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HRH Report
The Bug is squashed, Cruz/O’Rourke to debate and other top stories e By
Commentary: Nothing lasts forever, or so the saying goes. The Houston Oilers said goodbye to the Bayou City years ago. Meteor, F Bar and the Montrose Mining Company (more about that later) bade adieu to Houston’s LGBTQ community fairly recently. And now, the Volkswagen Beetle is being squashed. I first fell in love with the Bug when I was about 12 years old. A cousin took me for a ride in her 1962 VW Beetle and I was hooked for good. As an adult I have owned two Beetles and am planning on a third — a convertible version this time. “The little German car that started in a Naziera factory and later carried countless hippies to concerts, lovefests and be-ins is nearly at the end of its 80-year journey. Volkswagen announced Thursday that it will cease production of its Beetle in July 2019,” reports HuffingtonPost.com. The Beetle began in the 1930s when it was originally designed by legendary engineer Ferdinand Porsche at the request of Adolf Hitler, who wanted an inexpensive massproduced car for Germans. The car came to America in 1949 where it developed a cultlike following and was immortalized in the Walt Disney classic, The Love Bug. So long, old friend. It was a good ride! Here’s a bit of what we’ve been reading on
T H E S TA R C O N T R I B U T I N G W R I T E R S JIM AYRES by day is an employee benefits and human resources writer. By night he turns his creativity toward the local food and restaurant scene. Do you know of a restaurant that needs a review? Info@montrose-star.com JOHN BUCHANAN is originally from Florida but now calls Houston home for 20+ years. “Proud to be Gay and part of the Community – Your Gay Realtor of Choice!” johnwb214@aol.com
NANCY FORD has enjoyed a front row seat to the most remarkable and sparkly Cultural Revolution in the history of mankind. “What a world!” She reflects appropriately. After moving to Houston from Ohio in 1981, Ford became a highly visible player in Texas’ LGBT publishing circles as an editor and contributor to myriad other local and statewide LGBT magazines and newspapers.
FOREST RIGGS is no stranger to the adventures of life, he bills himself as a “raconteur with a gypsy spirit.” A former educator, public speaker, hospital administrator, counselor and gay B&B owner, he was instrumental in the formation of OutSmart Magazine in the early 1990s. He has written for several newspapers, magazines and other publications. Recently he completed a collection of short stories about his beloved Galveston and is working on a novel. He currently resides on the island where he can be found wasting bait and searching for the meaning of life. JOHNNY TRLICA has called the Houston area home all of his life. Four years ago he founded and still edits the Houston Rainbow Herald and has worked in the apartment leasing industry for the past two years. His passion is keeping the battle for LGBT rights at the forefront of today’s headlines and fighting omplacency in the LGBT community.
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RANDALL JOBE has been a fixture in the Houston LGBT Community for several decades in marketing and promotions for top nightclubs, as an actor/director/writer for dozens of theatrical productions, and is also known for his whimsical art pieces. He is the author of the 12-part series “This Old Queen”, which summarized his many experiences living in the gay Mecca, Montrose. MARK KARIEL is from Marshall, Texas, but has called Houston home for almost 40 years. An accounting supervisor by day, he can be found working most Saturday nights at South Beach’s RuPaul’s Drag Race events. His RuPaul obsession began 6 years ago in Palm Springs. It will all be in his book, plus much more. Stay tuned! mark@sobehouston.com
Johnny Trlica foot Montrose location will feature unique designs and inspiring, eclectic decor that will directly reflect the spirit of the neighborhood.” The Montrose Mining Company opened in 1978 and was popular for its dirty disco, barrels of peanuts and nearly naked go-go dancers. It was bittersweet and drove home the reality that the Mine was gone for good when former patrons posted pictures on social media of the covered patio being demolished. Alvin ISD reevaluating boys’ makeup ban Nothing lasts forever, including antiquated ideas. Alvin ISD may be about to reconsider its ban on boys wearing makeup to school, thanks to an online petition started by Jasmine Richards, a friend of a boy suspended for breaking the rule, reports KHOU.com. Current Alvin ISD dress code rules specifically state that “boys may not wear makeup.” Her friend was not aware of the rule when confronted with taking the makeup off or being sent to in school suspension. He chose ISS. “The dress code is not set in stone,” said assistant superintendent Daniel Combs. “The dress code is reviewed every couple of years at the most.” “You know, some of these elements have been in our dress code for many, many years,” said Combs. “And, as we go through that review, we certainly want to address concerns that come forward.”
Christina Wells eliminated in semi-finals of ‘AGT’ Losing a contest does not make one a loser. Christina Wells, the 2016 Pride Superstar winner, was eliminated during the America’s Got Talent semifinal rounds, reports Houston Chronicle. Wells sang Aretha Franklin’s “Natural Woman” for her final performance, receiving a standing ovation from judge Heidi Klum, but the other three judges were not Beto O’Rourke (left) and Ted Cruz. as impressed. Simon Cowell said the song was “over orchestrated.” the Houston Rainbow Herald Facebook page. Wells remains upbeat, saying, “I’m not defeated. I Cruz, O’Rourke to debate was a little bit frustrated last night because I had an Funny how a slide in the polls can change a expectation of what I wanted to do. Opportunities politician’s position. After initially refusing are not exclusive. Talent is not exclusive. We all have an invitation to debate, Senator Ted Cruz has talent. We all have abilities. We all have a place.” agreed to a series of three debates with and Rep. More ‘Designing Women’ Beto O’Rourke, reports Dallas Morning News. Julia Sugarbaker’s “The night the lights The first face off is set for Dallas on Friday, went out in Georgia” speech is epic and may September 21. The second debate will be in Houston never be matched but it looks like a new on Sept. 30 at the University of Houston. The final generation of designing women may try. show down will be in San Antonio on October 16. “Twenty-five years after wrapping its sevenRecent polls have O’Rourke surging in season run, ABC has handed out a script a race that was never supposed to be close. commitment to what is being billed as a ‘sequel’ to Election Day is Tuesday, November 6. the CBS comedy from original series creator Linda Montrose Mining Company site reincarnates as wine bar Bloodworth Thomason and executive producer It was Houston’s oldest gay bar when it closed in Harry Thomason,” reports HollywoodReporter.com. 2016 but, once again, nothing lasts forever. The The new Designing Women will follow Montrose Mining Company is getting new life the next generation of Sugarbakers with as Postino, a wine café set to open in February a crop of new, young, female designers at of next year, reports HoustonCityBook.com. an Atlanta interior design firm. e The Montrose location will be the second Johnny Trlica is the manager of the Houston Rainbow Herald in Houston for the Phoenix-based business. A Facebook page, your source for the latest LGBTQ news and information. Contact him at HRHeditor@gmail.com. press release says, “Postino’s new 3,500-square-
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OP-ED
Creep of the Week: Brett Kavanaugh
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ell, gay sex was decriminalized in India, so that’s why he can shrug off multiple accusations of sexual great news. For those of you saying, “Well it’s about harassment and assault. That is why this utterly immoral TIME, India!” I’d like to remind you that the U.S. didn’t piece of garbage we call President has the complete decriminalize gay sex until 2003 (Lawrence v. Texas, holla!). and unwavering support of the so-called Moral Majority We’re also still arguing about whether women can be in (spoiler alert: they are neither moral nor the majority). charge of their own bodies and if black people’s lives For straight folks or younger LGBTQ folks, marriage actually matter. So, don’t give the U.S. too much credit here. equality (which has translated into broader equality for Especially not while we’re staring down the possibility LGBTQ people overall) is “settled law.” Meaning the fight of Brett Kavanaugh becoming is over with & done, and the law is a Supreme Court Justice. permanent, forever and ever amen. Brett Kavanaugh poses a That we allowed Donald Trump, But that’s not how laws work. direct threat to LGBTQ equality, a man who should never in a Which can be both good and bad. million years have been trusted reproductive rights, affordable health But in this case, it’s bad. I’m 40 at the helm of this country, the years old. I didn’t think I would care, immigrants’ rights. chance to reshape not only our see marriage equality in my Supreme Court but the entire lifetime. But when the Supreme federal court system IS NOT A GOOD LOOK, Court came through, man did they come through. AMERICA. YET HERE WE ARE. And yes, I’m yelling. And yet. As the Human Rights Campaign puts it, “Brett “There are already cases across the country where Kavanaugh poses a direct threat to LGBTQ equality, our opponents are working to undermine the Obergefell reproductive rights, affordable health care, immigrants’ decision and the recognition of that decision,” Griffin told rights, workers’ rights and so much more.” Variety. “There are also cases rising to the court that relate to Trump’s Supreme Court list was made by the extremist existing federal law and the question of if current federal law anti-LGBTQ group the Federalist Society, after all. We’ve protects people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender seen the kinds of lawyers Trump surrounds himself with. identity. These are all things that are headed to this court, It’s clear he’s not picking these guys himself. A willingness, and sooner rather than later. There is significant reason to even an eagerness, to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, maybe believe … that he is on the wrong side of all of these issues.” even Lawrence, is absolutely required. Oh, and Roe v. Call your senators. Call senators who are supposedly Wade, too. It’s been the goal of the extremist right from the undecided, too. But most importantly, vote in moment the case was decided to overturn it. To criminalize November. Vote for Democrats, however imperfect, abortion all over again. To have women who are desperate because they’re literally our only defense. to terminate pregnancies do it by any means necessary. I I’m not willing to go back to when my wife and son mean for Chrisssake we’ve all seen “Dirty Dancing!” were legally just random people I shared a home with. Put simply, Trump is their best shot. That’s why he If you’re privileged enough to not worry about which can screw all of the porn actresses he wants. That is party is in charge, at least have the decency to vote why he can cheat on all of his wives. That is why he can to protect families that hang in the balance. e have so many marriages and divorces. That is why he D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comedian living in Michigan with her wife and son. She has can brag about grabbing women by the pussy. That is been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter @MamaDWitkowski.
