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Find Out Why in Our Interview on Page 4 Clinton Endorses IN Hate Crime Bill by Kevin Galvin Washington (AP) — President Clin- UW Religious Right Case Goes To U.S. Supreme Court ton has endorsed a bill that would expand federal hate crime laws to include offenses educational mission that as a based on sexual orientation, White House by Mike Leon Two religious right legal foundations University's subsidizes a wide range of ideas. officials said on April 5. of the IN Step staff are aiding the plaintiffs in Southworth: The whole is called "public Congress failed to act on similar legis- Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund and This legal reasoning Madison — The future of subsidized the Virginia-based Northstar Legal Center. forum," "forum-creation" or "metaphysi- lation last year. student groups at colleges across the Clinton also will direct that colleges be The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is cal forum" analysis. nation may depend on the judicial inter- her dissent- required to report hate crimes annually closely aligned with major religious right Judge Diane P. Wood in pretation of the constitutionality of a petition in and announce a public-private partnership organizations, and has contributed some ing opinion on the en banc public forum in a university setting. $70,000 to this litigation, according to the Seventh Circuit agreed. "In my view, designed to educate middle school stu- In a potentially landmark case accept- dents against intolerance. the plaintiffs' attorney, Jordan Lorence of there is a dispositive difference for First ed for argument by the U.S. Supreme the Northstar Legal Center. Amendment purposes between requiring The partnership will involve AT&T, Court on March 29, the funding of stu- Court TV, Cable in the Classroom and the On its Web site, the ADF boasts of a someone to fund a forum, and requiring dent groups by mandatory student fees is coordinated national strategy to implement someone to support the speech of any or being challenged in Southworth v. Grebe. its Christian ideology as legal doctrine, all speakers who come to use the forum," Five University of Wisconsin gradu- fighting "radical activists (who) are waging wrote Wood. ates are plaintiffs in the case. They suc- legal warfare against people of faith." Universities have long subsidized stu- cessfully argued in federal court in 1996 Although the Christian plaintiffs dent groups as a means of informal learn- that funding as part of their tuition of 18 sound like civil libertarians in their decla- ing outside the classroom. In her dissent- student groups they disapprove of — ration of First Amendment rights, their ing opinion on the en banc petition, including the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and right-wing, homophobic Christian con- Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner acknowl- Transgender Center, Amnesty Interna- cerns in Southworth are further revealed in edged this aspect of a higher education: tional and the Campus Women's Center interviews when they espouse a world view "Numerous courts have recognized that — violates their First Amendment right which sees liberal universities, LGBT orga- the free expression of a wide range of not to engage in compelled political and nizations, and groups like the A.C.L.U., ideas is central to the educational mission ideological speech, and their right to free- an amicus party to the Court, as doing bat- of a university, teaching students to sepa- dom of association. tle with their Christian nation. rate the `wheat from the chaff.'" The case represents a legal front in the "The ACLU is going to take a fall. Another amicus party, the Lambda religious right's can't-stop culture war at col- They're better named, `the Anti-Christian Legal Defense and Education Fund, leges where diversity, and tolerance of dif- Lawyers Union'. They take cases against framed the controversy as consisting of ferent sexual orientations are both conspic- Christians. And my faith has motivated. those supporting open forums and diverse uous cultural features — student groups me to take a stand. We should not be views and those, like right-wing Chris- President Clinton being among the most visible incarnations. forced to fund liberal ideologies against tians, who can't stand opposing views. In a controversial decision, a three- National Middle Schools Association our beliefs," says UW law school graduate "Just as taxpayers cannot request a judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals Scott Southworth, now working as a leg- refund when the Mall in Washington, working with the Justice and Education for the Seventh Circuit, with jurisdiction departments to develop curricula to com- islative aide in the Wisconsin Legislature. D.C., is used to hold a rally they dislike, over three midwestern states, unanimously "The University has admitted if the the objecting students can't be exempted bat intolerance. affirmed the decision on Aug. 10, 1998. A "The president is signing this directive KKK and the Nazi's form student groups, from supporting a campus forum that UW petition for an en banc hearing, a they would force Black and Jewish students allows expression on all sides of the polit- to increase public awareness and informa- hearing before the full circuit, was denied tion about hate crimes among young peo- to fund these groups. That's wrong." ical spectrum," said Lambda Legal Direc- in late October by a seven-to-four vote. The plaintiffs' constitutional argu- tor Beatrice Dohrn. ple and doing whatever he can in his The Seventh Circuit's ruling for the power to advance this cause while we.wait ment centering on its interpretation of Heading into the new millennium, Christian plaintiffs concludes: "Funding funding student groups rests upon the the public academy is faced with the per- for Congress to act," said Bruce Reed, the of private organizations (the student White House director of public policy. well established corollary First Amend- verse prospect of a primary_educational groups) which engage in political and ide- ment right not to be compelled to subsi- mission, serving as an open forum for The idea for the middle schools program ological activities is not germane to a uni- grew out of a White House conference on dize another's speech. ideas, being court-ordered to consider- versity's educational mission, and even if The Wisconsin Department of Justice ably dismantle by reason of religious con- hate crimes that generated a lot of anecdotal it were, there is no vital interest in com- information about ethnic and racial insensi- representing the UW System, and the servatives' aversion to modern culture in pelled funding, and the burden on the ACLU of Wisconsin, an Amicus party, the name of the First Amendment. tivities among school children, officials said. plaintiffs' First Amendment right to 'free- The aim, said a White House official argued that the fee system encouraging dom of belief' outweighs any governmen- the formation of student organizations is who spoke on condition of anonymity, is tal interest." to "nip intolerance in the bud" by educat- a non-spatial public fore vital to the ing _children about its consequences. In addition, Clinton will direct the Justice and Education departments to nized prayer at public school football games. require that college campuses provide spe- Yet Bush also has avoided taking stands on specific legisla- cific information about hate crimes in• the Bush's Anti-Gay Stance tion that would enact into law some of these positions that are campus crime statistics they provide to law unpalatable to many American voters. enforcement each year. The result has been a barrage of attacks from the right and the The information will be used to gener- Leaves Log Cabin Cold left. Gay rights and civil rights groups have attacked Bush on his ate hard data on how crimes of violence Austin — The first litmus relate to intolerance on college campuses, test of Texas Gov. George W. the official said. Bush's quest for the Republi- Bush has said that: he opposes Clinton's hate crimes legislation died in can presidential nomination committee in the House and Senate last year. has just arrived. gay people being able to adopt The initiative was reintroduced last month While Texans and some by a bipartisan group of children and he opposes includ- lawmakers, includ- • 4 Republicans may have a firm ing Sens. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and image of who Bush is, on the Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Reps. ing sexual orientation in a list of John Cony- stage of national politics he is ers, D-Mich., and Connie Morella, R-Md. largely unknown. characteristics included in a Under the bill, current law would be Texas Gov. George W. Bush In that vacuum, Bush's expanded so the Justice Department could friends and enemies have been rapidly trying to define his image [Texas] hate-crimes prosecute crimes based on a person's sex, as a conservative, a moderate, in the mainstream, out of the sexual orientation or disability. Now, the mainstream, against abortion rights, soft on ending abortions. position on hate crimes, even though he has said he will not decide statute only covers crimes based on race, "He's a bit of a Rorschach test," said Richard Tafel, executive whether to sign a hate- crimes bill until it arrives on his desk. color, religion or national origin. director of the Log Cabin Republicans, a GOP gay rights group. Despite attacks on Bush from the right, it is clear that he is Also, the bill would make federal pros- "People are projecting onto him what they want to. Particularly not as moderate as some of the other potential candidates and ecution of hate crimes easier. Current law moderates are hopeful that he will be messianic in saving the possible vice presidential candidates. limits prosecution to situations where the party from the rise of the right wing." U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a likely presidential can- victim is targeted for engaging in certain But Tafel, whose group was disappointed last week by stands didate, supports the "big-tent" view on abortion rights. McCain federally protected activities, such as serving Bush took against gay rights, said Bush's clean slate could cause also has said he believes a homosexual could be president of the on a jury, voting or attending public school. people's high expectations of him to crash. United States. More than 40 states have hate crimes In the framework of launching his presidential exploratory bid, New York Gov. George Pataki, considering a favorite-son laws but. only 21 cover sexual orientation, Bush has tried to define himself as a "compassionate conservative." presidential candidacy in his state, has favored abortion rights 22 cover gender and 21 cover disability. Bush has said he will have evolving positions on national and prohibits discrimination against gays. Sponsors are hoping that outrage over issues different in many respects from those of his father, former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, frequently men- recent highly publicized killings will fuel President George Bush. While his father was an international- tioned as a possible vice presidential candidate, clearly favors support for the measure this year. ist, the governor already has used America-first rhetoric. abortion rights and supports some gay and lesbian causes. And in the last few weeks, Bush has said that: Abortion is morally wrong; he opposes gay people being able to adopt chil- On our cover: dren; he opposes including sexual orientation in a list of charac- Mary Messerlie, Photo: Jorge Cabal teristics included in a state hate-crimes bill; he supports orga-

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In adi- MM: I expect at one point that was prob- Gala on Saturday night at the War Memorial Cen- tion to being one of the state's oldest ably a pretty accurate statement, and I ter, and a farewell brunch at Fannies on Sunday, LGBT organizations, CCF gave away would say that that's what it needed to be at when we started to take over (laughter). followed by open dancing and a dance swap. over $17,000 in grants to LGBT oganiza- that particular time. I think we need to fast IN Step: Did they? tions and projects in 1998. forward to the late 1990s. As we get ready Weekend packages are currently available MM: Of course there were struggles. Recently, at the IN Step World Hea for the millennium, clearly that's not the Anytime you change the complexion of for all these events by mail. Send $25 to Shore- complexion of who we are today. Many of your power base, you're going to have a line, P.O. Box 510238, Milwaukee, WI 53203- IN Step: You're the new president organizations, from a financial standpoint, pretense of some winners and some of the Cream City Foundation. started out to be not only a "boys' club," losers. Now I don't think that that's new 0051. You may also purchase the package from When did you get that job? but a "white boys club" and they evolved to Shoreline members. Individual tickets may be to CCF. You take any organization and if Mary Messerlee: January of this year. be more inclusive as women and people of you have somewhat of a dominant cul- purchased for the Country Dance Gala for $10 Actually [previous board president] Tony color got to have more economic influence ture, whether it be men or women or prior to the event or $15 at the door. Admission Rhodes and I were transitioning that for in the community. people of color, and you shift that to about a year when I was executive vice- to all other events is on a first-come first-serve IN Step: The CCF is different now? make it more broad based and more president. MM: Absolutely, in terms of women on reflective of the community, you're basis. For more ticket information call Shoreline IN Step: How many people are on the board. First of all I happen to be the bound to get into some struggles. at (414) 747-0388. the board? president, so that in and of itself speaks of The thing that I always focus in on at This year's charitable recipients are the Cream MM: Currently we have 12 people and a significant endorsement to have a the the end of the day is that it turned out we would like to get up to 15, which is chief officer be a woman. Prior to my differently. So, the people had the City Foundation, a local foundation supporting the what our by-laws would allow for. tenure, Tony Rhodes was the first courage at the time over the years and community, and Camp Heartland, a camp for LGBT IN Step: Are there gender and African-American male. He was the pres- today they still plow forward with some ident of the Foundation for a number of of those things. You have to ask, "Is it children affected by the crisis. Special room rates race parity requirements in your are available for out of town guests at the down- years. Also from a gender parity view, okay to let go of some of my power?" bylaws? there are two other women on the board. Obviously, it was because we are a very town Hyatt Hotel. Call (800) 233-1234 or (414) MM: Not in the bylaws, no. We looked and ... we're looking at getting one or two different organization today. That gives 276-1234 for more information on room rates. at what the Milwaukee LGBT Commu- other women. those people a lot of credit, notwith- nity Center did with that and as much as So right out of the gate, you see a lot standing that there were probably some