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Desert Cities Virtual Speed Friending

September 7, 2020 by Richard Hall

California Men’s Gatherings – Desert Cities Presents:

Virtual Speed Friending (California edition)

Date: Sunday, September 13, 2020

Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

RSVP: Register at cmgpssocial@gmail.com.  In the subject line, write “Speed Friending.”  In the body of the message, please include your 1) name, 2) city, 3) phone number and 4) email address.  You will receive a confirmation and Zoom site link a couple of days before the event.

Cost: Please make a love donation of any amount if you can.
Donate HERE! No man will be turned away for lack of funds.

Virtual Speed Friending (California Edition)

Making new friends can be challenging in the best of times. When you can’t get out of the house, it’s SO much harder. If social isolation is getting you down or you just want to meet some new people, join us for virtual “speed friending” to meet dozens of new guys in the comfort of your own home. Gay, bisexual, and gay-friendly singles and couples are welcome to participate.  This is not a clothing-optional event and we ask that all participants be appropriately attired.

HOW IT WORKS:
After some introductory comments and guidelines, we will take all of the participants and break them up virtually into smaller groups of 3-4 guys. The hosts will provide an ice breaker question.  You will be in a private online breakout room for five minutes or so with just your small group.  The groups will then be mixed up again and you will continue to meet more people over six rounds.  You will have a chance to talk, listen, and connect on a variety of different topics.  At the end of the session, you will have an opportunity to share contact information privately with those with whom you felt a connection.   Where it goes from there is up to you.   A little like speed dating, but less awkward.

We’d love to see you there! 

All CMG events are drug-free. Sponsored by the CMG Desert Cities Local Events Committee (LEC).
ALL persons identifying as male 18 and older, local or visiting, are welcome. If you would like to propose
an online local event, please fill out the form found at the Contact Local Events Page.


California Men’s Gatherings and its members stand together with our Black brothers in solidarity: Black Lives Matter.  We are with you in this time of pain. We renew our call for racial justice and economic equality. We are committed to listening, learning, understanding, and connecting at the heart in order to bring about the needed changes within our own organization and in society at large.

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Cabaret

June 30, 2020 by Richard Hall

Words on Film Group — July 8, 2020

Cabaret is a 1972 American musical-drama film directed by Bob Fosse, and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey. Set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic in 1931, under the presence of the growing Nazi Party, the film is loosely based on the 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret by Kander and Ebb, which was adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s semi-autobiographical novel The Berlin Stories (1945) and the 1951 play I Am a Camera adapted from “Goodbye to Berlin” in the same work by John van Druten.

Bob Fosse’s Cabaret (1972)
1. For those of you reading Christopher Isherwood’s novella “Goodbye to Berlin,” you will get one of the best first-person literary accounts of pre-Nazi Berlin from a foreign eye-witness ever written.

If you are not reading the novella, do watch I Am A Camera, a British film version of the novella with Julie Harris and Laurence Harvey, based on John van Druten’s play which ran for 214 performances on Broadway in 1951. Yes, Brian in Cabaret is Christoper in this film. Whereas this film emphasizes the historical setting of the original novella, the film Cabaret is much more a story about Sally and Brian’s relationship with history as a backdrop.

I Am A Camera is FREE on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87WPy8zRXCs&t=909s

2. YouTube has many video interviews with Christopher Isherwood available.
Do you see “Brian” as Isherwood speaks? How so?

3. Berlin propaganda, 1930-1939 (gorgeous black & white photography!)
Berlin – German Documentary On Life In Berlin – Reel Two (1930-1939)

4. Cabaret review — Steve Hayes “Tired Old Queen At The Movies”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrj-bNiTbU

 


Two MUST-SEE Documentaries about “Making Cabaret” and Bob Fosse obits

“Fosse! Fosse!  Fosse!  Fosse! Fosse!  Fosse!”

