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old boy:Walters said. "No one, including gay-rights advocates, Internet Activists Blast _ ink! want that idea promoted: Walters said. Laura National The decision to pull the book comes as the The Internet - Salon reports that a new NEWS school district considers whether Gays web site, StopDrIaura.com is designed to DP Bill Advances In VT should be protected by an anti-harassment build "a coalition against hate: say its spon- policy. Jack Bovee, social studies coordinator sors. The March 8 - 14, 2000 Montpelier, VT - The Vermont House web site is promoting a campaign for Collier schools, said the class could have to keep the Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly controversial radio show host off used two other district-approved textbooks the TV approved a bill that would create "civil airwaves. for the course. StopDrLaura features unions" for same sex couples. The bill grants some of her more Margaret Sherry, a spokeswoman for notable quotes on all of the benefits and rights or marriage the the subject of Gays and Contents Boston-based Houghton Mifflin, said she was Lesbians state can legally offer. such as her announcement that not aware of any other complaints about the Gays are "products of a "I'm incredibly proud of what we've biplogical disorder" book used in colleges and high school and "I call homosexual practices deviant. WI News 4 done; said State Rep. William Lippert after advance placement courses. Houghton The Anti-Dr. Laura site asks visitors to House Judiciary Committee voted 10-1 'to Mifflin found some older editions of the "flood Paramount with calls to stop Dr. Community 5 approve the bill. Lippert, the only openly Gay textbook and delivered them to Barron Laura," and provides a phone number for member of the Vermont Lcgislature, made Collier two weeks ago. chairman Kerry McCluggage. Next Best Thing 7 the motion to recommend the bill. The lone "Dr. Laura is free to malign any minority dissenting vote came from Rep. William MTV Pulls Bashing she chooses, but Paramount Television is not If These Walls Could Talk 8 Mackinnon, who backed allowing same sex required to aid and abet in the destruction of couples to marry. Video our civil rights and the denial of our human- Politically Speaking 9 The legislation is in response to aVertnont New York, NY - The Starr Report by ity," says the site. "In the names of Matthew Supreme Court ruling that prohibitions on Michael Starr reports that MTV under pres- Health 10 sure from the Shepard, Brandon Teena, PFC Barry Winchell, Gay marriages violate the State Gay and Lesbian AllianceAgainst Allen Schindler, Billy Jack Gaither - in the Constitution's "common benefits clause:" Defamation, has yanked a video by The Cinema Reviews 11 name of every one of us - please take a stand The Court told the legislature to either legal- Bloodhound Gang that featured Gay bashing. against hate." ize Gay marriage or come up with an alter- The Bad Touch made by Blood Hound gang Theatre Reviews 13 Also on the site, David Lee Enuny-winning native that allows same sex couples the aired once on Feb. 7 to promote the U.K. executive producer of Paramount TV's same legal standing as that enjoyed by mar- group's new alternative rock album, Hooray Gotcha 14 Frasier says: "I think it is outrageous that ried heterosexual couples. For Boobies. In the video, the group is walking around Paramount chooses to be in business with a The Gay Agenda 15 - 17 First Lady to March in Paris when they see two men dressed as woman who is, I think, literally dangerous to sailors, feeding each other French-Fries with the Gay community. She may not have a dub Horoscope 18 Gay Parade their arms intertwined. The "sailors," who are in her hand, but she encourages an atmos- New York, NY - First lady Hillary phere where those Marketplace 19 portrayed as Gay are then attacked by the who do wield weapons Clinton left no doubt as to where she.stands group and beaten up. feel free to use them:' on New York's St. Patrick Day Parade contro- GLAAD officials immediately contacted Internet guru John Aravosis of Wired versy This weekend Mrs. Clinton became MTV to lodge a protest. "We realize that the Strategies is behind the new site. He says PUBLISHER: the first resident of the White House to Greg Quindel `Bad Touch' video is a satire, but there's noth- that Dr. Laura's blasting of Gays is not pro- ([email protected]) march in a Gay parade, when she joined in ing satiric about a gay-bashing in any form, so tected free speech. "If someone called a Jew EDITOR: an alternative Gay St. Patrick's Day march. we asked MTV to pull the video," says GLAAD a biological error, you think they'd get a TV Nadine A. Walther The controversy swirls around the refusal spokesman Scott Seomin. Insiders say MTV show? I don't think so. When you defame ([email protected]) of the traditional St. Patrick's Day parade to has prOmised to re-edit the video before airing African-Americans, it's racism. You defame allow the Irish Gay and Lesbian organization, it again. gay people, it's free speech." Staff I.I.G0 to march with it down New York's Associate Editor: Ron Gelman ([email protected] Fifth Avenue. LLGO took the parade spon- Bradley's Blast Dr. Laura Website provides Info Production Manager/Art Director sors, the Ancient Order of Hiberians, to court The Internet - In separate appearances Source to Gay Voters Tom (TJ) Herrmann ([email protected]) over its exclusion of openly Gay Irish peo- on GAYBC intemet radio Presidential candi- New York, NY - Super Tuesday 2000 Director of Sales/Marketing Diane M. Gregory ple. LLGO's suit was rejected. date Bill Bradley and his wife Ernestine blast- marks the launch of GayVote.com Arts & Entertainment Editor: Jerry Johnson Mrs. Clinton originally planned to march Dr. Laura Schlessinger ed radio shock jock (http://www.gayvote.com), a non-parti- Sports Editor: Bob Melig in the traditional parade. When told of the over her on the air anti-Gay remarks. Dr Laura, san website by Silicon Alley-based Project Manger: Bill Meunier however, she said that she physiology not psychi- Internet controversy, who holds a degree in Mediapolis. GayVote.com, first launched for Photographer: Cynthia Lorenz the alternative march adding that "biological mistakes" and would join atry, has called Gays the 1998 elections, is the nationwide source Wisconsin Bureau Chief: traditional march unless it is NE she will skip the "deviants." for facts on presidential, House and Senate Mike Fitzpatrick Clinton's opponent for NewYork's appearance on the inclusive. During his and gubernatorial candidates, their stands on Columni8ts & ReporterS: Bill Meunier, Dr. Terry seat, New York Mayor Rudolph Michelangelo Signorile show, Bradley said Dr. Senate's gay issues, coverage of gay political news and Boughner, Margaret Flood, Virginia Harrison, John Jahn, Giuliani was also invited to the alternative Laura's viewpoint on homosexuality, "makes Jim McFarland, Justin Lockridge, Dave Runyon, Dusty online community political forums. The site stomach:" added his agree- Sass, Ruthie, Charles Grosz, Gina King, Nicki Schlaishunt parade. He declined to attend. me sick to my He will also feature the country's most promi- say that Paramount Contibuting Writers: Tim Nasson, Gip Plaster, Kirk ment with those who nent lesbian and gay writers with their takes Officials Remove syndicate a Dr. Laura TV Read, Billy Masters should drop plans to on regional and national political races. Textbook Mentioning show. GayVote.com will take the pulse of les- Opinions expressed by writers in Wisconsin Light are not necessarily those "I bet that there are enough gays and les- of the publishers, editor or our advertisers. My reference to any individual bian and gay voters with exclusive surveys or organization should not be construed as an indication of the same's Gays bians in Paramount, making it a good compa- sexual or affection orientation or preference. All copy, text design, photos and polls and will question candidates on and illustrations in advertisements are published with the understanding that Naples, FL - Collier County school offi- ny today, that Paramount would not have its the advertiser is fully authorized and has secured proper written consent for issues that matter to gay voters. Candidates the use of names, pictures, or testimonials of any living person, and cials yanked a European history textbook own interests served by continuing this sort Wisconsin Light may lawfully publish and cause such publication to be will present their positions on controversial made: and the advertiser agrees by submitting ads to indemnify and save from a high school class after a teacher of thing," Bradley said."So, I think it should go blameless the publication of any error that may be contained in said ad. about its references to issues such as the Military's "Don't Ask, Don't accept any responsibility for any claims made by raised questions off." Wisconsin Light does not Tell" policy; state and local hate crimes legis- advertisers. The entire contents of Wisconsin Light is held under copyright homosexuality. Ernestine Bradley made similar remarks and cannot be reproduced without the written permission of Wisconsin Light lation; the legislative battle to end discrimi- I. LC. 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acquitted of second-degree murder charges the TEACH program (a state program to tive and state senator in opposition to these by a jury in Albany, 150 miles north of the help schools and libraries get Internet bills. Bronx, where the incident occurred. access). The bill's author, Rep. Michael The language of these identical bills National According to testimony offered at the Huebsch (R-West Salem), accompanied by a defines marriage as being between one NEWS officers' trial, Diallo was shot after holding representative of a filtering software manu- man and one woman, and refuses Continued from Page 3 up his wallet, which officers said they mis- facturer, testified that advances in filtering Wisconsin recognition of "marriage other took for a gun. "This case - and others that software meant that such software would than between one man and one woman" The site will provide ratings of the can- have preceded it - raises questions that war- not unduly block non-pornographic sites. regardless of their validity in other jurisdic- • didates by groups promoting lesbian and rant a U.S. Justice Department review; said However, Ross presented examples to tions. (Current law defines marriage as gay civil rights such as the Human Rights NGLTF Executive Director Kerry Lobel. the committee of how that particular soft- being between "husband and wife".) Campaign (http://www.hrc.org) and "The Gay, Lesbian, bisexual and transgender ware blocked all or part of non-porno- It is NOT the same language as 1997 AB groups opposing gay civil rights such as the community (GLBT) in both New York City graphic sites related to lesbian, gay, bisexual 104, which prohibited "marriages between Christian Coalition (http://www.cc.org). and across the country has been affected by and transgendered civil rights; State of people of the same sex". However, the "GayVote.com is at the