Shake It Up! in February 1998

Activities

1 - Sunday - 7 pm to 9 pm

Perfect Harmony Chorus -- Rehearsal: meet and sing, Grace Episcopal Church on Capital Square, (608) 232-0528.

 

2 - Monday - 10:30 pm

Dyke TV: WYOU, Cable 4. A 30 minute show produced in NYC.

 

3 - Tuesday - 7:30 pm

FRONTIERS movie/video night: Love ! Valor ! Compassion ! @ Colin Robertson's, 921 Lake Court, 257-2338 FMI

 

4 - Wednesday - 5 pm

MAGIC / GALVANize monthly meeting @ Fyfe's Corner Bistro on East Washington Ave.

 

4 - Wednesday - 9 pm to 11 pm

NOTHING TO HIDE (Public Access Cable 4, WYOU, TV) presents the 1996 UW-Madison GLBT Alumni Awards (1 hour, 29 minutes); Gay Lives & Culture Wars,( 27 minutes)

 

6 - Friday - 3:30 pm

High Tea & Talk with SAGE @ Monty's Blue Plate Diner on Atwood Ave. across from the Barrymore Theatre.

 

6 - Friday - 7 pm & 9 pm

Free movie of quality: Taiwan's Ed Yang has his 1986 "The Terrorizers" @ Vilas Hall, 4070 Parliamentary Room.

 

7 - Saturday - 5 pm

Milwaukee performance of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance by the The BoulevardEnsemble, 2252 South Kinnickinnic Ave. @ 8 pm . Get your tickets ASAP (414) 672-6019. Let'sdo dinner in Beertown; leave from 4701 Judy Lane @ 5 pm; FMI 241-2500

 

8 - Sunday - 4 pm

INTERWEAVE is the Unitarian/Universalist GLBTQ agency who puts on a conference in Madison this time each year. It's always a treat; located @ the FLWright Church off University Bay Drive west of the Emergency Room of University Hospitals. FMI Mr. & Mrs. Steve Holtzman

 

9 - Monday - 10:30 pm

Dyke TV: WYOU, Cable 4. A 30 minute show produced in NYC.

 

11 - Wednesday

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 2 nd & 4 th Wednesday.

 

11- Wednesday - 9 pm to 11 pm

NOTHING TO HIDE (Public Access Cable 4, WYOU, TV) presents Jim C. Host : a Haven's Center Program (2 hours)

 

13 - Friday - 8 Am

Snow plow locomotive (drill) "photo op" at the RR Museum, North Freedom, @ 9:30 Am. Continental Breakfast @ 7:30 Am & leave @ 8 Am sharp! 4701 Judy Lane. FMI 241-2500

 

13 - Friday - 3:30 pm

High Tea & Talk with SAGE @ Monty's Blue Plate Diner on Atwood across from the Barrymore Theatre.

 

13 - Friday - 7 pm

Free movie of quality: Taiwan's Ed Yang has his "A Brighter Summer Day" shown @ Vilas Hall, 4070 Parliamentary Room. This show is 4 hours long.

 

13 - Friday - 7 pm

FRONTIERS: before-The-Dance Din-Din: Saz on lower State Street

 

13 - Friday - 8 - 12:45 pm

10% Society Dance, Great Hall, Memorial Student Union , 4 th floor in the center.

 

14 - Halloween: often a day of pathos as we hunger and long for recognition and love from sources outside rather than inside ourselves. You deserve a break today: don't punish yourself. As Maud said to Harold in the movie,"Go, love some more." Yes, active, not passive

"Love bears all things..." Note how St. Paul seems to be into bears (I Corinthians 13:7). Speak about obsessive/compulsive disorders !

 

14 - Saturday - 5:30 pm

Socialist Pot Luck at Jenifer Street, Wilmar Neighborhood Center, food @ 5:30; program @ 6:30

 

14 - Saturday - 5 pm

Mode Theatre at 121 S. Monroe St. Waterloo, WI 53594, 1-800-280-9632 on Valentine's Day, 8 pm, just a few miles East: take I-94 east to route 73 to Marshall, then hang a right (east) to Waterloo. Less than a half hour away. Leave from 4701 Judy Lane @ 5 pm for din-din @ a Dyke bar called San Antonio in Waterloo; great burgers !

 

FALL IN LOVE WITH WATERLOO will be an evening of cabaret entertainment including live jazz, vocalists, dancing, and magic featuring Waterloo residents of all ages. A lovely array of food and drink will be provided throughout the evening. Donations of $15 & up are suggested, with the hopes that the Open House will raise a substantial contribution towards town revitalization.

 

The Mode Theatre will be exquisitely decorated with a shimmering universe of hanging hand blown glass balls by Waterloo artist and glass blower, Brent Cox.

 

Any individual contributing $50.00 or more receives the glass ball of their choice to take home. Andy Pizer and Jinx Davis are hosting the event and encourage Mode Theatre patrons to come

and meet the wonderful folks in Waterloo. Any question or donations to Waterloo 2000 and Beyond can be addressed to

 

THE MILLENNIUM GROUP, 141 E MADISON ST WATERLOO 53593 OR FAX 920 478-9630

OR CALL 920-478-2304.

