NATIONAL QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL 2002

5th Annual

This series of visual art exhibitions, performances, and interpretive programs has been organized by the Queer Cultural Center (QCC) and the Harvey Milk Institute (HMI).

Since its debut in 1998, the National Queer Arts Festival (NQAF) has showcased some of the best professional and emerging artists in the Queer Community. The National Queer Arts Festival has been produced in collaboration with numerous Bay Area nonprofit arts organizations, including Jon Sims Center for the Arts, SomArts, the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Art (MCC), the African American Art and Culture Complex (AAACC) the Asian/Pacific Island Cultural Center (APICC), Brava! for Women in the Arts, and many others whose events you’ll find in this catalog.

The National Queer Arts Festival presents the breadth of our communities’ diverse artists and arts organizations. In this catalog, you’ll find spoken word performances, multimedia work, visual art exhibitions, dance, theater, comedy, literature and poetry readings, video screenings, and a wide array of multidisciplinary programs featuring artists discussing their own works.

On its 5th Anniversary, the NQAF is examining how issues of the intersection of race/culture and queerness can be expressed by the arts in our community. As a microcosm of the world, the Queer Community encompasses its full diversity; how we differ or mirror that larger world is the question that many of our artists have addressed for this festival. A large percentage of our events will focus on the construction of racial identity and/or racism from the queer artist’s perspective. The artists mine the past and present and create a future to express their vision. These visions are, at times, hilarious and pointed in their satire, tragic or triumphant in their outcome, and always original as we have come to expect.

This year, NQAF delightfully celebrates its fifth anniversary at our new home at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center. This remarkable new building provides the NQAF with two new performance spaces to showcase the talents of a greater number of artists than ever before. We thank everyone involved who helped make the Center a reality. Please join us at the Center on Saturday, June 1 as we celebrate with a Gala Festival Opening Night Performance Party.

The National Queer Arts Festival has been financially supported by SomArts, the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Art, the Bayview Opera House, the Cultural Equity Grants program of the San Francisco Arts Commission, Grants for the Arts, the California Arts Council, the Gateways Initiative of the San Francisco Foundation, the Horizons Foundation, the Astraea Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Fund, Hispanics in Philanthropy, New Performance Network, California Poets & Writers, Inc., African American Art and Culture Complex, the Vanguard Foundation, and the Walter and Elise Haas Foundation.

SHOWS

The Film Art of Isaac Julien

The Film Art of Isaac Julien May 4–July 14 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 3rd & Mission Streets Still from The Attendant (1993), by Isaac Julien Yerba Buena Center presents the West Coast debut of new work by British filmmaker…

ABOUT NQAF 2002

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QAF'2002 INTRODUCTION & HISTORY This series of visual art exhibitions, performances and interpretive programs has been organized by the Queer Cultural Center (QCC) and the Harvey Milk Institute (HMI). Since its debut in 1998, the National…

Mythic, Montana

Mythic, Montana Joe Goode Performance Group Friday-Sunday, May 31-June 2; 8 pm Wednesday-Sunday, June 5-9; 8 pm Location: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission @ 3rd St Stunning dance theater combining story, songs and humor…

Cockettes

Catching Up With The Cockettes: Archival Photography Exhibition Opening Reception, Friday, May 31: 6 pm Jon Sims Center for the Arts, 1519 Mission @ 11th St Tuesday – Friday, May 31-July 31; Gallery Hours: 11 am-4 pm Rumi, original…

Pauline Oliveros

Sounding the Margins: A Forty-Year Retrospective of the Works of Pauline Oliveros Friday, May 31, Saturday & Sunday, June 1-2; 8pm Lorraine Hansberry Theater, 620 Sutter St @ Mason St Pauline Oliveros’ life as a composer, performer…

Cultures Crossing

Cultures Crossing Purple Moon Dance Project Thursday-Friday, May 30-31; 8 pm Location: SomArts, 934 Brannan @ 8th St Purple Moon Dance Project showcases the works of PMDP Core Artists Alena Cawthorne and Frances Sedayao and other…

R x D

R x D [eros] x [ethnicity] Shellac Magazine Exhibition: May 15-July 13, OPENING NIGHT: Wednesday May 15, 6 - 9 PM Gallery Hours: Tuesdays by appt; Wednesdays-Saturdays, Noon-5pm Venue (all events): Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia…

Luna Sea

Luna Sea Women’s Performance Project 2940 16th St @ S. Van Ness, 2nd floor A Lady & A Woman Written by Dr. Shirlene Holmes, directed by Claudia L. Vierra Allen Starring Pam Dunn & Yolanda S. Vierra Allen Friday-Saturday, May…

YBCA Opening Night

Yerba Buena Galleries Opening Night Party Sat, May 4, 8–11 pm Another of our "Best of the Bay" Openings features music by drag diva and DJ Juanita Moore; the brassy, sassy Dixieland Dykes and colorful West Coast Lion Dancers. The Cockettes May…

