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Catie Curtis Performs At Club Passim

Folk rock singer & songwriter Catie Curtis will perform “Post-Holiday Revelry” at Club Passim in Cambridge Massachusetts on January 7th at 8P. Curtis combines insightful lyrics with addictive melodies & energy. Curtis will be performing with Elana Arian & Rose Polenzani Drozek. Catie stated, “Come for some post-Christmas levity & solace in the form of wintery songs & my songs with Elana's fiddle playing & luscious harmonies.” Besides her vivid songwriting Catie’s studio work, engaging live shows & impressive touring career in the US & Europe has earn rave reviews & wide recognition. Curtis’s songs have been featured on Dawson’s Creek, Felicity, Alias, Chicago Hope & Grey’s Anatomy as well as in several independent films. She’s toured with Dar Williams, Mary Chapin Carpenter & as part of Lilith Fair. Catie was named grand prize winner of the International Songwriting Competition for her song “People Look Around” that was co-written with Mark Erelli from a field of 15,000 entries from 82 countries. The song appeared on Long Night Moon on Compass Records an intricate work of stripped down modern folk. Catie Curtis released the critically acclaimed "Sweet Life" her ninth recording in 2008 & throughout the fall of 2008 & the beginning of 2009 Curtis toured Sweet Life beginning a youth music endowment “Aspire to Inspire” giving away guitars to underprivileged youth. In January 2009 Curtis performed at the Human Rights Campaign’s official Obama inaugural ball. Currently Curtis is Program Manager at Greater Boston PFLAG. Tickets are $30 for the Club Passim performance on January 7th at 8P.
For More Info & TIX: passim.org
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Boston Pride Celebrating 50 Years

In June the Boston Pride Committee will mark 50 years of Boston Pride. The first Boston Pride March took place in 1970 one year after the Stonewall Riots. Since then Boston Pride has played an integral role in the political & cultural successes of the LGBTQ movement both locally & nationally. If you are you a writer, photographer or artist & would you like to have your work seen by queer people & allies throughout Greater Boston, Massachusetts & beyond Boston Pride is currently seeking community members from all backgrounds who are willing to donate their talents & are looking for a highly visible & far reaching publication to showcase articles, stories & art. If selected your work will be displayed in the Boston Pride Guide the official annual publication of the Boston Pride Committee. The Guide has extensive circulation & a diverse readership. It is distributed in 30,000 print copies to over 500 locations in New England. Since 2016 the digital version of Guide has received over 66,000 reads, 580,000 impressions & read in 135 countries on all continents. Print copies are made available at all Boston Pride events. This is a fabulous opportunity for writers, photographers & artists from all backgrounds who are willing to donate their talents & are looking for a highly visible & far reaching publication to showcase articles, stories & art. If you’re interested in pitching a story idea or contributing art for the 2020 Boston Pride Guide send an abstract or proposal by Tuesday, January 30th 2020 by 5P to: prideguide@bostonpride.org
For More Info: bostonpride.org
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LGBTQ Activists & Allies Speak OUT

Though this has been once again a very challenging year for our LGBTQ community we want to thank our millions of global listeners for making OUTTAKE VOICES such a fabulous success in 2019. We also want to thank all the LGBTQ activists, celebrities & allies who appeared on our audio podcast series in 2019 syndicated on iTunes including: Evangeline Weiss, Kristine Lucius, Janai Nelson, Michael Collins, Avideh Moussavian, Sharon McGowan, Kyra Sedgwick, Lee Wind, Mariah Hanson, Molly Adele Brown, Caitlin Kinnunen, Billie Lee, Shawn Cotter, Ted Allen, Brandon Uranowitz, Lotti Pharriss Knowles, Leslie Cohen, Zeke Stokes, Ty Herndon, Patrik Gallineaux, Lisa Marie Thalhammer, Kate Davis, David Heilbroner, Lisa Cannistraci, Lynette Molnar, Bob Sanborn, Sharon Gless, Dan Baer, Jan Dee Gordon, Migguel Anggelo, Alecia Orsini, Esther Newton, Cheryl Osimo, Gretchen Wylder, Joshua Lyon, Jeffrey Solomon Christin Baker, Judy Dlugacz & Ruthie Berman. We also wish to thank publicists Mona Elyafi at ILDK Media, Cathy Renna At Target Cue, Ken Henderson & Lawrence Helman at Richmond Ermet Aid Foundation & Annick Muller, Kelly Hires & Audrey Davidson at Wolf Kasteler Public Relation. In been a stellar year for our company. In May 2019 we launched our new boutique LGBTQ streaming network OUTTAKE MEDIA™ & have upgraded both our news & our podcast sites. The new sites are all user-friendly & device savvy. We also want to thank the expertise of Chris Andrews at Andrews Consulting for bringing the new OUTTAKE MEDIA™ Network to life. We already have some fabulous guests scheduled for 2020 so stay tuned & we wish our entire OUTTAKE family a Happy New Year & we look forward to working with you in 2020.
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Cris Williamson Anniversary Concerts

