Derek Jarman was a gay and highly original British film director, stage designer, artist, writer and activist who died of AIDS in 1994 at age 52. More about his life is presented following the Filmography below. In his shortened career Jarman won 14 major prizes and was nominated for four more. He won the "Teddy" (created for lesbian/gay films at the Berlin International Film Festival) for best film for three of this month?s movies: The Last of England (in 1988), Edward II (in 1992), and Wittgenstein (in 1993).

Host: Chuck Whitman. For venue information, call Ron Wold at 345-4057.

May 15, 2008-7:30 PM

Sebastiane (1977; Color; Latin with English subtitles; 85 minutes; preceded by a 15-minute interview of Emile Hirsch [The Mudge Boy; Into the Wild] done for PBS in 2007 by Charlie Rose). Plot Summary: (In) 300 A.D. the Roman Sebastianus is exiled to a remote outpost populated exclusively by men. Weakened by their desires, these men turn to homosexual activities to satisfy their needs. However, Sebastianus becomes the target of lust for a homosexual centurion, but he rejects the man's advances. (From IMDb) Trivia: For added realism, the script was taken to a classics scholar, who translated the erotic language of the script into vulgar Latin. This is the only English film ever to have been released in Britain with English subtitles. When asked about the film's nudity, director Jarman is quoted as having said, "We couldn't afford costumes." (From IMDb)

Group's Purpose see listing under GLBT Movie Night

On Thursday, May 8, Spencer Butte Middle School was tagged with some very harmful and discriminatory graffiti. The graffiti targeted Jews, gays, different races, and people with disabilities. This harmful graffiti also targeted specific teachers and administrators in our school. We have decided to respond to this hate by supporting the victims and publicly demonstrating our resistance to discrimination. We held an assembly Monday morning when school began and have been working all week to create appropriate responses. Classes have been discussing the the need to respect one another. On Wednesday, members of the Eugene Human Rights Commission, The ACLU, The Mayors Office, 4J District Diversity Team, The Jewish Community, Hispanic Community, Gay and Lesbian Community as well as others, visited our classrooms to discuss the impact of the graffiti on the community at large. Also, every day this week up to 200 + students have been meeting at their lunches to design our strategy.

The students of Spencer Butte Middle School will be leading a unity walk at the end of the school day on Friday May 16. We will be signing our Harassment and Racism Free Zone (H.R.F.Z.) pledge. This statement will signify our unity as a school.

After signing our names to the pledge we will invite community members to join us in a potluck/vigil here at SBMS between 5:30pm and 8:00pm. We will share food and music and circle our school in a symbolic gesture to reclaim our space. We would be honored if you would join us for any or all of the day's events. Please come and join the students of Spencer Butte Middle School for
a peaceful demonstration in response to hurtful graffiti that was sprayed on our school last Thursday night. We invite you to come and celebrate our diversity and unity on the night of May 16th from 5:30 to 8:00pm.
Potluck: We will provide flat ware, plates, tables to set food out on, briquets and a grill. Please bring something to throw on the grill and a dish that celebrates your families' unique history, culture, religion or ethnicity. If your last name begins with A - I bring a side dish, J - R a salad and S - Z a dessert. Also, please bring a card with the name of the dish and the ingredients.

PLEASE BRING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
Please contact the school at 687-3237 if you have any questions.


SBMS DIVERSITY CELEBRATION AGENDA

2:55 Students invite teachers to help them highlight our history as the first Racism Free Zone in the United States of America by walking out the front doors of the school and signing our HRFZ pledge.
3:15 School is out and some students will remain to decorate the school while others will go home and help their parents create food that highlights our diversity and tastes like unity.
5:30 Students, family and community members gather in front of the school and finish preparing and presenting food.
5:45 Students welcome the community, explain the reason for our celebration, the agenda for the evening and invite the community to eat together. Please bring blankets to sit as the event is a picnic.
6:15 Students begin cleanup of the meal.
6:25 Students invite the community to come together in a giant peace sign and lead a moment of silence to acknowledge the unifying atmosphere that has been created. Community members have an opportunity to speak at this time.
6:45 Students lead a music/drum circle to signify our response as positive and creative.
7:15 Students invite community to help us circle the school signifying that we are taking our space back and surrounding it with love and acceptance.
7:45 Regroup and have closing statements from students, staff and community.
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Heather Olson
Spencer Butte Middle School
Attendance Clerk
(541)687-3237

What: Out/Loud Queer Women’s Music Festival
When and Where:
Friday, May 16th: WOW Hall, doors open at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 17th: WOW Hall, doors open at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $7.00 general admission, $5.00 student. Tickets are available at WOW Hall Box Office, UO Ticket office, ASUO Women’s Center, and at the door.