Dyke Action Machine

DYKE ACTION MACHINE Saturday, May 4; 11 am-12:30 pm SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavaia, 4th Floor Writer, critic and curator Glen Helfand discusses culture-jamming and the ten-year history of Dyke Action Machine. Founded…

GLBT Historical Society

GLBT Historical Society Queer History Exhibit, Opens May 2 Rev. Yvette Flunder Historical Gallery, SF LGBT Community Center 1800 Market St, 1st Floor The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society (GLBTHS) presents "Making…

Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg From the Collection of Terry Van Brunt: Love Letters Thursday, June 27 - August 4, 2002; 6pm (Opening Reception) SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market St, 3rd Floor The opening exhibition of the new QCC Gallery is…

Fourth of July Alternative

An Ol’ Fashioned 4th of July Alternative Family Picnic Thursday July 4th, 11am-3pm Yerba Buena Gardens, 3rd & Mission Streets Join us for a fun-filled Ol’ Fashioned Fourth of July Alternative Family Picnic at the Yerba Buena Gardens.…

Nectar

Nectar: Women’s Stage at Pride Pride Parade Stage Programming Location: Civic Center Sunday, June 30; 11 am-6 pm What is Nectar? Inspired by requests from women, The Nectar Women's Stage celebrated its successful debut in 2001,…

Pride 2002

Be Yourself, Change the World San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade and Celebration Location: Civic Center Sunday, June 30; 10:30 am-6 pm Glitter, Dykes on Bikes, drag queens in heels on Market Street, nonprofit arts and community organizations,…

Dyke March 2002

Dyke March & Cultural Stage Saturday, June 29; 5 pm Location: Dolores Park (Church & 20th Streets) Info: www.dykemarch.org Free Join the festivities at truly the dykiest event of the year—a wonderful combination of San Francisco…

Deep Dickollective

BourgieBohoPostPomoAfroPromo: A Deep Dickollective CD Release Party Deep Dick Collective Saturday, June 29; 8 pm Location: Brava Theater Center, 2789 24th St @ York Join Deep Dickollective (D/DC) and special guests of the Bay Area homohop/spoken…

GENRE: COMEDY

GENRE: COMEDY An evening of comedy with Elvira Kurt and Special Guests Friday, June 28; 8pm Brava: 2789 24th St @ York Join us for an evening of comedy featuring Elvira Kurt, who was voted Funniest Female Comic at the Canadian Comedy…

Sex Love Candle Magic

Sex Love Candle Magic Dr. Annie Sprinkle Tuesday, June 25, 8-10 pm Good Vibrations, 1210 Valencia St., @ 23rd Come play with glitter, glue and magic in this "Tarts and Crafts" workshop with Annie Sprinkle and Francesca De Grandis. Annie…

Fresh Meat 2002

Fresh Meat Tuesday-Wednesday, June 25-26; 8 pm Location: ODC Theater, 3153 17th St @ Shotwell Fresh Meat brings together over 15 of the Bay Area’s hottest trans and queer performers in modern dance, hip hop, spoken word, theater, drag,…

Out In The Castro

OUT IN THE CASTRO: Desire, Promise, Activism Winston Leyland Tuesday, June 25; 8 pm SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavia, 4th Floor The history, culture, politics, sexuality of San Francisco's Castro, America's most famous…

And You Cant’s Make Me

… And You Can't Make Me: The Life and Music of Gladys Bentley (a staged reading) Alison Wright Friday, June 28; 8 pm Saturday, June 29; 2 pm This solo multi-media performance chronicles the story of Gladys Bentley, the "Brown Bomber…

Women in Music Series

WOMEN IN MUSIC SERIES Monday – Thursday, June 24-27, all shows; 7:30 pm (Doors 7pm) Brava: 2789 24th St @ York Parking at SFGH at San Bruno and 24th Street (2 blocks from the theater) Curated by Sini Anderson and brand-new to the Festival,…

Groucho

Groucho: A Day in the D’Elia Soup Tina D'Elia Friday & Saturday, June 21 & 22; 8 pm Location: Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission @ 24th St This one-woman comedy focuses on a personality, sexuality, gender identity, and cultural…

Flux

Flux Kriss De Jong and Eliot Daughtry of Killer Banshee Studios Friday June 21; 6-8 pm (Opening) Saturday, June 22; 1-8 pm (6-8 pm Reception) Tuesday June 25 thru Saturday June 29, 1-4 pm Opening Reception: Friday, June 21, 2002; 6pm…

Skin Hot Bone Deep

liquidFIRE Productions presents The Liquid Fire Project’s Skin Hot – Bone Deep Directed By Veronica C. Combs LOCATION: AAACC, 762 Fulton @ Webster Thursday – Sunday, June 20-23; 8pm (Saturday at 2 pm & 8pm, Sunday at 3pm) In…

