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ABC10 Participates in West Coast Leg of Carry The Load

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BC10 is proud to participate in the west coast leg of Carry The Load, a national 32-day relay highlighted by a group of dedicated individuals walking, cycling, rallying, and carrying the American flag through the Sacramento region on Tuesday, May 3.

Founded by Veteran U.S. Navy SEALs, the goal of the Carry The Load Memorial May Awareness Campaign is to inspire people to actively participate in the relay while helping to restore the true meaning of Memorial Day. Funds generated from Carry The Load provide muchneeded nationwide services such as counseling, adaptive training, suicide prevention, job placements, civilian transition, educational scholarships for children of the fallen, and more.

The west coast route of the program starts in Seattle on April 28 and makes its way through the Sacramento region on May 3. Interested community members can get involved in a number of ways, including: donating to the cause here, registering as an individual or team participant here, cheering the group on (in person, on ABC10’s newscasts, or virtually), or joining members of the ABC10 staff for the final 4.29-mile stretch.

Timing and activities for the local leg in the Sacramento region on May 3 are planned as follows:

Preview & Kick-Off

5-7 a.m. at Lowe’s Home Improvement in Roseville (10201 Fairway Drive) – ABC10’s Mark S. Allen will preview the Carry the Load relay live during ABC10’s morning newscast at 5 a.m. then capture the official kick-off of the local start during the 6 a.m. newscast

Relay through Region

8 a.m. at Maidu Regional Park in Roseville (1550 Maidu Drive) 10 a.m. at Lowe’s Home Improvement in Citrus Heights (7840 Greenback Lane) Noon at Target in Sacramento (5001 Madison Ave.) 2 p.m. at PetSmart in Sacramento (1738 Watt Ave.) 4 p.m. at The Home Depot in Sacramento (8000 Folsom Blvd.)

Final Stretch of Local Leg 6 p.m. at California State Capitol Park in downtown Sacramento (15th & L Streets) – community is invited to join the group and ABC10 staff while walking the final 4.29mile stretch to honor and remember our nation’s heroes (no advance registration is required, and all ages are welcome to join at 6 p.m.)

8 p.m. at The Home Depot in West Sacramento (690 Riverpoint Court) – finish of local leg The Carry The Load Memorial May campaign takes place the entire month of May and culminates in Dallas on Memorial Day, May 30.

To learn more about Carry The Load, please visit www.CarryTheLoad.org. For more about ABC10 and its mission, other community-driven initiatives and/or to watch award-winning special reports and more, please visit www.abc10.com or www.youtube. com/c/ABC10. outwordmagazine.com

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Jacob Stensberg Named Artistic Director Of San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus

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ollowing an extensive nationwide search, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (SFGMC) Executive Director Chris Verdugo and Board of Directors Chair Glenn DeSandre announced the appointment of Jacob Stensberg as the new Artistic Director of San Francisco’s premier choral organization. Stensberg succeeds Dr. Timothy Seelig who will retire at the conclusion of SFGMC’s Season 44 in July 2022.

Jacob Stensberg joins San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus from Purdue University’s vocal music department, where he served as Assistant Director of the Purduettes and University Choir, and Director of the Chamber Choir, All-Campus and Community Chorale, and the PMO Kids Choir.

“We set out to find an artistic leader who could build on the monumental accomplishments and artistic excellence Dr. Tim Seelig has helped San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus achieve,” said Verdugo. “We are extremely fortunate to attract someone with Jacob’s deep knowledge of vocal arts and musical theater, and proven commitment to his community. His enthusiasm and exuberance are contagious. I look forward to introducing him to the San Francisco Bay Area.”

“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am delighted to welcome Jacob Stensberg as SFGMC’s next Artistic Director,” adds DeSandre. “His passionate commitment to social justice, advocacy, and the amplification of marginalized voices coupled with his creative artistic vision and choral pedagogy make him the ideal candidate to lead SFGMC into the future.”

Originally from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, Stensberg received his Bachelor of Music Education in Vocal Music at Carroll University and went on to receive his Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Butler University. Since then, he has been recognized with numerous awards and grants for his leadership in conducting, program development, and intercultural competency and research.

Prior to his role at Purdue University, Jacob served the Indianapolis community

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through his musical direction of professional theater productions, including The Rocky Horror Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame. At Purdue University, he has been instrumental in amplifying marginalized voices and has been a leader of Purdue’s diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Most recently, Jacob conducted research on the way cultural music is shared and its direct impact on complex tasks like empathy, curiosity, and openness. He shared his findings at the American Choral Directors Association Conference in Chicago in February 2022.

