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Pride director’s future in doubt

Rick Gerharter

‘On patrol’ at Folsom

Barnaby’s World of Wonderment is a popular attraction at the Castro Street Fair, where in 2008 the Ladies of Charlie Horse did an Alice in Wonderland fantasy.

by Seth Hemmelgarn

Fair to see start of Honor Walk project

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Prop 19 roils medical pot advocates

Gov taps lesbian as SF judge

Lee is also president of Oaksterdam University, which has a campus in Oakland and ache crowds showed up for cording to its website aims to last weekend’s Interna“provide students with the tional Cannabis and highest quality training for the Hemp Expo at the Cow Palace, cannabis industry.” but widespread support for He said the grow area reProposition 19, the legalization striction won’t change or limit effort on the November ballot, how much can be grown for was not in evidence. medical use. “The whole thing At the same time new polls is written so it doesn’t change show increased public support or reduce any rights” for Prop for the statewide measure, 215 or Senate Bill 420, Lee exknown as the Regulate, Control, plained. That bill, which the Tax Cannabis Act, while some state Legislature passed in 2003, medical marijuana advocates are established a medical cannabis expressing concern about it. user ID card system and put Among those is longtime forth regulations for providers. marijuana advocate Dennis But Prop 19 seems to be pitPeron, who authored Proposi- Demonstrators opposed to Proposition 19 speak out during a debate on the issue ting medicinal cannabis growtion 215, the California Com- at the International Cannabis and Hemp Expo. ers and patients against recrepassionate Use Act, which voters ational users. passed in 1996. The act allows “The recreational users are qualified patients to grow and prohibit use of marijuana in front of children. coming out of the closet” in the state “because use medicinal cannabis as recommended by He said Prop 19 backers are “acting like they see an economic future in it for themselves,” their doctors. they’re ashamed” of using marijuana.

Kevin Reed, president of the Green Cross, which Peron and others say that Prop 19 would reAsked about Peron’s comments, Richard Lee, delivers medical cannabis in San Francisco, said strict the area where marijuana can be grown to a main backer of Prop 19, said the provision re- in an e-mail to the Bay Area Reporter. one 5 foot by 5 foot space per residence – appar- garding children was included “because of secLee, who uses a wheelchair as the result of an ently only enough for a handful of plants. ond-hand smoke issues. You don’t want kids getpage 16 Peron also doesn’t like that Prop 19 would ting affected by cannabis, right?”

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overnor Arnold Schwarzenegger this week appointed lesbian lawyer Angela Bradstreet to fill a vacancy on the San Francisco Superior Court.

Bradstreet, a Democrat who broke with her party in 2006 when she publicly endorsed the Republican governor, has been serving as Schwarzenegger’s labor commissioner since 2007. Angela Bradstreet The selection marks the third time the governor has tapped an out person to be a judge in the

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iva D, “police officer for a day” gets amorous with Erwin Castro at the Folsom Street Fair Sunday, September 26. Hot, sunny weather saw tens of thousands of people attend the leather and fetish extravaganza in San Francisco’s South of Market District.

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by Matthew S. Bajko project to create an LGBT walk of fame in the Castro is now raising donations as its organizers prepare to select the first 20 names to be displayed in sidewalk plaques in the city’s gayborhood.

he future of Amy Andre, San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee’s executive director, appears to be in doubt after a “miscommunication” between her and the organization’s bookkeeper led to tens of thousands of dollars Amy Andre in underpayments to beverage partners.

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Suit alleges trucking company fired SF man for being gay

by Seth Hemmelgarn gay San Francisco man is alleging that an East Bay trucking company where he worked unlawfully discriminated against him when it fired him based on his sexual orientation.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, September 28, in Alameda County Superior Court, Claudionor Fernando Sampaio, 43, claims he experienced frequent derogatory comments by co-workers and supervisors at Seaside Refrigerated Transport Inc., in San Lorenzo about his sexual orientation, including statements such as “God hates fags” and “the definition of nobody is being FNF (fag, n-word, and foreigner).”

Sampaio, who is black, is originally from Brazil.

Sampaio said he started working for Seaside in 2007. According to the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center and the law firm Rukin Hyland Doria and Tindall LLP, which filed the suit, after he became eligible to receive

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health benefits in mid-2008, he asked if the company provided coverage for same-sex domestic partners and was told that it did not. The problems started soon after he disclosed his sexual orientation, according to the groups.

The suit alleges that in October 2008, which was at the height of the battle over Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban, Sampaio arrived at work with a “No on Prop 8”

poster in his truck.

He had seen other cars at work displaying “Yes on Prop 8” materials and wanted to express an opposing view, the attorneys said.

In Sampaio’s presence, Seaside’s president stated that “I will not permit gays to work here because they contaminate us with their lifestyle” and warned that “I have a way of getting that out of my parking lot,” according to the suit, which alleges that Sampaio returned to his truck the next day to find that it had been scratched with a key.

Sampaio was fired the next day, the suit says.

Seaside did not respond to requests for comment.

Sampaio said he wants to encourage anyone who has experienced similar situations not to remain silent.

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New health care law addresses LGBT needs

by Matt Baume ix months after the passage of health care reform, big changes are under way for the ways that LGBTs access health care. With lower costs and expanded protections on the horizon, the LGBT Community Center hosted a forum Monday to explain the ways that health care has already changed and may shift in the months and years ahead.

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Herb Schulz, left, and David Hansell discuss the new health care reform law at a meeting held Monday at the LGBT Community Center.

Human Services Network, a program of the Equality California Institute, the discussion featured comments by Herb Schultz, California’s regional director of the Department of Health and Human Services, and David Hansell, acting assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families.

Appointed earlier this year by President Barack Obama, Schultz and Hansell are key to the administration’s efforts to address LGBT health issues.

Provisions of the Affordable Care Act have already begun reform private insurance and expand public programs, and are expected to continue doing so over the next decade.

Among the new measures is expanded eligibility for Medicaid, caps on out-of-pocket expenses, tax credits for small businesses, free prevention and wellness programs, and annual wellness consultations for Medicare recipients.

Behind the scenes, health organizations will improve data collection and will receive improved cultural sensitivity training.

The reforms also eliminate lifetime limits on heath coverage, and prohibit insurance companies from dropping customers when they become sick. These issues have disproportionately affected people with HIV. Schultz recommended that people visit healthcare.gov to learn more about how their coverage and options may be changing.

The work of HHS isn’t limited to just the implementation of the health care reform bill. Hansell pointed out

that the department administers a broad range of services and protections, including the enforcement of Obama’s recent directives that hospitals recognize advance care directives and enforce inclusive visitation policies.

Obama also asked HHS to make recommendations for addressing health care issues that affect the LGBT community. The department has convened a committee to gather recommendations from citizens and health organizations, and expects to issue those recommendations in the fall.

Among the recommendations currently under investigation are guidelines for benefits that serve transgender individuals.

“ACF was not very LGBT-friendly in the previous administration,” Hansell acknowledged. “Well, I can tell you, that has changed.”

To that end, ACF has created new programs to serve LGBT adoptive parents, including outreach and grants for parent-to-parent support programs. In addition, the administration has directed programs for homeless youth to specifically serve LGBTs. It is also revising abstinence education – which it is required by Congress to provide – to more appropriately reflect the concerns of LGBT youth.

“Within six months of the enactment of this law, we have put in place policies that many of us have fought our entire life for,” Schultz said. But, he added, their work is far from over.

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by Seth Hemmelgarn aking San Francisco schools safer for LGBT students, encouraging healthy lifestyles, and closing the achievement gap among students of color are some of the top concerns named by several candidates for the city’s Board of Education.

School board members Kim-Shree Maufas and Hydra Mendoza are both seeking re-election November 2, while there is an open seat due to school board President Jane Kim’s running to be the next District 6 supervisor.

Three of the 11 candidates for the board are openly LGBT, although they are not among the top contenders.

Mark Sanchez was the board’s last openly gay member; his term expired in 2008. Rather than seek re-election, he launched an unsuccessful bid for supervisor that year.

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Candidate Bill Barnes

Bill Barnes, an out gay African American who’s currently a legislative aide to city Supervisor Michela AliotoPier, has been endorsed by the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club.

Barnes, who is HIV-positive and is himself a high school dropout, said that 16 percent of San Francisco’s public school students “walk away ... and we never ask why.” More needs to be done to foster school safety, he said.

One idea that he has would be to create a school for LGBT kids, similar to New York City’s Harvey Milk High School.

“I think LGBT students should be safe and welcomed in every school,” said Barnes, and establishing such a school is “a conversation that would be helpful to have.”

He said, “I think we have to be creative when we begin to look at some of these issues,” especially “when you have kids who are walking away from high school.”

San Francisco’s school district has LGBT-inclusive curriculum, but Barnes said curriculum is just one part of the school environment, and needs to be followed up with better training to address problems such as anti-gay slurs.

Barnes, who has a sister who’s developmentally delayed, also is interested in looking at how the district is meeting special education needs.

Barnes didn’t provide information on how much money he’s raised.

As with Barnes, making a good education available to all children is also a top concern of Jamie Rafaela Wolfe, an out transgender woman who’s running for the board.

Wolfe, a teacher at a private school in the city, said her main priorities include ensuring “absolutely equitable access to education for every child in San Francisco.” She wants more professional development and training for teachers to be able to help LGBT or questioning children.

“I want all LGBT students to know who to approach, not only for their own sense of self, but any form of dis-

crimination they’re facing,” said Wolfe.

“I want them to know where to go for help, and I don’t think that’s really clear right now.”

Wolfe also said she’s talked to some local same-gender parents who feel like outcasts.

“All LGBT families need to be woven into the fabric of the school community,” she said.

Encouraging healthy lifestyles and lowering class sizes are among Wolfe’s other priorities.

Wolfe said she’s trying to run a grassroots campaign and wants to raise less than $1,000 for her campaign. She said she’s at $600, and she’s actually turned down money.

Like Barnes, Kim-Shree Maufas, an incumbent board member, also has the Milk Club’s endorsement.

She said her accomplishments on the board include making advanced placement and open honors courses available for “exponentially more of our students.”

Like other candidates, Maufas said she, too, would help ensure all students, “whether they are queer, questioning, [or] just trying to figure out where they’re at” feel safe at school.

Professional development is part of that, she noted.

“I want to embed and monitor the social justice polices I’ve helped put in place,” she said. Those include a reso-

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lution to support strengthening schools’ anti-discrimination program to effect a healthier learning environment for LGBTQ students.

Maufas estimated she’s raised about $5,500.

Student safety has been on Mendoza’s mind, too. She talked about her support of having mechanisms at schools to make sure LGBT youth have information and support avail-

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Upping the ante t’s taken two years, but two mainstream LGBT organizations have finally taken the gloves off and gone on the offensive to counter anti-gay campaigns.

You will recall that during the Proposition 8 battle in 2008, the No on 8 campaign was roundly criticized and then blamed for its loss. Despite the necessities of a 24-hour news cycle, the campaign waited days to respond to the hard-hitting and misleading Yes on 8 ads that, as it turned out, were widely credited for the success of the antisame-sex marriage ban. No on 8 was timid and rejected featuring LGBT people in its TV ads.

One of the most influential groups involved with the No on 8 campaign was Equality California. Its leaders took a beating from many community activists and so EQCA listened, retooled, and set about increasing its work to build support for marriage equality.

This week, EQCA launched a new television campaign to educate voters about two Republican candidates for statewide office: Meg Whitman, who’s running for governor, and Steve Cooley, who’s running for attorney general. Both have pledged to defend Prop 8 in court, in stark contrast to their Democratic opponents Jerry Brown, who as the current attorney general has refused to defend it, and San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, who has pledged not to defend it if elected.

The ads display images of virulent anti-gay protesters reminiscent of Fred Phelps and his “God Hates Fags” family members. The majority of Californians do not tolerate Phelps’s hateful gay-baiting and this sends a powerful, effective message to voters. Unlike last time the ads also feature same-sex families.

We hope that EQCA can find the financial resources to keep airing those ads to remind voters that there is a crucial choice in these races.

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extreme of filing lawsuits to get around discloing to limit public access to their events. sure laws. The group also has connections to the This time, the two groups have launched Catholic Church hierarchy, Mormon Church of“NOM Exposed” (www.nomexposed.org), a ficials, and evangelical right-wing pastors and live, interactive website that uncovers NOM’s church networks who have long records of antideep anti-gay affiliations, its long connections to gay rhetoric and activity. HRC and Courage the Mormon and Catholic churches, and maintain that these individuals and orits quest to keep voters in the dark about ganizations not only oppose same-sex its financing, a news release stated. marriage, they are also against domes“The NOM Tour Tracker untic partnerships, civil unions, hate masked the so-called National Organicrimes protections and even fertility zation for Marriage as a small and setreatments for women because some of cretive fringe group devoted to attacking those women could be lesbians. families, spreading lies, and sowing fear,” said It’s about time that the veil is lifted Rick Jacobs, Courage founder and chairman. from NOM. People need to know With recent public opinion polls what a homophobic group this is showing support for marriage equaliE DITORIAL and NOM leaders must be held to ty surpassing the 50 percent mark, account for their activities. NOM groups like NOM are increasingly played a leading role in last year’s Maine vote that finding it difficult to attract followers, as people repealed marriage equality there, and you can bet everywhere are realizing that same-sex couples that it’s gearing up for future fights in California are their neighbors and co-workers and are not and elsewhere. This year, it is working to defeat unlike themselves. three Iowa Supreme Court judges who were part The research and collaboration of HRC and of that court’s unanimous ruling legalizing sameCourage have found that NOM has financial resex marriage in 2009. sources of about $10 million, showing an exploWe know what groups like NOM are all about. sive growth rate since the group’s humble beWith NOM Exposed, a lot more people will learn ginnings in 2007. NOM also tries mightily to about this rabid anti-gay organization.M keep its political donors secret, even going to the

Tracking NOM Meanwhile, the Human Rights Campaign has teamed up with the more progressive Courage Campaign to confront the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage. Courage already has some experience tracking NOM’s ridiculous “2010 Summer of Marriage – One Man, One Woman” bus tour of 17 states. In its updates, Courage staffers revealed how the tour was regularly outnumbered by marriage equality supporters and showed NOM staff attempt-

Single gays and the Perry case

by Charlie Spiegel irst night thoughts from after the Prop 8 decision last month. How did you react to the pictures of smiling couples celebrating on the day of the victory in Perry v. Schwarzenegger by seeking marriage licenses at San Francisco’s City Hall? The federal court decision in August held that denial of marriage to same-gender couples was both irrational and unconstitutional. The only apparent sadness for those couples was that the decision was stayed – first briefly and now longer while the case is being appealed.

Well, I recognized a disconnect between how my brain rationally comprehends this enormous victory and my more complicated feelings. For while I had invited friends to join me at the celebration that first night, I was in fact home alone watching it on multiple TV newscasts.

Rationally I understand the decision’s deep implications for LGBT rights even beyond the right to marry. I recognize the separate importance of being able to choose to marry or not on an equal basis. And the pictures I saw were of two young women of color from the Central Valley, our movement demonstrating amazingly good PR acumen, just as with the choice of octogenarian lesbians Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin (now deceased) as the G UEST first married in San Francisco couple in 2008. But that is brain talk.

Yet my heart didn’t connect with the victory that my brain recognized, and as I watched at home, I identified not feeling any emotion, or perhaps not knowing what or how I wanted to feel. I began to understand my reaction as related to being a single gay, or S’Gay – a term I invented so I could quickly ask friends about a man with them being both single and gay as in “Is he S’Gay?” I think I invented this shorthand term because for me, single is a state of being to process through, as quickly as possible. While a number of my single gay friends feel happy and uncomplicated about not wanting to couple quickly

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(staying “unhitched”), others of us are deeply influenced by how we became single. Not only we garden variety single gays; how about my recently widowed gay male friend, or a friend with raw feelings about his last breakup? Remind you of anyone you may know?

And this complexity of emotions is not limited to single gays. Every time the right to marry is won, gay couples reflect on whether to marry or not. Partly this is a choice of how they desire to conduct their relationship, but for some it is a reflection of where they feel their relationship is – or isn’t. These multiple legal victories provide a repeated Rorschach test for some couples of “are we marriage material?” We LGBT family law lawyers know that some of those couples in fact do break up after reflecting on where they are and aren’t.

Complex feelings even exist for those seemingly happy marrying gay couples. During the period of legal marriages after the California Supreme Court’s equally sweeping decision recognizing our right to marry, I was asked to witness friends’ small City Hall ceremony. When I expressed my happiness to the groomdads for their wonderful moment, one surprised me be saying he actually felt angry at the number of times he had had to marry to “make it legal.”

I think it is important for our O PINION movement to figure out ways to emotionally connect these victories to people who feel at least complicated that they aren’t going to end up immediately as part of a smiling couple at a City Hall asking for a marriage license. In the days following this great win, I began the process of connecting my own heart.

Feeling connections. The first connection I could actually feel was as a donor of money and time to the organizations who actually assisted in the state case and directed related litigation – for me Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

And that feeling was accompanied by a tremendous sense of thanks from me to these same organizations for giving me a way to participate. If

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you ever gave to one of these organizations, or the ACLU LGBT Rights Project, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, or others, your heart should feel engaged. (And if you haven’t, do now.)

