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No. 605 • July 26, 2018 • outwordmagazine.com
Mamma Mia!
Here We Go
Again
With Cher
page 20
page 12
Goodbye Federal PFLAG’s Ice Eating and Grace Jones Doc
Perkins Student Loan Cream Social Was Drinking with Will Screen At
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Outword Bill to Establish June as Pride Month Is Signed by Governor
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egislation to establish June as Pride Month in statute in California have sprung up in cities around the world.
Staff has passed overwhelmingly in both houses of the legislature and
was signed into law by Governor Brown on July 16.
These gatherings encourage the community
to celebrate accomplishments, bring visibility
to the LGBT population, decrease the
mystery for those who retain feelings of
PUBLISHER Historically, the LGBT Caucus Chair celebrations each year,” said
Fred Palmer introduced a resolution each June during a Assemblymember Low. “I want to thank homophobia, provide an opportunity for
formal ceremony to declare June as Pride Governor Brown for adding Pride to the list LGBT individuals to feel less alone in an
A RT DIRECTOR/ PRODUCTION oppressive and dismissive world, and
Ron Tackitt
month in California. AB 2969 will codify in of celebrations codified in statute.”
statute every June as LGBT Pride Month The month of June is historically establish the LGBT population as a vibrant
GRA PHIC DESIGN Assembly Bill 2969 was authored by significant for the LGBT community. The and vital part of its respective community.
Ron Tackitt Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Stonewall Riots occurred in New York in The California Legislative LGBT Caucus
Valley), Chair of the California Legislative June 1969 to protest police targeting of the was established in 2002. Its role is to present
EDITOR a forum for the California Legislature to
Charles Peer
LGBT Caucus, and co-authored by all city’s LGBT population. These riots, and the
editor@outwordmagazine.com members of the California Legislative LGBT swift political organization that followed, are discuss issues that affect LGBT Californians
Caucus and was supported by Equality widely considered to be the commencement and to further the goal of equality and justice
A RTS EDITOR California and the Los Angeles LGBT Center. of the modern LGBT civil rights movement. for all people. The formation of the LGBT
Chris Narloch “California has the largest LGBT In 1970, the first Pride parade was held in Caucus made California the first state in the
SA LES
population of any state in the union, and the New York City on the first anniversary of the country to recognize an official caucus of
Fred Palmer state is home to over forty LGBT Pride Stonewall Riots. Since, Pride celebrations openly-LGBT state legislators. .
CONTRIBUTING
CA Hate Crimes Increased by Double Digits in 2017
WRITERS
Chris Allen
Matthew Burlingame
F
Corey Egel
Diana Kienle or the third year in a row, California saw a surge in the number of hate crimes
Chris Narloch
Charles Peer
reported in 2017, including an increase in sexual orientation-based hate crimes of
nearly 19 percent.
PHOTOGRA PHY The findings were released in an annual likely represent just a fraction of the total “An attack motivated by hate against one
Charles Peer
report by the Office of Attorney General hate crimes that actually occurred in the of us is an attack on all of us,” said
ON THE COVER Xavier Becerra. state in 2017, as numerous studies show that California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
“Mamma Mia! Incidents motivated by a person’s sexual a majority of hate crimes are never reported “We must strive to make California a place
Here We Go Again” orientation (real or perceived) increased by to law enforcement. California state auditors of tolerance — hate crimes have no place
With Cher. 19 percent from 2016, while anti-transgender also recently found that the state has been here.”
Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures Highlights from the California Department
and anti-gender-nonconforming hate crimes underreporting hate crimes for years
DISTRIBUTION increased by seven percent. because local law enforcement agencies lack of Justice report include:
Kaye Crawford The data reflects a steady but troubling adequate policies and training. Hate crime events increased 17.4 percent
Michael Crawford trend of rising hate crime levels in the state In June, Governor Brown signed AB 1985, from 931 in 2016 to 1,093 in 2017.
over the last few years. authored by Assemblymember Phil Ting Hate crime events involving a sexual
A DVERTISING SA LES “With intolerance and hate on the rise (D-San Francisco) and cosponsored by orientation bias increased 18.8 percent from
across our country, these findings clearly Equality California, which sets minimum 207 in 2016 to 246 in 2017.
Northern California Anti-gay (male) bias events rose by 13.2
(916) 329-9280 illustrate how much work is left to be done standards for hate crime policies adopted by
Fred Palmer percent from 152 in 2016 to 172 in 2017.
right here in California,” said Equality local law enforcement agencies and will Anti-transgender and anti-gender-
National Advertising Representative California Executive Director Rick Zbur. improve hate crime reporting across the nonconforming bias events (combined) rose
Rivendell Media “These tragic statistics are just one piece of state. by 7.4 percent from 27 in 2016 to 29 in 2017.
