NOCHE BOHEMIA, FEATURING TROVA TAPATIA
The term “singing poet” may not be too familiar to us,
but is has much more of a ring to it in Spanish. On Saturday, May 15, join the Nuñez-Cham Sisters for Noche Bohemia, a fundraiser in support of The San Diego LGBT Community Center and Border Angels. This Noche Bohemia will evoke a Peña night—a popular
gathering of intellectuals and students in Latin America in the late 1970s. The Peñas were a kind of coffee shop and bar, with a small stage for the performance of several musicians each night, creating an intimate, candlelight ambiance in which the performers interacted directly with the audience. The music played during those nights was called Canto Nuevo (New Chant), meaning alternative music created by “cantautores.” The main point of the Peña is to listen to the cantautor’s message in the company of good friends. The event will begin at 6:00 p.m. at The Center (3909
Centre Street) and will feature Guadalajara’s famed Trova Tapatía, with Paco Padilla, Raúl Rodriguez and Enrique Or- tiz. Tickets are only $25 per person or $200 per table of eight. Tickets are on sale at Restaurante Costa Brava, 1653 Garnet Ave, 858.273.1218; The Center, 3909 Centre Street, 619.692.2077 ext. 116 (ask for Carolina); and Border Angels 619.739.5508,
imontano3@cox.net. Appetizers and bever- ages will be available for sale.
WOMEN’S FEST 2010
The San Diego LGBT Community Center’s Women’s
Resource Center will once again bring local women together for a day-long festival of workshops, entertain- ment and resources for lesbian, bisexual and transgen- der women. Women’s Fest 2010: Strength in Diversity will take place on Saturday, May 8, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at The Center. Look forward to attending diverse workshops cover-
ing everything from breast health to sexuality to the how-to’s of DJ-ing, a queer women of color panel and free lunch from Pizza Fusion. For more information, send an e-mail to
women@thecentersd.org.
“PAW TO HEART” GARDEN PARTY
PAWS San Diego County, Inc. announces its 2010 Fiesta
theme “Paw to Heart”— a tribute to the life-saving bond PAWS clients share with their companion animals as seen through the eyes of local artist, Tamandra Michaels. On Sunday, June 6, PAWS San Diego County, Inc. will celebrate a decade of Fiesta Del PAWS, the nonprofit’s annual fund- raising event. This year’s afternoon garden party will take place on an estate adjoining Balboa Park. Fiesta Del PAWS began ten years ago as a small garden
party for concerned citizens who wanted to make a dif- ference for PAWS. Since that time, it has grown into an afternoon of entertainment for all of San Diego to celebrate the human-animal bond and to raise money for PAWS. For more information about Fiesta contact the PAWS offices at 619.297.7297 or e-mail
paws.ed@pawssdc.org. For tickets visit us online at
pawssdc.org
2ND ANNUAL
HARVEY MILK
DIVERSITY BREAKFAST
The San Diego Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast Coalition
invites you to join 1,000 of your closest friends on Friday, May 21, from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, located at 1 Park Blvd. in downtown San Diego, for the 2nd Annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast. Featured guests will include Lt. Dan Choi, Natalie Jones and Bishop Christopher Senyonjo of The Anglican Church of Uganda. The event will be emceed by San Diego’s own Mayor Jerry Sanders and his daughter Lisa Sanders. This popular event is nearly sold out. Ticket information is
available at
thecentersd.kintera.org/Milk2010. West Point graduate and Iraq veteran Lt. Dan Choi will
receive the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Award and will also serve as keynote speaker. A high-profile advocate for the repeal of the military’s discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, Choi wrote an open letter to Congress and President Obama, He recently made national headlines when he was arrested for protesting in front of the White House. Youth Essay Contest winner Natalie Jones made headlines of her own last year when she was told she could not share her PowerPoint presentation on the life of Harvey Milk with her sixth grade class in fulfillment of a class project. When Jones was told she could only show her presentation during lunch recess, and only to students who had a parent’s written permission, she contacted the ACLU. In the end the school apologized, reversed their decision and clarified their policy on what constitutes “Family Life/Sex Education instruction.” Bishop Christopher Senyonjo of the Anglican Church of Uganda is a member of Integrity Uganda, which works for inclusiveness within the Episcopal Church. He has been a strong and ac- tive voice of support for gays and lesbians in the midst of the recent international uproar over Uganda’s proposed Anti- Homosexuality Bill, which would include life imprisonment and even the death penalty for LGBT Ugandans. All proceeds from this event will benefit The San Diego
LGBT Community Center. Tickets and sponsorship informa- tion are available at
thecentersd.kintera.org/Milk2010 or you can mail your check payable to The Center to: Terry Bishop, The Center, P.O. Box 3357 San Diego, CA 92163. For more information, contact Jeffrey Wergeles at jwergeles@
thecentersd.org or 619.692.2077 ext. 204.
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