardioquieQuinideeand others ' • Ergot derivatives (Catergoe and others, tor migraine headache) 1 level teaspoon contains 200 mg of VIRACEPT. Note: A measuring teaspoon used for dispensing • Halciore (triazolam) medication should be used for measuring VIRACEPT Oral Powder. Ask your pharmacist to make sure • Versed' (midazolam) you have a medication dispensing teaspoon. Taking the above drugs with VIRACEPT may cause serious and/or life-threatening adverse events. • Ritampin (for tuberculosis), also known as Rimactane, Rifadirr, Rifater', or Rifamate How should VIRACEPT Oral Powder be prepared? This drug reduces blood levels of VIRACEPT. The oral powder may be mixed with a small amount of water, milk, formula, soy formula, soy milk, dietary supplements, or dairy foods such as pudding or ice cream. Once mixed, the entire amount must Dose reduction required if you lake VIRACEPT with: be taken to obtain the full dose. Mycobutin' (rifabutin, for MAC), you will need to take a lower dose of Mycabutin Do not mix the powder with any acidic food or juice, such as orange or grapefruit juice, apple juice. or apple sauce, because this may create a bitter taste A change of therapy should be considered if you are taking VIRACEPT with: Once the powder is mixed, it may be stored at room temperature or refrigerated for up to 6 hours. Do • Phenobarbital not heat the mixed dose once it has been prepared. • Phenytoin (Dilantin' and others) Do not add water to bottles of oral powder. • Carbamazepine (Tegretce and others) VIRACEPT powder is supplied with a scoop for measuring. For help in determining the exact dose of powder for your These agents may reduce the amount of VIRACEPT in your blood and make it less effective. child, please ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist. • Oral contraceptives ("the pill") VIRACEPT Oral Powder contains aspartame, a low-calorie sweetener, and therefore should not be taken by children with If you are taking the pill to prevent pregnancy. you should use a different type of contraception since phenylketonuria (PKU). VIRACEPT may reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives. HOW SHOULD VIRACEPT BE STORED? HOW SHOULD VIRACEPT BE TAKEN WITH OTHER ANTI-HIV DRUGS? Keep VIRACEPT and all other medicines out of the reach of children. Keep bottle closed and store at room temperature (between 59°F and 86°F) away Taking VIRACEPT together with other anti-HIV drugs increases their ability to fight the virus. It also from sources of moisture such as a sink or other damp reduces the opportunity for resistant viruses to grow. Based on your history of taking place. Heat and moisture may reduce the effectiveness of VIRACEPT. other anti-Hly Do not keep medicine medicine, your doctor will direct you on how to take VIRACEPT and other anti-Hly medicines. These that is out of date or that you no longer need. Be sure that if you throw any medicine away. it is out of the reach of children. drugs should be taken in a certain order or at specific times. This will depend on how many times a day eacn medicine should be taken. It will also depend on whether it should Discuss all questions about your health with your doctor. If you have questions about VIRACEPT be taken with or without food. or any Nucleoside analogues: No drug interaction problems were seen when VIRACEPT was given with: other medication you are taking, ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist. 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at the greatest risk.The degree of risk is deter- cells. forms, but only 111 completed and returned mined by the amount of saliva in the mouth "When saliva was reduced to only one- the required documents. and the amount of body fluid from the partner third of the mixture, with the remaining two- At this time, the attorneys for the settle- Flea that mixes with it. thirds being the saltier substances, then saliva ment class have found that only 63 of those was no longer protective against HIV," Baron claimants meet the criteria for participating in What was already known said.And in situations where semen enters the the settlement. They have sent notice to the Saliva `Explodes' A year ago, researchers at UTMB, led by mouth, it is usually in very large quantities others that their claims are being denied, but microbiology and medicine professor compared to the amount of saliva present. they can appeal to a court-appointed referee. HIV, so why is Samuel Baron, showed that saliva explodes "Under normal circumstances there is just The motion asks the Court to set May 1, 2000, and kills blood cells, including those that har- about one-fifth of a teaspoon of saliva in the as the last date to file such an appeal. The 63 oral sex unsafe? bor HIV. Saliva- has that effect on the cells mouth. Deposited semen typically would approved claimants, and any others approved because, unlike other body fluids, it is not equal more than four times that volume and by the referee, will share in the settlement By Gip Plaster salty."Saliva is low salt," Baron said."If you taste mother's milk much, much more," he said. along with.the 456 who filed and successfully it, it's sweet. But if you tear from your eye into The day after findings were released that Erroneous conceptions participated in lawsuits. your mouth, it tastes salty." When blood cells At this time, it appears that there are 50 show oral sex "contributes significantly" to the The study could cause "a paradigm shift for come in contact with the lower salt saliva, death claims, 164 serious claims and 305 non- spread of HIV, a coincidentally timed study some people" in understanding how the AIDS they suck in water through osmosis and burst, serious claims. Depending on the number of conducted by Galveston researchers explains virus causes infection, Baron said. "We think according to the team's research first reported claims ultimately approved in each category, why oral sex is risky and offers hope fora new there are a couple of erroneous conceptions last February in the Archives of Internal the attorneys anticipate that the survivors of gel that could make rectal and vaginal sex about the transmission of Mr he said. Medicine. That phenomenon is part of what each person who died as a result of safer. First, most physicians believe that HIV is makes casual contact with people infected Cryptosporidiosis will be awarded about The original study by the Centers for transmitted by free pieces of the virus floating with HIV including kissing, safe. $18,000; serious non-death claimants (includ- Disease Control, presented Feb 1 at a San Now, the same researchers claim to have in substances like semen and milk. But very ing business loss claims) will receive about Francisco conference, found that eight of 102 solved a related question: If saliva is so protec- few free pieces are present, Baron said, proba- $2200. All others will *get about $220 each. If HIV-positive gay and bisexual men studied tive, how can HIV be bly because the HIV carrier makes enough spread through oral sex? the Court approves the motion, it is anticipat- had not participated in any activities that New answers: Semen, as antibodies to bind the virus and make it well as breast milk ed that the settlement money will be paid and could have infected them with HIV other from HIV infected unable to infect other cells. Semen and milk mothers; simply overpower distributed to claimants in June 2000. than oral sex. the protective effects of saliva because, there are, in fact, high in HIV because they contain Those numbers mean that oral sex alone is so little low-salt saliva compared to the white blood cells that are infected with HIV, was determined to be the cause of infection in St John's Wort: Beware amount of the high-salt semen or breast milk. he said. Antibodies cannot get inside these St.John'sWort (Hypericum perforatum) is a almost 8 percent of study participants. The The researchers came to their conclusion cells to attack the virus. Saliva, however, common herbal remedy used to treat mild to actual number infected by oral sex could be using test-tube experiments in which they caused these cells and the virus inside them to moderate depression. Preliminary studies higher, however, because some men studied added infected white blood cells to both explode