Please join us for the 2nd Animal C der.5rie Timely Tone istfeto Milk offers up Oscar-worthy performances. Special evening dedicated to raising funds lbr the Forgot:tell Ha FVCS t (.)rganiza Ion "Driving hunger from the Metro Detroit area since 1990" Photo by Phil Bray WWW.forgottenharvest.org Friday, December 5, 2008 VIP RECEPTION 7pm- I Opin Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News Hosted Hors d'ouevres and passed vine Limited tickers available for $50 A fter finally get- ting elected as a San Francisco city supervisor in 1977, gay rights activ- ist Harvey Bernard Milk liked to boast he was a powerful homosexual" Sean Penn stars as real-life gays rights icon — a powerful Jewish Harvey Milk in director Gus Van Sant's Milk. homosexual at that. Milk, the son of Eastern European immi- grants and part of a middle-class movie Milk, which opened yesterday. New York family whose grandfather It's an Oscar-caliber biopic with Sean founded a Long Island synagogue, Penn, who resembles Milk, turning became the first openly gay man to in an Oscar-caliber best-actor perfor- be voted into major public office in mance as the title character. America. It was a victory for human Producers Bruce Cohen and Dan rights as well as gay rights and forged Jinks and director Gus Van Sant coalitions among people across the wanted the film to be as authentic as political spectrum. possible so they incorporated docu- Milk changed gay rights history, mentary footage and used the actual an issue still smoldering in America. texts of many of Milk's speeches. California voted on Nov. 4 to ban Included are young versions of same-sex marriage; but a newsmen Walter Cronkite week later, a Connecticut and Tom Brokaw and court approved it there. current California Sen. Milk probably would have Dianne Feinstein, then San been in the forefront of the ban's Francisco's head supervisor. resulting protests and near-riots in She's shown trembling while California — except for the fact he announcing the deaths of Milk and was assassinated by fellow supervisor Mayor George Moscone, who also Dan White 11 months after he took was shot by White. Milk and White office in 1978, 30 years ago today. had become adversaries over political Milk — a Navy veteran, former issues. Flexing his political muscles, teacher and opera lover — had several Milk had threatened to turn his homosexual escapades and as many gay community followers against jobs before he and longtime lover Moscone's re-election bid if the mayor Scott Smith moved to San Francisco. reinstated White, who had resigned in Milk opened a camera store on Castro a pay dispute. Street, the center of San Francisco's Josh Brolin plays White, with best gay community, and was dismayed supporting actor Oscar possibilities. when a nearby business owner wiped James Franco is Milk's partner, Scott his hand with a handkerchief after Smith; Emile Hirsch is Milk protege shaking hands with him. Cleve Jones; and some of Milk's actual He shed his long hair and beard supporters from the 1970s play them- for a clean-cut, three-piece-suit to selves. seek election. As the "mayor of Castro Street", he also rallied gays and hip- pies to help defeat a statewide referen- dum to fire gay teachers. Milk is now in theaters. His story is expertly told in the (( REV IEW MAIN EVENT 10-pm-tam S20 donation at the door DJ CHRIS B Limited tables available for bottle service at a special rate *All ticket proceeds benefit die Forgotten Harvest Organization Call 313-962-9366 for more information or tickets Holiday Attire MOSAIC Presented by - Give Back Detroit MOSAIC 4. 75601*-- 501 monroe - greektown, detroit 313-962-9366 1447310 SHARE GOOD FORTUNE This Holiday Season with a P.F. Chang's GIFT CARD! • : lb : ° .. • ••II, • • • • • •• •• ♦ 0 0 • • * 9 . • • • • • * ,,„ • 4Ik • . • • • ♦ • • • W • • ♦ • • • • • • • PF C116140 CHIN A B I S T R 0 6 Mile & Haggerty Road (248) 675-0066 Somerset Collection South (248) 816-8000 The Mall at Partridge Creek (586) 263 0860 - Ask your server about gift cards or order online at pfchangs.com . .11N November 27 2008 B13