But more broadly, each of us who has ever come out, been out, had uncomfortable conversations with friends, families and coworkers, marched in a Pride parade, donated to or fundraised for another LGBT or HIV-identified cause, or taken any of a myriad other actions, created today’s more accepting environment for LGBT people, which not only allowed Judge Vaughn Walker to rule the way he did, but in some way compelled him to do so. “Personal Pride” is what I’d call what we each did to make real this vastly new world.

I also began to smile very broadly in that first week after the decision, that all media had gone all gay all the time: every time I turned on a radio, a TV, a newspaper, etc., it was about “gay.” It made me feel for just that one week what I think straight people take for granted – that all the media all the time reflects your life and your family. That was quite a powerful feeling to see my life and the lives of my friends writ large.

A friend who did attend the City Hall celebration says Chief Deputy S.F. City Attorney Terry Stewart, one of the prime architects of this legal strategy, summed up the decision in just two words. Acknowledging that most in the crowd had not actually read Walker’s 100-page decision, Stewart condensed its meaning for the crowd as: “We matter.”

The simple and powerful idea that connects those two words also connect my brain and my heart, with echoes of an earlier decade’s “We shall overcome.”

In all of these ways, I am able to feel emotions of pride, ownership, history, and most importantly connection to this victory as not only for smiling couples seeking marriage licenses, but for me right at this phase of life. I imagine you have your own ways to connect, but if not feel free to borrow any as my suggestions.

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dent Mikayla Connell in which she apologized to beverage partners and former Pride employees and accepted responsibility for the error. Beverage partners will be repaid the difference, she said.

Just weeks ago Andre had predicted a surplus of about $40,000 next fiscal year, but it looks like that will be wiped out. Additionally, Pride’s longtime beverage manager blasted her in a resignation letter last week.

Asked in a phone interview this week if she still has faith in Andre, Connell took a long pause before answering.

“Yes,” she finally replied. However, she added, “The board has to take a very hard look at what happened, and while we’re not going to go on a witch hunt and we recognize this really was an organizational failure, we do have to take a pretty hard look at the situation, which we’ll do at the next board meeting in the first week of October.”

There won’t be any changes on the board as a result of the mistakes, said Connell.

She wouldn’t comment on the possibility of Andre being fired or asked to resign.

Connell said the amount owed to beverage partners “will be in the tens of thousands of dollars.” She said next year’s projected surplus “will be eaten up” getting rid of this year’s deficit, which she recently put at $90,000 or less by the end of the year.

Pride’s budget this year is $1.5 million.

She said the organization “may even try to make deeper cuts in the budget,” but she didn’t know what those would look like. Pride has already decided to make cuts for next year that include eliminating the vacant director of external relations position.

Andre and Connell had blamed an accounting error for overpayment to beverage partners in previous

years, which resulted in several of those partners receiving payments substantially lower than they had expected this year.

But in the Friday, September 24 apology that she e-mailed to Pride’s beverage partners, Supervisors Bevan Dufty and David Campos, the Bay Area Reporter, and others, Connell said the organization had erred.

Connell wrote that Andre, who joined the Pride Committee last October, and people on the board’s budget and finance committee had told her that from 2006 to 2009, Pride had not charged beverage partners for several categories of expenses. That had resulted in partners supposedly being overpaid during those years.

But Connell wrote that in a subsequent investigation last week, she learned that those expenses hadn’t been attributed to beverage partners for years, if ever. “... [W]e made a mistake,” wrote Connell. “We charged our beverage partners for expenses that we have not charged them for in the past (at least, not for a very long time) and we should not have done that. If we were going to change how we calculate the expenses, we should have discussed it with our beverage partners long in advance. We sincerely apologize for this mistake, and we promise to make it right.”

She said beverage partners who saw a decrease in income because of the mistake “will be made whole,” in accordance with the calculations of Andy Copperhall, Pride’s longtime beverage manager who resigned last week.

She said in the interview that Copperhall had been doing the calculations for the last 10 years, with staff adjusting them “in favor of community partners.”

In her message, Connell also singled out Brendan Behan, Pride’s former deputy executive director, for an apology. She had previously attributed the calculations problem to him.

Connell said in her message that what happened “boils down to this:

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SF Gay Men’s Chorus is ready for ‘Crescendo’ Comedian Bruce Vilanch will host “Crescendo,” the annual fundraiser of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus on Sunday, October 10 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Green Room at the War Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue.

“Yes, it’s 10/10/10,” said chorus President Michael Tate. “Ten times the excitement, 10 times the luxury, and with Bruce at the helm, 10 times the fun.”

The event features a gourmet brunch donated by Patrick David’s Catering and Events, and complimentary beverages. Soft piano music will accompany the luxurious menu and the chorus’ small ensemble, Vocal Minority, will give a short performance prior to the live auction. Vilanch will close the event with comedy and a question and answer session with the audience.

Crescendo raises funds for the chorus as well as the annual “fund-aneed” that highlights a particular service. This year, guests will be invited to help the chorus expand its Experience Music Program (launched in April at Mission High School) to 7-10 year olds so that they can experience the joy of singing, to other high school students, and to provide more resources for the chorus.

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there was what I can only describe as a ‘miscommunication’ between our bookkeeper and our executive director. Other things went wrong, but that miscommunication is at the heart of this problem.”

In this week’s phone interview, Connell said that until 2005, bookkeeper Jim Gong had done calculations which assessed beverage partners for a percentage of all the festival’s costs, but those calculations “were never used, and the beverage partners were never charged for those.”

But she said when Gong spoke to Andre, “the impression the executive director got was that those costs had actually been charged.”

When asked why nobody stopped those calculations from being used this year, Connell said, “Nobody knew to. There’s nobody on staff who used to be involved with this,” other than Gong and Copperhall, who have been contractors.

She said the board’s budget and finance committee asked Andre and Gong “to let them know if these new calculations were going to result in a significant fluctuation in payment to beverage partners.”

Andre told the budget and finance committee that the calculations wouldn’t result in “significant ... differences outside normal yearly fluctuations,” according to Connell, who said Andre had received that information from Gong.

Last week’s investigation followed Copperhall’s resignation. A copy of his resignation was sent to the B.A.R. In Copperhall’s e-mail, which he explained to the B.A.R. was directed at Andre and copied to the board, he wrote, “You have single-handedly managed to alienate at least 16 partners who will no doubt give serious consideration before ever returning to operate a beverage booth at Pride, in a time when finding large groups who are willing to do the work has become increasingly difficult. Without these groups how are you going to staff the beverage booths next year?”

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with Parker. ouston Mayor Annise Parker, In addition to Saturday’s gala, who made history when she Horizons is currently holding an onwas elected mayor of the line auction featuring getaways, fine United States’ fourth largest city rundining, wine, and more. The online ning as an out lesbian last year, will be auction ends October 3 and can be the honored guest at the 30th anniverviewed at www.horizonsfoundasary gala of San Francisco-based Horition.org. zons Foundation.

Tickets for the gala and casino The dinner and casino party gala party can also be purchased online. takes place Saturday, October 2 at the Westin San Francisco Market Street Project Open Hand Hotel, 50 Third Street. marks 25 years The evening begins with a reception and silent auction at 5:30 p.m., Project Open Hand, which got its followed by dinner at 6:30 and a start by retired grandmother Ruth dessert buffet and casino party at 8:30.

Brinker and her desire to help feed Tickets start at $250 for dinner and the people living with AIDS, will mark its casino party or $75 for the party only.

25th anniversary with open house Horizons distributes grants to events at its San Francisco and Oaknonprofits that impact the lives of land offices.

LGBT people. Over the past 30 Today, the agency provides meals years the agency has disand groceries to people with tributed more than HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, and to $20 million in grants. the homebound critically ill.

Additionally, the Every week, over 850 regular agency studies economvolunteers deliver thousands of ic trends and giving hot and frozen meals to habits of LGBTs. It clients in San Francisco also works to emand Alameda counties.

N EWS B RIEFS power LGBT donors Tom Nolan, executive and promote giving. director, said that when Roger Doughty, executive director, the agency started in October 1985 it said the organization is celebrating a was the only one of its kind. milestone.

“Now there are well over 100” in “Horizons Foundation is thrilled the U.S. and other similar agencies to honor Mayor Parker, who’s been an throughout the world, he said. inspiration to so many across the The anniversary events will include country, and to be spending our 30th music and entertainment, guest anniversary with a capacity crowd of speakers, facility tours, displays showdonors, activists, partners, and casing Project Open Hand’s history, grantees,” Doughty said. “Thirty is a the unveiling of the agency’s new webmajor milestone not only for Horisite and a special video. There will also zons, but also for our community and be refreshments and beverages. the idea of community philanthropy In San Francisco, the party will be that is of LGBT people, by LGBT peoheld Thursday, October 7 from 6 to 9 ple, and for LGBT people.” p.m. at 730 Polk Street. In Oakland, Wells Fargo will be honored along the event takes place Sunday, October

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by Matthew S. Bajko ne of the key differences between the four candidates running to be the next District 8 supervisor is how they would tackle the city’s economic issues, from escalating pension costs to increasing revenues to help balance the budget.

On some issues the quartet are in agreement. They all support allowing chain stores to open in the Castro if the stores have neighborhood backing. In that regard, all have voiced support for seeing Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods open along Market Street.

And all four have endorsed Proposition G, known as Fix Muni Now, on the local ballot. If passed it would no longer guarantee that the city’s Muni drivers are the second-highest paid transit operators in the country.

But there are policy divisions between the candidates, and they were on display during last week’s candidates’ forum held by the San Francisco Young Democrats and LGBT political clubs.

The lone candidate supporting the local Proposition B, which would increase city employees’ pension P OLITICAL contributions, is business executive Bill Hemenger. He also advocates for cutting the city’s payroll tax on businesses and wants to streamline the permitting process for new businesses.

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way the city awards it contracts so that more local businesses benefit.

“I support giving city business to local businesses here,” said Prozan. “I want to infuse those tax dollars here.”

Deputy City Attorney Scott Wiener, however, voiced support for looking at changes to the city’s payroll tax as long as the net result is “revenue neutral.” He said he knows of small business owners who cut their employees’ hours so they can avoid being hit by larger payroll taxes.

“We definitely need to be much more proactive in not only attracting small and large businesses to San Francisco to build our job base, we need to reform the payroll tax,” said Wiener. “We need to be very proactive in attracting business to San Francisco.”

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Having quit his job at Oracle to run for public office, Hemenger touts his corporate ties and business experience as what the city needs right now as it deals with declining revenues.

“I will attract jobs and businesses here,” said Hemenger. “I will roll out the red carpet here for businesses. I will make San Francisco be a place where people can have jobs. We don’t need it down on the Peninsula. We need it here in San Francisco.”

In response to a question from N OTEBOOK Hemenger about reducing the city’s payroll tax to help spur job growth, Assistant District Attorney Rebecca Prozan questioned if that would help the city deal with its budget deficits.

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by Matthew S. Bajko aised on the East Coast by a father who was vegetarian, graphic designer and photographer Eva Silverman did not embrace a similar diet.

“Growing up, I despised anything tofu or vegetable,” recalled Silverman, the owner of Pushcart Design.

“This was in the 1980s in suburban New Jersey. He was not applauded for his vegetarianism. People thought it was odd at the time.”

But after her father’s death when she was 19, Silverman began to rethink what she ate. Enrolled at Smith College in Massachusetts, she adopted the diet she had longed rebelled against.

“I thought I would eventually go back to eating meat once in a while but that was almost 10 years ago,” said Silverman, 30, who identifies as queer and now lives in Oakland. “I thought it much better for your body not to have to process the flesh of another animal.

I was an animal lover and I think those two ideas of why am I consuming this for health reasons and why am I consuming this because I love animals, those two ideas came together.”

Silverman maintains a vegetarian diet, meaning she does eat some dairy products, although, for the last 10 years, she has been baking strictly vegan recipes that cut out butter, milk, and eggs. Living in the Bay Area, with its foodie culture, she said it is easy not to eat meat.

“It is pretty easy to eat vegan or vegetarian almost anywhere. But it is much easier in the Bay Area because of restaurants and local food that caters to vegetarianism and veganism,” she said.

Finding like-minded LGBT people who also adhere to a vegetarian diet has also been relatively easy, said Silverman.

“All it takes is to go into a vegan or vegetarian restaurant and meet likeminded queers,” she said.

One gathering place for the growing number of LGBT people going vegan is the San Francisco Vegetarian Society’s 11th Annual World Vegetarian Festival taking place this weekend in Golden Gate Park’s County Fair Building. This year’s event will feature the city’s first vegan fashion show, and it has attracted a number of LGBT volunteers.

Silverman offered to photograph the models sporting clothes made without animal hides, skins, or fur.

Also helping out is Francisco Ramirez, 17, a student at the Academy of Art University who lives in San Mateo.

Ramirez, who is gay, decided to go vegetarian nearly two years ago and, more recently, went vegan. He said it took some adjusting to at first but was

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me. I think it is ridiculous animal testing is even something that is still an option,” said Martin, who at one time tried to adhere to a vegetarian diet.

Martin said they made sure it was okay for them to participate, even if they eat meat, as they wanted to support their friends who are vegans.

“We are not going to show up in Lady Gaga’s meat dress. I am not going to wear bacon earrings, but we are not vegan,” said Martin, adding that organizers assured them they would be welcome. “We may not be vegan but we certainly don’t have anything wrong with veganism. We made different choices.”

San Francisco resident Andrew Zollman, 43, said he isn’t surprised to Eva Silverman shows off a batch of see a growing number of LGBT peoher vegan cinnamon sugar sprinkle ple cut out meat from their diets. Fifchocolate cookies. teen years ago Zollman himself decided to embrace vegetarianism, and for the last six years he has been vegan. helped by reading books and websites He noted that many leaders withabout vegetarian and vegan diets. in the animal rights movement hap“It takes a little time to figure pen to be openly LGBT, such as Dan out,” he said.

Mathews, the vice president of PeoHis family and friends have come ple for the Ethical Treatment of Anto support his decision. imals, and Mercy for Animals “I am just doing this for myself. founder and Executive Director It was an ethical option I chose to Nathan Runkle. do,” said Ramirez. “Any person I run “Being an oppressed group we can into and tell I am vegan, they are have more empathy for other groups open-minded about it. They accept that are oppressed, which includes it and respect it.” animals,” said Zollman, who three So far he has mostly met other years ago launched the website LGBT vegans online at sites such as www.LiveStrongandLong.org to eduwww.thediscerningbrute.com, started cate the LGBT community about the

by Joshua Katcher. He is looking forbenefits of a vegan diet. “A lot of us ward to meeting local vegans this weekhave the strength and knowledge to end at the fashion show and festival. do something outside the main“I am hoping to meet all these stream to most people.”

While he belongs to the Yahoo group called queer vegetarian society of San Francisco, Zollman said there really isn’t an identifiable LGBT vegan community in the Bay Area.

“There is not much of a scene or organized group of people,” he said.

“We tend to socialize with – Francisco Ramirez a lot of different people in the community.”

But Zollman does find the Bay Area to be like-minded people and socialize especially accommodating to vegans with them,” said Ramirez. or vegetarians.

The event has also attracted nonTwelve years ago, he said, “there vegan volunteers who nonetheless were no products on the market, no support adopting animal-cruel-free vegan restaurants I was aware of. Durproducts. Local gay business partners ing the last 10 years, and especially rePatrick Eichler and Andrew Martin, cently, it is just really exploding.” who started Colorcraft to train peoEntrance to the vegan fashion ple in the beauty industry, offered to show is included with the $7 admisassist with the models’ makeup. They sion to the festival. It takes place will be using vegan cosmetics created from 4:45 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Octoby their friend David Klasfeld, a gay ber 2. The festival runs from 10 a.m. vegan who started Obsessive Comto 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday inpulsive Cosmetics Inc. side the fair building at the corner of “In the beauty industry cruelty 9th Avenue and Lincoln. free beauty products and finding huFor more information visit sfvegmane ways to use animal products in anfashionshow.com. For info on the beauty is something important to festival, visit www.sfvs.org/wvd.M Jane Philomen Cleland

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He wrote that dealing with Andre had been “extremely difficult” and added, “You seemed to have completely failed to take any advice from anyone who is in a position of knowledge, and just forged out on your own. I should have known this was going to happen way back in early July when you took the finances away from me and wanted no input from me on this.”

In an interview this week, Copperhall said he was “pretty amazed” at Connell’s apology and said he was “really glad that it’s come out and they’re fixing it.”

However, he also said Connell’s message “very obviously” blamed Gong, who was “getting thrown under the bus.” He said Gong’s role, as portrayed by Connell, “may or

may not be true,” but “I would’ve thought it would have been better, if that is dirty laundry, to keep that one quiet.”

He also said, “I wouldn’t go so far as asking [Andre] to resign. I think she does need to man up to this and become a little more street smart.”

Asked if there should be changes on the board, Copperhall said, “The board is ultimately responsible, isn’t it?”

