Dave Barton, Artistic Director of the Rude Guerrilla Theater Company (and frequent Weekly contributor), posted these two messages on his personal blog about a nasty Saturday morning fire that damaged the downtown Santa Ana building which houses RGTC (reprinted with permission):
"Oh, God...Rude Guerrilla’s burning down!"
The phone is ringing at 6:00 am and the first thing I think as I'm startled awake is that someone has died.
Fortunately, that's not the case.
Seems instead that there was a f
Weekly contributing writer Dave Barton and his friend Greg Adkins directed and edited this moving No on Prop 8 clip, currently making the rounds of YouTube and even the Daily Kos. The lines being read are from 1 Corinthians. And of course you already knew that Proposition 8 is the November religious-fundie ballot measure that seeks to ban re-ban gay marriage in California...
Dave Barton
Thousands rallied on 5/30 in Fresno for Meet in the Middle 4 Marriage Equality event, which included a 14-mile march. Protest organizers chose the city of Fresno--instead of marching to the capitol or in so-called "gay ghettos"--because they city had voted 65%-70% for the passing of Prop 8. Weekly contributor Dave Barton was on hand, and sends us this travelogue:When I step out of the air-conditioned comfort of our rented
Mercury Grand Marquis and walk into the dry heat, Martin Shee
