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June 2008

CommuniKate
June 2008

--- Summer Greetings
--- True Colors Tour/NCLR's 2008 Anniversary
--- Divine Providence
--- Sage The Date
--- Site News
--- DVD/CD News
--- EduKate
--- Monthly Trivia Contest: Win The Climate Change CD
--- Kate Clinton Tour News
--- The Virtual World - Get Wired
--- Fan Spotlight
--- Booking and Publicity

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/true-colors-web.jpg

See more photos:
http://kateclinton.com/kate-multimedia/

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SUMMER GREETINGS

After a cool, rainy May, June is suddenly a hot blast furnace here in New York. In just a few weeks, I’ll make my summer pilgrimage to work in Provincetown.

After the primary season slog, we’re all a little tired. So turn off your phones, iPhones, Blackberries, computers. Step away from your vehicles. Get a trashy novel and really take some rest. We’re going to need all our energies for the fall campaign.

And me? I've got my SPF 140, my annual copy of War and Peace, and some new grilling plans. After a stroll with the Dyke March - they don't march, they mingle - and my annual emceeing of the LGBT Center's Garden Party, I'm off to work in Ptown!

If I don't see you there - Have a great summer!

Best,
Kate

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ON THE ROAD CELEBRATING PRIDE

WE HAD A BLAST ON THE TRUE COLORS TOUR

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/Kate_True_Colors.jpg

The 'True Colors Tour' returned to Radio City Music Hall with an exciting new line-up of legendary and up and coming artists including Cyndi Lauper, Kate Clinton, The B-52s, Regina Spektor, Indigo Girls, and The Cliks, hosted by Carson Kressley!

Featuring nearly five hours of nonstop music with exciting special guests, this year's tour highlighted the need for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and their straight allies to get out and make their votes count this fall.

See Kate live on Stage: http://www.rosie.com/blog/2008/06/05/true-colors-live/

NCLR’s 2008 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/NCLR_pic.jpg

This year's event was a smashing success. We had an incredible time with a full house of our favorite friends at this historic moment in NCLR's history.

http://www.nclrights.org

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A VISIT WITH DIVINE PROVIDENCE MAGAZINE

DP: Tell me about your new show, Hilarity Clinton ’08.

Kate Clinton: The new show has something for everyone – sports, news,
opinion, reviews, religion and breaking news. I put the broad back in
broadband. What’s old is me – still looking at everything from the
point of view of a tax-paying, America-loving lesbian and family entertainer.

DP: If you were advising Hillary Clinton’s campaign, what would you
tell her?

KC: Don’t Go! I know people are nervous about the process but I’m
thrilled that I’m still having fights at dinner parties and on the
subway with people about the campaign. People forgot in the last seven
years – but this is what democracy looks like.

DP: As of today, George W. Bush has 266 more days left in office. Won't
you miss making fun of him?

KC: I’ll miss him like an impacted wisdom tooth. 81% of Americans
believe the country is going in the wrong direction. Who the heck are
those other 19%? I’ve still got work to do.

DP: How are New England audiences different from audiences in other
parts of the country?

KC: Well, first of all, they can all get married. The primary season
has certainly shown that there are still regional differences despite the
homogenizing maw/mall of capitalism. That’s a good thing. The biggest
difference is that the Northeast is my stomping ground and I’m overly
familiar, borderline inappropriate with it.

DP: What do you like about Provincetown?

KC: I have wonderful friends, a sweet little house, and a job that
allows me to ride my bike to work. For two whole months I don’t have
to get on a plane to get to work and that is a joy.

DP: Would you ever consider doing your show in Rhode Island? Have you
been to the state before?

KC: I just was in Providence to visit some friends who are working at
Brown University and had a great time. It was nice to stop there
instead of driving through to Ptown from NYC. Love the new bridge! I loved the
architecture, the waterfront, the scale of it.

DP: You will also be appearing on Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors tour at
Radio City Music Hall. How did that come about?

KC: The producers of the tour got in touch with us. We jumped and it
will be a blast – Cyndi is the gayest straight gal around and the
tour raises lots of money for some of my favorite organizations. And to
perform at Radio City Music Hall without having to get in a sequined
outfit and high heels, well, enough said.

DP: Time to talk love and sex: What is your idea of a romantic evening?

KC: Being home with my dear partner, cooking dinner together and
watching HBO’s John Adams and The L-Word at the same time. My
girlfriend had the clicker, which means she’s the femme. She flipped back and
forth so much the founding fathers started looking very gay. We don’t have
TIVO because I understand it causes lack of sexual interest.