and die.That means if a substance like have shown that St. John's Wort may interact had participated in more than one risky activ- mother's milk and semen from uninfected saliva were present in a rectum or vagina, the with certain drugs used to treat HIV.This inter- ity and the exact cause of infection could not donors. cells carrying HIV could explode and die, pre- action is probably due to the fact that St. be determined. Then, scientist immersed the infected sub- venting infection. John's Wort is metabolized by the same liver i But exactly how is HIV transmitted stances in a solution that was 90 percent sali- (Please read this carefully a substance like enzyme pathway as several anti-HIV drugs through oral sex? And how big is the risk? va and 10 percent milk or semen.They incre- saliva, does not mean saliva!) including both protease inhibitors (PI's) and According to a new study conducted by mentally reduced the percentage of saliva and non-nucleoside the University of Texas Medical Branch A New Gel reverse transcriptase boosted the percentage of the saltier sub- inhibitors. This can jeopardize the strength of (MTMB) at Galveston, the receptive partner is stances to see what happened to the infected Baron and his colleagues are now working to develop a gel that could mimic the protec- indinavir-based therapies. tive effects of saliva in the vagina and rectum, In light of these findings, researchers stress two environments that are normally saltier those patients receiving anti-tetroviral therapy than the mouth. "If the mouth is so powerful should inform their doctors of any herbal or so that under normal circumstances it can kill, non-prescription medications they are taking. Don't gamble your life away... can we adapt this to the very vulnerable vagi- Managing HIV as a na and rectum?" Their findings on that topic could be Chronic Illness released by April, he said. The February edition of AIDS Clinical Care HIV TESTING AT: The gel is needed because the spermicide reports that thanks to the advent of combina- nonoxinol-9, currently used by some to try to tion anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) three must La Cage fitt be more of a Tested emphasis on managing HIV as a prevent the spread of HIV, has not proven pro- 801 South 2nd St. tective in humans, Baron said. He said nonoxi- chronic, long term illness. Thursday, March 2nd nol-9 is effective in tissue cultures and lab ani- With that change in thinking, the method of 10pm - lam mals, but it irritates human tissues. That irrita- care should include a physical exam every tion may actually make the tissue more sus- three months that should evaluate for HIV 1100 Club ceptible to HIV, creating a portal through complications and normal health problems for 1100 S. 1st St. which the virus can enter the body. adults. Saturday, March 11th ovv WI Light will print the research findings More common causes of death in HIV patients are: coronary disease, heapatitis C, liver 10pm - lam when they are available in April. Cryptosporidium Case failure, myocardial infarction (heart attack), sui- C'est La Vie cide, non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, lung cancer Submitted to Court for and stroke. 231 S. 2nd St. Blood screening for specific conditions Saturday March 18th Final Approval should focus on: hyperlipidemia, hyper- Milwaukee - 9pm - Midnight A motion for final approval glycemia, and abnormalities of the liver, hypog- of settlements of the litigation arising out of onadism, and the effects of HIV drugs. the 1993 outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis in the Periodic physical exam screening should Milwaukee area has ANONYMOUS HIV TESTS been submitted to the include Pap smears for women and testing for Mon & Tue - 6-8:30pm Court jointly by the attorneys representing human papillomavirus (HPV). Routine By Appointment screen- most of the Plaintiffs and by those represent- ings for hepatitis A, B and C are also recom- BESTD MEN'S CLINIC ing the Defendants, including the City of mended, and patients should also be screened STD Diagnosis & Treatment Milwaukee. A hearing will be held on Tue - 6-8:30pm • Walk In for sexually transmitted diseases and substance BESTD Thursday March 2 at 1:30 pm be4fore Judge abuse. SUPPORT GROUPS CL I N I C Francis Wasielewski in Room 404 of the NOTE Persons With AIDS/HIV should be for Gay HIV+ Men Milwaukee County Courthouse. just as aware of this information as their health The motions summarizes the numbers of HIV EARLY INTERVENTION 1240 East Brady St. care provider 4. Often, physicians need to be PROGRAM Milwaukee, WI 53202 people who have made claims since notice educated, as an informed patient, you can Call for Information was published in the newspaper and mailed assure you are receiving proper care. 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African American experience through video, addressing The Gin Game, Milw. Chamber Theatre (Milwaukee): D.L. Spot:Li Premiere issues of cultural identity, displacement and representa- SporAl Coburn's play, directed by Montgomery Davis, features a tion. Future home of Eisner Museum, 208 N. Water Street; battle of the sexes between two in habitants of a nursing 7pm, Free, limited seating. (414) 276-7889. home. Exasperating, funny, witty and frustrating. Continues °Wearing through March 5, Broadway Theater Center, 158 N. Events Molly Picon's Return Engagement, UWM Center for Broadway, From $23-30; (414) 291-7800.

Jewish and Israeli Classical Music, UWM's Jewish Studies (Milwaukee): Musical features two actors Ange Leccia Exhibit, UWM School of the Arts Center, The Return of Randy James, Grava Gallery (Milwaukee): Center for Jewish Studies (Shorewood): portraying a variety of characters. Brief introductory com- Gallery 3, Inova (Milwaukee): Continues through Feb. 26, Colorful seriagraphs of familiar people and places from an 23Cello, flute and piano by the Vardi Trio, Jewish ments by playwright Dr. Sarah Blacher Cohen, professor of 2400 E. Kenwood Ave., Noon-5 Tues.-Sat.; (414) 229- unfamiliar perspective. Continues through March 3. 1209 Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica, 7:30pm, $6; English at State University of New York. with actors and 5070. E. Brady St., (414) 277-8228. (414) 229-6121 or 967-8235, playwright follows performance. Presented in conjunction Bemi Searle Exhibition, UWM School of the ArtsGallery Video Installations by Uri Tzaig, UWM School of the with the Intl. Arts 1. Inova (Milwaukee): Portraits Alcoholism and Co-Dependency: Bookfalr, Festival. Jewish Community Center, of the artist, prone, cov- ArtsGallery 1, Inova (Milwaukee): Israeli artist in his first 62545 N. ered with the Bayshore Mall Barnes and Noble Santa Monica Blvd. 7:30pm, $6; (414) 229- spices and minerals that drove much of the solo US exhibition. Continues through Feb. 27, 3253 N. 6121 or 967-8235. European colonization of Africa (Milwaukee): IMPACT (Alcohol and Other the last 200 years. Downer Avenue. Noon-5 Wed.-Sun.; (414) 229-5070. Continues through Feb. 27, Drug Abuse Services, Inc.), presents Dear John... Love 3253 N. Downer Avenue. William Hughes Paintings and Pastels, Studio 613 Fine Noon-5 Wed.