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Volum e 10. Issue S 10 entine! 500HAYESST.SANFKANCSCO.CA 9 4 1 0 2 1 4 1 5 )8 6 1 -8 1 0 0 May 1 2 ,1 9 8 3 Britt’s $2.1 Million AIDS CHURCH COUNCIL DEBATES MCC ADMISSION San Francisco, CA — The 266-delegate governing board of the National Council of Churches is meeting this week to discuss whether they will let the gay/lesbian Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Churches to join the organization. L ast Tuesday Bill Stirs Controversy night, the council's Faith and Order Commission said their by Gary Schweikbart go venting documents could not settle the theglogical issues, and Responding to privately expres they recommended that each denomination vote on the issue on sed criticisms that his $2.1 million the basis of its own theology. "The constituents of the Orthodox emergency supplemental request Church, clergy and laity, would not permit being part of any for AIDS research and patient organization that would include the MCC. It would not even be a care was "pure porkbarrel." Super1 debatable issue," said Father Alex Dounouras of the Greek visor Harry Britt has announced Orthodox Church. "The black family is holding on by a tenuous that his measure is not "cast in thread (because) racism has weakened black family life. For us to concrete." Britt's words came embrace the philosophy of homosexuality would simply be a before a meeting of the Alice B. luxury we cannot afford," said the Rev. Leonard Murray of the Toklas Memorial Democratic Club African Methodist Church. last Monday night. While most health professionals FEINSTEIN NAMES BENEFITS TASK FORCE and gay/lesbian politicos have San Francisco, CA — Mayor Dianne Feinstein has appointed a applauded Britt and bill co sponsor Task Force on Equal Benefits to review city practices and make John Molinari for the supplemental recommendations to insure that health benefits are provided request in general, several have equally to municipal employees. "I want to be sure that all quietly expressed reservations individuals employed by San Francisco are treated equally and about specific portions of- the' fairly with respect to health benefits. One useful thing we learned measure. in the domestic partner controversy last fall is that deserving "There’s a lot of duplication of dependents . . are denied access to Health Service System services, a lot of wasted effort in benefits.” the mayor said. The mayor asked Judge Herb Donaldson this bill," complained the executive to chair the 11 member task force, which also includes gay/lesbian director of one of the local social activists Phyllis Lyon. Connie O'Connor and Sal Rossejli. service agencies dealing directly Interestingly, all four gay members of the task force are members with AIDS patients. of the Alice B. Toklas Memorial Democratic Club, which backed “I see this bill as a way to move the mayor in her recent recall battle. a lot of the work we are doing over to Operation Concern." griped OPERATION CONCERN'S NEW HOME another AIDS activist, who pointiA San Francisco, CA — Operation Concern, an outpatient mental out that Operation Concern's exe health clinic of the'Pacific Medical Center for lesbians and gay cutive director is Carole Migden, . men. has moved into its attractive new facility at 1853 Market St. who also happens to be president "We’ve matured from a grass roots non profit agency to a of the Britt connected Harvey Milk bonafide professional clinic," said executive director Carole Gay Democratic Club and is a Migden. Although $60,000 was recently spent an renovations, close political ally of the super the1 clinic is still in need of office furniture, chairs, file cabinets, visor. art worjt. household items and cash contributions. Any interested In Britt's , original request, donor should call Operation Concern’s new telephone number: $60^995 earmarked to Oper 626-7000. Break-in at CUÂV Offices ation Concern for “increased com munity psychological services" and LESBIAN SAILORS UNDER ATTACK for "funding of research assisting Concord. CA ^ The Navy has accused five sailors who forked by Gary Schweikhurt Although nothing was stolen Berlandt said that the only items The Castro Street offices of from the CUAV offices. Christen in the file were newspaper clip in the design of the community at the top-security Naval Weapons Station here of being lesbians education program." Migden calls and wants them discharged. The women worked as"deckhands Community United Against Vio sen said she still has a number of pings about the Valencia Street the complaints against her organ on tugboats operating out of Port Chicago, where ammunition lence were broken into sometime questions about the break-in. eviction and a personal report on early Tuesday morning. While "1 think the whole thing is real the incident which he made to ization "outrageous and totally ships serving the big weapons station are docked. The women, unfair. We have been involved in aged 19 to 25. underwent Navy discharge hearings last month. nothing was stolen, "the adminis weird." Christensen told The CUAV. He said he knows of no trative files were definitely gone Sentinel. "First, the door was reason why that particular file the AII)S battle for some time Two have been recommended for dishonorable discharge, two now and recently co sponsored an . foj- general.discharge and one for honorable discharge. Two other through." according to CUAV shattered on Castro Street, but no would be taken. AIDS workshop with the Shanti women w ere determined not to have committed homosexual acts executive director. Diane Chris one heard it. or passed by and Project.” and will be retained by the Navy, (S.F. Exathiner, May 5,1983) tensen. noticed it. Secondly, the deadbolt The CUAV offices are located was undone, almost as if someone In his speech before the Toklas Club, Britt said that his bill was HETEROSEXUAL CHARGES JOB DISCRIMIN ATION at 51*1 Castro Street, on the same had a key to the place. Further just a compilation of all but one of Sun-Francisco. CA — Kent Keebler has filed a complaint with floor as the AIDS and KS Founda more. there was a 10-speed bike, tion. Taxes Ltd. and a gay lesbian a typewriter, the CUAV -check the appropriation .requests about the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, claiming that he AIDS which he had received. “I’m was discriminated against by Hairlinersof San Francisco because employment servjce. Only the books.'etc., all in the office, but CUA V offices were broken into. ' none of.these were even touched. not a doctor. I can’t evaluate which he is straight. "It's truly another "only in Sari Francisco' type request is legitimate and which case," says attorney Mike Hall, who represents Hairliners. "It The intruders broke two glnss Only the files were disturbed." doors making their illicit entry. said Christensen. isn't. That's why we lumped all of doesn't matter to Hairliners whether job applicants are heterosexual the requests together in the $2.1 .or not. as long as they can do the job-and get along with •Both the .Castro Street door and the CUAV office door were shat Christensen said that only one million package and the Depart everybody. But this applicant was asked a routine question about ment of Public Health is now whether he would be comfortable' working with gay employees tered. While, the building does file is missing and "we're looking have a burglar alarm, it was not around now just to see if it might reviewing it.” and customers, and he misinterpreted it to mean that he had to be Britt said that a hearing on the gay to get the job. even though he was actually offered another connected at the time, according have b?en misplaced. This partic • to Christensen. ular file is the one about Konstantin emergency supplemental request part-time job" at the salon, according to Hall. Diana Chriitensan The break in was -discovered Berlandt and the Lesbian/Gay will be held at City Hall on May- 18. and he is urging all gay/lesbian SEGAL NEW GPA HEAD about 9:30 A M. on Tuesday hy Freedom Day Parade Committee This is the first time that the and when.they-were evicted frpm CUAV offices have been broken activists. to attend. For details Philadelphia. PA — The nation's Gay Press Association has Rick Crane, project director of the into- like this.'according to Chris about the time and place of this issued a controversial call for gay and lesbian organizations to AIDS and KS Foundation. He their office on Valencia Street." When contacted by The Sentinel, tonsen. who. added that she per hearing, contact the supervisor’s open their operations to more'public scrutiny. At the third annual then notified both Christensen and' Berlandt said he was not too- sonaiiy had no suspects in the aide. Dana Van Gorder. at 558- GPA convention earlier this month, the organization also elected the-San Francisco Police Depart concerned about the missing file. break-in case. 2145. a ncw.presidefit,~Mark Segal, publisher of the Philadelphia Gay ment: Xrus. San Francisco writer Steven' Warren was picked as national director of the GPA board. Among those who addressed the convention was formerd presidential candidate-John Anderson. (GayLifc. May 5. 1983» Suicide: Permanent Solution to Temporary Problems heterosexual sisters. Theinsrlres. Rofes offers three by Priscillu Rhoades seem to be a high risk suicidal reasons why the g a y lesbian com BIGGEST GAY FUNDRAISER EVER group according to recent, studies. Similar findings were reported New York. NY — Nearly 18,000 people flocked info Madison 'Y ou didii 'I think he il
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Continued from page 1 May 12 (Thurs.) - Community United destructive effect. Rofes says that A gal nit Violence s Lesbian Violence Task create the myth of the suicidal despite the impact of the. gay force presents a forum on -How Violence homosexual. movement, for us to think that the Affects Our Uves" At the Women s BuikJlng. by dbsovereign • This myth was then popularized days of blackmail and suicide are 3543 18th SI, at 7 PM Childcare provided, Fort Wayne. IN — Being of by 20th century writers, Rofes over is a “naive assumption result sign interpreted, wheelchair occesstole For details. call Stefarrle Ma Wield at 864-3112 the same mind does not always says. Plays like Lillian Heilman's ing front an ignorance of contem save the body.' Members of the • - Btock and White Men Together: city- The .Children's Hour andCMart porary life." wide "Committee On Conscience" win meet Faith Assembly, a church headed Crowley's The Boys in the Band to discuss recent discrimination report At by Hobart-Freeman, are instructed reinforced the image of the desper Rofes says another high risk All Saints Church..1350 Waler. 8 P M Everyone to “Walk the Faith Path”, i.c. ate lesbian and. gay man. Rofes gay group are young' people. He is welcome For info, can 864-7363. obey the following rules (among quotes a line from The Boys in the quotes National Institute of Mental • May 1J (Fit.) — Reformation II presents others): 1 > support the .church B and to show how literature Health statistics that indicate •ITS OK to Call Me o Smnet or a Heretic But financially, its leaders withóut Don't Make Me a Criminar At First Unitarian incorporated the medical, myth. suicide is the third leading cuase Church. Ffonklin at Geoty. 7 30 P M For question, and follow their orders;. “Show me a happy homosexual." of death among adolescents. Rofes details, dial Dr. Choiles Johnson at 885- 2) never question authority (Free the line goes, "and I'll.show you a attributes this high rate to conflicts 6835 man: "Christians are forbidden to gay corpse." . over sexuality including the dif May 14 (fat.) - fhantl Project presents a resist constituted authority for any Rofes says a second reason we ficulty of coming out in a homo- workshop (or lovers! friends, famines and reason") or criticize the “Five Fold have wanted to keep suicide in phobic society. Rofes quotes a roommates at AIDS patients For details, ‘Ministry" (the leaders); 3) never call 558-9644 the closet has to dt> with self-pro Bell and Weinberg study statistic: • - Alice I. Toktas Democratic Club have, sex for pleasure, only for tection. that more than half of the gay membership porty. at 176 Highland. 