He said beverage partners are “ecstatic” at the letter, since their money will be coming to them after all, but he also said, “It’s such a pity the only way stuff has happened is when I pitched a queeny fit and sent the email. Why couldn’t have this been done weeks ago, when all these concerns were raised?”

Connell wrote in her message that she hopes Copperhall considers returning. As to whether he’d return to Pride, Copperhall told the B.A.R., “I need some time to let some wounds

heal over,” among other considerations.

Andre didn’t respond by deadline to a request for an interview. Gong, who said he’d been Pride’s bookkeeper for at least 20 years, declined an interview request, citing the organization’s policy that only the board president and executive director can speak to the media.

Audrey Joseph, Pride’s former main stage producer of more than 20 years, said, “To blame Jim Gong is reprehensible, reprehensible.”

“Whatever happened to the buck stops at the top?” said Joseph. She said Andre should resign. In an email, she cited Andre’s “very poor people skills” and Andre having “no experience at doing a large event of this type or managing independent contractors.”

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by Matthew S. Bajko he rhetoric in a San Francisco judicial race is heating up as both sides compete for LGBT and progressive voters.

A main sticking point between the backers of Judge Richard Ulmer and openly gay lawyer Michael Nava is whether Ulmer should be facing a challenge in the first place to retain his seat on the bench.

Nava, a celebrated crime novelist who is a staff attorney for California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno, came in first in the June primary but fell short of defeating Ulmer, who was appointed to fill a vacancy on the San Francisco Superior Court last summer

by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in the three-way contest. The two are locked in a hotly contested runoff race on the November ballot.

At an Ulmer event Tuesday at the LGBT Community Center that drew about 40 people, three of the 11 out gay and lesbian judges on the local court argued on behalf of seeing their Republican appointed colleague retain his seat on the bench.

Judge Donna Hitchens, who in 1990 was the first lesbian to be elected onto the local court, took umbrage at being called a hypocrite for backing the straight candidate in the current race.

“A well respected journalist emailed me and said that Nava contends it is hypocritical of me to support Judge Ulmer. I consider that a personal attack,” said Hitchens. “I guess I should endorse a gay or lesbian candidate regardless of any other issue in the campaign. ... I am also a mother. If a mother was running maybe I should support the mother running.”

She said she is supporting Ulmer

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because he is the most qualified candidate in her eyes.

“He has been an incredible colleague. He has come on the bench and has a fabulous work ethic, a fabulous reputation of fairness,” said Hitchens.

Another Ulmer supporter, openly gay Judge Kevin McCarthy, used the event to defend why he has spoken out against Nava’s decision to take on a sitting judge when he did the same thing in 1996. In doing so he became the first out gay man to be elected to the San Francisco court.

He said he entered the race due to the dearth of out judicial appointments during that time. Today LGBT judicial applicants do not face the same “bigotry” in Sacramento, argued McCarthy.

Seeing another out gay judge appointed to the bench “it was clear to us ... it was not going to happen,” said McCarthy. “The only way was to run.

That has changed.”

Yet Nava and his supporters maintain it still remains next to impossible for LGBT candidates to be appointed

by the governor to the bench. Nava himself had been overlooked by the governor and, tired of waiting, opted instead to run for the bench.

He would be the first gay person of color elected to the bench and only the fourth Latino on the local court.

“There is not enough diversity on the bench in a city where there is so much diversity in the population,” said David Tsai, co-chair of the LGBT-focused Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, which has endorsed Nava in the race.

Over his seven years in office Schwarzenegger is known to have selected only three out judicial picks, the third coming this week with the appointment of lesbian lawyer Angela Bradstreet to the San Francisco court.

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“The reality is that no governor in this state’s history, Republican or Democrat, has appointed a close to reasonable number of LGBT people to the bench,” said Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors.

The statewide LGBT advocacy group has been pushing to see more out candidates be appointed and endorsed Nava in the race. Kors said that if the judges are so concerned about the judiciary becoming politicized, they should change the judicial approval process.

“The truth is the way someone becomes a judge is political. You are appointed by the governor, who is an elected political official, and you immediately have to run against anyone who wants to be a judge,” said Kors, who went to law school with Ulmer at Stanford. “If judges don’t like it, they should advocate to change the system.

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For fun gay getaway, escape to Los Angeles eople from Los Angeles love to make fun of San Francisco and vice versa. We might not admit it openly, but behind the rivalry, we kind of like each other.

Like San Francisco, Los Angeles’ biggest industry is tourism and we are each other’s biggest fans. Officials who promote tourism in Los Ange-

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les County say that the Bay Area represents its largest chunk of business and LA residents are the single biggest boost to Bay Area tourism.

Although exact numbers are hard to come by, gay tourists represent a significant component for tourism numbers for both northern and southern California. Foreign gay visitors often make the trek between San Francisco, Los Angeles/West Hollywood, Palm Springs, and San Diego.

Seeking gay couples with children to participate in a SFSU study examining the impact of parenting on the health and wellbeing of gay men with children. Participation involves completing one face-to-face interview. Interviews take between 90120 minutes to complete. Participants are compensated $50.00 per person. Funds are available to help offset the cost of childcare while participating.

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WeHo West Hollywood has been celebrating its 25th anniversary as a city all year. It turns 26 on November 29. But its big day is not its birthday but Halloween, when thousands pack Santa Monica Boulevard. Since the Castro ended Halloween, WeHo is the place to be on that night.

In its 25 years, West Hollywood has never looked better. Like the stars who hang out there, the city is addicted to facelifts. A $5.4 million renovation project was just completed on the Sunset Strip that includes median landscaping and sidewalk widening.

The city is in the process of building a new park and library. And WeHo residents will soon be seeing red. A lot of red. A new red building is being added to the green and blue glass buildings that make up the city’s iconic landmark, the Pacific Design Center.

West Hollywood is very walkable but it’s not the only part of Los Angeles County where you can get around without a car. Just two miles southeast of WeHo, in Los Angeles’ Fairfax District, you will find the Original Farmers Market and the Grove entertainment shopping complex. The Grove opened in 2002 and features an art deco facade in the center of the complex complete with an old-fashioned trolley that runs through it.

Los Angeles’ Museum Row and “Miracle Mile” corridor are less than a mile south of the Farmers Market. The centerpiece of Museum Row is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A stunning new one-acre pavilion opens October 2. The Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibit Pavilion, with 45,000 square feet, is billed as the largest naturally-lit, open-plan museum space in the world.

LA’s best-known museum is the Getty Center. It is in the Brentwood

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Dutch tourists Randy Grofstein, left, Peter van Wijngaarden enjoy a visit to the unofficial gay section of Will Rogers State Beach.

section of LA on the top of a hillside with sweeping views of the city and ocean. The Getty’s not so-well-known sister museum is the Getty Villa in Malibu. It is dedicated to the arts and culture of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria.

The Egyptian Theater in downtown Hollywood goes gay two Wednesdays a month when it hosts the Outfest LGBT film screenings. By the way, for live theater, be sure to check out the Davidson/Valentini Theater in the LA Gay and Lesbian Center.

If you have had your fill of Tinsel Town, make your way to the beach.

LA’s gay beach is about a 25-minute drive from WeHo. It is a section of Will Rogers State Beach opposite Entrada Drive and West Channel Road. If you are driving, take Sunset Boulevard west to the Pacific Coast Highway.

Make a left on PCH and then turn left onto either Entrada Drive or West Channel Road. There is usually free street parking available. There are a couple of pay parking lots nearby, including a public parking lot at the beach. It is about 45 minutes if you take the bus. You can take the #4 or #704 bus to Broadway and 4th Street in Santa Monica, then transfer to #9 bus to Entrada and PCH.

Nightlife The biggest concentration of gay nightlife is in West Hollywood, but there’s plenty more LGBT options outside of WeHo. The LA area’s other gayborhood is Silver Lake, a section of Los Angeles east of Hollywood. Silver Lake was gay before West Hollywood.

The Le Barcito bar (formerly the Black Cat) in Silver Lake is the site of preStonewall gay rights demonstrations and is designated by the City of Los Angeles as a Historic Cultural Monument. MJ’s and Akbar are among the most popular gay night spots in Silver Lake.

The gay nightclub center of West Hollywood is around the intersection of Santa Monica and San Vicente boulevards. The mainstays include the Rage, the Abbey, Mickey’s, the Mother Lode, Trunks, Eleven, Here Lounge, Fiesta Cantina, and East West Lounge.

Although like almost everywhere, nightlife availabilities for lesbians are not as plentiful as they are for gay men, there still are options. The Palms on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood is the Los Angeles’ area’s oldest lesbian bar.

The Here Lounge on Santa Monica Boulevard in the heart of gay West Hollywood has women’s nights on both Thursday and Friday. The Abbey is mostly gay men but it is gay, straight and lesbian mixed.

The Factory and the adjacent Ultra Suede nightclubs are gay WeHo’s biggest dance venues. The Factory is generally open on weekends only.

Suede is open weekends and Wednesday nights. Suede has a “girls bar” night on Fridays.

The newest gay bar in West Hollywood opened last fall. It is in the space occupied by the Normandy Room.

The new bar is called Gym Sports Bar. It is mostly gay male, but it is very pop-

ular with gay women.

Jewel’s Catch One opened in 1972 and boasts that it was the nation’s first black gay and lesbian disco. It is in midtown LA in the Pico/Arlington area. The club attracts a diverse crowd and has a good reputation for its community and charitable work.

Accommodations Like everywhere, the rates you pay for a hotel in the Los Angeles area depend on demand. Generally the slowest time of the year is January and early February, when California gets its heaviest rainfall, but LA gets about five inches less rain a year than San Francisco and it is about 10-degrees warmer. So you may not have perfect weather but chances are the weather will be nicer than the Bay Area.

The San Vicente Inn is the only gay hotel in the Los Angeles area. It is in a perfect location in the heart of gay West Hollywood on San Vicente Boulevard. The property is a quiet half-block up from Santa Monica Boulevard so you will be a stone’s throw from the clubs but you won’t be bothered by noise from the crowds on Santa Monica. Most of the rooms are newly remodeled. Rates in the 26room property start at a bargain $79.

Amenities include a pool, hot tub, and steam room. They also offer free WiFi, parking, and a coupon for a free continental breakfast at a cafe around the corner. The property used to be exclusively gay male, but now it is about 10 percent non-gay. The property is also women-friendly. The pool and deck areas are clothing-optional.

The Ramada Hotel is on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood just a short walk to the gay clubs and right across the street from a gym. It maintains a website with the address www.yourgayhotel.com, which is a little misleading since on a typical day, most of the guests are not gay. Amenities include free Wi-Fi and a pool and fitness room. Rates start at $139. Parking will set you back $27 per day.

The Coral Sands Motel in Hollywood is a little less than two miles east of the Hollywood Highlands Complex and just a block from the Hollywood/Western Metro Station. The Coral Sands used to be exclusively gay male but it is now mixed. The owner estimates that about half the guests are not gay. Rates start at $73. The rooms are a basic motel style, about what you would expect in a Motel 6-type place and the grounds and garden are wellmaintained.

The aforementioned Fairfax District of LA has a great boutique hotel called the Farmer’s Daughter. The landmark hotel had fallen into disrepair but the new owners did a complete rags to riches renovation on the property eight years ago. M For more information: www.GoGayWestHollywood.com, www.DiscoverLosAngeles.com (click on the LGBT section in the nightlife tab), and Frontiers/IN LA (www.frontiersweb.com. Click on “Gay in LA” tab for the full list of LGBT happenings). A longer version of this article is online.

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James (Jim) Peter Christakes, 58, of Cathedral City passed away September 4, 2010 in Palm Springs, California.

Jim was born August 9, 1952 in San Francisco to Chris and Dorothy Christakes. Jim graduated in 1970 from Burlingame High School and went on to attend San Francisco City College, where he graduated in 1972 with a degree in Culinary and Hotel Management.

In 1985 Jim and his partner David Milne co-owned the Christakes family business, the St. Francis Fountain Creamery in San Francisco. In 2000 Jim moved to Cathedral City and was working at the Spa Resort Casino. Jim loved to cook, and had a wonderful eye for decorating. He will be dearly missed.

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candidate opposed to Proposition J, which, according to the voter guide, would increase the city’s hotel tax by 2 percent to 16 percent and require people booking discounted rooms online to be taxed on the full price of their stay.

“The hotel tax is a bad idea in a bad economy,” he said. “Taxing our way out of this can’t be our only solution given the magnitude of the deficit.”

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Known as the Rainbow Honor Walk, the project is meant to recognize the contributions of LGBT people who are often neglected in history books. It is also seen as a way to boost tourism to the city’s LGBT district with the increased foot traffic benefiting local merchants.

A volunteer board has been established to oversee the project and select the first group of honorees from the more than 100 people nominated by the public. And timed to this weekend’s Castro Street Fair, the project will begin accepting donations to help cover the costs for each plaque, estimated to cost upwards of $5,000, at its booth at the annual outdoor event.

The Board of Supervisors gave its initial approval to the project in March. In recent weeks the Castro’s Community Benefit District agreed to be its fiscal agent while the group seeks official nonprofit status and draws up its bylaws.

About 20 local community leaders have formed a steering committee to oversee the selection of the first group of honorees and elected as cochairs gay public relations professional David Perry and Castro business owner Isak Lindenauer. Members include Christina Velasco, principal of the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy; LGBT Community Center Executive Director Rebecca Rolfe; Steve Adams, president of the Castro merchant group; and Allan Baird, a straight ally of the LGBT community and retired Teamsters official.

The committee has narrowed down its list of potential honorees to 40 people and will be asking the public to nominate up to three people at its booth at the Castro Street Fair this Sunday, October 3.

“The Castro Street Fair is really our first opportunity for us to have input from the larger community,” said Lindenauer, who has been promoting the history walk concept to community groups and leaders since early 2009.

At its meeting next month the group hopes to finalize the names of the first 20 people who will be honored with plaques in the sidewalk.

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OBITUARIES Jim is survived by his father, Chris Christakes of Rancho Mirage; brother, Pete Christakes of Grass Valley; sisters Tanya Bingham of Mountain View, Mari Pease of Tracy; nieces, Sierra Brady of Clovis, Danielle Vitorino of Turlock; nephews, Darrick Bingham of San Francisco, Steven Pease of Tracy; two great-nephews, best friends David Milne, Clarence James, and many other friends. He was preceded in death by his mother Dorothy Christakes, nephew Christopher Pease, and step-mother Madeline Christakes.

A memorial will be held at the Metropolitan Community Church of the Coachella Valley in Cathedral City on September 30, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

Randall G. Humphreys February 7, 1950 – August 9, 2010

The loving, delightful spirit of Randall Gabe

Humphreys passed peacefully from his body on August 9, 2010. Randy was born in Germany and is survived by his mother Delora and father Leo, his sister Conie, his two nieces and one nephew, many devoted friends, and his beloved dog Minnie. He was buried in a family plot in Arkansas.

Randy was a champion to his friends, all of whom benefited from his infectious good nature and laugh and his generous support and guidance. A longtime resident and property owner in the Castro, he took great pride in his building and interest in his tenants. Randy was a savvy businessman and real estate agent, who at one time managed both the Phelan and Monadnock buildings in downtown San Francisco before starting his own property management company.

Randy grabbed onto life and then with his heart in funny and inspiring ways. He let so many share his life. He will be missed, and all who knew him will continue to celebrate his life.

the city’s property transfer tax, and Proposition AA, which would increase by $10 the vehicle registration fee for county residents.

“I don’t go into these situations in a dogmatic or ideological way and say no taxes ever or I am going to support every single tax that comes across my desk. I am going to take each tax on a case-by-case basis,” said Wiener.

Local attorney Rafael Mandelman voiced support for the controversial proposal to extend metering hours in certain parts of the city to deal with Muni’s budget.

“I see the concept of requiring parking to pay for transit is not a bad

idea. I am willing to look at expanded metering,” said Mandelman.

All four candidates are expected to take part in the “Filling Harvey’s Shoes” forum next week being organized by parents of the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in the Castro.

Bay Area Reporter news editor Cynthia Laird and the public school’s principal, Christina Velasco, will moderate the discussion on who will be the best person to represent the values espoused by Milk, the city’s first out elected official.

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The plan, as of now, is to recognize five people each along both sides of the 400 and 500 blocks of Castro Street.

For now, the committee is keeping the list of honorees private.

But in a recent interview with the Bay Area Reporter, Perry and Lindenauer did discuss the parameters the group has established in order to help it select the initial LGBT luminaries.

They said it was determined that only people who had declared themselves to be LGBT during their lifetimes and are now deceased would be considered. The names will not be limited only to local people.

The group is looking to draw up a list that reflects the diversity of the entire LGBT community.

“This is about the first 20 names.

We want to get this process going,” said Perry, who proposed a similar project during the early 1990s that failed to get off the ground. “We feel the public process has been robust and open and we are going to do more.”

Lindenauer added, “The first 20 we have decided amongst ourselves it is important for us to deal with in order to make sure it starts. The challenge for us is to pick a diverse group of 20.”