(212) 242-6863
the story. Behind these numbers are parents California Attorney General Xavier Hate crime events involving a racial bias
and siblings and children, students and Becerra has led efforts to provide local law increased 16 percent from 519 in 2016 to
teachers, coworkers and neighbors — people enforcement agencies with more guidance, 602 in 2017.
who deserve to to live safe and healthy lives training and support to prevent hate crimes Hate crime events involving a religion bias
with equal dignity and respect. We owe it to and report them accurately when they do increased 21.1 percent from 171 in 2016 to
them to continue doing everything we can to occur. Becerra also recently led a coalition of 207 in 2017.
end the epidemic of hate and violence in our 10 states in calling on the Trump The full 2017 Hate Crime in California
state and in our nation.” Administration to keep collecting data Report can be downloaded openjustice.doj.
Outword Magazine Inc. It is important to note that these numbers related to violence against LGBTQ youth. ca.gov/resources/
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Sacramento Stonewall
Democrats Elect New Board
T
he Stonewall Democrats of Greater Sacramento elected
a new Board of Directors at their monthly meeting held
Monday July 9th at the Sierra 2 Center in Sacramento.
The new Board, pictured left to right below, is Mary Huttner, Membership Chair; Mario
Guerrero, Fundraising Chair; Emilio Perez, Secretary/Treasurer; Tim Kamermayer, President;
Lanz Nalagan, Communications Chair; Matthew Nielsen, PAC Chair; and Kim Angulo, Vice
President (not pictured.)
The Board was sworn in by San Juan Unified School District Trustee Paula Villescaz, who
also addressed the membership, along with Sacramento City Unified School District Trustee
Mai Vang.
“I want to thank Jann Dorothy, for her leadership and service to Sacramento Stonewall
and to the LGBTQ community at large,” said Kamermayer. “For over seven years, Jann gave
her time and energy to Stonewall, and her efforts have directly helped us become a strong
political force in Sacramento. I would also like to thank Dana Fogle-Vendley for her time as
our Fundraising Chair.”
Known among Democrats statewide as the “Club That Gets Thing Done,” the Sacramento
Stonewall Democrats meet monthly every second Monday at the Sierra 2 Center in Curtis
Park at 6:30 p.m.
“The Board’s 2018-19 term is going to be an exciting opportunity to expand our outreach
in Sacramento County and beyond,” said Kamermayer. “We are looking forward to
strengthening our voice in the Sacramento community, and exerting our influence to
increase LGBTQ protections.”
Visit sacstonewall.org and www.facebook.com/sacstonewall.
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Ninth Circuit Denies Another
Transgender Military Ban Try
T
he U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied yet
another attempt by the Trump Administration to implement
its discriminatory plan to ban transgender people from
serving openly in the U.S. Armed Services.
Staff Sergeant Cathrine
(Katie) Schmid
The ruling, announced July 18th, came in mission, and the welfare of our service
the lawsuit brought by Lambda Legal and members.”
OutServe-SLDN and joined by the State of “The Ninth Circuit, much like the six other
Washington, denied the administration’s courts to have considered the proposed
motion to stay the preliminary injunction a policy, has recognized it for what it is –
lower court granted in December 2017, and blatant and impermissible discrimination.
affirmed last month. The court rejected the government’s attempt
with PUCCI’S,
The injunction blocks implementation of to ‘upend’ the status quo, as well as the lives
the ban and enables transgender people to of transgender people serving and seeking to
continue enlisting in the military. serve our country.” said Lambda Legal Senior
it’s personal.
“Seven courts across the country have Attorney Peter Renn. “It has been one year
considered this so-called plan, and seven since President Trump announced via tweet
courts have recognized that there is no his plan to bar transgender people from the
defensible reason to bar transgender military, and in that year four district courts
Americans from serving our nation,” Staff and, now, three courts of appeal have
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Goodbye Federal Perkins
Student Loan Program by Emily DeSanto
T
he Federal Perkins Loan is a low-interest loan for both
undergraduate and graduate students with a low interest rate
of five percent. The school is the lender and the loan is made
with government funds, and each school contributes a share.
On September 30, 2017, the Perkins Loan affordable for everyone. As of now, there is
expired. However, there was bipartisan no timeline to when they will establish this
support to keep the program running until new solution.
2019, only allowing schools to decide As a student who utilized the Perkins
whether they want to continue funding it Loan, the cancelation hit me personally. I
until then. Supposedly, getting rid of the had to reevaluate my choice of school and
Perkins Loan program would help to free money spending. Also as someone who
up operating costs and federal allowances works in an admissions office, I had more
that could be used for other programs. opportunities than most to learn about other
Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin and options and ways to compensate for the loss
Republican Senator Rob Portman both of $5,500, such as other loans, scholarships
fought for the bill to keep the program, yet and grants.
