February 2004

FEATURES

• OutSmarted Steven Foster interviews publisher Greg Jeu about OutSmart magazine’s beginnings and the first 10 years.
• Check Up: Missy Gentile Ten years after her first OutSmart interview, the art goes on. By Eric A.T. Dieckman. Photograph by Gavyn Aaron
• A Fine Line A rare Houston showing of work by Paul Cadmus opens downtown. By Tim Brookover
• No Cupid Allowed Detest Valentine’s Day? Celebrate something else. By Thomas Blanton
• OutFront
  • A Gay Muslim Activist. Photograph by John Conroy
  • A Matrimonial Couple. Photograph by David Lewis
  • A New AmeriCorps Recruit. Photograph by Yvonne Feece

NEWS & COMMENT

• Editor’s Letter and staff photo
• Letters
• News Briefs Safety tips from Q-Patrol, more
• LeftOut Gen. Wesley Clark stands out in the Dem field. By Daryl Moore
• OutRight Where will the Massachusetts decision lead? By Dale Carpenter
• InsideOut at City Hall A fresh start for the city. By Annise D. Parker
• GenerationOut Stop all the hate. By H.A.T.C.H. Writers

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• LookOut David Stone has designs on tables. By Tim Brookover
• Movies Monster’s director Patty Jenkins talks about the story of a serial killer and award-winner Charlize Theron. By Olivia Flores Alvarez
• More Movies The lesbian-helmed Japanese Story opens in Houston; the Oscars at River Oaks Theatre. By Eric A.T. Dieckman
• DVD/VHS Steve Guttenberg films the cult hit P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!; plus previews by Troy Carrington and Eric A.T. Dieckman of The Thorn Birds, On_Line, South Park: The Complete Third Season, more.
• Television Starz celebrates Black History Month with Sisters in Cinema, and Sundance airs the latest Barbara Hammer docs; plus Comedy Central’s Out on the Edge and Straight Plan for the Gay Man; and the early Oscars. By Troy Carrington, Blase DiStefano, and Suzie Lynde.
• Out in the Arts Give regards to the Great Gay Way. By David Groover
• GrooveOut Melissa Etheridge releases the jubilant Lucky. By Gregg Shapiro
• GrooveOut Shorts New releases from Ari Gold, Sarah McLachlan, Ellen Demos, Jim Nabors, Ani DiFranco, and more. By Thomas Blanton, Eric A.T. Dieckman, Blase DiStefano, Suzie Lynde, Andrea Rodricks, and Lance Walker
• Read Out The new Civil Wars recounts the gay-marriage struggle in Vermont. By Alton LaDay

OUT & ABOUT

• OutLoud The sad tale of Sally’s tail. By Sally Sheklow
• DineOut Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a romantic dinner out. By Eric A.T. Dieckman
• Out of Town Britney got a quickie wedding in Vegas. You can’t. By Tim Brookover
• Calendar Margaret Cho brings a new material to the new Improv, much more.
• Bar & Club Guide Featuring German Gutierrez of Montrose Mining Company in “Behind the Bar.”
• SignOut By Lilly Roddy

About the Cover:
Ten years of OutSmart, 1994–2004. Cover designed by Terry Klumpp