My mom turns 65 on November 1 and what better way to celebrate than with John McIntire and Gab Bonesso!  From Gab Bonesso's MySpace page:

This Thursday night (11-01-07) at the WORLD FAMOUS Pittsburgh Improv (well, the Improv franchise is "World Famous" not the Pittsburgh division per se) at 8PM The Sunshine Boys and Gab Bonesso Present:

THE SEX, POLITCS AND RELIGION COMEDY SHOW

STARRING COMEDIANS:

GENE COLLIER: Gene Collier is a columnist, playwright and silver fox. His humor is intelligent, dry and hysterically witty. Gene is without a doubt one of Pittsburgh's GREATEST working comedians. DON'T MISS GENE COLLIER!

JOHN MCINTIRE: John McIntire is a former talkshow host, a columnist, a WQED panelist and an addict. His material is both autobiographical and political while remaining insane and fun. He dedicates his performance to DARFUR (mostly because he just found out about it).

GAB BONESSO: Gab Bonesso is me. I am "allegedly" your friend. You should know all about my humor because you never miss any of my shows because like I mentioned above, you are my FRIEND.


other semi-imporatant details:

the show starts at 8pm
the show costs $10.00
the venue is non-smoking.

I tried really hard to put up the nifty banner, but I can't get the image to load properly.

Courtesy of Father T ....

This came via email.  Tuesday, October 30 at Chatham, 7 PM.  For more info: 

Phone: 412-365-1100

E-mail: mbattle@chatham.edu or klesnock@chatham.edu  

One of the coolest things about the Pgh LGBT Film Festival is the experience of being in a crowded room of queer people and only knowing a fraction of them.  There may be no previews to watch, but you can munch on your popcorn and try to figure out how many of the folks streaming through the door you've ever seen before. 

Last night, we caught the closing film, Itty Bitty Titty Committee.  From the makers of But I'm a Cheerleader, it was a cute film about a young woman finding her inner radical wrapped up in an "atta girl" date movie storyline.   It was an enjoyable evening except for two small disappointments that I'll get to in a bit.

I'm pleased that the film society is going to do more year round programming.  It would be great to be able to catch a LGBTQ flick in the middle of February.  They are partnering with the GLCC for a movie night and planning some coolatta for Pride Month.  As I've said before, it is difficult to get to more than one movie in a two week span of time, especially this time of year.  I always feel regret that I missed a particular movie or two, but I did snag the program so I can request them from the Carnegie Library.  More year round opportunities would be great and assuage my guilty feelings for not being supportive enough.

That being said, I was slightly disappointed by two things:  the movie ending and the cheesecake party.  If you don't want the movie spoiled, stop reading.  The explosion scene was awesome and I loved Ana running down the street in her fusion of bridesmaid meets mosh pit attire.  However, I was really bummed about the love story sappy ending.  It was a huge letdown after the awesome cheering/graduation scene in But I'm a Cheerleader.  I personally thought Sadie was predatory and didn't take responsibility for that, so her big turnaround was insincere. Ana should have been the one to get a new girlfriend. 

The other slight disappointment was the after party. I was a bit taken aback to have to shell over $15.00 per ticket -- that wasn't well advertised and we heard plenty of people bitching about it.  However, I tried to be a good sport and look forward to the cheesecake.  I pictured a room with beverage service of some type and cheesecake stations set up so people could mingle and talk and maybe have an extra slice.  Instead there was a room with tables and chairs, like a glammed up cafeteria. Not at all what I expected.  I hate hate hate being forced to sit down with strangers (there were no tables for two available).  It felt more like a wedding reception than a party and that was a bummer.  I wanted to relax, but the artificial smiles of the waitstaff were creeping me out.  The whole Southside Works gives me that creepy artificial feeling, but that's the best venue according to the film society folks which limits reception options because the whole premise of the development is to scare away those without a lot of money. So we just left.  $30 + popcorn more poor than we came.  :-)    

Long rant for what was just a disappointment. I learned my lesson though so next year, no party/film combos for me.  Just films.  And popcorn. 

So tonight Ledcat and I rolled through the Northside to a favorite watering hole, Cafe Beleza.  Kim got us all fixed up with hot chocolate (me) and mango lemon frou frou tea (Ledcat).  It has been packed.  Ledcat talked over music with staff .... they both went to the Grizzly Bear concert.  I have to stop here and try to erase the image of the Berenstein Bears in concert out of my head.

Anyway, some ladies are in the corner doing something on a laptop and a cell phone. This upscale hipster guy is wearing the most beautiful pink striped sweater I've seen well, ever.  Some guys were rolling cigarettes which I find strangely attractive and repulsive at the very same time. 

I played peek-a-boo with an 11 month old boy.  Ledcat read the paper.  I tried to think of something interesting to blog about.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was in town for honors and hoopla.  He made some homopositive comments.  Such as:

After equating that with the belief that "God is a Christian," Archbishop Tutu spoke of a human family in which members must love one another even when some relatives are obnoxious. When Jesus said he would "draw all" people to himself, he meant both President Bush and the "gay, lesbian and so-called straight," he said.

So called straight?  Desmond cracks me up.  He also proceeded to point out that God is not a Christian. 

Bishop Duncan was not amused.  Snap.

You may have heard that there's a little flap over in Camp Obama?  Yes, the Senator invited a notorious ex-gay gospel singer to perform in his "round up the Southern votes" tour.  Gays were outraged.  So the Obama folks invite a white gay minister to join the tour.  ???? Pam has the scoop.   It is all very complicated.  The ex-gay has a post-ex-gay male lover.  The Obama camp claims it can have its cake and eat it too with regard to the African-American vote.  The gays don't seem to buy it, particularly many African-American gays.  We'll see what happens ...

Speaking of Obama and the African-American gay community, Tony Norman does an interesting take on Obama's meeting with the ultimate fag fixer -- Dumbledore (you may have heard that he is/was gay?).  I have to admit that I didn't get half the allusions.  I'm not ashamed to say Tony Norman may be too highbrow for me. 

That's it folks.  I'm heading home cause this lesbian has to work tomorrow, then head out to a Halloween party in my homemade ensemble.