Republican Senator Lamar Alexander Now if you are reading this and it all
objected, which then stopped the bill dead seems familiar to you or you feel as if you’ve
in its tracks. heard of this ending already, it’s because it
He stated, “It is time for our country, has. The program was originally scheduled
through legislation by this Congress and to expire back in 2014, but it received an
attempted to pass it through an expedited automatic one-year extension until October
process requiring unanimous consent, to 1, 2015. Then, in 2015, the program was
move on to a simplified federal student aid given a two year extension with the hope
program, that has only one federal loan for that in those two years, Congress would
students, one federal grant for students and reauthorize the Higher Education Act and
one work-study program for students.” address all types of federal student loans.
Many members of the Senate made the Currently, legislation has been introduced
remarks that the Perkins Loan Program to allow for another extension of the
added to the extremely complex federal program, but no action has been taken so we
loan system. Also, even though he objected must assume the program will end officially.
to the bill, he and Senator Baldwin are Emily DeSanto is a writer and a student
working together to come up with a at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN
long-term solution to make college more studying communications and marketing.
Lambda Legal & OutServe-SLDN Ask Court to Stop Pentagon
from Discharging HIV-Positive Service Members
Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN, along with pro bono counsel from Winston & Strawn
LLP, asked a federal court to halt implementation of a new Department of Defense policy
resulting in the discharge of service members living with HIV.
These service members are being denied significant career advancement opportunities or
threatened with discharge due to President Trump’s new “Deploy or Get Out!” policy. Left
unaddressed, hundreds of service members who are otherwise fit for duty, including
named-plaintiff Sgt. Nick Harrison, will be discharged from the military, suffer irrevocable
harm to their careers, and lose critical health care and other benefits.
“This case is not just about me,” Harrison said. “This is about every person living with
HIV knowing that they can perform any job in the world, including serving in the military.
Together, we must stop the Pentagon from closing its doors to successful and talented
service members. I look forward to the day that I can serve my country to the full extent of
my abilities, based on my performance and unfettered by unfounded fears and
misperceptions about HIV.”
HHS Erases Resources for Women and LGBTQ People From
Its Website – Again
The Sunlight Foundation reported that the Trump-Pence administration’s Department of
Health and Human Services has removed and altered language from its website on the
provision of the Affordable Care Act that prohibits discrimination in health care services.
The move limits access to information and resources that protect women and LGBTQ
people, particularly transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals, from sex-based
discrimination by health care providers.
“The Department of Health and Human Services has sent a clear signal that it doesn’t
intend to protect the rights of women and LGBTQ individuals,” said DNC LGBTQ Media
Director Lucas Acosta. “The Trump-Pence administration’s decision to hide these resources
— and the likely forthcoming action from HHS to roll back enforcement of discrimination
protections — is shameful and part of a continued effort to rip away access to medical care
for women and LGBTQ people.”
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Sac Intl Airport Adds New Nonstops,
including
by Mark Haneke
Western Canada
S
acramento International Airport is set to break records
again this year, primarily due to increasing demand and
the continuing growth of new nonstop service to attractive
destinations, including the return of international service to
Western Canada.
Sacramento travelers are fortunate to hurricane season. Quintessential NOLA –
enjoy an airport with award-winning Drink a Hurricane on Bourbon St. while
customer service, ease of use and light traffic listening to live jazz music
compared to the Bay Area airports. • Alaska Airlines just announced service to
I spend most of my time continuing to Kona beginning in December. Experience the
educate the airlines and their route planners Manta Ray snorkeling tour (www.kamanu.
about Sacramento International Airport and com/kamunu-catamaran-tours/manta-ray-
our passenger needs and desires. Since snorkel/)
joining the Sacramento International Airport • Hawaiian Airlines just announced service
team in June 2015, I have been able to to Maui beginning in April. • Both Maui
secure new nonstop service to 20 Brewers Fest and Restaurant Week Wailea
destinations. are in May – great for Farm to Fork fans!
This year’s exciting new additions, and www.mauiaccommodations.com/blog/
some places you should visit, have included: things-to-do-on-maui-in-spring-march-april-
• Daily service to St. Louis and Austin may/
began in April on Southwest. Check out Stay in touch with us on social media and
County Line for great barbecue in Austin through our email newsletter, the Airport
(www.countyline.com/) and the famous St. Insider. Sign up at
Louis Gateway Arch (www.gatewayarch. sacramento.aero/smf.
com/). See you at SMF!
• Seasonal service to Boston began May 3
on JetBlue. Visit Wagamama for amazing
Japanese cuisine (www.wagamama.us/
restaurants/boston-faneuil-hall)
• Daily service to Orlando began May 6 on
Southwest. A theme park lover’s paradise!
• Daily service to Vancouver began May 17
on Air Canada. Air Canada is the airport’s
third international carrier. Visit Grouse
Mountain for an amazing birds-eye view
overlooking all of Vancouver (www.
grousemountain.com/) and enjoy amazing
fresh seafood at Sandbar (www.
vancouverdine.com/sandbar/menus/)
• Seasonal service to Cabo San Lucas runs
through Aug. 11, resumes Nov. 10 - Dec. 29
on Alaska Airlines. Four seasons of fun with Mark Haneke
watersports galore!
