Alice Walker reads from her new book of poems tonight to benefit Charis
Editor's note: This interview was originally published in The Mount Holyoke News and was re-published with permission. To read the original article, click here.
Comedian and Dancing with the Stars contestant Margaret Cho will be performing at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts on Oct. 28. Her tour, “The Cho Dependent Tour,” will feature songs from her debut album “Cho Dependent” as well as her traditional comedy routine. Cho made some time in her busy schedule to catch up with The Mount Holyoke News.
If you can’t make it to tonight’s keynote speakers as part of the Atlanta Queer Literary Festival, watch and listen to them online as AQLF will broadcast them live via ustream.tv.
Tonight’s lineup includes readings and talks with poet Ana Božičević and Cary Alan Johnson, executive director of the International Gay & Lesbian, Human Rights Commission.
The webcast will also include a reading of the “Jubilate,” the winning poem by Ed Madden as part of the annual broadside contest.
As the front man of groundbreaking Icelandic band Sigur Rós, Jónsi (pronounced Yónsi), provided warmth and an ethereal quality to the band’s already atmospheric and lushly chilly songs.
In fact, it’s hard to imagine what Sigur Rós would sound like absent Jónsi, who is openly gay. However, on “Go” (XL Recordings), Jónsi’s solo debut disc, we get the chance to hear him without his longtime band.
Gay orchestral pop artist Nico Muhly assists Jónsi in giving the album a fresh and original style. Alternately wildly rhythmic and sumptuous, “Go” gives Jónsi room to stretch out in new and exciting directions. His fans would be wise to follow. Now, go!
Atlanta native Pearl Cleage’s work has always been embraced and supported by the LGBT community. Now she hopes her new production — “The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years,” bowing next week at the Alliance — is met with the same level of enthusiasm.
Described by Cleage as a romantic comedy, “Nacirema” deals with the beloved tradition known as the cotillion, especially popular in the South. As a new group of African-American debutantes gets ready to meet society circa 1964 in Alabama, their strong-willed grandmothers try to take care of their romantic lives. Trouble comes, however, when one debutante decides she wants to forego the life and move to New York to be a writer, and the racial issues of the day stir up.
Tonight is the Jewish showcase at Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse
“No More Down Low,” a new web television show, premiered Monday in conjunction with National Coming Out Day. The series, hosted by Jonathan Plummer and Janora McDuffie, aims to dispel myths about the LGBT African-American community.
The first episode features comedian Wanda Sykes, actor Wilson Cruz and photographer Duane Cramer.