8 PM procreation — this means no sexual "Gay activists have feared that men and lesbians who had attemp mt(er\ 1} Free, no host bat For info, can Tom Buxton foreplay is allowed, and; 4) never anti-gay forces would use the ted suicide had done so before the 01864-1774 use the services of a doctor because (suicidei statistics as ammunition age of 21. by their families, friends and co the person in crisis gets help. • - WtWtman-irooks ana the Gay Lesbian - Most people contemplating this would mean ones (pith .was in for their 'gay-is-sick' campaign." Rofes says a third high-risk gay workers. When gay people suffer Student Union of U CI presents Developing a Positive Gay Lesbian Identify Conference" man, not in God. In a recent group are alcoholics. Rofes notes these same losses, they do not suicide waver between wanting he. says. to die and wanting to'live, accord For Info, call Peggy ot (794)995-4337 or exposé by jim Quinn and Bill As. indeed, they have. the high incidence of alcoholism receive this kind of support. Thus ing to San Francisco Suicide (213)657-8282 Zlatos of the Fori Wayne News- In The Unhappy Gays, .Christian in the gay /lesbian community and the loss is all the more difficult to Prevention. "Given the chance to May 1S (Sun:) - KfAN-t ’Oay Ufe’ will air a Sentinel, the church is blamed for author Tim LaHaye writes. "One repons a long-standing correlation bear. community forum on ADS At 6 AM. on discharge self-destructive feelings the deaths of 52 people whose writer claims that 50 percent of between high alcoholism and high KSAN (95 FM) - by talking about them . . . generally lives could have been saved except the suicides in America can be suicide-rates. Rofes says other gay groups • - 0-40 Plus presents Jay WReon speaking life wins out." they say. they weren’t given medical atten; attributed to homosexuality. In . Still another.group susceptible need to be studied so that resources on his yeots in the diplomatic corps At First What should you do if you Unitarian Church. Franklin at Geary. 2 PM tion. when they needed jt. 28 of my book How To Win Over Depres to suicide, are gay people suffering can be provided to deal with their think a friend may be considering sharp Open, to all. For the tacts, phone the deaths were children or infants sion. I reported that the minimum . the loss of a lover. Rofes says. special suicide risks. Among these 552-1997 - suicide? whose parents prayed and chanted number of estimated suicides in According to Bell and Weinberg, groups are older gay men and • — Congregation Sha’ar Zahav meeting • Get him to-talk about it, “I plead- the blood of Jesus," but America runs between 50.000 and "breaking up with a partner" was lesbians, disabled gays and gay and annual elections At 201 Caselli St.' failed to get a rise out of.God: At 70.000 annually. If that writer is says the American Association of comet at Danvers.. 3 P M.' Suicidology. Talking "'ill help him least one legislator, Rép. Robert correct, between 25,000' and Gay Switchboard and Counselinjt TTY for hearing impaired • Lesbian Oay Freedom Day Parade Alderman, wants to see a law Service* < Pacific Center): 841- (Monday-Friday 9:00-5:00): release his feelings and open the Committee general meetng at the Women’s 35.000 homosexuals commit Building. 5 to 7 P.M Tor details call the passed to require parents to seek suicide each year in the greatest 6224 (in the East Bay). Tele " 221-9174. Extensive list of way for communication. Take him phone counseling and referral services in the city with special seriously. Be supportive. Let him parade number 861 -5404 medical help for their children. country on earth." • last lay lesbian Oay Democratic Club "Today we're allowing the Faith for gay men and lesbians. referrals for gay people. — know you understand and care In this way. Rofes says, conser Operation Concern: 563-0202, • Drug lines: .752-3400. Tele will present two speakers Owenn Craig, Assembly to withhold medical vative and religious groups have about his well-being. co-chav of the National Association of 2483 Clay Street. Individual, phone counseling ^specializing • Ask him how he would do it. treatment (from children > without • exploited gay suicide to achieve couple, group and family coun in substance abuse problems. lesbian and Gay Democratic Clubs and being prosecuted. The state has •Friendship Lines for the Suicidal people plan their deaths. political columnist (or The Sentinel, and their own political ends. seling for gay men and lesbians. Ookland Councilmember W ...... the responsibility to protect those A third reason we have tried to Also telephone and walk-in EWeHy: 752-3778. For isolated, The A.A.S. says that, in general, homebciund or depressed older At the West Branch of the Berkeley)y LitLibrary, children." Walking, walking the ignore the-problem involves the crisis counseling. Fees start at the more specific the plan, the 1125 University Ave . at 7 PM For info.info, 904q Faith Walk, no foreplay, just one dollar and are based upon people. Volunteers offer support, greater the risk. ,849-3983 social taboo against suicide. “Sui ability to pay. Insurance O.K. information, referrals and. if following orders, following leaders • Find out if he has the means. • - The Pocltlc Center will hold on AOS cide still carries a stigma of shame, San Francisco Suicide Proven- < desired, home visits. down into the valleys - just If he says he’d probably overdose fundraiser of Oakland's posh disco, the inadequacy and failure," Rofes lion, Inc. believing! 52 dots ] and has a supply of sleeping pills . Bench & Bar (120 1 tth St). featuring comic says. As a group already stigma • Crisis Intervention Lines: 221 • Women's Referral Service: 221- Stefan Rafael and bodybuilder Peter Todd Near Fulton & 46th, SF, — tized by society, gay men and 1423. Confidential telephone 1751. Includes a list of private on hand, he's putting himself in a Donations accepted ol door. For Info, buzz practitioners for lesbians. Drumming, park drumming, three lesbians have not been eager to counseling for depressed and dangerous position. If he has the 841-6224 beats of warning . . the bars are embrace,this additional stigma. suicidal people. 24 hours a day Women’s Switchboard: 431-1414; means, has recently experienced May 16 (Moa) - Conoemed Republicans seven days a week. Carefully Women's Building. 3543 18th closed, the.park is empty except Because the gay/lesbian com a loss and is talking about suicide, for IndMduai Rights general membership screened staff of 150 volunteers . . Street. Comprehensive list of he is in a suicidal crisis. meeting, with dpdussions on ADS and race for some people pushing two oil munity has not accepted its suicide trained to provide support. counseling services for lesbians • Don't leave him alone. Stay tor Congrejj/W Dusty's Comer. Noe and drums down into the bushes ... problem, it has not made sure that • Mental Health Information available' at the building. Call' MarkeTstreets Cocktails at 6 PM., meeting later. Lois Riddell is walking services have been provided for and Referral Lines: 387 5100: for hours. with him. Talk to him. at 6 30. Caesar and Snowjoband notices a gay people with high suicidal risks. •. Encourage him to gel help. May 17 (Tues.) - lesbian Sutch Femme smell, but thinks nothing is amiss According to Rofes. some gay a reason given for the suicide time-limited, it is imperative that In San Francisco professional help Sexuality Oroup meeting. At the Women s — the dogs know better than people are more susceptible to attempts of 67 percent of the people of color. is available for gay men and Building 7 PM On-gomg. informal and lesbians through agencies sensitive ’ open. For details, dial 752-1482. their mistress . . . days later, a suicide than are others. white lesbians. 43 percent of the Although our suicidal risks may • - San Francisco Oay Tourism * Visitors mounted policeman spots the Rofes says that closeted gay white gay men and. 33 percent of differ front those of other groups, to our needs. The following is a Bureau meeting At me Roxy Roadhouse. drum s and launches a massive men and lesbians run a high risk the black gay men and lesbians. the feelings that make us consider guide to services providing crisis Eddy at Larkin streets, at 7 PM For details investigation into the murder of of suicide because they are vulner suicide are often the same. Many intervention, referral and follow- - call 474-5720: ext 701 the three people encased inside able to blackmail, scandal and Rofes says that when hetero tiems a loss - of a relationship, a • - National Organization for Women the barrels.'Was it drugs? Probably sexuals experience divorce, separ San Francisco chapter presents a program ■ public exposure. According to job. self esteem or health - will • on "Feminism arid me Sexual Revolution ' heroin, but when yow pimp is Rofes. public exposure as the result ation or the death of a part her-: push us into a state of suicidal wasted life is something the gay . At First Unitarian Church. Frpnklin at Geary cheating The Man. They'roll out of police action has a particularly they are given emotional support crisis. Because suicidal crises are community can't afford to ignore. streets 7 30 P.M Call 386-4232 the battel. The modus is the May 1S (Wed.) - KPFA's ’Fruit Punch' message:'* • • celebrates its 10th anniversary with music, Los Angeles, € A — A man of novelist Idmund White and comic Lea Delarta. Starting bt 8 30 PM on KPFA (FM letters wishes, he hadn't dotted 94) in Berkeley KFCF (FM 88) m Fresno those particular'i's. Sergeant Alfred May 19 (Thurs.) - Presbyterians lor Oay J. Daniels 111, 32. had been happy leMHon Concerns regular monthly meeting playing piano for the Air Force fnF This month conversations with Rev. Doug band. But then Daniels wrote his ./■OAÌTÌ+ Hunetce persecution of Chrisftahs and Jews wife some letters describing affairs inRussta 1323 Masonic, apf 2 at 7 30 Bring light refreshments Info.'.431-6548 with men. When their, marriage c u s H io n • — Lesbian Oay labor AManoe meeting went on the rocks, the wife turned 1222 Folsom St. at 240 Golden Gate Ave 7 P M For info those letters over to Daniels' San Francisco, CA phone Vince al 863-2632. commanders. His superiors started . 94103 May 20 (Fit.) - East Bay Lesbian Oay proceedings to get Daniels dis Democratic Cti4> celebrates Vs! anniversary charged. and his military lawyer - with auction and dance at Unrtonon Fellow advised him to admjt to having she Hoi Cedar Ord Bonita streets, n Berkeley (415)861-3182 7 30 PM Admission tree For info, can 849 had sex with men. He broke down 3983 FOR THE ULTIMATE IN SLEEP COMFORT TRY and confessed. Now. a civilian May 21 (Sat.) - Stoneeadl Oay Democratic lawyer has gotten an- injunction' A FOAM MATTRESS - AVAILABLE IN-VARYING Club garage sale at 159-A Noe Sr from 10 against the Air Fojje. barring' DENSITIES - AT REASONABLE PRICES. AM I06PM For details dal Wayne Moore at 864-6036 them from'using (fie confession. • FO A M MATTRESS SIZES IN STOCK The judge rujed that Daniels • — A11 Workshop m Sacramento Spon • FREE CUTTING, USUALLY WHILE YOU WAIT sored by Assemblyman Art Agnos From 10 "wouldn't have made the state AM ta 5 PM m room 4204 of the State ment’’ to his superiors if he'd • REPLACEMENT FOAM • Sofa 4 Chair • Capitol Buitamg ‘ For de'u is dta' C#h.e known that the letters were privi- • CAMPERS 4 BOATS Jones or 558-2254 v • - lesbian Oay Freedom Day Parade ledged. and that they couldn't be • Custom Sewing used against him. In all his life, he • THE COMPLETE RESORT • (Homi ol iki FABULOUS POOPETTES) benefit dance A No*" • • • l--< a- • FREE. ESTIMATES has never repented but two thing's: * 10$ aOOSM, SWIM, & «P»«TM1*1IS. Till *W*ad-wi*«i'M| • that he went by air when he might > POOP DECK Rmainuai; & Cxb.air kosii«, iki ORIGINAL TEA DANCE • Polyester batting • Mm afrtanoow* tack wick. * T1m lassoes LOWER DECK DISCO fiaroamc, • • SHREDDED FOAM May 22 (Sun ) - Harvey Milk Mrthday have .gone by sea. and that he Porty, • • ?M on Castro Street. • ova own lkjl«T show and undcawaica window«, inio tIm pool • • FO AM ADHESIVE (rusted a woman with The Secret-. • Navrit.i* <,**« aoow. OtyMpic-vui pool & raopical pool baa. • be’*v- n ' .'.‘•r ana igm s'reefs Corne Groton. NY — Grass stains. bl'«>d • PLATFORM BEDS • r ■ r-v trier me Holght Street Falr. May 24 (Tues.) - Harvey Milk Oay stains - the earth and its children HOME OF THE FAMOUS FOLDING SOFA BED are mowed down. A l6-month/old Démocratie Club an-i -a'Atihe >s.,mensBuiWnp• V • • ‘ 1 boy was accidently mowed down May 25 (Wed.) - KPFA's Fruit Punch' • by his father and killed when he fell - into the path of that lawn In Florida:'305 467 6551 : - . - V mower. Falling under the blade Elsewhere, toll free 800-327 2246 all flesh is grass. - r
