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Entries from June 2010

Like, High…. Definition

June 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Two performances of Comfort & Joy’s revival of “Aliens Cut My Hair” were filmed in HD by a documentary camera crew. The footage so far is amazing.
Chickpea’s blacklights sets are gorgeous & the show just got more fierce every night… Suppositori Spelling killed us (literally) in the lead role as “Trendar” [...]

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Pink Saturday Afterglow: the blacklight discothéque

June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Afterglow is a private event for Comfort & Joy friends & family. RSVP for the location.

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Gay Adults! Gay Adults! Where are you?

June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

If you read nothing else today… read the following article, and then, if you are so moved, check out the workshop this Saturday 2-4PM lead by Don Kilhefner, co-founder of the Radical Faeries, at Faetopia 2010 http://gayadults.eventbrite.com
Reimagining the Gay Community
by Don Kilhefner

The gay and lesbian community stands at the edge of a generational tectonic shift [...]

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Constructing Faetopia

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments

Last week a documentary crew made a brief visit to the Faetopia Festival space as we were building sets for Aliens Cut My Hair… and they got some great footage:

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Faetopia presents “Cunts for Fags”

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments

This 18+ workshop demystifies the innies of the genital world with a detailed introduction to the vulva geared towards gay men, at 12:30pm on Friday, June 25th as part of Comfort & Joy’s Faetopia Festival. People of all
genders and orientations welcome. “Cunts for Fags” features queer presenters, live models, a safe space to [...]

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EcoHomo – Queer Ecology Comes Home to the Castro

June 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Bringing QUEER ECOLOGY Home to the Castro
Experience visions of future eco-topias at the EcoHomo Action Center, part of the Faetopia Festival during all of Pride week. Creating a unique space in the Castro, EcoHomo brings together local artists, community-led workshops, urban greenspace and hands-on exhibits to explore the connection between our actions and the environment [...]

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SissyBoy the Movie Comes to San Francisco!

June 16th, 2010 · No Comments

The long-awaited Sissyboy documentary is finally coming to San Francisco!

They’ve been called “gender terrorists”, “performance art revolutionaries”, and the “kind of drag queens your mother warned you about”; but underneath all of the spectacle of Portland’s premiere shock-drag troupe “SISSYBOY” is a group of amazingly insightful and sensitive individuals who have found an outlet [...]

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Gay Adults! Gay Adults! Where Are You?

June 14th, 2010 · No Comments

Ask yourself: “Where do I stand on the continuum that ranges from Elder, Adult, and Youth and how am I contributing to the health of the Gay community?”

At this Faetopia Festival workshop on Pink Saturday, June 26th, learn how to build a stronger Gay Community from Don Kilhefner (co-facilitated with Roberto Blain), Gay liberation pioneer, [...]

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Aliens Cut My Hair

June 13th, 2010 · No Comments

Comfort & Joy is proud to present a very theatrical revival of Science Fiction cult classic “ALIENS CUT MY HAIR”, a film shot locally in San Francisco during the 1990s, REMIXED with fresh live performances in a vacant Castro District storefront.
Showcasing talent both old and new, this production is a tribute to [...]

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What future utopias could we make together?

June 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment

For just one week in June, Comfort & Joy’s “Faetopia Festival” transforms an empty storefront into visions of the potential future utopias we could create together versus the various dystopias that surround us today. Featuring local artistry, performance art, Cuddle Cinema and workshops throughout the week, the Faetopia Festival explores how vacant commercial [...]

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