Page 12 Community Connections, September, 1991 What's Happening? SALGA To Present Video Festival Washington Sisters Return to Asheville SALGA is pleased to be presenting the First Annual Gay and Lesbian Video Festival at the Green Door Gallery on Carolina Lane (behind Gatsby’s) on Saturday, September 14. Show times are 1-5 PM and 7-11 PM. A donation of $5 is requested for each session, or an $8 donation for both. This will be an exciting opportunity to experience a variety of gay and lesbian entertainment, including politics, drama, comedy, and just plain art. We will offer views of a lesbian soap opera; the his-(& her-)storic 1987 March on Washington; Tongues Untied, a poetic and controversial video about African-American gay men; the courageous fight of Karen Thompson to be by her lover’s side after a devastating accident; the story of Joe Orton, a gay playwright; and the sensual relationship of Susan Sarandon and Katherine Deneuve (really!) in The Hunger. SALGA’s Cultural Event Committee hopes to make this an annual event. Please feel free to make suggestions and volunteer to work with us. For further information, call 254-6625. ▼ The Washington Sisters with Melanie Monsur are returning to Asheville to generate another energizing evening of music. The group is touring the southeast promoting their new album Take Two. They will be performing at Lipinsky Auditorium at 8 PM on Friday, September 27, and are sponsored by the Cultural Events Committee of SALGA. Take Two is the Washington Sisters’ second album, following their widely acclaimed release Understated. The power of the voices of these two sisters remains the mainstay of Take Two. The compositions on the album vary from Charlie Murphy To Perform at McDibbs MILLER LITE. ITS El AND THAT’S THAI bluesy ballads to swinging upbeat songs with a Brazilian flavor. On their first visit to Asheville, the Washington Sisters dazzled the audience with their songs and on-stage humor. As they return to Asheville with fresh new songs in their repertoire, the Washington Sisters, along with their accompanist Melanie Monsur, will create an evening of music not to be missed. Tickets are $10-15, sliding scale, and can be purchased at Malaprop’s Bookstore and the French Broad Food Co-op in Asheville, and Crystal Visions in Naples. ▼ Charlie Murphy, a Seattle-based singer/songwriter, will perform at McDibbs in Black Mountain on September 19. Murphy’s rock/urban folk music addresses personal and social issues. Murphy was awarded "Best Songwriter of the Year" by the Northwest Area Music Association in 1990. His AIDS anthem, "I Choose Life," has been adopted by Northwest television stations for an AIDS awareness campaign. Murphy’s concerts deal v/ith a whole variety of issues, including gay and environmental issues. Murphy has completed his sixth recording, which will be released this fall. ▼ National Men's Conference to Be Held Here The second annual Celebrating Gay Spirit Visions Conference will be held in Highlands, NC, September 20-22. This year’s theme is entitled "Invoking the Muses." Speakers and workshop presenters will include well-known poet and seer James Broughton and author and healer Andrew Ramer. Additional workshops include: Chakra Balancing, Life Mask Making, The Gay Artist, The Warrior Archetype in Gay Spirit Consciousness, Exploring Erotic Brotherhood, The Medicine Wheel and The Ways of Seeing, Self-healing and Stress Management, and Christy . Kinney’s "Appalachia Eyes," is a black-and-white photograph of the artist’s little brother and sister in an old abandoned house in Mars Hill. Both McKinney’s photographs and Angie Sheets’ "Space Monkey Art" sculptures will be on exhibit at the Charlotte Street Cafe, 132 Charlotte Street, during September. ▼ others. The musical duo Lunacy will perform and there will be an artists’ and muse market. Cost for the conference is $169, including food (with vegetarian options) and lodging. For a brochure, write: Conference, 104 Trotter Place, Asheville, NC 28806; or call (704)252-0643. ▼

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