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A review by Larry Lee International Women's Week officia lly classes. So these organizations arose runs from March 7 to U , bu t here In the Bay together with other revolutionary currents, The Mayor o f Castro Street: The Life & Times o f Harvey Milk, by Area It w ill start early and end late. A com­ not only In Argentina but throughout Latin Randy Shilts. St. M artin’s Press, 1982. $14.95. plete directory of events can be found on America. Later, many of these movements page 3. were destroyed by the military dictator­ In the three and a half years since the murder of Harvey Milk, To celebrate the week we've com m is­ ships that came to power. the columns have carried several items forecasting the way the sioned a number of special articles, In­ media would package his story, the inevitable fate o f our latter- cluding this one, which Inaugurates what During those years, In the 1970's, it was day heroes and martyrs. Joel Grey, o f all people, was Interested we hope w ill become an ongoing series on fashionable, especially In Buenos Aires, to in playing Harvey on TV, and there was talk o f a theatrical film the feminist, gay and lesbian movements go to gay clubs and bars. These were not starring Ron Liebman, the memorable union organizer o f Norma throughout the world. always legal, and remained open because Rae. Warren Hinckle, whose disturbing investigative reporting of the large sums of money that the owners To be a lesbian or gay man in Argentina about the k iller was deep-sixed by the Chronicle, toyed w ith the (always male) paid the police chlet. today is to run a very great risk, not only idea o f a book and dropped it, and so did science fiction author During and after the 1976 coup the army, because of what it means to be a homosex­ Frank Robinson (The Class Inferno), the close friend Harvey as well as the police, detained many people ual In any part of the world, but also named to succeed him in the event of assassination. In these bars. Women and men were ar­ because of specific factors ranging from The first to tell the Milk saga from start to finish turns out to rested and taken to the nearest police sta­ repression by the military dictatorships to be Randy Shilts, the one-time TV newsman (Evening Edition, The tion. Many were held there for a long time. Ten O 'clock News) and now a reporter for the Chronicle. The the traditional morality and the rigidity of Others were insulted and beaten without news about his book, The Mayor of Castro Street, is very good in­ the C atholic Church. any reason. As tim e passed, the bars were For example, in the early 1970’s the deed. It's hard to imagine any later entry in any medium rivalling closed, and today none ol them are in ex­ Fem inist Movement was reborn, mostly it fo r completeness, complexity, narrative power or— a point I'll istence. made up of university women, but also In­ dwell on a bit longer in a moment—compassion. But in spite of these difficulties there cluding other women from different Not that Shilts didn't have help: specifically, from Harvey M ilk were, as always, traditional meeting places backgrounds, through the consciousness- himself, portrayed in the book as a man keenly aware of his own tor lesbians and gays. These are cates In* raising work that was being done. The theatricality. "How do you like my new stage?" he asks a friend, central Buenos Aires. Many o f them have other movement organized at that tim e was indicating the rotunda o f C ity Hall, where he preferred using the also been the meeting place for several giant staircase to taking the elevators. "Always take that stair­ the Gay Liberation Front, a movement that (continued on page 5) way,” he advised a lover. You can make such an entrance—take Included people from different social it slowly." The book Is long on telling scenes and dialogue and short, if not downright brisk, on analysis, and th at's |ust fine. Certainly, in solid journalistic fashion, Shilts summarizes Briggs and Bry­ ant, Stonewall, San Francisco's gay "dark ages" (from Jose, ______(continued on page 2) Coming Up'.’s got claustrophobia!

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m m Mayor of Castro Street... peror) Bob Ross. The Milk circle's wheeling and dealing with Harvey's taped wills, leaked as se­ ■ rmntiminri(continued from pageoaae 1) lectively as Nixon's transcripts, Isn't a pretty Daughters of Bllltls, SIR onward), and he even sailor, the closeted teacher's college student, . picture. But Shllts makes plain Kronenberg's fa­ manages a thumbnail summary, accessible to a and (rocko-shockol) Harvey the Goldwater man tal pride, Felnsteln's quavering regard for ap­ reader from Des Moines or Mars, of the mess be­ with a job on Wall Street, a box at the opera and pearances. the media's Ignorance of the dicker­ queathed us all by Alloto. But this Is simply a monogamous attitude about the youngsters ing, and the whole mess comes out understand­ workmanlike exposition. The main emphasis Is who, serially, became his lovers. When one of able If not admirable. on character and action, which makes the book the lovers moves on to the household of director For a story where you know how It all turns read like a good novel, the praise all but the Tom O'Horgan, Harvey winds up In two worlds, out, Shllts manages considerable suspense In most obdurate biographers seek—and I mean a spilt between days as a securities analyst and the final sections. Without herolzlng the flippy good novel, the kind you can't put down. And to nights with the cast of Hair. It wouldn't be fair to Warren Hlnckle, Shllts presents the grist of the say this Is not to say that the book is without say he was torn between the two worlds. Rather, Dan White reporting which Hlnckle was deeper resonances for, by arraying his very con­ he straddled them. But In San Francisco the generous enough to share with him, and, In the siderable evidence In this way. Shllts makes the transition was complete, and the brokerage firm process, knee-caps the timorous Chronicle for readers themselves engage In the missing fired him for long hair the same day he burned withholding that material from us. The Berkeley meditations on the deeper tfiemes which run his credit card In a Cambodia protest on the prof who recently defended that paper In the throughout, matters like personal happiness ver­ steps of the Pacific Stock Exchange. It was Columbia Journalism Review ahou Id be taken to / sus the greater good, the sources qf political years before he cut It off to get votes. some public place, forced to read these pages philosophy and action, and suicide. In fact, the I wish Shllts had dropped a few pages of his aloud and then eat them. While Shllts' book way Shilts handles that last topic, suicide, later section on the Briggs battle and had added must have been In proof before he went to work makes you wonder, without the author ever sug­ a few about the year that followed Harvey's big for the morning paper, It is to his credit that this gesting It In so many words, whether Harvey change, spent rolling around In a sleeping bag expose of his current employers' cowardice Milk's San Francisco years might have been a under the redwoods with Scott while their sav­ stands. (The revelations themselves I'll leave to slow-motlon ritual suicide. ings dwindled away. From that point on, we're the book, but they're worth the *14.95.) In the early pages, two of Harvey's ex-lovers dealing with the Harvey all of us know, or think Shllts detonates many small surprises In try to kill themselves. Suicide was a hard, but un­ we do, and like all Icebergs, the part we couldn't these final pages as he sews up his multiple surprising, way out for many of Harvey's genera­ see turns out to look an awful lot like the part we subplots, and there's even a Dickens-style tion, and his response to one of those attempts could. where-are-they-now? caboose to bring us right was to preach "hope," a sermonette presented But this is where Shilts' skill as piotmelater up to date. He retells the story of the night of the Photographer Victor Ail mondi • Expos« Gallery • see centerfold calendar, March 2. In documentary evidence, a note to one of those comes In handy, because here we have our hero, candles In a tremendously affecting way. I got men. The suicide of Harvey's lover Jack Lira dur­ all of his previous lives sealed up behind him like through the march and the speeches. If not dry­ ing Milk's year'ln office was front-page stuff, but a nautilus' chambers, the forces of darkness eyed, at least under control, but then he inserts Shllts brings us more news about Lira: the gathering In Miami and Orange County and City a simple anecdote which reduced me to sobs— earlier attempts shielded from Harvey by Jack Hall, and San Francisco's on-site gay activists and the same thing happened, as she read it, to The People With Harvey and his family, the Inescapable conclusion that. behaving In terribly polite and Inadequate ways. another allegedly hard-bitten colleague on this In Jack, Harvey was quite literally flirting with This guy we've come to like Is about to start paper. Oscar Hammersteln II used to say If you Reactions to the book death. And when one of those early ex-lovers fighting, but there's big trouble ahead: What could make 'em laugh and make 'em cry In the does, Indeed, plunge to his death from the high boycott, but unfortunately he got left out ot happens next? same act, preferably the same scene, you had S cott Smith, who was Harvey M ilk's lover loft of a famous director, an aflermath of Shilts paints the plight skillfully, describing the audience where you wanted them. Shllts and buslnes partner. Is a major character In the book." Harvey's murder, his fate, like Harvey's, seems the factionalism Milk overcame by, mostly, ig­ learned this lesson somewhere and, to para­ the book and Is given principal acknoledge- Milk archivist Jim Gordon thinks that prefigured from the very beginning. The ques­ noring it: "One side would pay any price to be phrase Delmore Schwartz's famous line about ment by Shllts for his help. Although he has “ Randy's extensive research, 150 inter­ tion seems to be, did Haney Milk escape that accepted by liberal friends, even If It meant hav- paranoids, sometimes even sob-sisters really read only the galley proofs and not the final views, and use o f the Harvey M ilk Archives same fate, suffer it or, somehow, both suffer and work, his com ments are favorable: shows In the fine quality of the book. There transcend It? The book is subtitled The Lite and Times ol " It’s very d ifficu lt fo r me to comment on are noticeable historical errors in the book By reaching far into the past and all around Haney Milk, and by making the times as Impor­ the book because I'm such a major charac­ which outsiders w ilt not recognize. Harvey is portrayed as he actually was—which is a tant as the life—the work really Is a social America to Introduce and explain the people ter: it puts me in a d ifficu lt position. There history as much as a biography— Shllts has are some minor Inaccuracies, but when credit to Randy’s writing. It is an excellent written, to twist a title of Stein's, "everybody's who converge here for the climax of his tale, viewed In the to tal scope o f the book, they book that will probably be the definitive biography." That's where the compassion I men­ disappear.” work on Harvey’s life." tioned comes In. It's an essential trait ot the nov­ Shilts has kept the promise of the subtitle to When asked If he considers The Mayor ot Although he has many unvoiced reserva­ elist and a very desirable one In a biographer, Castro Street to be the definitive biography tions about the book, Cart Carlson, and Shllts dispenses It even-handedly In the paint the times. o f M ilk, Smith said, "There are three or four Harvey's Muni advisor who was working score or more of mlcro-blographles he includes more books that could be written about with Harvey when he stepped out to chat ot Harvey's allies, enemies, lovers, opportunistic .. _ ) gay public officials themselves. The other have something to cry about. hangers-on and the occasional helpless Harvey Milk. But on the whole, I'm with Dan White, agrees, "It will be con­ showed the same deference to the heterosexual Okay, so what's wrong with the book? Not bystander (Harry Britt comes to mind) swept much, really. St. Martin's Is a notoriously pen- pleased." sidered the definitive work on Harvey's life. radical left, prostrating themselves before the from the wings and onto center stage of Milk's causes of Chlcanos and socialism, even If those nyplnchlng publisher, but the package, with Its Cleve Jones, currently an aide to. M ilk's Anything that comes along later will be sad and noble amateur theatrical. After finishing considered an ‘also ran'." causes rejected gays as much as the political photo endpapers. Is handsome, maybe a little erstwhile political foe Art Agnos, Is similar­ the book you may still disagree with the three- skimpy on the pictures Inside. The book Is pep­ —Interviews by Shawn Kelly, establishment." For any reader with a limited ly favorable In his appraisal of the book. plece-sult backroom tactics of a David Goods- tolerance for clubhouse and caucus, It makes pered with misspellings—ward-heeler Is "ward "I think, overall, he [S hllts] did a very George Mendenhall & Larry Lee tein or a Jim Foster or the shrill grandstanding ■ Harvey's stubborn slog to victory that much healer" throughout, a charming visual pun apt In good job. 1 think that there were some of a Cleve Jones, but you'll know more about more satisfying. Harvey's case—and at one point we find Harvey areas that should have been developed why they are the way they are and, as well, how Harvey's genius, Shllts argues, was making listening to a Mahler opera, a recording many of more. One was where Harvey was In a more Interview with they're really not so different from you and me. the gay movement, not himself, the candidate. In us wish he had shared with a wider audience. And neither, of course, was Harvey. Every pos­ the same way Dr. King transcended quarreling But editors are there to remove these particular social context. He made surprising alli­ sible wart Is on display, with the exception of the ances with labor, but you don't get a pic­ factions as diverse as SNCC and NAACP, Har­ nits, and Shllts' editor simply didn't. venereal sort, but while Shllts blows up Harvey There are bound to be those, closer to Milk In ture of the Importance that Bob Ross and Shilts vey concentrated on recruiting (for votes, the until the pores look like Meteor Crater, Arizona, bottom line) the growing throngs on Castro. But life than Shllts was, who consider this aspect of Wayne Friday played. Harvey had a connec­ For three days last month, In a benefit the final picture retains the original proportions. more, he undercut the Moscone-McCarthy- his personality over- or under-played, that event tion w ith the older Tavern Guild crowds for the Parade Committee, Randy Shilts au­ This, of course, says something for Harvey's Burton-Brown school of precinct politics by old- over-emphasized or presented out of sequence. that Harry Britt didn't completely carry tographed copies of his Harvey Milk biogra­ consistency and his ability, the politician's con­ school, East Coast ward-heeling In his store­ (Coming Upl talks to some ot them In an accom­ over. 1 was also very distressed that Hank phy, The Mayor of Castro Street In the emp­ summate gift, to make relative strangers feel as front which, It turns out, was quite literally a panying article.) And will the book make sense W ilson doesn't appear in the book." ty rooms of Castro’s last bookshop, Paper­ though they really knew him. I really didn't. He front. Harvey and Scott didn't know a damned to readers outside the City and County of San One of the most challenging sugges­ back Traffic. (Harvey’s role in Castro’s rise cruised me once In the Sun, but backed off thing about photography. He makes dubious Francisco? I think so. By reaching far Into the tions that Shllts makes in the book Is that when, I theorize, he got close enough to see I allies like the Teamsters, but the deals pay, and, past and all around America to Introduce and ex­ from a moribund Irish neighborhood to an was older than he thought. (Harvey liked 'em real Milk's successors have established a international gay crossroads is a main listening to the little old Irish ladles of the plain the people who converge here for the young, it turns out.) Another time he went to climax ot his tale, Shilts has kept the promise of close-knit gay political machine that wields theme of the book, M ilk's old camera shop Eureka Valley and warring on dogshlt, he re­ sleep on the floor while I was making a fund­ mains at pains to get behind non-gay and "tran­ the subtitle to paint the times. I realty can't think power In much the same way that the gay now a very pricey boutique, and the Irony of raising speech. My oratorical style depends on scendent" Issues. But he never forgets the Issue ot a better short history of the movement or, with political establishment of Milk’s day did . seeing the main drag's last bookstore pauses, but I had to stop pausing to drown out that drove him. the exception ol Ed White's Stale* o f Desire, against him. Jones reflects on the question make way for crepes or chachkas wasn't his snores. (And no question In anyone's mind As a Republlcan-turned-Democrat, Milk, a any better gay work of nonfiction. of gay political power: lost on the author.) M ilk memorabilia he was asleep, not protesting the rhetoric. He New Yorker after all, resonates with the fusion By showing us Harvey callously kicking out a "Harvey got a lo t o f mileage out o f being covered the w alls, and the book buyers In­ was dead-tired.) No, the only thing the book con­ politics of a LaGuardla or a Koch. Unfortunately, lover (and agonizing as the guy actually packs an outsider, but he certainly wasn't enam­ cluded scores of Harvey’s old cronies, as firms about my personal Harvey was that he and of course, this Is a tactic useful to only one and leaves); searching for photogenic dogshlt; lover Scott Smith ogled the hotter pictures you politician at a time, and Dan White's bullets end­ Inventing tjia^bd y from Altoona" whose life oured o f being powerless. He enjoyed us- well as folks who wouldn't have voted for took In to Castro Camer* to get developed; Scott _ing power. I do not agree with Randy that him for a m illion dollars. Ten thousand ed that strategy's particular utility to gay San wasn't changed by Harvey's election for the sim­ marked the "good" envelopes with a secret Francisco and the movement In general, at least ple reasoivthat he didn't exist; bursting into In­ the Milk club would not endorse a Harvey copies o f the book are in print, and we ask­ code. Milk-type candidate. In general, we have re­ until our next avatar, self-nominated like Harvey explicable tears along with his last love, as they ed Shilts how it felt, after more than a The book parades a whole slew of previous or selected by consensus. Thus, Shifts makes us made love, a few nights before the end, Shllts mained very true to Harvey's objectives, year's work on it, to see it between boards: Harveys: the Long Island teenager, watching the understand why if Harry Britt Is no Harvey Milk, very shrewdly plays the Index cards collected In and that is for gay people to do It them­ first waves of men catch the ferry to Fire Island,' Shilts: Everybody's talking about the sex neither would Anne Kronenberg have been, nor exhaustive research, but plays thems with ad­ selves. And that's the main difference be­ getting hassled by cops in the Ramble of Central In It, but I don't think that the sex or any of Harvey's number-one choice (now It can be told), mirable apparent effortlessness. tween the Harvey Milk Club and Alice [the Park (their BV Park), getting |erked off among the "revelations" are as important as the Frank Robinson, nor number two, (former Em- Shllts did It. "Harvey Milk lives." Alice B. Toklas Memorial Democratic the crowd of standees at the Met. Harvey the fact that I tried to put everything Into con­ Club.]" text. What seemed to many people to be paid, and David Goodsteln, the Advocate and you can't copyright a title. Ron Lieb- Like