As of this issue. Lambda is very near the red ink*
During student government budget hearings last spring, the budget fdr Lambda
was set to cover one 2~sheet issue and one 1-sheet issue per semester for the
1982-83 school year. Part of the budgeted funds come from student activities
fees, the remainder must be raised from Lambda subscriptions and other fundraising.
Consequently this .year we have reduced the number of pages per issue and our
coverage of national and international news from previous years. Even so, volun
teers have contributed far more copy than will fit on a 2-sheet issue. We could
reduce our type size and supply you a magnifying glass, but we decided to try a
longer format and to appeal to you, our readers, for funds.
We need youjr financial support. Whether you get your Lambda in the mail or
pick it up on campus, please consider sending us a check. The subscription rate is
52 per year, but an additional amount will be welcomed.
With your support, we’ll reappear near the beginning of spring semester.
(Checks can be drawn to Lambda or CGA.)
New Bar in Town
Chapel Hill’s gay community can re
joice once again. After an absence of
more than three years, a bar serving
gay people exclusively has opened in
Chapel Hill. The bar, named "After
Dark," is located on the Durham-Chapel
Hill Boulevard (Highway 15-501) near
Brendles, in the building which former
ly housed Christopher's. It opens at
9 p.m. seven days a week.
After Dark is a private membership
club for gay men and women. A year’s
membership, which allows the member to
get in free on most nights, costs $10.
Membership is restricted to gay women
and men; non-gays may be admitted as
guests of members.
Presently, the club serves only
beer, but club owners expect to have
mixed drinks sometime in December once
all the ABC permits are approved. A
different bar special is currently being
featured nightly. For example, Mondays
are free draft night, Tuesday are 2 for
1 Bud Light night, Thursdays are 2 for
1 night on all beverages from 9PM to
11PM, and Saturdays, all beverages are
free after paying the cover charge
($5.00 for members, $7.00 for guests).
Club owners welcome suggestions from
patrons. They are in business to enter
tain the gay people of the area and want
to provide whatever the people want.
Various entertainers and theme nights
have been planned. In addition to the
Friday night shows, which will be start
ing soon. New Wave nights, amateur nights,
and a Miss Chapel Hill Pageant are in the
works. Nationally-known artists are
also scheduled to make regular appear
ances .
Although it has been open only about
a month. After Dark is slowly, but
surely proving to be an "in" spot for
the area. After Dark’s owners are en
thusiastic about the response they have
received so far and have high hopes for
the future. The owners have arranged
to have extra parking available in the
Brendles lot when their own parking area
is full.
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Before Stonewall’’
"BEFORE STONEWALL", the documentary
film on the history of the American
lesbian and gay movement and subculture,
has just be awarded a grant from the New
York Council for the Humanities. This
grant of $40,000 follows closely on the
heels of a $130,000 grant from the Cor
poration for Public Broadcasting, an
award which marks the first major public
TV funding for a film concerning lesbian
and gay issues.
BEFORE STONEWALL" will uncover the
stories of men and women who lived
double lives" during a time when homo
sexuality was rarely discussed, and then
only in terms of medical pathology and
criminal offense. The film will address
such aspects of gay history as the sud
den growth of the urban gay community
during World War II, the scapegoating
of homosexuals during the McCarthy era,
losbian butch/femme subculture of
the 1950s and 60s, the development of
early homosexual rights organizations,
and the changing attitudes toward and
portrayal of, homosexuality by the
dominant culture.
A number of historians and writers
are serving as consultants to the film,
including Michelle Cliff, Blanche W,
Cook, John D'Emilio, Jonathan Katz, Joan
Nestle, Julia Penelope, Mirtha Quinta-
nales, Ann Allen Shockley and others
"BEFORE STONEWALL" still needs to* ‘
matching funds of $60,000 in con
tributions and grants for its production
budget. This money is being sought
from public agencies, private founda
tions and individual donors. Those
individuals and organizations that wish
to make a tax-deductible donation, hold
or attend a fundraising event in their
community, or would like more informa
tion, please contact:
BEFORE STONEWALL", 630 Ninth Avenue,
Suite 908
New York 10036
110 First Street
San Francisco 94105
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