When Olivia Records released Cris Williamson's The Changer & The Changed 45 years ago it quickly became one of the most successful recordings of the time & sparked the music genre that would become known as Women's Music. To celebrate this milestone Cris Williamson will be performing with Vicki Randle, Shelley Doty, Katie Cash, Kofy Brown, Barbara Higbie, Julie Wolf, Ty Greenstein , Ingrid Elizabeth, Mary Watkins & more at The Freight & Salvage  2020 Addison in Berkeley, CA on Friday & Saturday, January 3rd & 4th at 7:30P. Cris Williamson stated, “Everyday now with just a bit of time off for holiday celebration, I'm busy getting ready for these upcoming shows at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley on January 3rd & 4th. By getting ready I mean I am revisiting these songs from The Changer all of which I wrote 45 years ago at the young age of 27. Some were composed earlier, but all were brought to bear in this album from 1975…. See you soon I hope & Happy Holidays, whatever holiday you choose to celebrate.” In 2018 Williamson along with Olivia founder Judy Dlugacz were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award presented to them by the Americana Music Association. Ann Powers, NPR's Music Critic presented the award in front of a celebrity-studded audience in Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium. So this is a great opportunity to bring your story, your sister, your daughter or son, your sweetheart, your friend & take your place as homage is paid to women's music & celebrate our shared history. Tickets are $23 to $65.
For More Info & Tix…
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Jerry Herman Broadway Icon Passes

Very sad to hear about the passing of Jerry Herman the iconic composer & lyricist brilliantly known for his work in Broadway musical theater. Herman composed the scores for the Broadway hit musicals Hello Dolly!, Mame & La Cage Aux Folles. He was nominated for the Tony Award five times & won twice for Hello Dolly! & La Cage Aux Folles. In 2009 Herman received the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre & was a recipient of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors. Harvey Fierstein stated, “Jerry Herman lost his hard fought battle last night & we lost one of the greats. A collaborator & friend for almost 40 years, I cannot thank him enough for his love, trust, encouragement, support & laughter. Well done, Mr Herman. Bravo!” Bernadette Peters added, “How Sad Jerry Herman has passed away. Of course he made it to Christmas & left us the next day !! He was always so enthusiastic & uplifting about things & gave us the wonderful show Hello Dolly among others !!RIP Jerry Dearest.” Herman was openly gay & at the time of his death his partner was Terry Marler, a real estate broker. Herman was diagnosed HIV-positive in 1985. As noted in the "Words & Music" PBS documentary, "He is one of the fortunate ones who survived to see experimental drug therapies take hold & was still, as one of his lyrics proclaims, 'alive & well & thriving' over quarter of a century later." Herman's published his memoir Showtune in 1996. Herman died on December 26th in Miami Beach, Florida at the age of 88.
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The Ruthie & Connie Movie (AUDIO)

This week I talked with pioneer lesbian activist Ruthie Berman about the documentary “Ruthie & Connie: Every Room in the House”. The updated version was directed by three-time Oscar nominee Deborah Dickson & is available on Starz, Amazon & numerous streaming networks. This hour-long vérité documentary explores the lives of Ruthie Berman & Connie Kurtz who met in Brooklyn, NY in the 1950’s & became friends. Both were married to men at the time & had children. Kurtz moved to Israel with her family in 1970 & when she returned in 1974 she & Ruthie fell in love, divorced their husbands & became a couple. The movie chronicles the struggle this brave couple went through to live their life authentically. One of the clips includes their appearance on The Phil Donahue Show where they publicly came out in 1988. The journey that followed changed their lives forever & turned them both into national heroines. As a couple they successfully sued the New York City Board of Education for domestic partner benefits winning benefits for all New York City employees in 1994. Ruthie & Connie were legally married in 2011 in New York officiated by Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum. In 2016 Ruthie Berman and Connie Kurtz were honored with the SAGE Pioneer Award presented by Services & Advocacy For LGBTQ Elders. Then in 2017 the Ruthie & Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2017 was introduced to Congress. If passed this bill will amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include the specific needs for our LGBTQ community. Sadly Connie Kurtz passed away in 2018. I talked to Berman about “Ruthie & Connie: Every Room in the House” and her spin on our LGBTQ issues. LISTEN:
For More Info: ruthieandconniethemovie.com
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A LGBTQ XMAS Wish For All (VIDEO)

This has been a tough year for our LGBTQ community or any minority in this administration but with Trump’s pending impeachment maybe there is hope heading into 2020. Especially with the upcoming presidential election though the Democratic candidate is still a mystery. How this will all turn out is still something for the history books to record but in the meantime let’s hope for the best in the holiday spirit & hope that this bigoted small-minded administration will soon be defeated & one day they’ll realize that equality must prevail for all in the grand order of things. So with that said we want to take a moment & wish all our friends & family a healthy & happy holiday & we also want to thank our global LGBTQ audience & allies for making this past year so rewarding for our OUTTAKE Team. Let’s Make the Yule-tide Gay & enjoy this performance of Judy Garland singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" a song she introduced in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis written by Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane. We’ve included the lyrics so you can all sing along: Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Let your heart be light From now on, our troubles will be out of sight. Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Make the Yule-tide gay, From now on, our troubles will be miles away. Here we are as in olden days, Happy golden days of yore. Faithful friends who are dear to us Gather near to us once more. Through the years We all will be together, If the Fates allow Hang a shining star upon the highest bough. And have yourself A merry little Christmas now."
HAVE A FABULOUS XMAS!!
 
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