A Kiss, a Vow, A Message, Another Bigot and a big loss at the Warhol in Pittsburgh

30. November 2010 by admin.

We interviewed three cast members of Stop Kiss from Off The Wall Theater in Washington, PA.  147 N. Main Street, www.insideoffthewall.com.  The girls were fun.  Watch the interview on http://www.outonline.com Talk It Out show.

“Stop Kiss ” runs Dec. 3-18, 2010

Written by Diana Son.  A funny, poignant story of two heretofore heterosexual women who unexpectedly fall in love, provoking a violent attack that transforms their lives forever.  This evocative play explores our assumptions about love and reminds us of what a profound privilege it can be when we choose, and are chosen, to care for another. 

Written in scenes that alternate between the present and the past, Stop Kiss pays homage to life’s abrupt and unexpected transformations, to romance, and to the search for personal identity, all the while explaining how soci-ety stereotypes people, and the pain that can come from simply being who we are. 

Directed by: Robyne Parrish

Featuring: Theo Allyn, Karen Baum, Erika Cuenca, Linda Haston, F.J. Hartland, Matt Lamb, Atom Pribila

Off The Wall is a theater production company whose mission is to enrich, enliven, educate and entertain our audiences , to be recognized as a cultural asset by our community, and to increase the public knowledge and appreciation of theater in South Western Pennsylvania.

Our 66 - seat house offers an intimate environment, allowing performers to have close interaction with their audience

Pittsburgh City Paper : ” First Class Professional Actors in high quality performances ”

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: ” Off The Wall is an ambitious little art theater with a big appetite for challenging plays”

Observer-Reporter: ” … that this production eclipses one staged at Pittsburgh Public 10 years ago is a testament to the quality of work coming from Off The Wall”.

Pittsburgh-Outonline: There is a gem in Washington called Off The Wall Theater. ” … alternative theater for grown-ups….”

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Lady Gaga Urges Fans to Call Senate to Repeal ‘DADT’

Lady Gaga has released another message urging repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell", and discussing the importance of demanding that Senators debate and vote on this law.

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Madonna Commands Gym-goers in Mexico City to Get In Shape

Check out the lobby of Madonna’s flagship Hard Candy Fitness gym in Mexico City, which she opened yesterday.

The gym appears to be much like any other pricey facility, except for the gigantic Mr. Brainwash portraits at its entrance, demanding you eat less, lift more, work harder, and do it again.

More Info at http://www.towleroad.com/2010/11/madonna-commands-gym-goers-in-mexico-city-to-get-hard.html

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Tony Perkins Objects to The FAMILY Research Council’s Hate Group Classification, on ‘Hardball’

Last week, the Southern Poverty Law Center classified 13 new groups as "hate groups" including the Family Research Council. The FRC’s Tony Perkins and the SPLC’s Mark Potok appeared on Hardball to discuss it, and Perkins tries to back up his bigotry.

At the end Chris Matthews tells Tony Perkins to go back and spank Peter Sprigs for saying the wrong thing previously on CNN’s Hardball

http://www.towleroad.com/2010/11/watch-tony-perkins-objects-to-the-frcs-hate-group-classification-on-hardball.html

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Warhol director Sokolowski steps down

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh announced on Monday that Tom Sokolowski has resigned as director of the Warhol Museum, effective Dec. 31.

He leaves behind an institution at the top of its game that has exported its namesake to five continents and changed the activist face of Pittsburgh.

Tom Sokolowski

Mr. Sokolowski, 60, the museum’s third director, said he felt it was time to move on.

"At this point I think I’ve been here too long. And change is a good thing."

The decision to leave was Mr. Sokolowski’s. "There have been times when I felt I was repeating myself," he said, referring to some of the museum’s programming. 

Mr. Sokolowski said the museum is in good shape, having had another banner year of attendance, admission revenues over budget, more critical success internationally, and both trustee donations and requests for its traveling shows rising.

Read more: http://www.postgazette.com/pg/10334/1107061-437.stm#ixzz16lvfbLNi

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D.C. Marriage Bureau Rejects Gay Couple Married via Skype

The marriage bureau of Washington D.C. has rejected a certificate of marriage filed by D.C. officiant Shelia Alexander-Reid, who married Dallas couple Thomas Mark Reed and Dante Karl Walkup, over Skype, earlier this month.

Reports Amanda Hess at TBD:

"The D.C. marriage bureau kicked back the certificate we had filed," Alexander-Reid told me today. Alexander-Reid says that she and the couple both received letters from D.C. Superior Court stating that it had determined the marriage license filed following the Skype ceremony to be invalid.

"The return is invalid because it has come to the attention of the court that the subject contracting parties to the marriage and you, the officiant, did not all personally participate in a marriage ceremony performed within the jurisdictional and territorial limits of the District of Columbia," the letter reads.

Alexander-Reid also received a fresh marriage license from the court. Alexander-Reid could use it to re-officiate a Reed-Walkup ceremony, should they choose to marry again in D.C., this time "with all parties . . . in physical attendance."

Check out their marriage and message behind it in this video.

(via dallas voice), Pittsburgh’s Out www.outonline.com and www.towleroad.com

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