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Paula Deen:
The Queen of
Southern Cuisine
page 10
Letters
Thanks for the Cold Cash
Dear Outword,
On behalf of The Court of the Great
Northwest Imperial Empire, Inc. (C.G.N.I.E.), I
would like to thank you, and your staff for
such hard work and the success of Drag
Queens on Ice. Five-hundred-sixty-two
dollars was raised for the La Kish Memorial
Scholarship Fund.
In these economic times, funds and
sponsorships are harder and harder to
obtain. One-hundred percent of the proceeds
from November’s Drag Queens on Ice benefit
the La Kish Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Again, many thanks to you and your staff
for all your hard work and for all you do in
our community.
Sincerely,
Rich Jones
La Kish Memorial Scholarship Fund
[email protected]
Golf Tournament Supports
NorCal AIDS Cycle
DreMarr Events, Inc. is hosting the
inaugural Peloton Charity Golf Tournament
and Fun Walk to be held on Monday, March
19, at the El Macero Country Club in Davis.
All net proceeds from the event will go
towards the 8th Annual NorCal AIDS Cycle,
a local Northern California charity cycling
event.
The event is broken down into two parts:
first, is a four-person scramble full-round
golf tournament. Check-in and reception will
begin at 11 a.m., with a shotgun start
scheduled at noon.
The second part is a 5K (3.2 miles) Walk
around the award winning El Macero Golf
Course. Walk participants check-in is at 3
p.m. with the walk scheduled to start at 3:30
p.m.
A fully catered awards banquet will
immediately follow the day’s events at
approximately 5 p.m. The cost for individual
golfers is $175. Foursomes are $700. The cost
for walk participants is $75 per person. A
LETTERS
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Remembering Brian Scott Case
Brian was born on Tuesday, March 23, 1982
at Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento. He
passed away all too soon in Los Angeles
County Friday, January 13, 2012 at the age of
29.
He was the proud son of Bill and late Sue
Ellen Case. He always looked up to, and cared
for his younger brother Kevin Case, and was
honored to be an uncle to Avalina Case.
Brian graduated from Encina High School in
2000 and attended college at Rio Americano.
In addition, he received a diploma from
American River College in 2011. Brian worked
at CalPERS and was interested in pursuing a
career with the state.
Aside from his love for his family, and
intelligence, he was also extremely hard
working, and played a key role in the opening
of Badlands Nightclub in 2006, in which he
was employed until December 2011.
In addition, he never missed an opportunity
to get involved in gay rights events or
volunteer his time. Brian had various hobbies
and a passion for the outdoors, thoroughly
enjoying camping, rafting and snowboarding.
He loved riding his moped and the thrill of
cruising on a motorcycle.
Brian was a person who gave his love to
others unconditionally. He loved and took care
of his family, friends and his dog Otis. Brian
was immensely caring, unselfish, sincere and
genuine, which made him loved by so many.
His smile, amazing blue eyes, and sincere love
for others gathered a following of amazing
people.
Brian was a person that changed so many
people and made his stand on this world. Now
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that Brian has found peace, we are certain he
will be missed by many. However, his calm
nature, whole-heartedness, and love for others
remains. His sincere heartwarming smile will
forever be etched into our loving memories of
him.
As we say good-bye, there is no doubt his
memory and our love for him will live on
forever. Brian’s Celebration of Life Memorial
Ceremony will be Tuesday, January 31 at 11
a.m. in the mezanine of Badlands, 2003 K St.,
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S
acramento Museum Day, a popular Sacramento cultural tradition
now in its 14th year, is designed to encourage all members of the
community to experience the Capital City’s incredible wealth of
art, history, science and wildlife -- at little or no cost.
Twenty-eight Sacramento area museums
will offer free or half-priced admission all
day on Saturday, February 4. This hugely
popular community event is presented by
the Sacramento Association of Museums
(SAM) and proudly supported by Umpqua
Bank. Sacramento Museum event hours are
Sacramento Museum Day 2012 is
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community partners. In addition to title
sponsor Umpqua Bank, other sponsors
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10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (with the last guests
admitted at 4 p.m.).
New this year, 26 of the 28 museums will
offer free admission whereas two
destinations located in residential areas -- the
Sacramento Zoo and Fairytale Town -- will
offer half-priced admission to offset parking
control and security costs.
Sacramento Zoo is $5.50 for adults, $3.50
for children ages 2-11 and free for children
under two; Fairytale Town is $2.25 for
everyone and free for children under two
years of age.
Event coordinators suggest that guests
plan to visit no more than two or three
different museums on this special day in
order to allow adequate time to enjoy the
experience and to travel between individual
sites.
While shuttle busses will not be operating
this year, several museums are within
walking distance of each other and easily
accessible via public transportation. Since
some museums must limit the number of
admissions for safety reasons, guests are
asked to check out detailed Sacramento
Museum Day information online at www.
sacmuseums.org or by calling 916-808-7777
prior to the event.