center of a police brutality and racism. Wisconsin sites on HIV/AIDS statistics and intent is the same: a response to make sure dynamic, active gay political online commu- Ms. Lobel issued her statement even on teen pregnancy; a chapter of the that same-sex marriage is not recognized in nity" said Alan Emtage, GayVote.com project though the Justice Department announced Wisconsin State Statutes; and the text of Wisconsin, should another state decide to leader. "The site will allow people to easily that an investigation into the Diallo murder Reggie White's speech before the State recognize it. locate information about presidential candi- is already underway following the not guilty Assembly. He also explained to the commit- Cosponsors of both bills are identical, dates and candidates right in their home dis- verdict. last week a spokesman of the US tee how despite this 'overly broad text- and are: Representatives Gundrum, Ladwig, trict; Justice Department said its investigators based blocking, the software still could not Musser, Wood. Seratti, Albers, Gunderson, GayVote.com is produced with were looking at whether the officer violat- guarantee that pornographic images would Grothman, Leibham, E Lasee, Kestell, Mediapolis' exclusive IowaTM software tech- ed Diallo's civil rights. If the Department be blocked. Owens,Jensen, Pettis, Goetsch, Freese, Nass, nology.With IowaTM, campaign news, up-to- finds that they did, the officers could face AB 266 had previously passed the State Suder, Kreibich, Vrakas, Urban, Petrowski, the-minute election results and polling data federal charges Assembly 76-23 on October 6, 1999, the Huebsch, Hoven and Klusman. can be published immediately, at the press Senate Committee has not taken any action Senators Fitzgerald, A. I asee, Huelsman, of a button. IowaTM is completely scaleable, on it. Schultz, Roessler, Farrow, Drzewiecki, Zien allowing GayVote.com to grow rapidly and Lazich. without any architectural limitations. Gay Definition of Marriage organizations such as the Gay & Lesbian NEWS Domestic Partnership Alliance Against Defamation. Bills Introduced Madison - Wisconsin has now had a Lobby Day Planned NGLTF Calls For "Definition of Marriage" bill introduced, as Madison - Action Wisconsin and Rep. Action Wisconsin I 999Assembly Bill 781 and 1999 Senate Bill Mark Pocan are planning a citizen's Lobby Investigation AW President Testifies Against 401. They have been assigned, respectively, Day at the Capitol in Madison, in support of Washington, DC -The National Gay and Internet Filtering Bill to the Assembly Committee on Family law legislation recognizing domestic partner- Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is calling for a Madison - On March 2,Action Wisconsin arickhe Senate Committee on Judiciary and ships in Wisconsin. The day has tentatively US Justice Department probe into the President Dan Ross testified against AB 266 Consumer Affairs. They have not yet been been scheduled for Thursday,April 13th, and killing of Amadou Diallo, a Western African before the Senate Committee on Education. scheduled for public hearings, and the por- would consist of lobby training, issue brief- immigrant who died on Feb. 4, 1999 after AB 266 is a bill which requires Internet fil- tion of the legislative session dealing with ing, and legislator visits in the morning, and New York Police officers shot him 19 times tering software to be installed on all com- new bills ends on March 30th. You are still a "people's hearing" on the topic in the (out of 41 bullets fired). The officers were puters in schools that receive funding from encouraged to write your state representa- afternoon. In the mean time, Action Wisconsin encourages you to write your representa- tive andsenator in support ofAssembly Bills Comedienne 608 and 609. AB608 would create a statewide domestic partnership registry, with most of the rights and responsibilities of marriage; AB 609 would provide health Suzanne Wastenhoefet insurance for domestic partners of state employees. Saturday, March 25 • 8pm Local Elections and Presidential Primary, Doors Open at 7pm it( H100H Tuesday, April 4th Many local government bodies, including ti 141 11 111 till some county boards and school boards, are holding general elections on Tuesday April 2090 Atwood Ave • Madison 4th. Wisconsin's Presidential Primary will also be on the April 4th ballot. Call your $17.50 Advance / $19.50 Door city/village/town clerk for information on polling locations. with special guest NOW is the time to talk to candidates on the issues that matter to I you, so that you'll be prepared for the April election! Action Wisconsin: A Congress for Human Rights. 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join the MMTC is only $20 for the entire summer season. Sign up sheets will be avail- commUNITY able at the March 25 indoor tennis event at Outstanding... North Shore Elite Tennis Club. If you cannot AIDS Benefit make this event or need more information LaCrosse -The LaCrosseAIDS Benefit was concerning the league, please call Rick at started by Michael Hansen in 1995. With the 463-9849, or Gary Ozuna at 5624340. - help of his friends and many volunteers, his suggestion to raise money for those with HIV Milwaukee LGBT and AIDS has grown from the first year. Community Center They had auctions, bake walks, button Numerous things are happening every sales, variety shows and many other fund-rais- day at the Milwaukee LGBT Community em each year. Center. As always the Community Center Through their efforts, they raised over invites you to participate in any and all of $34,000. that went to Lutheran and St Frands their programs. Hospices for the use of HIV and AIDS Every other Saturday night you can go to patients. the Center for a free screening of a movie. The AIDS Benefit 2000, is to be held at the March 11th - Loa?, Valour, and Compassiwi LaCrosse Center, 300 Harborview Plaza, March 25th - Sex, Lies, and Videotape Movies LaCrosse, WI, on Saturday, June 3, 2000, will are shown at the- Milwaukee LGBT JACK H. SMITH be bigger and better than any in the. past. Community Center (located at 170 S. 2nd Suggested donation, $7.00 tennis season for street) from 7pm - 9pm. Come early or linger the Milwaukee Metro Tennis Club. Take your afterwards to browse the -library. rackets out of the closet and come to an Another interesting program is the Buying or Selling... informational meeting of the MMTC on Rainbow U Lecture -Series 2000. Your Real Estate Broker Should Understand Saturday, March 25, from 2 - 4 pm at North Plan on attending these free, interesting Your Lifestyle and Your Goals. Shore Elite Tennis Club at 5750 N. GlenPark and informative presentations by local, state, Road (behind concourse motors on silver and national speakers. The next lecture: The Your Real Estate Broker Should Be Jack H. Smith! spring rd.) to get rated by a tennis pro to 'other' lube job - Queers and Cars 101. How Associate Vice President determine your level of play in the team ten- to buy and maintain your vehicle. Auto Over $11.5 Million in Sales for 1999 nis league. Beer and soda will be served and advice and tips from Leo Quartullo of board members will be there to answer your Baychar Auto. This will be held on March 30 Office: 962-4413 Direct: 961-8314, Ext. 199 A Home: 224-1452 questions. The cost for this event will be $10 at the Community Center. Our lecture on http://jackhsmith.com per person. April 20th: the lecture is Gardening in the http://shorewest.com City - Simple tips to making your yard or bal- Tennis Time! horticultural showcase. ShorewEsT cony into a REALTORS Milwaukee - It's that time again when the Presentation by Michael Davis of the Garden weather starts heating up and so does the Room. Questions or additional information is new tennis season for the Milwaukee Metro always happily given by calling (414) 271- Tennis Club. Take your rackets out of the 2656. closet and come to an informational meeting of the MMTC on Saturday, March 25, from 2 OutReach - 4 pm at North Shore Elite Tennis Club at Madison - OutReach,'Madison's lesbian, 5750 N. Glen Park Road (behind Concourse gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) com- Motors on Silver Spring Rd.) to get rated by a munity center will hold a training session for tennis pro to determine your level of play in those who wish to become peer counselor the team tennis league. Beer and soda will be volunteers. The first training session will be served and board members will be there to Saturday, Match 25. • Ar% answer your questions. The cost for this OutReach's peer counselors operate an event will be $10 per person. information, referral, and counseling hotline, dub anticipates eight or sage This year the check out library books, and help with gen- nine teams to be involved in league play and eral office tasks.. These services are available all levels of competition are available. This 9am to 9pm, Monday through Friday. allows for members of the same skill level to Each volunteer is responsible for a three- (Senior Action in a Gay Environment) play other members with similar skills. Last hour shift per week. Those interested in year proved to be a very fun and rewarding becoming an OutReach peer-counseling vol- invites the public, members, and guests to their year of improving tennis skills, having fun, unteer should contact Callen Harty at (608) and meeting new friends. Each team will 255-8582 by Friday, March 17. consist of players from all levels of play. "Our peer-counselors are the heart of The MMTC is a member of the GLTA, a OutReach. They help thousands of people , in the Rotunda of the Astor Street Restaurant national organization of Gay and Lesbian ten- every year with coming-out, relationships, nis clubs around the world. Many of these medical referrals; everything. They're an at the Astor Hotel • 920 East Juneau Avenue dubs host their own tournaments through- incredible group:' said Harty. • out the United States, Canada, Europe, and Peer counselor training's typically include 1pm • Sunday March 26th, 2000 Australia. Many of the members of the MMTC three sessions held over several days. The ses- 'play in these tournaments and can attest to sions include instruction on counseling tech- Cash Bar • 12 noon the great fun to be had in the host cities, as niques, role-plays, and familiarization with well as, the competitive play involved in information resources. Fine Food • Annual Report • Door Prizes these tournaments. The first tournament The OutReach LGBT Community Center many of the members will be going to are has served Madison's lesbian, gay, bisexual Entertainment Featuring Louisville over the Memorial Day weekend and transgender community since 1973, and Minneapolis during the second weekend providing counseling, advocacy, education, The Fest City Singers of June. information and referral services. Recently, The first week of team tennis is set for the agency launched three new youth Members $15.00 Non-Members $20.00 April 30, from 1 - 3pm at Sijan Park on groups and substantially expanded its lend- To make reservations: Send check before March 20th to: KinicIdcinnic road. The club provides balls ing library. It also ojers free publications, for each of the matches. League play will be and meeting space. For more information, SAGE/Milwaukee P.O. Box 510492, Milwaukee, WI 53203-0091 held almost every Sunday throughout the contact OutReach at (608) 255-8582 or Indicate choice of: breast of chicken picatta, baked cod almondine or pasta prirnavera. summer at Sijan park but members are not [email protected]. expected to play every week. The cost to Free Parking Behind Hotel 6 ight March 8 - 14, 2000 News&Politics www.wilight.com