ABA Returns to I certainly admire and respect that, to put of gender parity. From that we're very very difficult times. it in the by-laws does not give the flexi- sensitive from an age standpoint. We When I came on the board, there was M&M Club bility that we need. We are definitely very don't want a lot of "old farts" on board, really a lot of receptiveness and a lot of sensitive to gender, racial and socio-eco- we want to be a little bit more reflective encouragement to bring women aboard. I Milwaukee — The Alternative Business nomic parity. I think we'd like to broaden of the community we serve. think the men on the board at the time Association , Inc. ABA). will return to the M&M Club, that and I think that if you put too much that I joined, as well as men prior, knew in your bylaws, it does not allow you to IN Step: Were there struggles 124 N. Water St. on April 21, at 7 p.m. for its within the organization as the that they brought the organization to a be reflective of whatever the community certain level and now they needed other changes occurred? Anniversary Meeting. The meeting's keynote speak- happens to be in terms of a complexion people bring it to the next level. I hope in MM: Not at all! Those fellows loved it er will be David Zepecki, Director of Economic standpoint. my tenure as president to bring it to a Development for Milwaukee County. ABA has been level, and then I'll leave and other good growing rapidly since Priderest '98 and asks mem- stewards will take over and bring it to yet another level. But letting go is really, real- bers and prospective members to join them for this ly tough. You just don't like to share that informational program, to meet the new board and power once you've had it. officers, and to share hors d'oeuvres and cake. B.Plnribas IN Step: What do you see the mis- Tim Marshall stated, "The ABA is showing sion of the Cream City Foundation strong growth, both in the programming area to be now? What projects are you Munn working on? and membership development. This enhances the MM: From a broad based standpoint, stability of the ABA. The recent addition of Scott It means "out of many, one" and appears on the frequently, as in any foundation is the Edgerton to the board of directors, along with his Great Seal of the United States. It also sums up the redistribution of funds. We want to fund- enthusiastic leadership in events programming attitude that the team at Affiliated raise to the best of our ability and reach a Mortgage capacity level so we can redistribute those has helped increase positive programs to the brings to the home lending business. An attitude funds into community organizations that ABA." For further information you may contact that says that the strength of any community is in would meet the goals and objectives of the ABA Enhanced Hotline at (414) 299-9271. the gay and lesbian community. Of its diversity. In our second decade, our mission is course, we're 501 (c) (3), so we can't get Lesbian Support to continue to provide the best advice and into the political stuff, but certainly we can do a lot in terms of advancing the Group For Breast unmatched customer service to all who choose to LGBT agendas that we all have in terms be our clients. of having a more equal access and level- Cancer Forms ing that playing field. Madison — A lesbian health support Call us, and see the difference that IN Step: The foundation is looking group is forming for those who are living with at adding a full-time staff person... respect, discretion, and over one billion MM: Yes that's correct. We've kind of breast cancer or other serious illnesses. The Les- toyed with that off and on from one to bian Health Issues Task Force of Dane County is dollars in closed home loans can make three years. There's a funding considera- sponsoring this group with support from the tion and we have to be very, very careful to your home purchase, construction, because we have 3. fiduciary responsibility. Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. or refinance. For yourself, as you have contributed to the This group is confidential and time limited. Foundation over the years, we need to be The group will begin meeting when six to eight very careful that we're having a fiduciary responsibility and a commitment to your women are interested. Female partners and money. We're not going to take your money friends are welcome. Please call in advance to reg- 453-6700 and go then out and spend it for staff. You ister any special needs you may have. To register have an expectation, at least today, when or for more information, call Tamar Zick at (608) A you give money to CCF that it's going to go 1233 North Mayfair Road to programming. 256-6570. For more information about the Task Suite 202 AFFILIATED IN Step: What would he or she be Force, call Kari Sievert at (608) 242-6392. MORTGAGE doing in that position? Why would Wabwatosa, WI 53226 ek FINANCIAL CORPORATION you need one? lLitA April 8 - April i4, 1999 ' IN Step www.instepnews.com IN Step: What would he or she be doing in that posi- something that's a whole different story, and from that there's WCA Schedules tion? Why would you need one? going to be some different objectives. I think it's really impor- MM: We haven't even begun to reach our capacity in terms of tant to emphasis different. Not better than or worse than, but Monthly Meetings the Foundation. We're an all-volunteer organization, and we just simply different! You're going to have more child care needs have done incredibly well at what we've been able to do in from a woman's standpoint. Milwaukee — In June, members of LGBT terms of re-allocating our funds back into the community and There are a bit more age-related needs, not that I'm not groups from several Milwaukee-area companies doing what we need to do. But if we're going to get to the next supportive of that. Increasingly I think that you find that men level, if we're going to be rally fully committed to ours goals are now getting on the health bandwagon for the women, so held a joint meeting to discuss forming an alliance and objectives in servicing the LGBT community, then we you have find men showing up for breast cancer and cervical between the groups. Out of this meeting the Wis- need to have an executive director. We need to have a dedicat- cancer related issues. Women have certainly been a_ part of consin Corporate Alliance (WCA) was born. ed resource. AIDS, whereas from a representative standpoint lesbian women tend to be, from what I understand, the lowest risk. The mission of WCA is to provide a safe and IN Step: You could have picked any organization in the supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual community to be involved with. Why have you chosen IN Step: Who do you think is doing a really good job and transgender the Cream City Foundation? in our community right now? employees in the workplace. WCA MM: That's a great question, because I was also very active for MM: I think the fact that Neil Albrecht is a mover and shaker in hopes to achieve this goal by serving as an a number of years with LAMM, and I've been involved with a the Community Center is outstanding. I think that Doug Nel- umbrella organization to corporate LGBT groups son is still a highly regarded leader as is Ery Uecker and Ross number of other organizations. When it was clear that perhaps, and individuals, being a resource for new LGBT I was going to be going into the presidency, I really made a Walker. Karen Goetzler is perhaps not as visible as she once was commitment to the Foundation not to take any other leader- in the gay and lesbian community, but I think she's outstanding. groups, promoting diversity initiatives and encour- ship or officer positions in community organizations. First of I couldn't say enough good things about the significant con- aging personal and professional growth and tribution that Tom all, I really didn't think that it was going to be fair to my part- Reed has made to our corporate perspective development of LGBT employees. ner and myself. Margaret wouldn't appreciate it I had some- in bringing us a little bit more visibility. John Wirth is one of the thing going on every night. current heads of the Challenging Parry and they've done a phe- Currently WCA is organizing a LGBT roundtable I also have a full-time job that I very much enjoy. I made the com- nomenal job over the years. There's Stephanie Hume. And then, for representatives from its member corporations as mitment to the Foundation because I really get excited about what of course, there's Tony Rhodes. I think the world of him. He was well as making plans for involvement in PrideFest somewhat of a pioneer in taking over the leadership of CCF. I we're doing. We're a mover and shaker organization. I think it's an '99. WCA is open to all active and retired employees incredibly dynamic organization, and I think what we said at the have a great deal of admiration and respect for what he's done onset of this interview about the "old boys network" was true once and he had the courage to lead the Foundation over the years. of Wisconsin companies. Monthly meetings are held upon a time. We continue to be proud of that heritage, but that's IN Step: Your partner is Margaret Flood and she's at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, 170 S. not who we are today. We're a very different organization. That pretty well known in the community. How long have 2nd St., every third Wednesday of the month at speaks very loudly to the dynamics of the people and supporters you two been together? 5:30 p.m. Please join us at our next meeting on April over the years. I really want to be a part of that. MM: Five plus years. Blissful years, I might add. 21. For more information, please contact the WCA at IN Step: How do you assess the needs of this community IN Step: Blissful? Are you buttering her up now? right now and the state that it's at? The Community Cen- MM: You betcha! (414) 284-3295. ter has just opened. How do you see that working out? IN Step: Is there anything else that's important that MIL-M-AIDS Bowling MM: I think that it was a phenomenal achievement. I just con- you wanted to add? gratulate the board of directors of the Community Center and MM: I could not emphasize enough that people still need to be Tournament Slated Neil Albrecht, who is the first paid staff member. I'm just mindful of their ability to contribute to organizations and, delighted that they were able to do that so quickly. I think that hopefully, the Cream City Foundation. We feel we make it eas- Milwaukee — MIL-M-AIDS invites bowlers our community is probably right on the cusp of doing some ier for the donor. And what I mean by that is when you take an really phenomenal things. and non-bowlers to participate in thel 2th annual average donor that is not aware and may be a man who wants MIL-M-AIDS bowling tournament scheduled to We have PrideFest, that over the years has gone from Juneau to give some money to a woman's organization, and they don't Park to Veteran's Park and now the Maier Festival Park. We're part of know about LAMM, the real value of an organization like CCF take place at noon on Saturday, April 11, at the the big players in terms of Summerfest. This past year we just elect- is that they have the ability to make it easier for the donor. Red Carpet Bowlero, 11131 W. Burleigh St. The ed Tammy Baldwin to Congress. I know she doesn't represent us, [but] she certainly has a lot of support from the Milwaukee com- IN Step: Who would you be giving grants to? I'm entry fee is $25, which includes bowling, a buffet, munity. sure there are a lot of groups and organizations that prizes and donation. This year they expect in I think that our LGBT community is really increasingly could use grant money. I'm sure you encourage' excess of 250 participants. reaching the stature from a political, social and economic them to contact you, but are there restrictions on Since its inception, Mil-m-aids participants standpoint that we are highly regarded and very respected. I the kind of things they can ask for? think we're at the point of doing some great and wonderful MM: Yes. For instance, we do not fund any staff. Our charter have raised over $50,000 for AIDS related orga- things. Hat's off to the Rev. Lew Broyles, about whom I just by and large is in Southeastern Wisconsin, because that's where nizations in Milwaukee and Madison. This year's read an article that he was able to secure a church in the Walk- we feel our donor base is. We are potentially looking at having recipients will be the BESTD Clinic and Camp Heart- er's Point area. sites in some rural areas. They would have to have some type of land. To obtain an entry form, please contact Bob IN Step: What do you see as stumbling blocks? benefit component back to the GLBT community. Other than Often I hear the good things, but I also hear how that our guidelines have a fairly wide birth around them, so we and Rick at (414) 482-1964 or Cindy and Debi at fractured and polarized this community can be at would encourage wider diversity. (414) 328-3636. times. Do you think that's true, too? IN Step: And this year's grants depend on the MM: That's true. I think sometimes we don't play very well money you get in, right? Mr. Gay Wisconsin together. I expect that's because all of us come, probably, from MM: Right. Actually we have an excellent treasurer that keeps a place of oppression. It's just that being gay, lesbian, bisexual us on our mark. In many respects our major donor event is not Fund-Raiser Benefits and transgendered always hasthe commonality of some level of until-the fall and our funding requests come in on a quarterly BESTD Clinic oppression, whether it's from a social standpoint or a family or cycle basis, so we've had a little bit of a cash flow to work an economic or a workplace. We can all argue where we're at around. Our treasurer has certainly done a great job at saying, Milwaukee — Danny Dance, Mr. Gay Wis- and all of us are on differpt scales. I think that sometimes "You're not spending it unless you get it." • consin of 1999, hosted a fund-raiser at C'est LaVie where we come from in our history creates, perhaps, cultural differences within our community. on March 20 to benefit the BESTD Clinic. The two For instance, a lesbian person of color's oppression is going hour show featured not only Danny, but also Lady to be very different from that of a gay white male. 