38 | Q SALT LAKE MAGAZINE | A&E
arts
gaysaltlake.com | issue 213 | december, 2012
16 things you should do this month (More events at gaysaltlake.com.) by TONY HOBDAY
My birthday is a few weeks
off
and
my
friend Jake, who lives in Boston, told me to book a ticket to Montreal — that that’s where we’re going to spend a fabulous New Year’s Eve.
I
thought,
how
unusual and rural, and excitedly said, “OK, is it near Fargo, cause that movie
was
awesome?”
He replied, “In Canada, you tallywacker!” (Of course, he used a much more
colorful
word,
but I’ve been bettering myself
through
Mr.
Manners.) I laughed it off, but then reminded him that I don’t speak German. Abruptly, our phone conversation was cut off; I attributed it to the aftermath of Hurricane call
him
Sandy. back
I’ll
later.
1saturday
SB Dance Company’s annual “fund-rager,” WTF 2012, includes food from more than five top restaurants, including fine beverages; as live performance, up-close and personal; silent auction; and a humongous party with a set by Cleopatra and DJ Tidy. You’ll have a helluva good time while support the cause. 7pm, Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway. Tickets $75 or 2 for $125, 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org.
The Utah Cultural Celebration Center is ending the year with a magical, holiday tree exhibit that overflows from the art gallery throughout the entire facility. The Trees of Diversity exhibit showcases not only more than 25 decorated trees by different ethnic arts groups, but also gingerbread houses, wreaths, nativities and “window-shopping” style holiday scenes. Plus, today only, the center is hosting a Winter Market, with 30 artist booths showcasing handcrafted arts and ethnic products. 9am–6pm, Mon–Thurs, through Dec.29, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 S., WVC. Free, 801-965-5100 or culturalcelebration.org.
Written by openly gay Tony Kushner (Angels in America), the film Lincoln should likely be a nominee for an Oscar. As the Civil War rages, America’s president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and
as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves. Starring a favorite among gays, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sally Field, and Tommy Lee Jones. Now playing. Check your local area theaters for times or at fandango.com.
Academy award-winning director for Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee, directs Life of Pi, based on the unusual and inspiring fantasy novel by Yann Martel. A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor ... a fearsome Bengal tiger. I have high hopes for at least one Oscar for this film, if not several. Now playing. Check your local area theaters for times or at fandango.com.
6thursday
Calling all Bat-Boiz and BatGurrrls ... Don’t miss a night with costume-clad crime fighters The Aquabats when they bring their super power synth, aquabeat music and zany antics once again to the Utah stage.
7pm, The Depot, 400 W. South Temple. Tickets $17 adv/$20 day of show, 801467-8499 or smithstix.com.
7friday
Now as campy as the choir can usually be, this holiday concert, We Wish You Christmas, will surely feature them wearing
plastic elf ears and little redlighted noses and fishnet stockings. But that’s OK, because the Salt Lake Men’s Choir is spilling over with talent, beauty and mid-life crises. Hot!! 7:30pm, tonight & Sat, 4pm on Sun, First Baptist Church, 777 S. 1300 E. Tickets $20 plus canned food donations please, saltlakemenschoir.org.
8saturday
Get ready for a night of fast melodic riffs when West Coast punk band NoFX hits the stage in Utah. This somewhat controversial band is LGBT friendly if you don’t take them to seriously. Really, all they want is more inclusion — so get your punk on and support the BDSM community. Frontman Fat Mike said in an interview, “I’m a punk rocker, and I’m an S&M-er. We won’t be added to LGBTQIA because our lifestyle isn’t considered genetic. It’s more of a choice.” Awwww! 7pm, The Grand at The Complex, 536 W. 100 S. Tickets $22 adv/$32 day of show, 804-467-8499 or smithtix.com.
9sunday
Join Prince and Princess Royale 37 at the RCGSE Castle for Home for the Holidays Snowball 2012. The money raised on this eventful evening benefits the People With AIDS Christmas Fund and will help ensure that as many individuals as possible living with HIV/ AIDS in the state of Utah will