should not endorse either major candidate for the Republican nomination, and should remain neutral, since a large number of mem- convitINITY bers are supporting Bush. "But this ad cam- Milwaukee Organizes for paign against Governor Bush is tantamount to I an endorsement of Senator McCain," said Scott March on Washington Evertz, President of LCR-WI. "It mimics the Members of the Millennium March on unfair attacks on Bush which have been com- May you know, every night Washington - Milwaukee Committee(MMOW- ing from the McCain campaign concerning Milwaukee) have initiated a campaign to raise Bob Jones University, and throws in others local and statewide participation in the April relating to Log Cabin," he continued. my heart Sings this-to you. 30 March on Washington. LCR-WI notes that the ad is clearly MMOW-Milwaukee is hosting an informa- designed to influence the outcome of the pri- tional Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, March mary elections, not to educate voters. It does The Lover's Lullaby 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the Milwaukee LGBT not, for instance, take Senator McCain to task Community Center (170 S. Second for inconsistently endorsing California's ship in the harbor Street/Downtown Mini Warehouse building). Knight Initiative, which would ban same sex Like a Information available will include travel and marriages, when McCain would not weigh in Like a mother and child accommodation options (including a char- on the Confederate flag issue in South tered bus) as well as information on March Carolina, saying it should be left up to the vot- Like a light in the darkness activities. ers of that state. Bush has consistently refused "We see this event as a tremendous oppor- to endorse state initiatives, whether it be the I'll hold you a while tunity to build the strength and visibility of the Knight Initiative or the Confederate flag issue, LGBT community on a national level; said although he, like McCain, opposes same sex We'll rock on the water MMOW-Committee spokesperson Patrick marriage in his own state. Only an even-hand- Flaherty."It is also an opportunity to celebrate ed ad, which mentioned these issues, could be I'll cradle you deep our most recent local victories: the continued considered an ad designed to educate voters growth of the LGBT Community Center, a about the stands of the GOP candidates on And hold you while angels, domestic partner registry, and increased lesbian/gay issues. awareness of community issues and con- LCR-WI is also concerned about the inac- sing you to sleep* cerns:' curacy of the radio ad. It inaccurately states The Millennium March on Washington is that Bush has said he would not hire openly scheduled for the weekend April 28 through gay Republicans. "Bush has never said that; April 30. Events include a Holocaust Museum noted Jim McFarland, Political Director of Love, T Symposium scheduled for April 28, the LCR-WL "Rather, he has made it dear in the Equality Rocks concert scheduled forApril 29, various debates that he would not consider *as sung by Chris Williams (featured entertainment: Melissa Etheridege, sexual orientation in making hiring decisions, Petshop Boys, k.d.lang, Garth Brooks and oth- but would only consider a person's merit and ers), and April 30 March & Rally. political views." Thus, McFarland believes, The MMOW-Milwaukee is focused on rais- Bush would be willing to consider appointing ing local awareness of the March, arranging an openly gay conservative Republican. cost-effective travel options, fundraising to Finally, LCR-WI is concerned about the support the inclusion of all LGBT people and damage the ad campaign could do to efforts organizing Wisconsin's role in the March. to meet with Bush and develop a dialogue Anyone interested in supporting the efforts with him should he become the Republican of the group is invited to attend committee nominee. LCR-WI members who support meetings scheduled every other Thursday Bush (most of the other LCR-WI members beginning March 16th at 6pm Contributions remain uncommitted) are convinced that to support the inclusion and participation of Bush would have met with LCR after securing youth, seniors and persons with limited the nomination in preparation for the general income are welcome. They may be sent in election. care of the Milwaukee LGBT Community But Bush is not likely to look kindly on LCR Center.Additional March on Washington infor- after it launches an ad campaign clearly mation is available through the MMOW designed to hurt Bush's chances to win the InfoLine at 271-2656, ext. 3 or by e-mailing nomination. "This could seriously damage [email protected]. efforts to build mutual trust between Log Cabin Republicans Governor Bush and LCR," LCR-WI Political Director McFarland noted. "LCR-WI wants Oppose Anti-Bush Ads Governor Bush and others in the Republican Milwaukee - The Wisconsin chapter of Party to know that there are many LCR mem- Now... More than ever Log Cabin Republicans (LCR-WI) has bers who do not support this divisive ad cam- announced that it does not support the deci- paign, and we hope that he will recognize this sion of the national board of I ng Cabin should he win the nomination and let Republicans (LCR) to run radio advertise- bygones be bygones when it is time to unite ments which attack Governor George W the party to win in November," LCR-WI Bush. LCR-WI was never consulted when the President, Evertz said. national board deliberated over this issue and strongly disagrees with the decision. Name That Bar Pie #1 The national board of LCR announced that it is launching a multi-state radio ad campaign which would state that Bush "said he would The Voice of WisLonsin't, LGBT ommunitv not meet with gay Republicans, and worse, he wouldn't hire them." The ad also states "Then Bush went to Bob Jones University, a place Since 1987 that preaches intolerance against the Catholic Church, gays and minorities, and he aligned himself with Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell". Available at over 100 locations all around ViSCOllSiD The ad does not mention Bush's main rival, Senator John McCain, at all. LCR-WI has maintained all along that LCR www.wilight.com March 8 - 14, 2000 .nht 7 Atidi Next Best Thing I 6 10 Interviews with Madonna & Rupert Everett by: Tim Nasson in the almost twenty years that she has shows that they do Academy Award nominations have been been in the spotlight. Changing her image have a heart and soul, announced for the upcoming March 26th more often than Cher gets plastic surgery, Madonna will do much show. And for the twelfth time in twenty the Material Girl seems to be content at to clear the air for all odd years, (and tying Katherine Hepburn's this juncture in her very successful career. the straight people record), Meryl Streep has gotten a nod. And why not? She has a baby, a record who line up. Why, you may be wondering did I bring this company (Maverick), acts, sings, writes When asked about i. up while writing about forty-one year old music, and keeps her beautiful figure with her friendship with Queen of Pop, Madonna? Well, it is for her assistance from daily routines of yoga Everett, whom she met role in Music of the Heart that Streep is (which she shows off in Next Best Thing) fifteen years ago nominated this year. And through ex-husband Music of the Heart is the Sean Penn, she movie that Madonna explains, "We're both turned down to do this, minorities." Of course The Next Best Thing, the she is referring to film in which she gets preg- Everett's homosexuali- nant by her best friend ty and her gender. Robert, who happens to "But we both love to be gay and is played by shop." openly gay actor Rupert Next Best Thing is Everett. awash with gay men. Ironically, it is Madonna Behind and in front of who stole from Streep the the camera. Openly role in the big screen adap- gay, Academy Award tation of the Broadway hit winning director Evita. As we all know, (Midnight Cowboy) Madonna got snubbed by John Schlesinger (who did not take part in the the Academy for her effort. so long." "You win some and you interviews due to a recent heart operation) takes the helm and "takes the audience It seems that recently, Everett has lose some," said song in his films. In My on a unique ride," comments Everett. been bursting into Madonna, when asked Best Friend's Wedding he carries the tune what her feelings were Everett, a few days later, had lots to say. Say A Little Prayer, in Next Best Thing he about being given the cold sings American Pie with Madonna, et al, shoulder by the Academy, "Yeah, I met Madonna fifteen years ago," he says, "but got to know her close- and in an upcoming film from Muriel's even though she won the Wedding and My Best Friend's Wedding Golden Globe for Evita. ly quite recently. Probably over the past three years. I am totally in awe of her. director P.J. Hogan, Everett explains what Madonna has continued piling up he does. "I can't seem to getaway from and other exercises. She is also in tune She started her career with a gimmick and awards in the music industry, of course, song," he says, laughing. "In my next film with her spiritual self. then faded away for a couple of months and most recently, last week, won a Unconditional Love, I break into song with, Finally, she knows that she is idolized by and then comes back with a new gimmick. Grammy for writing and performing the you know how it goes?" he asks, giggling the gay community and is pretty involved And this has gone on for seventeen years. song Beautiful Stranger for the film Austin and then singing, I Can't Smile Without with it, even if, in some instances, indi- She is such a voracious learner. I am Powers 2. You. It is doubtful that Madonna will be rec- Seeing that being openly gay has not ognized with a nomination from any group affected his career in a negative way, at next year for her acting in Next Best Thing. all, I asked Everett where he sees himself (Madonna was just nominated for a in five years. "I'd love to be a James Golden Raspberry Award, the spoof on the Bond," he admits and then explains that Oscars, for Worst Actress of the Century he is working on a screenplay that is for her roles in both Shanghai Surprise and "Bond like." Body of Evidence (Wow she has come a "Other than that I just see myself as a long way). However, she should be given movie mogul" he jests. "I want to pro- credit for taking on a role as the woman in duce, write some more and act but not family in a film that a most unconventional direct." would make George W. Bush's head turn What about kids of his own? I asked faster than Linda Blair's in The Exorcist. him if Madonna and he ever talked about her disco remake of Don MacLean's As for him fathering her next best thing. "God American Pie, featured in Next Best Thing, no. I mean, if I were to be a father to a (and only available on the soundtrack and child, I can't think of a better mother but I not as a single) Madonna may just get her am too tall for her and my paternal feelings Academy Award. Wouldn't that be nice?" were ignited at the beginning of the film she asks rhetorically. "Of course, the but quickly doused when I realized how song was not my idea for the film. It was rectly. Surely by starring in a film such as almost as old as she is and don't under- much work it takes to be a parent." Rupert's. He convinced me to remake it." Next Best Thing which doesn't project gay stand how she can keep her tentacles out Madonna certainly has come a long way men in a stereotypical fashion and which there on youth culture the way she has for 8 ight March 8 - 14, 2000 www.wilight.com If These Walls Could Talk 2 Review by Mark J. Huisman