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Leaves Large There had been speculation that if Chicago — 'Celebrating the Body Erotic,' a Henderson entered a plea, he would end Bequest for Gay workshop for men exploring the connections up testifying against his friend and co- defendant. between touch, physical pleasure and spiritual "If it's a plea bargain, the defense has Studies at UW awareness, will be held in Chicago on May 15 to give something to the prosecution, Madison (AP) — George Mosse, a and 16 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Social conditioning such as his testimony against McKinney," historian who escaped from Nazi Ger, said legal analyst Andrew Cohen. many and later became an authority on has taught men to disconnect from their bodies, Prosecutor Cal Rerucha opened jury and most Western religions teach men to abstain the ideological roots of Hitler's "final selection by telling the prospective jurors solution, " has donated at least $5 million from pleasure. This workshop uses a series of that Shepard was "not the same as you to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, group cid individual exercises to allow men to and I" but that every individual should be one of its largest individual bequests ever. treated equally under the Constitution. experience their erotic energy as playful, sacred, Mosse, who died Jan. 22 at age 80, But Henderson's attorney, Wyatt named the UW College of Letters and energizing and transformative. Skaggs, said his client merely watched Science as his estate's major beneficiary. while the other man delivered the fatal The workshop is conducted by Oakland- Matthew Shepard The bequest, whose exact value won' t blows to Shepard. He also said the slaying be known until the estate is inventoried, based Body Electric School, which has been offer- was not premeditated. ing classes in massage and erotic spirituality includes substantial funding for scholarships Henderson's girlfriend is awaiting sen- and fellowships in modern Jewish history. since 1984. The cost of the workshop is $295 for Guilty Plea in tencing after pleading guilty Dec. 23 to Money also was set aside for the the two days. Scholarships are available for men accessory after the fact to murder. McK- George Lachmann Mosse Teaching Fel- inney's girlfriend goes on trial in May on living with HIV. For more information, call the lowship, established by Mosse before his Shepard Murder an accessory charge. death, and to encourage the study of gay Chicago coordinator at (312) 819-1524. The case has moved activists on both and lesbian history. Laramie,Wyo. (AP) — One man plead- sides of the gay rights issue to action . "His international, reputation brought ed guilty in the slaying of gay college student SAGE/Milwaukee to On Monday, April 5 a dozen young honor and recognition to the university," Matthew Shepard, cutting short a trial that people dressed as angels, with white sheets said Chancellor David Ward, who Hold Annual Meeting could have ended with the death penalty. for wings, tried to block from view an announced the bequest Sunday at a UW- Russell Henderson, 21, a high school anti-gay group demonstrating outside the Madison memorial service for Mosse. Milwaukee — The board of directors and dropout and roofer, pleaded guilty to courthouse. "Now, in addition to the rich intellec- felony murder and kidnapping. He could Officers of SAGE/Milwaukee (Senior Action In A The angels stood silently, but inside tual legacy he left us all, he has created an get two life sentences, one on each count. Gay Environment) invite members and their their human wall about a dozen anti-gay extremely generous philanthropic legacy Henderson had been charged with demonstrators from Kansas shouted slo- that will benefit many future generations guests to attend the annual meeting of the corpo- first-degree murder, kidnapping and gans and waved signs, including one that of students," Ward said. ration for 1998 at the Rotunda of the Astor Street aggravated robbery in the beating death said "God Hates Fags." Mosse' s bequest ranks among the of Shepard. Felony murder, the count to Restaurant, 920 E. Juneau Ave. at 1 p.m. on Sun- "These ... creatures are sending this largest given to the university, Ward said. which he pleaded, means a murder that day, April 25. nation to hell in a handbasket," said the Mosse, born into a wealthy Jewish fam- happens during the commission of anoth- Rev. Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist ily in Germany, fled his homeland in Although this is primarily a social event that er felony, in this case robbery. 1933. Church. Phelps and members of his West- He studied at Cambridge University in Authorities said Henderson and provides an opportunity to get acquainted, the boro Baptist Church also picketed Shep- Great Britain and at Harvard in the Unit- Aaron McKinney, 21, pretended to be gay Annual Report will be presented and newly select- ard's funeral in Casper with anti-gay signs. ed States, and settled in and lured the 5-foot-2, 105-pound Shep- Madison in 1955. After retiring from UW-Madison in ed officers and directors will be introduced. The ard out of a bar last October, kidnapped dynamic song duo of Steve and Bob will entertain and pistol-whipped him and left him tied 1988 following a 33-year career there, he successfully regained control of family to a fence in the cold. The 21-year-old There will be drawings for door prizes and a cash property in Berlin that had been University of Wyoming student died five seized by bar. There is free parking at the hotel. days later at a hospital. the Nazis. He also served as the first scholar-in-residence at the Holocaust The luncheon selections are Chicken Picatta, The crime led to demands for Museum in Washington, D.C. Baked Cod Almondine and Pasta Primavera. All luncheons include a tossed salad, warm rolls, a starch and a vegetable as well as coffee or tea. The price for members is $15, with guests at $20. Reservations are required and space is lim- Proud Drivers Wanted. ited. Checks must be in SAGE/Milwaukee's hands before April 15. For more information and to make reservations, call (414) 271-0378. Mr. Wisconsin Daddy/Daddy's Boy Contest Milwaukee — The Argonauts of Wisconsin and the Castaways M.C. of Milwaukee will be holding the 1999 Mr. Wisconsin Daddy/Daddy's Boy Contest on Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24. Applications for the contest and a schedule of events are available at participating bars and at Designing Men. The two-day event will begin on Friday with a get-together at the South Water Street Docks from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. At that time, anyone interested 1999 Volkwagen Cabrio • Only $18,500 in entering the contest will still be able to fill out an Automatic • A/C • Cassette • Power Windows & Locks • Cruise application. The contest for the Daddy's Boy will begin at 9 p.m. at the Milwaukee Eagle. On Saturday afternoon, beginning at 2 p.m., an auction will be held at the 1100 Club. Money raised at the auction will be donated by both clubs to their individual charities. An added fea- ture during the auction will be a Grand Daddy Contest. During the auction, a fund-raiser for the 1999 Volkwagen Beetle 1999 Volkwagen Passat 1999 Drummer/DrummerBoy Contest will be held. On Saturday evening, the Mr. Wisconsin See Bill Hunt at Hall Imports Daddy Contest will be held at the Milwaukee Eagle at 9 p.m. For more information call Bob at (414) 764-1135. 19809 W. Bluemound Rd. • Brookfield • 414-782-5300

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A work living in a free country — is that you can 414.278.5868 fax show that they have relatively little environment where people disliked you choose your own surroundings, choose your instepnews&aol.com impact, are potentially harmful to gays and wanted to get rid of you would seem friends4nd close associates, and freely try to unpleasant and one that a reasonable per- arrange your life to make yourself happy. If ISSN* 1045-2435 themselves and are ultimately contrary to the basic political principles most gays son would want to avoid, whether there I owned a business or rental property, I was an anti-bias law or not. There are, think I ought to be able to hire or rent to William Attewell actually believe in. To begin with, no one doubts that after all, plenty of jobs and plenty of people I like or feel comfortable with. Jorge L. Cabal anti-bias laws do benefit some individual employers to choose among, and many This seems to me consistent with the publishers gays. We see occasional newspaper stories employers will cheerfully hire people who whole general thrust of the gay move- about someone who claims they were are capable and reliable employees, gay or ment: an effort to increasing people's William Attewell fired from a job because they are gay. otherwise. After all, employers who personal autonomy, the range of choices editorgnstepnews.com Sometimes they get their job back, or get decline to hire talented employees end up available to us and the freedom to live being less successful economically. our lives as we want. It would be distress- editor-in-chief a financial settlement, or the employer is penalized in some way. It is worth pointing out that one of ing to think that the gay movement had Jorge L.Cabal But what is interesting is how few dis- the more interesting effects of gay rights somehow turned into the opposite of crimination complaints there actually laws is that while fewer gays may be fired, what we thought we were advocating. [email protected] seem to be. In states where anti-bias laws fewer may be hired in the first place. It is It seems to me, however, that if any arts editor exist, the proportion of complaints filed much easier for an employee to make out entity lacks the moral right to discrimi- by gays is only a small percentage of the a claim of discrimination after he has nate, it is the government. So long as Ed Grover total — and not even all of the com- been on the job for a while than to prove governments compel us to pay taxes to [email protected] plaints filed are upheld as valid. discrimination in the hiring process. support them, governments should not book editor While employment and housing dis- Employers know this. So they may feel discriminate against any citizens in crimination may have been major prob- concern that if they ever had to dismiss a employment or policy or services. Yet it is lems for black Americans struggling up gay employee, the employee might file a surprising how much anti-gay discrimina- Dorothy Austin, Keith Clark, the economic and educational ladder, that discrimination suit that could result in tion is perpetrated or fostered by govern- Scott Evertz, Kevin John, model does not seem to be true for gays. costly litigation, even if the firing was not ments — most discrimination, in fact. Christopher Krimmer, Jamakaya Gays have never been clustered at the low motivated by bias. This could make even Governments do not allow gays to end of the economic spectrum and they unprejudiced employers reluctant to take marry or have the job benefits of military Mike Leon, Julia LaLoggia, often possess job skills that make them a chance on a good gay job candidate service. They forbid gay sex, bar gay Tim Nasson, Leslea Newman, Jeffrey valuable to employers. 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www.instepnews.com IN Step • April 8 — April 21, 1999 9 On Saturday, April 17, the AIDS God. Fo; lesbian writers, there is Pink Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) is Ink, which meets at 7 p.m. on every sec- \I I :3I A Full House at having a Drop-in Coffee Chat Group for ond Thursday of the month. gay, bisexual and questioning youth of On a lighter side, Neil said that Lecture Series Milwaukee's LGBT Milwaukee. This event is called The Mir- Wednesday nights happen to be his ror & Me: Reflections on LGBT Youth's favorite nights at the Center because the Self-Esteem. It starts at 3 p.m. and runs Cream City Chorus rehearses and the Recognizing Our Relationships: Community Center until 5:30 p.m. There will be an open dis- place is filled with music. I wandered over sizable collection of LGBT The Domestic Partnership Registry by Ed Grover cussion facilitated by youth leaders. Cof- to look at the fee and beverages will be provided. Any books in the Center's library. Neil told me April 22 • Thurs., 6:30-8pm went to the Milwaukee LGBT Com- Milwaukee youth who want more infor- a volunteer had suggested starting an Join Patrick Flaherty of the Domestic munity Center to have a one-on-one mation should -call James at (414) 225- evening where people could just drop in, Partnership Task Force and Richard I with Neil Albrecht, the new executive 1573 or Ed at (414) 225-1595. pull a book from the shelves, listen to Gaeta of Pride Milwaukee to discuss how director. He took me on a tour of the On Saturday, April 24 there's a Youth some classical music, have a cup of coffee 1999 promises to be the year of domestic office spaces leased by ARCW, BESTD Dance for LGBT young people to age 24. and get to know each other. partnership in Wisconsin. Legislative Clinic, Bi Definition, the Cream City Some Milwaukee gay bars have con- SAGE/Milwaukee has a function action to recognize our same-sex relation- Chorus, the Cream City Foundation, tributed drink tickets and entry discounts every Friday night at 6:30 p.m. that is ships is working its way forward at both LAMM, Metropolitan Community to be given away to those youth that are open to the entire LGBT population. One the State capital and the city of Milwau- Church, PFLAG, and SAGE/Milwaukee. bar age and want to go out after the night is game night, one is men's discus- kee. Come and find out the latest devel- As we walked around he said, "Isn't it dance. On Thursday, April 29, the Mil- sion and one is women's discussion night, opments and learn what you can do to wonderful? We have a full house. Every waukee Public Schools Gay & Lesbian and one is movie night. Saturday night is influence your government and employ- office space is leased." Task Force will be showing a movie. Fol- a time for movies and everyone is invited. er to recognize our families. After being open for only four lowing the movie will be a discussion with One night each month is targeted for months, the Center is busy with meetings Elna Hickson of PFLAG and an MPS youth, one for lesbians, and the other two Its Elementary: and events every night of the week. As we teacher, who will talk about the need for are general gay and lesbian topics. went into the newly painted Community gay and lesbian education within the MPS Neil told me that the center is about Talkiing About Gay and Lesbian Room to talk, Neil told me that the cen- system. Neil said there was a lot of frus- being inclusive; the center wants to get a Issues in the Milwaukee Schools ter had written an application for techni- tration for people who work with LGBT sense of the diversity of the LGBT com- cal assistance to the Gill Foundation in youth and feel like there isn't any move- munity. He said there was a Diversity Task April 29 • Thurs., 6-9pm Colorado. The Milwaukee LGBT Com- ment within MPS on the issue of gay and Force, which was attended by 40 LGBT munity Center was selected as one of Elna Hickson and Jon Aceto, members lesbian youth. people of color at MEC North. Since eight national sites, and they have gener- of the Milwaukee Public School Gay and There will be other community UJIMA folded, the Center is working ously opened Lesbian Advisory Committee will pre- up this assistance to all forums for discussion, such as the kickoff very hard with the leaders in the African- LGBT organizations, particularly the sent excertps from Academy AwardTm of the Rainbow U[niversity] Lecture American LGBT community to organize. Center's sub winning film Its Elementary. The Film -tenants. Series scheduled for Thursday, April 22. He is currently working with someone to The Center works to provide these shows parents, educators and policy These events will present an opportunity rejuvenate LOC (Lesbians of Color). sub-tenants with technical makers _ how teacher can address gay assistance to for people to come and get involved with As I was about to leave, Neil told me he issues to student in an honest and mat- grow and mature and develop. They are causes like the Domestic Partnership Reg- is working with a gay Latino man who is ter-of-fact wayA discussion will follow taught how to cultivate their major istry. Neil said these movements don't planning to hold a function called Latino on how anti-gay rhetoric affect school donors, become more financially indepen- come along too often in Milwaukee and United. The event is tentatively scheduled children's outlook on diversity. dent, and how to hold events. Neil added that when community leaders like Patrick for May 1, and will target the LGBT His- that many of the sub-tenants are sponsor- Flaherty step forward and get something panic and Latino community. Their hopes Its No Just for Heterosexuals Anymore: ing and supporting a number of the activ- like this going, the community should get are that the event will be a success, that it ities that happen at the Center. behind them and lend their support. will draw people out, and that it may Exploring the Dynamics of Speaking of events, there are a lot of We talked about a Community Cen- spawn some type of Hispanic/LatinoiciLatino orga- Same-Sex Domestic Violence. things coming up — specifically for Mil- ter sponsored function coming up on the nization. If an organization can be started, waukee's LGBT youth who need a place evening of April 17 called L2K (Lesbian the Center will find the space to house May 26 • Wed., 6:30-8pm to meet other than coffee shops and parks. 