-Sun.: (414) Letters and Lessons Learned from the Wife of an Alcoholic 229-5070. Arts (Milwaukee): plus ongoing exhibits by others. Book Treasures, Milw. author Mary Gjetson Levin. P.D. and Catherine Turmo School of Engineering Schroeder Sculpture by Bruno Neuold, Paul Johnson and Miko Dinev. Library (Milwaukee): Exhibition of rare Forde, the woman whose life the book chronicles, will dis- books and manu- Continues through end of Feb., 338 N. Milwaukee St. March scripts that is truly unique in that visitors may not only #405, Open until 9 cuss the issues. Discussion from 7-8pm, book signing 8- tonight, (414) 221-0613. view these masterpieces, but have to opportunity to page 8:30pm. (414) 256-4808 (Impact). Premiere of Hobson's Choice, The Rep through and read them. 25 works from the collection of Aussie Band , (Milwaukee): Harold Brighouse's romantic, time- FRUIT, Civic Center (Madison): the Remnant Trust explores the topic of liberty. Continues Fruit Packs a Punch, a four girl, one guy 1' less and heartwarming comedic study of class through May 31, Walter Schroeder Library, 500 E. Kilbourn Downtown Auto Body struggle to rise above the constraints of decorum set in 25Aussie band that sent shock waves through- (and Jefferson), 1-3 M-Thurs; 1-5 Fri./Sat.; Free to the pub- 1880's England. The Hobson family is led by an entrepre- 3425 N. Holton St. out three continents this past year returns to the continent lic, (414) 277-7180. neur and his three daughters. The eldest wants to break for a six week tour including tonight's concert. From tender Breach Broach Art Exhibit, Walker's Point Center for the Milwaukee, WI 53212 free of her father so she concocts a scheme that over- love songs to revealing and raucous tunes to cafe culture Arts (Milwaukee): Breach Broach an exhibit of mixed Tony Balistreri Jr. Owner throws Victorian taboos of class, gender and the work- funkiness with added java juice zing. Civic Centers Starlight media works by two Lauren Garber and Mark Klassen http://wwwangelfire.com/wi/downtownautobody/ place. Continues through April 2, Quadraccci Powerhouse Theater, 211 State Street; 8pm, $1.7.50 tickets, (608) (installation pieces explore the relationships of material in the Baker Complex, 108 E. Wells St.: $5 to 36; (414) 266-9055. and form in architecture as a metaphor for the human con- 224-9490. "If we can't fix it, Exhibit of Reginald Baylor's Cartoon Landscapes, dition). Exhibit continues March 11, 911 W. National Ave., Lakeshore Gallery (Shorewood): Original acrylic paintings. Aazudian Temple Reconstruction & Melanesian (414) 672-2787. We'll bury it" Fender Repair Continues through March 31st, 4401 N. Oakland, (414) Sculpture. Milw. Institute of Art and Design Creative Endeavors: Recent Works by Jeanne Bril, 964-2540. 2(MIAD) (Milwaukee): Cultural artifacts are the Gallery Cora Dora (Milwaukee): Brill's paintings of archi- Refinishing Rim Screening: Carriage Trade, Woodland Pattern focus of this dual exhibition. The Tobin Collection of tecture from European travels. A new gallery in previous Wrecks Rebuilt (Milwaukee): UWM's Dept. of Film presents this recently Melanesian Sculpture from Beloit College's Logan H2O space. Exhibit continues through April 9; 221 N. General Repairs restored widely acclaimed experimental film by Warren Museum features artifacts, contextual photos and back- Water St., (414) 283-9244. Sonbert. A collage of footage from years of global travel. ground info about the South Pacific culture. In a Divine Humility: Jesus Icons in Contemporary Mexico, Died from AIDS in '95 at the age of 47, he produced films Reconstruction of an Aazudian Temple artist Beauvais Cardinal Snitch University (Milwaukee): Photographs by that are still showing worldwide at museums and festivals. Lyons creates a parody of archeological treasures. Robert E. Lewis in exhibition through March 12. NML 720 E. Locust St., 7pm, (414) 263-5001. Opening Reception tonight from 7-9pm. Continues through Gallery, 6801 N. Yates Rd.,: free admission. (414) 410- In the Movies, Dale Gutnnan Production (Milwaukee): April 1, MIAD's Layton Gallery, 273 E. Erie St.; 10am-5pm, 4479. Opening of this a laugh-filled musical journey with four Tues.-Sat.; (414) 276-7889. Exhibition: George Washington, Architect, Villa Terrace Fx 964-5010 wanna be film makers. Four performances only. Tonight, Chenille Sisters Return, Pabst Theater (Milwaukee): Traveling panel exhibition commemorates Saturday and next weekend. 8pm, Centennial Hall, 733 N. (Milwaukee): By popular demand, The Chenille the 200th anniversary of Washington's death, exploring Ph 964-7170 8th St. Tickets $15, call (414) 327-3552. 3Sisters, who have presented their irreverent. con- the little known aspect of his life as a highly accom- Reflections on the Collection, Madison Art temporary, downright fun performances that has pleased plished, self taught builder. Continues through Feb. 27. Center (Madison): The following event will audiences coast to coast for over 15 years. Pristine har- 2220 N. Terrace; 4 4 25 take place by an opening reception featuring monies from this unforgettable trio. 144 E. Wells St.; Flarneworked Glass Show, Art Elements Gallery D a cash bar and hors d'oeuvres. Celebrate the opening of 8pm, $21, (414) 286-3663. (Mequon): Jean Amann, Matt Eskuche, Hans Godo Frabel. the exhibitions Work in Progress: The MAC Collects, Fiber Invitational 2000, Katie Gingrass Gallery Bernadette Mahfood, John Nygren, Chuck Savoier and x., Reflections on the Collections presents several special (Milwaukee): Exhibit features baskets by more than 20 Townsend. This show demonstrates the contemporary guests to discuss an object of personal significance on national artists, forms for the table, wall and floor will be artists use of a most ancient technique of glass work. view. Speakers have a long term relationship with the represented. In addition, still life and plant brocades by Continues through March 27; 10050 N. Port Washington museum and its collection. Madison Art Center, Civic Laura Foster Nicholson also on display. Opens tonight. Rd.: (262) 241-7040. .:..... ow- Center, 211 State St.; 7-10pm, Free admission, (608) Show runs through April. 241 N. Broadway. (414) 289- Forever Plaid, Marcus Center Vogel Hall (Milwaukee): 257-3734 0855. The heavenly musical hit parade extended...again: by pop- Trinity Irish Dance Company, Pabst Theater (Milwaukee): First Fridays: Mardi Gras, Milw. Art Museum (MAM) ular demand. Continues through March 12: Vogel Hall. Milwaukee's own, and one of the most popular dance (Milwaukee): Music by Big Nick and the Cydecos. Let the 123 E. State St. $28.50-36.50 (414) 273-7206 companies in the world today, returns tonight for a two good times roll and celebrate Mardi Gras a bit early with From my Hometown, Stackner Cabaret at The Rep f)11CLUB 5 night engagement in the midst of their 2000 Millennium the spicy swamp boogie of the band and relish some tradi- (Milwaukee): This return features 30 classic R&B songs Tour. A world premiere of Curran Event by cutting edge NY tional Louisiana delicacies, cash bar. Wear Mardi Gras this revue celebrates three R&B performers - from Detroit, choreographer Sean Curran. trained in Irish Dance, and beads or masks and receive $1 off admission. Tour the Memphis and Philadelphia, who travel to the Big Apple in 5 Applegate Ct. • Madison • 277-9700 former principal dancer with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane MAM exhibit: Interventions. MAM, Lincoln Memorial Drive, search of success. Continues through March 12; Stackner Just off Fish Hatchery Rd. • Formerly Bombay Bicycle Club Dance Co, and has toured with Stomp. Curran has con- south entrance; 5pm: $7. $5 MAM members, (414) 224- Cabaret at the Rep: 108 E. Wells; $15-25; (414) 224.- structed some progressive Irish dancing that is truly exper- 3841. 9490. nightly specials imental, asking the dancers to come up with their own out- In the Movies, Dale Gunman Production (Milwaukee): Gallery Exhibition, Charles Allis Art Museum new menu - rageous collection of favorite steps. Continues again on Opening of this a laugh-filled musical journey with four (Milwaukee): Mary Theisen Helm: My Life as Art, Past Sunday at 3pm; Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells St.; tonight at wanna be film makers. Only wo performances left. Tonight, and Present 1950-2000 featuring a 50 year retrospect 8pm: tickets $1426, (414) 286-3663. Saturday, 8pm, Centennial Hall, 733 N. 8th St. Tickets through watercolors, oils, pastels and drawings. Continues $15, call (414) 327-3552. through Feb. 27; 1630 E. Royall Place: $3, $2 stu/srs, new decor Reading: The Ballad of Reading Gaol, members free; (414) 278-8295. Canterbury Booksellers (Madison): Madison Anton's Alley, Boulevard Ensemble (Milwaukee): Gallery: Vanity of the Vanities, Michael H. Lord Gallery Rep Actor Richard Ganoung will read the Sundays and Mondays only, selected works from (Milwaukee): In conjunction with the Intl. Arts Festival. book and Rep artistic director D. Scott Glasser will talk 5Chekhov's One-Act comedies is performed in this 3 unique bars Twelve new paintings by Barbara Johl-Spiro. Continues about the Rep's production of Gross Indecency 315 W. Alley Project. for 3 weeks. seven performances only. through March 14, 420 E. Wisconsin Ave., (414) 272- Gorham St.: 5pm. (608) 266-9055. Continues thorough March 21. Boulevard Studio Theatre, DJ and Dancing 1007. Lunch Thurs. ec Fri. 11-2 Sunday Afternoon at UWM: Jewish History/Culture, 2252 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., 7:30pm for all shows Prices Nightly at lOPM Interventions: New Art in Unconventional Places, Milw. School of the Arts (Milwaukee): Campus visitors can tour from $5-16, call (414) 744-5757. Dinner The.