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Ptown’s WASHASHORE FESTIVAL : 3 day genre-bending, town-wide, multi-venue queer music Fest

  Even though I have summered in PTown Massachusetts for the past 24 years the locals will always consider me a washashore.  It’s a real word by the way: Meriam Webster defines it to bring (something) onto the shore by waves, then quickly adds like ‘debris!’ Provincetown was settled by the Brits back in the 17th … Continue reading

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Martin Scorcese’s profile on Fran Lebowitz is no ordinary documentary. After 90 minutes of essentially listening to this quick-witted brilliant observationist with her razor sharp tongue spend forth on some of her favorite bugbears, we actually learn very little about the woman behind all these rapidly fired opinions.  By filming her in conversation in her … Continue reading

Public Speaking : a profile of Fran Liebowitz

  Martin Scorcese’s profile on Fran Lebowitz is no ordinary documentary. After 90 minutes of essentially listening to this quick-witted brilliant observationist with her razor sharp tongue spend forth on some of her favorite bugbears, we actually learn very little about the woman behind all these rapidly fired opinions. By filming her in conversation in … Continue reading

Public Toilets, Private Affairs : an exhibit about cottaging

Even though gay men euphorically referred to public lavatories that they frequented for clandestine sex as ‘tearooms’ the practice of ‘cottaging’ was,  and still is, considered a shameful act by most gay men.   It was often a last resort for men who could not  express their sexuality …..think George Michael caught in a Police sting … Continue reading

Puerto Ricans With HIV/AIDS Are Suffering After Maria

Puerto Ricans With HIV/AIDS Are Suffering After Maria Carmen Cruz, the mayor of the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan, said the government is doing everything it can to get medical help to people with HIV/AIDS. She said they “stocked up” medications and other supplies before Hurricane Maria hit, but quickly ran through most of … Continue reading

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