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Automobile Museum - California Foundry
History Museum – California State Military
Museum – California State Capitol Museum
– The California Museum – California State
Indian Museum – California State Railroad
Museum – Center for Contemporary Art
– Crocker Art Museum – Discovery
Museum Science and Space Center – Don
& June Salvatori California Pharmacy
Museum – Fairytale Town – Folsom History
Museum – Governor’s Mansion State
Historic Park – Heidrick Ag History Center
(Woodland) – Leland Stanford Mansion
State Historic Park – Museum of Medical
History – Old Sacramento Schoolhouse
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Question
One Makes West-Coast Premiere
by Ken Pierce
A
newly released documentary on Maine’s 2009 referendum
battle over same-sex marriage will be shown for a special
one night engagement, on February 1, at Sacramento’s Crest
Theatre, marking the film’s West Coast premier.
The film, Question 1, chronicles in “War
Room” fashion the behind the scenes
workings on both sides of the campaign
(which very closely mirrored California’s
Prop 8 battle) and includes emotional and
revealing interviews with key proponent and
opponent campaign operatives.
As was the case in California, the ballot
measure was narrowly approved by Maine
voters, thus overturning legislation to
legalize same-sex marriage in that state.
forever.
Fox and Nubile’s last documentary, Passing
Poston, about a Japanese internment camp
during WWII, aired nationwide in 2010 on
PBS and screened in theaters across the
nation to critical acclaim. The film was
featured at the Crest Theatre for the
Sacramento International Film Festival in
March of 2008.
“To be honest, I was shocked at how I was
able to gain the amount of access to both
A scene from the documentary Question 1. The film will have a free screening at the Crest
Theatre on Feb. 1.
Of special interest to Sacramento is the
fact that the film also documents the
controversial leading role of Sacramentobased campaign consultants Frank Schubert
and Jeff Flint as referendum proponents.
Schubert-Flint Public Affairs headed the
2008 campaign for Prop 8 here in California
as they did in Maine and have since taken
the lead in a national effort to outlaw
same-sex marriage in other states.
The film illustrates how the same tactics,
strategies and issues (in particular the claim
“that same-sex marriage would be taught to
children in public schools”) that were used
by Schubert and Flint in California were also
used by them in Maine.
Produced by Fly on the Wall Productions
and directed by award-winning journalists
Joe Fox and James Nubile, Question 1
chronicles the campaigns and the issues
raised, but also tells the very human stories
of various individuals who were connected
on both sides of the divide, caught up in a
cycle of events that would change their lives
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sides of the campaign to repeal marriage
equality in Maine and the degree that Frank
Schubert and his company here in
Sacramento was involved in that process,”
said Fox. “I think this film will open a lot of
eyes to those who attend this viewing
February 1 as to what goes on behind the
scenes in campaigns like this both in Maine,
California and throughout the nation.”
The screening on February 1 is free and
will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Crest, located 1013
K St. After the screening there will be a Q&A
session with the director and a panel
discussion of the lessons learned from the
California Prop 8 battle. Reservations are
requested, please email: info@Q1-themovie.
com.
More information and a preview can be
found at www.q1-themovie.com. The Crest
showing is being supported in part by
Equality Action NOW, Sacramento G&L
Center, Sacramento Stonewall Democrats,
Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of
Commerce and Outword Magazine.
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Out & About
What
is Your Favorite Paula Deen Recipe?
Asked at Outword’s Happy Hour at the Depot
Monic Campos
Macaroni and cheese; she makes it look
delicious and soul filling.
Julie Tait
One of her cakes, probably tangerine.
Mignon (en Francaise “cute”) Foster
Mac & Cheese, because of the butter of
course.
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Jimmie Boslet
Coconut Chicken Fingers with
pineapple salsa.
Oscar Bautista
Chicken Pot Pie because I love the butter
in the crust.
Shavonne Wooten
Buttercakes, they just taste so good!
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Community Profile
Steve
Hansen: Giving Back and Moving Forward
by Charles Peer
S
acramento’s most recent redistricting has
resulted not in a “gay district,” but in a revised
District 4 that more accurately represents the
communities of interest that are centered in the
Downtown, Midtown, Land Park and adjacent areas.
A large portion of Sacramento’s LGBT population
lives in those areas, giving what many hope will
be the LGBT community’s best chance to elect an
openly gay candidate.
Somewhere between work and
law school, he found the time to
work with Equality California on
many issues, including marriage
equality. Reflecting back on that
period he says it is one of the things
that motivates him today.
