WATCH LESBO SOLO FUNNY TRAILER/ SEE IT THRU NOV. 30 / TUESDAY'S TOTAL TRIUMPH

 

ONE WATCH A REALLY QUITE AMUSING (AND VEYR SHORT) TRAILER OF LESBO SOLO BY CLICKING HERE.

CLICK 4 TIX! And please notice the show starts @ 2pm, not 5pm. TWO TUESDAY'S TOTAL TRIUMPH!! I happen to have bought a ticket to the Celebration Tuesday night of the 160th birthday of The Nation Magazine. That's right, 160 years old, founded by abolitionists after the Civil war. They're having evenings of speakers to celebrate all over the country, including San Francisco. And what a night it was! Election Night 2025! Listening to Robert Reich talk about "The Sleeping Giant" awakening, at first I thought, "Oh Robert, that's such a tired old metaphor." But then, as the election results kept coming in -- the metaphor came to life! Could it really be that the American people were actually awakening from their bizarre Trumpian dream?? It seems so! New York City elected a Muslim Social Democrat for Mayor! Pennsylvania retained its three Democratic Supreme Court Justices, thus avoiding the absolute end of democracy, according to the many alarming texts I've been getting for months! A Democratic governor was elected in New Jersey! In California, Proposition 50 won. It will allow the state to gerrymander election districts to elect more Democrats, in order to counteract the the pro-Republican gerrymandering in Texas. and... Virginia Virginia Virginia!! Democrats swept all the state races, winning Governor, Attorney General, and Lieutenant Governor -- and retaining control of both houses of the legislature! So the audience of 500 people who came to celebrate The Nation Magazine had cause to celebrate the ACTUAL nation! It was quite an election night party, all in all. Dear Bloggellinis: Please consider subscribing to The Nation Magazine. As one of the speakers at the Celebration said, no newspaper or magazine gets it right all the time. But The Nation's record is better than any other national media outlet. I've been subscribing for many years because of their track record. I want to make sure there's at least ONE national voice of reason. Click here to subscribe. Terry

MARGA GOMEZ SEARCHES FOR INTELLIGENT LIFE.

 

Subscribe to My Blog! August 1, 2025 Marga Gomez Searches for Intelligent Life. PREVIOUS BLOGS: TERRYBAUM.BLOGSPOT.COM PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED. PODCASTS, EVENTS, INFO, POSTERS: LilithTheater.com I saw The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley, performed by Marga Gomez. I loved it -- especially the second half, when Marga really gets her teeth into the play and runs with it. She's created so many brilliant solo shows herself. And this landmark play, written by Jane Wager and performed by Lily Tomlin, opened on Broadway in 1985. It seems as funny and profound now as it did then. It's aged well. I urge you to go see it. The show is running through August 17.... And they are also streaming live performances August 5-10! So, in fact, everyone reading this blog can see it, no matter where you are! Isn't that amazing? I had no idea theaters were doing that, now that the pandemic is over. CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS. Here's the play synoopsis from the Aurora Theatre website: Through the eyes of a lovable and eccentric bag lady with a sharp wit and a heart as vast as the cosmos she ponders, Wagner weaves a rich tapestry of interconnected stories that celebrate a mosaic of humanity in all its beauty, chaos, and contradiction. Marga Gomez plays a whole cast of quirky and unforgettable characters, revealing the invisible threads that connect us all.   “A true goosebump experience” - The New York Times I happened to be in New York when the show opened in 1985, and of course I had to go see it. Lily was already very famous for her TV and film work. It was a very big deal. She's a lesbian. Jane is her life parther and, I assume, her wife by now. All the dykes knew Lily was a dyke, but she was NOT out as a performer. And I was not happy when the script portrayed lesbian sex as a big joke with the vibrator blowing out all the electricity on the block, while it portrayed straight sex as all yummy and smoochy, with romantic sound affects. No, I was NOT happy. Otherwise, I loved the show. but I could not accept the vibrator joke followed by the luscious heterosexual intercourse. I mean, come on! I don't believe in pressuring people to come out of the closet, but have a little respect for your own people! So I wrote her a letter. And one day, the phone rang and I picked it up, and said "Hello?" because in those days there was no caller ID so I had no idea who it was. And the voice on the other end said, "Terry?" And I said, "Yes?" And the voice said, "This is Lily Tomlin." Fortunately, I happened to be stoned at the time, said I said without a beat, "Oh hi, Lily!" as if I was expecting her call. And then we had a little discussion about the offensive vibrator bit. And of course, she knew I was a lesbian and she knew that I knew SHE was a lesbian and I knew that she knew that I was a lesbian. And I knew she knew that I knew that she knew that I knew ... and on and on in an endless series of mirrors, as gay people have engaged with each other from time immemorial. And I only wish I had said, "Look, Lily, we're both lesbians, right?" But I never did. Anyhow, we debated. I didn't feel that I convinced her that lesbian sex deserved more respect and heterosexual sex deserved less. But when I saw Marga perform, either the vibrator joke had been cut or Marga played it down. And she certainly did not play the sex with the male of the species as a delight to end all delights, so the offense that was a flaw in Lily's performance is not present in Marga's performance. Anyhow, go see Marga Gomez in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS. All for now, Bloggellinis.