Sevingy), a slicked back butch wearing a which Fran and Kal try to narrow the donor cheeks. The pained understanding on their uring the prelude to 1972, one of pressed shirt and slacks despite her pals' roster. "I don't have sperm," Kal says, ges- faces not only speaks volumes about the the segments in HBO's If These disgust. ("Tell me that's not a tie!" Karen ticulating her way through a stack of pro- isolation and secrecy of their lesbian lives, WallsCould Talk 2, there is a shot exclaims.) While she gamely tries to act the files."I'm freaking out because I don't have but also reveals the depth of their love. of a placard reading, "Women: The Largest part, however, Sevigny is woefully miscast. sperm." Quickly interrupted by some rowdy Untapped Natural Resource." As HBO's tal- She lacks both the swaggering gait and "We'll never know what it would be like if teenagers, the two lovers awkwardly sepa- ent roster for this popular series demon- imposing stature one expects of a butch just by our love we accidentally got preg- rate: Hands fall to the side, and a canyon strates, that is certainly no longer the case. and, as a result, what might have been a nant," Kal continues, her hands blurring of space comes between their shoulders, The original If These Walls Could Talk fea- screen-burning pairing with Williams falls and her voice rising. "That we could say, they slouch down in their seats. Subtly and tured a trio of stories about women and flat. "Oops! Look what we did, out of our love!" effectively, Anderson repositions a piece of abortion, all set in the same house during Sparing us yet "But we can't." cinema many of us that today find dated different decades. If These Walls Could another dull par- This is and hateful as document of a time during Talk 2 follows that narrative construct with enthood story, DeGeneres' finest which real life lesbian love struggled to be one exception: This time, lesbians rule the writer/director work in years. heard and seen, often with disastrous roost. Anne Heche rau- Stone, who finally results. From a story by Sylvia and Alex Sichel cously examines gets to skip sex Back at the house they have shared for All Over Me Martha Coolidge directs 1972, the process by with some sag- nearly fifty years, Edith (Vanessa Redgrave) in which four college housemates, Linda which two dykes ging-ass man to makes tea and lays out their night clothing (Michelle Williams), Jeanne (Natasha get preggo. After enjoy nookie with while Abby (Marian Seldes) checks the Lyonne), Karen (Nia Long) and Michelle ditching their a real-life dyke, is hatchlings in her birdhouse. When a freak (Amy Carlson), struggle to reconcile their intended gay totally up to the accident sends Abby to the hospital, a fran- lesbian sexuality and feminist politics. sperm donors, (do task. Heche's dia- tic Edith is left in the waiting room, forbid- Linda thinks it's possible "to have my either of you guys logue sometimes den a bedside visit because she isn't fami- freedom and be in love, too," but finds that remember the zero parenting responsibility slips into soapbox but quickly recovers. But ly. The next morning, Edith discovers that belief tested when the four are booted from clause?) Kal (Ellen DeGeneres) drags her another problem isn't so easily remedied. Abby has died, although no one woke her, a campus women's group they helped partner to a sperm bank, something about With the exception of Nia Long in 1972 because she isn't family. found because their sexual orientation which Fran (Sharon Stone) is dubious: and Regina King here (who plays a sperm Edith notifies Abby's only relatives and makes the other women uncomfortable. "What genius wants to jerk off in a cup for bank director) there are no other single quickly separates closets and bureaus into Linda's own sexual taste comes into twenty-five bucks?" women of color on the two rooms to look as though they question when, during a visit to a local bar Heche is wonderfully able to wring roster: The leads, were only roommates. Even where butch/femme couples still stride the melancholy from humor, like the scene in vast majority of sup- treasured photos are taken from floor, she becomes attracted to Amy (Chloe porting characters and the walls. But no trauma corn- the writers and direc- pares to the crushing onslaught 0 MADISON REPERTORY THEATRE tors are all white. I do of slights Edith endures when Moises Kaufman's not understand why Abby's bespectacled nephew writers and producers (Paul Giamatti) and his wife seem so reluctant (Elizabeth Perkins) arrive at the today to create sub- house after the funeral and stantive non-white instantly lay claim to everything, The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde characters. And at the including the very house for dawn of a new millen- which Abby and Edith paid "absolutely gripping" nium, the • inequity together. (Even though Abby and cries out to not only be Edith have agreed on many - THE NEW YORK TIMES addressed, but to be things, she is not mentioned in "A triumph... truth, purity and fixed. This program Abby's will and is, therefore, simplicity suffuse [this] doesn't look like our unprotected when she most thoroughly engrossing new play" community, and that's a shame. needs protection.) Despite the craftsmanship and intelli- Had all the heterosexual actors who - THE WASHINGTON POST gence of 1972 and 2000, I have seldom played queer characters in the past decade seen a piece of filmmaking with such an inhabited them with such tender honesty intelligent sense of queer history and deep and depth of spirit as Seldes and Redgrave emotive honesty as writer/director Jane do here, critics like me would have had Anderson's 1961. scant reason to complain. Only briefly on Heterosexual imagery cut to Doris Day's screen, Seldes shines as a woman who "Que Se Ra, Se Ra" fades into delights in her love for another woman. The Children's Hour, at the very moment Scene after scene, gesture after gesture, Martha (Shirley MacLaine) breaks down Redgrave's work is among the most glori- with guilt over her love for Karen (Audrey ous portrayals of lesbian love ever record- Hepburn). This image of hysteria widens to ed. Redgrave's portrayal is the first tower- • reveal that we are actually in a cinema. ing queer performance of this new century 1 where two older women raptly watch the and, from this point forward, a new and glo- film. riously high standard for every heterosexual These lovers, one with gray-streaked actor who sets out to inhabit one of our MARCH 10-APRIL 2 • TICKETS: 266-9055 dark hair, the other with white hair neatly queer souls. Isthmus Playhouse • Madison Civic Center • 211 State Street braided and pinned atop her head, lean on SHOW TIMES: Wed/Thurs: 7:30 pm, Fri: 8:00 pm, Sat: 5/8:30 pm, Sun: 1:30 or 5 pm each other in silent support, one pair of Corporate Sponsor Mit: I {AI hands clasped next to tear-dampened www.wilight.com March 8 - 14, 2000 WILight 9

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But The Talentless who's raised over $70 million from corporate even Forbes would have had enough sense to interests when your party is embroiled in avoid giving a speech at Bob Jones University. fundraising scandals. They should remember Bob Jones is to Catholics what Jerry Falwell the lesson of 1980 and that guy no one is to Gays. In his speech Bush said nothing .'P Mr. Ripple thought could win, Ronald Reagan. about Jones' anti-Catholic remarks. (He once The Democratic race is winding down called Catholicism a "Satanic cult.") Nor did before it ever really heated up. Bill Bradley is he mention the school's ban on interracial no match for Al Gore. Anyone who wonders dating. why should take in one of Bradley's speeches. You can bet that come November, plenty of N A Can YouSolve It Murder Mystery Most people would rather watch paint dry Catholics are going to hear about Bush and his than listen to that man drone on. little visit to Bigotry U. 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comedy, only gradually building towards throughout the film in flashbacks. credibility. Everett arguably is one of Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Affleck, today's best comic actors, and here adds Marcus Thomas and William Fichtner Cinew a serious side to Robert (though the fill out the adequate cast. The good-look- father role is oversimplified and ideal- ing Affleck is a landscaper and about to ized). Madonna, never a first-rate actress, be married to the Police Chief's daugh- The Next doesn't add much to her portfolio here. ter. Curtis (Rona) is a waitress out to The plot and performances reach for our seduce both Mona's husband Phil, Best Thing sympathy, but the script is more melo- played by William Fichtner and Mona's Review by John John dramatic than dramatic. son, Jeff (Marcus Thomas). With stars Madonna and Everett, The Drowning Mona is filled with wacky The Next Best Thing has a lot to rec- Next Best Thing will undoubtedly draw a comic humor and Midler fans won't be ommend it to the LGBT community, wide audience. LGBT viewers will find in disappointed. Mona knows "rough talk" including Madonna and out Gay actor this film the virtue that it at promotes tol- and isn't afraid to use it. (Neither is Miss Rupert Everett. Director John erance for non-traditional families. But, if Midler as witnessed at her recent Schlesinger's previous works include you're seeking a more credible or pro- Milwaukee concert.) powerful films that don't shy away from found exploration of the subject matter. Oh, by the way, if you peed your car LGBT themes. Midnight Cowboy certainly you'll be disappointed. fixed. the local gas station specializes in qualifies; as does Sunday. Bloody 2 * * Stars repairing Yugos. Sunday, which starred Peter Finch as a 2 :c.:r Stars man caught up in a bisexual triangle. Abbie (Madonna), the owner of a yoga school, lacks a happy love life. In fact, the Holy Smoke Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel film begins with her breaking up with a Review by John Jahn in Jane Campion's Holy Smoke boyfriend (a relationship not the least bit Holy Smoke can teach you three der how she ended up in such a muddled explored). Robert (Everett) is her Gay things. For one, its shows you how far film. best friend. That friendship changes for- Director Jane Campion has fallen since There's no insight or incisive thinking ever when a night of drinking and sex her critically acclaimed hit, The Piano. in this storyline. nor does it effectively ends in pregnancy! The film tries to Secondly, it shows you how to take an address cults, faith, affairs or depro- explore the complications of a straight otherwise interesting, novel subject, cult gramming. Instead, what Holy Smoke woman having a Gay man's son. Such sit- deprogramming, and utterly waste it. does have to offer is another example of uations surely exist, though more often Thirdly, if you really want to see what the film industry's tendency to create through invetro-fertilization than through Harvey Keitel looks like in a red dress "happily ever after romances" in the least "the act". It's a story worth exploring at a and lipstick, this is probably your only likely and most unpalatable of circum- time when traditional definitions of family chance. stances. The end result is laughable. bor- and marriage are in flux. The film begins in a promising fashion, ing, silly and a miserable flop. Best Thing would be better as The Next as we witness the spiritual awakening of 1/2 Star a drama. Instead, it focuses on campy Rupert Everett & Madonna in a young Australian woman, Ruth (Kate Director John Schlesinger's new film Winslet). She falls under the spell of a The Next Best Thing. 