CALENDAR
- JUNE 2000
Get
Ready for Her Closeup
 Sunset
Boulevared comes to the big screen!
In Sunset Boulevard, Gloria Swanson digs into the role
of Norma Desmond, an ex-movie queen who kills her lover
and returns to her glory days in a limbo of madness.
She won a third Academy Award nomination for her brilliant
performance in this 1950 classic film directed by Billy
Wilder. Also stars William Holden, Erich von Stroheim,
and Nancy Olsen, with support from Cecil B. DeMille,
Hedda Hopper, Jack Webb, and Buster Keaton. Scheduled
to start Friday, June 23, at Landmark’s River Oaks
Theatre, 2009 W. Gray. For show times, call the theater
box office at 713/524-2175.
Happy
Father’s Day
 It’s
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole!
It’s
1983, but for Sebastian Cole, it just isn’t his
year. He’s not the best student. He’s not
the best athlete. But what Sebastian is going through
is nothing compared to his dad. • John Irving meets
John Hughes in this spirited and poignant glimpse into
a young man’s adolescence during the ’80s.
Newcomer Adrian Grenier is Sebastian Cole, a boy growing
up too fast during his junior year of high school, especially
since his stepdad has just announced to the family that
he intends to become a woman. Not since The World According
to Garp’s Roberta Muldoon has there been such an
incredibly human portrayal of a man who knows that inside
he is a woman as Clark Gregg’s Hank/Henrietta.
• In short, Tod Williams’ remarkable debut—which
was a surprise hit at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival—is
just another story of a boy and his dad. Friday, June
16, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. @ Rice Media Center, Rice campus
at entrance #8 (University Blvd. at Stockton). Tickets
are $5 ($4 students/seniors). For more information,
call 713/348-4853 or visit www.rice.edu/~cinema.
Cabaret
“Leave
your troubles outside! So, life is disappointing? Forget
it! We have no troubles here! Here, life is beautiful...”
Jon Peterson and Lea Thompson strut their stuff in Cabaret,
June 27–July 8 @ Jones Hall. $30.50–$55 tickets
can be purchased at all Tickemaster locations or charged
by phone at 713/629-3700.
JUNE
3
& 4 (Sat. & Sun.)
Face
to Face. The Jewish Community Center of Houston’s
Summer Dance Festival presents Chrysalis Dance Company
and Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth in this concert of
contemporary dance works. 8 pm on Saturday, 3 pm on
Sunday @ Kaplan Theatre of the I.W. Marks Theatre Center,
Jewish Community Center of Houston, 5601 S. Braeswood.
Tickets $15 ($12 JCC members, $8 students/seniors).
Reservations: 713/551-7255; more info; 713/661-9855.
6, 13, 20, 27 (Tues.)
Calling
All Young Women. Are you a lesbian in her 20s who wants
to hang out with others your age? Join the Lesbian Island
Association (LIA), a new network of friends. Says Kim,
one of the LIA founders, “A couple of things we
have in mind are going to LGBT events together (lots
to do for Pride Month), watching movies, checking out
the club & coffee bar scenes, sports events, &
more.” $3 donation welcomed. 7 pm every Tuesday
@ the Houston Lesbian & Gay Community Center, 803
Hawthorne, 713/524-3818.
7, 14, 21, 28 (Weds.)
HIV Testing. The Montrose Clinic is offering free confidential
HIV testing and counseling every Wednesday, 6-9 pm @
the Houston Lesbian & Gay Community Center, 803
Hawthorne. Center: 713/524-3818. Clinic: 713/830-3000.
8–10
(Thu.–Sat.)
Civil
Sex. Fresh from a run at the Berkeley Repertory Theater,
playwright & director Brian Freeman explores civil
rights, black masculinity, & the unchartered waters
of black gay history in this Will Glickman Award-winning
play. Inspired by Bayard Rustin—a homosexual, Quaker,
Young Communist League member, and mentor to Martin
Luther King Jr.—Freeman imagines the challenges
faced by people, especially blacks, during the ’40s,
’50s, & early ’60s, who were “in
the life” and “in the closet.” 8 pm @
DiverseWorks, 1117 East Frwy. Tickets $15 ($10 students/seniors,
$8 members). More info/24-hour reservations: 713/335-3445.
10 (Sat.)
