Oct. 5, 2012 - Gay San Diego

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SERVING OUR LGBT COMMUNITY
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Pride @ the beach:
five years and counting
Max Disposti | North County Update
Telly takes to Diversionary
y dining
(l to r) Andre Soriano and Kenneth Barlis, photographed here at the W Hotel San Diego, are two of 12
designers participating in this year’s Fashion Week San Diego. (Photo by Gail Bowman)
T he return of Fashion Week
Veteran and up-and-coming designers present their best spring 2013 collections
By Anthony King | GSD Editor
Bunz’s rescue
and third place as well.
Organizers of Fashion Week,
which include founder Allison
Andrews, said the event’s goal is
to introduce the designers to the
greater fashion community, as
well as “help give them momentum to grow.”
The first preview is Friday, Oct.
5, where the individual designers
select their favorite piece from
their spring 2013 collection to
showcase. It starts at 6 p.m. at the
Fashion Institute of Design and
Merchandising, Downtown.
The 12 designers – consisting of individuals and companies
– come from all over San Diego
County, including Erin Fader
from Encinitas and the Love Is
Alanis hits all the right notes
Following a three-year absence,
Fashion Week San Diego has
returned, showcasing 12 local designers in a week of events, shows
and parties. The final weekend
is the culmination of all the hard
work and, for some, the next step
in launching a design career. The
runway show, trunk show and sale,
and announcement of the winning
designs take place Friday through
Sunday, Oct. 5, 6 and 7.
The winning designer will be
voted on by attendees and scored
on creativity, wear-ability and overall production. They will receive a
business package to help launch
their line, with awards for second
d sports
Mayoral debates touch on LGBT issues
s music
The Bolts take first
INDEX
opinion…………………6
briefs…………………..7
community voices…………8
interview….……………17
classifieds……………18
Theater………………..20
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(l to r) Mayoral candidates Bob Filner and Carl
DeMaio at the Politifest debate (Photo by GSD)
By Anthony King | GSD Editor
As the election season enters its final month, mayoral candidates Rep. Bob Filner and Councilmember Carl
DeMaio are participating in several debates throughout
San Diego, with approximately 20 scheduled from early
A Devil team, Alana Crain and
Sharie Ellis, from Oceanside.
Kenneth Barlis is from San Carlos, and Andre Soriano is from
La Mesa. The Dos Caras team of
Syncletica Muniz and Aida Soria,
and individual designer Paul Rico
are from Chula Vista.
Other designers include
A’Doreus, with plus-sized women’s
wear by Sharlene Borromeo;
Creative-Fashionista owner Whitney Francis; Jessica Faulkner, who
worked the first FWSD in 2008;
nOia Collection, with designs from
Evelyne Aguilar; Stacie May; and
SYC Collection, by owner Sameerah Yasmeen Corporal.
see Fashion, pg 23
September up to the Nov. 6 election. On Saturday, Sept.
29, the pair sparred at Politifest 2012 in Liberty Station.
The debate was one of several programs at the
political event, which was organized by the non-profit
news organization Voice of San Diego. CEO Scott Lewis
moderated the debate, with questions from Peggy Pico
of KPBS, LaDona Harvey of KOGO-AM and Gene Cubbison of NBC San Diego.
During the answer to a question regarding cuts to
the federal defense budget and how that would affect
San Diego, DeMaio reprimanded Filner for a 2005 congressional vote in support of banning military recruiters
from college campuses. Calling San Diego a “Navy town
at our core,” DeMaio said Filner used “extremism” to
“undermine our military.”
In response, Lewis interjected by saying to DeMaio:
“Let me ask you real quickly about that issue about
college recruiters. That was because the colleges were
taking a stand about the military’s prohibition against
being an out gay person.
“Is that not a principle worth standing for?”
Lewis asked.
see Debates, pg 7
It was not long ago when, in a small
Oceanside coffee shop, a few dedicated
North County activists decided to
revive what was once known as North
County Pride.
Tina Leight-Roades, Raphael Rubalcaba, Curtis Fitzgerald, Cliff Crawford
and I gave life to an idea that sought
to deliver more LGBT visibility for our
North County families. After several
years of North County Pride being
celebrated in parks and hidden venues,
it was now time for more visibility.
During the spring of 2008 – and
the social polarization that Proposition
Eight and the anti-marriage troops
brought to our doorsteps – Pride @ the
beach was born. We needed something
to be proud of and make a statement
in the community that our presence in
North County was just at its beginning.
“Taking it to the beach” was the perfect
answer.
That ver y first year of Pride @ the
beach was a true revelation, with participation that confirmed the need for a
North County Pride experience. In fact,
almost 800 people showed up at the
Oceanside beach gymnasium, despite
the lack of support from our North
County councilmembers.
But five years have passed, and
Pride @ the beach has proved to be
a growing occurrence that is slowly
changing the North County social-political landscape.
Much is changed from our first
year, when local business owners and
politicians tried their best to avoid
our invitations, politely declining to
attend. Progressive and conser vative
forces alike struggled to recognize the
existence of our LGBT families in North
County by avoiding meeting with us.
However, just a few years later and
the same business owners are now
competing to attend our event and more
progressive candidates are making sure
to recognize our constituents and political presence.
How has this happened?
Pride @ the beach is one of the most
important programs that the North
see Beach, pg 5
Pride @ the beach overlooks the Oceanside Pier (Courtesy NC LGBTQ Resource Center)
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Oct. 5–Oct. 18, 2012
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A (somewhat) true story of addiction
GAY SAN DIEGO
Oct. 5–Oct. 18, 2012
(l to r) Thure Lindhardt and Zachary Booth star in ‘Keep the Lights On.”
(Photo by Jean-Christophe Husson/Music Box Films)
Ira Sachs’ ‘Keep the Lights On’ plays for one week only at the Ken
By Anthony King | GSD Editor
The latest film from Ira Sachs,
“Keep the Lights On,” depicts
two topics familiar to gay men:
love and addiction. They intertwine, however, as the real story
emerges while watching. It’s the
story of one character’s addiction
to another.
Co-written and directed by
Sachs, the film follows the relationship of documentary filmmaker Erik (played by Danish-film star
Thure Lindhardt) and closeted
lawyer Paul (Zachary Booth). Paul
has an addiction to drugs. Erik,
the film’s hero, has an addiction to
love and, ultimately, Paul.
The two meet as a casual
hookup – from a phone dating line,
similar to the Grindr and Scruff
applications of today – where,
after having sex, Paul immediately pushes back Erik’s interest
because of an existing girlfriend.
It will not be the relationship’s
last red flag.
Produced by Music Box Films,
“Keep the Lights On” chronicles
the pair for over a decade, beginning in 1998. Sex, drug use,
monogamy, HIV and the past are
all topics; Erik’s grasp for love is
the uniting force.
Sachs based the story in part
on the ending of his own longterm relationship, which also
spanned several years in New
York City. Retold through Paul
and Erik’s relationship, Sachs was
particularly fascinated by the uni-
versal story of two people staying
together against multiple odds.
“I was aware so succinctly that
there had been a first day and a
last day, and there was such an
incredible story between the two
ends,” Sachs said in a press release, regarding his own relationship. “The course of that experience was so clear in my mind in
terms of its narrative power.”
For “Keep the Lights On,” he
chronicled his own relationship
by going through emails, journals,
notes and other items collected
through the years. Not simply a
gay story, Sachs said it is ultimately a film about relationships.
“I didn’t necessarily approach
it as a film about gay life per se,”
he said. “I approached it as a film
about a relationship in New York
at this specific time that happens
to be between two men.”
The director’s previous work
includes “Married Life,” “The
Delta” and “Forty Shades of Blue.”
His most previous film, “Last Address,” is a short work honoring
a group of New York City artists
who died of AIDS complications. It
played at the 2011 Venice Biennale
and is part of the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum
of American Art.
Sachs is also the founder and
co-curator of Queer/Art/Film,
a monthly series held at the IFC
Center in New York City, and the
Queer/Art/Mentorship program
that supports work between queer
artists, also in the city. The subject
of gay artists permeates “Keep the
Lights On,” from Erik’s documentary work on a forgotten gay artist
to cellist Arthur Russell’s influence in the score.
Lindhardt said his role as Erik
is about loving himself. The Danish actor’s United States work includes “Into the Wild” and “Angels
& Demons.”
For Paul, Sachs chose Booth,
who is perhaps best known for his
role in the television series “Damages.” His film work includes “The
Beaver,” “Taking Woodstock” and
“Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.”
“He blew us all away when he
auditioned,” Sachs said. “Zachary
[Booth] possesses a very human
quality that audiences can feel
when they watch him.”
It’s hard to say who has the
more difficult role, as Booth has
to work through Paul’s addiction
to drugs while Lindhardt portrays
his character’s addiction to Paul –
infatuation, desperation, rejection
– with equal sincerity.
Outside of the film, and to
keep in line with Sachs’ storytelling desire, producers of the film
created keepthelightsonfilm.com
where visitors can submit personal
stories about their own day-to-day
struggles of being in a relationship.
“Keep the Lights On” opens for
a special one-week engagement
Friday, Oct. 12 at the Landmark
Ken Cinema, located at 4061
Adams Ave. For more information, including show times, visit
landmarktheatres.com.t
(l to r) Lindhardt and Booth (Photo by Jean-Christophe Husson/Music Box Films)
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NEWS
GAY SAN DIEGO
Oct. 5–Oct. 18, 2012
Everything’s coming up Streisand
Joey Landwehr and the J*Company Youth Theatre stage ‘Streisand Season’ beginning Oct. 19
By Donnie Matsuda | GSD Reporter
Joey Landwehr has been the
Artistic Director of J*Company
Youth Theatre for the past six
years, putting his innovative artistic
stamp on the company’s award winning musicals. Prior to his tenure
as head of “J*Co,” as it
is referred to by many,
Landwehr spent several
years as a professional
actor and director in New
York City, working on and
off Broadway, performing
on national tours and even
soloing at Carnegie Hall.
He has trained with
some of the biggest names
in the business, including Betty Buckley, Marcel
Marceau, Twyla Tharpe
and Patti LuPone, as well
as working with Phyllis
Diller, Sam Harris, Kristin
Chenoweth, Joel Grey,
Michael Feinstein and the
late Howard Keel.
As Landwehr gets ready
to lead his youth company into
its 20th season – a tribute to the
legendary Barbra Streisand – he
took time to chat about his childhood, his reasons for moving to
San Diego, his process for putting
together the company’s “Streisand
Season” and his hopes for the
future of J*Company.
Donnie Matsuda: How does
a young boy growing up in rural
Missouri get involved in musical
theatre?
Joey Landwehr: Well, growing
up in a rural town in Missouri, I was
planning to be a minister. … I think
most of it was because that’s what
my mother wanted, and I wanted
to please her. I went to Johnson
Bible College in Knoxville, Tenn. in
between my junior
and senior
year of high school and it was an experience I’ll never forget. I was there
and I was thinking, ‘this is beautiful,
but I don’t really know why I’m here.’