-Sat. 5-10 Art Museum (Milwaukee): In his final stint as MAM cura- Live Shows Jewish History and Culture: Exploring resources in the Different Trains/ Different Times. Present Music Sunday 5-9 tor. Dean Sobel presents feature artists who are laying the Every Sunday Golda Meir Library, including maps, manuscripts and other (Milwaukee): As part of the Milw. Intl. Arts Fest, two con- framework for the art of the next century and exploring the Sunday Brunch 10:30-2 Open for Packer Games pieces. Light Refreshments available. 1pm: Exhibit opens: certs will take place featuring the Present Music ensemble range of artistic possibilities at the dawn of the new mil- 1:30pm Lecture: Polish Wooden Synagogues: Jewish Art performing The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind and lennium. Continues through April 23. 750 N. Lincoln and Architecture in Eastern European Context by School of Different Trains. joining Present will be Rabbi Ronald Memorial Drive. (414) 224-3200. Architecture Prof. Thoams Hubka, (No Charge). Then at Shapiro and Archbishop Rembert Weakland doing special Jacob Berenstein: Contemporary Sculpture, Haggerty 3pm move to the School of the Arts Recital Hall (tickets readings. plus Cantors Karen Berman and Jerry Berkowitz. AZTE CA Museum of Art/ Marquette Univ. (Milwaukee): This $12/$6 students) for a concert by t he UWM Woodwind Congregation Shalom, 7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd., at 3 Israeli sculptor recycles industrial objects, transforming Mexican Restaurant sw: Arts Quintet with guest soprano Valerie Errante. and 7:30pm. $10-19. students & kids $7.50 (414) 271- them into works of spontaneous energy and expression. UWM Symphony Band/ Wind Ensemble, Wisconsin 0711. 816 South 5th Street • 383-8816 Exhibit runs through March 5, 530 N. 13th St. Lutheran College (Milwaukee): The UWM Wind Ensemble New Generation Concert Series, UWM Dept. of Music Manfred Pemice Exhibition. UWM School of the OPEN: performs at 7:30pm, at Lutheran College, 8800 W. (Milwaukee): Students from the Leonard Sorkin Intl. Inst. ArtsGallery 1, (nova (Milwaukee): Specially created work Bluemound Rd. General Public $8, student/seniors $5. of Chamber Music join Wolfgang Laufer. cello and Rebecca he constructs roughly hewn architectural models to com- (414) 229-4308. Wolkstein, violin, in works that celebrate Jewish heritage. ment on the literal and metaphoric Complimentary chocolates served after the concert. qualities of the 'built' Boston Zamir Chorale. Congregation Beth environment. Continues through Feb. 27. 3253 N. Downer School of the Arts Recital Hall, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.: Israel (Glendale): The WI Conservatory of Avenue, Noon-5 Wed.-Sun.; 3pm, $12/$6 students and kids. (414) 229-4308. (414) 229-5070. Music. as part of this year's Intl. Arts Mark Lewis Exhibition, UWM School of the ArtsGallery 1, Organ Benefit Concert Series. Irish Cultural and Heritage Festival focus on Jewish arts and culture, presents the (nova (Milwaukee): This Canadian artist creates Center (Milwaukee): Dennis Janzer, organist in an Irish enigmatic Your Restaurant nationally known Boston Zamir Chorale in a rare Midwest and lush films that explore the nature of vision and archi- Celebration with Pipes and Pipers. organ, flute/piper and appearance, in cooperation with the Congregation. 6880 tecture. Continues through Feb. 27. 3253 N. Downer bagpipes. Center, 2133 W. Wisconsin Ave.; 2prn, $5 dona- N. Green Bay Rd.: 7:30pm, $10. $7 seniors and students: Avenue, Noon-5 Wed.-Sun.: (414) tion, (414) 345-8800. 229-5070. Ad could be here (414) 276-5760. Millennium Exhibition, David Bamett Gallery Experimental Rim and Video. Milwaukee Institute of Art (Milwaukee): Make a purchase during this exhibition will and Design (MIAD) (Milwaukee): Video artist and Assoc. be entered into a March 14 drawing for a 1930 original for FREE! Professor UWM's Film Dept. discusses experimental docu- color litho by Maurice Dufrene. Continues through March mentaries and present excerpts of her work exploring the 11, 1024 E. State St. at Prospect Ave.; (414) 271-5058.

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Still, if you really want to see DiCaprio with his shirt off and glistening in the tropical sun, The Beach presents a good oppor- A New Musical Entertainment tunity for you. For me, this was the best Have You Ever Wanted To Be In The Movies? aspect of the film; that, and the lovely setting. Although the film remains entertaining in a middling sort of way through its first The Beach two-thirds, The Beach simply deteriorates in Review by John Jahn its final act. Finally! Heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio 2 Stars From Dale Gutzmani appears in his first major, post - Titanic role (The Man in the Iron Mask, though released after Titanic, was actually filmed before it). IONIII I MIMI Leo's fans - and they are legion - will be T mitre happy to know that he does a credible job Review 5len I KAM as the protagonist in The Beach. Both the setting of the movie and, of course, lovely The Gin Leo, himself, make for great pieces of eye candy. But unfortunately, this film self- Game destructs in its final act. Review by John Jahn The bulk of The Beach comprises a fairly What was playwright D. L. Coburn think- straightforward adventure-romance akin to A laugh filled musical journey ing? A play. about two nursing home occu- Blue Lagoon. with its tropical paradise set- pants playing gin? On the surface, you ting consistently overshadowing its thinly might wonder what could possibly be more with four wanna be drawn characters. However, after the pro- dull and uneventful. However, to ignore tracted beginning, The Beach suddenly Coburn's 1976, Pulitzer Prize-winning The movie makers plunges into incoherence. As a result, the last third of the film isn't merely dissatisfy- SHOWTIMES Featuring: ing, it's virtually unbearable. Worst of all, Dale Gutzman after enduring such nonsense, there's no 4 Performances Only finale that brings any meaning or resolution Centennial Hall Jodi Schwalbach to the whole enterprise. N 8th Street Vincent Lombardo The Beach begins in Bangkok, where 733 Richard (DiCaprio) has just arrived from the February 25th, 26th Lynn Worden U.S. We meet his new neighbors: a young, March 3rd and 4th, 2000 Larry Lukasavage French couple, Etienne (Guillaume Canet) (Virginie Ledoyen); and a All Shows 8pm • Tickets $15 Mary Henrickson and Francoise daffy Scotsman, Daffy (Robert Carlyle). The Ruth Schudson as Fonsia Paul Boesing as Weller latter doesn't last long in this movie, but Chamber Theatre's production of DL Coburn's before his time runs out, he gives Richard a The Gin Game February 19-March 5, 2000. map to "paradise" - a perfect beach sur- Call 327-3552 Gin Game is to ignore a powerful work about life and its final chapter. The Gin Game takes place entirely in and immediately outside a retirement home. There are but two characters, both of whom have only arrived there within the previous Announcing .. • quarter year or so. Within its two acts and four scenes, we see them interact over the A Special Dale Gutzman course of two weeks. The two characters are Weller (Paul Boesing), a man who Off the Wall Production enjoys a good game of cards, but has no An Evening of Comedy and Suspence one to play with; and Fonsia (Ruth as You try to solve Whodunnit? Schudson), a woman still very ill at ease Richard, Leonardo DiCaprio, foreground, dp• with her new living Francoise, Virginie Ledoyen and Etienne, circumstances. Guillaume Canet, try toevade a deadly Weller and Fonsia are trying to come to The Talentless terms with the fact that they're in their last menace in The Beach. home before the close of their lives. They struggle with lost independence, property, Mr. Ripple rounding a lagoon on an island that no one careers, loves and emotionally distant fami- visits. So, the adventure begins, as Richard, ly members. Neither, we