Houston
Gay & Lesbian Pride Fun Run & Walk will benefit
AssistHers, a volunteer organization that provides in-home
support and care to lesbian women with chronic or disabling
illnesses. The 3.1-mile race along Memorial Drive between
Sabine St. & Waugh Dr. is an official part of Houston’s
Lesbian and Gay Pride Week. It starts at 7:45 am and
concludes with a party on Sabine Bridge and presentation
of awards & door prizes; all participants will receive
a T-shirt. The fee is $15 after June 2. To download
a registration form, go to www.geocities.com/houstonpride
5k/Index.html. Forms are also available at Crossroads
Market, Lobo, Memorial Park Tennis Center, among others.
Online registration at http://www.runnertri
athletenews.com/tips/entry.htm. Think you might
like to volunteer? Call 713/874-1686.
12
(Mon.)
Houston’s Changing Face of HIV/AIDS. Houston Area
HIV Services Ryan White Planning Council invites you
to hear Houston public leaders and to voice your care
& concerns about the current HIV/AIDS state of emergency
affecting our city’s African-American community.
Televised public hearings will be held at 7 pm @ the
Houston City Hall Annex Council Chamber, 500 Bagby,
public level. For information packets, free childcare,
& free transportation: 713/572-3724.
13 (Tue.)
Suggestive Boxes. Looking for an opportunity to enhance
your art collection? Always a lively bidding war, and
one heck of a party, DiverseWorks’ 2000 Annual
Live Auction Fundraiser, Suggestive Boxes promises some
unique, highly collectible art from local & national
artists. It consists of boxes designed & decorated
by artists, architects, & designers. Tickets ($35)
include admission to the event & the live auction,
two drink tickets, hors d’oeuvres, & a T-shirt.
6-9:30 pm. For location/reservations: 713/223-8346.
16 (Fri.)
An
Evening in Vienna. This Texas Music Festival isn’t
for two-stepping. It’s the “Viennese Waltz,”
brought to you by young musicians from around the world.
8 pm @ the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Tickets
($7-$12) available at all Ticketmaster locations, or
charge
at 713/629-3700.
16 & 17 (Fri. & Sat.)
Father Knows Best! Comedy Sportz, the improvisational
comedy troupe, presents two matches in honor of Father’s
Day. If you have a father, grandfather, father-in-law,
or any other form of fatherhood recognized in the state
of Texas, you can enjoy the comedic & therapeutic
services of ComedySportz alongside your favorite hero,
and we’ll let your fatherly advisor in for free.
It’s just that easy. 8 pm @ Lambert Hall, 1703
Heights Blvd. General admission is $10. For reservations
or more information: 713/868-1444.
18 (Fri.)
Several Dancers Core presents Critical Response, an
evening of dance works designed to generate audience
response that both involves the audience in the creative
process & assists these artists in their artistic
development. 7 pm @ Rebecca Lodge, 1404 Allston. Tickets
($5) are available at the door. More info: 713/862-5530.
20
(Tue.)
Rollerball
2000 is the Lambda Roller Skating Club’s annual
pride event. Enjoy good music, skate games, door prizes,
& fun with people from all walks of life & skating
ability. 8-11 pm @ TradeWinds Roller Rink, 5006 W. 34th.
Admission is $5; skates provided. Info: 713/410-7215
or e-mail at Irsc@neosoft.com or visit
www.neo soft.com/~Irsc.
22 (Thu.)
HIV Forum. City Council member Annise Parker sponsors
this update on the HIV epidemic in the local GLBT community.
Staff from the city HIV prevention Department will be
on hand to lend their expertise. 6:30 pm @ the Houston
Lesbian & Gay Community Center, 803 Hawthorne, 713/524-3818.
Harlan Coben will be in Houston to sign his new mystery
novel, Darkest Fear. If you’re not familiar with
his books, here’s an interesting tidbit: two of
the major characters are lesbian/bisexual, and he introduced
a crossdressing gun-for-hire in his last book (named
Zorra, because she leaves a jagged “Z” in
the skin of her victims with her stiletto heel —ouch!).
6 pm @ Murder by the Book, 2342 Bissonnet, 713/524-8597.
22–24
(Thu.-Sat.)
Doko-Ek Pondu is a sharp departure from the modernistic
aesthetics adopted in last year’s Suchu Dance production
of 8 Flying Dogs; the new work transports us into an
intimate & earthy world where greatness exists in
the inconspicuous & overlooked details. 8 pm @ DiverseWorks,
1117 East Frwy. Tickets $12 ($10 students/seniors, $8
members). Info/reservations: 713/335-3445.
23 (Fri.)
The Brandon Teena Story. Susan Muska and Gréta
Ólafsdóttir produced and directed this
important film, the nonfiction version of Boys Don’t
Cry (for which Hilary Swank received a Best Actress
Oscar). A discussion will follow the screening. 7 pm
@ the Houston Lesbian & Gay Community Center, 803
Hawthorne, 713/524-3818.
24
& 25 (Sat. & Sun.)
Rainbow
Deep Sea Fishing has scheduled two 12-hour trips on
the 85-foot New Buccaneer, which takes 100 people and
is the largest & finest party boat in Galveston.
Reservation deposits are $20; total cost $65. Non-fishers
pay only $30, and kids 12 & under $40. The boat
supplies all fishing equipment & bait, has a grill
& cook and a large sundeck. No license is needed.
To reserve a spot or to get a club newsletter: 713/523-6381.
Non-club members welcome.
27 (Tue.)
Bosco’s Sketch Comedy Troupe is a completely original
sketch comedy troupe influenced by Saturday Night Live,
SCTV, Kids in the Hall, and Mad TV. There aren’t
many outlets for sketch comedy in Houston, so if you’re
looking for a good time, check ‘em out at 8 pm
on the last Tuesday of every month @ the Laff Stop,
1952-A W. Gray. Tickets: $10 at the door, but ask about
the special two-for-one flyers. Tickets can be purchased
in advance: 713/524-2333.
30 (Fri.)
Dyke Pride Dinner. Bring a dish you’re proud of.
7 pm @ the Houston Lesbian & Gay Community Center,
803 Hawthorne, 713/524-3818.
PLANNING
AHEAD FOR JULY
July
1 & 2 (Sat. & Sun.)
Safe and Belle de Jour. In the 1995 film Safe, Julianne
Moore plays a suburban California housewife who literally
becomes allergic to her environment and eventually seeks
help at an Albuquerque holistic center. Openly gay director
Todd Haynes comments on the New Age and finds a link
to the AIDS crisis in this serious, stylistically detached
look at a near future riddled with environmental toxins.
• In the 1967 film Belle de Jour, Catherine Deneuve
plays a chic, frigid Parisian newlywed, who decides
to become a daytime prostitute, unbeknownst to her husband.
One of Luis Buñuel’s best films, the director
combines his characteristic nuances—hypocrisy of
society, eroticism, and anti-religion—with the
blending of reality and fantasy to blur the difference
for the audience. • Safe at 7:30 pm on Saturday,
Belle at 7 pm on Sunday, both @ the Glassell School
of Art in the Eleanor and Frank Freed Auditorium, 5101
Montrose. Admission $5 ($4 members, seniors, students).
Info: 713/639-7531.
July
23 (Sun.)
Bash
for Cash. Mark your calendars now for this first annual
benefit dinner and silent auction supporting the Houston
Lesbian & Gay Community Center. Tickets are only
$35 and include a meal and entertainment. Plan to don
your best resort casual. 5:30-9 pm @ Riva’s Italian
Restaurant, 1117 Missouri. More info: 713/524-3818.
PERFORMING
ARTS
42nd
Street is filled with some of the best-loved American
songs of the century including “42nd Street,”
“Lullaby of Broadway,” and “We’re
in the Money.” June 21-July 1 @ Galveston Island
Outdoor Musicals, 14528 Stewart Road. Tickets $5-$30.
Reservations: 409/737-1744, ext. 17.
After (taste). Houston-based artist Serena Lin gives
us a site-specific installation of sensory experience.
Using light, sound, video, & projection, the artist
takes us on a journey tracing the evolution of tasted
experience. Visitors are drawn along a path to a place
embodying that suggested metaphorical lingering moment
following taste, the pervading sensation you can’t
get rid of—the aftertaste. June 23–July 15
@ DiverseWorks, 1117 East Frwy, 713/223-8346. Opening
reception: Friday, June 23, 6–8 pm.