The Artistic Director Search Committee was designed to represent the diversity of SFGMC’s membership, Board of Directors, and community. For more information visit: https://www.sfgmc.org

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San Francisco To Host Largest Display Of The AIDS Memorial Quilt In A Decade

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he National AIDS Memorial will mark the 35th anniversary of the AIDS Memorial Quilt with an historic outdoor display in Golden Gate Park that will feature nearly 3,000 handstitched panels of the Quilt.

The free public event will take place on June 11 & 12 from 10 am – 5 pm each day in Robin Williams Meadow and in the National AIDS Memorial Grove. Expected to draw thousands of people, the display will be the largest display of the Quilt in over a decade and the largest-ever in San Francisco history.

“This year’s historic community display will be a beautiful celebration of life and a recognition of the power of the Quilt today as a teaching tool for health and social justice,” said National AIDS Memorial CEO John Cunningham. “The Quilt is an important reminder that the HIV/AIDS crisis is still not over and there is much work to be done, particularly in communities of color, where HIV is on the rise in many parts of the country.”

The two-day 35th Anniversary event, presented by Gilead Sciences, will feature 350 12’x12’ blocks of the Quilt laid out on the ground, each consisting of eight 3’x 6’ individually sewn panels that honor and remember the names and stories of loved ones lost to AIDS. Visitors will be able to walk through the display to experience each panel, remember the names, and see first-hand the stories sewn into each of them.

Featured Quilt blocks will include many of the original panels made during the darkest days of the pandemic and panels made in recent years, a solemn reminder that the AIDS crisis is still not over.

“The Quilt remains an important symbol of hope, activism and remembrance that reaches millions of people each year, opening hearts and minds,” said Alex Kalomparis, Senior Vice President, Gilead Sciences, a long-time partner of the Quilt and its

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programs. The company provided a $2.4 million grant to the National AIDS Memorial in 2019 to relocate the Quilt from Atlanta back to San Francisco. More than 100 new panels will be seen for the first time at the San Francisco display.

An opening ceremony and traditional Quilt unfolding will start at 9:30 am on the 11th, followed by the continuous reading of names of lives lost to AIDS aloud by volunteers, dignitaries, and the public on both days. Volunteer opportunities and community/ corporate partnerships are available. The public is also invited to bring new panels that can be displayed in a special area to become part of the Quilt.

According to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, while new HIV infections in the U.S. fell about 8% from 2015 to 2019, Black and Latino communities — particularly gay and bisexual men within those groups — continue to be disproportionately affected. In 2019, 26% of new HIV infections were among Black gay and bisexual men, 23% among Latino gay and bisexual men, and 45% among gay and bisexual men under the age of 35. African American and Hispanics/Latinos account for the largest increases in new HIV diagnoses, 42% and 27% respectively. Disparities also persist among women. Black women’s HIV infection rate is 11 times that of white women and four times that of Latina women. Racism, HIV stigma, homophobia, poverty, and barriers to health care continue to drive these disparities.

A special web page at www.aidsmemorial. org has been created for the public to plan their visit to see the display that will be updated regularly with the latest details and information about this historic event.

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The Struggle To Help LGBTQ Foster Youth Aging-Out Of The System

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by Ken Magri, Solving Sacramento

GBTQ foster youth in California have a greater likelihood of being undereducated, unemployed and becoming homeless compared to their heterosexual peers. But the future doesn’t have to look like this.

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When the California State Legislature passed the Fostering Connections to Success Act back in 2010, it helped solve a chronic problem that every foster child faced the moment they turned 18 and became a legal adult.

It is called “aging-out.” In the past, newly-turned 18-year olds simply signed a legal document and were left to fend for themselves. Without being compensated, foster parents had no obligation to house of these young adults any longer. Without continued financial support, and with little knowledge of how to access social services, many had to face a harsh new world of independent living.

While most youth receive financial or in-kind parental support well into their 20s, foster care youth at the age of 18 have a harder time. “The transition to adulthood is abrupt, stark, inflexible, and typically irreversible,” Atkinson noted.

The challenges have been especially pronounced LGBTQ youth who are aging-out.

Sacramento’s Malasia Washington is one such example. As a transgender youth who identifies as a woman, Washington entered the foster care system at the age of 14, and aged-out four years later. She was unable to make a smooth transition into adulthood.

“Right after I turned 18, my foster dad asked me to leave, so I was homeless for about a month,” Washington recalled. “I was so depressed living on the streets, I turned to drugs for comfort.”

The Fostering Connections to Success Act was designed to solve problems like Washington’s by helping aged-out foster children for up to three additional years.

This extension also allows NDMs to continue living with their current foster parents, if desired.

With regular visits from a supervisor, they could alternatively choose to live with another selected guardian, or they can transition into an apartment or college dorm with another foster youth or former foster youth.