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numerous sonorous effects. The strings play plaintive passages with no vibrato, suggest- Tlutestre Classipj. ing chanting of the dead. The clarinet slides Review between notes. imitating the human voice in wild revelry. Hobson's Different Trains The musicians delivered a first rate per- By Charles Grosz formance, displaying wondrous technique and musical depth. Violinists Sharon This season, Milwaukee's International Choice Levinthal and Eric Segnitz. violist Brek Arts Festival is celebrating Jewish heritage Review by John Jahn Renzelman and cellist Karl Lavine played as with performances by almost every perform- Harold Brighouse's Hobson's Choice is a single unit, producing a color range com- ing arts group in town. Most musical offer- an interesting look at dramatic social parable to the sanctuary's stained glass ings in the festival have so far maintained changes in England at the turn of the last windows.. Clarinetist William Helmers played tenuous connections to the Jewish theme. century, doing so through the lives of an with controlled abandon. impressing all with Last weekend's concert by Present Music aging, alcoholic bootmaker and his power his ability to switch from frantic Klezmer style presented a full evening of this ancient cul- struggles with three rebellious daughters. Milwaukee Rep's production of Hobson's Choice to serene introspection. running at Quadracci Powerhouse Theatre thru April 2. ture, and did so with thoughtful programming What could have been a King Lear- like Following intermission the strings and impressive performances. drama is instead, in Brighouse's hands, telling the story of how one of the 1800's returned to present Reich's Different Trains. Congregation Shalom served as the an engaging comedy. most celebrated writers was stripped of his This autobiographical work deals with fate, unusual venue for the concert, the beautiful The action takes place in Salford, reputation, dignity, promise and. ultimately, and how the trains Reich rode as a child sanctuary providing both appropriate atmos- Lancashire, in 1880. We find ourselves in his very life. could easily have been those transporting phere and sympathetic acoustics. The two the bootmaking shop of the rapidly declin- The Madison Repertory Theatre will be Jews to concentration camps just across the major works of the evening, pieces by ing sot, Henry Hobson (Jim Baker), who presenting Moises Kaufman's electrifying ocean. Taped music and voices combine with Osvaldo Golijov and Steve Reich, were tends to business mainly by leaving all the courtroom drama, Gross Indecency: The the live performers, offering a fascinating framed by short prayers sung by Milwaukee work up to his daughters and the labor- Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, on March 10 and emotional work. The rendition was out- Cantors Jerome Berkovitch and Karen ers. Eldest daughter, Maggie (Laura through April 2. standing, a truly world-class performance. Berman. Both singers delivered the pathos Gordon), keeps the books while Alice Tickets for Gross Indecency: The Three Levinthal's concentration remained undaunt- and sincerity needed to convey that the were (Deborah Staples) and Vickey (Katheryn Trials of Oscar Wilde are available at the ed by many abrupt tempo changes enforced not just folk songs, but a glimpse into histor- Phillips) mind the shop. Timothy Wadlow Madison Civic Center Box Office, 211 State by the pre-recorded tape and Lavine's ical heritage. (Jonathan Smoots) and William Mossop Street, Madison; or call (608) 266-9055. chameleon ability to change tone color was Golijov's work, The Dreams and Prayers of (Lee E. Ernst), meanwhile, assemble Editors Note: Madison's LGBT Foundation, mystical. Intensity was never allowed to Issac the Blind is based on a 13th century boots in the cellar. New Harvest, has purchased the entire theatre on wane, even during extended frantic pas- for Kabbalah manuscript, infused with personal Hobson tries but fails to control his April 2, as a fundraiser. See the ad on Page 10 sages. What a shame this ensemble will not details. memories of the composer. Scored for string business, daughters' lives and that of his perform this work outside of Wisconsin. own. He blusters, issues orders, all to no quartet and clarinet, the work employs avail. Maggie emerges as a true proto- feminist. In this family we social change Heaven and earth..." What follows is sweeping England in microcosm. In the some of the most glorious music ever Open Mike Poetry late 19th century. social class and sex Conc rts composed, dramatic, yet structured and role distinctions began to blur. Hobson restrained. It represents Haydn in old A revolution of Womyn in Poetry will take place March 18, at 730pm. represents the old order. Maggie, howev- age, influenced by his friend, the young er, seems thoroughly modern to our eyes. This Kuumba Productions event is Mozart, and at the top of his form. open to all women as a multicultural expe- The Milwaukee Rep production does Haydn: The orchestra sounded forth in great rience crossing the barriers of race, class, Hobson's Choice justice Brighouse's beauty under the baton of German orientation, and disability through poetry through a fine cast, excellent set designs The Creation choral conductor and Bach expert and performance art. Interested (Rosario Provenza) and period costumes Review by John Jahn Helmuth Rilling, making his MSO debut. poets/performers should call (414) 271- (Liz Covey). It gives us a history lesson in Austrian composer Franz Joseph Soprano Donna Brown, tenor James 2656 for more information. a most entertaining way: through identifi- Haydn (1732 — 1809) was one of the Taylor and bass-baritone Nathan Berg, The event will be held at the LGBT able characters, a timeless plot and a great masters of the Classical period in representing three archangels. clearly Community Center. witty script, brimming with both punch- music. An extremely prolific and suc- and beautifully mas- lines and powerful social criticism. cessful composer, he tered the recitatives Hobson's Choice runs through April 2 is remembered best, and arias. The MSO at the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater in perhaps, for his 104 Chorus gave the :Ailitty downtown Milwaukee. For tickets and fur- symphonies. Among • impression of a ther information, call (414) 224-9490. many other works, heavenly choir, fill- though, were two ing Uihlein Hall with AkeynotTece Gross great oratorios: The sparkling sound. Seasons and The The concert was a Indecency Creation. The potent combination Preview by John Jahn Milwaukee Symphony of symphonic, MADISON 221 State Street In heated courtroom cross-examinations, Orchestra and choral and solo voic- REPERTORY Madison Victorian morality is pitted against famed Gay Chorus superbly per- es, all under expert 111FAME (608) 266-9055 playwright Oscar Wilde's philosophy of beau- formed the latter leadership, and per- ty. What ensues is a war of words and work last weekend. forming a sublime Gross Indenency: worlds. Wilde's trials sparked passionate The impressive piece of music. The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde debate about the moral value of works of art, Creation is a 100- The next MSO censorship and the private lives of public fig- plus minute long work Helmuth Rilling classical concert ures — obviously. these are issues very much in three parts takes place March Your Play Ad still in public debate today. retelling the Biblical account of the 31 — April 2. Titled A Celebration of the Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of beginning of the universe and life on Baroque, the concert will feature music could be here Oscar Wilde makes use of actual court earth. After an orchestral introduction of Handel, J. S. Bach and Rameau. For records, memoirs. newspaper accounts, pub- representing "Chaos." an archangel tickets and further information, call 1- for FREE! lished letters and Wilde's own writings in intones: "In the beginning, God made (800) 291-7605. 14 WiLight March 8 - 14, 2000 www.wilight.com