discover, was an A Can You Solve It Murder Mystery Party With Wonderful Prizes for the Grand Winners Etienne and Francoise embark upon their angel in their pre-nursing home lives. search. Needless to say, they find the place, Indeed, one of the many strengths of The Centennial Hall but eventually come to realize that no par- of the Milwaukee Public Library is the Scene of the Crime Gin Game is the way it shows us that the adise is all it's cracked up to be. elderly really did have lives before they Friday March 10th and Friday March 17th For anyone really caring to look, The became old, and that these lives, far from Beach has its messages. For one, it's cer- 8pm is the time ideal, heavily shape their golden years. tainly about the elusiveness of paradise on The director's notes appropriately sum Tickets Only $12 Earth, and how basic human nature will poi- up Coburn's emphasis in The Gin Game by son what is seemingly perfect. There's also quoting poet Dylan Thomas. "Old age the rather vapid message that great beauty For Reservations Call 873-1962 should burn and rave at close of day; rage, often holds great danger. But these same rage against the dying of the light." This themes have been addressed many times Weller and Fonsia surely do: We witness before in much more coherent fashion. Weller's growing anger and resentment as www.wilight.com February 23 - 29, 2000 ght 13

he loses game after game of gin to the The Skylight's cast did its best for novice player, Fonsia. His inability to defeat Triumph of Love. Superior work in both act- her seemingly denies him his sense of mas- ing and singing came from Tan Kelly, and culinity, his triumphs of days gone by. the comic trio of Dames-Kurschner-Dimas The current Milwaukee Chamber Theatre never failed to engage. David Edwards did production of The Gin Game, directed by adequate work, and Anne Kanengeiser cofounder Montgomery Davis, boasts two exhibited a fine singing voice. A major fail- very strong performances. Boesing (making ing. though, was Curt Clark's Agis. His his MCT debut) and Schudson (MCT's other singing didn't reach well — even into the inti- cofounder) are theater veterans who take mate Cabot Theatre, and his portrayal was us inside the lives and souls of Weller and foppish. silly and nerdy. This meant that you Fonsia, making their relationship - their didn't buy — even for one minute - Princess k11-ileo Bar "rage against the dying of the light" — mean- Leonide's love for Agis. As the whole story 801 South 2nd Str€€t ingful. They inhabit a nicely fashioned set, revolved around that love, this was a major designed by Adam Stockhausen. The play problem. gives a third dimension to older folks - a This musical version of Triumph of Love segment of society so often forgotten about has its musical and comedic moments, but in modern. youth-oriented culture. as a whole didn't quite work. The stage The Gin Game runs through March 5 at design was uninteresting, the male lead did the Cabot Theatre of the Broadway Theatre insufficient work and most of the songs Center in downtown Milwaukee. For tickets were pedantic. Finally, it didn't seem to and further information. call (414) 291- know what it wanted to be. The characters 7800. seemed to be in an 18th century French garden. but they had Greek names. speak Triumph of of being in Sparta. and speak 1990s dialogue. Triumph of Love was a mixed bag, indeed. Love This review, unfortunately, is being print- Review by John Jahn ed here after the show ended February 13 SUNDAYS Pierre Marivauxis 18th century romantic at the Broadway Theatre Center. Space farce. Triumph of Love, is just the sort of restraints in previous issues delayed its work that can succeed as a musical. It's a printing until now. For tickets and further wonder, then, that it took 205 years for this information about upcoming Skyklight per- to happen (the original is from 1792; the formances, call (414) 291-7800.) musical adaptation premiered • just three Customer years ago). To this you can also add that an intimate setting, (such as the Broadway Theatre Center's Cabot Theatre), a good iji ibil t i cast, orchestra, artistic design and direc- 7// tion and, of course, an engaging musical 4 156 6INCOIM score will turn this charming tale into a suc- Appreciation cess. Marivauxis original text was updated and 3rd Annual adapted to this two-act musical by James Magruder. The result was an accessible International Arts Festival work that was easier to follow than the two Featuring Jewish Heritage century-old original. But of course, any Night musical lives or dies on the strength of its February 1- March 5 songs, and newcomers Jeffrey Stock and 273-FEST www.artsfest.com Susan Birkenhead only partly succeeded giving music and song to Triumph of Love. Cover present music No Only about one-in-four songs manages different trains to rise above the mundane and derivative. different times Highlighting act one the ballad, Serenity, March 5th sung by the recently smitten Hesione, 3 & 7:30pm (Anne Kanengeiser) and the finale. Teach lOpm - CLOSE Me Not To Love You, sung by the entire 271-0711 cast, which has a memorable tune and speaks well about the anguish that love can sometimes bring. The shorter second act Mai i ' , The Gin Game has Princess Leonide's, (Tad Kelly) What Have I Done?- her lament that all her plot- FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 5 • BROADWAY THEATRE CENTER ting may very well backfire and break CABOT THEATRE CENTER hearts more than win them; and Henchmen 158 NORTH BROADWAY Are Forgotten, sung by the scheming maid FOR TICKETS, CALL 291-7800 servant, Corine (Lisa Dames), the valet, Harlequin (Reginald Kurschner),- and gar- • • dener, Dimas (Jonathan West). This frolic- some, comic statement that those who A NIGHT IN FEBRUARY 3 - 27, 2000 help others fulfill their "evil deed" are OFF-BROADWAY THEATRE NOVEMBER 342 N OR T H W2A7T8E-R 7780STREET always forgotten and left behind, as they BY MARIE JONES say, "when the dirty work is done," is a TICKETS: Directed by C. Michael Wright gem. Featuring James Ridge 14 ght February 23 - 29, 2000 www.wilight.com

on Broadway by Mary Tyler Moore. The ago, and let me tell kick the reporter in the sad thing is that the Attic is a tiny 99-seat you, I almost didn't recog- face, sending him to the theatre described to me by one of nize him! The man is buffed hospital. Hollywood's leading players as (and I beyond belief (and I have the Although charges were LATE BREAKING STORY — LPI quote) "a shit hole". Even worse - tickets pictures to prove it). filed, Wally and John Publishing, the company that owns The are only $18! Poor Charlene! Granted, he may have planned to settle out of purchased Out Publishing, Advocate, just Let me lump a couple of the- toned up for the film (like court (my sources say of Out Magazine, publishers atre items together, because Brendan Fraser did for that Langham would HIV+ Magazine and some people say that I do too George of the Jungle), but have paid just over www.out.com. Many have much theatre. A musical about he's trying to keep this deli- $100,000 to make the Magazine will wondered if Out the life of Greta Garbo debuts cious bod around for as long whole incident go away). survive now that it's under in Stockholm next year, and as possible. Ironically. his But here's the interesting LPI's umbrella. However, TWO musicals about the improved physique (or, part - the judge has said Robert Hardman (chairman of Lindbergh baby case are in the rather, a scene where he that there will be no out- Out Publishing) will join the LPI works - because you know peo- admires it) inadvertently has of-court settlement due board and states, "The deal ple are dying to hear tunes been a point of contention Chris flan Bale to the hate-crime nature assures the long-term success about that! with the MPAA's rating the of the beating and slurs. of both magazines." You don't In other music news, I'm flick. Apparently, there is a scene in the I say let's get Court TV in there! believe him? Here's a little fact Charlene Tilton sorry to report that Patti film where Christian is having sex with two Could it be that RuPaul is allegedly try- - The Globe, Star and Enquirer LaBelle and her longtime female prostitutes and stops for a ing to get off drugs — again? So say tabloids