Smith, Jones finds it difficult to be blurred Images—riots, assassinations, publisher, who would only give an Interview man may or may not be connected w ith It, completely objective. “ I find It very hard," demonstrations which regularly drew hun­ If I submitted all my questions in writing but the estate and I have no Intention o f do­ CCMIN 6 I I ! he says, "to separate myself from this book dreds of thousands of people. To a,lot of and printed his answers In full, breaking ing anything w ith Jerry Wheeler. and independently critique It. I laughed and people, It just didn't make sense. To a lot of every journalistic rule. If David Goodsteln cried when I read It the first time, and the Coming Up!: But nobody can own the 2120 Market, Room 104 gay people it didn't make sense. thinks he wasn't treated fairly, that's his second and third times." story of a dead person's life. San Francisco, CA 94114 Coming Up!: Did you work to make the own fault. I feel I was very fair to opponents Shilts: That's right, but the people who Jim Rlvaldo, half o f the powerhouse P.R. book make sense to straight people? of Harvey like Rick Stokes and Jim Foster, are s till alive— if you tried to portray them, (415) 864-0565 firm "Rlvaldo, Pablch & Friends," and one Shllts: It was written for my mom and who were very fair to me and gave me Inter­ you’d need their permission. There are a o f the principals In Harvey's rise to power, Coming Up! Is published by Coming Up, Inc., a dad, so they would understand. They live in views and I told the truth. Dan W hite and number of big directors and studios In­ says, "I was especially pleased that it has California not-for-profit public benefit corpora­ a very small town outside Kalamazoo, his lawyer, Doug Schmidt, didn't respond terested in the story: 20th, Paramount. a perspective that only a gay author could tion, as a community service. All material copy­ Michigan. My dad graduated from high to certified letters. Tom Norman, the prose­ Lorimar, Joe Hamilton. I don't know do. You can appreciate Harvey's back­ right © 1961 by Coming Up. Inc.; all rights school, and that's the most education cutor, called me after I sent him a letter and anything about a paperback. I'm not a very ground and how It related to his public life. reserved; reprint by permission only. either one of them had. They're always say­ said we were going to get together, but business-oriented person. I own the movie I was especially pleased that It was written ing, “ We don’t mind your being gay, but why every time I tried to call him after that, he and TV rights because I got such a terrible Coming Up! features news and photographs of by somebody who knew Harvey and lived do you have to ta lk about It so much—In just wasn’t around, and he never returned advance. One thing I resent Is th at some many events that are not necessarily gay- or here and experienced the times with p u b lic " It was neat to explain to them why. my calls. ( had a deadline, so I couldn't wait gay activists think I’m profiteering off lesblan-ldentlfled, which we feel are of Interest Harvey as a gay person." Coming Upl: How did you research It, a forever. Harvey's memory. The fact is, I had to go to the gay and lesbian communities, and recog­ Asked how he fe lt about the way he and tape recorder? Coming Up!' Is it soon to be a major mo­ $7,000 Into debt to do this book, and even nizes the Important community work that many partner Dick Pablch were treated In the straight-identified groups are doing that would Shllts: I never used tape, because it tion picture? now, with my job at the Chronicle, I can book, which portrays them In Its final be of Interest to the widely diverse gay and les­ takes too m uch time. I only used tape with Shilts: I would be very, very troubled V barely keep up with paying It back. pages as canny political pros ("less princi­ bian communities. Coming Up! also recognlzss people I thought were going to sue me. The anybody in the gay community thought that Coming Up!: What next? "Son of Harvey pled and more real p o litik," as Rivaldo puts that many straight-identified people attend or only long Interview that was taped was the movie project being pushed by Jerry Milk" seems out of the question. it), he says, “ I have no complaints. One of participate In gay- or lesbian-identified events. with Dianne Felnstein because I wanted to Wheeler under the title “The Mayor of Shllts: I like it at the Chronicle, and I Therefore, publication of the names, photo­ the important things about Harvey was that make sure everything there was totally Castro Street" had any relationship what­ guess I'll Just walt'for fate to hand me my graphs, or likenesses of any person, organiza­ he very readily delegated huge responsibili­ perfect. I expected criticism . soever w ith my book. Wheeler's running next book Idea. tion, event or business in Coming Up! cannot ties to people, and sought out people who Coming Up!: We notice that Harry Britt around raising money for It with this title. — Larry Lee be taken as any Indication of the sexual orien­ were not well known. I think he had an Intui­ got a resolution from the Board of Super­ tation of that person, organization, event or tive sense of people who could achieve visors praising the book, but have you got­ business. things and there are a lot of people like us Calendar Listing* who got their start w ith Harvey because he ten any flak? Shilts: I'm not getting political flak from Don’t Miss a Copy of Performers, clubs. Individuals or groups who confidence In them.” anybody. I'm shocked and amazed. Jim want to list events in the calendar should mall Howard Wallace, longtim e gay and labor Foster called me up to tell me not to pay at­ notices to us so that they reach us before the activist, says, "It has Harvey's character 20th of the month preceding publication. W* tention to what anybody else says, he down well, although there are historical Coming Up! can not take list Inge by phone. Listings are free. did n't th in k he was trashed. I figure some inaccuracies. Many of those who sup- will come—It's only now that people are ported Harvey came out of Bay Area Gay Staff A Contributors really beginning to read it, but the people in Liberation, but BAGL is casually dismiss­ Coordinator: Roland Schembarl. Editor: Kim the Harvey M ilk Gay Democratic Club love ed. It could have been made clearer that SUBSCRIBE NOW Corsaro. Assistant Editor Aurora Levins Harvey rode on the gay movement; he did it. ■ □ Regular subscription (one ye a r)...... $121 Morales. Contributors & Staff: Raymond Coming Up!: A ll through the book Harvey Angelo, Allan Berube, Evle Biackwooo, Jim not create It." Broschak, Andrea Canaan, Brenda Dungan, Jim Foster, founder o f Alice B. Toklas seems to have a date with death. Did you | □ Disabled & Seniors (one year) ...... $8 j emphasize that on purpose, all the suicide? 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I do not agree In the 1980's I'm uncomfortable w ith the O'Leary, Adele Prandlnl, Fred Schadlck, Ken­ w ith those who say that Randy was unkind stereotype that gay people are suicidal. II would like to contribute $_____ toward a prisoner’s | neth Seper, Carmen Vasquez, David Williams, to me and to others. It showed how various When I started coming across all the sui­ I subscription, or a disabled or senior subscription subsidy. I Dotty Winter and Sue Zsmel. people -viewed Harvey and me. No one cide material, I didn't know how to deal Special m aim s To: Jim Conners, lo r e * C ook. W*F w ith It, but I couldn't leave It out. I think M r Em *. Gary Fergueon, V a le ri* HetmoM, Dr. Gerry could ever have known a t the tim e this was KeSey, Pennl Kim mel. John Kyper, Richard Sterrv happening that Harvey would become a po­ what I do w ith It Is show, conclusively, that yes, a lot of gay people In the past com m it­ be rg, and Thom V ig *. litical martyr." I Address _ Allan Baird, lifelong resident o f the ted suicide because society hated them. I A d verting RepreaentatUes: Roiand Schembarl Castro, and a Teamster, was one of tried to put It In the accurate context. _Zip_ and Kim C orsaro. RaM ca rd * on req ue st Harvey's key alliances with the straight Coming Upl: Did anybody slam the door ¡City------Uetrtbuflon: 2 3 .0 0 0 copies m onthly. In your face w hile you were doing research and labor communities. “ It is a good book," Gift from _ Typesetting: Anderson G r*hics. a union stop. he says. “ It m ight have told more about the Shllts: Alm ost everybody talked. The on­ j Phosowork . Jett Brody Medta S en«**. Printed at ly tw o important ones who didn’t were Har- (well send a gift card) Howar d Q uinn C o. a U nion shop Coors boycott. Howard Wallace was be­ S S i r — io b: j Mail to: C om ing up! 21Z0 H a rk « a .. Boom 104 San Francisco, CA 94114______J hind Harvey's Involvement In the Coors vey’s t Page 3 March, 1982 COMING UP! Labyris Auto Labor Dispute The Wheel of Life Labyris Auto Repair, the all women's unit, and again requested postponement of garage and the largest women's business the new work policies. They were told that in the Bay Area, is currently involved in a all work appointments had been cancelled Spring Equinox labor dispute. The employers Nancy Rup- because Labyris thought they had walked precht and Lynn McLeod, owners of the off, and to call later in the week to set up a Upon my back my children sitting non-collective business, are calling the sit­ meeting to negotiate. Pressing my back, protect me! uation a strike. The eight Labyris employ­ That afternoon Rupprecht and McLeod Upon my shoulders my children ees term it a lockout. Coming Up! was received a copy of the charges filed with Pressing my shoulders, protect mel unable to contact both sides of the dispute the NLRB. If the charges stuck, Labyris Before the moon is full, at the sight for complete updated information, but here would be forced to give the employees of the Sun. at the beginning of the year is the chronology o f events, primarily from back pay for all the days they were locked documents filed by both sides. out. The f r u it trees bloom ing tim e In early January, on the 6th, Labyris In reaction to this, the next day the em­ A t the cry o f th e She Coocoo employees presented Rupprecht and ployees received letters reiterating the new The Earth opens and green appears McLeod with a list of "Issues and ' work policies and stating that their jobs The trees open and buds appear Demands" regarding wages and working would be held open until 4pm, Friday the I'll be th ere fo r you d o n 't fearl conditions, and requested a written 12th "providing you consent to the above I'll be there for you don't fearl response from them in one week. terms of employment.” A member o f LEA Shamansong from the Holy Book o f Women's On February 2, the employers presented called Labyris and requested a group meet­ Mysteries. Part Two a packet to employees stating that there ing before the Friday deadline. As there would be significant changes in job was a question as to whether or not Labyris by Z. Budapest descriptions and policies that would affect fell under the jurisdiction o f the NLRB, the wages, benefits, and working conditions. It employers had been advised by their coun­ From the steppes of the Siberian shaman to was to go Into effect the following Monday. sel that they could not meet w ith the em­ the gentle Mediterranean hills, the Goddess On Friday the 5th o f that week, the ployees as a group until jurisdiction was of the Spring captures the Imagination o f the employees presented a letter to Labyris decided. Labyris told the employees that if people and the hope fo r the future. Spring­ that said they opposed the new policies Individuals wished to come in and talk they time brings the rebirth of Earth and her and requested a postponement of im­ were more than welcome. children. All is renewed, bonds are plementation until the issues could be On Friday the 12th, tw o representatives strengthened, the continuity of life Is discussed and resolved to the satisfaction from the LEA delivered a letter stating that assured. of all concerned. Labyris refused at first, under no circumstances have they resign­ This’ wonder, this mystery was celebrated then a meeting tim e was set for the follow ­ ed, nor would they meet individually to by the return o f the sacred daughter ing Monday, February 5. discuss Issues that concerned the group Persephone, or Kore (Malden), to Demeter. In the meantime, the employees took as a whole.. Gala, the Earth Mother, lawgiver and giver of legal action and filed a petition with the The following Tuesday morning, the LEA foods. It was also a time (March) fo r young National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) re­ again requested a meeting with Labyris men to assume the "Toga." which questing recognition and backing as an in­ and was refused. The employees set up a represented manhood—an Initia tion of dependent collective bargaining unit, the picket line, turning away half the business. Dyonesus. a pleasure god (Son o f the Earth) Labyris Employees A ssociation (LEA). Eight days later the employees received by the Two Goddesses, (the Potnlai). Demeter The Monday morning meeting began at a letter revoking the original deadline of and Persephone. 7am with Labyris informing the employees Friday the 12th for them to hold their jobs, Springtime taught humanity a deep respect that if they did not sign their new job and were offered Immediate and uncondi­ fo r the relationships of women, especially the descriptions by 8am that day they would no tional reinstatement under the terms of em­ all Important model o f human interaction, mythological lies. What about the story we calls her forth w ith a green candle longer work for Labyris Auto Repair. The ployment prior to February 8th, with rein­ mother and daughter connections. learn o f her rape?—th at she was gathering held aloft. "We Invoke thee Persephone, Kore, employees requested a postponement and statement in order of seniority and skill Yet the rituals concerning this relationship flowers with her friends when Hades came by Diana. Artemis. Flora. Fauna, the new.life all were refused. They then declared they were level corresponding to scheduled work. At were kept a secret (Women can keep a secret on his chariot and kidnapped her into hell, around us! We Invoke thee by the roots, and sick, and walked out. noon, the employees pulled the picket line very well). Even scholars who traveled to the where he raped her and made her his queen. by the slender stems, and by the colorful A fter they left, the employees filed as a gesture o f good faith. sites o f these rituals could not discover the Hm m m .. .firs t o f all. nobody ever heard of buds, by the green leaves and by the yellow charges w ith the NLRB that stated (a) the The next day, Friday the 25th, the em­ precise words and movements, dances and Hades before. Zeus had no brother, being the and pink blossoms. We Invoke thee by seed, employees were constructively discharged ployees presented a letter of acceptance to songs. Only Plutarch mentioned cryptically sole survivor o f his father's bloodthirstiness. by life, to transfuse our lives and souls w ith because of ,their protected concertive the offer of unconditional reinstatement th a t "the women played amongst each other Zeus could give thanks fo r his life to Rhea your fresh energy." acitivities, and (b) that the employer has and again suggested a meeting to negoti­ all nlte" In honor o f Bona Dea. (the Flow), his mom. who hid him and fed dad Today we gather around the tree of life to coerced and restrained its employees in ate. Labyris refuses to m eet-until the NLRB The mysteries o f the Mother Earth and a stone instead. trace back our steps to her who Is waiting. the exercise of their Section 7 rights—the confirms jurisdiction and/or the employees Daughter Nature dealt w ith death as well as But the new Greek patriarchs had con­ Young nymphs, our own daughters now rights to organize. drop the charges they filed- rebirth. To attend the ritual was to sooth the quered the Palesglans, who had worshipped stand In the sacred circle w ith us. and light As Coming Up! goes to press, two out of The employees returned to work the dread o f death. "She Is dying, magic Is afoot, Persephone. Daughter Nature, for hundreds the green candles saying "Arise Mother. I eight Labyris employees will be back at following morning with a letter asking for she Is peaceful, magic Is afoot. "* o f years. The Palesglans knew th at spring have returned." We all look a t the faces now work March 1st, under most of their old recognltionn o f the LEA as a bargaining The history o f the sacred daughter happened every year as Persephone arose bathed in soft candlelight. These words must conditions of employment. Jurisdiction Persephone lies shrouded In convenient from, her six months in the realm o f the dead have been silent fo r so long, revived they has not been decided yet, and there is no to rejoin her mother. Demeter. They knew make the hair stand up on our backs In decision as to when there will be negotia­ their virgin goddess wouldn't "m arry" a male remembrance, so simple, so healingl "Mother tions around the Issues of wages and work­ god to be queen. It was her throne all alongl arise. I have returned." ing conditions. Staying High ©1982 Coming Up! So the Greeks covered the realm o f the "Bless your sisters who call upon your dead w ith the authority of one of their own guidance fo r sisterhood. Make our hearts fill Staying high w ithout drugs? T hat's what gods—they simply Invented a tw in brother to w ith love fo r one another, fo r our sisters and 18th St. Services (Pride Foundation) knows GROUP PROBLEM SOLVING Zeus: Hades. Still, th at wasn't enough. mother and offspringl So mote It bel" we can do, and they're sponsoring a series LEGAL CLINIC Everybody knew th at the realm o f the dead When you see the new moon rising or the of workshops to show us how. belonged to Persephone. 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Making Love with Middle America Village Voice, in a short review by Jim and choose from, then you assim ilate more Feldman called Josie, Are You a Bitch? He and wind up all the richer for it. When you Reviewer Penni Kimmel wrote that Making mentions an interesting fact, that this song only eat white bread you only shit white Love failed to explain the vulnerability of is " . . .already the number-one a//-time most bread. the nuclear family. I also get the strong Im­ requested record on Los Angeles' KROQ- Thanks to GALA, Brian and Juan for their pression that she was offended by the up­ FM. Now, that means bigger than such good letters; and to Speck for giving us the op­ per m iddle class status and lifestyle o f the stu ff as 'Satisfaction,' 'You Can't Hurry portunity to express our ideas. male homosexuals portrayed. Flippantly, Love,' 'The 81.'" If this song means one she asks Hollywood to "try it again.” thing to a gay audience dancing to it at the Daniel Arcos______This makes me wonder what kind o f film Stud or I-Beam, its wide popularity in the Kimmel would have written and produced Reagun years means something else out Greetings from Holland that would have communicated to a m iddle there: "Why are you so weird boy?" America raised on "Leave It To Beaver" As for Lallo's review, it was a surprise ' Reaction o f a tourist from H olland on the and "The Jeffersons." and a disappointment. I’d give the record demonstration for peace February 6. Gene Siskel (Chicago Tribune) comes zilch for having any kind of consciousness, closer to my view of Making Love when he gay or otherwise. I don't see it as a must for I am just a tourist traveling around in calls It an "honest beginning at correcting my household since I erased my tape after America to see what is going on. And a lot the pathetic image of homosexuals as jottin g down the lyrics. Unfortunately, I can is going on here!! doomed figures, long a Hollywood staple." well Imagine someone's Mom and Dad dan­ I met a lot of women fighting for their He adds that the film should "score with cing the night away shouting all the while rights. And l am sure that as long as middle America" which means people- "Johnny are you queer, god damn you!?!" women are discriminated, there can be no straights included—w ill be seeing it. Siskel If this record is consciously anything, it's peace. Because that means that the half of also calls the performances uniformly ex­ of a piece with subtle and not-so subtle the world-population is suppressed. And cellent. I agree with his evaluation. anti-gay attitudes: "Why are you so weird that is going on in 1982!! The women repre­ Theatre Janitors and their supporters picketing the opening o l M aking Love a t U nited Art­ It is very disappointing to me that Kim- boy?" sent the feelings of emotion; o f care; of ists' Metro Theater In San Francisco. The Him continues and we urge people to please mel's review might discourage many peo­ • In the future, I would like to see gay au­ ethics and nature. If we don’t start using honor the strike and see the movie at the Calitornia Cinema/Berkeley, Hillside/San Mateo, ple from seeing M aking Love. It is a vitally diences more critical of what the straight these feelings in our decisions, this Sequoia/Mill Valley, Sun Valley/Concord or S outhland in Hayward.