2000). This will be a chance for local les- them. Now that's commitment! Neil told me these youth are reaching out bians to meet and network with over 12 Neil also stressed the continuing need Adjunct Professor Tess Meuer, of the to connect with other LGBT youth and wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic other Milwaukee area lesbian organiza- for volunteers and asked that people not are really socially isolated. He said, "The tions. Neil said that the Center has offered forget memberships, which are, after all, ViOlence, will speak on the dynamics of Center wants to take the lead in the devel- same-sex domestic violence and how its support in helping the Lesbian Alliance two things that keep the Community opment of a cohesive response to LGBT of Metro Milwaukee (LAMM) reinstate Center humming along. For information you can help others in the community youth needs." The Center has networked break out of abusive relationships. Pro-- their annual health fair. On Sunday on any of the above events, call the Cen- with other organizations like ARCW and mornings the Center sponsors a Lesbian ter at (414) 271-2656. Or better yet, stop fessor Meuer will complete the program the Counseling Center of Milwaukee for a with analysis of how Wisconsin law pro- Spirituality Series that runs from 10 a.m. by, attend a meeting and join up! V strong collaboration in providing services to noon. Once each month there is a tects gays and lesbians from domestic to gay youth. If problems arise, there will abuse. Meditation Circle, a Drumming Circle, always be someone to refer these people to. and a group called Conversations With 'Maritalizing' Your Same-Sex Union Strong Love June 24 • Thurs., 6:30-8pm "If you love eQ t Attorney Christopher Krimmer, the someone, you director of legal services at the AIDS love them. It Resource Center of Wisconsin, will doesn't matter if Quips speak onhow to "maritalize" you same- they have an ill- sex union through various legal tools ness. What kind and protections. Some of the most com- of person would Landers Rants wrapped up in the masculine imagery of monly asked questions from same-sex I be if that mat- "Gay couples who wish to have a cer- their father or an uncle. For me, the first partners will be addressed, such as: tered to me? emony to celebrate their union should not association of what a man was had that How should a same-sex couple own Besides, Greg be asking a 9-year-old to participate [as a smell of a cigar around it — it was my dad. their home? How can you be assured takes such good flower.girl]. It would be too confusing. A That smell and that sight to me are the that your partner can visit you at the care of himself. He is so strong. When we service for those in the inner circle would epitome of ultra hyper masculinity." hospital? How to protect you and your go on a bike ride, I absolutely cannot keep be OK, but please, no children. Tell your —Porn superstar Cole Tucker to The Guide property if you break-up with your part- up with him!" brother-in-law that your daughter will not ner? Attorney Krimmer's presentation be participating." —E! Entertainment Television reporter FLASH: God is a Homo! wil conclude with a Q&A period. Steve Kmetko, who is HIV- negative, on his —Advice Columnist Ann Landers "Ever notice how rainbows sometimes boyfriend, diving champ Greg Louganis, appear in the sky? God is gay." who is HIV-positive, to the Advocate. I Thought It Was a Wig —One of the winning entries in the "She'll never get her hair done in this Washington Post's contest to "identify and Kramer Raves town again." V V V expose other threats to public morality "I am not against sex. I am not telling V V V —New. York City gay activist Donald [besides Tinky Winky] hidden in our popu- each and everyone, You must live like this lar culture." and this. I do not believe every gay person Maher on actress Maureen O'Hara who was should be married, should be monoga- grand marshall of the St. Patrick's Day mous, should not be promiscuous. I am parade which, year after year, bans the gay accused of being some puritanical modern Irish organization from marching. • Mather who forbids the joys of the flesh. • • • And here I thought I'd spent all these Cigar Smokers Milwaukee LGBT Community Center years just trying to get us a cure so that we "A cigar is very sexual to me. My dad Quips and Quotes are compiled by Rex could go on living." smoked a cigar. Do I want to have sex with Wockner and our crack news staff from 170 S. 2nd Street • Milwaukee, WI 53204 my dad? I don't know. Personally, I think around the world. Seen a good quip? 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means of providing health care coverage to bigay events this summer: Intl. Mr. couples who cannot legally marry. Leather (May 28-31), Pride (June 27), and Supporters say the measure stands a Market Days Street Fair (Aug. 14-15). To better than even chance of passage in the receive your free Visitors Card you may Fly The Flag With Pride! Dane County Board. We'll wait and see. write to the Chamber with your complete For the past five years, PrideFest's mailing address to: The Chamber, 3712 Rainbow flags have flown along the streets N. Broadway, #805, Chicago, IL 60613- of Milwaukee, bringing both color and Grillo/Grassel Issue 4198. You may phone (888) GLCHAM- symbolism to Wisconsin's City of Festivals. BER, or e-mail [email protected], and This year, PrideFest's annual Proud New Sound "Live" CD you may access their web site at Crowd campaign will be used to raise www.glchamber.org. funds to replace these flags so, that by the The new sound from Jack Grasse! time the festival season begins, a rainbow and Jerry Grillo is in previews this of color can again be seen along Milwau- month at Lou Bruno's, Bartletts, the High Racine's WomanSpirit kee's downtown streets. Hat, the Uptowner and Zappa's Restau- Each flag costs PrideFest $144 to fly rant. Their first "live" CD was recorded in when all costs are included. That includes February at the Uptowner and will be Faire I Bizarre flag, pole, hardware, permits and flag released in April. The CD marks a five- Alternative natural healing practition- hanging contractors. This comes to nearly year collaboration and was recorded by ers will be featured in Racine's Woman- $3,000 each year and does not include the DV Productions in Shorewood. On the Spirit Faire & Bizarre on Sunday, May flags that are flown on the festival grounds. CD, Grassel and Grillo are augmented by 2, with goddess and earth centered crafts This year, be a part of the Proudest either Tom McGirr or John Price on bass and entertainment. Joining in to celebrate Crowd around and help PrideFest Fly the In Synch with PRIDE and Berkeley Fudge on saxophone. springtime and Beltane are women artists Flag with a donation to the Proud Crowd Did anybody else notice that the pop- and crafters, musicians and storytellers, Campaign. Join PrideFest as we celebrate maypole ular boy group N'Synch will be playing Free LesbianI Gay book and bake sale vendors, "Courage to Build Bridges" on Aug. 6, 7, the Marcus Ampitheater on the last day of dancers, drummers, tarot card readers and and 8. You will receive free admission this year's PrideFest on Sunday, August workshop leaders. when you show your Pride Card at the fes- 8th? We'll keep an eye out for Justin Tim- Chicago Visitors Guides The Faire & Bizarre is sponsored by tival gate. For more information and to berlake at the La Cage Dance Tent. In The Chicago Area Gay & Lesbian Racine's Unitarian Universalist Women's pledge a donation, look for the lime green case you don't have the latest copy of Tiger Chamber of Commerce is making available Federation of the Olympia Brown Unitari- brochures that are appearing around town Beat handy, Justin is the lead singer for the to tourists and convention go-ers, their Les- an Universalist Church. The festivities will or call PrideFest at (414) 272-FEST. group (seated bottom left above). bian & Gay Visitors Guide to Chicago. The be from noon to. 5 p.m. at the Flatiron Visitors Guide includes a directory of over Mall, 1661 Douglas Ave. near Hwy. 32 and 300 gay-owned and friendly businesses 38 on Racine's north side. All are welcome Falk Pushes Partner throughout Chicago and its suburbs, a to participate in any of the activities, walking map to Chicago's heavily lesbigay including learning the Maypole dance Lakeview and Andersonville neighbor- between 2 and 3 p.m. Admission is $1, Insurance For Gays door prizes will be given and there is plen- The Latest hoods, a mass transit map, and a Pride Dol- Dish just learned that ty of parking available. For more informa- Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk lars Discount Card good for discounts on lodging, retail and restaurants. tion call Sharon Burdick at (414) 634- has introduced an initiative that would 6906. give domestic partner health coverage for Request the Visitors Guide now to gay couples. The measure was hailed as a ensure you have it for Chicago's Big 3 les-

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kids [in Scottsdale] were snobby and elit- view of one of JFK's girls; poems about ist, but I had some great friends too." alcoholism, unrequited love and an ode to What she remembers most about the Brenda Vaccaro. area is the "sheer, raw beauty of Arizona." "This is all stuff I've been writing for a "It was before the boom, when Phoenix long time," Bernhard said. "We were just was still a small town," Bernhard said. waiting for the right deal to come along." She graduated from high school dur- Bernhard made her first literary splash ing the early 1970s and immediately with 1987's Confessions of a Pretty Lady. headed for Los Angeles to search for her Her sophomore effort, 1993's Love, Love place in the world. 6-• Love did respectable business. She's First she went to beauty school to written articles for Vanity Fair, People, Us become a manicurist, so she could support and Rolling Stone. Bernhard's razor sharp, herself. She clipped, buffed and sculpted witty observations are always in demand. away for five years on celebrity clients like Her new show and accompanying CD Jaclyn Smith and Dyan Cannon. are hysterical. All the while she worked on her stand- "The CD is different from the show up act. After paying her dues for almost a because we improvised a lot," Bernhard decade, she landed her star-making role in said. "There is stuff in there that'll never Martin Scorsese's King of Comedy. Her be repeated in the show." portrayal of a crazed fan earned her rave Bernhard pokes fun at everyone who reviews, a few awards and promises of a is anyone: Courtney Love, Elton John,

j rR brilliant movie career. Tom Cruise and Naomi Campbell, to But Bernhard didn't wait for those name a few. promises to be broken. Instead of putting "Last year when I did the show down- all her hopes in movies, she diversified and town, Naomi kinda freaked, but they all real- decided to do it all. Now she's an actress, ly want to be talked about," Bernhard said. a writer, a singer, a comic, a model ... in Bernhard recalled running into Tom other words, she's still here damn it! Flanks at the opening of You've Got Mail. After 20 plus years in the biz, 1999 He said he was going to see her show that might prove to be her hottest ever. She's a night and asked if she was going to say new mom to baby daughter Cicely Yasin; anything about him. her third book, May I Kiss You on the Lips, "I said Tom, there's nothing to say," Miss Sandra? is fresh off the press; her one- Bernhard said. "To be in my material woman show, lin Still Here Damn It! you've gotta have a certain edge or be real- burned up Broadway (the show has earned ly fabulous." raves from everyone including the New Bernhard is friendly with the Holly- York Times and Entertainment Weekly) and wood elite she roasts, but they are not is now on the road; a CD of the show is in really her friends. Bernhard is Still Here, Damn It! record stores; and after Broadway. "I feel part of the creative community, by Michael Conciello wouldn't have minded," Some critics are calling this Sandra bur not part of Hollywood mainstream," Special to IN Step Bernhard said when I told her my Bernhard's comeback year. Did she ever she said. "But they all want to see my story during a recent interview from her really go away? show and that's great." A afew years ago, my partner Chris New York City apartment. "I think they mean I'm finally stepping Still, the stars came to see her opening and I were enjoying lattes and chat "So it was really you?" I asked. up to something bigger, that's all," she said night. Among them were John Waters, • t the Coffee Plantation on Camel- "Yeah. The one at the Biltmore? That simply. "It's like a medium-size comeback." Michael Douglas, Liza Minnelli, Mary back Road in Phoenix, when we were in was me," she laughed. "I was visiting my Her new book is funny, of course. But Tyler Moore, Naomi, etc. the company of Sandra Bernhard. mom. She still lives in Phoenix." it also has a serious side that is insightful The comedy in the show is mixed with She sat at the table behind us, talking "Most people assume I'm from New in both fact and fiction. It leaves the read- a few songs. A couple of them are co-writ- quietly with a woman. We guessed it was York," she said. "They are shocked when I er wondering, which stuff is real and ten by Bernhard with a cover of the her mother. . say 'No, I'm from Michigan and Arizona.— which is made up. Glady's Knight classic, Midnight Train to Knowing how star-struck I can be, When she was in fifth grade, Bernhard The book's title is borrowed from a Georgia. When she belts out that tune, Chris shook his head before I could make and her family — she has three older funny story she writes about her house- you know she's not singing for laughs. a move. "Don't even think about bother- brothers — moved to Scottsdale from painter Herminio, who asked her politely, "Thank you, my voice is really evolv- ing her," he whispered sternly. "She's with Flint, Mich. Dad was a doctor, mom a after being in her employ for 12 years, if ing," she said. "I've worked really hard on it." her mother. Let her be." housewife and artist. he could kiss her famous lips. I read somewhere that Bernhard I pouted for a minute and realized he "I have fond memories of growing up The book also includes a piece called always wanted to be a rock star. Is it true? was probably right. in Arizona," Bernhard said. "Some of the A Taste of Honey written for Kurt "You should have said 'hi' honey. I Cobain; a story written from the point of Continues on Page 16

