First, watch this trailer:
Then, watch this:
Now, visit http://www.dontgotheseries.com, get your fill of eye candy, and–if you can help–let them know. If you can’t, spread the word.
Extra Bonus – Surf on over to Myne Myc to hear an interview with Amber Sharp (series creator) and members of the cast.
From January 9 – 13, 2008
the Lark will present a BareBones® production of…
she like girls
by Chisa Hutchinson
Triggered by the 2003 murder of a Newark, NJ teenager, Chisa Hutchinson’s She Like Girls is the story of two inner-city high school girls who fall in love in a dangerously homophobic climate.
MORE ABOUT THE PLAY, FROM CHISA…
“The play isn’t about murder…it’s more about the urban community, the urban family, and how they respond to homosexuality.”
“If I sit through two hours of a middle-aged white guy having an existential crisis or and well-off white chicks debating the merits of marriage, then why not expose the white folks to the plight of poor Kia Clark, lesbian teenager fighting against the doubly oppressive forces of the inner-city? Everyone deserves validation. ”
WHAT DO YOU HOPE AUDIENCES WALK AWAY WITH?
“Two things: a sense of parallels and a heightened awareness. “The idea of them marrying is ridiculous.” “Their souls are damned, if they have souls at all.” Gee, that sounds familiar. If people didn’t question the validity of those types of assertions, then folks like me might still have to jump brooms and ride them all the way to hell or limbo or wherever it is that white people thought the pseudo-souls of black people ended up back then. And the fact that gays are being excluded, harassed, and murdered by a group of people still reeling from the effects of having others do those very things to them? The irony is just too much. My theory is that there are only a handful of really toxic, really vocal haters, and pretty much everybody else is neutral…and [they] need to hear a voice of love and acceptance every now and then or else they’ll just habituate the hate. Or worse. They succumb to the toxicity and join in. And wouldn’t that be a waste? ”
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Tickets: $15 ($10 student)
www.larktheatre.org
or call 212-352-3101
group discounts available by calling 212-246-2676 x24
January 9 – 12 (8pm)
January 12 – 13 (2pm)
@ Lark Studio
939 Eighth Avenue , 2nd Floor (bet 55th – 56th Streets)
A,B,C,D,1 to Columbus Circle
N,Q, R, W to 57th Street
www.larktheatre.org
Whether you write poems, stories, essays, fiction, nonfiction or whatever tickles your fancy, make 2008 the year you submit.
Need help with that story? Check out our Writer’s Resources.
| Call For Submissions | Deadline |
| Kuma Guidelines | None |
| Crooked Letter I | Feb 15, 2008 |
| Kicked Out | March 1, 2008 |
| None on Record: Stories of Queer Africa | March 31, 2008 |
| Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows Of The Closet | May 15, 2008 (for queries) |
| I Love You To Death: Black Lesbian Diaries | Oct. 31, 2008 |
This show aired on the radio on 12/13, but the podcast is available from the website:
http://wbgo-web.streamguys.net/audio/onDemand.php?podcastID=219
NEWARK TODAY: Newark’s Gay Community
WBGO 88.3FM Newark, NJ
Newark’s gay population has had to struggle to overcome a lack of resources and an often hostile community at large. We will discuss what, if anything has changed since the 2004 murder of teenager Sakia Gunn, a 15-year-old who was stabbed to death by an assailant whose advances had been rebuffed.
2008 LGBT POC Health Summit
Unity through Diversity: Shifting Our Focus
In Our Own Voices, Inc and The New York State Black Gay Network, Inc will be hosting the first statewide LGBT People of Color Health Summit on February 21-24, 2008. The Health Summit’s theme is: Unity through Diversity: Shifting Our Focus This inaugural event is designed to provide a forum for the articulation of issues and recommendations related to health and human service interventions for LGBT people of color. Scholars, administrators, activists and students are invited to share their knowledge and skills with the hope that this interchange will result in a compendium of future strategies designed to address the needs of LGBT people of color. A distinguishing feature of the health summit is the inclusion of planning strategy workshops to enable presenters and participants to frame the presentations and conversations into a health and human service strategy for subsequent policy and programmatic undertakings.
The summit will focus on five major conceptual tracks:
• Health and Wellness
• Substance Abuse
• Spirituality
• Political Advocacy
• A day long institute on Transgender issues
One major outcome of this undertaking will be the publication of a summit report highlighting the major observations and current strategies related to the above topics with attached recommendations for future research, political advocacy, and community based interventions.
For more info, click the image:
We’re a little late announcing it, but Kuma has been updated for December 2007.
There are 6 new poems in the literature section.
Remember 2 important changes happen on January 15th:
*stories return to the literature section
*Kuma literature section goes quarterly
(new updates Jan, April, July, and October)
Also, we’ll be announcing another Kuma Project.
If you haven’t done it yet, please do take Kuma Poll #9. If you have, send your friends or other Kuma readers this way.
Last but not least, no matter what you celebrate during this holiday season, we hope you are spending time with people you love . . . . or at least like.
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New York Theater: Clearview Chelsea West Theater
333 West 23rd Street (b/t 8th & 9th)
New York, NY 10011
Los Angeles: Mann Beverly Center Cinemas (Inside Beverly Center)
8522 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90038
In select cities nationwide on December 28th
www.dirtylaundrythemovie.com
www.myspace.com/dirtylaundrymovie
ABOUT DIRTY LAUNDRY
DIRTY LAUNDRY is a modern-day prodigal son story with a twist. It follows magazine writer Patrick, skillfully played by Rockmond Dunbar (Prison Break, Soul Food), who seems to have the “perfect life,” until one day there is a knock at the door. On the other side stands a secret that brings him face to face with the traditional southern family he hasn’t seen in over 10 years.
DIRTY LAUNDRY’s cast includes a colorful array of character and comedic actors including Loretta Devine (Waiting to Exhale, I Am Sam, Dreamgirls) as “Evelyn”, Jenifer Lewis (Antwone Fisher Story, Castaway) as “Aunt Lettuce”, Terri J. Vaughn (Daddy’s Little Girls, Steve Harvey Show) as “Jackie”, Sommore (Queens of Comedy, The Parkers) as “Abby”, Alec Mapa (Ugly Betty) as “Daniel” and Director Maurice Jamal as “Eugene”. Supermodel Veronica Webb also appears in a fun cameo.
DIRTY LAUNDRY is the winner of the 2006 American Black Film Festival Audience Award for “Best Film” and “Best Actor – Loretta Devine.”
GENRE: Comedy
RATING: PG-13
RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes