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The Feb. 6 California Communities United brunch will have a basic menu as Institute web site. shown in the calendar, and future First, we have added a calendar brunches will have an expanded showing deadlines on getting menu as we settle in and get used California legislation through the to the new location. legislative process. To see those We would like to thank Kenny at deadlines, visit our web site at The Bolt for donating the use of the www.calcomui.org and then click bar for the brunches and for on “Legislative Calendar 2011” on opening the bar so attendees may the left side of our home page. purchase cocktails if they wish. This calendar will tell you the All proceeds go into a charity important deadlines which bills fund to be distributed to selected must meet in order to survive in local gay and HIV related charities the California legislature. at the end of the year. 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Training will be held on Thursday, March 31, through Saturday at Napa Valley College Criminal Justice Training Center in outwordmagazine.com January 27, 2011 - February 10, 2011 • Volume 24 • Issue 2 • No. 425 Outword Magazine 3 Outword LCR Continues DADT Camera Phone Photo of the Week Fight at Ninth Circuit Staff og Cabin Republicans have filed a response PUBLISHER to the Obama administration’s latest attempt Fred Palmer Lto indefinitely delay arguments inLog Cabin ART DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION Republicans v. United States, despite legislation enacted Ron Tackitt last month which removed DADT from U.S. code. GRAPHIC DESIGN The military has emphasized that policy of discrimination, removing Joy Culley the policy remains in force and the the threat and specter of discharge Obama Department of Justice from thousands of patriotic EDITOR/OFFICE continues to defend the ban in servicemembers.” MANAGER Charles Peer court. The repeal of DADT is not yet “Log Cabin Republicans are effective and DADT will likely ARTS EDITOR acutely aware President Obama remain the law of the land until the Chris Narloch and his administration desperately end of 2011. In the meantime, want our case to just go away. That openly gay individuals are not free CALENDAR EDITOR Charles Peer is not going to happen,” said Log to enlist in the armed forces, Outword’s publisher Fred Palmer took a trip to SF to get away from the fog, Cabin Republicans Executive current servicemembers must and caught this shot of SF’s fog blowing into the valley on Monday, Jan. 17. CONTRIBUTING Director R. Clarke Cooper. “The continue to live a lie and the Want to share your pictures with Outword’s readers? It’s easy, just send one or two of your faves, full size, to [email protected]. WRITERS Obama administration’s continued government continues to Boyce Hinman defense of this failed and investigate and discharge Chris Narloch Bonnie Osborn unconstitutional policy is a mystery. servicemembers under DADT. UCC Nominates First Out-Gay Charles Peer DADT was rejected by Congress, by “At the same time, the Ron Tackitt the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and most government is trying to delay the Pastor To Top Denominational Post notably, by the American people. It he United Church of Christ has nominated its PHOTOGRAPHY is time for the President to stand by Larry Lauszus LOG first out-gay candidate to serve the 1.1-million- Charles Peer his commitment and end this continues on page 19 member denomination as one of its top elected Ron Tackitt T national officers. ON THE COVER Cedric Martinez The Rev. J. 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Nat. Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce Nat. Lesbian & Gay Journalist Association Midtown Business Association Golden Gate Business Alliance 4 Outword Magazine January 27, 2011 - February 10, 2011 • Volume 24 • Issue 2 • No. 425 outwordmagazine.com DOJ Files Brief Supporting DOMA ttorneys for Obama’s Justice Department have Led by Assistant Attorney General Tony West, the DOJ argues filed a court motion in support of the Defense that U.S. District Court Judge Aof Marriage Act, despite the President’s Joseph Tauro in Boston erred last evolving view that the law should be repealed. year in finding one section of the federal DOMA unconstitutional Saying that it is obligated to “not unconstitutional under this and that “back-and-forth changes” defend U.S. policy, regardless of the court’s binding precedent,” and such as those experienced by president’s personal beliefs, the argued that the law “reflects California concerning the Department filed a brief on January Congress’s reasonable response to recognition of same-sex marriages 13 before the U.S. Court of Appeals this still-evolving debate among the “have the potential to cause for the First Circuit in defense of states regarding same-sex inequities in the operation of the law after a lower- marriage. federal programs, and could result court judge ruled it “Indeed, the in administrative difficulties across unconstitutional. president supports a variety of federal programs.” The filing of repeal of DOMA “It is disappointing that the the brief drew and has taken Justice Department is urging the immediate the position that court to give this discriminatory criticism from Congress law a presumption of LGBT rights should extend constitutionality,” said Wofson. “At a organizations, federal benefits minimum, laws that carve out including to individuals in Americans because of race, sex, Freedom to same-sex religion or sexual orientation Marry. marriages,” should be presumed “We regret that the attorneys said in the unconstitutional, and should get Department of Justice brief. “But a consensus heightened scrutiny by the courts. continues to defend a law that behind that approach has not The Justice Department should be President Obama has repeatedly yet developed, and Congress could asking the courts to examine said is discriminatory,” said Evan properly take notice of the DOMA with skeptical eyes, not Wolfson, Executive Director of divergent views regarding same-sex rubberstamping discrimination.” Freedom to Marry, “a law that the marriage across the states.” A three-judge panel of the First Republican Congressman who The brief was filed in the cases Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in sponsored it back in 1996, Bob Nancy Gill v. Office of Personnel Boston will hear the cases later this Barr, and the Democratic President Management, brought by Gay & year. Regardless of their decision, who signed it, Bill Clinton, now Lesbian Activists & Defenders the cases are expected to be argued agree should be repudiated.” (GLAD), and Massachusetts v. before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Defense of Marriage Act Department of Health and Human defines marriage as a union Services, brought by the state. between a man and woman. Despite the President’s questioning of the law, and new national polls that show Americans no longer support it, the DOJ attorneys in their brief stated that the law was