Next Act Theater edy that examines corporate politics, ecological Sherlock's Last Case. The play opens Friday, disaster and human jealousy and ambition. April 16 at 8 p.m. at the Madison Civic Center's Presents "Below There will be one Pay-What-You-Can per- Isthmus Playhouse and runs through Sunday, The Belt" formance will be held on Monday, Apr. 26 at May 9. This play will have even the biggest 1:30 p.m. Talkbacks with the cast and director Sherlock fans guessing "whodunit?" straight production of Below The Richard Dresser's are scheduled after the Apr. 22 and 29 perfor- through to its surprising conclusion./ preview on Thursday, April 15 Belt opens for mances. Group, senior and student discounts Ticket prices are S25 for Friday and Satur- Steimke Theater, 108 E. at 7:30 p.m. at the are available. Single tickets (S18 through S26) day performances and S20 for Wednesday, through May 2. Wells St., and runs are available from the Box Office or by calling Thursday and Sunday performances. Rush tick- In a land where the color of the water in the (414) 224-9490. ets are available the day of the performance. river changes daily and yellow eyes glow through There is a sign-interpreted performance on the nighttime, three men wake each day to earn "Sherlock's May 9 at 5 p.m. Tickets are available from the their daily bread. Dobbin (Michael Herold), Han- Last Case" at Civic Center Box Office or by calling (608) Merkin (Drew Brhel) rahan (Peter Reeves) and 266-9055. work in a futuristic industrial compound as Madison Rep "checkers." What they are checking and why Madison Repertory closes its 1998-99 sea- they are doing it is an even more mysterious Peter Reeves, Drew Brhel and Michael Herold son with Charles Marowitz's comic thriller, in Next Act's 'Below the Belt' question. This is a masterfully crafted black corn- Art Review

New York City. The eventual slide- show and book The Ballad of Sexual The Naked Truth Dependency catapulted her into the have always wondered why images of forefront of the contemporary scene. sex, drugs, and violence so easily get Unfortunately, the Jensen show Ireferred to as "hard-edged realism". fails to bring us Nan Goldin's best 4 17.99 @ 9Pm After all, the mundane world of a con- work. "Smokey Car, New Hampshire," tented suburban housewife is no less a is perhaps the best of the lot, enigmat- slice of reality. Like rap musicians, practi- ically creating a charged atmosphere tioners of true-grit photography operate with its grease smeared windows, puffs with a kind of scruffy urban chauvinism. of nicotine, and Budwiesser cans. The Their art sometimes seems to assert "my homo-erotic collage that is "David's reality is more real than yours". Darkroom" is an interesting tidbit, but This said, I have to admit to being hardly the compelling drama that black & white fascinated by the genre. The current makes up the best of Goldin's work. show at Dean Jensen Gallery is a case One problem with this type of in point. Jensen (and curator John photographic diary making is that a Sobczak ) have risked the wrath of Mil- single page from a personal journal AFFAI waukee's conservative moralists by often loses the impact of the whole. a night of exceptional elegance. mounting a show of bluntly protuber- This is particularly noticeable in the ant sexuality. Even a jaded old libertine case of Wolfgang Tillmans. This 30- such as myself was shocked to discover year old German photographer chroni- an erect penis exhibited across the cles his life in the gay subculture's fast street from M&I Bank. lane, and it makes a compelling visual Titled "Penumbrae", the show con- impression when viewed en masse. His To Wear Mac sists of the work of Larry Clark, Nan book Burg leaves a person feeling he Goldin, and Wolfgang Tillmans. Clark has discovered an exciting and talented served as pioneer in the field, pho- young artist. But a single Tillmans Bottoms in White tographing the raw underbelly of his photograph can leave a viewer per- Oklahoma environs from 1963 to plexed, if not altogether cold. After all, 1968. The ensuing book Tulsa, has a boot, a pair of socks, and a bowl of never been reprinted, and is today a raspberries on a dirty carpet (as we see collectors item worth hundreds of dol- in one Tillmans image) is hardly lars. Jensen displays six prints from this enough to evoke a mood, a story, a id:4 V.1. [E-1 II -4 series, as well as six prints from Clark's statement, or much of anything else. follow-up book Teenage Lust. Though images such as "Spitting Some of Clark's imagery seems on Dick" (depicting just what the title tame by today's standards. The picture says), are captivating, one wonders if of a long-haired youth pulling down Tillmans is not so much chronicling plaid pants to reveal a bulging pair of his life as indulging in personal myth- briefs could today be a Calvin Klein ad making. It's a question that runs t. National Os Required found between the covers of Vanity throughout autobiographical work. Fair. A viewer needs to put such images Have photographers such as Clark, into the context of their times. Other Goldin, and Tillmans truly devoted Clark photographs, such as one depict- themselves to capturing existence as o ,1-3 Er D ing a young man enjoying a blow-job, they've experienced it? Or have they 'D 'D might create a stir even today. created their own personas through the Stop by for one of our famous specialty margaritas! The path first blazed by Clark was myth-making potential of the camera? 5 widened a bit with the arrival of Nan —Waswo Goldin in the late seventies. Continu- Penumbrae, photos by Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, and Wolf- Check out our Friday Fish Fry! ing the idea of creating a visual diary of gang Maws, is on view at Dean Jensen Gallery, 759 real life, Goldin documented the pas- North Water Street, through April 24. sionate and sometimes abusive rela- AzTEcA tionships that entangled her life in Boulevard Stages 17th-Century French Comedy The Boulevard Ensemble's fourth production of its Mainstage Season is Pierre de Marivaux's delightful comedy The Double Infidelity. The Milwaukee Premiere of this 17th century comedy Mexican Restaurant tells the tale of two couples who embark on a journey of self-deception and romantic intrigue. The classic ploys of Authentic Mexican Cuisine mistaken identity, comic servants, and 5 We use only vegetable oil and no animal fat! two mismatched couples combine to 5 make the anticipated and well-deserved happy ending both to Marivaux's comedy and the Ensemble's 13th season. Weekday Lunch Specials This charming bon-bon of love opens Kate Nowicki and Roderick Gillespie Friday April 16 at 8 p.m. at the Boule- Photo by Luke Weber, design by Timothy Brown Starting at $4.25! vard Theater, 2252 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. p.m. (April 18 and 25) and 2:30 p.m. for Curtain times vary with 7:30 p.m. for matinees on May 2 and 9. Ticket prices Thursdays, 8 p.m. for Fridays and Satur- are $10 Thursdays, $12 Fridays and Sun- days, and HOURS: Mon— Thurs: I lam to 10pm, Fri. & Sat. llam to llpm, Sun. 12pm to 10pm Sundays varying between 7:30 days and $15 for Saturdays. Reservations are recommended and may be obtained Free Parking • Minutes from Downtown • Casual Setting by calling (414) 744-5757. Located in the Heart of Historic Walker's Point Next IN Step Deadline: Dine in or Carry Out Wed. 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For more information, call (414) 271-0711. (MCT) presents Milwaukee's 17th Annu- Gauger Jensen and sculptor Mark Winter, Waswo unveils a al Shaw Festival in the Cabot Theater of small suite of 30 black and white photos depicting people with- the Broadway Theater Center, and pairs in the local art scene. Bailiwick Offers Pride Pass Bernard Shaw with Tony Kuschner. On The suite includes portraits of James Auer, Jason Rohlf, Friday, April 16 will feature Shaw's "Mrs. Butch Randy James, Francis Ford, Sister Cash Box and others. To kick off this season's Pride Series, Chicago's Bailiwick Reper- Warren's Profession," starring Ruth Much of this work has been previously seen published in tory is offering "Pride Pass `99" for just $99.00 through May 1. Schudson, and Saturday, April 17 Kushn- IN Step and Q•Voice. You can see every show in the Pride Series, and save over 30 per- er's "The Illusion," directed by Mont- "This is journalistic work," states Waswo. "The photos were cent on tickets. The "Pride Pass" offers one admission to each of gomery Davis. The two shows will be run- often made quickly, in the few minutes I had before or after an the nine shows in this year's series. ning in repertory through May 2, 1999. interview. But it makes for an interesting sort of documentation." Productions include: Greg Louganis, Alexandra Billings and MCT ViewPoints, a free presentation The Waswo, Jensen, Winter show premieres April 16 at Grava Marc Silvia starring in Larry Kramer's revised comedy Just Say offered prior to the opening of every pro- Gallery, 1209 E. Brady St., with an opening from 6 to 10 p.m. No; Tim Miller in Shirts And Skins; Dr. Shirlene Holmes' Con- duction during the season,. Is funded in versations With A Diva; the new musical Breathe; Homme part by a grant from the Wisconsin Fatale: The Joey Stefano Story from Australia; A Real Read; Kate Humanities Council. Present Music Earth Day Moria Ryan's exciting Damage And Desire; Ryan Idol in Scent Additionally, MCT will present the Of Rain; and Clark Carlton's hilarious Self Help. world premiere of "Persuasions," a new After May 1, 1999, the Pride Pass will sell for $109. Don't play by Dr. Margot Peters about Shaw Concert Scheduled miss a moment of this year's Pride Series You can order your Pride Pass over the phone at (773) 883-1090, or stop by the Bailiwick (Jonathan Daly), actress Ellen Terry Present Music promises to deliver a compelling evening of box office for paSses, single tickets, or more information. (Laura Gordon) and actor Henry Irving nature-inspired music and poetry to celebrate its second PRIDE `99 is sponsored by the Burstein Family Founda- (Jonathan Smoots), as a staged reading on dynamic Earth Day concert to be performed at St. John's tion, Bella Vista Restaurant, and the Windy City Times. Monday, April 26 at 7 p.m. Before Shaw Cathedral, 802 N. Jackson on Saturday, April 24 at 8 p.m. became a playwright, he was a drama crit- "We are thrilled to be able to share the raging intensity of acid ic. One of his favorite targets was the actor Rain by Michael Gordon and waves by Kamran Ince in the res- Hertry Irving and his grandiose produc- tions. Shaw's disgruntlement was fueled by his love of the actor's leading lady and mistress to whom he had written many passionate love letters. A $10 donation is requested for this production. Associate producer, In Tandem Pro- The Bistro... ductions, presents this year's Shaw Shorts: two hysterically funny one-acts, "Passion, Poison and Petrifaction" by Shaw and "The Form" by N.F. Simpson. The Shaw Shorts will feature the same cast: Molly The Bar & Grill... Hayner, Raeleen McMillion, William Clifford and Michelangelo Matarrese, and will run for six performances only. 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tabs 9 p.m. to close. tors 51.50. Karaoke Night from 8 to 11 p.m. with free drink if you win and bar tab awarded to best singer of the night. DJ & dancing follow. April 8 through April 21, 1999 Station 2 (Milwaukee): Closed! Club 219 (Milwaukee): Open at 5 p.m. Cocktails are 1/2 price from The Ballgame (Milwaukee): Domestic beer $1.50, rail drinks $1.80.9 5 to 8 p.m. ACTIVITIES: ited to controversial police actions at Club 219 and LoCage. The Center p.m. to close. is located at 170 S. Second St. FMI & time call (414) 27.1.2656. Dish (Milwaukee): It's Point Night! There ore pints of Point for SI. 2- The Office (Rockford, IL): Miller products - 51.50. Friday, April 9 4-1 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 21 Triangle (Milwaukee): Happy Hour- 5 to 9 p.m. 2-4-1 drinks! S4 pitch- Emeralds (Milwaukee): Lady's Night! Call drinks S2. SAGE/Milwaukee - Game Night (Milwaukee): Game night starts at Dairyland Cowgirls & Cowboys - Dance (Madison, WI): Gary will teach ers of beer. Melrose Place Mondays. 6:30 p.m. in the small meeting room at the LGBT Community (enter. beginning Two Step Couple dance lessons from 7 to 8 p.m. From 8 to Fannies (Milwaukee): Karaoke Night! Pull tabs, Drinks os low os 251. Woody's (Milwaukee): Cocktail Hour - 4 to 9 p.m. The game playing evening is now open to men and women. 9 p.m. Ron will teach Advanced Line dance lessons. Sapphire Ballroom, Dart leagues starting the 2nd week of January. Sign up now! Sheepshead will be taught to beginners, and for those who already La's (Green Bay, WI): Free Pool & Darts. 56 Super Bust at Java's. 1133 N Sherman Ave, Northgate Mall. Smoke free, cash bar. $3 sug- Fluid (Milwaukee): 2-4-1 drinks from 5 to 8 p.m. Bottles of Corona & know the game, there will be a chance to play Milwaukee's favorite gested donation. FMI call (608) 245-0627. card gaffe. FMI call (414) 271-2656. TUESDAYS: shots of -Cuervo S2 from 8 p.m. to close. Jo'Dees International (Racine, WI): Free Pool & $6 Super Bust! MGD Saturday, April 10 BAR SPECIALS: Barracks Levi/Leather (Madison, WI): 2-4-1 Happy Hour on all drinks and Miller Lite! Frontiers Gay/Bi Men's Club - Bridge (Madison, WI): Come play hedge up to $3.50 and under, plus Spin the Happy Hour Wheel to win beer Sundays: Kathy's Nut Hut (Milwaukee): Hump Day! Everything's a buck. Open with members at Doug and RI's. FMI and location, call (608) 238-5137. bash, free drinks, fish fry & more. Customer Appreciation Day. Free taps Boot Camp Saloon (Milwaukee): Sunday afternoon bottle beer special to close. Frontrunners/Walkers LGBT Running/Walking Group (Madison, WI): of Lite from 8 to 9 p.m., plus all roil drinks & domestic bottles are only from 3 to 7 p.m. The Kloset (Beloit, WI): Happy Hour Drink Specials 4 through 7 p.m. Meets weekly at 9 a.m. FMI & location call (608) 663-6463 51. 9 p.m. tops of Lite, domestic bottles of beer & rail drinks are Club 219 (Milwaukee): $1 toppers & $1.50 rail drinks from 4 to 8 p.m. 51.25. Price goes up 25 cents every half hour until 11 p.m. From then $5 Beer Bosh! DJ spinning the hits starting at 9 p.m. GAMMA - Social Volleyball (Milwaukee): Every Saturday at UW Engle- to close taps of Lite, rails & domestic bottles are $2. Shots of Pucker M&M Club (Milwaukee): Double. Bubble with complimentary Hors mon Gym, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., from 1 to 3 p.m. S2 GAMMA mem- Dish (Milwaukee): The new night spot for women! Rotating Events! & Hot Sex ore 51 from 8 p.m. to close. Dancing & DJ at 10 p.m. D'oeuvres 5 to 7 p.m. bers, S3 non-members FMI call John (414) 540-1202. Emerald's (Milwaukee): Men's Night! Call drinks 52. Boot Camp Saloon (Milwaukee): Cocktail Hour - 4 to 8 p.m. Man's Country (Chicago): 7-5-7. Special: Rooms and Lockers S7 for 5 Sunday, April 11 Jo'Dees International (Racine, WI): 54 Packer Beer Bust by MGD and Chicago Eagle (Chicago): Leather/Levy Night. Well-drinks & draft beer hours. LGBT Community Center Action Wisconsin Meeting (Milwaukee): The Miller Lite, Packer touchdown shots, FREE hot dogs & snacks! (Open 1 then 51. Dress Code Enforced. Pit open. Milwaukee Eagle (Milwaukee): Open 8 p.m. Levi/Leather. Miller Spring Board of Directors & Community Meeting will be held from hour before televised games. 