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The Gay Agenda

by Tony Hobday

2THURSDAY
I’ve been told many a time that I resemble Sir Elton John. I suppose I do a bit, and I appreciate the compliment. Now if I could just write a Tony Award-winning musical like AIDA, and everyone would hopefully call me Sir, too. Based on the Verdi Opera, this quintessential story of love, passion and tragedy has enthralled audiences across the country since its debut in 1998.
7:30pm Thursdays thru Feb. 11, Pardoe Theatre, Brigham Young University. Tickets $10–14, www.artstix.byu.edu

3FRIDAY
The Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Community Center of Utah is presenting a “cooool” spin-off of Utah Pride with a 10-day “winter extravaganza.” WINTERFEST 2006 unveils tonight with the ground-breaking comedy routines of Jason Stuart, Michelle Bolon and Vidur Kapur — a Jew, an Indian, and a New Yorker—shit, this is going to be hilarious. Backstage pass holders will have a chance to meet the comic entertainers after the performance.
7pm, Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. $30 Show/$15 Backstage Pass, slcwinterfest.com, arttix.org or 355-ARTS.

 Dance, dance, dance ... or at least watch actual talent perform PALPATE, the current Repertory Dance Theatre production of dance and film, duets and solos with Pamela Geber and Eric Handman, as well as commissioned works by choreographers David Dorfman and Susan Marshall.
7:30pm tonight and Saturday, Leona Wagner Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway, Salt Lake City. $10–15, 355‑ARTS or arttix.org.

 The Salt Lake Acting Company presents the astonishing Tony Award winner I AM MY OWN WIFE. The play is based on Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, the infamous German transvestite, celebrated antiques dealer, cultural hero, and accused Nazi spy. Sounds like my kind of woman (if I were into women ... and Nazis). Village Voice called this 40-character, one-man show “saucy, sagacious and entirely fascinating.” Only two nights left, so don’t miss it.
8pm tonight and Saturday, Chapel Theatre, 168 W. 500 North. Ticket prices vary, 355‑ARTS or arttix.org.

 A special midnight showing of the film HELLBENT as part of the Salt Lake City Gay and Lesbian Film Festival will have you gripping your seat or the seat of the cutie next to you. On Saturday night, three other gay thriller shorts even more gruesome than Hellbent will be shown.
Midnight, Brewvies Cinema and Pub, 673 S. 200 West. Tickets $7 or $25 for a VIP pass. saltfest.org

4SATURDAY
If you like drawing the human body but the best you can do is a stick figure, then you won’t want to miss VSA Arts of Utah’s FIGURE DRAWING WORKSHOP. Artist Brian Kershisnik will teach the workshop.
Art Access Gallery. Call 808-6280 or 328-0703 for registration and details.

5SUNDAY
The final day of SaltFest offers the highly acclaimed HBO miniseries ANGELS IN AMERICA on the big screen. Who wouldn’t want to see the winged Emma Thompson sharing an orgasmic moment with hottie Justin Kirk ... in giganticize? This is a free event as a gift to the community for its support of our first film festival.
Also look for the ‘Best of the Fest’ movies (to be announced), which will be re-shown tonight.
11am, Brewvies, 667 S. 200 West. Free. 323‑9500 or saltfest.org.

 SUPER BOWL XL (must be an extra big game this year). I have no idea which teams are playing, but I’m sure the butts will look promising. Several of our neighborhood bars are hosting Super Bowl parties. Get your promising butt off the couch and watch with friends.
11am doors, 12:30pm pre-game, 4pm game, MoDiggity’s*, 3424 S. State,
Trapp* 106 S. 600 West,
Club Try-Angles*, 251 W. 900 South

6MONDAY
Cyber Slut Bingo at Club Try-Angles is developing a cult following and growing every week. It seems to be the place to take your straight coworkers.
7pm, Club Try-Angles, a private club for members, 251 W. 900 South.