______important breakthrough film. If people do world is willing to offer us about our ex­ political system is damned to fail. If this not see it there will be few like it in the periences in songs like "Johnny Are You system goes on with their holy cows: "the future. Queer?" or in movies like M aking Love. I money and the science," the world (our Making Love Is probably the most impor­ am tired of hearing songs about gays by world) is going to be destroyed. I tell you “WHY IS THIS NIGHT DIFFERENT tant movie ever made about homosexual straight rockers, i.e., "The. Killing of that such a thing can never happen when FROM ALL OTHER NIGHTS?” romance and its producers are to be Geòrgie Fame" by Rod Stewart, "W hen the we start now with respecting ourselves; praised—not condemned—for daring to Whip Comes Down" by the Stones and respecting each other and respecting the spend $13 million on such a film. "Johnny." A band like Tom Robinson's Sec­ soil we are walking on. Only then can you Passover is a celebration of freedom. tor 27 Isn't going to get the same promo­ change your feeling o f fear into the feeling Share it with a Congregation that is George Mendenhall tion, distribution and recognition in the of your own power and.. .fight back!! Not different from all other Congregations! world at large that the Go-Go's or the B-52's w ith weapons but just by being there on the P.S. I saw this film at a special screening do. As an audience, I would rather see our soil; walking together in the streets with all CONGREGATION SHA’AR ZAHAV and would urge your readers to see it only support go to out-front gay rock n'rollers these people making one fist of positive at theatres not involved in the current who are creating out-front gay music, energy. Special outreach serving the Lesbian and theatre janitors' strike. Non-struck theatres songs for us, about what it's like loving our The same thing is going on In the politics Gay Community are the Southland in Hayward, the Sequoia own kind. of Europe. And in November 81, there was a in M ill Valley, and the Sun Valley in Con­ Lastly, there's the issue of this record be­ demonstration in Holland. There were Join us for— cord. Almost every gay group in San Fran­ ing "new wave." This song is the nadir of 500,000 children, women and men walking PASSOVER SEDER —an evening of feasting, stories and song cisco endorses this strike. The Metro new wave. Punk and new wave in England in the streets o f Amsterdam; the whole day the 2nd night Theatre should be passed by. started as a reaction to the oppressive and long. THURSDAY, APRIL 8th— hopeless conditions that working-class And that will happen again and I want GOLDEN GATE HOLIDAY INN. Van Ness at Pine Editor's note: Coming Up! urges everyone youth and young adults have to deal with. you to know that you are not fighting alone 6:00 PM in the community to see Making Love and In the U.S. "new wave" gets confused in a but that in Europe we fight w ith you. make up your own mind about this impor­ lot of different directions, which is Nobody can stop us! Please make your reservations before April 1st by calling 621-2871 tant film venture. But don't see it a t a understandable when the issue of class- Celebrate Sabbath with us every Friday. struck theatre! Check the' accompanying consciousness is so m ystified here. Songs Marijke Twist photo and caption for details on how to like "God Save the Queen" or Alkmaar, Holland 8:15 PM at the Jewish Community Center, California at Presidio support the striking theatre workers and "Clampdown" by the Clash both deal with where and how to see the movie at other the oppression and repression of An Open Letter theatres. Thatcher's England. "Johnny Are You Queer?" strikes me as rock n' roll for the To the Gay Community right wing. Punk and new wave are really On Winning a Cable Car about rebellion, about saying “ Fuck O FF!" Golden Gate Performing Arts, Inc., a tax- Local Lesbian Makes Good to the status quo and its attendant at­ exempt, non-profit organization, comprising titudes, like homophobia, etc. It’s not about the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, the An open commentary to the community: making a hit with a cute, catchy song that San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Men's Com­ Contrary to popular belief, I am not Fran validates straight (and, unfortunately, munity chorus, the Lamda Pro Musica, and Leibowitz. some gay) people’s Ideas that to be gay is the Performing Arts Associates, announces In a recent article about the gay press, to be "wrong" or “weird." four vacancies on its Board of Directors. Editor Paul Lorch of the B.A.R. made a While we are soliciting Individuals with statement to the effect that there are no ______David Steinberg______particular areas of expertise, such as good lesbian writers in San Francisco, ex­ finance, public relations, fund-raising, grant­ cept for Fran Leibowitz. Well, friends, I. If you eat white bread... writing, and administration, we welcome ap­ want to set the record straight. Fran plications from all members o f the com­ Leibowitz is not a lesbian. In fact, I don't I read Tim Speck's letter (Coming Up!, munity who are willing to give o f their time think she's slept w ith anything except a January, 1982) and the responses to it. I do and energy for the continuance of good pack of cigarettes for months. Poor Fran. not expect last month's letters to really music in our city.,.S ; It's also been rumored that there aren't alter Tim's ideas but perhaps some more We encourage those persons Interested lesbian writers living in San Francisco. communication about those letters will in serving on thè Board to submit a con­ Well, for all of you gossipmongers out help others in cross-cultural (& sexual fidential resume with a letter explaining there, here's the scoop: we are alive and while we're at it) communication. reasons for wanting to serve to: well and living in the Mission. For those of LA RAZA was partially explained last you who are interested in a headcount, I month and the term by no means expresses The Search Committee suggest that you have a potluck dinner for any thorobred ideas. In Latin America Oc­ Golden Gate Performing Arts lesbian writers and watch the hordes pour tober 12th is celebrated as EL DIA DE LA P.0. Box 14685 in. RAZA and not Columbus Day. Culturally It San Francisco. CA 94114______I'd like to take a second now to thank represents the beginning of several everybody who helped me and didn’t help pueblos and cultures coming together, in Prison Pen Pals me get here tonight. this "New World," to mingle, blend and —To the zero women who were on the share their experiences. An idea and There are lesbian and gay prisoners all nominating committee for journalism celebration this nation is sorrowfully miss­ across the country who would love to have awards. ing and fails to stress enough. As for a friend in the community outside to cor­ —To Coming Up! I think you folks are do­ superiority, I have been told since my youth respond with. The people below have writ­ ing a good job.. .and I'd like my paycheck! in not so many discreet manners that, ac­ ten Coming Up! or Ron Endersby through —To Chuck Morris, for living and dying cording to the dominant culture, La Raza is the GayCon newsletter and asked to be put and living again, and really, for being one of not superior. Fortunately it is easy to see, on our pen p a l list. The few minutes o f your the few gay male publishers I've met who as it was in my youth, that neither is the tim e it takes to write m eans a whole lo t to has hired lesbians on the staff of his dominant culture superior, nor any other an incarcerated brother or sister. IthelpS t'o t i o r newspaper. culture for that matter. include a stamp w ith your letter. —To my mother, who so graciously Speck made comment on "people o f col­ To prisoners—Coming Up! will send you points out that I earn .07 cents an hour for or" who act like anglos in anglo a tree subscription, so let us know if you my work. neighborhoods. A statement I feel lacks want to get the paper. And to the com ­ —To my friends and loved ones, who class insight. While it is a shame that we munity—those subscriptions cost money, have supported me hanging from my heels, have anglo, black, or latin only so we’d appreciate donations to help with jumping from airplanes, and sneaking a neighborhoods, those "non-white” folks the expense. See the subscription form In peek at jockstrap contests, all in search of who live in anglo neighborhoods are prob­ the front of the paper fo r a ll the info. journalistic truth. ably no different culturally in their homes —And to those o f you out there who have than their relatives in the barrio. The the good taste to enjoy my work. Do me a phenomenon of upward mobility and as­ I am a GWM, 28. serving a 5 year fa vo r... similation to Western standards takes sentence. I would greatly appreciate your FIND ME A JOB! place all over the world and on the street as placing my name in your paper in hopes I as well as Speck sees it, it appears, unfor­ that I could meet that special friend. Thank you, tunately, anglo. I am probably one of those Thank you, Sue Zemel brown people that seem anglo acting on Michael Brooks the street, but damned if that means my #072734 (61-111) Congratulations to Sue for winning the cultural background is not expressed in my PO Box 221 Outstanding Achievement in Breaking personal thoughts, actions and surround­ Raiford, FL 32083 News award fo r her w riting in Coming Up!, ings. Beans and T ortillas s till figure a lot in and to all the other people who were my diet, Tim. A friend o f mine receives Coming Up! Sl ice I All 14 I SI nominated or won a 1982 Cable Car Award! and by reading his paper I learned about I think Tim needs to make it around'the San Francisco's Only Co-ed Bath House block a few more tim es to be able to come your section for prisoners. to grips with his own cultural identity Would you please add my name to your 1015 Folsom Street (near Sixth) Josie, What’s Your Problem? rather than with that of others. next edition for a pen pal. Since my friend is in the cell next to me I can read his paper And Roman Catholicism? Well it does I think the song "Johnny Are You Queer?” have its pluses as well as minuses, and so you won't have the added expense of sending me a subscription. takes an insulting stance towards gay peo­ some people need religion the way others ple, and in writing this review, I’d like to pre­ I do hope your paper continues. I enjdy need politics and class consciousness (a reading it. sent an alternative viewpoint to M.J. Lallo's cross to bear). Whatever it is, read it, talk it, 626-9444 (Coming Up!, February, 1982), and to en­ dream it, and eat it, not forgetting to spit Ron Crichfield courage more critical thinking about this out the pits, then assimilate it to your Box 30-4149, 27-2J song. metabolism. When you come from a multi­ Pendleton, IN 46064 When I first heard the tune at the I-Beam, I ethnic environment you have more to pick I am writing to you hoping you can liked it. I thought it was great to hear a song please help me out. I'm a very, very lonely about queers, it had a catchy beat, and yes prisoner hoping to find some pen pals.bara Cameron at 387-2871 (h) or 861-2108(w) space. This discriminatory attitude against les­ If you are interested in working on the com­ bians and gays is only part of a long list, mittee sometimes fondly called the “ toilets not only in the political organizations, but to speakers" committee. A preliminary budget for the 1982 parade also in daily life: on the job, In the universi­ ty, etc. has been approved by the general member­ ship. Again the comm ittee is attem pting to The silence that surrounds the fact of be­ adhere to frugal fiscal plans. The Fundrais­ ing a lesbian is understandable—because ing Committee has been meeting to devel­ It Involves women It doesn't imply the same op benefits and fundraisers. Enough can­ degree of "weirdness." But we do find that not be said about the importance of this in spite of repression, gay men have a more committee. The 1981 parade ended In the visible life as such. This can be seen, for In­ black and was able to handle the 1980 stance, Just In the day to day language peo­ debts as well. Last year's Treasurer, Pat ple use. A woman is segregated into that Smith, who advised in the fiscal mange- silence and It becomes her own, turning to ment is Treasurer once again. If you have a fear o f her self. business acumen, fundraising flash or an The 24 of March, 1976, the m ilitary coup Interest in raising the bucks for the parade, took place. It unleashed the worst violent you are needed. persecution in Argentine history, which, ac­ The Media Committee, which promotes cording to Amnesty International has left a the parade here and everywhere, Is on the to ll of 30,000 disappeared, 2,500,000 living hunt for such persons who enjoy press re­ outside the country, and hundreds of leases, radio, television, newspapers and political prisoners. These events have had all that Media scene. Three products from a profound effect. The national economy the 1981 Media Committee Included the has been destroyed by new agreements Parade program, On Parade newsmaga­ with multi-nationals and by military spend­ zine, and the media packets on the day of ing. The sources of employment have " MAKING LOVE is the breakthrough closed their doors and unemployment movie we have been, waiting for, the grows from day to day, along with uncon­ trolled Inflation. first Hollywood film to present gay j In spite o f the prohibition of the right to characters and situations in a positive, strike and censorship of the mass media, no-excuses-offered manner." the people have not stopped fighting, and -AS. IIVON. NEW YORK NATIVE this figh t is led by the women, in particular the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo. These are relatives of people kidnapped by the " MAKING LOVE is an ultra contem­ "se curity" forces, the army and the federal porary film that dares to be different police. The mothers of Plaza de Mayo de­ mand fair trials for their daughters and and succeeds through sheer honesty and sons and>the right to know what has hap­ guts." pened to them. The Mothers have their -NORMA McLAIN STOOP. AFTER DARK meetings In the plaza In front o f the govern­ ment house in central Buenos Aires. W ith " MAKING LOVE's sincere and sym­ their silent marches and white handker­ chiefs they began a movement that w ill not pathetic account of a gay man's exit stop until the Argentine people find a just from the closet will undoubtedly impact way toward a more human way of life. on lives of gay men, their friends and In the late 70's other groups of women also appeared, many of them made up of their loved ones." professionals (doctors, lawyers, psycholo­ —CLIFTON MONTGOMERY, THE ADVOCATE gists). These are primarily dedicated to stu­ dying the condition of women and pro­ " The understanding of the director in the viding Information on legal Issues, love scenes, a very crucial part in the psychology, women's health and sexuality. At the same time, various publications M A K I N G making of this controversial film, cannot were being produced with an emphasis on help but affect the general public's in­ all these issues. We should clarify that cen­ sight into our lives." sorship s till exists in Argentina, so certain d g n l ^ / B A v AREA subjects, such as abortion, divorce and -BOB de BRECHT. PHOENIX WESTERN EXPRESS homosexuality, cannot be mentioned. An organization o f Catholic Gay Men, Les­ The distribution of these publications bians, and their friends. " MAKING LOVE is a movie gays can has helped the organizations involved to cheer about unreservedly../honest' is gain a lot of support and strength from Join us every Sunday at 6 p.m. for positive, large numbers of women. worship In the Liturgy of the Eucharist at S t: the one word that comes to m ind." In 1981 there was another attempt to LOVE -MIKE CRAWMER. PITTSBURGH OUT John of God, Fifth Avenue and Irving Street, modify the “ Patrla Potestad.” This law San Francisco. directly affects women by taking away all their rights over their underage children. Interpreting for the hearing Impaired available This campaign involved everyone at all con­ at Mass. cerned with seeking some degree of equali­ TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX Presents ty in this society. Write or phone about Dignity's educational, A PRODUCTION OF THE INDIEPROD COMPANY AN ARTHUR HILLER FILM Many lesbian women also have their religious, social, and recreational programs. meeting groups, but because of the condi­ tions we've described, it is impossible to Box 5127 MAKING LOVE have a more active participation as les­ San Francisco 94101 bians. 415/863-4940 But a day w ill come when the Argentine MICHAEL ONTKEAN • KATE JACKSON • HARRY HAMLIN woman w ill win complete social and political participation and we will continue WENDY HILLER and ARTHUR HILL Produced by ALLEN ADLER and to prove this throughout all odr battles for emancipation. DANIEL MELNICK Screenplay by BARRY SANDLER Story by A. SCOTT BERG In the words of an Argentine woman: "I believe only women w ill be the salvation of Directed by ARTHUR HILLER Music by LEONARD ROSENMAN women." ___ M IT W C T I P COLOR BY DE LUXE* f A UlOfR 17 KQUIllfS ACC9HP1ITIU . i { p im it 0« mitt tu im i Available in paperback from Ballantine Books « im j twentieth century fox L 1* VJ® P E N N Y L A N E A BARBER SHOP 3493 19th ST AT VALENCIA I* \ ( I I I ( 648-9847 \ \ S \\ I K I \ (. NOW PLAYING WASH A WEAR STYLES S I It V I ( I FOR WOMEN AND M EN '/ I V I O 0 IN SELECTED ENGAGEMENTS WOMEN OWNED & OPERATED C C M I N G G P ! HA m o n d o y tuesday Marsha Warfield The power 8 vulnerability of SF gays—a talk with Randy Shilts on AM San Francisco, 9am March 1, 1980— For the first time,' the 2 KGO TV, Chan 7, SF State Gay Asian-American Friendship Club • Selected photographic Images of the talenteo and the Gay Freedom Day Marching 2 photographer Victor Arimondi on display at Band march in S.F.’s Chinese New Year * Expose Gallery through March. 18th/Eureka March 10 Parade. "I’m sure it won't be the last," SF. Phone for hours: 863:6006. noted emcee Jones Chan. Auction to benefit Gay Olympic Games at Twin Peaks Tavern, 401 Castro St, SF. 7:30pm Guest Auctioneers: Char, Bob Cramer, Bob Stonewall Gay Democratic Club gen'l mtg. SF Ross, and Chris Puccinelli. Women's Bldg, 7:30pm. Alcohol Abuse 8 Women—an education work Recent Works by artist Weston Rose on ex­ shop for women, focusing on the psychology hibit at the Stables. 1123 Folsom St. SF. cal 8 physical effects. Spons by Women's Realizes some truly wild gay fantasies! Thru Bldg 8 Latino Alcohol Counseling Ctr. S2-S3 3/11. 7:30-9:30pm, CC. SF Women's Bldg. Racism In the Women's Movement: a forum 8 with Myesha Jenkins, Women’s Alliance Today is International Women’s Day! Against Oppression; Ricky Sherover-Marcuse Sunday For a complete directory of events New Jewish Agenda: Andrea Canaan, Pacific Ctr, 8 Celinda Cantu. Cuban Lesbian Project celebrating throughout the week, see at La Pena Cultural Center. special calendar, page 8. “ But Mommy, the men never looked liked this Full Moon in Virgo, 12:46pm Health Subcommittee ol the Lesbian/Gay in Madison"—a photo exhibit by Mark “ The Voice of Woodstock"—Jason Serinus Freedom Day Parade Committee meets at the Chester at Moby Dick, 4049 18th St, SF. 4pm- Parade Office, 4599-18th St, 11am. Info: performs in canary yellow tails for free, for 2am daily thru March 16. children 8 adults! 