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SOUTHERN VOICE
OCTOBER 21/1993
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MARJORIE ACOSIN.
The award winning Chilc;in
poet and writer will read
from her book of poetry
“Sargasso.” 7:30 pm. Charis
Books & More. 419
Moreland Avc. 524-0304.
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.
89.3FM.
PILOBOLUS. The dance
company that redefined the
human body and blends
dance and acrobatics into
sexy, risky body sculpture
returns to Atlanta. The
program includes “Duct”
which is danced by the
company’s two women
dancers. Balloons, bungee
cords, and hot costumes add
to the fun. Don’t miss them;
there's nothing else quite
like ’em. Also Fri. and Sal.
at 8pnt at the Georgia Tech
Theatre for the Arts.
Reservations (M-F, 9-5) at
894-9600.
AN ARTISTS INSPIRA
TION WEEKEND.
Remember that great angel
that used to adorn the dance
floor Petrus? Well Martin
Dawc, who helped create it,
will be one of the artists in
residence at a weekend end
retreat that will allow you to
try your hand at art while
enjoying the fabulous N.
Georgia fall color show.
One, two, and three day
programs arc available.
Contact Wolf Creek
Adventure Center at 706/
745-5553
GAPAC BAR NIGHT.
Meet the folks that lobby for
your rights (and make the
recommendations about
how you should cast your
precious votes. 10pm at
Revolution In Buckhead.
872-8095 for info.
RECENT WORK BY
ROB BRINSON.
Selenium-toned female
figure studies that focus on
composition rather than
subject matter by the well-
known Atlanta photogra
pher. About half the
inmages are nudes. At the
Frances Shaw Gallery in
King Plow Arts Center, 887
W. Marietta St. The opening
is 7-1 Opm tonight. The
show runs Mon-Sal, through
Nov. 4. 885-9933 for info.
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. Performers
include DeAundra Peek.
Deb Calabria, Cedric
Maurice and more. Artists
include Michael Vene/.ia,
Quinn, Liirry Anderson and
more. Doors open at 8: 00
pm on Friday to view the
art, with performances
beginning at 10:00 pm. If
you missed the opening last
Friday here's your last
chance. 522-8265 for more
info.
A QUESTION OF
COLOR. The Southeast
premiere of a new
documentary that confronts
the issue of color/caste
consciousness in the
African-American
community. The director
will introduce her film .
Also on the bill “Keep on
Moving” and “Hair Piccc-A
Film for Nappy Headed
People.” A reception
follows. 7pm at the Georgia
Pacific Auditorium, 133
Peachtree St. 525-1136.
SATURDAY
ELISE WITT. DeDe Vogt,
Janet Metzger and a host of
other folks join Ms. Witt for
an album release party . At
Cannon Chapel-Emory at
8:15pm. Tickets at the doot
or in advance at Charis,
Wuxtry, and Eat More
Records.
WOMEN’S
BLACKSMITHING
DAY. You don’t have to be
a butch to attend this
afternoon session, but it
might help. Artist-
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.
13TH ANNUAL THIRD
WORLD FILM FESTI
VAL. Through Oct. 24. 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
Different locations, call
853- 3ART, ext. 402.
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
N G AN
funding from Cobb County.
See this play! 11 Whitlock
Ave. in Marietta. 422-8369.
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 Sl 897-1802.
TWO TRAINS RUN
NING. Through Nov. 14.
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 60’s, this play
turns a sensitive ear to to the
quiet echoes of mighty
changes in commomplace
lives. Allaince Theatre. 892
2414.
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,
who manipulates an affluent
D UPC
Manhattan couple to take
him into their cozy world.
Unraveling the mystery of
Paul, which includes the
discovery that he is gay,
changes everyone involved.
The Oct. 24 perfommnee
will be audio described.
Horizon Theatre. 584-7450.
BOYHOOD: GROWING
UP MALE. Oct. 29-30. A
workshop for men that will
explore many dimensions of
boyhood experience with ;tn
emphasis on healing
wounds suffered based on
gender roles. Facilitated by
Franklin Abbott, LCSW and
Neale Lundgrcn, PhD. S75-
90. Contact Abbott at 874
8294 or Lundgrcn at 434
4568 ext. 3586 for
particulars.
