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3 Block Yard and Art Sale (Milwaukee), 7am-dusk, tournament at Lake Park and Riverside tennis 2400 N. 1st to Wright to 2400 N. Palmer St. courts. $8 per person entry fee. FMI call Gary Ozuna Florentine Opera (Milwaukee), OPERA INSIGHTS: (w) 475-7300 or (h) 562-4340. Learn more about Jules Massenet and MANON as Rural Dykes Association (Madison), Come smell I the Free Opera Insight series continues. Wauwatosa the wild roses! Join RDA to collect native and wild- Public Library, 7635 W. North Ave. at 12:30pm, with flower seeds starting at 10am at a location near Mr. complimentary refreshments; Music on KK, 2685 S. Horeb. Wear comfortable shoes, and bring plenty of Kinnickinnic Ave., 3pm. bags, envelopes and containers to hold seeds. Florentine Opera (Milwaukee), 1999-2000 SEASON Thursday, September 23 Frontiers (Madison); History and Art: Day Trip to Lunch money needed for stop at the Country Store PREVIEW, Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago 12th Annual Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Film & Video Mineral Point. Visit hosted by club member and local in Spring Green. Call (608) 437-3637 for directions St., Evening begins at 6:30pm with the ICC Fish Festival (Milwaukee), 7pm EILEEN IS A SPY, 9pm resident, Don L. After light refreshments at his and more information. Buffet followed by a program of opera arias, duets LOLA & BILIDIKID, Tickets are $6, $5.50 students, home, tour historic areas, lunch at a local restau- Monday, September 27 Festival passes available for a discount. UWM Union and ensembles performed by guest Florentine rant. Car pool at 9:15am (Brian 608-829-1090). Boulevard Ensemble Theatre (Milwaukee), And Cinema, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. See 9/15 issue for soloists. Repertoire includes selections from the Don L. (608) 987-4451. Singer Janet Macklin join forces to raise funds at a details. upcoming season. $25 per person, $20 for ICC Galan Recovery Club (Milwaukee), ANNUAL MEET- CD Release Party for I THINK OF YOU. $11 lets you Gay Men's Writers Group (Milwaukee), The Milw. members. For reservations or more info: (414) 223- ING, 6pm. New board members will be elected, enjoy her jazz styling with her trio. 7:30pm, light LGBT Community Center kicks off the new third 2194. 2408 N. Farwell Ave., FMI (414) 276-6936. refreshments served. Benefit for the Boulevard's Thursday of the month, tonight at 6pm. For writers, Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee), Exhibition UW University Theatre (Madison), Extended work- lighting system. Call (414) 744-5757, 2252 S. poets, essayists to create a workshop, sharing and opening: RAY LICHTENSTEIN PRINTS, runs through shop for all UW students by Gay Warrior and Sage, Kinnickinnic Ave. critiquing. No fee. Jan. 2 surveys the extensive range of Pop graphics. Tim Miller, in residence at the UW Dept. of Theatre Broom St. Theater (Madison), Auditions for BREATH- Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Milwaukee), Opens at 5:30pm, lecture at 6:15pm Free to MAM and Drama, through Oct. 6, times vary. Hemsley LESS OR IS THERE SEX AFTER ASTHMA, a serious Classics Program, with special guest actor Tony members, regular museum admission for non-mem- Theatre, 4-6:30pm. FMI call Vilas Hall box office comedy. Auditions at 7pm, 1119 Williamson St., FMI Randall and the piano duo of Valentina Lisitsa and bers. 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive. (608) 262-1500. (608) 244-8338. Also tomorrow night, same time. Alexi SAGE (Milwaukee), Especially for women, but men Kuznetsoff. Andreas Delfs, conductor, CLAS- Windy City Performing Arts (Chicago), The WINDY welcome: a showing of the documentary GOLDEN Tuesday, September 28 SICS, featuring Haydn, Saint-Saens and Prokofiev, CITY SLICKERS, live in concert, one night only. Eric 7:30pm. THREADS, about an organization for Lesbian seniors Florentine Opera (Milwaukee), OPERA INSIGHTS: Tickets: (414) 291-7605 or (800) 291- Lane Barnes directs this fabulous performance to and its founder. 6:30pm, LGBT Community Center Learn more about Jules Massenet and MANON as 7605. Uihlein Hall. kick off the release of their debut CD, SUNDAY. small meeting room. the Free Opera Insight series continues. Piano Friday, September 24 Athenaeum Theater, 2938 N. Southport in Chicago. UW University Theatre (Madison), Introductory Gallery, 219 N. Milwaukee St., 12:15pm; Schwartz 12th Annual Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Film & Video Tickets $20, $25 at Ticket Master (312) 902-1500, workshop for all UW students by Gay Warrior and Bookshop, 4093 N. Oakland Ave., 7pm. Festival (Milwaukee), 7pm: HISTORY LESSONS, LIV- at the Athenaeum Box Office or Unabridged Books, Sage, Tim Miller, in residence at the UW Dept. of Complimentary refreshments. ING WITH PRIDE, I KNOW A PLACE: 9pm: GENDER- 3251 N. Broadway. Theatre and Drama. Hemsley Theatre, 4-6:30pm. Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee), RAY LICHT- NAUTS: A JOURNEY THROUGH SHIFTING IDENTI- Wisconsin Ballet LTD (Milwaukee), DANCING FOR.. FMI Vilas Hall Box Office (608) 262-1500. ENSTEIN PRINTS, gallery talk on current exhibition, TIES, and ALIENATOR. Tickets are $6, $5.50 stu- BALLET WISCONSIN, a benefit performance at 1:30pm. Free to MAM members, regular museum dents, Festival passes available for a discount. Saturday, September 25 Cardinal Stritch University Theater, Tickets $30. admission for non-members. 750 N. Lincoln UWM Union Cinema, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. See 12th Annual Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Film & Video Followed by a cocktail party in the Art Gallery and a Memorial Drive. 9/15 issue for details. Festival (Milwaukee), 7pm: Award winning men's Silent Auction in the lobby. Reservations: (414) 964- Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Rhinelander), Big Mama's Annex Cafe (Milwaukee), BESTD Clinic feature film HEAD ON, followed by a special archival 6700. Classics Program, Andrews Sill, conductor, CLAS- offers free on site HIV testing and counseling from screening of AMPHETAMINE. 9pm: SMALL STEPS Sunday, September 26 SICS, featuring Liszt, Debussey, Tchaikovsky and 9pm-midnight. TOWARDS HAPPINESS: An evening of girl's shorts Cream City Squares (Milwaukee), Square Dance Dvorak. For tickets call the Northwoods Concert Broom St. Theater (Madison), Opening of TRENCH featuring ONE SMALL STEP, SWELL, I'M STARVING, Social and lessons. Be introduced to other men and Assoc. (715) 362-3963. COAT MAFIA, a serious play with comic overtones. I/YO, FASCINATING, BED, STUNT DOUBLE. SLEEP women interested in square dancing. Lake Park Pride Band (Milwaukee), Begins musical rehearsals. Written an Directed by John Sable, 8prri every Friday- COME FREE ME and STALKING MIKE HAWKE. Lutheran Church. 2647 N. Stowell Ave. 1-4pm, free Held at the MCC Church at 1239 W. Mineral St. from Sunday through Oct. 31, Broom Theater Building, Tickets are $6, $5.50 students, Festival passes and no experience necessary. FMI James 643-5597 7-8:30pm, the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month. 1119 Williamson St., FMI call (608) 244-8338, tick- available for a discount. UWM Union Cinema, 2200 or Don 445-8080. For more information on how to get involved in or ets are $7 at the door only. E. Kenwood Blvd.See 9/15 issue for details. Metro Mllw. Tennis League (Milwaukee), Doubles Continued on Page 13
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LA Cop Sues George Wake Forest U. Stifles Boyette, Wake Forest Vice-President of Francis J. Manion, Senior Regional Counsel Public Affairs, asked the station to confine for the ACLJ Midwest office. Michael Criticism of Anti-Gay its reporting to the official statement reject- If the suit is successful, it could result in a Los Angeles — A Beverly Hills undercov- Move ing the ceremony so that the coverage would spate of similar suits around the country. er police officer, Marcelo Rodriguez, has Raleigh, NC — The trustees of this private be unbiased. LGBT activists say the suit is part of a filed a slander suit against pop music star university stirred up a hornet's nest when The station is now asking for guidelines new strategy from the Religious Right to George Michael. Rodriguez was the officer they issued a decision banning the campus outlining its journalistic freedom. The challenge LGBT civil rights laws. The cen- who arrested Michael for indecent exposure chapel from performing same-sex commit- chapel is expressing its disappointment, and terpiece of that strategy is the Religious in a men's room at a local park. ment ceremonies. The Board cited the uni- the Lesbian couple is looking for a new site Protection Act (RPA) which is being consid- T h e versity's historic