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SCHEDULE OK EVENTS FOR ANNIVERSARY WEEK OF MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR LESBIAN & GAY RIGHTS September 13, 1988

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The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is releasing this calendar of activities to be held during October 6 11. 1988, the anniversary week of the March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights which was attended on October 11, 1987 by more than 600,000 people.

Thurs. 10/6/88

Fri 10/7/88

sat

NAMES PROJECT PRESS CONFERENCE. 10 AM at the American Textile Museum, 2320 S St. NW. Announcing Names Project events, goals, etc. Sponsor: Names Project, 415/863-6511

NATIONAL LOBBY DAYS FOR GAY/LESBIAN RIGHTS Briefing at 10:00 AM-12:00, Rayburn House Office Building, lobbying to follow. Sponsor: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, contact Peri Jude Radecic, 202/332-6483.

PHOTO EXHIBIT RECEPTION for "Until That

Last Breath: Women With AIDS", photos by Ann Meredith. Exhibit: 10/3-11/88. Reception: 10/6 5-7 PM. Collector Gallery & Restaurant, 1630 U St NW. Sponsor: NGLTF, 202/332-6483.

NATIONAL LOBBY DAYS FOR LESBIAN/GAY RIGHTS Briefing: 10:00-Noon, at Rayburn House Office Building followed by lobbying. Sponsor: Peri Jude Radecic, NGLTF, 202/332-6483.

LESBIAN & GAY COMMUNITY PRESS CONFERENCE focusing on the major events of the upcoming weekend and on the gay/lesbian rights movement 1 PM Main Lounge. National Press Club, 14th & F St. NW. Sponsor: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, contact Urvashi Vaid, 202/332-6483.

NATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN TASK FORCE (NGLTF) OPEN HOUSE. 2 5 PM. 1517 U St. NW, Dupont Circle Metro to Q St., North on New Hampshire Ave. to U St. Info: 202/332-6483.

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FUND (HRCP) OPEN HOUSE 6 pm, 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 607. Refreshments and viewing of "The Face of AIDS" photos by Jim Wigler. Info: 202/628-4160.

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INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL produced by National Gay & Lesbian Task Force and Frameline (SF). Twelve different films will be screened. Opening Reception 5:30 7:00, Biograph Theater, 2819 M St. NW. Festival runs from Friday to Sunday. Schedule and ticket information: NGLTF 202/332-6483.

LESBIAN/GAY COMMUNITY CONCERT TO BENEFIT NAMES PROJECT. 7 & 10 PM. Lisner Auditorium. With Cathy Fink, Patti Larkin, The Flirtations, and others. Tickets: 1-800-448-9009.

Mon 10/10/88

Tues. 10/11/88

"FOR LOVE # FOR LIFE: A MULTI-IMAGE SLIDE PRESENTATION ON MARCH ON WASHINGTON" by leading lesbian photographer JEB (Joan E. Biren). Lisner Auditorium. Info: 202/332-3522

INTERFAITH MEMORIAL SERVICE. National Cathedral. 7:30 PM. Sponsor: Episcopal Caring Response to AIDS, 202/347-7707.

PARENTS RESPOND TO AIDS CONFERENCE

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8:30 AM 4:30 PM. Sheraton National Arlington. Sponsor: National Parents' Council On AIDS. Info: Names Project 415/863-5511.

ACT NOW NON-VIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TRAINING in preparation for FDA Action on 10/11. 9 AM ... 3 PM. All Soul's Church, 16th and Harvard St. NW. Info: 202/234-8801.

NATIONAL CONnference of NAMES PROJECT ORGANIZERS. 1 4 pm. INFO: 415/863-5811

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DEMONSTRATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES to protest AIDS policies. Sponsored by ACT NOW (AIDS Coalition To Network, Organize & Win). 4 6 PM. Info: Sue Hyde, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, 202/332-6483, or Scott Sanders 202/234-8801. PRE-ACTION MEETING TO PLAN FOR FDA ACTION. This meeting will discuss logistics and details for persons participating in the civil disobedience action and demonstration at the 7:30 PM. All Soul's Church. Corner of 16th and Harvard Street, NW. Sponsor: ACT NOW, 202/234-8801.

FDA.

BENEFIT BIRTHDAY PARTY GALA FOR CLEVE JONES, founder of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. 7. 10 PM. The Collector Gallery & Restaurant, 1630 U St. NW. $15.00 to benefit National Gay & Lesbian Task Force & Names Project. Info: 202/332-6483.

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND DEMONSTRATION AT THE FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA). Action begins at 7 AM, FDA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland. Sponsored by ACT NOW. Info: Sue Hyde, NGLTF, 202/332-6483.

NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY A nationwide mobilization to challenge the closet and discrimination, and to raise lesbian/gay visibility. Supported by all national gay/ lesbian organizations. Sponsor: National Gay Rights Advocates (NORA). 213/650-6200.