Also, while a mock-up of what the plaques might look like shows the name of Harvey Milk, the city’s first openly gay elected official, with a rainbow-colored background, the men said the actual look of the sidewalk installations has yet to be determined.

The committee won’t turn its attention to the plaque design until November, and hopes to present a concept to the city’s arts commission as early as this December.

Nor is it guaranteed that Milk will be included among the first 20 names.

With Milk already memorialized with two plaques that bear his name in front of his former camera shop on Castro Street, some on the committee have questioned if it is necessary to honor him with a third plaque when it may make more sense to honor another LGBT historical figure who is less well-known, said Perry.

The same questions have come up around Leonard Matlovich, a former Castro resident and one of the first

gay service members to publicly oppose the military’s anti-gay policies.

A plaque honoring him was installed on the building at the corner of 18th and Castro where he once lived.

“We want to take advantage of putting up names that haven’t come forward already. But it may be that Harvey and Leonard are in the top 20 when we vote,” said Perry.

The men acknowledge that the committee’s decision is likely to be controversial. But they stress that it is only the first phase of what they hope will be a long-lasting process to recognize numerous LGBT people.

“Certainly, we are not going to please everybody but we will do our best to get it right,” said Lindenauer.

“These are the first but not the last.”

There will be opportunities for the public to weigh in on the committee’s decisions. The arts commission meetings are open to the public, and the committee is working with Supervisor Bevan Dufty to have a public meeting about the project.

According to the resolution adopted by the supervisors, the project sponsors will need to get final approval from the board before the first plaques can be installed.

“We want as much input and assistance to make this the proudest expression of the LGBT community we can. That is our job,” said Perry.

Anyone interested in joining the committee, making a donation, or nominating possible honorees should e-mail rainbowhonorwalk@gmail .com.M The Castro Street Fair takes place Sunday, October 3 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. A $5 donation supporting various local nonprofits will be collected at the entrance gates.

For more information about this year’s entertainment and booths, visit www.castrostreetfair.org.

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able to them. She said she wants to make sure “there are safe places for them to go.”

Among her other priorities are nutrition and school sustainability.

Mendoza estimated she’s raised about $15,000, and probably won’t raise much more than $30,000 for the race.

The Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club is among her endorsers.

That club also endorsed Brodkin, another leading candidate for the board.

Brodkin has been the executive director of Coleman Advocates for Youth and the director of the city’s Department of Youth, Children and Their Families. She said she’s been “on the ground floor” for kids in San Francisco since 1978. That included supporting the formation of Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center, which works with LGBT youth.

“This is not a new issue to me,” said Brodkin. “I have been side by side working on LGBT young people issues from the very, very beginning in San Francisco and making it a core part of my agenda.”

Besides addressing the needs of LGBT students, Brodkin said closing

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Bay Area and comes as another of his local judicial picks finds himself in a heated contest against a gay attorney to retain his seat on the San Francisco bench.

In that contest, Judge Richard Ulmer came in second to Michael Nava in the June primary and the two are waging a full court press for LGBT voters in the runoff election. Should Nava win he would be the first openly gay person of color to be elected a judge in California. [See story, page 8.]

The race has focused attention on the lack of openly gay judicial candidates being appointed by the governor to the state’s courts. While Ulmer’s backers contend the San Francisco bench is already diverse, in

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accident, wouldn’t discuss his personal marijuana use. But he said “obviously” Prop 19’s passage would mean cannabis growing operations would be “treated as regular business as opposed to being in the black market.”

He said almost $2 million has been raised in support of Prop 19.

Heated debate One of the highlights at last weekend’s expo was a heated debate that took place between advocates and opponents of Prop 19.

One audience member said not to “make the perfect the enemy of the

Candidate Margaret Brodkin

Candidate Emily Murase

Candidate Natasha Hoehn

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the achievement gap for black, Latino, and Pacific Islander students would be among her other concerns.

She said she’ll have raised about $30,000 by the end of the month.

Another Alice Club endorsee and leading candidate is Emily Murase, who serves as executive director of the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women.

Murase said school leaders “need to hear from our LGBT students. ...

I’m troubled when I hear reports that some students don’t feel like they fit

in at certain schools, so we need to address those issues head on.”

Similar to Brodkin, Murase discussed the importance of addressing the “opportunity gap” between black, Latino, and Pacific Islander students.

She estimated she’s raised more than $40,000 so far.

Most other candidates also expressed concern for LGBT students in San Francisco.

Natasha Hoehn, who does nonprofit work related to schools, said,

“What I’m really interested in is fostering strong, vibrant, empowered students,” including making sure that “every school is fostering a strong LGBT community.” She also wants to see a “real-world learning environment” that’s “relevant for the current times we live in.”

Omar Khalif, who co-chairs the group Students First, among other positions, said, “I don’t necessarily have priorities for any specific category of students.” He said he wants to ensure every student “is offered

the opportunity to sit in the class of a quality teacher, first and foremost.”

Starchild, a bisexual sex worker, said, “I think by and large LGBT kids want the same kinds of things and education that everybody else does. ... If you can make the schools better, it will deliver a better educational outcome for everybody.”

Tom Chan declined to be interviewed, explaining that he was sick.

Winifred Dajani didn’t provide contact information to the Department of Elections.M

particular there are nearly a dozen out judges, Nava’s supporters note that all of the openly gay and lesbian judges are Caucasian and there are only three Latinos serving on the bench.

Bradstreet, who is supporting Ulmer, was unavailable for an interview with the Bay Area Reporter Tuesday. In a statement, she said she is honored that the governor selected her to serve on the local bench.

“I am humbled and honored to be joining a wonderful group of judges on the San Francisco Superior Court.

I have loved being in public service as the state labor commissioner for over three years and look forward to serving the public in my new role as a judge,” stated Bradstreet.

Bradstreet, 55, was born in England and is Caucasian. She was named this year by the Nob Hill Gazette as one of its most eligible singles in the

city. The Pacific Heights paper descried her as a “sensitive and fun English lesbian” who loves outdoor activities, exercise, movies as well as “wine and martinis with good friends and talking politics.”

The Sausalito resident has been in the forefront of advocating for both women in the legal field and LGBT rights.

A former president of the Bar Association of San Francisco, Bradstreet led the fight to have California judges be barred from joining the Boy Scouts of America because of their anti-gay policies. In 2002 Bradstreet was instrumental in convincing the San Francisco Superior Court to cut its ties with the youth group. A year later her efforts led to new rules being adopted statewide calling for judges who belonged to the scouting group to recuse themselves from hearing gay rights cases.

During the fight against Proposition 8, the ban against same-sex marriage state voters passed in 2008, Bradstreet donated $1,000 toward the ultimately unsuccessful fight to defeat the measure through the Lawyers’ Leadership Council for Equality, which was formed by the No on 8 campaign.

She was also a member of the local Bar Association’s Marriage Fairness Task Force, which worked within the legal profession to convince lawyers why they should oppose Prop 8.

Eight years ago she created the No Glass Ceiling Task Force in order to see more women be hired by local law firms and corporate law departments.

She was also a co-founder of Womentoring, a program that matched female mentors with other women and young girls.

She has been honored many times

for her legal work, having received the California State Bar’s annual Diversity Award; the Anti-Defamation League’s Jurisprudence Award; and the Margaret Brent Award, the highest award given by the American Bar Association to women lawyers.

Bradstreet earned a Master of Laws degree from UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Bristol.

In 1980 she was hired as a legal research attorney and judicial clerk for the San Mateo Superior Court. The law firm Carroll, Burdick and McDonough then hired her as an associate in 1981; she eventually became a managing partner at the firm.

She will fill the vacancy on the court created by the resignation of Judge David Ballati. Bradstreet will earn $178,789 and is expected to be sworn in sometime in November.M

good” and encouraged support of Prop 19. But George Mull, president of the California Cannabis Association, called Prop 19 “deeply flawed and inadequate.”

From the audience, Peron criticized Lee for not including him in the process. Lee said he had asked Peron to take part, but Peron had declined.

Both spoke to the B.A.R. in phone interviews this week.

The federal government does not recognize Prop 215 or similar laws in 13 other states and Washington, D.C. Since Prop 215’s passage, the movement to legalize cannabis for adult recreational use has steadily grown, as more states moved to pass medicinal measures and the drug lost some of its stigma.

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-

San Francisco) has introduced some marijuana-related proposals of his own, including implementation legislation for Prop 19.

The out gay legislator is the author of Assembly Bill 2554, which like Prop 19 would legalize marijuana.

Separately, Ammiano introduced ABX6-9 to implement Prop19 in the event that voters pass it in November.

The bill, introduced September 21, appears to address concerns of medical users.

“Proposition 19 allows the legislature to amend it by a majority vote as long as it is in line with the goals of the initiative. ... ABX6-9 establishes a uniform statewide regulatory system while retaining a local option for sales,” said a statement released by Ammiano’s office. “It also specifically

excludes medical marijuana from fees and regulations in the act.”

Lee has previously said that among the differences between his measure and AB2554 is that Ammiano’s bill sets up a statewide system of sales and distribution by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, while Prop 19 starts out by giving cities and counties the ability to tax and regulate sales and commercial cultivation how – and if – they want to. That opt-out provision may result in “dry” parts of the state when it comes to obtaining marijuana should the initiative pass.

In the statement, Ammiano referred to Prop 19 and said, “... [N]o initiative is perfect and the devil is in the details. My bill [ABX6-9] gives the legislature the ability to fine tune how California will regulate cannabis to

ensure that it is done in an effective, systematic way.”

Field Poll A Public Policy Institute of California poll released late Wednesday showed 52 percent supported Prop 19 with 41 percent opposed. The poll of 1,104 likely voters had a plus or minus 3.6 percent sampling error.

A Field Poll released Saturday showed that slightly more of California’s likely voters are inclined to vote yes than no – 49 percent to 42 percent – on Prop 19. An earlier July Field Poll found the initiative trailing by four points.

The latest Field Poll was conducted among 599 likely voters and had a sampling error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.M

DA’s office seeks witnesses in Warner case

by Seth Hemmelgarn he San Francisco District Attorney’s office is seeking witnesses to a December 25, 2009 incident resulting in a broken arm for late San Francisco Patrol Special Police Officer Jane Warner.

This year’s Castro Street Fair, set for Sunday, October 3, is dedicated to Warner, the lesbian officer who patrolled the neighborhood for years and was a member of the fair’s board. She was 53 when she died of ovarian cancer in May. On early Christmas Day morning in 2009, Warner responded to an inci-

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dent outside Trigger bar, 2344 Market Street, and a man broke her arm.

James Crayton McCullough, 61, was arrested in connection with the incident. He has pleaded not guilty and is out on $250,000 bail.

McCullough’s preliminary hearing has been set for November 10.

McCullough faces nine charges that include battery with serious bodily injury to Warner, making criminal threats to other officers, and resisting arrest. Six of the nine counts are being charged as felonies.

Brian Buckelew, the assistant district attorney who’s prosecuting the case, said, “The case is moving forward, and it’s going to start moving

forward quickly.” He said it would be “beneficial to the case” to “identify all possible witnesses and collect their statements.”

He declined to say how many witnesses have already come forward, but said, “I know we have more out there.

It’s a busy street.”

If convicted, McCullough could be sentenced to as much as eight years and four months in state prison, according to Buckelew.

Martin Sabelli, an attorney Buckelew said is representing McCullough, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Witnesses are asked to call Buckelew at (415) 553-1383.M

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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT RFSOQ NO. 15PR-510 EXTENSION OF TIME FOR PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING AND RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the General Manager of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District has extended the time for the Pre-Proposal Meeting from Monday, September 27 to Monday, October 4, 2010 at 10:00 AM, and receipt of Proposals until the hour of 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 2, 2010, at the District's Offices, 23rd Floor Receptionist, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA 94612 (by Hand Delivery), or to the District Secretary's Office, P.O. Box 12688, Oakland, CA 946042688 (by U.S. Mail), for CM Services for Structure C Line Station, as more fully described in the Request for Statement of Qualifications. Thereafter, Proposals will either be accepted or rejected by the District.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: MAKI RESTAURANT INC. 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:1825 Post Street,Suite 215, San Francisco, CA 94115-3607. Type of license applied for:

To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: DIEGO FERNANDO ESCOBAR. 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:993 N. Point Street,San Francisco, CA 94109-1111.

Type of license applied for:

41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE EATING PLACE SEPT. 30, 2010 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: GRANDEHO’S INCORPORATED. 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:508 Valencia Street,San Francisco, CA 94110. Type of license applied for:

41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE EATING PLACE SEPT. 30, 2010 SUMMONS:MARRON V. O’NEILL CASE #CGC09-495432 CROSS COMPLAINT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 400 MCALLISTER, SF, CA 94102 NOTICE TO CROSS-DEFENDANT: CUTTING EDGE PAINTING AND PLP PAINTING & DECORATING AND ROES 1 THROUGH 25 INCLUSIVE

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY CROSS-COMPLAINANT O’NEILL CONSTRUCTION You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the cross-complainant. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit goups at the California Legal Services web site(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp),or by contacting your local court or county bar association. Note:The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid befor the court will dismiss the case.

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SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT 400 MCALLISTER, SF, CA 94102 The name, address, and telephone number of the of cross complainant’s attorney, or cross-complainant without an attorney,is. AYHAN M. MENEKSHE, Esq.,MENEKSHE CARDWELL & RUIZ, 16275 LOS GATOS Blvd.,LOS GATOS, CA. 95032. 408-358-1200 DATE: MAY 10,2010. CLERK OF THE COURT: M.RAYRAY,DEPUTY.

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41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE EATING PLACE SEPT. 16,23,30, 2010 STATEMENT FILE A-033003100 The following person(s) is/are doing business as GUMTREE STUDIO, 500 Clarence Street,Richmond,CA 94801. This business is conducted by an individual, signed Daniel Lunghi. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/31/10.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco ,CA on 08/31/10.

SEPT.9,16,23,30, 2010 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: LYS TRADING INC. 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:939 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94118-2110.

Type of license applied for:

41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE EATING PLACE SEPT. 30, 2010 STATEMENT FILE A-033009500 The following person(s) is/are doing business as J. GANZ STUDIOS,363 3rd Avenue,#3, San Francisco, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual, signed Jason Ganz. 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 09/03/10.

SEPT.9,16,23,30, 2010 STATEMENT FILE A-033005000 The following person(s) is/are doing business as LA LENGUA, 2700 Sutter Street,San Francisco,CA 94115. This business is conducted by an individual, signed Sarah Alexander. 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 09/01/10.

SEPT.9,16,23,30, 2010 STATEMENT FILE A-032982300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as FUNKTECH TRUST CORPORATION, 816 B. Shotwell Street,San Francisco,CA 94110. This business is conducted by a general partnership, signed Matthew Horrigan. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/20/10.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco ,CA on 08/20/10.

SEPT.9,16,23,30, 2010 STATEMENT FILE A-032998200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as ESCAPE TOURS TRAVEL,3071 Wrangler Road, San Ramon,CA 94582.

This business is conducted by an individual, signed Viktoriya Yemelyanova. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/27/10.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco ,CA on 08/30/10.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as BEAST AND THE HARE, 1001 Guerrero Street,San Francisco,CA 94110.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company, signed Ian Marks. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/02/10.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco ,CA on 09/02/10.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as FLYERS #437, 2690 3RD Street,San Francisco,CA 94107. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, signed Thomas A. Dwelle. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/10.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco ,CA on 09/15/10.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as GIZMOWERKS, 39 Alma Street,San Francisco,CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, signed Andrew MacBride. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/11/10.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco ,CA on 09/01/10.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as 1.SHERRY ZARABI CONSULTING 2.BE LIGHTNESS, 590 6th Street,Unit 204, San Francisco,CA 94103. This business is conducted by an individual, signed Sherry Zarabi. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/10/10.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco ,CA on 09/10/10.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as FLYERS #430, 200 Toland Road,San Francisco,CA 94124. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, signed Thomas A. Dwelle. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/10.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco ,CA on 09/15/10.

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STATEMENT FILE A-033020100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as TONGUE PUNCH, 1836 Rivera Street,San Francisco,CA 94116. This business is conducted by an individual, signed Matthew Cook. 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 08/20/10.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as JOZY’S FOXY FAZION,790 JERROD AVENUE,San Francisco,CA 94124.

This business is conducted by an individual, signed Maria Guadalupe Garcia. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/27/10.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco ,CA on 09/13/10.

The following persons have abandoned the use of the ficticious business name known as ESCAPE TOURS TRAVEL, 425 1st Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. This business was conducted by a general partnership, signed Viktoriya Yemelyanova.

The ficticious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 04/30/10.

SEPT.9,16,23,30, 2010 STATEMENT FILE A-033004200

SEPT.9,16,23,30, 2010 STATEMENT FILE A-033011700 The following person(s) is/are doing business as CHANG HONG MEAT MARKET, 1335 Powell Street,San Francisco,CA 94133. This business is conducted by a husband and wife, signed Chun Yan Lin. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/03/10.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco ,CA on 09/07/10.