outwordmagazine.com January 27, 2011 - February 10, 2011 • Volume 24 • Issue 2 • No. 425 Outword Magazine 5 What Famous Person Would You Most Want to Marry? Asked at the Rainbow Chamber’s monthly mixer. (Now, quick, visualize their children.) Word on the Street Photos by Fred Palmer.

Chuck Edwards Jason Russell Debi Gaul Dell Richards Ross Abshear Elke Sommer — She Bette Midler — She Brad Pitt — He is sexy Opera Singer Cecilia Ina Garten, The was an actress while I would have great and I love his dimples Bartoli — So she Barefoot Contessa — was growing up and I parties, especially the and he also has a lot could sing to me all Cause I love to cook, was enchanted by her. younger version. of money, and a good the time. and I want to go to the heart. Hamptons.

6 Outword Magazine January 27, 2011 - February 10, 2011 • Volume 24 • Issue 2 • No. 425 outwordmagazine.com Brown’s Budget Imposes Cost- Sharing on People with AIDS ccording to analysis provided by Project Many people with HIV/AIDS rely on these programs for their health Inform, Governor Brown’s new budget care and other needs. Medi-Cal Aproposal provides an additional $77.2 million plays a particularly important role for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) to for people with HIV, serving almost half of HIV positive Californians, address growing need, but would institute cost- with up to 70 percent of uninsured sharing for ADAP clients that may be burdensome. HIV positive individuals expected ADAP provides access to “Stable access to HIV treatment to become eligible for the program lifesaving HIV medications for over and care is vital to achieving the when health care reform is fully 35,000 low-income Californians treatment and prevention goals of implemented in 2014. living with HIV/AIDS who are President Obama’s National HIV/ “Due to severe budget deficits in uninsured or underinsured. AIDS Strategy. We look forward to the last couple of years, the The details regarding the amount working with the Governor and the Medi-Cal program has already of cost-sharing and how it will be State Legislature to identify suffered serious cuts, including imposed have not been decided, alternative ways of saving money adult dental services and vision but research indicates that even in ADAP that do not disrupt services,” continued Donnelly. nominal co-pays can present a real people’s ability to access their “Further cutting the program barrier to low-income people medications.” seriously deteriorates this essential accessing their lifesaving Project Inform also expressed health safety net. This is the same medication. concern about proposed cuts to program that as many as 70 “We thank Governor Brown for Medi-Cal and other programs percent of uninsured HIV positive providing sufficient funding to serving low-income Californians. Californians will depend on for ensure that California’s ADAP Medi-Cal proposals to limit comprehensive and quality health continues to meet the needs of prescription drugs and doctors care coverage under health care low-income people with HIV/AIDS visits, impose cost sharing on reform in 2014. during this unprecedented fiscal low-income people and lower Project Inform said that they will crisis,” said Anne Donnelly, provider rates combined, would work with their advocacy partners, Director of Health Care Policy. significantly erode California’s the State Legislature and the “However, we are concerned about health care safety net. Brown Administration to develop the impact of co-payments on “Cutting payments through proposals that recognize the state’s ADAP clients. We know that Supplemental Security Income/ severe fiscal crisis while ensuring cost-sharing can create real barriers State Supplementary Payments that people with HIV/AIDS have to treatment access and could (SSI/SSP) from $845 per month to full access to health care and result in people not getting the $830 per month will make choices treatment. medications they need to stay between rent, food and medication “Californians must take a stand healthy and productive. We also even more difficult for some of the that balancing the budget based on know that the same people who most vulnerable Californians,” said cuts to the most vulnerable among depend on