• Southwest recently announced that Mark Haneke is the Director of Marketing and
Sacramento will be one of four West Coast Service Development for Sacramento
airports to serve the Hawaiian Islands in the International Airport as well as a seasoned
coming months. Schedules and destination expert in air service development and a savvy
cities have not yet been announced. world traveler. His travel column will appear
Southwest also said their weekly New monthly in Outword to share news on new
destinations from Sacramento International
Orleans nonstop flight will expand to daily Airport, peppered with some of his own personal
service in November, after a pause during stories and travel recommendations..
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PFLAG’s Ice Cream Social Was a
Throwback to Simpler Times
photos by Joan Cusick
F
riends and families gathered on Sunday July 15th at the
Sacramento Elks Lodge on Riverside Blvd. for an old fashioned Ice
Cream Social hosted by PFLAG Sacramento. The 9th annual social
featured all the ice cream and root beer floats your tummy desired, and
for the first time featured live entertainment.
Nick Fedoroff
Money raised at the event will be used for An impeccable sense of timing and a
the Follensby/Hansen Scholarship Fund, delightful dash of humor round out his
named after the founders of the Sacramento performances and elevate them to
PFLAG chapter, and will be used to help extraordinary heights. Always
students continue their education. motivational and occasionally emotional,
HAPPIER
Sponsors for the Social included Outword, he taps into the core of what makes
Taylor’s Market, who donated the ice cream magic great. His amazing sleight of hand
and other treats, Lasher Dealerships, CCAF, and mind-boggling illusions are tailored
Stephanie Slagel and all the Outword and to deliver a message that hits home with
PFLAG friends who came out to support this everyone and continues to influence and
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Engaging the audience from the start to And best yet, he is available for your
finish was Nick Fedoroff, who amazed next function, just contact him at
everyone with his magical expertise, brilliant TheMagicianIsIn.com.
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e have been conducting our Best Of survey for a couple
of years now and it has always been just-for-fun. While
this year is no different, this is the first year that we
drew the attention of a hater. (There is a certain part of me that is
proud that they noticed and took the time out of their busy day to
answer our questions, with hate filled answers...) Regardless, those
answers were tossed out and what we have left
is the list below. We would like to
thank (almost) everyone that
added their voice to this year’s
survey. Here is what you
told us you like...
Food
Best Restaurant
Lucca
Best Lunch Stop
In-N-Out Burger
Best Asian Food
Shoki Ramen House
Best Vegetarian Food
Mother
Best Mexican Food
Ernesto’s
Best Breakfast Out & About
Black Bear Diner
Best Place to Meet a Hot
Best Sushi LGBT Person
Kyoto on Broadway Badlands
Best Italian Food Best Place to Take a Date
Paesanos Mulvaney’s B&L
Best Pizza Best Place to Get a Cheap
Zelda’s Cocktail
Tie:
Best Quick and Healthy Food The Depot and the Merc
Trader Joe’s
Best Place to Get a Cocktail
Best Meal for Two Under $50 (any price)
The Depot
Coconut
Best Meal for Two Over $50 Best Place to Get a Glass of
Three Way Tie: Wine
Lucca, Ruth Chris’, Paesanos 58 Degrees and Holding
Home Best Place to Get a Martini
Empress
Best Neighborhood to live in
if you are LGBT Best Bartender
Midtown Eric @ The Depot
Best Place to Walk Your Dog Best Drag Performer
Bark Dog Park Tie:
DoMe More and Taryn Thru U
Best Place to Get Home
Furnishings Best Place to Get Cannabis
Tie: Tie:
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Best Place to Get Yard Items Best Performing Arts Group
Tie: for LGBT Audiences
Green Acres and Lowes Sac Gay Men’s Chorus
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We took advantage of Outword’s Happy Hour at Badlands to ask for a shout-out to your
Best Of in Sacramento.
Life
Best Place to go on a Date
With Yourself
Stay at Home
Best Place to Come Out to Best Pet Services
Your Family Lucky Buddy
Home
Best Realtor
Best Place for a Wedding/ Coldwell Banker
Reception
Tie: Best Place for an LGBT
Julietta Winery and Vizcaya Getaway/Vacation
Mexico - Various Locations
Best Day Spa / Massage
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Blue Sky Day Spa Best LGBT Fundraising My best of brunch is Mimosa House on J I would say the best breakfast place is
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The River City Chronicles
Shows Us Who We Are
J ust as Lady Bird was a love letter to Sacramento, so is J. Scott
Coatsworth’s The River City Chronicles, but with a grittier edge
and an emphasis on the comings and goings of Sacramento’s
LGBT Community.
“Everyone in the River City has a secret,
and sooner or later secrets always come out,”
says Scott about his newest book. Juan Correa Hillary Glueck-Pratali
“This is an intensely local book, written in Broderick in Midtown. The Broderick The 28 Blades Salon – it’s the best, most
similar style to Tales of the City, but for our Cubano Sandwich is my favorite. inclusive salon in Sacramento for every walk
city,” said Scott. “It begins with a group of of life.
strangers meeting at Ragazzi, an Italian
restaurant, for a cooking lesson that will
change them all. They quickly become
intertwined in each other’s lives, and a bit of
magic touches each of them.”
