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April 2006

April Trivia Contest: Win The Marrying Kind!
Kate Clinton IT'S COME TO THIS! 25th Anniversary Tour News
Kate Reveals All in On Our Backs
Kate Plays Host to Streb
Kate Recommends...
Laughing Matters from Wolfe Video
Fan Spotlight
Celebrate Kate's 25th Anniversary in style with new tour shirts on CafePress
Booking and Publicity
(Photo: Sherry Barnett Photography, www.sherrybarnettphotography.com)

April Trivia Contest: Win The Marrying Kind!
Take a shot at winning a free copy of Kate's 7th comedy collection CD The Marrying Kind! The first person to email us with the correct answer to the following trivia question gets the CD: Where did Kate first perform?

The answer to last month's trivia question, "How many Clinton kids are there?" is four: 3 brothers and one sister. Congrats to Kathleen Spillane for a very quick and very correct answer. Enjoy the CD! Thanks for playing, every body!

It seems the fact checker was asleep on the job -- the February question, "What is Kate's full name?" was so hard even we got it wrong, as we discovered after sending out last month's results! It's not Katherine Ann Marie Clinton, but Kathleen Ann Marie Clinton. We think.

Have some friends or family who might want to enter next month's contest? Make sure they're signed up too!

Kate Clinton IT'S COME TO THIS! 25th Anniversary Tour News
Kate's busy with the tour, but she was also busy in Seattle recording the voiceover for Mom's Apple Pie: the Heart of the Lesbian Mothers' Custody Movement (release: May 2006). Below, Kate gets underway with the recording. In the second shot, Kate's with the producers: (left to right) Shan Ottey, Kate, Jody Laine, Shad Reinstein. In the third shot, Rory Paull and Robert Kotonly (SF Plush Room Producers) celebrate Kate's show along with Publicist Michele Karlsberg.

Get your tickets, check out Kate's blog posts from the road, and enjoy the show!

Kate Reveals All in On Our Backs
The Spring issue of On Our Backs, proudly displayed in A Different Light Bookstore in San Francisco. Have you checked out the new issue, with a saucy cover featuring Kate Clinton herself? Get your copy now to read the exclusive interview, and don't forget to tell us what you think of it (and the cover) over in Kate's blog.

Kate Plays Host to Streb
Kate is hosting the First Annual Action Maverick Award ceremony and benefit, honoring Philippe Petit. Friday, May 19th. Absolutely guaranteed to be a good time. Visit KateClinton.com for more info on the event.

Kate Recommends...
Go see Marga GOmez in Los Big Names! Friends of Kate Clinton can receive $10 off using discount code LBNA646 either at the box office, www.losbignames.com, or www.broadwayoffers.com. Visit KateClinton.com for more info on the event.

Laughing Matters from Wolfe Video
Laughing Matters celebrates the work of four lesbian comics who pioneered queer standup comedy in the 1980s and early '90s, when being out in the entertainment industry was not as common a topic as it is in the post-Ellen DeGeneres era. Alternating candid interviews with live standup performances, comedians Kate Clinton, Karen Williams, Marga Gomez, and Suzanne Westenhoefer offer their comic observations on being funny and lesbian -- and the unique challenges involved in both.

Available now at Wolfe Video.

Fan Spotlight
Send Kate a letter or a photo -- we're always posting new fan photos on the site and Kate loves to hear from you.

Sylvie Olson-Dorf in San Francisco sports a Kate Clinton tattoo

Lauren, Nancy, Kate, Emily and Miriam at the San Francisco Plush Room show

Emily writes:

Hello Ms Clinton,
What a wonderful performance you gave this past weekend at the Plush Room in SF! I must admit you had me crying I was laughing so hard!*hehe*

The friends I was with have seen your show half a dozen times, they adore you! Yes, this show was my first... but I swear it won't be my last!

I was one of the "lucky" three who got up on stage to play back-up band for your choir sing-a-long. What a blast I had! If you re-call I was also the one who ran into you in the ladies' room just before the show. I was of course, awestruck! *smile*

Thank you for the wonderful evening... many wishes to you and may you continue with your success!

Ciao!
Emily Bender =)

Cathy Sullivan, Seattle

Hi Kate,
I just got home from your show tonight in Seattle.

I used to volunteer at the Women's Center in Albany NY. I produced your concert there. It must have been in the spring of 1981. You were still a high school teacher in Syracuse.

Great job. It is amazing that you've been able to make a living as a lesbian comic for 25 years.

Congrats.
Cathy Sullivan

Heading back to Toronto for 25th Anniversary

"Happened to get word from Maggie (Cassella) that you are on your way to Toronto for your 25th Anniversary Tour. Hum, I enclose 3 pics that may just remind you of the last time."

- Lorraine, Parow Pictures
Visit Kate's site for the rest of Lorraine's photos!

Deb Mosk and Debra Shapiro, MD with Kate

Debra writes:

How I Earned KC Frequent Flyer Miles by Debra Shapiro, MD
I have memories of seeing KC in the early 80's in Santa Cruz, California. Of the entire routine, I have to admit, I remember mostly the "menstrual standards": laughing hilariously as she mimed wrapping her sanitary napkins in rolls and rolls of toilet paper to avoid her brothers' discovering them. I had no brothers in the house growing up, but the jokes seemed timeless. I probably still had the vestigial napkin belt in an underwear drawer at home. I remembered the 5th grade films..I guess I empathized with the idea of being uncomfortable with your body and its peculiar functions. I wasn't very politicized yet, but as a budding college baby dyke I appreciated the early line: "she wouldn't say lesbian even if she had her mouth was full of one." That left an impression and an image that I could sink my teeth into, if you will. I knew she was a "recovering Catholic" and that was cool...it was the disco 80's and I thought religion was dead anyway. I wasn't concerned about the Pope one way or another--I didn't fear religion as I do now---I just enjoyed the beautiful out comedienne with the sly smile and soft voice who was telling me that it was okay to be gay.

Continue reading Debra's letter on Kate's blog.

Celebrate Kate's 25th Anniversary in style with new tour shirts on CafePress

Go ahead, check 'em out!

Booking and Publicity
Whether you're with an organization, corporation, club, theater or bookstore, feel free to inquire about having Kate entertain you for the evening. You can now find workshop and presentation descriptions at kateclinton.com/bookingpublicity!

beachfrontbookings.com
Tam Martin, Artist Representative
Beachfront Bookings/Productions
P.O. Box 13218, Portland, OR 97213-0218
(503) 281-3874 phone | (503) 281-3881 fax
tammartin@aol.com

Media, Merchandise and Publicity

Michele Karlsberg Marketing & Management
47 Dongan Hills Ave, Staten Island, NY 10306
(718) 351-9599 phone | (718) 980-4262 fax
karlsbergm@aol.com

Lectures

Jodi Solomon
Jodi Solomon Speakers Bureau, Incorporated
325 Huntington Avenue Suite 112, Boston, MA 02115
(617) 266-3450 phone | (617) 266-5660 fax
www.jodisolomonspeakers.com

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