Then I realized half way through
that I didn’t really want to preach the
word, I just wanted to be on stage
and tell people what to do [laughs].
It wasn’t until I was a junior in high
school that I went, ‘oh there’s a
whole genre and there’s something
you can do onstage.’ And that’s when
I discovered theater and realized that
I had this love for it.
DM: What’s the most important
lesson or piece of advice you took
away from your time in the Big
Apple?
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Betty Buckley. … I discovered that
Betty was giving acting classes
and I said, ‘I want to try this out
and see if I’m missing something
that I didn’t learn in college.’ She
was such an incredible teacher
that I took classes from her for
three years. She taught me so
much about the process of theatre
much more than the product. …
DM: How did you end up in San
Diego?
JL: My partner and I met in 2000,
just before the 9/11 attacks, and we
were living in Brooklyn. When the
towers fell – we could see the towers
from our apartment window – the
whole scheme of New York changed.
And having been there for so many
years, I felt it was time for me to find
something different, something that
gave me some fulfillment instead of
living from paycheck to paycheck,
and going from show to show and
waiting tables in between.
My partner was getting a little
disenchanted with New York as well.
He said if he ever moved away, San
Francisco and San Diego were the
only places he would ever go. So, we
flew out here the summer after the
9/11 attacks and I got off the plane
and said, ‘I’m home.’
(l to r) Artistic Director Joey
Landwehr and Rebecca Myers
rehearse for “Funny Girl.”
DM: How did you come up with
the idea of a “Streisand Season” for
J*Company?
JL: I was in New York from
1997 to 2003. On Broadway, I did a
little stint in “The Secret Garden,”
and then did the national tour,
which was a lot of fun. I also did
the national tour of “The Wizard
of Oz” with Phyllis Diller and the
national tour of “George M” with
Joel Grey. I also took classes from
JL: When I first walked in the
door in February 2006, I knew that
I wanted to do this season. To me,
there wasn’t a question. This must
happen. As Artistic Director, I was
the first to bring themes to our seasons. … Last season was our tribute
to the La Jolla Playhouse and this
season we walk into Ms. Streisand.
I knew this year was Barbara’s
(Courtesy J*Company Youth Theatre)
70th birthday and all the stars
just aligned. Also, this year is
J*Company’s 20th anniversary, my
40th birthday, and it is my executive
producer’s 50th birthday. Clearly,
something was telling me this is the
right time to do it, and everything
just sort of came about as it should
have.
DM: Which show do you think
will be the most fun? Which will be
the most challenging?
JL: Well, the most fun is going to
be “Hello, Dolly!” It just lends itself to
it. … As far as the most challenging,
I think the other three shows have
their own challenges. “Funny Girl” is
just massive. There is nothing small
about it and there’s no way to do it
small. “Yentl” has its own challenges,
in that the subject matter is on the
heavy side and it’s a little adult. So,
we have to really watch how we
handle this with our 10 to 18 year
olds. And then “Gypsy” has its own
challenges as well because, in my
eyes, I see it as this beautiful story
about a mother and her daughters
and how everything changes around
them. But, I think in many ways,
parents see “Gypsy” as just a show
about strippers. And that’s not what it
is about. So my goal is to present it in
a way that people will come to see it.
DM: Where would you like to
see J*Company in five to 10 years
from now?
JL: I hope that we continue
to grow. More than ever, I would
love to have a black-box theatre
where we could do more intimate
plays that really aren’t these huge
mongo musicals. We could do plays
like “The Laramie Project.” And
we could do some darker, more
intimate things.
I would also love to put together
a conservatory training program
for our kids. I think many times,
youth theaters are created for
the wrong reasons: either as easy
pocket money or as easy ways to
promote a director’s artistic vision
and feed their ego. Those are not
reasons to create a children’s theater. In my opinion, the reason for
children’s theater is to help young
people grow and to educate them
in what they’re doing. So, to have
a conservatory here to train these
young people and help them grow
in theater and in other arts would
truly be amazing.
The La Jolla-based J*Company’s
“Streisand Season” begins Oct.
19 with “Funny Girl,” followed by
“Yentl” in December, “Gypsy” in
March and ending with “Hello,
Dolly!” in May. For more information
and tickets visit sdchc.org or call
858-362-1348.t
COMMUNITY VOICES/NEWS
gay-sd.com
From page 1
beach
County LGBTQ Resource
Center organizes throughout
the year. In fact, along with
other signature events like
the Gay Straight Alliance
(GSA) Awards, the Gala
Fundraiser event and the
many other monthly programs and activities, Pride @
the beach is the oldest and
most participated event, with
almost 4,000 people attending last year.
For this reason, last year
the board of the Resource
Center decided to put the
direction of Pride under the
leadership of one member,
Tina Leight-Roades. She
has been a volunteer for
years as marketing director and graphic designer,
and stepped up to the role
of Pride director to ensure
growth, success and the
continuation of our LGBTQ
culture of inclusiveness in
North County.
And the results are
already in: this year Pride is
bigger than ever, with more
entertainment, fun and booth
participation, and with an
official “sold out” sign for our
vendors several weeks before
the event. Thank you, Tina.
What Pride @ the beach
does for North County
Besides funding our
youth programs, in particular our GSA Award event,
Pride @ the beach is making
sure North County is a place
for ever yone: LGBTQ and
straight allies from Escondido to Oceanside, Fallbrook
to Solana Beach and Del
Mar, as well as Temecula and
Hemet.
For those in San Diego,
Pride @ the beach is also a
great opportunity to spend a
day in the sun while supporting our grassroots effort to
be always present in one of
the most difficult regions for
LGBT people in the County,
giving hope of a better tomorrow to all our North County
youth. From San Diego you
can ride the Coaster and
stop two blocks away at the
Oceanside Downtown Station.
Pride @ the beach is Oct.
13 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
near the Oceanside Pier.
General admission tickets
are $5, students and seniors
tickets are $2.50, and children under eight and active
militar y are free. For more
information visit northcountypride.com.t
Pride @ the beach
entertainment line up
11 a.m. Opening host, Laura Jane
11:15 a.m. SD Women’s Chorus
12 p.m. Speakers
12:30 p.m. Diversity Arts
1 p.m. Social Animal
1:30 p.m. Full Strength Funk Band
2:15 p.m. San Diego Kings Club
2:45 p.m. Full Strength Funk Band
3:30 p.m. Traci Dinwiddie
4:15 p.m. SD Gay Men’s Chorus
5:15 p.m. No Angel
Ex-Playgirl model guilty in death
of Jason ‘Cowboy’ Huggins
GAY SAN DIEGO
Oct. 5–Oct. 18, 2012
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fled from the tent, climbed up the canyon off Washington
Street at state Highway 163, and sought treatment at a
nearby hospital. He was admitted into the hospital at 5:48
p.m., records show.
Meanwhile, Huggins crawled out of the canyon and was
seen on a security video at about 6:02 p.m. He called 911 at
Joshua Larson faces 20 years to life behind bars 6:12 p.m. and was taken to a nearby hospital. Suffering from
severe brain injuries, Huggins lingered in a coma for two
weeks, while members of the LGBT community, friends and
By Ken Williams | SDGLN Editor in Chief
relatives held vigils in public parks and at the hospital. Huggins died of his injuries on July 6, 2011.
A former Playgirl model has been convicted of
Peter Will, the defense attorney, tried to convince the
second-degree murder in connection with the beating
jury that Huggins was the victim of a gay love triangle that
death of Jason “Cowboy” Huggins, a beloved figure in
ended tragically with domestic violence. He said Chad Luthe local LGBT community.
cas and Nathan Meza were both in love with Huggins, and
A jury comprised of six men and six women returned
that Lucas had been rejected by Huggins on the afternoon
the verdict on Sept. 21, the day after the prosecutor and
of the vicious beating and had admitted during testimony
the defense attorney presented their
that he had laid his hands on Huggins
closing statements in the courtroom
that day. The defense attorney blamed
of Judge Theodore M. Weathers.
Lucas for the death of Huggins.
Joshua James Larson, 38, of San DiLarson, however, did not have an alibi
ego will learn how much prison time he
for his whereabouts during the attack.
will face at a future sentencing hearing.
The jury apparently did not agree that
He faces up to 20 years to life in prison,
GPS data supported the defense’s claim
according to the state’s sentencing
that Larson was walking east on Washguidelines.
ington Street toward El Cajon Boulevard,
During the trial, which began Sept.
and was about 5 minutes away from the
5, prosecutor Makenzie R. Harvey
crime scene at the time of the attack.
painted a picture of an angry, revengeful
Also damaging were jailhouse
Larson who was determined to get even
recordings between Larson and his
with Huggins, whose testimony during
mother. Authorities automatically make
a criminal trial helped convict Larson.
such recordings.
She noted that Larson served 88 days
In the recordings, Larson never
Jason “Cowboy” Huggins
in jail for that conviction, then another
denies attacking Huggins, and Larson’s
(Courtesy SDGLN)
79 days at another time after Larson
mother expressed disappointment that
violated his probation.
her son “hadn’t let it go yet” after Larson
Harvey used witnesses, security video and GPS data to
admitted that he knew the man who was in the hospital after
prove her case. She said to the jury that her case against Larbeing badly beaten.
son was not full of forensic evidence, but that her star witness
During her closing statement, Harvey said:
and other evidence would be enough to convict Larson.
“Revenge, retaliation, and payback is why this man
She presented evidence that Larson crossed paths with
[referring to an on-screen photo of Cowboy] is dead. He
Huggins and his boyfriend, Nathan Meza, at the McDonald’s
held the defendant accountable for his actions and now he is
restaurant in Hillcrest between 4:16 and 4:48 p.m. on June 22, dead. Can a single witness’s testimony be sufficient? Nathan
2011, which was not disputed by defense attorney Peter Will.
Meza’s [testimony] could be sufficient. Rarely do you have
She used GPS data, security video and witnesses to prove
one person who witnessed most of the events, who also has
that Larson followed Huggins and Meza to the “Camelot”
lots of pieces of evidence that corroborate his testimony.”
canyon where the two men were living in a tent compound.
Meza, the star witness, testified that Larson threatened
—Ken Williams is Editor in Chief of San Diego Gay and
to burn them to death in the tent and then attacked him
Lesbian News. He can be reached at [email protected], @Kenand Huggins with a large, smooth rock. Meza said he
SanDiego on Twitter or by calling 877-727-5446, ext. 713.t
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Editorial
Are we really ready to be ‘America’s
most bike-friendly city’?
By Morgan M. Hurley | GSD Assistant Editor
Letters
Health care rights
This is awesome information Brian. Thank you for
sharing and to put this information in layman’s terms
[see “Healthcare for the uninsured,” Vol. 3, Issue 19]. It’s
tough for people to understand health care information
and know what they have rights to and where to receive
care. I think that … we [need] more physicians that cared
for the community more, rather than only caring about
receiving a check and/or capitation payment. If they did
then more terminal diagnoses can be detected beforehand
and treated. Keep up the excellent work you do!
