Archive for May, 2009

“Two Days of Rain”: A Visit to the 2009 St. Lucia Jazz Fest

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

 

Local jazz great Ronald “Boo” Hinkson

 
The St. Lucia Jazz Festival is held on one of the Caribbean’s most lush and mountainous islands. This year’s lineup included such talents as Amy Winehouse, Chaka Khan and Patti LaBelle. Journalist Robert Hilferty reports from the tropical paradise.
 
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For the past 18 years of the St. Lucia Jazz Festival, which [...]

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The Trouble With Harry

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Gay playwright Jon Marans tackles the Mattachine Society — with the help of Ugly Betty star Michael Urie — in his new play, The Temperamentals.

An Advocate.com exclusive posted May 1, 2009

Before Stonewall and Harvey Milk there was Harry Hay. Pulitzer-nominated gay playwright Jon Marans resurrects this fascinating figure and his daring cohorts in The Temperamentals, which opens May 4 at the [...]

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