Datebook 07.15-08.12.AUGUST 4 What a month for Barack: He turns 47 on August 4 and accepts the Democratic nomination for president a little over three weeks later at the National Convention in Denver. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AUGUST 1-3 The lineup at Lollapalooza lol·la·pa·loo·za also lal·la·pa·loo·za n. Slang Something outstanding of its kind. [Origin unknown.] 2008 puts Coachella and Bonnaroo to shame: Kanye West, Radiohead ([right arrow]), Cat Power, Nine Inch Nails, Gnarls Barkley, Mark Ronson, Grizzly Bear, Gogol Bordello, Brazilian Girls, etc. Conveniently located at Chicago's breezy Grant Park. LOLLAPALOOZA.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] JULY 25 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Let your fag flag fly at this beyond-queer event: A Tribute to Legendary Miss Mitzi Gaynor, featuring a Q&A with the shapely film and TV star, an exhibit of several of her Bob Mackie gowns, and host Bruce Vilanch. Where else but at San Francisco's Castro Theatre? MISSMITZIGAYNOR.COM AUGUST 2 Get on that jitney Jitney 1. A situation in which one broker who has direct access to a stock exchange performs trades for a broker who does not have access. 2. A fraudulent activity in the penny stock market involving two brokers trading a stock back and forth to rack up commissions and give ! GLAAD GLAAD Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation throws a party--and raises money--at the lovely Southampton, N.Y., home of power couple Robert Erdman and Doug Huffmyer. GLAAD.ORG [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] JULY 30-AUGUST 3 What would be the opposite of the Dinah Shore Weekend? Quite possibly California Dreaming: Building a Better World for Every Old Lesbian. No pool parties here, just workshops on advocacy and intimacy as well as speakers like activist Robin Tyler and California assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg. Organized by Old Lesbians Organizing for Change and taking place at Los Angeles's Hacienda Hotel. OLOC OLOC Old Lesbians Organizing for Change .ORG THROUGH AUGUST 22 Detroit isn't all blighted neighborhoods and philandering mayors; don't count out its amazing music and fierce cross-dressing. The latter will be exhibit A in "Detroit's no DRAG! QU EENS EENS Extra Ecclesia Nulla Sallus (Catholic dogma) of the city," a collection of paintings depicting the Motor City's eye-popping performers. At the Pittman-Puckett Gallery in the gay-friendly burb burb also 'burb n. Informal A suburb: "when the condos get so dense out in those 'burbs that the deer have to run right through hot tubs" Russell Baker. of Ferndale. GOAFFIRMATIONS.ORG [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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