—Renee Trujillo Szafirowski, via gay-sd.com
How much will this replacement cost and who will pay? …
I certainly support the concept of the Pride flag as a
center piece for our community, but this outcome is far from
deserving an Orchid award in it’s current flawed state, especially since as [San Diego Pride Executive Director Dwayne]
Crenshaw stated, “A replacement is in the works.”
Our community should expect excellence from its
community leaders and benefactors, and unfortunately this
outcome falls far short of that reasonable expectation.
I am more than willing to involve myself with the replacement process to make sure our community is “doing it right”
and gets what it intended, and deserves.
Thank you for your attention to this issue, which affects
our entire community’s Pride.
—John Thurston, via email
Doing better by Being Alive
Is non-HIV AIDS being covered up?
Being Alive got no money from two major San Diego
AIDS fundraisers, AIDS Walk and Dining Out for Life, last
year [see “Being Alive strives to keep doors open,” Vol. 3,
Issue 19]. Let’s hope this year we can do better.
Allied NATO government is hiding HIV-negative AIDS
cases (like mine) under the “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”
(CFS) [International Classification of Diseases] code.
Why isn’t [chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome] CFIDS a reportable illness overseen by our public
health department? Why are CFS and [myalgic encephalomyelitis] ME (the same exact disorder) suspiciously
categorized as two separate illnesses on a worldwide level?
Doesn’t anyone else but me very clearly see the catastrophic cover-up going on here?
Why are we not reading about non-HIV AIDS cases
(and/or the AIDS-like nature of CFIDS) on the front
pages of every newspaper in the world? And if CFS and
ME are non-HIV AIDS then, depending on who you
believe, there are anywhere between 500,000 to 28 million Americans out there with a transmissible illness. If
that is what it truly is, our new form of AIDS dwarfs the
‘original’ AIDS epidemic tenfold.
I am not afraid to say that I have AIDS (without HIV).
I am equally as unafraid of saying the most obvious thing
about CFS/ME: It sure does look like HIV to me.
If it takes courage to think and to say the things that
I do, I hope that there will be a miraculous outbreak of
bravery from coast-to-coast. …
—John Keasler, via gay-sd.com
Quality issues surrounding Hillcrest
Pride Flag affects community
We are all proud that the Pride flag was raised at the
opening of our Pride festival and Block Party.
Upon closer inspection though there seems to have
been some serious flaws in the decision-making process
that has lead to a seriously flawed flag being designed and
purchased for the flagpole.
Shortly after the raising I noticed a distinct muting of
the colors in the flag, and also a very shiny quality to the
fabric used. I am not simply a petty whiner, but a professional photographer who knows colors when I see them,
and know when they are off. …
Am I correct in assuming that a hastily made decision
to raise the Flag by Pride weekend has wasted community
time, effort and money on an inferior and mediocre flag
that is now in need of replacement? How did this happen?
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In the last four months, three bike corrals have been
installed in Uptown locations; Fifth & University avenues,
Mississippi Street near El Cajon Boulevard and, on Sept. 5, the
largest corral yet was installed at the corner of North Park Way
and 30th Street, in front of The Linkery restaurant.
The same day this latest bike corral was unveiled, the San
Diego BID Council announced that seven area business districts
were being given a bicycle of their own to use as they see fit, not
only to allow them easier travel within their district to conduct
business, but also to help encourage more bicycle riding.
By the end of the year, 10 more districts will be added to the
program.
On the heels of these latest initiatives comes “bike sharing” – a program District Three Councilmember Todd Gloria
recently saw in Washington, D.C. while there as part of a San
Diego contingent advocating for the Balboa Park centennial.
No sooner was the councilmember back in his office, he and
Mayor Jerry Sanders were hosting a “bike sharing demonstration” at Petco Park, on Sept. 17.
Is San Diego ready for an influx of bicycle commuters – or
more importantly – are large numbers of bicycle commuters
ready for San Diego?
After four months of strictly public transportation as an
inner-city commuter, I decided to get my trusty 17-year-old
Trek out of storage and incorporate it into my commute, which
takes me from South Park, up through North Park and over to
Hillcrest, daily. Despite some of the harrowing moments I’ve
experienced, I am enjoying it; but believe me, I have a lot of
feedback when it comes to addressing the point at which my
rubber hits the road.
I attended – on my own bicycle – that North Park press
conference on Sept. 5th, and despite North Park and Hillcrest
stepping up with these new initiatives, I can attest their streets
have a ways to go.
The route along University Avenue between 30th Street
and Park Boulevard is one of the most dangerous stretches
of city streets for a bicyclist in the county. Likewise, Robinson
Avenue from 10th to Fourth avenues, which includes the
Robinson bridge, is a span that is pedestrian-friendly but far
from biker-friendly.
The edge pavement on Robinson Avenue between Sixth
and Fifth avenues in Hillcrest is extremely dangerous; you
either ride in the gutter or encroach on the limited space
allotted for a vehicle.
My issues or concerns are not isolated. That is obvious
when reading the comments printed here. Plain and simple,
readers are concerned about bike safety. Even the comments
on Councilmember Gloria’s Facebook page, with regards to
the bike sharing idea and demonstration, were predominately
concerned with bike safety.
One follower even referenced a 2011 article on shareable.
net: “Top 10 things every mayor should know before starting a
bike sharing program.” The specific item the poster referenced
was #1, “Be a bike-friendly community first.”
Again, safety, safety, safety. For bike riders as well as
motorists.
When I first added my bike to my commute, a good friend
– who used to ride from Hillcrest to SDSU daily – told me to
“avoid University Ave between 30th and Park Boulevard at
all costs.” For the most part, I’ve taken his sage advice with a
couple exceptions. I can see why he holds this belief.
Another biking friend of mine just told me yesterday she was
sideswiped by a MTS bus on that same strip of road. A coworker
just recently saw a bicyclist hit by a car at the corner of Robinson and Fifth avenues.
Some say bike riders need to take a DMV-like test to
become bicycle commuters. I’m not sure I agree, although I do
think we should have to register bikes and attend a class.
But much more importantly, the roads in our region need to
become bike-friendly. We need wider streets, bike lanes, bike
routes, resurfacing of busy streets and more.t
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Being Alive seeks volunteers
Local nonprofit Being Alive has announced a call for volunteers in a press
release on Sept. 29. The HIV/AIDS service organization is looking for specialized
volunteers in three program areas: Helping Hands Moving Services, Peer Advocacy and their Holistic AIDS Response
Program (HARP). The Helping Hands
services provide free moving services to
Being Alive clients facing eviction, including assistance in finding affordable housing as well as aiding with medical supplies
due to disrupted care. The Peer Advocacy
program is the heart of the agency, and
Being Alive is seeking volunteers who
will be able to provide resources and
counseling services to clients. For HARP,
the organization is looking for licensed
massage, chiropractic care, reiki, reflexology, acupuncture and other therapies.
They are also accepting applications for
licensed barbers or hair stylists. Those
interested can visit the Being Alive center
at 4070 Centre St. to fill out an application.
Laugh Out Proud ends, may return at
later date
The Sept. 13 Laugh Out Proud comedy show at Martinis Above Fourth was
the last official monthly event for the
company. Co-producer Sean Wherley
said they were looking to re-launch the
show, which was designed to showcase
the region’s top LGBT and allied comedians in a safe environment for the LGBT
community, at a different venue. He said
they would announce the return of Laugh
Out Proud at a later date. In its 18-month
history, Wherley, along with co-producer
Sarah Burford, hosted a large selection of
comedians, including Renee Santos, Scott
Silverman and transgender comedian Ian
Harvie, among others. Teddy Margas
headlined the Sept. 13 final show.
FilmOut looking for additional board
members for anniversary season
In preparation for their 15th anniversary season, FilmOut San Diego is seeking additional board members to join the
non-profit organization, which produces
the annual LGBT Film Festival as well
as regular monthly film screenings. The
15th annual festival is scheduled for May
2013. “Now is a perfect time to join the
FilmOut board, just in time for our 15th
anniversary,” said Festival Programmer
Michael McQuiggan. He said next year’s
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said in the release. While an appointment
is preferred, walk-in clients are welcome.
To make an appointment call 619-291-1400.
festival will feature “films from all over
the world celebrating LGBT diversity,
with filmmaker and talent Q&As, parties,
panels, a filmmaker LGBT short-film contest and much more.” Requirements for
membership include, among other duties, participation in monthly board meetings, outreach at the monthly screenings
and festival, and securing funds for the
2013 season. There are currently nine
members on the board, headed by President Rick Goldenstein. Those interested
should contact Festival Director Kaleb
James at [email protected].
Community leader Sean Sala steps
down from Servicemembers United
Announced Sept. 23, community leader and former political activist Sean Sala
resigned from Servicemembers United
(SU), one of the largest organizations for
LGBT troops and veterans of the United
States armed forces. Based in Washington,
D.C., SU is a non-partisan and non-profit
organization that was organized in 2005
to participate in the debate over “don’t
ask, don’t tell.” Citing “no bitterness nor
bad reason” in his email announcing his
resignation, Sala said his intention was to
focus on other issues and to transition “out
of politics permanently.” Stephen L. Peters, president of The American Military
Partner Association (AMPA), said as SU
transitions from the successful “don’t ask,
don’t tell” repeal to supporting the AMPA,
Sala’s departure is one of many. “The national leadership in Washington [D.C.] has
transitioned out of the movement already
and the leaders of local networks have
been helping transition SU’s local work towards AMPA’s goals and mission,” he said.
The AMPA is now the nation’s leading organization of the partners and spouses of
LGBT troops, Peters said. “Sean has been
an incredibly active and high-profile advocate for the LGBT military community, locally in San Diego and also nationwide. His
work with SU and other organizations has
been very helpful and highly valued,” Peters said. “Sean remains a dear friend to all
of us, and his enthusiasm and passion are
sure to continue to benefit the community
as well on whatever other campaigns, initiatives, and groups with which he involves
himself moving forward.”
Palm Springs Pride to feature
carter-johnson leather exhibit
During this year’s Greater Palm
Springs Pride festival held Nov. 3 – 4, a
portion of the Carter-Johnson Leather
Library will be on display. The traveling
library contains over 10,000 items, including artwork, books, DVDs, magazines,
newsletters, photographs, posters and
other materials that “explore the world
of alternative sexuality,” a press release
stated. Items date from the 1700s to today.
“We are thrilled to bring this phenomenal
leather history resource to Palm Springs,”
said Ron deHarte, Greater Palm Springs
Pride president, in the release. “Festival
attendees will have a chance to see this
priceless exhibit and made a connection to
the history of the LGBT and heterosexual
leather community.” The Leather Library,
which was founded by Viola Johnson, began as a personal collection in early 1970s.
