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S— p a g e 6. Volum« H, Im u o .9. Sentinel• 500 HAVES ST.. SAN FRANCISCO. CA 94102 (415) 861 -8100______i______A p ril 2 8 ,1 9 8 4 Major Breakthrough in AIDS Research

by Gary Schweikhart director of the San Francisco AIDS Secretary of Health and Human Foundation, had this reaction: Services Margaret Heckler' an­ "Basically, this is a wonderful nounced last Monday that there step and we are all hopeful and has been a major breakthrough in optimistic, but a few cautionary AIDS research. Federal research­ notes remain. Even if we have ers have isolated a virus which found the cause of AIDS, the final they believe is the cause of Acquir­ cure and vaccine is still years ed Immune Deficiency Syndrome, down the line. The happy ending the mysterious disease which has may now be in sight, but a lot already stjicken more than 4,000 remains to be done between now Americans, the majority of them and then." gay men. Power said that the gay com­ Researchers have dubbed the munity needs to keep three things virus HTLV-3, and they’ve also in mind: figured out a way to mass produce “First, we need to remember it. This will enable scientists to that those people who now have develop means of eventually com­ AIDS or who will still come down batting the dreaded disease. with it during the interim need At almost the same time, medical support, both personal, professional experts in France have also an­ and financial, from individuals and nounced that they've isolated an from those organizations geared Passing tha torch from former owners to now. Standing (L-R), George AIDS-causing agent which they to serving them. Banda and Charles Roberts; sitting. William E. Beardemphl and Tom call LAV. Secretary Heckler said “Second, gay and bisexual men Murray. last Monday that she believes the should adopt the one-time cam­ THE SENTINEL IS SOLD! two viruses “will prove to be the paign slogan of Richard Nixon ... San Francisco, CA — The Sentinel, San Francisco’s most widely same." ’now more than ever.' Now more respected and journalistically professional publication in the "Finding the cause of AIDS will than ever they need to maintain gay/lesbian community, has been sold, according to publisher not necessarily lead to any treat­ the changes in their sexual life­ and founder William E. Beardemphl. The new owners of the 11- ment of the disorder soon, nor will' styles and continue to follow safe year-old publication are Tom Murray and Charles Roberts, it necessarily result in a method sex procedures. Just because we’ve who have pledged to maintain the newspaper's high standards of of prevention. But the finding led found the cause, doesn’t mean journalistic excellence. The new owners will assume control of the U.S. researchers to express that people can jump back into The Sentinel as of May 1, 1984, and the paper will be published the hope that a vaccine would be their previous sexual lifestyles. under the auspices of GayFirst, Inc. developed and ready for testing “And third, we have to insist in about two years,” according to that the federal government pour DUKE NIXES GAY WEEK AGAIN an article in the San Francisco tremendous amounts of money Sacramento, CA — For the second year in a row, Governor Chronicle (4/24/84). into research so that we can move George Deukmejian has refused to issue an official proclamation While the value of this discovery from this first step — finding the for Lesbian/Gay Freedom Week (June 17-24). Konstantin for people who now have AIDS is cause —. into the later steps, which Beriandt, president of the board of directors of the Lesbian/Gay questionable, it could be helpful are finding a cure and finding a Freedom Week Committee, made the request by telephone to in early diagnosis for those with vaccine. We can’t allow this first Sacramento. In a, letter from the governor’s office dated April 2, AIDS and in testing blood products. step to be the last step,” Power 1.984, Peter J. McBrien, a special assistant to the governor Ed Power, the acting executive declared. wrote, "We appreciate your support and concern [for Lesbian/Gay Freedom-Woehjr As stated previously, the Deukmejian adminis tration makes it a policy not to issue proclamations that would advocate one lifestyle over another.”

HOMOPHOBIA AT THE Y? Convention Marchers List Demands Santa Barbara, CA — YMCA Executive Director Norman Curtis publicly agreed with Sen. John Glenn that gay people The San Francisco-based Nat­ ing discrimination against lesbians as the right to safe, legal and against lesbians and gay men in don't belong in the Y, he recently told a local newspaper. “If you ional March for Lesbian/Gay and gay men in the federal govern­ accessible abortion with freedom child custody and visitation rights. state that you are a practicing homosexual, then you are not Rights has issued a list of tentative ment, including the military and from forced sterilization. • Provide necessary sodaj ser­ welcome as a member," he said. The statements have sparked a demands to all sponsoring organi­ government contractors. • An end to violent attacks vices for lesbian and gay youth, letter campaign against Curtis. He can be written at YMCA, 36 zations nationwide. The list is for • Passage of the National Les­ against lesbians and gay men, seniors, disabled, prisoners and Hitchcock Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. {.Equal Time, 4/4/84) “their suggestons/approval.” bian/Gay Rights Bill and broad including police abuse and entrap­ low-income people and increase, according to a press release. non-discrim inatory legislation at ment. above prior levels, funding to The March, planned for July 15 state and local levels. • Eliminate all immigration and federal programs cut by the Rea­ MURPHY TO GAYS: KISS MY. . . (The Sunday before the opening • Enforcement of all existing naturalization restrictions and inter­ gan administration. Hollywood, CA — Did the pressure against comedian Eddie of the Natibnal Democratic Con­ Civil Rights legislation in society national human rights violations Final ratification of these de­ Murphy for his homophobic remarks have any effect? Apparently vention). could attract tens of as a whole, including within our against lesbian and gay people. mands will be jnade at the next not, according to an interview Murphy gave the Rolling Stone. In thousands of gay men and lesbians. own community. • Repeal all "sodomy and soli­ general meeting of the National it he tells the gay community to “kiss my ^ss." Murphy says the The tentative demands of the • Passage of the Equal Rights citation” laws. Mardi for Lesbian and Gay Rights. furor over his remarks about homosexuals, AIDS, and his own march organization include: Amendment. • Legal recognition equal to It will be held on May 9, 7:30 backside actually helped sales of his latest album "because the • The right of women, regard­ those afforded to marital relation­ P.M., at the new headquarters, majority of his country is heterosexual, and they read that • Immediate and massive federal less of their sexual orientation ships and economic benefits for located at 2301 Market Street, homosexuals don’t like Eddie Murphy and they think, ‘Hey, all funding to end the AIDS epidemic. and economic status, to choose if lesbian and gay relationships. suites A, B & C. For more infor­ right.’ ” But when asked what he would think if a white comedian • An Executive Order prohibit- and when to bear children, as well • Eliminate all discrimination mation, call 552-4287. told jokes about blacks, Murphy responded, “That’s not.funny.’’ (Gay News 4/19/84)

GAY ENMESHED IN WALL STREET SCANDAL New York, NY — The Wall Street Journal, in a front page story Wolf red Defends Bath House Stand, Plans Re-Election on April 2. charged that a columnist fired thé week befcire had major drop, and the gay physicians on the bath houses has had the that could come back and haunt leaked market-sensitive information to investors, including his by Gary Schweikhart Gay community activist Tim were pressuring Silverman to take effect of waking people up, people you during this election year? male lover. The Securities and Exchange Commission is tKe closure adion and that he had who hadn't been fully aware of I don’t know. There are people investigating R. Foster Winans for allegedly giving friends tips Wolfred wears several hats. Not only is he the first openly gay agreed and was going to do so. I what is going on with .AIDS. It who feel strongly cn all sides of .- that would affect stock prices in time for them to make - felt that we as a community needed has been on the front page of this issue. And I think we have to transactions before the informaton was published in his “Heard president of the Community Col­ lege Board, but is also active in to support our physidans and every newspaper, gay and straight, remind ourselves that people on on the Street” column, which the Journal called one of its “best- through them Dr. Silverman. so the shock value has reiterated all sides of this issue all want to read features." The stocks of 21 companies may have been the Harvey Milk.Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club. It was in the So I signed on believing the to people that this disease is not do what is best for our community. affected, and the Justice Department may take up the investigation. closure was going to happen and declining, that it is still dramatically In signing the letter. I was doing {GayLife, 4/5/84) latter capacity that he was one of several gay leaders who signed that we needed to sign on as a on the increase. what I thought was best for the the controversial letter to Dr. community behind our medical Do you now regret having signed gay community. As I did last year experts. the letter? on the recall. Sometimes if is GRNL GETS NEW DIRECTOR Mervyn Silverman, the dty's dir­ better to take any action than no ector of public health, urging him Well, as it turned but, the.rectal I think we should have had Washington, D.C: — At the annual board of directors meeting, to close the gay bath houses gonorrhea rate was not as it was more discussion prior to the presen- action. Sometime in the heat of the Gay Rights National Lobby chose Vickey Monrean as the because of the AIDS epidemic. battle we might wish that we had new executive director. Monrean is the former special assistant Earlier this week. The Sentinel taken a different action, but I do to then president of the National Organization for Women. Som etim es it is b etter to take any action than no think the gay community expects talked to Wolfred about the bath action In the heat ol battle we nvcjht wish that we its leaders to do something. Eleanor Smeal. Currently, Monrean is regional director for the house controversy, the Community U.S. Committee for UNICEF. “The opportunity to work with- College Board and his current bid had taken a different action but I think the gay I think people are freaked out GRNL is very exciting,” Monrean exclaimed. “The work that . for re-election. community expects its leaders to do something. by the fact that 1.700 people have they have done and the work that we will do is challenging and. The Sentinel: What was your already died from AIDS, and that in February alone another 40 cases important. Our work will create a movement that cannot be exact role in the bath house flap? tation of the letter. For me. it all denied:” presented to me. the rates tiave were reported here in San Fran­ Wolfred : I was one of the signers not gone back up Furthermoie. I happened within 12 hours. Sud cisco. Something, needs to be done. ■ of the letter to Dr. Silverman to later found out that the gay phy denly the issue was confronting People may disagree with the HOLY FORESKIN! çlosé the bath houses.. Prior to sicians were far from united on us and Dr. Silverman was sup- positions I’ve taken, but I,think I Milan, Italy — Thieves1 have absconded with the foreskin of that. I had been vehemently op­ dosure and, in fact, the majority , posedly going to take his action deserve respect for at least moving posed to dosure all along. I argued Jesus Christ, according to Milan's Corriere della Sera newspaper. of them even opposed it.- And, in the very next day, so we had to on the issue. Legend says that Jesus' mother, the Virgin Mary, gave the strongly to friends, political col­ fact, Dr. Silverman was not ready get together behind him as best There has been extensive coverage foreskin/in a vase filled with oil to Mary Magdalene. Seven leagues and assodates that dosure to do what we were told, he was we could. I did make some argu­ • in the gay press on the backstage centuries later, it was presented by Emporer Charlemagne to was not the way to go. What we going to do. ment at the time that we should maneuverings over the bath house . Pope Leo III. For centuries it has rested as a sacred relic, the needed was education to help So I am back in the position that wait a little, maybe four days, but issue. Howjairly do you think you, Holy Foreskin of Our Lord, in a church in the town of Calcata. It change people's behavior. we, as a gSy community, have to it was presented to me that there in particular, and the Milk Club in is. shown to the public only once a year, but when priests went to .But that week it was presented take care of our own. In the middle wasn’t any time to wait, that we to me that there was medical general have been represented on • bring it out recently it had disappeared. {GayLife, 4/12/84) of this health crisis, we have got had to act immediately. I now this? evidence indicating that the.bath to change our sexual behavior. regret not pushing harder for delay.' houses were a major source in the 1 thnk it was a mistake not to have Well, in The Sentinels last However. I do not think that dosing editorial cartoon, it had me and spread of the disease. I was told the bath houses is going to have a more discussion within the com­ that the rectal gonorrhea rates- great effect on doing that. munity. three other people putting a “no S. had gone way up again after a I do think that this whole row Do you think it was a mistake Continued on page 2. 2 'S en tin el April 26,1984 April 24 (Thur». ) - Robert Boccl for Awmbty cocktoil party, with qjest o< honor the desperate need for further the answer. I myself remain con­ would be' naive as well as intel­ AimWymnn W arn Hon*. At the Forest funding, the entire question of the flicted regarding this complex and lectually dishonest. This, I will Hill Clubhouse: 381 Magetan (at Montalvo). degree of responsibility we have thomy issue. But I am in a position stress, is.not to give license to 6 In A PM 668-1772 as individuals and communities to proffer several options: dramatic government intrusion into • Oay I to!km/American« cocktail party to modify our lifestyles in order to • A ballot initiative (Larry Lit­ our sex lives, but thoughtful people In ttiePnde Center auditorium. 6 to 8:30 PM. S3 men-pers. 56 others, ndudes has cfoeuvres slow, and hopefully halt, the pro­ tlejohn's) calling for the closing should accept the reality that bath and one drink. gression of the epidemic, has been of the baths is a far more serious houses are currently set-up to • »ay Ar*a ©ay» A Utblon« In Scl«nc* volatile and emotionally charged threat to our community’s future encourage, indeed promote, the sponsors an informal lecture on Dolby Noise form the very start. So it should than the temporary closure or very kind of sexual activity that is Reduction. For into, call 824-6788 come as no surprise — no matter stricter regulation of these estab­ anathema to the pursuit and prac­ . Utand MeBott presents a poetry, theater Milk Club Not Anti-Sex performance. ' BEYOND a word" at the how painful it is — that the lishments by public health author­ tice o f safe-sex. Valencia Rose. 8 P.M 52 donation. As I .write this column (April the first organizations to present divisions we are experiencing now ities. April 27 (M. ) - OayandLWjkmOutreoch 2.2): I want to emphasize that my an AIDS forum (in early 1^83) are in fact very'similar to the • Closing the bath houses will Finally, it is an unfortunate fact to Elder« is starting an eight-week support political club. The Harvey Milk which underlined the need for divisions I alluded to at the begin­ not - by any stretch of rational that more anger and invective group tor lesbian women over 60. Fridays, from 4-30 to 6 P.M, at Operation Concern. Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club, gay men to both assess and modify ning of this article. thinking -f be the first domino of have been produced over this issue 1853 Market (at Guerrero) For details, dial has no official, position on the bath their sexual practices. Yet in every case, with every a series which would inevitably than occured over the recent veto Mab at 571 -5273 or Sheryl at 626- 7000 house controversy which has so- • The Milk Club has been critical step that we have taken to combat end with our demise in the ovens of lesbian and gay employment • Golden Gate Busin**» Association agitated our community over the of the disorganization and lack of AIDS, the Milk Club's position of the Moral Majority. (I think we rights, by Governor Deukmejian. cocktail party on the good ship Balclutho. past several weeks. Nor am I able urgency which has characterized has invariably persevered and has desperately need some reality­ Meet at Pier 43 between 5 30 and 8:30 P.M. 956-8660 to impart any special knowledge much of the Department of Public been subsequently vindicated. testing on this one.) It is very troubling to me to see • Nicholas, ©lover A Wray at the Great of the events leading up to Dr. Health's AIDS educational work. Even the most fierce defenders of • There is no simple separation that a significant part of our American Music' Hall. 859 O-FarrelL 8.30 Mervyn Silverman's final decision. Going ahead on our own last year, the bath houses now concede that as implied in the common dicho­ community is more interested in PM. 885-0750. What I do offer, however, is a in six short weeks the Milk Club they need a more aggressive AIDS tomy of what sex one can engage defending “sexual liberation” per • lost «ay Lesbian/©ay Celebration wrote and produced the pheno­ educational program. Last year, in (safe-sex, please!) -vs. where se than in devoting moffe-oonstruc- Committee presents "Reach Out and perspective on the conflict informed Donee ‘ a Motown dance At One s RodcMte by extensive involvement in AIDS menally successful safe-sex primer, this concession would have been one does it (it really doesn’t matter tive energy for the health, well­ Hall in Oakland 9 P M Io I AM. S3 to S5 educational and political work both "Can We Talk?," which is now thought treasonous. . ..). Far from feigning indiffer­ being, and economic security of sliding scale 547-0802. as a health care worker and as a being distributed by the tens of So what do we do with the ence to the locale, we cannot the entire gay and lesbian com­ • Vida OaUery celebrates its third anni­ gay political activist. thousands locally and throughout baths? I don’t presume to know absolutely ignore it. To do so munity. versary with a multi-media exhibit of work by members of its collective At 3543 18th From the beginning of the AIDS the world: St.. Through June 2 864-VIDA health crisis,-the Milk Club has • The Milk Club from the begin­ April28(lot. ) - BeginningRockcAmbtng been among those few organiza­ ning has pushed for a serious tor Women, sponsored by Manoh Wilderness tions which has engaged in across- examination of information avail­ Wolf red Runs for Re-Election to College Board Expeditions (415)527-5544 the-board activism to combat this able to customers of the baths and • Bi Pol and Eroe present a conference other sex businesses. Against the on "issues Uniting and Dividing the Gay 'Les­ epidemic. And the club has met Continued from page I. bian and Bisexual Communities." At SFSU. foot-dragging and calculated evas­ the AIDS crisis? working in the system, gays in vociferous, entrenched opposition sex” barricade on a bath house I think we are all at a different college, and some of them have Student Union Building, conference rooms iveness of bath house owners, the AthroughE. 10AM lo5PM 928-4194 every step of the way. . . . which, in fact, was not our place on this. Some parts of the AIDS. So the college system itself For example: within our own Milk Club has consistently pro­ ■ Medley, a musxpol revue, is doing a position. I don’t think we have community may have accepted is comjng to grips with the AIDS benefit performance for Shanti Project At community: moted a tougher stance in favor of and come to grips with it more publicizing and reinforcing safe- had the chance to put out what crisis, too. As a gay man and as the Manna Music Hciil at Fort Mason. 830 • It was not so long ago that our position, really is . . . which is than others. Having a friend die president of the Community Col­ P M. 55 donation 585-1617 certain elements in our community sex practices in the city's sexual April 29 (Sun. )-KSAN,«‘OayUte*airsa establishments. wanting people to take a look at of AIDS is an experience that lege Board, people look to me to stubbornly resisted even acknow­ what is happening and reduce makes it more real, I think, and provide leadership in this area. forum on AIDS and the bath houses At 6 • The Milk Club raised $4,000 AM onKSAN (95FM) ledging the existence of AIDS, their high risk behavior. that hasn’t happened yet to every­ How beneficial is it to our com­ the agent's transmittal through last autumn as the first San Fran­ • Ooiden ©ate Business Association get It has been a very hot issue, one in our community. munity to have you as president of acquainted brunch At Marne’s Palazzo. sexual contact, and its unique cisco contribution (our share being 389 Bay (at Mason) No host bar at 11:30 $40,000) to the Federation of and I think it is unfortunate that We're talking about something the Community College Board? impact on the gay male population. people oh the other side of the which is unprecedented in our Well, I think it is extremely AM . brunch at noon. S10.956-8660 (And people still insist the infor­ AIDS-Related ' Organizations • BWMTDuos' bowling afternoon at the (FARO) lobby fund project in issue immediately attack us as experience, and people take that important. I think the system had Pork Bowl on Haight St. (near Stanyon), 1 to mation presented in articles, is people, rather than fostering a in at different rates. There is also benevolently ignored the gay com­ “too depressing,” is somehow "un­ Washington, D.C. (Months later, 6 PM San Francisco still has not raised real debate on this. I think there a whole lot of psychological games munity prior to my being on the • A benefit for the S. f. lesbkm/Oay representative," or besides, "has has been too much personal attack that go on around death, and one board. There were no courses in Chorus al Fanny's. 4230 1.8th St, from 5 to 8 not been 100’percent proven”!) anywhere near its goal.) A full­ P M. 55 donation many guest appearances time lobbying effort js intended to and not enough discussion. I don't pf the biggest is denial. And in the Castro, there are now.-There • VD Clinic sponsored by the Gay Men's • Do you remember the outcry think anyone on this issue wants the American culture in particular, were no gay and lesbian adminis­ when safe-sex guidelines were put continuing pressure on the Health Collective From 7 td 9 P.M, at 2339 Reagan administration and Con­ to do evil to anyone, yet we are denial of death is pretty strong. trators, there are now. The district Durant Ave in Berkeley 644-0425 or TTY developed from and advocated 548:8238 Free and confidential for our community? (The guide­ gress to increase funds for AIDS somehow presented as evil people. All of this makes it that much is now trying to meet the needs of I don't think that is. the case at all. harder for our community to come the gay community, and it is doing • Lilith, a women's theatre, will present a lines were trashed, of course, as research and related social services. reading of the new ploy. "Potty and Josh." Milk Club members and congres­ One of the perceptions — maybe to grips with something which is so in large part because I am Al the Valencia Rose. 7 30 P.M, 52 donation. anti-sex and anti-gay!) misconceptions - is that the Milk • And last year, before the sional aides Mike Housh (Barbara there. * 861-4221 Club, which is supposedly the most May 1 (Tu**. ) - Pride Center presents annual influx of tourists to the Boxer) and Bill Kraus (Sala Having me as president of the progressive of the gay Democratic board now is particularly important weekly bingo games 56 gets you six cards Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parade, Burton) have been instrumental per game, cash prizes start at S50 At 890 in impressing upon their employers clubs, has suddenly become puri­ because we are in a year of did our community join forces to tanical and even anti sex. Is this Hayes St. 7:15P.M. 863-7845 adequately inform these visitors the importance of the AIDS issue potential cutbacks. Because of what May 2 (wed. ) - Republicans United of the danger surrounding indis­ to our community and their consti­ true? the governor has done to our endorsement meeting At the Stagecoach No. Just take a look at our “Can budget, we are facing-a $5 million Restaurant, under Wells Fargo near the fool criminate sexual activity in the tuents. Moreover, both men have Of Montgomery St, 6 P.M 474-0355 age of AIDS? (Last summer, it been effective resources nationwide We Talk?" brochure, which we deficit for .the first time in our put out a year ago. It is not an history. As president, I will have May ) (Thun. ) - AIDS and Third World was seriously argued that dissemin­ for our AIDS, concerns. .CommunitydfonxnwdiThrd World rnedtel ating such information would ruin •Milk Club President Carole anti-sex brochure. In fact, it has some oversight as to where those From 7‘to 10 PM. in the Fofum Bldg at Migden and former Internal Vice- even been condemned in some cuts are made, so I can help Loney College on 10th St (near Fallon). gay businesses and, by extension, circles as being too sexual. In Berkeley 841-6224 the gay community!)' President Russ Fiejds, as chair protect some of the vital services I do think the Milk Club has now going- to our community. • ©ay ItaBan/ Americans monthly meeting Not only has the Milk Club and co-chair respectively of the at the Pnde Center. 7:30 PM . SI for refresh­ been on the cutting-edge-of every Lesbian and Gay Caucus of the taken the lead in educating our In terms of education in general, ments. 752-1751 major initiative to alert our-com- California Democratic Party, garn­ community on just what this epi­ some people have been wary of • Island Meitott presents a poetry theatre munity to the AIDS danger, but ered a commitment last year from demic is, how it is spread and how having openly gay people in the performance. "BEYOND a word." at the we can reduce the spread of the field. My being president vgf the Valencia Rose. 8 P.M, 52 donation . the club has also been instrumental Speaker Willie Brown for $2,9 May 4 (Fri) - Democratic Socialists of . in devising and implementing million in state funds for AIDS disease while taking care of our Community College Board is a America ‘undraisör on behqlf of Harry strategies to win this fight for our research and educational projects. own health. That is all we have very strong statement that we ■ritt From 5 to 8 PM. at University of While one of the few things we been out to do from the start. It have a place in education. It shows California Extension Gallery. 55 Laguna 55. lives. Tim Wollred S15.530 donations 428-1354 • The Milk Club was among as a coni m unity can agree on. is was the Milk Club with BAPHR that we are there, we are visible (Bay Area Physicians for Human . and we intend to be a part of this May 5 * 6 - A benefit rummoge sole for lethal and is killing us. So I think Pam Oren. Donations of usable items ore ' Rights) that raised the money to we have a ways to go yet. system. There is now going to be needed For details, call Wayne at the put out this brochure, because we As president of the Community research on us, courses taught Metropolis. 864-5512 ENTERTAINMENT v felt that other institutions were College Board, you don't really about us, so we will be fully a part May 5 (Sat. ) - Lesbian/©ay Resource dragging their feet on getting the of the educational sicene. Network ot Sonoma County presents its NIGHTLY at have to get into the AIDS issue... annual social and dance extravaganza word out on risk reduction and yet you did. Why? How does it look for your re- with a Tropical "Fruit" theme From 8 PM to No Cover safe sex. So I thjnk our stand is I am a gay man first. Quite election bid this year? 1 AM. at ihe CototiVets Hall m downtown very pro-sex and not fcuritaoical secondarily, I am on the Commun­ It is still too early to tell. There ‘ Cotali (707) 664-0605 at all. ity College Board. The AIDS is an advantage in being an incum­ Mery 6 (Sun. ) - KSAffS'OayUto'contnues 'DYNASTY'' The latest story going around is its forum on AOS and the bath houses At 6 epidemic is a major force in my lie bent, as there is in any campaign AM onKSAN (95 FM) Wednesdays at 9 P.M. that the next wave of AIDS edu­ right now as a gay man, and in the in this city. I want to run a strong ■ East Bay LesbiarVOay Democratic CUb cation is going to be pro-celibacy, lives of my friends whom I love. campaign. Again, I think; it is. presents gay Congressman Oeny Studds l - X J ! "OpertMike —Mondays that the only safe sex is no sex. So I have to get involved in the important to the gay community m a fundraiser for his re-election campaign. Could you support that? that I run a good race. It'll be a At re home d Berkeley Mayor Out Newport I m Happy Hour — Monday- . AIDS crisis. 3048 Benvenue (near Ashby and College), \ Friday 3:00-7:00 P.M. It sounds absurd on the face of If that has some negative impact statement-as to how our clout from 11 30 AM to 1 30 PM S15 to 525 Monday-Friday 3 p.m.-2 a m. Saturday-Sunday 1 p.m.-2 a.m. it. I would have to see what on my status as an elected official as a gay community works, and 548-0329 evidence and reasoning will be in this city, then so be it. My first that we can elect people to office at Marne's 1160 Polk St. (btwn. Post & Sutter) 771 -6262 behind such a campaign and how concern is me. my friends and my and keep, them there. So I plan to PM Admission is free ttyeyjvill propose to help gay men and ail are welcome community, so I have to be involv­ mount a strong campaign.' - Die Männerstimmen are appearing in be celibate. It sounds like an ed in doing something. I've already organized a cam­ concert at Old First Church, at Sacramento overwhelming task. But the Community College paign committee, and one of the and Van Ness streets. 4 PM. 54 donation. Has the gay community even yet system is not totally independent first things we have to do is raise 621-5295 comprehended the magnitude of money. So both I and the committee • VD Clinic sponsored by'the Gay Men's of gay people. There are gays Health Collective Free ana confidential welcome volunteers. Anyone inter­ From 7 to 9 PM . at 2339 Durant Ave m ested should contact my campaign Berkeley, 644-0425 or TTY 548 8238 manager, Stafford Buckley, at 221- May 7 (Mon. ) - A benefit for Kenpo r r - 1304. Karate SehooMor Women wtr- The Con­ f D .J. A ny closing comments? tractions At Baybnck Inn. 1190 Folsom St, 431-8334 I want to say to the gay commun­ (Bay B (Tues. ) - Pride Center presents Saturdays ity that in addressing the AIDS weekly bingo games S6 for six cards per epidemic, maybe we should turn game, cash prizes start at 550 At 890 Hayes the volume down a little bit. We St. 7 15PM. 863-7845 need to have a good, open discus­ May «(Wed. ) — The Network Corieehouse .. 6 P .M .- presents a discussion-on "Christianity. Social sion without flinging retribution Tolerance and Homosexuality ' At 1329 Ca 2 A M or accusations in any direction. Seventh Avo. 7 30 PM. donations requested We are; in a health crisis, where 989-6097 (days)' many people have died already, ■■7^4 ZA* * so I would like to see us come to • ©ay Youth Community Switchboard i» now celebrating its fifth year m the B6y better grips with this epidemic Area But it needs help Ftease send donations and develop as a community our toGYCC.PO Box846 SF.CA94101 strategies for taking care of our­ - SF lesbkm/Oay Chorus is sponsoring selves. and thus reduce the risk of ' a membership anve If you are interested, rust drop by 1350 Waller St. any Wednesday AIDS. evening from 7.to>30 PM

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to move into the new location t + t t t some time in February, so we Short takes: Thè second annual signed a 10-year lease in October Operation Home Run, a benefit so things could progress,'It is now softball game pitting the media April and we find that work cannot vs. -politicians, has just been an­ even start until the Building Permit nounced. And, again this year, is obtained (approx two weeks), the gay press isn't considered and then it will take approximately part of the "media." 65 days to complete the work, if there are no complications! ■f t t t t "We will be losing one year of Be sure and catch Reginald Gimme a Break, Mona! our new lease plus approximately The latest hubbub from-the So next time you are in the some $20,000 in rent that has to McDonald in his performance of Castro Street hubbubarium: Be­ Castro and a bible-waving, maxim­ be paid to hold onto the new “Sweet and Hot," a Harold Arlen ware of bible-thumpers bearing spouting Mona starts trying to location that took so long to come Songbook. He'll be at the Plush Room on April 30. C sweet promises. Octavia ¡s talking save your soul, just'tel! her to by. (It seems we) are constantly about Mona, a nonstop recruiter shove off. being put off and/or extended for the SOS Jesus movement. She One last note: Last week Com­ due to obvious bureaucratic non­ ttttt can be frequently found at the munity United Against Violence sense at our expense. When will And on May 6, songbird Robin Donut Shop, where she tries to received a report from a lesbian this end?" Heller will perform in two post­ make points with the street people who had been assaulted on Castro. So far there has been no re­ brunch concerts. The first is at 2 by promising them food, shelter, She was clobbered by a woman sponse. Surprised ? P.M., the second at 3:30. Pam clothing . . . all if they join SOS with a bible. Draw your own Anton will be at the piano. Jesus. conclusions. + + t + t One young gay man, a short­ t t t t t Pam Oren, the ownerof Mike's lived convert, told this story: "Once Ice Cream on the comer of Fell t t f t t you’re in, if you begin to question The Watering Hole is mad and Laguna, was robbed and Who's on First? The latest wacky . . . you’re thrown back out onto as hell ! . . and owner Bryan R. brutally beaten on April 8. At this rumor going the rounds in San the street. Mona now comes up to Todd isn’t being quiet about,it. time, she is still hospitalized and Fransideshqw has to do with the me and lays a guilt-trip on me and He just sent off a fiery letter to it appears that-it will be many, next big educational campaign tells me that gays just want to. use- five supervisors, including Sir many months before she will be against AIDS. It seems Dr. Mar­ me for sex.” Harry, and the gay press. What able to earn her living once again. cus Conant, the former chairman Mona is also a consummate follows are the reasons — all Of course, during this recuperation of the on-again/off-again National rumormonger She recently justifiable — for Todd's discontent: period, her business, personal and AIDS/KS Foundation, and re­ scrawled on one Castro Street “We are a small business that is medical expenses are certain to searcher Andrew Moss are now poster, "I recently heard two being relocated by the open space mount. attempting to woo mega-bucks policeman from San Francisco project and/or for Parks and Rec Well, because Pam is such a from the city coffers to launch a share how they were ordered by Dept., so (that) a park can be built popular member of the Hayes giant pro-celibacy campaign within city officials not to arrest certain on the comer of Sixth and Folsom Valley community, her friends and the gay community. Their slogan Need a Gay Doctor individuals for crimes being com­ . streets. neighbors are rallying to her behalf. will be: “The only safe sex is no in East Bay? mitted as long as it did not hurt “We have been attempting to They will be tossing a two-day sex." Anybody want to sign on Call Keith Barton. M.D. anyone. Even men who were locate suitable space now for about benefit rummage sale on May 5- with that particular campaign? How (or your nealth care needs running around almost nude in some two or three years. Last 6. However, now they need dona­ about you, Harry Britt? front of women and children. The September, we did indeed locate tions of usable items in working 845-4430 officers shared how a bomb was a space that was approved by order. Cash donations would also 3099 Telegraph Aye. (so. ol Ashby) + t t t t . In The Berkeley planted in the police station, it your Redevelopment Agency. We be appreciated. A bake sale is Randy Stallings, the one-time Holisljc Health Center exploded injuring many. They had some close contact . . . with also being considered. To make Heals Health Care prexy of the Toklas Club, has Plan accepled shared . . . that both lesbians and that department ever since then. your donation or for more info, been receiving the royal red shaft homosexuals are allowed .on the The problem is, we were advised call Wayne at Metropolis at 864- police force in San Francisco;" in his recent job hunt. He was up that we most likely would be able 5512. to be Rick Crane's successor as executive director of the San Francsico AIDS Foundation, but his bid was sabotaged in large part by two other former Alice heads, Steve Walters and Frank Fitch. The word-Octavia hears is ST NOW OPEN that Bob Ross was the real string- puller out to nail Randy. But don’t despair, Stallings will soon start working out of the office of Mayor TRIANGLE Dianne Feiqstein. formerly + t t t + Kudos to The Advocate for their splashy, flashy new slick magazine, THIS THIS NGN Advocate MEN. Editor/art director Dennis Forbes can be.proud . . . Not so with another gay skin-and- UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT sin publication, Blueboy. One time editor John Calendo has been SAN FRANCISCO S NEWEST BIKE BAR given the heave-ho, while the magazine is once again months •v 164 - 8th STREET 552-0280 and months behind in paying its (between Mission and Howard) bills . . . And a wonderful, exciting, full-color, hour-long documentary HAPPY HOUR: 4-7 p.m. all “well” drinks 2 for I (not beer) on , the Gay Games is now in the works. Tom Waddell and Jon Berliner have joined noggins on this super-neat project. Inflation-Fighter Perm - $40 com plete1 Cut and bio — Marc didn't even get, any fun in that torted and unreliable," according exchange. All risk, no pleasure. to the Daily Record of Glasgow. Men and Women Parasites are a health problem, M en's short Cut — and it's irresponsible to make CONVENTIONAL WISDOM: people believe rimming is the From Roz Wyman, executive di­ 760 Market at Grant only way to get them. And if you rector of the Democratic National Rm. 401-6, Phelan Bldg believe parasites are implicated in Convention: “The Democrats made the development of AIDS, it's the right choice in coming to S.F. 362-5198 Tuesday-Saturday Interesting Times inconsistent to write that-risk is (It) represents more of the feelings dependent only on sexual acts and the different groups that are and not on sexual locale. the backbone of the Democratic PAUL-A-TICS: Why do some In any event, a campaign to What this item from theJdcKu- Party today than probably any people in our community continue inform the men in our community sick study reveals to me is that an city in America .. to engage in high-risk' sexual of the considerable proven dangers influential medium in our com­ "You are all very adult people, activity? Perhaps they've been of parasitic infection would be munity has not only failed to and you all know the problems .misinformeil — or disinformed. salutary. The healthier one is, the inform gay men of the nature of that you faced and do face, and The study by McKusick, Horst better equipped he is to fight off the risks that face us, it has dis­ you know that (gay rights are) a man, and Carfagni on behavior known and unknown infections informed us. The tabloid's, double controversial issue in America. change in the wake of the AIDS •alike. The healthier we are as a message was; parasites cause There is no question that what epidemic may shed some light on community, the fewer diseases AIDS, and rimming causes para­ your decorum, your sense of what this. Oyer 80 percent of the men we will be passing around like sites. Many gay men who unwisely you do', affects people in Iowa, they surveyed felt that tbe epi- . lethal shuttlecocks. trusted it have apparently failed affects people all across the nation demic had had an impact on their to make any further changes in • in your own group and in other sexual behavior. Yet the only But this selfsame weekly tabloid their, behavior. groups. I think that .there are behavior change they seem to compounded its single-minded de; We know the possible results many delegates who don't have have actually made was that they votion to the parasite theory with all to well, -but many in our the slightest understanding of the rimmed new partners less’ than espousal of a simple-minded ap­ community still treat the issue gay issue, and I’m not sure whether they used to. Other precautions proach to preventing infections of only in terms of symbols and not they will ever. such as reducing the number of amebiasis, giardiasis, and shig­ of lives to be saved or lost. “I think the party's importance sexual partners, reducing receptive ellosis. Its instructions, repeated is (in) what we do in the platform anal intercourse without condom, endlessly in cutesy, “don’t be SING A SONG: if the diehard and that your planks in the platform or switching to mutual master- tongue in cheek" fillers: don't rim. facts of “I Left My Heart in San are spelled out loud and clear. But bation weie not involved. That’s a start, but it's not that Francisco" refuse to allow that I don't think anybody is kidding What could account for this? simple. It's good adivee for good maudlin ditty to be replaced as anybody if you think there are not Think bade some 14 months. When, health, but there are lots of other official city song. 1 have a sug, problems sun-ounding it. this city’s first weekly gay tabloid ways to catch parasites, too. For gestión. Let's adopt the rousing "We as a party believe that we suddenly discovered the AIDS .instarice. you could lick them off “San Francisco" as our official have clearly taken a position, that crisis (openly admitting it had the body parts of someone who's county song and leave thè other we understand and care about- previously downplayed it), the been exposed to the feces of a be. this issue, and as a party it is editor went on a two-fold crusade. third (or fourth through tenth) After all. aren't we the county something we believe in. We are First, that paper adopted parasi person. There's a pretty good that knows how? in San Francisco because we tic infection as its pet theory of the chance of that at our baths and believe that the mixture of interests cause of AIDS. The idea is fasci­ sex clubs, youII have.to admit. SACRED CLOSETS? British in S.F. represents what we think nating, and these Castro-intestinal In fact, you can pick up parasites churchmen are making a holy is right as a party. diseases may indeed play a'contri- by exposure to feces from your furor over a threé-part commer­ “But I think that if you don't butory role in the development of . hand that touched a bedpost just cial-television series that purports undAstand what the issue is across AIDS. Nonetheless, most research touched (or touched last week) by that Jesus Christ may have'been America, then you’re not sensitive is leading qs elsewhere. (Or per­ someone who just touched his homosexual and his miracles the to what is going on in the political haps the virus rides piggyback tin penis that was just inside the result of hypnosis. Even befòrè it process. And I can't believe you're a parasite.) rectum of someone else. And you aired, théy condemned it as "dis- not." 4 T" Sentinel April 26,1984 L-F.T¡BB8 £ « ¿ A ^ J April 26,1984 'S en tin el 5

