Celebrities / Curve’s Annual L Word Issue Release Parties - 1/22
Link to online version of announcement: http://www.curvemag .com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2008/Celebrity-Studded-L-Word-and-Issue-Rel ease-Parties/
Curve’s Annual L Word Issue Release Parties
- Thursday, January 22nd - San Francisco @ Ruby Skye
(See Details & Ticket Info for Both Dates Below)
Celebrate the final season of The L Word and the release of the latest issue of Curve magazine at celebrity-studded events in San Francisco.
(1) San Francisco - Thursday, January 22nd 9:00 PM - 2:00 AM Ruby Skye, 420 Mason St 21+ (w/ID) - Dress to Impress
Featuring - - Appearance by secret L Word cast members - Exclusive previews of the final season of The L Word - Take your picture in the “Big L Chair” that the cast used for photo shoots - Sweet Vacation cruise give-away - Silent auction with one-of-a-kind autographed L Word items - DJ Pat Pat (Miami) - Special stay & play hotel rates at Hotel Rex (See Below)
Ruby Skye is one of the hottest clubs in the country, featuring state of the art lighting and sound system, two levels, four rooms and a special VIP area. It is conveniently located in the heart of downtown San Francisco just off of Union Square.
* San Francisco Ticket Information - General Admission: $20 Advance / $40 Door VIP: $50 (Limited) / Bottle Service $540 (includes 10 VIP tickets) VIP Ticket San Francisco includes: Exclusive access to VIP room (where the stars will be) + VIP gift Bag + Priority club entrance No tickets will be mailed. You must bring a valid ID, a copy of the receipt and the credit card used for the ticket purchase. No exceptions. Tickets are non-refundable. - Online Purchase: https://www. curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Store/Event-Tickets/index.php?
* Bottle Service - Includes a bottle and mixers of your choice, a $40 gratuity for your server, a line pass for your guests, a reserved booth, Premium views of the stage, dance floor, DJ, visuals, crowd, entertainment and energy. Cover charge of $50 per person is included for up to 10 of your guests. Please ask your server for our selection of bottles and mixers. Max Occupancy: 10 guests per booth.
Center Women Present is a program of the SF LGBT Center. We will be sending out another email soon detailing our exciting programming for 2009!

If you don’t have plans tonite, I recommend: comedians Marga Gomez & Ali Mafi at 7 & 9pm at The Victoria Theatre (16th & Mission/actually Capp) for a funny year in review. Last year’s show kicked butt.
I’ll be at the 7pm show.
http://www.therhino.org 415-861-5079
7pm: $25 9pm: $30
Lisa

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Boogie Lounge with Disco/Motown/Latin All Nite Long!!
plenty of Tables & lower Music Volume
DJ TriNity (Tema) Spins the Groove!!

Bass Beat Room-Hip-hop/top 40 Rm by DJ Lu-e
2 Full Bars in Each Rm
Both with Smoking Area with Drinks Allowed

now 3 pricing options Available

advance tix — $25
VIP package 1– $60 - Dance & VIP Reception with Great Eats & Drinks
VIP Package 2 — $220 for 2 (call DoubeTree 707-584-5466 mention Sapphire VIP)
-2 tix to Sapphire NYE Dance
-Beautiful 4star Hotel Room,
VIP Cocktail Reception

Advance Tix $25/ VIP tix $60
available at
Alice’s Restaurant Sebastopol Hwy 12 @ Main St 829-3212
Milk & Honey 123 N Main St, Sebastopol 824-1155
BackDoor Discs 7665 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 795-9597
Last Record Store 1899 Mendocino Ave, 5251963
River Reader 16355 main st, guerneville 869-2240
or
Myspace.com/theSapphireLounge ———use your credit cart thru Paypal

