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City College pursues LGBT studies major

Doug Yokomizo, Trader Joe’s general counsel, points to a rendering of the proposed store on Market Street during a community meeting Monday.

ity College of San Francisco is applying to become the first of the state’s two-year community colleges to offer an LGBT studies major. School officials are hopeful they will be able to begin offering the Ardel Thomas new degree program in the fall.

The campus’ curriculum committee recently voted to unanimously endorse adding the LGBT studies major to its offerings. The college’s elected Board of Trustees is expected to endorse the proposal later this spring before school administrators seek final approval from the chancellor’s office of the statewide com-

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by Matt Baume packed meeting of the Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association Monday, February 14 addressed a proposed Trader Joe’s in the former Tower Records building in the Castro, leaving many neighbors divided over the project.

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“Plz tell me that were getting punk’d and Ashton Kutcher is gona b at the event to say that he bears will no longer this is not gonna b the last 1 :( come out of hibernation but still excited to see all the ppl,” each winter and descend wrote Jai Gomez, who lives in on San Francisco.

San Francisco, on the IBR FaceAn event that roused bears, book page. the hirsute gay male kind, from Steve Adams, president of the around the country and world Merchants of Upper Market and to visit each President’s Day Castro business group, said the weekend is going extinct. After loss of IBR would be felt.

17 years, this will be the final In“During a normally slow ternational Bear Rendezvous. weekend in the middle of winter, “It was a big decision but we it brings the neighborhood are going to do it,” said Chuck alive,” he said. “I am sorry to see Rudd, one of the organizers of IBR end.” the annual event aimed at hairy As a tribute MUMC’s board gay and bisexual men – and voted this year for the first time their admirers. to lower the Castro’s rainbow The main reason behind the flag and instead raise the beardecision is economics, said paw-adorned bear flag, whose Rudd. colors denote both hair color “It is becoming cost prohiband various ethnicities. A cereitive to do. The hotel costs keep mony marking the historic occagoing up and transportation sion will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, costs keep going up,” said Rudd.

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The main draw at IBR is the “We owe it to the bear comInternational Bear Competimunity.

They have been very tion that crowns winners in the loyal,” said Adams. categories of International Bear This year’s IBR kicks off today Cub, International Daddy Bear, (Thursday, February 17) and International Grizzly Bear, and runs through Monday, February the overall title of Internation21. The theme is “Close Encounal Mr. Bear. It too will cease to ters of the Bear Kind.” The conexist. test is Sunday at the Parc 55 “The whole weekend is built Hotel at Union Square. around the contest. We are not The all-volunteer-run weekdoing the contest or the weekend of pub crawls, dance parties, end next year,” said Rudd. and titleholder competitions has The Bears of San Francisco Joe Manetti revealed the manly pulchritude of Dominick Zurlo at the 2010 helped raise $500,000 for nuversion of the International Mr. Bear contest. host the rendezvous. merous LGBT and AIDS nonA related event, Bears Invade profits since it began. This year’s the Castro, now in its eighth beneficiaries are the Stop AIDS year, that encouraged IBR participants to shop, Castro part of the weekend for several years.

News of IBR’s demise has saddened both par- Project, Project Inform, and the Pangaea Globeat or drink in the Castro over the course of the ticipants, many of whom have taken part for years, al AIDS Foundation.▼ weekend, will also come to an end this year.

“Because it is the last one, we have some extra and local merchants, who welcomed seeing a burst special events planned for this weekend,” said Jeff of patrons descend on the city’s gayborhood dur- For more information about this year’s event and schedule, visit www.bearrendezvous.com.

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he executive director of an agency that serves the needs of San Francisco’s black community, with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS, is retiring, the board of directors announced this week.

James “Jimmy” James “Jimmy” Loyce Loyce, executive director of the Black Coalition on AIDS, plans to return to being a family therapist, and he’ll do consulting work related to organizational development.

“When I came back from a long vacation, I decided it’s time to move on with my life and do some different things,” Loyce told the Bay Area Reporter.

Loyce, 62, has been BCA’s director for the past three and a half years. He cofounded the agency in 1986.

The board has selected Perry Lang, who served as the agency’s executive director from 2003 to 2007, to serve as interim executive director. Lang returned to BCA after a sabbatical and is currently its director of wellness and health advocacy.

Loyce said some of the biggest challenges have been “making sure we were capable in terms of our infrastructure to

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arriage Equality USA and GetEqual leader Billy Bedford, left, and MEUSA leader Dennis Veite were two of 18 people who were arrested on Valentine’s Day after sitting down in the City Clerk’s office in San Francisco City Hall following that office’s refusal to issue a marriage license to them. MEUSA and GetEqual joined forces this year for the annual visit to county clerk offices in cities around California and the nation. Molly McKay, MEUSA media director, and her wife Davina Kotulski were also among those arrested. McKay said the group was detained in City Hall, cited, and released.

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EQCA honors trailblazers and looks to future

by Matt Baume quality California held its annual Equality Awards gala at San Francisco City Hall Saturday, February 12, honoring state Attorney General Kamala Harris and Alameda County Superior Court Judge Victoria Kolakowski. But this year, much of the conversation was devoted to Executive Director Geoff Kors’s announcement that he will step down from his position at the end of March.

“It’s been fun,” Kors told the Bay Area Reporter. “I still love what I do.”

Reflecting on his nine years at EQCA, Kors said that one of the highlights was joining with partner communities, such as the United Farm Workers. After EQCA joined a boycott of Gallo vineyards in 2003, the organization discovered an ally for equality in Christine Chavez, granddaughter of farm workers

National Center for Lesbian Rights legal director and Equality California Institute board member Shannon Minter presents Alameda County Superior Court Judge Victoria Kolakowski with the Equality and Justice Award.

Awards in City Hall in 2005.

“The year after marriages happened, we were here,” he said. “That was a magical night.”

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LGBTs meet with SF police officials

by Seth Hemmelgarn an Francisco police officials are continuing efforts to reach out to the LGBT community as the city prepares to select a new police chief.

On Tuesday, February 8, interim Police Chief Jeff Godown and other department staff met with community members for their first citywide LGBT forum since a November orientation.

At last week’s meeting, which was held at the Noe Valley Library, Godown announced that Lieutenant Lea Militello, an out lesbian and president of the department’s Pride Alliance for LGBT officers, had been named head of the homicide unit.

In an interview, Militello, who’s previously worked as a homicide inspector, said, “Frankly, the reason I became a police officer was to work homicide.”

She said, “Homicide victims no longer can speak for themselves,” and the inspector’s job “is to speak for those victims and bring closure for those families.”

One of the unit’s active investigations is into the Pink Saturday shooting last June 26. That night, the eve of the city’s LGBT Pride Parade, Stephen Powell, 19, was killed as thousands of people filled the area around Castro and Market streets.

“I think we have people identified in this case, but the problem with the Pink Saturday case is we need to get people to come forward. We’re following up on the leads we have. It’s an active investigation,” Militello said.

She also said investigations into the killings of Mariah Qualls, a transgender woman who was found dead in December 2009, and Philip DiMartino, a gay man whose body was found last August, are moving forward. She declined to discuss details on any of the cases.

Militello, 51, was named head of the unit October 30. Police data indicate her salary is $146,562. She replaced Lieutenant Mike Stasko, whom Militello said is doing a special project.

The forum also included discussions of safety for this year’s Pink Saturday, the suspected arsons in the Castro two weeks ago, and nightlife issues, among other topics.

David Morgan, who represented the South of Market Bar and Business Guild at the meeting, said in an interview, “It’s important for us to have open lines of communication” with the city’s supervisors “and with the po-

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Interim Police Chief Jeff Godown, left, speaks at the first meeting of the San Francisco Police Department’s LGBT Community Forum. To his left is Police Commissioner Jim Hammer and forum members Amanda Harris, Ken Craig, and Ming Wong.

lice department so they can see we are responsible business people.”

Lieutenant Mindy Talmadge, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Fire Department, said Tuesday, February 15, that no new information was available on the fires. More than a dozen people were displaced in one of the incidents.

Next week, the LGBT community will have another chance to weigh in on police issues.

The city’s Police Commission is seeking public input on the next police chief through a series of meetings.

From 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, February 24, people are invited to attend a discussion at the LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market Street.

Just before he left office this year, former Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Police Chief George Gascón to be the city’s district attorney. Gascon replaced ex-DA Kamala Harris, who is now California’s attorney general. Newsom is now the state’s lieutenant governor.

Out Police Commissioner Jim Hammer, who was at last week’s LGBT forum, said in an interview that LGBT officers have made progress in the department, but “those gains are fragile, so I hope people speak out strongly.”

Officer Jennifer Thompson, an out lesbian and liaison to the LGBT community, said she’d like to see more diversity at the forum, especially women of color. The forum has four women and eight men.

The next forum is Tuesday, March 8.

Thompson encourages people interested in joining the forum to contact her at (415) 734-3274 or Jennifer.Thompson@sfgov.org.

Anyone with information regarding the deaths of Powell, Qualls, or DiMartino can contact the homicide unit at (415) 553-1145, call police anonymously at (415) 575-4444, or text a tip to 847411 (TIP411). Type “SFPD” and then the tip.

Alleged hate crime In other police news, an alleged anti-gay hate crime occurred Sunday, February 13 in the 2200 block of Market Street, which is in the largely gay Castro neighborhood.

According to police, at about 3:15 p.m., the 51-year-old victim asked two men, who were outside his business, to leave. The suspects refused and “a verbal argument escalated to a physical assault with homophobic epithets,” police stated. The victim’s injury was listed as pain to his head, but it wasn’t life threatening.

Antonio K. Herico and Alexander Luis Garcia, both 21 and San Francisco residents, were arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, felony vandalism, battery, trespassing, and criminal threats. Police indicated at least one of the alleged offenses is being charged as a hate crime.

Officer Albie Esparza, a police spokesman, wouldn’t disclose the name of the victim or his business, citing department policy.

Herico and Garcia are in San Francisco County jail. Their bail has been set at $106,000 and $139,000, respectively, according to the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department.

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Polk neighbors derail LGBT history mural A mural proposal by artists Helen Bayly and Aaron Bo Heimlich was criticized by members of the Lower Polk Neighbors group.

proposed mural depicting the LGBT history of Polk Street may never be painted due to objections from neighbors.

The mural is a joint project of the Lower Polk Neighbors and the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development, intended to instill local pride while beautifying a blank wall on the side of Hemlock Alley.

In fall of 2010, an LPN committee selected two neighborhood artists, Helen Bayly and Aaron Bo Heimlich, and asked them to design a mural depicting the influence of Polk Street’s Beat poet community on the LGBT movement.

The artists showed a preliminary mockup at an LPN meeting last month.

Half of their design is monochrome and shows historical police harassment, public poetry readings, and protests near Civic Center. The other half depicts a colorful, inclusive contemporary Pride Parade, framed by figures such as Harvey Milk.

Bayly and Heimlich consulted with the GLBT Historical Society, and incorporated actual incidents of police harassment, as well as tributes to social service organizations and their clients.

Reaction from LPN members was decidedly hostile.

“People said, ‘That’s the Castro, that’s not here,’” said LPN Chairman Ron Case.

“The mural itself was really, really crude, very poorly done,” said David Villa-Lobos, executive director of Community Leadership Alliance, a neighborhood advocacy group. “Folks felt that a lot of it has more to do with the Castro, and far more to do with Pride and that kind of thing, than it does with the history of Polk Street.”

The artists were surprised by the reaction.

“The Castro has such a monopoly on being ‘the gay neighborhood’ when really, there are gay and straight people in ... neighborhoods throughout the city,” said Heimlich. “Polk Street was a hub for people being able to go someplace where they were accepted before the Castro.”

“We were pretty shocked,” said Bayly, “thinking we had a positive message and art that spoke to the community and history.”

According to reports, meeting attendees overwhelmingly opposed the mural, saying that its depiction of conflict and disadvantaged residents constituted a negative portrayal.

“One of the comments we received was ... ‘we want something uplifting,’” said Heimlich.

Bayly explained, “It goes from a place of struggle to a place of celebration, a positive change of civil rights and equality.”

For his part, Case said he regretted the critical tone of the meeting.

“They kind of got clobbered,” said Case.

At the next LPN meeting, held last week, an artist named Dray presented his proposal for an additional mural to be painted on Fern Street. Dray’s mural focused more generally on Polk’s last hundred years of history, ranging from the 1906 earthquake to a male hustler and Andy Warhol’s Querelle poster.

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hustler, and to a depiction of graffiti artist Shepard Fairey at work.

“I’m trying to tell the story truly,” said Dray, who only uses one name. “Leaving out certain parts would be dishonest.”

Though Dray’s proposal was otherwise well-received, it’s unclear whether Bayly and Heimlich will choose to revise their work or opt to abandon the project.

Neighbors continue to voice objections to their Hemlock mural proposal.

“The quality of the artwork was very bad,” VillaLobos said, “and folks are questioning that it’s even art at all.”

“The unfortunate part was some people got very vocal about it,” said Case.

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by Seth Hemmelgarn he recently elected president of the San Francisco Health Commission says that he’s concerned about the survival of Lyon-Martin Health Services and other agencies, and he wants to help bring improvements.

Steven Tierney, the out gay man who was elected to lead the sevenmember city panel February 1, said, “Nobody wakes up $500,000 in debt one morning, which is sort of the story we heard” about the clinic.

The board of Lyon-Martin, which provides health care to transgender people and women, announced late last month that the clinic would close in a matter of days. The clinic has remained open as supporters work to raise money to pay off more than $500,000 in debt.

Tierney, who noted other organizations have also had financial problems recently, appeared troubled by the board’s decision to close without having a plan for where patients would go.

“It doesn’t seem to me like that is really patient-centered. ... It’s more like organization-centered,” he said.

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“We as a community should pull together a forum that says what are the health and wellness needs” of LGBT people, and “how can we make sure they get taken care of during these tough times,” said Tierney, the former HIV prevention director

for the health department.

Tierney was appointed to the commission in 2008 by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom, and said that on the panel, “I’ve always been concerned about what is the benefit to the patients and the community about those services.”

There’s a need to focus on fiscal responsibility and management, he said. He’s hoping to work on developing training for executive directors and board members. Tierney would also like to see a coalition of LGBT agencies related to health needs and a strategic plan for the community around health and wellness.

There’s a need to figure out when the right time is for strategic alliances or mergers, he said, to “really make sure we’re putting the health of patients and clients first.”

Out Commissioner Jim Illig, who served as the commission’s president for three terms, said he’s known Tierney “for many, many years” and Tierney is “wonderful.”

Illig didn’t have such favorable remarks for Lyon-Martin’s board of directors. He indicated he didn’t know enough about them to say what he thought they should do, but he said if he were on the board, “I would resign in disgrace.”▼

Hep C panel calls for injection site

by Liz Highleyman he San Francisco Hepatitis C Task Force has called for a supervised safe injection facility for drug users in its final report.

The report, which came out in late January, also urged the city to do more to prevent and manage the lifethreatening liver disease, including expanded testing and treatment.

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2009. The 30-member group includes public health officials, medical professionals, social service providers, treatment activists, and people living with hepatitis C. “It’s great that Mayor Newsom and [current] Mayor [Ed Lee] have taken an interest in hepatitis C,” said task force member Dr. Brad Hare, medical director of the Positive Health Program at San Francisco General Hospital. “It is a major health concern for our city.”

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and Prevention estimates that 3.2 million people in the U.S. have chronic hepatitis C, including approximately 12,000 in San Francisco.

But because hepatitis C typically causes mild or no symptoms during its early stages, many people do not learn they are infected until they develop liver cirrhosis or cancer years later.

Hepatitis C virus is most often transmitted through blood-to-blood contact, for example sharing needles to inject drugs or hormones, or reusing piercing or tattooing equipment. Outbreaks of sexually transmitted hepatitis C among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men have been reported in several cities in the U.S. and Europe. But many people have no apparent risk factors and do not know how they became infected.

The task force report, “Recommendations for Strategically Addressing Hepatitis C in San Francisco,” is the outcome of a yearlong process to identify gaps in how the city responds to the disease. The full report is available online at www.hepcsf.org.

Among the key recommendations are establishing a hepatitis C coordinator within the Department of Public Health, starting a community planning council, making hepatitis testing and treatment more widely available, ensuring full access to hepatitis C care through the Healthy San Francisco program, and developing education and awareness campaigns.

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New campaign strategist joins Dufty mayoral bid

by Matthew S. Bajko ormer Supervisor Bevan Dufty welcomed a new political strategist to his mayoral campaign this week after the departure of Steve Hildebrand, an out consultant who was a top advisor on President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign team.

Until January Hildebrand had been advising Dufty since he entered the mayor’s race in the fall of 2009.

But due to a family issue that requires his attention back home in South Dakota, Hildebrand informed Dufty that his ability to travel to San Francisco this year ahead of the November election would be hampered.

“Personal issues arose with Steve around some family members that made it very difficult for him to spend a lot of time in San Francisco, so we mutually agreed it made sense to get somebody local here,” said Dufty this week.

Hildebrand did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday by press time.

Dufty has now hired Michael Terris, part owner of the San Francisco firm Terris Barnes and Walters, to serve as a general consultant on his mayoral bid. Terris worked on lesbian former Supervisor Roberta Achtenberg’s 1995 mayoral campaign as well as former Mayor Willie Brown’s 1999 reelection bid.

“He will provide strategy and campaign manageP OLITICAL ment oversight.

He is a great guy,” said Dufty.

Terris’s first task is designing a campaign logo for Dufty, so far the only out candidate among the seven declared mayoral contenders. Until the new logo is conceived, Dufty’s campaign headquarters on Market Street will remain without any signs other than a replica of the Golden Gate Bridge in the window.

Asked if he was ditching the square-headed male figure he used during his supervisorial campaigns, Dufty demurred.

“Ask Michael. He is working on what my logo is going to be,” said Dufty.

Terris, who was in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, told the Bay Area Reporter in a phone interview that “the little man will go on.”

