The Advocate calendar.DRESS UP AGAINST AIDS: CONDOM COUTURE BY ADRIANA BERTINI. Fourteen frocks designed by Brazilian artist Adriana Bertini, made entirely of condoms to inspire their use in the fight against AIDS. Through March 11. Fowler Museum at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX (www.fowler.ucla.edu). 5 The Sweet Escape Gwen Stefani's sophomore release hits stores. Everyone loves the O.C. princess. Margaret Cho's birthday Celebrate firebrand fire·brand n. 1. A person who stirs up trouble or kindles a revolt. 2. A piece of burning wood. firebrand Noun bisexual comedian Margaret Cho's birthday by viewing Notorious C.H.O., I'm the One That I Want, or another of her hilarious concerts on video. 7 Out director Bill Condon screens Love Me or Leave Me, the 1955 musical bio of singer Ruth Etting with Doris Day and James Cagney. A Q&A session precedes the screening; 7:30 p.m., Skirball Cultural Center  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. More details available at www.skirball.org. 9 Melissa Ferrick and Bitch will rock the house at Vinyl, 1374 West Peachtree St. Atlanta, 9 p.m. Cuts from Bitch's Make This/Break This should figure prominently. VinylAtlanta.com. 12 Harlem Butterfly Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 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. , 6-9 p.m. Thomas Wirth speaks at a retrospective highlighting the sexually explicit art of Richard Bruce Nugent Richard Bruce Nugent (also known as Richard Bruce and Bruce Nugent) (July 2, 1906 - May 27, 1987) was a gay writer and painter in the Harlem Renaissance. He was born in Washington, DC to a prominent African American family. (1906-1987), an African-American artist who celebrated male sexuality. LeslieLohman.org. 14 Holiday Shopping at Ralph Lauren with the Human Rights Campaign; 15% of the evening's sales will benefit the HRC HRC Human Rights Campaign HRC Human Rights Council (UN) HRC Human Rights Commission HRC Hard Rock Cafe HRC Hillary Rodham Clinton (democratic senator/presidential candidate; former first lady) . 6-8p.m. 5471A Wisconsin Ave. N.W., Chevy Chase, Md. For more info e-mail dcfedclub@yahoo.com. 1988: Torch Song Trilogy starring Harvey Fierstein, Anne Bancroft, and Matthew Broderick in one of the highest-grossing gay films of all time opened in U.S. theaters. 16 Noel Coward's birthday Writer; composer, performer, gay Renaissance man--no wonder we're mad about the boy! Mark his birth date with the two-CD recording of his musical Sail Away, one disc featuring the 1961 Broadway cast (including Elaine Stritch), the other Coward himself. ALL THE RAGE General Public's All the Rage was released in 1984 by I.R.S. Records. Track listing
West Coast premiere of Keith Reddin's queer-inclusive dark comedy at the Attic Theatre and Film Center, L.A., through Dec. 16. The play, first performed in Chicago to numerous accolades, was also made into a feature film (www.attictheatre.org). |
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