VIP Reception $60
VIP Cocktail & Hors d’ Oeuvres Reception

Frameline at The Center: Free Screenings for the Community
presents
“Desi’s Looking for A New Girl”
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 7:30pm
San Francisco LGBT Community Center 1800 Market Street @ Octavia Please arrive early as seating is limited! Screening followed by Q&A discussion.
Co-presented by: Amor Sin Fronteras & Queer Latin@ Artists Collective.
The fifth season of Frameline at the Center opens with a festival favorite “Desi’s Looking for A New Girl” (Frameline24; 1998 Frameline Film & Video Completion Fund Recipient). Desi del Valle (Costa Brava) stars in this touching, realistic comedy set in the familiar sights and sounds of San Francisco’s Latino and Queer cultures.
J.T., a young Latina dyke, has three passions: her skateboard, comedienne Marga Gomez, and her friend Desi (not necessarily in that order). When Desi’s girlfriend dumps her for a younger woman, she journeys down breakup road with the requisite mourning and attempts at dating and recovery. Desi’s family and friends help and interfere every step of the way, setting her up on an array of blind disasters…dates… with the “perfect new girl.”
This debut feature from Mary Guzmán (Mind If I Call You Sir?) is an enjoyable and upbeat look at relationships, from friendly to familial - and everything in between. A fun, intelligent, and sometimes painfully true to life story, we get to tag along the emotional roller coaster of the dating world. As a brilliant diva once warned - hold on tight, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.
Kindly arrive early as seating is limited. Don’t miss this FREE screening of this fantastic film and post-screening panel!
With generous support from Folsom Street Events, Frameline proudly presents admission-free screenings at the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center at 7:30pm on the second Thursday of every month throughout 2009.
Please join us for the fourth season of Frameline at The Center, a provocative series of films and discussions focusing on social issues of particular relevance to the LGBT community. For more info please visit: <http://www.frameline.org >

LGBTQ Mixed-Media Art Workshop for queer people with disabilities (hidden or visible) and allies- Feb. 8th, 2009, 11-2 p.m.
All proceeds benefit Fabled Asp: Fabulous/Activist Bay Area Lesbians with disabilities: A Storytelling Project

Where: Redwood Gardens Community Room, 2951 Derby St., intersects Claremont Blvd., Berkeley, Ca.
When: Feb. 8th, 2009 11-2 p.m.
Fee: $10-25 sliding scale
Transportation by bus: Call AC Transit for #7 bus schedule (runs 2 x an hour on Sundays)

Learn mixed-media art techniques
Create your own self-portrait

Ephemera
Photo Transfers
Collage
Mixed-Media

Disability, Queerness, and Identity

we are NOT throw-away people
we are not THROW-AWAY people
we are not throw-away PEOPLE

Enroll: laura@fabledasp.com, www.fabledasp.com
Materials List provided upon enrollment (enroll early- space limited)
Wheelchair Accessible
ASL requests must be submitted by Jan. 20th

Led by Laura Rifkin, Ph.D., C.T.R.S., (Recreation Therapist specializing in Expressive Arts modalities)
who is the lead project director of Fabled Asp: Fabulous/Activist Bay Area Lesbians with Disabilities: A Storytelling Project

All proceeds benefit Fabled Asp whose mission is to celebrate disabled lesbian activism, art, and culture and continue the disability arts revolution in the Bay Area. Learn more about all of our projects at: www.fabledasp.com

Fountaingrove Lodge, California’s first LGBTQ Senior Community, needs your help! Please mark your calendar to attend this meeting in support of its construction, which has been stagnated by opposing neighbors.

February 3, 2008
3:30PM
Santa Rosa City Council Meeting
90 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA

More information: www.fountaingrovelodge.com , 707.576.1101

At risk: The first licensed LGBTQ senior care community in California.
The issue: The homeowners’ association in this high-priced area of Santa Rosa doesn’t want this type of development.

Make them hear us. Stop the delays! Help show the City Council that further delay is unconscionable and without justification.

Contact: www.fountaingrovelodge.com , 707.576.1101

Support group forming for lesbians living in the East Bay & dealing w/hands-on care for a loved one with dementia.