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HRH Report.......................................................... 2 OP-ED.....................................................................5 Out at the Theater.............................................. 6 Celebrity Feature................................................ 8 Community........................................................ 10 Cooking with Paula Dream............................ 14 Foodie Diaries.................................................... 15 Across the Causeway........................................17 Crossword Queeries......................................... 21 What a World.....................................................22 Guide to the Clubs............................................26 Corrections Amplifications Jan2018_Layout 1 10/9/17 12:50 PM Page 1 ©2018 MONTROSE STAR All Rights Reserved. Montrose Star™ Entertainment Newspaper since 1976, is owned and operated by GLYP Media, a Texas minority-certified company founded in 1990. Published alternate Wednesdays. Subscription rates: $54/year. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the main office at: Montrose Star|1712 Montrose Boulevard, Houston, TX 77006
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Out at the Theater
Swimming, skeletons and a slice of Houston theater history e By
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heatre Under the Stars (TUTS) recently celebrated Always… Patsy Cline’s 30th anniversary with two performances at Miller Outdoor Theatre, presented by Stages Repertory Theatre, directed by artistic director Kenn McLaughlin and completely staffed onstage and off by Houston talent. In attendance was playwright Ted Swindley (former artistic director at Stages) along with numerous faces from decades of Houston theatre, actors and behind-the-scenes staff. The play was first performed at Stages in 1988, based on a true story of the surprising friendship between the beloved country singer and a devoted Houston fan, it has since been produced all over the United States as well as internationally, putting Houston on the theatrical map. Final weekend. Theatre Under the Stars, in collaboration with Houston Ballet, opens its 50th season with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Based on Lynn Rigg’s 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs and set in Oklahoma territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand, Jud Fry. Oklahoma! was originally choreographed by Agnes
DeMille, who created rousing, funny and beautiful dances including a show stopping dream ballet that lifted the show into new territory. TUTS’ production is choreographed by Stanton Welch AM, artistic director of Houston Ballet. Through September 23. Hobby Center, 800 Bagby. Tickets: 713-558-8887. 4th Wall Theatre Company presents Jesus Hopped the A Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Directed by Kim TobinLehl, it is the Houston premiere of the award-winning story of Angel Cruz, a bike messenger from New York City who is awaiting trial in Riker’s Island prison for shooting the leader of a religious cult in the “ass.” He is on his knees, alone and terrified, trying to say a prayer he no longer remembers to a God he has all but forgotten. Angel’s court-appointed attorney, Mary Harrahan, is lucky if she can keep her clients’ names straight. His guards are indifferent. Worse, Angel is subject to repeated inmate brutality, landing him in protective custody where he finds himself in the company of a charismatic serial killer named Lucas Jenkins, a born-again believer who will change the course of Angel’s life forever. Through September 29. Spring Street Studio 101 1824 Spring Street. Tickets:
4thWallTheatreCo.com or 832-668-5903. A.D. Players presents Around the World in 80 Days. Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Unabashedly slapstick! Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race. Phileas Fogg, a fearless adventurer who has accepted a wager to circle the globe in an unheard of 80 days takes us on an adventure full of danger, romance and comic surprises in this whirlwind show which features five actors playing 39 characters who traverse seven continents. Through September 30. The George Theater, 5420 Westheimer Road. Tickets: 713-590-0825. The Alley Theatre presents Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau. In 2008 at the start of the Great Recession, and in the break room of one of Detroit’s last auto stamping plants, a makeshift family of co-workers swap stories, shares dreams and takes pride in their work. When faced with the life-altering choices they must face if the factory closes, dynamics shift and each is pushed to the limits of survival. Loyalties are tested and boundaries are crossed in this “deeply American play” (The New York Times). Suitable for high schoolage audiences and older. Through
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October 7. Alley Theatre’s Neuhaus Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue. Tickets: AlleyTheatre.org or 713-220-5700. Main Street Theater presents The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson. This beautiful play tells the tale of how Shakespeare’s First Folio came into existence thanks to the loyalty and love of his dear friends, particularly John Heminges and Henry Cordell, actors in Shakespeare’s company. They are determined to preserve the true versions of plays and compile the works that shaped their lives. Their families join in what is a truly a labor of love, stopping at nothing to make it happen. September 22 through October 21. 2540 Times Blvd. Tickets: 713-524-6706. Stages Repertory Theatre presents Swimming While Drowning by Emilio Rodriguez. Angelo and Mila are fifteen and homeless. Angelo is a dreamer and Milo is a streetwise hustler, but when they become roommates at a shelter for LGBTQ teens, they build a fragile bond that inspires them to reach for understanding and self-acceptance. Rodriguez’s poetic coming-of-age story celebrates the healing power of hope and the beautiful mystery of being a teenager. October 3 through 21. 3201 Allen Parkway, Suite 101. Tickets: StagesTheatre.com or 713-527-0123. e
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NATASHA
ROTHWELL I s here to school the world
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Chris Azzopardi
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h, sure, actress Natasha Rothwell’s scene-stealing drama teacher in out director Greg Berlanti’s groundbreaking gay teen rom-com Love, Simon is bitter – and therefore, funny as all hell – about overseeing amateur teens in a student production of Cabaret. Hey, she had an oh-so-prestigious part in The Lion King musical! (As, um, an extra.) But Ms. Albright is a dogged ally for life, demonstrating heartfelt compassion for her LGBTQ students when Simon and his queer schoolmate, Ethan, are bullied in the lunchroom. Enter Ms. Albright, who breaks up the fight in true Ms. Albright fashion: “That’s mine now,” she scolds, confiscating the bullies’ speaker. “I’m’ma sell it, get my tubes tied.” Rothwell knows the teacher life well: She was a high school teacher in the Bronx for four years. Queer students confided in her, some even came out to her. Now, the 37-year-old actress and former SNL writer returns for a third season of actress-writer Issa Rae’s terrific HBO comedy Insecure, as Issa’s freewheeling, zero-fucks friend Kelli. And no details on her role just yet – she couldn’t reveal any during our recent interview, sorry – but Rothwell is also set to star in director Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman sequel. Plenty to chat about until then, though, including the importance of LGBTQ inclusion in her projects and her reaction to the criticism Love, Simon received for not being progressive enough. Why do you think the women on Insecure have resonated with the queer community?
