The AggreGAYtor: March 27

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Indiana gets a little meaner, Larry Kramer acts up, and J. K. Rowling speaks her..."

March 27, 2015 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

A Heavy 'Heart'

HBO adaptation makes the case for rage

"...strong reservations about watching Ryan Murphy’s film version of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart. The play had always been..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Post by Brandon Watson

Gay Place

So much queer fun this week

"...great drag and good music (helllooo Hot Summer Nights). Larry Kramer's beloved play The Normal Heart comes to an..."

July 14, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Let Me See It

A collection of elegantly wrought stories that follow two cousins, both gay, coming of age during the 1980s AIDS crisis

"...that moment, including the revival and HBO film of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart and Terrence McNally's recent Broadway..."

July 11, 2014 Arts Review by Paul Bonin-Rodriguez

AFS Doc Nights: 'How to Survive a Plague'

When desperate times called for desperate measures

"...some point, a core group of founders, including playwright Larry Kramer and Peter Staley (a Wall Street bond trader..."

May 10, 2013 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Gay Place

Lumberjacks, queens, and Mom Jeans: Keep those receipts, kids

"...Ms. Thelma Houston A Christmas gift from Larry and the OCH gang to the rest of us:..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

"Farewell ACT UP; Long Live ACT UP..."

On the 20th anniversary of ActUP.

"...ACT UP founder Larry Kramer delivered this speech in New York on the..."

March 23, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Line Dancin', Terminatin', and Writin' in This Week's Recommended Events

Lots to do, and it's not even the weekend

"...Rainbow Theatre tackles that legacy with a production of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart, directed by Christopher Preslar with..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Review: Zach Theatre's The Inheritance, Part 1

Epic in length and ambition, this portrait of gay life in the 21st century is stunning

"...Jonathan Larson’s Rent, Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, and Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart put a human face on..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Personal Stories Behind Ben Is Back

Writer/director Peter Hedges on family, alcoholism, and going home

"...for an artistic response "to this untenable epidemic ... Larry Kramer writes The Normal Heart, Tony Kushner writes Angels..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...Angela Lansbury, F. Murray Abraham, Meryl Streep, Bryan Cranston, Larry Kramer, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, Stanley Tucci and many..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Things to Look Forward to in 2014

A few reasons to greet the year with a gay ol' smile

"...6) LARRY KRAMER'S THE NORMAL HEART The film, a sobering depiction..."

Jan. 8, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Lawrence Everett Forbes

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...Sex PositiveD: Daryl Wein; with Richard Berkowitz, Larry Kramer, Edmund White, Joseph Sonnabend, Bill Stackhouse, Richard Dworkin..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Kate Getty

Book Reviews

Hangover Soup

"...locker-room-ish for my taste. Updike's review was followed by Larry Kramer, the playwright and ACT-UP founder, and Tony Kushner..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Review

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...Blue Note alto saxist Sherman Irby and the extraordinary Larry Willis on piano. Hargrove & Co. were in the..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Nickel-and-Diming It

Security in State Jobs

"...just got a wage increase to $14,000," says Peg Kramer, president of the University Staff Association. "There have been..."

May 21, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...sax, Bennie Maupin, bass clarinet, Hancock, Corea, Zawinul and Larry Young, electric keyboards, Dave Holland and Harvey Brooks, bass,..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

Staff Infection

Sick of Low Wages, UT Staff Vow Three-Day 'Burnt Orange Flu'

"...Stories like Conley's and Thompson's are what drove Peg Kramer, a graduate student coordinator in UT's School of Social..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

University of Texas employees will be staging a sickout to protest low pay and benefits; citizen planners in the East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Planning Team are honored for their work; the Dawson Neighborhood Association tries to reach a compromise to keep Southwestern Bell from tearing down homes in their neighborhood; The Save Our Springs Alliance honors Brigid Shea as a "Barton Springs Hero"; Statesman political reporter Dylan Rivera leaves for Portland, Oregon.

"...$13,980 a year, currently the university's minimum wage. Peg Kramer, president of the University Staff Association (USA), says that..."

June 16, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...HB 844. TRL also backs SB 20 by Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, which would deny abortion coverage under health..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Naked City

Chamber releases results of AISD parent satisfaction survey; Larry Faulkner threatens disciplinary action against University of Texas staff members who join sick-out; Log Cabin Republicans happy with strides made in GOP party; Mary Cheney has made several visits to Austin; Green Party secures a spot on the statewide ballot; Libertarian Party presidential candidate Harry Browne comes to Austin.

"...In other back-to-school news, UT President Larry Faulkner is threatening disciplinary action against staff members who..."

Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

On the Lege

Christian Sabotage?

"...general appropriations bill, which University Staff Association President Peg Kramer describes as "barely enough to keep up with inflation."..."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Column

Emmy, Emmy -- Who Got the Emmy?

"...remote. Those nights plus anytime we can catch The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)...."

Sept. 19, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Tv-eye

Emmy-Meeny-Miney-Moe

"...(as himself, strangely attracted to Garry Shandling on The Larry Sanders Show) deserves it for an absolutely brilliant turn,..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Screens Column by Christopher Gray

East Austin Studio Tour Map

"...Mary Kramer..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature

Save the Date: Texas Film Awards Returns in 2022

Celebration of Lone Star filmmakers heads downtown

"...of Texas writers, Lonesome Dove scribe Bill Wittliff and Kramer vs. Kramer scripter Robert Benton), the roster of inductees..."

Dec. 22, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...A long-awaited appearance by University of Texas president Larry Faulkner at last Thursday's University Staff Association meeting yielded..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature

Class Struggle

UT Big Wheels' Perks Outweigh Staff's Paychecks

"...New UT President Larry Faulkner, who said he is being provided with memberships..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Legerdemain Man Ray Anderson

The fact that magicians around the world revere the magic man of Esther’s Follies is no illusion

"...David Williamson, Shimada, Nick Lewin, Dick Van Dyke, and Larry Wilmore (the magician/comedian/TV host/producer who produced and emceed the..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

University Co-op Presents the 2005 David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

"...Theatre students Larry Pontius and Kendra Treichler coordinate this year's open stage...."

April 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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