Artifacts from the collection began traveling to various events in 2003. The exhibit
will be a part of Fetish in the Outfield, the
leather-focused area of Palm Springs Pride.
Exhibit hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each
day. The festival is located at Sunrise Park,
1901 Baristo Rd., in Palm Springs. For
more information visit pspride.org.
TASTE OF NORTH PARK SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
North Park Main Street presents the
Taste of North Park Saturday, Oct. 6,
where attendees can taste bites from over
40 restaurants and a dozen microbrews in
North Park. The event last from 11 a.m.
– 4 p.m. and organizers are seeking volunteers for morning shifts (10 a.m. – 1:30
p.m.) and afternoon shifts (1 – 4 p.m.).
Duties include serving tastes and general
assistance, and will get you a ticket to
the Taste. For those interested in attending, tickets to the Taste are $30 presale
and $35 the day of the event. Valid ID is
required for the beer tastings, and there
is $5 parking at the North Park parking
garage (29th Street and North Park Way)
for this event. For more information, including how to volunteer, visit tastenorthpark.com or call 619-294-2501.t
Being Alive partners with Babycakes
for free HIV-testing incentive
Being Alive HIV/AIDS services has
begun conducting free HIV testing on
Tuesdays from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at their
offices, located at 4070 Centre St. “We are
pleased to begin HIV testing here at Being Alive,” said Executive Director Shannon Wagner in a press release. “It is done
in a safe and non-clinical setting. If you or
someone else has been putting off the test,
consider making an appointment today.”
As incentive, the nonprofit has teamed
up with Babycakes to offer a “Buy One,
Get One Free” coupon for a cupcake at either of the restaurant’s locations. “We are
pleased to team up with Being Alive and
offer an incentive for people to get tested,”
Babycakes owner Christopher Stavros
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debates
DeMaio did not directly answer Lewis’ question,
instead saying he supported the “don’t ask, don’t tell”
repeal, which Lewis was referencing, and that he voted
on the city council to support the discriminatory policy’s
repeal. DeMaio then reiterated Filner’s vote against
recruiting on college campuses.
“There’s a right and a wrong way to cause social
change to happen,” DeMaio said.
Vocalized through the entire debate, DeMaio reiterated his “bi-partisan” support after receiving endorsements from Mayor Jerry Sanders, a republican, and Dr.
Irwin Jacobs, a democrat.
“I’m proud of the fact that … two men stepped forward
and reflected the bipartisan energy that we’ve been able to
tap,” DeMaio said. “I will work with anyone, even people
that I disagree with … if it’s in the best interest of our city.”
Another main topic discussed included which
candidate had more “special interests” backing him than
the other. Each contended the other was controlled by
special interests, with Filner bringing up DeMaio’s backing by U-T San Diego and North County Times owner
Doug Manchester.
Calling Manchester DeMaio’s “biggest supporter”
as well as the city’s “biggest developer,” Filner said,
“[DeMaio’s] got the biggest special interests, bought
and paid for by developers.”
DeMaio responded by saying Filner was backed by
“the same special interests,” hinting at labor unions that
oppose the DeMaio-backed Proposition B.
“I respect the rights of the unions to organize and negotiate on behalf of their members,” DeMaio said. “Where
I have a problem is when politicians don’t negotiate on
behalf of the taxpayers to ensure we get a balanced deal.”
DeMaio also said he supported collective bargaining as
well performance-based incentives for city employees.
The question of Manchester repeatedly came up during
the debate. Filner said he would take on Manchester if he
were elected, calling out DeMaio for receiving the developer’s support. “You won’t even say his name,” Filner said.
Following the Politifest debate, Filner and DeMaio
met on Monday, Oct. 1 for a debate sponsored by KPBS.
Manchester came up once again, and again in the context
of connections to DeMaio.
In a story printed by KPBS on Thursday, Oct. 4 as
a follow-up to DeMaio’s statement at the Oct. 1 debate,
where he said he had met with the U-T San Diego editorial board only, DeMaio’s calendar was revealed to show
two meetings scheduled with “Papa Doug,” the moniker
Manchester prefers to use.
The story reports that DeMaio did meet with Manchester in December 2011 and May 2012, however the councilmember said he did not have to disclose the meetings
because they were not campaign related.
On Thursday evening, Oct. 4, after this issue went
to press, DeMaio and Filner met again in front of the
University Heights Community Association. Their appearance was in a forum rather than a debate format, as will
be their appearance in front of the Kensington-Talmadge
(Ken-Tal) Community Association on Oct. 18. The KenTal meeting begins at 7:15 p.m.t
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17 Hamburger Mary’s list
18 State surely
19 Edna and others
20 19th century poet of a recently discovered photo
23 New Mexico town
24 Check for electronic bugs
25 Hanging one’s head
28 Hit boxers
29 One who chews the scenery
32 Potential mate
33 Sinn ___ (Irish society)
34 Wooden trunk
35 Lover of 20-Across in the photo
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39 Skating jump
40 He played Superman
41 “___ out!” (cry by Pallone)
42 That’s bull, to Frida
43 Prejudice and then some
44 S&M reminders
46 Woodpecker’s pecker
47 Title for 20-Across
52 Chase behind
53 Company correspondence
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27 Benjamin Britten’s companion
28 Brief fight
30 Prop for “I have a headache tonight”
31 Mothers, to Sarah Bernhardt
33 Couples coupling with couples
34 Just cover costs
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37 Old Testament cuckold
42 Used hoes
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Oct. 5–Oct. 18, 2012
COMMUNITY VOICES
Too much texting, not enough love
M I CHAEL K I MMEL
LIFE BEYOND
THERAPY
As a psychotherapist, I’ve
been noticing more and more that
relationships end by texting. In too
many situations, texting is winning
out over love.
It’s not hard to see the appeal of
texting. In an effort not to feel lonely, we text, email or connect with
our smartphones. We have access
to amazing amounts of information,
and this is a good thing.
But knowledge is not happiness, and texting is not love;
indeed, for some of us it’s a poor
substitute for love.
How else does texting mess
us up? When we send angry or
hurtful texts, we’re taking the
coward’s way out. We don’t have
to be there with the person to deliver our bad news. We can send
it and not deal with the consequences, until they text us back.
With less face-to-face contact and
more texting and emailing, I wonder
if we’re losing the ability to cultivate
high-quality, loving relationships
with others and with ourselves.
In the BSE (Before Smartphone
Era), we had to learn how to talk
with people face to face. We also
had to learn skills like how to be
alone, how to talk to ourselves when
things go wrong and how to comfort ourselves when we are scared.
These were valuable skills,
albeit difficult to acquire.
Now, it’s so easy to whip out our
phone and text, call or email someone if we’re bored or alone. Some of
us get anxious if we don’t have our
phones with us at all times.
A client once told me, “Take my
phone away and I’d die.” On some
level, a lot of us feel that way. We are
so used to having both information
and people at our fingertips.
But what about love? Smartphones are good at helping us hook
up, but not very helpful with learning
and mastering difficult emotions.
Love, you may be shocked to know,
has to happen in person. You need to
see your lover, touch him, hear her
voice, and notice how his eyes look
away or how her lips begin to tremble
during a heavy conversation.
Love is more than words. The
less face-to-face communication there
is, the more it loses its power. If you
want loving relationships, this type of
communication is the best. Over the
phone is second. An email is a distant
third and texting is fourth.
I’m not saying that texting
doesn’t have its value. For short,
quick communications, it’s fine.
But, when you have something
important to say, say it in person.
I know it’s harder to talk about
difficult things in person, but this
is about being a grown up, not an
eighth grader who breaks up with
someone in a text message.
People continually tell me that
they feel lonely, unloved and disconnected from friends and possible
lovers. Anxiety and panic attacks
are on the rise nationally, if not
internationally.
There are plenty of studies in
psychological journals decrying texting as the end of intimacy. Let’s not
get crazy about this. Every time a
new technology appears, some PhD
candidate in psychology uses it as
an excuse to say we’re all becoming
more alienated from each other.
Technology isn’t the enemy.
Technology is neutral; it’s a tool.
Our smartphones can be wonderful, but if we’re using them to avoid
intimacy and become more isolated,
let’s admit it. If we’re using them
to let those that we love know that
we’re thinking of them throughout
the day, let’s be clear on that, too.
I encourage you to see what
mode of communication works
best for you in specific situations. If
you want love, the more personally
you can communicate, the better.
If you’re just up for a quick, “Hey,
thinking of U” then a text is fine.
We are living in an age of rapidly
changing technology. Let’s use
texting, emailing, smartphones and
whatever else is out there for our
benefit. We can use technology to
bring more love into our lives or to
become more isolated; the choice is
ours. Let’s make it consciously.
—Michael Kimmel is a licensed
psychotherapist who specializes in
helping LGBT clients achieve their
goals and deal with anxiety, depression, grief, sexually addictive behavior,
coming out, relationship challenges
and homophobia. Michael is currently
accepting new clients and accepts most
insurance. Contact him at 619-9553311 or visit lifebeyondtherapy.com.t
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LGBTs and workers stand together against Prop 32
a l l a n ac e v e d o
Political
Spectrum
For thousands of voters who vote
by mail, Election Day will be heading
to a mailbox near you the weekend of Oct. 6. Absentee ballots are
expected to arrive the second week
in October, just about 30 days before
the last day to vote, Nov. 6. For many
who believe the actual Election Day
is the only day that matters when it
comes to our democracy, recognize
that in the San Diego June Primary,
66 percent of voters who cast a ballot
did so absentee.
If you are not already registered,
you have until Oct. 22 to register
to vote. California has made it even
easier by allowing people to register
to vote online. Just got to the Secretary of State’s website at sos.ca.gov/
elections and follow the directions.
For those already registered to
vote, and for those receiving their
ballots in the mail shortly, I want to
bring your attention to one of the
most important propositions we’ll
be voting on this election. While the
mayor’s race and other high-profile
campaigns have possibly diluted
your electoral consciousness, please
remember that there will be 11 ballot
measures on the ballot.
Proposition 32 may be one of the
most misleading and difficult to understand. Prop. 32 purports to create
a more even playing field for voices
to be heard by eliminating special-interest money by banning unions and
corporations from using automatic
payroll deductions to gather funds for
political purposes.
On its face this sounds like an
ideal situation: we limit the influence
these institutions have in politics and,
in turn, return the power to the individual people. But this is not the case.
Corporations rarely rely on this
form of fundraising to inject money
in to politics. Instead, they rely on
money from corporate executives and
company treasuries. Unions rely on
small individual deductions from its
over 2.5 million members. This measure would do little to limit special
interests in politics and do much to
create a rigged playing field, in which
corporations can donate unlimited
and unaccountable funds through
super PACs and other independent
expenditure committees.
This is fake campaign finance
reform. This is reform to limit the
voice of the middle class and working
class families. This is a blatant power
grab to limit the voice of unions and
their members, giving big businesses
an unfair advantage.
