August 1999

Sunday, August 1st 
Music for Michael Mouse

The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus with Armistead Maupin. This afternoon concert at Davies Hall will feature readings from the "Tales of the City" by Armistead Maupin. The SF Gay Men's Chorus will create musical scenes evocative of those times and settings that were captured so wonderfully in this quintessentially San Francisco series of novels. You can expect a rousing rendition of "San Francisco," a song by Michael Tolliver in his underwear, and other over-the-top sensations. For more information about the show visit the Chorus' website at www.sfgmc.org. An optional brunch at noon will precede the 2 pm show. Tickets are $37 for members and $40 for guests. For reservations and information contact A&E champion Hal Seip at   775-7571. After your reservation has been confirmed, be sure to write "Michael Mouse" on the memo line of your check and send it in to the MAX office.

Monday, August 2nd  
Help is on the Way V - A Salute to Sondheim

Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation, who was the beneficiary of MAX's 5th Friday TGIF at Gump's in April, continues last year's songwriter concert series on August 2nd with Help Is On The Way V: A SALUTE TO SONDHEIM at the Palace of Fine Arts. See photos and details. Sponsor tickets entitle you to a pre-show reception with complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres and dessert with the cast. For the show only, tickets are $50. See the line-up of stars that will be performing at the Help V website. Tickets are available by calling  273.1620.

Friday, August 6th   
Chanticleer with Frederica von Stade
 

The inaugural concert of "Chanticleer & Friends" will feature the world-renowned mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade with the golden voices of Chanticleer at 8:00PM at the Calvary Presbyterian Church (Jackson & Fillmore Streets) in San Francisco. The program will feature a new work by the San Francisco Opera's composer-in-residence, Jack Heggie, written specifically for this collaboration as well as a variety of arias, popular ballads and songs arranged especially for this concert with "Flicka", as Ms. von Stade is known to her friends. Tickets are $29 for members and $33 for guests. An optional dinner at a nearby restaurant will precede the show. Tickets for this concert will sell-out in a heartbeat so call Hal Seip today at  775-7571 for reservations and information.

Thursday, August 12th
Jekyll & Hyde at the Orpheum  Sold out!

Join MAX for an evening at this evocative musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story. When the brilliant Dr. Jekyll's medical experiment backfires, giving life to Edward Hyde, his evil alter ego, the battle between good and evil begins. Information about this musical and an interesting role-playing game can be found at A Dangerous Game. Also check out selections from the beautiful musical score at http://www.cdnow.com. Tickets for the 8:00PM show at the Orpheum are $62 for members and $67 for guests. An optional dinner will precede the show. Reserve tickets online or call champion Dennis Baker at 821-9363.

August 13-15, Lassen Park Campout

Lassen Volcanic National Park Campout
Wanna go to Yellowstone to see the geysers but have enough time for only a three-day weekend? Forget that tired old Yellowstone! Sign up now for the MAX campout at Lassen Volcanic National Park, Friday, August 13 to Sunday, August 15. Lassen, located 45 minutes east of Red Bluff, is one of the least visited of California’s national parks, but its scenery rivals Yosemite. Like Yellowstone, Lassen has bubbling mud pits, steam vents, fumaroles, hot ground, and geysers. Unlike Yellowstone, it has a partially carbonated lake and a 10,500' dormant volcano whose peak is always partially covered in snow. The cost of the trip is $40 per person, which includes food, drink and the campsite fee; park admission is $10 per car. Several hikes of varying exertion levels are planned. For further details, see the July printed MAXReport, or contact Seth at  326.5332 or Tim at  584.9408.

Wednesday, August 18th
Cher at Concord Pavillion   Sold out!

Hosted by MAXEast, come join us on the lawn at the Concord Pavillion to hear Cher, Cindi Lauper and Wil Orchid for what will be the most outrageous and fabulous concert event of the year! Thirty tickets have been reserved for MAX, at $32 for members, $35 for guests. Call Glen Calvin for your reservation at  372.5556.

