May 1998

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Looking for a tennis partner? Call 241-2500 and ask for Forest: "...wasting warm weather is like wasting money."

MAY - 1998

1 - Remember the Haymarket (Chicago) massacre by the Chicago police (1886)

 

1 - Friday - 3:30 to 5 pm

High Tea & Talk is an organization-free (no longer associated with SAGE-Dane) opportunity for senior men and their friends who enjoy the company of other men to gather on Friday afternoons for laughing and scratching, talking, arguing, beastly sociable and pondering (conferring with our fellow Wizards) all the problems related to our mutual orientation with the Universe. We have been known to visit house or hospital bound cronies, go off to shows or bars and plan raids on Sunday brunch buffets. Serious discussion sometimes breaks out but moves frequently to contagious bouts of hilarity. There have been times when some of us march in the July GALVANize Parade. SHAKE IT UP! asks us to judge the annual POLITICAL EFFECTIVENESS Awards for the previous year. An equal opportunity social group, we support equality: activism & inaction, energy & sloth, fellowship & friendship. We meet @ Monty's Blue Plate Diner, 2089 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI., and is wheel chair accessible. FMI: 257-9751

 

1 - Friday - 5 pm

Rally @ The State Capitol: "Good Child Care Jobs = Good Care for Children" & Worthy Wage Day" @ the North Hamilton Street Entrance. Speakers will include Mayor Sue Bauman and County Executive Kathleen Falk. Special attractions for kids before the rally. Bring signs, union banners, kids, friends and neighbors. Sponsored by the Dane County Worthy Wage Task Force and the South Central Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

 

2 - Saturday - 9 Am

Farmer's Market: meet @ the coffee vendor atop State Street

 

2 & 3 - Saturday & Sunday - noon to 4 pm

Artful Women Exhibit of original work will be on exhibit for its second weekend @ 215 Forest Street, corner of Forest St. and Kendall Ave. No charge.

 

2 - Saturday - 5 pm

Gemini Gender Group (transsexuals & friends) usually meets the first Saturday of the month @ the Unitarian Universalist church in Brookfield, Milwaukee: 13001 West North Ave. Support group begins at 5 pm with the general meeting starting at 6:30 pm. FMI (414)297-9328 or (608) 837-5477, ask for Mary Ann.

 

2 - Saturday - 5:00 pm

The Mode Theatre in Waterloo, Wis.: ILLUMINATED DARKNESS - THE RARE GIFTS OF HELEN KELLER & ANNIE SULLIVAN): $ 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 Madison & Monroe, for great hamburgers. Although the performance is @ 8 pm, car pool from 4701 Judy Lane in Madison is @ 5:00 PM; FMI 241-2500. The May 9 th performance will be signed. This will be the last performance of the Mode Theatre in Wisconsin; Jinx and Andy are moving to the southwest.

 

3 - Sunday - noon

Bike around Lake Wingra starting at Michael's Frozen Custard on Monroe Street; yes, it's a quickie brunch, too. FMI 241-2500

 

3 - Sunday - 7 pm to 9 pm

Perfect Harmony Chorus -- Rehearsal: meet and sing, Grace Episcopal Church on Capital Square, (608) 232-0528. Enter from the West Washington side of the court yard.

 

4 - Monday - 1:30 pm to 4:30

Retired folks have a golden opportunity to be part of a wonderful group call THE PLATO SOCIETY which stands for Participatory Learning And Teaching Organization located @ UW-X, Continuing Studies (Senior Studies) with an emphasis on discussion. Today it's our Spring Thing & Ice Cream Social at Tripp Commons in Memorial Student Union; call in your free reservation by Wednesday, April 22 (I know it will be a late call) 262-3309. Lee Sherman Dreyfus, guest !I will be sure to thank the former governor for signing the Gay Rights Bill. He has since said he regretted signing the bill. Everyone in the organization kicks in $ 40 a year, and it makes no difference if you want to take any of the free classes or you want to teach, i.e. you do not get paid for teaching. This is the third semester I've taught. It's a most regarding experience, because these retired students want to be there.

 

4 - Monday -10:30 pm

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

 

5 - Independence Day in Mexico, Cinco de Maiyo

 

6 - Wednesday - 5 pm

MAGIC / GALVANize monthly meeting @ Fyfe's Corner Bistro on 1344 East Washington

 

6 - Wednesday - 9 pm to 11

NOTHING TO HIDE, Public Access TV, Cable 4, presents The Mode Theatre with Jinx Davis "STRIPTEASE OF THE SOUL" (part one 1:06) plus GLSEN's Rita Kissen (46), and Project Hope (9)

 

8 - Friday - 3:30 pm

High Tea & Talk meets @ Monty's Blue Plate Diner, 2089 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI., and is wheel chair accessible. FMI: see above. Tonight's excursion might be to watch sunset at James Madison Park and feed the ducks?

 

8 - Friday - 6:30 pm

Live Blues performance at Louisianne's (7464 Hubbard Ave., Middletown). It's popular, thus, you MUST make your dinner reservations ASAP (831-1929). FMI for coordination 241-2500 NOW.

 

9 - Saturday - 9 Am

Farmer's Market: meet at the coffee vendor's @ State Street entry to Capitol Square.

 

9 - Saturday - 11 Am

Shake It Up's Annual "S & M" GO FLY A KITE AT THE ZOO: it just isn't Shovel & Mow any more; it's Stand & Model Kite flying. Meet other animals @ Vilas Zoo See you at the seal pool, ARF ! ARF!