“Fighting for that, working for that,
getting our 41 votes in the Assembly
– which was a real hill to climb
– and then seeing Governor
Schwarzenegger veto it, was one of
those things that galvanized me and
One of the principal architects and luck, I was able to work hard and
reminded me that we all have an
advocates of the revised district was people gave me opportunities. I feel
opportunity to make a difference and
like one of the best ways to pay that we have to do it in the way that is
Steve Hansen, an openly gay
forward is by giving back.”
candidate who is now running for
right for us. I feel that running for
Hansen grew up in St. Paul,
the District 4 City Council seat. His
the City Council is my way at this
Minnesota and joined the Minnesota point in my life to make a difference
campaign is well underway, having
already garnered the endorsement of National Guard when he was 17 to
and to give back.”
help pay for college and learn more
the Sacramento Stonewall
Hansen believes that the biggest
issue facing
Sacramento is the
economy. “We
don’t compete very
well in this region
and a lot of our
great people and
jobs have left to go
to the suburbs; Elk
Grove, Rancho
Cordova and
Folsom. I think
that until we
figure out how to
do a better job of
retaining those
good people and
good jobs in the
city we will have a
hard time getting
out of this slump.”
Steve Hansen in his Alkali Flats home playing with his dog Oreo.
To do that he
about the world. He was in the guard feels we need to diversify our
Democrats, The Victory Fund, and
most recently, the Sacramento Police for two and a half years, was offered economy. “We’ve been very reliant on
an ROTC scholarship and was
Officers Association.
the government sector and the
nominated for West Point by his
He has been campaigning and
construction sector,” he said. “Once
Congressman. “Because of DADT, I
organizing tirelessly since he first
the real estate slump hit, construction
made his announcement for the seat, didn’t see myself as being able to be came to a virtual halt and then State
in the army as a career and not be
and has raised over $50,000 of the
budgets started crashing, and
who I was, so I decided not to pursue because we were so reliant on those
estimated $150,000 he projects he
will need to win the primary in June. the ROTC scholarship after one
two sectors we’ve been hit hard. I see
semester,” he said.
Outword was fortunate to pry him
fixing the economy by diversifying it
He moved to Sacramento for a job and attracting what I would call
away from that campaign and to talk
right after graduating from Gonzaga ‘knowledge base jobs.’”
with him about his goals and
in 2002. He currently works for
ambitions.
Hansen believes that another big
Genentech where he is a senior
Hansen’s reasons for running for
problem we are facing right now is
regional manager for the biotech
the position are rooted in his early
our aging infrastructure. “Our sewage
life. “The long and short of it is, I was company, with a focus on health care and water treatment plants and
in the Government Relations Office, systems are and will continue to be
a poor kid. I feel like I’ve been very
focusing on public policy issues.
blessed to be where I am right now
major challenges,” he said. “Our
While at Genentech he attended
and I think this is a way for me to
capital investment program right
give back. My parents divorced when the University of the Pacific,
now is funded to replace those pipes
I was three, I have a brother who has McGeorge School of Law, taking
every 600 years, but they fail on an
classes at night while working days. average of every 100 years. We need
autism, neither of my parents went
Following law school he passed the
to college and yet, I’ve been more
to find a smart way to upgrade our
bar exam on his first try, and plans
successful than I could have ever
infrastructure while not hindering
dreamed when I was a kid. Whether are for Senate President pro Tem
Darrell Steinberg to officiate at his
it was the people who are around
HANSEN
swearing in.
me, the society we have, or dumb
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Paula Deen: The Queen of Southern Cuisine
by Chris Narloch
P
aula Deen, who recently turned 65, appears to have more
energy and ambition than most people half her age. The
silver-haired celebrity chef presides over a culinary empire
that includes cookbooks, television shows, restaurants and a new
food line with some 200 items.
Life hasn’t always been sweet tea and
sunshine for the famous Southern chef,
however. Deen survived the death of both
her parents when she was still in her early
20’s and subsequently battled agoraphobia
before emerging as one of the biggest stars
on The Food Network.
I spoke with her by phone recently,
from her home in Savannah, Georgia,
and we talked about her current tour
(which brings her to Sacramento’s
Community Center Theater on
Friday, February 3), as well as her
son’s new show and some of her
obstacles along the road to food,
fame and fortune.
Hi Paula, this is Chris out in
California calling to interview you.
How are you? Where are you?
I’m in my bathroom…
Is that where you conduct all
your interviews?
Yes, it is. I’m fortunate enough to
have a bathroom that has a sofa and
chairs, a t.v. and a coffee table. It’s
like my little den, and I hold all my
meetings here, and all my interviews.
I love my bathroom. I can’t get out of
my bathroom.
We are very excited here in
Sacramento that you are coming to
our Community Center Theater,
where the ballet and the opera
perform …
I don’t have to sing do I? Let’s get
that right off the plate.
I was hoping there might be a
song and dance portion, Paula …
No, honey, you wouldn’t want to
hear me sing.
Not even in the shower?
No, you’d have to go to the ear
doctor.
So if you aren’t singing and
dancing, tell our readers a little bit
of what they can expect that night. I
imagine it will be some cooking,
some storytelling, and a lot of
Paula.