He agreed to join Dufty’s campaign because he has known him for years and believes he would make a great mayor for San Francisco.

“I have a high regard of Bevan and his skills. We sat down and talked about this race. I liked what he brings to the table as a potential mayor. I live in the city and that is important to me,” said Terris.

A native San Franciscan, Terris lives in the city with his wife Maureen and three sons. According to his firm’s website, he graduated from Harvard University.

In 1985 he was hired by Washington, D.C. consultant Robert Squier and worked on Michigan Governor James Blanchard’s re-election campaign and then-Florida Governor Bob Graham’s first campaign for U.S. Senate.

In 1987, Terris returned to the Bay Area and joined Clinton Reilly Campaigns as its research director. A year later he started his own firm, called Terris Communications, and later partnered with Barry Barnes and Erica Walters.

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Mayoral candidate Bevan Dufty, right, has parted ways with consultant Steve Hildebrand.

sors. Working for Dufty will present several challenges for Terris, as his new client has pledged not to run a negative campaign and is limiting donations to $200 per individual.

According to the latest campaign finance reports, Dufty had raised $108,000, far behind the $265,000 haul City Attorney Dennis Herrera reported netting for his mayoral bid.

At a candidate meet and greet Tuesday night, Dufty said his focus will not be on his opponents but on his vision for the city as mayor.

“I have never focused on the other candidates in the race. I have been hit in other races and I don’t believe in hitting back,” said Dufty. “When people bring up why should I not vote for somebody, I am not going to tell you that. In a ranked choice enN OTEBOOK vironment, you have up to three choices to make. I would be honored to be on anybody’s ballot anywhere they want to put me.”

Asked if Dufty’s restrictions on how he campaigns and raises money would impair the effectiveness of any direct mail efforts, Terris dismissed such concerns. Noting that the city’s public financing of campaigns will augment what Dufty can raise on his own, Terris added that direct mail is a relatively inexpensive way to talk to voters compared to TV ads.

“They are going to be curious about this race and who can do the best job as mayor. My job is to connect voters with Bevan so they understand why he is the best candidate and make the best mayor,” said Terris.▼ Web Extra: For more queer political news, be sure to check www.ebar.com Monday mornings around 10 a.m. for Political Notes, the notebook’s online companion.

This week’s column explains why BART’s new system maps are disappointing to outdoor enthusiasts.

Keep abreast of the latest LGBT political news by following the Political Notebook on Twitter @ twitter.com/politicalnotes.

Got a tip on LGBT politics? Call Matthew S. Bajko at (415) 861-5019

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Another march? No way e’ll just say it: an LGBT national march on Washington in 2012 would not be the best use of community resources.

Veteran activist Robin Tyler is making the rounds, trying to drum up support for yet another national LGBT march, the Washington Blade reported this week. Tyler has been calling for a 2012 march since President Barack Obama was elected. However, activist Cleve Jones beat her to the punch with his call for the National Equality March that took place October 11, 2009 under the auspices of Equality Across America.

Tyler is a veteran activist who has done a lot for the community. She also knows about organizing national marches as she helped with the ones that took place in 1979, 1987, 1993, and 2000. That 2000 march however, was an extravagant affair that took place amid controversy and ended up $330,000 in debt, according to media reports.

Two years ago, we were initially skeptical of the need for Jones’s march, but at the time, the Obama administration was sending troubling signals to the LGBT community and we offered editorial support with some suggestions. Since then, legislation to repeal the military’s anti-gay “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was passed and signed by the president, marking a huge victory for the community. Now, with the return of the House of Representatives to Republican control, we don’t see as realistic passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act or repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act anytime soon. Heck, the administration will have its hands full passing a budget that doesn’t cut substantially from programs for the poor as well as moving forward with health care reform. And while the Obama administration continues to send mixed messages to the community, such as the Justice Department continuing to defend anti-gay laws like DOMA, we don’t see how a march will significantly change the political landscape.

One of the keys to Jones’s march, he said at the time, was his goal of establishing a grassroots network with representatives in all 435 congressional districts. It was a bold idea that required bold leadership. But as it turned out, our skepticism in 2009 was well founded. Jones didn’t follow up on any of the things he said Equality Across America would do – we know of no action group that formed in any congressional district. Equality Across America itself dissolved last year but prior to that had been hampered by disorganization and staff turnover. The co-directors of the march, Kip Williams and Robin McGehee, quit Equality Across America less than a month after the 2009 event. They later

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went on to start GetEqual last year but both have Here in San Francisco, the community is since stepped back from being involved full time struggling as several nonprofit organizations are in that endeavor. experiencing severe financial stress. Many people One of the primary criticisms of a national are still out of work because of the slumping march is that it will take away resources that economy. We can’t justify urging people to could be better used at the state and local levels. spend hundreds of dollars to go to Washington.

Tyler knows this but told the Blade that We also don’t think it’s necessary. A far more effective means of communicating with laworganizing efforts would trigger more makers is to send them a letter – yes, the activity in the states than what is curold school, snail mail letter. rently taking place under the leaderA better use of Tyler’s time and talship of both state and national LGBT ent would be if she could spearhead a groups. We’re not so sure about that; voter registration drive, not just among in the months leading up to Jones’s LGBTs, but other allied groups as well. march we didn’t see a lot of activity, other than Obama will be on the ballot next fall, Jones visiting college campuses to enlist supand the community will need to port. In the end, people who wanted hard to keep the Senate to go to DC to party and march went, E DITORIAL work under Democratic control. She those who didn’t stayed home. could work with state and local Any effort in 2012 would likely LGBT organizations and push to make a real produce similar results. difference in next year’s election.

In this age of social media networks and instant communication, people have become imRIP Carolene Marks mune to national marches. The events don’t have the same effect that they did in 1963, when We are very sad to learn of the death of a the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the lifelong friend of our community, Carolene March for Civil Rights or even some of the Marks. She, along with her late husband, forearly gay marches. The marches are often mer state Senator Milton Marks, championed scheduled for a weekend, when Congress isn’t gay rights long before it became fashionable. A even in session, which further limits the impact complete obituary will appear in next week’s of the message.

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Wanted: Answers from Lyon-Martin

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hyllis Lyon and the late Del Martin worked hard to make sure we don’t have to stay quiet – so why is it that the Lyon-Martin clinic is being so tight-lipped about how it got into these problems?

I find it odd – odd that so many LGBT folks who would boycott Target for giving money to a political candidate who doesn’t support the “gay agenda” are supporting and pouring money into Lyon-Martin. Have they looked at Lyon-Martin’s financial records for accountability? Have they demanded to know where their money is going? Have they asked to see how each and every dime is spent (like they did when finding out about Target’s donations) before running off to support a drag benefit or call a hotline?

Lyon-Martin is relying on the same disenfranchised, marginalG UEST ized communities that they purport to serve to now bail them out of this situation they got themselves into by mismanaging their funds and failing to bill the people and insurance companies that are in fact able to pay.

It’s funny a little bit, isn’t it? That we, the LGBT and sex-positive community, can rally with the best of them yet sometimes we rally without ever asking questions to give us the whole picture. We can pick apart any single campaign donation or lengthy Republican reform and yet we don’t often apply that same critique to the things happening right here in our own community. Very odd.

Is Lyon-Martin Health Services a vital resource? No question.

Is it a service so very necessary to many of our underserved and under-paid community doing important work? Absolutely.

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ganization because of it? Here is where I beg to differ.

Since the Lyon-Martin financial crisis erupted last month, many LGBT folks and allies alike have stepped up to offer support in both small and large financial ways. The initial goal, as Lyon-Martin claims, is to eliminate $250,000 of its debt. Has anyone asked Lyon-Martin if this debt figure is accurate? How it got into this debt in the first place? Have staff managed their grants appropriately and paid all organizations they are in partnership with? (On this last point, there are many community members remaining tight-lipped and silent about their work with Lyon-Martin for fear of professional retaliation. However, many of them are quietly and privately dissenting about the thousands of unpaid dollars owed from Lyon-Martin). Those in the closer financial circle of Lyon-Martin estimate their debt O PINION is closer to $800,000, though I haven’t seen any true reports. No one seems to be asking for them, instead they are just blindly pouring dollars in, hoping to keep Lyon-Martin open another day.

Also, one major point Lyon-Martin has been trying to force home (threaten?) is that this is the only place, other than the black market, where folks can receive hormone treatment. However, here is a list of other fantastic resources (see below). It would surely be a shame if Lyon-Martin was using scare tactics to make us believe that they were indeed this only resource when in fact it should be more of a community effort anyway, shouldn’t it? There are many other hardworking, well-run, reputable organizations in this city that treat trans people with respect and provide low to no-cost hormones. Why is LyonMartin feeding us falsities in order to extort our hard-earned money to pay off debt that their poor management accumulated?

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Castro-Mission Health Center Dimensions Clinic (for youth) St. James Infirmary (for sex workers) Tri-City Health/TransVision (for Alameda County) SF General Larkin Street St. Mary’s (possibly limited to people living with HIV) Are we scrutinizing Lyon-Martin the way we have San Francisco Pride? Not by all LGBTmedia reports I can find. No one is asking any questions about the dollars in debt or, more importantly, how they got into debt in the first place. Do we, as LGBT marginalized folks, just take debt for granted? We’re gay so being in the red is okay? I expect and want more from an organization. Especially one that is so vital to me and to my community.

But before I spend my money, I want to know where it’s going to go and how the money I’ve spent with Lyon-Martin has been so mismanaged? I want answers.

Just my $.02. I am all for saving Lyon-Martin, if it’s the right thing to do. If the leadership comes clean about how and why Lyon-Martin is in this spot to begin with and what they will do to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

Until then, I hear there is a new organization spinning off of the recently defunct New Leaf: Services for Our Community. They sent me an e-mail with a business plan about their organization and where my funds would go. So, that’s where I’m putting my hard-earned $50 for now.▼ Michelle Skoor is an as of yet un-billed client of Lyon-Martin. Currently, she is a graduate student working toward her master’s in education. She has three years of fulltime work as paid staff for LGBTQ nonprofits, was a former Stop AIDS Project board member and is a queer seeking answers.

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HIV and aging issues

dollars that UC invests in the area would speak very loudly if used to challenge Uganda’s anti-gay laws. Museveni has As a student pharmacist at UCSF, I was extremely interonly recently distanced himself from the anti-homosexualested to read Matthew Bajko’s article on February 3, looking ity legislation being considered in Uganda, and only after inat the increasing average age for our HIV-positive populaternational pressure. I would like to see our Bay Area prestion in the Bay Area [“Older people account for majority of SF ence in Uganda assert itself in this issue.

AIDS cases”]. In many ways this trend is welcome news – reflecting the movement of the disease to a chronic treatment Dr. George H. Collyer paradigm. At the same time it should act as a rallying call to San Francisco local health care providers to renew their commitment to examining long-term outcomes from HIV medications as RRR owner responds well the interplay between HIV infection and many of the I read with interest the article about the Russian River Recommon disease states that affect an aging population (diasort [“Triple R Resort is up for sale,” January 13].As a forbetes, hypertension, etc.). mer owner of the resort, we have always been While it is encouraging that the city is turnvery appreciative of the positive reporting you ing more attention to increasing funding for have provided us. Thank you – and your readhealth care services for an aging population ers – for your continued support. with HIV, I’d also call for an increase in presHowever, I was surprised that no managesure for pharmaceutical companies, many ment or owners of the RRR were contacted or with a large presence in the Bay Area, to up interviewed for your report. Your readers their commitment to examining the effects should be aware that during the past six years of chronic HIV medications in this aging M AILSTROM of my ownership, an owner has lived at the population through new clinical studies and RRR continuously. In addition, following the patient surveillance. flood of 2005, over $1 million was spent renovating the reFinally I hope it marks a push within the LGBT commusort. Rather than having fallen into a state of “disrepair” due nity to start emphasizing more wellness awareness around to “absentee ownership” as was – surprisingly – wrongly repreventative health and healthy aging. As a city that has traported, the beautifully remodeled bar complete with black ditionally been on the forefront of public health initiatives, granite top, Brazilian hardwood trim and stainless steel aclet’s hope that funding to provide health services specificalcent lighting, the restaurant and all 23 guest rooms are curly targeting older HIV members of the community increasrently in a better condition than they had been for years prior es and I’d also encourage patients with questions and needs to the flood. Full-time maintenance personnel worked hard around their medication management to turn to their pharto keep the amenities all in perfect working condition, and I macist for guidance and for the city to increase its reliance am very proud of the work we all did at the RRR. and trust in the pharmacy professionals in the Bay Area as a Unfortunately, as was the case with almost 50 percent of skilled resource. all other businesses in Guerneville that have recently closed, we were victim of the difficult financial times in which we Douglas Beeman across the U.S. still find ourselves. In addition, event proSan Francisco moters – including Mary Agnesberg who hasn’t had a “day Project Open Hand provides a model job” since I can remember – felt it necessary to gouge customers with exorbitant day-use and evening event rates. In I never thought I’d see the day when my friend, mentor, addition, we were plagued by a frivolous “nuisance” lawsuit and former boss announces his departure from the agency from a self-centered neighbor who forgot that RRR was the that owes so much of its success to his leadership [“Nolan to largest employer in Guerneville next to Safeway, and when leave Open Hand,” February 10]. I met Tom Nolan in 1993 we were shut down due in part to mounting legal expensand he has been a great example of what a nonprofit leader es, dozens of honest, hard-working employees lost their should be. Project Open Hand is one of the jewels of the San jobs. Perhaps hardest hit were the dozens of charitable benFrancisco service model. Tom has developed terrific staff, deeficiaries we supported over the years, from seniors and chilvoted donors and volunteers, and a commitment to the simdren’s groups to HIV, AIDS, victims of violence and homeple idea of providing “Meals with Love.” less advocates.

As many agencies are experiencing financial challenges I, too, miss the RRR and look forward to the day when it and are struggling to keep their doors open, POH provides will re-open. I am confident that professional hospitality opa model. It is broadly supported by donors, and does not rely erators will save the resort from demise, and bring back the on government funding only. It has always been built around fun and good times so many in our community enjoyed. It meeting real needs. It also is a powerful voice as the governwas an honor to be the owner of RRR for so many years. ment defines its funding priorities. Tom helped make the With a tear in my eye and ink on my arm, I will always chermission real, and shared the compelling stories from those ish the love, respect and support we received from the LGBT who benefited from the meals. and local community in Guerneville, West Sonoma County, I know that POH is going to be fine, because Tom will and the greater Bay Area. leave it infinitely stronger than when he first took the helm.

I thank him for his steady leadership, example, and friendRay Shahani ship. I know the community feels the same.

San Mateo, California Thom Lynch, Executive Director Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles West Hollywood, California

How is UC responding to Kato murder?

The increasingly virulent homophobia in Uganda has culminated in the killing of David Kato [“Prominent Ugandan gay activist killed,” February 3].

I am glad the international community is condemning the murder. I would like to know how the University of California is responding to the situation. It has a large presence in Uganda, including a joint venture with Mbarara University in HIV/AIDS research and treatment.

I would like to know how much UC spends in Uganda, and if any discussion has taken place as to the wisdom of continuing to funnel research money into a country that is so blatantly homophobic. It is the height of irony that the country most likely to be the site of the first HIV infections and with overtly government-sanctioned homophobia is receiving benefits from research and treatment dollars generated by an institution that developed HIV/AIDS programs largely as a result of the high prevalence of gay men in the Bay Area.

Interestingly, the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni comes from southern Uganda, where Mbarara is located and where he draws widespread political support. I suspect the

[Editor’s note: Reporter Lois Pearlman tried to reach Mr. Shahani when she first began working on the article, she says her calls were not returned.]

Pronouns and performances In “Love and gay marriage: let’s revue” [February 10], Richard Dodds reports on the pronoun clarification discussed by Theatre Rhino’s John Fisher and Sondheim’s agent in Marry Me a Little. The decision to change Sondheim’s “her” to “him” to reflect anatomical correctness in Rhino’s production never rises to the level of controversy. It should.

In Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band the liveliest character, Emory, at one point blurts out, “Oh Mary, I always have trouble with pronouns,” when he calls the straight male interloper “she.” On the other end of the spectrum, Edward Albee nixes even considering male leads in his Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf so as to avoid a gay vernacular controversy.

This pronoun change is geared to avoid cognitive dissonance in straight theater audiences outside of San Francisco.

But at Theatre Rhino? Leave the pronouns as is or, better yet, change them both to the feminine.

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Additionally, information will be provided on resources for finding a financial planner or estate planning attorney, and how to get legal forms for wills, power of attorney, and advanced healthcare directives.

Local agencies that have helped organize the seminar include the AIDS Legal Referral Panel, Horizons Foundation, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the Transgender Law Center, the LGBT Community Center, and the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus.

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nancial planning experts. It will include brief presentations on topic areas such as the benefits of planned everal Bay Area nonprofits will giving, tax issues, estate planning tools, present a seminar next week on and how to get started. Panelists planned giving that is targeted include estate planning attorney to the LGBT community.

Bill Ambrunn, legacy giving Titled, “The Power of specialist Greg Lassonde, Gift Planning: How to and attorney Virginia Leave Your Legacy,” the free Palmer. event is being held Tuesday, The goal of the sesFebruary 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 sion is to help particip.m. at the San Francisco pants navigate the LGBT Community Cenrange of available N EWS B RIEFS ter, 1800 Market Street. planned giving opThe seminar will feations, enabling them to provide for the ture a facilitated panel of estate and fipeople and causes they love with max-

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by Matthew S. Bajko ince moving into the rebuilt California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park more than two years ago, the institution’s anthropology collection has been unseen by most visitors. That will change this weekend, when the natural history museum opens a new exhibit showcasing its Native American pottery collection.

It will be the first time that Russell P. Hartman, the openly gay senior collections manager in the Department of Anthropology, has curated a show in the academy’s new home.

“The collection has not been on display since we closed the old academy. But that is pretty normal for a museum like this. We have lots of items that have never been on display,” said Hartman, who has spent the last four months planning the exhibition of silver jewelry and pottery created by members of the Navajo, Hopi and Zuni tribes, and by the Rio Grande Pueblos.