ADAP for a lifesaving Donnelly. us is unacceptable and we must but limited formulary of drugs Finally, cuts to In-Home urge our elected officials to seek have additional, substantial cost Supportive Services (IHSS) may responsible revenue sources to sharing in the rest of their medical result in fewer disabled people maintain life-saving programs,” care. being able to stay in their homes. said Donnelly. LGBTs Targeted for National Suicide Prevention Efforts he National Action Alliance for Suicide Association of Broadcasters. In the U.S., suicide claims over Prevention has added three new task forces 34,000 lives annually — the Tto address suicide prevention efforts within equivalent of 94 suicides per day, high-risk populations: American Indians/Alaska or one suicide every 15 minutes. State and local prevention efforts Natives (AI/AN); youth who identify as lesbian, gay, are having a positive impact as bisexual, or transgender (LGBT); and military service rates of suicide have been falling members and veterans. among teenaged and elder males, This brings to six the number of light on their struggles, I am two of the hardest hit groups. task forces formed by the Action optimistic we can help them Suicides are increasing among Alliance, the public-private identify solutions and bring hope other groups, however, such as AI/ partnership forged in September to for a better tomorrow,” said Gordon AN youth and military members. advance the National Strategy for H. Smith, co-chair of the Action Studies from organizations such Suicide Prevention (NSSP) (www. Alliance. Smith, a former U.S. as the Suicide Prevention Resource actionallianceforsuicideprevention. senator who championed passage Center report that lesbian, gay, and org). of the 2004 Garrett Lee Smith bisexual youth are from 1.5 to “I am heartened that we are Memorial Act following the loss of focusing attention on communities his son to suicide, now serves as SUICIDE hardest hit by suicide. By shining a President and CEO of the National continues on page 19 outwordmagazine.com January 27, 2011 - February 10, 2011 • Volume 24 • Issue 2 • No. 425 Outword Magazine 7 Sir Elton John to Play Reno Concert

The “Biggest Little City in the World” will host one of the biggest pop stars on the planet when Elton John and his band appear in concert at the Reno Event Center the weekend after Valentine’s Day, on Saturday, February 19 at 8 p.m. The openly gay singer, and proud new father, will be performing his Greatest Hits Live concert, featuring number one chart hits and classic album tracks from throughout his incredible five-decade career. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.

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8 Outword Magazine January 27, 2011 - February 10, 2011 • Volume 24 • Issue 2 • No. 425 outwordmagazine.com Who Would You Die for to Live Forever? Theatre by Chris Narloch A Grand Night for Singing Plus Two Big Shows at B St. wo stellar shows are playing at Sacramento’s theatrical version turns suspense into slapstick as four fearless actors play B Street Theatre into February, and a every part from the movie. promising new production just opened at the The show is a tour de force for its T cast – or tour de farce, in this case – Cosmopolitan Cabaret that will be running until with split second changes of character and setting that will make your head early May. That’s the question Jasin and his vampire brood ask in the new horror thriller spin. Vampire Boys, as Jasin struggles against tradition and fights the battle to The 39 Steps plays through February choose his own eternal “one.” Suck it up and watch the trailer at www.ariztical. 20 at the B Street. com. A Grand Night for Singing Rodgers & Hammerstein take over the Cosmopolitan Cabaret with this musical tribute to their timeless artistry. Featuring classic songs from all 11 of the pair’s Broadway musicals, A Grand Night For Singing was a Tony Award- nominee for Best Musical. Get ready to hear everything from a swingin’ “Honey Bun” and a heartfelt “Maria” to the classic “Surrey with the Fringe on Top.” A must-see for lovers of musical theatre, A Grand Night for Singing plays through May 8 at the Cosmopolitan Cabaret on K St. Visit www.CosmopolitanCabaret. com.

