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SOUTHERN VOICE
OCTOBER 14/1993
Performers include
DeAundra Peek, Deb
Calabria, Cedric Maurice
and more. Artists include
Michael Venezia, Quinn,
Larry Anderson and more.
Doors open at 8: 00 pm on
Friday to view the art, with
performances beginning at
10:00 pm. The sequence
repeats next Friday. A must
see and do! 522-8265 for
more info.
THE BEST OF BROAD
WAY AND OPERA. The
Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by
William Fred Scott, present
two evenings of the world’s
most beloved operatic arias
and show-stopping
Broadway favorites.
Everything from “Cats” to
“Carmen.” Mezzo-soprano
Deidra Palmour sings.
Tonight and tomorrow night
at 8:00 pm. Symphony Hall.
892-2414.
ATLANTA GAY AND
LESBIAN ARTS
FESTIVAL. AGALAF
hosts music night tonight,
an evening of song with
Leeny Lasaler, Kent Wilson
and others. 8:00 p.
OutProud Theatre. TULA
Gallery, 75 Bennett St.
Repeals next Friday night.
TAKE BACK THE
NIGHT. This 5k run/walk
benefits the Dekalb Rape
Crisis Center. All partici
pants receive a long-sleeve
tee shirt. 1 mile walk starts
at 6:30 pm; 5k race at 7:00
pm. The starting line is at
the intersection of
Clairmont and Commerce in
Downtown Decatur. 377
4138 for more info.
GARBANZO FESTIVAL.
Scvananda Natural Foods
D UPC
who manipulates an affluent
Manhattan couple to lake
him into their cozy world.
Unraveling the mystery of
Paul, which includes the
discovery that he is gay,
changes everyone involved.
Horizon Theatre. 584-7450.
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. This
retrospective of her work
includes 125 photos from
early assignments to current
portraiture. High Museum
of Art.
DOUBLE TAKES: A
NEW LOOK AT THE
HIGH. Through Jan. 2. The
High Museum of Art marks
its 10th anniversary of its
award-winning building
with a major exhibition
celebrating the breadth and
variety of its permanent
collections. Double Takes
places seemingly unrelated
works from every major
collecting area side-by-side
to illustrate the recurrence
presents the second annual
street festival featuring
Joyce & Jacquc, a puppet
show, jazz singer Simone &
Co. and the African Cultural
Dance Company. Headline
act is Big Fish Ensemble.
Free admission and free
food! 2 pm-7 pm. Parking
lot at 1111 Euclid Avc.
COUNTY FAIR ’93.
Burkhart’s presents its
second annual fundraising
event for the AIDS Walk,
featuring a dunking booth,
pie throwing a hunk auction
and appearances by Gilda
Golden, Big Riby, Freddie
Luka of 99X and much
more. 5:00 pm-until.
Burkhart’s at Anslcy
Square. 872-4403 for more
info.
AGALAF MOVEMENT
THEATRE. The Atlanta
Gay & Lesbian Arts
Festival presents an evening
of performances featuring
Patton White, Jim
Chappeleaux, Faybell Ma-
hee and others. 8:00 pm.
OutProud Theater, 75
Beneu St. 609-9590.
AIDS WALK ATLANTA.
AID Atlanta presents its
annual walk to raise funds
for local AIDS services and
education organizations.
Sign-up is at 1:00 pm in
Piedmont Park with pre
walk festivities at 1:30 pm.
The Walk steps off at 2:00
pm. Post-walk party at 4:00
pm. Call 876-WALK for
registration information.
BIKE RIDE. Join George
and the guys at Ansley
Schwinn at Ansley II for a
leisurely 15 mile ride every
Sun at 10:00 am. Call 873
2451 for more info.
SUNDAY IN THE PARK.
D M I N G
of key themes in art of
every medium and genre
from different periods and
parts of the world. 892-
HIGH.
LAMBDA COMMUNITY
CENTER HALLOWEEN
BALL. Oct. 30. Come out
in any kind of drag you
want to this annual party to
benefit the Atlanta Lambda
Community Center. A
perfect way to spend
Halloween! Lowe Gallery
in TULA Arts Center, 75
Bennett St. 662-9010 for
more info,
THE 5TH ANNUAL
ATLANTA LESBIAN &
GAY FILM FESTIVAL.
Nov. 12-21. SAME and
Southern Voice present the
best dam 1/g film festival to
ever hit Atlanta. 10 days of
feature length and short
films on 2 screens. Politics,
sex, history, AIDS, multi-
culturalism and more are
covered in these U.S.,
Canadian and international
films. Highlights include
“Forbidden Love” and “Sex
Is.” Lefont Plaza Theatre.
Waxch SoVo in upcoming
weeks for all the details.
GAPAC FORUM. Come
and meet and hear the
Decatur City Council and
school board candidates at
this forum sponsored by the
Georgia Political Action
Committee, the gay pac of
Ga. 7:00 pm. Decatur Public
Library, near the Church St.
MARTA station. 872-8095
for more info.
ATLANTA RAINBOW
NETWORK. This new
organization to facilitate
communication and
encourage cooperation
among lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender
organizations holds its
meeting tonight. Everyone
welcome. 7:00 pm. First
MCC Church. 1379 Tullie
Rd, behind McDonald’s on
N. Druid Hills Rd near 1-85.
662-9010 for more info.
WE OUGHTA BE IN
PICTURES. Juba WiUis, a
Southern lesbian now living
in Boston, reads from her
new book of comic lesbian
screenplays, “We Oughta
Be In Pictures” and “Who
Wears The Tux?” a funny
quiz book for dykes who
know the score. 7:30 pm.