The rebuilt academy, with its airy interior, grand skylights, and living rainforest exhibit is not conducive to showing a large majority of the anthropological collection. Protecting such things as paintings and textiles poses challenges in the space, said Hartman.

“We needed something that could stand the light and humidity, which is an issue with this building. It also had to last being up for a year, so pottery and jewelry fit the bill pretty well,” he said.

The anthropology collection’s 16,000 objects are cataloged in a searchable online database on the academy’s website. But visitors have been clamoring to see portions of it go back on public display, said Hartman.

“I am very excited and the public is excited. Since we opened lots of visitors have been asking where are the anthropology exhibits,” he said.

The show, titled “Evolving Traditions: Southwest Native Pottery and Silver,” will open to the public this Saturday, February 19 and features many items from the museum’s famed Elkus Collection as well as pieces Hartman recently purchased.

The first phase will include 70 percent of the 250 items Hartman has selected; the final pieces should be installed by April.

In order to house the exhibit, the academy built special climate-controlled glass cases into the walls on the third floor landing leading up to its living roof. Works in the show include dramatic black-on-black pottery created by Maria and Julian

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Martinez and wrought silver bracelets designed by Kenneth Begay.

Bracelets by Ambrose Roanhorse, one of the premiere Navajo artists, and works by Paul Saufkie, considered a master of Hopi overlay jewelry, will demonstrate the contrasting styles used by various Native American jewelers and potters. Video showing artists at work on their craft will be screened on a wall.

“The whole exhibit is about handing down cultural traditions from generation to generation,” explained Hartman. “We are highlighting individual artists who were really influential in continuing their craft but also expanding its direction so the next generations can expand on it.”

Gay astronomer receives plaudits Ryan Wyatt, the openly gay director of the academy’s Morrison Planetarium, has won plaudits for his work on developing original material to be projected onto the 90-foot diameter dome. It is one of the largest all-digital planetariums in the world.

Wyatt is also in charge of science visualization at the academy. Last May, the academy’s Visualization Studio was one of four recipients of the international FullDome Award of Excellence for its inaugural production Fragile Planet, which was narrated by award-winning actress Sigourney Weaver.

His latest production, Life: A Cosmic Story, is narrated by out actress Jodie Foster and has been wowing academy visitors since its premiere in November. From the computer-generated opening sequence of life in a Redwood Forest to the search for other habitable planets, the 25minute film is the second planetari-

um show Wyatt and his team has created in-house.

“It is about the connectedness of all life on Earth. It is a natural story for us to tell at the academy,” explained Wyatt during a press preview of the show last fall.

As he was writing the narration for the film, Wyatt said he kept hearing Foster’s voice. The actress, after all, starred in the movie Contact in which she portrayed Dr. Jill Tarter, director of the Center for SETI Research, or the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, at the SETI Institute in Mountain View.

Tarter consulted with Wyatt on the new film, which will screen throughout 2011, and helped connect him with Foster.

“It all came together. She is a really intelligent narrator. We shared the script with her and she immediately got it,” said Wyatt.

He is already at work on the planetarium’s fourth show, which will once again delve primarily into astronomy. [The planetarium’s second show since opening, Journey to the Stars, was a collaborative project led by the American Museum of Natural History in New York.] It should premiere in the spring of 2012 and will be voiced for the first time by a male narrator.

Not all of the shows need to be centered in space, said Wyatt.

“Institutionally, we are a life sciences institution. We tell stories related to our research,” explained Wyatt. “But people do expect to see space and we do put astrology elements in. With this medium you can do a lot more than just stars; you can do more real world imagery.” ▼ For more information about the academy, visit www.calacademy.org.

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The San Francisco Department of Public Health used Valentine’s Day to launch its campaign to promote the new FC2 female condom for gay men. Travis Touhy, center, from the DPH’s AIDS office street outreach program distributes female condoms to passersby in Civic Center Plaza during the noontime event. The female condom protects against sexually transmitted diseases and HIV when having anal sex. For more information, go to www.Fc2SF.org. The health department’s campaign will include posters in gay bars and on Muni buses.

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UK couples take marriage and partnership case to Euro court within four months, the delegation said.

The Micronesian nation of Nauru reportedly made a similar pledge days earlier at its review session.

The Universal Periodic Review, a project of the U.N. Human Rights Council, officially analyzes the human rights record of each of the 192 U.N. member nations on a rotating basis once every four years, and urges reviewed nations to protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms.

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will hear an appeal of the Delhi High Court ruling that struck down the nation’s ban on gay sex in July 2009. ight couples from the United At least two days of arguments are Kingdom mailed a case to the planned.

European Court of Human A number of parties have been alRights on February 2. Four of the coulowed to intervene in the appeal to ples are gay and want to get married. support or oppose the original rulFour of the couples are straight and ing – including, among the supportwant to enter into a UK civil parters, famed Indian filmmaker Shyam nership, which is only available to Benegal, an ad hoc group of 19 parsame-sex couples. ents with gay and lesbian children, an Civil partnerships are identical ad hoc group of 16 academics, to marriage in the rights and and a group of 13 mental benefits bestowed. The health professionals. eight couples all were “All these have been turned down by offiadmitted into the case, cials when they tried to which goes a considertie the knot. able way toward balanc“The bans on sameing the 15 petitions opsex civil marriages and posing us, most of them opposite-sex civil partfrom extremist religious nerships are a form of W OCKNER’ S groups,” said leading acsexual apartheid,” said W ORLD tivist Vikram Doctor. activist Peter Tatchell, In striking down the who is involved in the ban nationally, the high court “read challenge, dubbed Equal Love. “Two down” Section 377 of the Indian wrongs don’t make a right.”

Penal Code so that it no longer apThe activists’ lawyer, Robert Winplies to the activities of consenting temute, said, “banning same-sex adults. The section bans “carnal inmarriage and different-sex civil parttercourse against the order of nature nerships violates (three separate arwith any man, woman or animal” ticles) of the European Convention under penalty of 10 years to life in on Human Rights.” prison.

“It’s discriminatory and obnoxThe court said 377 violated a conious, like having separate drinking stitutional guarantee of equality fountains or beaches for different under the law, a constitutional ban racial groups, even though the water on discrimination based on sex, and is the same,” he said. “The only funcconstitutional promises of personal tion of the twin bans is to mark liberty and protection of life. lesbian and gay people as socially “The criminalization of homoand legally inferior to heterosexual sexuality condemns in perpetuity a people.” sizable section of society and forces In other U.K. marriage news, the them to live their lives in the shadow Daily Telegraph reported this week of harassment, exploitation, humilithat the equalities minister is exation (and) cruel and degrading pected soon to lift the ban on civil treatment at the hands of the law enpartnership ceremonies being conforcement machinery,” the court ducted in places of worship with rewrote. “Section 377 IPC targets the ligious elements. The move stems homosexual community as a class from an amendment added to the and is motivated by an animus toEqualities Act in 2010 that would wards this vulnerable class of people. allow such ceremonies if religious ... It has no other purpose than to groups agreed. criminalize conduct which fails to conform with the moral or religious Indian Supremes to hear views of a section of society. ... When appeal of ruling that everything associated with homosexlegalized gay sex uality is treated as bent, queer, reIndia’s Supreme Court on April 19 pugnant, the whole gay and lesbian

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community is marked with deviance and perversity. ... The result is that a significant group of the population is, because of its sexual non-conformity, persecuted, marginalized and turned in on itself.”

Given India’s population of 1.2 billion people, the high court’s decision had the effect of decriminalizing 17 percent of all LGB people on the planet.

Canadian Parliament passes trans rights bill Canada’s House of Commons passed a bill February 9 adding protections for gender identity and expression to the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code.

“This kind of explicit reference within the CHRA would afford transgender, transsexual, cross-dresser, intersex, gender-queer, gendernonconforming and gender-open individuals clearer protection against discrimination and help create a safer Canada for all,” said national LGBT lobby group Egale.

The vote was a close 143-135. All members of the Bloc Québécois and the New Democratic Party supported the measure, along with all but 12 Liberals. Six members of the ruling Conservative Party broke ranks and voted for the bill.

The measure is now before the unelected Senate, which normally rubber-stamps House of Commons actions – though not always.

LGBT activists are concerned that senators could try to stop the bill – or that the government could effectively kill it by calling a national election this spring before the measure completes its legislative journey.

São Tomé and Príncipe to legalize gay sex São Tomé and Príncipe, an island nation located off the west coast of Africa, will decriminalize gay sex in upcoming revisions to its criminal code, its representatives said January 31 at the country’s United Nations Universal Periodic Review session.

“Obviously there is a concern about sexual relations between persons of the same sex in our country,” the delegation said. “Currently the criminal code goes back a very long way when the situation was entirely different and so the courts actually don’t apply the penalty anymore. So, despite what’s there in the text of the law, it’s not applicable because it runs counter to constitutional principles. The new criminal code which we’re drawing up does not penalize sexual relations between persons of the same sex.”

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HRW blasts Tokyo governor’s anti-gay remarks Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara must retract recent statements that denigrated gays and lesbians, Human Rights Watch said February 1.

On December 3, while discussing a measure to regulate the manga and anime industries, Ishihara said: “[This bill] is not just about the kids. We have got homosexuals casually appearing even on television. Japan has become far too untamed.”

Then, on December 7, in response to a reporter’s question about his earlier statement, Ishihara said: “I think homosexuals have something missing from them somehow. It may be something genetic. I feel sorry for them being a minority. I saw a parade made up of gays (in San Francisco) and I really felt sorry for them. There were pairs of men and women, but it certainly did feel like they were deficient somehow.”

HRW said that such comments “increase the stigma against lesbian and gay people and can promote discrimination against an already marginalized group.”

“It is a matter of great concern that Governor Ishihara, who is charged with upholding the rights and ensuring the well-being of all Tokyo residents, has characterized lesbians and gay men as somehow lower than other persons,” said HRW LGBT rights researcher Dipika Nath. “When public officials make pejorative characterizations of particular groups of people, they can compromise people’s ability to live their lives with dignity. It is the governor’s responsibility to undo the damage he has caused.”▼ Bill Kelley contributed to this report.

Obama budget plan keeps LGBT funding stable here was relatively little for the LGBT and HIV communities to complain about in the proposed Fiscal Year 2012 budget released

by President Barack Obama Monday, February 14. And given the president’s proposed five-year freeze in non-essential domestic spending, there were some sighs of relief.

Not that everything is hunky dory. There is no increase for the federal government’s program to fight bullying and LGBT youth suicide. Some HIV funding doesn’t keep up with the numbers of people needing help. And there was a significant slash to community development block grants, upon which many LGBT community health centers rely.

And the budget statements released with the proposed dollar figures had a healthy dose of bureaucratic double-speak. A three-page fact sheet specific to HIV programs says the budget “authorizes HHS to transfer 1 percent of HHS domestic HIV program funding (approximately $60 million) to support crosscutting collaborations in areas such as increasing linkages to care and developing effective combinations of

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But overall, community leaders seem pleased with the proposal.

David Stacy, deputy director of the Human Rights Campaign, said he’s generally supportive of Obama’s budget proposal.

“In a budget where the president is proposing a five-year spending freeze, it’s great to see the administration is able to recognize HIV/AIDS as a priority for funding and to provide at least modest increases,” he said. Stacy said HRC is also pleased to see modest increases in the budget for the Department of Justices for implementation of the new federal hate crimes law.

Lorri L. Jean, co-chair of Centerlink, a national organization of centers around the country that provide health services and other programs to the LGBT and HIV communities, said even the five-year freeze is not as scary as it sounds.

“The freeze in discretionary spending is at a level that is already much higher than under the previous administration,” said Jean, who is the CEO of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. And with the tough economic climate in recent years, she said, LGBT centers “have taken our share of hits.” But Jean said she thinks the federal government,

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under the Obama administration, has become more sophisticated in how it distributes program money.

“Instead of spreading money around a wide array of funders, some of which can’t produce results,” said Jean, “the federal government has gotten better at choosing organizations that can deliver.”

“As worried as I am about all of it,” said Jean, “it’s different now with our community than under the Bush administration. We’ve got an executive branch that is open to and significantly supportive of LGBT con-

cerns being included in the funding streams. The difference is like night and day.”

Carl Schmid, deputy executive director of the AIDS Institute and one of about 40 HIV and LGBT leaders briefed about the budget at the White House on Monday, said he was pleased with the proposal.

“We realize the resources of the federal government are severely constrained, therefore, under today’s fiscal environment, we are pleased the president has maintained his commitment to HIV/AIDS programs and even proposed some minimal increases,” said Schmid. “While the proposed funding levels are far from what is needed to provide the necessary care and treatment for people with HIV/AIDS or to significantly reduce the number of new infections, the AIDS Institute appreciates the budget requests and now urges the Congress to show a similar level of support.”

Log Cabin Republicans are a stark exception to the LGBT and HIV communities’ relative comfort level with the president’s proposal. R. Clarke Cooper, Log Cabin’s national executive director, dismissed the proposal as failing to cut more.

“Our nation is at a breaking point and the president’s budget proposal simply isn’t a serious response to the

challenges facing our country today,” said Cooper. “The American people are facing a federal debt of over $14 trillion, and the president needs to join with Congress to make significant cuts.”

Obviously, interpreting budget proposals is as much art as it is math.

And understanding a budget proposal requires seeing not only the number of dollars the proposal puts forth but also how that number compares with the current fiscal year.

The complication this year is that Congress has yet to finalize its budget for Fiscal Year 2011, so budget figures put forth for FY 2012 are being compared against budget figures approved for FY 2010.

Here are some of those numbers for the LGBT and HIV communities: Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students – this is a consolidation of several programs, including the Safe and Drug-Free Schools program headed up by openly gay Assistant Secretary Kevin Jennings in the Department of Education. Programs under this office are addressing such issues as anti-gay bullying and suicide among LGBT youth. The budget proposal for FY 2012 is $365 million, which represents no increase from FY 2010.

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force co-chair Dominique Leslie.

“We urge Mayor Lee and the Board of Supervisors to take swift action to implement our recommendations.”

Although the recommendations come at a time when the city budget is stretched and services are being cut, the task force argues that spend-

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This year’s honorees had been EQCA’s top election priorities in 2010.

The organization devoted considerable effort to the successful election of the nation’s first transgender judge and an attorney general who would defend marriage equality.

“They were the core of my field operation at one point,” said Kolakowski, the wife of B.A.R. news editor Cynthia

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suicide prevention work under the National Institutes for Health call for a significant increase – from only $2 million in FY 2010 to a proposed $18 million in FY 2012. Not all this research is specific to LGBT-related suicide.

AIDS Drug Assistance Program – this program, to help low-income people with HIV to obtain life-saving medications, is being increased by $105 million over FY 2010. With more than 6,000 people on waiting lists to receive such assistance, notes

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Space is limited to 100 people; those who are interested can RSVP to Devesh Khatu at events@horizons-foundation.org. For more information, contact Deb Stallings at (415) 398-2333 or dstallings@horizonsfoundation.org.

Dignity/SF awards, dinner The San Francisco chapter of Dignity USA, an organization for LGBT Catholics, will hold its 28th annual “Pax et Bonum” dinner and awards Saturday, February 19 at Soluna Cafe, 272 McAllister Street in San Francisco. The evening begins with cocktails at 7 p.m. followed by the

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munity college system.

“No other community college in California is as well equipped to offer this as we are,” said Ardel Thomas, Ph.D., chair of the LGBT studies department.

When City College created the gay and lesbian studies department in 1989, it was the first of its kind in the United States. The school had been offering individual classes as far back as 1972.

Thomas has wanted to offer an LGBT studies major at City College since she was hired in 2006 as chair of the department. The stumbling block at the time, she said, was that few four-year institutions offered an LGBT studies major or minor.

“One reason why we didn’t put the major forward before is that up until recently there were no other programs you could really go to,” she said. “Now, however, LGBT studies and queer studies is recognized internationally as a field in academia.”

It is still rare for schools to have dedicated LGBT studies departments, said Thomas. Students seeking such a major are often housed within English departments or under gender or women’s studies.

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ing money on hepatitis C prevention, testing, and timely treatment will pay off down the road.

“San Francisco has a unique opportunity to prevent new infections and save money for the city, provide care and treatment for those living with hepatitis C, prevent long-term complications, and be a leader in the national fight against this disease,” said task force member Dr. Todd Frederick of California Pacific Medical Center.

The report’s most controversial recommendation is creation of a pilot supervised safe injection facility, where drug users can administer drugs using clean needles under the watchful eye of trained staff. Currently Vancouver has the only facility of this type in North America, which has been credited with lowering incidence of blood-borne infections and reducing overdose deaths.

“This particular recommendation

is pushing the envelope,” Hare told the Bay Area Reporter, “but it really has an opportunity to improve the health of city residents who do inject.”

The task force will continue as a community coalition, advocating for full implementation of the report’s recommendations and continuing to educate public officials, medical and social service providers, high-risk groups, and the general public about hepatitis C and its impact.

The task force is currently seeking new members, focusing on San Francisco residents who are living with hepatitis C or belong to under-represented and at-risk groups including youth, people of color, transgender individuals, and drug users.

Meetings are held the second Monday of each month and are open to the public. The application deadline is February 28. For more information contact info@hepcsf.org.▼

Laird. “Without Equality California, I could not have won this election.”

So far, Kolakowski loves her new job. “Everybody’s been friendly, supportive, and welcoming,” she said. “I’ve never been happier.”

Harris was unable to attend the ceremony, but her award was accepted by lesbian pioneer Phyllis Lyon, who told the B.A.R. that she was glad to see a surge in activism in recent years.

“Years ago, people were afraid to come out,” she said. “There’s a lot more going on now.”

Lyon also expressed concern about the financial woes and near-closure of Lyon-Martin Health Services, which was named for her and her late wife Del Martin. “It would be an awful loss to the city if anything happened to Lyon-Martin,” she said. “And not just because they named it for us. It’s been incredibly helpful to so many people.”