Baptist tradition. Wake for their commitment ceremony. ered by the U.S. Senate. Rodriguez suit Forest was founded as a Baptist university RPA's sponsors say the act is needed to alleges that the Christians Sue to Avoid but no longer has any official connections prevent Christians from being forced to former star of with that denomination. LGBT Ordinance abide by LGBT civil rights laws. The RPA Wham ! Aa The decision came in response to the Louisville — In a move that could affect passed the House of Representatives on an defamed him Wait Chapel decision to allow a Lesbian LGBT civil rights laws around the nation, the overwhelming vote. Its outlook in the Senate by repeatedly couple to use its facilities for a commit- American Center. for Law and Justice is uncertain. claiming that ment ceremony. (ACLJ), a Religious Right legal foundation, the officer P-FLAG Cuts Barnes and The campus newspaper, The Old Black is suing the City of Louisville over its LGBT waved his geni- and Gold, came out with a stinging editor- civil rights ordinance. Noble Ties tals at Michael ial denouncing the decision. The paper The suit was filed on.behalf of J. Barrett Washington — The national office of to get the singer said that two years ago, the Trustees Hyman, M.D., a local doctor who says that Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays to expose him- ignored howls of protests from Baptists his religious beliefs prevent him from com- announced that it has cut the group's ties to self. It also when it allowed alcohol sales at a campus plying with the new law. The suit says that the Barnes and Noble bookstore chain. The says that a coffee shop and wondered why Baptist tra- Hyman's religious beliefs compel him to group was an online affiliate in exchange for music video dition is being cited on this issue. The edi- refuse employment to anyone he knows to be a percentage of book sales made through its Michael made "mocks" Rodriguez and por- torial called on the campus community to Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay or Transgendered. website link to a Barnes and Noble Internet trays him as violating the law. fight the decision. "By forcing employers who object to store. Rodriguez is asking for $10 million in Faced with mounting criticism, the homosexuality and Transgenderism to hire P-FLAG Executive Director Kristen actual damages plus punitive damages, attor- University ordered the campus radio station people who practice those lifestyles, the City Kingdon said that as a grassroots group, P- ney costs and medical expenses. Michael to restrict its coverage of the matter to the of Louisville is attempting to legislate its FLAG was concerned about the number of told the press that although his attorneys D -I -z -L school's official press release. The Ra lei gh own vieworMC/rainy at uic expense or the 111UCl/CIRICHL LAJD 1 UIJOILSLUICS WIMJ VC OCCII advised him to settle the matter out of court, News and Observer reports that Sandra fundamental rights of its citizens," said forced to close as Barnes and Noble expand- he would not offer Rodriguez "a dime."
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Act, which forbids federal recognition of Gay couple who had been banned from rent- same sex marriages. ing or buying a cottage at the camp. The leading contender for the Democratic The United Methodist Historic AROUND THE nomination, Vice-President Al Gore, has also Campground is trying to revoke the owner- denounced the Knight initiative and called ship rights of Bill and Nannette Graham. ed. neighborhood police station, which is locat- for domestic partnership benefits.' The Grahams said the camp management Kingdon said the move came in response ed across the street from the restaurant. They sent them a letter saying their cottage owner- to concerns expressed by independent book- said that the police did little or nothing to ...Bush Isn't ship would be terminated as of June 21. sellers and P-FLAG chapters. She added the help Schering when they arrived at the scene. Des Moines — Texas Governor George W They said the letter came after they invited group felt that Barnes and Noble does offer Bush, the leading contender for the GOP the Gay couple to stay at their cottage and benefits to the LGBT community. She cited Local YMCA to Include Presidential nod, elaborated on his anti-Gay posted a sign welcoming Gays in one of their cottage windows. the chain's discounted book cost and the Same-Sex Couples stance in response to questions from an Iowa religious activist. The camp's attorney, John Juergensmeyer, access to LGBT literature that the chain pro- Kalamazoo, MI — The Kalamazoo Bill Horn, publisher of Straight From the said the purpose of the campground is to pro- vides to those who live in areas where local- Gazette reports that a local YMCA has Heart, an anti-LGBT newsletter, told the vide worship and spiritual experience. He ly owned LGBT book stores are not present. developed a new membership policy that said the Grahams were Associated Press that the Bush campaign disruptive. A letter covers non-traditional families. sent to the Grahams by the campground says the Governor opposes same-sex mar- Chicago Checkers Boycott The policy came about after a Gay couple management said their ownership would end Chicago — According to the Chicago Free riages. He also reported the Bush camp to attempted to purchase a family membership because of their "dissatisfaction with deci- Press, a group of 75 demonstrators calling have said that the Governor disagrees with last year. The new policy defines families as sions made by the board and your display of for a Checker's boycott picketed the chain's the New Jersey Supreme Court ordering the households, thereby allowing a second adult defiance." drive-in restaurant at Halsted and Addison. Boy Scout troupes to stop discriminating to qualify for reduced membership rates. Led by the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network against Gays. FLAMING DYKASAURUS PRESENTS Terry Kuseske, YMCA Board President, (CABN), the protestors say restaurant The Bush responses to Horn's questions told the Gazette, "There are women and men AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL COMEDY employees refused to intervene or even call come in addition to his statements against in the Gay/Lesbian community that have the police when a Gay customer was bashed hate crime laws that include Gays and LGBT families and children. They wanted to find a on its premises. adoptions. He also recently stated that he place with a healthy environment that could Steve Schering said that he asked restau- favors keeping the Texas sodomy law, which foster the development of their children, and rant employees to call the police after three prohibits LGBT sexual intimacy on the they found that at the YMCA." 'The Lesbian people, who attempted to steal his wallet, books. Kueske added that some Board members Measure Cruise that threatened him. They did not do so. did not want to remove the word "family" Goes Out of this World Schering said the alleged thieves were a Transsexual Settles Rights from the membership policy. "There were Transgendered individual, a drag queen and those who were afraid that if we stopped Case SEPT 30 their male friend. using the word `family,' it would diminish Hoboken, NJ — The Record reports that a Schering said the attack by the three OCT 1- 2 service to families." Transsexual former police officer settled her resulted in a head wound that required nine YMCA Director Bruce Siebold said that civil rights suit with the Hoboken Police S PM stitches. A restaurant employee, who the Department. some Board members did not want to remove paper said joined other employees in chanti- Janet Aiello was known as John Aiello the word family from the discounted mem- ng anti-Gay insults at the protestors, claimed when she began taking female hormones in bership policy. "We have a strong commit- that Schering threw a soda at a Transsexual 1993. In 1995, Aiello decided to go on sick ment to families in whatever form they pre- and provoked a fight. The employee said he leave to begin a year-old experiment in living sent themselves," said Siebold. would like to "beat (Schering's) fag ass openly as a woman. Doctors require such a myself." test before performing sex-change surgery. Bradley for LGBT Rights... The Police filed disciplinary charges Schering said he spilled the soda because Washington — In an interview with The the man who stole his wallet pushed him against Aiello for failing to report to work. Advocate, Democratic Presidential contender The courts dismissed the charges, and Aiello after he grabbed it back. He says the man Bill Bradley says he supports extending the sued for discrimination. threatened him, and he then