 

9 - Saturday - 5:30 pm

Socialist Potluck: "The 100 th Anniversary of the birth of Paul Robeson" @ the WilMar Center on Jenifer Street. Topic: International Worker's campaign Against Sweatshops & Child Labor

 

10 - Sunday - noon

Bike around Lake Monona starting at Michael's Frozen Custard on Atwood Ave.; yes, it's a quickie brunch, too. FMI 241-2500

 

11 & 12 - Monday & Tuesday - 4:30 pm

Euripides' "Media": a reading by Milwaukee High School of the Arts @ The Boulevard Ensemble Theatre on 2252 South Kinnickinnic Ave. 1-414-672-6019, Milwaukee, $ 10, tickets at the door, only 40 seats each night. This is a benefit for the students to earn money to go to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland, this August. How ironic, kids doing a reading of a play were Media kills both her children as a way to get revenge on her faithless husband, Jason, the social climber. Let's do it TUESDAY & eat @ "The King & I " in Milwaukee, i.e. leave from 4701 Judy Lane @ 4:30 pm. Call 241-2500 ASAP. The show begins at 7:30 pm

 

11 - Monday - 7:30 pm

Frontiers Film Circle: "Friends Forever" (Danish) or "Death in Venice" @ David Salsieder's, 601 Diving Hawk Trail, 276-4040

 

11 - Monday -10:30 pm

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

 

13 - 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.

 

13 - Wednesday - 9 pm to 11 pm

NOTHING TO HIDE (Public Access Cable 4, WYOU-TV) presents "After Good Bye - an AIDS concert" (57) & Mode Theatre's Jinx Davis starring in "Striptease of he Soul, part 2, (54)

 

14 - Thursday - 4:30 pm

Milwaukee School District Spring Concert presents Copland's "A Lincoln Portrait" @ MECCA, $ 3. Leave Madison from 4701 Judy Lane with dinner @ whatever, FMI 241- 2500. Performance @ 7 pm @ 500 West Kilbourn.

 

15 - Friday - 3:30 pm

High Tea & Talk; see above

 

15 - Friday - 5:45 pm

Frontiers steps out for din-din @ Sole Soperi in Mt. Horeb. Car pooling with Brian G. @ both the Shamrock & Kirby's Place on West Main Street, the first block off capitol square.

 

16 - Saturday - 9 Am

Farmer's Market: meet atop State Street @ coffee vendor's

 

17 - Sunday - 2 pm

PFLAG (Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays) meets at the Quaker Meeting House on Roberts Court behind the Bank on Monroe Street. Topic: Your burning issues, summer months planning, getting the word out about our support services. Always a worthwhile time when we're together sharing stories.

 

18 - Monday - 7:30 pm

Frontiers Rap (discussion) Group @ The United on the Square.

 

18 - Monday -10:30 pm

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

 

19 - Tuesday - 6:45 pm

GLSEN ( Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) meeting @ Madison Public Library, 201, West Main Street. Topic: working within the law.

 

19 - Tuesday - 7 pm

GLBTQ Book DISCUSSION GROUP for women and men will meet on the third Tuesday of the month over @ Borders Book Store EAST where two books will be processed: a fiction novel and a non-fiction book that ties in with the fiction novel. FMI 240-0080

 

20 - Wednesday - 9 pm to 11 pm

NOTHING TO HIDE (Public Access Cable 4, WYOU, TV) presents The Mode Theatre in Waterloo, Wis.: ILLUMINATED DARKNESS - THE RARE GIFTS OF HELEN KELLER & ANNIE SULLIVAN with Jinx Davis.

 

21 - Thursday - 5 pm to 7

The GLB Alumni Council invites gay, lesbian & bisexual faculty, staff, alumni, graduate students, and guests to the CAMPUS SOCIAL on the third Thursday of each month during the academic year to meet and socialize. Location: University Club, 803 State Street. FMI Ken Chraca (608) 263-4086 or e-mail chraca@macc.wisc.edu and ask to be placed on the Third Thursday announcement list.

 

22 - Friday - 4 pm

High Tea & Talk, see above

 

23, 24 & 25 - Saturday - Sunday - Monday:

MEMORIAL DAY WEEK END - 9 Am National Leather & Bear Conference in Chicago. Rumor has it that the Leather group will have its NEXT year's gathering in San Francisco, so, for the regional locals, this is your last chance. SHAKE IT UP ! does its "spring thing" with 2 over nights (Days Inn); call ASAP (1-630-834-8800) on the far west side with a noon return on Monday. Leave on Saturday AM @ 9 am. FMI 241-2500 There will be a Teddy Bear Picnic in Lincoln Park just south of the Zoo, Sunday, 11 Am to 5 pm. Other interests: Salvage One, The Art Institute of Chicago, Berghoff's for lunch, The Gentry (piano bar & singing), etc.

 

23 - Saturday - 4 pm to 8 - OPEN HOUSE

Say Good Bye to the Mode Theatre in Waterloo, Wisc., as Jinx Davis and Andy Pizer plan to move in the general direction of Las Cruces, New Mexico, to do the phoenix thing.

 

25 - Monday -10:30 pm

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

 

27 - 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.

 

27 - Wednesday - 9 pm to 11 pm

NOTHING TO HIDE (Public Access Cable 4, WYOU-TV) presents SWAN SONG: part one, a farewell performance from Mode Theatre

 

29 - Friday - 3:30 pm

High Tea & Talk, see above

 

29 - Friday - 7:30 pm

Frontiers: wine tasting at Bob Davis': 2910 Lakeland, 244-3351

 

30 - Saturday - 9 Am

Farmer's Market: meet atop State Street @ the coffee vendors

 

31 - Sunday - 1 pm

Planning the summer's OUTDOOR activities: a light Brunch POT LUCK: 4701 Judy Lane, FMI 241- 2500. What's listed below in June are SUGGESTIONS ONLY.

 

 

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