‘Love, Simon’ star on her breakout role as a gay-supportive teacher and why the LGBTQ community loves the ladies of _Insecure_
I think what attracts the queer community to Insecure is authenticity and seeing a group of women being celebrated on television for being their authentic selves. The courage that it takes for marginalized groups like the LGBTQIA community to be authentic – it’s so difficult and so brave and so admirable to do so that when you see a group of people doing that on screen I can understand why that resonates with the queer community. I feel that way when I see other marginalized groups
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of people on TV shown as full-fledged characters. I’m like, “Yes, yes, yes!” It should be noted how effortlessly LGBTQIA just rolled off your tongue. You didn’t stumble over a single letter.
(Laughs) I think having been a part of Love, Simon and doing press for that I was like, “I’m gonna get this! They’re not gonna get me on camera or on tape!” Because I’m an ally through and through, and they better know I know what I’m talking about. (Laughs) So, Kelli: Surely her unapologetic boldness – I mean, in season two, she got fingered at
MontroseStar.com e | Wednesday September 19, 2018 | PAGE 9 You’re writing a rom-com called Bridal Recall for Paramount Pictures, and you also have a development deal with HBO to write and produce and star in your own project. Will the queer community have a place in those projects?
If I have a say. To me, I don’t think talking about inclusion and diversity is enough. We have to do it in actuality and in action. One of the brilliant things about Issa’s writers’ room? It’s not all black. We have representation from all over the spectrum. We have different sexualities represented, different ethnicities represented, and we can tell a nuanced story that way. So, I have every intention of making my writers’ room reflect the nuance that I want to tell in those stories, that I feel make worthwhile stories. What did it mean to you to be a part of ‘Love, Simon’?
a diner – resonates with the community.
(Laughs) She was living her best life. She’s not gonna apologize for it. Until I got into my 30s, I felt like I was apologizing for being a woman, for being black. The beauty of playing Kelli is I get to have a character match how I now feel, and I get to play a woman who’s never known any different. Like, I imagine this is Kelli from the crib; when she was an infant, till now, she’s only ever known this version of herself. I love playing someone who doesn’t experience doubt in the way I do.
It meant everything. When I read the script and the book, I was just honored that I could participate in a project that really felt bigger than myself. The response has been insane and continues to be. People are discovering the movie even still and are responding to it in a really visceral way. I imagine it being that way for young people of color watching Black Panther for the first time. To me, that’s powerful to see your story represented and it’s not – it’s a love story first and a coming out story second. It’s one of the things where it’s just, I want more of this. I want more people to see themselves represented in this very specific, common way that straight white people have had the privilege of. So, I want to see more of those stories being told, because I’m a child of the ’80s. John Hughes is my jam, and I loved Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles. So, to see this story get that treatment was a magical thing. I will be forever grateful to Greg Berlanti for thinking that I could play
Ms. Albright. He’s such a wonderful man and encouraged me and brought me to tears. He pulled me aside after I finished shooting and he was just like, “I have the same feeling about you I did when I directed Melissa McCarthy.” And I was like, “You just said a lot in that sentence!” And then I burst into tears. (Laughs) Do gay fans recognize see you as Ms. Albright on the street?
I don’t get “Hey, Ms. Albright!” I live in West Hollywood and the LGBTQIA community is en masse here and I love it. So, I’ll get recognized from Love, Simon and as Kelli, sometimes at the same time. It’s a great community, and I feel so welcomed and thankful for it. In an episode during season two of Insecure, you and Issa call out Molly for being revolted by a male suitor because he has sexual history with another man. The episode acknowledges a glaring doublestandard between men and women, and also hypermasculinity in black versus white communities. What part did you play in bringing that storyline to light?
We all talked about our experiences and something that would give us pause before entering into a relationship, or something that we wouldn’t even stop and think twice about. It varied by gender, by sexuality, by age. What boiled up to the top was the hypertoxic masculinity of communities of color, especially the black community. So, we really loved to present that specific part of the show to our audience because it caused conversation around the topic. One of the things that I love about our show is we don’t present answers – we present questions. We want people to have these conversations in a public way. Recently, a massive Twitterstorm ignited when GQ featured the straight male cast in a photo spread that some deemed
Do you write Kelli?
We all write Kelli. We’ll do internal table reads of the script and I’ll sit down and get to see what the other room was working on, and I’m like, “Oh shit, I’m getting fingered? OK!” It’s a real team effort to develop her and all the characters. You’ve cited Lily Tomlin as an influence. How did she influence your comedic voice?
Female comedians that weren’t trapped by femininity is what resonated with me most. She was such a chameleon, subverting expectations. She plays a little girl (Edith Ann) and she’s sitting in this giant, oversized chair and having this monologue, and she’s so playful and inventive and completely embodies the POV of a small child, and using her body to tell a story. I just remember watching that and being obsessed. +1 Google+ Find us on P vFacebook.com, tTwitter & P
“gay.” One of the featured actors, Sarunas Jackson, called out the homophobic tone of the comments. I’m thinking, we’ve already been here.
We’ve already been here, we already did this, guys. We’ve already evolved. Let’s just move on. But this just goes to show that continued conversation and continued moments for educating yourself are helpful. One of the more palpable things that I think that photo spread did was spark that conversation again, so people can really, once and for all, understand their own toxic masculinity. I was shocked by the number of women jumping on board. I’m like, you were indoctrinated to think that way, and we have to unlearn some things in order to be the progressive, thoughtful, inclusive people that I know we are capable of being.
You responded to people who don’t feel represented by Insecure by telling them, well, then you tell your story, because no one story can encompass all of our stories. Love, Simon received similar criticism for featuring a white man in its lead role, versus someone of color. Would you respond to that criticism in the same way?
Absolutely. I think I would be remiss to say, “We did it guys. Let’s pack it up! We fixed it! We fixed inclusion in Hollywood!” I think that would be a gross mistake to be made. I don’t look at Insecure and even see myself represented all the time and I write on the show, because this is a story. This is Issa and her girlfriend in Inglewood, California. But what it requires is more art to be made to reflect those things that aren’t being shown. Let’s tell those stories because, if there’s anything I’ve learned when really resonating with audiences lately, it’s a hunger for diversity. e
As editor of Q Syndicate, the international LGBTQ wire service, Chris Azzopardi has interviewed a multitude of superstars, including Meryl Streep, Mariah Carey and Beyoncé. Reach him via his website at www.chrisazzopardi.com and on Twitter (@chrisazzopardi).