A meet-and-greet gathering for this next Saturday, Jan. 3 @10 am at a public cafe in the Rockridge area of Oakland.
Duration: 2 hours Location: contact me directly (off list) Time: 10 am to noon Cost: pay for whatever you eat/order on your own
It seems that even a one-time meet is helpful to those who come together to share their stories, but we’re looking to build a solid support system by our regular meetings.
peace, joey brite

SF Sappho Members!
Got a Bad Christmas Gift? Go “Shopping!” and Do Some Good For the AIDS Healthcare Foundation
What do you do with that sequined reindeer sweater from Aunt Martha? How about that 3 foot pooper scooper from your neighbor? You got a crappy Christmas gift? Get some good out of the bad!
Shopping! The Musical’s annual “Bad Christmas Gift Swap” happens this Saturday, January 3rd at SF’s Shelton Theatre. Bring that awful thing and swap it for a $10 ticket to that night’s 8 PM show. And….even better…your gift is donated to Bay Area “Out of the Closet” thrift stores which benefit the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
Bring that bad (or even good!) gift to the Shelton Theatre - 533 Sutter Street at Powell in SF’s Union Square. The “Shopping!” box office opens at 7 PM. Tickets subject to availability. And hey…there’s cheap beer and wine before the show. Woo Hoo!
No bad gifts? Then stop by starting at 7 PM and see the collection of holiday horrors. Your holiday isn’t complete until you can laugh at other people’s misfortune. We’re not kidding about that pooper scooper.
Now in its third hit year, “Shopping! The Musical” is currently SF’s longest running originally composed musical. This only in SF show features comedy songs and sketches about stores, customers, those “oh-so-helpful” sales people and more. Winner of the prestigious Bay Area Theatre Critic’s Circle award.
For question, please call (415) 713-6486 or visit http://www.shoppingthemusical.com/

Kung Pao Kosher Comedy: Jewish Comedy on Xmas in a Chinese Restaurant runs tomorrow, Wed Dec 24 thru Sat Dec 27, in SF’s Chinatown
Featuring: -Comedy Legend David Brenner -Former San Franciscan and HYSTERICAL, Page Hurwitz (LOGO TV, Last Comic Standing Co-Executive Producer) -Dan Naturman (Last Comic Standing, Letterman, Conan O¹Brien) -Lisa Geduldig (Your Hostess) 8 shows (Dec 24-27): Dec 24, 26, 27 Dinner Show: 6pm; Dec 25: 5pm ($62 includes 7-course dinner) Dec 24, 26, 27 Cocktail Show: 9:30pm; Dec 25: 8:30pm ($42 includes vegie egg rolls) Sold out shows: Dec 24 and Dec 25 Dinner
Seating: Chinese banquet style. 10 people to a table. Reserve an entire table or sit with friendly strangers.
Partial proceeds benefit: Jewish Family & Children’s Services’ “Food Pantry” AND “The 100 Friends Project” http://www.koshercomedy.com/kungpao/beneficiaries.php New Asia Restaurant 772 Pacific Ave, btwn Grant & Stockton San Francisco’s Chinatown Tix: http://www.koshercomedy.com (24/7) and 925-275-9005 (M-F, 9-4) Our volunteer spots are all full.
Show info: http://www.koshercomedy.com

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Coming Out/Being Out Group for Women NOW FORMING!! Coming Out/Being Out Group for Women Offered by Spectrum LGBT Resource Center
A social support group for women who are questioning their sexual orientation or are in the process of “coming out” as lesbian or bisexual.
For women ages 21 and older: . Are you in the process of sharing your sexual orientation with friends and loved ones? . Are you considering coming out at work? . Do you wonder who to talk to about your sexual orientation?
The coming out process can be a lonely and frightening one and Spectrum is offering support. This Coming Out group is designed to create a safe space where participants can discuss their particular struggles and share their experiences with other lesbian, bisexual and questioning women.
Dates & Times Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 pm start date TBA Participants are asked to commit to all eight sessions. Cost $120 for eight sessions Special consideration available if fee is an issue. Location Spectrum LGBT Resource Center 1000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Suite 10 San Anselmo, CA
Group Leader Cristin Brew is a postgraduate level psychotherapist-in-training with seven years of experience in group facilitation at Spectrum. She has experience working with people during the coming out process and supporting them through this evolution. An individual appointment is required prior to participation and can be scheduled with Cristin Brew: (415) 457-1115 x 203, or by email at cbrew@SpectrumLGBTcenter.org. For more information about Spectrum, visit our website at www.SpectrumLGBTcenter.org
Cristin Brew Program Director (415) 457-1115 x 203 “Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed change already. The universe is change; life is understanding.” - Marcus Aurelius. emperor and philosopher