Friday May 16th at Club Snafu
What: Out/Loud Official Fundraising After-party!
Get your groove on with our favorite queer-ally DJ, 800 Pound Sound (Anthony Green)
Cost: Donation appreciated at the door

For event information, please contact Rebecca Sprinson: 510-918-2111

Tickets on Sale Now for Soromundi's 19th Spring Concert at the Hult Center!
Buy Tickets Online

Featuring lively and engaging music from all over the world as well as familiar pop and folk songs, Soromundi's annual spring concert is a community favorite. This year's concert on May 17 features a variety of songs ranging from a haunting Sephardic lullaby to a rousing Cajun farewell song, adding a few popular pieces from past years just for fun. By bringing our music and our visible presence into the community, Soromundi counters prejudice, ignorance, and intolerance and fosters openness, respect, and cooperation.

16th Annual UO Queer Film Festival

11:00 PM Location: Bijou Art Cinemas, 492 East 13th (13th and Mill), Eugene
All shows are late night.

May 17th - (Saturday) - The Birthday,
May 23rd - Itty Bitty Titty Committee,
May 30th - Nina's Heavenly Delights,

Co-Sponsored by the LGBTQA.
This series of events is put on by the University of Oregon's Cultural Forum.
This event is completely free.

Derek Jarman was a gay and highly original British film director, stage designer, artist, writer and activist who died of AIDS in 1994 at age 52. More about his life is presented following the Filmography below. In his shortened career Jarman won 14 major prizes and was nominated for four more. He won the "Teddy" (created for lesbian/gay films at the Berlin International Film Festival) for best film for three of this month?s movies: The Last of England (in 1988), Edward II (in 1992), and Wittgenstein (in 1993).

Host: Chuck Whitman. For venue information, call Ron Wold at 345-4057.

May 22, 2008-7:30 PM

Wittgenstein (1993; Color; 68 minutes; preceded by the enlightening 13-minute interview of Helen Mirren by Morley Safer for 60 Minutes). Plot Summary: A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose princi-pal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boy-hood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Ber-trand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homo-sexual and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius. (From IMDb)

Group's Purpose see listing under GLBT Movie Night

Derek Jarman was a gay and highly original British film director, stage designer, artist, writer and activist who died of AIDS in 1994 at age 52. More about his life is presented following the Filmography below. In his shortened career Jarman won 14 major prizes and was nominated for four more. He won the "Teddy" (created for lesbian/gay films at the Berlin International Film Festival) for best film for three of this month?s movies: The Last of England (in 1988), Edward II (in 1992), and Wittgenstein (in 1993).

Host: Chuck Whitman. For venue information, call Ron Wold at 345-4057.

May 29, 2008-7:30 PM

The Last of England (1987; Color; 87 minutes). Plot Summary: Jarman's 'state of the nation' address is a po-etic assembly of words and images that details the breakdown of English society during the 1980s, taking in the Falklands War, the Bomb, the Royal Wedding and, of course, Margaret Thatcher. A stylistic tour-de-force driven by both anger and tenderness-for a flight into the abstract it's uncompromisingly direct. (From ica.org)

We'll conclude with the 15-minute ending of Jarman's The Tempest (his adaptation of Shakespeare's play), the famous masque finale in which dancing sailors accompany "Stormy Weather" sung by Elisabeth Welch (the black nightclub singer from 1945's Dead of Night). The VHS slipcase calls it "one of the best moments in recent British cinema". After this 'happy ending' and after the sprite Ariel has been released, we hear Prospero's oft-quoted lines in voice over: "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep."

Group's Purpose see listing under GLBT Movie Night

Mombian.com says: , a funny, bawdy, unflinchingly honest memoir of her journey to motherhood as a single lesbian.

Buy your signed copy at the event or purchase in advance at: My Miserable Lonely Lesbian Pregnancy