But for Washington, it was a hard four-year journey just getting to that extended foster care program.

“Even though I identified as transgender, they first sent me to a boy’s group home,” she told Outworld, “and the boys there did not like it.”

After enduring two months of physical abuse from them, Washington was sent to live in homes with individual foster parents.

A subsequent foster parent, who was Catholic, claimed he wasn’t told about Washington’s sexual identity in advance, so another placement change had to be made.

Later Washington was transferred to a group home for girls, where she said there was more understanding. But in those earlier years before the extension, Washington changed residences seven times.

It is difficult to determine the exact percentage of LGBTQ youths within that number. But a 2019 study by the University of Texas at Austin found an over-representation of LGBTQ youth within the California foster care system.

LBGTQ youth in the foster care system are more likely to be moved from one living situation to another, and more frequently placed into group homes.

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District of Columbia) that has current laws to protect foster youth from harassment and discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender identity.

For her part, Washington felt that prospective foster parents should be told in advance about the gender status of a youth.

“It gives the parents a way to say yes or no if it goes against their religious beliefs or anything else,” she said.

The policy of California’s Child Protective Services has always been to have discussions with prospective parents to determine whether their home is a good fit.

But when Washington was first placed into a home “there were not active efforts to inquire about prospective foster parents’ comfort level or ability to support LGBTQ youth,” said Michelle Callejas, Director of the Sacramento County DCFS. Callejas explained that changed in 2017, when the Resource Family Approval program, RFA, was implemented.

“Since implementing RFA, the department makes active efforts to talk with prospective resource parents about how they would support an LGBTQ youth in their home,” said Callejas.

“We also began actively recruiting loving and affirming foster homes for our LGBTQ youth.”

A social worker Washington had known through the foster care program found her on the streets and reached out, saying there were new programs that could help. Washington was placed in a residential hotel until an apartment could be found.

In Sacramento County, twelve specialized social workers work closely with foster care youth to create what is called a Transitional Independent Living Plan, or TILP. But other challenges exist: A University of Chicago report pointed out that many young adults “struggle to find a balance between maintaining their new personal space and warding off feelings of isolation and loneliness.”

Washington agreed with that, saying that she also fights off loneliness at times. But she also says she will be ready to leave the program at 21. Now in her last year, she begins studying next month to be an emergency medical technician, and to operate heavy machinery.

Washington is happy to see that attitudes have changed among the bureaucrats that deal with LGBTQ youth and prospective parents.

Additionally, she feels that there needs to be more safety in the group homes. “I know personally friends who reached out to staff, including me,” she said, “and the staff let them down.”

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“Hello, Molly! A Memoir” by Molly Shannon

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he audience roars. That’s music to a performer: the best you can ask from a group of people expecting to be entertained is approval for your efforts. Laughter, for a comedy. Gasps for a drama. Tears for a tragedy and tapping toes for a musical, that’s what you want. But remember: as in “Hello, Molly,” the new memoir by Molly Shannon, not all of life’s a stage.

For most of her life, Molly Shannon’s mother stood off to one side, a main character with a big role but few lines. She was killed in a car accident when Shannon was just four, as if she made a cameo appearance and then was off the script.

But not entirely. With the help of family and friends, Shannon’s father, Jim, raised Shannon and her sister, Mary, to remember their mother and to seize life in every way possible, encouraging his girls to be bold and “wild.” Once, when Shannon was thirteen and her best friend was eleven years old, Shannon’s father planted the idea in her head to hop a plane. The girls ended up stowing away in plain sight on a flight from Cleveland (near their home town) to New York City.

He paid for their trip back home.

And yet, being Jim Shannon’s daughter wasn’t all fun and games. He was an alcoholic, as was his father and his father-in-law; when he was sober, Shannon recalls parties, spontaneous trips, loving encouragement, and permission to skip school. When he was drunk, she says that she and her sister were always watchful for his mercurial moods and his propensity for a different kind of “wild” behavior.

She couldn’t wait to leave home.

And yet, through college, a fledgling career, and a popular spot on Saturday Night Live, her father was always there, always a touchpoint for her past but also an irritation; enormously proud of her, but with a short wall between them.

It wasn’t until she was well into her adulthood that Shannon realized he harbored a secret, and then everything made sense...

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You don’t expect a terrible, gasp-worthy accident to be the foundation for a funny story, but there it is, the opening number in “Hello, Molly.”

Quickly-quickly, though, author Molly Shannon pulls readers in – somewhat awkwardly, at first, but in the same excited way that your fourth-grade BFF did when there was something important or interesting that you simply had to see. That,

in fact, is the feel you’ll get in the first part of this book: like you’ve been taken by the hand and pulled toward something that was going to make this the best day ever.