DISPLACEMENT

DISPLACEMENT Sini Anderson, Marci Blackman , & Kinnie Starr Archival footage of the late Kris Kovick Curated by Sini Anderson Friday & Saturday, June 21 & 22; 8 pm SomArts, 934 Brannan @ 8th St Sini Anderson Performance…

Faggot

Faggot Lynwoodt Benard Thursday-Friday, June 20-21; 9 pm Sunday, June 23; 7 pm Location: SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market St @ Octavia, 2nd Floor Cultural Odyssey in association with the National Performance Network and the…

Crawlspace

Crawlspace Danielle Abrams Thursday-Friday, June 20-21; 7 pm Location: SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market St @ Octavia, 2nd Floor Danielle Abrams showcases four characters in the SF debut of her one-woman show Crawlspace (listed…

GENERATION NOW

GENERATION NOW: Writing by Lesbians of Color Thursday, June 20; 8pm Cathy Arellano, Tisa Bryant and Reid Gomez SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavia (4th Floor) Lesbians of color were the pioneers of multicultural literature.…

Rebel Without a Pause

REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE Reno Tuesday-Sunday, June 18-23; 8 pm Location: Brava Theater Center, 2789 24th St @ York Parking at SFGH at San Bruno and 24th Street (2 blocks from the theater) Reno’s one-woman show Rebel Without A Pause is…

If Not Us

If Not Us -- Funding Lesbian Activism 100 Lesbians and Our Friends Sunday June 16; 1-4 pm The Women's Building A stimulating afternoon of conversation about putting our money to work for us! Join panelists Jewelle Gomez, Ruth Herring,…

Other Brothers

Other Brothers Sunday, June 16; 7-9 pm SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavia, 2nd Floor Other Brothers is a collaboration of artists from a wide variety of cultures, races, classes, and creeds who fall somewhere on the spectrum…

An Evening of Poetry

An Evening of Poetry Chrystos with Jennifer Lisa Vest Friday, June 14; 8 pm Location: SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market St @ Octavia, 4th Floor Chrystos was born in 1946 in San Francisco. She is of mixed-blood ancestry and identifies…

Genderbending Gods

From Genderbending Gods to Underwear Parties in Delhi: The Many Faces of South Asian Gay Life Panel Discussion Saturday, June 15; 1-3 pm Location: Jon Sims Center for the Arts, 1519 Mission @ 11th St Coinciding with the presentation of…

Cosmic Blood

Cosmic Blood Gigi Oltavaro and Emael Saturday, June 15; 8:30 pm Location: SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavia, 2nd Floor Cosmic Blood http://www.devilbunny.org.orgexplores the concept of mestizaje, the Spanish term used…

The Erotic Read

B/GLAM: The Black Gays/Gaze SomArts, 934 Brannan @ 8th St B/GLAM (Black Gay Letters and Arts Movement) in conjunction with the QCC presents "The Black Gays/Gaze," a series consisting of a reading, an art exhibit, a screening, a performance…

SFinX

SFinX: San Francisco in Exile--Another Evening of Greatest Hits Saturday, June 15; 8pm Location: SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavia Hosted by Marcus Rene Van, with performances by Angela Hannah, Philip Huang, Michael Jackson,…

African American Film Festival

African American Film Festival: LGBTQ Program Ave Montague, Curator Saturday, June 15; Noon-6 pm SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market St @ Octavia On June 15, The San Francisco Black Film Festival will present a selection of films celebrating…

An Evening of Poetry

12th Annual Queer Latina/o Arts Festival Produced by QueLACo www.QueLACo.org 415.273.1041 An Evening of Poetry Friday, June 14; 8pm Galeria de la Raza, 2857 24th St @ Bryant $5 donation at the door Come and check out some of our…

Muggy Night in Mumbai

On a Muggy Night in Mumbai Mahesh Dattani Friday-Saturday, June 14-15; 8pm Location: Jon Sims Center for the Arts, 1519 Mission @ 11th St On a Muggy Night in Mumbai is the first play in Indian theater to handle openly gay themes of love,…

The Black Gays/Gaze

B/GLAM: The Black Gays/Gaze SomArts, 934 Brannan @ 8th St B/GLAM (Black Gay Letters and Arts Movement) in conjunction with the QCC presents "The Black Gays/Gaze," a series consisting of a reading, an art exhibit, a screening, a performance…

Queerosity

Queerosity Youth Speaks & The Love N' Justice Project. Friday, June 14; 8 pm Location: SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavia, 2nd Floor The "gumbo" of queer youth art will be a mix of some sweet spoken words, hot & spicy…

Chrystos

An Evening of Poetry Chrystos with Jennifer Lisa Vest Friday, June 14; 8 pm Location: SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market St @ Octavia, 4th Floor Chrystos was born in 1946 in San Francisco. She is of mixed-blood ancestry and identifies…

