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Alice Walker, Terrence McNally, Marga Gomez Headline
National Queer Arts Festival 2001
1 June – 4 July in San Francisco
(SAN FRANCISCO)—The fourth annual National Queer Arts Festival, a series of cultural programs, exhibitions, and performances organized by The Queer Cultural Center and Harvey Milk Institute, features over 40 events at various venues in San Francisco from June 1 to July 4. This year boasts a diverse program of opera, theater, dance, film, painting, photography, spoken word, and new media from established and emerging queer artists from around the world.
This yearıs Festival kicks off on June 1 with our Opening Night Gala, a stellar evening of wine, reading, and discussion with celebrated authors Alice Walker, Dorothy Allison, and Jewelle Gomez at the newly renovated Womenıs Building.
Highlights this year include the world premiere of the provocative opera, Wuornos, by wunderkind composer Carla Lucero; the hilarious new show Higher Highs, Lower Lows from comedian Marga Gomez; and the luscious Annie Sprinkle relating Herstory of Porn. Local spoken word heroes Sister Spit present the release of their new CD, Greatest Spits. And donıt miss playwright Terrence McNally, on Wednesday, June 13 at the New Conservatory Theatre, in an intimate lecture and discussion about his gay life in the theater.
Exciting imports: East meets West with the photographs of Lesbian ConneXion/s, images of and by European lesbians; and British puppeteer and filmmaker Barry Purves will screen five of his short and sexy animated films including his most recent, Achilles.
More to look out for: esteemed authors Randall Kenan and Forrest Hamer stir the literary mix. Community unity is the star of Intercourse, revolutionary readings with transgender and intersex writers. Bay Area artist Lenore Chinn unveils an exhibition of new paintings featuring the celebrated Portrait of Bernice Bing.
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Erotic energy surges through Liquid Fire 2001: Nasty, Veronica C. Combsı popular annual ensemble performance celebrating the sexual power of women of color with dance, spoken word, and live music. The estrogen pumps through the musical play Studly, by Lisi DeHaas. And SoHo meets SoMa when performance power couple Stanya Kahn and Harriet Dodge present new work at SomArts, and Sini Anderson presents multimedia spoken word at the Womenıs Building in a show that features legendary East Village poet Eileen Myles.
The National Queer Arts Festival is a series of cultural events, exhibitions, performances, and interpretive programs organized by The Queer Cultural Center and Harvey Milk Institute. For further information on any Festival event, please contact the National Queer Arts Festival at 415.552.7709 or visit the Web site at www.queerculturalcenter.org.
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Venue List: all events take place in San Francisco
Brava, 2789 24th Street
Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street
Galeria de la Raza, 2857 24th Street
Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, 4235 19th Street
Jon Sims Center for the Arts, 1519 Mission Street
Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission Street
San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street @ Grove
SomArts, 934 Brannan Street
Space 743, 743 Harrison Street
Theatre Rhinoceros, 2940 16th Street
Venue 9, 252 9th Street
Womenıs Building, 3543 18th Street
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street
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