front page story in The Sentinel that contained the truth. Why are they about the closing of the-bathhouses. still be around in and through the 21st printing — for their own homosexual community's consumption — stories When Larry Littlejohn, a founder of one. We also know, even Mayor Fein­ that they know are not true? Think about it: the Society for Individual Rights, no stein. the gay doctors and Dr. Silverman, Talk about some of the media printing lies . . . I have a thick file and less, made the announcement on March that leaving the baths open was a silly 27th. that is finally was time, to stop and stupid action, politically motivated. one-and-a-half years investigating the Coors Boycott incident. The first sexual activities among men in the What we need is more research and I'll Be Seeing You surprising fact I discovered was that Coors has been the first in the bathhouses, in order to prevent further up-to-date information about AIDS, be­ brewery industry to recognize and support the rights of minorities spread of AIDS, it stirred up a storm of cause just closing (you may as well say by W.E. Beardemphl including homosexuals. Yes, they are political conservatives, many are protests, because he was interfering that, having baths with no sex) the : with our Individual Sights. baths in San Francisco, will definitely ' This is the last issue of The Sentinel published by yours truly. ardent Christians, Joe Coors does serve on Reagan's kitchen cabinet Mayor Feinstein was immediate for not secure a decline in AIDS cases / The ownership of the paper is changing. The Sentinel will continue in the (How do you think it got to Secretary of Health Heckler about funding it. to close the bathhouses, because, R. Duller commitment of publishing a newspaper for our community that contains AIDS research?), and some members of the extensive Coors clan have although she didn't say that openly, it S. F.. CA the truth. . given money to the likes of Falwell The Faithless Fool, but Coors is not could really harm the upcoming Demo­ anti-homosexual in their business - or in their politics. The Coors cratic Convention, specially, when it is Over the years there have been many changes that have occured in the held in a city, openly accepting the SHILTS VS. HENNESSEY homosexual community and to The Sentinel. Life, after all, is change. In Boycott, as we reported, was started as a San Francisco political deal and gay life style and God forbid, some.of Randy Shilts has done some good order to live responsibly, it is obvious that one needs a means of was continued in the homosexual community as a rather sick, inept those conventibn delegates, gay. bi­ writing over the years The Mayor of communication within' our community — one that is reliable, that is not political organizing tool. The San Francisco homosexual community sexual and not to forget closet cases, Castro Street was excellent. However. may want to have a good time at night, Randy shouldn t receive any journalistic rife with embarrassing gossip and speculation pandered as fact, that is barely masks its indulgence of its own turncoat who is still pathetically by visiting the gay bathhouses and/or trying to perpetuate this farce. Maybe soifie people are being duped awards for his Chaps article. A third not engulfed with offensive second-rate porno, that does not promote sex clubs, instead of after a busy day ot the way through I lost interest. It itself through fear, that does not limit itself to a one-sided bias. This about the Coors Boycott, but not the regular readers of The Sentinel. at the convention, after a nice dinner, impressed me as cheap sensationalized Think about it. going back to the room, watch T V. for drivle. That is. attempting to create a Sentinel tradition of responsibility and pride has not changed over the a while and then after a good night years. We are convinced that the new owners, Charles R. Roberts, Jr. and As long as we go on living we will have news that will be story when you really don t have one. misrepresented, manipulated, faked, etc. There are those who seem to sleep, arriving well rested the next day San Francisco could have survived Thomas Murray, will continue the same policies. Those changes that are at the convention. without this article. It was not enter­ planned will only improve and expand these past commitments. delight in this bitchiness more than in being happy. So. it is essential to The Mayor, Dr. Silverman and others, taining; it didn t work, and few people Our biggest gratitude must go to the wonderful, devoted persons who our community that there is someplace .to find the truth about our including the gay doctors, knew, that it were amused Randy said he thought have staffed The Sentinel and made it always come out on time. Without community despite those who try to practice the maxim, you can fool was not that easy, to close the bath­ the piece was funny. A person could most of the people most of the time. There is a need - a desperate and houses as it was questionable, if you be thought to have a strange sense of peopje who give more than they take out of life, institutions like The legally could do so and how difficult humor when he s the only one laughing. Sentinel could never survive. real need - for a newspaper that is dedicated to the traditions and that was, was confirmed by the city's On the other hand. Sheriff Hennessey We want to thank our readers. Those who read The Sentinel are the principles of The Sentinel. attorney's office. was unwise to go to Chaps to recruit reason for publishing. We know that our 18,000 press run (that has been We have new owners of The Sentinel now who are dedicated to these Finally, the announcement came, because the bar targets too narrow a baths open but no sex at all. When you segment ol the gay community. He our minimum press run in the last 2 ^ years), has never been enough to principles, who are very capable, and who are gentlemen. Their plans for really think about that, you wonder, The Sentinel are very exciting. We wish them and the whole homosexual might have done better setting up a go around. We have had to keep within a tight budget. Even when we put who has the brains and who hasn't, table at Hibernia Beach at 18th and out the larger 25,000 press runs for election issues. The Sentinel was community well. t who is using common sense and who Castro Streets contacting much of the picked up within a couple of days, if not hours, of delivery. For those that We will be in touch doesn't. It is like having a birthday Chaps ' crowd as well as many other missed out on an issue because of our limitations, we apologize. Thank you. party, everything is there, booze and types pf gay people who don t usually food, but when arriving, you're told, go South of Market. One might also If there is anything that has been confirmed to me in this past 2% years just have a good time, don't eat or debate the merits of recruiting in a of bringing The Sentinel out of bankruptcy during one of this area’s most drink anything, just talk to each other. bar. And speaking of bars, how many desperate economic recessions, it has been that all anyone can really do is In the baths, you have the same straight or lesbian bars did Sheriff to face up to the facts. No one can beat the truth into a community; we can situation. Get undressed, put a towel Hennessey go to? Chaps was just a only report what the truth is. around your waist, just walk around, bad idea from the day it was conceived be very nice to every one, introduce to execution to Randy Shilts reporting Look at the most important story of these years - AIDS. Almost yourself to every one. by shaking hands, the "event. have a drink and something to eat. all simultaneously with the inception of AIDS we revived The Sentinel, and CRUEL CARTOONS this the sort of reporter who is respected George Collins for all practical purposes, we are ending our stint at The Sentinel with the on the house, of course, but dont S.F.. CA Ypur cartoonist, Vaughn Frick, is nowadays? forget, nothing else, no sex, don't even resolution of most of the issues concerning AIDS. At all times wé irresponsible at best and cruel at worst. He does not reprt facts, he makes up think about it and alter youVe seen reported the facts and the real concerns while others were bleating, His head-in-the-aand view of AIDS is stories. Witness the March 7 story and talked to every one. just get dressed more dangerous than anything the "Experts Predict Nightmare Over Aids and go home and tell every bne. what crying “full on their chests," spreading false rumors, engaging in homophobes can do to us. While he Cases." There was not a single factual a nice time you had at the baths. preposterous political posturing, putting hands in the cookie jar, looking ridicules safe sex and dismisses caution item in -this article, it was entirely for lucrative jobs, etc. All three papers mentioned an AIDS as paranoia, his "art" promotes the speculation about what "may be the epidemic, but if you count all the gay As of now, a virus in the blood has been isolated as the cause of AIDS. ignorant attitudes that help AIDS spread case " if and what "is believed; etc. and bisexual men in San Francisco, This is still not the epidemiology of the disease. It is very probable that further. He should keep his suicidal Shilt s AIDS articles are never report­ you don't even get one percent. When impulses to himself and not promote ing, they are selective manipulations you do that for the entire U.S.A.. you treatment, vaccinations, etc. will.be available before the epidemiology is them under the guise of wit. to fit a preconceived dogma. Shilts fully understood. even get less, not even one percent. In fact. I wonder if his opinions are does not quote, for example. American There are also AIDS cases In.other his own. or if they're Just part of the Meanwhile, look at the statements made by politicians regarding sex Association of Physicians for Human countries and they have gay baths, clubs and bath houses. Dr. Silverman: "After, six hours of deliberation editorial "line" of a paper that runs Rights, he quotes only those people too. As it hasn't been proven, that concerning all available options, it was the opinion of this group that prominent ads for'Coors Beer. If y o u ll' who will support his position. (To suggest AIDS comes definitely from having accept advertising dollars from a man he doesn t have one is a cynical and sex. either male/female. male/male. altering the behavior in these bath houses, sex clubs and other facilities who is vociferously anti-gay (and recent­ dishonest lie). This is the Pravda school female/female. those baths are stili could have an important effect on the incidence of AIDS. It was the ly. anti-black) and if you run ads for of reporting. I can't imagine his fellow open and sex would have been the bathhouses on your editorial oage. journalists cannot tell the difference unanimous position of this group that all sexual activity between main cause of getting AIDS, we would individuals be eliminated in public facilities in San Francisco you've got to expect readers to form between news and propaganda, the their own conclusions about the motives have had more cases world wide. If it strict line is followed throughout all really would have been declared an This means the de facto recognition that licensing bath houses is for behind your editorial "opinions." the AIDS series; the need to close the sexual activity. This was publicly affirmed also by Mayor Feinstein and epidemic, you can be sure, that the John Zlmarowskl