B/GLAM

B/GLAM: The Black Gays/Gaze SomArts, 934 Brannan @ 8th St B/GLAM (Black Gay Letters and Arts Movement) in conjunction with the QCC presents "The Black Gays/Gaze," a series consisting of a reading, an art exhibit, a screening, a performance…

AfterShocks

AfterShocks: An Evening with Jess Wells Wednesday, June 12, 8 pm Location: Jon Sims Center for the Arts, 1519 Mission @ 11th St Tickets: $5-10 Hailed by the Lambda Book Report as "one of the greatest books of the 1990’s," Jess Wells’…

The Fat Boy Chronicles

Rene Broussard– The Fat Boy Chronicles Video Screening & Discussion Monday, June 10; 8 pm SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavia (2nd Floor) The Fat Boy Chronicles: An Appropriated Video Diary, by Rene Broussard RENE,…

INTERGENERATION PERFORMANCE SERIES

INTERGENERATION PERFORMANCE SERIES II: POTLATCH: Sharing a Lifetime of Experience, Stories and Treasures From Our Tribe INTERGENERATION PERFORMANCE SERIES II POTLATCH: Sharing a Lifetime of Experience, Stories and Treasures From Our…

Quelaco 2002

12th Annual Queer Latina/o Arts Festival Produced by QueLACo www.QueLACo.org 415.273.1041 The 5th Annual Hank Tavera Performance Show Saturday, June 8; 8pm Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission Street $10 Donation at the door …

Queer Women of Color Film Night

Queer Women of Color Film Night Curator: Darshan Elena Campos Saturday, June 8; 8pm SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavia LIBERATE! Please join Third World Majority for a Queer Women of Color Film Night and Website Launching…

TEARS OF ROCK

TEARS OF ROCK Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers Fridays-Sundays, June 7-16 Fridays & Saturdays; 8 pm, Sundays; 6 pm Location: Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street @ Mission Tears of Rock is an expression of concern for the devastating…

Single Wet Female

Single Wet Female Marga Gomez and Carmelita Tropicana Friday-Sunday, June 7-9; 8 pm Location: SomArts, 934 Brannan @ 8th St Dueling divas Marga Gomez and Carmelita Tropicana play house in a low-rent thriller about perverted roommates.…

Laurie Toby Edison

Men of Color: Nudes at Ease, Laurie Toby Edison The Female Gaze, Maryann Luera SomArts, 934 Brannan @ 8th St Opening & Reception : Friday, June 7; 6-8pm Donation at door Men of Color: Nudes at Ease, Laurie Toby Edison In a world…

Black Like Us

Black Like Us – Readings & Panel Discussion Devon Carbado, Don Weise, Red Jordan Arobateau, Marci Blackman, Michelle Cliff and Evelyn C. White Friday, June 7; 8pm SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavia (4th Floor) Celebrating…

Possibilities of Pluralism

The Possibilities of Pluralism: Activating Diversity in the Arts Panelists: Veronica C. Combs, Jaime Cortez, Reid Gomez, Jadine Louie, Mario Martinez, Marcus Rene Van and Marvin K. White Wednesday, June 6; 8pm Jon Sims Center for the Arts,…

Hot Pink

Hot Pink Lesbians in the Visual Arts (LVA) Opening reception: Thursday, June 6; 5:30-8:30 pm GLBT Historical Society, 973 Market St, Ste 400 @ 6th St Exhibition: June 6-August 30, Hours: Tues-Sat; 1-5 pm Video, performance, spoken word…

CIRCO ZERO

CIRCO ZERO Directed by Keith Hennessy Thursday - Sunday, June 6-9 & June 20-July 7; 8:30pm Theater Artaud, 450 Florida St. @ 17th St., San Francisco A group of migrants and exiles gather for a funeral. Embodying remnants of various…

Mr/Ms Gay Safe Latina

12th Annual Queer Latina/o Arts Festival Produced by QueLACo www.QueLACo.org 415.273.1041 Mr/Ms Gay Safe Latina/o Wednesday, June 5; 7pm Palace of Legion of Honor, 3301 Lyon Street $10 donation at the door An exciting event filled…

CHINK-O-RAMA

Kate's CHINK-O-RAMA Kate Rigg with David Jung as MC Chink Daddy and featuring the Chink-O-Rama Dancers Wednesday-Sunday, June 5-16; 8 pm Location: Brava Theater Center, 2789 24th St @ York Parking at SFGH at San Bruno and 24th Street (2…

Ladyfest Bay Area

A Horrifying Benefit for Ladyfest Bay Area 2002 Wednesday, June 5; 8pm SomArts, 934 Brannan @ 8th This benefit for Ladyfest Bay Area 2002 begins with a screening of Charm, the debut full-length feature film by underground filmmakers…