In addition to the awards for Kolakowski and Harris, state Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) presented Kors with a proclamation of recognition from the seven members of the state’ LGBT Legislative Caucus.

The sold-out event was attended by more than 600 people and raised just over $350,000, officials estimated.

The search for Kors’s replacement is proceeding rapidly, according to EQCA board member Cary Davidson.

Executive search firm Morris and Berger is in talks with a broad range of stakeholders, he said, and they welcome suggestions and resumes.

But there are unlikely to be any public meetings regarding the search process. “I’m not sure that we gain anything through public meetings,” Davidson said. “So much is done

through professionals and conversations with candidates.”

Morris and Berger expects to select a new executive director candidate for EQCA by May. For his part, Kors remains tightlipped regarding his post-EQCA plans. “I’m going to take a little break, and then figure out what’s next,” he said, adding that he plans to travel and vacation with friends.

Kors expects to remain in California, and to continue working closely with advocates for equality. “I’ll always stay involved,” he said.▼

Schmid, the increase is “far from what is adequate.” “If we have long wait lists now, just imagine what the situation will be like next year with no increases in funding,” added Schmid.

Community development block grants – Jean said “a lot” of centers depend on this funding and the president’s proposal to slash 7.5 percent of that funding (from FY 2010 levels) “will have an impact,” she said.

AIDS prevention – the proposal calls for increasing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention budget by $58 million to support the National HIV/AIDS Strategy goal of reducing HIV infections.

Breast cancer research – the bud-

get estimates spending about $778 million on breast cancer research in FY 2012. This is a slight increase over FY 2010’s $763 million.

AIDS research – the president’s proposal calls for $3.2 billion to be spent on HIV/AIDS research in Fiscal 2012. This compares to $3.1 billion expected to be spent in FY 2011.

Hate crimes law enforcement – the Fiscal Year 2012 budget calls for a $2 million increase over FY 2010 in the Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service, which is mandated with enforcement of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. “Things certainly could have been much worse,” said HRC’s Stacy, “and

they probably will be much worse once Congress begins its deliberations.”

The House and Senate budget committees will now begin to hold hearings to examine various aspects of Obama’s proposal and will begin drafting a “budget proposal” for Congress to approve. House Republicans have indicated they believe even deeper cuts are necessary in domestic spending, and LGBT and HIV leaders are clearly concerned about what will happen to the president’s proposal once the Republican-dominated House begins its deliberations.

“I am more worried about what Republicans in the House might do,”

said Jean.

Schmid said the Republican proposals for deeper cuts will “seriously exacerbate the crisis” in ensuring that low-income people with HIV infection can receive lifesaving medications. He noted that Republicans call for no increase in ADAP funding and are still trying to eliminate an increase of $25 million appropriated for FY 2011.

Michael Ruppal, executive director of the AIDS Institute, issued a statement Tuesday saying the agency “urges the Congress to reject those reckless cuts and consider the long term human and societal impacts of their decisions.”▼

dinner and awards program at 7:45.

This year’s honorees are: Episcopal Deacon Reverend T. Vincent Young, for service to the Dignity/SF community; activist and author Nicole Sotelo, for service to the church at large; and Lieutenant Dan Choi for his activism around repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

Tickets for the evening are $80 and can be purchased online by going to www.dignitysanfrancisco.org.

In the workshop, titled, “Meeting Men: How to Be Successful,” participants will look at ways to initiate healthy connections and relationships. The sessions are open to gay and bi men regardless of HIV status.

Space is limited. Pre-registration is required and can be done by calling (415) 476-6448, ext. 1. For more information about AHP, visit www.ucsf-ahp.org.

Group will award at least 10 scholarships of $1,000 to $5,000.

• The InspirAsian ERG will award at least 10 scholarships of $2,000.

• The Latino ERG will award up to 30 scholarships between $500 and $1,000.

• The Samahan ERG will award at least 10 scholarships between $1,000 and $2,000.

• The Pride Network ERG will award at least five scholarships of $5,000 to students for their service to the LGBT community. This application form is separate from the form mentioned above but is available on the website.

• The Women’s Network ERG will award multiple scholarships to deserving students.▼

there is any city and any community college in this country that should have an LGBT studies major it is us.”

A spokesperson for the chancellor’s office did not respond to requests for comment.

One of the key issues will be proving that City College students who major in LGBT studies will be able to transfer to a four-year school, said Boegel.

“This is not like chemistry where the first few years what you have to do is very cut and dry across different four-year schools, not only in California but across the country. This is different. There is no set lower division pattern,” said Boegel.

He has been working with Thomas to ensure they provide enough evidence to the chancellor’s office about the other schools that offer an LGBT studies major and the classes City College will require students to complete before they can graduate.

“Never say never but I would not anticipate we would have difficulty with this. The way Ardel has worked to put this program together and the work she has done with our articulation officer on ensuring the students have the credits they need to transfer and the courses we have are recognized and approved at four-year schools; we have done a lot of our homework here,” said Boegel.▼

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Deadline nears for PG&E scholarships

The second of UCSF AIDS Health Project’s “Men Connecting” workshop takes place Friday, February 25 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the AHP Services Center, 1930 Market Street in San Francisco.

Several employee resource groups at PG&E are now accepting scholarship applications from aspiring college students. The program will provide $500 to $5,000 in aid for collegebound students who demonstrate

exemplary scholastic achievement and community leadership.

All college-bound students living within PG&E’s northern and central California service area are welcome to apply. Last year, the utility’s employee groups awarded $275,000 in scholarships to help 175 students with their college expenses. To apply, students need to complete a basic and supplemental application. Details, including award criteria and applications, are posted online at www.pge.com/about /community/scholarships. Completed applications must be postmarked to the specific employee resource group by February 28.

The following groups are providing substantive awards: • Black Employees Resource

But numerous colleges and universities are offering courses in LGBT studies and now allow students to either major or minor in it. In the Bay Area, San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Davis all offer either certificates or degrees in LGBT or queer studies. In researching her proposal, Thomas found that more than 75 North American campuses offer such programs.

Having such a major at City College would allow the department’s students to transfer to those four-year institutions with LGBT majors or minors and continue their education in the field, said Thomas.

“While the LGBT studies major at City College of San Francisco offers a full array of general education and diversity requirements, it will also prepare students for transfer to numerous LGBT/queer studies baccalaureate programs in the United States and Canada,” stated Thomas in her proposal to the curriculum committee.

Benjamin Marmolejo, 19, said he is thinking about either seeking LGBT studies as a major or a minor to an English major. He has been taking classes in the department since he enrolled at City College three semesters ago.

“I was able to talk about, write

about, and read about things in my mind even before I came out,” said Marmolejo, who is gay and lives in Oakland. “I was able to meet a lot of really cool people. One course turned into another.”

He is hopeful City College will secure the needed approvals to start the major this fall.

“It would be really sad if there were any issues. These classes attract a wide and diverse audience of students who are really interested in the subject matter,” said Marmolejo.

In an interview, Thomas said not only would having an LGBT studies major better protect her department from budget cuts but also would cater to the academic needs of the department’s students, a growing number of whom want to be able to major in LGBT studies. Nearly 40 students have expressed interest in doing so once the major is approved, she said.

“We are in un-normal financial times. I don’t think anything is going to get cut from LGBT studies but having a major will legitimize the department,” said Thomas. “And when we have a set of courses students need to take to get the major then we don’t have any of this wrestling around will this class make it if it doesn’t have X number of students.”

For those students who want to major in LGBT studies, said Thomas,

“I think it helps them feel empowered.”

Lawrence Wong, the only out member on the community college board, told the Bay Area Reporter he sees no reason why he and his colleagues would not support the creation of an LGBT studies major.

“This is nothing more than a progression of what City College has done in the past in terms of being in the forefront of educating our community regarding the LGBT movement and empowerment of the community and the history of the community,” said Wong. “It is very exciting and makes a lot of sense because San Francisco is the epicenter of the LGBT studies movement and the LGBT world looks to us for leadership.”

City College’s Dean of Curriculum Tom Boegel expects to present the local board with Thomas’s proposal for the LGBT studies major in late March or early April. Once approved locally then the application will be submitted to the office of the chancellor for the statewide system. Boegel estimated it could take up to six months for state officials to review the plans.

“We have a very good track record in terms of getting majors approved at the state chancellor’s office and I am very optimistic,” said Boegel. “We are San Francisco for heaven’s sake. If

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respond to the growing needs of African Americans and the larger community in terms of HIV prevention, in terms of transitional housing, and in terms of our ability to case manage for folks who were at greatest risk and had co-morbidities,” such as mental health and substance abuse issues, “along with HIV/AIDS.” He said, “We were able to do those kinds of things.” The challenges ahead “still have to do with reducing the viral load in the African American community, and reducing the incidence and prevalence in the African American community,” particularly among gay and bisexual men, said Loyce.

BCA reaches about 3,000 unique clients a year. Loyce, whose last day at BCA will be February 28, said in a statement released Monday, February 14, that the organization has seen a “significant increase” in the number of clients and contacts “and the levels of services required as their various community resources and ‘safety nets’ have evaporated.”

“Our commitment to reducing the spread of HIV and supporting those who are HIV-positive is unwavering,”

stated Dian Harrison, BCA’s board president. “We are also committed to providing health education and support to African Americans who suffer disproportionately from diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and other health ailments.”

Among other posts, Loyce has also been a deputy director of the city’s health department and directed the city’s AIDS programs. He joined BCA after his retirement from the city agency.

Loyce said he’ll still do work with the organization.

“It’s important for me to see that this organization continues to deliver the services it delivers to the community for as long as it’s needed,” he said.

‘Solid’ finances Like many other nonprofits in the city, BCA has seen a drop in fundraising from individual and major donors, but Loyce said the agency is “on solid ground financially.”

BCA’s budget this year is $1.4 million. About $1.3 million of that comes from the city’s health department, he said.

“Given the fact we have our government contracts and they’re stable, and we still have a couple years left on some foundation and corporate

grants, we’re okay.” But like others, he said, BCA still needs to diversify its funding sources and “reinvigorate” its historical donor base.

Loyce said that more than a year ago he took a 20 percent reduction on his $85,000 salary “to ensure other staff didn’t have to take reductions.”

He said his last W-2 tax form listed his gross income at about $71,000.

He said that BCA doesn’t have a deficit, but he couldn’t immediately say how much the agency has in the bank.

“We don’t have an operating reserve,” said Loyce. He said the organization essentially “lives on monthly cycles of reimbursements and small grants we have,” which are targeted to specific needs.

William Collins, 61, said BCA’s helped him with services including housing and therapy. He’s working on his education, and he said the agency’s helped him “be where I am today.”

Collins said that he sees Loyce every day but he doesn’t know him personally.

He said Loyce keeps the agency alive.

“I’m quite sure if there was no head over the body, there wouldn’t be a body,” said Collins.▼

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“It’s a market we’ve been trying to get into for many years, probably since the late 1990s,” Doug Yokomizo, Trader Joe’s general counsel and vice president of real estate, told the Bay Area Reporter. He anticipates a Planning Commission meeting by April.

But neighbors expressed concern over parking and transit, particularly in light of a draft traffic study that found that the store would draw 2,100 to 2,500 cars per day, or 160 to 190 per hour.

Those cars would require 1,050 to 1,250 parking spaces per day, but the building’s garage can only accommodate 209 per day, the study says. Onstreet parking in the area is limited.

The building is at Market and Noe streets.

Several nearby intersections are already rated “Level F” by the city, the poorest possible rating for congestion and delays.

Among other modifications, the project would convert the sidewalk into a loading area for tractor-trailers

parked on the street, potentially blocking the bike lane.

The study indicates that Muni service would not be affected by changes in ridership, but does not address impacts to vehicle speeds in light of increased on-street traffic, according to DTNA. Nearby lines include the F, J, N, 22, 24, and 33.

Yokomizo disputed the findings of the draft study, which was conducted

by Wilbur Smith Associates and overseen by the city. Trader Joe’s funded the study, but was not permitted to influence it.

According to Yokomizo, the study underestimates the number of nondriving customers and garage turnover.

Trader Joe’s is willing to reduce traffic by implementing bike racks, a kiosk with transit schedules, a taxi-call service, and fliers that encourage walking. But the company has ruled out other features, such as paid parking, discounts for bicyclists, delivery, and online ordering.

In addition, Trader Joe’s refuses to provide the Human Rights Campaign with information regarding its LGBT employment policies. HRC estimates that Trader Joe’s complies with just 45

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as DENTAL CONCEPTS,244 9th St., San Francisco, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, signed Baljit Johal. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/27/06. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 01/24/11.

STATEMENT FILE A-033308200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as GEORGE SLACK CABINETMAKERS, 757 Pennsylvania Ave., San Francisco, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a corporation, signed George Slack. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/01/10. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 01/31/11.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as MOLLIE STONE’S CASTRO MARKET, 4201 18th St., San Francisco, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a corporation, signed David M. Bennett. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/28/11. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 01/28/11.

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percent of the criteria in its Corporate Equality Index.

Yokomizo explained that company policy forbids participating in surveys. He listed the CEI criteria that he claims the company meets, along with each criteria’s point value. When tallied, the points claimed by Yokomizo added up to 115 percent.

Public opinion varied from enthusiastic support to opposition.

“I want Trader Joe’s. Everyone I know wants Trader Joe’s,” said Trina Robbins, who lives near 15th and Church. “I don’t care about traffic. I walk.”

“I so desperately want to love this project,” said resident Geoff Benjamin. But, he added, there were too many unanswered questions about the store’s impact on the neighborhood.

DTNA board member Peter Cohen expressed concern about competition with local stores, while Supervisor Scott Wiener declined to issue an opinion, since that would disqualify him from voting on the proposal if it reaches the Board of Supervisors.

“I know that any way I vote, there are going to be people who will be really pissed off at me,” he said.▼

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as NOE VALLEY SMILES AND BRACES. DENTAL PRACTICE OF SHAHRAM NABIPOUR DDS, MSD, INC., 3932 24th St., San Francisco, CA 94114.

This business is conducted by a corporation, signed Shahram Nabipour.

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 01/07/11.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: KRAVE CAFE LLC. The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control at 71 Stevenson Street,Suite 1500, San Francisco, CA 94105 to sell alcoholic beverages at: 422 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA 94102-3607. Type of license applied for:

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: ANUAR ISMAIL ABUARAFEH. The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control at 71 Stevenson Street,Suite 1500, San Francisco, CA 94105 to sell alcoholic beverages at:803-805 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103-3009. Type of license applied for:

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE# CNC-11-547466

In the matter of the application of DELVON DEOAUNTA FIELDS for change of name. The application of DELVON DEOAUNTA FIELDS for change of name having been filed in Court, and it appearing from said application that DELVON DEOAUNTA FIELDS filed an application proposing that his/her name be changed to KAI MALIK PINA. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Room 218 on the 7th of April, 2011 at 9:00 am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as XS ENTERPRISES, 101 9th St., San Francisco, CA 94103. This business is conducted by an individual, signed Keland Wells. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/31/11. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 01/31/11.

STATEMENT FILE A-033320300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as 1010 KEYS, 3 Byron Court, San Francisco, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, signed Gregory E. Harris. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/03/11.

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STATEMENT FILE A-033339300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as APOTHECARIUM, 2095 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94114.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company, signed Ryan Hudson.

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/10/11. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/10/11.

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STATEMENT FILE A-033293300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as SWELL CONTENT, 925 Pierce St.,#2, San Francisco, CA 94115.

This business is conducted by a individual, signed Nicole Jones. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/21/11. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 01/21/11.

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STATEMENT FILE A-033311500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as LANDSCAPE XL, 3529 24th St., San Francisco, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a individual, signed Cleuton De Araujo. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/31/11. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 01/31/11.

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STATEMENT FILE A-033335400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as CASTLE GENERAL CONTRACTORS, 2443 Fillmore St.,#215, San Francisco, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a coporation, signed Ken Page. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/09/11.

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STATEMENT FILE A-033335500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as EAG STUDIO,2443 Fillmore St.,#215, San Francisco, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a limited libility company, signed Ken Page. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/09/11.

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STATEMENT FILE A-033335000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as NUTE’S, 149 Vicksburg St., San Francisco, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a individual, signed Surangrat Chulasuwan. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/09/11. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/09/11.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as MISSION OASIS GALLERY, 3118 22nd St., San Francisco, CA 94111.

This business is conducted by a individual, signed James B. Lappin Jr. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/11/11. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/11/11.

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LEGAL NOTICES City and County of San Francisco For Papers February 17, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPER OUTREACH ADVERTISING SURVEY The Board of Supervisors is evaluating the effectiveness of Outreach advertising. Please provide your comments at 415-554-7710 or email board.of.supervisors@sfgov.org.

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SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING AUTHORITY (SFHA) ANNOUNCES FOUR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) 1) Solicitation No. 11-510-RFP-02 - Qualified firms to plan and present disaster preparedness training workshops for SFHA employees and residents for all sites throughout San Francisco. Statement of Proposals must be submitted by 3 p.m. on February 25, 2011.

2) Solicitation No. 11-380-RFP-008 – Qualified administrators of the Admissions and Occupancy Policy and Section 8 Administrative Plan for the SFHA. One original and three copies of the Statement of Proposals must be submitted by 3p.m. on February 24, 2011.

3) Solicitation No. 11-510-RFP-03 – Qualified firms to provide Security and Related Services for its public housing properties throughout the City and County of San Francisco. Statement of Proposals must be submitted by 3 p.m. on March 4, 2011.

4) Solicitation No. 11-620-RFP-026 – Qualified firms to provide a Video Surveillance System Assessment, Repairs and Upgrades for its public housing properties throughout the City and County of San Francisco.

Statement of Proposals must be submitted by 3 p.m. on March 4, 2011.

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not only pushing past the few remaining sexual boundaries not already toppled in such New Queer Cinema classics as The Living End, Mysterious Skin and his depressed teen trilogy. He’s imbuing his characters with a previously inconceivable sexual flexibility, as fluid as the racial identities proclaimed by many young Americans checking off myriad boxes on the Federal Census form.