As you read on, that’s not much hyperbole.

If you like Shannon’s work, you’re going to adore this memoir, which appears a lot like her skits: hectic, heartfelt, hold-your-sides hilarious, honest, and always, always arms-wide charming. Bring your sense of humor here – but bring tissues, too.

So, take a look, fellas. Here’s what you want in a book, fellas. “Hello, Molly!” is gonna make you roar. outwordmagazine.com

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t’s just days away from being May, which is National Jewish American Heritage month, as well as Stroke, Mental Health, Celiac Disease and ALS Awareness month. It is also the month we show appreciation for our military and for all the LGBTQ and allied soldiers who have served, whether openly or in silence.

But before April fades into the past, there’s still time to participate in testicular cancer awareness month. One of the leading cancers in men aged 15-44, it takes balls to check for signs or symptoms. To learn more go to this very long URL. Testicularcancerawarenessfoundation.org One of the biggest annual events for the Sacramento Rainbow Chamber is upon us!

On April 28 The Boas & Bow Ties Rainbow Masquerade Gala will be held at the Sacramento Hilton Arden West, 2200 Harvard St. from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

The event celebrates the chamber’s successes and contributions from their members.

Rainbowchamber. com The Big Day of Giving (BDOG) is back and nonprofits all over Sacramento will be extorting—I mean asking—for donations on May 5. With so many worthwhile nonprofits you need to ask yourself where can my funds do the most good? Where will my dollars make the most impact? Smaller nonprofits rely on your donations during fundraising opportunities such as this to provide vital services to their clients.

After a long day of dodging BDOG emails, come spend the evening at the Big Day of Giving Drag Queen Bingo! Benefiting the Rainbow Chamber Foundation it’s the biggest game of the year! On May 5 a special $50 VIP package includes a reserved seat in the VIP room, Bluetooth headphones and a bingo card. It’s gonna be a sell out so get your tickets early! Rainbowchamber.com It’s the best monthly event in town!

Outword’s Monthly Happy Hour at Badlands, 2003 K St. is always a good time with chances to win some fun prizes. Come join us Friday, May 13 at 5:30 p.m.

If you got a fast car don’t get a ticket anywhere except the 71st Annual Sacramento Autorama at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds April 29 - May 1! The Sacramento Autorama returns to Featuring hundreds of the country’s best lowriders, classics, rods, muscle cars, trucks and motorcycles competing to win some of the nation’s most prestigious awards, with an additional 400 cars expected to participate in the 14th Annual Sacramento Autorama Drive-In. Eric Estrada, who played Ponch in outwordmagazine.com

the television series “CHiPs,” will host autograph sessions on Saturday and Sunday.

Hotrodshows.com/sacramento-autorama The much anticipated Women in Business Expo and Pre Mothers Day Rock The Runway Fashion Show will get underway Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Unlimited Fashions and LTD Productions will take over Wyndham/Crown Plaza Hotel, 5321 Data Ave. with Celebrity Guest Tameka Raymond.

Raymond is a fashion stylist who has worked as a personal stylist for Lauryn Hill, Toni Braxton, Ciara, Patti LaBelle, and many others.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite.com The Sacramento NAACP WIN (Women in NAACP) will gather on Monday, May 9 from 5:30 - 8 p.m. at The Spot, 317 12th St. for an evening of networking, food and entertainment. The event is being held to recognize Dr. Shirley Weber who is the CA State Secretary of State and Community Engagement Manager Lynette Hall as the 2022 Women In NAACP WIN Women In Leadership Award.

The Sacramento Women’s Chorus is clapping, snapping and dancing their way into hearts April 30 at 7 p.m. with their “Always A Place For You” concert. Directed

by Robin Richie and accompanied by Vutu Nguyen the 75 member strong choral event will be held at St Mark’s United Methodist Church, 2391 St Marks Way. Sacramentowomenschorus.org May the 4th be with you! It’s Star Wars Day and what better way to celebrate than seeing the original Star Wars? Wednesday, May 4 at 7 p.m. Star Wars (1977) is showing at The Crest Theatre, 1013 K St. Also in attendance will be Alan Fernandez, who played a Tusken Raider and Tim Donaldson and Andrea Wickman-Miller who played Jawas. Crestsacramento.com Do you like wine? I know, silly question.

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by Chey Mongeon

ne of these iconic heroes is most definitely Taryn Thru-U, the glamorous linebacker who sometimes slums around dressed like Johnathan Cameron. For what seems like eons, Taryn has been gracing the stages, thrones, and venues of the Sacramento queer scene. Whether she’s called you out at a drag brunch, bruised you with birthday spankings or side-eyed you at an event, you never forget meeting her.