Shining City evening of theater called Shining City. This sexy, modern ghost story was Plays through February 5 at the B written by one of my favorite living Street Theatre. Visit www. playwrights, Conor McPherson, the bstreettheatre.org. talented Irishman who gave us The The 39 Steps Weir and The Seafarer. Hitchcock meets hilarious in this What do you get when you mix a not-to-be-missed, laugh-out-loud comic middle-aged businessman, the specter adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s of his late wife, and a hot, young male famous 1935 British thriller. That film hustler? Well, you get a haunting classic was dead serious, but the new

outwordmagazine.com January 27, 2011 - February 10, 2011 • Volume 24 • Issue 2 • No. 425 Outword Magazine 9 Fall in Love Again at Sac Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet he Sacramento Ballet will celebrate attention to every detail. The Company has even engaged a St. Valentine’s Day weekend with four “fight master” specifically tasked Tperformances of Ron Cunningham’s full-length with staging the sword fights production of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s tale of throughout the story. Oftentimes overlooked in other love everlasting. productions, realistic fight scenes The timeless classic is brought to beauty of Juliet’s pas de deux with have always been a hallmark of life to the music of Serge Prokofiev, Romeo. Each character and scene Cunningham’s Romeo – with him with more than 100 beautiful presents different demands and wanting these dramatic elements to costumes and a full stage set recently acquired from Ballet West in Salt Lake City. Arguably, the best-known story in English literature, Romeo and Juliet has been read and re-read for more than 400 years, performed in plays, operas, ballets, musical theater productions and movies, and has become synonymous with first love, and with enduring love. Both the narrative and the setting lend themselves perfectly to balletic interpretation, and Ron Cunningham’s version has proven, over and over again, to be an audience favorite. The dancers of the resident company will have the chance to Dancer Richard Smith learns the art of fencing from fight master Dexter show off their many talents in Fidler, as he prepares for his role as Tybalt in the upcoming production of the multiple roles — from the vibrancy Sacramento Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet. Photo by Keith Sutter. and excitement of the street scenes challenges. be danced (and acted) as strongly and peasant dances, to the courtly In addition to the exquisite as the rest of the story. elegance of the Capulets and dancing, the production is full of Performances are February 10 Montagues, to the romance and pageantry and action, with – 13, with shows on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m.; and on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m.. Individual tickets for all performances of the Sacramento Ballet’s production of Romeo & Juliet are available at the Community Center Theater Box Office, 916-808-5181, or through Tickets.com, 800-225-2277 (additional convenience fees apply). Individual ticket prices range $15 - $63 for adults, and from $15 - $27 for children under 12.