DP: Tell me about your CD, Climate Change. What topics do you discuss?

KC: I think of CDs as records of what I’ve been doing and I really
liked my Climate Change show, so we recorded this 8th CD at one of the last
nights of the show at a roadhouse outside of DC. It’s rollicking good
fun. Don’t listen to it in a moving vehicle. Especially if you’re
driving.

DP: What is the secret of your success?

KC: I have no other skills and I love what I do. I think it’s all
about having new material and bringing audiences along with you. I started in
the supportive bosom, naked at the time, of the lesbian community and
then the gay and lesbian community. Because of the work we’ve all
been doing, more and more straight allies know of my work and come to shows.
It’s all about organic growth – I’m a 27-year overnight sensation. And I
love to make people laugh.

Also catch Kate on: http://www.gaycities.com/outthere/155/what-pride-means-to-me-kate-clinton/

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01.19.09 SAGE THE DATE!

The List is Growing

Are You Joining In On This Adventure?

Send an email to kate@kateclinton.com and in the subject line write: I'm In! to join our SAGE THE DATE mailing list. Please include your name and both email and snail mail address.

Just as the Mayan priests were called in to sage Machu Pichu after George Bush's ten minute visit to the ruins, you are being called to sage the White House after George's eight years of ruinous residency. Let's banish those evil spirits the night before the Inauguration.

Watch for more details of our spontaneous, ingenious spectacle. Sage the Date! Tell your friends.

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SITE NEWS
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KATE CLINTON SUMMERTIME APPAREL

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/cafepress-summer08.jpg

Buy yourself and that special someone all-new Hilarity Clinton '08 apparel - Get ready for the beach this summer. We've whipped up tons of new items: a 2008 Kate Clinton "Resolutions" calendar and a beautiful keepsake box.
http://www.cafepress.com/kateclinton

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HILARITY CLINTON '08:

The Itch To Hitch

"Happy Summer Solstice!! And Merry Christmas while I'm at it because that's how fast tempus is fugiting.

It's Day #14 of my Hillary withdrawal. For at least seventeen months, I saw her every day, knew where she was going, who she was having dinner with - now nothing. If feels like a sad, if amicable, breakup. Now we have to start..."

http://kateclinton.com/communikate/blog.html

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K8T ASKS

UPDATED WEEKLY - NEW QUESTION EVERY MONDAY

K8T Asks: Kate asks, you answer, no registration necessary. Here's Kate's current question: What’s your favorite way to celebrate the month formerly known as June – Gay Pride Month??

Click here to tell Kate what you think!
http://kateclinton.com/communikate/2008/06/whats_your_favorite_way_to_cel.html

Ask K8T: Ever had a question you just wish you could ask? Well here's your chance - send your questions now to askk8t@kateclinton.com and we'll post selected questions and answers:
http://kateclinton.com/communikate/ask_k8t/

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CELEBRATE SUMMER WITH A KATE CLINTON E-CARD

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/thumbs/e-card-thumb.jpg

We made some brand new e-cards with fresh Kate quotes. They're 100% free - check them out!
http://pub28.bravenet.com/postcard/post.php?usernum=2381952992

Send us your favorite Kate Clinton quote and we will make the e-card for you!
kate@kateclinton.com

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JOIN KATE IN THE FORUM

http://kateclinton.com/communikate/forum/viewtopic.php?t=96

Check out other discussions:
http://kateclinton.com/communikate/forum/

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THE HA [Humor Activism] CORNER

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/thumbs/hacorner-kate.jpg

We want to hear your activism stories! Share some of the witty, gay civil protests you've done in our HA [Humor Activism] Corner:
http://kateclinton.com/communikate/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5

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DVD/CD NEWS
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Celebrate Kate's 8th Hysterical Comedy Album

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/climatechangeCD-cover-200px.jpg

In a climate when most truth is inconvenient, trusted veteran weathergirl/comic Kate Clinton tracks the rapidly changing affronts of homophobia, the high atmosphere clashing of religious and secular systems, the aftermath of hurricanes of government neglect and the low pressure of despair. Unlike other reporters, content to report from the comfortable studio of complacency, she reports in her little yellow slicker of comedy, buffeted by the winds of war, almost blinded by the driving sleet of sexism. Based on her daily analysis, and long range study of weather patterns, she forecasts the high pressure of working for peace and that it will indeed get lighter toward the daybreak of justice.
http://kateclinton.com/katemart/

Enjoy A Video Clip Of The Climate Change Tour
http://www.liptv.us/theshow.asp?show=http://www.liptv.us/the_gst_detail.asp?ID=07-71r