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dress up in "drag" too - if men "last fun-raising rooftop brunch can wear dresses, why can’t women ever" at 1952 15th St. this Sun. wear three-piece suits and ties? 1 (May 15)irom 11:30 A.M. to 2:30 mean, let's be e q u al. . . P.M., donations ranging from $15- Parade notes: Merle Woo and $50 are requested and will go the Parade Committee have the towards the passage of AB1 ... same attorney, Mary Dunlap; the The Alice Women's Caucus will Causes, Clubs & Cats committee voted to endorse her sponsor an all-day Lesbian Agenda by Corinna Radigan into a weekday hangout, but good fight against U.C.-Berkeley; Carol Conference Aug. 6 at the State The Coalition for Human luck anyway. Roberts and Sylvester will not Building and women are urged to Rights' Being Well/Well Being If you're stuck on what to do perform on stage due to other attend their next meeting. May Conference at UCSF last Saturday Friday the 13th, check out one of commitments; Lea "Raging Bull" 23 at Artemis Cafe. was well attended by all segments two Women's Building events: f DeLaria will do a benefit for the The International David of the community. Panels on AIDS, "Who’s Afraid of Friday the 13th?” committee and perform on stage; Society publication will be out lifestyles and polities and the health is an all-women cabaret with dinner Dick Collier, Jr., owner of Troc- the end of this month with a new care system were held as well as at 8 P.M. and show from 8:30 to adero Transfer, will sponsor a name, Networks, and will be a small group workshops. I attended 11:30 P.M.; $6 covers dinner and benefit dance for the committee special Parade Pride issue. I heard Building Love Relationships and the show. Times Square, a vintage from 9 P.M.-12 midnight, May 21 the Washington Blade, one of the Alternative Lifestyles and found lesbian film, will be shown at 7:30 at the Troc and has rented Brooks country's finest gay papers, is them to be interesting and inform and.9:30 P.M. for $3. Hall for a post-Parade party. threatening to file a lawsuit against ative. I wish lunch had been earlier 1 saw King o f a certain local “sleazy rag." It The 10.000- seems that the hometown tabloid than 2:15 P.M.; otherwise it was a the Crystal Pal- strong AIDS very productive day. ««■ recently and picked up an article of the Blade's march was well and ran it without attribution. enjoyed it; too attended by The Pernod String Quartet bad Mo was A free health nutrition seminar women who will be held at the Women's and straight. Some braved the wind one (why not Building May 19 at 7 P.M. The to hold their can '83 editons of Sara Lewinstein's Cocktails for Two me?) should tell dles aloft in sup Rodrigo Reyes Woman's Guide to Valencia St. port of their gay and Sandy Horn's Gaia's Guide of Coming Up! brothers. Politi that C.D. Ar- will be out soon . . . and now my cal pundits: the Questions of the Week: Is Diane three gay Demo Kovacs, the letter writer that is cratic clubs are so critical of the Gay Games, finally agreeing really Bob Smith of Penguin that just another on something - Productions? And what KS Board typo?) Speaking to endorse member said to a lesbian social of Coming Up!, Sala Burton for director: “If lesbians could get graphic artist Congress. My Pat Bond AIDS, you’d be the first?” and writer Ste (juestion is: Will Comedian Pat Bond is putting phan Martin they all endorse Some light closing notes: Gael the finishing touches on her new left their staff. Dianne for mayor Sapiro, a CUAV board member, one-woman show about former He is going to in November? was named Citizen of the Year by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelts be missed. 1 hear Glenne “Board the S.F. Optimist Club for their purported lover. I-orena "Hick" Michael Cox is of Directors" “Respect for the Law Week." Little The M int Hickok . .-. so-move over Gerty. doing graphic McElhenny is did they know they were honoring Club news: Maud's anniversary honors now. going to sponsor a dyke activist and former hippie. party will be June 4 from 9 P.M. Two current bar jokes are: What's to 2 A.M. — be there or be square I highly recommend that fans of "Lesbians for Sala Burton" a cross between a dog and a cat? ., and A Little More is attempt Fame gp see Flashdance starring fundraiser at Rikki Streicher's Pussy that comes when you whis ing to drum up more business Yale freshwoman Jennifer Beals. "straight" China Basiri bar, tle. What's the difference between Twin Peaks with their new hours — from 4 She's hot even though she’s not a Olive Oils, soon . .. Jerry Berg a Berkeley dyke and an elephant? P.M. 2 A.M.. M-F and 6 P.M. 2 dancer (a double did most of her will host a reception for Sala at Five pounds and a flannel shirt. A.M. on Saturdays. I still say you dance scenes). I think the producers his Twin Peaks home May 28 .. Live out your favorite fantasies can’t turn a Saturday night club of the Closet Ball should let women Jim Foster will be having the and he good 'til next column. Clementina's Baybrick.Inn to AIDS research. bar that three prominent employ Of course, you all know by now ees are referred to as "three tons that Erika Shane (Michael), for of fun” (Grandma. Swamp Woman f t merly of Data Boy, sees himself and Wild Ròse). Grandma's reply: 1 L V n t ir j as the next Grand Duke. Does "We'd rather be talked about than Gary of the Constantines have a . be ignored. At least, it'll keep A uaPlaza — substantial opponent? your tongue off of someone else." j ^ A special thanks to Jerry, Bruce. Memorial Day Weekertd Oedi Eric, Marc, etc., for the exciting pus M-C. will be holding their Titanic Party, which was held . silver anniversary rim in Southern Eagle Soars with Patio Bar-' recently in the Castro. By the California. Get your applicants in way, who was that humpy lifeguard soon. Only 400 people can attend. Pacific Exchange One of the- hottest places in things being planned for the Patio named Dick (I just knew he’d Keri; the Eagle's in-house and town to congregate these days is Bar. He says there may be a have a pornographic name). In out-house photog. showed me the the new Patio Bar in the S.F. major Memorial Day beer bash fact, it's been a long time since latest pix from Casualty Capers. Eagle. Recently.. I had the pleasure and other upcoming spectaculars I've seen so many handsome young How.conic Jane Doe looks so of talking to the Ratio's Michael . . . like the “Hello, Dolly." complete men. (John Bryan, would you like much like Lorelei? Fife's at the Russian River Bowman, who is definitely one of with top hats and Bow ties. Bow to marry rile?) They say in a Finally, men, let's all fly over to the most sought-after men in the man promises that the bar will be shipwreck, it's women and children Canary Island ahd see Michael South of Market area. "at: the disposal of any group or first, but not so with this humpy Avedon. SOMA's hottest florist. A "buckeye” by birth.-Bciw man organization that wants to use it group. His work can be seen frequently has been in California for the last for some exciting fetes” — as it Love in bloom in the Folsom? on The Strip. T,hanks for all the five years. He’s been working-.at • "fetes and boots," I wonder? . Will Michael (always a "gentle pretty arangements to look at, the Eagle for a year and a-half . men's gentlemen") bring his cane Michael, and keep up the good now and was one of the hunkv While the Eagle, management out of retirement to use on Emper Work. numbers who helped erect the doesn't promote the place as a or Tattoo Jim, or will it be the SMI and Mel Wald continue bars newest outside playground. "drag bar."neitherdoes it.discrimi other w ay around. Maybe I'm just the S/M Center & Hotline. SMI is I can just picture him with .a pate. But the Eagle is definitely a imagining Cupid's arrow. a social, educational and research hammer in hand . . . but please be leather Bar. perfectly tuned for Went to Chez Model the other center for concerned S/M and careful. Michael, we don't want the leather/levi crowd, but com night for dinner. Lendra (oops, D/S persons to help understand you damaging any of your sexual fortable enough so that even those sorry, Lenny), but you did it again. the many differences found within organs. in drag or business s"uits will feel The 16th anniversary special wps these lifestyles. right at home. super, but the new.waiter David For a complete schedule of Personally. I feel the new Patio was almost flawless .. . just re events and a calendar, contact the . Bar is nice, and it's always good member the sour cream next time. office at: (415) 88.>05lì. Check to see the owners putting some • It'll be a long time before I let him out Front Row Video, KGO-TV moricy'into-the place to make it forget that .. . or my phone nunv Channel 7. Saturday. May 21 and •even nicer to hang around, party ber. . see Mistress Rat talk about S/M and drink. Still. I sort of miss the "Just'S? feet South of Market - and scenes of the SMI office. old Eagle . . . huddling under the and serving all of San Francisco," eves to stay dry on rainy days, says owner Bob ("Dinah") Shore ' This column rotates every other getting the- o!.'. boots muddy about the Starlite Room. Ii has issue with "Castro" by Vaughn sigh. been frequently overheard in the Taylor. Oh well, getting used to the constantly evolving Eagle really won't be that difficult Where else in this city can you go and find so much diversification under the stars. A big thanks t<> Bob Dam ron. Jay I-evine, and J.f. for giving us such a fun place to party. Speaking of J.C.. he recently- tacked on another year — hoy.’ Michaal Bowman of the S.F. Eagle many does that make, J.C.? And I w onder if Chicago w a s void of Michael .says he "absolutely razor blades when he left th is . feels -like home, h gives me a year? ‘ ’ chance, to meet and talk with a number of people because, at the The annual Closet Ball was at Eagle, our-customers are more the Kibuki Theatre last Saturday- than customers v- they are. also night. and it was my first - and I friends." Bowman nlS'-admits that was pleasantly surprised. First of all Eagle employees: loves "to all. the Robert Michael Production service our customers." ilrmnmm H a e vou recently sVc^'i-s ;w . international urgently started on time (always a joy i and G ro w th Thru I wonder what he meant by th a t? . needs oeooie who have reactu e VDRl Isyphylis serology. the festive event was a real delight, and whose wens o'leas' .M •j o eccm e plasma donors Erotic Power Play Michael has a lover - damn it* particularly with the first-rate host vou win oe pod 'o' eocr dc-vjl,'-r If yOU thmk vou migr.t - and says he gtts-tgrned on by • hostess? I job by Lori Shannon Not only is S /M politically Correct. q, liriify please come ,r ‘o< a jO tes* This plasma -s 'o b e "partying, dancing, going out or - The Sentinel's own Don McLean. Out it's g o o d tof you to o 1. staying at home in his apartment ;seo to* manufacturing purpos not sub|ec! to AIDS watching porn on the -VCR." He Kudos also go to the S.F. Tap At Risk Oroup' restriction*! .Learn how to use fantasy & erotica; to can be fodnd at the Eagle Thursday Troupe for their superb perfor act out socially unacceptable behavior through Saturday nights and ifn. mance. Reggie with Le Hot Jazz safely and w ith respect Sunday afternoons , was a definite shew stopper, while SEREX, INTERNATIONAL, IN C ., Because .owner J.C. was - in the biggest round ot applause 9am—4pm AQomtnatnV tut Ry-.v-,.,!.1»‘.c counseling & Chicago, for the big Mr Leather went l<' Michele who announced 130 CHURCH STREET SAN FRANCISCO 552-5490 contest, i: was-Mjchael vv-ho filled that all of the profits imaybe as (Across from Safeway) Lrstxaas O ity 1 much as $5,000) would be donated 4 ^Sentinel