54 up to the start of the 3rd quarter, Club 5/Planet 0 (Madison) 2-4-1 Happy Hour 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Time! Miller Nite, $1.50 taps and $2.00 bottles. 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Center, 170 South 2nd Street. Action Wis- 56 all night. Packer bust participants: 25 cents per mug after the game) all drinks $3.50 and under. All other drinks are 51 off. Customer Appre- consin is a grassroots, non-partisan, statewide organization dedicated Kathy's Nut Hut (Milwaukee): Noon to 4 p.m. Bloody Marys & Screw Naplese Lounge (Green Bay, WO:Rail drinks $1.50, Soda & juice are ciation Day. Free taps of Lite from 8 to 9 p.m., plus all rail drinks & to the protection and advancement of equal rights for Wisconsin's LGBT Drivers - $2 a mug. 501 from 3 to 1 p.m. $6 Beer Bust from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. domestic bottles ore only 51. 9 p.m. taps of Lite, domestic bottles of citizens and their families. Membership is open to all who support that M&M Club (Milwaukee): Join them on Packer Sundays for brunch. beer & roil drinks ore 51.25. Price goes up 25 cents every half hour OH LONE (Rockford, IL): Karaoke! $1.50 MGD and Michelob Goldens. goal. FMI call (414) 271-2656. Brunch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. until 11 p.m. From then to close taps of Lite, rails & domestic bottles Ray's Bar & Grill (Madison, WI): Grill open! 2-4-1 Happy Hour from 4 Tuesday, April 13 Milwaukee Eagle (Milwaukee): Underwear Night! $1 off all alcoholic are 52. Shots of Pucker & Hot Sex ore SI from 8 p.m. to close. Danc- to 7 p.m. Pints of Lite are $2 from 9 p.m. to close. Free Pizza. Every LGBT Community Center - Volunteer Orientation (Milwaukee): Have you beverages for those in their underwear. Dl Eddie. ing & DJ at 10 p.m. other pool game is free with drink purchase. volunteered to work at the Center? If so you should show up for ori- Naplese Lounge (Green Bay, WI): $6 Beer Bust from 3 to 6 p.m. Club 219 (Milwaukee): Open at 5 p.m. Cocktails are 1/2 price from Scooter's (Eau Claire, WI): 2 for $2 domestic bottles and rail mixers. 9 entation from 7 to 10 p.m. If you want to volunteer, call the Center first 5 to 8 p.m. p.m. to closing. to register. FM! call (414) 211.2656. OH ZONE (Rockford, IL): $1.50 Bloody Marys hosted by the Gay Voice. Dish (Milwaukee): Closed South Water St. Docks (Milwaukee): 2-4.1 cocktails open to close. Scooter's (Eau Claire, WI): Beer Bust (tap beer 56) 3 to 8 p.m. S8 rail Wednesday, April 14 mixers, $10 call mixers, 52 dbl. Bloody Marys & Screw Drivers all night. Emeralds (Milwaukee): 55 Beer Bust 8 to midnight! Station 2 (Milwaukee): Mini Pitchers $2.50. Rail drinks $1.50 Dairyland Cowgirls & Cowboys - Dance (Madison, WI): John C. will teach South Water St. Docks (Milwaukee): Shirtless Sundays. Half-price top Fannies (Milwaukee): Closed. The Ballgame (Milwaukee): Tap beer Special Export 801 a glass.. 9 beginning line Dance Lessons from 1 to 8 p.m. From 8 to 9 p.m. there & rail if your shirt is off. 9 p.m. to close. p.m. to closing. will be a review of West Coast Swing with Ron and Cheryl teaching. Sap- Fluid .(Milwaukee): 2.4.1 drinks from 5 to 8 p.m. phire Ballroom 1133 N. Sherman Ave. in the Northgate Moll. Smoke Station 2 (Milwaukee): Bloody Marys $2. Mimosas 52. Kathy's Nut Hut (Milwaukee): Mexican Night! 4 p.m. to ? Tacos 51 7 The Office (Rockford, IL): $2.50 pitchers/501 drafts. Retro party with DJ Cris. free, cash bar. 53 suggested donation. FMI call (608) 245-0627. The Ballgame (Milwaukee): Bloody Marys, Screw Drivers, Grey Hounds to 10 p.m. 2.4.1 Tequila 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Corona $1.75. Triangle (Milwaukee): Happy Hour 5 to 9 p.m. 2-4.1 drinks! South Friday, April 16 $2.30. Tap beer 80( from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Rail drinks 51.80 6 p.m. The Kloset (Beloit, WI): Happy Hour Drink Specials 4 through 7 p.m. to closing. 8 p.m. Park Wednesdays. $5 All-U-Can-Drink Superbust (beer, wine & soda). Dairyland Cowgirls & Cowboys - General Dance (Madison, WI): Sharon $I shots (Liqueur or Schnapps) and 751 taps. Starting at Dart Night to 9 p.m. will teach from 8 to 9 p.m.. Open dancing will follow until closing at the The Office (Rockford, IL): Game Show Mania every Sunday at 8:30 Karaoke with Pam! Woody's (Milwaukee): Cocktail Hour - 4 Sapphire Ballroom, 1133 N Sherman Ave. in the Northgate Mall. Smoke p.m. $1 Bloody Marys! M&M Club (Milwaukee): M&M Club (Milwaukee): Double Bubble with La's (Green Boy, WI): $6 Super Bust. Sean spins requests. free, cash bar. 53 suggested donation. FMI cal (608) 245-0627. complimentary Hors D'oeuvres 5 to 7 p.m. Woody's (Milwaukee): 55 Beer Bust! Bloody Marys & Screw Drivers Thursdays: Game Night (Milwaukee): GAMMA invites everyone to Game Night at are 52 from 4 to 7 p.m. Milwaukee Eagle (Milwaukee): Levi/Leather. Open 8 p.m. Free Pool, Barracks - Levi/Leather (Madison, WI): 2-4.1 Happy Hour plus the the Milwaukee LGBT Center on Friday April 16th, 7-10:00 p.m. Bring 55 pitchers. La's (Green Bay, WI): Dry Dance Night! (16 & up in La's). Alcohol Happy Hour wheel from 4 to 8 p.m. After 8 p.m. All whiskey drinks a friend, a favorite board game and some snacks to pass. Be prepared served to over 21 in Java's. Naplese Lounge (Green Bay, WI): Shake a Drink! Aces free and sixes (mil, Jim Beam, lack Daniels etc.) are 501 off. Pitchers of Lite 54 for for a good time. No alcoholic beverages are allowed at the center. The half-price - 3 to 7 p.m. small & $5 for large. Shots of Doctor S2. center is looking for a donation of board games, so if you would like to Mondays: bring one to leave at the center it would be appreciated. See you on Boot Camp Saloon (Milwaukee): Cocktail Hour - 4 to 8 p.m. OH LONE (Rockford, IL): All coffee drinks - S2. Boot Camp Saloon (Milwaukee): Cocktail Hour - 4 to 8 p.m. Friday the 16th at the LGBT Center, 170 S. 2nd Street. Club 5/Planet 0/The Barracks (Madison, WI) 2-4-1 Happy Hour on all Ray's Bar & Grill (Madison, WI): Grill open! 2-4-1 Happy Hour runs Club 5/Planet 0 (Madison, WI): 2-4-1 Happy Hour on all drinks 53.50 Saturday, April 17 drinks up to 53.50 and under. Drinks over 53.50 are $I off from 4 from 4 to 7 p.m. 51 lite taps from 9 p.m. to close Karaoke from 8:30 & under. SI off all other drinks from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. All whiskey drinks p.m. to close (rail, Jim Beam, Jack Daniels etc.) are 501 off. Pitchers of Lite S4 for LGBT Community Center - Lesbian 2000 (L2K) Fund-Raiser (Milwau- p.m. to close. Shots of Hot Sex SI from 8 p.m. to close. Di 8 Danc- small & S5 for large. Shots of Doctor S2. DJ & dancing at 10 p.m. kee): Come to the Center, 170 S 2nd St., to make connections and ing begin at 10 p.m. Scooter's (Eau Claire, WI): Progressive Night! 9 p.m. through close. 51 rail network with various lesbian organizations from 6 to 10 p.m. Be a port Club 219 (Milwaukee): Closed. mixers, 501 mugs of beer. Price goes up 251 every half-hour to closing. Club 219 (Milwaukee): Open at 5 p.m. Cocktails are 1/2 price from of There is o potluck, so 5 to 8 p.m. Lesbian 2000 (12K) bring a dish to pass. FMI Dish (Milwaukee): The new night-spot for women! Happy Hour 2-4-1 South Water St. Docks (Milwaukee): 2-4.1 cocktails 3 to 7 p.m. call (414) 271-2656. from 5 to 7 p.m. Pool & Dart Leagues sign up now. Station 2 (Milwaukee): Closed! Dish (Milwaukee): 2-4-1 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Groove with Amy! LGBT Community (enter - ARCW Youth Night (Milwaukee): ARCW is Amy entertains! Emeralds (Milwaukee): Margarita Mondays! $2 - 8 p.m. to midnight. The Ballgame (Milwaukee): 52.90 top-shelf, $1.80 rail drinks from 9 starting a Drop-in Coffee Chat Group for the gay, bisexual and ques- p.m. to close. Emeralds (Milwaukee): Tea Thursday! Ice Tea $2.50. tioning youth of Milwaukee from 3 to 5:30 p.m. This event is called Fannies (Milwaukee): Closed until March 1999. Fannies (Milwaukee): $1 off almost everything including top shelf. The Mirror & Me: Reflections on LGBT Youth's Self Esteem. FMI call Fluid (Milwaukee): 2-4.1 drinks from 5 to 8 p.m. The Office (Rockford, IL): Bud Products 51.50. (414) 271-2656 Fluid (Milwaukee): 2-4-1 drinks from 5 to 8 p.m. Cosmplolitan Marti- Jo'Dees International (Racine; WI): 56 Super Bust! by MGD and Miller The Trading Company (Eau Claire, WI): 2 for S2. Domestic bottles and nis S3 from 8 p.m. to close. Mil-M-AIDS 9 Pin Bowling Tournament (Milwaukee): Participate in the Lite , all the MGD or Miller lite you con drink ALL HITE! (54 Packer rail mixes all night. twelfth annual bowling tournament scheduled to take place at noon on Bust for televised Monday night Packer's games. Open 1 hour before Triangle (Milwaukee): Hoppy Hour • 5 to 9 p.m. 2-4-1 drinks! Jo'Dees International (Racine, WI): $6 SUPER BUST! MGD and Miller Saturday, Apr. 17 at the Red Carpet Bowler°, 11731 W. Burleigh St. The televised games). Lite. Cherry lrfeSaver's and Viagra Shots - S 2.50 entry fee is $25, which includes bowling, o buffet, prizes and donation. Woody's (Milwaukee): Appetizers! Cocktail Hour - 4 to 9 p.m. Kathy's Nut Hut (Milwaukee): 4 to 6 p.m. Pull tabs! Kathy's Nut Hut (Milwaukee): Stammers! $1 -7 p.m. to 2 a.m. The tournament benefits BESTD Clinic & Camp Hartland. FMI call Bob Wednesdays: and Rick at (414) 482-1964 or Cindy and Debi at (414) 328-3636. M&M Club (Milwaukee): Mountain of BBC) Rib Special! Kirby's Klub (Madison, WO: Every Thursday Night is 20's Night! Parry Barracks - Levi/Leather (Madison, WI): Happy Hour from 4 to 8 p.m. to the hottest rock all night. $1 rail, 51 shots, 501 taps. Listen to our OutReach - Wine-Tasting Benefit (Madison, WI): The event entitled Naplese Lounge (Green Bay, WI): Pull tabs from 3 to 7 p.m. (Drinks as AN 2-4-1 on all drinks under $3.50 plus the Happy Hour Wheel. From 8 new DJs Todd & Shawn. EVENING WITH FRIENDS begins at 7 p.m. and continues until midnight low as 251). There is a 56 Beer Bust from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. p.m. to close pints of Lite 52. Rail drinks 501 off. Shots of Cuervo or M&M Club (Milwaukee): Happy Hour from 5 p.m. to close!. at the Sapphire Ballroom, located in the Northgate Mall at 1133 N. OH ZONE (Rockford, IL): Melrose Mondays. Free pizza & shot specials. Doctors 51.50 Sherman Ave. Tickets are 525. FMI call OutReach at (608) 255.8582 Boot Camp Saloon: Cocktail Hour - Man's Country (Chicago): Half-Price Night. Rooms $10, Lockers 57. and charge by phone (MC/Viso). 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April 8 - April 21, 1999 • IN Step www. instepnews. corn Cempazuchi Flowers On Brady Street Story and Photo by Waswo pick-up truck and we'd drive tiVo miles of the IN Step staff over the riverbeds and hills to their home. "She was a wonderful person with en it comes to most Mexican lots of knowledge. We became friends with restaurants in Milwaukee, a per- other restauranteurs in Oaxaca. It was o son can pretty much guess the Good ri W worth it just to observe them and pick up menu even before it is seen. Not so with some of their methods. It's nice to go to Cempazuchi (meaning marigold), which school, but unless you actually see things Reasons being made you Specials don't really under- to go to stand." Cempazuchi will also feature a full ser- Fannies vice bar, with a large menu of Margaritas. FABULOUS Friday Thirty types of high NEWLY REMODELED quality Tequilas will Unique, with a touch of class Non-Stop Dance • 10pm to close be on hand, as well as A blend of disco, funk, R&B, swing, country & more a list featuring some 23 varieties of wine. NEW OUTDOOR PATIO from 9:30 pm to 10pm "We'll also be for Summer fun serving lots of non- EVERYONE DRINKS FREE! alcoholic drinks. (rail and domestic only) Like horchata, a rice TWO BARS Envelope Night, WIN CASH PRIZES! Bryce Cempazuchi. and cinnamon fla- Clark and Sal Sanchez inside vored water that is Large Dance Floor very popular in Mexico." ('legally' dance anytime) has just opened at 1205 East Brady Street. Sal and Bryce are obviously proud of Owners Sal Sanchez and Bryce Clark have their new venture and eager to share their Saturday gone to great lengths to make sure their knowledge of Mexican cuisine with Mil- SITTING AREA restaurant is innovative and different. waukee. femmes lute "We started going to Mexico about "I think the best mole is the black with plenty of tables & chairs nine years ago, and we noticed how good mole that's served in Oaxaca", states Sal. the food was. There was nothing really "I've never seen it outside of that city, but First 20 Femmes Drink FREE! like it here in Milwaukee. A big differ- it will be on our menu. It's typically FRIENDLY, CLEAN 9pm to 10pm (rail and domestic only) ence was flavor. The food we found in served with turkey rather than chicken. Atmosphere Mexico was more complex and sophisti- D.J. 9:30pm to close. Powering the dance floor with Turkey is indigenous to Mexico, whereas a dance mix of retro, alternative, techno, funk, R&B cated. We have our favorite restaurant in chicken is not. Mexico City. Whenever we're in and more! Something for everyone! that city "We'll be rotating a `fish of the day' LOTS OF PARKING we just have to eat there. The food is just which will be served in a Veracruz sauce that that good." is very, very different. It has capers and olives There's construction on Barclay, Sal Sanchez has had a long history of and is almost Italian in flavor. It's a dish that but we are open and there is involvement in food service, and his lover, comes from the coast of Mexico. We'll also SIR NITS Sunday Bryce, has had a wealth of experience in be offering a lot of vegetarian items. There still plenty of free parking the floral industry. Together, they bring us will be something for everyone." V Cempazuchi. As Bryce puts it, " We're Service Industry Night going to be more than just a restaurant. LIVE DJ ON WEEKENDS Specials Every Sunday We're also going to be a flower shop. Just loose flowers wrapped in paper. Very much Special Specials for Sir Members like you'd find in a Mexican market." "I'll be doing most of the cooking," ENTERTAINMENT continues Sal, " but we both took classes occasional live shows Karoke 1st Sunday of every month. from a woman who runs a cooking from 6pm to 10pm school in Oaxaca. She actually taught us in her home. It was great to learn that LOTS OF way. We'd shop the market in the village, Theme Parties and her husband would load it into the Coming Soon INTERNET ACCESS Fight Night boxing-kick boxing-kenpo Danceworks is on the Move Fighters Wanted! Call 414.649.9003 AVAILABLE or e-mail [email protected] Artistic Director Sarah Wilbur and the board of directors of Danceworks Inc. for Private Parties have announced that they will be relocating the organization to a new facility at Live Swing & Free Dance Lessons the Northern Lights Building in downtown Milwaukee. The new space will be called Studio 1661 and will occupy the entire ground floor of the building at Sign up NOW! 1661 N. Water St. POOL, DARTS "We welcome the opportunity to bring the Danceworks Performance Com- games, and cd jukebox pany (DPC), Dancecircus and Wild Space Dance Company together under a sin- gle roof for informal showings, Master Classes, and professional development Tues. SHORELINE NIGHT workshops," said Wilbur. "We are looking at a lot of cross-fertilization rather than REASONS NOT TO a merging of identities. This should really keep dance hot in Milwaukee." Practice from 7pm-9pm Danceworks will unveil its new identity, designed by the Milwaukee Institute GO TO FANNIES of Art & Design (MIAD) on June 1. They will open for business with a month Unsubstantiated gossip of Welcome activities that will include a rehearsal residency with "Reggie Wil- Wed. KAROKE son/Fist and Heel Performance Group". Wilson, a Milwaukee native, is returning and rumors Every 2nd & 4th Wed. • 4/7, 4/11, 5/12, 5/26 to set a piece at DPC. Also in town from Chicago during June will be Brian Jef- PLUS Pull Tabs: Drinks as low as 25-cents! fery of "XSIGHT! Performance Group" who is setting a piece and will offer a week-long technique workshop open to intermediate and advanced dancers. Studio 1661 will house the rehearsals, classes and camps of Danceworks, the S. SOCIAL HOUR Dreamtime Creative Arts Studio, Betty Salamun's Dancecircus, and a host of part- All nite • Plus a new bartender! time partners including Wild Space Dance Company and the UWM Dance Pro- gram. This larger, centrally located space will increase the organization's visibility and meet its growing need for studio and informal performing space. Dancecircus will move its entire operation to the new location, and Wild 200 E. Washington Ave. • 649-9003 Space will be offering company classes in conjunction with weekend rehearsals at the new space. Wild Space will also host a workshop series. Marcia Parsons of the Dance Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has chosen Studio 1661 as its main site for off campus classes, many of which will be taught by Danceworks faculty. The new space will have two large dance studios, one of which will be inau- gurated early in 2000 and used as an informal 80-seat performance space for a program of new works. There will be offices for Danceworks and Dancecircus, and a studio space for Dreamtime. Studio 1661 will include changing rooms, a shower, and a small reception space that will double as a gallery. For more infor- armies mation about Danceworks or their new location, please call (414) 372-2077. www.fannies.net