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Community
Tony’s Corner Pocket cares T
ony’s Corner Pocket, a favorite neighborhood bar located at 817 W. Dallas, not only cares, but also shares and works to make Houston’s LGBTQ community stronger and better than ever. The vision of owner and proprietor, Tony Vaccaro, it has been a mainstay of Houston for over 11 years. They have opened their doors to local organizations and provided a stage and space for shows and functions to help raise money for their beneficiaries to assist in keeping our community as strong and healthy as possible. Numerous 501.c3 organizations such as PWA Holiday Charities, ERSICSS, GCAM and the Krewe of Olympus taken advantage of opportunities at Tony’s Corner Pocket. The bar has also sponsored many sports organizations such as the Houston Billiards League and has two teams on the Montrose Softball League. The employees have made a personal commitment to maintain and keep up the Orlando Pulse Memorial on Montrose Boulevard. And then there is Vaccaro’s personal favorite, the toy drive headed
up by NLA-Houston to make sure that the children with family members being assisted by Thomas Street Clinic have toys to open at Christmas. Over the last several years, thanks to the customers at Tony’s Corner Pocket, they have provided truckloads (yes, that is plural!) of toys for this event. They truly believe and actively work to make our community a better place. Tony’s Corner Pocket is happy to announce and celebrate its 12th
anniversary coming up on October 7, 2018. Vaccaro himself has been working in Houston’s LGBTQ community since 1987 and truly understands both sides of what our community can be. He has recently come through a bout of throat cancer; without the support and strength of the customers, friends and community in general it could have been more difficult than it was. He is so happy that he is “able to hang out for a couple more years on this beautiful earth.” He feels it is his duty to pay forward the love and support he has received and help make the world a better place. Combining his need to make the lives of children better and his desire to “kick a little more cancer butt”, Vaccaro has made a goal of raising $12,000 to donate to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. St. Jude’s is a donation-based
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hospital dealing strictly with children’s cancer issues. One hundred percent of all costs are taken care of through donations, freeing the families to keep their full attention on the child (which is where it should be). Any and all assistance in helping Vaccaro and Tony’s Corner Pocket reach this goal before their anniversary on October 7, would be greatly appreciated. They have Tony’s Cares cards that can be signed or even have notes written on and are available for a $5 donation inside the bar. Any of the employees are able to accept donations. Be on the lookout for a “GoFundMe” page and other ways to make donations online. As Vaccaro says, “Together we stand, divided we fall.” This is Houston’s opportunity to stand together as the community it is to make a difference that can resonate for a very long time. Tony’s Boys dancers also are readily available to assist with multiple charitable causes including Bunnies on the Bayou, AIDS Walk and others. For more information, call 713-571-7870. e
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ne of the top outdoor fine art festivals in the United States is celebrating 47 years since the founding of the Westheimer Art Festival. Now known as Bayou City Art Festival and scheduled Saturday and Sunday, October 13-14, 2018, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown is produced by the Art Colony Association, Inc. (ACA). Proceeds from the event will benefit six local nonprofits. Chis Vance, the featured artist, will help Bayou City Art Festival transform the streets of downtown into artistic avenues bursting with colors and culture. Vance is a Mixed Media 2D artist from Bondurant, Iowa. Vance’s latest piece is the featured artwork for the 2018 downtown festival. The colorful piece titled “All Spaced Out” features a variety of characters that showcases Houston’s vibrant atmosphere and diverse communities. Vance was influenced by the fun and inclusivity of Houston. The featured artwork is inspired by graffiti, cartoons, the skateboarding culture and trains. Vance combined his signature style and downtown Houston’s ambiance to create a meaningful and fun piece. Bayou City Art Festival Downtown will spotlight Vance’s artwork along with 300 artists from around the world representing 19 different disciplines. Patrons have the opportunity to see and purchase unique, custom art under the iconic Houston skyline and meet the artists. Bayou City Art Festival Downtown will also feature live music in front of City Hall and throughout the festival along with entertainment, beverage stations, food trucks and much more. Guests are encouraged to get creative and wear their Halloween costumes to the festival. A contest for adults and the youngsters will be held on Sunday, October 14, 2018
at 2 p.m. in the Children’s Creative Zone. Prizes for best and most creative costumes will be awarded. The six local nonprofits that will benefit from a portion of the festival’s proceeds include A Cause to Give Paws, Fresh Arts, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Recipe for Success Foundation, The Arc of Greater Houston, and the University of Houston – Clear Lake Art Gallery. The festival’s nonprofit partners will host art activities for all ages in the Children’s Creative Zone. With the support from patrons, volunteers and sponsors, ACA has raised more than $3.6 million for Houston area charities and has provided a venue for more than 20,000 artists to showcase their work to thousands of art lovers. Bayou City Art Festival’s success in raising funds for its nonprofit partners is made possible because of its volunteers. For each festival, 700 volunteers take on the role as greeters, ticket takers, artist reliefs and so much more. Volunteers have the opportunity to make new friends, have fun and get to enjoy the festival for free before and after their shift. The unique fine art event will be taking over downtown and everyone is welcomed to join. Tickets online are $12 for adults and $5 for children age 6-12; children five and under are free. Tickets at the gate are $15 for adults. Two-day passes for $20 and family passes (two adults, two children tickets) for $30 are available online. Discounted general admission tickets will be available for $10 at Greater Houston area Randall’s beginning September 13, 2018. At the gate, discounted tickets for Veterans and Seniors will be available. For more information and to purchase tickets to Bayou City Art Festival Downtown visit www.bayoucityartfestival.com. e +1 Google+ Find us on P vFacebook.com, tTwitter & P
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Cooking with Paula Dream
PERFECT BALANCE:
Spicy casserole and sweet cobbler e By
Paula (A K A K A L E H AYGO O D)
H ello again, STAR readers!
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or this issue, I’ve got some interesting dishes for you that fit the fall weather that is coming on. First, here’s a recipe that I concocted the other night. I had bought too much smoked sausage for a catering event, so needed to use it up because there was no room for it in either freezer. But it actually came out great. Of course, we need an easy dessert to go with this easy meal. This recipe may sound a little off the wall, but works. And as always, thanks for your comments and questions. And as Ellen DeGeneres says: “Be kind to one another.”
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Dough:
1 stick butter 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour 1½ cup milk 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup boiling water
SMOKED SAUSAGE MEXICAN RICE CASSEROLE
1 to 1½ pounds smoked rope sausage 2 cups brown rice 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 heaping teaspoon diced garlic ¾ to 1 cup of trio vegetable trio bell (chopped multi-color peppers and onion) 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped 1 teaspoon cumin (or chili or taco seasoning) 1 small can tomato sauce 1 can Rotel tomatoes 1 cube chicken bouillon 2 cups chicken broth 2 cups frozen broccoli florets
Filling: 6 tablespoons tapioca 6 or 7 cups sliced peaches (fresh or canned, drained) 1 cup sugar (optional if using canned peaches) 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
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Topping:
1½ cup sugar 2 tablespoon cornstarch Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine filling ingredients in large bowl, dough ingredients in another large bowl, and topping ingredients (except the water) in a smaller bowl. Pour filling mixture into a greased 9-inch by 13-inch baking dish, then evenly adding dough mixture on top of fruit mixture. Pour boiling water evenly pour over top of dough (don’t stir). Evenly sprinkle topping mixture over all. Bake about 75 minutes to 90 minutes. So good! e Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) owns Beyond Service, a Montrose-based, home-cooking catering company. For more information, call 713-805-4106 or email barrykale@yahoo.com.
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’m thrilled that Postino is making its second Houston home at the site of the former Montrose Mining Company (805 Pacific). For months the rumblings have been about a wine bar moving into the space. In July I raved about Postino’s Yale Street location in Heights Mercantile. Its light menu of antipasto, salads, panini and bruschetta, as well as a nicely chosen wine selection and brunchy atmosphere, have been a hit since opening day. It’ll be a perfect compliment to the party-hearty area. As co-founder Lauren Bailey described it: “Walking into the old Montrose Mining Company — such a storied space that’s been a neighborhood gathering space since the 1970s — gave us goosebumps. Something just felt right, and we’re thrilled to honor its historic legacy, the neighborhood, and the people who have come before us.” Mia’s Table is great for groups
Recently I’ve been to two birthday gatherings at Mia’s Table (3131 Argonne, one block east of Kirby). Mia’s is my favorite fast casual comfort food spot in town. They have the best burgers, the best onion rings, the best chicken fried chicken, the best of
everyone orders at the counter, there’ll be no check shenanigans! Smoked WHAT?
Smoked prime rib, a smoked whole salmon, even smoked duck. These three foods have two things in common: they’re all smoked, and I count each as one of the best things ever to pass my lips. But smoking can go too far. A chef in New York with way too much time on his hands is offering Smoked Watermelon! As in, a whole watermelon, smoked, to resemble a ham. The NYC blog Gothamist explains:
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“The watermelon’s rind is removed, and then it’s brined for four to six days with salt and ash. It’s then smoked for six to eight hours and basted with its own pan drippings. The drippings are then mixed with buckwheat flour to form a gravy. “It’s explosive when you bite into it,” Chef Will Horowitz of Duck’s Eatery (351 East 12th) told Gothamist. He introduced the watermelon ham a month ago and has received a flurry of press ever since. I’ll bet. If smoked watermelon will make your life complete, get up there, get on the waiting list, try it and report back!