10 Outword Magazine January 27, 2011 - February 10, 2011 • Volume 24 • Issue 2 • No. 425 outwordmagazine.com Entertainment by Dave Rupel How a Gay Man Joined The Real Housewives edric Martinez is an out and proud gay man, Angeles, Cedric took some time out their gay members club, The following me, for some reason. of his busy schedule to answer Shadow Lounge, in London. From You and Lisa seemed to have a who is also a cast member of Bravo’s latest some questions for us. the moment we met, we clicked. really good relationship. Very fun Chit series, The Real Housewives of Beverly How did you meet Lisa? You are French, but also and full of joking. Is that the way Hills, which is now the sixth successful Housewives (Briefly, not the whole 15-year worked for Lisa and Ken in it really is? backstory. England. How did you wind up What you see on camera is the franchise airing on the Bravo network. I was hired as the front man for moving to America and living way it was. On camera we had The first of the bunch,The Real with Lisa and Ken? great chemistry. Housewives of Orange County, I lived in London for 17 years Is Lisa’s house really as big and began airing in 2006, followed by but always wanted to come to grand as it seems? versions in New York, Atlanta, New America and when Ken and Lisa Lisa has many flaws but taste Jersey, Washington, D.C. and finally invited me, I jumped at the isn’t one of them. She has Beverly Hills. opportunity. impeccable flair for decorating and The Housewives shows center When did you find out Lisa and the house is as big and beautiful as around five to six affluent women her family might be on a reality you see. of a particular city and the friends show – were you always going to Sometimes Giggy seems and family in their lives. be a part of it? adorable, and sometimes half- Cedric has been friends with I was involved from the get-go. asleep. What’s he like in person? main Beverly Hills cast member We auditioned all together and I Half-asleep. Lisa Vanderpump for 15 years, and was part of the audition tape. I I know you can’t talk about the was living with her as her always knew I’d be involved. end of season one, but there “permanent houseguest” during Have you been on TV before? seems to be more discussion of season one. (The season one finale Yes, as a model and actor in you moving out of Lisa and Ken’s. aired Thursday, January 20 at 9 London, I did commercials and If there is going to be a season p.m., with a two-part reunion airing short films so I’m no stranger to two, are you going to be part of Thursday, January 27 at 9 p.m. and cameras. it? Tuesday, February 1 at 10 p.m.) What was your experience like I’ve heard there’s going to be a Most of Cedric’s time on camera filming the show? Were you season two and as far as me being has been spent as Lisa’s handsome nervous? Did you like it? a part of it you’ll have to tune in. and playful sidekick as the duo I absolutely loved doing the The episode where you told stirs up lighthearted fun – much of RHBH and strangely enough I it with the very fit Cedric wearing wasn’t nervous at all. I felt very CEDRIC continues on page 17 nothing but a Speedo! However, comfortable with a camera crew things turned unexpectedly dark when Cedric opened up about his childhood in the 11th episode, revealing that his mother was a prostitute and as a young boy, he had once survived living on the streets in France eating nothing but cat food! Cedric Martinez appears on Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” Photographed by D Andre Micheal Now 37 and living in Los

outwordmagazine.com January 27, 2011 - February 10, 2011 • Volume 24 • Issue 2 • No. 425 Outword Magazine 11 Theatre Next to Normal Plays the Curran Plus Clybourne Park at A.C.T. ans of edgy modern theater take note. Two Next to Normal highly acclaimed new productions, one a If you think you might not care to see a musical that Fplay and one a musical, are now running touches on the subject of mental in the Bay Area. illness, think again. Next to Normal is one of the most ambitious and thrilling new musicals to come along in ages. Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (a rare feat for a musical), and three Tony Awards, including Best Score and Best Actress in a Musical, Next to Normal is an emotional powerhouse of a musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other. The brilliant Alice Ripley is re-creating her Tony Award- winning performance for the National Tour of this ground- breaking new musical, which features a contemporary pop/ rock score. Next to Normal plays through February 20 at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco. Visit www.shnsf.com.

Clybourne Park A.C.T. snags the West Coast premiere of this play, which cleverly spins the events of A Raisin in the Sun to tell an A scene from the upcoming production of Next to Normal opening next month at SF’s Curran Theatre. unforgettable new story about race and real estate in America. Described by The Washington Post as a “buzz saw sharp new comedy,” Bruce Norris’s“Clybourne Park won the prestigious London Evening Standard Award for Best New Play in 2010 and enjoyed critically-acclaimed runs in New York City and Washington, D.C. Act I opens in 1959, as a white couple sells their home to a black family, causing an uproar in their middle-class Chicago neighborhood. Act II transports us to the same house in 2009, when the stakes are different, but the debate is strikingly familiar. Clybourne Park plays through February 13 at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Visit www.act-sf.org.