Californians have already twice
voted down such phony reform initiatives: in 2005 with Proposition 75 and
in 1998 with Proposition 226, we told
big businesses and corporations “no.”
No to limiting the voice of working
families and individuals, and no to
see Political, pg 23
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Friday, Oct. 5
GENTLEMEN PREFER
MARYLIN: Cinema Under the
Stars in Mission Hills presents
the gay-man classic “Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes.” The fun starts at
8:30 p.m. Don’t fret if you miss it
tonight, they’ll be playing it again
tomorrow, Oct. 6 as well, same
time. Cinema Under the stars is
located at 4040 Goldfinch St., tickets start at $14. For more information visit topspresents.com.
Saturday, Oct. 6
TASTE OF NORTH PARK:
Get your taste buds overworked
at this year’s Taste of North Park,
where one tickets will get you
40 restaurants and 12 brews all
in one afternoon. The event is
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., so there
is plenty of chance to hang out
in hipster-heaven, North Park.
Tickets are $30 presale and $35
day-of. For more information visit
tastenorthpark.com.
CENTER GALA: The LGBT
Community Center is hosting
its annual dinner gala fundraiser
tonight, starting at 6 p.m. and
running up until the goodnight
toast at 10 p.m. With dinner and a
silent auction, the event is one of
the premier LGBT fundraisers for
The Center, as proceeds will benefit more than 40 vital programs
they oversee. Now in its 39th year,
tonight’s event takes place at the
Hilton San Diego Bayfront, One
Park Blvd. Individual tickets are
$200. For more information visit
thecentersd.org.
WILDFIRE DANCE: A funfilled night of dancing for queer
women and their allies, don’t miss
the latest Wildfire Dance party at
the Brass Rail. From 6 – 10 p.m.,
DJ dirty KURTY will spin while
you have a blast. The Brass Rail is
located at 3796 Fifth Ave. Tickets
are $10. For more information
visit hotflashdances.com.
RICH’S ANNIVERSARY
PARTY: Alexis Jordan will take
the stage tonight when Rich’s
celebrates their 21st anniversary
party, an amazing feat and welldeserved celebration. There will
be hosted champagne from 10 –
11 p.m., with doors opening at 10
p.m. Get set for a long, fun night,
for they will be open until 4 a.m.
with DJ TAJ, DJ SHANE STIEL,
DJ KIKI and DJ dirty KURTY.
Rich’s San Diego is located at
1051 University Ave. Pre-sale tickets are $12. For more information
visit richssandeigo.com.
Sunday, Oct. 7
HILLCREST HOEDOWN:
Today is the true day for all
you cowboy-lovin’ Hillcrest-ers.
Presented by the Hillcrest Business Association, today marks
the second year for the Hillcrest Hoedown, with the street
festival taking place from 1 –
6:30 p.m. and the all-ages dance
party from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. It’s
all happening on University
Avenue from Normal Street to
Vermont Street, and features
arts and crafters, a food court,
a mechanical bull, casino tables
(starting at 5:30 p.m.) and a
Furry Foster humane petting
zoo. You can adopt the pets,
too! Live music all day, check
out our insert for complete
information.
see Calendar, pg 10
GAY SAN DIEGO
Oct. 5–Oct. 18, 2012
Cutting loose in North Park
By Charlene Baldridge | GSD Reporter
boyfriend, Chuck, nor to Chuck’s friends.
Marra, who staged SDMT’s “A Chorus Line” last season, said he believes that
many in the “Footloose” audience will come
because they love the film. He expects that
others will love the stage production, too.
“You get everything from the stage show
that you get from the film,” he said. “You’re
you’re just doing a dance step.”
Marra, who relocated on the West Coast
Fourteen years after “Footloose” became
around 20 years ago, said that his Ren, actor
a sweet 1984 film starring Kevin Bacon and
Anton Fero, has it all. “I didn’t know him
Lori Singer, it became a sweet 1998 Broadway
prior to auditions. He walked in and it was
musical. The reviews were mixed, but the
one of those moments when all my directomusical hung on for nearly two years and
rial flags went up.” Fero, who danced in
more than 700 performances.
Lambs Players’ “Guys and Dolls”
When asked why the critics
and recently played five weeks in
were so lukewarm, director and
“MixTape,” does have the talent.
choreographer Robert Marra, who
“He’s the whole package,” Marra
is currently staging the 1998 musisaid. “It’s a huge role that carries the
cal for San Diego Musical Theatre
show. … You’ve got to emote angst,
(SDMT) now through Oct. 14 at
hurt, love, anger and fear with your
the Birch North Park Theatre,
body. That’s totally what Anton is.”
took a deep breath.
Emma Degerstedt, who recently
“That’s a good question,” Marstarred as Elle Woods in Moonlight’s
ra said. “I think critics are always
“Legally Blonde” earlier this summer,
harsh, and anytime you take a
portrays Ariel, opposite Anton Fero’s
pre-existing film or book and adapt
Ren. Don LeMaster is musical direcit to a new musical or a Broadway
tor and conductor.
play, the critics automatically are
Marra said he thinks “Footloose”
more sensitive to the issue of, ‘Are
they going to be able to make this Anton Fero (Courtesy SDMT)
Director Robert Marra (Courtesy SDMT) is a marvelous adaptation of the 1984
film. “Dean Pitchford, who wrote the
work?’ It’s really hard when you
original movie – as well as a 2011 remake
rooting for Ren, coming to a small town with
have an iconic film like “Footloose.””
– approached the film as if he were writing
his mother because his father left them. You
The musical concerns teenagers trying
a musical theater piece. When he adapted
invest emotionally in the characters.”
to blow off steam in a small town where rock
it to the stage, the songs easily fit in place
As a director, Marra is invested in his
music is shunned and dancing is forbidden.
because his dream came true.”
characters and his shows. “You have to fall
The dancing ban is particularly difficult for
“Footloose” plays at 7:30 p.m. Thursin love with the show, and you also have to
character Ren McCormick, because he and
days; 8 p.m. Fridays through Saturdays;
find the truth in it,” he said. “I always tell my
his mother just moved to the area from Chiand 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 14 and
actors this: every single thing that you do
cago. Because of the insular nature of small
tickets cost $26 to $52. Birch North Park
onstage – whether speaking a line, singing a
towns, Ren finds it hard to make friends.
Theatre is located at 2891 University Ave.
note, dancing a step – has to have a purpose
He promptly falls in love with the Baptist
For more information and tickets visit
and you have to believe that your character
preacher’s rebellious daughter, Ariel Moore,
sdmt.org or call 858-560-5740.t
would do it. The moment you don’t believe it,
which does not endear him to Ariel’s tough
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Monday, Oct. 8
Telly Leung (Courtesy Diversionary)
TELLY LEUNG AT DIVERSIONARY: Tonight, Broadway
and “Allegiance” star Telly Leung
brings his singing voice and stage
talent to Diversionary, where
he will share his unique journey
through music. It’s a chance to
see the “Glee” star up close, as
he’ll be going through some of his
favorite songs from his personal
playlist, including hits from his
album, “I’ll Cover You.” General
admission tickets are $25, and the
show starts at 7:30 p.m. Diversionary Theater is located at 4545
Park Blvd. For more information
visit diversionary.org.
Tuesday, Oct. 9
REMEMBERING MATTHEW: San Diego Remembers
hosts the Remember Matthew
Shepard vigil and walk tonight at
7 p.m. The annual event brings
several hundred participants from
across the region to Hillcrest for
a candle-lit vigil. It’s an amazing
community event, and one you
don’t want to miss. The group
meets at the intersection of
University and Fifth avenues,
near the Hillcrest sign and moves
down University Avenue for a
rally at The Center at 8 p.m. For
more information visit sandiegoremembers.com.
TORI AMOS ALBUM
RELEASE: Join the ladies and
friends-of-ladies at Gossip Grill
for an official Tori Amos album
release party from 6 – 11 p.m. The
album is called “Gold Dust,” and
features re-imagined hits throughout the songwriter’s career. It’s
good, but the party will be better.
Drink specials too! Gossip Grill
is located at 1440 University St.
(they just celebrated their third
birthday, you should know this
one by now). For more information visit thegossipgrill.com.
HILLCREST TOWN
COUNCIL: Need I remind you
that there are many ways to get
involved in the community? This
is an excellent start. The council
meets monthly, and everyone
is welcome and encouraged to
attend. Tonight, mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio is the featured
speaker. They meet at the Joyce
Beers Community Center,
1230 Cleveland Ave. in the gay
Ralph’s-Trader Joe’s parking area.
The meeting runs from 6:30 – 8
p.m. For more information visit
hillcresttowncouncil.com.
SUSAN DAVIS AT GSDBA:
Congressmember Susan Davis
is in town and will speak at the
Greater San Diego Business Association (GSDBA) professional
luncheon today, from 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Davis will speak about
plans for the 53rd District, as
well answer questions you may
have. The GSDBA hosts speakers like Davis to discuss issues
pertinent to LGBT professionals
and their allies. If you have yet to
participate, it’s an amazing way
to meet our business and political
leaders in an intimate setting.
Tickets, which include lunch, are
$25 advance purchase and $35 at
the door. The lunch takes place
at Wang’s North Park, located at
3029 University Ave. For more
information visit gsdba.org.
Wednesday, Oct. 10
BANKERS HILL FEAST:
More eating; more awesome
restaurants. It’s the Bankers Hill
feast, taking place at the Inn at the
Park at 6 p.m. Participating restaurants include Avenue 5, Barrio
Star, Meekong Street Kitchen,
Sanfillipos, Jimmy Carters, Top of
the Park, Green Flash and Trummer Pils. With a $10 donation, you
can’t afford to miss this. Inn at the
Park is located at 525 Spruce St.
Thursday, Oct. 11
COMING OUT: Today
is National Coming Out Day,
celebrating the social, political
and loving act of coming out.
Already out? Do it again. Tell
gay-sd.com
your mother. Tell your friend.
Tell your boss. It’s important. For
more information ask someone
who has already come out.
Saturday, Oct. 13
Fused glass set by Kathy Ruez
(Courtesy Ruez)
ART GLASS GUILD
SALE: Located in the Spanish
Village Art Center in Balboa
Park, the Art Glass Guild
presents their 2012 fall show and
patio sale, today and tomorrow
from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day.
It is the largest glass art show
in Southern California, and features hands-on mosaic projects
and glass-cutting demonstrations. There will be over 30
juried glass artists exhibiting in
all mediums, including blown,
fused, torch-worked, stained,
cast, etched and mosaic. The
Spanish Village is located at 1770
Village Place. For more information visit artglassguild.org.
RED HOT MASQUERADE:
It’s a masquerade, women’s nightclub party at The Center, produced
by the Women’s Resource Center.