3:30pm, South Branch Kathy. 861-7164, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Math Without Fear—2 weekend workshop in­ Berkeley Library. Russell at Grove; 7pm, Main Day Hiking: learn about equipment, stamina, Library, Kittredge/Shattuck. troduces mathematical thinking for those un­ safety, getting in shape & more. 7:30pm, Great comfortable with Arithmetic & Algebra. Now We're Awakened: Women in Nicaragua— Outdoor Adventures. 1618 Castro St, SF. In­ slides 8 talk with East Bay People Aiding Taught by Judit Moschokovich, SF State cludes info on 2 series of spring day hikes teacher. J2-S3 SL, noon-2pm, CC. SF Women s Nicaragua. 7pm, $1, RCC by 317. lor women on starting late March. Details: 641-4020. ly. ICI A Woman's Place, Oakland. Bldg. Today 8 3/14. Alice B. Toklas Memorial Democratic Club gen'l “ Queer Generations": an evening of music, AHZ performs extraordinary music, 8:30pm at mtg, 7:30pm, Swedish American Hall, 2174 Fillmore's. $2 cover. poetry, prose & visual arts explores the mean­ Market St, SF. ing of age in the lives of lesbians & gay men. A Lily Tomlin premieres her newest character! Katharine Band at Amelia's, 647 Valencia SF benefit for Mainstream Exiles & the Sexual SF State Univ, 1600 Holloway, Knuth Hall, $2,9pm. Details: 552-7-788. “ Take Control of Your Weight"—an effective Minority Youth Service Coalition. 7pm, $3-$6 7pm. $7—advance sales McKenna Box Office SL, Valencia Rose, 766 Valencia. SF. WA, CC, or Student Box Office. Info: 469-2444. Tmw: approach to weight control—a 12 -wk program Sign. spons by District Health Ctr «1, 3850-17th St. McKenna Theater, 2pm. $7. SF. 6-7:30pm, $28. Register: 558-3905. Randy Alfred, editor of The Sentinel, visits Chill Challenge! Nez Pas vs. Lou Green with G40 + . a social group for gay men over 40. hosts, Emperor & Empress II, Chuck & Carla. 2pm, 1668 Bush. SF. Info: 552-1997. Taste their Chili & decide the winner! 7pm, $1 Don’t forget to chec Harvey Milk & San Francisco: Time of Crisis— a bowl. Lake Merritt Hotel. 1800 Madison St, a talk with Randy Shills at Modern Times Oakland. Benefits Alameda County Special Calendar, for more e Bookstore, 968 Valencia St, SF. 7:30pm. Olympics. Purim Celebration—a multicultural concert & Erotlkus—History ol the Gay Movie and Jocks dance features Ellis Island Band, Linda together at SF's Electric Theater, 980 Market, other events that hapf Hirschhorn, Venceremos. Carlos Ruda, Mark 673-7373 for times 8 prices. Levy plus Megillah reading with children's Carta Schick & Kim Marshall read at the Monday program & masquerade. 7pm, S3-S6 SL, Night Poetry Series, Modern Times Bookstore, 16 children under 12 free. SF Women's Bldg. 968 Valencia. SF. 7:30pm. free. Marching to a Dillerenl Drummer—Lesbian & Benefits New Jewish Agenda's Argentine Gay Gl's in WWII—a slideshow with Allan Prisoners Campaign. Berube. Lesbian/Gay History Project. Modern Alberta Jackson & Touch—highest energy & Times, 968 Valencia, SF. RCC: 824-7660 hottest music around at the Driftwood, 22170 Bay Area Women Against Rape and 15 Black Gore Vidal speaks on "The State of the Union: Mission Blvd, Hayward. $3, 8-11pm. Women's Anti-Violence Project discuss the re­ A Critique of Modern Politics" at 1pm, McKen­ Improvised Music for Piano, bass & saxophone cent rapes in Berkeley 8 Oakland 8 strategize na Theatre. SF State Univ. Info: 469-2444. with Andrew Voigt, Lee Edleberg & Hein Van for organizing. 7:30pm, free at La Pena. Dr. Helen Caldicott, author of Nuclear Madness De Geyn. 9pm, $5. 544 Natoma, SF. Concerned Republicans tor Individual Rights talks on the medical consequences of nuclear gen'l membership mtg, 7pm. tonite is Can­ war. The program is co-hosted by authors didate's Night for statewide constitutional of­ Alice Walker 8 Tillie Olsen. S5-S10 SL. Res: u fice. Info: 893-5411. 981-8909; 7:30pm, ASL. WA. CC. Grace Ron Endersby, Gaycon Press editor, tells how Energy Circle Training with Margo Adair— Cathedral, top of Nob Hill. SF. the newsletter, rap groups, pen pal networks & align our energies with our goals, learn to pool eet Shaw 8 Larsen performing at Fanny's other activities touch the lives of incarcerated energies to combat isolation, gain support, in­ 4230-18th St. SF. 9:30pm, phone 621-5570. brothers S sisters, as well as the newly re­ sight 8 more. CC 8 other special needs: leased. 9:30am, Unitarian Univ Gay Caucus. 861-6838. 7pm. 349 Church. SF. Lesblan/Gay Freedom Day Parade Committee SwingshiltJGrupo Raiz, Linda Hirschhorn 8 2Ì gen'l membership mtg. 5-7pm, SF Women's Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club gen'l mtg, SF Gary L^pow in a benefit performance for the Women's Bldg. 6:30 burgers, beer 8 socializ New Arena Arts Project planning mtg —artists Liverrtipre Action Group. Wheeler Adm, UC ing, 7:30pm. mtg. wishing to contribute work, offer ideas or Berkeley Campus. S5.50/S4.50 stdnts, srs. Public Hearing on the Health effects of Poppers 8pm, info: 644-2028 volunteer are invited to attend. 5pm. 29-29th conducted by the Health 8 Environment Com­ St, SF. Complete Info: 221-3333x153, mittee, SF Board of Supervisors, City Hall, Rm Of Men, Mountains 8 Monasteries—My trek 22 228,2pm. Those wishing to testify call Brandy thru Tibet, by Dr. Edward Kaufmann, Gay Nina Jo Smith and Johnny Nieto read poetry Moore, AA to Supe Doris Ward. 558-2867. Academic Union, Meeting Hall, 1668 Bush. SF. at Modern Times Bookstore, 968 Valencia SF. Rape, Prostitution 8 Pornography: The Eco 4pm, no charge. 7:30pm. nomic Connection—a talk by Selma James of Red Hearts—a social group for leltf'progres- SF Wages for Housework Campaign, 7:30pm. sive" gay men holds a special potluck, 7pm, “ •serve Now! for an evening of Feasting, $2. CC: 334-4297, 7:30pm, Valencia Rose. 766 bring food & drink. Info: 563-8479. Stories 8 Songs, a second night Passover Valencia, SF. The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus & the Seder at Golden Gateway Holiday Inn in SF Mitsuye 8 Nellie: Two Asian American Poets— Berkeley Symphony Orchestra in concert at with Congregation Sha'ar Zahav. S25 adults. a film on the Asian American experience thru Davies Symphony Hall, SF. 8pm, tickets: S15 children. Call for reservations before April the eves of these poets, plus Es Dilicll Esco/er 431-5400. 1st. 621-2871, $3.50, 8pm, La Pena, Berkeley. Blackberri's Back! This Bay Area musician, just returned from a Southwestern tour, plays 29 30 & sings original tunes both political & Coffee House at Great Outdoor Adventures The Chris Howard Band—live at Amelias— spiritual. Benefits KPFA. 8pm, $4.50. La Pena. features video of ski trips 8 speaker from for a nite of women's music not to Banned by Reagan Film Festival features 3 doc­ Friends of the River. 7:30-I0pm. 1618 Castro. be missed! $2. 9pm, WA. 647 Valencia, SF. in umentary films suppressed by their original fo: 552-7788. sponsor, OSHA, to be shown publicly for the Oscar Night at Mauds—big screen 8 free pop­ Last chance this month to catch Lisa Goulder & first time. Palace of Fine Arts. SF. $4, 7pm. corn! The stars come out at 8pm, 937 Cole. Co. at the Haight-Fillmore's great new jazz SF. Info: 731-6119. Tickets: 434-1403 21 club, Fillmore's. No cover. 8:30pm. George Mendenhall, writer, raconteur, & about town talks about gay life in the '50s, his news editing at B.A.R. and the consequences of appearing in Word Is Out. 9:30am, Unitarian Univ Gay Caucus. Women's East Bay Building—WEBB—work committee monthly meeting—we need your input, ideas & work!! Pacific Clr. Berkeley. “Heroes of the Silver Screen” 4-6pm, info: 547-4235. An evening of women's music—Ear to the Ground, Afro-Caribbean rhythms; Maria 8 Castro Theatre March 4 Christina of De Colores perform music from Latin America & Kltka, 12 women sing music from East Europe. 8pm, $3, La Pena. Berkeley. Passion plays Latin jazz, 8:30pm at Fillmore's. $1. social group for gay men over forty meets 2pm, 1668 Bush St, SF. Into: 552-1997. Carol Roberts, foodsexual. and Ruby Rodriguez comedian, team up for night of comedy at Amelias, 647 Valencia. SF. 9pm, $2. Lesblan/Gay Freedom Day Parade office open house—meet 1982 officers, Board of Directors The San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Men’s Community Chorus S committee workers! 3-7pm. 4599-18th St. SF Robin Kay. a rtis tic director Gary W. Miller, New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, guest conductor 28

performing the music of Puccini, Palestrina, Britten, Kern and Gershwin March 28, 1959— In an all-out "War on Homosexuals," 17 State, county’s city police—"disguised" as homosex­ uals—infiltrate Sausalito's bars, only to ROMANCE Ti RHYTHM find that all the gay bar-goers had been Saturday, March 27, 8 p.m. wise enough to stay home. First Unitarian Church A Double Bill at Fillmore's: 2pm, The Hot 1187 Franklin at Geary, San Francisco Blues S Jazz Jam Band: 6pm Golden Bough. $8 reserved seating / S6 general admission no cover for a lot of entertainment. Mythos Mask Dance benefit luncheon, 2pm, Tickets available at Amelia's, Continental Savings and Loan. Headlines. Main Line Gilts Goodman Bldg Theatre. 1115 Geary, SF $25 P.O. Box 14665, San Francisco 94114 Charge by phone: 864 0326 (tax-deductible). Res: 855-5109. An. enjoyable afternoon of acoustic music in Wheelchair accessible / interpreted lor hearing Impaired an intimate setting. Ellen Robinson, vocals & guitar, with Sue Campbell on dulcimer, 1-3pm. Golden Gate Performing Arts presents: at the Coffee Mill. 3363 Grand Ave. Oakland A Sleazy Festival: Curt McDowell Tribute (he'll be there in person) features the •' Talent Contest and Classic Sleaze rated - to X from Curt's major & minor film productions. 7pm. SPRING 1982 S3. Intersection, 756 Union St. SF. Info: 397-6061 ______I

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A reading of The Sharda Stories—lesbian fiction Individual Rights In a Moral Majority Society: Jon sugar Party—Live music 4 comedy, films March 3, 1969—California State performed by Jess Wells. 7:30pm, $2.50; for a panel discussion and forum tonite, 7:30pm 4 poetry at Previews, 1028 Geary (off Polk). Assemblyman W illie Brown, Jr. in­ women, WA, RCC, Old Wives Tales, SF. at Kendrick Hall, Univ of SF, spons by 9pm, Free if you perform! (sing, read poetry, Peter Finch wears green carnations in The troduces, for the first time, a bill to Students Together for Individual Rights of the do comedy)—come in 4 do your thing! Trials o l Oscar Wilde and George Sander's is USF School of Law. Will cover employment legalize sexual conduct between con­ Wilde's character In The Picture ol Dorian discrimination, legal aspects of gay paren­ Catch ••Coming Up! as National Enquirer and senting adults. Gray, both films at The Strand, SF. Box office: ting, constitutional rights, and the future of other routines as Robin Tyler tries our her new 552-5990. the gay political movement. material at La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley. 7 4 9 pm, $5. RAZMATAZZ: A benefit show produced by An Evening of Consciousness Lowering- •Town & Country” —photographs by Jim Stew­ Amber Lee featuring S.F. Tap Troupe, recent Ladies Against Women. Edith Banks (Nat'l Women Loving Woman: Sexual Styles, in cele art. Opening reception 9-11pm, 544 Natoma. Empress Candidate Brett, Norma Jean & Assoc for the Advancement of Rich People): bration of women's intimacy. Lecture, films 4 SF. Gallery hrs: Thurs-Sat 2-6pm, Sun i-3pm Princess. 9pm, Red Eye Saloon, 335 Jones, Alexander Hog, The Right Rev. Jerry Fallout. luncheon. Complete info: Trudie, 540-6900. Thru 3/28. SF. Donations benefit CUAV. Mrs. Phyllis Shaft Lee 4 more! 8pm, $5. Res 4 Monogamous lesbians support group potluck, A Night ol Flamenco Fire with Rosa Montoy location: 845-1133. No Host Bar, No Hostess singles 4 couples welcome. 6:30pm, $1. 576 Javanese Dance Collection video previews & her troupe Baile Flamenco, plus special Cupcakes. Valencia #204, SF. Info: 552-2685. spons by Mythos Mask Dance. 2:30pm, free. guest artists. Today & tmw 8:30pm, Sun Power, Science & tha Left: Socialist Review Goethe Institute Library, 530 Bush St. SF. Into: Miracle Mile, a theater piece by Nina Wise in col­ 2:30pm. $9 adv/S10 door; $7 srs & stdnts. Vic­ laboration with Lauren Elder for two nights editor Jeffrey Escoffier talks on the need to toria Theater. 2961-16th St. SF. Res: 863-7576. control the production of scientific knowledge Death to the Klan—slides & talk about the KKK only at the Eighth Street Studio, 2525-8th St Batya Podos & the Traveling Goddess Circus Berkeley, 8:30pm. Call 482-4167 for cost and as an important goal for socialist politics. and the Black Nation's fight for liberation. is back! The Story o l Athena S Other Tales reservations. 8pm, SF Socialist School, 29-29th St. Haight-Ashbury Library, 1833 Page St SF Our Mothers Never Told Us, tonite thru Sat; All Understanding S4M—domination—submis­ 7pm. Info: 561-9040. Lesbian 4 Gay Jewish Activists open discussion the Women Share the Well 3/11-13; 8pm, $4. on "Jewish Heritage as Inspiration for Pro­ sion. SM Institute Classes/Symposiums. Info Great Outdoor Adventure's Wildwood Sexuality Gallery Atelier 35, 3535-19th St, SF. Res gressive Action." Plus Carole Migden (SF's 4 res: 864-5821. Workshop & Colorado ski trip video presenta­ recommended: 864-5821. first openly lesbian candidate for public of­ Oqulsha Paradox: Dance—running with the tion, 7:30-10pm, $2, 1618 Castro St, SF. Heroes and Legends of the Silver Screen, a fice) will discuss her ideas 4 her candidacy. rhythms 4 thinking about the times. $4,10pm, Abusive Images of Women In Mass Media & Por­ film series, continues at the Castro Theatre, Call Judy (826-7831) or Ben (821-9673) for Info. Ollie's Oakland. nography—Join Women Against Violence in Market and Castro, San Francisco. Pick up a Women's Political Poster Exhibit opening recep­ Pornography & Media lor a C.R. slideshow on complete schedule at the Castro or any Surf tion-poster artworks by women on many 10 this topic. 7:30pm, $1$3 SL. SF Women's Bldg. Trlstano Palermlno, Holistic Bodyworker, pre­ Theatre. Brando, Clift, Newman, Valentino, issues. Everyone welcome. 6-8pm, CC, Vida Silvia Kohan sings in Jewish, Latin, jazz & Three Women Poets: Leslie Simon, Kim Addo- Fairbanks, Barrymore, and more! a . Gallery, SF Women's Bldg. Gallery hours: sents Face-To-Face-Heart-to-Heart, a work­ nizio, and Lewley Salas read from their own & Wed-Fri 2-7pm, Sat 12-5pm. shop for men in massage, stress reduction, blues styles to benefit the Women's other's works. 8pm, SF Socialist School. The Politics 4 Economics of the Peripheral and pain relief. 10am-5:30pm; $25. Info/Reg: Building ot the Bay Area and the Jewish 29-29th St. 1 1 All The Women Share the Well—Batya Podos Canal: a hard look at who benefits 4 who 563-2269. Feminist Conference. Listings for March 12 Women's Country Western Night—Rockin' S The Traveling Goddess Circus. See 3/4 loses If It's built. 8pm, $1.50, East Bay Protect yourself against rape 4 assault—films, & 19 have details. Mountain Mama Cloggers and the P.O.T.P. Options for Women Over Forty gen'l monthly Socialist School, 6025 Shattuck. Berkeley. workshops, slides 4 speakers from Singers. Come in your western wear! 9pm, no mtg. 6:30pm, 33 Gough St, SF. Two OPTIONS Tell Me A Riddle—the cinematic tribute to Tillie 9:30am-4:30pm at YWCA, 620 Sutter St. SF, cover. Maud's. 937 Cole, SF. Info: 731-6119. members share their music, struggles & lives. Olsen's stirring story plays today 4 tmw at Co-spons by Comm, on Status of Women 4 Floodlights—painting on paper and canvas Furniture making & Woodworking Class - a nite The Red Victorian Movie House, 1659 Haight, YWCA. Info: 558-3653. Address Directory by Ada Inov, Southern Exposure Gallery, Pro­ for new students in regular Tues-Thurs class SF. Showtimes: 863-3994. Mental Imagery In Health Crisis—a workshop ject Artaud, 401 Alabama St. SF, 3/2-21. Tues- (see weekly calendar). 6:30-9:30pm, 39th Ave & KIK performs with come-hither at Holistic Life Institute, 10am-5pm, 1627 Artemis Cate, 23rd & Valencia, San Fran­ Sun 1-5pm. Ortega. Free. Info: 824-9716. (Debey Zito). casualness—two nites of set work, improv 4 Tenth Ave, SF. Info: 664-4900. cisco. 821-0232. WA. Studio W, a new women's art 4 film gallery is Judy Freespirlt reads from Daddy's Girls (an works in progress. 8:30pm, $3, tonite 4 3/12. no Berkeley Women's Center, 2908 Ellsworth, Carz Studio. 235 Hickory, SF. accepting artists 4 beginning film students Incest survivor's story) and other works-ln- Berkeley. 548-8383. : Coming Up! Weekly Dance! with the Gay 4 Lesbian Union of UC now. Artists bring work 4 future filmmakers progress. $2, 7:30pm, for women only, RCC. Eighteenth Street Services, 4131-18th St, Old Wives Tales. SF. Berkeley. 8pm-l2:30am, Haas Clubhouse, come to meet film director, 10am-6pm. itertainment, raps and Letter writing & soup kitchen for women—write Strawberry Cyn Rec Ctr; Shuttle bus from 3137-22nd St, SF. San Francisco. 863-8111. those letters of praise & protest you never ASUC starts at 8pm 4 continues thru nite. 43. Lesbian Sex Workshops—includes turning on, Fillmores, 500 Haight Street, San Francisco. ■n every week!______manage to send, plus soup! 7pm, free, RCC by complete info: 642-6942. fantasies, self sex, sex 4 power, sex in long­ 431-0990. WA. 3/9, for women only. ICI Woman's Place, Satoba Komachl—a modern No play, translated term relationships 4 much more. Co-spons I.C.I. Woman's Place Bookstore, 4015 Oakland. from the Japanese, questions beauty, the Operation Concern 4 SF State Gay Communi­ Broadway. Oakland. 547-9920. WA. Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parade Steering ideal 4 reality expressed thru suggestions, ty. 10am-4pm, $10-$35 SL At SF State loca­ La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck, 1 0 Committee mtg, open to the community. 7pm, movement, music 4 words. 9pm, $4. 544 tion, WA. Pre-reg: 563-0202. Berkeley. 849-2568. WA. Marsha Warfield—"the funniest girl in town” _ Natoma. SF. Tonite 4 tmw. Parade office, 4599-l8th St, SF. Unlearning Racism: a workshop with Ricky Laughing Goddess Grotto (Susan B. An­ stand-up comedy from LA at SF State for In- Sherover-Marcuse explores the painful conse­ tern'l Women's Week. $2/11 stdnts, 3pm, Bar­ quences of racism for whites. Misinformation thony Coven #1), 4118 Telegraph. Oakland. 12 6534169,444-7724. bary Coast, Student Union. See Intern'l The Buddhist Art of Self-Healing—a lecture _. 4 oppressive behavior unlearned in a non- Women's Week Directory page 8 for a full Holistic Life Institute, 1627 Tenth Ave, SF. confrontive, non-guilty trlppy environment. week of events celebrating women around the Theatre I0am-2pm, SF Socialist School, 29-29th St. world. 7:30pm, info: 664-4900. Autobiography ot Malcolm X—full length fea­ Swlngshlft chases the blues with jazz at Metropolitan Community Church—East Jason Serinus, the "Voice of Woodstock” per Fillmores, SF. 9pm, $2.50 cover. WA. Bay, 4986 Fairfax Street, Oakland. 533-4848. forms for free in canary yellow tails! 3:30pm, Flamenco Mar 4 ture color film showing to benefit Black Berkeley Public Library West Branch, Univer­ August Organizing Comm. Today: 145 Miki Wagner, and her group The Furies, at WA. sity above San Pablo; 7pm, North Branch, Owinelle Hall. UC Berkeley. Tmw: SF Women's the Artemis Cafe, 9pm, $3.50 Old Wive's Tales, 1909 Valencia Street. San Hopkins & The Alameda. Bldg, Both shows 8pm, $3.50. Lynda Bergren, nominee for Outstanding Fe­ Francisco. 821-4675. WA. Water, Wildlife, Money A the Peripheral C anal- Odorama strikes again as Divine 4 Tab Hunter male Vocalist by the Cabaret Gold Awards in a Ollie's, 4130 Telegraph Ave, Oakland. slides & talk on the interrelationships of the camp it up in Polyester plus second feature one-nlght-only appearance at Our Kitchen, 131 654-6017. WA. The Sin o l Adam 4 Eve, Strand Theater, SF. above with an eye oh the June ballot. 8pm, Gough St, SF 9:30-12:30. Operation Concern, 2485 Clay Street, San donation. The Network Coffeehouse, 1329-7th Rape Culture: lasues 4 Organizing—the myths 4 facts of rape/sexual harrassment 4 the Francisco, 5630202. Ave. SF. Spring Equinox, 2:57pm Pacific Center fo r Human Growth, 2712 Jazz vocals anyone? The Metatour Ensemble organizing methods used to educate people about rape culture, with the Coordinators of 20 Telegraph Ave. Berkeley. 