Johnathan has been performing as Taryn for nearly eighteen years. She’s been involved in every type of occasion from weddings to graduations to Drag Queen story time. When I asked her what she considered to be her favorite performance, she told me that it was the funeral she was asked to perform at in 2021. “It was really sad and really hard,” he told me. “But I think it was important for us to have some joy that day, so I hope I brought that to everyone.”

As Taryn’s 50th birthday approaches it’s the perfect time for us to look back at all of the good Mama T has done in her time with our community. Mostly because he absolutely refuses to allow anyone to draw attention to it lest we all learn that he’s a big ol’ marshmallow underneath all that sass.

At the core: Taryn Thru-U was invented for charity. Johnathan has performed for multiple local organizations raising funds and engagement for many local causes. He uses his drag as art to lift up those around him and bring the support that our

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community needs. He was a long-time member of the Imperial Court System, serving as Empress 32 and 43 for Sacramento and as President of the Board for 8 years. Through his job at Badlands, he was able to host fundraising events such as The Employee Drag Show and Closet Ball. And when he’s not busy taking Taryn around to raise money, Johnathan dedicates his time to enriching the lives of his clients as a case manager at Sunburst Projects.

Those of us that are lucky enough to be close with Mama T know better than anyone how far her generosity goes. She keeps it lowkey, but she makes a point to take care of the people she can. During the pandemic, she made masks by the hundreds and took it upon herself to keep track of all her people that were suddenly stuck at home by themselves. And when restrictions loosened, Taryn poured her time and money into setting up Drag Brunch and outdoor seating areas so that

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the gay community would once more have a place to gather when we needed it most.

Johnathan is always willing to lend his ear or his time to people in need. He steps in for so many of us who don’t have the ability to go to our parents for advice and support.

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In honor of all he has given, we’re inviting all of Sacramento to join us at Badlands on Friday May 20th at 8pm to pay tribute to The Bitch of Badlands as she steamrolls her way into Old Age. Be prepared for swag bags, balloon drops and more.

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Testosterone For Days on the Big Screen

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by Chris Narloch

estosterone rules at the movies this month, with a bunch of new films featuring swordfights, bromances, and lots of guyflick action.

The Northman

We haven’t had a good, bloody Viking film at the movies in many a moon, but this incredibly violent and weird new release from the very talented director Robert Eggers (“The Witch,” “The Lighthouse”) rectifies that fact in a big way.

Hunky Alexander Skarsgard plays the adult version of a little boy whose father, the king, is killed (and mother kidnapped) by his uncle at the start of the film. The rest of the movie is an intense action flick that follows Prince Amleth’s revenge.

Eggers goes for broke with lots of blood, mud, rugged scenery, and heavy, twisted subject matter that won’t be every moviegoer’s cup of tea.

Personally, I enjoy Eggers’ dark visions, and the film has a terrific cast that includes Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, and Anya Taylor-Joy. Additionally, any film that features the singer Bjork as a witchy prophetess and climaxes with a fiery, nude swordfight between two hunky guys at the gates of hell is my kind of movie.

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The quirky actor Nicolas Cage, who went from winning an Oscar for “Leaving Las Vegas” to purgatory in B-movie hell, is back with his most entertaining, accessible film in decades. “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” gives the talented star one of his most challenging roles ever -- playing himself.

The 58-year-old Cage even gets to act with a CGI version of his much younger self -- an imaginary friend who gives him advice about his troubled life and movie career. The film is “meta” in the extreme, and I really enjoyed seeing the actor have fun with his own image.

The story involves a bromance between the superstar version of himself that Cage plays in the movie and a rich mobster who also happens to be a super-fan of the actor. Funny lady Tiffany Haddish even turns up as a CIA operative who recruits the actor for a “real-life” role in bringing the mob family down.

Cage and handsome Pedro Pascal have a great time with their movie bromance, and the film stays light and funny to the end.

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Ambulance

Movie fans experiencing withdrawal waiting for another testosteronefilled action flick from Michael Bay (“Transformers”) can get their fix with this preposterous but exciting-if-you-turn-off-your-brain film about a bank robbery gone very wrong.

Jake Gyllenhaal is the crazy mastermind behind the ill-advised bank heist, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays his more sympathetic partner in crime. The pair hijack an ambulance (with a dying cop in the back!) which becomes their unlikely getaway car after the police foil the bank heist.

Gyllenhaal is superb as always, this time playing a fast-talking psycho who won’t give up even after everything goes wrong with his plan. I didn’t believe a second of “Ambulance,” but the cast works hard to sell the silly script, and Bay gives action fans the adrenaline rush they crave.