Hi Kate
I love your 25th Anniversary DVD. I'm almost embarrassed to tell anyone, but you- I watched it five times. (Not in a row). When I feel a little blah it gives me a laugh and a better outlook. Thanks.
Deb

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/anniversarydvd-boxart.jpg
All Out Films Presents: It's Come To This! 25th Anniversary DVD
Find out more and order your DVD now:
http://kateclinton.com/katemart/2007/10/its_come_to_this_kate_clintons.html
http://www.ariztical.com/filmsAZ/kate_clinton.html

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/heretv-dvd.jpg
Talking A Blue Streak? here! Comedy Presents Kate Clinton
http://kateclinton.com/katemart/2006/07/here_comedy_presents_kate_clin.html
http://www.heretv.com

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EduKate
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Quotable K8T

“Yes, I was for Hillary. To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, 'You go to the polls with the candidate you have, not the one you wish to have.'”
-Kate Clinton

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Outspoken Activist Of The Month: Norma Shapiro

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/Norma.jpg

Norma Shapiro was honored for twenty years of work as the MA ACLU legislative director. The diminutive, Jewish grandmother strong-armed the Catholic boys of the Legislature into passing gay marriage in MA. Talk about a vein of iron. Lots of attendees got me aside and whispered, “She knows where the bodies are buried.” I bet she knows the whereabouts of fugitive Whitey Bulger.

http://www.aclum.org/news/08.03.05.Shapiro.pdf

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Outspoken Organization Of The Month: ACLU MA

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/aclu.jpg

Civil Liberties Post 9/11, Criminal Justice , Equal Opportunity, Free Speech & Assembly, Immigrant Rights, LGBT Rights, Privacy Rights, Racial Justice, Religious Liberty, Students' Rights, Voting Rights and Women's Rights is what ACLU MA is all about!

http://www.aclum.org

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Page One: K8T is reading... Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/omnivore.jpg

What should we have for dinner? The question has confronted us since man discovered fire, but according to Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Botany of Desire, how we answer it today, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, may well determine our very survival as a species. Should we eat a fast-food hamburger? Something organic? Or perhaps something we hunt, gather, or grow ourselves? The omnivore’s dilemma has returned with a vengeance, as the cornucopia of the modern American supermarket and fast-food outlet confronts us with a bewildering and treacherous food landscape. What’s at stake in our eating choices is not only our own and our children’s health, but the health of the environment that sustains life on earth.

http://www.michaelpollan.com/omnivore.php

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Page One: What Blog is K8T reading... Brave New Films

Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/Bravelogo.png

Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films are at the forefront of the battle to create a just America and we want you to join us. Using cutting-edge new internet video campaigns, Brave New Films has created a quick-strike capability that challenges corporate media with the truth and empowers political action nationwide.

http://bravenewfilms.org/

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MONTHLY TRIVIA CONTEST: Win a Climate Change CD
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Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/climatechangeCD-cover-200px.jpg

The first person to email us with the correct answer to the following trivia question gets a copy of Kate’s Climate Change CD! Here's the question: When is Kate’s Birthday? Click here to email us your answer: kate@kateclinton.com

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Last Month's Contest

Last month's question was: What is the name of the seventh track on Kate’s Marrying Kind CD?" The answer was BUSH-FREE DAYS! Congratulations to Aleida Suarez, Thanks for playing - good luck to everyone this month!

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KATE CLINTON TOUR NEWS
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Photo: http://kateclinton.com/img/hilarityclinton2008-white.gif

After seven years of comedy coasting, join Kate Clinton as she kicks the Bushies off her payroll and gets back to work! No more easy laughs. Stolen elections, pet goats, wrong countries invaded, mangled language, sexual hypocrisy, buckshot lunches, gay wedgies. All bad for us, but good for her. She got you through the hard years. Come see if she's still got her comic chops. She's rested and ready to roll. Campaigns. Elections. The gender card. New administration. Clean-up on Aisle 5. Green zones. Carbon footprints. Guest workers. Gay lifestyles. Gay zones. The transgender card. The race card. She's a card. They don't call her Hilarity Clinton for nothing.

See Kate Live - Kate's Dates:
http://kateclinton.com/kates-dates/

He Sees Gay People

After my Memorial Day run at the Crown and Anchor in Ptown, I took a lovely local nine-seater CapeAir plane to Boston for the 27th Annual MA Bill of Rights dinner. The pilot was in training and kept reading the laminated instruction list. It was a quaint reminder of early flight. But if you want me to...."

http://kateclinton.com/communikate/2008_tour_notes/

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Super Tuesdays with Kate Clinton!

