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You may have heard his amazing soulful voice on the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy with his title track, ‘The Quest” which was based on his brother’s experiences on Iraq. Inspired by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Michael Jackson - he has so much soul on just these four songs (one is a acoustic version of “The Quest”), that there is no doubt he’s going places.

For more information on this amazing festival that is a wonderful showcase of women’s work in many mediums of art. The Estrogenius festival lasts throughout the entire month of October with short plays from award winning playwrights, music and dance performances, as well as visual art exhibits. The festival is entirely volunteer run, and benefits Voices of Africa - a non-profit providing scholarships to young girls in Niger. Don’t miss it!

For more information, visit http://www.estrogenius.org/estro.html - we are proud media sponsors for this event!

Brushes With Life features eight artists who live with mental illness, who deserve to be recognized as creative talents in a world that often stigmatizes, judges, incarcerates because of lack of understanding of mental illnesses and abuses them.

Tony Wilkins, who is a openly gay entrepreneur and head of Nine Twenty Productions, shares with us his culinary sampling of Southern, Italian and Rustic cuisines while sharing his life and dating experience in Chicago and San Francisco. Wilkins keeps it real, relating that dating is a difficult task and you might as well do it on a full stomach. He tells entertaining stories between recipes, measuring his expectations in dating and relating it to himself and his experience in the kitchen.

Bridget McManus, comedian and AfterEllen.com vlogger, gave a performance at Durham’s club Steel Blue on August 22nd that had the audience laughing so hard they were gasping for air. McManus took the stage to applause while she shouted “Fuck Yeah!” punctuated with high kicks over her head.

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Recently, we spoke with the Executive Director of The Trevor Project, Charles Robbins, about their recent advertising campaign, “I’m Glad I Failed”, The Trevor Project and National Suicide Prevention Week, which runs each year from September 7-13th:

Bambi Weavil: How did the “I’m Glad I Failed” campaign come about?

Charles Robbins: We wanted to reach young people at a relatable level, and we believe this campaign does exactly that. It speaks to youth in an understandable yet highly compelling fashion, and encourages them to be accepting and supportive toward one another in order to avoid a tragic loss of life. It also creates awareness about The Trevor Helpline as a resource that LGBTQ youth can turn to when they need someone to listen and understand without judgment. There was a great deal of careful planning surrounding the “I’m Glad I Failed” campaign, including testing the artwork on youth focus groups. We found that young people responded to the campaign and learned something from it, which is extremely important.

The Places is made up of Amy Annelle from “panhandles/plateaus/ponds” and plays “Acousmatic Tape Music”, as her MySpace page describes.

Songs for Creeps starts off with a collection of many different sounds on “Miners Lie!” with Annelle’s comforting voice steering us through the song. Annelle’s songs take us on a ride, and there are so many things to hear along the way. Take for instance, “The Natural Arc,” which feels like a long wait for a train ride that starts off slow and builds into a fast, churning locomotive with a rhythmic low-tuned acoustic strum.

Based on the mystery romance novel by Sarah Waters (Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith), Affinity is a tale of power and possession in the late 19th century. Margaret Prior (Anna Madeley) is a socialite who finds escape and purpose as a mentor who brings hope and comfort to the female inmates at Millbank prison. However, she becomes infatuated with Selina Dawes (Zoe Tapper), a medium who was incarcerated after a séance went horribly awry. As the story unfolds, Margaret, who is at first skeptical of Selina’s gifts, soon discovers a world of secrets and shadows, heightened passions, and the allure of the supernatural.

Singer, guitarist, and songwriter Sonya Kitchell, an (18-year old) jazz/pop powerhouse with the smoke and honey voice, is releasing her second album, This Storm, with maturity and confidence well beyond her years. She is the best young talent I’ve heard since Joss Stone, period.

Two articles, rest in peace Del - THANK YOU for everything and for being a example to follow.

• Del Martin, Lesbian Activist, Dies at 87 (SFGate)
• Del Martin’s New York Times Obituary

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