Smith’s world is filled to the brim with intelligent, boldly adventurous young women, none of whom fit the description “fag hag.” Smith’s women – Stella, Lorelei, London, and a strange “Red-Haired Girl” about whom he has increasingly weird dreams – are always testing his limits. Your test as to whether this “irresponsible” Gregg Araki movie will rock your world comes midway through, after Smith has ingested some hallucinogenic cookies, and his dreams about the Red-Haired Girl turn downright disturbing.

Kaboom – the title doubles as the byproduct of sex and an explosion signifying the end of the world – is best experienced as a kinky, kinetic bio-feedback comic book, where the college years are devoted to all the terrifying experiences only dreamed of in high school, before the jackboot of adult life squeezes the fucking life from your soul.

The movie may leave you behind in its breathless, over-thecliff third act, where Araki succeeds in his mission to stop making sense. As with all of life’s juiciest moments, your pleasure depends on just who you are or aspire to be. If you have any doubts, consult Kaboom’s wildly sexual French trailer online.

For those Araki fans who discovered him in his technically challenged but brilliantly bratty one-liner phase – who can forget “Give her a joint and she turns into Susan Sontag!” – Kaboom

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It’s his apocalyptic, queer sex comedy whose characters bust through every station on the Kinsey scale. By movie’s end, they attempt to head off a mysterious threat to life on earth.

Kaboom begins abruptly, as if awakening from a delicious wet dream. It’s the 19th birthday of our nervous, horny hero Smith (Thomas Dekker), who’s about to share his dorm room with an impossibly hung blonde Adonis surfer-boy named, what else, Thor (Chris Zylka).

Thor announces that he’s experimenting with some bold new exercises. “Ever read that thing on the Internet, if you do these flexibility exercises twice a day you’ll be able to give yourself a blow job in three weeks. I’ll even mail you the link.”

“That’s okay.”

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CC C C C C FROM THE PAPER-FASHION ATELIER ‘Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave’ at the Legion ~ by Sura Wood ~

ike an enchantress in a fairy tale spinning straw into gold in her magic workshop, Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave manipulates and paints paper, transforming a mundane material into a dazzling illusion of sumptuous, exquisitely detailed fabric.

Entranced by lost worlds evoked in early European painting, influenced by couture deities Christian Dior, Coco Chanel, and Mariano Fortuny, and fueled by her own fertile artistic imagination, de Borchgrave recreates elaborate trompe l’oeil gowns, Renaissance finery worthy of the Medicis, and splendid ornate attire favored by royalty such as Elizabeth I and Marie-Antoinette. Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave, an extraordinary new show at the Legion of Honor, showcasing 15 years of the artist’s remarkable oeuvre, may look like yet another of the museum’s impres-

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8 cultural curios in 800 words Smith, Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson and others. Soundtrack is by Smith and Sonic Youth, with narration by San Francisco choreographer actor Peter Weller, who starred in Jesselito Bie will be honored David Cronenberg’s wild 1991 film of with an award tonight, Feb. 17, Burroughs’ Naked Lunch. for his decades of work as a gay 3. Out There was part of the dance-maker and artistic provocacrowd of hip young socialites at the teur. Bie has performed with such 2nd annual Hearts After Dark party companies as the High Risk last Thursday night in Union Group, Scott Wells, Square, benefiting a very Stephen Pelton and worthy cause, the San others, and went on to Francisco General Hospidirect his own compatal Foundation. We ny, Steamroller. The grooved to the music of award presentation is Chris Clouse and the hunky part of the 2nd CSUEB DJ Solomon, and chilled in Queer Dance Festival the VIP pen, all inside a giant at California State plastic tent pitched over University East Bay in square. We do so O UT T HERE the Hayward. As part of heart this event. the festivities, Dande4. Acclaimed mezzolion Dancetheater will perform a soprano Joyce DiDonato has a new new participatory work. album out from Virgin Classics, 2. PBS series Independent Lens will Diva, Divo, on which she sings arias premiere Yony Leyser’s William S. written for operatic heroes of both Burroughs: A Man Within on Tues., sexes, how Victor/Victoria of her. DiFeb. 22 at 10 p.m. The life and work Donato takes on roles including her of the legendary gay beat author are signature Rossini’s Cenerentola, and explored in interviews with colleagues great trouser or pantaloon roles and like minds John Waters, Patti

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Bellini’s Romeo and Mozart’s Cherubino. Accompanying her is the Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon under conductor Kazushi Ono. 5. The San Francisco Silent Film Festival invited us to their Winter Event last Saturday night at the Castro Theatre, so we went to see King Vidor’s 1926 classic La Boheme, starring the great Lillian Gish as Mimi and the juicy John Gilbert as Rodolphe, in a new 35mm print.

Sent us right back to our previous life in bohemian 1830s Paris. Master organist Dennis James accompanied to great effect on the Mighty Wurlitzer. The party on the Castro’s mezzanine was a treat, and we got to meet readers who have called us on our cinema gaffes, right on for them.

6. San Francisco Cinematheque will present (with Frameline and SFMOMA) William E. Jones’ Tearoom with Jones attending, on Fri., Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. at YBCA. SF Cinematheque artistic director Steve Polta writes, “Tearoom consists entirely of footage created in 1962 by the Mansfield, OH police department documenting clandestine sexual encounters between men in a public restroom. Ultimately, this footage led to the arrest, prosecution and incarceration of approximately 30 men. This material is presented by Jones more as document than documentary – in silence, with minimal editorial intervention, devoid of direct commentary. This blunt, non-interventionist presentation allows a slow accumulation of details and reveals profound intersections of race, class, sexuality and heterosexist power, uncomfortably placing the viewer in the position of voyeur and surveillant, while paradoxically suggesting empathy – even identification – with the on-screen subjects.

Tearoom presents a complex, disturbing picture of institutional power in midcentury America.” We’ve seen it, very intriguing.

7. The February issue of the Nob Hill Gazette includes a feature we await all year, the 16th annual Eligibles List: 50 ladies-in-waiting and 50 (confirmed) bachelors in SF. We’re no expert on the ladies, but every year we read the little blurbs on the 50 eligible men, and think: hmmm. Many of these men are clearly playing for our own team. In a few cases, we know

San Francisco dancer and choreographer Jesselito Bie receives honors.

men who have dated these men. But in only one of the 50 squibs do we find that little word “gay.” Why so circumspect, Nob Hill Gazette?

Take the eligible F.A., who says “my kitchen is open, and I am taking reservations.” Or “haberdasher

extraordinaire” W.B., whose boutonnière we know shades pink. Manabout-town P.B. says he “collects ideas, friends, and antiques,” and if that isn’t a dropped hairpin, we don’t know what is.

Wacky D.F. says his “favorite Crayola crayon is Atomic Tangerine.” We think we know which way H.D., J.H., B.K. and J.M. swing, and we’re not alone. Meanwhile, only three out of 50 eligible men even mention looking for women. That’s 6%.

Sounds about right for eligible SF. 8. 1957 Leave It to Beaver: The Beave gets grounded for smoking.

2011 Skins: “A naked 17year-old actor is shown from behind as he runs down a street. Actor Jesse Carere plays Chris, a high school student whose erection, assisted by erectile dysfunction pills, is a punchline throughout the episode.”

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Aging, wary cat Visconti’s ‘The Leopard’ plays the Castro Theatre or things to remain the same, they must change,” declares Count Tancredi Falconeri (Alain Delon) to his uncle, Don Fabrizio, Prince di Salina (Burt Lancaster) in Luchino Visconti’s staggeringly beautiful The Leopard (1963), which, fully restored, plays the Castro Theatre on Feb. 19-21.

It’s Sicily in 1860-61. The Bourbon king has fled before the republican army of Giuseppe Garibaldi’s red shirts. Invading from the north and Sardinia are the forces of Victor Emmanuel, King of Piedmont, intent on ruling a unified Italy.

Against this background, the Prince wonders what his class must do to survive. The opportunistic Tancredi knows. He joins Garibaldi, is wounded in action, becomes an officer, then abandons him, enlisting in the triumphant armies of Piedmont’s House of Savoy.

Stunningly photographed in rich colors, the film takes viewers inside the mind and body of the aging Fabrizio, father of seven, married to an hysterical, pious woman (Rina Morelli) who crosses herself when he kisses her goodnight. “I have never seen her navel,” he complains to Fa-

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ther Pirrone (Romolo Valli), justifying a nocturnal visit to his vivacious mistress and refusing to confess early to adultery. “It isn’t Saturday.”

The Prince won’t let a revolution interfere with the family’s summer holiday in Donnafugata. Once there, Father Pirrone tells Don Fabrizio that his eldest daughter, Concetta, is in love with Tancredi, and expects to marry him. “Nothing makes a man feel older than having a daughter of marriageable age,” laments the Prince, who dismisses the idea. Concetta will receive a handsome dowry, but she’s shy, awkward and unsuited for life at the royal court in Turin, where Tancredi will find favor and power. Besides, he hasn’t any money and will need a much wealthier wife.

In Donnafugata, the Prince receives its mayor, the very rich, vulgar, social-climbing Don Calogero (Paolo Stoppa). The right wife for Tancredi is Calogero’s ripely beautiful daughter, Angelica (Claudia Cardinale), who, with her father and other local dignitaries, attends a dinner at the palace, dazzling Fabrizio with her lush vibrancy. Tancredi is equally impressed.

She laughs long and hard at a ribald story he tells about aging nuns, which offends the religious Concetta.

Fabrizio wants to preserve his way

of life, to have it last another century.

His class cannot count on the church for help, which, as he tells Father Pirrone, would abandon them to save itself, “and rightly so.” If survival means being related by marriage to the coarse, grasping Calogero, so be it. If Concetta’s heart is broken, it’s a small price to pay.

In one unforgettable scene after another, Visconti shows the almost innate deference prestige commands, the virtues, insensitivity, and entitlement associated with noblesse oblige, and its casual indifference to luxury.

In a memorable sequence, Angelica and Tancredi explore the palazzo’s closed, dusty, rat-infested chambers, filled with portraits of long-forgotten ancestors. She wonders how many salons there are. “No one knows,” says Tancredi. “Uncle believes a palace in which you know every room isn’t worth living in.”

The last segment is among the most glorious ever filmed, a lavish ball given by another noble family, where Tancredi introduces Angelica to society. The bemused, melancholy Fabrizio watches young people dancing, sees the attention paid to an arriviste general, hero of the Battle of Aspromante, a man who in other times would never have been invited, and muses, “We were leopards, lions.

Who will succeed us? Jackals!” When Angelica coaxes him to dance, he’s suddenly, briefly, rejuvenated.

Lancaster, 50, is perfectly cast.

He’s mesmerizing in the greatest performance of his acclaimed career.

Viewers experience everything

Ballroom scene from Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard.

through him, and understand why he welcomes death, contemplating how it will happen. This new world isn’t for him. His prince is handsome, philosophical, muscular, graceful, courteous, dutiful, vulnerable, but not to be crossed – the leopard is older, yet still rages when angered. He admitted modeling his portrayal on the openly gay Visconti (1906-76), born a count into one of Italy’s noblest families.

Delon’s breathtaking beauty often obscured his gifts as an actor. He’s superb – lively, charming, sensitive, romantic, respectful, ruthless. He loves Angelica and Fabrizio, but doesn’t hesitate to use them to further his interests. Cardinale is splendid – it’s easy to see why the old guard is dazzled by her sensuousness. She’s tender, kind, but her ambition matches Tancredi’s. Her money and his position will make them a formidable couple. She sympathetically advises Concetta to accept attention from other suitors, but understands why she can’t. “After you, another man is

like drinking water after Marsala,” she tells Tancredi. Stoppa is often hilarious as the pretentious Calogero, who, the Prince ruefully acknowledges, will thrive in the new order.

Nino Roti wrote the sensational score, occasionally and wittily borrowing from Verdi’s operas. Giuseppe Rotunno’s cinematography dazzles, as do the lavish sets by Laudomia Hercolani and Giorgio Pes. Piero Tosi designed the extraordinary costumes. Visconti had a hand in the screenplay, which is based on Giuseppe Tomasi, Prince di Lampedusa’s posthumously published (1958) novel, one of the great achievements of modern Italian literature.

The Leopard opened to spectacular reviews, earning a major prize at the Venice Film Festival. Twentieth Century Fox, its American distributor, feared however that at about three hours it was too long, and cut it significantly when it went into wide release. The restored version, in Italian with English subtitles, shows why it’s the great Visconti’s finest movie and one of the most magnificent ever made.▼

Conquistadors with cameramen

by David Lamble s the opening credits roll in Iciar Bollain’s revisionist history-piece Even the Rain (Tambien la Lluvia), Spain’s official entry for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, we see a verbal fistfight developing between the hot-blooded line producer of a Spanish film crew, Costa (Luis Tosar), and his art-at-allcosts director, Sebastian (Gael Garcia Bernal). The two men are stupefied at the sight of a line of Bolivian Indians waiting to be considered as extras in a drama depicting the exploitation of their ancestors by Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century.

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Gael Garcia Bernal with Bolivian Indian extras in Even the Rain.

As Sebastian searches the line for faces, his casting assistant implores him to stop since they’ve already singled out far more people than they have time to see. Cutting off the casting and telling the rest of the folks to go home, the filmmakers run into a small pepper-pot named Daniel (Juan Carlos Aduviri), who waves a leaflet. He claims it contains a promise to consider all the desperately poor people who have walked dozens of miles to qualify as extras at two dollars a day. Refusing to take no for an answer, Daniel starts a fight with the film’s security crew that threatens to turn riotous until Sebastian relents.

“Daniel’s right. We’ll see you all, no mater how long it takes!” Sebastian points to Daniel and whispers to his assistant, “Film that bastard for me, and his daughter, too. He’s good!” At that moment, a helicopter carrying a huge cross, the film’s most important prop, flies over the crowd.

Sebastian has found his star, a young man on a mission that will overshadow the completion of his film.

The makers of Even the Rain are on a mission to serve the gods of left-wing populist history. The film is dedicated to the late radical American historian Howard Zinn, and has a screenplay by Ken Loach collaborator Paul Laverty, who has constructed eloquent polemics on turning points in modern Irish and Spanish history, The Wind That Shakes the Barley and Bread and Roses.

The film company attempts to apologize for the depravations of imperial Spain while exploiting their indigenous extras to the hilt. There’s a darkly funny moment when the ruthless Costa boasts to Sebastian how much they’ve saved on their production budget by having the native workers install the heavy cross.

The film follows the efforts of the Spanish cast to identify with the carnage inflicted by their historical characters, and the contemporary efforts by Daniel and his activists to force the Bolivian government to rescind agreements privatizing the

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Sondheim re-purposed

by Richard Dodds n Theatre Rhino’s revisionist version, Marry Me a Little is turned into a kind of gay rendering of the marriage musical I Do! I Do!. Except here it is I Do! You Can’t! We Don’t!

Conceived by Craig Lucas and Norman Rene as a vehicle to air a collection of Stephen Sondheim’s trunk songs, the original 1980 production was a minimalist musical offering more mood than plot about the plights of a romantically challenged man and woman. Director John Fisher has, with permission, cast the musical with two men, which wouldn’t necessarily change the simple single-and-lonely tone, but he has put these characters into situations far more specific and charged, and with no more than a few pronoun changes to the lyrics that supply the entirety of the text.

You know you’re not in 1980 anymore when the opening tableau depicts the two men on laptops exchanging messages setting up a first date. More specifically, we learn we are in 2008, as a large video screen intermittently shows various news and campaign spots leading up to the Prop 8 vote. The possibility of gay marriage becomes a propellant as the two men explore a relationship, and the disappointing electoral results have a parallel effect on their future together.

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Caleb Haven Draper and Bill Fahrner play two men whose forays into a committed relationship are explored in Theatre Rhino’s Marry Me a Little.

fit with the songs. But Fisher has transformed what is basically a revue into an energetic and imaginatively staged multi-scene musical, with playful choreography by Lia Metz, and the surprisingly involved pianist Dave Dubrosky at the onstage baby grand.

Yet at its heart, Marry Me a Little is essentially an excuse to give voice to Sondheim songs that, for one reason or other, failed to make it to the stage in such musicals as Company, Follies, Anyone Can Whistle, A Little Night Music, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

The songs, happily, are performed with both strong musicality and attention to the lyrics by Bill Fahrner and Caleb Haven Draper, who also

invest the characters that could be ciphers with considerable personality.

The two songs written for Company are what get to the heart of the matter regardless of gender, era, or politics. The title song “Marry Me a Little” and “Happily Ever After” – both containing elements of their ultimate successor “Being Alive” – give each character the chance to explore the complicated emotions attached to commitment. Marriage equality may be around the corner, but getting to say the words “I do” is the easy part.▼ Marry Me a Little will run through Feb. 20 at the Eureka Theatre.

Tickets are $15-$35. Call (800) 8383006 or go to www.therhino.org.

Best in show

by Richard Dodds n the first of several video clips in The Dog and Pony Show, we see a pack of humans trotting through an agility course before their dogs will take the test as part of a canine competition. Among the mostly middle-aged women seen scurrying about in this rec hall in a small Michigan town is the lesbian performance artist Holly Hughes, who, thanks to Jesse Helms and friends, was better known as “the notorious lesbian performance artist.”

But a doggie-dexterity contest seems far afield of the culture wars of the 1990s involving the National Endowment for the Arts. Hughes seems to confirm this in her first words to the audience at the Marsh. “The title is not a metaphor,” she says of The Dog and Pony Show. “This is a show about dogs, period.” That, of course, turns out to be a big fat lie.

Hughes, with her tri-tone hair and a thrift shop-inspired outfit, doesn’t stay the course, just as her dog Ready goes off track at the Michigan dog show. Life with partner Esther and their nine dogs is a recurring topic, but it provides plenty of opportunities for social commentary on topics as diverse as sectional sofas, the underlying horror of The Wizard of Oz, and her compulsion to invoke the word “lesbian” as often as possible.

