Shake It Up!

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APRIL - 1998

1 - Wednesday - 5 pm
MAGIC / GALVANize monthly meeting @ Fyfe's Corner Bistro on East Washington Ave.
 
1 - Wednesday - 9 pm to 11 pm
NOTHING TO HIDE (Public Access Cable 4, WYOU, TV) presents local political races: Midge Miller interviews Terry Donovan & Ech Vedder for County Board, and Barbara Lawton for Lt. Governor, etc.
 
3 - Friday - 3:30 pm
High Tea & Talk with SAGE - Dane's Grumpy Old Gay Geezers @ Full Monty's Blue Plate Diner on Atwood Ave. across from the Barrymore Theatre. We're thinking about the possibility of putting this thing on wheels occasionally by driving with goodies to some folks who are shut-ins.
 
4 - Saturday - 5 pm
"Happy Together" - in Chinese with English subtitles, directed by Wong Kar-Wai (Chungking Express) was named Best Director at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival for this movie made by two men, the second is Christopher Doyle: use of experimental techniques. Film is at UW-Milwaukee @ 7 pm, Student Union, 2 nd floor on Kenwood Blvd @ Maryland Ave.; park in basement. Although it is not being advertised as such, it IS a gay movie, & my Chinese connections say it is wonderful. $ 4.50 general admission, $ 3.50 seniors & students. Let's do dinner in Beerberg after the flick; decide en route. Leave 4701 Judy Lane @ 5 pm
 
5 - Sunday - 7 pm to 9 pm
Perfect Harmony Chorus -- Rehearsal: meet and sing, Grace Episcopal Church on Capital Square, (608) 232-0528.
 
7 - Tuesday - ELECTION DAY
PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES NEED YOUR SUPPORT
 
SCHOOL BOARD:.......ENDORSED BY PROGRESSIVE DANE JOANN ELDER (Seat # 3) & KALEEM CAIRE ( Seat # 5) AN INDEPENDENT WHO NEEDS OUR SUPPORT: ..........RUTH ROBARTS (Seat # ? )
 
COUNTY BOARD:......ENDORSED BY PROGRESSIVE DANE......JUDY PEDERSON (Dist. # 1), TOM POWELL (Dist. # 5), JOHN HENDRICK (Dist, # 6), ECHNATON VEDDER (Dist. # 8), REGINA RHYNE (Dist. # 13), TOM STOEBIG (Dist. # 15), TERRY DONOVAN (Dist. # 18) & BRETT HULSEY (Dist. # 19)
RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT IN MONONA:.MARK MILLER
STATE ASSEMBLY SEAT... MARK POCAN
Congress..Tammy Baldwin
 
8 - Wednesday 10 Am
SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment) -- Women's Chat, A Room of One's Own Coffee Shop, 307 W. Johnson St., 10 am, (608) 835-8971. Meets the 2 nd & 4 th Wednesday of the month.
 
8 - Wednesday - 9 pm to 11 pm
NOTHING TO HIDE (Public Access Cable 4, WYOU, TV) presents the rejoinder to Clinton's State of the Union Address by the Progressive Congressional Caucus, plus "Nowhere To Hide": Ramsey Clark in Iraq (28 min.)
 
11 - Saturday - 5:30 pm
The Mode Theatre in Waterloo (if something is going on): $ 15 with great refreshments at half-time. Let's do dinner first @ the dyke bar, San Antonio's, in Waterloo located in the first block north (left) of the center of town, which is something like Main & Monroe, for great hamburgers. Although the performance is @ 8 pm, car pool from 4701 Judy Lane in Madison @ 5:30 pm; FMI 241-2500.
 
23 - Thursday & 25 - Saturday
 
UW Choral Union will be performing Schubert's Mass in A-flat major on Thursday, April 23 (7:30pm) and Saturday, April 25 (8:00 pm). Tickets are $10 ($5 for seniors), available at the UW Vilas Hall box office (but not yet). Of course, we all know there are no gays in a choir. Ditto for organists.
 
Recall that April is the time when the UW GLBTQ community does their spring Gay Pride "Out & About" series of events. Be on the look-out for these happenings.
 
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