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| Friday, October 19, 2007 | ||
| Opening Night VIP and Society Member Party | 7:30 | SSW |
| The Curiosity of Chance | 9:00 | SSW |
| Opening Night Party | SSW | |
| Saturday, Oct. 20 | ||
| A Four Letter Word | 2:30 | SSW |
| Born Again | 4:45 | SSW |
| THE BUBBLE | 7:00 | SSW |
| One Night Stand | 9:15 | SSW |
| Boys Night Out | 10:00 | SPN |
Girl's Night Out |
10:45 | CAT |
| Sunday, Oct. 21 | ||
| Outing Riley | 4:45 | SSW |
| Shelter Me | 7:00 | SSW |
| Tan Lines | 7:00 | HT |
| The Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror | 9:15 | SSW |
| Monday, Oct. 22 | ||
| Kate Clinton: 25th Anniversary Tour | 7:00 | SSW |
| The Two Sides of the Bed | 9:15 | SSW |
| Tuesday, Oct. 23 | ||
| Women's Shorts | 7:00 | SSW |
| Men's Shorts | 9:15 | SSW |
| Wednesday, Oct. 24 | ||
| Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother | 7:00 | SSW |
| Laughing Matters...The Men | 9:30 | SSW |
| Thursday, Oct. 25 | ||
| Vivere | 7:00 | SSW |
| Spider Lilies | 9:15 | SSW |
| Friday, Oct. 26 | ||
| You Belong To Me/Local Shorts | 7:00 | SSW |
| It's Friday Night Out | 9:00 | TC |
| Buffy Sing-a-long | 9:45 | SSW |
| Saturday, Oct. 27 | ||
| Youth Shorts | 4:45 | SSW |
| Book Signing Summer Club and The Creatures | 6-7, 8-9 | SSW |
| Nina's Heavenly Delights | 6:45 | SSW |
| Girls Night Out: | 9:00 | SAL |
| 2 Minutes Later | 9:00 | SSW |
| Dead Boyz Don't Scream | 11:00 | SSW |
| Sunday, Oct. 28 | ||
| Sound of Music Sing-a-long | 2:00 | SSW |
| Shelter | 5:15 | SSW |
| Itty Bitty Titty Committee | 7:30 | SSW |
| Closing Night Party | CCF | |
| Tuesday, Oct 30 | ||
| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | 8:00 | HT |
| Party following the movie Priscilla | Images | |
| HT - Harris Theater | ||
| SSW - S. Sides Works Cinema | ||
| CCF - CheeseCake Factory | ||
| SPN - SPIN (5744 Ellsworth Ave) | ||
| CAT - Cattivo (Lawrenceville - 146 44th Street) | ||
| IM - Images | ||
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| Saturday, Oct. 27 6-7pm and 8-9pm @ SouthSide Works Theater Lobby
Book Signing - Summer Club and The Creatures |
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By Jim A. Richards
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"All too often when sex is used in fiction, it is either presented in some ridiculous overly romantic way or as just pure pornography," explains Richards. "I wanted to write a very different narrative; one where the sex is revealing of the characters and propels the story forward while acknowledging that sexuality can be very fluid."
Richards got the idea years ago when he first heard of the John Cameron Mitchell project that eventually became the hit independent film "Shortbus". "As graphic and entertaining as the sex is in the novel," explains Richards, "it is more than just titillation." The novel occurs as the sun sets on the sexually liberated 1970s, a time just before the Reagan Era that saw the sexual ambiguity of key parties, Club 54 and "Happy Hustler" Grant Tracey Saxon. It focuses on adult orphan David Barton, who lives a dark, lonely life in a dark, lonely unnamed town. He has suffered through years of emotional and physical abuse and so dislikes himself that he avoids mirrors viewing them as evil "creatures". David's life begins to change when his last remaining relative reaches out to claim him, and brings him into a very different world of wealth, power and beautiful people. Here he makes his first real friends, young men and women who are members of an unofficial "summer club" and especially a young man whose outward appearance of confidence and beauty masks his own history of abuse and insecurity. With their help, David begins to realize his own self-worth. James A Richards is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he runs Managerie, the social enterprise he created to provide vital support services to the region's arts and entertainment community, both non-profit and for-profit. You can learn more about Jim at www.james-richards.com. GLB Publishers is a specialty publisher based in San Francisco, California that specializes in GLBT books, including short stories, novels and non-fiction. To learn more about GLB Publishers, visit www.glbpubs.com. Books will be available for sale, so take this unique opportunity to purchase your book and have Jim sign your copy. | |