asked restaurant 1964 Civil Rights Act to include discrimina- Neither Aiello's attorney nor the City employees to call the police. tion based on sexual orientation. Attorney revealed the terms of the settle- TICKETS AVAILABLE SEPT 13 AT A ROOM OF Baskerville, a Trans Lorraine Sade Bradley's campaign released two state- ment. ONE'S OWN, GREEN EARTH EAST AND Activist told the Free Press that there are ments on LGBT issues to coincide with the ESQUIRE BOX OFFICE. TICKETS $12; numerous conflicts between Gay men and STUDENTS AND SENIORS $10. publication of the interview. In one state- Chicago Rights Commission TICKETS; Transgendered persons in the area. She MAIL ORDER - OBLIWA ment, the candidate blasted California's Sues Methodist Camp 5 WYNBROOK CIRCLE, MADISON, WI 53704. accused Gay men of being jealous of Knight initiative bans Knight initiative. The Chicago — The Chicago Tribune reports INFO - 605-241-7020. Transsexuals because they "go all the way" SATURDAY SNOW ASL INTERPRETED. state recognition of same sex marriage. The that the Cook County Commission on in expressing their femininity. Baskerville AU SNOWS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE other statement said that Bradley supports Human Rights is suing a Methodist also said she thought the restaurant should domestic partnership benefits. While he was Campground. The suit asks the courts to bar called the police. P)P have a Democratic Senator 'from New Jersey, the campground from expelling a Chicago The picketers also targeted the Halsted Bradley voted for the Defense of Marriage of family because they showed support for a 113 E. MIFFLIN MADISON 294-0740
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ARCW Thank you Wisconsin or making AIDS Walk a huge success! AIDS RESOURCE CENTER OF WISCONSIN 6 Wight September 22-28, 1999 www.wilight.com I Gay Look at the Fall TV Season Just a few years ago, network TV three, two of which are animated. Transgendered character and only lead and supporting characters on was devoid of any LGBT characters. Showtime has two and HBO has five Lesbians. network and cable TV. Now as the 1999-2000 TV seasons one. To many it seems likely that the Another concern is the unrealistic opens, viewers can tune in and turn While there is reason for Gays and network executives have finally dis- nature of those characters. Some are onto 28 lead, supporting and recur- Lesbians to be pleased with the new covered what marketing firms have included for comic relief. Nearly all ring characters on primetime net- line up, there are some shortcomings known for years: urban white Gay of them are single and dateless. If work and cable television shows. In to it. males have a lot of disposable they do date, we seldom if ever see fact, it will be possible to see LGBT TV's avoidance of people of color income. Accordingly, they are offer- whom they are going out with. characters every night of the week. in ing a set of char- For example, Will of Will & Grace The 28 LGBT characters contain did not have any dates during the six new roles. The new characters show's inaugural season, while his include a man who leaves his wife heterosexual sidekick, Grace, when he realizes he is Gay, a sixty- did. Regular viewers heard something couple, and a soap opera about his best friend Jack's star struggling with the closet. dates, but they didn't see them. Experts place varying degrees of The lack of TV LGBT importance on the role openly romance has led GLAAD to say LGBT characters play on societal that the vast majority of the attitudes towards Gays and LGBT characters "are Gay in Lesbians. But no one disagrees that name only." Others, however, positive portrayals of Gays can help may disagree with that view- shape public consciousness and point. They point out that Ellen accelerate a general movement went from being a ratings success towards greater acceptance (or at to a ratings bomb in her post com- least tolerance) of the LGBT com- ing out season. munity. Although network execs say that NBC leads the pack with eight this year Will is set to develop a LGBT characters. social life, others aren't so sure. As • • • ABC has six gen- • a • Wisconsin Light. including TV's only eral has Deep Inside Hollywood colum- Transgendered carried over to acters nist Romeo San Vicente reports, character. the network's T V when an NBC exec was asked Fox has five casting of LGBT pro- whether the show's most flamboy- including roles. In fact, anyone looking for grammers think urban Gay men will antly Gay character, Jack, would two who are Gays and Lesbians of color would most easily identify with. gain a love interest, he "changed the animated. be better off tuning into the talk Observers like GLAAD, the Gay subject quicker than Anne Heche CBS will shows than network TV. The vast Lesbian Anti-Defamation Alliance, unloaded her U-Haul at Ellen's." present majority of LGBT TV characters are see a problem with the lack of With our without love interests, three LGBT characters in recurring white Gay men. There are no LGBT roles for people of color, as Will and Jack will be back again for roles. Warner Brothers will have Bisexual characters, only one well as Transgendered and Bisexual another season. So will the 22 other roles. In truth, network TV seems to returning LGBT characters. be treating homosexuality as though Despite some obvious drawbacks, S it is a white middle class phenome- there is reason for the LGBT com- MOVING CAI,£ non. munity to be somewhat pleased with That does a disservice to Gays and the upcoming TV season. It reflects all merchandise Lesbians of color who struggle to growing acceptance of Gays and • Housewares gain recognition and acceptance Lesbians within American society. • clothing within their communities of color. America is tuning in to a glimpse • sporting goods %OFF While the 28 LGBT characters is of LGBT life. That glimpse may • furniture thru the month of September more than most observers would have a narrower focus than the A • music have believed possible just a few LGBT community would )ike, but • toys years ago, only 18 of those charac- many believe it can also open up 5,000 square feet of treasures 60%0FF ters are in lead or supporting roles. wider vistas in the future. thru the month of October That's a small fraction of the 542 246 E. Chicago St. • 414-291-2856 • Mon—Fri: 10-6, Sit: 10-5, Sun: 12-5 ALE Donitions are tex-ileduetibIe & proceed, benefit the AIDS Rewire' Center of Wisconsin www.wilight.com September 22-28, 1999 Wl!ight 7
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Chicago Hope This hospital drama Returning Louiso who plays STO will again feature Todd Dawson's Creek The popular teen Andy, a Gay and anal-retentive assistant. drama includes Jack, a Gay character Thursdays at 8pm. played by Kerr Smith. This year Jack joins the Capeside High football team. NBC Wednesdays at 7pm. Will & Grace Primetime's first show to premier with an openly Gay lead char- HBO acter returns for a second season. This Sex in the City This Emmy-nominat- year, Will's law practice goes belly up, ed show includes Willie Garson as wpm -Midni but he lands a job with law firm. Grace Stanford in a recurring role. New moves out to another apartment in Will's episodes air Sundays at 9pm. building, and Debbie Reynolds reprises her role as Grace's mom. Meanwhile Jack (Sean Hayes) cavorts around acting Showtime as Gay he can be. Tuesdays at 8pm. Beggars and Choosers Tue Watkins plays Malcolm Laffley, a network exec, ER The ensemble cast of this mega hit who recently outraged his conservative includes Gedde Wantanbe, an Asian talk show host dad by coming out. who plays a Gay nurse in a recur- actor Saturdays at 9:30pm. ring role. Thursdays at 9pm. 'Rude Awakenings Rain Pryor plays a Friends The cast includes Jane Sibbett Lesbian in this comedy. Saturdays at and Jessica Hecht who play a Lesbian 9pm. couple in recurring roles. Thursdays at 7pm. Id's required 819 S. Second St • (414) 645-8330 8 WEight September 22-28, 1999 www.wilight.com AROUND THE E Action Wisconsin, Mark ARCW Gets Housing Grant capA N Join us Pocan Sponsor Town Milwaukee — The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin has announced a $375,000 one- Sunday Meetings year grant renewal from the Housing Madison — A proposal to give same sex Opportunities for Persons With AIDS TH couples at least some of the privileges (HOPWA) program. The grant amount repre- October 3 $66,000 increase over the amount enjoyed by their married heterosexual coun- sents a ARCW received for the program last year. terparts will be the focus of three "town hall" BITE The agency says the grant will allow it to pro- meetings to be held in early October. Action vide financial assistance, housing counseling, Wisconsin and Rep. Mark Pocan (D- care and support services for over 750 people Madison) will sponsor the three sessions to living with AIDS/HIV. be held in Milwaukee, Madison and Green Mike Gifford of the ARCW staff told Bay/Fox Wisconsin Light that the funds will be used for The meetings will review a statewide rent subsidies, security deposits and assistance domestic partnership bill. The legislation with utility bills. Gifford said that the funds Castaways MC sponsored by State Representative Frank could only be used for those ARCW clients Boyle (D-Superior) will living outside of the metro Milwaukee area. Celebrating 20 Years of Brotherhood be introduced within the Gifford said that Federal regulations require a next few weeks. The bill separate grant for the would give same-sex Milwaukee area. "Our goal is that couples, who register nobody with HIV and with their County Clerks, AIDS in Wisconsin shall marriage-like rights. It be homeless," said Doug would not legalize LGBT Nelson, ARCW Executive Beer Bust & Raffle marriages. . Director. "Receiving the Final revisions being Frank Boyle HOPWA grant brings us made to the proposal are expected to be com- closer to fulfilling that 3:30pm - 8pm pleted by September 30 according to Pocan. vision." "The introduction of this legislation is an An ARCW statement Doug Nelson important first step in creating dialogue and received by Wisconsin $5 Donation educating the public on matters of equal Light says that Wisconsin now has a record of housing and HIV treatment for members of the GLBT com- number of people in need 418 East Wells Street 'V Milwaukee, WI V 414-278-9192 munity," Pocan said in a letter circulated support services. The statement said that the statewide on September 17. grant will allow ARCW to help its clients manage the complex issues faced by those liv- The town hall meetings will review the ing with AIDS/HIV. legislation and allow community members to "Providing a safe and stable home environ- discuss strategies for obtaining co-sponsor- ment is the essential starting point for some- ship and moving the legislation forward in one battling HIV. Once housing is secured, we the Assembly. can help a client begin a good routine of care," '11IHE BARRACKS Perspective and participation building are Nelson said. "If you don't have a bed to sleep 5 Applegate Court • Madison, WI 53713 additional goals of the town meetings in at night or aren't sure where your and your (608) 277.8700 according to Action Wisconsin President E child's next meals are coming from, it is very THE MIEN'S ADULT M. "Mike" Fitzpatrick. "A key element of difficult to maintain medical drug regimens." CLUB 5 FILMS ARE BACK the meetings will be helping the LGBT com- MIGIff AT 10 PM munity obtain an overview on the multi-year Action Wisconsin Issues 5 Applegate Court' Madison. WI 53713 Ph. 9700 Fax (608) 277 • 8704 journey, which will take its very first steps in Alert (6011) 277 WEAR LEATHERAEVI mid-October," Fitzpatrick said. "Early Madison — Action Wisconsin is asking the NOW SERVING SUNDAY SATURDAYKITE FOR DRINK DISCOUNT involvement by stakeholder couples in estab- LGBT community and its supporters to BRUNCH lishing oppose two new anti-Gay public dialogue also is critical." bills scheduled to be 10:30am-2pm introduced in the State Legislature later this The meetings as currently scheduled are: BRAND NEW MENU The Foxhole month. Womyn's Bar Milwaukee State Representative Stephen Nass is circu- RESTAURANTHOURS TUESDAY THRU SATURDAY5.10PM Noon, October 2nd lating the bills. LRB Oper) 9esclay ihru Salurclay 1390/1 would prohibit SUNDAY5-9PM t LUNCH THURS FRI HAM-2PM LGBT Community Center the State from offering Domestic Partners lOpm Llose 170 S. 2nd St. benefits. It would also bar State employee Madison unions from bargaining for those benefits. 6pm, October 4 LRB 1391/1 would ban municipal employee Join us for Packer Games unions from bargaining for Domestic Partner The UW Memorial Union benefits unless the municipality agrees to dis- 800 Langdon St. cuss them. Beer Bust and 2-4-1 Green Bay/Fox Valley Action Wisconsin says the bills would uev $1 Dr. McGillicuddy's shots on Touchdowns 6pm, October 5 interfere with the collective bargaining t oat-, owwaisa Free Packer Shots on Touchdowns The Liberty Hall Convention Center processes by regulating what unions can and in Kimberly cannot ask for. The group also asserts that Appetizers 1/2 Price 800 Eisenhower Drive Nass is using misleading and false informa- Sandwich Price Discounts tion to gain support for his proposals. For more information and directions to Action Wisconsin is asking its supporters the meeting sites, contact Action Wisconsin to call their State Representatives and State at (608) 283-3251 or Rep. Pocan's office at Senators to ask them not to co-sponsor the (608) 266-8570. People may also obtain Nass bills. The toll free legislative hotline ifler Lite & hors d'oeu res at seas information by email at: number is (800) 362-9472 or (608) 266-9960 [email protected] or in the Madison area (TDD/TTY: (800) 228- Sundays [email protected]. 2115). Legislators may also be contacted via Bash 3 - 8pm I I fati liexifi n ati4 Tea Dance with DJ Chris 4 - 8pm • Beer www.wilight.com September 22-28, 1999 ;AM 9 YOUTH Outstanding... SPEAK by Justin Lockridge I reverted to even earlier days in my Okay, I'll admit it. I like to color. I childhood. have a box of Jumbo crayons in my top I sat down with my cousins and col- right desk drawer. It gets worse. I have ored. It was like lifting 500 pounds off markers in the top left. By now you're my shoulder. I was stress free. Who probably thinking, "He's lost it." But, I knew that a Huckleberry Hound haven't. In fact, coloring is one of the Coloring book could do so much? ways I keep myself from losing it. I know you think I sound like an idiot, JACK H. SMITH Shorevviw,- Sandboxes are another. but truthfully, try it. Sit down next time We need to "stop and smell the roses" you're having a bad day and draw a kid- so to speak. Even as we youth get die-house. You know the ones. They Buying or Selling... involved in the day to day activities of have a chimney hanging off the roof on Your Real Estate Broker Should Understand life, we forget to give ourselves time to a 45-degree angle with swirley smoke Your Lifestyle and Your Goals. relax. coming out of it. The windows and doors Your Real Estate Broker Should Be Jack H. Smith! 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We're the latter of your childhood years. too important to jump rope or play tag. The point I'm trying to make is this: I We're too wrong. for the most part, we were happy when My roommate and I are both 19. Most we were little kids. This is because we The wait is finally over ... of our friends are in the same age range. didn't have all the responsibilities that We all love to play. We color every we do now. We had time to sit and watch with same-day HIV test results. chance we get. We have water balloon the caterpillar or catch lightning bugs in fights in our living room (don't worry, I our hands. In order to keep ourselves The STD Specialties Clinic is very asked my mom first). One of our friends sane in this usually insane world of proud to announce it is now offer- is almost 30 years old, and he likes to teenagers, we have to remember to have ing anonymous HIV testing with jump on his bed. Who doesn't? fun. We need to make time to play. some-day results. 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The Dykasaurus Troupe Oblivia "It's a satire on that movie," says Hill. tive effort among members of the Everyone A Lesbian Musical Comedy for "There's this blockbuster movie making mil- Dykasaurus troupe. Hill says the music makeup and a wig," laughs Finn. "I feel like by Bill Meunier lions and, once again, where were the includes reggae, blues, a tribal rhythm, "and I'm cross-dressing." Madison - It's difficult to describe what queers?" of course several show tunes." Finn is smuggling the lube into Madison, Oblivia, the all new Lesbian musical come- There are plenty of them in this Lesbian Tickets are $12 or $10 for seniors and so that the cruise line can pay for its next dy, is all about. Even its creators, spoof, which has a cast of 15. Hill says, "In students. The Saturday night show will be outing. Once the lube gets to Madison, it Madison's wildly funny Dykasaurus improv typical Lesbian style, we have troupe, can't agree on that point. Oblivia, a pair of Lesbians to which may be the first ever Lesbian musi- play the Leonardo cal comedy, will have a one weekend run DiCaprio role. Those at Madison's Esquire Theater from twosomes are so trite, September 30 to October 2. tiresome and pre- While Dykasaurus is an improv troupe, DYKASAURUS OF dictable. They've been Oblivia is not an improvisational effort.
TESY so over explored." "We have a huge budget," said Producer Hill and Finn add and Head Writer, Abbie Hill. "There's a o that they are "certain" live musical combo, special effects, that after their three sets, the works." shows sell out, Hill says that the play is a replacement A Dykasaurus Variety Show Number Hollywood will be Oblivia Cruises Lake Mendota for Madison's famed Lesbian Variety "forced" to bring their play to will be sold in bulk at the local co-op. Show weekend. "The Variety Show produc- the masses with another blockbuster film. ASL interpreted. The theater is handi- "It's a commentary on the Exxon Valdez ers are taking the year off," she said. "Isn't it obvious?" asks Hill. capped accessible. The curtain rises at disaster," says Hill. "You can never be too "Oblivia gives everyone a chance to see Hill and Finn say that the production 8pm on all three nights. carrying petroleum products great talent in a nice setting." careful when The Esquire Theater is located at over the waves. That's why the lube is hid- Her co-Producer, Lynda Finn, points out 113 E. Mifflin. If you are coming from den in the pontoons. We don't want to that unlike the Variety Show, Oblivia is open Milwaukee, take 1-94 to the State alarm the passengers." to men. "I hope that we see a lot of men Capitol Exit and follow the signs down "This musical is about sexual empower- and straight people. Humor is universal; I East Washington to the State Capitol ment," said Finn. "The whole idea is to bring know they will be entertained." building. Mifflin is right off the Capitol lube to the people. We want to break it out Hill and Finn say that there is something square. of the sex store mode and bring it out into in Oblivia to please everyone, including Advance tickets are on sale at the open for the masses to enjoy. That's a men. Oblivia has enough humor and social Room of One's Own, 307 W. Johnson sexually empowering act that liberates us commentary plus some very good music to Street, or send your ticket order via the all." keep everyone entertained, no matter what mail to Dykasaurus, 5 Wynbrook "It's about sending an environmental sex or sexual orientation they happen to be. Circle, Madison, WI 53704 or call "It's about Lesbian relationships," (608) 241-7020. said Mary Waitrovich, the renowned After talking to three of cast mem- Oblivia Satirizes Olivia Cruises for Lesbians singer-songwriter, who wrote most of "ifs a commentaryon the Enonblialdei bers, I still can't honestly tell you what the music. "And it's a satire on scores some social points. "The term Oblivia is. Is it a satire on Midwestern Lesbian life in the Midwest." Oblivia describes the journey each character Lesbian life, Hollywood blockbusters and "It's a satire on Olivia cruises," disaster,"says Nill. "you can never be takes during the course of the play to deter- Olivia cruises? Is it a beacon of hope hold- insists Abby Hill. "We've always mine how she can help make the world a ing out the promise to bring increased sex- the Olivia wanted to make fun of toocareful when carrying petroleum better place," said Hill. ual enjoyment to the masses and a social cruises because of the way they are "It's a millenium play," adds Finn. Hill commentary on the state of the environ- advertised." agreed and said, "Lesbians get to save the ment? Or is it a millennial play and love "It has productsover the waves. Ihat's why the political significance too," world." story? Maybe it's all of those things. Like said Lynda Finn, pointing out that "It's about acceptance of all different me, you will have to see it for yourself and one of the characters, "Donna," is a tubeis hiddenin thepontoons, We don't kinds of sexual styles, if you are in monoga- then decide. short woman who wears red and mous relationship, a white and loves Wisconsin Badger wantto alarmthe passengers, polyamorous threesome or a football. one night stand, that's great. "It's a love story," said Waitrovich, However people wish to message," said Hill, who points out that at who points out that the cast includes sever- express themselves is great." the co-op, people would be able to fill their al couples at different stages of their relE- Oblivia includes some OF pails with lube and buy it in bulk. "Those lit- tionships. great original music. tle packets are so wasteful and environ- The fictional Oblivia is a pontoon boat Waitrovich, who has toured COUTESY mentally damaging," she adds. that offers cruises on Madison's Lake the country with her music, Of course, the pontoons are too weighed PHOTO Mendota. The Cruise Director, played by wrote many of the songs but down and the Oblivia along with its 200 Finn, fills the boat's pontoons with Astro said the music is a collabora- Slide, a sexual lubricant. "I have to wear Lesbian passengers sinks ala the
Downtown Auto Body • rim It Wu 3425 N. Holton St. World Milwaukee, WI 53212 a Ari Tony Balistreri Jr. Owner "If we can't fix it, Famous We'll bury it" Shirts & Skin Fender Repair Preview by John Jahn Refinishing Psychic Renowned "Gay Warrior and Sage," performance artist and activist Tim Miller will be in resi- Wrecks Rebuilt dence at UW-Madison later this month to present his latest solo piece, Shirts & Skin. Hailed for General Repairs TO STARS AND CELEBRITIES their humor and passion, Miller's performances attempt to make sense of sex, life and love in OVER 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE our tumultuous world. He has presented solo works around the world, including My Queer Body in Madison in 1993. CAN HELP YOU OBTAIN On September 30 and October 1, Miller will perform Shirts & Skin at Mitchell Hall at the UW- Madison Department of Theatre and Drama. In this dynamic work, Miller gets naked and tries on Love, a series of shirts he has worn in his journey through life as a Gay man. The one-man play is based Fx 964-5010 upon his book of the same name, digging down deep into his laundry basket of rich experiences. Ph 964-7170 In addition to Shirts & Skin, Miller will be joined by several UW students for an "Extended Health, Workshop" at the Hemsley Theatre. These will take place during September 25 - October 6, and are free and open to all UW students. For more information about Shirts & Skin or the Extended Workshops, call the Vilas Hall Box Cream City Squares Wealth Office at (608) 262-1500. Square Dance Club
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To refresh your memory, Hauptmann was the German immigrant who was found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., then 20 months Continued from Page 2 issue. old. support, call (414) 933-3743, or email Miles Art Museum (Milwaukee), FIRST FRIDAYS, The On March 1, 1932, someone broke into the 2nd story window of Charles and Anne [email protected]. Day the Music Died, 50's sock hop. tour the LAST Lindbergh's Hopewell, NJ home. The botched kidnapping attempt ended tragically with Wednesday, September 29 SHOW OF THE CENTURY exhibition, snack on food the death of their infant son. It was dubbed "The Trial of the Dairyland Cowgirls and Cowboys (Madison), by Mel's, cash bar. Dress in 50s attire, free admis- Century" when the police finally got their man. Or did Dancing at the Sapphire Ballroom, 1133 N. sion for college students, live broadcast by WZTR, great prizes. $7, $5 for MAM members. For info they? That question is thoroughly and effectively exam- Sherman Ave., FMI call (608) 255-9131. dances in a smoke free environment with a cash bar, $3 dona- (414) 224-3841. ined in John Logan's dramatic play, Hauptmann, cur- tion. Tonight: 7pm: Beginning line dance lessons, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Ripon), Light rently in production by Next Act Theatre. 8pm: Mixer Dance Renegade Switch. Classics Program, Andrews Sill, conductor. For tick- The play begins with Hauptmann (C. Michael Wright) Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Three Lakes), ets, call Ripon College, (920) 748-8164. already in prison, awaiting execution. He tells his side Light Classics Program, Andrews Sill, conductor. For UW University Theatre (Madison). Performance of SHIRTS AND SKIN by Gay Warrior and Sage, Tim of the story over a two-hour period, asking us to tickets, call the Headwaters Council for the Performing Arts and Three Lakes Miller, in residence at the UW Dept. of Theatre and judge for ourselves whether or not he was a cold- School/Community Arts Assoc. Inc. (715) 479- Drama, through Oct. 6. Performance at Mitchell blooded child killer or the innocent victim of a 6461. Theatre, 7:30pm, admission $7 FMI call Vilas Hall mid-century media frenzy whipped up to Room of One's Own (Madison), Acoustic music in box office (608) 262-1500. achieve justice at any price for America's the coffeehouse by singer-songwriter STEPHANIE Saturday, October 2 hero and his family. GLEIT, from her release Survival. Free. 6:30pm, FMI 12th Annual Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Rim & Video The play is economical in scale. Every call (608) 257-7888. 307 W. Johnson St. Festival (Milwaukee), 7pm: SHOW ME LOVE, a comic film about two teenage girls ready to come actor portrays more than one character, Thursday, September 30 12th Annual Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Film & Video out of the closet, with THE CATCH, about straight simply changing a few items of clothing Festival (Milwaukee), 7pm: QUEER GEOGRAPHIES: jocks, their girlfriends and you. 9pm: EDGE OF SEV- and altering the voice and mannerisms to SOME NEW LESSONS WOUBI BHERI, a film about ENTEEN, Award winning about Gay men coming of do so. Even Wright dons spectacles during African homosexuals with SEXUAL EXILES and SUM age, with THE BOY NEXT DOOR, and DAS CLOWN. his recounting of the trial to portray TOTAL. 9pm: RED RAIN a documentary about a Tickets are $6, $5.50 students, Festival passes available for a discount. UWM Union Cinema, 2200 Hauptmann's ineffective lawyer. Set women's boxing champion, with HOMOCORE MIN- NEAPOLIS. about the dynamic homocore scene. E. Kenwood Blvd. design by Maureen Chavez-Kruger is like- Tickets are $6, $5.50 students, Festival passes Action WI & Rep. Mark Pocan (Milwaukee), wise simplicity itself. available for a discount. UWM Union Cinema, 2200 Meeting to discuss the Domestic Partnership bill Wright's portrayal of the doomed Bruno E. Kenwood Blvd. See 9/15 issue for details. Mark will introduce in the near future. Discuss leg- Hauptmann is superb. He manages a Flaming Dykasaurus (Madison). Presents OBLIVIA, islative strategy including getting co-sponsors, and the Lesbian Pleasure Cruise that Goes Out of this the pro's and con's of conducting a statewide polls. German-accented English well enough to From left to right: Terry Tuttle, C. Michael Wright and World, an original musical comedy. 8pm, the Legislation would create a registry system in each Steven Koehler in HAUPTMANN, by John Logan. convince, yet always clear enough to Esquire, 113 E. Mifflin, tickets available at Room of County in WI. To review a copy of the bill, call (608) 041111•D Presented by Next Act Theatre, September 9-26 at 266-8570/Fax: 282-3678. First meeting today from understand. Another stand-out perfor- Stiemke Theatre, 108 E. Wells Street. 224-9409 One's Own, Green Earth East and Esquire Box mance comes from Daniel Mooney, who's Office (608) 294-0740. FMI (608) 241-7020. See 12-2pm, LGBT Community Center, 170 S. 2nd St. prosecution's star wit- Spotlight article in the Sept. 22 issue. Afterwords Books (Milwaukee), 3rd Weekend of asked to be no less then 11characters, including Dr. Condon (the Murder and Mayhem: Bigger And Bolder. This series ness), Alexander Woolcott and H.L. Mencken. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Merrill), Light Classics Program. Andrews Sill, conductor. For tick- of LGBT mystery writers features KILLER BRUNCH at Hauptmann asks us to vindicate the ill-fated title character. It is as if his ghost has ets, call the Merrill Concert Assoc. at (715) 536- 11:30am with authors Claire McNab , Ellen Hart, appeared to admonish those who railroaded him - and in a larger sense the whole 5521. R.D. Zimmerman and Lev Raphael. LETHAL TEA United States - and put him to death for something he claimed he was no part of. "I die Room of One's Own (Madison), Best selling Lesbian begins later with Val McDermid, Michael Craft and author and two-time Lambda Literary Award winner Mark Zubro. For details, see the Lifestyle cover story innocent," were his final words. This play makes that case strongly. in 9/22 issue. 2710 N. Murray (414) 963-9089. Hauptmann can be seen through September 26 at Milwaukee's Stiemke Theater. For KATHERINE V. FORREST. reading from her latest: SLEEPING BONES. Free, FMI call (608) 257-7888, Flaming Dykasaurus (Madison), Presents OBLIVIA, tickets and further information, call (414) 278-7780. 307 W. Johnson St. the Lesbian Pleasure Cruise that Goes Out of this UW University Theatre (Madison), Performance of World, an original musical comedy. 8pm, the SHIRTS AND SKIN by Gay Warrior and Sage, Tim Esquire, 113 E. Mifflin, tickets available at Room of Present Music is New Music Miller, in residence at the UW Dept. of Theatre and One's Own, Green Earth East and Esquire Box by Fred Williams Drama, through Oct. 6. Performance at Mitchell Office (608) 294-0740. FMI (608) 241-7020. See Tired of the "old standards?" If you're eager to hear an eclectic blend of new, diverse Theatre, 7:30pm, admission $7 FMI call Vilas Hall Spotlight article in the Sept. 22 issue .Tonight's musical compositions, Milwaukee-based Present Music has a lot to offer. Founded in box office (608) 262-1500. show is ASL interpreted. Gay Video Club (Madison), LIKE IT IS and IN DEEP: 1983, this fine group of classically trained musicians delivers the future of music. Friday, October 1 MILES TO GO, 8pm, call (608) 244-8675 evenings At its season opener on September 10, Artistic Director Kevin Stalheim treated 12th Annual Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Rim & Video for location. the audience to two works composed and performed by Qu Xiao-song. Born and Festival (Milwaukee), 7pm: EVERYTHING WILL BE Lesbian Health Task Force (Madison), of Dade his Chinese folk tra- FINE, a comedy about racism and Lesbian love, and County presents a HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERIES, raised in China, Qu blends vocal lines and instruments from a special archival screening of I NEVER DANCED dition with Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian philosophical traditions. The result is today: Are Lesbians at Higher Risk for Breast THE WAY GIRLS WERE SUPPOSED TO. 9pm: BUT Cancer? Lesbian Health Priorities. A talk by Gloria often magical, evoking visual and emotional journeys. FIRST FOR LOVE!, an evening of boy's short films. Sarto. MD. Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Qu Xiao-song did not disappoint his audience, who rose to a standing ovation TiCkets are $6, $5.50 students, Festival passes Jenifer St., wheelchair accessible and ASL interpret- after the performance of his first scheduled work, Fang Yan Kou, subtitled ,"a available for a discount. UWM Union Cinema, 2200 ed. FMI call Megan Barry at (608) 246-0101. Milwaukee Art Museum. The cave-like E. Kenwood Blvd. See 9/15 issue for details. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Janesville), Light Buddhist ritual for dead spirits," at the Afterwords Books (Milwaukee), 3rd Weekend of acoustics of the room added to the spiritual feel of his two pieces performed, the Classics Program, Andrews Sill, conductor. For tick- Murder and Mayhem: Bigger And Bolder. This series ets, call the Janesville Concert Assoc. at (608) 756- second being a representation of nature in Ji #2. of LGBT mystery writers kicks off with an appear- 1376. One of its core of seven musicians, pianist Phillip Bush opened the concert with ance by Katherine Forrest, Lesbian author of CURI- OUS WAVE, DAUGHTERS OF A CORAL DAWN, and Sunday, October 3 6 of 24 Time Curve Preludes, composed by William Duckworth. Despite this chal- Miss Gay WI USofA Pageant (Green Bay), At the lenging series, which shifted from a sense of hurriedness to tranquility, Bush SLEEPING BONES, and her LAPD Det. Kate Delafield series. 7pm, 2710 N. Murray (414) 963-9089 See Regency Suites Hotel and Convention Center in GB. played in every work performed that night. Lifestyle article 9/22 issue.. Top ten finalists battle it out for the title. $18 The performances of Four on the Floor and Night Passage were fantastic. The Dairyland Cowboys and Girls (Madison), Dancing advance, $20 at the door. first piece for piano, violin, cello and bass used an underlying boogie beat to evoke and Lessons at Sapphire Ballroom, 1133 N. Every Tuesday a fast-paced, dizzying journey. Night Passage, commissioned by Present Music in Sherman Ave (Northgate Mall), FMI Richard or Ron Gay By God's Will (Milwaukee), Milwaukee's MCC on 1992, took the listener on a trip to "a night in the center of a busy city, visiting (608) 255-9131, smoke free environment, cash Warner Cable channel 47, live, 8pm.Every Tuesday. bar, suggested donation $3, all welcome. Tonight: Queer TV (Milwaukee), Warner/MATA cable channel fry bars and night clubs." Both pieces were well received by the appreciative audi- 8pm: General Dance Lessons, 9pm: Open Dance. 47, 7pm. Every Tuesday. ence. Flaming Dykasaurus (Madison). Presents WYOU Cable Channel 4 (Madison), Nothing To Hide Present Music continues its 1999-2000 Season with performances in both OBLIVIA,8pm. the Esquire. 113 E. Mifflin, tickets at 4pm. Living With HIV/AIDS at 6pm. 