COMMUNITY
Grinch Joins Brooklyn Ghost Project’s Holiday Party
Community fi nally gathers to celebrate following postponement
BY MATT TRACY
It’s never too late for the
Grinch to steal Christmas!
The Brooklyn Ghost Project,
a non-profi t dedicated to
supporting trans and non-binary
people of color in New York City,
hosted a Grinch-themed holiday
party on January 12 after the original
event was postponed amid the
emergence of the Omicron variant.
Food, raffl e tickets, gifts, and,
yes, the Grinch — but not his dog,
Max — highlighted the holiday
party at the Brooklyn Community
Pride Center’s space at 1360 Fulton
Street. The party marked the latest
edition of the Brooklyn Ghost Project’s
weekly Wednesday afternoon
events aimed at giving back to the
community with hot meals, personal
protective equipment, and
winter accessories.
Raffl e winners received bluetooth
Distributing gifts at the Brooklyn Ghost Project’s holiday party.
headphones, perfume, jewelry,
shoes, and more — but everyone
in attendance received prizes.
Several special guests were on
hand at the event, including music
artist Tia Carta and representatives
ADRIAN CHILDRESS
from Iris House, which helps
provide services to individuals impacted
by HIV/AIDS.
LGBTQ Films to Stream in February
Take your pick of queer options to watch in the month ahead
BY GARY M. KRAMER
February always means
Valentine’s Day! Here are
a handful of queer fi lms
and shows available for
streaming this month that deserve
some love.
“Getting Curious with Jonathan
Van Ness”
Available January 28 on Netflix,
this affable six-part reality series
allows non-binary “Queer Eye”
stylist Jonathan Van Ness to explore
his passionate interest in everything
from skyscrapers to snack
foods. Van Ness meets with experts
in each episode, and his effusive
enthusiasm is as charming as it is
child-like. He tries to generate fi gure
skating fever, understand how
hairstyles over the years have come
to slay, and why we have developed
a sugar dependency.
“The Conductor” profi les Marin Alsop, a lesbian who was the fi rst woman to head a major American
symphony orchestra.
Far From Heaven
Out gay fi lmmaker Todd Haynes’
“Far from Heaven” — his homage
to Douglas Sirk’s “All That Heaven
Allows” — streams on the Criterion
Channel in February.
Haynes’ 2002 fi lm, set in the
1950s, has Cathy and Frank Whitaker
(Julianne Moore and Dennis
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Quaid) grappling with trouble in
their marriage. First, Cathy catches
Frank kissing another man.
Then when she befriends her kindly
Black gardener, Raymond Deagan
(Dennis Haysbert), the town
gossip sets tongues wagging.
The Conductor
The fantastic documentary “The
FILM
Conductor” (available Feb 28 on
iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu)
is an affectionate profi le of Marin
Alsop, a lesbian who was the fi rst
woman to head a major American
symphony orchestra. Alsop was inspired
by Leonard Bernstein. (She
would study under him at Tanglewood).
But when she expressed interest
in conducting, she was told,
“Girls can’t do that.” It only made
her determination stronger.
Don’t Look Down
“Don’t Look Down,” (available February
15 on VOD) is a stylish fi lm by
writers/directors Olivier Ducastel
and Jacques Martineau about four
men and one woman who meet in
a high rise apartment where a man
they all once loved is being held in
a locked room. As these strangers
talk, they recount their experiences
with the man.
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