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Girls
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Austin Chronicle
["The B52’s meets Iggy Pop singing
about lesbian feminism”
Face it: a band with a point of view.
In Atlanta for.
SHOWS
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Wednesday
September 5
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1099 Euclid Ave • L5P • 524-7354
with Atlanta's Queen of R&B,
Caroline Aiken
8 pm show
Tickets: $5 in advance, $7 at door
At Charis, Chrysalis, Wax 'ri Fax & Wuxtry
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Thursday
September 6
FOR MEN AND WOMEN
ATLANTA . FT. LAUDERDALE
875-5238
1924 Piedmont Avenue
Showtime 9:00pm, Cover $5
For more info call 624-4882
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BED & BREAKFAST
an Intown Atlanta
Women’s Retreat
Gail Mayes & Randy Stepp
(404) 521-2502
”’62 Highland Avenue
Atlanta. Georgia 30312
THK ROWDY STOMP KHTUltNS!
THKJUISPECIAL PERFORMANCES!
Thur., Frl. & Sat. - Sept. 6th, 7th ft 6th - 6:00 P.M.
Tickets — $10 In Advance — $12 At Door
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1 Brownie Broadway:
Bound by Bone & Blood
Wed. Sept. 5 ft Sun. Sept. 9 - 8 P.M
Tickets - $8 In Adv. - $10 At Door
All Shows — Seven Stages Performing Arts Center
1105 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta, Ga.
Adv. Tickets — Charis Books In Uttle Five Points
Reservations ft Information — 564-2104
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RECEPTION
Saturday
September 8, 6-9 pm
September 8 through 27
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Calendar
TKXAS TWO STEPPING
WITH THK GIltLS
WATUNNA & BEFORE WE KNEW
NOTHING. Fri„ Sep. 14 at 8pm. S3/S2.50/S2.
Watunna, a beautiful and hypnotic animated
film by writer/director Stacey Steers based on
creation tales of the Yekuana Indians of the
Venezuelan rain forest explores the genesis of
evil, night, sexuality, fire and food. Mythology
at its breathtaking best. Shown in tandum with
a documentary on the Ashaninka Indians. High
Museum of Art, Hill Auditorium. Call Claire
Reynolds at 352-4225.
Music
“Brownie Broadway: Bound by Bone and
Blood’’ is the sequal to Rebecca Ranson’s one I
woman show. See it Sep. 5 th and9thatSeeven
Stages. The popular “Texas Two Stepping-
With the Girls” runs the 6th-8th, also at Seven
Stages.
LIFT EVERY VOICE. Thru Oct. 13. Influen
tial African-American Atlantans from the past
and present are featured in this unusual collec
tion of rare photographs, artifacts, paintings and
sculptures. Atlanta History Center Downtown,
140 Peachtree St., NE.
30. Established abstract painter and printmaker
brings his dynamic color fields to the gallery in
a large way. Trinity Gallery, Downstairs Gal
lery; 249 Trinity Ave. Call 525-7546.
MONTREAUX ATLANTA INTERNA
TIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL. Aug 31 Sep.3.
Jazz, blues, zydeco, classical, folk, pop and
opera will be heard around the city in this festival
with an international flavor. Includes daylong
free concerts in Piedmont Park August 31-Sep-
tember 1.
GIRLS IN THE NOSE. Wed., Sep. 5, 8pm.
With Caroline Aiken. The “Girls” sing forth on
their philosophy “Viva la Vulva” or “Feminism
for the Fearless.” At the Variety Playhouse,
1099 Euclid Ave. Tickets at Charis, Chrysalis,
Wax N Facts & Wuxtry. Call 6244882 for info.
GIRLS IN THE NOSE. Thurs., Sep. 6. This
Austin -based 6-woman band has been described
as “the B-52’s meets Iggy Pop singing about
lesbian-feminism." Their songs include “Men
strual Hut”, “Bite Me”, and “Prisoner of Panty
hose." $5 at The Otherside, 1924 Piedmont
Aenue. Call 6244882 for info.