French dip
Coming soon
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everything. And Mia’s back room is a great place to have your next party. It’s free to reserve (just reserve early) and I guarantee your friends will love it. And, as
My thoughts on two new Heightsarea Mexican restaurants, and impressions of UB Preserv (newly and thankfully replacing Jimmy Chew’s — oh, you didn’t think that blind review from last year was about anywhere else, did you?). e
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Please note: Events, dates and times subject to change without notice. More events available at MontroseStar.com
Ġ Wed › September 19
Q White Oak Music Hall presents The Decemberists, indie-folk’s greatest ambassadors of unique music, 7pm, whiteoakmusichall.com
Q Alley Theatre presents Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew, 7:30p (Thru 10/7) alleytheatre.org Q Tony’s Corner Pocket hosts 5-4-3-2-1 Wednesdays with Duckie & An’Marie, 8:30p, plus Hottest Male Dancers 6 Nights A Week, 10p
Ġ Wed › September 26
Q Tony’s Corner Pocket hosts 5-4-3-2-1 Wednesdays with Duckie & An’Marie, 9p, plus Hot Male Dancers 6 Nights A Week, 10p
Ġ Thu › September 20
Ġ Thu › September 27
Q Rumors Beach Bar, Galveston hosts Thirsty Thursdays with Karaoke and Trivia, 8p, rumorsbeachbar.com Q Tony’s Corner Pocket features Houston’s Hottest Male Dancers 6 Nights A Week, 10p
Q Arena Theatre presenta Una Pareja de 3, arenahouston.com Q Discovery Green: Avenida Houston hosts Party On the Plaza, feat. The Suffers and Xenia Rubinos, 6p, avenidahouston.com/party Q Matchbox 3: The Catastrophic Theatre presents Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class, 7:30p (Thru 10/21) catastrophictheatre.com Q Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the poignant and compelling new film that profiles the life and career of octogenarian artist Yayoi Kusama in Kusama–Infinity, 1p (Thru 9/30) kusamamovie.com
Ġ Fri › September 21
Q Arena Theatre presenta a Kabah & JNS en concierto, arenahouston.com Q Matchbox 1: 6 Degrees presents Toni Leago Valle’s Never Again, an art commentary on the current political landscape in Texas, 8p (Thru 9/23) 6degreesdance.org Q Miller Outdoor Theatre: River Oaks Chamber Orchestra presents their opening concert of Season 14, 8p, milleroutdoortheatre.com Q Rich’s Nightclub presents The Beyoncé Ball with DJ Wes D.C.), 10p, richsnightclub.com Q Tony’s Corner Pocket presents an evening with Houston’s Hottest Male Dancers, 10p
Ġ Fri › September 28
Q Club Houston hosts the World’s Largest Male Party, 10p, theclubs.com Q Miller Outdoor Theatre presents a tribute to Journey, from their San Francisco roots to superstardom in Classic Journey Live, 8p, milleroutdoortheatre.com Q Tony’s Corner Pocket features Houston’s Hottest Male Dancers 6 Nights A Week, 10p
Ġ Sat › September 22
Q Rice University Memorial Grand Hall: Houston Swing Dance Society hosts their Annual Harvest Moon Ball, feat. the music of Rent Party from Austin, 8p Q Miller Outdoor Theatre presents Salsa y Salad! a fully staged theatrical production featuring international, regional, and local artists, 8p, milleroutdoortheatre.com Q Silver Street Studio hosts Whiskies of the World® Houston 2018, 5p, Starts at $120.00, Q Tony’s Corner Pocket features Houston’s Hottest Male Dancers 6 Nights A Week, 10p
Ġ Sat › September 29
Q Tony’s Corner Pocket features Houston’s Hottest Male Dancers 6 Nights A Week, 10p Ġ Sun › September 30
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Q 23rd Street Station, Galveston hosts Island Idol Season 4 with Carly Nation, every Sunday 7p (Thru 11/11) 23rdstreetstation.com Q Miller Outdoor Theatre presents the premier folkloric dance company of Mexico, Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández, 7:30p, milleroutdoortheatre.com Q Rich’s Nightclub presents Dessie’s Drag Race All Stars 3–Semi-Finals, 6p, richsnightclub.com Q Tony’s Corner Pocket features Football & Fun with The Wave followed by Houston’s Hottest Male Dancers 6 Nights A Week, 10p Q University of Houston hosts a debate between Congressman Beto O’Rourke and Senator Ted Cruz, 6p, uh.edu/news-events
Ġ Sun › September 23
Q 23rd Street Station, Galveston hosts Island Idol Season 4 with Carly Nation, every Sunday 7p (Thru 11/11) 23rdstreetstation.com Q Arena Theatre presenta a El Grupo Cañaveral de Humberto Pabón en concierto, arenahouston.com Q Matchbox 2: Maria Sotolongo Productions presents Changed: When the Dams Opened, a Hurricane Harvey documentary, 7p, mariasotolongo. comQ Rich’s Nightclub presents Dessie’s Drag Race All Stars 3–Week 8, 6p, richsnightclub.com Q Tony’s Corner Pocket features Houston’s Hottest Male Dancers 6 Nights A Week, 10p
Ġ Tue › October 2
Q Tony’s Corner Pocket presents Twisted Tuesdays variety show hosted by Amanda, Ashleey and Alexis Nicole, 9p - PLUS Tony’s Amateur Male Dance Contest, 10p
Ġ Mon › September 24
Q Jones Hall presents Grammy award-winning
Ġ Wed › October 3
artist K.D. Lang, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of her album Ingénue, 7:30p, houstonfirsttheaters.com/Jones-Hall
Q Stages Repertory Theatre presents Emilio Rodriguez’s Swimming While Drowning, (Thru 10/21) stagestheatre.com Q Tony’s Corner Pocket hosts 5-4-3-2-1 Wednesdays with Duckie DuJour & An’Marie Gill, 9p, plus Hot Male Dancers 6 Nights A Week, 10p
Ġ Tue › September 25
Q Hobby Center for the Performing Arts presents Les Miserables, 7:30p (Thru 9/30) thehobbycenter.org Q Rumors Beach Bar - Galveston hosts Tequila Tuesday with Karaoke and Lip Sync Battles, 8p rumorsbeachbar.com Q Tony’s Corner Pocket presents Twisted Tuesdays variety show hosted by Amanda, Ashleey and Alexis Nicole, 9p, followed by Amateur Male Dance Contest, 10p
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Galveston still remembers Glen Campbell e By
Forest Riggs
Across the Causeway
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here are songs and then there are songs. With time and popularity, some become iconic and an integral part of popular culture. When young songwriter Jimmy Webb penned “Galveston”, he never dreamed that it would become a hit for one of his boyhood idols, Glen Campbell, and a song that would someday be listed in Billboard magazine’s top 100 songs of all times. Due to the overwhelming response when the song was released on Campbell’s 1969 album, it was destined for greatness and would become the official anthem of the city for which the lyrics recognize and vividly call to mind, Galveston Island. Glen Travis Campbell, born April 22, 1936, was the seventh son in a sharecropping family of 12 children. Poor and with only their strong faith in God and a love for music, John Wesley and Carrie Dell Campbell had no idea that their seventh son would become so famous and someday be considered a national treasure. In 1930s’ southwest Arkansas, it was hard to see beyond red dust and rows of cotton waiting to be picked. The family loved music, as did most during that time, so it was not uncommon to gather and sing, especially hymns, as Daddy Campbell was also a Baptist preacher. When his nephew was around age eight, an uncle gave the young Campbell a guitar and, as they say, the rest is history. Webb, a prolific songwriter, had already written several songs that became huge hits—long before he connected with idol Glen Campbell. Friends connected him to Campbell, who had already made a name for himself in solo recordings and work with several bands including the Beach Boys. Webb and Campbell were very different and did not always see eye-to-eye; there were many disagreements and ideas about lyrics and how a particular song should be sung. Even with
“Galveston”, Campbell insisted on changing some words and adding his own style to the song. The song over the years has not been without controversy. Released during the Vietnam era and into an America riddled with protests and demonstrations, it quickly became an antiVietnam protest song. The lyrics describe a young man, having left his beloved Galveston for battle, reminisces about his home and the beautiful girl he left behind. He longs for his Galveston, the sea waves crashing, birds in the sun and his darkhaired love. All this while the “cannons are flashing” around him. There has been great discussion about
the story of the song since its 1969 release. A longrunning myth, states the song is not about Vietnam at all, but rather the Spanish-American war in 1898. Webb himself let this belief almost become fact; however in the last decade or so, he has clarified it was definitely written with the Vietnam “war” in mind. A young man, leaving everything to go fight in a strange land, only clinging to his memory of home and a girl. Webb says the word “cannons” led many to place the time way before the late 1960s and modern warfare. He insists in recent interviews it was not a protest song, just a song about what it says: home, love and being far away. S 18
PAGE 18 | MontroseStar.com e | Wednesday September 19, 2018 S 17 Regardless of the battle, the poignant ballad struck home with Americans in the turmoil of an unwanted battle in foreign lands. It was a hit. I cannot say that at 12 or 13 that I was oblivious to Vietnam; it was everywhere. Nightly the news gave grave statistics and even the loss of a cousin, made it real and closer to home. That summer, my Galveston summer, was filled with salty sunburns, fishing and riding my spider bike with a banana seat along the Seawall and darting under the arches at Hill’s Seafood (now Saltgrass Steak House). Those days and nights were magical for me, a kid staying with his grandparents in a big, old house on P½ Street. To this day, Galveston reminds me of those days of freedom, fun and my adventures on the beautiful island I loved. Glen Campbell was America’s handsome, baby-faced boy and he was all over the music charts, television and movie screens, hit after hit. I think for us southeastern Texans and Galvestonians, the song became more than just a song on the radio. To this day, it transcends time and evokes feelings and memories trapped in an era of confusion and self-exploration, coupled with sunshine and waves. A million-dollar moment In the early 1970s, me and my girlfriend Connie (yes, “girlfriend!” It was long ago) went on an adventure.