5488283. WA. sings for free at Fillmore's, 8:30pm. the Rape Prevention Education Program. 8pm, First Aid A Prevention for Sports 4 Unitarian Unlvereallsts Gay Caucus, First Isabelle A Arthur (The Last Days of the Poet a workshop at Holistic Life Institute 10am- Rimbaud—a one-act play Ionite thru Fri & Sun SF Socialist School, 29-29th St. 5pm, 1627 Tenth Ave, SF. Info: 664 4900. Unitarian Church, Franklin/Geary, San Fran­ at 544 Natoma. SF. 9pm, $4. Silvia Kohan—culture 4 songs in Jewish, Latin. Tear Gas Certification Course, 10am? SF Wom­ cisco. 776-4580. Grand Opening! Leticia's—a new Mexican Jazz 4 blues, accompanied by Mariko Aratani; en's Bldg, $25/412.50 srs 4 disabled. Women's Building of the Bay Area, Restaurant. 2223 Market St. SF. "home of the food 4 drink. ASL, 8 4 10pm, $4-57 SL. RCC: Women Fighting Back—2 workshops, one fo­ 3543-18th Street. San Francisco. 431-1180. WA. famous margarita." 431-1290 (Roma). Benefits SF Women's Bldg. KIK mixes dance, theater 4 everyday life at No cuses on rape, the myths 4 the facts, and Carz Studio. See 3/5 for details. gives women a space to express rage, fears, anger, etc, and second is a self defense class. $2-$4 SL, 10:30am-3:30pm, SF Women's Bldg. Artists & writers Act Now to participate in the 19 CC. Lily Tomlin internationalist Arts Festival—Anfi WW3 and Jason Serinus, "The Voice of Woodstock" per­ Sexual Preference: Personal Experiences 4 For the Future to take place in May at forms for free for kids 4 adults at the Clare­ Working Together—how can lesbian 4 Southern Exposure Gallery, SF. Complete info mont Branch, Berkeley Library, Benvenue at straight feminists work together effectively 4 to submit material: 391-7546 (deadline is 4/10). Ashby. 3:30pm. enjoyably? Join Women Against Violence in Angela Davis discusses her latest work Women. "Kindling the Lights:" multi-media benefit for Pornography 4 Media for a forum, following Race A Class at Modern Times Bookstore, 968 Jewish Feminist Conference with Silvia gen'l membership mtg. 10:30am, forum Com es toSF! Valencia St. SF. 6:30pm, Kohan, Joan Bilter 4 others. Bellydancing, 11:30am-1:30pm. 2910 Fulton St #4, Berkeley. The best post-punk literary magazine around, shabbot ritual. 7:30pm, $4-$6 SL. CC, ASL. all Info: 552-2709. SOUP, hosts a benefit reading. 8pm. $4, Valen­ women welcome. SF Women's Bldg. Info: TTY Monogamous Lesbians mtg—singles 4 couples cia Rose Cafe. 766 Valencia. SF. 821-1349. welcome: 7:30pm, $1. 576 Valencia, #203. Info: March 8 & 9 Fillmore's presents the Curtis Ohtson Group. Abenl—women's band plays high energy Car- 552-2685. contemporary jazz artists, 9pm, $2. ribean 4 Brazilian sounds on congas/percus- Tede Matthews A Randy Johnson of Mainstream St. Patrick's Day Blowout—D.J Stacy, green sion, accented with vocals, chorals 4 sax­ Exiles and Leslie Simon of Poetry for the beer 50c a glass, disco & R&B. Hourly sur­ ophone solos. Special guest dancer Adela People read from their work at Bookworks. Calendar Key prises. 9pm. $2. Chu; 8pm, Ollie's, Oakland. 2848 Mission. SF. $2, 7:30pm. Celebrate the St Patrick's Parly & Dance—put on your Irish With a Song In My Heart—a concert of vocal release of Simon's new book! greens & celebrate! Amelias. 647 Valencia. soloists of SF Gay Men's Chorus that in­ Vic Turner's Birthday Bash—celebrate with a WA: wheelchair access SF. 9pm, no cover. St. Patty's drink 18 cludes a variety of styles 4 periods ranging jazz jam session 9pm, no cover at the cafe, CC: childcare available at event special—green margueritas. from Baroque to Contemporary. 8pm, $5. Trini­ cabaret 4 underground phenomenon—Fill- RCC: call to reserve childcare for e' Maud's Annual St Patrick Parly—Murphy's ty Episcopal Church, Bush 4 Gough. SF. Sign: sign language interpreted Irish Whiskey & Bailey's Irish Creme drink * March, 1943—SF police, In what they In Defense ol Free Speech—Alice Walker. Alberta Jackson A Touch—hot jazz, rock, punk, Res: reservations specials. Tell a friend! Bring a friend! 9pm, no J term a "morals drive," close down nearly Steve Abbott. Merle Woo, Andrea Canaan, reggae and R4B at Jubilee. 4900 Bancroft Ave. SL: sliding scale cover. Info: 731-6119. e every gay bar in San Francisco, in- Karen Brodine, Juan Felipe Herrera 4 Nellie Oakland, $3, 9:30pm-1:30am. 2 eluding the Black Cat, the Subway and Wong read poetry to benefit Clara Fraser. What you can do right now to Counteract the Effects of Aging—an all day seminar for 24 e the Silver Rail. RCC: 826-7831. 8pm, $4. La Pena, Berkeley. Combatting Individualism builds Individuality/ gay men. Details: 771-4921. Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking—learn inexpen­ eg Christian A June Millington play a benefit sive. delicious, simple vegetarian entrees & Solidarity—Margo Adair of S.P.I.R.l.T. collec­ "She Holds the Power"—an exhibition of tive leads workshop to explore ramifications Concert for Harrlette Davis, on trial for killing breads to astound your meat-eating friends! drawings and prints by Wendy Cadden at her husband after 8 yrs of physical abuse. Prepare & sample. 8pm, $1.50. The Network of individualism that makes organizing dif­ Modern Times Bookstore, 968 Valencia. SF. ficult, and ways to overcome'It. 29-29th St, SF. 9:30pm. $5. Ollie's, Oakland. Coffeehouse, 1329-7th Ave. SF. All month, call for hours: 282-9246. Gordon DeMarco read* from his new novel The 8pm, $2. CC 4 WA info by 3/12: 221:3333x153. Brown Bag Readers Theatre premieres Women Co-sexual Ski Trip to Bear Valley. Includes Canvas Prison, about a progressive (no kid­ & Alcoholism, $3-65 SL. 7:30pm. RCC, Old ding) hardboiled private eye In the Hammett accomodations only in deluxe condo com­ 27 Wives Tales, SF. plete with hot tub! $87. details from Great Out­ id Annual Walk for Survival registration S t A ^ M A C K tradition, and talks about detective fiction as 8-9:30am, Kezar Stadium. Proceeds to a literary genre. 8pm, SF Socialist School, door Adventures at 641-4020. Gifts of Science and Spirit Women's Wilderness Workshop—a weekend of Emergency Relief Fund, Internat'l for aid to 29-291h St. Phone the Refugee Camps in Somalia. Forms available "Finding What You Need: Tips for Survival and self exploration discovering the |oys of call 864-ERFl for details. inexpensive Fun In San Francisco." Talk by backpacking in a mutually supportive 4 in­ Gay Events Tape trospective way. Complete details: Great Out­ Romance N' Rhythm"—The San Francisco OTHER WORLDLY Jan Zobel, editor of The People’s yellow Lesbian 4 Gay Men's Community Chorus Pages at the Potrero Branch of the SF Public door Adventures Women's Division: 621-2400. GEMS AND JEWELRY 861-1100 United Front—new music revolving around the Spring Concert First Unitarian Church, 1189 Library. 1616-20th St, no charge. Franklin, SF, 8pm, $8 reserved (864-0236) or $6 Simplemente Jenny—a film that outlines for weekly updates unity between the player 4 the jazz ensemble. Music from the hearts 4 minds. 10pm, $4. gen. WA, Sign. Conducted by Robin Kay women in Latin America plus With the Cuban on community happenings Tonite 4 tmw, 544 Natoma, SF. w/guest conductor Gary Miller, NY Gay Men's Women,-an inspiring, high-spirited tribute to Chorus. Free admission for ushering— the women's movement in Cuba. 8pm. $2.50. 771-0784. La Pena. Berkeley. — . 26 The Distractions—dazzling musical comedy troupe in revue at the Women's Bldg, 7pm 31 New M oon in Aries, 2:18am ! March 26, 1882—100 years ago today, * dance to reggae-salsa 4 8:30pm Distractions, Bernice Johnson Reagan—Singer (Sweet Honey 25 J Oscar W ilde arrived In San Francisco on then more dancing. $5, benefits Media Becoming Human—a talk with slides by Nancy • his American lecture tour, to speak on Alliance. Info: 441-2557. in the Rock), songwriter & cultural historian in Tanner, on Human evolution 6 the role of a benefit tor Action Committee for Abortion 2 "Art Decoration in the Home." One local ! Swlngshlft plays jazz 4 Robin Flower plays women as the first Toolmakers. Free, 7:30pm, Bights. $3 $5. SL. CC. SF Women's Bldg. • newpaper called him "the Modern 2 fiddle tunes in concert at La Pena, Berkeley. 4026A 24TH STREET ’7 SOpm. RCC. Old Wives Tales, SF, 8:30pm, $4.50. Ron Clamon't Paintings 6 Drawings exhibited 2 Messiah.” Sunflowers and calla lilies, - Mothertongue Reader* Theater Loving Women Blow tor Blow—a Him on French women textile • Wilde's trademarks, became so much ; workers strike. 8pm. $2.50. La Pena. Berkeley at his Studio Loft. 720 Clementina, SF. Gala —a performance to benefit The Bay Area champagne reception 3-9pm, show hours 2 the rage that florists throughout the city Meteorites, women's wheelchair basketball ' Economics A Human Rights in Chile A the ilam-7pm. Fri-Sun. 2 reported record sales. team. $3, 8:30pm, Ollie's Oakland. USA: Seeing Connections 4 Parallels:" a Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Steering Committee !•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••' Time Out, jazz by Thadius Correa, Lea Correa presentation 6 talk with Debbie Polhemus. mtg. 3/11 has details. Comedy tonight! with Jim Samuels 4 friends. 4 Co. 9pm, $2, Fillmore's, SF recently returned from an extended stay in Gay Latlno/a Alliance dance 6 buffet, up­ Laugh from 9pm on at Fillmore's. $2. Swlngshlft plays jazz at LaPena, Berkeley. Chile. 8pm, donation The Network Cof­ stairs at Amelias. 647 Valencia. SF. 9pm. $2. Amelia Earhart—a performance pelce by Letitia 9pm. $3. feehouse. 1329-7th Ave, SF. Info: 552-7788. Bartlett uses slides, sound, light mime 4 voice FooUdey—antl-nuke benefit comedy party. Jane NAM/DSOC Workshop: Intro to the New Amer Peter Hartman, keyboards, David Gallego. syn­ to create a laboratory of the senses, exploring Dornacker, Jim "Regan" Morris, the 'can Movement and Democratic Socialist thesizers, plus special guests in an evening of the mythic life of Amelia. 9pm, $4 Today 4 Plutonium Players 4 much more! 8pm. Dance Organizing Committee at SF Socialist School. solos 4 collaborations in music. 9pm, $4. 544 tmwi 544 Natoma. SF. at 10:30pm with the Lemmings, plus others 29-29th St, 8pm—all welcome! Natoma. SF. Dance 4 party to benefit Pacific Ctr at Ollie's, TBA. Berkeley Vet's Hall. 1931 Center St. Polish Politics and Modernism in an Iron Alberta Jackson and Touch plays hot-high Oakland. 10pm. $4.50. Info: 549-3030. Cage.” a talk by Jeff Escoffier. Socialist energy music to make you dance at the Concert of Original Compositions—Harold Carr. Cathy Zheutlln's short film Lost Love: Another Review editor.- 8pm, $2. Small Press Traffic. Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Berkeley. $3. Andrew Voigt play pieces from their upcoming Senseless Tragedy, 11pm on KQED, Chal 9's 3841B 24th St, SF 9:30pm-12:30am______album release. Midnight. $4 544 Natoma. SF "Frontal Exposure."______Page 8 COMING UP! March, 1982 Books______All the Women are White, All the Blacks are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave Venus in Aquarius March brings a month of unusual, w illfu l. Innovative creativity as Venus enters Aquarius on the 2nd and remains In that sign through April 6th. There w ill be a general fondness for by Gabrlalla Daniel« the bizarre, the new, and the exotic. What seemed a little too kinky In February w ill appear downright delightful now. We may look forward to breakthroughs In the arts and in A ll The Women Are White, A ll The Blacks cosmetics. For example, the last time Venus was In Aquarius Sister Loganberry Frost in­ Are Men, BUT SOME OF US ARE BRAVE, vented black light lip gloss. Black Women's Studies, edited by Gloria T. How bizarre Is bizarre? That depends on you. Wherever your lim its are you II find some Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, and Barbara pleasure in going a bit beyond. This Isn't necessarily a time for kinky sex. It's more for Smith, The Feminist Press, New York, 1982. spontaneous and unusual expressions o f affection. If you’ve never bought flowers fo r your sweetie this would be a nice time to start. Early last year, I participated In a panel discussion on feminist writing at a con­ The Sun Signs ference on Left w riting In San Francisco. While setting up for the dlcusslon, I was ap­ Most astrological columns are written as If everyone was born on the first day of their proached by a young Black male writer who sign. Alas, this covers only 3% of the population. There is no universal solution to this was pushing a new literary magazine he problem, but for this column you will maximize benefits with the following steps: had just co-publlshed. I told him I would be If you were born on the 20th of the month (any month) or after, subtract 18 from your birth Interested In contributing to the magazine, date. If you were born before the 20th, add 12. The resulting number w ill be the day o f this and asked If he would like to hear my talk. March that Venus aspects your Sun. (I'll explain that shortly.) For the part of the month When he learned the title o f the program, a before that day, read the sign that follows your own. After Venus aspects your Sun the long, slow depreciating smile spread reading for your own sign will apply. across his lips, and his eyes mirrored the On the day that Venus aspects your Sun, plus 2 days before and 2 days after, you w ill en­ by-now familiar look: "So you're one of joy a sense of relative well-being, artistic creativity, and affectionate vigor. Friends will th e m " probably notice how well you look. You may feel tempted Just to lay back and enjoy feeling At the same conference, I later took In a good, but It would be a shame to waste those 5 days of creative awareness.- panel discussion on Black writers, and For example, a Virgo born on August 26 should subtract 18 from 26 to find the Venus-Sun heard one of the male panelists describe aspect on March 8th. Before March 8th the reading from the following sign, Libra w ill apply, what he saw as the scarcity of Black after the 8th the paragraph for Virgo will be correct. From the 6th to the 10th, she'll enjoy women writing today, and dropping only the added benefit of the aspect. one Black woman’s name Into the pro­ ceedings as fu lfillin g a criteria for achieve­ ARIES: This Is an Ideal lime for partying and LIBRA: This Is your long awaited chanc6 to relax ment. otherwise enjoying the company of your friends. and enjoy life for a while. Take some time to In­ "Them" Immediately translates Into You're more than usually Inclined to dulge your hobbles or a good romance. Venus In “ fem inist." Such Is the usual reaction humanitarian grace. As you feel better towards your 5th house practically screams, “ love the people around you the kindness you exude when Black women choose to define our­ will be warmly returned. If you're Involved In any affair!" selves, rather than accept the "norm s," her friends, I imparted this informa­ social or political conflict you have a special op­ SCORPIO: Domestic quarrels or difficulties with thinly veiled by racism and sexism, that In short, Black women's studies, like portunity to act as a peace-maker. Black men and white people believe about Black feminism, must reflect and renew tion to Ms. Young. Her genuinely sur­ your family can be nicely resolved. If all Is calm on the home front give in to the urge to us. Consequently, when Black women Itself on the struggles and events affecting prised response was, "Oh, Aunt TAURUS: This is an excellent time to further Black women outside the confines of Alice," and then Immediately, "Well, redecorate, try out some new recipes, and Invite create both a concept and a working relal- your artistic ambitions. Whether you're running your friends In to show off your "new" quarters academia. Moreover, Black women’s we don't have to leave this in!” In a Jock-strap contest, painting the office, or ty, as in Black feminism and Black and cuisine. women's studies, It becomes more than studies must be used as the classroom to designing a costume this Is the time to gain But after a long, persuasive discussion In recognition for your aesthetic contributions. self-affirmation but a bold and threatening correctly Interpret these events. SAGITTARIUS: Any form of creative writing Is statement. Divided Into seven sections, But Some of which Hull reminded Young that they were, Otherwise Its a good time to get along with the favored, whether It's poetry, prose, or Just cat­ In their Introduction to But Some of Us Us Are Brave successfully incorporates above all else, comm itted to revealing the boss, and ask for a raise or promotion. ching up on your correspondences. You delight truth, it was left in. Hull added she felt she Are Brave, Gloria T. Hull and Barbara Smith these tw in Ideals of scholarship and ac­ GEMINI: Travel Is favored this month. If you In self-expression, but watch your motormouth. had achieved a singular victory; that this Half of effective expression Is careful listening. acknowledge the historical and political tivism. Michele Russell teaches "Black- can't get away on a long Journey enroll in some roots culminating In their five-year project Eyed Blues Connections" in a Detroit Black woman's life would be portrayed classes or make up your own program of study. — the Black and Vtomen’s Movements — YWCA to twenty-two Black women ranging "without the lies and distortions which The arts, designs, and customs of far-off lands CAPRICORN: The money seems to roll In this from nineteen to fifty-five "who are all on have marked far too many of us." month, but does It really? Don't expect it to last and more recently, the Black Feminist hold a special interest. much longer. You're tempted to Impulse spen­ Movement which evolved as an auto­ their way from somewhere to something." However, the co-editors submit that the book is incomplete, expressing the hope CANCER: You are most likely now to have a part­ ding this month. Do yourself a favor and try to nomous complement to both these strug­ Russell’s formula for teaching is a live up to your reputation as a miser. gles and as an antithesis to the continual refreshing departure from the usual that whatever gap made could be filled, as ner with whom you can feel safe enough to ex­ omnipotent-teacher-directs-uneducated an encouragement to other Black women plore new erotic pleasures. Even If It's your exhibitions of racism by white feminists usual partner this Is a time of greater security AQUARIUS: Hello, Gorgeous! Even if you're pupil method, which can be alienating and writers and researchers. It is to this end and sexism by Black male activists. "B lack and trust. If you don't have a partner It should be generally doubtful about your appearance you feminism ," they concur "has made a space nonconduclve to what she might wish to that the last two sections of But Some ol will enjoy at least a relative aura of beauty, and Us Are Brave focuses on Bibliography and easy to find one (or two, or three...). If you prefer for Black women’s studies to exist and, encourage and impart. Rather, “ we start celibacy this can be a most rewarding period for people will notice how well you look. Give In to the temptation to try out some new styles of through Its commitment to all Black women, where they are," all becoming instructors Syllabi, containing enough material to metaphysical studies or cosmetic surgery. and learners. The text Is their daily lives stymie the pretensions of the Black male clothing and/or make-up. Whatever you learn w ill provide the basis fo r Its survival." Hull about yourself and your look this month will pay whether beating the social worker or writer mentioned earlier. For as the co­ LEO: Partnerships work with particular ease. and Smith qualify this statement adding off all year. that, "Only a Black and feminist analysis teaching a child how to cook. The group authors maintain, the book is also meant This Is the time to formalize ties In business or as a source book, "w ho we are." The can sufficiently comprehend the materials graduates toward affirming their lives as love. Legal affairs and contractual obligations PISCES: Earth to Fish, Yoo-Hoo! Your natural In­ of Black women's studies; and only a not only common among other women bibliographic study by Oral Williams, can be worked out to your advantage. clination to retreat from reality Is especially (even internationally) but politically