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project funway

A reminder that La Cieca’s old, old, old friend Dorothy Bishop shakes her little tush on the catwalk of Splash tonight in her new cabaret show, as written and directed by Our Own JJ.

of me I sing

La Cieca wants to take this opportunity to offer her best wishes to the 44th President of the United States.

adieu forets

La Cieca has launched a new project, cher public, and she hopes you will support her in this enormous endeavor. Your doyenne is in the process of scanning the entire dead-tree oeuvre of parterre box, the queer opera zine and uploading for your online enjoyment.

UPDATE: the first ten issues of parterre box are now available on the zine archive page.

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“Alex, age 4, clearly in love with what he’s hearing and seeing.” [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/9uyJ-hrTknA" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

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