Former Weather Girl Martha Wash showers us with hope as she places high pressure on the battle against HIV Text & Photos by Sean Black It’s late afternoon on a perfectly stormy day and Martha Wash is dolling up for her rooftop performance. Beauty, talent and wardrobe, check, check, check. [...]
LifeGuide [Treatment Horizons] HIV drug development faces challenges by Jeannie Wraight and Mariel Selbovitz, MPH Triple and now quad drugs like Gilead’s Atripla and their new compound known as “the Quad” (presently submitted for FDA approval) make taking once-complicated HIV antiretroviral regimens much easier, but are also a double-edged sword, [...]
Ruby’s Rap: Doug Lowell Ruby’s Rap by Ruby Comer Tuscany, Italy “Buongiorno!” greets my friendly server, Orietta, as I sit down for breakfast. Just steps away is an elaborate buffet, which my eager little hands can’t wait to dig into. I’m staying here at the spectacular Castello del Nero, a twelfth-century former noble country [...]
Hillary’s Speech, Part II Left Field by Patricia Nell Warren Who will pay for the “AIDS-Free generation” in a world facing financial crisis? Secretary of State Clinton’s now-famous November 8 speech at the NIH has promoted the “new” idea of an “AIDS-Free Generation.” The State Department swears this can happen as a result of [...]
It Must Be Magic With a Stunning Music Video, Marshall Titus & John Gress Prove Collaboration Is the Key to Empowerment by Chael Needle On their own, Chicago-based Marshall Titus and John Gress each have an impressive bag of tricks. Marshall Titus is a singer, songwriter, producer and award-winning actor, with three solo CDs [...]
We Are Still Here! GMHC’s “Art & AIDS: 30 Years” Celebrates the Power of Art in the Epidemic by Angela Leroux-Lindsey On the eve of World AIDS Day, the Leslie/Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York hosted an opening reception for “Art & AIDS: 30 Years,” a gallery exhibit featuring a [...]
Striking a Chord Composer Robert Maggio’s AIDS-Themed Music Packs an Emotional Punch by Chip Alfred He’s a consummate composer who’s written for dance, theater, orchestra, and choral concerts, and in virtually every music genre. Robert Maggio’s work has been performed by the likes of the Boston Pops, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Yale [...]
HEROES Monica Johnson, executive director of HEROES, likes acronyms. “We’re the acronym queens down here!” “Down here” is Columbia, in northeast Louisiana, and the acronyms we are talking about are not only the name of the nonprofit community development center, HEROES (Helping Everyone Receive Ongoing Effective Support), but the programs that [...]
XY on XY XY on XY by David Waggoner and Lester Strong Galleries of Monroe Press Reviewed by David Leddick These two creative guys, A&U’s David Waggoner and Lester Strong, are on to something with their new work XY on XY. I am not going to call it a book as it is something much [...]
We Were Here On-Demand On December 9, in honor of World AIDS Day, the AIDS-focused theatrical film We Were Here will make its pay-per-view and video-on-demand debut. A favorite of audiences and critics, We Were Here documents individuals responding to the early AIDS crisis in the U.S. Five witnesses tell their stories, creating a [...]