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Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #44

“Skylark” – Sandra Kaye “Miled Ahead” – Miles Daves & Gil Evans “Truth And Beauty” – Sam Yahel Trio “Watch What Happens” – Lena Horne & Gabor Szazo “Constelacuo” – Guida De Palma “Boxer Rebellion” – Joe LaBarbara Quintet “Dawn” – Patrick Zimmerli and Octurn “Lazy Afternoon” – Paul Meyers Quartet w/ Andy Bey “You [...]

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Artists and LGBT advocates converge in Southern Dallas in March 2010

Artists and LGBT community organizations converge to increase awareness and celebrate their work near Fair Park in Southern Dallas. The two-day event is entitled, “We The People: A Celebration of Queer Arts & Culture”, and will take place Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7, at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh, in [...]

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UK theater company, The Red Room, presents GAY AFRICA

Just received a note from Topher Campbell, the Artistic Director of London-based theater company, The Red Room, about a exciting and daring event happening February 28 called GAY AFRICA. In partnership with fellow London-based free speech and human rights organization, English PEN, GAY AFRICA is a free event that will bring together a mix of [...]

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Texas gay filmmaker, Marlon Riggs, celebrated this weeked at South Dallas Cultural Center

This weekend in Dallas, February 19 -21, Black Cinematheque Dallas, along with Fahari Arts Institute, DFW Senators, and Mandrake Arts & Media will be hosting a Marlon Riggs Film Festival. The films and shorts begin at 7pm each night at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh in Dallas and nightly entry fee is [...]

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The politics of a gay musician pt. 3: About TON3X

Anthony Charles Williams II is a vocal powerhouse, period. Whether R&B, hip-hop, or the gospel styling that made him as Tonex (now, TON3X) loved and respected worldwide, the man cannot be stopped. However, since his clearest address of his long-rumored sexuality (he’s addressed it long before the famed Lexi interview in 2009) has been made, [...]

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Black Gay Comics: Celebrating the work of Belasco

Thick and muscled. Black and Brown. Erotic and fetishistic. Always well-equipped to handle any situation. These are the characters of from the pen and mind of Black gay artist, Belasco. Some background on Belasco, the artist, from GBMNews: Belasco began creating homoerotic imagery in 1991 for small press magazines such as Thing, Kick and JFY [...]

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Freedom Train Productions’ video on their process of new play creation

As you had a chance to hear the panel discussion of New York-based Freedom Train Productions during the series of Fire & Ink III: The Cotillion podcasts I presented here, now you can watch more of the organization’s unique approach to play development. The Story of Freedom Train Productions from Freedom Train Productions on Vimeo. [...]

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A special New Year’s Message from Jomama Jones

Just had to share a wonderful New Year’s message from the ever elegant, Jomama Jones. I had the wonderful opportunity to see her perform during the Fire & Ink III: The Cotillion in Austin, TX in October 2009, and her CD, Lone Star, will be released February 9, 2010. Jomama Jones is a character of [...]

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