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Popular Lesbian mystery writer Katherine V. romance with handsome Neil Waite. Body Forrest edited many of McNab's books. Forrest Language, Craft's most recent novel, Mark mt!st began writing Lesbian fiction with Curious Wine find a killer much closer to home, after his cousin and An Emergence of Green. Both books have is murdered in .J become Lesbian classics. She then branched Mark's hometown out to science fiction with Daughters of a Coral during Christmas Dawn, and a collection of short stories, Dreams festivities. and Swords. But Forrest found a real home in The deadly world the mystery genre when she created the charac- of academia proves ter of Kate Delafield, first introduced in Amateur to be fertile ground City back in 1984. The latest outing of LAPD for Lev Raphael's Detective Kate Delafield is Sleeping Bones. In it, Nick Hoffman Delafield, with a new partner, investigates a mur- series of murder der at the La Brea Tar Pits. mysteries. Let's Dangerous Reading In Tell Me What You Like, Kate Allen intro- Get Criminal finds duced Lesbian cop Alison Kane and offered read- Stefan and Nick Murder & Mayhem Weekend ers a tantalizing glimpse into the shadowy world teaching at State by Cindy Van Vreede and R. Smith series by Val McDennind. Lindsey is a Lesbian of the Denver leather scene. Now in her fourth University of offering, Just a Little Lie, Allen sets Alison on a Michigan. Nick learns that an obnoxious As any fans of the genre will tell you, really feminist socialist journalist from England who blackmail case while her dominatrix lover. Stacy, colleague is offered a better contract. When this good murder mysteries are addictive — far more investigates murders. struggles to organize a Leather and S/M confer- same obnoxious colleague turns up dead, Stefan compelling than the latest dance re-mixes, decid- Conferences Are Murder is the third book in ence for Lesbians. looks to be the hottest suspect. Nick is forced to edly more sinful than chocolate, almost as this series. However, if you go to England, you don his amateur sleuthing outfit. More academ- painful to quit as cigarettes. Okay, maybe not find two more Lindsey Gordon Gay Mystery Writers ic mischief occurs in The Death of a Constant quite as good as sex. But close, pretty darn mysteries. Hopefully, Minneapolis is the setting for R.D. Lover, when Nick witnesses the murder of close. Spinsters Ink will find a way Zimmerman's Lambda-award winning mys- a student during a riot. So, what is the extraordinary appeal of to get the other books in this tery series featuring Gay televi- Mark Zubro is the Lesbian mysteries and, far more recently, Gay series on American book- sion newsman Todd Mills. In the author of two popu- lar series. In A mysteries? store shelves. Val McDermid series debut, Closet, Todd Mills Simple Suburban Murder. Zubro introduced high school Could it be that our community finds itself is also the author of the Kate was outed on his own television teacher Tom Mason and his celebrity ball player so effortlessly seduced by the strong, inde- Brannigan mystery series. station after his lover is murdered I ii lover Scott Carpenter. Mark Zubro's lat- pendent and, most importantly, sexy protag- There aren't any Cordelias and subsequently becomes the est, Drop Dead, features Gay cop Paul onists, both male and female, whose day-to- t5 k in the mystery series by Claire prime suspect. In Zimmerman's Turner (first introduced in Sorry Now) day adventures make our monotonously McNab. This fine Aussie latest. Outburst, Todd and his investigating the murder of a gorgeous humdrum lives, seem horribly pale in com- series features Detective lover, homicide investigator Steve male supermodel. parison? Unable as we are to be heroes Inspector Carol Ashton. Set Up Rowlins. race against the clock to Claire McNab, Ellen Hart, R.D. ourselves, solving crimes and bringing the is the 11th book in the series: find a killer who has developed a Zimmerman, Lev bad-guys to justice, we must settle instead Lessons in Murder, introduced taste for watching Gay cops die. Raphael and Kate Allan will be at Afterwords for an to merely live vicariously through our favorite fic- in 1988, was the first. Readers Michael Craft's hunky protago- 11:30am tional gumshoes. have been able to follow the trials and travails of nist Mark Manning is likewise a brunch on Saturday October 2nd. Authors Val McDermid, Michael Craft and The well-constructed murder mystery formula Ashton as she deals with her son and lover over newsman, an award-winning news- Mark Zubro will also be there that day for tea, at is itself uniquely satisfying. Each new mystery the years while still solving serious crimes. Claire paper journalist. Debuting in Flight Dreams, Mark a time to be from our favorite authors, featuring familiar char- McNab also wrote Under the Southern Cross, a Manning is in hot pursuit for a missing heiress announced. acters we often come to regard as friends, is a non-mystery fiction book. but then becomes awfully sidetracked by his complete story, possessing a beginning, middle and an ending that successfully offers closure. In so much current fiction, writers often drop you into the middle of the story and then pull you out before the action seems to have wrapped up. Then there is the genre's marvelous certainty that goodness will inevitably triumph over evil. Such certainty is surely a soothing balm against Mortgage Masten each day's newspaper accounts of fresh new atrocities. Similarly. there is something awfully 84th & Burleigh • (414) 875-1111, ask for ext. 21 a comforting in that the crimes in most murder EBB mysteries have a reassuring motive. The group of nine Lesbian and Gay mystery writers appearing at Afterwords 3rd Weekend of Murder & Mayhem are amongst the best the genre has to offer. The holidays are Lesbian Writers just around the corner. The first Lesbian mysteries were published in the early 1980s. Since then, the genre has grown to be one of the most popular in Lesbian litera- Why worry about bills? ture. Is debt stressing Do you need cash? Ellen Hart, a native of neighboring Minnesota, had just published her latest book, Hunting the Witch. Hart's series features restaurant owner Call our mortgage professionals. Jane Lawless and her hilarious sidekick Cordelia Thorn. In you out? HUNTING Hunting the Witch, Jane and Cordelia WITCH investigate the death of a man who may be Are you currently 30, 60 or 90+ days late on your mortgage or your bills? connected to Jane's girlfriend, Julia. Patricia Kastner, CALL NOW! introduced in Hart's last book, Wicked Our mission is to find you the best mortgage rate available. 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of all this "Gay is okay" hoopla, is that there are kesvale by ream( Friday a lot of people who are left out of the equation, namely single and kinky people, who threaten the hell out of a society scared to death of its THE SHORTEST own booty. DISTANCE BETWEEN It sounds to me READ a lot like "Gay is okay as TWO POINTS TS long as you act like us." For many of us, that ST RA1611.... ain't gonna happen anytime soon. Before you -1 A write a furious letter to the editor scolding me ER.. MEAN A for being against Gay marriage, adoption, and NON-CURVING family building, know that I think marriage and • kids are completely groovy and noble callings. 0 But right now, they aren't for me. So go on, brothers and sisters, send me postcards from Hawaii. Have all the kids your lit- by Kirk Read tle ovaries and bank accounts can manage. I'll be their favorite babysitter. -- Editor's Note: Wisconsin Light is pleased to Tina: Bring Me the Turkey Baster add Kirk Read to its pages. Kirk is a resident of San Francisco and brings the unique and funny perspective of a 26-year-old Recently, a Lesbian friend showed me explic- a few years ago, excitedly swapped drinking single Gay Some people go out of their way to man to our readers. Kirk can be reached care it photographs of childbirth which made fisting games they'd collected at their respective col- of Wisconsin Light or at [email protected]. avoid heterosexist terms. look like a mildly challenging bowel movement. leges, were now getting right to the point. "Is I put down my plate of Lesbian spaghetti (basic she engaged? Who's he dating?" noodles in a watery, sweet tomato sauce) and I was nearly trampled by members of the covered my face with both hands. N.A. (Newly Attached) who insisted on shoving My mind was sent careening back to 10th their obscenely large engagement rings in my grade biology class, when, upon seeing an face, sometimes accompanied by photographs 354 E. National Ave. equally graphic video entitled The Miracle of of their children. These are people who, only a Milwaukee, WI Childbirth, my queer ass was out