It’s like I come visitin’. Sort of like
you’re in my living room and we’re
getting to know each other. I’m sure
they’ll be a cooking demo, but the
most important thing that will
happen is getting to know each other.
I love talking with the crowd. And
hopefully, there’ll be a crowd …
Sort of a live version of one of
your TV shows?
Yes, in a way, but I always tell
people, if you’re coming thinking
you’re going to walk out with a Julia
Child culinary degree, you’re not.
Didn’t you learn a lot of recipes
from your grandmother? You didn’t
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exactly go to the Julia Child culinary
academy either.
(Laughs) No, Julia got to train in Paris. I
got to train at my grandmother’s house, and
I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Did your grandmother live to see your
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great success?
She did not live to see my restaurant, but
she knew that I had a restaurant front … I’ll
never forget the day I figured out what I was
going to do with my life. I was 42 years old,
and I was backed into a corner. One of those
times in your life when you wake up and
the bridge looks better than the day ahead. I
would lie in bed and try to think of how I
could financially take care of myself, and my
children. I came up with this little catering
business called The Bag Lady, and I had
these two sweet, precious sons still living at
home with me. They were like 19 and
21, and I pimped them out on the
street delivering my food. But before
that, I told my grandmother what I
was planning to do, and she said,
“Have you lost yo’ damn mind?!” I will
never forget that.
Grandma didn’t bite her tongue,
sounds like?
No, she didn’t bite her tongue about
anything. She was a fighter and a
worker, but she knew what I was in
for because she had been in the food
business her whole adult life.
In addition to building your
business, you also had to fight to
overcome panic attacks and
agoraphobia. Tell me about that.
Was cooking your therapy?
Oh my god, my kitchen was my
sanctuary. I could get in there, and I
would forget about being frightened.
But it was hard. I went on a 20-year
ride with agoraphobia. I was a
functioning agoraphobic. Some days I
was fine, and some days I couldn’t do
anything. But I had always been very
outgoing, and I eventually came back
to the girl I was before tragedy struck.
Tell me about your son Bobby’s
new show.
It’s called Not My Mama’s Meals,
and he shoots the show in New York.
Bobby eats a lot of fish, fowl and
vegetables. When I watched his show I
got emotional because it is so good.
We get a lot of requests from people to
lighten up because of the diabetics out
there who watch my show. People just
love my food, but it’s not the kind of
thing you can eat every day. Bobby
calls my kind of food “Sunday food” so
he’s taking “Sunday food” and turning
it in to “Monday food” by cutting fat
and calories. His show is incredible,
and I am so proud of him.
Paula’s own show is called Paula’s
Home Cooking and airs on the Food
Network. What she’s fixin’ to do is
show you the joy of Southern style
cooking, so tune her in, or better yet,
watch her live at the Community
Center Theater at 7 p.m. on Friday,
Feb. 3. For tickets call 916-808-5181 or
visit Tickets.com. To see some of
Paula’s amazing recipes and to enjoy
her Southern hospitality, visit www.
foodnetwork.com/paulas-homecooking.
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I Hate Valentines Day Improv Is Full of Comedy & Heart
&
present
The Crackpot Crones, Terry Baum (a slightly world-renowned lesbian playwright) and Carolyn
Myers (a pioneer funny feminist), use sketch comedy and improvisation to blaspheme the gospel
of True Love and wallow in self-pity for the enjoyment of all who find the current feverish
celebration of romance to be just too much of a bad thing. Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. & Sunday,
Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. at The Dark Room, 2263 Mission St., SF. For tickets, call 800-838-3006 or visit
CrackpotCrones.com.
Placido Domingo in Live Broadcast of The Enchanted Island
The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD season continues on Wednesday, February 8, at 6:30 p.m.,
with an encore presentation of The Enchanted Island, featuring music by Handel, Vivaldi, and
Rameau and co-starring Placido Domingo as Neptune. Live broadcasts resume on February 11, at
9 a.m., with Wagner’s Gottdammerung. Other upcoming Met broadcasts in local movie theaters
include Massenet’s Manon and two operas by Verdi, Ernani and La Traviata. For a complete list of
dates, times and participating theaters, visit www.metoperafamily.org.
FRIDAY•FEB 3•7PM
The Girls Are Still Absolutely Fabulous in New Special
Tickets: Convention Center Box Office
(916) 808-5181 • tickets.com • 1-800-225-2277
Community Center Theater
One is not enough, sweetie darling! So Patsy and Edina are returning for another Absolutely
Fabulous special on Logo! Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha are back, this time
trying to promote a career for a talentless singer - and you can also, no doubt, expect more
boozing and drugging, more old lady thieving and more of Saffy getting adjusted to life outside
jail. The second of three new 20th Anniversary Specials will have its U.S. premiere Monday,
February 6, at 10:30 p.m. on Logo.