12 Outword Magazine January 27, 2011 - February 10, 2011 • Volume 24 • Issue 2 • No. 425 outwordmagazine.com DVD by Chris Narloch Lucky Lady comes to DVD Plus Conviction and Catfish wo very different but equally intriguing titles but it deserves a second look, especially for its talented cast. make their way to DVD on February 1. A third Hillary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Tfilm was released on DVD in early January, but Minnie Driver, Juliette Lewis and I still can’t get it out of my head. Peter Gallagher turn in top-notch performances in this “based on a Lucky Lady true story” tale of a courageous This all-star comedy from 1975 woman (Swank) whose 18-year stars Liza Minnelli, Gene quest sought to clear the name Hackman and Burt Reynolds at of her wrongly-accused brother. the height of their stardom in an The real-life heroine even put homage to the screwball herself through law school in an comedies of the 1930s. This type effort to set the record straight. of humor is difficult to pull off, Available February 1. and Lucky Lady was a notorious bomb for director Stanley Catfish Donen, the genius behind This gripping film arrived on Singin’ in the Rain. DVD on January 4, and it’s billed Thirty-five years later, in 2010, as a reality thriller, which isn’t Lucky Lady looks like a classic far off. compared to most of what A true-life tale of online passes for comedy these days. It’s intrigue and deception fuels this not Shakespeare, but the three surprisingly suspenseful leads make a unique ménage a cinematic story by filmmakers trois of bootleggers in this Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost prohibition-era story by the that was inspired by the life of writers of American Graffiti. Schulman’s brother, Nev. Available February 1. I don’t want to give anything Conviction Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli and Burt away, but if you are a fan of Reynolds in a publicity shot for the This Oscar-bait drama from last 1975 comedy, Lucky Lady. “stranger than fiction” films, this fall didn’t do well at the box office, movie is definitely for you.

outwordmagazine.com January 27, 2011 - February 10, 2011 • Volume 24 • Issue 2 • No. 425 Outword Magazine 13 Calendar compiled by Charles Peer entertainment! 6 - 10 p.m. No ART SONG cover. Head Hunters, 20th & K. A magic evening of music and art, with Donna Helmich-Angello, dynamic soprano and Michelle Saturday, 29 Xioa You, renowned violinist, Jan. SNOWSHOE STRAWBERRY along with The American Get some winter scenery and a Watercolor Society International Thursday, 27 good workout. A 5 mile loop trail Traveling Exhibition. 4 p.m. $50. rated “Moderate” with about 900 ECLECTIC TRASH BOOK CLUB Fine Arts Center, 5330-B Gibbons ft. of elevation gain, up into Drive, Carmichael. Info:916-971- Join this LGBT book club for a Strawberry Canyon from Hwy. 50. 3713 SacFineArts.org lively discussion of Wolf Hall by G&L Sierrans. Info: 916-379-0724 Hillary Mantel. 7 p.m. Lavender

Library, 1414 21st St. Info: HOME ENERGY UPGRADES 916-492-0558 LavenderLibrary. LIVE AT THE PALMS SMUD energy advisors will org Mumbo Gumbo lead vocalist demonstrate how to optimize a Chris Webster & Guitarist Nina home’s comfort and energy Friday, 28 Gerber perform an exquisite efficiency during the colder OSCAR PREVIEW PARTY The Musical Of Musicals The Come and find out who’s getting Musical ! the nods for this year’s Oscars, as Our theatre reviewer Chris the Absolut Models give the Narloch says this show is too monitors the Vanna White much fun and too funny to miss, treatment at this party hosted by so don’t miss this hilarious Cap City AIDS Fund. No Cover. homage to the great musical 5:30 p.m. Badlands, 2003 K St. theatre genres of our time. Info: CapCityAIDS Fund Through Feb. 20, at Sac. Theatre Company. Get your red hot GAYIEL VON EN CABARET tickets at SacTheatre.org She’s been described as Sacramento’s reigning queen of evening of original tunes and months of the year. Free. 9 a.m. Cabaret, and whether she’s tasteful covers - soulful ballads, – noon. SMUD, 6301 S St. RSVP: singing the blues or hits from the jazzy tunes, and gorgeous folk. 8 916-732-6738 smud.org Great American Songbook, she p.m. The Palms, 13 Main St., lives up to that title. Throw in Winters. Info: 530-795-1825 Sunday, 30 some bawdy tales and colorful PalmsPlayhouse.com CLASSICAL CONCERT stories, and well, that’s The Walden Chamber Players perform works by Mozart, Halvorsen, Beethoven, Bach and Handel. $12. 7 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. Info: 916- 808-7000 CrockerArtMuseum.org

