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Best Bets: 03.29.13 – 04.11.13
Friday, March 29-Saturday, March 30 The Atlanta Symphony and 10th & Piedmont collaborate for an all-Russian concert featuring Yevgeny Sudbin, followed by a vodka-tasting reception at 10th & Piedmont, beginning at 8 p.m. at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, www.aso.org Friday, March 29-Sunday, March 31 The gay-inclusive Dixie Invitational Bowling tournament continues with local and visiting leagues hoping for strikes through March 31. Brunswick Zone Norcross, www.dixiebowl.org Friday, March 29 The Decatur Women’s League continues its spring softball season, Friday nights at Kelley C. Cofer Park, www.decaturwomensports.com The music ministry of Virginia-Highland Church presents “Good… >>
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New LGBT books to stock your shelves
Looking for something to read for spring break, or if the weather remains too chilly or rainy to play outside? Check out these new works from LGBT authors and allies. Poetry in motion • Multi-award winning lesbian poet Maureen Seaton’s eighth solo poetry collection “Fibonacci Batman: New and Selected Poems” (Carnegie Mellon, 2013) draws on six of her full-length books (including Iowa Prize and Lambda Literary Award-winning “Furious Cooking”). Comprised of more than 60 poems, the book gives readers a firsthand look at the ongoing evolution of Seaton’s work. >>
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Out on Film announces 2013 festival dates, ‘Divine’ first flick
Organizers of the Out on Film festival today announced the 2013 event would take place Oct. 3-10. Also announced was the festival’s first secured film, the documentary biopic “I Am Divine.” From the film’s official description: I AM DIVINE is the story of Divine, aka Harris Glenn Milstead, from his humble beginnings as an overweight, teased Baltimore youth to internationally recognized drag superstar through his collaboration with filmmaker John Waters. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine was the ultimate outsider turned underground royalty. With a completely… >>
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Why do we love Rachel Maddow? Let us count some ways
Rachel Maddow, who makes lesbians across the nation swoon, is coming to Atlanta to promote and read from her book “Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power,” now out in paperback. Praise the goddess of wonky worship. The political pundit who has her own show on MSNBC — the first openly gay person to have a prime-time news program — has reached in and put a string of lights around our hearts. (Good lesbians who have seen “Desert Hearts” should know this reference.) Who else can explain the ins and outs of the sequester in a way… >>
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Best Bets: 03.15.13 – 03.28.13
Friday, March 15 – Sunday, March 24 The Atlanta Film Festival runs for two weeks featuring multiple films, opening tonight with “This is Atlanta” short films, “Mud,” “Breakdown Reward” and “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” The festival includes its annual LGBT-themed “Pink Peach” offerings, featuring local director Cindy Abel’s “Breaking Through” (March 20). Multiple venues; please see story on Pages 20-21. www.atlantafilmfestival.com Friday, March 15 – Sunday, March 17 Atlanta Poly Weekend starts its third annual event with a full slate of activities and guests. Holiday Inn Perimeter, www.atlantapolyweekend.com Friday, March 15 The Decatur Women’s League launches its spring softball season, with… >>
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Food Porn #20: Sex Panic antidote
“No more tits! No more dicks!” Members of the Clean-up Cheshire Bridge Brigade (CCBB) were marching in a circle in front of a strip joint, chanting and waving signs on the road many call Atlanta’s red-light district. Their tiny protest circle was in support of gay City Councilman Alex Wan’s effort to de-eroticize Cheshire Bridge. His proposed ordinances to do so have been delayed introduction until May. >>
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HBO airs documentary on gay former N.J. governor
Jim McGreevey once envisioned a political career even greater than what he had already achieved as the 52nd governor of New Jersey. But that dream came crashing to a halt in August 2004, when he not only announced that he was gay but that he had been having an affair with a man whom he had appointed as the New Jersey homeland security adviser. McGreevey, who was married to a woman at the time, became the nation’s first openly gay governor, but announced his resignation at the same time. He claimed he was being blackmailed by the man, an Israeli citizen… >>
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‘Breaking Through’ chronicles the rise of LGBT politicians
“Breaking Through,” a documentary focused on LGBT politicians, makes its Atlanta debut at the Atlanta Film Festival, screening March 20 at the Plaza Theatre. While the Atlanta Film Festival is not the world premiere of “Breaking Through” — that happens March 16 at the Sun Valley Film Festival in Sun Valley, Idaho — director, writer and producer Cindy Abel hails from Atlanta and will share her completed project with her hometown for the first time. Abel, whose LGBT political activism includes stints as co-chair of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and executive director of Georgia Equality, says she came… >>
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Food Porn #19: Sex and the sublime
Robert and Lee settled into their chairs at Gio’s Chicken Amalfitano, a remarkable new restaurant serving huge bowls of Italian-style roasted chicken. The two men had seen one another just three days earlier at the Food Porn Supper Club. Lee had brought along companions in what he called the House of Gay Human Oddities. “So,” Robert said before the water arrived at the table, “that was quite a talk you gave at the supper club. It keeps going through my mind.” “Any feedback from the other diners?” Lee asked. “Negative? Positive? Confused? Repulsed?” “All of the above… >>
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‘Yossi’ brings gay Israeli love story back to Atlanta screen
“Yossi,” director Eytan Fox’s 2012 sequel to his 2002 film “Yossi & Jagger,” returns to Atlanta Feb. 22 for a one-week run at the Midtown Art Cinema. “Yossi” was among the top 10 films screened at Atlanta’s gay Out on Film festival in last October. It features Ohad Knoller returning as the title character. The first film was a minimalist gay love story set in a camp near the Lebanese border. Young army officers Yossi and Jagger fall in love, but Yossi is unwilling to risk his military career by being out. Then Jagger is killed in a raid. “Yossi” is… >>
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