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SOUTHERN VOICE SEPTEMBER 23/1993
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THE COLORS OFOUR
RAINBOW. Writer and
activist Rakesh Ralti
presents a talk on the
diversity of the gay, lesbian
and bisexual community.
Ralti edited “A Lotus of
Another Color: An
Unfolding of the South
Asian Gay and Lesbian”
Experience. 8:00 pm. White
Hall at Emory University,
Room 207. Presented by the
Emory Univ. Office of
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Life.
BODY POLITIC. Theater
Emory presents the world
premiere of Atlanta
playwright Steve Murray’s
two one-act plays. Issues of
sexual orientation are
addressed in “Gloaming”
and stalking is examined in
“Material.” Through Oct. 9
at 7 Stages Back Door
Theater.
CAROL ELLIOTT.
Atlanta-tumed-Nashville
singer/songwriter performs
along with Elizabeth Culler
tonight at Eddie’s Attic in
Decatur.
GAY GRAFFITI. Local
radio show offers news,
music and info for Atlanta’s
gay and lesbian comunity
every Thursday night at
7:00 pm on WRFG, 89.3.
Tonight’s special guests are
“Funny That Way.”
UNQUESTIONED
INTEGRITY: THE
HILL-THOMAS
HEARINGS. 7 Stages
Theatre opens its new sason
with this bold and insightful
play taken from actual
manuscripts of Clarence
Thomas’ Supreme Court
confirmation hearings.
Through Oct. 24, Thurs.-
Sun.7 Stages Theatre. 1105
Euclid Ave. 523-7647.
SWEET AUBURN
HERITAGE FESTIVAL.
Three days of music and
food along Atlanta’s most
historic street, Auburn
Avenue. Free. Auburn Ave.
between Courtland and
Jackson streets. 525-0205
for more info.
ATLANTA SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA. ASO guest
artist Louis Lane conducts
the ASO and guest pianist
David Golub in Dvorak’s
Piano Concerto. Also
includes Stravinsky’s
Symphonies of Wild
Instruments. Tonight and
tomorrow night at 8:00 pm.
Symphony Hall. 874-2414.
WOMEN ON FIRE. 800
EAST presents a three-day
exhibit of paintings by
Colleen Lynch and Angela
Muriel, and photographs
and mixed-media by Lynn
Marshall Linnemeier.
Tonight and
0 N G D I
FEELING THE PRES
ENCE: BROWNIE
BROADWAY AT 50.
Through Sept. 25, Fri. and
Sal. only. SAME’S
OutProud Theatre opens its
new season with Rebecca
Ranson’s one-woman show,
the fourth in the Brownie
Broadway series which
began in 1973. Based on
personal history and
perspective, “Feeling The
Presence” will overview
Ranson’s life and mark her
passage into her 50th year.
OutProud Theater in TULA
Galleries. 75 Benett St. 609
9590.
FALSETTOS. Through
Oct. 3. The Tony-winning
musical about real family
values is almost completely
sold out. Call for tix today.
8:00 pm Alliance Theatre.
892-2414.
SEA MARKS. Through
Oct 3. Theatre Gael opens
its 10th season with this
story of two romantic
outcasts who somehow find
love and tenderness with
each other. Directed by
Carol Mitchell Leon. 14th
St. Playhouse. 876-1138 for
reservations and tickets.
T BONE ‘N WEASEL.
Through Oct. 16, Fri.-Sun.
Southern Fried Productions
N G AN
opens its new season with
this comedy about two ex-
cons set on the back roads
of South Carolina Mercer
Fine Arts Auditorium. 3001
Mercer Univ. Dr. 378-8646.
APPROACHING
ZANZIBAR. Through Oct.
17. Actor’s Express kicks
off its 6th season with this
comedy by Tina Howe. The
dizzily whacko script is full
of romance, magic, wonder
and healing. Directed by
Stephen Petty and stars
Patricia French, Annette
Cloeman, Theo Harness and
Dr. Jim Braude. 280
Elizabeth St. 221-0831.
MATING HABITS OF
THE URBAN MAMMAL.
Through Oct. 17. Due to
popular demand, this new
comical musical has been
held over again at The
Discovery Arena ai
Neighborhood Playhouse in
Decatur. Performances are
Thurs through Sun. 373
5311 or Ticketmasler at
817-8700.
A FEW GOOD MEN.
Through Oct. 23, Thurs.-
Sun. Neighborhood
Playhouse presents the
Atlanta premiere of the
military courtroom drama
about two Marines charged
with murder and the fierce
D UPC
code of honor which
compelled them. Neighbor
hood Playhouse. 430 W.
Trinity Place, Decatur. 373
5311.
THE MEMBER OF THE
WEDDING. Through Oct.
30. Embattled Theatre in the
Square opens its 12th
season with a new musical
treatment of Carson
McCullers’ poignant story
of a young girl coming of
age in rural Georgia
Support Theatre in the
Square who has lost all
funding from Cobb County.
See this play! 11 Whitlock
Ave. in Marietta 422-8369.
SILO X: A HAUNTED
HOUSE. Thurs thru Sun
nights in Sept, and Oct.