Hughes, despite the NEA Four controversy, is hardly a confrontational performer, as she amiably invites the audience into musings about life in her dog-centric world

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country’s water supply, and charging peasants ruinous “market” rates for this new liquid gold.

Set in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in 2000 during a general strike that brought down the government, Even the Rain connects the dots between the genocidal gold lust in the New

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Holly Hughes takes audiences on a tour of her canine-centric life in The Dog and Pony Show at the Marsh.

(Dan Hurlin is the director). She’s smart, she’s funny, and she’s acutely observant of the ironies in her own life. Hughes knows where she’s headed even when she goes off leash, and the audience is eager to heel through the show’s 70-or-so minutes. And be sure to stick around for the post-cur-

tain call video coda that will send you out of the theater dancing in the streets.▼

World and the modern-day depravations of global capitalism enforced by checkbook conquistadors at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The best moments of pure cinema occur in the grand set-piece, a film-within-the-film crucifixion scene where Daniel and his tribesman are burned alive by the Spanish invaders. This neatly segues to Daniel being seized by Bolivian police for his role in the water riots.

It’s a luxury to have three beautiful male actors fighting for hearts and minds. Gael Garcia Bernal gets a run for his money from his costars, especially newcomer Aduviri as the pint-sized water activist. There is a late scene where Costa tries to get Sebastian over a depression that’s left him temporarily bedridden. No, they don’t go there, but one can fantasize – it’s the ultimate reason we keep going to the movies.▼

The Dog and Pony Show will run at the Marsh through Feb. 27. Tickets are $15-$50. Call (800) 838-3006 or go to www.themarsh.org.

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Sonic boon

by Philip Campbell ollowing fast from the latest and last release of their magnificent Mahler Cycle (Songs with Orchestra), two new compact discs from the San Francisco Symphony and Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas are now available online and from the SFS Store. The universally praised and multiple award-winning Mahler collection might seem an impossible act to follow, but the SFS Media label (live recordings produced from performances at Davies Hall) appears determined on keeping the momentum alive.

There is an underlying sense of market-testing in the new titles, and the choices couldn’t be more contrasted, but SFS loyalists and subscribers are a pretty varied lot themselves. The relative success of the new discs is anyone’s guess. I certainly know where my vote is going.

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67; Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Opus 58 San Francisco Symphony - Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. Recorded live at Davies Symphony Hall, Dec. 2009 (SFS Media Stereo Hybrid Super Audio Compact Disc)

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The SFS has never been particularly well-known as a Beethoven band.

But as with any orchestra of international repute, there is a certain level of excellence expected in the bedrock repertoire. After all, you think symphony, you think Beethoven. That still doesn’t mean the composer can or even should become synonymous with the brand.

In a ridiculously crowded field of Beethoven recordings, with many legendary performances still available, it seems foolhardy to court listeners for yet another rendition of the Fifth Symphony. We know MTT has his chops with Ludwig van (he did an attractive set for Columbia Masterworks long before his tenure here, and his Keeping Score soundtrack of the Eroica is an undisputed must-have).

The orchestra still resonates in memory with their gorgeous performances under former Music Director Herbert Blomstedt, but that was then and this is now, so we can dispatch this latest production pretty quickly. There is no denying the superior sonics and carefully drilled ensemble of the players, but the conductor’s almost willful refusal to startle or emotionally engage us, right from the get-go, renders this version nonviable.

If there is any reason to further explore, it would be the pleasant surprise pianist Emanuel Ax provides with his poised and poetic performance of the beautiful Piano Concerto No. 4. As always, he is technically proficient and intelligent, but he also rises to the occasion with an uncharacteristic gentleness and rhythmic subtlety. It is a lovely reading of the once-revolutionary work, even in the face of stiff competition. This could be a real reason to download only part of the full recording.

Charles Ives/Henry Brant - A Concord Symphony Aaron Copland - Organ Symphony SFS/ MTT, conductor; Paul Jacobs, organ. Recorded live, DSH, Feb. 2010 (Concord), Sept. 2010 (Copland) (SFS Media SACD)

Now we’re talking. This issue, culled from the fabulous performances of Henry Brant’s orchestration of Charles Ives’ Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., titled A Concord Symphony, confirms what we reported a year ago. This is what making recordings is all about, a justification for the whole process.

It would have been a sin and a shame had this glorious undertaking not been archived. To have it in a performance of such majesty and obvi-

ous commitment is a treasure. If this doesn’t finally vindicate MTT’s championing of the great American maverick composer, nothing ever will.

For the doubters, or those who automatically grimace when they hear Ives’ name, I suggest a visit to iTunes or Amazon for a free sample of the work. I’m fairly sure an open mind will accept and embrace the complexity of the composer’s wit, transcendental philosophy and sheer exuberance of invention. Brant’s lustrous orchestration is brilliant enough to earn him a co-writer’s credit.

Mahler thought the symphony should embrace the world, and it is clear Ives (and Brant) shared his opinion. How perfect it is to have this release, so soon after the Mahler Cycle.▼

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Shawn Ryan in Streep Tease at the Great American Music Hall

Robert Moses’ Kin @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

The Tony Award-winning musical comedy for adults about urban hand puppets returns. $30-$99. Tue-Sat 8pm. Sat & Sun 2pm.

Sun 7pm. Thru Feb. 27. 1192 Market St. (888) 746-1799. www.shnsf.com

Fable and Faith, an evening of thematiclly related new dances about the mythos of children’s fables, is performed with the Grammy-winning San Francisco Boys Chorus; also, 2010’s The Cinderella Principle. $25$35. 8pm. Also Feb. 19 & 20. Novellus Theater, 701 Mission St. at 3rd. www.robertmoseskin.org www.tickets.ybca.org

NOTES ON CAMP

Bruce Norris’ sardonic comedy takes on gentrification and racial tensions in a Chicago suburb. $10-$80. Tue-Sat 8pm. Wed, Sat, Sun 2pm. Thru Feb. 20. 415 Geary St. 7492228. www.act-sf.org

Collapse @ Aurora Theatre, Berkeley

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hile leaving the definitions of camp to the late Susan Sontag, we can show by example what we like in campy fun arts events this week.

Camp is a drag band in a leather bar performing tunes by Queen.

The International Bear Rendezvous Kickoff at the SF Eagle includes the bands Ing, Beard Summit, The Whoa Nellies and The Fat Bottom Girls (a hilarious and talented Queen tribute band), who perform live on the first night of the (possibly last) citywide gay bear gathering. Thursday, Feb. 17. 8:30pm. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sfeagle.com Theatre camp. That’s gay enough, right? What about gay comics and singers performing Meryl Streep scenes in a benefit for a theatre camp? Gay and straight performers come together for a fun benefit that pays homage to the award-winning actress.

For singer Shawn Ryan, Streep Tease offers a fun performing opportunity while helping a cause close to his heart, The Young Actors’ Theatre Camp.

The collection of monologues, scenes, and songs (comic and dramatic) will be Fat Bottom Girls performed by Ryan, Bruce Vilanch, John Ainsworth, Roy Cruz, David Dean Bottrell, Russ Lorenson, David Michael and others. Proceeds benefit The Young Actors Theatre Camp Fund (www.CampYATC.org). $25-$50 (with dinner). Fri, Feb. 18. 8pm.

859 O’Farrell St. (888) 233-0449. www.gamh.com For my interview with host Shawn Ryan, go to www.BARtabSF.com

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Camp is a three-foot high wig. You can’t get much campier than Lady Bunny at The Rrazz Room. The New York drag queen with enormous hair (she did cofound Wigstock, after all) and a bawdy wit brings her new act to town. $25. Fri, Feb. 18. 10:30pm.

2-drink minimum. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. at Ellis. (800) 3803095. www.therrazzroom.com Camp is Camper.

Before alternative rock was invented and indie rock was still shy of roots music and other folk elements, Camper Van Beethoven’s merging of punk, folk, ska and world music was Lady Bunny truly a revelation. With smart-aleck lyrics and a violin as lead instrument (long after Kansas became dust), this 20-year-old band is still fresh. The band performs its album Key Lime Pie in its entirety at The New Parish, Oakland, Friday, Feb 18. Jonathan Segel opens. $15-$18. 18+. 9:30pm. 579 18th St. (510) 444-7474. www.thenewparish.com Camp on wheels?

Campy retro costumes are your dress code at the Roller Disco Wrap Party at Cellspace. It’s the closing party for Indiefest, with skate rentals, groovy tunes, and drinking on wheels; oh my. $10. Fri Feb. 18. 8pm. 2050 Bryant St. www.SFIndie.com ▼ Camper Van Beethoven

the 1926 play The Shanghai Gesture; with an all-star local cast. $30-$35. 18 and over only! Fri & Sat 8pm. Extended again thru April 9. 575 10th St. at Division. (800) 8383006. www.thrillpeddlers.com

Avenue Q @ Orpheum Theatre

Clybourne Park @ American Conservatory Theatre

Aurora Theatre Company’s production of Allison Moore’s family comedy, set in Minneapolis and inspired by the 2007 Mississippi River Bridge collapse. $10-$55. Tue 7pm. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm & 7pm. Thru Mar. 6. 2081 Addison St. (510) 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org

Deep Root Dance Collective @ The Garage Evening of dance works by Jeanne Disney, Bonner Odell, Lola Katie, and Nicole Zvarik about mermaids, terrorists, anchormen and vaginae. $15. 8pm. 975 Howard St. www.975howard.com

Even the Rain @ Landmark Theatres Gael Garcia Bernal stars as an idealistic film director whose documentation of a native tribe leads him to assist in rebellions against corporate privatization of Santo Domingo water resources. www.vitagraphfilms.com www.landmarktheatres.com

Farragut North @ Theatre of Yugen Company Open Tab performs the play loosely based on author Beau Willimon’s exploits during the 2004 implosion of the Howard Dean campaign (soon to be a George Clooney film). $25. Thu-Sat 8pm. Thru Mar. 5. 2840 Mariposa St. at Florida. www.opentabproductions.com

Heartbreak House @ Live Oak Theatre, Berkeley Actors Ensemble of Berkeley’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s fancifully comic play set just before World War I, about love, game-playing and illusions. $12-$15. Fri & Sat 8pm. Thru Feb. 19. 1301 Shattuck Ave. (510) 649-5999. www.aeofberkeley.org

Holly Hughes @ The Marsh Ascerbic solo performer (and famous lesbian) performs her new show Dog and Pony, a blend of autobiography, animal behavior and pure lies. $15-$50. Thu 8pm, Sat 8:30pm, Sun 7pm. thru Feb. 27. 1062 Valencia St. (800) 838-3006. www.themarsh.org

Kaboom @ Bridge Theatre Gregg Araki’s new film parodizes college drug movies with his odd style and amibisexual characters. Director Araki will do a Q&A Feb. 18 after the 7:15pm show. 3010 Geary Blvd. at Blake. www.landmarktheatres.com

Kooks, Eccentrics and Oddballs @ Oddball Film Shorts films about wacky wierdos like performance artist Chris Burden (watch him get shot, really, with a gun), plus wire-walker Phillippe Petit. 8:30pm. Sat, Feb 19, odd short films about unusual vintage jobs. $10.

8pm. 275 Capp St. 558-8117. www.oddballfilm.com

Loveland @ The Marsh Ann Randolph returns with her solo show about sexually frustrated woman who flies home and faces the greatest love of her life.

Fri 8pm. Sat 5pm. $20-$50. Thru Mar. 26.

1062 Valencia St. at 21st. (800) 838-3006. www.themarsh.org

Next to Normal @ Curran Theatre

San Francisco Ballet @ War Memorial Opera House Giselle, Coppelia and mixed programs of new and classic works, thru April. $48-$194.

8pm. (Special LGBT “Nite Out” with afterparties in the Dress Circle Bar Mar. 4 and April 8; 21+). 301 Van Ness Ave. 8652000. www.sfballet.org

Spaulding Gray: Stories Left to Tell @ Gough St. Playhouse Five actors take on parts of the late performer’s life story. $20-$25. Thu-Sat 8pm.

Sun 7pm. Thru Feb 26. 1620 Gough St. at Bush. www.custommade.org

Trannyshack Stevie Nicks Tribute @ DNA Lounge Stand back, stand back, as Heklina hosts a tribute to the Fleetwood Mac and solo singer, with Ambrosia Salad, Anna Conda, Suppositori Spelling, Putanesca, Cousin Wonderlette, Lil’Miss Hot Mess, Cockatelia, Cookie Dough, Miss Nix, and more. $12$15. 9:30pm-3am. 11pm show. 375 11th St. www.dnalounge.com

Treefall @ New Conservatory Theatre San Francisco premiere of Henry Murray’s post-apocalyptic drama set in the Pacific Northwest. Four characters form a makeshift family, and gender and desire shifts in a desperate and strange setting. $15-$36. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. Thru Feb. 27. 25 Van Ness Ave, lower level. 8618972. www.nctcsf.org

What We’re Up Against @ Magic Theatre World premiere of author, playwright and TV writer Therea Rebeck’s comedy about sex and sexism in the workplace, confused mall architects, and ducts. 8pm. Tue 7pm; WedSat 8pm. Also Sat & Sun at 2:30pm. Thru Mar. 6. Fort Mason Center, Bldg. D. Marina Blvd at Buchanan. 441-8822. www.magictheatre.org

William Blake Sings the Blues @ Actors Theatre of SF World premiere of Keith Phillips’ new play about a professor’s brutal destiny and some fateful events. $26-$38. Wed-Sat 8pm. Thru Mar. 5. 855 Bush St. at Taylor. 345-1287. www.actorstheatresf.org

SAT 19>>

African American GIs and Germany @ African American Arts Complex Exhibit about the role of African American soldiers in World War II by researchers Maria Hohn and Martin Klimke. Thru April 22. 762 Fulton St. at Webster. www.aacvrgermany.org

Beach Blanket Babylon @ Club Fugazi Musical comedy revue, now in its 35th year, with an ever-changing lineup of political and pop culture icons, all in gigantic wigs. $25$130. Wed, Thu, Fri at 8pm. Sat 6:30, 9:30pm. Sun 2pm, 5pm. (Beer/wine served; cash only). 678 Beach Blanket Babylon Blvd (Green St.). 421-4222. www.beachblanketbabylon.com

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical about a family torn apart and trying to put itself together. $30-$99. (limited $30 rush tix available). Tue-Sat 8pm. Wed, Sat, Sun at 2pm. 445 Geary St. (888) 746-1799. www.shnsf.com

Blowoff @ Slim’s

Pearls Over Shanghai @ The Hypnodrome

Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt @ Citywide

Thrillpeddlers’ revival of the comic mock operetta by Link Martin and Scrumbly Koldewyn, performed by the gender-bending Cockettes decades ago, and loosely based on

Krip-Hop Nation, Saturday

Bob Mould and Rich Morel return with their groovy dance night; popular with bears, but everyone’s welcome. $15. 10pm-2am. 333 11th St. www.blowoff.us www.slims-sf.com

Join thousands of participants in the wild fun treasure hunt through various locations around downtown SF. Discover hidden delights around town; compete in beginner,

regular or master skill levels. $10-$40.

Check-in 3:30pm at Justin Herman Plaza, Market St. at Embarcadero. Competition 4:30pm. 564-9400. www.sftreasurehunts.com

Gang of Four @ The Fillmore Punk-rock band (“I Love a Man in a Uniform”) performs. Hollerado opens. $33-$45.

9pm. 1805 Geary St. www.thefillmore.com

Kinky Possibilities @ Mission Control Tristan Taormino leads a workshop on advice and strategies for bringing kink into your love life. $15. 18+. 5pm-7pm. Address TBA to ticket purchasers. www.feminapotens.org

Krip-Hop Nation @ SF Public Library A day of readings, music, discussions and panels, all highlighting the artistic contributions of Black disabled artists and those who support them. Author panel includes Toni Hickman of TX, Allen Jones of San Francisco and friends of Krip-Hop Nation, DC Curtis & Bones Kendall of LA. Performances will include poetry and song by Lee Williams, Avotcja and more. Free. 1pm. 100 Larkin St. at Grove. www.kriphop.com www.sfpl.org

Mike Daisey @ Berkeley Rep Master storyteller tells tall tales The Last Cargo Cult (natives who worship shipments from overseas) and The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs (computer guru’s precarious trip to China). Thu-Sat 8pm. Wed & Sun 7pm. Thu, Sat, Sun 2pm. $15-$73. Thru Feb. 27. 2025 Addison St. (510) 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org

Paula West @ The Rrazz Room Popular local singer performs with The George Mesterhazy quartet on various nights for eight weeks thru Mar. 13. $35-$45.

Mostly at 8pm. Check online schedule. 2drink minimum. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. at Ellis. (800) 380-3095. www.therrazzroom.com

Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave @ Legion of Honor Exhibit of amazing paper costumes by the acclaimed Belgian artist based on classic historical royal garb including Elizabeth I and Marie Antoinette. Frtee-$10. Tue-Sun 9:30am-5:15pm. Thru June 5. 100 34th Ave. at Clement St. 750-3600. www.legionofhonor.famsf.org

Romeo and Juliet @ Val’s Subterranean, Berkeley Impact Theatre’s production of the Shakepeare romantic tragedy reset between contemporary Russian mafia gangs. Pizza, beer and other food & drinks available. $10-$20.

Thu-Sat 8pm. Thru Mar. 27. 1834 Euclid Ave. www.impacttheatre.com

Textural Rhythms @ Museum of the African Diaspora Constructing the Jazz Tradition, Contemporary African American Quilts, a new exhibit of quilts by the Women of Color Quilters Network that visualize jazz artists$5-$10.