Merry, Merry Month with Randy Alfred SIGNS O F THE TIMES: There bulb jokes, but don't want anything are some curious signs up at Muir heavier? .Here's a new kind of Woods National Monument in riddle to tickle your fancy. CRIR Backs Deukmejian Marin. One says: "PLEASE DO How many waitresses does it NOT CROSS FENCE." Right. Say take to serve a light meal? Three: In response to Governor Deuk- Against Violence and lobbied for only nice things'to it. cine to take the order, one to serve mejian's refusal to sign a proclam funds for lesbian and gay arts Another is a plaque at the base it. and one to ask if there will be ation for Lesbian/Gay Freedom programs! of a massive coast redwood. "THIS anything else. Day. Speaker Willie Brown is Now secure in office. Feinstein TREE IS DEDICATED TO Terrible? Maybe. Let's try a introducing a members' resolution continues to respond to lesbian/ GIFFORD PINCHOT; FRIEND few more. to the California Assembly pro gay concerns. The mayor has kept OF THE FOREST. CONSERVER How many bartenders does it claiming June 19-25 Lesbian/Gay her promise to seek a solution to OF THE COMMON WEALTH. take to serve a light beer? Two: Freedom Week. A spokesperson the problem of gaining equal rights 7 SIERRA CLUB. MAY MCMX." one to open it and one to count the for Deukmejian states: "The for city workers, has increased I'know about the Sierra Club. but. . calories. governor's office does not issue her efforts for more AIDS funding who the heck is May Mc.Mix? His How m any, general-aviation proclamations that would advocate and continues to use her political mistress? pilots does it take to fly a light one form of lifestyle over another influence to assist in the passage plane? Two: one at the controls form of lifestyle." of AB1. TROLLEY QUEENS, UNITE: and one on the lookout for com Among the many streetcars that mercial jetliners. . . Before a thorough analysis of will run from downtown to the How many soldiers to charge the recall election can be realized, Castro this summer is a marvelous, the Light Brigade? 600, of course. another election is scheduled — open-topped “boat .car" from the And how many poets to praise Jim. unemployed artist, San A l, modeling. Castro: for June 21. Sala Burton is running California Railway Museum in Rio the Light Brigade? Ten nyson. Mateo: I just don't trick as much as I for the seat of her late husband, Vista. This double-ended, 1930s (Ouch! I I got myself a boy friend and I used to . . . I never tricked a lot Congressman Phillip Burton, and haven't been nearly as promis- anyway, but now it's honexis- vintage, gondola-shaped delight PARTING SHOTS: Do you know faces no serious challenger. Sala, is decked out with strings of lights cuous as I used to be. tent. why Joseph's brothers tossed him who was Phil's closest advisor, is and semi-nautical hardware. into the pit? They thought it was certainly qualified to represent The Bay Area Electric Railroad a good opening for a young man. the needs of San Franciscans in Association, proprietors of the Have you ever started to pick Washington and is committed to museum, acquired the car from . someone up at a bar, only to continuing Phil's human rights the municipal rail lines of Black realize you'd tricked with him campaign for all people. At a pool. England. By coincidence, it before? Bobbi Campbell calls that meeting last week with Toklas sports the old S.F. Muni colors of ■deja screw. Club leaders, she stated: “I am the "green torpedo" cars, buff and Henry David Thoreau once not a novice to gay rights. Oppres green. Hon. Willi« Brown wrote. "Nature is right, but man sion of lesbians and gays was our Parade Committee officials held LIGHT HUMOR: Tired of light is straight." Not all of us, Henry. concern 27 years ago when Phil a press conference last week to ran for the^state legislature." criticize the governor. They charge Sala Burton's campaign will put that hisjjcwdciti the three year a great deal of effort into absentee tradition of former Governor Jerry balloting and get out the vote. Lee, unemployed. Castro: Jerry, maintenance supervisor, Brown is a "slap in th t face of the There may be up to 14 other many gay men and lesbians around I don’t go out as much as 1 Castro: names on the ballot, and though the state." Parade co-chair Kon used to . . . I've never been one' I think I'm more reserved, in relatively unknown, they will draw stantin Berlandt states: “The to go out and go from one my choices of the people I date a certain percentage of the vote, committee was not asking for a person to another. I think it and I think it's'something that's Burton needs to gam er 50 percent gives us a lot ot think about and good in the long- run . . . it's statement of endorsement ot life plus one vote in order to avoid a style. Wé were asking for pro that it's making us more cautious. going to make.‘people more runoff election in August. It's most tection of an oppressed group." monogamous, less promiscuous. important for lesbians and gays to In retaliation. Concerned Repub vote for Burton who will strongly licans for Individual Rights with represent our needs in Congress. drew their ad from the parade The Toklas Club will host a publication. CRIR president Robert community fundraiser to give Bacci states: “The club withdrew people the opportunity to meej' classic interiors and exteriors the ad because we .felt it wasn't the candidate. The party wilLife COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL necessary to make a political May 28. 6-8 P.M.. 55 Twin-Peaks ■statement against the governor Blvd. A donation of S10-S15 is ■storefronts •professional offices •kitchens and his supporters, including gay requested. , .retail spaces ■restorations . «baths Republicans." Next month over a million Michael P McDowell 415-843-5862 lesbians and gay men will march In a crowded reception in his in five California cities to express California Contractor License Number 410222 home last weekend, acting Mayor MEMBEROOBA pride in our identity. Deukmejian's Richard Hongisto presented a City refusal to recognize the annual Proclamation declaring Saturday, event reflects his lack of concern May 7 Judge Herb Donaldson for and interest in the lesbian/gay Day. Before two handred appre community. However, a page in ciative supporters. Judge Donald (Bell(PhorieCenter A the parade program will bear the son emotionally expressed grati headline — “Proclamation of Gov tude andstated he would forever ernor Deukmejian" — followed cherish the memory and certificate. WHO ARE WE? by a blank space. We're still the Mission Phone Center, only now we're Mayor Dianne Feinstein won AMERICAN BELL. And that m eans more products, better an overwhelming victory last prices and longer warranties. month with eight out of every ten We offer a full line of home communication equipment to t San Franciscans «voting to reject meet your personal needs. ‘ the recall. Lesbians and gays turn ed out in huge numbers to retain the mayor. Feinstein carried gay identified neighborhoods by mar Telehelper Speakerphone gins of 68 to 79 percent. These Model 700 numbers do not, however, reflect the .unprecedented number of • Enjoy the freedom of a "hands absentee ballots (more than one free" telephone conversation. third of thé total vote) which. • Lets others join in on the registered 89 percent against the Judge Hart) Donaldton versation. recall. Only $74.95 plus tax Thé anti-recall campaign's Donaldson, the first gay man to absentee ballot coordinators re serve on San Francisco's Municipal ported higher success in the Castro Court bench, was appointed by and Polk neighborhoods than in former Governor Jerry Brown last other parts of the city. With the January. ' The Automatic Telephom absentee ballots factored in. sta • Never miss another call' tiÿtics reflect Feinstein receiving The interaction between police • Get your messages no matte the support of 75 to 82 percent of al Mission Station with gays and where you go. the gay vote. minorities contirmes to be without - Screen your calls 'T he Alice B. Toklas Memorial negative incident. The positive Only $249 95 plus tax •I )emocratic Club'led the anti recall change began when Captain Maria . in the lesbian gay community. Club took over several months ago. members distributed thousands o f. Recently there were major changes DANISH leaflets, staffed phones at head in personnel ar the station with 13 quarters and walked precincts to officers transferred out and 22, HOURS - Monday thru Friday 10:00 AM to 6:30 PM get out the vote. Forty thousand new officers assigned. DELIGHTS • WE ARE THE ONLY PHONE CENTER IN SAN FRAN copies of the club's newspaper Maria, on leave for two months, CISCO OPEN ON SATURDAYS 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM supporting thé mayor were mailed has been replaced by Captain and distributed throughout gay Richard’ Klapp. At monday’s 4 1 0 4 2 4 t h S T R E E T MISSION PHONE CENTER neighborhoods. Toklas Club meeting he promised. \»: a r C A S T R O 820, Valencia Street (near comer of 19th St.) Prior, to the election. Mayor "Misconduct or violation of rules . 647-4459 Feinstein took a natonal role in will not be tolerated. We will the fight for AIDS research fund continue the positive .direction Our Own Designs ing. secured funds for programs begun by-Captain Maria. The designed to assist lesbian and gay lines ..f communication are open, homeless youth, re-emphasized her if you have a problem, come to for Men fr Women support for Community United Peasant shirts Quilted vests and dresses PERMANENT HAIR REMOVAL ARLEN INSURANCE MARKETING Safe, affordable, gentle, using All in natural fibers M. Ray Dorfman, Vice President advanced, medicalh'-approved Specialists n Business Insurance and Workers Compensation for equipment and technics. • Restaurants • Hotels • Bars • Motels • Retail Stores Anywhere on the face and body Peter D. Brow n 282-6878 | Special Discounts for Tavern Guild Members . Richard L., Stoutenborough (415)499-0540 Gall C olled (707)795-5470 / -?W\ ( -ilA 552-9965 May 11,1881 'Sentinel 5