BASH AT BADLANDS. Come out and celebrate the end of a historic weekend' of activism and $1 pride at Badlands disco, 1415 22nd St NW. donation benefits HRCF and Fairness Fund.

Other Activities Throughout Weekend 9/30

10/9

10/7

10/9

10/8/88

NAMES PROJECT AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT.

7:10 AM: Quilt Unfolded. 7:10 AM-6 PM Reading of Names. The Ellipse (between the White House & the Lincoln Memorial).

10/7 10/9

More Than Names, a new play by David Lemos based on the Names Project. New Playwright's Theater. Tickets: 1-800-448-9009.

World's Largest Mailgram. Sign up for Fairness Fund's special message to US Congress Tables at Quilt display & HRCF Open House.

HRCE VOTING BOOTH. Cast a straw vote for your presidential candidate. Learn about key candidates and races. Info: 202/628-4160.

10/8-9/88

Sun

10/9/88

AIDS ACTIVISM: A NATIONAL TEACH-IN. begins with Teach-In. 10 AM-7:30 PM. Hine Junior High School, 8th St. & Pennsylvania SE. Sponsor: ACT NOW (AIDS Coalition To Network, Organize, and Win). Info: Scott Sanders 202/234-8801.

"TOWN HALL" MEETING on the gay and lesbian political movement. 1:00-3:30 PM. Speakers Gold Room, 2188 Rayburn House Office Building. Independence Avenue. With Cong. Barney Frank, (D-MA), Cong. Bill Green (R-NY), Ann Lewis and others. Sponsor: HRCF, 202/628-4160.

CANDLELIGHT MARCH FROM ELLIPSE TO LINCOLN NEMORIAL. March: 7 PM. Program at Lincoln Memorial: 8 PM. Bring Candles. Sponsor: Hanes Project, 415/863-5511.

INTERNATIONAL GAY/LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL All day & evening, Biograph Theater. Sponsor: NGLTF. 202/332-6483.

NAMES PROJECT AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT

8 AM: Unfolding and display till 5 PM. The Ellipse. Info: 416/863-6511. KENNEDY CENTER GALA BENEFIT POR NAMES PROJECT. Info: 415/863-5511.

RALLY FOR GAY & LESBIAN CIVIL RIGHTS. PM. Dupont Circle. Speakers & Music. Sponsors: members of OUT!, HRCF, NGLTP, Washington-area NOW and others.

Infor 202/524-5269.

BLUE NOTES

1 J. Robinson

Marcel Proust was one of the most scinating literary figures in France ound the turn of the century. His ersonality was multifaceted, posing any problems for biographers in the ears since his death. Proust's literary orks are very autobiographical but at is veiled through his writing style. he author synthesized the qualities of any people he knew in creating haracters for his works. Many of his iends appear in such guises, and kewise, many events in Proust's life ere transmuted in the same manner. lis novels become a sort of intellectual

gestation of the life experiences of the writer.

Proust's most important relationships seem to have been with men, but he also was attracted to certain types of feminine beauty and thus formed several relationships in both directions.

One of the most important male relationships was with Alfred Agostinelli. Proust met Agostinelli in Cabourg, a resort area near the coast of France, when the latter was 18 years old, and subsequently hired him as a driver and mechanic. Agostinelli was very intelligent and Proust appreciated his potential.

Several years later, Agostinelli came

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to Paris looking for work and was hired by Proust as a personal secretary. At the time, Agostinelli had a mistress who stayed in the Proust household. Such an arrangement must have caused some tense moments because Anna, the mistress, was very jealous of her beau.

The relationship between Proust and Agostinelli lasted for seven years. Proust admitted this was the person he had loved most of his life. Agostinelli later decided to take flying lessons in order to make his fortune (planes were still a novelty at the time) but, unfortunately, he crashed into the ocean after several weeks of training. He was only a few hundred yards from the shore but never had learned to swim. Agostinelli was to play a very influential role in the development of Proust's masterpiece "A la Recherche du Temp Perdu." He was transformed into the character of Albertine, a love interest of the narrator. The novel thus

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immortalizes the character of Proust's lover.

"A la Recherche du Temp Perdu" is an exquisite study in the varied forms of human love and sexuality. The novel reflects Proust's extensive observation of human psychology, his knowledge of the arts and many other aspects of his intellect.

Proust's creative style forms a tapestry of interwoven relationships that explore the emotions through the narrator's experiences and thoughts. One can find undercurrents of many of the intellectual movements of Proust's time in the novel, including concepts of perception and memory much like those being developed by the Gestalt school of thought and later transformed and expanded by Sartre and others.

Proust was a master craftsman and a great intellect,, and his work reflected the intensity of his life. ▼

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