Queer as fall: entertainment listings.Film SEPTEMBER Yossi & Jagger (Strand, September 24). Ohad Knoller and Yehuda Levi star as two Israeli soldiers on duty at an isolated outpost who fall in love in this surprisingly effective film. OCTOBER The Event (ThinkFilm, October 3). This new drama from out cowriter-director Thom Fitzgerald (The Hanging Garden, Beefcake beef·cake n. Informal 1. Images, especially photographs, of minimally attired men with muscular physiques. 2. Attractive men with muscular physiques, such as those in these images. ) explores assisted suicide for people with AIDS The People With AIDS (PWA) Self-Empowerment Movement was a movement of those diagnosed with AIDS and grew out of San Francisco. The PWA Self-Empowerment Movement believes that those diagnosed as having AIDS should "take charge of their own life, illness, and care, and to minimize . It features a knockout performance by Olympia Dukakis, along with Parker Posey, Don McKellar, and Sarah Polley. Nine Dead Gay Guys (TLA (Three Letter Acronym) The epitome of acronyms! While two-, four- and five-letter acronyms exist, there are more three-letter acronyms. Obviously, three words to describe a concept or product is the most popular. TLA - Three-Letter Acronym , October 3). Two fine Irish lads head to London and work as rent boys until stumbling into a murder mystery. Isn't that always the way? Prey for Rock and Roll (MAC, October 3). All-girl rock band Clamdandy (Gina Gershon, Lori Petty, Drea De Matteo Andrea Donna de Matteo (born January 19, 1972[1]) is an Emmy-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos and as Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey. , and Shelly Cole) struggles to stay afloat. Gershon plays bi, Petty and Cole make a sweet couple, and it's all based on the memories of real-life legend Cheri Lovedog. Elephant (Fine Line, October 10). The Columbine columbine, in botany columbine (kŏl`əmbīn), any plant of the genus Aquilegia, temperate-zone perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), popular both as wildflowers and as garden flowers. shootings inspired writer-director Gus Van Sant's hypnotically beautiful look at a typical high school day that ends in tragedy. The cast of unknowns is terrific, but some are finding a major plot twist a little too gay for their liking. Girls Will Be Girls (IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) A class library from Netscape that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. IFC was later made part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). See JFC, AFC and AWT. See also ICF. Films, October 10). Drag rebels Jack Plotnick (a.k.a. Evie Harris), Jeffrey Roberson (Varla Jean Merman Varla Jean Merman is a character originated and portrayed by Jeffery Roberson, an American actor, singer and drag performer. Varla's fictitious pedigree boasts that Ernest Borgnine is her father and Ethel Merman is her mother. ), and Clinton Leupp (Miss Coco Peru) star as three actresses and roommates having varied success as they fight for roles in Hollywood. Tootsie toot·sie n. Slang 1. Toots. 2. A girl or young woman. 3. or toot·sy A person's foot. [Origin unknown. meets Valley of the Dolls Valley of the Dolls portrays self-destruction of drug addicted starlets. [Am. Lit.: Valley of the Dolls] See : Drug Addiction meets All About Eve. Porn Theater (Strand, October 10). Writer-director-star Jacques Nolot's sexy new movie portrays the denizens of a Paris porn theater. Word is, the acclaimed film features very explicit scenes in which the actors are clearly not faking the sex acts. Die Mommie Die (Sundance, October 31). Charles Busch stars in the screen adaptation of his play--alongside Philip Baker Hall Philip Baker Hall (born September 10, 1931) is an American actor. Biography Early life Hall was born in Toledo, Ohio and attended the University of Toledo.[1] He did not have aspirations to be an actor until relatively late in life. , Natasha Lyonne, Frances Conroy, and a very game Jason Priestley--about murder, sex of all varieties, and the occasional torch song. Mambo Italiano (Samuel Goldwyn, October). Gay Italian-Canadian playwright Steve Galluccio adapted his play (with director Emile Gaudrealt) for the movies and found a perfect alter ego for himself in Luke Kirby. He takes on the lead role of a closeted Italian would-be television writer who wants to move in with his closeted Italian boyfriend (Peter Miller), who's a cop. Anything but Love (Samuel Goldwyn, October). Out writer-director Robert Cary pays contemporary homage to Vincente Minnelli with this love-triangle musical, starring Isabel Rose, Cameron Bancroft, Andrew McCarthy, and Eartha Kitt. We hear it swings with style. Blue Gate Crossing (Strand, October). A sweet young high school girl in Taiwan is dating the male star of the swim team. But it's not about the swimmer realizing he's gay; she discovers she fancies another girl. The Gift (Lot 47/Cowboy, October). Louise Hogarth's documentary takes an unsettling un·set·tle v. un·set·tled, un·set·tling, un·set·tles v.tr. 1. To displace from a settled condition; disrupt. 