GRAHAM-A-RAMA Local artists and the Graham Sobelman Trio as they sing again the best of season 2. 7 & 9 p.m. $15. The Geery Theatre, 2130 L St. Info: 916-798-6352 GrahamARama.com Feb. Tuesday, 1 RED HOT ITALIAN NIGHT An exciting preview of Romeo & Juliet, with excerpts from the Street Scenes, the courtly dances, the beautiful pas de deux and even some sword play. There

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18 Outword Magazine January 27, 2011 - February 10, 2011 • Volume 24 • Issue 2 • No. 425 outwordmagazine.com Log continued from page 4 Momix, Mark Morris at briefing and argument on its “The government refused and its prepared to grant the government’s appeal from the judgment and attorneys said that investigations request for delay.” the Mondavi Center injunction obtained by Log Cabin and discharges will continue. For Log Cabin Republicans have wo of the hottest modern dance troupes around Republicans,” said Dan Woods, these reasons, Log Cabin maintained a three-front strategy are both scheduled to appear in Davis soon, partner at White and Case who Republicans’ case is still alive and against DADT, lobbying for repeal almost back to back at the Mondavi Center for filed the law suit. “The government kicking.” in Congress, consulting with the T asked us to agree to the delay and LCR is opposing the Department of Defense, and filing Performing Arts. we were willing to do so, on one government’s motion to delay the suit in federal court. The case went condition: that the government appeal and asking the U.S. Court of to trial in July of 2010, and Judge Virginia Phillips ruled on halts all pending investigations and Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in the September 9, 2010 that the policy discharges during the period of alternative, to stay all investigations violated the First and Fifth delay. and discharges in the event it is Amendments of the Constitution. Pastor continued from page 4 co-found the Kentucky Fairness In 1999, Guess successfully led a denomination, the UCC, with 5,300 Alliance, the state’s LGBT advocacy grassroots campaign to add sexual churches nationwide and the organization which he co-chaired orientation to the city of largest Protestant church in New for five years. Henderson’s non-discrimination England, is well known for its In 1996, Guess’ congregation policy, a measure adopted then support of gay rights. formed Matthew 25 AIDS Services, repealed by the city’s The church was the first to a comprehensive federally-funded commissioners just three years ordain an openly gay pastor in HIV/AIDS clinic that continues to later. 1972 and the first to affirm same- serve clients throughout southern While Guess would be the first gender marriage equality in 2005. Indiana and western Kentucky. out-gay person to lead the liberal MOMIX Botanica Known internationally for presenting work of exceptional physical beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists under the direction of Moses Pendleton. Suicide Their new work Botanica – which traces the beautiful unfolding of the continued from page 7 earth’s four seasons – continues a long tradition of athletic dance, riveting music, outrageous costumes, inventive props and pure talent to create an seven times more likely to report among LGBT youth. entertaining multimedia experience. having attempted suicide than their “This task force will bring MOMIX Botanica plays Saturday, January 29 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, non-LGBT peers, while transgender together the best minds in the January 30 at 3 p.m. youth are believed to have higher country to combat suicide and Mark Morris Dance Group rates of suicidal behavior as well. make sure that every LGBT youth Seattle native Mark Morris has been pronounced America’s “Mozart of Co-leading the LGBT Youth Task has the opportunity to grow up in modern dance” by the The Washington Post, and rightly so. He has Force are Kevin Jennings, Assistant a supportive, accepting changed the way audiences experience modern dance by animating his Deputy Secretary, Office of Safe community and to enter profound and sophisticated love of music through movement. and Drug-Free Schools, U.S. adulthood safely,” Robbins said. His longtime use of live musicians whenever possible is emblematic of Department of Education, and This article is expanded at his commitment to a perfect blend of sound and movement, all Charles Robbins, Executive Director www.OutwordMagazine.com to happening in the moment. of The Trevor Project, the leading include information regarding AI/ Mark Morris Dance Group will appear on Wednesday, February 2 at 8 national organization focused on AN and military/veteran p.m. crisis and suicide prevention efforts populations. For more information, visit www.mondaviarts.org.

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