are all owned bythe hubby, Armstead Edwards, moment to admire his rippling bod in the sources close to the statuesque drag same company! are splitting up. Although mirror (I do this ALL the time). Did I men- queen. Since Sundance, Ru has made Although that's a big they've only announced a tion that at the time of his narcissistic herself mighty scarce and has reportedly story, the most shocking separation, close friends of glance, he is sodomizing one of the prosti- shown up at certain "meetings" on both story that I heard this week the couple tell me that that tutes (practice coasts. Rumor has it is about my sister in gossip they are virtually living sepa- makes perfect)? If that the diva has even Charlene Tilton. When the rate lives and certainly head- you want to see this considered checking her- former Dallas beauty began ed for divorce. It's all been scene intact, wait for self into rehab to com- writing a gossip column for very amicable, but with the video release, pletely dry out. This The Globe, I was convinced Patti's roadwork, the couple since the theatrical would explain her sudden that she couldn't sink any has simply grown apart. version will be unavailability for co-host- lower. Now I hear even more Sad, sad, sad. trimmed in order to ing the March 10th Gay troubling news - Charlene is I'd better write about a earn an R rating. I VN porn awards with appearing in a production of Patti Labelle hot guy quick before I lose should add that my Bruce Vilanch due to a Whose Life Is It Anyway? at you completely. Have you sources who saw the "scheduling conflict". I Los Angeles' Attic Theatre through March heard about the film version of American unedited version at Kathy Najimy believe that Betty Ford 25th. Tilton will perform the female ver- Psycho? I bumped into Christian Bale a Sundance report keeps her guests under sion of the play that was previously done that there are no genitalia in sight. Damn lock and key! Good luck, Ru! it! Could it be that a costar of one of my Fans often ask me to write more about subjects this week has been dipping his books. The best book I've read in eons oh-so-delectable wick in other members of has to be Jackie, Ethel, Joan - Women of the same sex? The rumor mill has been Camelot by J. Randy abuzz about this hottie's Taraborelli. Many of you will sexual preferences ever know Taraborelli's name since word got out that he from his dishy celebrity bios enjoys hanging out in gay on Diana Ross, Michael clubs as much as he enjoys Jackson, Cher, Frank changing his hair color (for Sinatra, and others. But certain roles, I'm sure — but 121 W. Main St I. Madison this book on the Kennedy the eyebrows too?). Now 608_251.5838 Wives is really an extraordi- this so-called star's dal- nary accomplishment — it liances with men have been manages to be an exhaus- documented in black and Come Catch Coins & Beads tively researched and white by first-hand account- From The Millennium Men detailed book on these ings of his prodigious "tal- three very different women Bruce Vilanch ent". Run all you want, while remaining a breezy, fun, entertaining honey, but remember - there's a thin line TUESDAY read. Definitely pick it up! between gay and gay friendly, ya know! Two items from Veronica's Closet - 1) When I make you really work for a blind March 7th fpm-9prn Kathy Najimy has announced that she'll item, then we've definitely come to the leave the show at the end of the season end of yet another column. You know, peo- 7&7 for 770 (as if the show will be back next season!) ple have been saying that I've made the and 2) although Wallace Langham would recent blind items too easy and the clues like to settle with a gay reporter he alleged- too obvious. Hopefully, this one is just ly accosted, the judge has said no. To give hard enough. Maybe you've got some you some background on this story, Wally juicy gossip of your own to share with me. was grocery shopping with his girlfriend, I've proven that I can be discreet! To get %URN! Kerri, when the reporter (named John) in touch with me, go to my web site of allegedly made a comment about Kerri's vvww.filth2go.com or drop a note to my e- tattoo (granted. it's a pretty big tattoo cov- mail address of [email protected] and I ering most of her body). At that point, promise to get back to you before MEN Langham allegedly shouted anti-gay slurs Charlene Tilton wins a special Tony Award! at the reporter, punched him, knocked him Until next time, remember, one man's filth to the ground, and continued to punch and is another man's bible. www.wilight.com February 23 - 29, 2000 "gilt 15

1 j ir , )(i to was "typical white redneck male." He 0[ fa ] r1 Pi D asked me what I was reading, I told him. He asked if he could look at it, I handed it said it in my "Top Ten Films of 1999" these films were on my Top Ten list, with $v Ann Tnoreati to him. I watched him, he perused the article several weeks ago, and after The Insider as #1. I'll stick with it. They're not new on the Bookshelves pages, read the Preface, looked at the pic- / perusing the Academy Award nomi- BEST DIRECTOR but well worth reading. tures. He pulled out a pen from his pocket nations announced last week, I'll say it Sam Mendes (American Beauty), Spike and a piece of paper, wrote down the title, again: no single film stood head and Jonze (Being John Malkovich), Lasse author etc. Then he started reading it, the shoulders above the pack last year. The Hallstrom (The Cider House Rules), flight was one and a half hours, he most nominated film, American Beauty Michael Mann (The Insider), M. Night returned it just before landing. There was (with eight), has only Shyamalan (The Sixth a look in his eye, I can only describe as one nomination more Sense). one that said "I am beginning to under- than its closest com- JJ's Pick: stand." The book monger in me did not petitors, The Cider Michael Mann (The want to say what I did, but my spirit spoke House Rules and The Insider). An obvious instead. "Keep it, and enjoy." Insider. choice given my Best (Random House Paper, $14.00) Of the five films Picture preference. Hers 3 nominated for Best BEST ACTOR What an excellent contribution to the Picture, one truly does Russell Crowe history of Lesbian fiction. /// 1///: / stand out in one (Insider), Richard A Lesbian is driven to set fire to dis- sense: The Sixth Farnsworth (Straight carded matresses. A scientist discovers 110 Sense made more Story), Sean Penn the joy of karaoke singing. A young woman money than the other (Sweet and Best Supporting Actor Nominee Michael Caine waits for her lover to be released from four films, combined. in Lasse Hallstrom's The Cider House Rules Lowdown), Kevin prison. A woman masturbates on the Not surprisingly, the Spacey (American Tokyo subway (made me wish I lived in film that made the most money of all last Beauty), Denzel Washington ( The • Tokyo or New York). And another woman At Our Core• year, Star Wars: Episode I, was only nom- Hurricane). rises from lovemaking to stir up a magical inated for three technical categories (it JJ's Pick: Women Writing soup (I would love the recipe). highly deserves the Best If it were "Most Hunky," it Hers3 reveals the breadth of lesbian Visual Effects Oscar). would be Denzel by a mile, about Power imagination in twenty-one memorable sto- In the major acting cate- but I digress. Russell Sandra Haldeman Martz - whose best- ries that will provoke you, arouse you. sur- gories, 1999 makes histo- Crowe's performance as the selling anthology series celebrating prise you. This is a book that you will keep ry. Meryl Streep, nominat- terrorized, struggling whistle women's lives has created such best- for a long time and reread numerous ed in the Best Actress cat- blower comes out on top. selling books as I Am Becoming Woman I times. egory for Music of the BEST ACTRESS Wanted and When I Am Old I Shall Wear (Edited by Terry Wolverton, Heart, ties Katherine Annette Bening (American Purple — explores another profound issue Faber & Faber, $21.00 paper) Hepburn for having the Beauty), Janet McTeer for women: the concept of power in most Oscar nominations (Tumbleweeds), Julianne women's lives. It articulates the breadth ever - twelve. Haley Joel Moore (The End of the Spirit Dive and subtelty of what power looks like Osment, the haunted little Affair), Meryl Streep (Music This is the true story of Michael through a female lens. boy in The Sixth Sense, is of the Heart), Hilary Swank Cottman, African American man, and his Honest and courageous, these diverse the 3rd youngest Oscar (Boys Don't Cry). personal spirit journey as he researches voices honor and validate women's nominee (he's 11). Richard JJ's Pick: the History of the Henrietta Marie. The uniquely personal definition of power. Fifty- Farnsworth, meanwhile, Hilary Swank was superb Henrietta Marie is a sunken ship off the six stories and poems and fifteen pho- Best Director Nominee as Teena; undeniably the tographs paint a compelling tale, rich and makes history at the oppo- Michael Mann for The Insider. coast of the Florida Keys, a slave ship. It site end of the spectrum - best of this otherwise mid- brings to life the emotion, the connection complex with images that will stay with you at 79, he's the oldest Oscar nominee dling group of nominees. with the past every African American feels. for a long time. ever for an acting role. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Powerful, when the skin diver first Excellent read from beginning to end. Finally, the LGBT community can be Michael Caine (The Cider House touches the leg irons and realizes what After you read find a place on the book- proud of the fact that two young actress- Rules), Tom Cruise (Magnolia), Michael C. they are, you are there. You feel the pain, shelf, right next to When I am Old, you will es have been nominated Duncan (The Green Mile), Jude Law (The the anger, the souls of the stolen away, return to it, and find yourself remembering for their excellent perfor- Talented Mr. Ripley), Haley kidnapped and enslaved for profit. excepts. A must read for all women. mances in the hard-hitting J. Osment (The Sixth I was reading this book on a plane a few (Papier-Mache Press, $11.00 paper) Boys Don't Cry, the story of Sense). weeks ago. The individual I was sitting next the last, tragic days of JJ's Pick: Transgendered teenager, A tough choice here, but I'll go with Caine's heart- Brandon Teena. The Men's Club Book Discussion Group is Here are my personal felt, fine performance of a VNE picks for the major Maine orphanage doctor. open to anyone interested in discussing books Academy Awards cate- BEST SUPPORTING related to gay/bisexual male issues and meets NEM ©LW gories. Mind you, these are ACTRESS the final Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm. not predictions, but my per- Toni Collette (The Sixth DOCA DISCUSMON sonal choices for the best Sense), Angelina Jolie February 20 (Girl, Interrupted), of each category. The two Men on Men .2000. are, alas, not necessarily Catherine Keener (Being 6ROUP Best New Gay Fiction for the Millenium the same thing. John Malkovich), Best Actor Nominee Samantha Morton (Sweet BEST PICTURE Russel Crowe in the Insider. March 28 American Beauty, The and Lowdown), Chloe Cider House Rules, The Green Mile, The Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry). Now Its Time To goy Goodbye BORDERS Insider, The Sixth Sense. JJ's Pick: by David Peck 21 /3 Zeier Road JJ's Pick: My -_voice is Sevigny, as Teena's trou- Madison, WI It's a tough choice. Four out of five of bled girlfriend, hands down. Coll 608.240.0080 for details. 16 Light February 23 - 29, 2000 www.wi lig ht.com

actually help put him in the White House. HIV/AIDS Support Group, Renaissance Healing Arts The truth is, McCain has been falsely theyAgert Cntr. (Green Bay): Free. confidential. open to all affect- ga ed/infected with the virus. Meets first and third pumped up in the media (and by the Log era Wednesdays at 311 S. Jefferson St.. 7:30-9pm. Call Leshifin Cabin Republicans) as a moderate and a mav- (920) 437-4325. erick, when he's almost as far to the right as Les/Bi Curious Women's Group, LGBT Campus Center Lesbian Support/Discussion Group, BestD (Madison): Open to interested UWM women. meets Notions Bush. The Arizona senator is anti-choice, sup- Clinic (Milwaukee): CANCELED. every Wednesday at 8pm. at the LGBT Campus Center. by Paula Martinac ports the military's "don't ask, don't tell" poli- 23 Visibility Committee Meeting OutReach UW Memorial Union. 800 Langdon St. cy and the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act, Inc. (Madison): Talk about how to make OutReach more Nothing To Hide, WYOU (Madison): Cable Channel 4, visible by communicating better; address brochure and 9pm. opposes the Employment Non-Discrimination poster development. wilting and sending press releases Queer Chicks, (Madison): Social group for women Revisionist Actism Act and the Hate Crimes Protection Act, and and article, agency involvement in the community. meets every Wednesday at 7pm, 219 N. Hamilton St., has called homosexuality "a lifestyle I don't OutReach Community Center, 600 Williamson St.; 6pm, (608) 2653344 n a subversive attempt to block the (608) 255-8582. nomination of George W. Bush, some approve WAD this makes it highly debatable whether a McCain presidency would be "bet- Social Activities Group Meeting OutReach everyHIM AA/SCA meetings, Galano gay and lesbian Democrats are regis- I ter" than a Bush presidency for lesbians and Inc. (Madison): Help us decide on more Club (Milwaukee): AA/Sexual Compulsives Anonymous tering as Republicans so they can cast their activities outside of bar settings that are (SCA), 7pm. Galano Club, 2408 N. Farwell Ave.; 7pm, votes for John McCain in the primaries. No gay men. open and accessible to all community members, orga- (414) 276-6936 Ultimately, though, there is something inter- nize and publicize these alternative activities. OutReach Maybe Baby Support Group, LGBT Family Group matter what you think of this "radical vot- Community Center, 600 Williamson St.; 6pm, (608) 255- (Milwaukee): Meets every second Thursday at the ing," the tactic suggests that a number of us esting and hopeful about the "get out the pri- 8582. Community Center from 7pm; for LGBT folks considering are ready for more creative forms of mary vote for McCain" stratagem. The willing- Ga'y and Christian Seminar, Chapel of Hope donor insemination, adoption, surrogacy or foster parent- ness of some gay Democrats to do whatever it ing. activism. (Milwaukee): A seminar on Christian Contact Andrew Warner (414) 964-1513 or takes to stop the Texas governor's ascent to Ethics. History and Theology, with very spe- [email protected] I first heard about the cial guest speakers: Dr. Daniel Mcguire (Marquette Non-denominational Religious Service, Metropolitan McCain scheme when the the throne suggests that our com- Community Church (Milwaukee): 1239 W. Mineral St. University); Rev. Lew Broyles, Senior Pastor at Milwaukee National Gay Lobby, an munity may be ready for some MCC; Dr. Terry Boughner, author and history professor. 7pm (414) 383-1100 fresh forms of activism. Milw. LGBT Community Center, 170 S. 2nd St.; 1- Youth Meeting GALAXY (La Crosse): FOR LGBT youth Internet activist group, pro- 5:30pm; www.chapelofhope.org (414) 297-9116. and their straight friends, ages 21 and under. Every posed that all- gay Democrats What would our revisioned Thursday from 7-9pm, at the HiV+ Gay Men's Social, BESTD Clinic (Milwaukee): ARCW offices, 1707 Main switch parties for the pri- activism look like? One thing I'd Premiere of new monthly event. Tired of bars? Looking St., Suite 420. Call (608) 781-2783 for more info. like to see happen is a massive for people like yourself to spend time together? Drop-in maries. NGUs reasoning was center provides the setting organizing of gay people and their and opportunity. Last every AA meetings. Galano Club that Al Gore and Bill Bradley Saturday of every month. 1240 E. Brady St. (side door, allies as tax resisters. (Milwaukee): 5:30pm: AA Sixty Minutes Group (Topic); are both acceptable candi- You've got to closest to street) 8-Midnight (414) 353-4798 7pm: AA Group 794 (Step/Topic). Plus FILM Night, dates, so voting in the questio% the sanity of paying the Rim Circle Screens: Westier - East of the screens at 8:15pm. Galano Club, 2408 N. Farwell Ave.; government to deny us the right to Wail, Frontiers Men's Club (Madison): The Democratic primaries is essen- 7pm, (414) 276-6936 marry, serve openly in the military, Ilefirst feature by Weiland Speck, a vet of Youth Drop In Activities, Project Q (Milwaukee): Art pro- tially a wash. But the queer short films finds this romantic love story set jects. movies, game nights, tutoring, support and discus- Republican primaries, the be protected from hate crimes, live before the crumbling of the Berlin Wall, between an East sion groups. Milw. LGBT Community Center, 170 S. 2nd thinking goes, are an entirely without workplace discrimina- and West Berliner. Call (608) 825-7116 for location and St. 5-10:30pm; (414) 223-3220 tion, and, in many states, have legal directions. 