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Bay Area Theaters Are on a Roll
L
ocally, you have until February 5 to see Sutter Street
Theatre’s production of The Musical of Musicals or Runaway
Stage’s take on The Wedding Singer, but if musicals aren’t
your cup of tea, check out Tom Stoppard’s drama Arcadia, courtesy
of Big Idea Theatre on Del Paso Blvd., and playing through
February 4.
Over in the Bay Area, two fascinating plays
opened recently. Both Berkeley Rep’s Ghost
Light and the American Conservatory Theater’s
Humor Abuse are worth taking a trip out of
town.
Ghost Light
Written by Tony Taccone and directed by
Jonathan Moscone, this haunting show
conjures an imaginary world based on the
historic assassination of George Moscone, the
director’s father.
Ghost Light is a poetic collage of fiction and
memory. When Jon was a boy, his father was
shot – and suddenly their lives were part of
history. Years later, when staging a production
of Hamlet, the son must confront his buried
feelings about a crime that shocked the nation.
Presented on Berkeley Rep’s intimate Thrust
Stage, Ghost Light runs through February 19.
Visit www.berkeleyrep.org.
Humor Abuse
Following the success of Bill Irwin’s Scapin,
in 2010, American Conservatory Theater
(A.C.T.) welcomes another Pickle Family Circus
alumnus to its stage with Humor Abuse,
Lorenzo Pisoni’s celebrated one-man show
co-created with director Erica Schmidt.
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Danforth Comins as Loverboy and Christopher
Liam Moore (right) as Jon Moscone star in the
world-premiere production of Ghost Light,
written by Tony Taccone and directed by
Jonathan Moscone. Photo courtesy of
kevinberne.com
In this poignant and funny stage memoir
filled with stupendous physical feats, Pisoni
takes audiences under the big top with the
incredible true story of growing up as the
youngest member of the Pickles.
You can run away and join the circus with
Lorenzo Pisoni (at least for 90 minutes or so)
until February 5, at A.C.T. in San Francisco.
Visit www.act-sf.org.
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Fridays Are a Drag Is a
Dragilicious Good Time
by Matthew Burlingame
Sac Ballet Dances Cinderella
Plus Les Ballets Trockadero
L
overs of dance, rejoice. February appears to be (unofficial)
wo years ago Ronnie Scharffer, Promotions Manager at
Dance Month in Northern California, with appearances by
Badlands, was brainstorming a hot new draw for the bar. The
Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance as well as the Moscow
result was Fridays Are A Drag (FAD), a once a month show
Festival Ballet – both coming to Three Stages in Folsom.
with a different cast each month that provides the community
something unique with each show; the program is now celebrating
its two year anniversary.
T
“We wanted to create a classic monthly
drag show featuring the best local
performers as well as top-name
entertainment,” explains Scharffer. To make
the program a success, he knew he must find
the right people to help run the new
program. He turned to longtime friend and
local well known drag performer Johnathan
Cameron, aka Taryn Thru-U to be the public
Derek Berr, Mini Gaga, Cher impersonator
Chad Michaels and various cast members of
RuPaul’s Drag Race.
While FAD has no regular performers,
there are a number of return performers.
Cameron makes note of Susie Belluchi, who
En pointe with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo.
constantly makes new costumes and changes
her look, wanting the crowd to see
Here are two other not-to-be-missed dance Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
something new each time. He also mentions events you can take your valentine to — Sac
Returning after a rapturous sell-out
Ballet’s Cinderella and Les Ballets
appearance in 2010, Les Ballets Trockadero
Trockadero de Monte Carlo.
de Monte Carlo remains one of the most
popular dance troupes in the United States.
Cinderella
The fact that men dance all the parts –
Not seen in Sacramento since 1997, the
heavy bodies delicately balancing on toes as
world’s most beloved fairy tale returns just
swans, sylphs, water sprites, romantic
in time for Valentine’s Day weekend to
princesses or Victorian ladies – enhances,
inspire and captivate ballet fans.
rather than mocks, the spirit of dance as an
Seen in major capitals throughout the
art form, delighting and amusing novices
world, Ron Cunningham’s Cinderella is the
and aficionados alike.
perfect family entertainment to make you
One night only, Thursday, February 9 at
fall in love all over again.
the Mondavi Center in Davis. Visit www.
Plays February 9-12 at the Community
mondaviarts.org.
Center Theater. Visit www.sacballet.org.
Left to right. Do Me Moore, Zamorah Pussy, Taryn Thru-U, Loose Lips La’Qua and Susie Belluchi
face of the event in the role of Hostess. Brett
Anderson rounds out the program’s staff.
Cameron was surprised by the
overwhelming success of the program from
both regular attendees of the show as well as
from local businesses and performers. While
the show itself is not a charity event,
performers often donate their tips to local
causes. In January, the tips were donated to
help with the funeral cost for Badlands
employee Brian Case who passed away Jan.