The event starts at 6 p.m. with
dancing, mingling, snacks and a
no-host bar. Women 21 and over
are welcome, and tickets are $5 at
the door. There will be prizes for
“most artistic mask,” so get your
glue guns ready. The Center is located at 3909 Centre St. For more
information visit thecentersd.org.
PRIDE @ THE BEACH:
Oceanside is the place for North
County Pride, and the fifth year
of Pride @ the beach. You’ll love
it; I had a blast at last year’s.
Come out for community building, entertainment, speakers
and fun in the sun at the Oceanside Pier, from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Located at 238 N. The Strand,
you can take the train up and not
worry about traffic. $5 general
admission. For more information visit northcountypride.com.
ART & WINE IN LA
JOLLA: It’s the fourth and largest season yet for the La Jolla Art
and Wine Festival, taking place
today and tomorrow from 10 a.m.
– 6 p.m. each day. There are over
30,000 people expected for this
fest, which will feature the works
of 150 artists and 20 premier
wineries from around the world
(there will be beer too, don’t
worry). Want more? There will
be roving entertainment from the
San Diego Circus Center as well
as live music. Oh, and did I mention this is the first year the event
is absolutely free? Yep, but feel
free to bring a $5 donation at the
door if you can. The festival takes
place on Girard Avenue between
Prospect and Kline streets. For
more information visit ljawf.org.
Sunday, Oct. 14
DRAG KINGS ANNIVERSARY: The San Diego
Drag Kings celebrate their 12th
anniversary – 12 years! Congratulations! – with a special
show at Numbers Night Club.
Special guests are scheduled
all night long. The group was
formed in 2000 by Drag King
Chest Rockwell, and they are one
of the oldest drag king troupes
in existence. Regina Styles will
host tonight’s anniversary show,
featuring Gigi Masters, Wilfred
Paloma, Kiki Masters, Cheyenne
Masters, Cassidy Richards Masters, the Boylesque Tomcats and
Dj t00kansam, among many others. There is a $5 cover, and the
evening starts at 8 p.m. Numbers
is located at 3811 Park Blvd. For
more information visit facebook.
com/sandiegokingsclub.
Thursday, Oct. 18
MALASHOCK/RAW3: Celebrating 25 years of “innovative,
transformative dance,” Malashock
Dance kicks off the season with
the latest in their Malashock/Raw
series. It’s the third year for RAW,
featuring all new choreography
from John Malashock, Michael
Mizerany and guest choreographer Regina Klenjoski. Malashock
presents “Uneasy Surrender,”
Mizerany premieres “Bully” and
Klenjoski, the artistic director of
Regina Klenjoski Dance Company,
comes at you with “Splinter.” All
will be spectacular, there is no
doubt. Tickets are $25 and the
performances take place at the
Malashock Dance Studio, 2650
Truxtun Rd. The show opens
tonight at 8 p.m. and plays Thursdays through Sundays until Oct.
28. For show times and tickets
visit malashockdance.org.t
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Along University Ave. from Vermont St. & Normal St.
This year stay past
dusk and hit the
casino tables in our
free streetside saloon,
cowboys and cowgirls
will be dealing up
blackjack, craps and
roulette from 5:30 –
9:30 PM on the streets
of Hillcrest. And DJ’s
will be spinning country
style dance music from
6:30 – 9:30 PM — not
sure what country style
dance music is?
JOIN DJ Will Z and DJ
Marcel to find out!
Hillcrest Hoedown
1:00:
Square Dance Exhibition and
Square Dance Lessons by the Finest City
Squares
1:45:
2:00:
California Rhythm Project
Coronado Playhouse presents
“Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”
Grand Stage
2:15:
San Diego City Councilmember
Todd Gloria
Line Dance Lesson
with Scott E. Grant
2:30:
4:15:
Clogging Exhibition and
Clogging Lessons by Lelia Hunsaker
3:05:
Ezekiel Jay Band
4:00:
4:45:
Urban Kickers
Line Dance Lesson
with Scott E. Grant
5:00:
Three Chord Justice
5:45:
Twisted Movement
6:00:
Open Line Dancing
6:15:
Three Chord Justice
7:00:
Dance Party
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dining
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DINING WITH
t is just what Hotel Circle
needed, a place where
resident San Diegans can
commingle with tourists
over the Circle’s first eatery that focuses on sustainable, market-fresh
ingredients.
Bunz fills a culinary void along
this stretch of hotels, which are better known for their budget accommodations than the banquet-style
grub served from some of their coffee shops. Opened last year by Chef
Jeff Rossman as a revision to the
Pam Pam Grill his family founded
Bunz fronts the Days Hotel with an
unmistakable orange and yellow
façade. The name incites further
curiosity, if not a few giggles.
Rossman is also the owner of
Terra American Bistro in the College
Area and author of “From Terra’s Table,” a locavore’s guide to Southern
California’s agricultural bounties. His
menu at Bunz spotlights burgers,
hot dogs and salads constructed with
organic flair. The antibiotic-free beef,
for instance, comes from Meyer
Natural Angus in Montana, where
the cattle are fed grass and corn for
elevated flavor. Suzie’s Farm in San
Diego serves as his main supplier of
produce while local artisan bakeries
provide the namesake provisions:
brioche, ciabatta, sesame and wholewheat buns.
Condiments are made from
scratch, right down to the hot
dog-friendly mustard infused with
thyme and pale ale to the creamy
cumin-spiked house sauce that
resembles Thousand Island, but
with a little smokiness. Among the
feistier choices are jalapeno Ranch
and chipotle aioli, both of which join
forces on the “South a d’ Border”
burger topped with avocado, pickled jalapeno and Jack cheese.
I encountered my favorite
turkey burger here, which I normally don’t like unless I make them
myself with copious spices. Surprisingly, our waitress revealed that the
ground poultry is largely unseasoned, sans for a faint dash of liquid
smoke. Though when choosing it
with house sauce, yellow onions
and Swiss cheese from the “buildyour-own” section, I realized I had
been obliterating the natural flavor
of the meat at home. Bunz taught
me that the fixings should merely
augment the patty while a squeezable brioche bun strikes an optimal
fit to the soft grain of the meat.
My companion’s claim that he
was born with fewer taste buds than
the average person effused over
the “Singin’ D’ Blues” beef burger.
Even the deadest of palates will become roused by the burger’s draping of garlic mushrooms, smoked
bacon and blue cheese that tasted
aged and robust. A side order of
“garlic grab” fries appeased his
tongue further, but sent mine into
overdrive. The spuds are tossed
in generous measures of raw and
sautéed garlic, along with minced
shallots. Approach with caution!
Tempted also by the veggie
burger made in house with black
beans, quinoa, roasted poblanos,
cilantro, oats and garlic, we took
the bun-less route and sampled it in
the Santa Fe salad instead. It’s by
far the tastiest salad you’ll find in
Hotel Circle, or anywhere for that
matter, given that the exceptional
veggie patty sits atop baby greens
strewn with roasted peppers, grilled
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onions, crushed avocado and
jalapeno Ranch dressing. Also, what
appeared to be orange fettuccine
noodles woven throughout were
actually ribbons of cheddar cheese
that I have never seen cut that way.
Nor have I ever seen the tops
BUNZ
475 Hotel Circle South (Hotel Circle)
619-298-6515
Breakfast: $4.95 to $8.95.
Lunch-dinner: salads and appetizers,
$3.95 to $11.95; burgers and dogs,
$4.95 to $9.95
of hamburger buns lopped off and
turned into crostini. The menu calls
them “cheesy garlic crisps,” which
come with melted cheese and dabs
of Caesar dressing in their middles.
They resembled an airier version of nachos, which we washed
down at the start of our lunch with
milkshakes so thick and frosty,
we could barely yank the spoons
from the glasses. Hence the term
“concretes,” which describe this
50s-style milkshake made without
milk, but with only cream-laden
ice cream that you can enrich with
brownie pieces, caramel sauce,
candy bars, et cetera.
While Bunz may feel like a small
diner that also serves split and
griddled hot dogs and grilled ham
and cheese sandwiches, a wholesome quality pervades throughout
most of the dishes. The dogs, by
the way, are nitrate-free and all-beef.
“People are pleasantly surprised
by the taste differences,” our waitress told us as customers wandered
in from the adjoining hotel parking
lot in search of a casual meal. Little
could they have suspected beforehand that the food is conceived
by a locally acclaimed chef,
known for sourcing from local
growers and humane cattle
farmers. Ditto for San Diegans
who whiz through the south
side of Hotel Circle and catch
the humble-looking Bunz in their
mirrors. Good eats await.t
(top) A turkey burger
and beef burger are
tucked into artisan
buns; (left) “Cheesy
garlic crisps” feature
the tops of brioche
buns filled with
cheddar and Caesar
dressing.
(Photos by Frank Sabatini Jr.)
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interview
gay-sd.com
The
perks of
being
Ezra Miller
Breakthrough actor talks gay teen role, why he’s queer and doing drag as a kid
EM: I came out of the movie
feeling like I had a bunch to learn
from the character I just played,
and then I came to the unfortunate
conclusion that he was a fictional
character and he didn’t exist. I
mean, to be able to hold your
dignity and your pride, and to be
able to empower yourself and love
yourself in high school, is a feat.
CA: That scene where you
stand up for yourself in the lunchroom was probably something
that hit close to home.
(l to r) Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller and Emma Watson in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” (Courtesy Summit Entertainment)
By Chris Azzopardi | Q Syndicate
Twenty is a young age to have
already played two characters that
couldn’t be any more different. But
Ezra Miller has done it with parts
as Tilda Swinton’s evil son in “We
Need to Talk About Kevin” and as
Patrick, the lovable outsider with
swagger and fearlessness in the
film adaptation of the coming-of-age
novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” – the boy every gay person
wishes he could be. Even Miller.
The young actor talked about not
being that kid in high school, breaking label barriers and coming from
a “whole queer-ass family” – who
dressed him in drag.
Chris Azzopardi: What was
your high school experience?
Were you out then?
Ezra Miller: Yeah, definitely.
But I wasn’t shouting it out. I was
unabashedly me. I was always
having to leave high school,
though, because I started working, so that was pulling me out
of school. When I’d come back,
there was a certain resentment:
‘You are no longer one of us. You
have betrayed our pack.’ And I
dropped out of high school when
I was 16 years old because, first
of all, the form and function of the
schooling system never made any
sense to me in the context of education, but also there was some
ostracizing at play. At that point in
my youth experience, I knew that
feeling all too well. I immediately
realized that I had just turned 16
and that it was best, and technically legal, for me to flee.
CA: How was it playing a
character that you wished you
could’ve been in school?
EM: Yeah. You picture that
moment where you effectively
fight back, but then of course
Patrick does, in that situation, end
up getting held and pummeled
and sort of relentlessly beaten on,
that’s a reality, too. You can cultivate all of the courage and pride
and power to stand up for yourself
and still get beat to a pulp. I had
that experience a few times.
