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
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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. ▼