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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE
January 22, 1993
Dobama Theatre Presents
Direct from an extended Off-Broadway run! JANUARY 15-FEBRUARY 7
MARVIN'S ROOM
by Scott McPherson
This outstanding new play, termed a "black comedy with a big heart" by David Richards of the New York Times, chronicles an off-beat family learning to love and support each other through hard times. Scott McPherson has created a play that is as hysterically funny as it is savagely human.
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Winner of the 1991-92 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play-
Winner of 1991-92 Drama Desk Award for Best Play! Winner of the Dramatist Guild Hull Warriner Award!
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Winner of the John Gassner Award!
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1992 BY ALISON BECHDEL
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AFTER THEIR FAILED COUP IN THE STORY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF THIS COMIC STRIP,
OUR CHARACTERS DUTIFULLY RESUME
THEIR TALE.
ONE DAY DENTAL DAMS ARE DE RIGEUR, THE NEXT I FIND OUT THEY'RE SEX NEGATIVE. WHILE I'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER TO GET MY NOSE PIERCED, PUTTING RINGS THROUGH YOUR LABIA BECOMES THE THING TO DO. I TELL YA, I CAN'T KEEP UP
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NE MORNING BEFORE MADWIMMIN BOOKS OPENS ITS DOORS...
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THERE'S NO MORE DENYING IT, LOIS. I HAD GINGER CHECK YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
I KNOW THAT FEELING. WHEN I OPENED THIS STORE 15 YEARS AGO, I CARRIED THREE DOZEN LESBIAN TITLES. NOW WE HAVE NEARLY A THOUSAND. THERE'S BARELY TIME TO ORDER 'EM, LET ALONE READ ANYTHING. YEAH... I USED TO FEEL LIKE I WAS RIDING THE WAVE... BUT NOW I'M JUST FLOUNDERING IN THE SURF.
NCUTEN'S BAGELS
Revelers usher in the New Year at Spaces.
Sistahparty and the Women's Building Project ring in 1993
by S.K. Bair
Amidst the eclectic works being shown at Spaces art gallery, the Women's Building Project-Sistahparty Black and White New Year's Eve Ball rang in 1993 with style. Tuxedos, sequined party dresses, and formal gowns were standard garb for the night, with many other variations on the black and white, upscale theme being worn by the mixed group of women attending.
The round table setup to accommodate 250 people provided special reserved seating for sober and single attendees with the bars, dance floor, and food line outlining the party's perimeter. A broad mix of music was played by DJ's Sue Bennett and Sumica Williams with complimentary hors d'oeuvres and a breakfast buffet being provided by Denise Jackson's catering service, Denise's Kitchen.
Decorations for the most part were provided by the current sculptures and works of art on display at Spaces. Thomas Reardon's floor sculpture, "Continence/
Continents" attracted partygoers' attention at the entrance of the studio with its human forms connected by their two tongues. Miranda Maher's "Portraiture Project" highlighted the art of personal signature in the Ball's coat room while Noel O'Malley's pastel-colored, wax-covered dumb bells and Peter Boynton's vinylcovered pillow mountains graced the walls and floors of the studio's rear exhibit area, respectively.
This second WBP-Sistahparty effort to bring a broader group of women to social events was a success as a solid blend of younger, older and racially diversified lesbians ushered in the New Year under the same alternative roof.
While both the groups' Halloween and New Year's Eve functions have been wellsupported by the lesbian community, Sistahparty's Mistinguette Smith-Malone said that the WBP has not responded to repeated attempts to secure attendance and income figures for Chronicle publication.▼
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OH, VERY CLEVER, J. EDGAR.
CHEER UP, LOIS. YOU HAVEN'T EVEN HIT YOUR SEXUAL PEAK YET.
THERE'S THAT.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT'S UNDER NEATH THIS DREAD OF AGING, LOIS?
SOME DAYS I GET SO FRIED FROM TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE NEW MAGAZINES AND MUSIC AND VIDEOS AND CATALOGS WE GET HERE, I JUST WANNA GO HOME AND WATCH STRAIGHT PEOPLE ON TV. BUT Nooo! THERE'S FAGS & DYKES ON ALL THE TALKSHOWS AND HALF THE SIT-COMS!
CBS INTERVIEWING QUEER COPS, ABC INVESTIGATING LESBIAN VISIBILITY...
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WELL, THAT IS WHAT WE'VE JEEZ, BEEN FIGHTING FOR. BUT, I WE'RE KIND OF MISS THE DAYS WHEN VISIBLE OUR CULTURE WAS SMALL AND NOW? MANAGEABLE AND WE HAD IT ALL TO OURSELVES.
YEAH... IT COULD JUST BE PANIC THAT YOUR LIFE IS ALMOST HALF OVER AND YOU HAVENT ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING YET! OR PERHAPS IT'S SIMPLY GARDEN VARIETY TERROR AT YOUR OWN ENCROACHING DEMISE!
NAH, NONE OF THAT. IT'S... IT'S JUST THAT THINGS ARE CHANGING SO FAST!
YEAH. NOW IT'S LIKE A BIG. OBSTREPEROUS TEENAGER
MAKING A NUISANCE
DOWN AT THE MALL.
MAYBE
I'LL GET MY HAVEL PIERCED