13.
The program has pulled in a number of
nationally known performers including
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Zamorah Pussy, a new queen who “grabbed
the audience by the balls the first time she
performed. She works for Depot/Badlands
and will be a staple for the show in the
future,” he states.
“For me, the best part has been working
with such great people,” says Cameron. “The
audience and the staff are incredible.”
Cameron, a transplant from Baypoint, CA,
began doing drag eight years ago after a
ten-year professional dance career. Since
then he has reigned as Empress 32 of
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Entertainment
by Chris Narloch
Albert Nobbs & Joyful Noise
Plus Tornado Alley 3D at IMAX
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011 was a banner year for women in film.
Hopefully, 2012 will be the same. Currently
gracing the silver screen in Sacramento are
movies featuring performances by Glenn Close, Dolly
Parton, Queen Latifah, Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster.
Albert Nobbs
We haven’t seen much of Glenn
Close on the big screen in the past
few years. The star of Fatal
Attraction, The Big Chill and
Dangerous Liaisons moved to the
own making. Mia Wasikowska,
Aaron Johnson and Brendan
Gleeson join a prestigious,
international cast that includes
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Janet
McTeer, Brenda Fricker and
Joyful Noise
The best I can say for this
painfully uplifting and contrived
gospel choir catfight between Dolly
Parton and Queen Latifah is that I
am still a fan of both women even
after seeing them reduced to
having a public food fight at a
restaurant in one of the movie’s
most unfortunate scenes.
Latifah plays a new choir director
who gets the position Parton
wanted after the latter loses her
husband (Kris Kristofferson) — he
has a heart attack while leading
their church choir, at the very start
of the movie. Fans of Kristofferson
are urged to get to the theater on
time. Everyone else should buy the
soundtrack and skip the movie.
Tornado Alley 3D
Mia Wasikowska and Glenn Close in a scene from Albert Nobbs.
small screen recently to play the
deliciously ball-busting bitch Patty
Hewes on Damages. Now, Close is
back on the silver screen with a
highly acclaimed star turn in Albert
Nobbs, as a woman who pretends
to be a man in order to work and
survive in 19th century Ireland.
Thirty years after donning men’s
clothing, Close’s character finds
herself trapped in a prison of her
Pauline Collins.
Rodrigo Garcia directs from a
script that Glenn Close, along
with Man Booker prizewinning
novelist John Banville and
Gabriella Prekop, adapted from a
short story by Irish author George
Moore.
Albert Nobbs opens January 27
at the Crest Theatre. Visit www.
thecrest.com.
I can’t wait to see this movie,
which documents filmmaker Sean
Casey’s personal quest to capture
the birth of a tornado with a 70mm
camera. Casey and a group of very
driven (some would say mad)
scientists traverse the severe
weather capital of the world and
literally surround tornadoes and
the supercell storms that form
them, gathering the most
comprehensive severe weather data
ever collected.
Described as “a breathtaking
journey into the heart of the
storm,” Tornado Alley 3D allows
viewers to experience the relentless
strength of nature’s elemental
forces and reveals the beauty and
NOBBS
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Where We’re Born Opens KOLT’s 2012 Season
S
acramento’s critically acclaimed theatre
company, KOLT Run Creations, has announced
its first full season. Named “Revelations: 2012,”
the season features three exciting productions — all
by female playwrights.
The season begins with Lucy
Thurber’s intense, poignant play,
Where We’re Born, the story of
Lilly, a scholarship student, who
returns to her rural hometown on a
break from college to spend time
with her beloved cousin Tony, his
longtime girlfriend Franky and
their misfit friends.
As they drink, smoke and while
away the time, bonds are cemented
and dissolved as Lilly confronts the
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idea that sometimes, in order to
leave home, you have to destroy it.
Time Out Chicago raved,
“Thurber’s play is an aching,
truthful portrait of small-town
volatility,” and Chicago Theater
Beat proclaimed, “It’s a
heartbreaking story of the one who
got away. Where We’re Born is an
unforgettable poignant dramedy.”
Where We’re Born stars local
favorites Jessicah Neufeld, Brian
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Harrower, David Chernyavsky, John
Young and KOLT Executive
Director Kelley Ogden with
Producing Director Lisa Thew
directing.
“This play embodies that nexus
between growing beyond a place or
people you once belonged to and
yet not having found the place you
do belong. It’s about forging an
identity,” says Thew. “It’s a story I
think we most know well and I am
incredibly excited to bring it to the
stage.”
Following Where We’re Born,
KOLT will present Rachel Axler’s
KOLT
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Choreographies
Graduating Master of Fine Arts
candidates Kevin O’Connor and
Folawole presents two new works.