MORE ON AIDS WHITE HOU8E CALLS Thanks for Pat Norman s article in We ot the AIDS/KS Foundation The Sentinel (April 14) The AIDS pro Medical Callback Team would like to blem is serious, where ^ the gay use your space to thank everyone who U^PTTTm^ leadership on this issue? J phoned the White House during AIDS I think much of the ggy movement Awareness Week to voicj their desire has been naive about what they face for more federal funding for AIDS The Ethics o f AIDS by trying to be a movement unto research We like to think our efforts themselves against a whole society were effective, though our requests by W.E. Beardemphl Now gays are pictured as nicely for results have been refused. We Go softly into his space. The man is dying much before his time. Our cooperating with authorities regarding would also like to remind everyone this new disease In reality gays are that the White House Comments Line. manners toward persons whose lives are being destroyed by disease has - being further humiliated Almost like (202)456-7639. operates Monday sound reasons. Fortitude is required. AIDS patients in our community those Jews who cooperated with the through Friday. 9 AM to 5 PM (Washing who are facing this supreme test need our support. It is difficult not to Nazis Why are not all sick people, ton D C. time), and there is no reason be in awe of those who display simple courage in meeting the unjust inf cancer patients, questioned about their ' why We should not be voicing our their lives. demands on a daily basis. True this may be some new group of In addition, we would like to publicly It is-just as difficult not to be furious with the human vultures who illnesses But also true it may be related acknowledge and thank Herb Donald shrilly cry for more blood. Particularly reprehensible are those human to the run down condition mentally son. who first brought,this avenue to vermin who screech for the warm dead flesh of their next meal with the and physically of some and the overin our attention. He has provided us with gore of their last gluttony still smeared on their ugly mustaches. To dulgence in drugs of various kinds a means to make our many voices one And. it might be true that this disease Chris BJort express glee and delight at the destruction of the innocent appears a was deliberatly spread by some drug AIDSIKS Callback Team religious experience to some perverse consciences. There is a point when or contagious agents - by some group excesses of sensationalism shbuld be purged form our midst. To accuse opposed to gays and their political victims of a "calamity,” of perpetuating the disaster simply because of movements? I remain suspicious about their being unwitting victims, and then maligning the dead and dying Legionnaire s Disease, about Jonestown KEEP WHITE JAILED and about these new gay diseases Senator Alan Cranston is courting with National EnquirerMke vitriol is the depths of -deception. The Maybe gays will grow closer together the support of gays in his bid for the messenger can indeed by the creator of the “sick message" that should out of all this, also stop being so naive presidency. Now is the time to urge not be delivered, even in the most debased tabloids. about the real world him to publicly call on federal officials This is the latest chapter in homosexualizing San Francisco as seen C. Wilson to prosecute Dan White for denying San Francisco the civil rights of Harvey Milk and through the clouded vision of the impotent in the face of crisis. It is similar George Moscone This may be the to the cloak of fairness of approach that a few misguided homosexuals only viable option in the effort to keep used to justify their stupid actions during the '60s. At that time, on a the bastard in jail. regular four month media schedule by public health officials, homosexuals BROWNIE MARY FREED All members ol the gay community were blamed for causing the VD epidemic in California. While we To all rpy friends in San Francisco, should immediately write: The Honorable Alan Cranston changed the image of homosexuals through our own health programs, the thank you so much for your support Because of the public s opposition to United States Senate most intense, virulent opposition came from other homosexuals who the prosecution ol me and the many Washington. D.C. 20510 attacked us much in the fashion that Lorch & Co. is now attacking AIDS people who signed my petition, the Ryder B. Crystall victims. Needless to say, hot only did our programs succeed imhelping to charges of possession of marijuana Somerset. CA lower the incidence of VD, San Francisco homosexuals became the brownies for sale have been dropped by the district attorney models of responsibility. Our .campaign became the basis for similar The petition drive was successful m programs throughout the country and later were adapted for use in high reminding the D.A. that the marijuana schools and colleges when VD became a serious problem with young initiative of 1978 (Prop W). passed by two to one. and that the people of San Letters must be signed; however, we persons. will withhold your name upon.request Now, to win the fight against AIDS, we all must face the facts and join Francisco do not view the use of marijuana to be a crime Please include a phone number so we forces. We have great empathy for AIDS patients and medical professionals can verity you indeed sent the letter The letter Irom Mr Lorch was pro- Special thanks to Dennis Peron. Ron who are working to help stamp but AIDS. We want to assure them that JOURNALISTIC PARANOIA? Huberman. Russ Fields of the Harvey which appears above your name most of the community is supporting their efforts. We have been there As a Ircqucnl reader ol the Gay Milk Gay Democratic Club, my lawyef- Press I have recently noticed the What you did not tell your readers It your letter is limited to 250 words or before. We can assure them that they will be successful with their efforts. Ellen Chatin. and District Attorney Arlo less it will have a greater chance ol increased attention the flay Area was that the AIDS writers never o v e r t“ Smith for respecting the wishes of the It would be easy for AIDS patients to shut themselves off from Reporter has overwhelmingly given to asked to meet wjth Mr Lorch publication We prefer short, typewritten, the Aquired Immune Deficiency Syn Bob Hanry double-spaced letters and will give them everyone and die in a drug induced euphoria. Instead, AIDS patients in first prionty due to limited space league with medical scientists, have come forward with determination tp drome San Francisco Though not an avid reador ot your ¿radicate another scourge of mankind's existence. One of the great publication. I was pleased to read your RADIGAN ROASTED contributions of this age has been the advancement of medicine. To seemingly objective piece on the We. the owners ol Sutter s Mill and • achieve even further adyance, victims of disease need to work with controversy engaged by Paul Lorch The Mint, no longer will provide Iree PLANT STORE medical science. A tenacious, spirit is required of those patients who and the twenty two AIDS patients distribution ol The Sentinel on our commit their last months to help future individuals be free of their What disturbed me most was Mr premises Lorch s response A man ol that caliber the reason for this decision, which particular terminal disease. Maintaining scientific objectivity while and near-sighted approach. I alone we regret, is the unprofessional column subjected to the intense emotional stress of being homosexual in our am responsible for the editorial con written by Corinna_ Radigan which society shows strength of character. Our brothers who-have AIDS have tent and The point ol view is appears in your paper this columnist demonstrated .great honor. r calculated deliberate should not persists in citing items, which are not 20% on There are some politicians who are attempting to use AIDS as a way to be editor- ol a proporte.d journalistic verified and amount to heresay publication In particular, in Volume 10. issue 9. On All Plants gain their personal political advantage. This, also’ is reprehensible. Our marvelous Iree speech mech page throe, in which she states Sutter s Consultation and agreement are essential if this disease is to be wiped anism in this country is pcipetuated by Mill has bought The Mint and tired ali out. The devisive maneuvering for private political advantage must be honest, mulii-facoted aspects ol a . the previous employees stopped. Concensus is mandatory — on all levels — for furiding and particular story Had she verified her information Mr Lorch s deliberately calculated she would have lound that several structuring of future programs. singular opinion has entirely infiltrated lormer employees have indeed been Let us put an end to the self-justifying.bitchiness and gel about-our th e flA R hired by the new owners business of working together as a unified community, to rid ouftelves. The public which reads the B A R ■ She might also have noted that and the world, of AIDS. would benefit Irom the lacts ot this Sutter s Mill employees, who lost their puzzling and worrisome disease place of employment when the building Pseudo-journalistic efforts work to was vacated by the demolition clause m s m stir paranoia whereas a truly concerned have been retained and assured ot and partisan editor would be tust that future employment when a new location James Collins is opened downtown San Francisco Tiro She might have also noted that gay PROFESSIONAL AIDS Updates employees were denied continuous KICKING AIDS PATIENTS employment when homophobic land PIANO TUNING Thanks for printing the BA R. s Paul lords refused to approve the transler mmm— SERVICE ol leases on at least three downtown • There has been an exchange of letters between San Francisco Mayor Lorch reply letter to the AIDS patients (415) 431-4924 Dianne Feinstein and M argaret Heckler. Secretary of Health and Human Alter reading this cold, snide letter it is locations S- h ' Surely The Sentinel desires a reputa Services, regarding the AIDS crisis. In a letter dated April 1. Feinstein easy to understand why Mr Lorch chose not to run it in the B A R Paul tion for responsible lournalism Ms' — 2264 MARKET wrote, “As Chair of the Conference of Mayors' newly-formed Task Force Lorch should be ashamed and Bob Cormna Radigan hardly qualifies if this on Acquired Immune Déficiency Syndrome, I am.writing to request Ross should be embarrassed Is Lorch is typical of her professionalism urgent help . . . We are asking for urgent action to help us respond to an so callous he has nothing else to do We are hopeful that as publisher Mr Beardemphl you and your managing urgent situation." than to kick around AIDS patients many of whom are dying with this editor Mr Schweikhart might ask for In her response dated April 12, Heckler-wrotq, "We share your concern dreadful disease'’ verification when Ms Radigan turns in about the seriousness of AIDS. The Department of Health and Human Richard E. Nickel her copy in the future Services is fully committed to finding a solution to the AIDS epidemic San Francisco Harry Azavado and providing assistance to d ties as you requested." Timothy Socket! LORCH DEFENDED William Metzler • The San Frandsco Policé Officers' Association has released a five- Sutter's Mill and The Mint page buHetin on AIDS. “Realistically, every policé officer by the nature of It was sad to sec you attack another gay newspaper I “A Shopper's Guide For Mobile Homes" t police work, is at some risk. However, particular concern must be paid You' attack was based on a personal when 1)'officers come into physical contact with any high risk groups letter not intended-lot your eyes it (Cuban and Haitian immigrants, intervenous drug users, homosexuals was unethical to run someone s personal with multiple partners, hemophiliacs), or 2) when any mucosal contact correspondence j l ë * occurs with a body secretion, or 3) when a high risk subject looks especially thin, in poor health, or exhibits any of the particular symptoms," QUALITY PRINTING M : 1 according to the bulletin,,,which has been widely condemned by local — :t-- n— i health professionals and AIDS activists. 