the door, few years ago, couldn't manage to return 53204 screaming "There's got to be a better way!" signed field trip permission slips. These are My teacher, Coach Ferguson, took great people I did time with in detention, whose OPEN: Mon-Thur, 5p-2a delight in chasing me down the hall and forcing spawn shall be the new generation. Fri, 5P me to watch this orgiastic heterosexual night- Appropriately terrified, I did the only thing a -2:30a mare. After all, I had only months earlier dis- self-respecting queer could do. I played their Sat 3p-2:3oa rupted his sermon on frog dissection with a pro- game, with a healthy dash of irony. When I saw Sun 3p-2a nouncement that mine eyes would not see the a member of the N.A. approaching, I whipped glory of a formaldehyde soaked reptile. Also, out my ring finger, adorned with a kiwi-strawber- there were the more than occasional long week- ry Ring Pop. ends I'd take to follow my favorite band, R.E.M., My other hand held a stack of pictures of my with my boyfriend. cat, Lyle. At first, everyone laughed, and we That, and I had nothing but scorn for the were free to discuss anything but love and mar- whole idea of junior varsity basketball. The riage. To my delight and chagrin, some of my Coach had it in for me. straight friends had been watching too much Don't get me wrong. I love kids. My day job Ellen. affords me the pleasure of being around five- Several friends, all women, circled me and OP year-olds all day. I have eight nieces and said, "Don't you want kids? It's the '90s. Lots nephews. I've taught many of them to walk, of homosexuals have kids. You should be a cuss, read, and be creatively rebellious. father." Someday, I thought, I'll just settle for The world needs more queer aunts and being a Daddy. uncles - and, I've gathered, parents. When I In a town where the appropriate pronuncia- went home for the holidays (Lexington, Virginia, tion of the h word is home-a-seck-shul, I was population 8,000) there was a decidedly being told that it is cool to be a Gay parent. On OUR NEW LOOK domestic stench in the air. My sister Brooke one hand, I was thrilled. People are coming has been fabulous with child for six months around. On another, deeper level, I was dis- EEKEY SPECIALS now. turbed. As happy as I am to be an uncle again, when We are much more acceptable to main- Mon-F, Cocktail Flour - 2-4-1 5p-8p* I saw her tummy, I couldn't help but think of stream society, and even to ourselves, when *Tickets good until 9pm those stretched-to-bursting vaginas that haunt our lives have all the trappings of traditional het- Monday S1 Off Tap & Rail 9p-Mid me like a snuff movie. "Demand potent drugs," erosexual values. If we have kids, rings, and Tuesday $4 Pitchers 9p-Mid I urged her. partners of 20 years, we get applause. And Wednesdal, 2-4-1 All Day, All Night 5p-za Palms, the local rightly so. When I went down to the Thursday Weiss Beers (selection varies) 9p-Mid bar, many of my 24-year-old high school class- It's an honorable and difficult path, one that 53 mates looked dazed. The same kids who, only I admire and respect. My concern, in the midst Sun Days Bottled Beer Sale (selection varies) 3P-9P Sun Nights Shirtless Sundays** w/Jake & Steve 9p-za **1/2 price tappers & rail drinks if your shirt is off by KEITH N ANDERSON
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a good crowd at both bars. Curt, former owner of In Between, moved his famed Packer parties to Switch. He was in fine form with a new hat. Lizzie c9oing Bordeaux of PossUm Queen fame was at Switch too: she was wearing her pet blue boa. When Lizzie told Curt that blue (Detroit's color) was a better color than Out green (the color of choice for Pack fans), it SEPTEMBER 22 set that can of cheese on top of Curt's hat WEDNESDAY, News... Congratulations to Jeff that picture out of Ruthie's hands! spinning. Fluid (Milwaukee), Farewell to Jennings of Green Bay for being selected Recaps... The Metro Milwaukee Over at the Ball Game a bunch of us Summer! 8pm-on. with DJ John second runner-up at the Mr. Gay All- Tennis League Murges spinning your favorite tunes from this Cabana Boyz American (MGAA) 2000 pageant in fundraiser was summer, $3 and $3.50 Mai Tai's drink specials, $2 Oklahoma City on recently held at 219 shots of Cuervo and $ 2 bottles September 11! With to Corona.. this honor, Jeff GOV becomes the only SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Wisconsin performer AFTERDARK Eagle (Milwaukee), Promotion and - male or female - fund raiser for the SE. WI Mr. Leather ever to be a top three help pay for their tourna- watched the Lions hang on for the win. The contest. 10pm-? Beer bust with raffle ment. Bill Wardlow of and prizes, portion of proceeds to be national finalist in lEINLOMMEINIME BG has Gay Milwaukee's longest running donated to BESTD Clinic. both the USofA and Fluid stole the show. He Packer party. It wouldn't be Packer season PARTY, MGAA national O played Wilma Finger Doo. without a stop or two or ten there! Fluid (Milwaukee), STOLI pageant systems. O The newly mar- 10pm-midnight.. The Milwaukee ried Miss THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 crowd can check Jeff M & M Club (Milwaukee), BESTD out in person this Clinic offers free anonymous HIV test- Friday night Friends ... at the Ballgame LIGHT ing 10pm- lam.
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LORENZ and you get to see all of the contes- COURTESY tants compete for the finals tomorrow RANDY OF PHOTO night at the Regency Suites.. ESY O LIVE WEEKLY Lizzie Brought Her Boa to the Switch Packer Party In the end, I was philosophical about the ENTERTAINMENT Barbie Dolls Playhouse (Milwaukee), Karaoke Mr. Gay All-American (MGAA) 2000 pageant in Oklahoma City on September 11! whole thing. I figured that if I am going to every Wed. at 10pm. watch a loss, I would rather do it with all the C'est La Vie (Milwaukee). Female (September 24) when he performs with Wardlow/Finger Doo did Madonna's Frozen. friendly folks I saw at these two bars than Impersonators on Sat. & Sun., 10:30pm. Club 5 (Madison), Female Impersonators on northeastern Wisconsin's Entertainers She came out and sat on an ice chest. sitting at home. Of course, wins are more Sun., 10pm. Against AIDS troupe in their Halfway through the song, she opened up Milwaukee fun at a Packer party. Club 219 (Milwaukee), Female Impersonators debut at the M & M Club. the ice chest and threw frozen TV dinners, The uniform night at the Milwaukee on Thurs. & Sun., 11:30pm. Strippers every To wet your appetite, check out this Dusty Eagle was interesting to say the least. Our Wed., Fri. & Sat„ 11pm. exclusive shot of the competition, courtesy Fannies (Milwaukee), Karaoke, second and Il new leather columnist, Charles Grosz, orga- fourth Wed. of the month. of Randy Lorenz of Madison's Backstage nized it as a benefit for the Milwaukee La Cage (Milwaukee), La Cage Showcase z Productions. I had to use a crowbar to get z BESTD Clinic. There were a ton of cool every Fri. & Sun. at 11pm. O Shoreline (Milwaukee). Practices at La Cage. prizes for the raffles. Fri, 8-11pm plus Free Lessons. 0 There were lots of hot uniforms too. The Switch (Milwaukee), Karaoke every Thurs. at Police motif seemed to be the favorite 9pm. among those wearing them. There were O also some military duds. was very crowded. 0 Speaking of La Cage, it 0. After checking out all the hot stuff at the 0 was one of two sites for Baby Jane Eagle, our publisher Greg, his partner (and Hudson's third annual 39th B-Day party last • a our Copy Editor) Rick and I headed over to LaCage's Corey & Friends Visit the Ballgame Sunday. From 8 to 11pm, the party was at 219 to say hi to downstairs bartender Joe La Cage. From Midnight to close, it was at pizzas and Popsicle's to the screaming and see the strippers. Then we stopped at M & M. I guess Baby Jane decided that she crowd. Dish to listen to some hot tunes. Greg and couldn't decide which of these two great The Pack may or may not be back, but Rick were tired. so I went on alone. I clubs to celebrate at. Who can blame her? Milwaukee's LGBT Packer parties are. I had stopped at Switch, which had a big crowd. You only get to turn 39 for the third time fun watching the game at Switch and the Then it was over to Fluid where that cutie once. Ball Game, even if the Pack did turn out to Jimmy was behind the bar, and a bunch of That's it for this week, folks. I hope to Dee', —t Bar, Same Curt. Cute! be on the short end of the score in last •'lade the Switch! nice folks were on my side of it. see you out and about soon. Meanwhile, Sunday's game against Detroit. There was I finished the night off at La Cage, which _ — stay safe and be prOVC www.wilight.com September 22-28, 19991.11 17 BAR GUIDE
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