Starting All Over? Really?
Posted on September 8, 2014 by A&U in Columns, First Generation
First Generation by Chuck Willman Starting All Over? Really? We must continue to transform prevention know-how into prevention action I’m pretty sure that I can assume most of us infected with HIV—better known as GRID or “the Gay Cancer” back when this virus began its ruthless appetite for an entire generation of gay men in [...]
The Normal Heart
Posted on August 23, 2014 by A&U in Movies & TV, The Arts
[DVD] The Normal Heart Directed by Ryan Murphy HBO Home Entertainment Reviewed by Robert Kingett Sometimes it takes a raindrop to ignite a tidal wave when fighting for equality. It all starts on the beach one day in 1981. The sun is shining, ships are docking, and people are laughing and having a grand old [...]
Mark Ruffalo
Posted on May 9, 2014 by A&U in Cover Story
Indelible Mark Discussing His New Film, The Normal Heart, Which Captures the Onset of the AIDS Crisis, Mark Ruffalo Reflects Back on the Shock of Those Days & How Apathy Left a Shameful Dent in American History by Dann Dulin It beats. The Normal [...]
Matters of the Heart
Posted on May 7, 2014 by A&U in Columns, Frontdesk
Frontdesk by David Waggoner Maybe I’m getting sappy in my middle age years, but I’m actually excited that May 25 will be the debut of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart on HBO. After this year’s big Oscar win for Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto’s performances in Dallas Buyers Club, who in HIV-positive America wouldn’t be [...]
Tim Cummings
Posted on April 10, 2014 by A&U in Features
Rolling Heart into a Hard Role Tim Cummings Talks with Brutal Honesty About His Journey in Portraying an Early AIDS Activist Icon by Dann Dulin Upon receiving an invitation for this interview, Tim Cummings asked if he would be naked on the cover and, if so, to give him a couple of months to lose [...]
Mitchell Anderson
Posted on March 12, 2014 by A&U in Columns, Ruby's Rap
Ruby’s Rap by Ruby Comer Mitchell Anderson I miss Karen Carpenter. Every time I hear her angelic voice on a recording it soothes and stimulates my whole being. The other night I watched The Karen Carpenter Story, with Cynthia Gibb and Mitchell Anderson, as my fireplace was roarin’ and my legs were propped up on [...]
The Normal Heart in D.C.!
Posted on June 11, 2012 by A&U in Noteworthy
The Normal Heart, an Affiliated Independent Event of AIDS 2012, the biennial International AIDS Conference taking place from July 22–27, 2012, in Washington, D.C., will begin its run at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater on June 8 and end on July 29. Opening night is June 14. This production of Larry [...]
Alec Mapa
Posted on May 18, 2011 by A&U in Cover Story, Movies & TV, The Arts
All Over the Mapa A New Parent, Comedian And Actor Alec Mapa Teaches A&U’s Dann Dulin About The Art Of Giving, How To Comfort Yourself Through Life’s Lows, And Reveals A Solution To Lower HIV Infection Rates In The Younger Gay Community “I’m like horseshit. I’m all over the place,” declares a playful Alec Mapa [...]