Mighty Real

Mighty Real: The Life of San Francisco Disco Legend Sylvester Djola Branner, Aimee Bryant, Angela Henderson Preview: Wednesday, June 5; 8pm, $10-$15 (preview price) Thursday-Sunday, June 6-9; 8 pm (Sunday, 7 pm) Saturdayt June 8: Shows…

Q Comedy

Q Comedy: Monday Night Comedy at the Center The Center, 1800 Market St @ Octavia 4 Mondays, June 3, 10, 17, & 24 All Shows: 8 pm SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavia (4th Floor) Maureen Brownsey Doug Holsclaw Monday,…

Queer Disability Conference

Queer Disability Conference Sunday & Monday, June 2 & 3 San Francisco State University The conference features a wide range of participation and presentations by member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, intersexed,…

Map of a Virtual World

Map of a Virtual World: Voices and Visions of Queer Southwest Asian and North African People The Mujadarra Grrls Sunday, June 2; 5-9pm SomArts, 934 Brannan @ 8th St Queer Arabia is a concept, a territory without a location, a virtual…

It’s a femme thing

It's a femme thing… C.C. Carter & Maiana Minahal Sunday, June 2; 7 pm Location: SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavia The seductions of Chicago’s C.C. Carter and San Francisco’s Maiana Minahal are featured in this…

2 Men Talking

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2 Men Talking Paul Browde & Murray Nossel Sunday, June 2; 2 pm Location: SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market St @ Octavia, 2nd Floor Two Men Talking is a dramatic dialogue between two schoolmates who started out as adversaries…

12th Annual Queer Latina/o Arts Festival

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12th Annual Queer Latina/o Arts Festival Produced by QueLACo www.QueLACo.org 415.273.1041 12th Annual Visual Art Exhibition June 1-30 Opening Night Reception: Saturday, June 1; 7-9pm Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St @ 24th $5…

Opening Night Gala

OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCES Opening Night Gala Performance & Party Benefit Saturday, June 1; 7 - 11pm FREE Event Come eat, drink, and celebrate queer art and culture Come eat, drink, and celebrate queer art and culture at this festival…

Writing the Erotic

Writing the Erotic: Workshop C.C. Carter Saturday, June 1; 2 pm Location: SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market @ Octavia Examine the levels of sex and how they are described in literature with the sultry C.C. Carter. Participants…

The Cockettes 2002

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Introduction by RUMI The Exhibition, Catching Up With The Cockettes, was originally presented at the Jon Sims Center in San Francisco as part of the National Queer Arts Festival 2002. For this online exhibition, hosted by the Queer Cultural…

2002 QCC STAFF

Pamela Peniston, Qcc Executive Director, Artistic Director
Kevin Schaub, HMI Executive Director, Festival Director

Kathryn Grooms, Artistic Business Affairs Director
Rudy Lemcke, Internet Programs Director
Mark Menke, Assistant Festival Director, Media Director
Mathew DeGumbia, Technical Director
Ken McPherson, Technical Director
Adrienne Fuzee, Gallery Installation Director
Renaud Proch, Qcc Gallery Director
Sini Anderson, Pam Peniston, Marvin White and Charles Wilmoth, Festival Curators

Publicist for the National Queer Arts Festival
Karen Larsen, Larsen Associates
Press/Media should contact: 415.957.1205, [email protected]

BOARD

Sini Anderson
Lucrecia Bermudez
Blackberri
Lenore Chinn
Greg Day
Jeff Jones
Jonathan Katz
Pamela Peniston
Juan Alberto Tam

Qcc: The Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender Art & Culture
Founded in 1993, the Queer Cultural Center (Qcc) is a multidisciplinary arts-presenting organization that conducts artistic and interpretive programs exploring queer identity issues. Our programs promote the careers of lesbian gay bi transgender artists, foster the growth of queer arts organizations, and serve queer and non-queer audiences alike. By presenting, exhibiting, and screening queer artists’ work, Qcc contributes a multicultural perspective on the lesbian gay bi transgender experience.

Harvey Milk Institute
The mission of the Harvey Milk Institute (HMI) is to foster the development and examination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture and community in the Bay Area and beyond. HMI conducts programs that present and interpret works by contemporary and historical lesbian gay bi transgender artists and critical thinkers and that explore community and personal issues within the context of queer culture. HMI produces programming year-round which includes an Arts & Lecture Series, workshops, conferences and other arts events. New catalog available August 2002.

Harvey Milk Institute Board of Directors
Sini Anderson
Amy Andre
John Paul DeCecco, Ph.D.
Evan Deerfield
Max Ehrsam
Tara Henry
James Harrison Lott, Jr.
Ann Leslie Singer
Samuel B. Tucker
David Tulller

Volunteers
Harvey Milk Institute coordinates the efforts of more than 100 volunteers who make this festival possible. If you’d like to volunteer, contact Mark Menke at 415.865.5633 or [email protected]. Volunteers are needed for a variety of positions and box office, event production, ushering, publicity and general administrative needs. If you have parking tickets and are eligible to do work exchange through SF DPT’s Project 20, sign up with us. If you’d like to see more events than you can fit in your budget, volunteering is a great way to reduce ticket fees.