7TUESDAY
Cache Valley Center for the Arts and Ellen Eccles Theatre present DIAVOLO, a versatile array of movement on larger-than-life monkey bars and hamster wheels.
Tonight and Wednesday, 7:30pm, Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S Main Street, Logan. Tickets $20-30 @ 355-ARTS or arttix.org.

8WEDNESDAY
For the political activists out there, Equality Utah hosts OUT for Equality with special guest speakers Rep. David Litvack and SLC Council member Jill Remington-Love. This may be a good time to get the real scoop behind the city council’s new “adult designee” benefits plan for city employees.
Baci Restaurant, Upstairs, 5-7pm. $5 at the door. Free for Equality Utah Members.

10FRIDAY
Winterfest 2006 winds down with a weekend full of special events. HOLLY NEAR performs her community-acclaimed music tonight and is the opening speaker at the Winterfest Conference tomorrow morning. As a 30-year political activist, Near has an informed and compassionate understanding of human dignity and equality, which emanates beautifully through her soulful music.
6pm-reception 7pm-concert, Rose Wagner Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W Broadway, Salt Lake City. Tickets $20 @ 355-ARTS or arttix.org

11SATURDAY
WINTERFEST CONFERENCE addresses, in a measely eight hours, several issues facing the GLBT community and its families, friends and allies. Subject matter will range from spirituality to oppression to marriage. Guest speaker, Holly Near, activist, singer, teacher will open the event; and Matt Foreman, Executive Director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Washington, D.C. will be the closing speaker. And yes, lunch will be provided.
7:30am-4pm, Sheraton City Centre Hotel, 150 W 500 S, Salt Lake City

 Put on your best sequined dress and slip into your highest stilettos, Trapp Door is hosting the RCGSE annual KING & QUEEN OF HEARTS. Who will be crowned queen? Perhaps one whose name derives from a piece of Post-Civil War furniture.
7:30pm, The Trapp Door, 100 S 615 W, Salt Lake City, Tickets $6 at the door.

 Larry McMurtry’s (wrote the Brokeback Mountain screenplay) son, JAMES ­MCMURTRY and the Heartless Bastards are in concert tonight at Park City’s Suede. The trio offers a slick variety of moods from atmospheric ballads to no-holds-barred rockers. A critically-acclaimed songwriter and emulous guitarist, James’s strong lyrical music is populated by world-weary souls often longing for something different. And all of it is backed by a number of instruments, such as the harmonica, organ, piano, and mandolin.
9pm, doors open at 8pm, Suede, 1612 High Ute Blvd., Park City. $13 advance/$15 day of show @ 467-TIXX or smithstix.com.

 If you like your men built like football players or better and with at least a smattering of hair, get your fur-loving ass over to Bear Lovin’ sponsored by the Utah Bear Alliance. A fundraiser to send Mr. Utah Bear to the international competition, they will be featuring a slave auction, raffle, dancing and more. Bring a teddy bear as a donation to a children’s charity and receive free raffle tickets.
10pm, Club Try-Angles, a private club for members, 251 W. 900 South.

12SUNDAY
WINTERFEST SUNDAY BRUNCH opens the final day of the first annual Winterfest. Ruby Ridge and the sensational Utah Cyber Sluts host the buffet-style brunch with “Mischief, Mimosas & Muffins...Oh My!” “because, Darlings, nothing kick-starts your day like coffee, sexual confusion, and questionable glamour!” Afternoon Mimosas available for a $3 donation.
11am to 2pm, The Judge Cafe & Grill, 8 East Broadway, Salt Lake City. $15

13MONDAY
I have a friend who loves to take photographs, but is too chicken shit to really learn the craft. So when I learned that the Center is offering a month-long PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE, I just had to add it to the calender in hope of striking his interest in becoming a better photographer. And maybe, just maybe ,other aspiring photographers will take the plunge. Must have your own camera and supplies.
7–8:30pm, Mondays thru March 13, GLBT Community Center of Utah, 361 N 300 W, Salt Lake City

14TUESDAY
Stay home and show your love for whomever in your life really needs it for Valentines Day. Helpful hint for those morose couples: chocolate is an aphrodisiac.