Some of characters you will meet include
Dave, the consultant who lost his partner; people like him were. He decided it was time
Matteo and Diego, the couple who run the to create the kinds of stories he couldn’t find
restaurant; recently-widowed Carmelina; at Waldenbooks. If there weren’t gay
Marcos, a web designer getting too old for characters in his favorite genres, he would
hook-ups; Ben, a trans author writing the remake them to his own ends.
Great American Novel; teenager Marissa, He seeks to transform traditional sci-fi,
kicked out for being bi; and Sam and Brad, a fantasy, and contemporary worlds into
May-September couple who would never something unexpected. He gets inspiration
have gotten together without a little magic of from two online sites he runs with Mark,
their own.” Queer Sci Fi and QueeRomance Ink that
Scott lives with his husband Mark in a bring queer people together to promote and
little yellow bungalow in East Sacramento, celebrate fiction that reflects their own
with two pink flamingos by the front porch, reality.
spending his time between the here and now The River City Chronicles is available in
and the what could be. Indoctrinated into print from your favorite retailers and eBook Katherine Landrum Willie Recht
fantasy and sci-fi by his mother at the tender versions and is also available at www. The best cheeseburgers are at Burger The Broadway Donut shop, they make the
age of nine, he devoured her library. jscottcoatsworth.com/book/the-river-city- Town at Mangos, with bacon, avocado and best sprinkle donuts in Sacramento –
But as he grew up, he wondered where the chronicles/ curly fires – you have to have curly fries. chocolate is my favorite.
outwordmagazine.com July 26, 2018 - August 9, 2018 • No. 605 Outword Magazine 15Eating and Drinking with Cavegrrl
by Kristy Harris
H
ello, my name is Kristy Harris, and I am very excited to be sharing
my food and wine stories as well as some of my recipes in
Outword Magazine!
The food I enjoy and make most lends
itself to be paired with wine, so I promise to
recommend a wine each time I share a
recipe. I’ll start with one of my favorite
things to make, Pesto and Blue Cheese
Potatoes. It’s a great appetizer, and also
works as a side dish.
Speaking of side dishes…summer in
Sacramento was made for potlucks and
BYOB. Sometimes it’s OK to bring the
vegetables and hummus. Other times, the
hosts have made it clear if you bring chips
and dip again, you won’t be asked back.
Not to worry, here’s a snack that will only
take a bit of your time to prepare and can be
enjoyed warm or at room temperature. Or at
midnight, right out of the refrigerator.
Pesto and Blue Cheese Potatoes
Ingredients:
2 pounds red, blue, & yellow mini potatoes
1 small jar Pesto Sauce (or you can make your own)
1/4 cup Greek Yogurt (Plain)
1/2 cup Crumbled blue cheese
1/4 cup olive oil
salt/cracked pepper to taste
Preheat the oven to 400°F and slice the potatoes into bite sized pieces. Generously oil a
baking sheet and place the chopped potatoes on it. Drizzle some oil over the potatoes. Bake
the potatoes until they are golden and crispy. Set aside while you prepare the pesto and blue
cheese mixture.
Combine the pesto and the blue cheese in a bowl large enough to eventually hold the
potatoes, too and mix together with the back of a spoon, add the Greek yogurt to thin the
mixture so that you can easily spread it on the potatoes.
Then add the baked potatoes in the bowl with the pesto/blue cheese mixture, and fold
them in until the potatoes are well covered. Then place the potatoes back on to their original
baking sheet and turn the oven on to the broil setting.
Broil the potatoes until the pesto and blue cheese mixture forms a crust and they look
browned.
Pesto and Blue
Cheese Potatoes. Photo
by Kristy Harris.
What’s the Wine Pairing?
You’ll find me chugging rosé all day with this one! One of my current favorites is
Revolution Wine’s Rosé of Mourvedre, which conveniently comes in a can for easy party-
toting. A can not your thing? Bottle it up with a different rosé from Decoy: 2017 Decoy
California Rosé, a rosé made from Syrah, Vermentino, Carignan, and Pinot Noir. Cheers!
I will be at the California State Fair on Friday, July 27th from 2-3pm and you’ll be able to
watch me make as well as taste test this recipe!
Kristy Harris is author of the food, wine, and travel blog cavegrrl.com. She has been
writing about food since 2005 and currently has a cookbook in the works. She is happily
married and lives in Curtis Park, Sacramento. You can follow her food and wine adventures
on Twitter and Instagram @cavegrrl.
16 Outword Magazine July 26, 2018 - August 9, 2018 • No. 605 outwordmagazine.comSummer Sippers
by Diana Kienle
W
e have rolled into summer with a rush of heat. The temperature
is rising and Sacramento, in the next two weeks, has six days
forecast over 100 degrees and nothing less than a high of 95
degrees! Want to beat the heat? Refreshing white wines are on the list of
items to buy to help cool off and lighten the spirit.