That scene was so important to
ever yone – to [director] Stephen
[Chbosky] but really to [co-star]
Johnny [Simmons] and myself.
Having experienced things like
that in our lives, we were really
determined to get some bruises
to make that fight brutal, the way
that sort of peer-inflicted violence
is just horribly brutal.
CA: In the movie, Charlie is a
troubled loner, but you open your
world up to him and affect his life
immensely. Who were your queer
role models growing up?
EM: My sisters, who were
really strong and really empowered and who just were constantly making sure that I felt the
love and that I was thinking for
myself, but at the same time had
my back. They were, for me as
a younger person, the only role
models I ever needed. My flesh
and blood consumed almost my
whole frame of perception from
when I was a younger child.
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CA: So your sisters are queer too?
EM: Yeah. It’s a whole queerass family [laughs]. You know,
it’s pretty much the most ridiculously happy and lucky situation
a boy like me could ask for. I
really thank all sorts of illusive
deities for the family that I have
ever y day.
CA: After seeing you as Frank
N. Furter during “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” scene, something tells me this wasn’t your
first time doing drag. You were
that good.
EM: Thanks, darling! I’ve definitely dabbled from a young age.
Those older sisters of mine actually started putting me through
drag school when I was, like, 3.
I remember running a lemonade
stand and I was all made-up: My
hair got did, I was in a dress and
I remember getting it going so
hard even then that people would
come up to one of my sisters and
say, ‘I saw you and your sister
selling lemonade today’ [laughs].
Yeah, I’ve definitely ser ved
some time in the mighty and
honorable school of drag. When
I was in middle school – it was
combined with a high school,
and the theater department was
the same and it was the year that
high schools were allowed to do
“Rent.” I jumped on Angel really
fast, so I even got to dance in
drag and rock some pumps. So,
I’ve definitely had some informative experiences.
CA: You develop a small
crush on Charlie in “Wallflower.”
Have you ever fallen for a straight
boy before?
EM: I mean, I just never
believe anyone when they say
they’re straight.
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CA: The media obviously isn’t
sure how to interpret your “queer”
identity; I’ve seen you called gay
by many news outlets. Why do you
prefer queer? And what do you
think of just abandoning labels all
together?
EM: I think queer is that
door way into the L, G, B and T.
Queer is the door way to where
we should all be at. In a per fect
Garden of Eden world, we are
all pretty damn – I don’t know if
you say genderless or omni-gendered – but we’re all omnisexual,
we’re all balanced and none of us
are par ticipating in a binar y. But
until that day comes, these labels and these ways that we can
identity ourselves to ourselves
are all useful, and it’s really
impor tant that people figure out
how to be inclusive and suppor tive of each and ever y one of
them. That’s my feeling on it. I’m
queer because I think the way
society splits the human being in
half is kind of tragic, and I think
we should all be as open a book
as possible when it comes to loving another human.
—Chris Azzopardi is the editor
of Q Syndicate, the international
LGBT wire service. Reach him via
his website at chris-azzopardi.com.t
Ezra
Miller
(Courtesy
Summit
Entertainment)
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GAY SAN DIEGO
Oct. 5–Oct. 18, 2012
CuauhtÉmoc Kish
‘Pippin’ satisfies
“Pippin”
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(l to r) Courtney Corey,
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Diversionary Theatre is re-staging
composer Stephen Schwartz’s “Pippin,” for a five-week run through
Oct. 14. Schwartz has contributed to
Broadway shows including “Godspell,” “Rags” and the smash hit
“Wicked.”
Director and choreographer
James Vasquez updated Schwartz’s
vintage coming-of-age story with the
addition of eight computer screens
that allow for a continual stream of
reality television during the production. This constant celluloid buzz-feed
updates the audience about Pippin’s
search for meaning in his life.
Pippin (played by Louis Pardo)
is guided through his journey by the
brash Leading Player (Courtney Corey) with the assistance of her Greek
Chorus. He is motivated and assisted
along the way by his overly blunt
father and emperor Charlemagne
(Andy Collins), his grandmother
Berthe (Wendy Maples), his scheming stepmother Fastrada (Luke
Jacobs) and the subdued love interest
Catherine (Megan Carmitchel).
Pippin’s quest to discover the
extraordinary in his ordinary, royal
life allows him to try out soldiering,
meandering through some hot sexcapades and dabbling into an eighth
century political quagmire. After all
is sung – “Corner of the Sky,” “With
You” and “Extraordinary” – he comes
up empty handed.
Roger Hirson’s script, penned during his college years, remains clever,
though it was never fully developed.
Amazingly, many of the songs have
held up through time, and the music
remains spirited, lively and enjoyable, thanks in part to Charlie Reuter,
Andrew Michael and Charlie Weller,
playing piano, guitar and drums
respectively.
Pardo plays the immature Pippin
well enough with a whiney, inexperienced presence throughout, hitting
most of the notes. Corey’s musical
confidence and stage presence steals
much of the attention away from
the lead, underscoring her polished
delivery gained from assigned roles
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in shows such as “Wicked,” “Rent”
and “Bonnie and Clyde.”
The entire cast is competent, and
then some. Collins plays a downhome, royal dad with a grand flourish,
and Carmitchel makes the most of
her overly sweet, love-song assignments. Maples leads a sing-a-long
called “No Time At All” with competent verve, while Jacobs and Tony
Houck, playing a very strange mother
and son team, add several tracks of
delicious humor to the production.
Shirley Pierson must have worked
her costume design in tandem with
set designer, Sean Fanning; they both
incorporated a piecemeal, thrift-store
approach to the finished products that
boasted of old shoes, jeans and such.
Kevin Anthenill’s projections added
another dimension to the story.
Vasquez made the most of the
small Diversionary space, allowing
for rag-tag movements that had the
actors moving like they were attached
to strings from the ceiling. His reputation as a directorial wizard remains
intact on this show.t
Madcap zaniness on the Cygnet stage
‘Mistakes Were Made’ sees Phil Johnson take center stage
“Mistakes
Were Made”
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Fri 8 p.m.
Sat 3 & 8 p.m.
Sun 2 & 8 p.m.
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Craig Wright’s quirky comedy
“Mistakes Were Made” allows
local actor Phil Johnson to strut his
stuff for a solid 90 minutes on the
Cygnet stage, with barely a pause
to catch his breath, let alone feed
the fish.
Director Shana Wride employs
her mostly one-person cast well –
Jacque Wilke has a small part as
the receptionist that visits the stage
for about a half-minute – making
the most of a linear script that begins on a high note and stays there
throughout the show. Affective
pausing, along with Johnson’s sustained facial contortions, go a long
way to make this vehicle work.
When the lights go up, the
audience is immediately invited
into a producer’s office, which is a
Phil Johnson juggles life in “Mistakes
Were Made” (Photo by Daren Scott)
wasteland of paper detritus, including a poster of “Man of La Mancha”
starring Eric Estrada. After being
distracted momentarily by a fish
puppeteer (Esther Banks), the
focus remains on the character of
Felix Artifex and his phone.
It’s in this context that the
storyline unfolds. Artifex tries
to convince an actor, an agent, a
producer and a writer to commit
to a production about the French
Revolution. The script is called
“Mistakes Were Made,” and may
be Artifex’s only opportunity to end
his career with an A-list production.
The play is built around a
phone line as well as controlled
phone etiquette. While holding,
banging or massaging the phone,
Johnson displays measured begging, maddening exasperation,
and sheer and outright meanness
in his quest to green-light the
production. He struts, he shouts
and he communes with a fish. And
to top things off, he’s bankrolling this production with a huge
investment in sheep that causes an
international crisis.
Sean Fanning’s set not only
displayed the Eric Estrada poster,
but effectively included playbills and
photos of such B-list celebrities such
as Danny Bonaduce, Lucie Arnaz
and Robert Goulet. Among the clutter, he makes room for a fish tank
that has Denise the fish swimming
about like Esther Williams.
Costumes are affectively done
by Shirley Pierson, while lighting is
credited to Ross Glanc.
Although Wright has made a
few mistakes in writing this piece,
there’s enough madcap zaniness to
keep an audience entertained.t
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Alanis Morissette played Humphrys Concerts by the bay Sept. 24. (Courtesy Humphrys Concerts)
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I Remain (Part 1)
Woman Down
All I Really Want
You Learn
Guardian
Perfect
Right Through You
Hands Clean
So Pure
Celebrity
Ironic
Havoc
Head Over Feet
I Remain (Part 3)
Lens
You Oughta Know
Numb
Encore One:
Hand In My Pocket
So Unsexy
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When you think of Alanis
Morissette, you are no doubt automatically transported to the 1990s
when the female singer-songwriter
movement was thriving. Back
then, no one could have predicted
that out of nowhere, a 21-year-old
Canadian singer would explode
onto the music scene with as
much originality and intensity as
Morissette, a musician unlike any
other at the time.
Combining a mixture of angst,
melancholia and vulnerability, a
new generation of musician was
born, and from there numerous female singer-songwriters emerged,
attempting to replicate Morissette’s success. Not many came
close to the musician, who found
herself thrown into the depths of
global superstardom and who has,
over the years, seen her international debut album “Jagged Little
Pill” become one of the highestselling records of all time.
Though she has not been able
to match the same success of
that international debut, she has
continued to win over both critics
and fans in the fickle world of pop
music for close to two decades.
Her latest album, “Havoc and
Bright Lights,” was released in
September, showcasing Morissette back in her commercial and
radio-friendly form.
On Sept. 24, San Diego welcomed the singer as she took to the
stage at Humphreys Concerts by
the bay to perform a collection of
tracks from the new album as well
as classics, which span her impressive 17-year career.
The setting could not have
been more perfect for Morissette.
Located in close proximity to the
waves of the bay with a view of the
city skyline, it’s a stunning venue,
ideal for any outdoor music aficionado. Holding a mere 1,400 people,
it is a very intimate performance
space outlined with palm trees.
With the lights dimming at
around 8:30 p.m. the show was
ushered in with an intro of Morissette’s “I Remain (Part 1)” from
the “Prince of Persia – Sands of
Time” soundtrack, before the
singer was met with rapturous
applause as she leapt onstage to
perform “Woman Down,” a new
track from her latest album.
With “Havoc and Bright Lights”
so fresh on the shelves, a number
of tracks from the record were offered including the album’s opener,
“Guardian,” another fine example
of where the singer’s sound currently resides. The bass-heavy
“Celebrity,” which provided a lyrically and musically dark addition to
the set, and the stunning piano-lead
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“Havoc,” a gorgeous ballad, offered
the cream filling to the evening’s
offering of new material.
No Morissette concert would
be complete without the hits, and
they were out in full force that
night with each of Morissette’s records receiving a nod, excluvding
2008’s “Flavors of Entanglement.”
Each of the singer’s signature tracks was performed with
stunning execution. Somewhat
unsurprisingly, “Jagged Little Pill”
received the most exposure, with
tracks “All I Really Want,” “Head
Over Feet,” “You Learn,” “Perfect,”
“Right Through You,” “You Outta
Know” and “Ironic” met with a
deafening applause.