Thelma W illiams, Dora W ilson and Ramona strong now, but what good does it do? Try to creative Black Feminist perspective will VIRGO: As If It's not enough to take pride and enable the field to expand." «valuable. Matthewson on American Black women channel It Into constructive meditation or have composers Is an example o f the enterprise Joy in your work, you can be startlingly creative Yet Hull and Smith Indicate that it Is not In researching Alice Dunbar-Nelson, some fun with psychic studies. Or better yet, of­ and persistence exhibited In gathering as In making even the most arduous task- rnore fer your help to some friends or a community enough to simply name our oppression, to Gloria T. Hull describes her particular expe­ pleasant. If you’ve been wanting a ralspbr a new much information as possible. Their search service group that really needs you. teach It w ithin an academic community. To rience coming to know, through her surviv­ Job this Is the time to go for It. ' lim it the course of Black women's; studies, ing niece Ms. Pauline Young, a Black writer- revealed women who composed spirituals (Betty Jackson King, who wrote "Nobody or even Black feminism on these premises activist formerly hidden behind passing leads to what the co-authors see as a reference as the wife o f famed Black poet, Knows the Trouble I've Seen") and gentle dangerous repetition of a precedent set In Paul Laurence Dunbar. Hull recalls, love “ arias" as "Love Let the W ind C ry .. . women's studies. Smith relates In a ta lk en­ How I Adore Thee" with words by Sappho Alternative Airwaves titled "Racism and Women's Studies," We were two Black women Joined and music by Bliss Corman. together by and for a third Black The seventh section lists Black women's The Gay Ufa w ith Randy Alfred the Blues. Music 4 highlights from inter­ studies courses taught either under the KSAN 95FM, Sundays, 11pm views. When I got Involved In women's woman/writer whose life and work we Gore Vidal speaks to the Golden Gate 4:30pm: “Spot the Dogged Feminist Comedy aegis of Black (or Afro-) American Studies Mar 7: studies six years ago... I began to were committed to affirming. Our Business Association. Hour"—reaching farther than Lesbo-Atamai recognize what I call women's building of trust and rapport was cru­ or Women's Studies departments. They in­ Mar 14: An interview with Doric Wilson and and Outer Womangoll.a, the Women's Dept studies or academic feminists: cial to th is whole process. clude the pioneering literature course Allen Estes aboout Theatre Rhino's new pro­ reaches to the very depths of the cupboards women who teach, research and taught by Alice Walker at the University of duction, Street Theater. without getting to the bottom of the barrel to The relationship had its "baptism under Massachusetts in 1972, and more recently, Mar 21: Part 1 of the Alice B. Toklas Memorial find the funniest women around. publish about women, but who are fire" when Hull uncovered an heretofore not Involved in any way In making Helen Stewart's "Issues for the Contem­ Democratic Club's historic tenth anniversary 6:30pm: A Feminist Critique of the New unheard of aspect of Dunbar-Nelson's life: porary Black Woman," taught In 1978. The dinner honoring It's founder Jim Foster. MC Right's Antl-Femlnlst Movement. Barbara radical social and political change; content of these syllabi reflect both the Dianne Felnstein, speech by Ted Kennedy, Ehrenrelch, Dferdre English, Cathryn MacKin­ women who are not Involved In mak­ When I discovered.. .that her pride and the realization that doing our plus clips of Foster's speech at the 1972 non 4 others take on Phyllis Schlafly 4 the ing the lives o f living breathing woman-identification extended to homework, doing what is "home” to our Democratic National Convention. new Right. women more viable. Mar 28: Part II of Alice Dinner, see above for 8pm: The Mary Watkins Jazz Orchestra. rom antic liaisons with at least two of hearts and our struggle, is never ending. details. Selections from the tapes of Mary Watkins 4 a 40 piece Jazz orchestra for a not-yet- A World Wind released album. KPFA 94FM, Mondays, midnight 9pm: Malrlna Reynolds: I'd Rather Say It International Women's Week International music, expeclally be women, Mysell Singing—a program In honor of this 6 Saturday Info: 561-9055. Kallgren and Margaret Wllkerson. Booth and features on world events & cultures. With great composer, performer 4 friend of KPFA. 7tti Annual Day In the Park for Women'a UC Berkeley Women's Center sponsors week Auditorium, Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley, Max Dashu & Chana Wilson. 10pm: Gat ready for bed with Adrienne Rich, Right«. March begins at 10am at Civic Center of events beginning with: "Now We’re 3:30-5:30pm. Reception follows. Info: who recently read for a sell-out crowd at the to Golden Gate Park, SF. Rally at GG Park Awakened: Women In Nicaragua." slide show 642-4786. Fruit Punch, Gay Men's Radio SF State Poetry Ctr—4 KPFA was there. Bandshel! 12-4pm. Speakers Include Midge and discussion, Rm 101, Moffltt Hall, UCB, The film Lucia depicts the role of women In KPFA 94FM, Wednesdays, 10pm Constanza, former White House aide, Patty 7:30pm. three distinct periods of Cuban History: from Fruit Punch is pre-empted the first two weeks Monday, March 8th: Duke Astln, Deldre English, editor of Mother the struggle for independence from Spain to this month for special marathon program­ 9am: World Music . . . Women Jones, with entertainment by Linda Tillery, • 9 Tuesday the Machado dictatorship of the '30's to the ming—call In and donate to KPFA, one of the 10:15am: "Morrigan," the woman in Celtic the SF Lesbian Chorus, Nicholas, Glover and South African film series includes You Have literacy campaign of the '60's. 7:30pm, $2.50 few stations that regularly features gay & les­ mythology 4 culture ... in poetry, song 4 Ray. and morel Info: 861-0583. Struck a Rock and South Africa Belongs to La Pena Cultural Ctr. bian broadcasting! music. Us. with special guest Jean Hendrlckse at Mar 17: Sir Roger Casement Patriot t Mar­ 11:30am: Stories from South Africa by Bessie • 7 Sunday Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall. UC Berkeley. • 11 Thursday tyr—a documentary from Australian Gay Head, one of Black South Africa's most Celebrate International Women’« Day— 4pm. Woman’s Week at SF State: 12pm Moe Moea Radio about the turn-of-the-century Irish creative 4 accomplished writers. festivities Include songs, children's program, Lily Tomlin at SF State, McKenna Theatre, Polynesian dance troupe, Student Union patriot who was queerbalted 4 killed for his 12:30pm: Australia: “Tender Loving Care Isn't and "State of the Women" address. Spon­ 2pm, $7 (see 3/8 for details). Plaza: 3pm Connexions slideshow, 4:30pm support of the Irish revolution. Update on the Enough"—a program by the Australian sored by the Women's Committee and the Women's Week at SF State Unlv continues!: Aba lone Alliance slideshow, both at Student status of gays in Northern Ireland. women's broadcasting co-op is about the Alliance Agalnat Women's Oppression. SF 10am "Intimacy—Beyond the Labels of Sex­ Union Conf. Rm A-E. Noon "Today's Polish Mar 24: A Town Meeting with Gore Vidal—the problems 4 rewards of mothers of disabled Women'a Bldg. 2-5pm. WA, RCC: 648-5926 ual Identity," panel discussion, 11:30am Fight for Freedom"- with speaker Urszula writer, philosopher addresses a meeting with children. Holly Tannen, Internationally acclaimed Mothertongue Readers' Theatre: "Women Wislanka at UC Berkeley. Rm 108, T-9 SF's gay demo clubs 4 responds to ques­ i:30pm: Sexual Politics: The Israeli Case. An singer and dulcimer player, performs pre- and Sexuality," both at Student Union Con­ Women's Center. tions on local 4 global politics, peophilla, Interview with Marcia Friedman who par­ Christian ritual songs of England and Wales, fer. Rm A-E; 12pm Abenl: Afro-Carlbbean Against Racism or In Support of Black women's rights, Mrs. Reagan's favorite chees ticipated first hand in Israeli feminist politics Appalachian and Scottish ballads, and songs Music; 1pm exotic belly dancer, both at Stu­ Power?—a debate spons. by Uhuru House recipe 4 more. as a member of the Knesset. of the Goddess. 8pm, $3 at La Pane Cultural dent Union Plaza; 2pm "Women In Profit- Solidarity Committee, SF Women s Bldg. Mar 31: An Evening with Jim Kepner, curator 2:30pm: Thousand Pieces of Gold—the story Ctr. Making Business" panel discussion, Student 7:30pm, $2 WA CC. Info: 654-9717. of the National Gay Archives In L.A. talks of a Young Chinese woman kidnapped from Union Conf. Rm A-E; 8pm, Evening with Linda about the early Gay movement with em­ • 8 Monday • 12 Friday her home In China, sold Into slavery, 4 smug­ Tillery and Mary Watkins, S2 student, S3 gen. phasis on the 40s 4 '50s In SF. gled onto the Western frontier, to become a Join ICI-A Women's Place Bookstore for a "Women and Spirituality” discussion with McKenna Theatre. panelists 2 Budapest. Carol Lee Sanchez, legend of the Gold Rush days In Idaho. day .of Special celebration, 106pm, Oakland. Women's Assoc, of El Salvador Benefit Love Styles, Cable Channel 6 3pm: Woman in Islam—a talk with author Details: 547-9920. Lulsah Telsh, and Charlene Spretnak, featuring the updated version of El Salvador: McKenna Theatre, SF State, 11am. Wednesdays, 10pm, repeats Fri. 10:30pm Nalla Minal, who reflects both positively 4 International Woman's Weak at SF Stata Another Vietnam and panel discussion on Gay-oriented talk show hosted by Jud Kohl. negatively on the role of Middle Eastern 4 University sponsored by the Women s Center the role of Latin American women In libera­ • 13 Saturday North African women. theatre with Common Threads In Outburst, tion struggles. 7:30pm, S3 at La Pena Cultural 12pm, Barbary Coast. Student Union; 1pm International Cultural Solidarity Night with 4pm: Woman In Law 4 Development In Cen­ Ctr. food, music, dance, poetry, and plays by International Women’s Day tral America.—Four Nicaraguan 4 Honduran Lulsah Tetsh and "Moon Daughters," poetry groups from Chile. El Salvador, Iran, Special programming on KPFA, 94FM women talk about the ways In which women & music, McKenna Theatre; 1:30pm Mitsuye Palestine. Turkey, Philippines, Ireland, Sunday, March 7: are legally discriminated against. 4 concrete end Nellie, film documentary on two Aslan Women's Week at SF Stats: 12pm “ Women Greece, Haiti and the Bay Area. SF Women's 9am: The Bay Area Women'a Philharmonic In­ projects 4 legislative changes that have been American women poets. Barbary Coast; and the Military" panel discussion, 4pm Bldg, 7:30pm $3 advanca/S4 door. Info: augural Season Opens! Timpanist Elayne initiated. 3:30pm "The Spirit o l Here■ Photographs ol "Women In Vietnam" slideshow with Arlene 992-0779 or 641-4440. Jones Joins them In their first concert. 7pm: Chicana women In California an Women from around the World" with Heather Elsen, both at Student Union Conf. Rm A-E; Orquesta Sabroslta, the women's salsa 11am: Women In Gospel—Sweet Honey In the historical overview. Hafleigh and music by Barbara Hlgble, Bar­ 12pm Isabel Yrlgoyen, Lat'n-Amerlcan per­ Rock, Aretha Franklin, Shirley Cesar, Sister 8pm: Women in Development In Sri Lanka .. bary Coast. Info: 469-2465. ensemble, performs salsa, charanga, Latin former, 1pm Chevere. women s Latin Jazz jazz and Brazilian styles. 9:30pm $4. La Pena Lucille Pope 4 more ... all singing their the story of Kanthie Sooriyabandara, 4 her LRy Tomlin premieres her newest character! Band, 3pm Marsha Warfield, comic, SI Cultural Ctr. gospel best, plus Interviews with local gospel work with the women of Perlyakulama to SF State Unlv.. 1600 Holloway, Knuth Hall, students. S2 gen., all at Student Union Bar­ women. build a farm they hope will Improve their 7pm. S7- advance sales McKenna Box Office bary Coast. • 14 Sunday 1pm: Meg Spins. Meg Christian, long-time lives. or Student Box Office. Info: 469-2444 Women In China symposium features “ The Spirit of Hera: Photographs of Women frustrated disc Jockey, makes her California »pm: Argentinian Indian Creation Stories Support the Freedom Fighters and Prisoners speakers Margery Wolf on "Chinese Women around the World"- Heather Hafleigh shows debut as a disc spinner. Meg plays some of an Interview with Argentinian anthropologist of War on International Women's Day- and Gender Relationships In the Workplace her slideshow, and Ellen Z. Kaper, discusses her favorites. Sara Newberry. demonstrata to free oppressed peoples at and Family," Xaio-nan Shen on "Daily Life of the topic "What Happened to Rosie the 2:30pm: Toward a Worldwide Womyn's 10pm: Egyptian Feminist Nawal El Saadawi the Federal Bldg. 450 Golden Gate. SF. 4:30 Woman in Betglng," Lynne Joiner. "A Per­ Riveter American Propoganda and Working Movement—this documentary creates a her writings 4 excerpts from interviews with sharp. Spons by Women Against Imperialism sonal View: Three Women of China," and Women. 1942-47" in her slideshow at UC global conference for women, which takes, her, both before her arrest ordered by Egyp- and the New Movement In Solidarity with Beatrice Bain. "Chinese Woman and Berkeley, Kroeber Hall, Rm 160, 7pm. $2.50 place on an unknown sea shore, symbol of lan President Sadat, and after her release Puerto Rican Independence and Socialism. Technology," with commentators Joyce our primordial mother. from prison. ~ —compiled by Evie Blackwood j 3:30pm: Alberta Hunter, Grand Old Lady of C C M I N ® U P ! Weekl V i l i t I

Hal A David’s comic genius at Fanny's Cabaret, 4230-18th St, SF. 9:30pm. Lesbian Clinic — gynecological 8 general med clinic run by 8 for lesbians at Berkeley Sunday Works A Words—poetry readings 8 discussion Women's Health Collective. Every Tues eve. at 544 Natoma. This month: 3/7 8 14 Kathy Call 8438194 for appt. Raps & Support - * Acker, author of The Childlike Lite ol the Black Gay Men's Open Rap at Pacific Ctr. Berkeley, Taranluala; 3/21 Richard Grossinger, author of Run across the Golden Gate with the Front- 7:30pm. PlaneI Medicine reads from his work; 3/28 Runners — a running club for gay men 8 les­ Samols: Lesbian-feminist s/m support group Richard Grossinger discusses narrative bians. Meet 7pm at the bus stop on toll plaza encourages prospective members to write prose, the language of non-fiction. 3pm, $3. side of Golden Gate Bridge. them for the date of their next orientation Conan A Band do gay rock'n roll for a motley C lasses meeting: Box 11798, San Francisco, 94101, or crew, 6pm on at the Alamo Square Saloon, 600 call Ruby at 552-8988. Women: Roots In American History, a Fillmore, SF. Free! munity College course in the Castro area. Social • Political Jim Brown's piano stylings at the Red Eye—see 7-9:30pm with Nancy Reidy. Starts 3/2 at MCC. Jewish Feminist Conference Planning mtg. new 150 Eureka St. Complete Info: 239-3048. women welcome. WA. RCC complete info: Love 8 the Alcoholic: Sexual Styles—lecture, 282-1049 (SF) or 658-0497 (EB). 3/7 & 21. films 8 refreshments; open to recovering peo­ 12-3pm, 705 Natoma; 3/14 5:30-9pm, Berkeley ple and treatment providers. 4wk course Richmond JCC, 1414 Walnut; 3/28, 6-9pm, A m onday starts 2/9 and 2/6. Limited enrollment: call Woman's Place Bookstore, Oakland. Raps & Support 5408900 (Trudie) for details. Don't sit home alone) Have Sunday Brunch with Woodworking A Furniture making class for OPTIONS for Women Over Forty. $2,11 am-1 pm. Rap Group for Gay Men at Pacific Center. Berkeley. 7:45pm. beginning 8 experienced woodworkers. 6:36 David Kelsey & Pure Trash » see Sunday, Wednesday & Thursday SF Women's Bldg. Open to women of all ages! 9:30pm, free. WA. Info: 824-9716 (Debey Zito). Champagne brunch at Artemis Cafe, 11am-2pm. Adventures In Lesbian Sex-8-10 wk group to ex­ New lesbians therapy group—one month plore how to keep sex alive in and out of relation­ Women's Psychic Class. 7:3610pm. Complete Sound 8 Trane* Dane* Class with Keriac, Dan- S p iritu al details: 6464123 (Tasha). mitment. 7:30pm, SL. San Francisco loca­ ships. 7-9 pm, $15/session, insurance OK. Info: Jill central Studio. 7:3610pm. Info: 6268756. tions. Complete info: 431-8620 (Laurie). Worship with Metropolitan Community Church, 150 Bender (282-9634) or Karin Wandrei (839-1097). Improvisation for Women—a 6 wk class ir Eureka, SF. 10:30am (CC) and 7pm. Bisexual Women's Rap Group. 1st 8 3rd Mon of theater games, storytelling, scene 8 character Women's Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 78pm. Holy Eucharist, celebrated by the Community of Saint each month. Bisexual Ctr, 1757 Hayes St, SF $3 building with Terry Baum, creator of Dos SF Women's Bldg. Martha of Bethany. Open to the Public. Centre for don. Info: 929-9299. Lesbos. 7-10pm, starts March 13. Info: Social • Political Non-Traditional Religion, 2221 Prince St., Berkeley. Lesbian Rap Group — meet new friends and share W ednesday 7561379. p 8 C Men's Club — a social club for chubbies 8 old ones. Facilitated by Mldgett. 7:30-9:30pm, Entertainment chasers meets 1st 8 3rd Fri ea month at First Golden Gate Metropolitan Community Church SF Women's Bldg. RCC: 864-0876. Raps & Support Country 8 Rock at the White Horse. 8:30pm, 66th 8 Congregational Church, Post 8 Mason, SF worships 10:30am. room 404, California Hall. Social • Political Young Men's Coming Out Group for gay Telegraph (Berkeley). 8pm. 625 Polk, SF. Job Counseling for Women Over Forty — 10am- or those who think they may be Gay, 25 8 S p iritu al The Belfast Folk" — the top folk entertainers Shabbat Services with Sha'ar Zahav, Jewish les- Affirmation: Gay A Lesbian Mormons —'a support 2pm by appointment only In OPTIONS Center. under, who want to get info, share 8 explore from Ireland, weekly at the Starry Plough. 3101 /social group for current or ex-Mormons 8 SF Women's Bldg. Info: 431-6405. aspects of their sexuality. Very generous Shattuck, Berkeley. bian/gay congregation, Jewish Community Ctr, friends. 8pm, Info: 641-0791. Job Listings for Women Over Forty — updated sliding scale (most won't pay), starts March 3, 3200 California. SF 8:15pm. Pamela Brooks sings Cabaret at Trinity Place, Advanced lunar Yoga for women only. 67pm, $301 Dignity - Catholic Gay men, lesbians 6 friends regularly, available at the OPTIONS Center, SF call 5660202 (Bruce), 4661952 (Mike). SF. 5:30pm, $1. Women's Bldg, 10am-5pm, Monday-Frlday. month. 2571 Shattuck Ave, Studio »9, Berkeley. meet at 6pm for positive worship in the Liturgy Intuitive Problem Solving support group/energy David Kelsey without Trash solos on the "magic of the Eucharist at St. John of God, Fifth Ave 8 Oakland Lesbian A Gay Rights Organization circle led by Margo Adair. Pool our psychic Info: 8463277 (Vicki Noble' (OLGRO) meets 2nd 8 4th Mon ea month. organ," 9pm In the New Bell Saloon, 1203 Polk Irving St, SF Sign. resources to combat isolation, energize St. SF. No Cover! Body • Dance • Healtn Metropolitan Community Church of the East Bay 7:30pm at Ollie's in Oakland. Info: 547-5474. realities, and gain insights that help us attain Rhythm 8 Motion — See Monuay Pool tournament at Ollie’s, Oakland. $2, entry Th* Dee Carmack Jazz Combo has ’em toe tap- worships Sundays, 6pm, Oakland. our goals. 4:367pm, open to everyone: pin' at the Alamo Square Saloon, 600 Fillmore Community of the Love of Christ—an ecu­ fee, alternate Mondays. 7pm. 3/1,15, 29. 7:3610pm for women only. SL, further Info 8 C lasses at Fell. SF 9pm, no cover. Job Search Technlques-a class for everybody menical community meets for Holy Orbana Body • Dance • Health special needs: 8618838. Laughs 8 HI Camp with Robin Tyler at Fanny's Slightly Older Lesbians (SOL) open rap for (Feb 6Mar 12) with Dr. Gail Shak presented by (Eucharist) in ‘ inclusive, non-sexist, an­ Rhythm A Motlon/Aeroblc Dance Exercise­ Cabaret. 4230 18th SF. 9:30pm, res: 621-5570, SF Community College. Low SL. 10am-noon, drogynous form. 1546 Hayes St. SF. noon r ' s best workout—have a great time while women 30 8 over. 7:369:30pm. SF Women's Bldg. Info 8 RCC w/24 hr notice: 647-0629. Ex­ OPTIONS office. SF Yfcmen's Bid. Body • Dance • Health you get in shape! Classes Mon-Sat 9:15 8 Stress Reduction Class-a wholistic approach Javanese dance-drama workshop covers ele­ 10:30am, and Tues-Thurs 6pm. CC available citing social events coming up! Lesbian Therapy Group now forming in SF for women with relaxation skills, breathing techniques, diet, mentary dance movements, gamelan or­ Mon, Wed 8 Fri 10:30am for S1.25/child. thursday visualizations, etc. Starts Feb 12. $30/6 session chestra 8 teaches Electra's Lament from $3/class, S2.50/series card. SF Women's Bldg. struggling with intimacy issues. Confront feelings of alienation 8 isolation, and understand 8 cope with CC. Info: 4561249.10:36nqon. Mythos Mask Dance repertory. 