SEPT.9,16,23,30, 2010 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES To Whom It May Concern: The name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are: SIMPLY SMART FOODS L-PSHIP. 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:522 2nd Street,San Francisco, CA 94107-1427.

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STATEMENT FILE A-033023600 The following person(s) is/are doing business as NAKARALI, 670 S. Van Ness Avenue,San Francisco,CA 94110. This business is conducted by a general partnership, signed Carole Nericcio. 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 09/14/10.

SEPT.23,30,OCT. 7,14 2010 STATEMENT FILE A-033030400 The following person(s) is/are doing business as OTTOVAL,768 Delano Avenue, San Francisco,CA 94112. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, signed Nancy Otto. 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 09/16/10.

SEPT.23,30,OCT. 7,14 2010 STATEMENT FILE A-033035200 The following person(s) is/are doing business as TOTAL COMFORT SPA,450 Jones Street, San Francisco,CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, signed Kathy Nguyen. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/20/10.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco ,CA on 09/20/10.

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Color & line , with XX chromos omes Women comics artists offer all the ‘Graphic Details’ at the CAM ~ by Sura Wood ~ atholics may confess through a screen in a box, but Jews do it in public – preferably with an audience,” write Sarah Lightman and Michael Kaminer, curators of Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women, a new exhibition opening this Friday at the Cartoon Art Museum. Eighteen female artists expose the inner workings of their hearts and minds in a show that highlights women’s contribution to the history of autobiographical comics, with an eye toward what’s notably female and Jewish in their oeuvres. Think of the twitchy, witty neurosis of Woody Allen, or the acid, barbed intelligence of Lenny Bruce, but with XX chromosomes. Want to know what women want and, even more crucially, what they don’t? Check it out.

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We [heart] Stefanie Powers ‘Hart to Hart’ star plays San Francisco • by Adam Sandel ost people fell in love with Stefanie Powers on her hit TV show Hart to Hart.

But during a recent phone interview I found the courage to tell her that I’ve had a huge crush on her ever since her first series, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. “Really?” she asks. “What happened?”

The only response I can think of is: “Fate?”

For those who haven’t seen Powers in person, she is still drop-dead gorgeous.

You can see for yourself when she brings her cabaret show Hart of My Heart to the Rrazz Room this Saturday and Sunday. The one-woman show is a celebration of the lyrics of Lorenz Hart.

“The difficulty in putting the show together is that it’s an embarrassment of riches,” she says. “We wanted to include some of his lyrics and ditties that aren’t as wellknown, in addition to his famous standards like ‘My Funny Valentine,’ ‘With a Song in My Heart’ and ‘Nearer.’ All of the music is from that glorious period [of the 1920s and 30s] when Hart was the first poet of Broadway.”

Directed by David Galligan, the show recently debuted in LA as a benefit for the William Holden Wildlife Foundation, and it will play at Feinstein’s in New York next month.

Despite a stellar career in film and television, Powers is still most recognized for Hart to Hart, which ran for five seasons and earned her multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. But her career as a singer is not as widely known. “People are always saying, ‘Oh my gosh, I didn’t know you sing!’

“I started as a dancer who could sing, and now that I can’t get my leg up that high, I’m a singer who dances,” she says. Within the past few years, Powers has been starring in musical theatre, including UK and US tours of The King and I. This past summer she starred as Norma Desmond in a newly remounted pro-

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by Roberto Friedman e love our job, really we do, most days it’s just as much fun as a tickle party at former Rep. Eric Massa’s house. But it’s important to get away every now and then, not only to give yourself a break, but to give everyone else a break from you. So when our great friend Elena invited us to visit her last week in charming Positano, a hill town on the Amalfi coast of Italia, it was an offer we couldn’t refuse.

Car & driver whisked us from Naples Airport two hours along winding mountain roads to the top of the village, where vehicles must stop. Porters took our bags, leaving Out There to descend on foot down old stone paths and stairways.

Elena’s house was below, at beach level, in a square behind the old Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta. Dinner was served late.

We swam in the Mar Tirreno, boated from the shallow harbor. At Da Ferdinando on the Spiaggia di Fornillo, beach ambassador Ernesto tried to teach us the Neapolitan card game Scopa!, whose rules were easily grasped if scoring was not. At the Mediterraneo, artist Pablo Cavo showed us panels he’d painted on the restaurant walls and doors, mythological landscapes of the god Poseidon flanked by his busty consort. Cavo described visits to the village from the late beat poet Gregory Corso. Our new Italian friends were proud of their command of English idioms: “Thanks God it’s Friday!� and, “It rains cats and dogs!�

Just off the coast lies l’arcipelago de Li Galli, private isles of first the Russian choreographer Massine, then the dancer Nureyev. It’s where Ulysses was hard-pressed to resist the seductive calls of the Sirens in Homer’s Odyssey – how we can relate! Other ballet notables drawn to Positano include Ballets Russes impresario Serge Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Stravinsky, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Antony Tudor.

One day we took the ferry to Amalfi, then the local bus up the mountain to Ravello, where we toured the gardens and cloisters of the Villa Cimbrone, and attended a piano recital in the Villa Rufolo.

Concert pianist Costantino Catena gave us Chopin, Liszt and Debussy, brilliantly. The audience did not have to be told to turn off their electronic devices.

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Positano, but we did notice a few gay brothers-in-arms, and were stopped by a pair of Canadian lesbians on the path to the beach. We were wearing our T-shirt with LGBT in big, bold letters across the chest, and one of the lesbians told us she liked the shirt, buddy.

Lesbian crime novelist Patricia Highsmith always said that the inspiration for her masterpiece The Talented Mr. Ripley was a solitary young man she espied walking across the beach at Positano, wearing madras shorts and sandals. “There was an air of pensiveness about him, maybe unease. Had he quarreled with someone?

What was on his mind? I never saw him again.�

In her itinerant life, Highsmith stopped at Positano for many an idyll, with various lesbian O UT lovers. On our trip we read Joan Schenkar‘s The Talented Miss Highsmith (St. Martin’s Press), her almost 700-pp. exploration of the life and times of the

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quite mad author, published last year. It got us through some endless intercontinental flights.

We already miss Fornillo beach, the fish at Buca de Bacco, the elegant Palacio Murat. We raise a glass of local wine to Elena at the Bar Mulino Verde, and vow to return. Scopa!

Oopsy daisy There’s no shame in newspaper corrections. We’re always happy to set the record straight, so to speak.

The Sept. 16 Lavender Tube column claimed Guiding Light “ended its 62-year run in Sept.

2009.� In fact, GL had a total run of 72 years: 15 as a serialized radio program, followed by 57 on television. On As the World Turns, “Reid professed supreme T HERE dislike for Luke and banned him from being around Noah while he was being treated� is incorrect. In fact, Reid banned Luke from being around Reid, not Noah. Noah decided that meant Luke also could not be around Noah. In the Jan. 29 episode, Reid said, “Keep Mr. Snyder out of my orbit,� and Noah translated this to, “We have to stay away from each other.� Drama queens.

Oh, and that coffee-table book about physique artist Bruce Sargeant we extolled in last week’s Out There column? Turns out it’s a total hoax, there’s no such painter, and nothing in the press materials indicated differently. O Chronicle Books, you mad spoofer! Cancel our subscription!M

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by Richard Dodds t’s unsettling to one week see a character portrayed as a sexually ambiguous child-man who impishly proclaims his intention of never growing up, and then the next week see him too grown up, now an ex-con with rapacious desires. It’s as if Peter Pan has turned into Eden’s serpent in a matter of days.

But actually, several years have passed since we first met Elegba in In the Red and Brown Water, then meet up with him again in The Brothers Size. These are the first two parts of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays, a highly heralded trilogy that three Bay Area theaters are presenting in sequential productions in their West Coast debuts. Marin Theatre Company launched the project with its still-running (and wondrous) production of In the Red and Brown Water, and now the Magic Theatre is taking its turn, quite successfully, with The Brothers Size. In November, ACT will conclude the trilogy with Marcus, or the Secret of Sweet, which most directly reflects the young playwright’s gayness.

It is not necessary to have seen In the Red and Brown Water to appreciate The Brothers Size, though to be able to do so makes the experience more intriguing, and, as noted, somewhat unsettling. In addition to the considerable change in the character Elegba, the second play is stylistically more realistic than the first, which relied heavily on African-inspired storytelling techniques for a plot set in the “distant present.”

It’s a few years later in the distant present, and the hazily defined bayou locale remains the same in The Brothers Size. To cite the play’s naturalism is more a matter of comparison to the earlier play than a core essence of this one. If the dialogue can seem more direct, there remains a ritualistic, mythic overlay that seems to be driving the characters to inevitable destinies. It’s not as complex as the previous play in the trilogy, and the reduced scope may lower ultimate theatrical rewards, but The Brothers Size is an engrossing piece of heartfelt stagecraft.

The title characters are Ogun Size, also a character in the first play, and his younger brother Oshoosi, whom we

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are meeting for the first time. (All the characters’ names derive from Yoruba legends.) Ogun remains the hardworking solid citizen we met earlier, and his dreams are limited to keeping up his car repair shop. A doomed romance crushed him in the first play, quickly recounted here, and now he is vexed by his brother, who is lustily retasting freedom after two years in prison. Ogun’s efforts trying to keep Oshoosi on the straight-and-narrow are complicated by the return of Elegba, who spent time in prison with Oshoosi and wants to resume an opaquely defined sexual relationship they shared in the stir, and tempt him into dangerous adventures.

With lashing direction by Octavio Solis, and on a nearly bare stage, the trio of actors (Joshua Elijah Reese as Ogun, Tobie Windham as Oshoosi, and Alex Ukokudom as Elegba) speak McCraney’s hard-edged poetic dialogue with riveting intensity. At two

key moments, the brothers share with each other provocative dreams that come alive with few props and evocative imagery.

The spoken stage directions are used less meaningfully than in the first play, but can still convey an emotion, sometimes playfully, that may otherwise stay hidden. For example, Ogun says to the audience, “Ogun looks at Oshoosi like, what the fuck,” before looking at Oshoosi in a WTF manner.

But my favorite line belongs to Oshoosi, as he tells his brother about a book on Madagascar he read in prison that has stoked his imagination. He can’t get over the island’s wondrous “fuckin’ fecundity.”M The Brothers Size will run at the Magic Theatre through Oct. 17.

Tickets are $45-$60. Ticket info at www.magictheatre.org, and on all three productions at www.brothersisterplays.org.

Rhapsody of the 1970s

by Richard Dodds nita Bryant Died for Your Sins is not your typical teenage coming-out story, for reasons only partially related to its provocative title. Horace Poore, the central character, doesn’t stand up to bullies, find romance with his school’s closeted star jock, or cleave himself from a bigoted family. Instead, his conflicts are reflected off the bad-news decade of the 1970s that provides him with ongoing reasons to keep his sexual identity hidden. Among the news stories jamming his closet door is beauty queen/singer/orange juice spokeswoman Anita Bryant’s campaign to overturn an anti-gay discrimination law in Florida’s Dade County, far away from his rural home in the Adirondacks, but a story that went a 1970s version of viral.

New Conservatory Theatre Center is presenting the San Francisco premiere of Brian Christopher Williams’ thoughtful comedy in a handsome, well-acted production directed by Dennis Lickteig. It has more than a passing resemblance to Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach plays, as an aspiring young writer with a preternatural cleverness narrates episodes of life with his parents and brother, who seem to him, at times, of a different species.

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Michael Doppe plays a sexually conflicted teen, and Harry Breaux his father, in Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins at New Conservatory Theatre Center.

stand-in, we get a crash course on the 1970s, including the start of the Selective Service’s lottery draft, which threatens Horace’s brother with near-certain deployment to Vietnam, the 1972 Munich Olympics, producing Horace’s first man-crush in Mark Spitz and a massacre of Israeli athletes, Watergate, gas-rationing, inflation, the Bicentennial, and, ta-dah, Anita Bryant. “She is trampling out the vintage in her sensible Christian shoes,” Horace observes.

The playwright steers refreshingly clear of stereotypes as he paints his

characters, with Horace’s parents very much defying expectations despite a Yankee redneck aura. Horace’s mother, for example, tries to answer her young son’s theological questions with sincerity until he finally stumps her with a question about a mentally challenged neighbor. “Some of God’s decisions,” she says, “are goddamn practical jokes.”

Horace’s safe place is his treehouse (part of Kuo-Hao Lo’s impressive set design), where he writes a journal, listens to a transistor radio,

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by Philip Campbell here are moments during the San Francisco Opera’s latest incarnation of Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), staged by famed director John Copley, when you might think you have died and gone to Mozart heaven. There are also some stretches when you will be wondering who decided on only one intermission. At over three hours, it makes for a long, slightly tiring, but thoroughly jovial experience.

A highly traditional production of one of the greatest and most frequently revived of all comic operas seems almost radical in an age bent on giving a darker edge to Mozart. It is also refreshing, for anyone tired of squinting at singers groping about in the dark, to be reminded that Figaro is, after all, a very funny and timeless farce. The handsome sets, originally attributed to Zack Brown and constructed in the early 1980s, have been restored to their sturdy grandeur, and the beautiful costumes “supervised” (refurbished?) for this production by Kristi Johnson look just right. Lighting designer Christopher Maravich has also brought back the time-honored usage of follow spots that only adds to the essentially bright atmosphere.

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time of the premiere), but that could be said of all his collaborations with Mozart. They never shied from skewering the class system or laying bare relentless sexism. Copley knows we don’t have to be hit over the head to get the point. He also knows they wanted to give their audiences a good time.

The look of this production and the detailed ensemble acting never get in the way of the glorious score, and conductor Nicola Luisotti, who also supplies some masterful and witty harpsichord continuo, elicits sumptuous and vibrant playing from the orchestra. Luisotti raised the level of the orchestra pit two feet above normal, allowing the players to be closer to the sight of the audience. It is in keeping with the practice of the 18th century, and lent a subtle immediacy to the stage picture and overall texture of the sound.

The cast, with only minor quibbles, was superb. Attractive and ageappropriate, the singers flesh out their parts with gusto and astonishing comedic flair. Returning to the SFO after a fine company debut as Masetto in Don Giovanni, sexy Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni made good on his promise with a memorable portrayal of the title role.

He showed a winning sense of humor, mugging and athletically racing about, all the while maintaining a rich and pleasing tone.

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Lyric soprano Danielle de Niese plays Figaro’s bride Susanna, in San Francisco Opera’s production of The Marriage of Figaro.

as Figaro’s adorable and cunning bride Susanna, inhabits the part with a playful and knowing intelligence.

She looks great and sounds even better. When she and Pisaroni are in each other’s arms, it is hard to imagine a more appealing pair.

The other couple central to the story and the glorious parade of Mozart’s greatest hits, the Count and

ance in the audience of Irwin in a red Chanel suit, dowager wig, and last year’s designer glasses (wonderful costumes by Beaver Bauer) complimenting ACT on an abundance of bathroom stalls for its tinkling lady patrons. But it’s not drag, Irwin insists through clenched teeth in an aside, it’s a disguise.

Whatever it is, you’ll regret pass-

Clowning supreme

by Richard Dodds ill Irwin has proven his skills at more than the physical antics for which he is most famous. He won a Tony Award, after all, for playing George in a recent Broadway revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Not to take away from that impressive performance, which SF got to see in 2007, but other actors have before and no doubt will again win accolades for playing Edward Albee’s most famous male character. But there is no one on this earth who can do what Irwin does with his body, and he knows it’s a genius tied to a ticking clock.

Irwin first performed Scapin, his and Mark O’Donnell’s loosey-goosey adaptation of a Moliere comedy, in 1995, and has said he wanted another go at it while still physically able.

He’s 60 years old, but if his current performance at ACT is any indication, he has the body of a 20-yearold. And not just any 20-year-old, but one with a torso that can be an accordion, a rubber band, a water balloon, and a babushka doll in short order. Just try not to melt into silly giggles as he launches into “the schemer’s boogie,” a loose-limbed hully-gully to celebrate his latest scam against The Man. “Moliere did not write this part,” he says of a later hat trick, but it could be applied on multiple occasions.

Les Fourberies de Scapin was a latein-life effort (1671) for Moliere, who was playing it comedically safe after ruffling religious feathers with Tartuffe.

Its workmanlike plot calls to be tricked-out, and Irwin’s production (he is also the director) blatantly mocks those moments of obligatory exposition and has no qualms about turning it into a vehicle not only for his special talents, but also a cast filled with ACT veterans having all sorts of fun.

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Bill Irwin, as a rascally servant, tries to trick a wealthy townsman (Geoff Hoyle) into parting with his money in Scapin at ACT.

Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, servants Scapin and Sylvestre scheme to sort out the romantic problems of their respective masters, who have fallen in love with women their fathers deem unsuitable. While Irwin’s talents are well-known and on ample display here, the real surprise of the cast is Jud Williford as the dithery Sylvestre. Usually seen as forceful characters (he was recently Macbeth at Cal Shakes), he turns out to be a wonderful farceur, and is a worthy foil to Irwin’s Scapin.