August MAXReport Articles

TGIF Remains at the City Club

No, we are not playing musical chairs. We were planning to make move TGIF to the Citicourt Café, but after further discussions with the City Club, MAX has decided to keep TGIF events at the 10th floor club for the near future. We have been at the City Club so long that it is hard for many of our members to think of TGIF at any other place, said Chairman Rick Sneed. After nine years, it is hard to break the habit of showing up at the City Club on Friday afternoons. MAX TGIF events are scheduled through the end of the year at the City Club, including the first and third Fridays of August, September, and November. In October, the first Friday TGIF will be at the City Club as usual, but the third Friday we are holding a special TGIF at the Citicourt Café. In December, we plan to continue our tradition of TGIF at Neiman Marcus on Union Square. Started in 1989 as an after-work cocktail party held once a month, TGIF moved to the City Club in 1990 and became so popular that it was expanded to twice a month the following year. Today, TGIF is our largest and most visible activity, attracting more than 300 people each month. This year, MAX expanded the concept to include a South Bay TGIF on the second Friday (Sunnyvale Hilton) and in the East Bay (Walnut Creek Marriott) on the fourth Friday of each month. Combined with special Fifth Friday events at various locations in the city, MAX members and guests can attend a TGIF somewhere in the Bay Area virtually every Friday of the year. Awesome! By the way, TGIF just doesn’t happen by itself. It takes a lot of people to make it work smoothly. We need people to check in members and guests, work the membership table, and coordinate special activities. Helping with TGIF is a great way to meet lots of people, said Chairman Rick Sneed. You would be surprised how many people you get to know by working the door for 45 minutes. If you are interested in helping with TGIF at the City Club, please contact Robert Moon @  751.9659. Robert is filling in as our temporary TGIF Director. To help with the MAXSouth TGIF call Stuart McFaul @  941.6279. To help with the East Bay TGIF, call Gil Rose @  735.1333.

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MAX Member in My Fair Lady

Henry Carrey aka Miss Lake Shasta 1998, has been cast as Col. Pickering in the Lamplighters’ award-winning production of My Fair Lady. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts performance dates are as follows: Friday, August 6th 8:00pm; Saturday, August 7th 2:00pm & 8:00pm; Sunday, August 8th 2:00pm; Wednesday, August 11th 8:00pm; Thursday, August 12th 8:00pm; Friday, August 13 8:00pm; Saturday, August 14th 2:00pm & 8:00pm; Sunday, August 15th 2:00pm. For tickets please call  978.2787 Walnut Creek (Hoffman Theatre) performance dates are: Thursday, August 26th 8:00pm; Friday, August 27th 8:00pm; Saturday, August 28th 2:00pm & 8:00pm. For tickets please call  943.7469

STOP AIDS Project Hosts HIV Prevention Awards
Monday, September 13, 6:30 - 8:30 pm

The STOP AIDS Project will host the 4th Annual San Francisco HIV Prevention Awards to honor local activists in HIV prevention. This Twilight Cabaret Award Reception will take place at Harry Denton’s Starlight Room atop the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. The evening will feature a half hour program honoring this year’s award recipients followed by fabulous local entertainers including the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus acappella group, The Lollipop Guild. The event will go from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. The Honorary Chair for this year’s event is Harry Denton himself and Jaime Gomez of Nash Bridges will be the emcee. For ticket information, please call Alex Chavez at the STOP AIDS Project @  575.0150 x 274.

August 13-15, 20-22, 27-29
RICE & Potatoes

RICE: Slang for gay Asians. POTATOES: Slang for the Caucasians who go after them. RICE & POTATOES, a documentary filmed by John Biasatti and Todd Wilson (MAXer Howard Miller’s theatrical friends) in San Francisco, offers frank commentary on the issues and stereotypes surrounding Caucasian-Asian interracial relationships. Ranging from the funny to the serious, the personal to the academic, RICE & POTATOES is for those interested in the dynamics of our social-sexual preferences and prejudices. SOLD OUT at both the San Francisco & Los Angeles Lesbian & Gay Film Festivals. Now in commercial release in San Francisco: Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th Street at Mission Street For more information call  861.4035.