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I will genuinely accept "living Balanchine is dead. that impresario of vast culture legend" for Sinatra. Dietrich, Judy (when she was alive, of course), Bette As so many of the hundreds of and taste, he met the greatest Davis, Hepburn . . . and JOHNNIE RAY, ensconced in The Plush ballets he created over 60 years musical inspiration to his career — Room thru Sunday, May 15. There are a million stories in the naked city, are immortal, we thought he too Igor Stravinsky. (I was privileged and Johnnie Ray's face has seen a lot of them. Those eyes tell the tale; must be. But on April 30. after a to see NYC Ballet cover itself in he's seen the lights and hit the depths and bounced back again. He works six-mor^h illness that cruelly im glory in its 1972 Stravinsky festi for and with love, giving his public the Johnnie Ray they want and paired his balance, pneumonia val, most of whose 31 ballets expect. Furthermore, he sounds just great, the way you hope but are still felled him at age 79. were choreographed with unfailing surprised to find Johnnie Ray should sound. It's not a subtle voice; it belts virtuosity by Balanchine.) His beloved New York City out the lyrics without quite the sobs and mannerisms of yesteryear. It's a Ballet will go on, in some fashion, After Diaghilev died, Balanchine gut-buster act; he sweats, he is a trifle too humble in his patter, he sings under the joint direction of his guested around Europe, formed all the hits, and while I was never a big Johnnie Ray fan the first time long-time associate Jerome Robbins his own short-lived company, and around in the '50s, he converted me last week - when Johnnie Ray hit and the Dane Peter Martins, one staged many works for film, the "Whiskey and Gin," "Walking My Baby Back Home" and “Little White of his brightest disciples. musical theatre, and opera. In Cloud that Cried." the Plush Room audience,stood and cheered a survivor From age 9, Georgi Balanchi- 1934, with his angel and right who has made his own definite musical contribution (o an industry that vadze was steeped in the classical arm, Lincoln Kirstein. he started traditions and discipline of St. the School of American Ballet, Petersburg's Imperial Ballet which fathered the NYCB. School, whose teachers were de Along the way, he dazzled dan scended pedagogically from Vestris cers with his wealth of ideas, and Boumonville. After the Revo unflappable calm in the midst of lution, vowing to seek his fortune chaos, courtly manner mixed with outside Russia, Balanchivadze took impishness, and his ability to start a handful of dancers to tour Europe. and stop the muse in the allotted Providentially, Sergei Diaghilev rehearsal time. __* ’ hired him. at all of 21. as ballet Making ballets wasn't pure fun. master of his Ballets Russes, and ''First comes the sweat,” he once' renamed him: George Balanchine. said in his charmingly accented Thousands of dancers the world over would know and love him as English, “then comes the beauty - if you're vairy lucky and have "Mr. B." said your prayers.” DEPARTED QIANTS: 'Mr. B' consults with his great musical inspiration, Igor Stra Balanchine always acknowledg vinsky, at a rehearsal lor Agon.' The year was 1957: ed an enormous debt to Diaghilev, Continued on page 10 Vinyl Guide to the Upcoming Summer Season by Bill Huck any given mopient. it is necessary ment that excursion into the The accompanying chart gathers Time has come again to start to match the words to the music. wonderland of endless melody. If. in one place all the important preparing for the summer Opera An evening .devoted to listening for example, you lose your place recordings made of the operas season. Especially when performed to a record together with following in Wotan's monologue in Die scheduled for the summer. The in foreign languages, this musical the libretto will more than double Walküre and you have studied middle column groups the readily entertainment will disclose its your pleasure in the operas you words qnd music together, a available commercial recordings richest magic only with some attend. musical clue can bring you back of the complete operas. Each entry preceding study. The Wagner operas particularly to understanding. Unless you know lists singers first, then conductor, ‘ The composer, begins with a reward study. Ernest Newman's what is going on. that narration the recording company and cata LIVING LEGEND: Johnnie Ray at the Plush Room. libretto. You would, do wisely to Wagner Nights contains detailed will appear interminable ás well logue number. They are ranked start in the same place. Reading synopses of the. action of all the as self-indulgent. Do not take it in order of where | think you eats 'em up and spits 'em out. By the tim e he went into "Cry,” it was a the words you will hear is the best mature works. In a pinch the book on faith that Wotan's dilemma is a should look first. mutual love affair all the way around. Backed by the excellent Jerry preparation you can do. But if you can replace the evening spent rich character analysis, or.that it For a first Rheingold I recom Blaine Trio, a "living legend" named Johnnie Ray is offering you a rare want to be able to understand with the music and words, but is in many ways the center of the mend the old Solti recording'. Such opportunity to hear/see/applaud a unique singer {showman still at his what the singers aje saying at ideally those essays should supple- entire Ring. choices are always complex and vocal peak. never made without misgivings. Next in at the Plush Room, opening May 17 in her West Coast club OPERAS COMPLETE RECORDINGS OF SPECIAL INTEREST These, days 1/etum more often to debut is Vivian Blaine. the Karajan performance than to the Solti, byt as an introduction to De Los Angeles. 8|oerlmg. Merrill/ ON RECORD: PALL PARKER/TOO MUCH TO DREAM Beecham (Ser 6000)' . the Ring, the Solti has the theatrical Sayao. Bioerling (Met 23) Farrar Caruso PAUL PARK ER stands high above the average.rock singer; he has a Freni Pavarotti Ghiäurov/Karaian Scotti (CO 368) Bon Sciupa (LV 185) flair to explain Wagner s revolu (Lon 12991 Bon McCormack (CO 382) Muzio (Ser tionary idea of music-drama. strong, cleat, legit voice and faultless diction. With synthesizers, electric La Boheme Callas. DiStelano Panerai/Votto lAng 60111 ) Melba (Opus 84). Gigli (Gemm Karajan's is a dream of a Rhein guitar and drums wailing behind, Giacomo Puccini 3560). 146) Gigli Zamboni (RLS 2291. Rullo Caballe. Domingo'-Milnes Solti (RCA IOASI 592). Alda Martinelli (LV 2711 gold — an approach with disadvan every word is still crystal clear. His 20371) . . / Schone (LV.6I. Jeritza (LV 2) Olivefo tages as well as advantages. first album, now available on the Tebaldi Bergonzi Bastianim Seralm IMDP0I1) '. Reginald Gtiodall s version is sung Megatone label, is titled TOO I Lon 42002) in Andrew Porter's English transla MUCH TO DREAM and it's almost tion. Even for the seasoned veteran an abundance of riches. Seven cuts, ■ De los Angeles. Gedda. Blanc/Beecham Stevens/Reiner (RCA 0670): Price/Kara1 '.his Can be ah ear-opening exper all eminently danceable: best of the (Ang 3613) |an (RCA 6199); Crespin/Lombard (Er. .ience. For those new to Wagner. lot are title cut. a bluesy "Travellin' Horne McCracken. Krause/Bernstein 70900). Vickers. Bumbry/deBurgos (Ang , it may be the optimal study tool. Man" and “Baby You Can Have My Carmen (DG 90 BACKSTAGE: QUICK DIRT Sutters Mill bought The Mint. Joe Ellis of Trinity Place has just bought the Iron Duke at Battery & Bush, and the Bal Tabarin. just recently The Boarding House, is up for sale, probably to be snapped up by Bill Graham. Roxy Roadhouse also for sale, but so far, no buyers. Not only has Lori Shannon left Finocchio's, but M.C. Carroll Wallace was fired March 5 after 13 years and singer Lavern Cummings has been out of the show since last December with vocal problems. What remains? You don't want to know. MEXICAN RESTAURANT Ella Fitzgerald broke her own record at the Fairmont, absolutely incredible at 65 years of a g e . . . and speaking of incredible, my hands are still sore from applauding Liza Minelli at the Golden Gate; simply the FAMILY IN CRISIS: Teatro Gusto's REUNION breaks new ground by bringing best-produced act in years. Bernadette Peters at the Venetian Room? homosexuality home to the Latin community. Standing, left to right: José Angel NOE VALLEY'S answer to Good but not great, just -missing that spark that makes a memorable Sandoval. Kathy Ayala, Danny Genera. 8eated: Belinda Ramirez. Rodrigo Reyes. evening. Betty Pazmino. Herbert Sigiienza. At Capp Street Theatre; call 826-0440. fine Mexican Cuisine. Authentic Mexican Food, Vegetarian & Seafood Dishes. 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Add 1 part Pernod to 5 parts C olada mix. For other incredible mixed drinks use the same-1 to 5 ratio. ■ PERNOD. The new twist in mixed drinks. ^ er nod 3b At 80 % proot Spmiueu* Am*«. Imported by Austin Nichols It Co . Law_t«ncebuig. KY C 1983 May 12,1983 'S e n t in e l * i iNiNi m i r • Out of Many One. Lou Penca s film ------a rfi chronicling five years of the Lesbian/ Events Gay Freedom Day Parade, will be screened at Valencia Rose. 766 Valen cia, May 22 at 7:30 and 9.15 P M *3- *5, sliding scale 552-1445 * Cocktail» lor Two. a tree music series ot light classical pieces and • S.F. Gay Video Fesl. presented by novelty arrangements featuring the Frameline each Monday at 9 30 P.M. Pernod String Quartet under the direc on cable channel 25 tion of Lesesne Van Antwerp (director of the S.F. Gay Freedom Day Marching Band). The series begins v '“ ~ * - Exhibits • An Evening of Dance. Innovation and Improvisation, the final concert of .the 1982-83 season by the Bay Area • Joe Altman, black and white photo Atherton Hotel Womens Philharmonic The program graphy The Arena. 399 9th S t. opening 685 Ellis at Larkin will feature rarely performed orchestral May 18 with a reception. 8-10 P M San Franrisoi, CA 94109 work by women composers, and two • Robert Caron. The Blossoms of world premieres: a solo for cello by Joy series, neo-pomtitiist landscapes Gwendolyn Watson, and Fragments and flowers, benefit exhibit for the KS tor Chamber Orchestra by Johanna Foundation 551 Haight Gallery, through Beyer. Zellerbach Hall, U.C.-Berkeley May 31 Hours Wed-Sun 4-7 PM 427 Presidio campus. May 13 at 8 P.M Tickets *8 621-6494 Avenue (through BASS, or until May 6 by mail • Mark I. Chester a showing of club dori 3543 18th St.. S.F. 94110). performance photographs depicting A Fine Dining Experience Nightly • Rites of Spring, a celebration of intricate tableaux of bondage and restraint Also recent painting by Tasha men dancing, featuripg Falcon Dance Sunday Brunchu ^ Theater, the S.F. Tap Troupe. Raymoki Robbins 544 Naloma Performance Polynesia Island Dancers. Ai Fellahin Gallery (near Mission and 7th streets), Belly Dance Company. Cruz Luna and through May 28 Hours Wed -Fri. 11 Y l 016 016 Flamencos. Joseph Taylor and AM to 5 P M and Sat 2-5 P M 621- Company. Bcb Murphy and Sundance 2683 Studio Dancers. Hassan AI Falak and Ron January. Nourse Auditorium. May • Mark I. Chester, theatrical photo 20 and 21 at 8:30 P.M Tickets $7 graphs from the Theatre Rhinoceros productions of C D. Arnold s Delivery. advance (Gramophone and Headlines). S9door. . Bookstore, and The Blonde in Twenty- B. Theatre Rhinoceros lobby, available • Soundwaves, two concerts by the for viewing before each performance S.F. Lesbian/Qay Chorus to behefil of King ot the Crystal Palace (see Operation Concern, the Pacific Center Stage), through May 21 and the AIDS/KS Foundation Trinity Episcopal Church. Bush at Gough. May • Phil Diers Life Masks, facial 21 at 8 P.M. (S10 and S12). and.Ollies portraits cast Irom living subjects (a • Judy Sloan East Coast comic 1ri service offered by the artist by appoint ,4130 Telegraph Ave in Oakland.