If you’re an ACT regular, you’ll enjoy seeing Gregory Wallace as the fussily lovesick Octave, Steven Anthony Jones as his blustering father, Rene Augesen as a hissing virgin-slut, and Omoze Idehenre as a perplexed wanderer whose trunk (of luggage and caboose variety) catches Scapin’s eye.

This is also a reunion for Irwin and Geoff Hoyle, as one of the foolish fathers, who started their careers in San Francisco’s Pickle Family Circus.

Bright notes are also due Ashley Wicker as a sweet-up-to-a-point romantic ingenue, and Patrick Lane as a dashingly dense suitor of one of the parentally scorned women.

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his long-suffering Countess, seemed a bit overshadowed by their more animated servants. Former Adler Fellow baritone Lucas Meachem made a suitably arrogant and befuddled Count Almaviva, and American soprano Ellie Dehn, in her SFO debut as the Countess, was convincingly lovely and pitiable. Their contributions were marked by a more re-

A two-piece band in one of the auditorium’s side boxes provides underscoring, dance music, and rim shots for the fast-and-furious gags that work more often than not. And how could you not love a production that features a sudden appear-

strained approach, but that was understandable in context, and when the Countess had her big solo moments, Dehn rose to the challenge with some beautifully expressive singing.

The other big part, the horny pageboy Cherubino, was essayed by Canadian mezzo-soprano Michele Losier in her company debut. Cherubino is one of the best “pants roles” in the repertoire. A girl playing a boy who is made to impersonate a girl has to pose a challenge, and Losier was a little uncertain at first. She was also the only cast member who was sometimes hard to hear. She ultimately warmed to the fun, and ended by making an appealing impression.

The old-timers – John Del Carlo as Dr. Bartolo, and especially Greg Fedderly as Don Basilio and Catherine Cook as Marcellina – kept the audience roaring with laughter. It was easy to see this Figaro in historical perspective as the template for countless comic operas, operettas and musicals, from Gilbert & Sullivan to Victor, Victoria . John Copley has made a career of remaining faithful to the author’s wishes, and the celebration of his 30th SFO engagement proved a case in point.M The Marriage of Figaro plays through Oct. 22 at the War Memorial. Cast changes in some key roles begin Oct. 10.

ing up this chance to see Bill Irwin doing what he does best, and so obviously enjoying it along with the audience. Whatever the biological clock says, may the farce be with him for years to come.M Scapin will run at ACT through Oct. 23. Tickets are $18-$88. Call 749-2228 or go to www.act-sf.org.

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by David Lamble ince 2003, the San Franciscobased Global Lens Initiative has been finding, financing and distributing cutting-edge movies from every country with even a nascent film culture. This year, 10 titles will rotate through the Mill Valley Film Festival, the Smith San Rafael Film Center and the Arab Film Festival (the Algerian drama Masquerades is its openingnight film, Oct. 14 at the Castro).

This year’s queer entry is an extraordinarily perceptive late coming-ofage tale from Uruguay, Leo’s Room, which plays with nine other titles at the Smith Center, Oct. 18-28. Info: www.globalfilm.org.

Leo’s Room This beautifully intimate coming-out story, nestled in the tropes of a Latin American slacker film, kicks off at a Montevideo nightclub where the hero Leo (angelicseeming Martin Rodriquez) is enduring one of those drunken monologues that is as much a rite of passage for the eternal student as pretending to be interested in the subject of your graduate thesis. Leo listens in a blissfully inebriated state as the lout across the table rants on that adult life is about the pursuit of the annual 12 minutes guys spend in orgasm.

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man from Sweden. As word of this august match leaks around town, Mounir suddenly becomes a man of consequence to the local business sharks, a man to be cut in on the best shady deals. Only two problems: there is no mysterious suitor, and Rym, when she’s not sleeping around the clock, is actually seeing Mounir’s best friend, the boyishly handsome Khliffa (Mohamed Bouchaib), a young man whose only value to the townsfolk is his small video stand, with its hoard of Western-fueled film fantasies. As Mounir’s fantasy collides with Rym and Khliffa’s plans, farce ensues. Salem has a knack for the social satire provided by such robust 60s comedies as Divorce, Italian Style, with Salem as an actor possessing a touch of the young Mastroianni’s knack for portraying seriously foolish machos whose pride is based on risible schemes. (Arab Film Fest, Castro, 10/14) Ordinary People At a time when young filmmakers are becoming good at finding new ways to depict the horrors of war, Serbian Vladimir Perisic has trumped the pack. This hypnotically photographed study of a young soldier turned into a killing machine in the course of one hot summer day in an obscure part of the Balkans is a graduate course in the banality of evil.

The first 30 minutes of a 79-minute film show us little more than a mildly attractive 20something ex-officeworker being transported into the hinterlands for some unnamed assignment. The young recruit (Relja Popovic is a Matt Damon look-alike, a self-contained everyman) subtly goes from bored kid itching to get out of the sun and back to his barracks to a hardened soldier reacting instinctively to a moral abyss. (Smith San Rafael Center, Oct. 18-28)M

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er, Marie O’Connell becomes a force of nature as she creates a character both unnerving and totally lovable.

Harry Breaux is the gruff dad, a part he expertly plays with surprising nuances. Justin Dupuis has the right shambling countenance as Horace’s draft-dodging older brother.

Versatile and able work is provided by Jeffrey Biddle as various characters (including Walter Cronkite and oleaginous preachers), and by Lauren Rose, who makes multiple appearances as Anita Bryant as well as one of Horace’s school chums.

And Mary Kidwell nicely handles the role of the mentally challenged neighbor. In the important role of the macho coach, Cory Tallman seems a bit miscast, both in physical appearance and demeanor. He offers to help Horace bulk up, a service he might first provide to himself.M

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trying to have them with his girlfriend of six months and stop leaving his room, except to see a shrink recommended by his ex. Uruguayan writer/director Enrique Buchichio isn’t as much concerned with Leo’s turning into a fully functioning homosexual as he is in exploring why the young man has reverted to a socially vegetative state. Picking up guys on the local cruise circuit, Leo at first seems to get with the program: don’t fuck with the machos who are allergic to kissing; do flirt with shy cuties on the bus; and definitely stay with the cheeky dreamboat, Sebastian (Gerardo Begerez), who’s into kissing and who tries his best to pry Leo out of his characterless room. The make-out scenes with Sebastian are succulent precisely because they’re not hardcore, framed by witty exchanges between the lovers.

But Leo’s dilemma isn’t solved by finding a hot boyfriend, but with a chance encounter with childhood friend Cara (Cecilia Cosero). Cara reluctantly accepts Leo’s invite to come to his room and share music and their truncated back story. The perplexingly remote Leo bears the message that Latin America is just as obsessed with navel-gazing as the US of A. Masquerades This frisky social comedy from Algerian writer/director /actor Lyes Salem has its fun at the expense of some venerable Middle Eastern customs involving marriage, respect and family honor. Mounir (Salem) is a humble gardener from a dusty, provincial town. He desperately wants to improve his station in life, but the only chip he possesses is the hand of his narcoleptic kid sister, Rym (Sarah Reguieg). One night, he hatches a scheme to marry Rym off to a mysterious blonde foreign business-

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and ruminates aloud on these stirrings that he finally finds has a name: homosexuality. His crush on Mark Spitz gets transferred to his be-mustached gym coach, whose feelings may or may not be reciprocal. That relationship takes a peculiar turn in the second act, which can get tangled up in the playwright’s urge to write in florid speechifying rather than the sharp dialogue that has come before.

“Sex is a beautiful rainbow and most people are colorblind,” is an abbreviated part of the coach’s sermon to Horace. And when Horace turns against the coach, he proclaims, “I have betrayed the one who now carries my heart on the wind.”

But most can be forgiven thanks to the actors playing the Poore family. Michael Doppe is making his SF acting debut as young Horace, and it is a believable, graceful performance that solidly nails the laugh lines when they arise. As his no-nonsense moth-

Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins will run at New Conservatory Theatre Center through Oct. 24. Tickets are $24-$40. Call 862-8972 or go the www.nctcsf.org.

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Sesame Street: A Celebration at YBCA, Fri.

OUT&ABOUT Fri 1 >>

24 Days of Central Market Arts @ Various Venues Three-week free performing arts festival, with live dance, theatre, art walks, music and more in public plazas and mid-Market venues. 5th St. at Market/Mission. www.centralmarketarts.org

Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins @ New Conservatory Theatre Center

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Brian Christopher Williams’ play about a young gay teen in the late 1970s dealing with tumultuous events around and within him. $24-$40. Thru Oct. 24. 25 Van Ness Ave, lower level. 861-8972. www.nctcsf.org

The Brothers Size @ Magic Theatre Tarell Alvin McCraney’s drama about two New Orleans brothers who try to reconnect. $30-$60. Thru Oct. 17. Fort Mason Center, Bldg. D, Marina Blvd. at Buchanan. www.magictheatre.org

Alexis Lekat’s art at Magnet

nce again, the weather is giving us an ample serving of late summer in early autumn, and the circus of fun isn’t over. Get out the sunblock and check out the fun block. The Castro Street Fair, Sunday Oct. 3, our annual street fair with food, crafts, live shows and dancing, offers the catchy theme “Get Your Freak On.” 11am-6pm. at Castro Street between Market St. & 18th. www.castrostreetfair.org This year, the fair even has an official Tshirt. Former Bay Area artist Scooter LaForge, now a New Yorker who keeps Facebook fans entertained with his frequent sexy self-portraits, has designed a funky official logo as a unique souvenir of the day. Stop by his temporary street storefront on Castro St. at Market and pick one up.

Continuing on the theme of hot artists who make art, Alexis Lekat flies in from New York at Magnet for his opening reception, which may include a possible painted jock strap auction, Scooter LaForge’s perhaps even modeled by the sexy Israeli painter T-shirt logo himself, whose homoerotic art has an iconic rough edge. Friday, Oct. 1, 8pm. Exhibit thru Oct. 4122 18th St. at Castro. www.alexislekat.net www.magnetsf.org The Ethel Merman Experience is just one our fair city’s beloved freaky talents performing at the fair, and later that day, Oct. 3, in the cool comfort of Martuni’s, conveniently located downhill. Mark Sargent’s hilarious musical drag show pays tribute to the Broadway legend, if she had sung Led Zeppelin and other arena rock tunes. $5. 7pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market. www.dragatmartunis.com Drag is. Drag isn’t. What a drag! Get a witty perspective from our favorite faux queen as Fauxnique, aka Monique Jenkinson, returns Ethel Merman at the fresh from a London gig with her acclaimed balCastro Street Fair letic serio-comic solo show, Faux Real. TJT, 470 Florida St. $15-$20. Wed-Sat 8pm. Thru Oct. 8 (extra closing night show at 10pm). www.fauxnique.net Word for word, Litquake is like Hannukkah for writers. The citywide annual literary festival invades bookstores, bars, cafes, libraries, theatres and even a laundromat or two. From Pulitzer Prize winners to the poet next door, hundreds of local and nationallyknown authors will read and perform at a deliciously diverse array of events. For example, Oct. 1, Night of the Living Read at Minna Gallery, is the opening night cocktail reception (21+. Free. Cash bar. 5pm-9pm. 111 Minna St.). October, 2, the Litquake Barbary Coast Awards honor legendary straight poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, whose early publishing ventures led to groundbreaking queer lit getFauxnique ting international attention. gets faux real.

Guests include Patti Smith, Tom Waits, Winona Ryder, Ishmael Reed, Beth Lisick, Michelle Tea and more. $25-$100. 8pm. Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Ave. Oct. 1 thru 9. www.litquake.org If it all seems like some things are going exactly according to the gay agenda, you’re right.

Larry-bob Roberts, the local musician and writer, explains it all as he reads from and discusses his book of essays, The International Lawrence Homosexual Conspiracy. Thursday, Oct. 7, 7pm Ferlinghetti at Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia St. at Litquake www.moderntimesbookstore.comM

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La Cage aux Folles @ San Mateo Performing Arts Center Broadway by the Bay’s production of the award-winning Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical based on the French play about two gay club owners who closet their relationship to appease their rightwing in-lawsto-be. $20-$48. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm.

Thru Oct. 3. 600 North Delaware Ave. (650) 579-5565. www.broadwaybythebay.org

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof @ Actors Theatre Actors Theatre SF’s intimate staging of the classic Tennessee Williams play. $26-$38.

Wed-Sat 8pm. Extended thru Oct. 22.

855 Bush St. 345-1287. www.actorstheatresf.org

fended! $25-$40. 8pm. Also Oct., 10:15pm.

2. 2-drink min. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. (866) 468-3399. www.TheRrazzRoom.com

Kiss of Blood @ Hypnodrome Theatre Thrillpeddlers presents three “Shocktoberfest” one-act plays with macabre comic themes; Aragny/Neilson’s 1929 Kiss of Blood, and Lips of the Damned and The Empress of Colma, new plays by Rob Keefe. $25-$35. Thu & Fri Thru Nov. 19. 575 10th St. at Bryant. (800) 838-3006. www.thrillpeddlers.com

Mark Morris Dance Group @ Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley Globally acclaimed dance company performs three West Coast premieres; Morris’ Socrates (with live piano and tenor vocal accompaniment of music by Erik Satie), Looky and Behemoth. $34-$72. 8pm. Also Oct. 2, 8pm. Oct. 3, 3pm. Bancroft Way at Telegraph Avenue, UC Berkeley Campus. (510) 642-9988. www.calperformances.org

The Real Americans @ The Marsh Dan Hoyle’s (Tings Dey Happen) multiplecharacter solo show based on his road trip to Middle America to explore the profound disconnect in a politically polarized country. $15-$50. Thu-Fri 8pm. Sat 5pm. Extended thru Nov. 6. 1062 Valencia St. at 21st.

(800) 838-3006. www.themarsh.org

Scapin @ American Conservatory Theater Comic clown extraordinaire Bill Irwin directs and stars in a baggy-pants update on the Moliere farce, about a rascal who capriciously helps two young lovers. $10-$90.

Tue-Sat 8pm. Wed, Sat, Sun 2pm.

Thru Oct. 23. 415 Geary St. 749-2228. www.act-sf.org

Fresh @ Red Vic Movie House Documentary about farmers and business people who are rethinking food production, health, resources and sustainability. Director Q&A and food and wine tastings at several screening. $6$9. Thru Oct. 7. 1727 Haight St. 6683994. www.redvicmoviehouse.com

Hamlet @ Alcatraz Island We Players’ innovative site-specific staging of the classic Shakespeare play on the former prison-turned state park. $40-$80. Sat & Sun 11:30am & 5pm. Thru Nov. 21. www.weplayers.org

Howl @ Various Cinemas James Franco stars as Allen Ginsberg in the unusual film about the obscenity trial over the gay poet’s now-famous poem. Jon Hamm, Alessandro Nivola and many other prominent actors have cameos. www.oscilloscope.net

In the Red and Brown Water @ Marin Theatre Company Tarell Alvin McCraney’s first play in his Brother/Sister trilogy. $32-$53. Tue, ThuSat 8pm. Wed 7:30pm. Sun 2pm & 7pm.

Thru Oct. 3. 397 Miller Ave. Mill Valley. www.marintheatre.org

Jerry Springer, the Opera @ Victoria Theatre Ray of Light Theatre’s production of the West Coast premiere of the award-winning farcical musical about the trashy daytime TV show (for mature audiences). $20-$36. WedSat 8pm. Thru Oct. 16. 2961 16th St. at Mission. (800) 838-3006. www.roltheatre.com www.jerrysf.com

Judi Tenuda @ The Razz Room Deliciously crass comic performs her Full Frontal Tenudity act. Not for the easily of-

16th annual day-long celebration of arts, music, performance, food in an open market setting. Free-$6. 12pm-6pm. Powell St. at Geary. www.arabculturalcenter.org

Celebrity Tennis Classic @ Berkeley Tennis Club Martina Navratilova joins other veterans players at this fundraiser for local charities. $20. 9am-4pm. 1 Tunnel Road. Black tie “Casino Royale” gala that evening ($175), 6pm-10pm, at Claremont Resort and Spa, 41 Tunnel Road. (510 204-1667. www.berkeleytennisclub.org

Compulsion @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre Tony Award winner Mandy Patinkin stars in the world premiere of Rinne Groff’s fascinating play about a man’s discovery and struggles to adapt The Diary of Anne Frank into a theatrical production. $14.50-$73. Tue, Fri, Sat 8pm. Wed, Sun 7pm. Thu Sat Sun 2pm (no show on some nights; check schedule online). Thru Oct. 31. 2025 Addison St. (510) 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org

Flagging in the Park @ AIDS Memorial Grove Come enjoy the sun, music, flora, and friends in the beautiful AIDS Memorial Grove. This event is open to all flow artists – fanning, flagging, poi, staff, hoop, and their supporters. Flags available for use or just relax, take in the colorful visuals and fun dance music, spun by DJ Steve Sherwood. Bring a beverage, a lunch, something to sit on and enjoy the sun.

1pm-4pm. Golden Gate Park. www.aidsmemorial.org

Shotgun Players, the creative ensemble behind last year’s hit park play The Farm (a hiphop Animal Farm) brings a new version of The Iliad. $10. 3pm.