time-consuming job - I had to send out for on television in order to stay close to his lube twice. But I digress. When I got to girlfriend, Christina Applegate. Two Alk— this epic film, I was riveted. Although the comments: 1) What career? If Greg `44E0._ sets and even the costumes are far supe- Araki dropped dead tomorrow, By Billy Masters rior to what I had expected, I couldn't get Schaech's film career would be finished. A few weeks ago, Billy was overcome past the hokey Egyptian-esque music, 2) Does anyone think that Applegate's with the urge to order something he saw voice-overs, dialogue, and really horrific show has a prayer of surviving much on television. I don't know what made me acting. The longer? reach for the telephone and, in the film is so Incidentally, Schaech process, wake up three of the four others bad, howev- allegedly gave a titillating in the bed. But I just had to order The er, that it's interview to Hello magazine Dean Martin Roasts. Don't ask me why - bri l l iant. in Great Britain. I say it's just one of those impulses that you This film has "allegedly" because I've can't explain (like when a strange man some of the received a transcript, but buys you flowers - which, incidentally, hap- most beauti- have not seen the actual pens to me all of the time). When I got ful men in magazine to verify if it the first tape in the series (the Frank the world matches up. Sinatra roast), I was shocked to find that (led by Jon Assuming that it does, the company distributing these tapes also Eric as the Schaech was more forth- markets the videos to achieve Abs of Pharaoh) coming than I would have Steel (and other body parts). This illumi- doing some ever imagined. Jon was nates a shocking lack of continuity - I defy rea l l y asked about his revelation you to find a single firm body part at any insanely to Rosie O'Donnell that he of these roasts - unless it was brought on funny acting. Casper Van Dien had Christina Applegate by rigor mortis! The good a crush on Tom Cruise. Turning to a completely different genre thing is that if you want the sex and don't Hello asked Jon if it was a sexual crush, wear to the Gay VNs, I just made a most of video (yet far more appropriate for my wanna lose your erection by laughing, just and he said yes! However, Jon would not provocative purchase this week. Those of bedmates), let's talk for a second about scan past the dialogue and try not to won- consummate the crush if given the oppor- you who attend the awards may very well The Pharaoh's Curse from Men of der where they got condoms and lube in tunity because Tom's married and Jon see Billy in a pair of mighty tight black Odyssey. As you probably know, I am a ancient Egypt and Rome (the Rome scene himself is in a monogamous relationship. semi-see-through vinyl pants (I believe judge for the upcoming Gay VN porn with the delicious Steve Shannon is par- He qualified his response by adding, "If I that they came with a cock ring). Will Billy awards on March 10th. In my capacity as ticularly hot). This is without a doubt the wasn't in a relationship and he wasn't dare to wear them? judge, I've had to go through many, MANY best porn film of the married and he For the answer to that and many more porn videos. This has been a difficult, year - something for wanted to have questions, drop a note to my e-mail exhaust- everyone! sex with me, I address of [email protected] and I ing, Speaking of hot would have sex promise to get back to you before and guys, fans often ask with him." When Schaech and Cruise make a wedding me what's up with asked how he announcement. my cousin-in-law would label his [Casper Van Dien.] If sexuality, he sim- you're a fan of this ply said, "I would- 'Vow. That Bar Pie #8 cutie, look no further n't." Then I won't than Aaron either. Spelling's latest Could it be that series, Titan. This Joan Collins and series (being pitched George Hamilton to NBC for next fall) are a couple? finds Aaron returning They are - on V to Beverly Hills (iron- stage, at least. -714. ic, since FOX will pull Tom Cruise Joanie and the plug on Beverly Georgie will Hills 90210 at the end of this season). appear in a San Francisco production of Casper stars as a 26-year-old fighter Love Letters April 11th through the 23rd. pilot (which isn't too much a of a This two-person play concerns the lives of stretch for the 31-year-old for- [Melissa Gardner] and [Andrew 1,0 mer star of Wing Commander Makepeace Ladd III] from childhood to Name That Ittc,r P i IV and Starship Troopers). late adulthood. Expect dim lighting and Look for Casper's dad to be smoke to be prevalent in the early played by Sean Hayes' former scenes. By the way, look for Joan to join love interest, Perry King. the cast of Will and Grace in the recurring Spelling is also trying to coax role of Grace's rival interior decorator. Yasmine Bleeth to play Perry's new wife Could it be that one of television's (who will promptly flirt with - and probably most-talked-about new stars has a secret sleep with - Casper). In other words, a typ- that he's trying to keep hidden? Behind ical Spelling show. his constant banter, about a wife and kid- From one hottie to yet another - dies, lies a sordid party-boy past that my Jonathon Schaech. Jonny co-stars in the pals across the pond tell me is as loose abominable Jennifer Love Hewitt vehicle as this guy's hips. My sources say that .01 Time of Your Life. This Party of Five spin- one of his favorite dishes is a nice piece off has been pulled for retooling, but of chicken placed on top of the ham and it Jonathon is hoping that it survives for braised for fifteen minutes (and his fifteen personal reasons. He says that he's minutes better be over soon). Rosie O'Donnell giving up his movie career to concentrate In the continuing saga of what Billy will www.wilight.com March 8 - 14, 2000 Lght 15 gaitgenda

is COMMUNITY Bay View Landlord Compact, Apartment Assoc. of SE WI (Milwaukee): This is a group of rental property owners which wilL begin meeting every 2nd Wednesday of the month to discuss issues relevant to investment property ownership in this area. Topics: drug houses, theft, graffiti and legislative issues. FMI call Mary Multhauf at (414) 276-1734. 6-7pm, Beulah Brittain Center, 2555 South Bay St. A Video Bar every . 801 South 2nd StrEEt BARS Karaoke. Fannies (Milwaukee): Every other week. Male Dancers, Club 219 (Milwaukee): 11pm COMMUNITY AA meetings, Galano Club (Milwaukee): 8pm: M Group 494 (12/12). Galano Club, 2408 N. Farwell Ave.; 7pm, (414) 276-6936 Couple/Swing/Line/2 Step Lessons and Dance, Dairyland Cowboys and Cowgirls (Madison): Learn vari- ous dance moves, then participate in open dancing, smoke free environment, cash bar, all welcome. Every Fontaine Follansbee as the Governess and Shawn Bartels Wednesday, Sapphire Ballroom, 1133 N. Sherman Ave. as Peter Quint in the Skylight Opera Theatre's prodcution 7pm-12am; $3 suggested donation. (608) 255-9131 of The Turn of the Screw Opening March 17th. Gay/Bi Men's Alanon Group, United Methodist Church (Madison): Every Wednesday at 6pm, 1127 University Ave.. FMI call (608) 846-2860. COMMUNITY GIB Veterans Meeting. Madison Vet Center (Madison): cg 10 TUESDAYS Meets every Wednesday, 5pm at 147 S. Butler. call (608) 262-7084. Author Hanne Blank, A Room of One's Own (Madison): HIV/AIDS Support Group, Renaissance Healing Arts Hanne's new book. Big, Big Love: A Sourcebook On Sex Cntr. (Green Bay): Free, confidential, open to all affect- for People of Size and Those Who Love Them covers the ed/infected with the virus. Meets first and third how to's and why to's of sexuality from the point of view Wednesdays at 311 S. Jefferson St., 7:30-9pm. Call of big people. Welcome this articulate and opinionated (920) 4374325. writer at 6:30pm, 307 W. Johnson St.; (608) 257-7888. Les/B1 Curious Women's Group, LGBT Campus Center PERFORMING ARTS (Madison): Open to interested UWM women, meets every Symphonic Night at the Movies: 2001& Beyond, Milw. Wednesday at 8pm, at the LGBT Campus Center, UW Symphony Orchestra (Milwaukee): Guest conductor Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. in performances of sound- Nothing To Hide, WYOU (Madison): Cable Channel 4, Ronald Foster leads the MSO tracks from such some of your favorite Sci Fi movies. The 9pm. program is accompanied by scenes from the film with nar- Queer Chicks, Women's Resource Center (Madison): Prize ration by Emmy Award winning producer John Goberman. Social group for women meets every Wednesday at 7pm, Showtimes 8pm tonight and Saturday, 7:30pm Sunday. 219 N. Hamilton St., (608) 265-3344 Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Tickets $15-57, (414) 291-7605. 9 COMMUNITY AIDS Ride Orientation, Borders Books (Madison): Learn about the Twin Cities, Wisconsin. Chicago AIDS Ride (July 10-15) today 7pm, Borders Books and Music, East, 2173 Night Zeier Rd. (800) 825-1000. Safe School: Teaching Respect for All Seminar, GLSEN-WI/PRAG (Appleton): A presentation and discussion on LGBT issues for educators featuring Kevin Jennings, Exec. Dir. of the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) focusing on ways teachers, administrators and guidance counselors and staff can recognize Get school settings at & and deal with anti-Gay bias in Try luckiv all grade levels. Also, presentation of the video Teaching Respect for All. Advance registration: Harriet Bruuyn at (920) 749-1629. Dan Muller's, The First, show opens at every thillfite, the David Barnett Gallery March 18th BARS Karaoke, Barbie Dolls Playhouse (Milwaukee): 10pm VISUAL ARTS Karaoke. Switch (Milwaukee): 9pin 28 Photographs by Leroy Burt, Grava Gallery with Paul Talent Night. Club 219 (Milwaukee): Lily White & Nova (Milwaukee): A showing of works by this city artist featur- D'vine alternate hosting Talent night including female ing black and white photos of images that define New impersonators. Midnight York, San Francisco and Milwaukee. Continues through COMMUNITY April 8. 1209 E. Brady St.,; (414) 277-8228. AA/SCA meetings, Galano Club (Milwaukee): AA/Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA), 7pm. Galano Club, 2408 every it N. Farwell Ave.; 7pm, (414) 276-6936 Maybe Baby Support Group. LGBT Family Group BARS (Milwaukee): Meets every second Thursday at the Male Dancers. Club 219 (Milwaukee): 11:30pm Community Center from 7pm: for LGBT folks considering Shoreline, LaCage (Milwaukee): 2 step and line dancing donor insemination, adoption, surrogate or foster parent- lessons from 9-10. dancing until 11pm ing. Contact Andrew Warner (414) 964-1513 or Showcase, LaCage (Milwaukee): Female impersonators, [email protected] dancers and guests. Non-denominational Religious Service, Metropolitan Community Church (Milwaukee): 1239 W. Mineral St. COMMUNITY 7pm (414) 383-1100 AA meetings. Galano Club (Milwaukee): 5:30pm: AA Youth Meeting, GALAXY (La Crosse): FOR LGBT youth Sixty MinLites Group (Topic): 7pm: M Group 794 and their straight friends. ages 21 and under. Every (Step/Topic). Plus FILM Night. screens at 8:15pm. Galano Thursday from 7-9pm, at the ARCW offices, 1707 Main Club. 2408 N. Farwell Ave.: 7pm, (414) 276-6936 St.. Suite 420. Call (608) 781-2783 for more info. Continued on Page 1.6 16 Wight March 8 - 14, 2000 www.wilight.com