baths to stop the spread of AIDS. World Health Organization would have other politicians in their ass-backwards statements. So we have a very S.F..CA Shilts says he. like Dianne Feinstein. stepped in and after careful evaluation interesting legal situation arising, along with the cure and control of is a "door." What Shilts is doing is and consulting with various govern­ trying to set himself up as a self- AIDS. When we have a cure and control of AIDS in place, we have one SHAME ON SHILTS ments. having declared AIDS an epi­ proclaimed Messiah who should tell demic. then measures would have been more giant step forward for sexual freedom accomplished by political Re: Randy Shilts Interview says everyone else what is good for them. I he is "well respected in his profession. undertaken, to close all bathhouses, "ineptitude. Think about it. don't need " doers'" to make decisions not only here, but world wide. Nejjt, look at the story about the California Health Department TV Evidently by the applicable standards for me; I appreciate the "gripers'" (like Hopefully, well soon have something, of the gay press and the Chronicle Voice) who have no sympathy for the tapes on "gays." We .were invited to a political meeting at the offices of only. to combat AIDS, but every year more Art Agnos who had one of the controversial tapes and was attempting to plight of those who feel they are God's people die of a heart attack and cancer There are very few declarative sen­ gift to save us from ourselves, whether related diseases than of AIDS. make a political issue of the damned thing. I listened to the anguish and tences in his articles (which are mainly they are religious fanatics or the direct and indirect quotes) when he is We all know, that we are living in the breast-beating of-the “gays" in attendance, and’of some homosexuals who misguides likes of Shilts or Littlejohn. 20th century and 16 years from now. referring to AIDS, but those that are . Given Mr. Shilt's negative contributions. the 21st will start. Gays have been were also inadvertently invited, went back to The Sentinel office, made loaded with sensationalistic adverbs I think the gay community has been around since the 1st century and will one. phone call, was delivered all the tapes by messenger, then turned the and. adjectives (there is never an overly charitable to him. tapes over to Art Agn<>s in public. (Really, Art, the whole thing was increase in AIDS cases" which is not Jerry Jansen beneáth you.) Now I ¿ead. in a publication from the East that Agnos also "shocking", "alarming", etc ). S.F. CA obtained the tapes in á secret meeting in a garage at midnight or some I pointed out to Mr. Shilts that one of his favorite "sources" was an habitual such nonsense. Agnos has since turned the tapes over to the incompetent liar and was in fact not competent to BATH HOU8E ETC. Virginia Apuzzo cf the National Gay Task Force. These particular make statements Shilts was quoting. Every week. I'm reading papers, and tabloids from the East that carried the story had received and read the His response: "I'm not interested: Is this week, all three carried the story

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In a famous letter written in Venice in 1929. The appeal of early in his career as a playwright, Chekhov announced his manifesto: the Biblical parable must have "In real life people don’t spend every minute shooting each other, been strong to both that Russian hanging themselves, making confessions of love, and saying clever theatrical genius and his fellow things. They’re mòre occupied with eating, drinking, flirting and talking countryman and staff choreogra­ stupidities — and these are the things wnich ought to be shown on the pher, the 24-year-old George stage. A play should be written in which people arrive, go away, have Balanchine, for neither could go dinner, talk about the weather and play cards. Life must be exactly as it is home again to the kind of welcome .... Let everything on Ahe stage be just as complicated, and at the same given a prodigal son. time just as simple, as it is in life. People eat their dinner, just eat their Both were likely regarded by dinner, and all the time their happiness is being established or their lives the artists they left behind as are being broken up." morally sullied — like the wayward At the same time as Ibsen, though in a different manner, Chekhov was son of their story. For in effect •preaching naturalism. Lanford Wilson’s plays are undeniably Chekhov’s they had forsaken their patrimony. descendants, in which plot is more frequently conveyed under the But only by turning their backs dialogue than through it. As such, they are favored by actors and on the court-stultified system, on directors for the chance to explore the nuance and emotional drift that the frozen-in amber classical must be understood instead of expjained. The cast currently toiling on Russian ballet traditions, could Wilson’s behalf at Theatre Rhinoceros seems to think they’re in The " they be free to trailblaze new Count of Monte Cristo. Subtlety doesn’t stand a chance, mind less life forms of- theatrical expression, being played as it is, while this group chews the play to motherfucking artistic collaboration, and choreo- . bits., graphic innovation that would The Fifth of July is slender at best, but its characters are contemporary change the face-of dance. and their problems fascinate in the direct correlation to our lives. It’s The As with most ballets, from that Big Chill — a reuriion of eight friends, most of whom were direct enchanted era when tout le Paris participants in late 1960’s upheaval. For some, that was merely the was agog at the exotic flower that fashionable thing to do. For others, it shaped a life long set of ideals. was the Ballets Russes, many The friends gather on July 4th to inter the ashes of Sally's husband. curious storieS about the creation Old grievances flare up when Ken, who owns the estate, announces his of The Prodigal Son have come intention to sell it. His homosexuality is presented without comment by down to us. . Wilson, and doesn't seem to motivate the action. His college-days menage One (from Balanchine himself) with rock-and-rollers Gwen and John is glossed over, although the tells of the Fauvist and religious undercurrent of his possible attachment to John, a heterosexual, is major. painter Georges Rouault being Ken joined the army in retaliation against John, lost his legs in Viet Nam, locked in his hotel room in Paris be cut, so he desperately suggested formance that night moved the immense. Edwin Denby wrote of and is now emotionally as well as physically crippled. Ken is a teacher; to produce some usable design the boat scene. Though it seems audience to tears. the ballet. Prodigal Son is told, we’d expect his gayness to be his problem, but it’s his legs that are his sketches. He made hundreds for out of place, he never changed it. Other notable performers danc­ since it is about good and evil, in handipp. He can’t face his students. So he's selling the estate to run off scenery, but none for costumes. Serge Lifar. one of the most ing the principal roles have in­ two kinds of pantomime: the dry, and hide. His lover won't go. and Sally arid Shirley don’t want him to sell. Panicking. Diaghilev finagled some gorgeous and dramatically vivid cluded Maria Tallchief with Jerome insect-light, insect-quick efegance Each person in this web has needs, and our enjoyment of the play comes sketches away from him, which male dancers of this century, even Robbins, and Edward Villella, and filth of atheism, and the fleshy called the dieu de la danse, was from picking up the strands of the web during the chit-chat of their he gave to Vera Stravinsky to whom I recall as magnificent in Biblical vehemende — so Near reunion duets and trios and then getting off on the climax which whip up appropriate outfits. the hero. His tasks included part­ the role. As is its admirable Eastern and juicy — of sin and of inevitably confronts all of them at once. Another story has the work's nering the rather taller Felia practice, the San Francisco Ballet forgiveness, the bitter sin and the Although willing —. I like this play —. I was caught up in the web only composer, Prokofiev, arriving to Doubrovska, who played a be­ fielded several casts for its pro­ sweet forgiveness. once, when Sally’s simple belief in a story convinced me of her reality. conduct the first performance at witching Siren) in a duet of se­ duction, which was mounted by The ballet’s final moments fuse The rest of the time I was stranded outside by the production’s fack of the Théâtre Sarah-Bemhardt and duction. To Balanchine, fiercely John Taras, ballet master of the the two, and never cease to stab- subtlety and the unbelievable location the group is given in which to spin. being shocked to see that Balan­ heterosexual, ballet was woman. New York City Ballet. the heart. Cyril Beaumont rightly chine had treated the story sym­ But Diaghilev, said Dubrovska a The performers I saw vividly credits this scene with "a genuine bolically and expressionistically few years ago. “think man is brought to life this early-Balanchine Blake-like grandeur.” Balanchine — whereas Prokofiev expected ballet. So Balanchihe present Lifar treasure - from the skinhead- took the movement idea from a real wine and,real cushions. on a gold’ plate.'1 (A wonderful carousers who march in linked Pushkin story in which a way Those who .think the creative idea as a feast for*the 'eyes!) like a centipede and proceed to station for travelers was decorated must deliver on schedule might Lifar himself writes, rather melo­ debauch, rob and strip the son, with lithographs, one showing the be surprised to learn the origin of dramatically, about the night of through his faithless companions prodigal son returning home on a curious short mimed scene in the première, when he refused to (Nigel Courtney and Jonathon his knees. The scene as Balanchine the ballet in which'revelers sit in leave his hotel room, racked with Miller), to Tracy-Kai Maier as an created it is as deep as the son has a large wooden prop (used vari­ doubts because he couldn’t “feel” icily sinuous Siren. fallen to that-moment, calling for ously as fence, table, and pillar) the character he had to play. Kirk Peterson, known for his acting of a high order. Broken and and row as if in a boat. Balanchine Thinking of the love and care high-flying feats of pyrotechnics contrite, morally crippled and had only two weeks to prepare layished on him by Diaghilev as a and thus seldom entrusted with a reduced to rags, the prodigal crawls the ballet, and one hour before kind of spiritual father, Lifar romantic lead, threw himself into to the tent of his father. That the dress rehearsal found to his suddenly leaped out of bed, crying the draining role of the besotted solemn man gathers him into his horror that he had devised no to an aide, "Let’s be off to the son with precisely textured arms, covers him with his cloak, movement for the dancers at that theatre. I have created my Prodigal abandon,' making a dramatic envelops him in forgiveness and particular spot. The score couldn't Son . . . It is myself." His per- triumph. The acting challenge is love, as the curtain falls.