Ain’t Misbehavin’ is the bright, sassy “Fats”
Waller musical revue. Along with Louis Armstrong, Waller
was one of the first authentic black superstars. Recreating
the atmosphere of a sultry, smoky, 1930s Harlem nightclub,
this play fills the air with great music. The wailing,
stompin’ five-piece band and the three females
& two males singin’ & dancin’ bring
to life Waller’s famous songs. The Great Caruso
Dinner Theater, 10001 Westheimer near Gessner. Dinner
& show: $29.95 (Wed., Thurs., & Sun.); $34.95
(Fri. & Sat.). For reservations: 713/780-4900.
Arsenic and Old Lace, the famous madcap comedy by Joseph
Kesselring, presents the audience with the quirky old
Brewster sisters, their nephew Teddy (who believes himself
to be Teddy Roosevelt), and Mortimer, the poor flabbergasted
nephew who is as surprised as anyone to learn that his
maiden aunts have taken it upon themselves to relieve
elderly men of a lonely life—or life of any kind!
June 30–July16 @ the Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Ave.
Tickets ($17) are available at the Alley box office
or by calling 713/228-8421.
Bon Appetit Afrique. Expanding on work she pursued while
living in Libreville, Gabon, Anne Katrosh presents an
installation exploring today’s francophone Africa
and issues of consumption. Through June 17 @ DiverseWorks,
1117 East Frwy, 713/223-8346.
Bourbon at the Border. Love, politics, & issues
of survival dramatically intermingle in this beautiful
& tragic love story of two college students who
meet & fall in love during the Freedom Summer of
1964. Thirty years later, will Mae & Charlie escape
the unspeakable ghost of a Mississippi summer? June
29–July 30 @ The Ensemble Theatre, 3535 Main St.
Info: 713/520-0055.
Bus Stop, by one of America’s premier playwrights
William Inge, tells the story of a headstrong nightclub
entertainer pursued by a belligerent cowboy intent on
slinging her over his shoulder and carrying her off
to his ranch in Montana. Several bus passengers have
been stranded in a cheerful diner in the middle of a
howling snowstorm where they come to terms with life
and each other. June 23-July 9 @ Galveston’s Strand
Theatre, 2317 Mechanics Row. Tickets $10-$15. Info:
877/787-2639 or www.galveston.com/strandtheatre.
Faithful is a comic thriller by Chazz Palminteri that
revolves around a hitman & his target. Tony, the
cool killer, has his world turned upside down by Maggie,
who planned to commit suicide on the night she was to
be his victim. Distraught over her failing marriage
to Jack, who she suspects is having an affair, Maggie
learns that Jack hired Tony to kill her because he thinks
she is unfaithful. Tony’s presence awakens Maggie’s
desire to live. She claims she hired Tony because she
didn’t have the courage to kill herself, and tries
to convince him to kill Jack instead. This play contains
strong language. Tickets are $14 ($10 students/seniors).
June 2-July 8 @ Actors Theatre of Houston, 2506 South
Boulevard. Reservations/more info: 713/529-6606.
God’s
Man in Texas is an irreverent new comedy-drama about institutional
power struggles, fathers & sons, and religion in the
age of mass marketing. Wits, egos, & ideologies are
set on a collision course when church deacons bring in
renowned preacher Jerry Mears to audition for the top
job in the Baptist universe, the helm of the Rock Baptist
Church in Houston—the largest, most closely watched
Southern Baptist congregation ever. However, the aging
pastor won’t easily give up his dynasty—or the
televised Sunday morning service. Tickets are $32-$42.
June 9-July 2 @ Stages Repertory Theatre, 3201 Allen Parkway,
713/52STAGE.
Houston
Grand Opera. Five giant video screens, hydraulic platforms,
and hundreds of rotating, colored lights give Houston
Grand Opera’s Multimedia Modular Stage (MMS) a
look unparalleled anywhere in opera. Leoncavallo’s
Pagliacci, the company’s 4th MMS production, spins
a tale of passion, jealousy, betrayal, and ultimately
murder among a travelling troupe of Italian actors.
The line between fact and fiction is blurred while Canio
is on stage as the harlequin Pagliacci. Canio forgets
he is playing a part in a play and demands the name
of his wife’s lover. In a fit of rage Canio slays
both Nedda and her lover, Silvio, who rushes to the
stage to help her. June 1–4 @ Miller Outdoor Theatre
at Hermann Park, 100 Concert Dr., and June 24 @ the
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 2005 Lake Robbins Dr.,
the Woodlands. • Miller Outdoor Theatre: Free of
charge. Tickets for covered, reserved seats available
on the day of the performance between 11:30 am &
1 pm at Miller Theatre’s box office. More info:
713/284-8350. • The Woodlands: Tickets ($10–$45)
may be purchased at Cynthia Woods’ box office,
at all Ticketmaster locations, or at 713/629-3700.