Atlanta’s biggest and best
haunted house has its grand
opening tonight. Spanning
the length of three football
fields, Silo X features lasers
and extensive sound and
lighting systems. Totally
ghoulish. Perimeter Mall.
645-7900.
AMERICAN REGION
ALISM. Through Nov. 24.
The Marietta/Cobb Museum
of Art (yes, there is still art
in Cobb County) presents
this exhibition which marks
the 60th anniversary of the
emergence of Regionalist
Art as a movement. Works
J
tomorrow night also
features performances by
Genie Barringer, Alice
Lovelace and others.
Performances start at 8:00
pm. The gallery opens at
7:00 pm. 800 EAST. 522
8265.
SATURDAY
YOM KIPPUR. Congrega
tion Bel Haverim will hold
its services at 10:00 am at
the Friends Meeting House
on W. Howard Ave. in
Decatur. For more
information call 642-3467.
LES MISERABLES. The
world’s most popular
musical returns to Atlanta
for one week only.
Tomorrow night is the last
night. Fox Theatre. 873
4300.
THE NUDES. Possibly the
tallest and thinnest band in
NYC comes to town
tonight. Walter Parks and
Stephanie Winters guitar
and cello duo forge a
distinct and inviting style.
Yes, we’ll say it, the most
fun you can have with your
clothes on. Eddie’s Attic.
10:00 pm. 377-4976.
0 M I N 6
by Thomas Hart Benson,
Grant Wood and John
Steuart Curry. Museum
hours are 11 am-5 pm,
Tues. thru Sal. S4 for adults.
(We suggest you stamp your
money “GAY/LESBIAN S).
422-8142.
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ:
PHOTOGRAPHS 1970
1990. Through Nov. 28.
The work of one of the most
exceptional portraitists of
her generation is on exhibit
starting today at the High
Museum of Art. Her
provocative photographs of
celebrities have been seen in
Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair,
Time, etc. This retrospective
of her work includes 125
photos from early
assignments to current
portraiture. High Museum
of Art.
OUTWRITE ’93. October
8-10. The 4lh annual
conference for queer writers
and publishers will be held
in Boston this year. Keynote
speakers include Tony
Kushner (Angels in
America), Jewelle Gomez
(The Gilda Stories), Samuel
Delany (The Motion of
Light in Water), and
Chrystos (Not Vanishing).
For more info write:
Outwrite ’93, PO Box 263,
State House, Boston, MA
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ATLANTA CHAMBER
PLAYERS. Eight of
Atlanta’s finest musicians
open their 18th season with
“Grace & Grandeur”
featuring works from
Schubert, Schumann and
Bartok. 3:00 pm. Ga. Stale
U. Concert Hall. 651-1228
for more info.
SHOOTING STARS:
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ’S
PHOTOGRAPHS. Join
Ellen Dugan, High Museum
of Art’s curator of
photography, for a
discussion of the glamour,
intimacy and wit that
Leibovitz captures in her
images of celebrities—then
see the photos! The talk
begins on the third floor at
the entrance to the Leibovitz
exhibition. 2:00 pm. High
Museum of Art. 892-HIGH
for more info.
AND THE BAND
PLAYED ON. Randy
Shills’ best selling book
about the early years of
AIDS airs on HBO tonight.
8:00 pm. Also Sept. 30.
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NOT GEORGIA NEXT.
Join this discussion of the
right wing’s strategy to
prevent lesbians and gays
from gaining basic human
rights, and how to prevent
more setbacks in Georgia
like the one in Cobb
County. This community
foium to build a movement
against fundamentals™, the
right wing and racism is
sponsored by the African
American Lesbian/Gay
Alliance, Prairie Fire
Organizing Committee and
the First Existentialist
Congregation. 7:00 pm.
First Existentialist
Congregation. 470 Candler
Park Dr. 378-5570 for more
info.
OUT IN ATLANTA.
Atlanta’s local lesbian and
gay cable program featuring
interviews, news, arts &
entertainment and more.
10:30 p.m. and again, Wed.
5:30 p.m. Cable Ch. 12.
MICHAEL MEADE. One
of the seminal figures in the
Men’s Movement, Meade
will read from and sign his
new book, “Men and the
Water of Life.” 7:00 pm.
Border’s Books. 3655
Roswell Rd. 237-0707 for
more info.
WEDNESDAY
DEPECHE MODE. The
boys from Britain whose
work tends to the very
homoerotic are in town for
one night at The Omni.
Opening act is The The.
249-6400 for tickets.
POSITIVE LIVING.
Locally produced show
about people living with
AIDS. People TV Ch. 12,
2:30 p.m. and again on Sat.,
10 p.m. It also airs on City
Ch. 6, Th. 5 p.m.
Pictured:
BELOW: Ron Himes and
Marsha Jackson star in
“Unquestioned Integrity: The
Hill/Thomas Hearings”
opening at 7 Stages Theatre
Friday night. Photo by
Jonathan Burnette
ABOVE: The Nudes perform
Saturday night at Eddie’s
Attic. Photo by Alsir N. da
Silva
LEfT: The Atlanta Chamber
Players open their 18th
season on Sunday at GSU
Concert Hall. Photo by Kevin
Hyde
GAY USA. A gay and
lesbian news show
produced in New York
includes national and
international coverage.
Cable Ch. 12, People TV.
11 p.m.