7:30pm, different ballgame: McCain, a Republican consensual sex.Talk about taxation Men's Club Book Group, Borders Books even, AA Meetings, Galano Club self-proclaimed "reformer" Presidential Candidate and Music East (Madison): Discuss Men (Milwaukee): Group 1094. meets at 7:30pm: Galano who has at least met with the George W. Bush without representation. ico on Men 2000: Best New Gay Fiction for the Club, 2408 N. Farwell Ave.; (414) 276-6936 It would be great, too, to orga- Log Cabin Republicans, would Millennium. This group meets the last Tuesday and is Gay Film Screenings, Madison Gay Video Club nize many more high-profile lawsuits on the open to anyone interested in discussing books related to (Madison): Screens non-X and X-rated Gay men's films be a better choice than Bush as the Gay/Bi male issues. Call (6081240-0080 for more info. every other Saturday at 8pm. Call eves for location/info: Republican presidential candidate. Jamie Nabozny model. Nabozny was the 2173 Zeier Road, 7pm. (608) 244-8675. Since the online group first vetted this plan queer teenager who, after 'being repeatedly Movie Night. Community Center (Milwaukee): Stop by harassed and beaten up by fellow students, and enjoy some films, every Saturday night from 6-10pm. last month, I've heard the same idea eagerly March Milw. LGBT Community Center, 170 S. 2nd St.: (414) suggested by other people who aren't even won a big settlement against his school dis- Galaxy Committee, GALAXY (La Crosse): 271-2656. familiar with NGL. Mainstream media, too, trict for failing to protect him. likewise, the „ Monthly committee meeting, Room Social Volleyball, GAMMA (Milwaukee): Every Sat. at 2000, La have been reporting about a flood of regis- parents of BarryWinchell, the gay soldier who 1 Crosse Co. Office Building, 300 N. 4th St.; 4- UWM Engelman Gym, 2033 W. Hartford Ave. 1-3pm, $2 was bashed to death at Fort Campbell, are 6pm, (608) 781-2783. members, $3 others, John (414) 540-1202. tered Democrats changing party affiliation for a [ciewish Lesbian comedian Suzy Berger>, UW the primaries - many out of a sin- weighing the possibility of a Oshkosh's Women's Advisory Council (Oshkosh): —7 sun- AA Meetings, Galano Club cere admiration for McCain, but wrongful death suit against the U.S. Nationally acclaimed comedian who has gotten rave (Milwaukee): 10:30am: Group 394 (Step/Topic); Army. Imagine all the institutions reviews. Reeve union, UW Oshkosh Campus, 7pm, FREE 10:30am: Al-Anon Papillion Group: 6pm: SCA (Sexual many, I would venture, in protest admission. Compulsives); 8pm: AA Group 1394 (Big Book). Galano against Bush. According to the that could be targeted for either Club, 2408 N. Farwell Ave.; Gay Men's Writing Group, Milw. LGBT 7pm, (414) 276-6936 New York Times, not protecting gay people or for Catholic Church Services, thousands of Community Center (Milwaukee): First Thursday Prince of Peace (Milwaukee): encouraging anti-gay violence. A church community that not only Democratic voters in 2and third Monday of the month, for writers, welcomes diversity but celebrates it. 1138 S. 25th St. Here's another thought:In 1964, poets, essayists and all other wordsmiths. Write, share 9:30am (414) 645- Massachusetts who have recently 8786. and critique each others work. 170 S. 2nd Street; 6pm changed black civil rights activist Bayard parties have admitted to Republican Presidential call (414) 271-2656. Celebration Services, New Thought Community Church Rustin (who was also a gay man) (Milwaukee): Experience a different kind of church that state officials that they plan to Candidate John McCain Winter Pow Wow, Indian Summer Festival respects your unique spiritual path. Youth education and switch back immediately after the organized a boycott of New York (Milwaukee): American Indian crafts, food and teen program, weekly classes in Universal Spirituality. City public schools to protest the 4traditional singing and dancing. Trader's area, primary. Every Sunday, Congregation Emau-El, 2419 E. Kenwood poster contest slowness of integration in the school system. The Spirit Lives On - A Culture for All Time Blvd.; 10:30am, (414) 273-1970. On one hand, this type of electoral activism is the theme. Grand entry times 1 Four hundred thousand and 7pm today, 1pm Chorus Practice, Perfect Harmony (Madison): Practices is intriguing.You may contend that it deliber- people stayed home on Sunday. Grand Entries are special intertribal dances, 7-9pm,at Grace Episcopal Church, 116 W. Washington. ately subverts the democratic process, but I'd from school that day. How about a day when audience members are invited to watch of join in the pow Ed (608) 849-3861. wow. Hours today are Noon all queer teachers, administrators, school to 10pm, Sunday 11am- Non-denominational Religious Service, Metropolitan argue that the government deliberately sub- 7pm. Continues tomorrow, Wisconsin State Fair employees, students, and their allies stay Park, Community Church (Milwaukee): 1239 W. Mineral St. verts gay rights. I considered switching parties home Trade Mart Building, 8100 W. Greenfield, (414) 774- 11am (414) 383-1100 to protest anti-gay harassment and discrimina- 7119. myself, because I can't stand the thought of PineapplE, Political Individuals negotiating exchange, tion in schools? yet another President Bush - and this one, as LGBT Catholic Discussion Group, Rebuilding attitude plus pride leads to Equality (Sheboygan): Newly If we think inventively, progressive gay peo- Faith (Milwaukee): Monthly discussion group formed LGBT support group in the Sheboygan Lakeshore a friend of mine puts it, is "a puppet stuffed 5 topic , 10:30am-noon, 613 S. 4th St., Holy cuss and participate. 7pm, Call (920) 451-8722. I read with interest and amusement, too, this country's political future. Trinity/Guadalupe School. FMI (414) 481-8543. Square Dancing Cream City Squares (Milwaukee): Lessons and dancing every Sunday 1-4pm, call for loca- about gay journalist Dan Savage's infiltration tion: (414) 445-8080. of the Iowa everYVVIIIIL AA meetings, Galano Club Republican caucus. Party officials Worship Services, Metropolitan Community Church Paula Martinac is the (Milwaukee): 8pm: AA Group 494 (12/12). Galano there didn't bother to check Savage's registra- (Appleton): Every Sunday. 7pm: 815 N. Richmond. Club, 2408 N. Farwell Ave.: 7pm, i414) 276-6936 Worship Services, Metropolitan Community Church tion. So, although he's not an Iowa resident, author of seven Couple/Swing/Line/2 Step Lessons and Dance, (Green Bay): Every Sunday. 3607 Libal St.. A)loeuz. Savage was able to cast a renegade vote for Dairyland Cowboys and Cowgirls (Madison): Learn vari- 11am. books, including ous dance moves, then participate in open dancing, Alan Keyes, reasoning that, if he won, the smoke free environment, cash bar, ail welcome. Every everyman. extremist Keyes would have the least likely The Lesbian and Gay Wednesday, Sapphire Ballroom, 1133 N. Sherman Ave. A.4 Group. Galano Club chance of gaining the presidency in 7pm-12am; $3 suggested donation. (608) 255-9131 (Milwaukee): This M group focuses on spirituality and Book of Love and meets at 7:30pm every Monday. 2408 N. Farwell Ave., November. • Gay/Bi Men's Alanon Group, United Methodist Church (Madison): Every Wednesday at 6pm, 1127 University (414) 276-6936. Despite the perverse appeal of this kind of Marriage. She can be Ave.. FMI call (608) 846-2860. Rainbow Alliance for Hope, UW Oshkosh LGBT Group activism, I let the deadline for changing parties GLB Veterans Meeting, Madison Vet Center (Madison): (Oshkosh): Meets weekly at 9pm generally in Reeve reached in care of Meets every Wednesday, 5pm at 147 S. Butler, call Union. Other special events, too. 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