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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Dumbledore’s big secret turns out to be that he’s gay and had an affair with bad guy Grindelwald when they were much younger. Writer J. K. Rowling announced his homosexuality publicly in the past, but this is the first Harry Potter-adjacent film to refer to it on screen.

Unfortunately, Potter and friends are nowhere to be found in “The Secrets of Dumbledore,” and Dumbledore’s queerness is referred to in passing but not explored in any depth in the new “Fantastic Beasts” film.

Rowling’s revelation about Dumbledore might have had a more positive impact if she hadn’t hurt her brand by making ill-advised public comments about trans folks. The real problem with her latest project, however, is how routine and joyless the movie turned out.

A boring Mads Mikkelsen replaces Johnny Depp (as Grindelwald) this time out, which is unfortunate since Depp was one of the best things about “Fantastic Beasts.” Without his star power, the movie feels dreary and overlong.

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The Broadway Sacramento Gala Returns

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y the time you read this, Broadway Sacramento’s 20222023 season titles will have been announced. The other good news for Sacramento theatre fans is that tickets are still available to purchase for The Broadway Sacramento Gala happening in early May.

Sacramento’s most glamorous fundraising event of the year, this elegant, black-tie optional evening will include a cocktail reception with a full hosted bar, gourmet dinner, live auction, and dancing to the sounds of the popular band Hip Service.

The Gala will be emceed by Rob Stewart, and the featured performer is the sensational winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Stephanie J. Block (“Wicked,” “Falsettos,” “The Cher Show”).

This year’s Broadway Sacramento Gala is slated for Saturday evening, May 7 at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit: https://www.broadwaysacramento.com/support/gala

“May the Fourth” Be With You at The Crest

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he VIP meet-and-greets are already sold out, but there may still be some general admission tickets left for this fun fan event at Sacramento’s Crest Theatre, to celebrate May the Fourth. That evening’s festivities include a rare, big screen showing of the first “Star Wars” film from 1977, which will be preceded by a panel discussion with three cast members: Alan Fernandez, who played a Tusken Raider, and Tim Donaldson and Andrea WickmanMiller, who played Jawas. For more information, visit: https://crestsacramento.com/events 14 Outword Magazine

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The Sacramento Edition of Monopoly is Coming Soon

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by Chris Narloch

ith Sacramento real estate becoming more and more desirable (and expensive), it’s high time we had our own version of Monopoly, the popular board game in which players compete to acquire real estate and bankrupt their opponents.

San Antonio and Palm Springs are just two of the cities that already have custom editions of Monopoly, and later this year California’s capital will receive its own version of the famous board game, featuring local landmarks and well-known neighborhoods unique to our city.

I recently spoke with Aaron Green, who is involved with the launch of the soon-to-be Sacramento edition of Monopoly, and this is what he had to say about the game’s salute to the City of Trees.

Which cities already have their own Monopoly game, Aaron?

Top Trumps USA has been doing these custom Monopoly city editions for 25 years all over the world.

In 2019, Hasbro granted us the U.S rights.

Since then, we have released editions for Brooklyn, Manhattan Beach, Texas Hill Country, Worcester, MA, Greenwich, CT, and Cambridge, MA.

Besides Sacramento, which cities are coming soon?

In the next year we will be launching editions for Napa Valley, Lake Tahoe, Kansas City, The Hamptons, Corpus Christi, TX, Pittsburg, and Mainline Philadelphia. The appetite for this iconic game continues to grow and grow and as members of local communities open their editions for the first

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time, they are pleased to see local businesses and attractions that speak to them.

Do you have a date when Sacramento’s game will arrive in finished form?

Monopoly Sacramento will be released in November 2022 just in time for the holiday shopping season. Expect to see the game for purchase in local gift shops, ACE Hardware, and CVS. It will also be available on Amazon and via our website, toptrumps.us

Are the game pieces and community chest cards tailored to the city, as well as the properties?

The game pieces will remain the originals as they are what everyone knows so well.

The community chest and chance cards will be 100% customized to Sacramento.

I assume landmarks like Old Sac and the Fab 40s might make it on to our game.

Sacramentans will easily recognize the businesses, parks, museums, and other attractions on this edition.

To get a feel for what the Sacramentothemed game board will look like, check out the other custom editions of Monopoly at

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Don’t Miss The 16th Annual California Artisan Cheese Festival

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alifornia’s premier cheese festival, the California Artisan Cheese Festival announced the vendors participating in the walk-around tasting event, the Artisan Cheese Tasting and Marketplace. Taking place on Saturday, May 7th, guests will be able to sample over 60 awardwinning cheeses, wines, ciders, beers and other artisan products. Over the last two years the festival was online-only, so this return to an in-person festival is a very special occasion for many local artisans.

