FOCUS TUCSON The first time TUCSON - What are some of the firsts in our lives? The first cigarette, first fainting spell, first birth, the first time you “did it”, the first time you went to college but dropped out . . . Come and hear theatre teacher, Carrie J. Cole; HIV / AIDS educator, Jerry Diaz; performance artist, Logan Phillips; Casa Libre director, Kristen Nelson; author, Mark Ozeroff: and social justice advocate, Sarita Gonzales tell stories of their “firsts” Jan. 12 at Fluxx Studios, 414 E. 9th Street. Odyssey Storytelling has moved to Fluxx Studios and Gallery, a non-profit community art space designed to host exhibitions, performance art, movie screenings, workshops and special events. They are located just off 4th Avenue, near the underpass to Congress Street, across the street from the Shanty. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., come early to get a good seat. Parking is free on the street. In February, Odyssey will resume their regular schedule of 1st Thursday of the month. Odyssey Storytelling can only survive with your support. When you buy tickets to the performances and make donations you help keep the stories flowing and the bills paid. Odyssey Storytelling is a program of StoryArts Group, Inc., a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law and they are gratefully accepted. You can mail your check to: StoryArts Group, Inc. P.O. Box 40422 Tucson, AZ 85717 If you love what they do and you want to support storytelling arts in Tucson, please send a year-end gift today. For more information contact Penelope Starr at penelope@odysseystorytelling.com, Adam Hostetter, at adam@odysseystorytelling.com or Sarah K. Smith at sarah@odysseystorytelling. com Website: odysseystorytelling.com Facebook: Facebook.com/Odysseystorytelling ~ Blog: tucsoncitizen.com/stories Fabulous Feygeleh LGBT Film Series TIHAN and ‘N <strong>Touch</strong> <strong>News</strong> are proud to be a sponsor of the <strong>2012</strong> Fabulous Feygeleh LGBT Film Series, in conjunction with the Tucson International Jewish Film Festival. Mark your calendars for Sunday, <strong>January</strong> 22 for three films at the Grand Cinemas Crossroads 6 (Swan and Grant Roads), including the acclaimed AIDS film “We Were Here.” 1 p.m. - Double Feature: We Were Here (USA, 2011, English, 90 minutes) “We Were Here is, above all, a film about love: not romantic love but the kind that really matters, in which people selflessly show up and keep on showing up for one another in the worst of time” –Stephen Holden, New York Times. Tickets for each show are $8 for adults or $7 for students (the double-feature counts as one show), and can be purchased online or at the door. Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber co-directed the 2001 documentary, The Cockettes, chronicling San Francisco’s legendary theater troupe of hippies and drag queens, 1969 – 1972. We Were Here revisits San Francisco a decade More <strong>News</strong> Online! www.ntouchaz.com later, as its flourishing gay community is hit with an unimaginable disaster. We Were Here is the first documentary to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco. It explores how the City’s inhabitants were affected by, and how they responded to, that calamitous epidemic. Though a San Francisco-based story, We Were Here extends beyond San Francisco and beyond AIDS itself. It speaks to our capacity as individuals to rise to the occasion, and to the incredible power of a community coming together with love, compassion, and determination. Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement (USA, 2009, English, 61 minutes) For 42 years, this remarkable lesbian couple shared their lives before finally being permitted to legally marry shortly before one of them dies. Their love and devotion, and the graceful way in which they faced and overcame societal, political and personal challenges, are an inspiration to us all. 3 p.m.: Mary Lou (“Tamid oto cholom”) (Israel, 2009, Hebrew with English subtitles, 150 minutes with intermission) From the gifted Israeli director Eytan Fox comes Mary Lou, the Israeli take on Glee. Based on the songs of Israeli pop icon Svika Pick, it depicts a young gay man who, while looking for the mother who deserted him at 10 years old, discovers himself. Tickets are $7. Sunday, <strong>January</strong> 22. Grand Cinemas Crossroads 6 is located at 4811 E. Grant Road. Give to Wingspan and pay less in taxes! Wingspan is a Qualifying Charitable Organization for the Arizona State Working Poor Tax Credit in 2011. This means that you can donate $200 as a single, or $400 as a married couple (unless your marriage is not legally recognized in Arizona) and you pay that much less in taxes as long as you itemize your deductions. In addition, your contribution will be eligible for a Tax Deduction on your Federal tax return. So please give today. You’ll feel good for supporting our community, people will be helped through your generosity, AND you’ll pay the money in taxes if you don’t give it to Wingspan. Got to wingspan.org for more information. 48 | <strong>Issue</strong> <strong>#90</strong> | <strong>January</strong> <strong>2012</strong> | ntouchaz.com news / politics / business / opinion
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