My family had a huge farm just outside Prescott, Arkansas and I had a new, 1970 Ford pickup with a gun rack! I spent most holidays and summers deer hunting, planting or hauling hay in Prescott, at the farm. One day I asked Connie if she’d like to go look for Glen Campbell in Delight, over in Pike County. His family home and his father’s little Baptist church was actually in a small community called Billstown, just outside Delight on a red dirt road. Connie and I arrived in the little town, in front of a small, white church with a sign, “Rev. J.W. Campbell, Pastor” hanging from a post in front of the door. Eureka! We had found the Campbells. Across the street was an old, white, farmhouse with several teenagers hanging around out front. Within a few seconds, they walked over to my blue truck. “Hi…what y’all doin’ out here?” they asked. “We are looking for Glen Campbell. Read he was from here,” I said. “Well, he is and we are all his cousins—first cousins,” they replied. I told them we were from Texas, down near Galveston and always wanted to meet Glen Campbell and talk about the song “Galveston”. “Glen ain’t here now, but his momma a daddy are. Wanna meet ’em?” one of the teenagers asked. “You bet!” We said. “Wow!” In a few minutes I was inside a kitchen that smelled of pears
being canned and shaking the damp hands of Carrie Dell and Rev. Campbell. They were excited that someone from Galveston had “come all this way just to meet us.” It was a million-dollar moment. Rev. Campbell said he was working on something “out back” but we were welcome to stay there in the kitchen. Looking like a cross between an apple doll and her son Glen, Carried Dell was so warm and loving—you could just feel it. She asked about Galveston, what it was like and if there were really dolphins that “jumped along the ferry.” I did my best to “represent” and the visit was spectacular. The cousins—Virgil in particular, who looked like a studly Lil ’Abner—was very interested in our life and life outside “this dumb country town.” We all clicked and remained “pen-pals” for many years after. I asked Carrie Dell about her son and how she felt about all the mess and headlines that reported his entanglements with Bobby Gentry, Tanya Tucker, drugs, etc. She just smiled and with sparkling eyes said, “My boy knows God and God knows him; he’ll be fine.” We spent several hours with the Campbell Clan and treasured every minute of it. Later, I would see Glen Campbell in some movie or hear a song on the radio and smile in my heart, knowing that his sweet mamma and I, in a kitchen filled with the
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aroma of cooking pears, had spent time together and hugged upon parting as if were one of her own. The final farewell Campbell’s career was monumental, spanning over 50 years with 70 albums, 45 million records sold and numerous awards and recognitions. He crossed all genres of the entertainment industry. In the end, it was the black envelope of Alzheimer’s that took out the Arkansas troubadour, a battle he made public in 2012. The world watched as the cotton-picker from Delight, slowly faded away. With his loving family at his side, he went on tour, sang his songs, at times forgot his family, was lost, but never missed a beat with his guitar or songs. It was his internal language. On July 12, 2012, on his farewell tour, Campbell stood on the stage of Galveston’s 1894 Grand Opera House and brought the crowd to tears with “Galveston”, for the last time. Leaving a huge legacy in music and film work, the dimpled, pretty boy from Delight, Arkansas will live on for the ages. “Galveston” will always conjure its strong feelings and impassioned memories for all that knew it, lived it and loved it. Thank you, Mr. Campbell. I hope you always hear the “sea waves crashing.” e Forest Riggs, a resident of Galveston is no stranger to the adventures of life. A former educator and business owner, he enjoys Island life and all that comes with it. He says he is a “raconteur with a quixotic, gypsy spirit.” Forest has written for several newspapers and magazines as well as other writing pursuits, including a novel and collection of short stories. Editor’s note: This column is a reprint of a previous column.
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Shop Pearland Art & Crafts on the Pavilion offers art, music and more A bstract art, handcrafted jewelry, pottery and wooden treasure boxes are just a few of the unique items you’ll find at this year’s Pearland Art & Crafts on the Pavilion on Saturday, October 6 and Sunday, October 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Pearland Town Center. The free, juried art show offers visitors an opportunity to shop for unique art and handcrafted pieces created by local artists and artisans. Shop for unique art and handcrafted pieces by local artists at this free, outdoor event. Listen to original tunes from singer/songwriters on the live music stage. The live music stage presented by Kroger features a singer/songwriter showcasing artists performing original music. A food
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truck court, pop-up paint studio and kid’s interactive art station are part of the family-friendly fun. Presented by the Pearland Convention & Visitors Bureau, the 5th Annual Pearland Art & Crafts on the Pavilion promises shoppers another year unique finds and activities celebrating art. The Pearland Town Center is located at the intersection of Highway 288 and Broadway/FM 518 and the perfect backdrop for a mix of artists and entertainment. Check out VisitPearland.com/ arshow2018 for details. For more information, log on to Facebook.com/ events/1096444043836099, Instagram. com/VisitPearlandTX or Twitter.com/ VisitPearland. e
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50 Broadway bio
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15 Stick it to a con
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about retailers
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Gomer’s “Shazam!”