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Dancers in the Air

 

Subscribe to My Blog! July 28, 2025 Dancers in the Air PREVIOUS BLOGS: TERRYBAUM.BLOGSPOT.COM PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED. PODCASTS, EVENTS, INFO, POSTERS: LilithTheater.com See those three tiny figure way up at the top of the very tall building? Those are the dancers of Bandaloop, the aerial dance company, before they take off. I had never seen aerial dance before Saturday. My friend Tara, often my guide to amazing cultural events, introduced me to them in downtown Oakland on a cloudy/sunny/cloudy afternoon. The performance, called Somewhere to Oakland, took place in three different locations of downtown Oakland's civic center, a very attractive and useful congregation of plazas and skyscrapers. These are a few photos from their first location. There's no way I captured tthe amazing leaping, whirling movement of the dances in these still photos. All the dances at every location were accompanied by poets reading and gorgeous live music on the ground, created by a wondrous and soulful singer and accompanied an inventive melodious guitarist/piano player. Sorry I can't credit people. I don't have the information. The theme was Migration. My photos are a feeble reflection of the glorious performances. I just wanted to WATCH, not record! The first dance was performed by three women, entwining with each other, flying apart, coming together.

Then a solo by the artistic director of the company, during which the clouds lifted. And then a spectacular finale with six dancers - accompanied by their shadows. So it felt like there were twelve performers on that huge concrete wall. These photos are a very meager reflection of the beauty and magic of Bandaloop. Oakland is their home, but tthey our. I urge you to sign up on their website, so you'll know if they migrate to somewhere near you. You'd best be in Bandaloop's loop. Thank you, Tara! Terry

WHERE TO BEGIN?

 

Subscribe to My Blog! JUNE 23, 2025 WHERE TO BEGIN? PREVIOUS BLOGS: TERRYBAUM.BLOGSPOT.COM PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED. PODCASTS, EVENTS, INFO, POSTERS: LilithTheater.com I WAS going to start the first blog in quite a while with the whimsical gorgeous sculptures that were in residence through yesterday at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco. But NOW, I thought, It doesn't seem quite appropriate somehow, now that we have bombed Iran in order to please Netanyahu. Yes, the entire world is edging closer and closer to catastrophe. Yes, our President is a malevolent narcissist who is also very stupid. Last time around, I thought it was a GOOD thing that he was stupid and lazy and incompetent. It meant he

would simply do LESS, and I think that was true. But THIS time, he's having a BALL being stupid and lazy and incompetent. And that is an absolutely terrible thing which might lead to the disintegration of our country and the complete collapse of civilization. And, even though civilization is just so awful, I'm still very attached to it and am certain that I will miss it if it collapses. But then I decided that no matter how bad things are, we can still take a moment to enjoy whimsy and beauty, can't we? And that's kind of a specialty of San Francisco. Despite what you might have heard, this city is still so much fun to walk around. So dadgummit, I have decided to begin with beauty and whimsy!

Photo by Craig Lee  These fantastical beings are alebrijes made by Oaxacan artists Angelico Jiminez, Adrian Xuana, Ephrain Santos, Constantino Blass, and Linares. I bought an alebrije when I was in Mexico. Only, instead of being fiberglass and 15 feet tall or long and mounted on 8 foot bases, it was carved of wood and four inches long. I would love to show my alebrije to you. But Loulou, my standard poodle, found it very appetizing. Here's a shop window on 24th Street full of normal size allebrijes.

As you can see, even small alebrijes are totally cool. The one in the middle is an imaginary animal like the big sculptures in the park. And now back to the giant alebrijes...

But one has no need to go to a special exhibition in a lovely park in order to see something surprising and delightful. Oh no. One can find magic so many places in San Francisco. Therefore, now for my next offering, I present for your delectation ... JUST SOME WALL OFF OF HAYES STREET I always spend a lot of time looking at this wall. There is so much to see, so many colors and forms. It's so... so... EXUBERANT! Questions arise: How many people worked on it? One? Ten? Was it done in a weekend or over months? Where did the artist(s) get all that stuff? If you came upon this wall in a museum with the name of someone on a plaque next to it, would you not find it delightful? And yet here it stands outside, day in day out, rain or shine, plaqueless, created for free, for the joy of creation, as a gift to the street. AND NOW, LAST BUT BY NO MEANS LEAST.... What kind of city would allow someone to put such an appropriate and deeply felt statement on a memorial park bench?? MY KIND OF CITY! I am grateful to the friends of John Gavin and join them in mourning that he only lived 40 years. That does, indeed, suck. Bloggelinnis, San Francisco sustains me. Terry

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