 

WATERLOO 2000 AND BEYOND is a group of citizens and business people dedicated to strengthening the downtown and bringing community together. We have incorporated a development plan that will prepare us for Wisconsin's prestigious Main St. Program and create community events that will attract state residents. (Our historic Carrousel, Firemen's Park, a River walk from downtown to the park, etc.)

 

15 - Sunday - 2 pm

Parents & Friends of Gays & Lesbians (PFLAG) meets the 3 rd Sunday @ The Quakers "home-stead" @ 1704 Roberts Court, a block north of Monroe Street behind the bank.

 

16 - Monday - 7:30 pm

Rap (discussion) group sponsored by FRONTIERS (a gay men's group) @ The United , 14 West Mifflin on the Square.

 

16 - Monday - 10:30 pm

Dyke TV: WYOU, Cable 4. A 30 minute show produced in NYC.

 

17 - Tuesday -6:45 pm

GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) meeting @ Madison Public Library, 201 West Mifflin Street, topic is video resources.

 

18 - Wednesday - 9 pm to 11 pm

NOTHING TO HIDE (Public Access Cable 4, WYOU, TV) presents Judith Stacey: a Haven's Center Program ( one hour, 46 minutes); A Conversation With The Candidates: Garvey & Lawton (15 minutes)

 

20 - Friday - 3:30 pm

High Tea & Talk with SAGE @ Monty's Blue Plate Diner on Atwood Ave. across from the Barrymore Theatre

 

20 - 22 - Weekend conference

"Across the Fruited Plain", The 1998 Midwest LGBTQ College Conference @ The University of Illinois @ Chicago, FMI http://www.uic.edu/depts/quic/mblgtcc Space is available for only 1100 people, so act quickly for reservations.

 

20 - 21 - Friday & Saturday

Regional gathering of PFLAG: FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE II: Steve Gunderson & Rob Morris are keynote speakers. FMI 255 - 0533. Location: UW-LaCross. Dead line for registration is Feb. 10 th. (Do Republican queers have anything but decorating information that's useful?!)

 

22 - Sunday - 10 Am

Queer Brunch @ Coyote Capers on Williamson St. across from Willy Street Co-op; however, let's feed the ducks on Yahara River by the tennis courts in Tenny Park at 9:30. (I'll tell you a secret place to get the free bread, 241-2500)

 

20 - 25 Mardi Gras - Friday through Tuesday

Don't run naked through the streets unless you're covered with feathers; it's called "going down" in New Orleans

 

23 - Monday - 10:30 pm

Dyke TV: WYOU, Cable 4. A 30 minute show produced in NYC.

 

23 - Monday - 7:30 pm

FRONTIERS Film Circle Gathers @ Tim B's (274-7272) @ 545 Moorland Rd, # 202, to see "Wild Reeds"

 

25 - 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 second & fourth Wednesday.

 

25 - Wednesday - 9 pm to 11 pm

NOTHING TO HIDE (Public Access Cable 4, WYOU, TV) presents  Mardi Gras in Australia (thanks to Gary & John's home video), 1997 (1 hour, 49 minutes); Project Hope (10 minutes)

 

27 - Friday - 3:30 pm

High Tea & Talk with SAGE @ Monty's Blue Plate Diner on Atwood Ave. across from the Barrymore Theatre

 

27 - Friday - 6:30 pm

AIDS Network does its Annual Red Ribbon piss elegant Affair: $ 100 / person, formal attire requested (Tuxes and pumps) will also include the feature of a mini-concert by Perfect Harmony Chorus between the 6:30 to 7:30 pm reception. Chow-time is 7:30 pm with 5 courses and a silent auction. Advanced registration is requested: 252-6540. [Someone tell me what it was like, OK? If anyone needs a Fairy Gottmutter...and watch out for the rats. Location: The Sheraton-by-the-Woods-of-Turville: bush-whack cruising will never be the same.]

 

28 - Saturday - noon

Milwaukee's 16 th Annual George Bernard Shaw Festival presentation: Too True To Be Good, Broadway Theatre Center, the Cabot Theatre. This is Shaw's comic parody of adventure movies and "smart young things" of the 1930's. A clergyman / jewel thief and his moll invade an ailing heiress' bedroom (complete with complaining Microbe) and whisk her off to Mediterranean sands swarming with eccentric military types (including Lawrence of Arabia) and dotty senior citizens, all of them searching for life. A surreal and funny "Pilgrims Progress." Tickets @ Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (414) 276-8842 or 1-800-291- 7800. Show begins @ 4 pm. Let's do dinner in Milwaukee - before or after the drama; therefore, leave Madison ( 4701 Judy Lane - 241-2500) @ noon. Fair warning: get your tickets ASAP. Location of the theatre is I-94 to I-794 off @ Plankington- go straight two blocks to Broadway, turn right to 158 North Broadway, in the Third Ward, near M & M's.

Last Updated: 1/26/98