— Robin Williams, “The Birdcage”

Every musical queen on the planet knows the work of Bob Fosse. One of the greatest choreographers ever. he was born to direct “Cabaret” but always thought he had failed, that he could have worked harder… and to exhaustion. Forever cursed with alcohol and drug addiction, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, sexual addiction (heterosexual only), smoking four packs of cigarettes per day, heart angina and chronic insomnia, Fosse’s self-destructive craving for work, work and more work was his only peaceful outlet. But the man-made dance theater a new art form and revived the American musical on stage and film internationally. “Cabaret” was the peak of his all too short career. He died at age 60.

TV Obituaries regarding Bob Fosse (1987) — 10m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9efRwVJldE0&t=450s

Best Documentary on “Making The Real Cabaret” EVER!! (pirated DVD Bonus, poor sound)

Absolutely DO watch this before our film group discussion on July 8!

One hour well worth your time!

The Real Cabaret Documentary HD

 


Added July 03, 2020: Click HERE for a 32-page PDF analysis of the Broadway and film musical versions of Cabaret written by professor, composer, and theater historian Scott Miller from his book Deconstructing Harold Hill. Literary, theatrically researched, and historical, this scholarly essay will be the basis of my questions for our July 8 meeting.
 
Special thanks to group member Bill Ketchum for the PDF tip.
BONUS:  And for Bob Fosse fanatics, the retrospective Broadway musical Fosse is available FREE on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSKPYVPCrKI&t=3s

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Words on Film Discussion Group

May 20, 2020 by Richard Hall

September 16: Hector Babenco’s Kiss of the Spider Woman, based on the novel by Manuel Puig. Your Facilitator for this evening will be Brian Shields.
NOTE: This is NOT the musical starring Chita Rivera! 

September 30: Victim directed by Basil Dearden (1961), FREE on YouTube. Your Facilitator for this evening will be Mark Fulwiler.
October 14: Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins (2016-17) FREE at Kanopy.com with a library card, also various streaming sites). Your Facilitator for this evening will be Jason Stuart.

Upcoming on November 11: William Wyler’s Funny Girl in honor of our Gay Diva winner 2020, Ms. Barbra Streisand. Your Facilitator for the evening will be Joseph Hayden.

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Café Social en Español

April 27, 2020 by Richard Hall

California Men’s Gatherings presenta:  

Café Social en Español

para hombres del CMG 

Fecha: Viernes, 1 de Mayo, 2020

Hora: 6:00 p.m. a 7:30 p.m.

Clicka aquí para RSVP

Lugar: tu computadora o celular, zoom.us

Por favor RSVP para recibir la información de registro 

Si no conoces Zoom, es fácil. Por favor, configúralo antes de la llamada. Tutorial en Español: https://support.zoom.us/hc/es/articles/206618765-Zoom-Video-Tutorials

Coste del evento: GRATIS 

Café Social en Español

CMG te invita a un encuentro virtual en Español para todos aquellos que quieran compartir sus experiencias presentes en un espacio de amistad y cercanía.
Te esperamos !!

Tu anfitrión será Roberto G.

Para una mejor experiencia, habrá un límite de 20 hombres para aquellos que se registren aquí RSVP
Únete a la maravillosa y buena compañía de los hombres del CMG. 

Te esperamos !!! 

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Bay Area Virtual Heart Circle

March 23, 2020 by Richard Hall

California Men’s Gatherings presents:  

A Virtual Heart Circle via ZOOM

for Bay Area Men

 

Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: your computer or phone
Please RSVP to receive sign-in information
Event Cost: FREE

What is a Heart Circle?

In a Heart Circle, we create a safe & supportive space to share any feelings that we may be feeling in the moment, from confusion or sadness to heartfelt joy and appreciation.

We take turns speaking from the heart, agreeing that only one person speaks at a time.

Speaking from the heart, listening with the heart and honoring each other are core values at a Heart Circle.

Charlie M. will be our facilitator.

Please RSVP. This virtual heart circle will be limited to the first 12 men who RSVP. Join the company of warm & wonderful CMG men at this virtual Heart Circle.

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