O’Connor’s is a work fused with live
vocal, music, dance and aerial rope
circus arts in an examination of what
community means in contemporary
society. Feb. 16 - 26. Vanderhoef Studio
Theatre, Mondavi Center, UCD.
theatredance.ucdavis.edu
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mac.com
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Wednesday, 1
Thursday, 2
Saturday, 4
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Sacramento region as part of
Sacramento Museum Day. The
Crocker will also feature free
spotlight talks, art activities, and
more. For more information,
visit sacmuseums.org
ESPERANZA MEANS HOPE
A moving and emotionally
charged play with original
music about the journey of a
songwriter who battles
domestic violence, and a
father and a community she
once considered family. Free.
7 p.m. Sac City College
Student Center, 3835 Freeport
Blvd. Info: facebook.com/
events/295192807193167
RHYTHM METHOD
Sacramento County
Supervisor Phil Serna and his
band Rhythm Method will have
you dancing the night away at
this benefit for La Raza Galleria
Posada and WEAVE. 7:30 p.m.
Sutter Club, 1220 9th St. Info:
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Letters
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Hansen
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our economy at the same time.”
the power of some of our planet’s most
Hansen also believes that the core mission of extreme – and least understood – weather
any city government should be maintaining
phenomena.
the public’s health, safety and welfare. “We
Now playing on the enormous screen at
need to make sure people have a safe place to the Esquire IMAX on K Street in
live,” he said “Our police force is a lot smaller
Sacramento. Visit www.imax.com/
than a population our size would require, but
sacramento.
we have really smart people in the Sacramento
Carnage
Police Department that are working hard to
This title slipped into Sacramento without
keep us safe and we can’t afford to
much
fanfare, despite having a famous
compromise public safety.”
director
(Roman Polanski), and a starry cast
Running as an openly gay candidate, he is
that
includes
Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster,
often asked about issues that are important to
Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly.
the LGBT community and believes that there
The film is a big-screen adaptation of
are three key issues facing the community:
how we deal with our youth, how we deal with Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award-winning play,
our families and what we are doing for aging
God of Carnage.
LGBT people.
The aforementioned quartet of actors
“We have a lot of homeless LGBT youth and portrays the parents of young boys who have
I would like to see our social service providers
had an altercation on the playground,
become culturally competent in dealing with
LGBT youth,” he said. “Rather than create new prompting the adults to meet for a civilized
discussion of the events. Of course, all hell
agencies to address this problem, we need to
breaks loose, and the parents end up
work with the ones that we have so that they
can better address the unique needs of LGBT
behaving more childishly than their
youth.
offspring.
“So many of my friends now have kids,” he
Carange is now playing at the Tower
said. “Sometimes when those kids go to school Theater.
they have to navigate a different world and
sometimes they get bullied. We need to work
hard to make sure that it is a safe world for
them.”
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The situation our seniors are facing is also
important to Hansen. “A lot of them are single
dark comedy about parenthood called
and social security doesn’t cut it. We need to
start planning and implementing programs for Smudge which the New York Times called
our LGBT seniors, as well as all of our seniors.” “creepy and funny, precise and imaginative”
The question of the repeal of Prop 8 in 2012 in April and May. KOLT’s final production of
is another issue that Hansen is often asked
2012 is Caryl Churchill’s feminist classic,
about, and he is optimistic, while
Vinegar Tom which opens in October.
acknowledging that it may be a long battle. “I
Where We’re Born will run from Feb. 3
would love to get married some day and to
have kids. I would love to be a father,” he said. — 26 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and
Sunday performances at 2 p.m. on Feb. 19
“I support the repeal of Prop. 8, as soon as
and 26. All shows will be at the Ooley
possible, whether through the courts or
through the ballot. We are anxiously waiting
Theater, 2007 28th Street in midtown
for the 9th Circuit Court’s decision on the
Sacramento. All tickets are $20 general
constitutionality of Prop. 8, which I believe is
admission ($15 college students w/ valid ID)
our best hope now for restoring the marriage
and can be purchased online at www.
rights of gay and lesbian couples.”
KOLTRunCreations.com.
Sacramento has never elected an openly gay
Where We’re Born is not recommended for
candidate, and Hansen acknowledges that he
younger audiences, due to mature language
may have additional hurdles to jump. “Being
confident in yourself, is a real benefit in public and themes.
life, or any part of life, and I think voters
appreciate someone who is able to be relaxed
and open about who they are,” he said “I am
really proud to be a part of our LGBT
community here in Sacramento.”
Hansen’s goal is to win the election through
what he sees as a traditional tried and true
campaign. “The way you win elections in
Sacramento is by getting out and talking to
people. Talking and listening to people
repeatedly is the biggest thing.”
Unlike many candidates and politicians,
Hansen acknowledges that he is not a perfect
person and that he won’t please everybody.
“I’ve been around politics for a long time
now, and I’ve seen a lot of things that I just
don’t really care for,” he said. “When I chose to
do this I decided to myself that I could do this
in a way that felt right for me, or I could do it
the way I’ve seen a lot of other people do it
and not feel good about it. We’re moving
forward, and I think the community will feel
good about what we are doing, and hopefully,
Jessicah Neufeld in a promotion shot for
we will win.”