9pm, Goodman Beginning Dance with Trapeze—combine the Raps & Support Bldg, 1115 Geary. SF. 3 wk session starts 3/7. fears. Facilitated by licensed therapist. Info: Entertainment fun 8 challenge of swings, jungle gyms 8 2869507 (Scoth Cassidy). $l5/session or in­ Drop-In Gay Support Group for women 8 men, $45. Info: 885-5109. With Mythos Mask Dance. gravity boots with movement awareness 8 im- 7:30pm at Glide Memorial, 330 Ellis at Taylor Gay Film Nights at the New Habitat/Perfor- surance OK. 78:30pm. mance space. This Month: 3/5 Thai Special Run with the FrontRunners — non-competitive pro dance. 5:30-7pm, $20/mo. Eighth Street Therapy Support Group for Gay Men. Fees scaled. (2nd floor, Rm 209), SF Free. Studio. 2525 8th St, Berkeley. Friendship (French, 1964, love in a Catholic running for lesbians, gay men 8 simpatlcos. Dave Cooperberg: 431-3220 Slightly Older Lesbians (SOLs) Group for women Amazon Kung Fu in Oakland — classes in Kaja- Boys school); 3/12 Best of the 5th SF Gay Film 10am — call 3460303 for details on runs. Trenesexuel/Trensvestlte, MTF/FTM mtgs at SF over 30. 7:30pm, Pacific Ctr, Berkeley. kenbo system at new studio, 5680 San Pablo. Black 8 Whit* Men Together Rap - 7:3610pm, Festival collection of short films; 3/19 Women's Dance Jam — dance 8 tree play from MCC, 8pm. Additional Info: (408)734-3773. 2nd Greetings Irom Washington, D.C. and Damned 6-9pm. $3 drop-in. Eight Street Studio, 25268th Info: 428-2006. Wed each month. free. All Saints Episcopal Church, 1350 Waller, African Movement taught by Marion Oliker — SF WA. Queers. Swedish, subtitles. 3/26 TBA. 18th 8 St, Berkeley. Info: 6580636 (Sybil). Sanchez, SF. Info: 863-1980 everyone 8 all levels welcome. $3.50/class. Bisexual Mixed Rep Group — see Tuesdays. Friendship 8 Confidence — a support/awareness VD Testing, treatment, counseling 8 referral by 8 ' Women's Open Rap. 7:30pm, Pacific Ctr, Fridays at the Walkabout — dance to the unusual lor gay men. 7-9pm, drop-ln. Gay Men's Health 6-7pm, SF Women's Bldg. Info: 386-0935. group for gay men: explore personal issues in a Practical aelf-defenae for women based on Jujitsu supportive environment, practice learning to sounds of the Mobsters, Tom Nunn 8 Chris Collective. Berkeley Free Clinic,- 2339 Durant Gay Men's Substance Dependence Group — Brown. 8:30pm, $3.50. Party 8 refreshments Ave. Berkeley. Free 8 confidential. Info: — classes at The Dojo for all ages 8 physical trust. SS, Student discount. Led by Bob Repe. abilities. 68pm, $30/month. Sign arrangements advance notice required: 8418224. Pacific Ctr. Info: 8638096. folldw. l(ifo:8268756. , 548-2570. Berkeley. C lasses can be made, call for details 8 other Info: Intuitive Problem Solving support group. 4:36 In Living leather .! leather a flesh joined as'the 530-5043. 3718 MacArthur. Oakland. Transvestites A Transsexuals Rap — 1st 8 3rd 7pm for women only. See Wed for details. beat goes on. Disco till dawn at Trocadero Basic Home Maintenance for women of all Wed ea month at Pacific Ctr, Berkeley. 7:30pm. r Transfer. $3 with leather, $5 without. 5264th St. ages at OPTIONS Ctr, SF Women's Bldg. 6wk Sufi Dancing — Dance of Universal Peace, 610pm, Therapy Support Groups for Gay Men See $1.50. SF Women's Bldg. Social • Political Wednesdays. SF Hotline: 4960185. workshop on how to maintain your home Routing pub songs, political, protest. 8 love songs without calling repair people starts 3/7. SL, no Oancergetics — a total fitness program fo r' SF Lesbians 8 Gay Men's Community Chorus Social • Political < women. Jamestown Community Ctr. 180 Fair rehearses. All Saints Episcopal Church, 1350 Career 8 Academic Counseling Services avail­ ' 8 ballads with The Belfast Folk — Ireland's top one turned away for lack of funds. Complete folk musicians. Plough 8 Stars Irish Pub, 116 info: 431-6944. Oaks, 67pm. Info: 563-7082. Waller, SF 7-9:30pm, WA. able through SF Community College at Clement. SF Info: 751-1122. Gun Information A Demystification for Women Beginning Contact Improvisation Class taught by Women Over Forty Experimental Theater at the Metropolitan Community Church. 150 Eureka Shlt-klckln' Country 8 Western live band boogies & Girls: learn how guns and ammunitioninition func-func­ Keriac. Call for info: 6266756.6:368pm OPTIONS Center. SF Women's Bldg. 7pm. St. 68pm. Complete info: 2363048. tion, handle unloaded guns and ammo, and Entertainment The Anything Goes Chorus — See Tuesdays. Lesbian 8 Gay Assoc. Engineers 8 Scientists at Rainbow Cattle Co, 199 Valencia, SF. 3/5: meet 2nd 8 4th Thurs monthly, 7:30pm. Loca­ Western Electric: 3/12 Cookie Bear and the ask questions In a supportive environment. The Hal A David Show, upstairs at Trinity S p iritu al "Women are already doing combat duty; we Place Cabaret, 25 Trinity. SF. 5:30pm, $1 . tion Info: 2“ •••• Stetsons: 3/19 Randy 8 the Rounders: 3/26 need to know about weapons." 7-lOpm, East Gay Comedy Night at Valencia Rose! Hosts Tom Mid-week Bible discussion with Golden Gate S p iritu al County Line. Jim Brown's piano stylings set the mood at . Bay, 56510 SL. Details: 654-1111.______Ammiano 8 Carol Roberts bring the best in MCC, 7:30pm, Rm 404, California Hall, 625 Polk, Psychic Circle for women — share healing energy stand-up comedy every week. 8:30pm, 766 SF the Red Eye Saloon, 335 Jones St, SF and no 8 develop psychic skills. Call Tasha. 8618838 cost to you. 6pm, Fri 8 Sat, 4pm Sun. Valencia St, SF. If you want to entertain, call Prayer A Communion Service with MCC, SF for details. 6:369pm. 552-1445 for an audition. 7:30pm. The New Beil Saloon proudly presents vocalists Choir practice at SF's Metropolitan Community Pauline 8 Jim Brown for your entertainment Nepata Mero sings at your supper at Fanny's, Hatha Yoga classes with self-healing methods by Church, 7pm. Details: 8664434. 423618th St SF 9 .Wnm March 15-29 Rha Medeen. Learn asanas, deep 8 color pleasure, 9pm, and it's free! Yoga for Gay Men—chanting 8 guided medita­ Linda Bergren's vocal stylings can be appre­ New Wave at the Stud, 1535 Folsom, SF Info: breathing, sound vibrations 8 more. 78:30pm, $5/class. 2859 Sacramento, SF Info: 58650%. tion—see Tuesdays. ciated at Fanny's Cabaret, 423618th St, SF. 8638623. 9:30pm, reservations: 621-5570.______Irish Music A Dance at the Starry Plough Irish Pub. Community ol the Love of Christ: an ecu­ Body • Dance • Health 3101 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley. menical community meets for Holy Orbana Bell Ringing Acupressure meridian clearance (Eucharist) in an Inclusive, non-sexist and an­ with trance induction 8 imagery development Movies at the Rev oil Comedy. Camp 8 Great emphasized. Limited enrollment for 4 wk Variety. 7:30pm, 3924 Telegraph, Oakland drogynous form. 8pm, 1546 Hayes St. SF. Info: 9269241. class, info-8 res: 543-7551 (Mary Waileili). For Saturday Oakland Midweek Worship Service. 7pm. Metro­ women. Raps ft Support politan Community Church of the East Bay. Self-defense for women at the Dojo — Monday has Info: 5364848 details. Men’a Coming Out Group-talk about the pro­ tuesday Hayward Midweek Worship Servcle. 7pm, 27621 Acupressure for women: learn shiatsu, jin shin' cess if you're going through it or thinking about it. East 12th St. Spons by Metropolitan Commu­ do, reflexology, history of healing. 6 wk class Pacific Ctr. Berkeley. 841-6224. Raps & Support nity Church of the East Bay. Info: 5364848. starts 2/4. SL. Info: 661-5845 or 648-4123 Taught Under 21 Gay Men's Open Rap, l-4pm at Pacific Ongoing Weight Control Group tor Gay Men Metroplltan Community Church worships In by Misha Cohne 6 Loneita Pitkin. Ctr, Berkeley. fodus on changing eating habits and gay Berkeley, 7pm. Directions: 5364848. Rhythm 8 Motion — See Monday GayCon rap group for gay/lesblans ex-cons who issues. Fee (SL), SF locations. Info: Ira want to learn how to survive In SF 8 talk with Rudolph. PH D. at 474-7759 Women's Psychic Circle - see Tuesdays Afro Brazilian Dance with Adela Chu, includes basic warm-ups, Samba, and Frevo. Live music. other ex-cons. 2-3pm, United States Mission, Support Group for women A health for women Body • Dane* • Haalth 1769 Oak St. SF Info: 431-2675. of all ages at the OPTIONS Center. SF Everyone welcome. 7:369pm, $5/class. $18/ Oancergetics — See Monday month. SF Women's Bldg. Info: 821-9412. Assertiveness Training Group for Gqy Men. Women s Bldg. 58:30pm. Rhythm A Motion — See Monday 5 wk, lo:30am-lpm. $75, SF. Info: Ira Rudolph, Lesbian Alcoholics Anonymous Groups — begin­ Intermediate Dance with Trapeze—combine Beginning Contact Improv Class with Keriac at Ph D 474-7759. Starts 3/27. ners meeting 7:15-7:45pm, regular mtg Dancentral Studio, 7:3610pm. Info: 6268756. Gay/Lesbian Writers Network gen'l mtgs movement awareness, trapeze skills 8 dance Yoga for Gay Men with Sequoia—beginners 69:15pm. All Saints Church. 1350 Waller. SF improv. 68pm, $25/mo. Eighth St Studios, 1:30pm, Valencia Rose. 776 Valencia, SF. WA. Info: 982-4473. welcome. Times 8 Info: 8418511. "Stretching 25268th St. Berkeley. together, unfolding our inner strength." Complete info on group 864-3971 (Eric Allyn). Lesbian Drop-In Rap. 7:30pm at Pacific Ctr, C lass#» Body • Dance • Health Berkeley. Tap Dance Claas—tap your way to fitness. Merried Gay Men's Rsp, dropin, 7:30pm. Pacific Life Drawing Workshop for Woman-open lo Taught by Jackque Campbell, known for her Massage Class for women. 10am-12:30pm. Call students of all artistic levels of development Ctr, Berkeley "fast taps " Beginning to advance welcome. Tasha (648-4123) for details." Women's Drug A Alcohol Group — advance notice Smooth class can be taken monthly or drop-in. In­ $5, 78pm, SF Women's Bldg. Complete Info: Run with the FrontRunners — gay 8 lesbian non­ required: 8418224 — Pacific Ctr, Berkeley, structor Celeste Smeland. New College of Calif. 441-2279. competitive running group. Meet 10am at Stow »men Exploring Sexual/Love Relationships with 777 Valencia. $60 Smo/$20 mo/$6 class. C lasses Lake Boathouse. Golden Gate Park, Other Women — new group forming in Oak­ 6:36630pm. Journalism Writers Workshop with Paul Lorch, WENDO: “ Way of Women" — exciting new school land. $10/wk (health Insurance OK). Complete B A R. editor 7-9:30pm. begins March 4, 150 •of self-defense for women. 2 day (I0am-5pm) info: Karin Wandrei. MSW, MFCC (839-1097). Eureka; a Community College Class. Info: workshops Sat 8 Sun. Also daytime 8 eve Bisexual mixed rap group for both men 8 women New Rap Groups 239-3048. classes available. SF or East Bay locations. Interested In bisexuality, or partners of bi­ Woodworking 8 furniture making class. Tuesday Details 8 Res: 8466752. sexual mates. 7:30pm, $3. Bisexual Center. At Pacific Center has details. Beginning Lunar Yoga drop-in class for women. 1757 Hayes. SF Info: 929-9299. Entertainment 46pm. $6. 2571 Shattuck Ave. »9, Berkeley. • Political You can be part of Pacific Center's The Black Gay Cultural Society presents: Dio- Complete Info: 8463277 (Vicki Noble). Float Committee regular membership nysla, a cinema club featuring cinema 8 video Rhythm 8 Motion—see Monday. new springtime program of groups for Self-defense class for women taught by Amazon 7:30pm. upstairs at Amelia's, 647 Valencia. lesbian, gay & bisexual people and other art. $2, 7:30pm. 925 Hayes, SF Event info. 621-3190. Kung-fu. 6wk course in the Kajunkenbo sexual minorities. ns, poetry, prose A more — CAW It) the financial district — Country 8 Western System of Self-Defense includes: street weekly events for women at ICI Woman's Place Cosexual groups forming include a dancing downstairs at Trinity Place, 5:36 fighting, release from grabs 8 holds, knife In Oakland — check centerfold calendar for Bisexual Support Group, a Substance 8:30pm, 25 Trinity. SF defense, gun safety. SL, Complete info: details on the evening. Abuse Group, a Self-Nurturing Growth Nasvhille A San Francisco — country rules from 655-4764. 65pm, starts March 13. The Anything Goes Chorus — a group singing Group, and a Couples Group (this w ill be 7pm-11pm with Skip Barrett 8 the Foggy City C lasses class — lots of fun 8 support, popular music for lesbian couples and gay men Squares at Trocadero Transfer, SF Events hot­ Love A the Alcoholic: Sexual Styles—see Trapeze Monday sung In 2, 3 8 4 part harmony for all voices. couples to be together in the same line: 4960185. Tuesdays. 6:308:30pm, SF Info: 6548415 Closet singers group). Songbird Tarry Hutchison appears at Trinity Lesbian Workshop on Aging—are you 25, 35. Several raps are forming for men only Place, 25 Trinity, SF. 5:30pm, $1 45 8 ready for midlife (50)—talk about how we Entertainment are going to take this road together. Pre-reg 8 as well. Gay Men Over 45 Group, Men s Carol Roberts Comedy Showcase. Fanny's Soft Sundays with fireside firey moments of Cabaret, 423618th St, SF. 8:30pm. $3. with RCC: 864-0876 (M.dgelt) lOam-noon, $6$10 SL music & song at Ollie's. Oakland 3-6pm. no Counseling (Problem Solving) Group, (scholarships available). 3/6620. SF Women's cover. This month: 3/7 Linda Allen; 3/14 Fundi; Men s Over-Weight Support Group, and foodsexual Roberts plus special guests: 3/4 Political comedian Ruby Rodriguez: 3/11 Bldg. 3/21 TBA, 3/28 Debbie Saunders Men s On-Going Closed Group w ill all be Susan Healy! with live improv; 3/18 Jane Dor Rom »net- Entertainment A Fine 2pm. see Saturday for details starting up shortly. nacker; 3/27 Paula Poundstone.______Country A Western foot-stompin' boogie at S piritual Jim Brown's piano—see Friday. For enrollment, scheduling, and fur­ Vocalists Pauline 8 Jim Brown—see Friday. Rainbow Cattle Company, 139 Valencia, St- Meltrt. — Buddhist gay men, lesbians & friends ther info, contact the Pacific Center for 69pm; 3/7 Highway. 3/14 John Gallagher meet 7:30pm. 47 Hartford, SF Fine Romance—the long-running Jerome Kern Band. 3/21 The Billy Band. 3/28 One Eyed Jack. Human Growth, 2712 Telegraph Avenue. musical revue at Valencia Rose. 766 Valencia, Body • Dane« • Haalth Berkeley, or call 841-6224. Fees are fridoy SF. 8pm. tickets: 552-1445. David Kelsey A Pure Trash present their unique Oancergetics — See Monday Dixieland style at the New Bell Saloon, 1203 based on a sliding scale. Raps ft Support Terry Cowick mesmerizes vocally, 9:30pm at Rhythm A Motion — See Monday Under 21 Lesbian Rap. 48pm, Pacific Ctr, Berkeley Fanny's, 423618th St. SF. March, 1982 COMING UP! Page 11

According to the American male film­ maker, lesbians are women who sleep with men. It seems you can’t put out a film w ith a lesbian relationship unless one of the women sleeps with, falls in love with, or marries a man! Sorry to say that Personal Best, a new film by Robert Towne, is no d if­ ferent. Personal Best is about four years in the lives of two women athletes (Mariel Hem­ ingway and Patrice Donnelly). They meet at the 1976 Olympic trials. They become friends, lovers, and eventually competitors facing each other at the 1980 Olympic trials. It's in the beginning of the film that the lesbian relationship is established. Some Whatever Happened to of these scenes are incredible. In one se­ quence the two women are locked in an arm w restling match; the drama physicaliz­ Susan Jane? ed in their bodies creates a powerful visual image. Much of the film shows Donnelly and Hemingway training together. Both of San Francisco s finest drags, punks, new wavers, dykes for days and a general array of these women have bodies you would die characters packed the Castro Theater on February 13 for the premiere showing of Whatever for. As they run side by side up a sand Happened to Susan Jane?—and the audience seemed to m atch the characters in the film. dune, the camera, in close, focuses on their The experience was Fellini in feeling and Warhol in context. It's a tribute to the San Fran­ powerful legs. Again, a drama of muscles plays out th at’s just amazing to watch. In most Hollywood film s all of the prin­ cisco gay culture and the aptly-titled production company, Outsider Productions, to have stance, Tory (Donnelly) and Chris (Heming­ cipal characters are white, and this film is made a film depicting this current scene in a sector of our community. It's easy to see that Towne knows a great way) are working out together at the high no exception. However, Jodi Anderson is a Whatever Happened to Susan Jane? is more than drag queen farce. We have a social deal about the events he's film ing. The best jump; Tory suggests that Chris modify her thing about Personal Best is the sports black woman who holds the third highest commentary on our times with the backdrop of the '50s. An old '50s basic black-and-white approach and changes the position of hei point total ever in the pentathlon. Her per­ footage. Slow m otion frames o f the pen­ starting marker. Tory stands to leave, steps classroom movie with the conformity theme that depicts Susan Jane as an outsider, who formance is a real plus. This woman is the tathlon events (hurdles, high jump, long on the marker which sticks to her cleat, and just doesn’t fit in and is emotionally alienated by her peers, runs throughout as a film embodiment of power and a thrilling within a film. This Susan Jane in the made-in-the-'50s film is juxtaposed to Suzana in the jum p, shot put, 800 meters) powerfully the marker is moved further away from the draws you into the elegance and strength athlete. '80s film, a punker/artist, ambisexual person living life at the San Francisco Cafe in bet­ high jump before it falls off again. The re­ Continuing our list o f credits, we have ween parties. of the athletes and the drama of competi­ sult is a terrible knee injury to Chris. The tion. Truly, these women are poetry in mo­ the writer, producer, and director Robert But the plot also concerns Marcie Clark, played by the very talented Ann Block, Marcie coach, of course, tries to convince Chris tion. Towne. Towne is an Oscar winner (original leaves her Virginia home, her husband Big Dick, and her kid Little Rickie and sets o ff for a that Tory did this to her on purpose. Need­ screenplay, C h in ato w n), though you new start in life In San Francisco. When she arrives she looks up the old grade school weir­ Many real life athletes are cast in sup­ less to say, this puts undue strain on their wouldn't know it from this script. Towne is porting roles. Jodi Anderson Is the current relationship! The injured Chris goes to stay do Susan Jane, skillfully played by Francesca Rosa. Marcie, a bit of a polyester-type also a personal friend of Jane Frederick, American pentathlon champion, Jane Fred­ at the coach's house, and he makes a pass housewife, walks into the world of San Francisco's gay-punk subculture, and this time who introduced him to the world of she's the outsider feeling alienated. What happens to her? Does she trade in her Sears mat­ erick, a two-tim e Olympian pentathlete, at her, surprise, surprise. She turns him women's sports. ching coordinated suit for an Old Gold '30s wrap and Revlon burgundy lipstick, or does she and Marlene Harmon was a 1980 USA down, and all this takes place as Laverne Olympic team pentathlete. Lead actress Coming Up! had a chance to ask him a plead temporary insanity and beg Big Dick to take her back in? Guess!!! and Shirley cavort on the T.V. in the back­ few questions. When asked why he includ­ Patrice Donnelly was a competitor in the ground, a nice touch. The actual writing, directing and production of this film are a tribute to the staying ed the lesbian aspect in the film , he said he Pan American games in 1971 and 73, a Chris sends a despondent Tory off to the together power of the people who labored a year and a half putting this whole thing wasn't sure that these women were les­ together, and spending some hard-earned cash to keep production moving. member o f the USA Olympic team in 76, Pan American games with a "don't worry bians, but more like two women involved in Producer and director Marc H uestis has a fine sense of directing, and Edward Guthmann and at one tim e the fourth ranked hurdler in I'll be gone by the tim e you get back,"—the the world. a romance, "a fte r all she's (Hemingway) on­ and Andrew Hayes also contributed a good screenplay with some great lines. As Suzana last thing Tory wants to hear. Now the w rit­ These are just a few of the atheletes ly seventeen when the film begins—who picks out a dress for the party w ith Marcie, she looks at several and finally chooses a bright ing ges from bad to worse. Enter the boy­ knows what they are at seventeen." Funny, pink one saying, "I like the color of this dress—it will keep me awake." featured In Personal Best. The list goes on friend. Boo H iss. . . In order to recover from Donnelly seems to know what she is— may­ and on. Each of these women brings some­ her knee injury, Chris has to go to the pool The party scene (set in a warehouse near thing special to the film. Without them, it be that's because she's a mature character and kick around on a paddle board. It's in of twenty-four. 