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Now in its 16th year, this non-profit event strives to increase cheese appreciation, educate consumers about artisan cheeses, and support the California cheesemaking community and its sustainability. This year’s festival will take place from 12-4pm at the vast Grace Pavilion at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds Event Center. New this year, the footprint of the Festival will be expanded to include the adjoining outdoor Shade Park area so guests will have more room to comfortably enjoy all that the festival has to offer, including live entertainment by local Sonoma County-based jazz band, King Street Giants.

“The Artisan Cheese Tasting and Marketplace offers a very special opportunity to taste, sip, savor and purchase delectable cheeses, and products that complement cheese, all in one place,” said Judy Groverman Walker, Event Producer of the California Artisan Cheese Festival. “We are excited to be back in-person this year and featuring so many local favorites and over a dozen new purveyors.”

Cheesemakers showcasing their products at the Marketplace include: Achadinha Cheese Company, Beehive Cheese Company, Cowgirl Creamery, Cypress Grove, Fiscalini Farmstead Cheese Company, Laura Chenel, Marin French Cheese Co., Morsey’s Creamery, Nicasio Valley Cheese Co., Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, Rumiano Cheese Co.,

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Sach Foods, Sierra Nevada Cheese Co., Valley Ford Cheese & Creamery, and Wm. Cofield Cheesemakers.

In this banquet for the senses, the Artisan Marketplace brings together more than 60 artisan cheese and specialty food producers, winemakers, brewers, cider makers, distillers and chefs – each offering attendees the opportunity to sample and shop. Every guest will receive an Artisan Cheese Festival insulated tote bag as well as a festive wine glass.

Tickets for the Artisan Cheese Tasting & Marketplace are now on sale and may be purchased at www.artisancheesefestival.com.

A limited number of Early Entry tickets (11am) are available for $75; general admission tickets are $60 each. Child tickets are $30 for kids 5-12 years old. Please note that all ticket sales are final and all events will take place rain or shine. Baby strollers are not permitted in the Marketplace.

State and county Covid-19 regulations and guidelines are constantly changing, so please visit our website for most up-to-date recommendations and requirements as the Festival approaches. The Board of Directors for the California Artisan Cheese Festival encourages everyone planning to attend to get vaccinated and boosted when eligible.

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Mama’s Back! With More Opulence, More Extravaganza, and Even More Bacon!

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n Sunday, May 15 at 11 a.m., the Sacramento LGBT Community Center brings back the region’s biggest Drag Brunch fundraising extravaganza, Mama’s Makin’ Bacon!

This year Mama’s turning up the opulence to eleven and serving up looks, mimosas, and a classic brunch in the gorgeous Memorial Auditorium in the heart of downtown Sacramento.

Mama’s showcasing some of Sacramento’s elite Drag performers, including Tyson Checkin, Mudd The Two-Spirit, Grease Paint, Mae Heffiman, Princess B., Tilly Creams, Tila Pia, and C-Yah Envy, with music spun by DJ Lady Char, and an amazing line-up of roaming performances that promise to razzle, dazzle, shock and awe. Mama’s will celebrate Sacramento’s unique drag culture and promises a Sunday morning brunch experience like never before.

“This is a guaranteed extraordinary time for everyone,” says Camille Adams, Event Manager for the Sacramento LGBT Community Center. “You get to enjoy an amazing brunch and an extravagant show in

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a beautiful venue, all while knowing you’re making a difference in Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ community.”

Along with being the biggest and most extravagant Drag show that the Center’s ever produced, Mama’s Makin’ Bacon is also the Center’s biggest fundraiser to support Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ community. Tickets can be found at Saccenter.org/mamas, and folks are encouraged to get their tickets early before the event sells out!

For questions or further event information, don’t hesitate to contact the Sacramento LGBT Community Center’s Event Manager, Camille Adams at Camille.adams@saccenter.org.

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Don’t Miss The S.F. Silent Film Festival

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ou will have to drive over to San Francisco to attend, but it will be worth the effort to enjoy one of the finest silent film festivals in the world, this May at the Castro Theatre.

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival will showcase over two dozen fabulous features this year, over seven days, including classic movies directed by the likes of Clarence Brown, Erich von Stroheim, Buster Keaton, and Ernst Lubitsch.

The Buster Keaton title, “Steamboat Bill, Jr.,” is of particular interest to local film buffs because -- in addition to being a silent comedy masterpiece -- it was filmed in Sacramento, beginning in 1927, a year before its theatrical release.

That movie contains one of the most famous and dangerous film stunts ever -- an amazing scene in which Keaton (who directed, cowrote and stars in the movie) just barely avoids being crushed by a falling building façade thanks to a small open outwordmagazine.com

window.