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What a World
Registration opens for Zine Fest Houston 2018
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egistration is now open for Zine Fest Houston 2018, which will take place November 17, 2018 from 12 p.m. ’til 6 p.m. at Lawndale Art Center. Registration will close on September 17, 2018. As part of its mission to lift up marginalized voices in the creative sphere, Zine Fest Houston (ZFH) also announces the launch of its shane patrick boyle Memorial Grant for Emerging Zinesters (spb Grant), which will provide an artist stipend to an LGBTQ+ creator to attend this year’s festival. The spb Grant honors ZFH founder shane patrick boyle, who passed away unexpectedly in 2017. “We are proud to launch this special initiative honoring shane, who always encouraged creative expression and embraced the unique members of Houston’s DIY community,” say ZFH organizers MariaElisa Heg, Anastasia Kirages, Evan McCarley and Sarah Welch. “We hope to keep his legacy alive by providing support to emerging LGBTQ+ creators, and also especially encourage POC to apply.” ZFH is a local volunteer-run organization and annual, all-ages festival dedicated to promoting zines (self-published magazines), minicomics, and other forms of small press, alternative and underground DIY
media and art. Admission is always free and low cost table space is made available for creators, writers and artists involved in the creation, publication, distribution or promotion of alternative DIY media. ZFH is the sole event in Houston that specifically provides a platform for emerging and established regional and national zine makers in the DIY community to exchange new work and create meaningful relationships that lead to productive collaboration. This year’s programming includes lectures on healthcare options for freelancers/artists, the history of wrestling and workshops on teen and youth zine-making and DIY animation. Fresh Arts’ Cultured Cocktails will donate a portion of the proceeds from all drink sales to support ZFH 2018’s launch of the spb grant during the 5 p.m. ’til 8 p.m. happy hour on Thursday, August 23, at Boheme Cafe & Wine Bar. ZFH will also collaborate with local comedy wrestling organization Doomsday Wrestling on a make-yourown wrestler zine-making workshop for their September performance to celebrate this year’s festival theme. Attendance to ZFH is free and open to the public. e
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Nancy Ford
’ve been a Roseanne fan for a long, long time — ever since her breakthrough, ball-busting appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1985. Roseanne’s take-me-asI-am, take-no-prisoners performance style was the wind beneath my fledging stand-up comic’s wings. Apparently I wasn’t alone in my fandom. Quicker than you can say doublewide, ABC snapped up Roseanne to star in her own sitcom. Among its many highpoints throughout Roseanne’s nine stellar seasons, the show’s multiple lesbian and bi characters were treated with wit and respect rather than derisive, stereotypical punch lines, something other network sitcoms still sorely lack even 30+ years later (yes, Will & Grace and Modern Family, we’re looking at you). Roseanne’s late ’80s and early ’90s sitcom domination was glorious, despite her having temporarily lost her mind during her brief marriage to the twitchy, minimally talented Tom Arnold. Sure, the show’s last season in which she wins the lottery, dates a millionaire and saves her hometown from economic ruin was a silly, stretchy flight of fancy. But she more than made up for it in the epic series finale that revealed her beloved husband Dan had indeed bit the dust; that fantasy world was the only place Roseanne Conner felt safe. Then, hard as it was, her fan base, understood it was time for both Roseanne Conner and Roseanne to move on. And move on, she did, popping back up into the mainstream every now and then: A little stand-up here. A tepid talk show there. One season of a reality show as a macadamia nut farmer in Hawaii in 2011, followed by a Green Party presidential bid in 2012. “Oh, Roseanne, don’t be silly,” people said. “Everybody knows a reality TV star could never become president.” Ah, 2012. It was a simpler time. Then five years later, thanks to talk show host and lesbian visionary Sara “Darlene” Gilbert, came the glorious news that the Conners would make a television comeback in all their bluecollar glory. The Roseanne reboot revealed that time had not been kind to Roseanne, Dan and their kids and grandkids. Those blue collars were still blue, but had also become faded, stained and threadbare. Just like so many of the real-life, hardknock Americans she represented, Roseanne Conner had been swept away in the promise that Donald Trump would make her country great again. It wasn’t a good look for the previously far left-leaning Lanford liberal. Most of the 18 million viewers who turned in
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to watch the return of Roseanne were aghast at the lead character’s political flip-flop, except for one particular Tweethappy fan in the Oval Office. But we faithfully tuned in each week anyway because, just as they did its 20th century original, the Conners still reflected reallife reality, right down to the gender non-conforming grandchild and the STD-ridden senior citizen mother. That’s some 21st century real life, right there. When last we saw her, an opioiddependent Roseanne was about to undergo knee surgery — a cliffhanger only slightly less rife with possibility than Dallas’ Pamela Ewing waking up to see her seemingly long-dead husband Bobby alive and well and all soaped up in the shower. Then, because that’s what social media encourages, Roseanne (the real person, not the character) lost her mind on Twitter, starting with a highly toxic racist political message. Denials, apologies and Ambien-blaming excuses ensued, but nothing could salvage Roseanne from being Roseanne — namely, her own worst enemy. The bad news was that Roseanne was cancelled. The good news was that The Conners would debut in the fall. Sans Roseanne. Actor John Goodman revealed recently that his patriarchal character in the redux of the reboot would “be mopey and sad because his wife’s dead.” Well, I guess they told her! It will be most intriguing to learn what happened to the presumably indestructible Roseanne. Did she die on the operating table? Did she survive surgery only to OD on her pain meds? Did she get trampled by a herd of fellow Kool-Aid drinkers at a Trump rally? Did her Tiki torch-bearing, alt-right friends burn down the Conner house with her in it? Did she contract a flesh-eating virus from that ancient plaid couch? Or did she escape all those possible plot points, and simply decided to abandon her friends and family to hit the road on a Kerouac-type quest for the meaning of life beyond Lanford? Last I heard, Roseanne (the real-life one) was headed to Israel in self-imposed exile, an ironic destination for someone in search of peace and penance. I hope she finds what she’s looking for. For all her shortcomings, she’s still an American institution who bucked the good ol’ boy system and devoted her life to bringing joy to millions. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. Sometimes, Ambien. If I were a gambling woman, I’d bet that we haven’t heard the last from Roseanne. Maybe in a few years she’ll turn up in the Conners’ shower. After all, what doesn’t kill us is making us stronger. e
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Deep Inside Hollywood
Lisa Cholodenko
Documentary Now! loves Company e By
Romeo San Vicente
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e see you out there, those of you devoted to Documentary Now! You’re not the mainstream TV viewer, to be sure, but you know a good Bill Hader-as-Spalding Gray segment and Errol Morris parody when you see one, and that means you deserve some kind of television entertainment. Well, the upcoming season of the acclaimed IFC series, created by former Saturday Night Live cast members Fred Armisen, Seth Meyers and Hader, which in each episode parodies a different classic documentary – from Grey Gardens to Stop Making Sense – is going to get even more specific. They’ll be tackling D.A. Pennebaker’s 1970 film, Original Cast Album: Company. It featured the first cast of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical – Dean Jones, Elaine Stritch, Beth Howland, Donna McKechnie – as they spent all night in a recording studio working on the cast album for that show. The DN! version of this will be called Original Cast Album: Co-Op and will feature guest stars Taran Killam (SNL), James Urbaniak (Venture Bros.), comedian John Mulaney, Tony Award-winning star of Hamilton, Renee Elise Goldsberry, and School of Rock’s Alex Brightman. We’ll be watching, if for no other reason than to see who’ll be singing the fake version of “Ladies Who Lunch.” Brace yourself for more Less Than Zero
If you were around during the 1980s, you remember Less Than Zero, the shocking novel that exposed the depraved lives of a bunch of fictional rich kids in Los Angeles. There were things in that book that cannot be described in polite company even now, and it put its young author Bret Easton Ellis on the map. Then came a hilariously dorky just-say-not-to-drugsand-behave-yourself film version in
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1987 starring Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz and Robert Downey Jr. What endures from that debacle is a very cool soundtrack album and a cult following of snickering Gen Xers. Now Hulu has decided to give it another go, this time as a TV series from Lost writer-producer Craig Wright. It’ll star The Walking Dead’s Austin Abrams as Clay, the bisexual drug-addicted college freshman home for Christmas break contending with his equally drugged friends, as well as Lily Donoghue (The Goldbergs) and Cooper Koch (Fracture). We’re hoping it’s a nice period 1982 series, with all the fashion adventures and new wavey details that promises. And it had better be bleak, like no-holds-barred, really, really, bleak. Otherwise you might as well just watch Degrassi. Silent Life explores Hollywood’s bisexual golden age
Twin Peaks’ Audrey Horne, actress Sherilyn Fenn, has a new role. She’s playing bisexual silent film star Alla Nazimova in what’s being called a “fantasy biopic” about Rudolph Valentino (translation: maybe it happened, maybe not, probably not, but it’s fine). From director Vladislav Kozlov, Silent Life will explore cinema’s first male sex symbol in a story that toggles from past to present. It co-stars Isabella Rossellini, Franco Nero and director Kozlov as Valentino, but we’re most excited about Fenn’s character, the legendary Nazimova. The acclaimed Russian stage actress moved to Hollywood and earned a lot of money in silent films, eventually opting to produce and write them, too. She was also notorious for her Hollywood lesbian clique, known as the “Sewing Circle,” and for the wild parties she threw at her mansion called “The Garden of Alla.” In post-production now, expect this one sometime in 2019. Toni Erdmann loses Nicholson, gains Cholodenko
Update time: that American version of Toni Erdmann is still happening, but everything has changed. We loved the critically acclaimed German comedy from filmmaker Maren Ade. It’s about an unhappy, middle-aged woman stuck in a joyless, dead end corporate job, and her elderly weirdo of a father who keeps trying to jolt her out of her miserable rut by forcing her to participate in a series of pranks played on the world around them. The English-language version went into development almost immediately, with Lena Dunham attached to direct, and Kristen Wiig and Jack Nicholson to star. At this point, however, Wiig is still in, Nicholson has dropped out, as has Dunham, and Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right) is now slated to direct. We think Cholodenko is a wise choice here; the story requires a strong female perspective. And though we’re a little bummed not to see Nicholson make his comeback here, because the role seems tailor made for him, now the field is wide open for any number of older actors looking for a chance to go very, very odd. Somebody call Gene Hackman. e Romeo San Vicente stans for Poseidon Adventure-era peak Hackman swagger.
