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Best Best: 04.12.13 – 04.26.13
Friday, April 12 – Saturday, April 14 Mixfest, billed as the first international LGBT film and arts festival for people of color, begins Friday with the world premiere of “The DL Chronicles … Returns” and continues through Sunday with a full schedule of screenings and special events. Multiple venues. www.mixfestatl.com Friday, April 12 – Sunday, April 14 Atlanta Leather Pride brings demos, a brunch, the Mr. and Ms. Atlanta Eagle pageants and more to the Atlanta Eagle, which celebrates its 26th anniversary. www.atlantaleatherpride.com, www.atlantaeagle.com Friday, April 12 The Decatur Women’s League continues its spring softball season, with games at various times… >>
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Now and forever: GA Voice wedding issue
Anneliese & Lauren: ‘A personally sacred experience’ December 11, 2010, was the first day of forever for Anneliese Singh and Lauren Lukkarila. They met for the first time at a restaurant in Atlanta. As they sat down together, Lukkarila began by saying, “I’m looking for someone who is a feminist out-of-the-box.” Singh high-fived her and exclaimed, “I’m your woman.” “This was the first of many dinners so long we shut restaurants down, laughed ‘til our bellies hurt, cried sharing our most tender spaces, and kept falling deeper and deeper in love,” they shared on their… >>
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Food Porn #21: Greatest show on earth
Janet and Robert settled into their folding chairs under the tent of the House of Gay Human Oddities on Cheshire Bridge Road. It was late Saturday night, after midnight, and many gay men and a few women stopped to check it out on their way home from the clubs. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence collected the $5 entry fee. A couple of carnival-style food stands were in front of the yellow tent, which glowed like a full moon on a foggy night. These weren’t the usual food trucks. Instead they sold take-out food from Robert’s favorite cheapies, like Arepa… >>
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‘Zorro,’ ‘Mary Poppins’ bring beloved tales to local stages
Christopher Renshaw first got involved in the development of the stage musical “Zorro” back in 2001. Next week, he finally gets a chance to bring it to the United States when it premieres at the Alliance Theatre. Renshaw, who is gay, is directing a new version of the production, which he originally envisioned as being the first flamenco musical. He and author Stephen Clark approached the Gipsy Kings, known for their flamenco-rumba music, to get the first staging up and going. That was back in 2008, when “Zorro” opened in London and played a year. Since then, it’s toured around the… >>
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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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Starting from ‘outside,’ Michael Morgan thrives in symphony
Michael Morgan does little to settle the eternal debate of whether prodigies are made or born. He largely attributes his success as an orchestra conductor to the nurturing he got from public school teachers, his parents and iconic conductor Leonard Bernstein. Yet, from his earliest years, there were parts of Morgan’s nature that make it seem as if he were innately suited to be a maestro. “[Conducting] is a part of the personality of whomever is doing it,” says Morgan, who is guest conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s “Russian Stalwarts” concert March 28-30. >>
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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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Your LGBT guide to the Academy Awards
“Did you watch the Super Bowl?” a friend asked. “It’s not ‘til the 24th,” I replied. Oh, I knew what he meant, and I watched Beyoncé’s halftime show, but he has his Super Bowl and I have mine. Mine is the Academy Awards, the 85th edition of which takes precedence over any world events on Feb. 24. >>
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World premiere ‘Angry Fags’ asks: Is anyone really afraid of gay guys?
Topher Payne doesn’t seem like an angry fag. But then, at first glance, neither do Bennett Riggs and Cooper Harlow, the main characters of Payne’s new play, “Angry Fags,” opening Feb. 21 at 7 Stages Theatre. They picnic in the park. They banter about cheese and wine. They tease each other about everything from letter writing to dating with the loving sarcasm gay men seem to have perfected. Then they set off a bomb. >>
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