Event and Reception Sponsors
Hotel Bijou is the official hotel of the National Queer Arts Festival
Isosceles Group
Blavod & The Black Vodka
Barefoot Wines
Trader Joes
Rainbow Grocery Cooperative (find right language and logo)
Harvest Market
Buffalo Whole Food & Grain Company
The Lexington
Ixia
Matagrano
Peet’s Coffee & Tea
San Francisco Pride Celebration Committee
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Cleis Press

DATE TIME EVENT DISCIPLINE VENUE
June 1 7-11 p.m. Opening Party and Previews of Festival Performances!!!

FREE!! OPENING NIGHT PARTY
Come eat, drink, and celebrate queer art and culture at the festival’s opening night gala party at the Center.

Multidisciplinary LGBT
Center
June 1 2 p.m. Writing the Erotic Workshop with CC Carter Poetry LGBT
Center
June 1 7-9 p.m. Quelaco: 12th Annual Visual Art Exhibition
QueLACo
Visual Art MCC
June 2 2 p.m. 2 Men Talking
Paul Browde & Murray Nossel
Performance LGBT
Center
June 2 7 p.m. It’s a femme thing
CC Carter & Maiana Minahal
Literary/Poetry LGBT
Center
June 2 5 – 9 p.m. Map of a Virtual World: Voices and Visions of Queer Southwest Asian and North African People
Mujadarra Grrls
Multidisciplinary SomArts
June 2 –
June3
Various Queer Disability Conference Conference SFSU
June 3 8 p.m. Q Comedy
Hosted by comic and filmmaker Maureen Brownsey, and featuring the top talents of Doug Holsclaw, Heather Gold, Janis Lipton, Johnny “Mr. Handsome” Holiday, Bridget Schwartz, and many more!
Comedy LGBT
Center
June 3 Various Queer Disability Conference Conference SFSU
June 5 8 p.m. Djola Branner-Mighty Real: The Life of San Francisco Disco Legend Sylvester Performance LGBT
Center
June 5 8 p.m. A Horrifying Benefit for Ladyfest Bay Area 2002 Music Somarts
June 5-
16
8 p.m. Chink O Rama
Kate Riggs
Brava Brava
June 5 7 p.m. QueLaCo: Mr/Ms Gay Safe Latino Performance Pal.Leg.Hr
June 6 8 p.m. Djola Branner-Mighty Real: The Life of San Francisco Disco Legend Sylvester Performance LGBT
Center
June 6 – July 7 8:30 p.m. Circo Zero various artists Circus Theater
Artaud
June 6 8 p.m. Chink O Rama
Kate Riggs
Comedy Brava
June 6 Opening
Reception
5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Lesbians in the Visual Arts Visual Art LGBT
Historical
Society
June 6 8 p.m. Possibilities of Pluralism – panel discussion Panel JSC
June 7 8 p.m. Djola Branner-Mighty Real: The Life of San Francisco Disco Legend Sylvester Performance LGBT
Center
June 7 8 p.m. Black Like Us
Artists: Devon Carbado, Don Weise, Red Jordan Arobateau, Marci Blackman, Michelle Cliff and Evelyn C. White
Performance LGBT
Center
June 7 6-8 p.m. Men of Color/The Female Gaze
Laurie Toby Edison and Mary Ann Luera
Visual Arts SomArts
June 7 8 p.m. Single Wet Female
Marga Gomez and Carmelita Tropicana
Comedy/Performance SomArts
June 7 8 p.m. Chink O Rama
Kate Riggs
Comedy Brava
June 7-
16
8 p.m. Tears of the Rock
Anne Bluenthal and Dancers
Dance DanceMis.
June 8 8 p.m. AND 10 p.m. Djola Branner-Mighty Real: The Life of San Francisco Disco Legend Sylvester Performance LGBT
Center
June 8 8 p.m. Queer Women of Color Film Nights
Darshan Elena Campos
Film/Video LGBT
Center
June 8 8 p.m. Single Wet Female
Marga Gomez and Carmelita Tropicana
Comedy SomArts
June 8 2 p.m. Men of Color/The Female Gaze
Laurie Toby Edison and Mary Ann Luera
Visual Art SomArts
June 8 8 p.m. Quelaco: The 5th Annual Hank Tavera Performance Show
QueLACo
Multidisciplinary MCC
June 8 8 p.m. Chink O Rama
Kate Riggs
Comedy Brava
June 9 7 p.m. Djola Branner-Mighty Real: The Life of San Francisco Disco Legend Sylvester Performance LGBT
Center
June 9 8 p.m. Single Wet Female
Marga Gomez and Carmelita Tropicana