Sat & Sun thru Oct. 3. Southampton Avenue entrance. www.shotgunplayers.org

Enjoy food, drink, raffle prizes, live music and entertainment at the opening party of the design district’s newest antiques store and showroom. 4pm9pm. 1550 17th St. at Wisconsin.

621-6800. www.bdantiques.com

Site-specific dance for the beautifully renovated dance theatre space, with 25 dancers performing throughout the building in areas lit and designed by Elaine Buckholtz, and the debut of Brenda Way’s Architecture of Light. $35-$20. 8pm Also Oct. 2. 3153 17th St. at Shotwell. 863-9834. www.odcdance.org

Arab Cultural Festival @ Union Square

In the Wound @ John Hinkel Park, Berkeley

Grand Opening @ Big Daddy’s Antiques

Grand Re-Opening @ ODC Theater

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Iph @ Brava Theater

Galeria 4.0 at Galeria de la Raza, Tue.

Sesame Street: A Celebration @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Classic, rare, and never-seen footage f the amazing longest-running children’s show in TV history, and its adorable Jim Henson Muppets. Milestone on the Street (Oct. 1 7:30pm & Oct 2, 2pm); Inside the Sesame Street Vault (Oct. 14, 7:30, Oct 16, 2pm); Music of Sesame Street (Oct 21, 7:30pm, Oct 23, 2pm); Muppets History 201 (Oct. 28, 7:30pm, Oct. 30 2pm). $6-$8. 701 Mission St. 978-2787. www.ybca.org

Smuin Ballet @ Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Local company performs the world premiere of Trey McIntyre’s new dance set to the music of The Shins, Smuin’s Bluegrass/Slyde and Brahms-Haydn Variations. $20-$62. Tue-Sat 8pm. Sat & Sun 2pm. Thru Oct. 9. 3301 Lyon St. at Bay. 556-5000. www.smuinballet.org

Styling the Modern Man @ Bently Reserve Fashion presentations, panel discussion, poetry slam, and gallery of fashion, accessory and grooming samples, and more. 3pm5:30pm. Gala evening event, $35-$100.

7pm-12am. 301 Battery St. www.stylingthemodernman.com

Traditions Engaged: Dance, Drama, Rhythm @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts The Chitresh Das Dance Company and Chhandam School celebrate their 30th Anniversary with a concert of classical Indian dance and music. $25-$75. 7pm. Also Oct 2, 7pm. Oct. 3, 6pm. 701 Mission St. 700 333-9000. www.kathak.org www.ybca.org

African-American Shakespeare Company’s production of Colin Teevans’ adaptation of Euripides’ Trojan War epic Iphigeneia at Aulis, about heroism, war, and celebrity. $15-$35. ThuSat 8pm. Sun 3pm. Thru Oct. 16. 2781 24th St. 647-2822. www.African-AmericanShakes.org www.brava.org

Olive Kitteridge @ Z Space Word for Word’s stage adaptation of Elizabeth Strout short stories, set in a coastal Maine town about a stern math teacher. $20-$40. Wed-Thu 7pm, Fri-Sat 8pm. Sun 5pm. Extended thru Oct. 10. 450 Florida St. (800) 838-3006. www.zspace.org

Pearls Over Shanghai @ The Hypnodrome Thrillpeddlers’ revival of the comic mock operetta by Link Martin and Richard Koldewyn, performed by the gender-bending Cockettes decades ago, and loosely based on the 1926 play The Shanghai Gesture; with an all-star cast. $30-$69. 18 and over only!

Extended, Sat 8pm, Sun 7pm, thru Dec 19.

575 10th St. at Division. (800) 838-3006. www.thrillpeddlers.com

The Secretaries @ Boxcar Playhouse Crowded Fire theatre ensemble performs The Five Lesbian Brothers’ 1995 dark and bloody satire about a chainsaw-wielding secretarial pool. $15-$25. Wed-Sat 8pm. 505 Natoma St. 255-7846. www.crowdedfire.org

Stefanie Powers @ The Rrazz Room Film, stage and TV actress performs a musical tribute to composer Lorenz Hart. $45.

8pm. Also Oct. 3, 7pm. 2-drink min. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. (866) 468-3399. www.TheRrazzRoom.com

Teatro Zinzanni @ Pier 29 Hail Caesar! is the current show at the theatre-tent-dinner extravaganza with comic Frank Ferrante, twin acrobats Ming and Rui, Vertical Tango rope dance, plus magic, comedy, a five-course dinner, and a lot of fun.

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Galeria 4.0 @ Galeria de la Raza 40th anniversary exhibit, with Latino/Chicano works spanning four decades.

Wed-Sat 12pm-6pm (Tue 1pm-7pm) thru Jan. 29, 2011. 2857 24th St. www.galeriadelaraza.org

Taste Better Wit @ The Garage Comedy collective of Filipino-American former police officers whose work skewers the criminal justice system. $10. 8pm. 975 Howard St. 518-1517. www.975howard.com

Circus Oz at Zellerbach Hall, Thu. $117-$145. Saturday 11:30am “Breve” show $63-$78. Wed-Sat 6pm (Sun 5pm).

Pier 29 at Embarcadero Ave. 438-2668. www.teatrozinzanni.com

Trouble in Mind @ Aurora Theatre, Berkeley Alice Childress’ 1955 play within a play about racism in the early Civil Rights movement. $10-$55. Tue 7pm, Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm & 7pm. Thru Oct 3. 2081 Addison St. (510) 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org

Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and Beyond @ de Young Museum Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay, the second of two exhibitions from the Paris museum’s permanent collection. $10-$25. Tue-Sun 9:30am-5:15pm.

Thru Jan. 18, 2011. 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park, www.famsf.org

Sun 3 >> Art in Nature/The Nature of Art @ Redwood Regional Park, Oakland Site-specific theatre, dance and music performances, visual art displays in many media, all with a nature theme. Free. 12pm4pm. Redwood Road. (888) 327-2757. www.ArtinNatureFestival.com

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

The Lit Show @ Oddball Film Suzy Williams and Brad Kay perform songs based on words by Kurt Vonnegut, Edna St Vincent Millay, J.D. Salinger, Samuel Beckett, Raymond Chandler, Truman Capote, Vladimir Nabokov, Rudyard Kipling and more. $10. 8pm. 275 Capp St. 558-8112. www.oddballfilm.com

One Night, One (Big) Heart @ War Memorial Green Room Gala fundraiser for the Zen Hospice Project, with former Mayor Willie Brown, delicious food and wines. $250 and up. 6pm-10pm.

401 Van Ness Ave. 863-2910. www.zenhospice.org

Outlook Video @ Channel 29 LGBT monthly news show; gay matchmaking, San Jose Pride, Frameline 34 wrap-up.

5pm. Also live-streaming and re-aired in other areas. www.outlookvideo.org

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

Sundance Saloon @ Space 550 Country-western dancing for the LGBT community and friends two night a week, every Sunday and Thursday Beginning dance lessons are featured both nights. $5. 21+. Sundays 5pm-10:30pm, lessons 5:30–7:15pm. Thursdays 6:30–10:30pm, lessons 7pm-8pm. 550 Barneveld Ave., near Bayshore and Industrial. www.sundancesaloon.org

Swing-out Sundays @ Rock-it Room Slim Jenkins and other bands play weekly for your same- and opposite-sex swing dancing pleasure. $5 includes a lesson. 8pm11pm. 406 Clement St. www.SwingChampionships.com

Mon 4 >> JB Higgins @ A Different Light

Exhibit of erotic black and white male nude photos.Thru Oct. 15. 489 Castro St. www.adlbooks.com

Glory Boys @ Martuni’s The four-man cast of the show Glory Days perform other music favorites. $5-$10. 7pm.

4 Valencia St. at Market. www.dragatmartunis.com

Karel @ the Rrazz Room Gay talk show host, commentator and singer performs stand-up and more. $25. 8pm. 2drink min. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. (866) 468-3399. www.TheRrazzRoom.com

Q Comedy @ Martuni’s Laugh it up with comedy legend Karen Ripley with Christina Marie, Zoe Dunning, Morgan, Pippi Lovestocking, Charlie Ballard, Nick Leonard, and Sandra O. Noshi-Di’n’t. $5-$16. 8pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market. www.qcomedy.com

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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

Veronica Klaus @ The Rrazz Room Popular local chanteuse performs jazz and romantic classics with the Tammy Hall Trio. $25. 8pm. 2-drink min. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. (866) 468-3399. www.TheRrazzRoom.com

Yoga Classes @ The Sun Room Heated, healing weekly yoga classes in a new location. Suggested donation $10-20. 12pm1pm. Tue & Thu. 2390 Mission St, 3rd floor.

794-4619. www.billmohleryoga.com

Wed 6 >> A-List Martini Nights @ Various Bars

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

Frank D’Ambrosio @ ArtHaus Broadway singer (Phantom of the Opera) showcases his somewhat abstract expressionist paintings. Tue-Fri 11am-6pm. Sat 12pm5pm. Thru Dec. 23. 411 Brannan St. www.arthaus-sf.com

Thu 7 >> Aimee Mann @ Yoshi’s

Former Til Tuesday lead singer, and composer of the award-winning Magnolia soundtrack, performs her new and favorite music. $35.

8pm. Thru Oct 9. 1330 Fillmore St. 655-5600. www.aimeemann.com www.yoshis.com

Circus Oz @ Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley Australia’s madcap circus returns with thrilling acrobats, live musicians and charming Aussie humor. $22-$52. Thu-Sat 8pm.

Sat 2pm, Sun 3pm. Bancroft Way at Telegraph Avenue, UC Berkeley Campus. (510) 642-9988. www.calperformances.org

Jallen Rix @ A Different Light Author of Ex-Gay, No Way discusses and shares his inspiring story of overcoming the “torture and brainwashing” of the antigay “therapy.” Free 7:30pm. 489 Castro St. www.adl-books.blogspot.com

Out Loud Comedy Festival @ Castro Theatre, Swedish American Hall Three-day laugh riot, with The State of the Gay Union (Thu, 8pm, GLBT Community Center, 1800 Market St.). Friday, Frank DeCaro, Marga Gomez, Ronn Vigh, and many more (various times, Lookout Bar, Market at Noe; and Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St. ) Saturday, Sandra Bernhard (8pm, Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St.) and Drag Queens of Comedy (see Sat. listing).

Wrap party Sun, Oct. 10 at Thee Parkside (1600 17th St.. $6-$45. www.outloudcomedy.com

Ralph Lemon @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts New York choreographer’s new work, How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere? is a four-part, multimedia project incorporating live performance, film and visual art, about human connection and loss. $25-$30. 8pm. Thu-Sat thru Oct. 9. Installation Oct. 10, 12pm-6pm (free with performance ticket or gallery admission). 701 Mission St. 978-ARTS. www.ybca.org

Square Dancing @ Harvey Milk Rec. Center Lessons and fun dancing for LGBTs and friends. 7pm. 50 Scott St. at Duboce. www.westernstardancers.org

Suggestions of a Life Being Lived @ SF CameraWork Group exhibit of contemporary photos visualizing queer activism, gay communities, and homos in public spaces, including works by Steven Miller, Killer Banshee Studios, Gay Shame, Kirstyn Russell, Jeannie Simms and others. Tue-Sat 12pm-5pm thru Oct. 23.

657 Mission St. 2nd floor. 512-2020. www.sfcamerawork.org

Women of the Quilt @ SF Public Library Artist Karen Hampton discusses her memorial quilt dedicated to lesbians with disabilities, 6pm, Latino/Hispanic Community meeting room, lower level; part of Celebrating Fabled Asp (Fabulous Activist Bay Area Lesbians with Disabilities: a 40 Year Retrospective, an exhibit of photographs, ephemera, and related events. Exhibit thru Nov. 23, 6th floor Skylight Gallery. 100 Larkin St. www.fabledasp.com www.sfpl.org

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

Deadline is each Thursday, a week before publication.

Ralph Lemon’s dances at YBCA, Thu.

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by Donna Sachet he Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation did it again last Monday evening with a successful cabaret show featuring the cast of Dreamgirls, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Tim Hockenberry, and Jason Brock.

This show had the anticipated singing and much more dance than expected, all of it top quality and performed with great enthusiasm.

How generous of a cast like this to offer their one free night from the show to share their talents to benefit AIDS organizations! One can tell that it is fun for them to perform music of their choice, not from the shows they are in night after night.

The hands-down stand-out performances were by Ralph, the original Deena Jones in Dreamgirls on Broadway, speaking movingly of the AIDS epidemic before singing with incredible sensitivity and warmth, and Brock, who hosts Tuesday nights at Martuni’s and demonstrated an amazing voice and presence on stage. Glimpsed in the audience were Patrik Gallineaux, Paju Monro, Larry Horowitz, Lawrence Helman, and Michael Loftis.

The leadership of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force was in town last weekend, and we co-hosted a Thursday welcoming cocktail Porn star Logan McCree thanks the crowd for his Best Actor GayVN Award. party with Empress Sydney Andrews of Denver, at Trigger. The International Court Council recently hosted the GayVN Awards, celebratof the LGBT communisigned a letter of accord ing the best in gay adult cinema. He ty.

Among those gathwith the Task Force to proved the perfect choice as he ered were the Task encourage more interacmixed his unapologetic humor with Force’s Russell Roybal, tion and mutual support. the bold sexiness of the evening. FaPam David, Lord Martine, As guests mingled, nibbled, miliar faces on stage included a host John Marez, Julian Marshand imbibed, they were also of adult-film stars, Chi Chi LaRue, burn, Dean D’Onofrio, Will informed of the misBruce Vilanch, and Cassandra Cass, Whitaker, Emsion of this orgastar of Showtime’s new reality show press Remy Marnization, which O N T HE T OWN tin, and GLAAD’s Wild Things. The Castro bars exhas a limited proJuan Barajas. ploded with excitement as the Casfile in San Francisco, The next night, all eyes were on tro Theatre deposited its contents on but has partnered with many more the Castro Theatre as Alec Mapa the streets late into the night. familiar groups to advance the rights

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Coming up in leather & kink >> Thurs., Sept. 30: Cheap Ass Contest at Chaps Bar (1225 Folsom). $100 prize. Contestants register at 10 p.m., winner chosen by audience applause at Midnight. Free clothes check. Chaps Bar donates $1 per patron to Stop AIDS Project. Go to: www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com.

Thurs., Sept. 30: Leather Fetish Weekend in Sacramento kicks off with the Mr. Bolt Leather 2011 Contest at the Bolt (560 Boxwood St, Sacramento). Special Guest Judges IML 31 Jeffrey Payne, Sandy “Mama” Reinhardt, Mike Tattersall, Jake Anderson, co-emcees Lenny Broberg and Michael Brandon. Go to: www.sacbolt.com/events.html. Thurs., Sept. 30: Underwear Night at the Powerhouse (Dore & Folsom), 10 p.m.

Wet undie contest and drink specials. Go to www.powerhouse-sf.com.

Fri., Oct. 1: Pec Night at the Powerhouse, 10 p.m. Show off your pecs for drink specials. Go to www.powerhousesf.com.

Fri., Oct. 1: Jockstraps at Chaps Bar. Go-Go Studs at 11:30 p.m. Free clothes check if you strip to your jock with the SoMa Guardians. DJ Sam LaBelle. Bootblack on duty.

9 p.m.-close. Go to: www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com.

Fri., Oct. 1: Bent: Paradise, a play party for kinky youth at the SF Citadel (1277 Mission). 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Hosts Stefanos and Chey. Break out your swimsuit or other sexy tropical attire, and join us for a lusty luau! Upstairs: DJs Rave, Feem Mystiqu, and Slaveboy, dance space, stripper pole, social area, and succulent snacks. Watch for sexy performances starting at about 10:10 p.m. Downstairs: 2,500+ sq. ft. of sex-positive dungeon space. $20 at the door. “Youth” is 18, 19, 20s & 30s. Go to: www.sfcitadel .org.

Fri., Oct. 1: Ms. San Francisco Leather Contest Meet & Greet at the Eagle Tavern, 7:30 p.m. Mingle with the contestants. Go to: www.mssfleather.org.

Sat., Oct. 2: The Ms. San Francisco Leather Contest at the Hotel Whitcomb (1231 Market). Doors open at 6:30 p.m., contest starts at 7:30 p.m. This is the place to be Saturday night! Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/ 125230. Go to: www.mssfleather.org.

Sat., Oct. 2: Bear-A-Licious at Deco (510 Larkin). DJ Lambchop, ears, booze, music and more. 9 p.m.-3 a.m.

Go to: www.decosf.com.

Sat., Oct. 2: Back Bar Action at the Eagle Tavern (398

12th St.). Back patio and bar. 10 p.m. to close. Go to: www.sfeagle.com.

Sat., Oct. 2: Open Play Party at the SF Citadel. 8 p.m.1 a.m. $25 per person. Go to: www.sfcitadel.org.

Sat., Oct. 2: Boot Lickin’ at the Powerhouse. 10 p.m.

Go to: www.powerhouse-sf.com.

Sun., Oct. 3: Castrobear presents Sunday Furry Sunday at 440 Castro. 4-10 p.m. Go to: www.castrobear.com.