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Gay AA/Gay Al-anon - 12-Step Meetings (Kenosha): These recovery r groups meet every Thursday at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 5810 South Water St. Docks (Milwaukee): 2-4-1 cocktails 3 to 8 p.m. 75( Milwaukee Eagle (Milwaukee): 2-4-1 on all mixed drinks from 8 p.m. 8th Ave., at 7:30 p.m. FMI call Bill or Art at (414) 694-0115 taps from 9 p.m. to close. to 10 p.m. DJ Eddie! Gay/Lesbian AA Closed Meeting (Madison, WI): Meets weekly at 8 Station 2 (Milwaukee): Bottle and Can beers, 50( off. Si shots of cold OH ZONE (Rockford, IL): $1.50 shot specials. DJ/Dancing. p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 1609 University Ave. FMI call Schnapps. Ray's Bar & Grill (Madison, WI): $2 Lite pints from 4 to 8 p.m. Men's (608) 222-8989. South Madison Health & Family Ctr. (Madison, WI): The Bollgome (Milwaukee): $1.80 roil drinks 9 p.m. to close. Room Bar on 2nd floor 9 p.m. to close. Movies - Pool - Darts! Free, anonymous walk-in HIV testing from 5 to 7:45 p.m. Located at The Office (Rockford, II): Beer $1 Well drinks $1.50. Scooter's (Eau Claire, WI): All chilled shots only $1.50 - 9 to 11 p.m. 2202 South Park St. FMI call (608) 261-9270. The Trading Company (Eau Claire, WI): Super Bust! 9 p.m. to close. $8 DJ & dancing starting at 11 p.m. HIV Self-Help Group - Monthly meeting (Bamboo, WI): This group spon- rail, $10 call mixers, $12 top-shelf mixers. Station 2 (Milwaukee): Dirty Cocktails Specials (ask bartender). Hot sored by persons living with HIV, Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital & the AIDS Network meets every 3rd Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. in Baraboo. All- Sex $1. Slammers $1. Triangle (Milwaukee): Happy Hour • 5 to 9 p.m. 2-4.1 drinks! $6 Refreshments are served & transportation assistance is available. FMI Drink Rail Bust! The Ball Game (Milwaukee): Bloody Marys, Screw Drivers, Grey U-Can & location call (608) 643.7241 or (608) 643- 7583. 801 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. EGG-(ELENT! Photo by Jamie @ 219 Woody's (Milwaukee): Cocktail Hour - 4 to 9 p.m. Specialty Beer Night Hounds $2.30. Tap beer LAAM - Support Group (Milwaukee): WOMEN WITH PHYSICAL DIS- (Sam Adams, Corona, Becks, The Office (Rockford, IL): Rockford's Best Dance Party! DJ's Jerry & 51.50 per bottle from 8 p.m. to close ABILITIES meets from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Counseling Center of less One! Rolling Rock & More). Milwaukee. FMI call (414) 271-2565. La's (Green Bay, Super Bust. DJ Mark spins. Woody's (Milwaukee): Come down and Bash with Chris from 4 to 9 p.m. WI): $6 LGBT Community Center - Lesbian Singles Discussion Group (Milwau- Fridays: kee): The group meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the 3rd Thursday of each BAR EVENTS: month at the Center, 170 S. 2nd Street. FMI call (414) 271-26S6. Barracks - Levi/Leather (Madison, WI): 2-4-1 Happy Hour on all drinks $3.50 and under. $1 off all other drinks. From 4 to 8 p.m. plus the Friday, April 9 LGBT Community Center - Entrepreneur Network (Milwaukee): The Happy Hour wheel. group meets from 7 to 8:30 on the 4th Thursday of the month at the The Milwaukee Eagle (Milwaukee): Fetish Night! HANKIES, 50( off all Center, 170 S. 2nd Street. FMI call (414) 271-2656. Boot Camp Saloon (Milwaukee): Cocktail Hour - 4 to 8 p.m. beverages for those Flagging, 10 p.m. to close. South Madison Health & Family Ctr. (Madison, WI): Free, anonymous Cell Block (Chicago): Fetish Night! (heck your Monthly Planner. $100 Saturday, April 10 South Park drawings. Holding Cell opens at 10 p.m. walk-in HIV testing from 5 to 7:45 p.m. Located at 2202 The Milwaukee Eagle (Milwaukee): OBERON'S CLUB NIGHT! This St. FMI call (608) 261-9270. - Chicago Eagle (Chicago):Club Night. Chicago's Leather and S&M Clubs includes a Beer Bust and drawings. DJ Eddie! welcome. Pit open. Triangle Coalition LGB Support Group (Rockford, IL): Meet to establish Friday, April 16 and explore friendships & relationships. Discuss a variety of topics every Club 5/Planet 0 (Madison, WI): 2-4-1 Happy Hour on all drinks $3.50 Thursday at 8 p.m. FMI call (319) 583-1834. and under. All other drinks are $1 off from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. DJ & Kathy's Nut Hut HIV Testing (Milwaukee): The BESTD Traveling HIV oe, dancing at 10 p.m. Clinic will be there from 7 to 10 p.m. FMI call (414) 2/2-2144. Womenis Consciousness Raising Group (Madison, WI): Meets weekly at 5:30 p.m. at 122 State St. Suite 403. FMI call (608) 250-6775. Super Don. Photo by Jamie Club 219 (Milwaukee): Open at 5 p.m. Cocktails are 1/2 price from The Milwaukee Eagle (Milwaukee): Fetish Night! BARE CHESTS. 50( 5 to 8 p.m. off all beverages for those who go shirtless from 10 p.m. to close. Unitarian Universalist Church - lesbian Support/Discussion Group (Rockford, IL): The group meets weekly from 1 to 8 p.m. at 4848 Turn- Dish (Milwaukee): The new night spot for women! Happy Hour 2.4-1 Wednesday, April 21 er Rd. FMI call (815) 636-7298. 5 to 1 p.m. Join DJ Amber for dandn' & romancin'. Boot Camp Saloon - HIV Testing (Milwaukee): The BESTD Traveling HIV Friday, April 9 Emeralds (Milwaukee): Friday Night Dance Party with DJ Bonge. No Clinic will be there from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. FMI call (414) 272-2144. cover before 9 p.m. LGBT Youth Group - Meeting (Kenosha): This group meets the first & BOOK READINGS, third Fridays of the month from 7 to 10 p.m. at the ARCW Offices, Fannies (Milwoukee):Envelope Night! WIN $SScash & prizes. DJ at 1212 57th St. FMI call 800-924-6601. 10 p.m. with the best of the 70s, 80s & 90s. CLASSES & CLUBS: High Tea & Talk - Senior Meals Group (Madison, WI): High Tea & Talk is Fluid (Milwaukee): 2.4-1 drinks from 5 to 8 p.m. an organization-free (no long associated with SAGE/Done) opportunity far Thursday, April 8 Jo'Dees International (Racine, WI): Bring on the Bears and Bikers! senior men, and their friends of all ages, who enjoy the company of other $1.25 Tap MGD & Miller Lite, $1.75 Pints of Leinie's Red, $2.50 Pints Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop Author Appearance (Brookfield, WI): A debut men on Friday afternoons. The group meets at Monty's Blue Plate Diner, of Hacker-Pschorr Weisse. $2.50 Vanilla & Original Doctor's, Cherry novel by Jennifer Chiaverini teaches deep lessons about family, friendship and 2089 Atwood Ave., from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and is wheel chair accessible. sisterhood in THE OUILTERIS APPRENTICE. The author will share her novel at Cheesecake, Cherry lifeSaver's and Viagra shots: MGLO & MGLPO - Red light Night (Marshfield, WI): Come every Friday 7 p.m. The event is free and open to all. FMI call (414) 797-6140. Kathy's Nut Hut (Milwaukee): Pull tabs! 5 to 7 p.m. night from 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. to Marshfieldis #1 spot at 130 S. Cen- LGBT Community Center - Pink Ink Writers Group (Milwaukee): This lesbian LGBT M&M Club (Milwaukee): All you can eat Fish Fry. tral Ave., above the Thimbleberry Bookstore. Come and meet local group meets monthly at 1 p.m. at the Center. FMI call (414) 271-2656 people, enjoy Videos and Dancing. Everyone is welcome to attend. Carry-in Milwaukee Eagle (Milwaukee): Open 8 p.m. Fetish Nitel 501 off all Monday, April 12 Alcohol accepted. FMI call Jim (715) 384-6731 or Vic (715) 387-2068. Love me for my mind. Photo by Jamie @ 219 beverages for those who are Fetish dressed from 10 p.m. to dose. 2- 4-1 on all mixed drinks from 8pm to l0pm. The Shaft Bar opens at 10 AfterWords Bookstore - Book Club (Milwaukee): There will be a discus- Northland Gay Menis Center - Weekly HIV/AIDS Social Group (Duluth, p.m. Dress Code enforced. DI Eddie. sion of Mary Renaultis THE PERSIAN BOY at 7:30 p.m. New members MN): The group meets from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Center, 8 N. 2nd Ave. ore always welcome. FMI call (414) 963-9089 or check the web site East, Temple opera Block, Suite 309. This is an opportunity for all men OH ZONE (Rockford, IL): $1.50 shot specials & import beer specials. with HIV/AIDS to socialize and find support. FMI call (218) 722-8585. DJ/Dancing. at www.afterwords.com. Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop - Author Appearance (Shorewood): Nov- Madison Transgender Group - Support Group (Madison, WI): A support Ray's Bar & Grill (Madison, WI): 2.4-1 Happy Hour! Fish Fry $6.95. and advocacy group for Transsexuals (M-T-F and F-T-M), Cross Dressers DJ ( p.m. to close. Men's Room Bar on 2nd floor open at 9 p.m. Movies elist MARTHA COOLEY will discuss THE ARCHIVIST at 1 p.m. The event "00 is free and open to all. FMI call (414) 963-3111. and their Friends, Families and Significant Others. Meeting at 7:30 - Pool - Darts! p.m. at OutReach, 14 West Mifflin Street. FMI (608) 255.4927. Tuesday, April 13 Scooter's (Eau Claire, WI): $1 domestic bottles 9 p.m. to close. Saturday, April 10 South Water Street Docks (Milwaukee): 2-4-1 cocktails 3 to 7 p.m. Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop - Author Appearance (Milwaukee): GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS will discuss ALL TOO HUMAN at the Mil- AIDS Network - HIV/AIDS Support Group (Madison, WI): This group Station 2 (Milwaukee): Margarita Madness S2. Corona $2. waukee Public Libraryis Centennial Hall, 733 N. 8th St. at 7 p.m. Tick- meets from 10 a.m. to noon at UW Hospital, 600 Highland Ave. in The Ballgome (Milwaukee): Cocktail hour from 2 to 9 p.m. Hors d'oeu- ets ore 55 and are available as a coupon towards the purchase of the K6/Rm. 280, 2nd floor. FMI call (608) 252.6540 or 1.800-486-6216. vres. book. FMI call (414) 797-6140. GLB M Open Meeting (Madison, WI): Every Saturday at 6 p.m. at OutReach, 14 W. Mifflin, Suite 103. FMI call (608) 255-8582. The Office (Rockford, IL): Best Dance Party! DJ Cris. Wednesday, April 14 Gay Menis Singles Club - Monthly Meeting/Party (Madison, WI): This Triangle (Milwaukee): Happy Hour - 5 to 9 p.m. 2-4-1 drinks! Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop - Author Appearance (Brookfield, WI): group is for single gay men seeking LTRs. Tonight is their Spring Fling Mystery writer MARTHC GRIMES will read from BITING THE MOON at 7 Woody's (Milwaukee): Cocktail Hour 4 to 9 p.m. with a buffet brunch at 7 p.m. FMI call (608) 244.8675 p.m. The event is free and open to all. FMI call (414) 797-6140. (evenings). Luv Monkeys. Photo by Jamie Saturdays: Gemini Gender Group Meeting (Brookfield, WI): The group meets at Thursday, April 15 Barracks - Levi/Leather (Madison, WI): Levi/Leather/Uniform Night! the Unitarian Universalist West at 7 p.m. FMI call (414) 297-9328. Harry W. Schwartz 50( off every drink for proper l/L/Uniform attire. 2-4-1 Happy Hour Bookshop - Author Appearance (Brookfield, WI): Integrity/Dignity - I/D & Y2K Open Forum (Madison, WI): A brain- on all drinks $350 and under. $1 off all drinks over $3.50, plus spin Novelist GAIL GOODWIN will read from EVENSONG at 7 p.m. The event storming discussion will be held of 6 p.m. on specific sexuality and spir- the Happy Hour Wheel from 4 to 8 p.m. is free and open to all. FMI call (414) 797.6140. itual programs of interest to college youth, lesbians; people living with Cell Block (Chicago, IL:): Open at 2 p.m. Saturday Night Riot 'HI 3 o.m. AfterWords Bookstore Storewide Sale (Milwaukee): See what you can AIDS and others in our community to plan for the coming year. Liturgy Holding Cell opens at 10 p.m. Freddie Bane DJ. find at the DOW( SING THE I.R.S. BLUES sale. FMI call (414) 963- is held of 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month at 9089 or check the web site at www.afterwords.com. St. Francis House, 1001 University Ave. FMI call (608) 836-8886. Chicago Eagle (Chicago): Drawings for Eagle Leather all night. Pit open. Tuesday, April 20 Northland Gay Menis Center - Social Night (Duluth, MN): Meets every Club 5/Planet 0 (Madison, WI): 2-4-1 Happy Hour an all drinks $3.50 Saturday. Activities include games, videos and other social events from and under. $1 off all other drinks from 4 to 8 p.m. Borders Book Store EAST - GIBTO Book Discussion Group (Madison, WI): 6 to 9 p.m. at the Center, 8 N. 2nd Ave. East, Temple opera Block, At 7 p.m. two books will be discussed: one a fiction novel and a non-fic- Club 219 (Milwaukee): $1 tappers & $1.50 rail drinks 4 to 8 p.m. Suite 309. FMI call (218) 722-8585. tion book that ties in with the fiction novel. FMI call (608) 240-0080. Dish (Milwaukee): The new night spot for women! Join DJ Amber for Sunday, April 11 dancin' & romandn'. COMMUNITY MEETINGS Angels of Hope MCC Religious Services (Allouez & Appleton, WI): Ser- Fannies (Milwaukee): Hot Music to dance to. Two new Din playing top AND EVENTS: vices are held every Sunday at I 1 a.m. at 3607 Libel St., Allouez, & at (C, 40, booty, house, funk, oldies etc. 5 p.m. at 815 N. Richmond St., Appleton. FMI call (920) 991-0128. Cf:‘ t t Jo'Dees International (Racine, WI): Vanilla & Original Doctor's, Cherry Thursday, April 8 James Reeb Unitarian Univeralist Church - Worship Service (Modison, Cheesecake, Cherry LifeSaver's and Viagra shots - $2.50. $1.25 Tap WI): Services are from 10 to 1 1 a.m. at 2146 E. Johnson St. FMI call Its my natural hair color. Photo by Jamie @ 219 Diversity G/L Resource Center (Rockford, IL): Located at 610 E State St.

