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The Gay Agenda
We’re now in month three of one hundred degree days, kids, and everyone is suffering from the temptation to lie down in an air-conditioned room and not move until October. The Agenda, however, cares about your cardiovascular health, and so we present a variety of fun movement options that will make the effort of standing up worth it.
2Friday
First up is the First Annual Salsa Congress of Utah, a three-day event that will feature exhibitions by and workshops with some of the hottest professional salsa dancers, instructors, and DJs direct from L.A. I recommend dancing in the back of the class—give your body and your libido a workout.
Dancing 9pm tonight through Sunday, workshops Saturday 1pm-5pm and Sunday 2pm-4pm, Duvan’s Karamba, 1051 E 2100 South. Presale tickets for the entire event $55 at 800-899-8499.
4Sunday
Or, you might try the Contact Improv Dance Jam. Contact improv is exactly what it sounds like—participants use balance, weight and rhythm to interact and create instant, fluid, dance-like movement. The class welcomes drop-ins and beginners
7pm-9pm, Joy of Movement, 1597 S. 1100 East. Pricing and information at 463-0900
5Monday
An Unfinished Life is a much-buzzed-about new film starring Bobby Redford, Morgan Freeman, Camryn Manheim and the Artist Formerly Known as J-Lo. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Mark Spragg, who will be in attendance to answer your questions—about his book and the film, not Jennifer’s hair—after a free advance screening sponsored by the King’s English Bookstore and the Salt Lake Film Center.
6:30pm, Tower Theatre, 876 E 900 South. Admission is free, information at 484-9100
6Tuesday
Been a long time since Tori Amos pulled into town, but she’s sure to make up for her absence when she plays Salt Lake City tonight. In her defense, I would like once and for all to point out that Tori is not a Cornflake Girl, but rather prefers “hangin’ with the raisin girls.” Yes, I do feel better.
8pm, USANA Amphitheatre, 5400 S 6200 West, West Valley City. Tickets $30-$56 at 467-TIXX or smithstix.com.
8Thursday
Here’s the latest item in our continuing quest to keep you moving: The University of Utah Swing Club offers free lessons and dancing—this is a great activity because, in addition to the great exercise, I can personally vouch for the fact that nothing impresses people at a party like the ability to toss someone around rhythmically. The event is open to all ages, so why not bring your son/daughter, niece/nephew, godson/goddaughter, or a random child you find in a Smith’s parking lot? Imagine explaining that one to the police.
8:30pm-10:45, Union Ballroom at the University of Utah, 200 S Central Campus Drive. Admission is free, information at 483-3141.
9Friday
We’ve got like a thousand words on Plan-B Theatre Company’s Patient A here, so I’m not going to guild the lily too much here. I’ll just remind you that Plan-B is the only company in Utah committed to producing at least one queer-themed show per season, and that Metro awarded them a couple of our nifty “_____of Utah” Awards last year and they’ve got 21 Slammys to boot. In short, they’re doing something right.
Tonight and Saturday at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm and 7pm through Sept. 25, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $18 at 355-2787 or planbtheatrecompany.org.
Four things guaranteed to get your heart beating faster this weekend: lube wrestling, gay wet t-shirt and whipped cream bikini contests, a pool party with QUAC, and hitting the jackpot. All this and more awaits you at QSaltLake’s second annual Gay Wendover Weekend. Come for a day or come for the weekend, just be prepared for anything to happen.
Through Sunday, City of West Wendover. For prices, schedule of activities and more, visit www.qsaltlake.com/wendover or call 649-6663.
10Saturday
If you don’t enjoy actually golfing, but you do like homos, seafood, dancing and prizes, then the Center, in its infinite wisdom, has created an event that you and your more golf-friendly friends can enjoy together: the night before they hit the links, join them at the Pre-Classic Party at the Trapp Door. Ten bucks (which goes directly to the Center) buys you a seafood buffet from Gastronomy and a crack at some cool prizes, in addition to the opportunity to hobnob with our best and brightest. So you get to go to a swingin’ club the night before you got out and swing some clubs. My god, I hope that sentence doesn’t get me fired.
11pm, Trapp Door, 102 S 600 W. Tickets $10; information at 539-8800 ext 13.
11Sunday
And then the next day is the actual, you know, golfing. The Center Golf Classic is your chance to go stroke for stroke with some of the best gay golfers in Utah. (My god, I hope that one doesn’t get me fired either.) Of course, some of our beloved straight advocates will be there as well, and all participants will receive lunch, a goody bag, prizes and a free golf cart, which will come in handy if you’re like my mother, who prefers to ride along drinking margaritas rather than actually playing. All proceeds go directly to benefiting the Center’s programs.
Registration begins at 7am, golf 8:30am-12:30pm, Stonebridge Golf Club, 4415 W. Links Drive, West Valley. Registration $100, information at 539-8800, ext. 13
12Monday
If Radiohead and the Killers were somehow to breed (which is a delightful thought for a variety of reasons, some musical and some not), their child might sound something like Interpol, a very serious, earnest, humorless and yet damn good band who will play the City by the Pestilent Sea™ tonight.
8pm, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents’ Circle, University of Utah. Tickets $23.50 at 355-2787 or arttix.org
13Tuesday
Natalie Cole believes in using what she got of her father’s talent for good, which is why she’s headlining the 13th Annual Blue Cross/Blue Shield Gala Event, which raises money to give dental coverage to low-income Utah children. This is a worthy cause indeed, as there is no reason that children living in the wealthiest country in the world shouldn’t have dental coverage in the first place, but you should also go because maybe Natalie will do that “Wild Women” song from the Pretty Woman soundtrack.
8pm, Abravanel Hall, 123 W South Temple. Tickets $35-$50 at 355-2787n or arttix.org
upCOMING
Now that you’ve spent two weeks moving about and getting cardiovascular, don’t forget to register for the Utah AIDS Foundation’s Walk for Life, which takes place next Saturday, the 17th. To register and for more information, go online at www.utahaids.org or call 487-2323.
Utah is host to the National Gay Men’s Health Summit October 19–23. Register at ngmhs2005.org or email gmhs2005@utahaids.org for more information.
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