-May • Gay Comedy Night with alternating COMPLETE MENU emcees Tom Ammiano and Lea DeLaria the Bay Area to take part in the National ment) Sweet Inspirations Coffee House. 22 at 7 P.M. (*10) Tickets available at plus GGPA, 480 Castro. 864-0326 Valencia Rose. 766 Valencia, each Sat Festival ot Women s Theater (Santa . 2123 Fillmore, through June 6 567- at 10 PM *4 552-1445 . Cruz. May 16-22). will present her one-" 9237 Nightly Specials' • Robin Sutherland. San Francisco • King of the Crystal Palace. Fine woman show'of monologues and Char - • Curtis Fields. Landscapes and Symphony pianist, will give a recital of performances highlight C D. Arnold s acterizations at Valencia Rose. 766 Paintings from The Pool Series, an works by Bach. Ravel. Bolcom and . play about last living and mismatched Valencia. May 25 at 8 30 P M $4 552- intimate, almost voyeuristic view of Rachmaninoff, to benefit the legal lund passions South ot Market Theatre 1445______people in a relaxed habitat Rorick for Gay Games 'll Albion Hall. 141 Rhinoceros. 2940 16th St Thurs -Sun Gallery. 637 Mason. May 3 to June 11 Albion St . June 5 at 5 P M Tickets at 8 30 P M through May 21 *8-S9 Hours Mon-Sat 10 AM to 6 PM NOW PLAYINGAT THE PIANO (*60) available at the Gay Games office. 861-5079 . Screen 885-1182. 890 Hayes, or by phone: 861-8282 ; • Raging Bull a new revue with Lea • Nina Glaser, Nudes, new black Monday Open Mice DeLana Valencia Rose. 766 Valencia arid white photography Nathan Hart Tuesday Open Mke Thursday and Friday at 8 P M through • Come Back to the S and Di|6e Gallery. 437 Hayes, through May 30 Dan Combo May 552-1445 Jimmy Dean. Jimmy Dean - What, 863-3445 Wednesday • Reunion: by Fflipino playwright nobody told you that Karen Black plays Thursday Dan Combo • H. Grant, Fade.lo Brown, diazo Bob Parie# In P erson Edgar Poma ^ young Latino son visits a transsexual in Robert Altman s latest prints and photography Moby Dick. Friday his family reunion-, bringing his male slice of Americana? Shown with Happy 4049 18th S I. through May 25 Saturday lover with him (Reviewed in this issue.) Birthday. Gemini (1980) more sexual . • Richard Law. polaroids. at Jebes Sunday • Edward Atbee wit speak m Berkeley Teatri Gusto 362 Capp, St , Friday identity crises with Madeline Kahn and Kompact Kamera 4115 19th St .through Theatre's "Lives in the Theatre series and Saturday at 8.P M through June Rita Moreno Strand Theatre, 1127 May 2025 Addison S t. Berkeley. May 23 4 *5 i*2 seniors and children) 826- Market May 19 Call 552-5990 for The series has been sold out on a 0440 times • Stephen Savage Dream'Sequen subscription basis, but individual tickets • The Rltz. Terrence McNally s satire • Dads Different: Growing up in a ces. new studie,s.ol dance and motion may be available; call 845-4700. of mlstakenldentity and Maria intrigue gay household AM. San Francisco. . in black and white photography Center- • Hudson Brown, author of The First in a New York City gay baths, Opens KRON Channel 7, May 13 at 9 A M space Dance Foundation. 2840 Mari Otticial Gay Handbook, will be at Waft May 15 at the Victoria Theater, 16th (repeated at 1 A M ) posa (17th St and Alabama). May 15 Whitman Bookshop. 2319 Market. May to June 19 Reception May 15 4-6 St and Mission ®Vpd-Fri at 8 PM . • Fifth of July. Lanford Wilson s play 16. 6-9 P.M Sat at 8 and 11 P M \ Sun at 7 30 P.M PM 861-5059 about a homosexual Vietnam veteran • Vida Gallery celebrates its Second • Margaret Crulkshank- will discuss Tickets. *8 *14 863-7576 (played by Richard Thomas), coming E SIPHIILY CHEESESTEAK GO. her'new book. Lesbian Studies, at the Anniversary with a multi-media exhibit • Sacred Cow world premiere ot a home to Missouri American Playhouse by the 10 women artist of the Vida t Your choice of Provolone or American Cheddar ASUC Student Union. UC-Berkeley farce by Jon-Arthur McDonald set in a KQEC Channel 32. May 13 at 8 P M Gallery'Collective Womens Building. campus. May 18at 7 45P M Sponsored Topanga Canyon fat farm Ampng • La Cage Aux Folios the French 3543 18th St through May 28 Hours t FREE MEDIUM SOFT DRINK by the-M ulticultural Lesbian Gay the inappropriate guests is the promoter farce which started the current vogue ■Wed-Fri .2-7 PM .and Sal noorrlo 5 * -with sandw.ich. with this ad Studies Program 642-5942 of the first all-gay boy scout camp oldrag in comedy films, shown- wijh its P M 864-VIDA • Aaron Shurin celebrates the publi Zephyr Theatre. 595 Mission. Thurs- Hollywood offspring Victor/Victoria. E 366 Columbus Ave WE HAVE 4024 2.4"’ Si cation of his new book. The Graces, at Sat at 8 PM and Sun at 2 P M Strand Theatre 1127 Market May 21 ► (comer Cnlunibus&Valleio) TASTY Noe Valley Walt Whitman Bookshop 2319 Market through June 15 *6 550-0525 Call 552-5990 tor I ► 43-1-3563 CAKES! ?8?-5565 May 21.1-3 P M N otes i Open 11-1 - Id 3 Fr. & Sat Open 10-10 • Kitty Tsui 'will read from her. new bAAAAAAAAAJ book. The Words ot a Woman Who • Playwrights: Meridian Theatre Play Breathes Fire. Willyce Kim will read wrights and Directors Group announces from Dancer Dawkins and the California its 1983 Jane Chambers Memorial e t» « « u n n o Kid: a benefit for the Asian Women s International Gay Playwriimg Contest Slide Show Modern Times Bookstore designed to encourage the writing, of v i c e o i n « 968 Valencia. June 1 1 at 8 P M S3-*5 new lesbian and gay plays Deadline sliding scale for receipt ol entries is Oct 1 1983 Continental Cuisine For contest rules, send SASE to the j Insptnng Dinner • Tennessee Williams Late Plays will Group cio Pittman, 245 W 51st St Sat ¿ir Sun Brunch be the subject ot a lecture by UC *703. New York. NY 10019 IComplimentari' Champagne1 professor Ruby Cohn, at the S.F Public / k i i n r - 7 ^ Library Mam Branch Civic Center • Pornography as History: Framelme 1607 Haight Si- seek’s gay male lilm pornography May 14 at .1 P.M. Sponsored by Friends lai Clattoni of the Library Free produced before 1970 for possible inclusion in a gay film archive, and for San Francisco a program on the history of such films MISI Sòl 4M 6' scheduled for-(he upcoming 7th Annual S F International Lesbian and Gay Stage Film Fesitval. June 20-25 Material will be presented in historical perspective exammg pornogrpahy as a vital part ol • Anarchy In High Heels a revue the gay community s cultural .heritage with Les Nickelettes The Performance Contact Michael Lumpkin. Framelme Space. 1350 Waller Friday and Saturday COMIC PO Box 14 792 San Francisco 94114 at .8 PM through May 21 *5 621- HEELS, playing now at the Performance 861-5245 Chez Mollet 0448 • Video and Performance Art Sought • Cat on a Hot Tin Root Tennessee lor EXHIBITIONS A Video Perfor Wiliams unforgettable saga of Big Daddy mance Art Extravaganza to be held and his brood Noe Valley Theater Jurte 23 at Trockadero Transfer, spon 1021 Sanchez. Thurs -Sat at 8 15 P M sored by Framelme Deadline for Sunday at 2:30 P M through June 5 videotape entries and %' VHS *6 50 626-1192 formats) is May 31 deadline for sched •Clementinas Gay Cabaret, with uling performance art pieces is June emcee Lea Delaria Clementina s at 15 Theme and.subject matter open Baybrick Inn. 1190 Folsom, each Wed Contact John Canaly. 182-B Castro. at 9 P M *3 431-8384 SF 94114 telephone 861-0843 • An - Evening ot Consciousness W.B.Qhm.Q LX<.LLLLKLU Lowering with the Plutonium Players . Is your event/stage presen- and Ladies Against Women Valencia tation/screening/exhiblt listed GALL E 0 I M Now Serving Lunch Rose. 786 Valencia May 18 at 8 30 nere? Sight and Sound attempts On the Patio P M *4 552-1445 to present a comprehensive listing 12 00 to 3 00 PM •fortune and Mens Eyes. John. of arts and entertainment in the 7 18 Fourteenth Street Monday thru Friday .Herbert s famous play of a naive young Bay Area ol particular interest.to RESERVATIONS: 431-0253 inmate ».brutalizing descent in a boys the gay and leibian community Happy Hour reformatory at Studio Rhino 2940 Send press releases, photos, etc S 7 PM Joe Utterback 16th St. Thurs-Sun at 8 30 PM to Sight and Sound The Sentinel Dinner Nightly as he entertains- through June 4 *6-*7 861:5079 500 Hayes. San Francisco 94102 6 10 30 PM at the piano • Gay Comedy Open Mike w.th co (For’ return of photos, please Brunch Served Saturday. Sunday Friday and Saturday hosts Lea DeLaria and Tom Ammiano enclose SASE ) Deadline is sue and Holidays 10 AM - 4 PM 9 30 PM - 1 30 AM Valencia Rose. 786 Valencia each Mon COCKTAILS FOR TWO: The Pernod String Quartet begins a series ot tree concerts days before publication date Next at 8 30 P M-. Sign-up at 7 30 P M *2. May 25 and 26 at the Mint (see Events) Pictured, left to right Dale Chao. John deadline May 20. 552-1445 Casten. director Lesesne Van Antwerp. Lilias Green S e a fo o d Restaurarli Hank Tirout OPBi FOX IUHCH AND D/NNH HARLOW'S BAR A RESTAURANT ' COMPLETE TYPESETTING AND '8-Vaiencia ■ Between 19th a n o ^ f'P ' ctree's • 550-9012 BAf?' now op en - RESTAURANT opening soon GRAPHICS SERVICES 552-7975 'An Art Deco Experience I 'S en tin el May 12,1983 Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s last and most Hungry Hearts and Lonesome Gargoyles controversial film. It was created by by Penni Kimmel The Hunger satisfies like a a man who thrived _ bad chemical high - you can on controversy. » gorge on a sensation-feast for eye and ear and still leave the brain It will take you into with a fatal case of the munchies. a surreal world of Immortality and eternal youth get passion and sexuality. a B-grade yawn. And yet .. the perennial charms of Catherine It s a film that goes Deneuve (looking and moving as further than most would she does, she might as well be believed thousands of years old, dare to go. leveled off at a chic peak) embrace This is Querelle. those of David Bowie's post punk young-Olivier attractions and Susan This is Fassbinder's Sarandon’s brisk sexy-clean med icinal warmth - well-tossed salad final statement. of the "haves" of Paris. London and New York. The dialogue scampers tantal- izingly ahead of relevant action, at its best when the innovative . video-cuts of scene and sound track take over. In a series of New Wave olio acts. Bowie does an extraordinary Dorian Grey-picture act (make-up illusions of Dick SCARY MONSTERS? Deneuve and Boaria play vampire»; a gargoyle comat to Ufa In the TOURNEE Smith are superb), and Deneuve and Sarandon give off ultraerotic and vaguely hostile prairies and expanded to grand, still person ment in the Tournee entries. A vibrations in the obligatory bedding panhandles of the world) — ordin alized proportions, as the early variety of technologies dance — all to no purpose. There is a ary no-frills people struggling to scenes of Gallipoli, Screenwriter deliriously through a melange of DIETtR SCHIOOR and CAUMONT Prewrt' ridiculous dressing of blood and maintain ordinary values, to keep Horton (To Kill a Mockingbird) unique conceptions, ranging BRAD DAVIS' FRANCO NERO JEANNE MOREAU LAURENT MALET gouts of silly plots spattered all up with life rather than forge Foote makes the “ordinariness” ■n QUERELLE A film by RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER through a 1933 adaptation of f - n [ "mutmctbo ' 1j non on ti* nr.»l By JEAN GENET QUEREUE W. BREST over the salad - a rank exploi ahead.. pointillism (ominous pin-shadow I R f a i m a tation of talent, production skills Robert Duvall's Mac Sledge, images of A Night on Bald Moun and juvenile fears of aging and equidistant from his Apocalypse tain) u> the digital design graphics death. (At the Alhambra. Sena- Note and Godfather roles, is^a- of computer video for Panasonic's monte, and Empire.I compassionate portrayal of a down- Glider, a axil piece of “Flatlandish" Now R iyln g At: Some days, beans n greens and-out country singer making a art. a fifth dimension if