Sun., Oct. 3: PoHo Sundays at the Powerhouse. DJ Keith, Dollar Drafts all day. Go to: www.powerhousesf.com.

Mon., Oct. 4: Citadel’s Peer Rope Workshop at the SF Citadel. Madame Butterfly & Mr. Madame Butterfly host. $10 donation encouraged. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Go to: www.sfcitadel.org.

Tues., Oct. 5: 12-Step Kink Recovery Group at the SF Citadel. 6:30-8 p.m. Go to: www.sfcitadel.org.

Tues., Oct. 5: Burn, Baby, Burn at the SF Citadel. Come learn how to do fireplay safely. 8-10 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Check website for admission. Go to: www.sfcitadel.org.

Tue., Oct 5: Ink & Metal followed by Nasty at the Powerhouse. Celebrate your tats and piercings, then have some nasty fun! Starts at 9 p.m. Go to: www.powerhousesf.com.

Wed., Oct. 6: Busted! at Chaps Bar. Fisting hosted by HellHole. Go to: www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com.

Wed., Oct. 6: Leathermen’s Discussion Group Fetish Fair and Sampler at the SF Citadel. Annual demo party and fundraiser featuring educational demos of just about everything in BDSM play, from spanking to OMG. Open to all genders, 18+. 7:30-10:30 p.m. $25 suggested. Go to: www.sfldg.org or www.sfcitadel.org.

Wed., Oct. 6: Wolf! for Furry Men on the Prowl at the Watergarden (1010 Alameda, San Jose). 4 p.m.-Midnight.

Features adult videos of hairy guys, plus a new red zone and club music. Go to: www.thewatergarden.com.

Wed., Oct. 6: Nipple Play at the Powerhouse, 10 p.m.

Go to www.powerhouse-sf.com.

Wed., Oct. 6: Naked Buddies at Blow Buddies (933 Harrison St.), 8 p.m.-Midnight. $12, Buddies membership required, $8 for 6 months. Go to: www.blowbuddies.com.

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BOOKS

Beaux Russes

by Ernie Alderete Die Russen Kommen! (The Russians are Coming!) by Andreas Fux; Janssen Verlag, Berlin, 1993.

he Russians are Coming! No, not the 1966 comedy flick with the similar name, the classic 1993 photo-book by Andreas Fux. But the theme is related. What do cold-war warriors do without a cold war to fight? Take off their thick, wool uniforms and pose for naughty pictures, of course. The strengths of this hardbound volume include its strong dose of reality. You are keenly aware that these lean and lanky Russkies are the real thing, not actors dressed up in cast-off, thrift store or army surplus uniforms.

Although handsome and wellbuilt, these comrades are not overly manicured and preened as in more common American and Israeli volumes of a similar military nature.

There is, of course, Soviet symbolism.

But just enough to make the point, to set the stage, nothing overbearing. A handsome, naked young man, Klaus – the cover model and most prominent figure in the volume, featured in 17 incomparable compositions – stands on a bureaucrat’s desk, with a framed photo of former Communist Party General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on the wall behind him.

Another youngish lad poses in the deep Moscow snow with the Kremlin looming behind him. Prior to 1992, and the sudden collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the largest empire on earth, such heresies would have been punished by banishment to a frostbitten Gulag labor camp in Siberia.

The Russians are Coming! mostly consists of solos (twig-like Sacha, older Andreas, bone-skinny Boris, comely Klaus, muscular blonde Oleg, and sharply defined Ivan); one couple, Arthur and Sergey; and several group scenes in a sauna with un-

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named models.

In my opinion, five of the six solo sets are the heart and soul of the book. Even though Klaus has a couple of crumby homemade tats that he’s desperately tried to obliterate on his own, he still manages to convey a clean-cut, wholesome appearance.

He’s an excellent choice for cover model, although the cover picture isn’t his best shot.

The slim book is composed primarily of black-and-white photos, which works to reinforce the cinema verite aspect of the pictures. In fact, I would describe the book as a bound version of film noir. Seven full-color pages come at the back of the book, almost like an afterthought.

The text is trilingual: German the

language of the publisher, English the language of the largest market for such erotic materials, Russian more for flavor than anything else. But the text is actually irrelevant, because the pictures speak for themselves.

This might make a good, lighthearted, inexpensive gift for someone on your Christmas list. It’s not hardcore, no boners or actual sexual situations, but it’s sexy and entertaining, well-bound with dust jacket and printed on large-size paper, as well as cheap. I picked up my brand-new, still shrink-wrapped copy at Circus of Books on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, remaindered at $5.99. The lovely owner of the shop told me she buys entire lots of lowcost books like this.M

300 pages of introspection. A few months back, he released his latest work of adult fiction, The Road Home, which followed his well-received novel-length parody Jane Bites Back, about Jane Austen as a 200-year-old vampire suffering the slings and arrows of the bookselling world. Just calling this master of gay romance “prolific” doesn’t quite seem to cut it.

This summer’s breezy release The Road Home is set in bucolic New England and features Burke Crenshaw, a 40-year-old gay Boston photographer who ventures to his Vermont hometown to recuperate from a nasty car accident. Feeling oversized in his old childhood bedroom (not just because he’s on the heavyset side), he feels the ghosts of the past surrounding him. His ultra-conservative (read: homophobe) father Ed tends to his needs, but fails to assuage Burke’s dis-

The gay living dead

by Jim Piechota The Road Home

by Michael Thomas Ford; Kensington Books, $24 Z by Michael Thomas Ford; HarperCollins, $16.99

ichael Thomas Ford should be elated, and exhausted.

Recently, Ford, who lives in San Francisco with his partner and five dogs, celebrated the release of a new teen novel called Z, about kids video-gaming against a raging group of zombies; and the paperback release of his 2008 young adult novel Suicide Notes, where Jeff, a gay teenager, rethinks a suicide attempt in favor of

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On the Town Folsom Street Fair will receive much more extensive coverage elsewhere in this publication, but suffice it to say, the weather was gorgeous, the men were abundant, and the stories will be told for years to come.

Next up is the Castro Street Fair, so don’t put that sunblock away yet!

This Saturday, one of our favorite bars outside the Castro celebrates its 10th birthday. Head to Trax Bar at 1437 Haight St. from 4-8 p.m. for a lavish buffet, music from the Dixieland Dykes +3, and the attentive service for which Trax is always known, with partial proceeds benefiting Positive Resource Center.

Saturday night, Horizons Foundation celebrates 30 years of sup-

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Host Alec Mapa jokes around with porn star Matthew Rush at the GayVN Awards, held last Friday night at the Castro Theatre.

porting the LGBT community with a gala dinner and casino party at the Westin Hotel on Third St. The guest of honor is Mayor Annise Parker of Houston, in her first appearance in San Francisco since her election.

There are also rumors of a sneak preview of next year’s ACT premiere production of Armistead Maupin‘s Tales of the City.

The following weekend will find us at the Castro Theatre on Saturday for Drag Queens of Comedy, including Miss Coco Peru, Sasha Soprano, Jackie Beat, Heklina, Lady Bunny, and Shangela, and at the legendary Trocadero on Sunday for Remember the White Party, a salute to classic disco with DJ Jerry Bonham from 6 p.m.-3 a.m. A silent auction there will benefit Under One Roof, and features rare memorabilia donated

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Midlife machinations n the latest laugh-out funny multistar piece from Woody Allen, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, the decision of a recently dumped dowager to seek solace and life counseling from a fortune-teller becomes the catalyst for a series of life-altering pratfalls by practically everyone within her neurotic London social set. Helena (Gemma Jones) is suicidal after hubby Alfie’s (Anthony Hopkins) very late male menopausal crisis puts the kibosh on their 40-year marriage and leads Alfie to squander his time and life savings on a buxom rent girl, Charmaine (Lucy Punch).

Helena’s anguish prompts her adult daughter Sally (Naomi Watts) and her blocked novelist mate Roy (Josh Brolin) to send her to soothsaying medium Cristal (Pauline Collins), whom they both regard as a complete charlatan. It’s a way of warding off Helena’s depressing icks, which they

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In contrast to male comics artists of the 1970s and 80s, who were partial to hyper-sexualized scenarios, exaggerated female anatomy and the exploits of superheroes, the women here train their acerbic pens on internal psychology, relationship travails, romantic yearning and the perils of sexual desire. “In the 1970s, when women fought to get their viewpoints across in a brutal, male-dominated comics landscape, their stories fused the personal and political for fearlessly feminist and radically realistic stories,” observe Lightman and Kaminer in their introduction to the exhibition catalogue. Later, though, the narratives would shift to frank, brutally honest stories of childhood, adolescent trauma, love, sexual triumphs and catastrophes.

Topping the list of early warriors and a participant in the current exhibition is Trina Robbins, a San Francisco writer, cartoon artist and “herstorian.” She was a “founding mother” of “Wimmen’s Comix,” a groundbreaking collective and publisher of anthologies established in 1972 as a response to the boys’ club mentality and violent sexism of the male Underground Comix artists of the 1960s, whose counterculture hero was R. Crumb. The latter’s significant other, Aline Kominsky-Crumb (Twisted Sisters), a self-expressive pioneer in her own right and a woman well-acquainted with Jewish angst, is also rep-

endure because the old lady is subsidizing Roy’s latest stab at reproducing the success of his first novel.

Sally, furious that Roy can’t support them, ponders ditching him in favor of her boss, Greg (Antonio Banderas), the owner of an upscale art gallery. All the while, Roy’s inability to finish his book finds him fantasizing about a mysterious young woman, Dia (Slumdog Millionaire’s Freida Pinto), living across the air shaft.

While working best for hardcore Woodyphiles, Tall Dark Stranger has enough standout set-pieces to entice chuckles from the grumpiest Woodybashers: the delusional owner of an occult bookshop uses a séance-inspired conversation with his late wife to decide to break off a new affair; a young Indian woman almost provokes an international incident by her last-minute decision to cancel wedding plans and pursue a nitwit fling with Roy. In this, Allen’s 40th full-length film as director/writer, the juiciest plea-

sures stem not so much from the impact of any single one-liner as an appreciation of the artist, who commands a world-class ensemble summoned by the strength of the writing, backed up by an unparalleled 14 Oscar nominations for best original screenplay (with two wins: Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters). The highest marks go to Naomi Watts, whose frustrated writer’s wife best exemplifies Allen’s credo that his characters are doomed regardless of their actions; newcomer Lucy Punch, for giving some spark to Allen’s somewhat one-dimensional take on the oversexed floozy (see Deconstructing Harry for an earlier prototype); and Gemma Jones, neatly gliding through the role of an older woman whose secret to happiness is her embrace of a totally delusional philosophy.

As evidenced by his fearlessly reptilian take on Harvey Milk assassin Dan White, Josh Brolin is well-suited to inhabit characters capable of the

most morally repugnant acts seemingly out of the blue. Brolin’s Roy pairs his extra-marital missteps with a rash decision to pass off a bold new novel (from a friend he thinks has died in a car accident) as his own.

While the film is nowhere close to the existential fireworks prompted by his dark murder masterworks Crimes and

Misdemeanors and Match Point, Allen does get you to ponder Roy’s dilemma – he’s royally screwed whether or not the writer whose book he’s pilfered ever awakes from his coma.

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speaking by phone resented. Metro Newsfrom her home in papers critic Richard LA. “When I started, von Busack has called I was 15 and Kominsky-Crumb’s straight-identified, autobiographical strips and didn’t think that “as wicked as anything the books were going in Philip Roth’s work.” to be about being “The mecca for the gay, but I ended up underground was San coming out and datFrancisco, but the guys ing girls for the first wouldn’t let us in,” retime. Around 16, I called Robbins when started making out she spoke to me severwith girls and I said, al years ago. “Men are ‘OK, now I am gay,’ much more into vioand it became a big lence and drawing theme,” though not tough guys fighting. necessarily a central The majority of one in her work women now drawing today. At age 31, comics do personal Schrag’s career is in stories. They tend not ascendance; she was to draw overly musa writer on Seasons 3 cled men with thick & 4 of the hit Shownecks and tiny heads, time series The L beating each other to a pulp in outer space.”

Word, and is now a Thanks in part to dedicated scribe on Robbins and others HBO’s How to Make who paved the way, it in America, while personal problems and continuing to create the absurdity of everyher comics. Excerpts day existence have refrom The Chosen, placed gender politics which Schrag says as front-burner issues. shows her attemptBerkeley native Ariel “Dyke March” (2007) by Ariel Schrag, part of Graphic Details. ing “to be more JewSchrag, who was inish than I am” for the spired as a tender adobenefit of her Haschronicling her years at Berkeley High lescent by Ariel Bordeaux’s Deep Girl, sidic landlord; Dyke March; and Shit, a School and her coming out as a lesstory focused on middle-school a series featuring an insecure outsider bian. friendships and a boat toilet, will be on striving mightily to be cool with only “Lesbian identity was a big part of view. intermittent success, wrote, self-pubthe high school series,” said Schrag, “I got into comics under tragic cirlished and distributed graphic novels

cumstances,” explained Israeli cartoonist/columnist Ilana Zeffren, who took up the trade when her first girlfriend abandoned her for a male psychologist. “After I stopped sobbing, I realized this might be sad, but also ridiculously funny and absurd; so I turned it into comics, and it got published.” This coup was followed by a lesbian strip that ran in a gay magazine, and the publication of Pink Story, a graphic novel focusing both on the story of the gay and lesbian community in Israel since the beginning of the state, when it was illegal to be gay – there are now laws forbidding discrimination based on sexual orientation – and Zeffren’s childhood.

“I present lesbian relations as a normative thing,” she said in a recent e-mail. “I think it makes it easier for people to accept it, although I’m not sure if it would work the same if we were gay men.” For the exhibition, she selected three of her weekly illustrated columns and an excerpt from Pink Story, which recounts her entry into high school, a period when she became increasingly aware she was different. “I drew all the gays and lesbians with horns,” she added. “That was my way of showing we were marked as different by society. But the horns are cute and pink, and I hope by the end of the book at least some of the readers [will] wish they had a pair.”M

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duction of Sunset Blvd. at Maine’s legendary Ogunquit Playhouse.

When asked about the vocal challenges of that role, she admits, “Well it’s Andrew Lloyd Webber. Nothing he writes is easy.”

As President of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation, Powers spends a third of each year in Kenya.

“It’s been a lifetime commitment ever since 1982,” she says. “We have an education center in Kenya that serves 10 to 11,000 students a year, plus outreach programs in rural schools.”

The story of her relationship with late star William Holden, with whom she shared a passion for wildlife preservation, will be detailed (along with other tales of her illustrious career) in her memoir One from the Heart, which will hit bookstores in early November.

In the meantime, Powers is excited about returning to San Francisco.

“One of my first movies was Experiment in Terror, which was shot in San Francisco, and I had a long stage run in Under the Yum Yum Tree

Antonio Banderas in Woody Allen’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.

Courtesy Cartoon Art Museum

by David Lamble

Stefanie Powers will recall her romance with William Holden in a memoir.

there. So I’ve always had a particular affinity for San Francisco.”M Stefanie Powers in Hart of my Heart, a musical tribute to Lorenz Hart,

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appointment at having to resort to moving home for six weeks to ensure a full recovery. Feeling his son’s boredom, Ed digs out his dusty camera equipment, and Burke embarks upon a photography project as the novel gains momentum. Burke reunites with Marshall (aka “Mars”), a straight high school buddy with whom he experienced his first same-sex drunk sex, but it’s Marshall’s 20-year-old son Will who catches his eye. Alas, the Burke-Will, Daddy-Boy subplot sputters out way too soon, and the focus shifts to mysterious letters from a Civil War soldier to his fiancée, with some hinting of supernatural activity.

Better is Ford’s inclusion of a Vermont chapter of the Radical Faeries (a group not often written about in gay fiction), who would fare quite nicely in a novel of their own. Burke’s search for some truer meaning of his life and his history forms the crux of this entertaining if brisk read that seems somewhat subpar in comparison to the other gay romances in Ford’s collection.

If it’s action you’re after, Z has the

Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women, Oct. 1Jan. 30, 2011, at the Cartoon Art Museum. For more info: (415) CAR-TOON or www.cartoonart.org

chops that will take you there. This may be the kind of inoffensive fiction that’s targeted to Ford’s young-adult readership, but the book is an actionpacked bombshell. Meet expert liveaction video-gamer Josh, who in the year 2032 finds himself slaying zombies and being courted by a sly underground group who seem to fight for their lives. It was only 15 years ago that a plague involving “Z” (a diluted form of zombie blood) zombified infected humans and threatened the world, but Josh can’t help himself from joining in their fiery slayings.

Darkness descends, and soon kids start to go missing, black blood splashes, and the moaning of the undead begins again, making it appear that the video-game realm has been integrated into real life.

What follows is nonstop action as Josh and his lesser-skilled cohorts slash and flame-throw their way through throngs of empty-eyed killing machines right up to the cliffhanger ending.

This talented writer isn’t done yet. Get ready for vampire bats to flit through the next installment of the Jane Austen saga in Jane Goes Batty, publishing after the new year. Write on!M

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