Situated on Germany’s Mosel River among some of the world’s most treasured vineyards, the
Dr. Loosen estate has been in the same family for more than 200 years.
The right wine can speak to you like a Other excellent Sauvignon Blanc choices
welcome friend of summer and leave you are from New Zealand. Two of my favorite
with a cool respite from the heat. Bright, producers are Cloudy Bay and Greywacke.
crisp, and clean with floral and fruit notes Want to try something light on alcohol
that rise up from your glass and beckon you and big on refreshment? Consider Riesling
in for a sip, the wine hits your palate and as an option. These are wines that typically
washes over it with refreshing, bright, stone present with ripe peach, apricot, nectarine,
fruit notes and mouthwatering acidity. and citrus flavors along with minerality.
What are some of those great varietals that Kabinett represents a style that is low in
fit the bill of being light, fruity, and residual sugar and as low as eight percent
refreshing? What should you choose? Here alcohol. That is refreshing and easy
are some of my favorites to consider for your drinking in my world. My favorite area to
summer companions. choose from is Mosel, Germany. One of the
Chardonnay, of course, comes to mind, yet wineries to look for is Dr. Loosen. Riesling
not the oaked and heavy buttery kind. Just has five levels of residual sugar, so you can
recently I drank a Chateau Montelena, 2015, choose to go sweeter with a Spatlese or
that was really refreshing and very flavorful. Auslese.
Another option in the unoaked category is Another cool crisp white that also offers a
Stony Hill, which gives you a leaner, purer creamy texture is Albariño. This is a grape
Chardonnay flavor profile. native to Spain and finding a home here in
Sauvignon Blanc also comes to mind. One California as well. Some of the most
of my favorites is Spottswoode. It’s an iconic regarded Albariños come from Rias Baixas
Napa Valley winery that delivers a crisp in Spain, yet many California producers are
clean wine to enjoy. Here are the doing a great job with this varietal. A great
winemaker’s notes on what to expect: “lime example is from Gallica Wines made by
zest, lemon pith, and citrus blossom. It then Rosemary Cakebread.
opens to white peach, nectarine, mandarin, Enjoy!
cream, with hints of vanilla and lime curd, Diana Kienle is a freelance writer and
both on the nose and on the palate. Rich and blogs about wine at www.dianaswineblog.
texturally enticing, with great balance and com. She can be reached at diana@
length.” dianaswineblog.com.
From Fortissimo to Fabulous,
It’s Time for SGMC Spaghetti
T
he Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus will be singing for their
dinner at their annual From Fork to Fabulous! Spaghetti
Feed, with as much spaghetti and accoutrements that you can
eat, and some jaunty singing to go along with it!
From Fork to Fabulous! will be held includes two bottles of wine for only $200.
Saturday, August 18th and there will be From Fork to Fabulous! will be held at St.
salad, pasta, bread, dessert, wine, music, John’s Lutheran Church, 1701 L St. from 6 - 9
raffle prizes, friends and fun. Wine will be p.m. Get tickets online at sacgaymenschorus.
available for $6 per glass and $20 per networkforgood.com/events/7348-from-fork-
bottle. to-fabulous-sgmc-s-annual-spaghetti-feed
Individual tickets are only $25, or you can All proceeds go to benefit the Sacramento
dine family style with a table for 10 that Gay Men’s Chorus.
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Mondavi Adds Twisted Pine &
Paula Poundstone to Season
W
ith smart, observational humor and a legendary spontaneous
interaction with the crowd, Paula Poundstone is one of our
country’s preeminent comedians, and she, along with Twisted
Pine, has just been added to Mondavi Center’s 2018–19 Season.
Twisted Pine. Photo by Joanna Chattman.
A frequent panelist on NPR’s weekly days, Twisted Pine hewed close to its
news quiz show Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell bluegrass origins, but over time the quartet
Me, Poundstone improvises like a jazz developed a unique, infectious style without
musician, swinging in unexpected limits.
directions without a plan, without a net. Full of energy and surprise, wit and
There’s a disarming ease in her craft, an subtlety, Twisted Pine has quickly become
immediate sense that she’s so quick on her one of the most acclaimed young string
feet you need never worry about the bands in the Northeast, drawing audiences
possibility of something going wrong. into their forthright songwriting, lush
Moving beyond the standard verse- harmonies, musical daring and charismatic
chorus-solo structure of traditional string appeal.
bands, Twisted Pine is a multilayered Tickets are now available for all Mondavi
ensemble that brings the enveloping sound Center events. The full schedule for the
and pop hooks of indie music to an Mondavi Center’s 2018–19 season can be
acoustic, instrumental setting. In its early found at www.mondaviarts.org.