Comedy/Performance SomArts
June 9 2 p.m. Contested Flesh :Flags, Dissect the Bawdy Politic of Body Politics
Men of Color/The Female Gaze
Jamie Cortez, moderator
Panel/Visual Art SomArts
June 9 8 p.m. Chink O Rama
Kate Riggs
Comedy Brava
June 1 –
30
Various Intergeneration: Potlach:
Sharing a Lifetime of Experience, Stories and Treasures From Our TribeIntergeneration Art Exhibition
Literary SF Pulic
Library
June 10 8 p.m. Q Comedy
Hosted by Marilyn Pittman, Ace comic and radio star, and featuring local legend Pippi Lovestocking, plus rising stars Dana Cory, David Guiney, Bridget Schwartz, and many more!
Comedy LGBT
Center
June 10 8 p.m. The Fat Boy Chronicles
Rene Broussard
Film/Video LGBT
Center
June 12 8 p.m. AfterShocks: An Evening with Jess Wells Performance JSC
June 12 8 p.m. Chink O Rama
Kate Riggs
Comedy Brava
June 13 8 p.m. Chink O Rama
Kate Riggs
Comedy Brava
June 13 6 p.m. B/Glam: Black Inches: (re) Measuring Blackness, Desire, Art and Pornography. Art Exhibition Opening Reception Visual Art SomArts
June 14 8 p.m. An Evening of Poetry
Chrystos with Jennifer Lisa Vest
Poetry LGBT
Center
June 14 8 p.m. Queerosity
Youth Speaks & The Love N’ Justice Project
Literary LGBT
Center
June 14 8 p.m. B/Glam: The Mangina Monologues Literary SomArts
June 14 8 p.m. On A Muggy Night in Mumbai
Mahesh Dattani
Theater JSC
June 14 8 p.m. Chink O Rama
Kate Riggs
Comedy Brava
June 14 8 p.m. QueLaCo:An Evening of Poetry Poetry Galeria de la Raza
June 15 12-6 p.m. African American Film Festival: LGBTQ Program
Curator, Ave Montague
Film/Video LGBT
Center
June 15 8 p.m. SFinX: San Francisco in Exile – Another Evening of Greatest Hits
Co Sponsored by JSC & QCC
Literary LGBT
Center
June 15 8 p.m. B/Glam: Between Pathos and Seduction: The Erotic Read Literary SomArts
June 15 8:30 p.m. Cosmic Blood & Queerest One of All
Gigi Oltavaro & Emael
Performance LGBT
Center
June 15 1-3 p.m. From Genderbending Gods to Underwear Parties in Delhi – The Many Faces of South Asian Gay Life Discussion JSC
June 15 8 p.m. Chink O Rama
Kate Riggs
Comedy Brava
June 15 8 p.m. On A Muggy Night in Mumbai
Mahesh Dattani
Performance JSC
June 16 2 p.m. Native Lesbian Writers: A Presentation with Chrystos Literary LGBT
Center
June 16 7-9 p.m. Other Brothers Performance LGBT
Center
June 16 8 p.m. Chink O Rama
Kate Riggs
Comedy Brava
June 16 1 – 4 p.m. If Not Us — Funding Lesbian Activism
100 Lesbians and Our Friends
Panel Women’s
Building
June 17 8 p.m. Q Comedy
Regina Stoops hosts an evening of Queer standup and improvisation comedy featuring Karen Ripley, Greg Wallach from New York, Judi Maruska, Bridget Schwartz, and a special appearance by the Laughingstock players and their guests!
Comedy LGBT
Center
June 18 8 p.m. Rebel Without a Pause
Reno
Comedy Brava
June 19 7 p.m. Intergeneration 2 Performance LGBT
Center
June 20 8 p.m. Generation Now : Writings by Lesbians of Color Literary LGBT
Center
June 20 7 p.m. Crawlspace
Danielle Abrams
Performance LGBT
Center
June 20 9 p.m. Faggot
Lynwoodt Benard
Performance LGBT
Center
June 20 8 p.m. Skin Hot Bone Deep
Liquid Fire
Performance AAACC
June 21 7 p.m. Crawlspace
Danielle Abrams
Performance LGBT
Center
June 21 9 p.m. Faggot
Lynwoodt Benard
Performance LGBT
Center
June 21 8 p.m. Displacement
Sini Anderson, Marci Blackman, Kinnie Starr, Marcus Rene Van and Archival Footage of the late Kris Kovick
Performance SomArts
June 21 6 p.m. Flux
Killer Banshees Studios
Visual Art SomArts
June 21 8 p.m. Groucho: A Day in the Life of the D’Elia Soup
Tina D’Elia
Theater MCC
June 21 8 p.m. Skin Hot Bone Deep
Liquid Fire
Performance AAACC
June 21 6 p.m.
artists
reception
Flux