'A Great Restaurant and A Great Cabaret" Artaud) is the culm inating sequence in the would be a giant zero. this sequence that we are treated to outra­ Towne feels that the audiences will be film . The camera shots and excellent use of It's obvious that the filmmaker knows a geously sexist photography. It seems you filters make this an exciting part of the great deal about sports and next to nothing threatened more by Hemingway's sexually can't portray heterosexism without being ambiguous character, than if he had left movie. One particularly good shot Involves about lesbianism. We have a wonderful les­ sexist. I don't want to describe the scenes, her a lesbian. "It's easy to put lesbians off a TV man Interviewing Silvana Nova, a po­ bian couple, happily living life with but be prepared to boo loudly at this point! tential candidate for supervisor. Mr. TV gusto... enter tricky coach who begins to in a corner and forget about them," he So girl meets boy who is a swimmer. This says, (I'm not so sure society is so happy to asks Silvana, "What about domestic pit one against the other. I must warn you, man is portrayed as so low key, so inno­ affairs?" and Silvana replies, "Yes, every­ at tim es the w riting In th is film Is so con­ give us our own little corner of the world), cent, so liberal, it made me sick! The guy is "But," he continues, "if this young woman one should have one." trived, it insults your intelligence. For in­ the boy next door, nice, white, warm, funny, The line that best expresses my feeling who had a lesbian relationship can also fatalism, we express our resentment with and he owns a sportscar! They fa ll in love. have a heterosexual relationship, then that about what Susan Jane is saying, and what Ho hum. J humor and absurdity, means that heterosexuals, too, could cross many children o f the ’50s and '60s are say­ Chris returns to training, and now that Dinners Nightly from 6pm ing in the New Wave and punk cultures is, There's something about this whole New the sexual barrier." Wavish thing that reminds me of the Dada she is heterosexual she can run faster, There is a peculiar attem pt on the part of. Itbppy How CockUlk S lo ?pm. "If you can't change the world, change your jump higher, throw farther than ever be­ Monday through Thunday) wardrobe." The social commentary Im plicit movement In France at the turn of the cen­ the writer, the studio (Warner Bros.), and Sunday Brunch 11am to 3pm tury. Whatever Happened to Susan Jane? fore! So improved is her performance that the straight press to play down the lesbian in that succinct statement is many layered. her team-mate Jodi asks, "Hey, w hat's got Entertainment Nightly in Our Cabaret She is a Dadaist reincarnate, come back to aspect o f the film. According to Towne "it's The world has become a place where peo­ into you?" Chris flips her head toward the ple no longer feel powerful enough to ef­ haunt us as a Punk. there to be thrown away . . . it happens . . . 4230 18 th Street, Reservations 621-5570 boyfriend and Jodi replys, "Is that all?" I so what?" It seems to be fine with him to fect their own destiny. And caught in this tend to agree. You can catch Whatever Happened to bring it up and not deal w ith it. For me the best thing about Personal Susan Jane? at the Roxle Cinema, San This is not the lesbian film we have been Francisco March 30 & 31, and April 1. The Best is the performance o f Patrice Donnel­ waiting for; rather it is a tease, perhaps, ly. This is her first acting experience, and "Fabulous Flailing Phenomenal Four which aids in marketing. Ah well, you know Beauties" are specially featured live enter­ she is absolutely wonderful. If you can sit what they say—thank goodness for small through this film without falling in love with tainment at all shows. favors. At least we have been spared any this woman you must be dead! Underground Phenomenon explicit hetero lovemaking, and this makes Cafe & Cabaret Mariel Hemingway's performance is the story easier to watch. 500 Haight something of a disappointment. As an ath­ Still, go see it. It may be the "personal lete she deserves all the credit we can give 431-0990 2 pm-closing best" Hollywood can do for now. ITS MESMERIZING her. She trained for a year to attain believa- Mar 5 Don Ware Personal Best opens March 5th at the Alex­ b ility in the role as athlete and her effort is andria Theater. As we go to press, the Alex­ Mar 6 rewarding. Working against her is a weak Vic Turner w/Judy Hall & Co SELF HYPNOSIS 844-6279 andria is still involved in a labor dispute script, which allows her only three moods: Mar 7. 14 & 2 Passion with striking Theater Janitors, Local 9 (as THE AMBUSH Program your*«« lo be a noo-smoker tearful, brooding, or shy. 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tors, creating a lasting visual impression of hedgeshears, waiting to give the potential though infrequently). Lines I would expect the holocaust. Included in this work, are rapist a bit of his own medicine. from a straight playwright show up often in two unforgettable poems by local writers For most of the first half of the play, the this play, perpetuating old stereotypes. The Karen Lindsay and Susan Dambroff. women act out coming out stories in vari­ woman who hates men, the sex crazed ho­ A common mistake in political theater is ous theatrical modes. They come out a la mosexual .. . “eliminates sex and you total­ to try and say It all. That mistake is made Greek tragedy, restoration comedy, Ingmar ly eliminate homosexuality." Don't we here. There are over thirty pieces in this Bergman and even a convincing werewolf homos knbw how to love?. show and some of the material is repeti­ straight out of the horror film milieu. These The main problem in their relationship tious. Many of the transition scenes could sequences are very well written, rich in seems to be their sex life. Alice likes sex be done away with and the play would not comed^and great fun to watch. more often than Sally. Sally asks her lover suffer. Much of the staging in the second I suppose it's the second half of the If she should make love with her even if she half of the show seems static. There is a lot show that Is meant to deal with their rela­ (Sally) doesn't feel like it. Her lover replies of standing in place while singing. Perhaps tionship. It opens with Alice (Alice Thomp­ yes. this less-than-femlnlst response gets a If the musician were off stage, this would son) singing "Hard Hearted Hanna,” which "you sound just like a man” retort from Sal­ open up the blocking in these numbers. she does well in a gutsy belt-it-out way. ly, at which point Alice explodes in de­ Outburst contains material that is of in­ From this song, the play practically jumps fense, “ I am a woman, therefore I sound terest to everyone. You can see it starting into a real life story about a rape and mur­ like a woman!" She should add, "a reac­ March 19. Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm at der, a transition I do not understand. tionary woman." Live Oak Theatre, 1301 Shattuck Avenue in Through a newspaper article, Alice acts all With characters such as these, It’s often Berkeley. The show runs till March 27. For the parts—the rapist, his girlfriend (who difficult to bring warmth and humor to the more information, call 926-5244. helps him kill his victim), the victim and the role, but much to their credit, these two ac­ mother of the rapist/killer. The point of this tresses manage to make their characters Boy Meets Boy at the Alcazar by Penni Kimmel Boy Meets Boy is light, tight and well, just swell. It's a little musical (off-off Geary)—so were Three Penny Opera and Once Upon a Mattress: they wear well. BMB goes beyond camp as a pastiche of Anglo-American musical comedy conven­ tions of 40 years ago. Written only 10 years ago, that gives us a double-dated period piece. The book fits neatly to the bright tunes: rather Noel, without being Coward-ly about it. Guy Rose, wimp offspring of a destitute British aristocracy, jilts Clarence Cutler and his baronial Boston wealth at the altar, only to stumble (eventually) into the brawny arms of the Yankee newspaperman, Casey O'Brian (the Reuters ranger is just rising from the ashes of his latest Ijl-fated romance with a bullfighter). But Casey doesn't know Guy is the guy; he's search­ ing for a fantasized "English Rose." Mean­ while, back on the rebound, Clarence joins the chase after Casey and deliberately scene was that one man has ruined the Street Theater at Theatre Rhinoceros compounds the identity confuzzlement. likable. Also, the up songs and skilled mu­ lives of three women. What this has to do sicians add greatly to the overall produc­ by Panni Klmmel No, this is not a remake of All's Well That with exploring a lesbian relationship, I do Ends Well, even if it does culminate in tion. I very much liked the acting style of Doric Wilson's Street Theater is pink- silent watchful eye, an appreciative ear, a not know. What this scene was able to do Sally Newstetter. She has wonderful con­ bared souls—and bottoms—in gay Paree. however, was to force upon an unsuspect­ triangle comedy, a new sub-genre for the head. . .anything at all that makes it all As the last line of the first number goes: centration, great control, and she delivers a ing audience a gory, sickening description gay stage.. .one of those essential pieces worthwhile. It's all happening again, and boy gets boy in the end. highly polished performance. Alice Thomp­ of life's little puzzle you didn’t know you again, through March 27, at Theater of rape and murder, glorifying woman as son is no slouch either; as a performer she The four leads (including Casey's victim. I find this sort of emotional manipu­ were missing til it fell laughing, bittersweet Rhinoceros, 2926-16th Street at S. Van sidekick, the womanizer (!?!) Andrew, possesses a great deal of confidence. and belly, into place. This is a World Ness, $6 Thursdays and Sundays, $7 lation of an audience irresponsible theater However, her use of mugging and exagger­ played by Paul Ratkevitch, (who has the on­ —what a great high for the actor to move Premiere, a gift of the playwright to Theatre Fridays, $8 Saturdays, 8:30 p.m. Matinees ly accent approaching British in the play, ation often turn the comedy to farce and Rhinoceros and its San Francisco sup­ March 7 and 14 at 2:30. Call for reserva­ the audience! the drama to melodrama. but who cares) manage to sing, dance AND I also found It Interesting to note that at porters, that functions far above Its enter­ tions: 861-5079. act up a swift-moving storm, backed up by You can see Dos Lesbos at the Valencia tainment level with the power to make a this point in the play, the character feels Rose, 766 Valencia St., San Francisco, a supporting cast that doubles and triples the need for a drink. So the final image related audience recognize Its roots in mor­ roles with an energy level that may wear Thursdays and Fridays, March 4 through dant humor of accident and coincidence. reads: women are victims, victims are pow­ the 26th. Outburst down the taps on their shoes before the run erless, powerless people drink. Drinking Whether you find your spiritual home in Is over. David Gallegly’s Guy Is a masterful Dorothy's house In Kansas, on Sappho's At Live Oak Theatre helps ease the pain!?? San Francisco's fine progressive bookstore. series of switches between wormish and After this bit of drama, the play returns sunny isle, in the armies of Alexander or wickedly winsome as he leads the iron- the Amazon, or on your ass In the San Fran­ by Adele Prandlni to the subject at hand, the relationship/The MODERN TIMES jawed, soft-hearted Casey—San Francis­ other character in this play is Sally (Sally cisco Supervisors’ boardroom, the recent co's own Richard Roemer—a merry two- BOOKSTORE Outburst is a production by Common Newstetter), Alice’s lover and the one who historical foundation was built around Threads Theatre, a San Francisco based step. The comic villainies and come­ 968 VALENCIA STREET Christopher Street, New York City, June 26, wants to come out to her parents. Sally Is a feminist theatre company. The show was uppance of Raymond Wood's Clarence are SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110 1969, in the individual and collective hands lesbian because "it makes my parents (415) 282-9246 written collectively, with some contribu­ the stuff of classic melodrama—what you angry"; she is tired of taking abuse from of those who walked and talked on the get when you cross a nasty Jack Nicholson crooked pavement down the block from the tions by local poets and taped interviews of men. and she enjoys sex with women (al- real people. The play is about survival, and with Tubby the Tuba. Ratkevich, Gallegly Stonewall Inn. It is no less history for the and Wood are members of the original New fact that they knew not what they wrought the real people interviewed are survivors. The testimony ranges from present day ac­ York cast—stay West, young men!—and and had little or no share in the benefits. counts of women who are battered, to the Roemer Is a smoothly-blended addition for rent In Street Theater, Wilson has horrific memories of an Auschwitz survivor, (you'll remember him from BBB Goes to the choreographed dialog for those stalking and an eye witness account by a woman Stars, Champagne! In a Cardboard Cup, By Performs n« Studio Elizabeth horses of a dozen years ago and Director who lived through the bombing of George!, and more.) Allan Estes must be credited with making a Show-stoppers are rousing ("It's a Boy’s ExereiM Studio W. Callaway cast of no less than 14 main characters In­ Hiroshima. Not all the show is so weighty. A piece Life"), petulant ("Clarence's Turn"), and for Hi« mind to a fluid, virtually flawless production. The entitled "Knead," explores the dynamic of lilting (the "Let’s” Dance), with the unob­ Attorney at Law Rhino staff has gone Into high gear for this needing within relationships . . . I need you trusive aid of a slick three-piece orchestra for the spirit one and it shows! ... I need not to need you needing me. This and settings and costumes atrociously fertile body The emotional effects are as visual as scene is staged experimentally, with the true to the Thirties. Property owners' agreements they are verbal, the costuming of rebellion, At the Alcazar, eight performances week­ it Btti & Sanebez, S.F. Marvin agreements anger, derision and fantasy: denim, leather, actresses (Vicki Dello Joio, Peggeth Loeb) employing fluid movement and chant-like ly, no Sundays. J11-S15. Call 775-7100 for Wills * Partnerships raincoat, a skirt fashioned from scraps of reservations and ticket Information. chenille bedspread, peeking out from vocals to make their point. Call Ron-626-8039 Corporations, Close & Nonprofit behind barriers of badges, flowers, Mao's A scene entitled "Midge and Joyce" Little Red Book, psychiatric jargon, Ivy- takes on racism most successfully, using Dos Lesbos Planning ahead notv strangled walls. satire to expose the racism of a do-gooder may save von time There's Murflno the Stonewall manager middle class housewife. Very cleverly writ­ ten and marvelously played out dialogues at Valencia Rose £aughing goddess and money later! (Ron Lanza) doing a rugged tightrope act between the unmentionable godfathers in by Ruth Jovel and Janet Keller make this a by Adele Prandlni Jersey; the deadbeat customers; and the fine scene. There are a number of songs in this Dos Lesbos, written by Terry Baum and (¡rotto ► Mediation « vice cops, like Joe Capetta's pathetically corrupt Seymour, whose encounter with show, most written by Jan Bolenbaugh. The Carolyn Myers, Is billed as a musical play 4118 TELEGRAPH AVE. the cruising Sidney (David Vlning) is one of most notable for me was "Walking Blues,” by, for and about perverts, which exposes OAKLAND. CA 94609 the funniest scenes-we'd-like-to-see ever powerfully performed by Jan, Ruth and and explores the relationship between two (415) 653-4169 played. There's C.B. (done true-blue butch Janet. There is also striking background lesbians. I'm not sure this definition is an 506 Fifteenth Street by Margaret Schenk), incorrectly defined In music created by David Gallego. accurate description of what I saw. In a nut­ Oakland, CA 94612 the notes as "politically incorrect” : she is Outburst runs the garnet from comedy to shell, there are two women characters in the most activist of them all, the street- drama. One particularly funny piece is this play. They sit, stand and dance around (415)834'2591 educated pure revolutionary, griping and "Burnout," a lively choreographed piece their apartment talking about various sub­ pushy, volatile and unpredictable, and in­ stressing the need to slow down, take it jects such as coming out, sexuality, miso­ stinctively committed to protecting slow—which is often easier said than gyny and killing men. Often this dialogue is everyone but herself—people like Maud done. At the other end of the spectrum is a amplified by song. My favorite was "Jill the Winchester's Heather, languid pot-hazed dramatic piece employing multi-media Ripper." It's about a somewhat crazed M o v e To T h e C o u n try ... flower child, the non-participant, and techniques: slides, voiceovers, and live ac- woman who prowls the streets with EVERY WEEKEND AT Harvey Hand's Jack ("keys left” ) who par­ ticipates only in situations he can control... until now. Then, if there Is a superstar turn m.c.c. welcomes you TBE RAINBOW CATTLE 00. In Street Theater, It goes to the street SAN FRANCISCO 9 P.M. - FRIDA Y. MARCH 5 5 P.M. - SUNDA Y, MARCH 7 queens, Steev'n Lloyd's Boom Boom (a Rev Michael England Pastor scathingly funny.tribute to the original that I SO Eureka Street. San Francisco 941 14 WESTERN ELECTRIC HIGHWAY has to have the gravestone jiggling with Phone 863-4434 giggles) and Duane Cropper's Ceil, Sunday worship at I0.30a.m. and 7 p m 9 P.M. FRIDAY. MARCH 12 5P.M. - SUNDAY. MARCH 14 magnificently tawdry as Bopm Booms fair Three blocks west ol Castro near 18th COOKIE BAKER JOHN GALLAGHER weather friend. Mark Merry's Donovan CkiUurr timilaUt during «oruiuf %mkn & THE STETSONS BAND prowls daintily for rough trade, and David SAN JOSE Williston's eager, young thing, Timothy, PO Bo. 2288 San lose CA 93109 Phone 14081 279-2711 9 P.M. - FRIDAY, MARCH 19 5 P.M. SUNDAY. MARCH21 tests the foul airs of coming-out freedom, Sunday worship at 11 a m THE ROUNDERS innocence intacta. Stereotypes don't have at 160 East Virginia Street second floor THE BILLY BAND strength and rhythm and madly memorable 9 P.M. - FRIDA Y MARCH 26 5 P.M. - SUNDA Y MARCH 28 personalities: comic archetypes do. Thus, Tom Ammiano's Gordon and Robert Fergu- COUNTY LINE ONE EYED JACK son’s Jorday play out the breakup of SDS, the student radical movement, in miniature SUNDAY SUNRISE SERVICE: 9 A.M. - NOON with all its gay undertones, and a couple of BLOODY MARY’S - 75« LIVE D.J. - RONALD VIETH characters are kidnapped from Boys in the Band and cloned for future inclusion In the off-street outside world in the characters of I DANCING • POOL • PINBALL • SHIT KICKIN’ MUSIC Donald (Brett Hirschi), inhaling the heady perfumes of rejection from Micahel (Alan Herman, pastmaster of dead-pan wit) and 199 VALENCIA 861-9652 his incessant self-analysis. (T /r, Street Theater is for those who like to (AT DUBOCE) I (( / \ \ \ \ \ CHECK OUR LISTINGS IN keep something of themselves above SAN FRANCISCO 1 1 i i 1 COMING U T S CALENDAR' water—fists, voices, pens, banners, a