Wed-Sat 11am-6pm. Sun 12pm-5pm. 685 Mission St. at 3rd. 358-7200. www.moadsf.org

SUN 20>>

Anika Noni Rose @ The Venetian Room Tony Award-winning actress-singer (Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change, plus voice of Princess Tiana in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, and productions of Dreamgirls) performs American standard classic songs at the elegant hotel ballroom. $45. 7pm. Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason St. 392-4400. www.bayareacabaret.org

Design & Wine 1976 to Now @ SF MOMA Exhibit of the rich culture of wine, with historical artifacts, art, installations designed

by Diller Scofidio and Renfro. Special contests with prizes, incuding hotel stays in Napa, SF and Sonoma. 151 3rd St. www.sfmoma.org

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Jewelle Gomez, Thursday selected portraits from Robert Giard’s two-decade-long projects photographing over 600 gay and lesbian writers.

Thru Feb. 27. 3200 California St. 292-1200. www.jccsf.org

Felix d’Eon @ Magnet Exhibit of beautiful homoerotic paintings inspired by Greek, Roman, Aztec and Mexican mythological characters. Exhibit thru Feb. 4122 18th St. Castro. www.felixdeon.com www.magnetsf.org

Planned Giving Seminar @ LGBT Center

Golden Age of Soul @ SF Public Library

Attorneys and reps from the Horizons Foundation lead a seminar on how to plan your estate and make posthumous donations. 5:30-7:30pm. 1800 Market St. www.horizonsfoundation.org www.sfcenter.org

Rock music historian Richie Unterberger will present rare soul music film clips from the 1960s and early 1970s. Included will be footage of soul greats such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, the Supremes, Otis Redding, Sly & the Family Stone, and others. Free. 2pm4:30pm. 100 Larkin St. at Grove. www.kriphop.com www.sfpl.org

Happy Hour @ Energy Talk Radio Interview show with gay writer Adam Sandel as host. 8pm. www.EnergyTalkRadio.com

SF Hiking Club @ Sunol Wilderness Join GLBT hikers for a 9-mile East Bay hike from Visitor’s Center up to the cliffs of Flag Hill where soaring hawks are often seen, enjoy lunch with a view on Cave Rocks Road, then hike down to Little Yosemite, which features waterfalls and rocky pools.

Bring sturdy boots, layers, hat, sunscreen, lunch, water. Carpool meets 9am at Safeway sign, Market & Dolores. East Bay carpool meets 9:15 at Rockridge BART. (925) 8331069. www.sfhiking.com

Sunday’s a Drag @ Starlight Room Donna Sachet and Harry Denton host the fabulous weekly brunch and drag show. $45.

11am, show at noon; 1:30pm, show at 2:30pm. 450 Powell St. in Union Square.

395-8595. www.harrydenton.com

Teatro Zinzanni @ Pier 29 License to Kiss II is the show at the theatretent-dinner extravaganza with Kevin Kent, acrobats, singers, plus magic, comedy, a five-course dinner, and a lot of fun. $117$145. Saturday 11:30am “Breve” show $63—$78. Wed-Sat 6pm (Sun 5pm). Pier 29 at Embarcadero Ave. 438-2668. www.teatrozinzanni.com

Various Exhibits @ YBCA Nina Bier: Agents of Change (thru Jan. 23) and Lauren DiCioccio: Remember the Times (thru Mar. 27), ongoing Middle East videos and more. $5-$7. Thu-Sat 12pm-8pm. Sun 12pm-6pm. Free first Thursdays. 701 Mission St. at 3rd. www.ybca.org

MON 21>>

Marga’s Funny Mondays @ The Marsh, Berkeley Marga Gomez, “the lesbian Lenny Bruce” (Robin Williams), brings her comic talents, and special guests, to a weekly cabaret show. $10. 8pm. 2120 Allston Way. (800) 8383006. www.margagomez.com www.themarsh.org

The Kitchen Series @ Brava Theatre Popular theatre reading series with delicious food is revived. Tonight, The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden, written

by Federico Garcia Lorca, an erotic lacepaper valentine in a lusty romp about love; guest director Mina Morita; $20-$25. 7pm.

2781 24th St. 641-7657. www.brava.org

Popcorn, Blood and Glitter @ Glama-Rama Salon Group exhibit of art celebrating the mad world of Peaches Christ and Midnight Mass.

6pm-10pm. 304 Valencia St. 861-4526.

WED 23>>

Reg hours, Tue-Sun 10am-7pm. www.peacheschrist.com www.glamarama.com

A-List Martini Nights @ Various Bars

Porchlight Storytelling Series @ Verdi Club

Antoine Delaitre’s roving weekly cocktail events for gay men and their pals, held at different stylish venues. Sign up for email updates. www.sfalist.com

Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte hosts the popular story series, with guest, gay author Kirk Read (How I Learned to Snap) and others; music by Marc Capelle. 8pm. 2424 Mariposa St. www.porchlightsf.com

Ten Percent @ Comcast 104 David Perry’s new talk show about LGBT local issues. Mon-Fri 11:30am & 10:30pm, Sat & Sun 10:30pm. www.davidperry.com

Unmentionables @ City Art Group exhibit of work themed around undergarments. 7pm. Wed-Sun, 12pm-9pm. Thru Feb. 27. 828 Valencia St. 970-9900. www.cityartgallery.org

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Curious George Saves the Day @ Contemporary Jewish Museum Fascinating exhibit of 80 drawings by Margret and H.A. Rey, cocreators of the impish monkey books, and how their daring escape from the Nazis in Europe was aided by their drawings. Also, Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker and Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations (both thru March). Thu-Tue 11am-5pm. Thu 1pm-8pm.

736 Mission St. at 3rd. 655-7800. Thru March 13. www.thecjm.org

Funny Tuesdays @ Harvey’s Ronn Vigh hosts the weekly LGBT and gayfriendly comedy night. One drink or menu item minimum. 9pm. 500 Castro St. at 18th. 431-HARV. www.harveyssf.com

Martin Freeman @ Visual Aid Exhibit of works by the local creator of funky collage sculptures. Thru Feb. Tue-Fri, 2pm-6pm. 57 Post St. #905. www.visualaid.org

Noisepop @ Various Venues 19th annual music, art and film festival, with shows by Yo La Tengo, Best Coast, Wavves, The Stone Foxes, Kid Koala and more. Thru Feb. 29. Full festival badges $125-$160.

Single events free-$25. www.2011.noisepop.com

Our Vast Queer Past @ GLBT History Museum New exhibit from the GLBT Historical Society, with a wide array of rare historic items on display. Free for members-$5. Wed-Sat 11am-7pm. Sun 12pm-5pm. 4127 18th St. www.glbthistory.org

Particular Voices @ Jewish Community Center Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Jewish Writers,

Angels in America at 20 @ Museum of Performance & Design Exhibit documenting the award-winning Tony Kushner drama, with an array of original costumes, props, manuscripts, video clips, photos, designs and audio interviews.

Wed-Sat 12pm-5pm. Thru Mar. 26. 401 Van Ness Ave. 255-4800. www.mpdsf.org

Collage Theater @ The Garage Shakespeare’s Hamlet gets a modern queer collage theatre twist in A Mix Tape for Ophelia. $10-$20. 8pm Also Feb 24. 975 Howard St. www.975howard.com

JCE Cinema @ Brava Theater Movie screening benefitting various LGBT Latino agencies, including Aguilas. $6-$8.

7pm. 2789 24th St. 841-5748. www.jorgechamorroevents.com

LGBT Job Fair @ LGBT Center Dress professionally and bring your resumes at the event with some of the area’s best employers seeking talent for positions in Customer Service, Administrative, Sales, Technology, Entry, Management, Executive, Retail, Seasonal, Call Center, and Cashier positions. Free’ pre-registration recommended.

10am-2pm. 1800 Market St. www.sfcenter.org/job_fair.php

Reprise @ Robert Tat Gallery Favorite photographs on display at the fine art gallery of historic prints. Thru Feb. 26.

Tue-Sat 11am-5:30pm. 49 Geary St. #410.

781-1122. www.roberttat.com

THU 24>> Jewelle Gomez @ Museum of the African Diaspora

Author of the celebrated lesbian vampire novel The Gilda Stories discusses her writing and the path to its publication. 6pm. Free w/ admission. 685 Mission St. at 3rd. www.moadsf.org

Lars Theurkauff @ Cain Schulte Contemporary Art U.S. debut of the gay German painter’s contemporary take on male nudes, Impressionism, privacy and voyeurism. 251 Post St. 2nd floor. 543-1550. www.CainSchulte.com

Nightlife @ California Academy of Sciences Weekly parties with different themes at the new museum of life sciences. Enjoy the exhibits while drinking and schmoozing; Life: A Cosmic Story, narrated by Jodie Foster in the Planetarium. $12. (Reg, admission $20$30). 21+. 6pm-10pm. Golden Gate Park. www.calacademy.org/nightlife

Way Behind the Music @ Make-Out Room Local musicians and performers read and act out unintentionally hilarious excerpts from rock music celebrity memoirs by Marilyn Manson, Gene Simmons, Tori Amos, Justin Bieber and others. $10-$15. 7:30pm. 21+.

Part of Noisepop 2011. 3225 22nd St. www.2011.noisepop.com

To submit event listings, email jim@ebar.com.

Deadline is each Thursday, a week before publication.

Robert Moses’ Kin, Friday

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Sharpening Cupid’s arrows

by Donna Sachet he Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) ardently defends against negative media portrayals and applauds fair, accurate, and inclusive coverage of the LGBT community, particularly at its annual GLAAD Media Awards & Galas, held in only three cities: New York, Los Angeles, and right here in San Francisco. Last Wednesday, we attended a pre-party for this year’s event at the posh Supperclub, where co-chair Adam Sandel and GLAAD senior director Juan Barajas revealed the date, May 14; the location, the Marriott Marquis; and some appealing ways to host tables.

Although it is still too early to confirm celebrity attendees, rest assured that GLAAD attracts the high and mighty from across the media worlds of television, film, music, and other entertainment. We chatted with John Newmeyer, Rink Foto, Sister Dana, Michael Wagner, Gary Gansle, Jim Laufenberg, and Rowena Gargalicana, as well as Susan Adams of Distinguished Gay Men and Lavender Liaisons matchmaking services, co-sponsor of the event busily facilitating introductions. We wonder how many Valentine Day dates were secured right then and there.

Everyone has read about the funding crisis in our schools, O N T HE but last Friday drag queens Ivy Drip and Anna Mae Cox took matters into their own hands, hosting a fierce drag show at the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to raise money for arts education, healthy lunches, afterschool programs, and much more. This show had it all, soliciting support from a wide range of per-

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Larry Lindsay (left) and Sonny Rodrigues (right) target the free shots at Trigger during the fifth annual Cupid’s Back party.

formers, bringing the audience repeatedly to their feet in appreciation, and raising over $6,000 in a single night. We applaud the organizers, the performers, and the attendees for taking action outside the usual realm of fundraising, but within our own neighborhood.

That same night, the klieg lights and red balloons beckoned from Trigger, so we joined the fifth annual Cupid’s Back party, sponsored by PG&E and benefiting the GLBT Historical Society. An open bar featuring Ketel One and Don Julio T OWN tequila ensured a good time was had by all, including host Mark Rhoades, James Holloway, Neil Giuliani, John Marez, Frank Woo, David Lassman, Timothy Wu, and Jeffery Grimes.

The campaign to become the new Emperor or Empress of San Francisco is in full swing with parties, fundraisers, and mixers all over town

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hosted by the candidates, Ray McKenzie and Frankie Fernandez for Emperor, and Saybeline and La Monistat for Empress. By the time you read this column, you will have had the chance to meet each of them and to make your decision to vote this Sat., Feb. 20, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. in front of Project Open Hand, 730 Polk St., and Noon-7 p.m. at the Muni station at Castro and Market Sts. Then the deluge of Imperial Court events begins with the InTown Show & Awards at Marlena’s at 7 p.m. on Wed., Feb. 23, Anniversary Monarchs’ Reception at Marlena’s at 5 p.m. and Out of Town Show at Trigger at 7 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 25, and Imperial Coronation at the Galleria Design Center, 101 Henry Adams St., starting at 6 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 26.

That night, Reigning Emperor Stephen Dorsey & Empress Renita Valdez step down, and the newly elected monarchs will be crowned during an evening of pageantry, pomp, and grandeur not to be

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Coming up in leather & kink >> Thu., Feb. 17: 2012 Bare Chest Calendar Semi-Final #4 at the Powerhouse (1347 Folsom), 9:30 p.m. Go to: www.barechest.org or www.powerhouse-sf.com.

Sat., Feb. 19: Back Bar Action at the Eagle Tavern (398 12th St.). Back patio and bar open to all gear/fetish/leather. 10 p.m.-close. Go to: www.sfeagle.com.

Thu., Feb. 17-Sun., Feb. 20: Close Encounters of the Bear Kind: International Bear Rendezvous (IBR) #17 at the Parc 55 Hotel (55 Cyril Magnin). Registration opens at 5 p.m. Thursday. Go to: www.bearrendezvous.com.

Sat., Feb. 19: Boot Lickin’ at the Powerhouse, 10 p.m.

Go to: www.powerhouse-sf.com.

Thu., Feb. 17: Edges Wet Munch at Renegades Bar (501 W. Taylor St., San Jose). 7 p.m. Happy hour for the sex-positive and alternative communities: 4-7 p.m. Go to: www.edges.biz or www.renegadesbar.com.

Thu., Feb. 17: Learning to Fly presented by Thorne at the SF Citadel (1277 Mission). 8-10 p.m. $20. Go to: www.sfcitadel.org.

Thu., Feb. 17: Locker Room at Chaps Bar (1225 Folsom). 9 p.m.-close. Wear your jockstraps, sports gear, anything that goes in the locker room, for drink specials. Go to: www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com.

Fri., Feb. 18: Truck Wash at Truck (1900 Folsom). 10 p.m.-close. Enjoy the live shower boys and drink specials.

Go to: www.trucksf.com.

Sat., Feb. 19: Beatpig featuring Juanita Moore! & Walter Gomez at the Powerhouse. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. $5 cover benefits the Transgender Law Center. Go to: www.transgenderlawcenter.org/cms/.

Sun., Feb. 20: Castrobear presents Sunday Furry Sunday at 440 Castro. 4-10 p.m. Go to: www.castrobear.com.

Sun., Feb. 20: IBR Contest featuring emcee Dominick Zurlo at IBR (Parc 55 Hotel). 8 p.m. Go to: www.bearrendezvous.com.

Sun., Feb. 20: Bearracuda Presents the IBR Underwear Party at IBR (Parc 55 Hotel). 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m. 21+ only. $6. Free with IBR pass. Go to: www.bearracuda.com.

Sun., Feb. 20: PoHo Sundays at the Powerhouse. DJ Keith, Dollar Drafts all day. Go to: www.powerhousesf.com.

Fri., Feb. 18: Sweat presented by Delmar and Castrobear at IBR (Parc 55 Hotel). 10 p.m.-2 a.m. $10. Free with IBR pass. Advance tickets available at Body (450 Castro). Go to: www.bearrendezvous.com or www.castrobear.com.

Sun., Feb. 20: AgePlay Adventures at the SF Citadel. 15 p.m. Go to: www.sfcitadel.org.

Fri., Feb. 18: Mr. Powerhouse Leather 2011 contest at the Powerhouse. Contest starts at 9 p.m. Go to: www.powerhouse-sf.com.

Tue., Feb. 22: One Year In: a panel of BDSM Newbies moderated by Gabby at the SF Citadel. 8-10 p.m. $20. Go to: www.sfcitadel.org.

Fri., Feb. 18: Mystique Female Dominant Party at the SF Citadel. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Dominant Women $25, Accompanied Subs $25, Single Female Subs $25, Single Male Subs $50 (without RSVP). Single Male Subs RSVP to get on the guest list and pay $25 at the door. Go to: www.sfcitadel.org.

Tue., Feb. 22: Busted at Truck. 9 p.m.-close. $5 beer bust from 9-11 p.m. Great music and the notorious Truck boys. Go to: www.trucksf.com.

Fri., Feb. 18: A Potent Display of Tantric Energy Exchange and Fisting at the Center for Sex and Culture (1519 Mission). Doors open at 7:30 p.m. $20 suggested donation. Go to: www.sexandculture.org.

Fri., Feb. 18: Rope at Chaps Bar (1225 Folsom). Go-go studs at 10:30 p.m. Tie me up! 9 p.m.-close. Go to: www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com.

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Sat., Feb. 19: Close Encounters of the 80s Kind at IBR (Parc 55 Hotel). 8 p.m.-2 a.m. DJ Paul Goodyear. $10, free with IBR pass. Go to: www.bearrendezvous.com.

Sat., Feb. 19: Hell Hole Fisting Party at Mr. S Leather play space (385 A 8th St.). 8 p.m.-2 a.m. $25. Free clothes check. For invitation, visit www.HellHoleSF.com.

Tue., Feb. 22: Skins n Punks at Chaps Bar. Drink specials. Go to: www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com.

Wed., Feb. 23: Leathermen’s Discussion Group upstairs at Blow Buddies (933 Harrison). 7:30-9:30 p.m. Go to: www.sfldg.org.

Wed., Feb. 23: Leather Buddies at Blow Buddies. Wear your favorite leather! Doors open 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Play til late. Go to: www.blowbuddies.com.

Wed., Feb. 23: Nipple Play at the Powerhouse (Dore & Folsom), 10 p.m. Go to www.powerhouse-sf.com.

Wed., Feb. 23: Busted! at Chaps Bar. This week’s edition: Nips! Show off your nips for drink specials. Starts at 9 p.m. Go to: www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com.

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KARRNAL

Dishing with Devore

by John F. Karr ho do ya have to be around here to get some free publicity for your new business? Well, for starters you could be Josh Devore.

Who dat? Josh used to be big and kinky porn star Tober Brandt. Josh has retired that name, and retired from porn. He’s earned his cosmetologist’s license from the San Francisco Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology, and is now cutting hair at Razors, on 18th St. near Castro, where he’s been welcomed by the shop’s founder, Everett Stone.

I was gonna say, Who do ya have to fuck around here, etc. But the sad news is that this article is not the result of proffered sexual favors of any kind. Too bad for me. No, I tumbled because I just wanted to dish with Devore. And dish we did.