Buster Keaton had two of the most soulful, expressive eyes in film history, and “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” is one of his finest achievements, with a brilliant cyclone sequence that rivals the iconic one in “The Wizard of Oz.” Other titles I hope to see at this year’s festival include Lon Chaney in 1923’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” 1922’s “Salome,” and “Waxworks,” a German Expressionist horror classic from 1924 starring Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, and Werner Krauss as wax bad guys that come to life.

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Golden Girls Themed Cruise Departs Out of Miami in April 2023 with 100s of Golden Girls Fans

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lip Phone Events is overjoyed to announce the return of Golden Fans at Sea, a Golden Girls Fan Cruise out of Miami.

The cruise is taking place aboard the luxurious Celebrity Summit out of Miami on April 8, 2023.

The five-night cruise is the fourth sailing for Golden Fans at Sea. The cruise stops in the ports of Key West, Florida and Cozumel, Mexico.

In Key West, cruise guests will embark on a Golden Bar Crawl. The bar crawl includes drag shows, dance parties, trivia, and more!

The bar crawl is only available for cruise guests. In Cozumel, every guest is invited to Shady Pines at the Beach excursion. This excursion is included with the price of the cruise!

Special guests for the 2023 include Stan Zimmerman (writer of Golden Girls), Jim Colucci (author of Golden Girls Forever: An Unauthorized Look Behind the Lanai), Golden Gays Drag (A Golden Girls Drag Tribute Group), and more to be announced

soon. Golden Fans at Sea allows guests to have unique one-on-one experiences with the guests.

During the days at sea, guests participate in trivia games, St. Olaf themed dance parties, unique panels related to the show, pool parties, musical shows, karaoke, and costume contests. The cruise is a Golden Girls fan dream!

Pricing begins at $1689, for a room with window. The price covers open bar, meals, taxes, activities, WiFi, and gratutites.

Thank you for being a friend on the high seas!

In order to book the cruise, guests must book through GoldenFansAtSea.com. This is the only way to gain access to the special events and excursions.

Concerts in the Park Returns to Cesar Chavez Park

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ecurity will be increased this year to prove that downtown Sacramento is safe to visit, when the ever-popular Concerts in the Park returns to midtown’s Cesar Chavez Park, on Friday evening, May 6th. Local bands will perform each Friday from 5-9 p.m. through July 29th, including Arden Park Roots, Jessica Malone, Mod Sun, Nappy Roots, Wilderado, Red Voodoo, Bob Moses, The Expendables, and many more. For information and the complete lineup, please visit https://www.godowntownsac.com/events/signature-events/concerts-in-the-park.

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“George Michæl Freedom Uncut” Will Be Released On June 22

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ony Music Entertainment and Trafalgar Releasing announced the upcoming premiere of “George Michael Freedom Uncut,” an autobiographical feature documentary narrated by the late Grammy Award winner. “George Michael Freedom Uncut” will be released as a global cinema event on Wednesday, June 22nd.

Details of participating countries and cinemas will be listed on GeorgeMichaelFreedomUncut.com.

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Throughout the film, Michael reveals openly and honestly the two distinct sides of his life: his very public music career and his private personal life that cameras never truly saw. Michael was heavily involved in and dedicated to the making of this documentary before his tragic passing in 2016, making “George Michael Freedom Uncut” an incredibly special posthumous release and a poignant and moving tribute to his legacy.

The film delves into the turbulent period after “Faith” leading up to, during and after the making of his “Listen Without Prejudice: Vol 1” album in 1990. At this pivotal period of his life, Michael is able to fight for his artistic freedom and lead the way for others.

He meets his first real love, Anselmo Feleppa and navigates both the heartbreak of Anselmo’s early tragic passing from an AIDS related illness and the devastating loss of his mother. “George Michael Freedom Uncut” is also a brilliant reminder of Michael’s outstanding musical genius during the Wham! years and throughout his solo career.

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George’s favourite artists and explores how he influenced the cultural landscape of his generation as one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time.

Interwoven with exclusive, personal archival footage, this theatrical release includes never-seen-before footage from one of the most iconic videos in music history, “Freedom! ’90,” directed by Oscar nominated David Fincher. The music video has been recently remastered in 4K and will screen in full ahead of the main feature in cinemas worldwide.

Produced by Big Geoff Overseas Limited in conjunction with Sony Music Entertainment and distributed theatrically worldwide by Trafalgar Releasing.

“George Michael was an inspiring artist whose story deserves to be shared on the big screen globally.” Tom Mackay, President, Premium Content, Sony Music Entertainment says, “In honor of George’s birthday this June, we are thrilled to bring fans unprecedented access to his extraordinary life both on and off stage.” outwordmagazine.com

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