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April 8 — April zi, 1999 • IN Step www. instepnews. com (608) 242-8887. Thursday, April 15 11 p.m. Also 12:30 to 2:30 a.m. lAAM • Newsletter Stuffing (Milwaukee): Help stuff the newsletters Frontiers Gay/Bi Meals Group - Activity Planning (Madison, WI): Meet at starting at 12 noon at the LRAM office (#104) at the WE Communi- Bobis at 7 p.m. to plan future activities. FMI call Bob at (608) 244-3351. MUSEUMS E GALLERIES ty Center, 170 S. 2nd St. FMI call (414) 2674-2600. Third Thursdays -Monthly Gathering (Madison, WI): GLBTC) alumni, fac- Friday, April 9 Film LGBT Community Center - Meditation Circle (Milwaukee): The group ulty/staff, graduate students and their guests , sponsored by the GLB meets from 10 a.m. to noon on the 2nd Sunday of the month at the Alumni Council John Michael Kohler Arts Center • Dance (Sheboygan, WI): LI CHIAO- Center, 170 S. 2nd Street. FMI call (414) 271-2656. PING DANCE performs Asian martial arts combined with contemporary and the Faculty Senate Committee on GO issues. There is a short pro- dance at 7:30 p.m. FMI 8 tickets call (920) 458-6144. LGBT Community Center • Conversations With God (Milwaukee): The gram, cash bar and snacks. LoCation: University Club, 803 State Sheet. Milwaukee Art Museum • First Friday (Milwaukee): SWING NOUVEAU Reviews group meets from 10 a.m. to noon on the 3rd Sunday of the month at FMI Ken Naar @ 263- 4086 or Russell Betts @ 262-5895 the Center, 170 S. 2nd Street. FMI call (414) 271.2656. goes into action from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at MAM1s First Friday aftyer-work Friday, April 16 party of the month featuring live music, free dance lessons from 5 to IGBT Community Center - Drumming Circle (Milwaukee): The group Frontiers Gay/Bi Menis Group - Dining Out (Madison, WI): Meet at the 5:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 with the JUMPINI JIVE DANCE CLUB. meets from 10 a.m. to noon on the 4th Sunday of the month at the There will be tasty appetizers from HI HAT, a cash bar and museum `Cookie's Fortune' & Center, 170 S. 2nd Street. FMI call (414) 271.2656. East Side Business Menlo Association, 3135 Monona Drive, at 7 p.m. FM) call RJ at (608) 214-5821. tours. FMI call (414) 224-3200 PRAG - NEW Meeting (Kenosha, WI): St. Mary's Lutheran Church, Friday, April 16 `The Out-Of-Towners' 2001 80th Street, will begin a.PFEAG (Parents, Family 8 Friends of Sunday, April 18 . • Lesbians And Gays) support group at 6:30 p.m. FMI contact Pastor Integrity/Dignity - I/D Board Meeting (Madison, WI): The meeting will Michael H. Lord Gallery • Gallery Night (Milwaukee): Three-dimension- obert Altman's Cookie's Fortune and James Shadduck at (414) 658-3555. take place ot Kenis home. All I/D participants are welcome at the meeting al assemblages using found objects by LAWRENCE LAATSCH are shown The Out-Of-Towners remake are along with J.P. Attenberryis small Perfect Harmony Chorus • Rehearsal (Madison, WI): Meet and sing or at a restaurant-to-be-determined afterward. FMI call (608) 831-2052. photographs by of plants taken at Md- two new films that obsess on the waukeers Horticultural Conservatory (the Domes). Both R every Sunday at Grace Episcopal Church on Capital Square from 7 to 9 exhibits are on PFLAG/Done • Meeting (Madison, WI): PFIAG meets at 2 p.m. at the view through 5/22/99 in the main gallery. There is outsider social status so much so that the p.m. Enter from the West Washington side of the court yard. FMI a reception from Friends Society (Quakers), 1704 Roberts- Court, behind Associated 5:30 p.m. on Gallery Night. FMI call (414) 272-1007. narratives would barely exist without it. (608) 232-0528. Bank on Monroe St. Topic: Transgendered individuals, working towards But where Cookie's Fortune seems to revel Milwaukee Art Museum - Lecture 8 Book Rainbow Friends • Quaker Worship Group (Madison, WI): This group better understanding. Signing (Milwaukee): ROSE- MARY VEREY, famed English garden designer, will in its obsessions, for better or worse, The meets on the third Thursday of each month at 11 a.m. Diversity is present the last of Silver Space - Older Lesbian Discussion Group (Milwaukee): This group four gardening lectures with an emphasis on her awn work in Out-Of-Towners relentlessly aims to set encouraged, feelings are honored, and boundaries are respected. FMI England. meets at the Counseling Center, 2036 N. Bartlett on.the third Sunday She will also sign copies of her books, which will be itself off from the ship of fools. 8, location, call (608) 250-1989. available. The lec- of every month from 6 to 8 p.m. FMI call (414) 271-2565. ture will be held at 7 p.m. with a reception to be held beforehand of 6 Cookie's Fortune is like a more light- Seeking Sobriety • Non-Religious Recovery Group (Milwaukee) This UW-Madison - LGBT Graduation Reception (Madison, WI): From 11:30 p.m. The price is $30, and includes hors dioeuvres. Reservations are hearted In This Our Life, the super-melo- recovery group meets at 6 p.m. every Sunday at BESTD Clinic, 1240 am to 1:30 p.m. at the Pyle Center, Ameritech lounge, 702 Langdon required. FMI 8 tickets call Beth Hoffman (414) 224-3850. dramatic 1942 Bette Davis vehicle, E. Brady St. (use side door). FMI call Danny ot (414) 540-0961 or Street, there will be a reception for graduating LGBT students This annu- Tuesday, April 20 arguably her bitchiest role ever. When the Richard at (414) 4421132. al event sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WM) and the Dean of Students is for everyone. Milwaukee Art Museum - Jackson Pollock Lecture (Milwaukee): Kirk Varen- eccentric Cookie (Patricia Neal) blithely University Congregational Church - Worship Service (Madison, WI): Week- offs herself with ly services are at 10 a.m. at 1127 University Ave. FMI (608) 256-2353. doe a curator at the Musetim of Modern Art in New York City, will discuss a pistol, her more genteel Monday, April 19 the works of artist JACKSON POLLOCK at 7-p.m. in the Volgel/Helfaer Gal- niece Camille (Glenn Close, the Davis Monday, April 12 Frontiers Gay/Bi Mens Group - Rap Group (Madison, WI): The group leries at the lake level in a lecture sponsored by MAMis Contemporary Art character) covers up the socially demean- BGLASS - Weekly Meeting (Appleton, WI): The Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian meets at the new OUTReach, 600 Williamson St. at 7:30 p.m. FMI call Society. Regular Museum admission. 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The meetings take place from 7 to 8:30 meet every third Wednesday of the month at the LGBT Community Cen- kee): AN EVENING OF POULENC MELODIES featuring Dalton Baldwin at p.m. at the Family Resource Assn. of Fox Valley, Midway Rd., 1488 Ken- ter, 170 S. 2nd St. at 5:30 p.m. FMI call WCA at (414) 284.3295. by the film's increasing goofiness. wood Drive. FMI call (920) 739-4226 or Sylvia at 1-800-675-9400 the piano. Admission is $12 general, S6 students, or Festival Pass. FMI By contrast, there's nothing democra- call (414) 229-4308. LGBT Campus Center - Boy-Oh-Boy Meals Social Group (Madison, WI): FILM, TV, VIDEO E RADIO: tic, oddly or otherwise, about the venal This social group for ages 18 to 25 meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Gala (Milwaukee): Attend an ele- The Out-Of-Towners. This is a remake of 406 W. Gilman St. FMI call (608) 265.3344. 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Wisconsin Conservatory of Music - Faculty Concert Series (Milwaukee): because what helps rejuvenate the duo is Madison Community Health Ch. -HIV Testing (Madison, WI): Free, 2nd Street. FMI call (414) 271-2656. The trio Togism will interpret the unique tones of Arabic music with a how the film repeatedly counterposes anonymous, walk-in HIV testing from 3 to 5:45 p.m. at 1133 touch of jazz at 3 p.m. in the (onservatoryis Recital Hall, FMI 8 tick- Sunday, April 11 their development to all sorts of fringe Williamson St. FMI call (608) 255-0704. ets ($10) call (414) 276-5760. Cable Channel 4, Public Access TV, WYOU - Worship (Madison, WI): deviants — crazy New Yawkers, sure, but Northland Gay Menis Center • Open Discussion Group (Duluth, MN): CATHEDRAL OF HOPE, (Dallas, TX) part of the Federated MCC, will reg- meets weekly from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Center, 8 N. 2nd Ave. The group ularly air a 30 minute worship service at 8 p.m. East, Temple Opera Block, Suite 309. Topics include coming out issues, support 8 resources. No age limits. FMI call (218) 722-8585. WORT Radio 89.9 FM - Lesbian Radio (Madison, WI): A weekly show titled HER TURN: Womenis news and Information by and about UHS Counseling 8, Consultation Services • Sex Out Loud (Madison, Monday Night Irregulars women, airs from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Followed by HER INFINITE VARI- Gay/Bi students meets in the Memorial WI): This discussion group for ETY: Women in Music from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. All genres and styles. p.m. FMI call (608) 265.4901. Union at 12 every Tuesday. Interviews, live guests and announcements for the Womynis communi- Standings Through March 22 1999 Womansong • Rehearsal (Madison) This singing group meets at Beth ty. FMI call (608) 256-2001 or http://www.netphoria.com/wort 1) MCC Church Israel Ch. at 7 p.m. FMI call (608) 222-2987. Monday, April 12 2) La Perla Yoga Spirit - Free Classes (Milwaukee): Every Tuesday there are free classes for all people living with HIV. Among other things you can MIAD • Free Film (Milwaukee): As part of The Future in Film series, 3) M&M Club reduce stress and ease neuropathy 8, joint pain. Classes are held at BLADE RUNNER will be screened at 7 p.m. in the Todd Wehr Auditori- 301 N. Water St., Suite 410 at 3:30 p.m. FMI call (414) 289-9660. um. FMI call (414) 276-7889. 4) This Is It Wednesday, April 14 Tuesday, April 13 5) Seamen From Docks Steve Martin and Goldi Hawn in 'The Out-of-Towners'. Diversity G/L Resource Ctr - Coming Out Support Group (Rockford, IL): Cable Channel 4, Public Access TV, WYOU • LGBT Programming (Madi- 6) Jo Anne Worley son, WI): At 4 p.m. NOTHING TO HIDE presents MIDWEST LW CON- also a twelve-step group of sex addicts and The group meets every Wednesday at 610 E. State St. from 7 to 8 a closet transvestite (John Cleese). These p.m. FMI call (815) 964-2639. FERENCE AT MONONA TERRACE. 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