Opera
RIGOLETTO. Aug. 30, Sep. 1 and Sep. 3, at
8pm. Tickets from $8 to $55. One of Verdi’s best
operas takes its plot from the scandulous novel
Le Roi S’Amuse by Victor Hugo. Sounding
supicously like Dangerous Liasons II, Rigoletto
recounts the tale of a hunchback court jester
caught in court intrigues and seduction. Woodruff
Arts Ctr Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree NE.
Call Woodruff Box Office at 892-2414.
Sports
Events
FOR THOSE WHO THINK THEY KNOW
THE SCORE.Thurs., Aug.30 at7:30pm. Free
and open to the public. Southern writer Julia
Willis returns from living in exile in Boston to
read from her hilarious new book; Who Wears
the Tux? Charis Books & More. Call 524-0304
for info.
CHILDKIND YARD SALE. Sun., Sep. 2,
10am-6pm. An amazing collection of useful
SOUTHEAST WOMEN’S RUGBY. Practice
every Wed. at 6:30pm in Piedmont Pk across
from Grady Stadium. No experience is neces
sary, spirit is. Call Beth, 761 -8939 for more info.
ATLANTA TEAM TENNIS ASSOCIA
TION. Sat., Sep. 1 & 8, 1pm. Come play or
watch a game in which the word love has a major
role. Glenlake PkTennis Center. Call 892-8335.
Theatre
with AIDS day-to-day nurturing and parenting
in a stable home setting. Your donation can
make a difference. American Legion Post No. 1,
1097 Piedmont NE. Call Brenda Hamby at
ChildKind, 246-0819.
BECOMING AN INCLUSIVE COMMU
NITY WORKSHOP. Sat., Sep. 8, lpm-8pm.
Topics include traditional African religions,
Christian African-American religions, and the
ministry’s work with the physically challenged
and hearing impaired communities. A special
outreach program for gays and lesbians who
must live with multiple minority challenges.
First MCC, 800 N. Highland Ave.; call 622
1154 or 872-2246.
FRANKIE AND ANGIE GET MARRIED.
Open-ended engagement. A unique experience
in theatrical happenings. Come and be part of a
“mock” ethnic wedding complete with full Ital
ian meal, champagne toasts, and wedding cake.
Every good family wedding needs a few gay
cousins to liven up the dancing. Rodeway Inn
Midtown, 1470 Spring St. Call 249-6400 for
more information.
This Maxwell Anderson play is not about cross-
nance
of one of the most powerful women in history.
8pm-midnight. The eighth annual Artparty is an
evening of art, food, performances, live music,
and dancing. Funds will be used for Nexus’
programming for 1990-1991 and to help raise
as the balding but beautiful monarch who ruled
England for 45 years. Theatre in the Square, 11
Whitlock Ave in Marietta. For reservations, call
422-8369.
BROWNIE BROADWAY: BOUND BY
BONE AND BLOOD and TEXAS TWO
STEPPING WITH THE GIRLS. Wed., Sep. 5
and Sun., Sep. 9. ($8 in advance/$10 at door)/
Thurs., Sep. 6-Sat„ Sep. 8 (S10/S12). Both at
8pm. The further adventures of Brownie Broad-
FORUM ON AZT, DDI AND DDC. Wed.,
Sep. 12, 7-8:30pm. An update on these three
important anti-virals, sponsored by Atlanta
Ranson. A unique chance for a close-up look at
this interesting playwright. ‘Texas Two Step
ping” is an entertaining musical with lots of
booted lesbians playing Urban Cowgirls. Lots
of laughs as they try to change partners. Seven
Stages Perforating Arts Center; call SAME at
584-2104.
PRINT. Wed., Sep. 12. 7:30-10pm. A work-
' T, Y r „ Lr wiunuy, you gat. 11:30pm on Prime Cable Channel 12. The
Ponce de Leon. Call 876-0789 for more info. inimitable Deaundra’s “Playhouse” replaces her
T7J1 /Video “ Teena g e Music Club” for the summer. Vaca-
TC READING OF MY KNEW of the sci-fi thriller “Frog Bride.” There’s noth-
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screenplay by Gregory Kerns explores THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR. Sun., Sep. 2
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Video Center. Call 3524225. this interesling point of view film> the w £ rld of
passion, loyalty, adventure and fate are exam-