September 2000

FEATURES
THIS MONTH OUTSMART FOCUSES ON THE ARTS!

• JOE WATTS The highly dramatic life of Houston's director extraordinaire of gay theater. BY ANN WALTON SIEBER
  
• DIVERSEWORKS A legacy of queer programming. BY TRAVIS MADER
  
• MECA This Latino mecca for youth embraces its gay teachers and youth. BY CLARENCE BAGBY
  
• ARTIST BRIAN PORTMAN Houston abstract artist at the Glassell. BY ANNE ROBERTS

NEWS & COMMENT

• TALKING WITH: Louvon Harris, James Byrd's sister. BY JENNIFER HOLLADAY & CATHERINE SMITH
  
• ELIZABETH BIRCH: An interview with the executive director of the HRC about Gore and other election issues. BY MATTHEW EASTUS
  
• LEFTOUT/ DARYL MOORE Some questions for Cheney.
  
• OUTRIGHT/ DALE CARPENTER The current state of tolerance in the GOP.
  
• IN & OUT NEWS BRIEFS: Art for H.A.T.C.H.; Debra Danburg honored by S.N.A.P., and more.
  
• BUSINESS NEWS

OUT & ABOUT

• FILM FESTIVAL Ray Hill interviews "red hot" documentary maker Saul Landau.
  
• COMEDY Margaret Cho's one-woman show hits the big screen. BY BLASE DISTEFANO
  
• ART Galveston's Artwalks. BY JANET COHEN
  
• DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER Stanton Welch at the Houston Ballet. BY CRAIG THISTLETON
  
• MOVIES Psycho Beach Party, Woman on Top, Beau Travail, Barbarella.
• TV/VIDEO Gay on ABC, Sundance, and Video
  
• GROOVEOUT/CHRIS SILL Paul Lockwood's Positive.
  
• DINEOUT/JOY FAJARDO Dish.
  
• CALENDAR

HEALTH & SPIRIT

• SIGNOUT September Astrocast BY LILLY RODDY