A notable moment within the
classics came when the singer
reworked the lyrics of “Ironic” as
a shout-out to her large and very
present LGBT following, performing the songs closing metaphor
as: “It’s meeting the man of my
dreams and then meeting his
beautiful husband.” The singer also
performed an intimate unpluggedstyle first encore, which included
the iconic “Hand In My Pocket”
– a clear standout segment of the
evening – before a final grandeur
second encore of “Uninvited” and
“Thank You.”
Though the singer’s vocals
sounded slightly weaker on tracks
“Hands Clean,” due to the intense
guitar work and quick delivered
lyrics, it was more than made
up for with her energetic performance and musicianship throughout the night.
Whether Morissette was pacing the stage with her distinctive
quirkiness while tearing through
hit after hit, showing off her
trademark and un-weathered vocal
inflections, or showing her playful
side with onstage antics alongside
her talented five-piece band, the
evening showcased Morissette
as the reigning queen of singersongwriters.
Never an artist to overindulge
in the easy way out method of overproduced pop pennings, Morissette
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GAY SAN DIEGO
Oct. 5–Oct. 18, 2012
JEFF PRAUGHT
DUGOUT CHATTER
San Diego Bolts take first at Gay Bowl XII
Gay Bowl XII, the annual flag
football championship that was held
in Denver Sept. 21-23 was an opportunity to complete some unfinished
business for a group of San Diego
players. The 2011 event ended with
an unsatisfying four-way tie due to
dangerous weather and unplayable
field conditions.
The San Diego Bolts and San Diego Toros were two of those teams
who left wondering what would have
happened had they been able to play
out the remainder of the tournament.
Led by quarterback Eric Reissner,
the Bolts had come close to bringing
home their first championship a few
times, losing in the title game twice
out of the previous four seasons.
The top-seeded Bolts headed to
Denver with plenty of confidence,
feeling like this would be the year
the team would put it all together.
Sept. 21 was the first day of pool-play
action, and the Bolts immediately
hammered the New York Xtreme 366. Two hours later, Reissner’s squad
squared off against LA Empire,
where the Bolts received a wake-up
call in dropping a 27-21 game to Los
Angeles. The following morning, a
regrouped squad took care of the
Houston Hurricanes 32-19 to head
into the single-elimination bracket
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with a 2-1 record.
Not to be overlooked, San Diego
had two other teams competing.
The Toros made the trip, captained
by Aaron Frommeyer and boasting
some of the best players San Diego
American Flag Football League
(SDAFFL) has to offer. Expectations were high for the third-seeded
Toros, who faced the realization that
they may end up playing their friends
from the Bolts somewhere in the A
Division tournament.
The Toros opened pool play with
a 35-12 victory over the Cleveland
Rockers, but they, too, dropped their
second game of the day, an 18-13 de-
Toros and Sharks have respectable finishes, making
local showing at Denver tournament a success
feat at the hands of the DC Admirals.
Like the Bolts, the Toros bounced
back with a victory in their third and
final pool play game, defeating the
Boston Hancocks 36-20.
For the first time, San Diego
sent three teams to the tournament, and Herb Nance’s San Diego
Sharks charged into the tournament. The Sharks were formed six
weeks before the start of Gay Bowl,
and SDAFFL tasked Nance with
the difficult chore of building a
roster of players who not only had
not made the Toros or Bolts, but
would still be able to travel on such
short notice. His team entered the
tournament as the lowest seed
among the 30 teams competing and
was placed in the B Division.
Being seeded last in any tournament can be humbling, but the guys
pulled together and took down Denver Summit 2 with a 26-24 victory
to open pool play. The Sharks then
backed that up with a 25-7 whipping
of the Phoenix Hellraisers, and added a 27-20 victory over the Michigan
Panthers to ensure an undefeated
record in pool play. Already, Nance’s
team was opening some eyes.
The playoffs began Saturday
afternoon, and San Diego’s three
teams were feeling confident.
Because of their success in pool
play, the Sharks were placed into
a wild-card game against the same
New York Xtreme that the Bolts
had handled, and the Sharks were
victorious by virtue of a 15-13
triumph that then bumped them
up into the A Division playoffs.
Playing in their third game in a row
on Sept. 22, the Sharks fell 19-0 to
the New York Warriors, who would
ultimately reach the title game.
On Sept. 23, the Sharks lost 46-19
to Denver Summit 1, ending their
tournament run.
Despite the losses in the
playoffs, Nance was proud of the
efforts of his team.
“We literally didn’t have the full
team out on the field at the same
time until game one of the tournament in Denver,” he said. “I was so
happy to see very early on that this
group of guys, some of which had
played with each other and others
who didn’t even know one another,
from day one, came out there and
played as a unit. They
approached this
as an awesome
opportunity for
all of us. In my
opinion, we were
the epitome of
a team, on and
off the field.
Quarterback Eric
Reissner lead the Bolts
to San Diego’s first Gay
Bowl title.
(Photo by Scott Donald)
That is why the results don’t lie.
What did we do? Shark the world.”
The Toros entered the playoffs
as the fourth seed and cranked out
victories over the Cleveland Rockers
and Washington Generals. This set
up a showdown the New York Warriors in one of the semifinal games.
Unfortunately, the Toros lost 20-13
and were sent to play in the thirdplace game against the LA Empire,
a game the Toros lost 20-19 to finish
fourth for the tournament.
LA Empire was sent to that
third place game because they were
defeated in the playoffs by our San
Diego Bolts. To get to that point,
though, the Bolts had to win twice.
First, they survived a high-scoring
affair by defeating the Salt Lake City
Avalanche 47-32. Next, they toppled
the Phoenix Hellraisers 32-21, setting
up the rematch with the LA team
that had handed them a defeat during round robin. This time, Reissner’s Bolts sent the Empire packing
and advanced to play the New York
Warriors in the title game.
Things were not looking good
for San Diego as New York jumped
out to a 20-8 lead at halftime. But the
Bolts battled back with the aid of an
interception and a late touchdown
that sent the game to overtime. The
Bolts struck first with a touchdown
and extra point, but the Warriors
answered with a score of their own.
Still, New York needed to come
away with an extra point to keep the
game going. Eric Cervantes raced in
on the quarterback, forcing him to
throw off his back foot, and Tommy
Miles batted the pass away to secure
the 33-32 victory.
Players rushed the field in joy
as San Diego earned its first-ever
championship.
For Reissner, who had lost in the
title game each of the previous four
times he had played in Gay Bowl
prior to last year, the victory was
emotional.
“It was almost surreal,” he said.
“Guys like Doug [Komlenic] and
Julius [Williams], who had been
around since the start of Gay Bowl,
they deserved it. The drama down
to the last play of the game was
unreal. It was a testament to how
well the guys played as a team. A lot
of people doubted us because we
didn’t have as much prep time as we
would have liked.”
Players will enjoy a long break
now until the beginning of next
SDAFFL season in Februar y. Anyone interested in getting involved
in the local flag football league
is encouraged to
visit SDAFFL’s
website at
sdffl.org.t
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He also said he is excited to
move into the final weekend.
“I usually do get nervous when
I’ve done fashion shows in the past,
but this time I’m not. If anything, I’m
really excited to show my collection,”
he said. “I’ve work very hard on it,
and I’m also showing both men and
women clothes on Saturday.”
San Diego who are very kind [and]
talented,” Rico said. “I’ve got a long
way to reach the top, and Fashion
Week San Diego is the first of many.”
The event’s re-launch incorpoThree – Soriano, Barlis and Rico
rates many aspects of the fashion
– are from the LGBT community in
industry in San Diego, which is
San Diego, and represent a widerepresented in the organization’s
range of styles. Soriano, a veteran
mission statement. This all-encomdesigner in the region
passing ideal includes
who is inspired by “old
a partnership with the
Hollywood glamour,”
Bellus Academy for hair
primarily uses satin,
and makeup during the
velvet, cashmere and
runway show.
knits in his work. Barlis
Bellus Academy, a
has a whimsical approach
San Diego- and New
to luxury, focusing on an
York City-based beauty
attention to detail.
and wellness licensing
Rico, who fell in love
school, has been working
with design while in
with the designers for
high school, is debutweeks to prepare for
ing his collection at this The complete set of designers from this year’s Fashion Week. Fashion Week.
(Photo by Gail Bowman)
year’s Fashion Week.
“There is so much
Offering the only colversatility in the looks,”
lection of men’s wear, he said he
On Saturday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m.,
said Kristina-Monique, Bellus Acadhopes to use this week to launch
the designers’ full lines take center
emy director of make-up artistry. “I
himself into a career in fashion.
stage, with the Runway Show and
will say Andre Soriano unites beauty
“It’s a great opportunity to be a
after parties. The show is at the
and creativity. Paul Rico was a fun
part of Fashion Week San Diego,”
Hard Rock Hotel, Downtown. The
one, and very creative. Erin Fader,
Rico said. “I wouldn’t have known
following day at the hotel, Sunday,
who is a beautiful designer, wanted
about it if I wasn’t talking to a student
Oct. 7, is the Trunk Show and shopa strong look for her runway. … It’s
when I was a [teacher’s assistant] at
ping day, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This really hard to pinpoint one specific
Fashion Careers College.” Rico said
is also when the winning designer
look this year.”
he turned in the application a week
will be announced.
For a full list of events and to
before the deadline, and the work has
“I’m having a fantastic time. I’ve
purchase tickets, visit fashionbeen going “extremely great” since.
gotten to meet new designers from
weeksd.com.t
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creating a two-tier system where
corporations can continue to spend
as freely as they would like through
other avenues.
While unions may have the
same avenues open to them, they
would be hobbled in their ability to
raise the funds to compete.
This issue resonates beyond
giving a voice to the working class.
It impacts our LGBT community profoundly. Indeed the two
communities’ struggles are tied
both in our ideals and our history.
Creating protections for working
people is akin to fighting for and
demanding to be treated with fairness and equality. Our struggles
are the same, and the tactics used
to inhibit fairness from workers
are the same used to limit equality
for LGBT citizens.
We must recognize the many
issues where these two movements
converge and advance our common
demand for fairness. The labor
movement has stood with our community when we were under attack.
The California Teachers Union
donated over $1.3 million to the “No
on Prop 8” campaign in 2008, and
the Hotel Workers Union donated
$100,000, among many others.
Now it is our turn to stand with
organized labor and working families and tell corporate interests they
cannot deceive Californians into voting into law an uneven playing field.
LGBT Californians and workers are
in this struggle together. We are
in a common struggle to advance
fairness and equality for our families
and the next generation to come.
With that in mind, we must
ensure that not only are we voting
down Prop. 32, but we are talking
to our friends, family and neighbors
about this initiative. People will be
casting their ballots over the next
30 days, and if we don’t start these
conversations now, it might be too
late come November.
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