2. To make uneasy; disturb. v.intr. look at the disturbing-albeit relatively uncommon--trend of some gay men who pursue barebacking and other unsafe sex as "bug chasers" or "gift givers," people who wish to become HIV-positive or give the virus to others. NOVEMBER Saved (United Artists, November). Jena Malone gets knocked up by her boyfriend just as he realizes he's gay. She gets caught in the crossfire of a religious war at her Baptist high school. Saved also features Macaulay Culkin, Heather Matarazzo, Patrick Fugit, Mandy Moore, and Mary-Louise Parker and is produced by out REM front man Michael Stipe. DECEMBER The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Line, December 17). The grand conclusion to one of the great fantasy tales of all time. And maybe this time Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) will kiss. (OK, they won't; but Frodo does remain a bachelor, doesn't he?) Best of all, there's Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey. Michael Giltz Theater SEPTEMBER The Mineola Twins (D.C. Jewish Community Center, through October 5). A hilarious political farce from out Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive How I Learned to Drive is a play by Paula Vogel. It premiered at the Vineyard Theatre on March 16, 1997 and won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The story follows the strained, sexual relationship between Li'l Bit and her aunt's husband, Uncle Peck, from her ) that romps across the Eisenhower, Nixon, and Reagan-Bush years in the company of a pair of almost identical twins (both played by Sarah Marshall): one conservative and stacked, the other a flat-chested radical lesbian. Hairspray (national tour). Advocate columnist Bruce Vilanch, as Edna Turnblad, sings and dances his way through Baltimore (September 8-21); Hartford, Conn. (September 22-October 5); Boston (October 6-November 2); Providence, R.I. (November 3-16); Rochester, N.Y. (November 17-30); Cincinnati (December 2-14); and Chicago (opens December 15). Little Shop of Horrors (Virginia Theatre, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , now playing). The first Broadway bow for the long-running off-Broadway hit about the carnivorous plant, penned by late gay lyricist Howard Ashman and his best-known composer, Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid). Lorca in a Green Dress (Oregon Shakespeare Festival The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October. , Ashland, Ore., through November 2) and Anna in the Tropics Anna in the Tropics is a Pulitzer Prize-winning (2003) play by Nilo Cruz. When Cuban immigrants brought the cigar-making industry to Florida in the 19th Century, they carried with them another tradition. (McCarter Theatre, Princeton, N.J., September 9-October 19). Nilo Cruz, the gay Cuban-American playwright who won this year's Pulitzer Prize, debuts a new play about Spain's great poet and playwright while his prize-winning work gets its East Coast premiere. The Wedding Banquet (Village Theatre, Issaquah, Wash., September 17-October 26; Everett, Wash., October 31-November 16). A new musical adapted from the Ang Lee film about the culture clash that results when a gay Taiwanese-American man enters into a marriage of convenience with a Chinese immigrant woman. Homebody/Kabul (Intiman Theatre, Seattle, September 12-October 11; Mark Taper Forum The Mark Taper Forum is a small thrust stage with 745 seats at the Los Angeles Music Center built by Welton Beckett and Associates. It has presented innovative plays since 1967. The world premiere of Angels In America was produced here. , Los Angeles, September 21-November 9). Writing presciently before 9/11, Pulitzerand Tony award-winning author Tony Kushner (Angels in America Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is an award winning play in two parts by American playwright Tony Kushner. It has been made into both a television miniseries of the same name and an opera by Peter Eötvös. ) has explored the global ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl of the up-heavals in Afghanistan in a thrilling drama. Salam Shalom ... A Tale of Passion (New Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco, September 24-October 26). Winner of GLAAD GLAAD Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and Harvey Fierstein awards, Saleem Azzouqa's play tells the story of two men who fall in love--one a Palestinian and the other an Israeli. OCTOBER "The Long Christmas Ride Home (Vineyard Theatre, New York City, opens October 9). Playwright Paula Vogel focuses her clear eye on family relationships in a moving and thought-provoking new work that employs innovative theater techniques, including the creations of master puppeteer Basil Twist. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Music Box Theatre The Music Box Theater is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 239 West 45th Street in midtown-Manhattan. The most aptly named theater on Broadway, the intimate Music Box was designed by architect C. , New York City, opens October 9); 8 by Tenn (Hartford, Conn., Stage Company, October 2-November 2). Cat, the classic Tennessee Williams drama, returns to Broadway with Ashley Judd as Maggie the Cat and Jason Patric as her sexually troubled husband. Meanwhile, Hartford director Michael Wilson presents two programs of Williams's short works. To My Chagrin (P.S. 122, New York City, October 2-26). Three-time Obie award-winning lesbian performance artist Peggy Shaw (cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found of Split Britches) presents a new solo show about her relationship with her mixed-race grandson. Wicked (Gershwin Theater, New York City, opens October 7). Forget Dorothy--this is what was really going on in Oz. Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman based their new Broadway musical on out author Gregory Maguire's novel about the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West Wicked Witch of the West the terror of Oz. [Am. Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] See : Evil Wicked Witch of the West uses her powers to upset the plans of Dorothy and her friends. [Am. Lit. and Cin. (Rent's Idina Menzel). Joe Mantello directs Kristin Chenoweth (Glinda) and Robert Morse (the Wizard). Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (Belasco Theatre, New York City, opens October 7). Mark Hamill (pictured) returns to Broadway to play a gay dance instructor hired by a formidable Florida retiree (Polly Bergen) in a new play by Richard Alfieri. Son of Drakula (New Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco, October 10-November 2). In his latest solo show, writer-actor David Drake (The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me) describes his genealogical adventures, tracing his family name back to the shrouded mists of Transylvania. The Violet Hour (Biltmore Theatre, New York City, opens October 16). Richard Greenberg, author of Take Me Out, moves into the world of publishing in another dazzling display of wit, words, and ideas. Robert Sean Leonard, Jasmine Guy, and Laura Benanti headline a cast that also includes out comedian Mario Cantone. Taboo (Plymouth Theatre, New York City, opens October 21). Out pop star Boy George re-creates the New Romantic pop era of 1980s London, playing his own mentor (Leigh Bowery) in a new musical with songs by him and a book adapted by Charles Busch from Mark Davies's U.K. version. Produced for Broadway by Rosie O'Donnell. Bounce (Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., October 21-November 16). Stephen Sondheim's first new work in nine years, directed by Harold Prince, is a musical comedy set in the Roaring '20s about the Mizner brothers: one a closeted gay architect and the other a consummate con artist. The cast includes Richard Kind and Howard McGillin as the brothers. I Am My Own Wife I Am My Own Wife is a play by Doug Wright which examines the life of German individual Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, born Lothar Berfelde, who killed his father when he was a young boy and survived the Nazi and Communist regimes in East Berlin as a transvestite. (Lyceum Theatre, New York City, opens late October). This summer's off-Broadway hit from out playwright Doug Wright, the solo play about real-life German transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (March 18, 1928 - April 30, 2002) was the founder of the Gründerzeit Museum (a museum of every-day items) in Berlin-Mahlsdorf. Early life transfers to Broadway. You Should Be So Lucky (New Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco, October 29-January 4). Charles Busch's screwball screw·ball n. 1. Baseball A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball. 2. Slang An eccentric, impulsively whimsical, or irrational person. adj. comedy about a timid gay electrologist e·lec·trol·o·gist n. One who removes body hair by means of an electric current. Noun 1. electrologist - someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots who inherits a fortune. NOVEMBER Christmas With the Crawfords (Theatre Rhinoceros, San Francisco, November 20-January 3). A perennial holiday favorite, the all-drag musical comedy featuring Hollywood's infamously dysfunctional family returns. Black Nativity (Intiman Theatre, Seattle, November 29-December 28). The annual holiday production of gay poet and activist Langston Hughes's stirring gospel-song play. Gerard Raymond Music Pop SEPTEMBER Aretha Franklin, So Damn Happy (Arista arista (ä·riˑ·st ). The Queen of Soul ends a five-year hiatus from recording with a collection that is alleged to finally cast her as a mature diva--and not as the hip-hop chippie chip·pie n. Variant of chippy. she's tried to be on her last several outings. Matmos, The Civil War (Matador). Bjork's favorite gay musician couple are back, but this time the electro experimenters have traded in the scalpel for the musical saw, eschewing the samplings of' surgery sounds (literally) from their first Matador CD for more traditional instruments. The results are still brilliantly bananas. Rufus Wainwright, Want One (Dream-Works). The ever-quirky out artist saunters closer to the mainstream with all album that sews classic-rock threads into his trademark Tin Pan Alley-hued songwriting style. Wainwright is joined on the set--one CD of which is out now, another coming next year by famed blues guitarist Charlie Sexton and the Band's Levon Helm. OCTOBER Courtney Love, America's Sweetheart (Virgin). After disbanding Hole and temporarily fronting the scarcely recorded act Bastard, the always boisterous widow of Kurt Cobain takes a solo bow with a set that teeters between full-on punk and Stevie Nicks-like Zen-rock. Bets for the album are hedged with the studio input of queer producer-tune-smith Linda Perry (Pink, Christina Aguilera). AvriI Lavigne, My World (Arista). The Canadian teen dream who posed as a punkette and reaped millions with the 2002 hits "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi" returns with a live album in hopes of establishing herself as a singer-song-writer of longevity. Various Artists, Just Because I'm a Woman (Sugar Hill). The 35th anniversary of legendary country music vixen vixen female fox. and queer icon Dolly Parton's recording career will be feted with a compilation of covers by admirers, including Melissa Etheridge ("I Will Always Love You"), Sinead O'Connor ("Dagger Through the Heart"), and MeShell Ndegeocello ("Two Doors Down"), among others. NOVEMBER Britney Spears (Jive). With the teen-pop wave she rode an official wash, Spears offers a pivotal career recording. Will she evolve into the enduring Madonna-like figure that she's long been touted to be? Or will she fade into gossip-column oblivion? It's too soon to call, but early previews indicate that she's far from out of the race. Pink (Arista). All eyes will be on the pop ingenue-turned-rock chick as she unveils the follow-up, reportedly out this month, to her massively successful M!ssundaztood. Pink is said to be teamed once again with Linda Perry, with word circulating that the two have mined more aggressive, guitar-charged musical ground. Larry Flick Classical SEPTEMBER Lowell Liebermann: Piano Works, David Korevaar, piano (Koch); Songs of Lowell Liebermann, Robert White, tenor, Liebermann, piano (Arabesque arabesque (ărəbĕsk`) [Fr.,=Arabian], in art, term applied to any complex, linear decoration based on flowing lines. In Islamic art it was often exploited to cover entire surfaces. ). What better testimony can there be to the modern-day romanticism of out composer Liebermann than new recordings of his intimate piano and vocal music? (Piano Works is being released in September, Songs in October.) Dreaming Wide Awake, New Circle Five (Deep Listening). Lesbian experimental composer Pauline Oliveros leads an ensemble of women improvisers in music that's beautiful and full of surprises. Ned Rorem: Three Symphonies, Bournemouth Symphony, Jose Serebrier (Naxos). The first complete recording of Rorem's symphonies is a fitting tribute to the gay icon on his 80th birthday. A Total Embrace: The Composer, A Total Embrace: The Conductor, Leonard Bernstein (Sony), The 85th anniversary of Bernstein's birth is feted with a pair of three-CD collections jammed with rarities from his prolific career. OCTOBER Evening Prayers: Anthems and Sacred Songs, Chanticleer Chanticleer cajoled by fox into singing; thus captured. [Br. Lit.: Canterbury Tales, “Nun’s Priest’s Tale”] See : Flattery (Telarc). Having just completed its 25th season, the Grammy-winning all-male vocal ensemble returns with a program of music by Purcell led by guest conductor Skip Sempe. Barber: Vanessa, starring Ellen Chickering, soprano (Naxos). The first digital recording of Barber's greatest theater work will be a must for vocal music fans. NOVEMBER Great Performances from the Library of Confess, Vol. 18: Leontyne Price and Samuel Barber in Recital (Bridge). One of America's greatest divas is accompanied by gay American master Barber in this 1953 recital of songs by Faure, Sauguet, Poulenc and Barber himself. Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, Bournemouth Symphony, Marin Alsop (Naxos). Bernstein's former protege leads vivid new performances of the Psalms plus the concert suites from On the Waterfront and On the Town. Joseph Dalton BOOKS SEPTEMBER My Big Fat Queer Life: The Best of Michael Thomas Ford Michael Thomas Ford (b. 1968) is a gay American author of primarily gay-themed literature.[1] He is best known for his "My Queer Life" series, consisting of Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me, That's Mr. , Michael Thomas Ford (Alyson, $13.95). Seven new essays plus hits from Ford's My Queer Life series. Includes "How Alec Baldwin Ruined My Life." Intertwined Lives; Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle, Lois W. Banner ($30, Knopf). New access to the lives of these two pioneering anthropologists, lifelong friends and sometime lovers, who up-ended a male dominated field forever. The King of Capri, Jeanette Winterson (Bloomsbury, $16.95). Winterson's first children's book, in which "the greedy King of Capri visits the generous Queen of Naples." Illustrated by Jane Ray; suitable for ages 4 and up. The Way Things Ought to Be, Gregory Hinton (Kensington, $23). A sexy '70s coming-of-age story set in Boulder, Colo., which--believe it or not--briefly offered same-sex marriage licenses back in the day. OCTOBER The First Time I Met Frank O'Hara: Reading Gay American Writers, Rick Whitaker (Four Walls Eight Windows, $20). Analysis from Whitaker, the onetime hustler turned litterateur. Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon-Based life Forms to Watch Out For, Alison Bechdel (Alyson, $13.95) The latest adventures of Mo and her friends in the wake of 9/11. Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties, Steven Watson (Pantheon, $27.50). Contains a fantastic amount of new material on the Factory and its famous denizens. Fanny: A Fiction, Edmund White (Ecco, $24.95). White's much anticipated novel is based on the life of Scottish plantation owner and abolitionist Fanny Wright. Mr. Timothy, Louis Bayard (Harper-Collins, $24.95). The author of Endangered Species spins this story of Victorian London and a grown-up grown-up adj. 1. Of, characteristic of, or intended for adults: grown-up movies; a grown-up discussion. 2. Dickens character who's no Tiny Tim. They Say She Tastes Like Honey, Michelle Sawyer (Alyson, $13.95). Hip, funny first novel about New York love. Don't think, just read. The Secret Lives of Married Men, David Leddick (Alyson, $15.95). Whatever you think you know about why gay men marry women, prepare to be surprised by the 40 interviews here. Queer Street The Rise and Fall an American Culture 1947-1985, James McCourt (Norton, $27.95). Vivid anecdotal history of New York
New York, the "Empire State" has been at the center of American politics, finance, industry, transportation and culture since it was created gay life. NOVEMBER The Real Trial of Oscar Wide (Fourth Estate/HarperCollins, $27.95). Introduction and commentary by Merlin Holland, Wilde's grandson. Subtitled The First Uncensored Transcript of the Trial of Oscar Wilde vs. John Douglas (Marquess of Queensberry Marquess of Queensberry (often spelled, after the French, as the Marquis of Queensbury) is a title in the peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family. ), 1895--which about sums it up. Original Youth: The Real Story of Edmund White's Boyhood, Keith Fleming, (Green Candy Press, $ 19.95). Written by Edmund White's nephew, whom he adopted, and a juicy counterpoint to White's memoirs of his childhood. Regina Marler Dance Stravinsky (Metropolitan Opera, New York City, October 4-23). As part of a triple bill of works by Igor Stravinsky, postmodern choreographer Doug Varone will premiere his new production of Le Sacre du Printemps (Rite of Spring), first staged in 1913 by gay impresario Sergey Diaghilev and choreographed by bisexual dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. Including sets and costumes by David Hockney. The Phantom Project--20th Anniversary Season, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (The Kitchen, New York City, September 9-20). Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the company's New York debut, Bill T. Jones is reviving some of the works he pioneered with his onstage and offstage partner, the late Arnie Zane. Included in the program are Floating the Tongue and Duet x 2. Take Flight, Patrick Corbin and Dancers (Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church St. Mark's Church may mean:
A cantus (Latin for 'singing', derived from 'canere'), is an activity organised by Belgian and Dutch and Baltic student organisations and fraternities. in Memory of Benjamin Britten, chronicles the acceptance of a loss of a partner. Lawn, Tere O'Connor Dance Company (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, September 4-7; Portland Institute for Contemporary Art The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) in Portland, Oregon, United States was founded in 1996 by Kristy Edmunds, formerly the Director of the Portland Art Museum's "Art on the Edge" program. , Portland, Ore., September 13-15; Dance Theater Workshop Dance Theater Workshop is a New York City performance space and service organization for dance companies. Located on West 19th Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, DTW was founded in 1965 by Jeff Duncan, Art Bauman and Jack Moore as a choreographers' collective. , New York City, October 1-18; Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., November 7-8). O'Connor's dance-theater works tackle social issues with insight and humor. His new evening-long piece, Lawn, incorporates video from Ben Speth. STREB (Wolf Trap, Filene Center, Vienna Va., September 6; Evening Stars--River to River Festival, Battery Park, New York City, September 8; STREB Lab for Action Mechanics, New York City, September 26-October 11; U.S. Military Academy, Eisenhower Hall, West Point, N.Y., October 19). Nobody else does what Elizabeth Streb and her daredevil dancers accomplish. Her gestalt Gestalt (gəshtält`) [Ger.,=form], school of psychology that interprets phenomena as organized wholes rather than as aggregates of distinct parts, maintaining that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. defies gravity, questions spatial dimensions, and reorders gender roles--in short, it's simply smashing. Included in the fall tour is the premiere at Wolf Trap of Wild Blue Yonder yon·der adv. In or at that indicated place: the house over yonder. adj. Being at an indicated distance, usually within sight: "Yonder hills," he said, pointing. . Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 50th Anniversary Season (Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Academy of Music, performing arts center located in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. and popularly known as BAM. Founded in 1859 and opened in 1861, it is the oldest such institution still in operation in the United States. , New York City, October 14, 16-18; Columbia College, Chicago, November 14-15; Krannert Center, Champaign-Urbana, Ill., November 18-20). At 84, Merce Cunningham still creates fascinating choreography. This season his company will perform a repertory representing 50 prolific years, including the new work Split Sides and How to Pass, Fall, Kick, and Run, a 1965 work with music by Cunningham's longtime partner, John Cage. Joseph Carman Car´man n. 1. A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car. ART OCTOBER Marsden Hartley (1877-1943): American Painter (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is the preeminent art museum in Kansas City, Missouri. It is considered one of the finest art collections in the United States. History The museum was built on the grounds of Oak Hall, the home of Kansas City Star , Kansas City, Mo., October 11-January 4). Gay early-modernist painter Marsden Hartley may not be as famous as John Singer Sargent or James Whistler, but this show will argue for his place among the great American artists. NOVEMBER Bravehearts: Men in Skirts (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, November 4-February 8). A look at the designers and various other individuals who have used men wearing skirts to challenge social codes and redefine our ideas of masculinity. Crimes and Misdemeanors: Politics in U.S. Art in the 1980s (Contemporary Arts Center The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) is a pioneering contemporary art museum located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The CAC is a non-collecting museum that focuses on new developments in painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, performance art and new media. , Cincinnati, November 22, 2003-November 21, 2004). The museum that won a bitter 1990 court battle to exhibit the work of Robert Mapplethorpe visits similar territory with a brash new show examining the political tumult of the 1980s through works by artists including Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons, Ashley Bickerton, and the notorious Karen Finley. Gretchen Dukowitz |
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