A TASTEFUL AFFAIR: An Event to Remember
by tony reverditto – The AIDS Food Store is Southern California’s longest serving HIV/AIDS food provider. Started in 1985 through Christ Chapel Long Beach, when a group came together to address the issue of hunger in a community where many social service agencies were unable or unwilling to help. Consequently, the AIDS Food Store Long […]
Our Future: Why Do We Need Gay Tribes Anyways?
from our media partner: edge media network – by Kyle Mangione-Smith Anyone who’s gay and living in the age of the Internet has probably at some point or another considered: what gay-subgenre do I fit into? It’s become so ubiquitously ingrained across the whole span of gay culture that it’s nearly impossible to avoid. When signing […]
THE MOORS: Juxtaposing The Old and The New at Diversionary
by lisa lipsey – Is it true that everything old is new? Perhaps everything is just old? Maybe just timeless? The issues, relationships, the story of humankind? Playwright Jen Silverman investigates this concept in her play The Moors, the recipient of a 2015 Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award. By set and costume, the show […]
ROTTERDAM: Living and Loving Authentically
by lisa lipsey – This holiday season Skylight Theatre Company asks audiences to join them as they examine transformation, humor, complex relationships and authenticity. Welcome to Rotterdam, an Olivier Award-winning show by Jon Brittain, that is making its West Coast Premiere. Since 2011, Skylight has focused on discovering, developing and producing new plays and Rotterdam […]
SAN DIEGO WOMEN’S CHORUS Presents an Evening of Elemental Connections
by lisa lipsey – In wrapping up their thirtieth anniversary season, the San Diego Women’s Chorus is delighting in the opportunity to celebrate and connect with Mother Nature, bringing sunny San Diego a sampling of all things elemental. Kathleen Hansen, Artistic Director, notes, “Elements is an exploration of the interplay between nature and humanity. Earth, […]
Eating Disorders and the LGBTQ Community
by myra hendley, primary therapist, eating recovery center – Eating disorders are no longer assigned only to teenage girls, but are affecting anyone regardless of race, gender or any other division. When general self-worth suffers, eating disorders can often present in people’s lives as a way to cope or fill a void. Physical self-worth or […]
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE with Something Rotten’s Adam Pascal
by tim parks – Shakespeare once wrote in the play As You Like It that “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” The tried-and-true adage is something actor Adam Pascal can certainly relate to, as he has spent much of his life under the stage’s spotlight. The singer/actor made […]
2017 Now Deadliest Year Ever for Transgender People in U.S.
from edge media network – With the shooting death of 47-year-old Stephanie Montez, 2017 is now the deadliest year on record for transgender people living in America. Montez was found dead Oct. 21 near Corpus Christi, Texas after being shot three times according to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. She is the 24th known death of […]
THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS
THE STORY BEHIND CHARLES DICKENS AND THE WORLD’S MOST BELOVED TALE ~ by joel martens ~ Utter the phrase “Bah Humbug!” and there isn’t a person on the planet or at least very few, who won’t be transported to the dark, inhospitable world that surrounds the old crank, Ebenezer Scrooge. There are few books that […]
SAN DIEGO OPERA: AS ONE
TRANSFORMING THE FACE OF SELF-DISCOVERY Blythe Gaissert Kelly Markgraf Every once in a while, you get to bear witness to something that changes not only your view on the world but alters the course for everyone who comes in contact with it. A powerful book, film, work of art, a breathtaking natural setting or a […]