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.
EULA MAE’S BEAUTY,
BAIT AND TACKLE:
Nov. 3-Dec. 11. Weds.-Sat.
with Sat & Sun matinees.
This hilarious local
production by Frank
'in h HMimriHf
0 M I N G
Blocker and Chuck
Richards is packed with
wacky characters based on
the author’s families and
friends. You know what
they say about truth being
stranger 9and funnier) than
fiction. At the 14th Street
Playhouse. 355-8057 for
reservations.
CREATING CHANGE
CONFERENCE. Nov. 10
14. Billed as the nation's
largest gathering of gay and
lesbian activists, this year’s
do will take place in
Durham, NC. Featured
speakers include Mab
Scgrcst, Dr. Maijoric Hill
and Dr. Franklin Kameny.
Contact NGLTF, 1734 14ih
Street NW, Wash., DC
20009; 202/332-6483
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.
Watch SoVo in upcoming
weeks for all the details.
N
blacksmith Cathy Morgan
will introduce participants
to blacksmilhing so they can
tell whether or not it is a
medium that “will bring
them joy.” From 1 -4pm at
Cathy Morgiin’s Ecstacy
Forge near Helen, GA. Call
706/754-3812 for info.
FLEA MARKET. Project
Open Hand offers up their
first Flea Market 9anr-4pm
today and Sunday in the
Bass High School Gym at
1080 Euclid Ave, in Little 5
Points. To donate items for
the sale call Bill Graham at
888-0028 or Drew Newman
at 525-4737.
GAPAC BAR NIGHT.
Meet the folks that lobby for
your rights (and make the
recommendations about
how you should cast your
precious votes. 9pm at •
Burkhart’s, Blakes and the
Waterworks. 872-8095 for
info.
MOVEMENT THE
ATRE. Performances
featuring Micah Coutlet,
Douglas Scott, D Patton
White, Jim Chappeleaus and
S. Faybell Ma-hee. 8pm at
OutProud Theater, 75
Bennett Sl. 609-9590
GAPAC BAR NIGHT.
Meet the folks that lobby for
your rights (and make the
recommendations about
how you should cast your
precious votes. 6pm at
Bulldogs. 872-8095 for info.
I’LL FLY AWAY. GPTV
(Ch 8.) begins
rebroadcrasting the series
that critics loved but that
was just too good (and loo
strong) for commercial TV
vicwerS^Good news for
those who loved it the first
lime ;tround. Even better for
those who missed it. At 10
am.
MONDAY
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.
TUESDAY
ATLANTA MAYORAL
DEBATE. Haven’t made
up your mind about how to
exercise your franchise?
Members of the Atlanta
Press Club ask the
candidates the questions that
you would have if you’d
only thought of them. 7:30
pm GPTV (Ch. 8).
BOYHOOD. The Atlanta
Men’s Center presents a utlk
by Franklin Abbott and
others covering such topics
as how boys first claim a
male identity, and the
enduring aspects of a boy’s
relationship with his parents
and siblings. 8-10pm at
Ridgeview Conference
Center, 3995 S. Cobb Dr.,
Smyrna 288-8559.
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 Sat., 10
p.m. It also airs on City Ch.
6, Th. 5 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
BOLSHOI SYMPHON Y
ORCHESTRA. No dancers
hut lots of sound from one
of Russia’s premier
performance groups. 8pm at
the Fox Theatre. Tickets at
the fox Box Office or 817
8700.
WHAT’S PAST IS
PROLOGUE: AN
EXPLORATION OF
PICTURED:
ABOVE: Pilobolus, the dance
company that redefined the
human body, performs at Ga.
Tech Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. Photo by Lois
Greenfield
LEFT: Dvsfunctia docs it
again this Friday in “Homo
Homo” at 800 East.
BELOW: Elisc Witt performs
with DeDe Vogt, Janet
Metzger and others on
Saturday at Cannon Chapel-
Emory.
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