I wasn’t surprised to hear that Tober had got a Cosmetology license.

Remember how his hair color and cut, and his whiskers and his piercings and his tattoos, changed for nearly every movie he made? Remember how his goatee went from handsomely full to ludicrous little goat horns? The guy loves playing around with his look. And I love the fact that he really smashes the stereotype of the nelly hair-stylist. There have been others, of course. Among the butch porn-star haircutters I Male.cum). But as he created the know of, there’s been Matt Bradshaw character of a pushy, entitled tabooand Adriano Marquez. And a fave of breaker, he became the fully-formed, mine, Christopher Scott, who might ferocious Tober Brandt. Who had an have been a super-bottom, but was agenda. also super-butch.

“I wanted to push the envelope, It takes two years to get a cosmebreak taboos.” The measure tology license, while you atof his success came at the tend classes and amass GayVN Awards in 2009, mandated hours of experiwhen he was named Best ence before being tested Fetish Performer. It took for your license. For him by surprise, and he Josh, his new profession was thrilled. Modestly, is another aspect of a he said, “It was nice of lifetime in the arts. them to say, ‘We know “I’ve been onstage what you did.’” Then, in since I was five years his acceptance speech, he old,” he related. “I got K ARRNAL took himself a little by into it myself. My K NOWLEDGE surprise by announcing mom wasn’t a stage his retirement from porn. mother at all. But He’d accomplished what when I veered, she he’d set out to do, been recognized and supported.” Josh has a degree in awarded for it, and at the spur of the music performance, dances ballet moment, decided to go out on top. and classical jazz, and has sung with His withdrawal wasn’t immediate. opera companies. You’ll be able to When he stopped working for mainhear him sing, and maybe see him stream companies, he took up with dance, this spring, as a cast member at least three producers of bareback of the Thillpeddlers’ new production flicks. I was sad to see that; it’s not a of Vice Palace. decision I can respect. For one thing, A love of performing combined when you work for lesser companies, with a taste for kink turned Josh into you never look as good as you did a porn star shortly after the turn of with the majors. They just don’t have the century. First he was a cute young the equipment and the skill. And hellion named Tigger (check out

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Joshua Devore, the former Tober Brandt.

bareback? Why’d he do it?

“I didn’t want to make a political statement,” he said in self-defense.

“There’s so much hatred against the bareback industry that I just thought I’d go there. I wanted people to be comfortable with that sexuality.”

Hmmm. “Comfortable” with a Russian Roulette sexuality?

But that’s now in the past. And in his new profession he’ll truly be making people more comfortable. To that end, he’s curtailed his edgier, more outré grooming (although both his forearms sport new tattoos).

“I’m trying to appeal to a larger crowd,” he explained. “To be approachable.” And although Josh says his work at Razors “is currently my bread and butter,” he’s not forgoing touches of the edgier life. The clientele at his shop, for instance, is not completely male. He’s working with some ProDoms (professional dominatri) who are, he says, “particular” in their looks and hairstyles. And what’s this I hear about his outreach to Kink.com? “I’m working on that,” he said with a mischievous smile. But when he’s comfy at home, what does he do then? “I love my fish.” Recalling a visit to the Aquarium of the Bay, he added, “And I’d love to work with sea otters.”▼

On the Town missed.

All of these events have their own special draw, but none compares to the annual Pilgrimage to Colma on Sun., Feb. 27. The legendary and iconic self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico Joshua Norton is buried there. Each year, the First Empress of San Francisco, his widow Jose Sarria, leads a gallant group to his tombstone for a ceremony steeped in tradition and laced with humor that could truly only happen in San Francisco. Buses leave from in front of the Castro Theatre, Hotel Whitcomb, and Marlena’s early that morning for a 9 a.m. arrival in Colma for the ceremony at Woodlawn Cemetery. Participants this year include Robert Sunshine, Lesbian/Gay Chorus of SF, Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, Cheer SF, and Emperor Brian Benamati, led by co-emcees city treasurer Jose Cisneros and this humble reporter. Have a Red Bull and join us!

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Donna Sachet meets a model out on the town at the Cupid’s Back party.

Finally, we encourage you to get your tickets for the Academy of Friends 31st Annual Gala at the Galleria Design Center on Sun. night, Feb. 27. While we are well aware of the controversy over last year’s beneficiary contributions, we are confident that the leadership of this established group has taken the proper

steps to ensure financial stability while still providing the innovative, luxurious, stimulating Oscar-watching party for which they have become famous. They have raised and distributed millions of dollars over the past three decades; let’s support them through a difficult phase and back into a brighter future!▼

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MUSIC

The boys in the bands

by Gregg Shapiro early 20 years since we first caught a whiff of them with their song “Rock and Roll Lifestyle,” Cake is still baking their distinctive brand of pop pastry. Outlasting contemporaries such as Soul Coughing, Cake returns with Showroom of Compassion (Upbeat). Although nothing on the 11-track disc equals hits such at “The Distance” or their cover of “I Will Survive,” Cake still has something different up their sleeves, represented by “Long Time,” “Mustache Man (Wasted)” and “Italian Guy.” Like Cake, Guster arrived in the mid-1990s. But Guster’s breakthrough single, the infectious “Amsterdam,” didn’t take flight until the early part of the 21st century. “On the Ocean,” the third track from Guster’s sixth studio album Easy

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Wonderful (Aware/Universal Republic), is every bit as irresistible and brilliant. The disc is full of this kind of wonderful material, including the bouncy “This Could All Be Yours,” the banjo-driven “Hercules,” the booty-shaker “This Is How It Feels To Have a Broken Heart” and the acoustic jab at religious fanaticism on “Stay With Me, Jesus.”

Around the same time as the release of the expanded reissue of their acclaimed but under-appreciated Pinkerton disc, Weezer not only put out its eighth studio album (and first for Epitaph), but also unleashed the compilation Death to False Metal (DGC/UMe). The 10 tracks, drawn from Weezer’s association with DGC, span the mid-90s through the end of the 2000s. Aside from a cover of Toni Braxton’s “Unbreak My Heart” (no kidding), highlights include “Turning Up the Radio,” “Losing My

Mind” (no, not the Sondheim song), the peppy, suburban commuter putdown “I’m a Robot” and the rhythmic “The Odd Couple.”

Before he became a smooth, lean and muscled blue-eyed soul singer in Maroon 5, Adam Levine fronted the late 90s outfit known as Kara’s Flowers. But that was then, and since the 2002 Maroon 5 debut disc, Levine has been refining and embracing his sex-god image, continuing to do so on Hands All Over (A&M). Fashionably funky tunes include “Give a Little More” and “Get Back in My Life.”

Since their late-1990s debut, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists have been mining the political pop/punk vein.

Their latest, The Brutalist Bricks (Matador), continues the tradition on tracks such as “Mourning in America,” “Where Was My Brain?,” “Bartolomeo and the Buzzing of Bees” and “Last Days.” Leo delivers

revolution rock in all its glory.

The founder and former frontman of Beulah (whose 1999 When Your Heartstrings Break is a must), Miles Kurosky’s first solo album The Desert of Shallow Effects (Majordomo) was released in 2010. Kurosky, who overcame a series of serious health setbacks, has created a lush, pop landscape for listeners to traverse. In spite of references to illness and disease (“Pink Lips, Black Lungs”), the songs are buoyed by radiant melodies and grand arrangements that inspire repeated play.

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There’s a certain playfulness in Kaboom that derives from Smiley Face. I remember when I made Doom Generation in 1995, I was really much more like those characters: very angst-ridden, sort of unmoored. There’s a certain point once you reach middle age that you find your place in the world. I remember seeing audiences for Doom Generation walking out at the end sort of shell-shocked – like, what just happened here? This time at our Cannes premiere, when the last shot of the movie happened, which is also kind of apocalyptic, the audience started to cheer. We got this insane standing ovation that lasted like 15 minutes.

After the movie ended, you could tell that everybody was ready to party.

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is the place where head, heart and technical savvy converge to take us to that next level, where the New Queer Cinema is no longer an offputting critic’s conceit, but rather a cinema comfort zone where everybody is invited to the party.

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sive costume exhibitions, but it’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen.

Walking through the galleries and encountering a procession of lavish period dresses, blood red Asian tunics and boldly patterned African caftans, pleated gowns painted in brilliant iridescent colors, beautifully draped silken garments and intricate lace collars fashioned out of corrugated cardboard, all of which are painted or stenciled by hand to emulate the look of woven textiles, you’ll find yourself uttering the same incredulous refrain: This can’t really be made of paper! But one glance at a floor-length, satiny saffron dress with a printed turquoise coat – an ensemble that looks as though it could be slipped off the mannequin and worn out the door for a glamorous evening – and the bewitching spell is cast.

A highly regarded painter, theater designer and collage artist in Europe, de Borchgrave’s first venture into her unique art form, a hybrid of painting, sculpture, costuming and fashion design, was making paper party hats and outfits for her children. In one of her first bodies of work, a collection of wild 1960s wear, she painted directly onto cloth, foreshadowing her treatment of paper. In 1994, she launched her true métier with Pa-

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The first part of Kaboom is very sexual. Then it really shifts gears.

Director Gregg Araki: ‘It’s about surrendering yourself to this other world.’

the screen with the help of the new technology – and a nice dollop of French money, and the launching pad that is Cannes.

“We couldn’t have pulled this movie off without the amazing technology we have today with these new computers – 10 years ago, we couldn’t have made this movie.”

piers a la Mode, a series focusing on pivotal moments in fashion, especially the 18th and early 19th centuries, for which she made life-size recreations of historical costumes.

In a gallery featuring those designs are dream visions of the notorious Empress Eugenie, a trendsetter at the French court and stylish wife of Napoleon III, whose wardrobe is imagined to include a printed springtime dress with fitted bodice and a graceful neckline adorned by torn strips of fabric, while Elizabeth I’s court dress here is wide enough (with the aid of a bustle) to accommodate a small stool, concealed underneath its generous skirt, so that her highness could lean back and plant her royal behind, should she tire.

As de Borchgrave points out, though, she’s more interested in legend than historical fact, and she interprets rather than copies dresses pictured in the paintings displayed alongside the creations they inspired.

Utilizing her encyclopedic knowledge of textile traditions and portraiture, de Borchgrave collaborates with a team of costume historians, specialized artisans and aspiring fashion designers with whom she turns out specialized “collections” at her Brussels studio, a paper-fashion atelier that’s lovingly recreated in an exhibition installation. A short video at the entry to the galleries reveals a workplace alive with activity and

David Lamble: The blessing and curse of making Mysterious Skin: On the one hand, you finally get to make a genius-level work that compares to Hitchcock or any of the film giants. But then how do follow that kind of achievement?

passed on it in 1995 when it first came out because I didn’t then know how to make it. It was only the work I did between Totally Fucked Up and Nowhere where I figured out how to work with the young kids.

Some people might see Kaboom as a

Gregg Araki: I was meant to make Mysterious Skin when I made it. I

retreat to the same ground covered in your teen trilogy.

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My first memory of meeting Gregg Araki is a hazy recollection of a perky little imp parading through my Berkeley radio studio in a miniskirt. It’s a memory he flat rejects: “I’ve never done drag, it must have been some really short shorts.”

In 1995, Araki brought his young cast from the second film of his teen trilogy, The Doom Generation, to my Market St. flat. Poking his head into the bedroom of a young painter then obsessed with a young film star, Araki deadpanned, “Oh, the Eddy Furlong room!”

Since his 2007 stoner opus Smiley Face had a severely botched distribution, Kaboom represents Araki’s reunion with his original New Queer Cinema fan-base, after his collaboration bringing Scott Heim’s Mysterious Skin to the screen.

Relaxed and as if he had his own private Dorian Gray perpetual youth machine, Araki explained the pure joy of bringing his sci-fi comedy to

The drummer for a variety of bands including Rilo Kiley and Bright Eyes, Jason Boesel steps out from behind the drum kit on Hustler’s Son (Team Love). Among the highlights of this insurgent country-oriented disc are “Hand of God,” “Getting Healthy (Good Luck)” and the title song.▼

Artist Isabelle de Borchgrave adjusts one of her creations in the Fortuny section of the Pulp Fashion show at the Palace of the Legion of Honor.

kaleidoscopic color. She uses reams of simple white tissue paper that she scrunches, treats, cuts, molds, paints and presses; it can take six people a period of at least two months to produce a single piece.

When de Borchgrave was invited by the Museo Fortuny in Venice to create a body of work modeled on the collections of the eccentric early20th century, Spanish-born painter, photographer, set and fabric designer Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, she found a kindred spirit. They share a

design vocabulary that blends Asian, North African, Coptic and Renaissance motifs, and a reverence for classical painting and ancient cultures, especially Greece. Declaring that she couldn’t capture his story with a single dress, she translated his sensibility through an elaborate installation, a melding of Fortuny’s palazzo, studio and boutique as well as his exhibition tent at the Paris Exposition of 1911. The immersive environment, recreated at the Legion, includes a tented room shrouded by

Kaboom is my effort to try and go back to a kind of naïve creative place. I wanted it to be totally uncensored. I’ve always wanted to make a kind of dark, sprawling, Twin Peaks-like epic. I wasn’t thinking, what is Fox Searchlight going to think of this movie?

If you walk into Kaboom without having seen any of your other work, what’s the pitch?

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translucent white “curtains” (made of lens paper), lanterns, lattice screens, a closet whose doors are ajar and draped with assorted dresses, and throw pillows; one half expects a fragrant Mediterranean breeze to waft through an open window.

The dresses in this section, based on Fortuny’s designs, are truly fabulous.

The “Delphos dress,” his signature creation, was named after the pleated linen tunics worn by maidens in Delphic Greek sculpture. For one breathtaking design, de Borchgrave took her cue from a Man Ray photograph of a dancer who was student of Isadora Duncan. The result is a deep greenishgrey, pleated, floor-length dress with a long-sleeve, glistening gold tunic. Another showstopper, a luscious ruby red, exotic printed dress laced with gold paint, would make a raja envious.

De Borchgrave’s artistry is a long way from the cut-and-paste coloredpaper projects we all loved in kindergarten, but the joy of play and the desire to dream are never far from her mind. Still, the sheer inventiveness and originality of her work and the seamless illusion of fabric she weaves are nothing short of jaw-dropping.

She must have a magic wand stashed somewhere.▼ Pulp Fashion: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave is at the Legion of Honor through June 5. Info: www.legionofhonor.famsf.org

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Fiddling old & new

by Jason Victor Serinus t 31, violinist Hilary Hahn is an old pro. As she prepares for a tour that brings her to Herbst Theatre on Feb. 19 for a recital with pianist Valentina Lisitsa, she plays with the experience garnered from an astounding two decades of performance.

The Lexington, KY native began playing the violin one month before her fourth birthday, and commenced studies at Philadelphia’s famed Curtis School of Music when she was 10.

In 1991, she made her debut with the Baltimore Symphony. Since recording her first Bach recording for Sony in 1997, her discography has grown to encompass at least a dozen CDs, three DVDs, an Oscar-nominated movie soundtrack, and an awardwinning children’s CD. These have brought her two Grammys in the U.S. and a host of European awards, and made her and Joshua Bell America’s grown-up poster children for classical fiddling.

On the phone, Hahn is as poised as her playing. Early on, we discuss what she’ll play at the recital. Performing Tartini’s Variations on a Theme by Corelli in an arrangement

by Fritz Kreisler reconnects her with a piece that hasn’t been in her active repertoire for perhaps 20 years. Far more present throughout her career is Bach’s Partita #1 in B minor, which she has yet to record. Though she doesn’t know why Bach chose to write a sonata composed of four double movements, each containing two themes of precisely the same length, it’s clear that she enjoys the challenge of presenting all eight as a cogent, self-contained whole.

Hahn ends each half of her program by jumping to the 20th century.

She and Lisitsa have chosen Beethoven as their transition composer. Surprisingly, given the diversity of her repertoire, Hahn only learned Beethoven’s famed Spring Sonata No. 5 in F Major last year.

More familiar is Ives’ Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 4, “Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting,” which she and Lisitsa recorded last year for future release. At program’s end, Antheil’s Violin Sonata No. 1 will showcase the “Bad Boy of Music” at his futuristic best. Even though the sonata was written in 1923, Hahn calls it “like

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rock n roll and minimalism all together in classical music.” I call it a trip.

Hahn’s quest for adventure is also reflected in her latest CD release, which pairs the debut recording of a new violin concerto dedicated to her by her former professor at Curtis, lesbian composer Jennifer Higdon, with the original version of Tchaikovsky’s oft-performed Violin Concerto in D Major. Questions about the differences between Tchaikovsky’s first thoughts on the concerto and what most of us are accustomed to hearing dominated the discussion. It seems that violinist Leopold Auer, who debuted the concerto, made a host of cuts and alterations before the premiere. The changes were to make the concerto sound more virtuosic, as in, Auer is the star.

“He was trying to make it more flashy,” says Hahn.“He didn’t want so many repetitions of things. If something was repetitive, he would change the register or he would cut it.“ When you take the cuts, basically in the third movement, every time the theme comes around, you take out maybe one line of the violin part, if that. Then, in one of the intermediate sections in the prima scenes, you omit probably 10 seconds.

“When you change one little detail at a time, you really change the overall impression of the piece. Think about how people speak: if someone says the same exact thing over and over again, they can change the pace and the nuance of it if they want, but it’s the same words. It’s different if you reword it constantly. That’s what Auer did: he was rewording and streamlining. I personally enjoy Tchaikovsky’s repetition, because I think it creates more tension.”

The tension was mounting on the phone. With the clock ticking in the background, I left discussion of iPod playlists and Hahn’s favorite markets to her Violin Case’s Twitter site, which on Jan. 19 complained of two consecutive days of three-hour back-toback interviews (mea culpa). Also tempting are her online blog and YouTube channel. If you want to get more of a sense of the woman behind the big, gorgeous sound, check out some of her delightful YouTube interviews and discussions. The giggles, and we did have a few, are as great as her playing.▼

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