I,ever saw beat a gourmet dish all hollow, comeback, not to fame and fortune, one. State-of-the-art tools — clay- CANNERY Leavenworthal Beach 44i:6800 and the sheer authenticity of the but to self-respect and a share of niation, oils, cut outs, models, Discount Parking Holiday Inn Fisherman s W harf down-home flavor, whether or not love with a young widow and her umpteen exposures per second on , you’ve tasted it before, will satisfy son (Tess Harper and Allen Hub hand-painted frames — are en/ ' all but the most jaded palates. < bard, both promising newcomers slaved tb message and poetic Tender Mercies is all of a piece, to the; screen). The direction of image alike, from the hilarious set squarely on the rural edges of Bruce (BreakerMorant) Beresford. object lesson in Pigbird to an middle America, as securely (one in his U.S. filmmaking debut, may incredibly painful and arresting of the film's great strengths) as if be the grounding for the -film’s special and memorable. A fortui battlefield tale in On Les Aura. it were heartland Canada nr out universality - it has the same tous combination of talents and a Frolic Vvith Wild About Anchorage back Australia (the inhabited vast feel of honesty and modest dreams long-lasting film. Sledge's compo or wonder at the empathy evoked sitions are actually Duvall’s own, from a gargoyle, a- figure of Some think him and his chore as is the easy C & W voice. (A insensate evjj_in Lp/Tendrcsse du ography heartless as well, for pleasure and a quiet surprise at Maudit. An afterthought on this Carson-York building a cult of aesthetic-excel the Regency II. i program is the realization that lence not personality (he abolished Araunt ye knaves! Let the "commercial" and "non-commer fine desserts B a la n c h in e the star system in his company), trumpets sound, for the 18th cial" are invalid distinctions within Continued from page 5 1328 Castro Street -3 for concentrating on movement International Tournée of Ani this form and that art is thriving San Francisco He approached dance more as not plot — motion not emotion. In mation. a nine-day wonder of the in this relatively young medium. ' 550 Í873 craftsman than as artist full of these he displayed not heartless 20 champions of this most imagin (A t the Castro through May 19. ego. He was perpetually, modest: ness but a supreme devotion to ative of visual arts. Note also the KQED special. "The Across from Little Bell Market "God creates," he reminds us. his art. refining it till it blazed. Decidedly not kiddie fare, nor Animators. ” exposure, of Bay Area "woman inspires, and man assent- Indeed, one of his signal achieve yet exclusive to the realm of cult expertise in the field. May 12 and ' bles." Woman was indeed his ments was to strip dance to its comix. there ¡»solid adult entertain- 15.) inspiration - he married four.of ersehce. focusing a kinetic laser his ballerinas - but music was beam that melts the frozen archi • • • Flickerbits • • • • • • I Can Do That.! A CHO the reason-for-being of his art. He tecture of the music, making castles • •• S ile n c e Is Leaden: "Clap RUS LINK is a year away. Script was an exceptional pianist and in th.e air for the human body in ing finally settled with Arnold motion. His "neo-classicism” is your hands i f you believe in fairies" analyst of music. In preparing a is the way it went, but where has (FUNNY LADY) Schulman. in ballet, he would study and absorb the work of a wise revolutionary it gone? How can you save the lift the hands of CABARKT producers the score, then, usually with no who revivified classic ballet and, of Tinkerbell. entering actively Fuer and.Martin. Won’t be quite written notes,: would stride- into astonishingly, made it what now into this classic fantasy against the same but what the hell, they’re the studio, clap foratfention, and seems an indigenous American the dictates of your camp-clogged after an “unknown" cast for Fall unleash a. flood of amazingly art form. , conscience? Are Tink's lights out shooting. Now's your big chance, beautiful, fresh, and "right" steps As modem art seems inconceiv all over the world or only in San you undiscovered talents, you! and patterns. Perhaps he would able without Picasso, or modern Francisco's never-never land, • • • Lizzie Borden Wins: This modify them to suit the qualities music sans Stravinsky, so is where the entire "save our fairy!' Ms. Borden is a filmmaker to of the chosen dancers, but often modern ballet unimaginable with sequence was cut from a recent watch: her BORN IN FLAMES changed them very little. out Balanchine. His ballets are. run of PETER PAN? B.«.! Hiss! ran off with the first prize public- Martha Graham, for one. mari thank heavens, proud gems in vote at the 5th International most of the great companies. in Clap is good for our mental health! veled at his musicaliiy: "It's like Women’s Film Fest in Paris, . watching light pass through a the western world: San Francisco • • • From Hell to the Heavens: Bajlet will dance an all-Balanchine Pacific Films Archives has notoriously tough on U.S. entries. prism . . . he refracts music into Possible pick for the S F lesbian/ dance." Though he made ballets program July 3 in Stern Grove. siime wierd going-on this.month. • As a teacher .and progressive, making a peripatetic leap form Gay Film Fest here in June. to scores by Mozart. Tchaikovsky. Hope she gets her 40 whacks in. Bizet and the romantic ballet creative force, he was the lodestar IxJthar Lambert's sub u n d e r. ground Berlin FUCKING CITY composers. 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W hite House: I’m sorry, we can’t give that information out. The Sentinel: What? Look, we’re dying out here. We need help. Some scones irom AIDS Awareness Week 1983: The candlelight parade that What does President Reagan brought 10.000 people down to the UN. Plaza to haar speeches from AIDS intend to do? patients. People sang, people remembered, people hoped. W hite House: I’m sorry,.we can’t give that information out., In San Francisco they marched in a candlelit procession 10.000 strong.-led by about a dozen'local AIDS patient' carrying a banner with the starkly defiant message, “Fighting for O ur-I.iv- " As the marchers moved in silence from the Castro area, where most of the bars had dosed in support-, to the downtown U'N Plaza, they were more sober than somber, more frustrated than frightened. .Because the idea for the march had originated with the AIDS patients, they were the only ones who addressed the assembled crowd. "This -.march is as much for the gay community at large as it is just for us.".said spokesman Charles Morns.. "For the gay community, this is a reminder, a testimony to the. health crisis now facing us. And for’us. the AIDS patients, this is a inant community hug." unnecessary — AIDS is not able help from the AIDS/KS transmissible through casual Foundation, thé Shanti Project social contact! and many others. A number of people with AIDS As most of you know, the march objected to recent editorials in and rally were fabulous successes AIDS patient Chariot Morris, the former publisher ol THE SENTINEL, was B A R. w hich w ire melodramatic with 10,000 people present to presented the proclamation declaring AIDS Awareness Week by Mayor Dianne and which impugned our friends show their support, with over Felnttatin during a press conference In her office. Also present were Supervisors in the Department of Public Health, S6.Q00 raised, and with national Richard Honglstoend Carol Ruth Silver. What Do People the AIDS/KS Foundation and the news coverage. Friends and Shanti Project - so we wrote a strangers have told me how power letter, criticizing these editorials ful the evening was for them. Il With AIDS Want? B.A.R. editor Paul Torch reacted was surely one of my life's finest OPERATION CONCERN ‘Angry \!I >> i ' < injanize" that most of these agencies are with a letter that was. to say the moments. read tin- headline of 77;/ Srntiuifs . .well-intentioned and are sincerely least, defensive. Our group is not resting on our Men’s Support Group trying to help. Still.-doctors want . previous issue, Tin- stoii went on However, we also objected to laurels, though. YVe continue to WEDNESDAYS 6:00 - 7:45 P.M. to say-that we who have AIDS insurance payments, .politicians The Sentiners coverage of this organize to set our own agenda were organizing in urdei n • protest want favorable votes and the media story..which focused:on the idea and to plan goals and strategies. A support group-tor men not diog nosed with AIDS, but concerned the editorial .polity "f the Hay want brisk .advertising sale'. that a rival paper had.been irre If you have AIDS and want to ab ou t the e p ide m ic a n d how it affects their lives a n d their loved A ria Report a Agencies are more likely to reach sponsible, rather than on the join a caucus of people with AIDS, ones T hat’s inaccurate. People wilh these objectives if they portray remarkable idea that heretofore, call'or write Bobbi Campbell or Topics inclu de anxiety reacjions. feor. lifestyle changes, myths AIDS had already begun to organ . AIDS provocatively. Also, some' passive and isolated people with Gary YValsh at the AIDS/KS misconceptions dealing with fnends who are patients safe sex ize.before ¿2 of a- signed a now agencies' adopt, a strident tone AIDS were organizing around an Foundation, 514 -Castro; S.F. practices, general information a n d resources famous xipen letter criticizing the because they want to compel the issue that was important to us. 91114 or call 864-4376. For more information, call 626-7000 BAR complacent to realize how' impor What do people with AIDS Once again, we felt like someone • OPERATION CONCERN tant AIDS really is. rise's pawn. I-et-'s talk about tile background.., 1855 M arket St. (a t Guerrero). SOn Francisco Unfortunately, this often results Anyway, we had already started We want to get well. We want AIDS is a medical. polilkal. eco in sensationalizing AIDS and research to discover prevention • nomicatid social emergency'which to organize before this fracas, and Tostering panic and hysteria in the we organized as a positive action, and cure. We want our friends aff*-ct> the gay i .- ; -nunityas well ' community. The community then not as a negative-reaction. We are a'nd loved ones to-remain close to i a !v • actual^--»' ak society.-if Jar««.’ W reacts by attacking people with defihing oprsely.es in-our own us and not to abandon us. We Have, the m--.i-< . eari\ are Ihe the disease. terms, rather than in relation to want a voice in the decisions that ENEMAS FOR HEALTH most seriou.'h it-«• ,1ved. ’ - People with AIDS have lost affect our lives. YVe want our someoneelse. by Steve Perklm For month*' < o. Un r si niggled their jobs as a direct result .of the The catalyst for this cam*: when community Jo reject hysteria and with illnesM '. ’di aih . isolation and AIDS diagnoses. ()ther people have iny friend. Gary Walsh, frustrated exploitation. is unfounded objections I fear. During rhi- tin■■i- il'iiors have evicted uS from our own homes, by inactivity and , negativism We want to retain our'hope and defined us. |» sh avi defined asked us to leave restaurants, thought of a ^silent candlelight determination. In.1981.1 was the us. social s c n o pi Ol/del organ- served us on paper plates arrd- march to honor'the people with first person with AIDS in say i f izatiohs ba- >■ drfini d us, and the refused to touch us. AIDS, living and dead publicly, and now dozens art- media ha., defined u : These actions certainly isolate People with' AIDS organized joining me in proclaiming. "I will Don’t g e t1 m,: V. rung’ I think us even further. They are also ' the march and rally, with invalu survive." • Need a Gay Doctor in East Bay? Call K e ith Barton. 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