I Love You but You’re Sitting on My Cat has the
“Singing Fertle Family” from Dumpster, Texas,
falling on hard times. The out-of-work kids have moved
back home, the retired parents are living on a fixed
income, & now an unexpected bill has created a financial
emergency. But not to worry...Earl has come up with
a surefire method to win money by gambling, so the whole
gang is taking a bus trip to the glittering casinos
of Lake Charles, Louisiana. $15 admission & reservations
required; food & drink are available throughout
the show. Thursdays–Saturdays @ Radio Music Theatre,
2623 Colquitt, 713/522-7722.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Travel
along with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s uplifting music
and the humor & poetry of Tim Rice on a biblical
joyride. June 7-17 @ Galveston Island Outdoor Musicals,
14528 Stewart Road. Tickets $5-$30. Reservations: 409/737-1744,
ext. 17.
Killer Karaoke or Twenty Hundred and One: A Space Oddity.
Enter the glittering & cutthroat arena of the professional
karaoke singer in Mystery Cafe Houston’s world
premiere show! Someone is stalking the contestants of
the Gulf Coast Regional Semi-Final Three Steps Before
National Silver Microphone Karaoke Competition, and
it’s up to you to find out who. Even if you feel
that there is enough pain & suffering in the world
without karaoke, Killer Karaoke provides enough fun,
thrills, & sing-along-able songs to keep you laughing
& humming long after the evening’s over! Every
Friday & Saturday night, 7:30 pm (8 pm curtain)
@ Prima Pasta & Seafood, 2710 Richmond (‘tween
Kirby & Buffalo Spdwy). Tickets are $38.95 and include
salad, choice of entree, dessert, coffee, tea, milk,
gratuity for dinner service & tax, plus the show.
Tickets: 713/944-CLUE (2583).
Mary, Mary. Mary’s marriage has foundered on the
rocks of her unrelenting sense of humor. When we meet
Mary, she appears at the apartment of her former husband,
Bob, who is on the verge of marrying a rich young health
fiend. A handsome film star enters the picture and so
begins the story of a modern marriage gone hilariously
awry. Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm, June 23–July
29 @ The Company Onstage, 536 Westbury Square. Tickets
$10 (seniors/students $8). Info/reservations: 713/726-1219.
Murder by Misadventure. Two writers for British TV are
certain they’ve scripted the perfect murder...or
have they? Is Harold trying to kill Paul, or is Paul
trying to kill Harold? $9 ($8 students/seniors; matinees
all seats $7). June 2-July 1 @ Theatre Suburbia, 1410
W. 43rd. More info: 713/682-3525.
The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me..., by Dan
Butler (better known to audiences as Bulldog Briscoe,
the womanizing sports talk show host on NBC TV’s
long-running hit, Frasier), is somewhat autobiographical
and billed as a “whirlwind tour of the gay American
landscape.” This one-man show juxtaposes 10 predominantly
gay characters in 14 vignettes. The characters question,
contradict, and challenge one another’s credo of
what “being gay” really means. • Actor
Andrew Dawson returns from his new home in New York
City to re-visit the characters he created in the original
Houston premiere which was staged at The Little Room
in April 1998. • The Only Thing Worse You Could
Have Told Me... premiered at Actors Playhouse in New
York City in 1995. It was performed originally by Dan
Butler and later by Greg Louganis. This production is
directed and designed by Little Room Downstairs (LRDS)
artistic director Richard Laub. • The Only Thing
Worse You Could Have Told Me... plays for nine performances
only, June 29–July 9. There will be no preview
performances and no performances July 4 and 5. All tickets
for this special engagement are $20 (students/seniors
half-price). Show times are at 8 p.m., except Sunday
performances, which begin at 7 p.m. The Little Room
Downstairs is located at 2326 Bissonnet, between Greenbriar
and Kirby. Charge by phone: 713/522-LRDS (5737).