Killer Banshees Studios
Visual Art SomArts
June 22 1-4 p.m. Sanford Meisner Technique–Workshop
Lynwoodt Benard
Workshop LGBT
Center
June 22 8 p.m. Displacement
Sini Anderson, Marci Blackman, Kinnie Starr, Marcus Rene Van and Archival Footage of the late Kris Kovick
Performance SomArts
June 22 8 p.m. Groucho: A Day in the Life of the D’Elia Soup
Tina D’Elia
Theater MCC
June 22 2 p.m.
8 p.m.
Skin Hot Bone Deep
Liquid Fire
Performance AAACC
June 23 7 p.m. Faggot
Lynwoodt Benard
Performance LGBT
Center
June 23 2 -4 p.m. Grants for the Arts: Creating Queer Community
Jeff Jones
Grant Workshop LGBT
Center
June 23 2 p.m. Skin Hot Bone Deep
Liquid Fire
Performance AAACC
June 23 3 p.m.
8 p.m.
Skin Hot Bone Deep
Liquid Fire
Performance AAACC
June 24 8 p.m. Q Comedy
hosted by Scott Silverman, and featuring Marilyn Pittman, Janis Lipton, Doug Holsclaw, Nick Leonard, Bridget Schwartz, and more!
Comedy LGBT
Center
June 24 7:30-10 p.m. Women’s Music Series
Kaia Wilson & Ferron
Music Brava
June 25 8 p.m. Out in the Castro: Desire, Promise, Activism
Winston Leyland
Readings/Discussion LGBT
Center
June 25 7:30-10 p.m. Women’s Music Series
Nedra Johnson & Gwen Avery
Brava
June 25 8 p.m. Fresh Meat-Queer Dance Multidisciplinary ODC
June 25 8-10 pm Sex Love Candle Magic
Dr. Annie Sprinkle
Performance Good Vibrations
June 26 7:30-10 p.m. Women’s Music Series
Ulali & Kinnie Starr
Music Brava
June 26 8 p.m. And You Can’t Make Me
Alison Wright
Performance SomArts
June 26 8 p.m. Fresh Meat-Queer Dance
Sean Dorsey
Multidisciplinary ODC
June 27 6 p.m. Robert Rauschenberg
From the Collection of Terry Van Brunt
Opening Reception
Visual Art LGBT
Center
June 27 8 p.m. And You Can’t Make Me
Alison Wright
Performance SomArts
June 27 7:30-10 p.m. Women’s Music Series
Bitch and Animal
Music Brava
June 28 8 p.m. And You Can’t Make Me
Alison Wright (a staged reading)tickets only available at SomArts
Perforamance SomArts
June 28 8 p.m. Comedy Night – Elvira Kurt Brava
June 29 2 p.m. And You Can’t Make Me
Alison Wright (a staged reading)tickets only available at SomArts
Music SomArts
June 29 8 p.m. BourgieBohoPostPomoAfroPromo: A Deep Dickollective CD release party Music Brava
June 29 3 p.m. Dyke March March Dolores Park
June 30 11 a.m. SF Pride Parade (Starts at Embarcadero and ends at Civic Center) March Embarcadero
to Civic Center
June 30 11 a.m. Nectar Music Civic Center
 JULY Events
July 4 11 a.m.-
3 p.m.
An Ol’ Fashion 4th of July Alternative Family Picnic Multidisciplinary YBC
July 5 6 p.m. Robert Rauschenberg Gallery Tours
Jonathan Katztickets only available at The Center
Visual Art LGBT
Center
July 6 2 p.m.
and
6 p.m.
Robert Rauschenberg Gallery Tours
Jonathan Katztickets only available at The Center
Visual Art LGBT
Center
July 7 2 p.m.
and
6 p.m.
Robert Rauschenberg Gallery Tours
Jonathan Katztickets only available at The Center
Visual Art LGBT
Center
May 2 GLBT Exhibition Showcase
GLBT Hist Soc
Visual Art LGBT
Center
May 4 11 a.m. Dyke Action Machine Visual Art LGBT
Center
May 4 –
14
The Cockettes, Dyke Action Machine!, Don Ed Hardy
Yerba Buena Visual Arts Exhibitions
Visual Art YBC
May 4 –
14
The Film Art of Isaac Julian
Film YBC
May 9 –
June 8
Luna Sea Women’s Performance Project Performance Luna Sea
May 15-
July 13
R x D = [eros] x [ethnicity]
Shellac
Performance Intersection for the Arts
May 30 –
31
8 p.m. Cultures Crossing
Purple Moon Dance Project
Dance SomArts
May 31 –
June2
8 p.m. Sounding the Margins
Pauline Oliveros
Music Lorraine Hansberry Theater
May 31  6 p.m. Catching up with the Cockettes Visual Art JSC
May 31 –
June 9
8 p.m. Mythic Montana
Joe Goode Performance Group
Dance  YBC