Where We’re Born, Lucy Thurber’s intense,
To learn more about Hansen, visit his Web
poignant play that opens KOLT Runs Creations’
site at Steve4Sacramento.com
2012 Season. Photo by Terri Brindisi.
January 26, 2012 - February 9, 2012 • Volume 25 • Issue 2 • No. 449
Freedom To Marry: Pressing
On to Marriage Equality
Dear Outword,
At the close of 2011, our supporters turned
$105,585 in donations into $205,585 through
the Freedom to Marry Board Challenge.
We’ve already hit the ground running and
are investing those donations in smart
campaigns developed with your input
through the Freedom to Marry Grassroots
Survey.
We are launching innovative public
education campaigns (including targeted
outreach to communities of color) that will
reach every state. Also we are ratcheting up
our federal campaign to overturn the
so-called Defense of Marriage Act.
Freedom to Marry is leading the way on
every track of our Roadmap to Victory
national strategy, and with you on our side, I
know we will have the volunteers, advocates
and leaders that we need to get the job done.
We did great things together in 2011, and
we’re going to wow them together in 2012.
Find out how at FreedomToMarry.org
Evan Wolfson
Freedom to Marry
Become a Railroad Museum
Volunteer
If meeting new people while helping to
communicate the fascinating history of the
West, the Gold Rush and the important
heritage of railroading is of interest to you,
consider becoming a California State
Railroad Museum or Old Sacramento State
Historic Park volunteer.
Applications are being accepted now for
volunteer positions in early 2012. A
background in history is not required, just a
commitment and willingness to participate
in this worthwhile experience.
An example of the variety of programs
available for trained volunteers include
serving as docents or museum tour guides,
participating in hands-on interactive
educational programs for school groups,
helping with weekend steam train
operations, track construction restoration and
maintenance, or even conducting much
needed clerical work.
Interested volunteers can download an
application at www.parks.ca.gov/
CapitalDistrict or call 916-324-7593.
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Nobbs
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Calendar
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Sunday, 5
HH SUPERBOWL PARTY
It’s more fun when you watch with friends,
so come root for your team on the big
screen, and stick around after the game for
RWB. 3 p.m. Head Hunters, 20th & K Info:
HeadHuntersOnK.com
Ruthless! The Musical
When you are spoofing Broadway
musicals, like Gypsy and Mame, and
movies such as The Bad Seed and All
About Eve - how can you go wrong?
Well STC’s production of this laugh riot,
featuring Michael RJ Campbell as Sylvia
St. Croix, proves that you can’t. Through
Feb. 19 at Sacramento Theatre
Company, 916-443-6722 SacTheatre.org
KOLT
Thursday, 9
ARTIST MEET & GREET
Live demonstrations. 6 - 8 p.m. Kennedy
Gallery, 1114 20th St. Info: 916-446-1522
kennedygallery.net
Friday, 10
LOVE BITES
And so did the 80s, so pull out your acid
washed denim and neon ankle socks for
this riotous concert by the L&G Chorus of
SF. 7:30 p.m. Mission Cultural Center,
2868 Mission St., SF. Info: 415-779-5428
www.lgcsf.org
BEER, BRATS & BEETHOVEN
Food, beer-tasting and entertainment to
benefit the Sacramento Philharmonic. 7
- 9 p.m. $25. Sacramento Art Company,
2110 K St. Info: 916-732-9045 www.
sacphil.org
Saturday, 11
JAMMIN’ JO’S VAL’S DANCE
She’s dusted off the turntable for a night of
dancing to your favorites with finger foods
and a free CD. $20. 7 p.m. Club 21, 1119
21st St. Info: JamminJo.com
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Sacramento’s Imperial Court (CGNIE),
hosted and performed at hundreds of events
and worked hard to better our community
by donating lecture time at several local
colleges and universities.
“I feel that you have to give back when
you can,” says Cameron who also designs
and creates costumes for high schools and
college programs both locally and in the Bay
Area. “No one should ever feel alone. When I
came out, there were people in Sacramento
who took me under their wings and made
me feel loved and important and when I
contracted HIV, they comforted me.
“Many people in our community are my
family; they are the support group I need to
get through the daily grind. But moreso, it’s
about identity: I came out in Sacramento
and Taryn was born here. The day you forget
where you come from is the day you forget
what is important.”
Up next for the Fridays Are A Drag
program is a special performance by drag
sensation Jackie Beat. As to the direction
FAD will head over the next several years?
“The sky’s the limit,” says Cameron
confidently.
Fridays Are A Drag is free and is presented
every third Friday of the month at 8 p.m. at
Badlands, 2003 K St., 916-448-8790,
sacbadlands.com
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