OUTLAW: Queer Like Ray Hill. In 1958, while attending
Galena Park High School, Ray Hill came out. In 1958,
sodomy was not just a crime but a felony, and three
convictions could get you life in prison. Hill will
tell you that coming out in 1958 at Galena Park Hill
was perhaps courageous, perhaps naïve, perhaps
even stupid. Whatever it was—and Hill doesn’t
say—it was pure Ray Hill, a gay activist who constantly
sticks his neck out and frequently aggravates folks
while leading the fight for gay rights. Hill’s
new one-man show focuses on the struggle to end discrimination
against gays & lesbians, and what it was like to
be the rare, out , queer person in the buckle of the
Bible-belt. An extraordinary storyteller, Hill chronicles
experiences not shared in any of his previous performances.
Don’t come expecting a documentary though; fighting
hypocrisy is never without irony, and Hill serves it
up with humor & honesty. He’s been called “a
modern-day, gay Mark Twain,” and Edward Albee,
the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, has called him
“an important scourge.” OUTLAW purports to
be Hill’s most ambitious performance to date, fully
realized on a technical level, with set, sound, &
multi-media elements as part of the overall design.
June 16-July 15 @ Ashland St. Theatre, 2610 Ashland
in the Heights (Ashland @ 26th). Tickets are $12. For
reservations or more info: 713/426-3019.Red, White and
Tuna. Hello, once again from Tuna, Texas! Red, White
and Tuna, the wildly popular third serving of The Greater
Tuna Series, will again take audiences on another satirical
ride into the hearts and minds of the polyester-clad
citizens of Tuna, Texas. • Master comedians Joe
Sears and Jaston Williams, with their deft comedic timing
and trademark characterizations, bring all 21 citizens
of Tuna back to the stage. Join Vera Carp and Aunt Pearl,
those hormonally charged Tastee Kreme waitresses Helen
Bedd and Inita Goodwin, and the rest of the Tuna crazies
and misfits as they celebrate the Fourth of July and
the Tuna High School Renunion. • In this latest
saga, the Smut Snatchers, led by Vera Carp, take on
church hymns, while Petey Fisk continues his offbeat
pleas for a more humane Tuna. The July heat wave in
Tuna is only intensified by the Tastee Kreme gals, who
have a food booth at the Reunion serving up plenty of
attitude and Aunt Pearl’s prize-winning potato
salad. You just can’t breathe tomorrow’s air
until you see who wins Tuna’s Reunion Queen Contest.
June 27–July 2 @ The Grand 1984 Opera House, 2020
Postoffice, Galveston. Tickets are $10-$39. For more
information, call 1-800-821-1894.The Real Thing, by
Tom Stoppard, begins with Max & Charlotte, a couple
whose marriage seems to be about to break up. But nothing
one sees on stage is the real thing, and some things
are less real than others. Charlotte is an actress appearing
in a play about marriage written by her husband Henry.
Max is an actor married to an actress Annie. Both marriages
are in danger because Henry & Annie have fallen
in love. But is the real thing? Through June 18 @ the
Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Ave. Tickets ($32-$49) are
available at the Alley box office or by calling 713/228-8421.
Riffs. Join the men of the North End Preservation Association
as they get together to talk about the way it was, the
way it ought to be, and, if only grudgingly, the way
it is. Laugh as you travel on a journey with four men
that you won’t soon forget. June 1–July 2
@ The Ensemble Theatre, 3535 Main St. For reservations
or more info: 713/520-0055.
THEATER
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Houston
Grand Opera’s Opera to Go! presents The Magic Flute
to seven Harris County libraries. Mozart’s fairy
tale features a young prince, his bird-like companion,
an evil queen, & an enchanted flute. After each
performance the artists will field questions from the
audience and informally discuss their backgrounds in
the performing arts. It will be presented free of charge
at the following libraries: June 3, 3 pm, Frank, 6440
W. Bellfort, Houston; June 5, 3 pm, Evelyn Meador, 2400
N. Meyer Rd., Seabrook; June 6, 2:30 pm, Atascocita,
19520 Pinehurst Trails Dr., Humble; June 7, 10:30 am,
Galena Park, 1500 Keene St., Galena Park; June 7, 2
pm, Baldwin Boettcher, 22248 Aldine Westfield Rd., Humble;
June 8, 10:30 am, North Channel, 15741 Wallisville Rd.,
Houston; June 8, 3 pm, Park Place, 8145 Park Place Blvd.,
Houston; June 13, 10:30 am, Maud Smith Marks, 1815 Westgreen
Blvd, Katy; June 13, 2 pm, Spring Branch Memorial, 930
Corbindale, Houston. More info: 713/546-0230.
