| Editor's Letter
Now we are 10.
I remember having dinner with Greg Jeu in a Thai
restaurant in Rice Village around the time he
launched OutSmart. I then worked at a local design
magazine, and I recall we chatted long into the
evening about hopes for our publications. Ten
years on, I work for Greg, that then-thriving
design magazine is long gone, and to misquote
Sondheim, “Good times and bum times/We’ve
seen them all and, my dear/We’re still here.”
An anniversary is a good time not only to recollect,
but also to look ahead. Throughout our celebratory
year, we will introduce a few changes in the magazine,
including some new features. We plan to build
on what has made OutSmart a success for a decade
while always striving to improve.
All year, we will mark our 10-year milestone with
events and celebrations. These festivities will
begin with OutSmart’s birthday party on
February 18 at Meteor. We hope you will join us
for some birthday cake and visit with the staff.
As the year continues, look for our limited-edition
commemorative anniversary book, special Pride
events in June, and a gala celebration and community
fundraiser in conjunction with the annual Gayest
& Greatest issue in October. We will finish
the year with a juried photography competition,
resulting in an exhibition and publication.
As Greg points out in his interview about the
magazine’s history (click here), OutSmart
could not have reached a decade in business without
steadfast support from the community, including
our advertisers. Over the years, a platoon of
editors, writers, photographers, artists, production
people, sales and marketing experts, and delivery
folks has put together the magazine and put it
out on the streets. Along with the current staff
pictured below, many additional contributors help
produce OutSmart month after month.
For 10 years, our readers have ensured our success.
We hope you will let us know what you enjoy and
what you don’t like and contact us with
your ideas. And we hope you will still be reading
when we are 20. —Tim Brookover
The OutSmart staff (l–r): Jim Hurst, Greg
Jeu, Jack Richardson III, Eric A.T. Dieckman,
Terry Klumpp, Joe Milstead, Tony Yarbrough, Thomas
Chelena, Blase DiStefano, Teresa Anderson, and
Tim Brookover.
If you have any comments about this article,
please email them to letters@outsmartmagazine.com.
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