The Boys in the Band & Bette on Broadway
by Chris Narloch
O
ne of the gayest Broadway seasons in recent memory continues
to pull in the New York City crowds thanks to the star power
of gay fave Bette Midler and openly gay actors Zachary Quinto,
Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells and Jim Parsons.
The Boys in the Band
Those last four actors form part of the cast capable hands of Bernadette Peters and
of The Boys in the Band, a landmark 1968 Victor Garber but were wooed back to the
play by Mart Crowley that is currently Shubert Theatre by producers to finish out
receiving its first Broadway production, the show, which will play its final
through Aug. 11 only. performance on Aug. 25.
Bette Midler is also wowing audiences on The Tony-winning Broadway revival of
Broadway, returning to the lead in Hello, playwright Tony Kushner’s queer classic
Dolly! for six weeks (along with David Hyde Angels in America, which starred Andrew
Pierce) to close out the record-breaking New Garfield and Nathan Lane (another openly
York run of the musical before it begins its gay actor), recently closed, on July 15.
national tour, which will star Betty Buckley. For tickets to Hello, Dolly! and/or The
Midler and Pierce had left Dolly in the Boys in the Band, visit www.telecharge.com.
outwordmagazine.com July 26, 2018 - August 9, 2018 • No. 605 Outword Magazine 19Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Grace Jones Doc Will Screen
At Verge Center
by Chris Narloch
S
top the presses, and alert the authorities! Cher is back on by Chris Narloch
B
the big screen. The ageless superstar, now 72, will never efore Beyonce, before Lady Gaga, even before Madonna – if
retire, and we are all better for it. How many times has she you go back that far – there was Grace Jones, the original
announced her final tour only to announce a new one? hipster diva, who really has no equivalent in the music
world, except for David Bowie, and, sadly, he is gone now.
Like Bowie, Grace Jones combines music, highly acclaimed documentary about Jones’
fashion, and video, and turns it all into life and career, Bloodlight and Bami.
rock-and-roll performance art. I have had the Released earlier this year, the New York
good fortune to see Jones live three times, Times Critic’s Pick is an electrifying journey
and any appearance by the singer is the through the public and private worlds of a
definition of a spectacle. pop culture icon. Jones worked closely with
Jones’ angular, androgynous look was director Sophie Fiennes on the film, and it
ahead of its time in the 70s and 80s, and yet captures the singer’s bold aesthetic,
the model-turned-singer-turned-actress juxtaposing intimate personal footage with
became enormously popular on stages, thrilling musical sequences.
movie screens, and the catwalk. Don’t miss the Sacramento premiere of
The performer’s artistry will be celebrated Bloodlight and Bami, at Verge Center For
on August 9 when Sacramento’s Verge The Arts. Visit their website at
Center For The Arts screens the recent, www.vergeart.com.
Cher must have enjoyed making Mamma Who cares about all that though? Cher
Mia! Here We Go Again, currently in theaters, looks and sounds fantastic, Julie Walters and
because I just read she is planning an entire especially Christine Baranski are hilarious as
album of ABBA songs. After hearing her Donna’s friends, the actors who play Donna’s
lovely cover of “Fernando” in the film, you’ll three beaus as young men are super-cute,
be as excited as I am for the singer’s next and the locations where the movie was
CD. filmed are fab-u-lous. Isn’t that all you really
But back to the movie – is it any good? need to know?
Well, I could tell you that Cher doesn’t even The soundtrack for the Mamma Mia!
show up until 90 minutes into the film, and sequel came out a week before the film and
that Meryl Streep (as Donna) only has one
scene and song this time. features eighteen tasty tracks, including
I could talk about the corny jokes and the “Dancing Queen,” “I Have A Dream,” “One
klunky dance numbers and the fact that Of Us,” “Waterloo,” “The Name of the Game,”
some of the actors can’t sing at all. (When “Knowing Me, Knowing You,” “Super
Pierce Brosnan croaks out his song, that’s a Trouper,” and the aforementioned, show-
good time to go out and get some more stopping remake of “Fernando” by the Grace Jones
popcorn.) unstoppable, undeniable, one-and-only Cher.
Put A Little Gypsy In Your Soul
by Chris Narloch
O
ne of my favorite musicals – and many critics consider it to
be the finest American musical ever written – will grace the
Broadway At Music Circus stage this month when Gypsy takes
over the Wells Fargo Pavilion, but only through July 29.