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Positive Thoughts
Passing the Torch Almost a quarter-century after his passing, Pedro Zamora continues to inspire future generations and help in the fight against HIV e By
Desirée Guerrero
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recently had the honor of attending a private fundraiser for the Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship, a program of the National AIDS Memorial Grove (NAM). And I say “honor” for many reasons. Back in 1994, when The Real World: San Francisco first aired, I was a depressed, poor, lonely and questioning teen. I did have one close friend, who was also lonely and questioning – and who had even more mental health issues than me! Yippee! We both had experienced different traumas in our lives, and both had been somewhat ostracized from normal teen life. But we were also funny, smart, talented and, admittedly, pretty geeky. We were the real-life counterparts to the characters in the ’90s MTV animated series, Daria – a match made in suburban teen hell. One big difference between us was that her family had money. Her father worked in the film industry, which afforded them a beautiful home with a pool and plenty of food, and cable television. All these things were very attractive to me and I spent as much time as I could over there, swimming, eating and watching MTV. None of this I could do in our crappy, cable-less apartment with bare cupboards on the other side of town. It was my fantasy oasis from which I could escape the concrete-gray realities of my own life. Of course, the show we were completely obsessed with that year was The Real World: San Francisco. We were shocked, we were amazed, we were excited. We were transfixed. We couldn’t believe what we were seeing. Personally, in my life, it’s the only Real World season I’ve actually watched. We fell in love with certain cast members, and despised others. Of course, we loved Pam (Ling). She was a young beautiful med student with tattoos and a cool haircut. What wasn’t there to love? And then there was Pedro. That was the first time either of us had seen a real-life, out LGBTQ young person on TV. He was intelligent, charming, beautiful. Everyone loved him. And he was HIV-positive. Just a few hours after the last episode of that season aired, on November 11, 1994, Zamora passed away. So yes, it was certainly an honor to be at fundraiser promoting a scholarship in his name, nearly 24 years later. This wasn’t some big, stuffy, black tie affair at a fancy hotel. It was an intimate gathering on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, in the home of Jonathan Murray, The Real World’s cocreator and executive producer. Friends, former castmates and people from behind the scenes shared their
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personal stories and memories of Zamora, making it feel more like a family reunion than a fundraising event. It was then that the reality of Zamora’s humanity ripped through me. This was no longer a mythical figure that I could idealize and admire through the magical lens of MTV. This was a human being. This was a human being who wanted to live and was scared to die, just like the rest of us. A human being who accomplished an amazing amount in his short time here but could have done so much more. He was a human being, who suffered greatly and died at 22, and shouldn’t have. This is the true tragedy of the AIDS epidemic. Within two years after his death, antiretroviral HIV medications were developed that would have saved Zamora’s life. And over the next two decades, the face of the epidemic has changed greatly. Being HIV-positive has evolved from a death sentence to a treatable chronic condition. Today, the life expectancy of an HIV-positive person on treatment is about the same as any other person. At the fundraiser, I also had the honor to meet several of the scholarship recipients, all of whom were young people living with HIV, of various racial and sexual identities, doing amazing things in their communities. Soon after learning that he was living with HIV at only 17, Zamora dedicated his life to raising public awareness, arming other young people with the information and tools needed to avoid acquiring HIV. And that is exactly what these young people are doing, today, in their own communities. But they need the help of programs like this to continue to do so, which is why the Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship is such a beautiful thing. And let’s not forget that we all need to continue to be a part of that fight. Under a current administration that continues to slash funding for HIV/AIDS programs – which could, for starters, cut millions off from their life-saving meds – it’s frightening to think how quickly another wave of the epidemic could hit. Not to mention, stigma and ignorance around the virus in mainstream America continues to thrive. As we approach the 25th anniversary of his death, it is encouraging to know that Zamora’s impact is still not only being felt, but continuing to make real progress and change in the fight against HIV through future generations. e Desirée Guerrero is the associate editor of Plus magazine. This column is a project of Plus, Positively Aware, POZ, TheBody.com and Q Syndicate, the LGBT wire service. Visit their websites – http://hivplusmag. com, http://positivelyaware.com, http://poz.com and http://thebody.com – for the latest updates on HIV/ AIDS. For more information about the National AIDS Memorial Grove and the Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship, visit AidsMemorial.org.
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Guide to the Clubs HOUSTON
n MONTROSE - MIDTOWN Moon Tower Inn 3004 Canal St, 77003 (832) 969-1934 • damngoodfoodcoldassbeer.com Hot Dogs | Beer Gardens
Crocker Bar 2312 Crocker St, Houston (713) 529-3355 Large Deck | Karaoke George’s Country Sports Bar 617 Fairview Ave, Houston (713) 528-8102 Sports Bar | Pool & Darts | Patio Guava Lamp 570 Waugh Dr, Houston (713) 524-3359 • guavalamphouston.com Video Lounge | Karaoke | Mixed JR’s Bar and Grill & Santa Fe 808 Pacific St, Houston (713) 521-2519 • jrsbarandgrill.com Videos | Patio | Karaoke | Shows
Tout Suite 2001 Commerce, 77002 713-227-8688 • toutsuitetx.com Bakery | Cafe | Pub Voodoo Queen 322 Milby St, 77003 713-555-5666 • damngoodfoodcoldassbeer.com Casual | Po’ Boys | Games
Michael’s Outpost Piano Bar 1419 Richmond Ave, Houston (713) 520-8446 Neighborhood Bar | Pub | Piano
n DOWNTOWN / WARDS 1-4 Tony’s Corner Pocket 817 West Dallas Street, Houston (713) 571-7870 • tonyscornerpocket.com Neighborhood Bar | Pool | Dancers
Rich's Houston 2401 San Jacinto (281) 846-6685 RichsNightclub.com
n HOUSTON - NORTH SIDE Ranch Hill Saloon 24704 Interstate 45, Spring (281) 298-9035 • ranchhill.com Country | Cowgirl | Neighborhood Bar
Barcode Houston 817 Fairview Ave, Houston (713) 526-2625 • facebook.com/barcode77006
Shows | Neighborhood Bar | CD/Trans The Ripcord 715 Fairview St, Houston (713) 521-2792 • facebook.com/ripcordhouston Leather | Uniform | Fetish | Men n DOWNTOWN / EADO Lucky’s Pub - Downtown 801 St Emanuel St, 77003 (713) 522-2010 • Luckyspub.com Sports Bar | Food
Neil’s Bahr 2006 Walker St, 77003 (281) 352-7456 • NeilsBahr.com Premier Nerd | Gamer | Intellectual hangout
The Room Bar 4915 FM 2920 Rd, Spring (281) 907-6866 • roombarspring.com Neighborhood Bar | Shows | Dance | Mixed n NW HOUSTON Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon 11410 Hempstead Highway Houston, TX 77092 (713) 677-0828 • neonbootsclub.com
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Viviana’s Night Club 4624 Dacoma St, Houston (713) 681-4101 • vivianasniteclub.com Latino | Tejano | Dance n HOUSTON - SW Crystal Night Club 6684 SW Fwy, Houston (713) 278- 2582 • crystaltheclub.com Latin Dance | Salsa n HEIGHTS / WASHINGTON CORRIDOR Pearl Lounge 4216 Washington, Houston 832-740-4933 • pearlhouston.com Neighborhood Art Bar | Live Music | Women
GALVESTON
23rd Street Station 1706 23rd St, Galveston (409) 443-5678 • 23rdstreetstation.com Piano Bar | Pub | Live Entertainment Robert’s Lafitte 2501 Ave Q, Galveston (409) 765-9092 • galveston.com/robertslafitte Neighborhood Bar | Pub | Cruise | Shows Rumors Beach Bar 3102 Seawall Blvd., Galveston (409) 497-4617 • RumorsBeachBar.com Beach bar | Shows
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