‘Quite unlike anything that's UNNtKVINu rvWcK AND IMPACT! Che,eau neat« gone before...Out camps relertie« lermon and a sharp, bitier sense ol wasled lives.” Marian Scott (lacond from loft) creates a reality wtilch eludes other cast members In THE FIFTH OF JULY. ■ LA CAGE AUXFOLLES: ” x - Judy Slone SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE -Bruce Williamson Playboy Magarme While John Wullbrandt’s set design is ingenious, it is unlived in. There SUCCEEDS BRILLIANTLY... "AN IMPORTAifl FILM NOW, that *ith time will become are no personal artifacts or signs of life to teU me anyone lives there. It more important. A universe, beautifully ceoted by Chereau’s art, where the SO GOOD THAT ONE WANTS THE seems a Holiday Inn the characters have just checked into — and this, border between passion and vice is unknown.” - France Soir we're told, after a drunken party the night before. Well, perhaps fags do MOVIE TO KEEP ON GOING. —Vncerrt Canty N Y TIMES have totally neat drunken parties. " H i ! INFERNO, SUPERBLY ORCHESTRATED! The talents of the cast, with the exception of Marion Scott’s Sally, Malaysia. 1SA7. The film will provoke strong reactions, pro and con, but we need the power of cannot be discerned through the thick direction of Joe Cappetta. As SometougM Some danced its distuibing images." - Le Matin demonstrated on previous productions, Cappetta picks a volume and a tempo and employs them without change. He prefers loud and slow. In this, he overrides the ebb and flow of life which constitutes most of the play, andmak-es it difficult for us to pick up the urispoken alliances, hostilities, hopes and defeats of the characters. Symptomatic is a lamp on Ken’s desk. Meant to illuminate, it’s placed downstage, blocking iris face. In Cappetta's failure to notice is tne obfuscation, rather than illumination, of his work . and certainly little of the "life as it is" which should mark a Wilson play. I have other complaints - Wes played as a cretin instead of a dope- smoker. June played as a bitch, the rock-and-rollers' cocaine and frenzy dominating and therefore leading away from what ought to be central — but these all lead back to the director. Cappetta’s peers refer to his Italianate approach to’direction. And I refer . them all. and mostly Cappetta. to this week’s maxim. Still and all. and not .to excuse what I find faulty work or be falsely supportive of Rhino. I believe the play and its characters to still be worth acquaintance. Pretend they're all Italians instead of WASPs. Of primary concern is Wilson's loving way with his characters, and the wondeful way homosexuality can be a character trait without subverting a play. The Fifth of July is a landmark among plays gay or otherwise in this respect, and an engrossing play at that. Just request seats in the. last row. BAR NONE So here’s the score. In the last 10 days I've seen every show in town. Making an exception for Bluefish Core, which is our'show. they all bored 1J i me. Except for Women Behind Bars, which is so warped, so impure, so 1 I \\] { \\i i T twisted and so well played that-(to borrow the words of another gal of i high opinion. Martha) I laughed my goddam head off. . Women Behind Bars is a satire of that genre of movies that seems to be LUMIERE Exclusive No. Calif. Engagement CASTRO AMERICAN PREMIERE! beneath satire, the all women prison flicks. The characters are stock: the California at Polk 885-3200 STARTS FRIDAY! Castro at Market 621-6120 Starts Wednesday May 2 tough glamor girl, die old lady, the innocent lamb, the hip black, the Discount Parking Hpliday Inn Dwly* t :15.J IS. 5:15. 7:30. 9 X San Ffinoido ( Me«* Pillee Special One Week Engagement! crazed Latin, the fat bulldyke matron, the physically twisted cell-keeper. Continued on page 7 April 26,1984 'Sentinel . Continued from page 6

writlUraf!,nnlh!nH °rr0e type: etc- Hire excellent actresses for each role. Ipf .m nn f ^ « - w o r th y .script, get a director who knows when to S Z K H M K * rrtoment that has a silent kick, expose most fhnno-K^ b?t y t tS and throw m a nude man {or fun. and you got a hit. I umii' saw wha' 1«« ^ w . The DeWaavt Departure by Bill Huck year for 30 years before they Now (hat Edo de Waart is recorded it. However, Parsifal is leaving, the question arises: should music that cries out for depth of we have treated him better? Never knowledge. Just as Haydn and has the Dutch conductor seemed Mozart sound best under the more appealing. There is a vigor illusion of spontaneity, Parsifal in his work; he is showing confi­ shines under a considered baton. dence and enhanced concentration. In this music Wagner became an The orchestra has been playing architect; every part of it contri­ beautifully for him and they have butes structurally to the whole. 1 applauded him generously, as The conductor’s job with this score though they meant it. is to balance all the pieces so that Some of de Waart’s recent the whole emerges as a single Th« c u t of WOMEN BEHIND BARS leaves no racial alur, aaxual perversion or great arc of music. waonal Idlosyncrecy locked up. achievements — the Mahler Ninth, the Elliott Carter Symphony for I think what kind of achievement Three Orchestras, the Stravinsky is within de Waart’s reach, if not As directed by Ron Link; the show is what Jon Waters promises in his yet within his grasp. And the movies but doesn't deliver — disgusting filth and rebellious lunacy that is Symphony in C - certainly make one sentimental about the con­ accomplishment of it may be closer truly tongue in cheek and funny to the point of exhaustion. It’s not even than we heard last week. without serious moments, and squibs of reality flit by, giving substance ductor’s strengths. I, for one, will miss his sympathy With modern Certain aspects of these perfor­ and context to the purposefully outlandish proceedings. mances hindered de Waart’s in­ Other than urge you to live a little and see it, I can only compliment the music. Contemporary scores appebl to de Waart’s sense of tension and stead of helping him. The first cast, particularly Susan Barnes as the matron’s sidekick. It's a field-day mistake, unfortunately, was to role which gives an actress leeway for tons of zany,creativity, and Barnes give scope to his sense of ad­ venture. In performing; Carter’s present the third act all by itself. goes for it. Lu Leonard is top-notch as the matron, Leslie Easte'rbrook When the Symphony announced glamorous as the gunmolj type, and Katie La Bourdette (late of Beach music; for example, de Waart does not feel the shadow of Wilhelm this idea, I was‘in favor of it. Blanket Babylon) sensational as Marilyn Monroe as played by Doris Fish. When listening to recordings, I And on throughout the cast, all excellertt. Furtwängler falling over his shoul­ der. This freedom from implied often isolate the last act. But Act An exception is Scott Utley, the lone male member. He's upstaged by III of Parsifal when placed on a his penis. The women are believable in the-extreme stylization of the comparison with- the great con­ ductors of the past relases his regular symphony subscription is roles. Utley, in several roles, has not tagged their characteristics and they faced with the opposite of the waffle into one another. His cock makes the boldest assertion with a stiff imaginative powers. The most encouraging, thing festival-vacation atmosphere Wag­ characterization springing assertively from gut — well, groin-level. To ner wanted to surround it. A three better catch this cameo,, sit house right, and wear absorbent underwear. about de Waart is that his self- awareness is deep. The keenest movement Haydn symphony simp­ You’ll want no tell-tale stains as you exit. ly cannot acequately prepare one Absolutely wild animals, with wild on-stage shenanigans to match. analysis I have heard of de Waart’s tenure in San Francisco comes for the visionary expansion of Women Behind Bars is warped all the way. a true non-stop laugh. Edo DeWeart time this music embodies. Beneath the frenzy, though, is a carefully constructed script and a from the maestro himself. At the During his tenure with the Los Parsifal inaugurated. Furthermore, press conference when the Sym­ The second mistake occured director who can differentiate between eagerness and talent. This show Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin this symphonically rich opera about ten minutes into the score, is sick and knows how to ride that for all it’s worth. When did you last phony announced their 1984-85 Mehta was denounced almost seems a natural bridge that blends season, the conductor was asked when the performance omitted have good, clean fun at a sick show? I love this one unrelentingly. weekly by Martin Bemheimer, de Waart’s experience in the Kundry’s only appearance in the what input he gave the committee the Times critic. Bemheimer saw concert hall with his enthusiasm selecting his successor. De Waart act. Although she sings only two PARTING SHOT: that Mehta did not have the talents for the opera house. . words, the omission of them made I love writing for the gay press. I could quote; Chekhov anywhere, but said that he told then the orchestra necessary for a great conductor. Parsifal has been in de Waart's did not need a conductor who was hash of about' four minutes of could I discuss, in all highbrow seriousness, the state.of an actor's Almost every concert seemed to working repertory for over two music: The confusion this caused erection anywhere else? Kiss my gonads, nowhere.. .even in Babylon. still learning the bulk of the the critic further' evidence of the years. Many moments in the score symphonic repertory. Such has was particularly acute for those conductor’s inadequacy, and Bem­ showed the knowing hand of a who did not know he score, since been de Waart's own situation heimer pounded the point home. master. When the wandering hero here. He has learned an enormous all of a sudden the music seemed Often the daily newspapers in emerged from the forest, for incredible difficult to follow. I amount during his years in San San Francisco seem to have held example, the orchestral commen­ Francisco, but quite honestly what believe the problem derailed many the same opinion of de Waart. Yet tary was particularly evocative. people’s concentration. we have been listening to is a the situation was, I think, funda­ When Gumemanz asked Parsifal Flickerbits talented man laying the foundation Then came a Parsifal who did mentally different. De Waart’s last year s Aussie film lest, go see why if he knew what day it was, the not what the words of his part by Pennl Klmmei of his career. If de Waart is looking difficulties stemmed mainly from orchestra’s imitation of the hero’s Delayed-action release: the British (PFA, 1st). S L -1 4 SECRET AGENT better to us these days, it is meant, even though he has been Army-camp camp of Clssse/Qullley 6 expose horrors — nuclear and the inexperience, while Mehta’s de- uncertainty sounded bleak indeed. singing them for years, and an Co.. PRIVATES ON PARADE,-finally orange (York. 2—8); earlier trenchant because now he is better qualified • rived from a basic lack of subtlety. When Gumemanz recognized the for the job he has been doing. He Amfortas who gave no indication gets its chance (opera Lumiere. 27th) comedy from Ettore (LE BAL) Scola: A When de Waart knows a piece spear, the orchestra echoed his that he was suffering from an .. SFIFF spin-offs begin theater runs SPECIAL DAY that MastroUnni makes is both more knowledgeable about thoroughly, as with the Rach­ enthusiasm. The wood winds just incurable disease. The final insult with the Abraham Lincoln. Brigade somewhat gay (Roxie. 4—6); lurttier many specific scores and more in maninoff Second Symphony, he recalling the Spanish Civil War in THE • showings of Denmark's YOU ARE NOT before the Good Friday music came with the pseudo-bells of the command of himself. can obtain incandescent results; were stunning. And the opera GOOD FIGHT (Surf. 17th), followed by ALONE (Red Vic. 6-7); Hitchcock's The second clue to de Waart’s transformation music. What does the controversial (re content, not quality) STRANGERS ON A TRAIN still thrills, when Metita knows a piece tho- floated ethereally to its conclusion. the Symphony think they are doing WOUNDED MAN (Castro from ?nd. despite its nasty pinch' of mince, and perceptive self-analysis came at rougly, for example the Mahler But still de Waart seems to me programing this score without the Lumiere from 9th). to the awesome NORTH BY NORTHWEST is always that press conference when he Fifth he presented with the New animation of THE PLAGUE DOGS worth a second check of your cinema only just beginning his investi­ proper instruments? Does nobody admitted that in his early years York Philharmonic on their last gation of Parsifal. Lovely though rent bells especially designed for (Cannery. 11 th). and super storytelling compass (Roxie. 6 -7 ). Bette Gordon s here when things went wrong, he of the Martinique-made SUGAR CANE VARIETY on its first S.F. visit (Roxie. visit here, the results still sound many of the moments were, the Parsifal performances? ALLEY (11th). 9 *—12). tended to become very upset. In superficial. whole failed to cohere on the Although these problems kept S.F. premieres set off the golden It may come as a disappointment to those bygone days, the San Fran- Friday night I heard it. Yes, I the experience from jelling as silver-screen goodies on your May some, but the casting of Torch Song . cisco orchestra was a fairly unre­ The last act of Wagner’s Parsifal, movie calendar - after April slam- Trilogy's Harvey Flersteln is not for admit I am unconsciously doing to Wagner intended it, Robert Lloyd’s, liable ensemble, and that in itself which de Waart conducted on the de Waart what he hates most. I warm and youthful Gumemanz dances out with Charlie Ahern's WILD the title role of United Artist's GARBO must have been unsettling. But 8TYLE (York, thru 1st), MYRA BRECK- TALKS - Anne Bancroft stole the Symphony’s Easter concerts, can am comparing him to the recorded was reason enough to mount the ENRIDQE hides out in the VALLEY coveted part — but his voice-of-the- also, I think de Waart doubted serve as a case in point. De Waart performances of Hans Knapperts- show. And the orchestra, parti­ OF THE DOLLS (Strand. 28th), the Bronx-turtle will be heard in counter­ himself. In those days he simply loves and thrives on the music of busch and Karl Muck, both of point to Hermlone Glngold s in the cularly the strings and the wood uncut TOKYO OLYMPIAD lays ground­ was,not able to learn the music as the late Romanticism, a style that whom condqcted this score every winds, played like angels. work for LA.'(PFA. 28). and young upcoming Sidney Lumet star bio! thoroughly or as rapidly as his gays double up with YOU ARE "NOT The Wizard may not recognize his schedule required. Sometimes he ALONE 4 THE BEST WAY (Strand. OZ when Disney Studios get finished 3 0 )... MayDay premiers GRENADA: with it - the visual combo of ELEPH­ panicked and that only made things THE FUTURE COMJNG TOWARD US. ANT MAN s photographer and STAR worse. plus Haiti's BITTER CANE (Roxie. 1st), WAR' art director should blow every­ Let me go at his problem from a and the German ULYS8ES (Homer one s fuses different angle for a moment. takes on James Joyce) — barred from Oh. go get your tickets tom.