Broadway veteran and multiple Tony Award- nomination), Lestat (Tony nomination, Drama
nominee Carolee Carmello will take on the plum Desk nomination), Parade (Tony nomination, Carolee Carmello plays
role of the indomitable Mama Rose, the ultimate Drama Desk Award), and Falsettos. Mama Rose in Gypsy
‘stage mother,’ who encourages (bullies?) her Carmello also starred in the Broadway
daughter to “sing out, Louise!” productions of The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1776, Kiss Gypsy is a landmark musical (based on the life Gotta Get A Gimmick,” “Let Me Entertain You,”
Carmello is a three-time Tony nominee who Me Kate, Urinetown, Mamma Mia! and Sister of burlesque queen Gypsy Rose Lee) in which a “Rose’s Turn,” and the show-stopping
has performed in 14 Broadway musicals. She Act. Her off-Broadway credits include I Can Get It singularly focused mother takes her daughters on “Everything’s Coming Up Roses.”
originated roles in the Broadway casts of Finding for You Wholesale, Hello Again (Obie Award), A a cross-country adventure in pursuit of fame and Do not miss Carolee Carmello in Gypsy, now
Neverland, Scandalous (Tony nomination, Drama Class Act, The Vagina Monologues, Elegies and fortune on the dying Vaudeville circuit. playing through July 29 courtesy of Broadway
Desk nomination), The Addams Family (Drama most recently, the critically acclaimed, immersive The show’s superb score by Jule Styne and At Music Circus. For more information, visit
Desk nomination, Outer Critics Circle production of Sweeney Todd. Stephen Sondheim includes such classics as “You www.broadwaysacramento.com.
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Four Chambers Mixed and Mingled at Multi Chamber Event
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Brotherly Love Asks “Which Call Do You Answer?”
The one you feel from God
or the one you feel about
your authentic self? This is
the dilemna at hand for
Brother Vito (played by
writer/director Anthony J.
Caruso) as he must decide
between becoming a
Brother or declaring his
love for Gabe (Derek Babb).
Shot entirely in Austin, TX
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22 Outword Magazine July 26, 2018 - August 9, 2018 • No. 605 outwordmagazine.comSuicide At The Cineplex Plus Cool Black Movies by Chris Narloch I n addition to the requisite sequels and superheroes, this particular cinematic summer has brought two new mini-trends to theaters: films about suicide (Whitney and McQueen) and wild and wonderful examples of what I am calling “new black cinema” (Sorry To Bother You and Blindspotting). The late, great fashion designer Alexander McQueen walks the runway Suicide At The Cineplex The recent deaths of Anthony Bourdain beautiful creations, and you can check them and Kate Spade and before that the singers out when the movie opens in Bay Area Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington – all theaters beginning July 27. suicides by hanging – have again put the The same afternoon I watched McQueen, I spotlight on depression and mental illness in also saw Whitney, the recent documentary America. about the late singer Whitney Houston, and On the heels of those tragic ends, the let me tell you, I was pretty bummed out compelling new documentary McQueen after that depressing double feature. charts the life and career of the late, great Whitney will probably be gone from British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, theaters by the time you read this, but her who also committed suicide by hanging on fans may want to see the film when it the eve of his mother’s funeral, in 2010. becomes available for home viewing – or McQueen’s incredibly beautiful clothes maybe not, since her descent into self- were worn by some of the biggest stars in destruction is very hard to watch. the world, and he actually deserved to be The official cause of Houston’s death was called a visionary and a genius, adjectives coronary artery disease, but we all know that that get thrown around far too often in the she essentially committed slow suicide as a arts world (and especially in the fashion result of drug abuse. That’s not a revelation, world). but the claim, by two of the documentary’s McQueen is a fascinating (if painful to interview subjects, that Houston was a victim watch) tribute to a gay man who came from of molestation as a child by the lesbian sister nothing and created a fashion empire that of singer Dionne Warwick is shocking. succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. As I can’t say that I enjoyed watching all of they say, be careful what you wish for Whitney, but it was nice to see the early because fame can be a killer. footage of the singer – before fame and The best thing about McQueen is getting drugs tore her up – and be reminded of to see so many of the designer’s bizarrely Houston’s superhuman vocal talent. Cool Black Movies At The Multiplex The success of Black Panther and Cassius to choose between his conscience especially Get Out will allow cool black and a white, cocaine-snorting CEO (Armie movies that might never have been made Hammer) who offers him a salary beyond or released in mainstream theaters to make his wildest dreams. it to the local multiplex. In Blindspotting, Daveed Diggs (of Two such films got a wide release this Hamilton fame) plays Collin, a young, month, and the even better news is that recently incarcerated African-American both of them are terrific. Sorry To Bother man who must make it through his final You and Blindspotting are audacious, three days of probation for a chance at a funny, moving, and original, and I hope that new beginning. audiences turn out to see both movies. The hero’s bond with his volatile best Sorry To Bother You takes place in an friend – a white guy – gets tested after alternate reality of present-day Oakland, Collin sees a police officer shoot a suspect where black telemarketer Cassius Green in the back during a chase through the (Lakeith Stanfield) finds himself in a surreal streets of Oakland. universe after he discovers a magical key Both movies are so crazy good, especially that leads to material glory. Sorry To Bother You, that the less I say As Green’s career begins to take off, his about them the better. Don’t let me spoil friends and co-workers organize a protest the fun. Just go, and experience them for against corporate oppression that forces yourself. outwordmagazine.com July 26, 2018 - August 9, 2018 • No. 605 Outword Magazine 23
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