Charis Books & More. 419
Moreland Ave. 524-0304.
GAY GRAFFITI. Local
radio show offers news,
music and info for Atlanta’s
gay and lesbian community
every Thurs night at 7:00
pm on WRFG, 89.3FM.
HOMO HOMO. 800 East
Gallery presents its second
annual performance and
visual art event that
explores and celebrates
what it’s like to be queer in
today’s society.
D N G 0 I
UNQUESTIONED
INTEGRITY: THE
HILL-THOMAS
HEARINGS. Through Oct.
24, Thurs.-Sun. 7 Stages
Theatre opens its new sason
with this bold and insightful
play taken from actual
manuscripts of Clarence
Thomas’ Supreme Court
confirmation hearings. 7
Stages Theatre. 1105 Euclid
Ave. 523-7647.
THE MEMBER OF THE
WEDDING. Through Oct.
30. Embattled Theatre in the
Square opens its 12th
season with a new musical
treatment of Carson
McCuller’s 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 Oct. Spanning the
length of three football
fields, Silo X features lasers
and extensive sound and
lighting systems. Totally
ghoulish. Perimeter Mall.
645-7900.
N G AN
BEOWULF. Through Oct.
31. Theatrical Outfit
presents this original
adaptation of the oldest
surviving literary work in
the English language, dating
back to 1000 A.D. in written
form. The play is staged
with audience members
seated at banquet-style
tables while the story
unfolds around them.
Theatrical Outfit, 1012
Peachtree St. 872-0665.
NUNSENSE II, THE
SECOND COMING.
Through Nov. 6. This
muscial comedy sequence
to Nunsense has been held
over. The play features the
same five hysterically funny
nuns, now smitten with the
theatre bug and ready to put
on a thank you program for
all the people who
supported them in their first
benefit. Onstage Atlanta.
420 Courtland St. 897-1802.
SIX DEGREES OF
SEPARATION. Through
Nov. 14. Horizon Theatre
opens its 10th anniversary
season with this brilliant
Broadway hit comedy about
a charming stranger, Paul,
Join in the Victorian picnic
and festivites at historic
Oakland Cemetery in
celebration of its 143rd
anniversary. Events include
Jewish Storytelling with
Warren Jacobs, Atlanta
Memories with Frank
Garrett, Atlanta’s official
city historian and more.
Noon until 5:00 pm. 248
Oakland Ave. 688-2107 for
more info.
DAVID FRALEY. The
latest work of this nationally
known Atlanta artist is on
exhibit now at the recently
opened Trinity Arts Group
Gallery. Fraley’s work
touches on issues important
tot he lesbian and gay
comunity such as his
painting “I knew him,
Horatio” which deals with
his first encounter with a
friend’s confession to being
HIV+. 315 E. Paces Ferry
Rd. Call 237-0370 for more
info on exhibit hours.
DECATUR COTILLION
CLUB GOLF TOURNA
MENT. Have Monday off?
Then tee up for a good
cause. This 6th annual golf
tourney will benefit Our
House, a day care facility
for homeless children.
Registration at 11:00 am,
start at 12:30 pm. Southland
Country Club, Stone
Mountain. For more info
call 370-0880 or 377-0074.
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.
Fox Theatre. 817-8700 or
249-6400.
ROMEO AND JULIET.
Capitol City Opera Co.
presents one night of
Shakespeare’s classic with
beautiful operatic melodies.
The evening includes a five-
course Italian dinner, with
specially selected Italian
wines as well, for S39.50. A
thoroughly romantic
evening. 6:30 pm. San
Gennaro Italian Restaurant.
2196 Cheshire Bridge Rd.
633-2848.
WEDNESDAY
TWO TRAINS RUN
NING. Kenny Leon directs
this latest work by Pulitzer
Prize-winner August
Wilson, an ongoing
chronicle of the lives of
20th century African
Americans. Set in the
tumultuous 60s, this play
turns a sensitive car to to the
quiet echoes of mighty
changes in commomplace
lives. Runs through Nov.
14. Allaincc Theatre. 892
2414.
13TH ANNUAL THIRD
WORLD FILM FESTI
VAL. The City of Atlanta
continues the tradition of
presenting rarely seen films
and videos by independent
filmmakers from around the
world. Highlights include
“Oggun Intemalyy Present,”
“Black Women Behind The
Camera,” “A Place Of
Rage,” featuring Alice
Walker and Angela Davis
and much more. Runs
through Oct. 24. Different
locations with opening night
at the Urban Life Audito
rium at Ga State Univ. Call
853- 3ART, ext. 402.
POSITIVE LIVING. This
locally produced show
about people living with
AIDS airs twice every week
on People TV Ch. 12,2:30
p.m. and again on Sal., 10
p.m. It also airs on City Ch.
6, Th. 5 p.m.
PICTURED:
ABOVE: Joe Lester Love will
be one of the performers at
“Homo Homo” at 800 East
opening Friday.
BELOW: “I knew him,
Horatio" by David Fraley is
on exhibit at Trinity Arts
Group Gallery.
LEFT: Richard Chamberlain
stars in “My Fair Lady" at
the Fox Theatre Oct. 19-24.
MY FAIR LADY. Richard
Chamberlain stars in this
romantic comedy filled with
memorable music such as
“I’ve Grown Accustomed
To Her Face,” and “1 Could
Have Danced All Night,”
and classic comedic
characters such as Henry
Higgins and Eliza Doolittle.
Tucs.-Sun. through Oct. 24.