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— Don’t Talk Dirty to Ginger by William Neville ionally step on her feet and that Overheard in the line at the Rita Hayworth is in fact her cousin; Castro for the Ginger Rogers shared credit with her mother for retrospective on April 21: “She’s discovering Ethel Merman when 73 now.” “Is that all?" “You thought •she still have the “Zim” in her she was older?" "Well, Fred's name, then led. the audience in an 8 5 ...” ovation in the singer’s memory; The Beet Service Listing for Yes, according to my Hailiwell, expressed a belief that "women's” San Francisco's growing Gay Ginger Rogers will be 74 this movies are a thing of the past, C o m m u n ity: THE SENTINEL'S year, and one has to admire the today’s films being “men's” movies m Services In tho CfassHtedsfl all the way (“A woman’s a wonder­ independence and stubborn self- expression—if not the fashion ful thing - remember, fellas, a sense—of a woman of her years woman was your mother!’’); touch­ who wears her hair as long and as ed glancingly on the Hollywood HunterDouglas blond as she likes it, who maintains anti-Communist movement of the the body of someone three decades fifties, in which her mother Leila Their Heels Sunflex" younger, and drapes herself in Rogers was reputedly a prime maribou feathers with such regu­ mover; challenged a man who Custom Blinds: larity that they sometimes seem was filming her from the first row Combining to be sprouting from her shoulder (“It's part of my agreement with blades. the theatre: no movies, pictures or B at Their Morals Were Loaf! Beauty and recording.’’); refused a written Last Monday at the Castro, Modern though. Ginger was smartly clad question that displeased her (“You in a black suit with red vest and should be ashamed of yourself. Craftsmanship • white orchid corsage; looking ra­ You shouldn’t ask me things like diant, she blew kisses from the that. Mother wouldn’t like it!”); balcony railing as the lights went made no reference whatsoever to down and the program of film her private life (she is childless clips highlighting her career began. but has had four husbands); gave LIMITED The opening segment was her a swipe or two, ala Richard Nixon, infectiously daffy PigLatin rendi­ at Americans’ reverence for all ENGAGEMENT tion of "We’re in the Money" from things British (particularly the Golddigers of 1933 (Rogers later “ahk-sent”); related an entertaining revealed that Zanuck overheard anecdote about her own literal Only 5 More her playing games with the words flag-raising from a London stage SUNFLEX- CUSTOM BUNDS in a rehearsal room and demanded on the occasion of our astronaut’s that she sing it exactly that way ascent to the moon; and returned, Weeks! ■ Special spring-tempered aJumnum slats that spnng back in the film), followed by some repeatedly, to the subject of “dirty •"to shape familiar but ever-fresh numbers talk” in the movies and theatre of ■ Snug, hghter httmg slats ■ Head and bottom rads designed from the Astaire-Rogers musicals today. to keep bknd hanging straqht (some of which required “up to A CHOICE OF 8EAUTFUL COLORS 89") takes, and amusing sequences ____THEATRE 650 Geary Street, S.F. 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They call it unfamiliar (to me) clip was a jail- street talk; ITve never heard words house scene from 1942’s rarely- like that even in the street, have DINING GUIDE heard-of Roxie Hart, in which you?Why do they write those dirty brassy convict Rogers brazenly words — out of greed? What is puts the. make on a delectable our country coming to, Sodom young George Montgomery, then and Gomorrah?" (This in the very does an inspired impromptu tap- heart of Sin City!) Finally, she dance up and down the waiting- confronted the audience: “Why do PEPPINO’S room’s metal stairs before click­ you foster this kind of degrada­ ing her way vampishly back to tion of ‘the human mind?” she S0.PHIILY CHEESESTEAK COL her cell. Delightful! demanded to know. The response Italian Restaurant Your choice of Provolone or American Cheddar This was followed by a visually was understandably skittish — did she expect us to answer en FREE MEDIUM SOFT DRINK luscious yet leaden segment from the 1944 color musical Lady in masse? (Gosh Ginger, 1 never Sidewalk Terrace Garden Room -w ith sandw ich, w ith this .ad the Dark (director Mitchell Leisen thought of'it that way. Wanna go "loved all the frosting but left out see Scarf ace tonight? American All pastas are home-made 366 Columbus Ave W E H A VE *024 24th St Buffalo just closed). Reagan blames Home-made bread (corner Columbus &Valle|0) T A S T Y Noe Valley the cake." leaving the film “with no heart.” opined Rogers). Then the Russians; his supporter and Fine wines 434-3563 CA KE S! 282-5565 onetime co-star (Storm Warning Open 11-1 - til 3 Fri. & Sat Open 10-10 after a stodgy bit from 1945’s Cappucino Espresso Weekend at the Waldorf and a 1950) thinks that “shit" and “fuck" are the source of all the evil in the Exclusive Dishes at PEPPINO'S: lovely dance scene from her final film with Astaire. The Barkleys of world. ‘gnocchi alia Romano' Broadway (1949), which , drew Mind set aside — and I realize it ‘Combination for two — Seven Flavors prolonged cheering from the audi­ may seem a big aside -4 one (gnocchi al pesto, cannelloni, lasagna ence. the clips abruptly and rather could not help but be impressed startlingly came to a close. This by Rogers' enormous vitality, the tortellini with meat sauce, manicotti OFF THE BEATEN PATH glowing and, yes ageless strength crespelle, fettuccinr Alfredo) freezing of Rogers' image at the age of thirty seven resulted in the of a voice and personality that Open from 930 A.M. Daily curious and incorrect impression zinged through the theatre, quali­ Early Bird Special that her movie career spanned a ties that remain undiminished from mere sixteen years, when she in my memory of a performance of 1247 Polk Street 776-8550« 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. fact continued to make films Dolly I saw her give almost two throughout the fifties, thirteen of decades ago. There is no question them, with a single final stint in that now the movies, with all 10% off on all entrees the 1965 Harlow While it is true their dirty words, have passed that these later films were generally her by, she has carved an emin­ less successful all around and that ently suitable rfiche for herself in the star herself suffered a lessening the world of live performance t h e appeal as she was forced to subdue (like Bette Davis, she could take her sass and assume the more this tribute-show on the road — it dignified demeanor of the “mature" was that entertaining.) GALL. woman, this drastically abbrevi­ The afternoon concluded with the 1942 The Major and the Minor. son fretnef ated representation of her movie star years seems a highly ques an engagingly peculiar Billy Wilder tionable decision One wonders farce in which Rogers, displaying COME TRY OUR NEW MENU who was responsible, and whether1 peak comedic form, ¡S' forced . Rogers had a hand in the selec through comic circumstance to Happy Hour 12 noon-7 P.M, tion. (In one respect, perhaps, masquerade as a twelve-year-old and, ultimately, as her own mother. Dinner Nightly 6-10:30 P.M given the accent on youth that - characterizes both the actress The innocence of a bygone era is herself and many of her roles— poignantly demonstrated by the with their numerous scenes of plot's hanging on the likelihood Brunch served Saturday. Sunday and that a man caught in a “compro­ A variety of 12 different veal or pork Schnitzels babytalk and regression to-child- Holidays 10 A M.-4 P.M. hood behavior, etc., the choice mising” situation with a twelve- Our famous Saturday & Sunday Cham pagne Brunches does bear a certain eyebrow-raising year-old female would not be Outside seating & a full dinner with appositeness. suspected, of anything beyond an David Hagvrty at the plana ALL THE F3IEO CHICKEN YOU CAN EAT' avuncular concern. Having been For only $7 95 - Every Monday Night During the hour that followed shaped by such a simpler time, it Rogers gamely and enthusiasti is to be expected perhaps that Brunch served Sat 1 0 a m -3 p m & Sun 1 0 p .m -4 p m cally answered questions from the Ginjger Rogers would wince at'the 718 14th St, Reservations: 431-0253 Dinner served Monday thru Saturday 5 30 to 10 p m audience with author Niven {Duel uglinesses that are revealed to-us 4238 18th St (at Diamond) Son Francisco 626-4755 in the Sun) Busch as moderator. daily — of which, surely, bad She confirmed that Fred did occas words are but a symbol? Sentinel Classifieds Sentinel Classifieds

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