Mad Hatter’s Arts Camp is a fun-filled month of
imagination & creativity. InterActive Theater Company’s
Mad Hatter’s Arts Camp offers two sessions of two
weeks: Mon.-Fri., June 5-16; or Mon.-Fri., June 19-30
(both 9 am-2 pm). During each session, instructors provide
four classes specially designed for children, each focusing
on a different discipline of art: dance, drama, art,
& percussion. The cost of each session is $275.
Classes held @ Lambert Hall Performing Arts Center,
1703 Heights Blvd. at W. 17th St. For more info, call
713/862-7112.
Tombigee: The Spirit of the Swamp. A young girl is determined
to save the swamp and its animal occupants from destruction.
With the help of Tombigee, the spirit & guardian
of the swamp & its creatures, she sets out to teach
others about the wonders of nature. Tickets are $8,
and all seats are reserved. June 2-July 14 @ Stages
Repertory Theatre, 3201 Allen Parkway, 713/52-STAGE.
RADIO
After Hours (Radio) Saturdays, midnight to 3 am. Featuring
the QMZ (Queer Music Zone) with Jimmy Carper. KPFT 90.1
FM.
Lesbian & Gay Voices (Radio) Mondays, 8-10 pm. Features,
news, music, interviews, reviews, and commentary. KPFT
90.1 FM, 713/526-4000.
ART/PHOTOGRAPHY
Art
Classes for People With HIV: The Art League of Houston
is offering free art classes for people with HIV. The
ongoing course meets every Thursday & Friday from
1-4 pm at the Art League, 1953 Montrose. Mixed media
projects for the artist and non-artist. Constructive
art-making in a relaxed atmosphere. Focus is on the
healing power of art. More info: 713/523-9530. The Museum
of Fine Arts Houston is offering free art classes for
those with HIV/AIDS. Patrick Palmer begins his 9th year
offering art instruction. Abstract painting, linoleum-cut
greeting cards, & ceramics are some of the media
offerings for the fall semester. Class is limited to
16. Everything is free, even lunch! The classes meet
at the Glassell School of Art every Friday, 1-4 pm,
5101 Montrose Blvd., room 202. For more info: 713/639-7500
or 713/526-1118.
Bon Appetit Afrique is an installation by Anne Katrosh
exploring today’s francophone Africa & issues
of consumption. Through June 17 @ DiverseWorks, 1117
East Frwy, 713/335-3445.
Clinging to Humanity: In Search of Hope. The collection
of poems and artwork by Saul Balagura included in this
exhibition is the ultimate expression of compassion.
Balagura is not a survivor of the Holocaust, yet through
his creative process he transcends space & time
to evoke the thoughts & emotions of victims &
survivors. Through Aug. 27 @ the Holocaust Museum, 5401
Caroline, 713/942-8000.
The Munchie Munchie. Houston-based sculptor Sharon Engelstein
has assembled this exhibition of some of the munchiest
sculpture being created today. The work in this show
conjures up natural urges & experiences arising
from our innate connections to certain materials—it
is what compels us to pick, prick, & poke at a thing.
Through July 8 @ DiverseWorks, 1117 East Frwy, 713/335-3445.
Shades in Between. In this show of paintings, drawings,
and collages, David O. Hill explores themes surrounding
the issue of identity. The artist is interested in how
we form identity and how that changes over time. To
David, this state of flux produces a variety of viewpoints.
The emerging and repressed views of others and ourselves
couple with obscure impressions and the characteristics
of who we are. Through David’s dramatic use of
color and texture, we realize, in the end, that the
world is not in fact black and white but consists of
many shades in between. David O. Hill is a former Houstonian
now living in exile in Dallas. He is currently pursuing
an MFA in painting at TWU in Denton. He has received
several scholarships, awards, and group exhibitions.
David recently completed a month-long artist’s
residency at the Vermont Studio Center, where he executed
most of the works in this exhibition. “Shades in
Between” will open with a reception on Friday,
June 16, 6–8 p.m. at the Hollyfield Foundation
Conference Center, 2700 Albany, and will continue through
July 14. You can view the show daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
(check in at office). For more information, call 713/523-6900.
The Waiting Room by Richard Kamler is a work of interactive
installation art that recreates the experience of a
death row visiting room. Through June 30 @ the Art League
of Houston, 1953 Montrose, 713/523-9530.
|
