Brokeback Mountain...staged reading in West Hollywood! Out West Series!

The phenomenon of "Brokeback Mountain" continues!

The City of West Hollywood will present an expanded version of "Beyond Brokeback" with a staged reading of messages, essays, poetry, and music inspired by the award-winning ground-breaking film directed by Oscar-winner Ang Lee.

The event is slated for June 25th and is funded through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Commission, the Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board, and Out West 2011.

The event is sponsored under the auspices of  the One City/One Pride Series.

The event is free and the public is welcome to attend.

No reservations are required.

INFORMATION

http://www.weho.org/pride

"Beyond Brokeback" was first developed and performed at the Autry National Center last December as part of its acclaimed "Out West" at the Autry series and in commemoration of the 5th Anniversary of release of the film "Brokeback Mountain".

"Beyond Brokeback" was most recently performed by the Theatre and Dance Department of the University of Wyoming in Laramie for the Shepard Symposium on Social Justice in April and is scheduled to be presented by Chicago’s Roosevelt University in its 3,700 seat historic Auditorium Theatre on November 13th (Director/David Zak).

"Beyond Brokeback: A Staged Reading with Music" was adapted by "Out West" at the Autry creator and producer Gregory Hinton from the 2007 book "Beyond Brokeback: Impact of a Film" written by Members of the Ultimate Brokeback Forum website (culled from over 500,000 posts).

Excerpts of poignant and humorous messages, essays, and poetry (by writers young and old, male and female, gay and straight ) will be interpreted by six readers.

Original songs from the CD “Meet Me on the Mountain” - inspired by the film (written by acclaimed Los Angeles Master Chorale singer/composer Shawn Kirchner) - will also be performed by Kirchner and readers Alice Kirwan Murray, Marlene Head and Michael Butler Murray.

Other readers include Lydia Nibley and William Handley.

DATE

Saturday, June 25, 2010 7:00 P.M.

LOCATION

Fiesta Hall in Plummer Park
1200 North Vista Drive
West Hollywood, CA
90046

See 'ya there!

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Two hunky heart-throbs a gay fantasy couple!

West Hollywood...all-male gay City Council looms on horizon! Political times are-a-changing!



A candidate for West Hollywood City Council - known for hanging an effigy of Sarah Palin on his roof during the 2008 Presidential Race - is running alongside five other fresh faces in the upcoming election on Tuesday.

John Heilman - the current Mayor (a City Council bench-warmer since 1984 when the boon town was first incorporated as a "gay" city) - is fighting for his seat with two fellow council members (Abbe Land and Lindsay Horvath).

The bid for power in WeHo - affectionately known to the locals as "gay gulch" - is expected to be a contentious battle right up until the last ballot is cast.

In the event the six upstarts nab three available seats, WeHo would make history for voting in the country's first all-male gay City Council.

Subsequently, there has been an outcry from a handful of the locals.

"Certainly it would be quite unique and historic. But straight women and lesbians are feeling like - "If these guys get there who is going to look out for us" - one resident piped up a bit indignantly to one media outlet.

On the other hand, quite a few contented WeHo males are happy with the status quo, and the way the city is growing.

Even still, candidates have been focusing their debates on parking restrictions, over development in the neighborhood (too many unsightly odd-ball Condo Units, for example, in place of quaint cottages that were once the norm), and the need to preserve LGBT culture in the community.

Personally, I'm all for new "blood" in City Council chambers!

Getting folks out to the polls will be key in accomplishing that task!

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WeHo image of being a par-tay town!