Continued from Page 15 ing programs. Pabst Theater, Wells and Water: 3pm, $16 37.50. (414) 286-3663. COMMUNITY 6 COMMUNITY Out and About on Cable, Warner MATA Channel 14 13 I (Milwaukee): 8pm, this show is produced once a month, by every MUM Queer Year Pride Week at Beloit College, The Alliance Singles Discussion Group, Milwaukee LGBT host Tim Marshall with special topical guests and a select Lesbian (Beloit): Educate and Create Awareness: Tolerance Center (Milwaukee): Every 3rd Thursday. 170 entertainer and then repeats again every Friday BARS Community Heterosexism and Homophobia. featuring Walter Boulden. a S. 2nd St. 7-8:30pm (414) 271-2656 Youth Drop In Activities, Project Q (Milwaukee): Art proj- Female Impersonators, Club 219 (Milwaukee): Female close friends of Matthew Shepard. Long before Matthew's Maybe Baby Support Group, LGBT Family Group ects, movies, game nights, tutoring, support and discussion Impersonators. two shows. 8:30pm & 12 murder he was very active in addressing the concerns facing (Milwaukee): Meets every second Thursday at the groups. Milw. LGBT Community Center. 170 S. 2nd St. 5- Female Impersonators Show. Club 5 (Madison): 10pm the LGBT community in Wyoming. One Night Only. Moore Center from 7pm: for LGBT folks considering 10:30pm: (414) 223-3220 Showcase, LaCage (Milwaukee): Female impersonators. Community Study Lounge. Pearsons Hall, College Campus: 7pm. free donor insemination. adoption. surrogacy or foster parenting. dancers and guests, Showtime 11:30pm. and open to the public. (608) 363-4490. Contact Andrew Warner (414) 964-1513 or 11 BARS [email protected] everyman. Queer Year Pride Week at Beloit College. The Alliance HIV Testing and Counseling. 1100 Club COMMUNITY (Beloit): Educate and Create Awareness: GenderPAC: The (Milwaukee): Provided anonymously by the National Movement for Gender Civil Rights Riki Anne BESTD Traveling Clinic,10prn-lam. AA Group, Galano Club (Milwaukee): This AA Wilchins. the Exec. Dir. and founder of Transsexual Menace Oberon Club Night, 1.100 Club (Milwaukee): group focuses on spirituality and meets at is the only speaker on the national stage pursuing a post Every 2nd Saturday of the Month. 7:30pm every Monday. 2408 N. Farwell Ave.. identity vision of politics based on the work of post modern Pig Roast, Triangle (Milwaukee): Pig out at the (4141 276-6936. theorists. Radical. funny. angry and impassioned just as pig roast, 4prii. Rainbow Alliance for Hope, UW Oshkosh LGBT s/he is. One Night Only. Moore Study Lounge, Pearsons Group (Oshkosh): Meets weekly at 9pm generally Hall, College Campus: 7:30pm. free and open to the public, COMMUNITY in Reeve Union. Other special events, too. Call (608) 363-4490. Fundraising: Conquer a Capital Campaign, (608) 206-3182 or email: [email protected] Rainbow U Lecture Series, Milw. LGBT Community Center Milw. LGBT Center/Gill Foundation (Milwaukee): John Goldstein discusses LGBT and labor (Milwaukee): Learn fundraising techniques to movement history. Every 3rd Thursday. Community Center. strengthen your communities. Learn the build- 141 COMMUNITY 170 S. 2nd St.: 6:30-8:30pm: (414) 271-2656. ing blocks for a capital plan - from the bottom up. RSVP to Neil Albrecht (414) 271-2656, Queer Year Pride Week at Beloit College, The PERFORMING MUSIC email: [email protected] 170 S. 2nd Alliance (Beloit): Educate and Create Awareness: Celtic Fiddle Festival, Pabst Theater (Milwaukee): On St. St.; 9:15am-Noon. $5 seminar fee. Hate Crimes Panel Discussion with Walter Pat's Eve... A Rich tapestry of fiddle sounds derived from Movie Night. Community Center (Milwaukee): Bouden. Alex Trout. Joe Wilson, Jan Harris and three Celtic Nations. From Ireland: Kevin Burke: From Stop by and enjoy some Love. Valor, Laura Gutkenecht. all well rounded in this area. Scotland: Johnny Cunningham: Brittany: Soig Siberil. 144 E. Compassion. from 7-9pm. Milw. LGBT One Night Only. Moore Study Lounge. Pearsons Wells St.; 7:30pm, $21. (414) 286-3663. Community Center. 170 S. 2nd St.; (414) 271- Hall, College Campus: 7pm. free and open to the 2656. public. (608) 363-4490. VISUAL ARTS Social Volleyball. GAMMA (Milwaukee): Gym Reading: De Profundis, Border's Book Shop Gallery: Rouault, Michael H. Lord Gallery (Milwaukee): A not available this weekend, see you next week- (Madison): Madison Rep actors C. Michael selection of 10 prints from the series The Miserere by end! Wright and Mark Uklrich will read excerpts from French Expressionist and Modem master Georges Rouault. this letter Wilde wrote to his lover Lord Alfred Continues through April 30. 420 E. Wisconsin Ave., (414) PERFORMING ARTS Douglas from prison. Madison Rep Dir. Scott 272-1007. Moving Forward: Women Stories, Wisconsin Glasser will be on hand to discuss their produc- Ballet LTD (Milwaukee): Beginning the 21st tion of Gross Indecency. 3416 University Ave.: century with a series of stories honoring 7:30pm, 1608) 266-9055. 17 COMMUNITY women. Again tomorrow night; Cardinal Stritch )2 University Theatre, $20/$18 stu./srs. (414) every Movie Night, SAGE (Milwaukee): Everything Relative a 964-6700. provocative comedy about a group of women who went Baroque Ensemble, Villa Terrace (Milwaukee): BARS through college together and reunite when two of them have Lisette Kielson (recorder), John Mark Rozendaal their baby boys circumcised. Especially for women but men Male Dancers, Club 219 (Milwaukee): Amateurs welcome. Small Meeting Room. LGBT Community Center, (viola), Ravenna Nelson (cello) and David welcome to audition, bring a t-strap, no g-strings from the 170 S. 2nd St.: 6:30pm, free. Schrader (harpsichord) perform works allowed. 10:30pm 17th and 18th century on period instruments. Playwright/Performer Carolyn Gage. A Room Of One's Own 2220 N. Terrace; 3pm. $10 adult, $7 stu/sr.. COMMUNITY (Madison): Will read and perform excerpts from $5 member, (414) 271-3656. monologues and Scenes for Lesbian Actors. Promises to be AA meetings, Galano Club (Milwaukee): a delightful evening, as entertaining as political. radical femi- 5:30pm: AA Group 40-94 (Over 40 Group-Topic): nist Gage will portray famous Lesbians throughout history. awry 7pm: SCA Meeting Blue Group (Sex Audience participation encouraged. 307 W. Johnson St.. Compulsives); 8pm NA Meeting (Narcotics Anon.) 7:30pm. free admission (608) 257-7888. - BARS Galano Club. 2408 N. Farwell Ave.; 7pm, (414) Queer Year Pride Week at Beloit College, The Alliance Female Impersonators Show. C'est La Vie 276-6936 (Beloit): Educate and Create Awareness: Drag Wedding (Milwaukee): lipir Gay By God's Will. Milwaukee MCC members of the Alliance will be dressing in drag and cele- Male Dancers, Club 219 (Milwaukee): (Milwaukee): Warner Cable television show, brating a wedding, with a reception following. One Night Only. 11:30pm MATA channel 47. 8pmd Chapin Quad, College Campus; 6pm, free and open to the COMMUNITY x Lesbian 12 Step A/ Anon Group, LGBT public, (608) 363-4490. Community Center (Milwaukee): Meets every Stacy Szymaszek and Eliet Brookes, Woodland Pattern AA Meetings, Galano Club (Milwaukee): Group Tuesday ; 12 step recovery group for relatives or (Milwaukee): URBAN VOICE SERIES features the two writers 1094, meets at 7:30pm: Galano Club, 2408 N. William Cliffors as George and Raeleen McMillion as Martha in friends of alcoholics. The only requirement for reading their poetry followed by an open mic for emerging Farwell Ave.; (414) 276-6936 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Presented by Bialystock & Bl000m at the membership is that there be a problem of alco- and local writers. 720 E. Locust St.: 7pm, $3/2 for open Gay Film Screenings, Madison Gay Video Club Off Broadway Theatre March 10th -26th holism in a relative or friend. LGBT Center, 170 S. mic readers, (414) 263-5001. (Madison): Screens non-X and X-rated Gay 2nd St., 7:30-9pm: (414) 271-2656. Voyage Concert/Alternating Currents Live, Woodland men's films every other Saturday at 8pm. Call eves for loca- Living With AIDS/HIV, WYOU (Madison): Cable Pattern (Milwaukee): With WMSE-FM . featuring the tion/info: (608) 244-8675. COMMUNITY Channel 4 6pm Thurman Barker Quartet with special guest guitarist James Social Volleyball, GAMMA (Milwaukee): Every Sat. begin- AA Meetings, Gallano Club (Milwaukee): 10:30am: Group Nothing To Hide, WYOU (Madison): Cable Channel 4 4pm Emery. First concert in the Alternating Currents Live Concert ning Dec. 4 at UWM Engelman Gym, 2033 W. Hartford Ave. 394 (Step/Topic); 10:30am: Al-Anon Papillion Group: 6pm: PFLAG Outreach, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Series in 2000. 720 E. Locust St.: 7pm. $6/5 for members 1-3pm, $2 members, $3 others, John (414) 540-1202. SCA (Sexual Compulsives): 8pm: AA Group 1394 (Big Book). Gays (Milwaukee): Chapter representative available for sup- & advance. (414) 263-5001. Galano Club, 2408 N. Farwell Ave.: 7pm, (414) 276-6936 port. education and advocacy. Feel free to drop in, parents, Catholic Church Services, Prince of Peace (Milwaukee): A too! Milw. LGBT Community Center, 170 S. 2nd St. 6-9pm; PERFORMING ARTS 12 BARS church community that not only welcomes diversity but cele- Positive Support Group, ARCW LaCrosse (LaCrosse): 6- Clarinet/Piano Recital, Cardinal Stritch University brates it. 1138 S. 25th St. 9:30am (414) 645-8786, 8pm, 1707 Main St.. Suite 420, (608)785-9866. 2nd and (Milwaukee): Faculty member Clarinetist Christopher Zello Miss Club 5 Pageant. Club 5 (Madison): It's the Miss Club Celebration Services, New Thought Community Church 4th Tuesday every month. will perform a free recital with pianist Jayne Latva of 20th 5 Pageant, girls! Drag out them heels and practice that lip (Milwaukee): Experience a different kind of church that Pride Band Rehearsals, (Milwaukee): Bi-weekly rehearsals. century works. running the gamut of styles and tonalities. sync song right down to the last quiver of your lip. Hostess respects your unique spiritual path. Youth education and MCC Church. 1239 W. Mineral St. 7-8:30pm (414) 933- 6801 N. Yates Rd.; 7:30pm, (414) 283-9599. Miss Caroln Klein will keep all you queens in line, rest teen program, weekly classes in Universal Spirituality. Every 3743 The Turn of the Screw, Skylight Opera Theatre assured. Sunday, Congregation Emau-El. 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.: Queer TV, GPU (Milwaukee): Warner Cable television show, (Milwaukee): Benjamin Bntten's 20th Century Opera based COMMUNITY 10:30am, (414) 273-1970. MATA channel 47. 7pm on Henry James chilling novella of the supernatural, this Chorus Practice, Perfect Harmony (Madison): Practices 7- Sappho's Al Anon Group, Center (Milwaukee): Lesbian 12 masterful ghost story comes to life through the genius of How Racist/Sexist Are You?, Gay Men's Discussion Group 9pm,at Grace Episcopal Church, 116 W. Washington. Ed step Al Anon Group for relatives or friends of alcoholics. Britten. The interplay of good and evil and innocence/ cor- (Milwaukee): As we face daily challenges from living in an (608) 849.3861. Milw. LGBT Community Center, 170 S. 2nd St.: 7:30-9pm; ruption culminates in an opera of stunning impact. heterosexist environment, Our community is not immune to Non-denominational Religious Service, Metropolitan (414) 271-2656. Continues through April 2 Skylight Opera Theatre, Broadway the effects of these harmful social diseases that keep us Community Church (Milwaukee): 1239 W. Mineral St. Youth Drop In Activities, Project Q (Milwaukee): Center, 158 N. Broadway. times vary. Tickets range from enslaved, and hold us all back from reaching our potential. 11am (414) 383-1100 Socializing, tutoring, art projects, movies, game nights, sup- $12-49, (414) 291-7800. The Counseling Center of Milwaukee. 2038 N. Bartlett Ave., PineapplE, Political Individuals negotiating exchange, atti- port & discussion groups. Milw. LGBT Community Center, march 17 opens 6-8pm, $3 donation. tude plus pride leads to Equality (Sheboygan): Newly 170 S. 2nd St. 4:30-9pm. (414) 223-3220 The How-To's of Gathering Oral Histories, Woodland formed LGBT support group in the Sheboygan Lakeshore Pattern Book Center (Milwaukee): History in the Telling: an area. meeting the needs of the community. Socialize, dis- information packed one day 1E; BARS workshop with Jamakaya will cuss and participate. 7pm, Call (920) 451-8722. 15 COMMUNITY cover interviewing subjects, the editing process and ethical Square Dancing, Cream City Squares (Milwaukee): HIV Testing and Counseling, C'est La Vie (Milwaukee): issues. 720 E. Locust St.,; 1-4pm, $30, $25 members. Queer Year Pride Week at Beloit College, The Alliance Lessons and dancing every Sunday 1-4pm, call for location: Provided anonymously by the BESTD Traveling Clinic.9pm- (Beloit): Educate and Create Awareness: Living With HIV (414) 263-5001. (414) 445-8080. midnight. and other Related Issues presented by Joe Wilson, who has Worship Services, Metropolitan Community Church Unicorns Club Night, Barracks at Club 5 (Madison): Every PERFORMING ARTS presented this talk across the country, and has been (Appleton): Every Sunday, 7pm; 815 N. Richmond. 3rd Saturday of the month. Every Sat, night. wear L/L for extremely active in creating awareness about how to prac- Stoltzman Family Concert, Artist Series at the Pabst Worship Services, Metropolitan Community Church (Green drink discounts. (Milwaukee): An eclectic blend of classical and jazz in an Bay): Every Sunday, 3607 Libal St.. Alloeuz. 11am. tice safe sex and the effects of living with HIV One Night accessible, balanced family affair. Clarinetist Richard, his Only. Moore Study Lounge, Pearsons Hall, College Campus: COMMUNITY wife violinist Lucia. and their pianist children Peter and 7pm. free and open to the public, (608) 363-4490. 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porn. 8pm. cat (608) 244-8675 evenings for location. more info. Queer Year Pride Week at Beloit College. The Alliance (Beloit): Educate and Create Awareness: Pride Dance, one of the final events offering a DJ, great music, and a house full of queers! One Night Only. Psi Psi. Beloit College Campus: 10pm. free and open to the public. (608) 363- Rainho 4490. Revolution of Wonyn in Poetry, Kuumba Productions Roonl1 (Milwaukee): Open Mike is open to all women as a multicul- tural experience crossing the bailers of race. class, orienta- 121 W. Main St • Madison tion and disability through poetry and performance art. 608.251.5838 Interested poets/ performers should call (414) 271-2656 for more information. One Night Only. Milw. LGBT Community Center, 170 S. 2nd St. 7:30pm,

Speaker Prof Joe Elder, Frontier's Gay Bi Men's Group (Madison): Elder, professor of Sociology and Languages & MILLENNIUM Cultures of Asia at UW-Madison is currently teaching a course in LGBT studies. He'll discuss this new course being offered at UW. One Night Only. Call Dave at (608) 241.2500 for location and more information. 6pm, MEN PERFORMING ARTS Jazz Guitarists Jim Hall and Mark Whitfield, 200 Hal Leonard Jazz Series at the Pabst (Milwaukee): These two hard hitting guitarists and their bands promise a night of Every Thursday intense jazz. Hall was honored in 1997 as the Best Jazz Composer Arranger by the New York Jazz Critics Circle Award for his career spanning five decades. The 30 year old Eve Roberts as Ruth Steiner and Kirsten Potter as Lisa Morrison in the Whitfield has raised his profile quickly, advancing his own Milwaukee Rep's Stiemke Theater production of Collected Stories, through March 26th. creative vision and exploring the challenging byways of the jazz legacy. Pabst Theater. Wells and Water Streets. 8pm. Isthmus Playhouse. 211 State St.: $20-25. (6081 266- possibilities at the dawn of the new millennium. Continues $16-37.50. (414) 286-3663. 9055. through April 23. 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, (414) 224- Jim Hall Trio & Mark Whitfield Quartet, Artist Series at the Hobson's Choice, The Rep (Milwaukee): Harold 3200. Pabst (Milwaukee): Hall Leonard Jazz Series: Hall's jazz gui- Brighouse's romantic, timeless and heartwarming comedic Millennium Exhibition, David Barnett Gallery (Milwaukee): tar probes the perimeter of the musical universe as Whitfield study of class struggle to rise above the constraints of deco- Clients who make a purchase during this exhibition will be SUNDAYS continues to advance his own creative vision and explore rum set in 1880's England. Continues through April 2, entered into a March 14 drawing for a 1930 original color the challenging byways of the jazz legacy. Pabst Theatre. Quadraccci Powerhouse in the Baker Complex, 108 E. Wells litho by Maurice Dufrene. Continues through March 11. 144 E. Wells St.: 8pm, (414) 286-8777. St.; $5 to 36; (414) 224-9490. 1024 E. State St. at Prospect Ave.; (414) 271-5058. The Incomparable Hildegarde, Skylight Opera's Miller Uncle Vanya, Boulevard Ensemble (Milwaukee): A main Recent Paintings: Dan Muller, David Barnett Gallery BINGOBEER BASH Cabaret Series (Milwaukee): Featuring Claire Morkin as stage production of celebrated Russian playwright Anton (Milwaukee): This Wisconsin Landscape series and his Hildegarde with Dennis Schroeder and Jeffrey Jensen Chekhov's comedic drama, directed by Maureen Kilmurry. abstract mixed media featured showing off his extraordinary accompanied by Richard Crabtree on piano following Friday Continues through March 19. Boulevard Studio Theatre, talent and versatility. Show runs through April 8. 1024 E. 2-8 pm and Saturday evening performances of The Turn of the 2252 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.. times vary. Prices from $5-16, State St.; (414) 271-5058. Screw. Skylight Bar. 10pm, through April 1st. 158 N. call (414) 744-5757. Reflections on the Collection, Madison Art Center Broadway. free. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Bialystock & Bloom Co. (Madison): Work in Progress: The MAC Coliects. Reflections (Milwaukee): Edward Albee's diabolic tale about another on the Collections over 4500 objects and more than 100 'UPTOWN' Where VISUAL ARTS Saturday Night in a sleepy New England Town, too much to works presented in groupings that illustrate the history of Recent Paintings: Dan Muller. David Bamett Gallery drink and trying too hard to hid a lifetime of hideous secrets the collection. Continues through May 14. Madison Art It's Happening! (Milwaukee): Artist Lecture today at 1pm. This Wisconsin and doubts. an invitation to trouble. All this in Milwaukee's Center, Civic Center, 211 State St.: Free admission, (608) Landscape series are as fresh and free as the outdoors in newest intimate performing space. Continues through 257-3734. which they are painted. His abstract mixed media will be March 26, Off Broadway Theatre, 34 2 N. Water St.: tickets also featured showing off his extraordinary talent and versa- $12/$10 students: (414) 221-7055. tality. Show runs through April 8, 1024 E. State St.: (414) 271-5058. VISUAL ARTS CONTINUING Aazudian Temple Reconstruction & Melanesian Sculpture. Milw. Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) (Milwaukee): 19 COMMUNITY Continues through April 1. MIAD's Layton Gallery, 273 E. nht Erie St.; 10am5pm. Tues.-Sat.; (414) 276.7889. Queer Year Pride Week at Beloit College, The Alliance Book Treasures, Milw. School of Engineering Schroeder (Beloit): Dinner and Feedback. Join with us and give your Library (Milwaukee): Exhibition of rare books and manu- S feedback on the activities this past week, what you did or scripts. Continues through May 31 Walter Schroeder Library. didn't like. help plan for next year. One Night Only. Alliance 500 E. Kilboum (and Jefferson). 1-3 M-Thurs.: 1-5 Fri./Sat.: House (other location not provided); 5-7pm. tree and open Free to the public. (414) 277-7180. to the public, (608) 363-4490. Breach Broach Art Exhibit, Walker's Point Center for the Arts (Milwaukee): Breach Broach an exhibit of mixed media PERFORMING ARTS works by two UW-Madison grads. Exhibit continues March Bolling and Britten: 1971-1980, Wisconsin Conservatory 11. 911 W. National Ave.. (414) 672-2787. of Music (Milwaukee): Hailed as the French Gershwin, com- Creative Endeavors: Recent Works by Jeanne Brll, Gallery !ART Trivia poser Claude Bolling and his distinctive and original melding Cora Dora/Pier 221 (Milwaukee): Brill's paintings of archi- 1. In 1973, the United States saw the publication of its first of classical and jazz performed by: Carol Meves. Michael tecture from European travels. Also artists John Ernst and Thiele. Scott Wenzel and John Babbitt. Charles Allis Art Michael Merritt Mangan. Exhibit continues through April 9: weekly lesbian and gay newspaper. Can you name it and Museum, Great Hall. 1584 N. Prospect Ave.; 3pm, 221 N. Water St., (414) 283-9244. $10/$7.50 students/srs. (414) 276-5760. Divine Humility: Jesus Icons in Contemporary Mexico, the city where it was published? Cardinal Stritch University (Milwaukee): Photographs by perfahvir Robert E. Lewis featuring 63 large-scale cibachrome prints 2. In 1971. the American Library Association created the and an installation of Mexican devotional artifacts. NML Gallery, 6801 N. Yates Rd..: free admission, (4141 41°- annual Gay Book Award. Can you name the first book and Anton's Alley, Boulevard Ensemble (Milwaukee): Sundays 4479. author to receive it? and Mondays only. selected works from Chekhov's One-Act Exhibit of Reginald Baylor's Cartoon Landscapes. comedies continues through March 21. Boulevard Studio Lakeshore Gallery (Shorewood): Original acrylic paintings. Theatre. 2252 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.. 7:30pm for all shows Continues through March 31st 4401 N. Oakland. (414) 3. Which member of the cast of the 1970's television series Prices from $5-16. call (414) 744-5757. 964.2540. The Waltons had an intimate relationship with American Collected Stories, The Rep's Stiemke Theater Fiber Invitational 2000. Katie Gingrass Gallery (Milwaukee): The Pulitzer Prize nominated Off-Broadway hit (Milwaukee): Exhibit features baskets by more than 20 gay-rights pioneer Harry Hay? by acclaimed contemporary playwright Donald Murgulies is national artists. Show runs through April 30. 241 N. the witty and provocative story of two women set in Broadway. (4141 289-0855. 4. Where can you find what is thought to be the world's Greenwich Village. Continues through March 26 Stiemke Flameworked Glass Show Art Elements Gallery (Mequon): Theatre. Baker Theater Complex. 108 E. Wells St.: time This show demonstrates the contemporary artists use of a gayest cemetary, where famous lesbians, gay men, and vanes. $20. 30, (414) 224-9490. most ancient technique of glass work. Continues through Forever Plaid, Marcus Center Vogel Hall (Milwaukee): The March 27: 10050 N. Port Washington Rd.; (262) 241-7040. bisexuals — ncluding Isadora Duncan, Oscar Wilde. heavenly musical hit parade extended...again: by popular Rouautt, Michael H. Lord Gallery (Milwaukee): A selection demand. Continues through March 12: Vogel Hall. 123 E. of 10 prints from the series The Miserere by French Gertrude Stien, and Marcel Proust — are buried? State St. $28.50-36.50 (414) 273.7206 Expressionist and Modern master Georges Rouault. From my Hometown, Stackner Cabaret at The Rep Continues through April 30. 420 E. Wisconsin Ave.. (414) 5. How old was poet activist Audre Lorde when she pub- (Milwaukee): This jeturn features 30 classic R&B songs 272-1007. this revue celebrates three R&B performers — from Detroit. Gallery: Vanity of the Vanities. Michael H. Lord Gallery lished her first poem? Memphis and Philadelphia. who travel to the Big Apple in (Milwaukee): In conjunction with the Intl. Arts Festival. search of success, Continues through March 12: Stackner exhibit of twelve new paintings by Barbara JohkSpiro. Cabaret at the Rep: 108 E. Wells: $15-25: (4141224-9490. Continues through March 14, 420 E. Wisconsin Ave.. (414) Answers Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Madison 272-1007. will be in Rep (Madison): A war of words and world views. the trials Interventions: New Art in Unconventional Places. My. 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