The Hilarity Clinton '08 Tour is stopping in NYC right before the election, and now's the time to buy tickets for what are sure to be sold-out shows! Kate will be performing live at Gotham Comedy Club every Tuesday at 8pm during the month of October. Tickets and more info:
http://www.gothamcomedyclub.com/

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More of Kate's Dates

7/3, 7/4, 7/5, 7/10, 7/11, 7/12, 7/17, 7/18, 7/19, 7/24, 7/25, 7/26, & 7/31/08
PTown Crown and Anchor www.onlyatthecrown.com

8/1, 8/2, 8/7, 8/8, 8/9, 8/14, 8/15, 8/16, 8/17, 8/21, 8/22, 8/23, 8/24, 8/28, 8/29, 8/30 & 8/31/08
PTown Crown and Anchor www.onlyatthecrown.com

9/12/08
Austin, Texas Out and Equal The Annual Summit Gala Dinner  Austin Convention Center www.outandequal.org

9/18 - 9/20/08
San Francisco, CA RRazz Room at the Hotel Nikko rrazzproductions@gmail.com

More Kate's Dates:
http://kateclinton.com/kates-dates/

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THE VIRTUAL WORLD
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In addition to writing her award-winning blog, CommuniKate, Kate is now vlogging at:

Logo Online's Visible Vote '08 http://visiblevote08.logoonline.com/
AfterEllen.com http://www.afterellen.com/blog
The Bilerico Project http://www.bilerico.com/contributors/kate_clinton/

You can also catch Kate blogging at:

The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/becoming-fearless/
Olivia Connect http://www.olivia.com/connect/
The Progressive http://www.progressive.org/list/kate

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WIRED

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Kate_Clinton/628341891
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/kateclinton
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=kateclinton

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FAN SPOTLIGHT
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Send Kate a letter or a photo - we're always posting new fan photos on the site and Kate loves to hear from you! Here are some recent letters and photos. Keep 'em coming!
kate@kateclinton.com

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TEAM HILLARY

Dear Kate,

After being spit at, threatened with rocks and seated at the back of
a restaurant, all because I wore a "Team Hillary" t-shirt in Obama
country, I wish to thank you for lowering my blood pressure with your
honest, perceptive and always enjoyable blog entries and videocasts.
Yours is a voice of womanly wisdom amidst the current deafening din
of misogyny. Submission at every turn- political, religious,
economic, personal-just isn't much fun for anyone. Once again, your
work has turned out to be a life saver. You also prove what this 42-
year-old has long suspected- women gain intelligence, clarity and
beauty over time. You've never been better.

Thank you.

Jennifer Viegas

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CAN'T WAIT FOR YOUR NEXT BOOK!

Kate,

I am a Unitarian Universalist and am so happy to see Beacon is publishing your latest book...from the Pentagon Papers to you!

Thanks for the laughs.

Linda McAffrey
Wildwood, MO

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MISSING THE VLOG?

GOOD NEWS- THE VLOGGING WILL CONTINUE ON KATECLINTON.COM IN AUGUST ‘08

Oh Kate, I miss your video blogs. I enjoyed watching them every Tuesday and Friday. They really made me laugh after a hard day at work. I hope they will be coming back soon. Keep the jokes and commentaries coming, especially the one's about BUSH. Hallelujah!!!!! As you would say, "His reign of terror is almost over". It can't come soon enough. Thanks for all the laughs over the years.

Eileen

See fan photos:
http://kateclinton.com/kate-multimedia/

Send Kate a photo or letter:
kate@kateclinton.com

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BOOKING AND PUBLICITY
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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 here:
http://kateclinton.com/booking-publicity

For personal appearances/performances (i.e. standup, hosting, emceeing, business and organization presentations) contact:
Tam Martin, Artist Representative
Beachfront Bookings/Productions
[Beachfront Bookings/Productions logo]
P.O. Box 13218, Portland, OR 97213-0218
(503) 281-3874 phone | (503) 281-3881 fax
tammartin@aol.com
http://beachfrontbookings.com

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For College and University lectures, contact:
Jodi Solomon
Jodi Solomon Speakers Bureau, Incorporated
325 Huntington Avenue Suite 112, Boston, MA 02115
(617) 266-3450 phone | (617) 266-5660 fax
http://www.jodisolomonspeakers.com

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For all other Kate Clinton Inc. business (i.e. media, merchandise, newsletter, marketing, web site and more) contact:
Michele Karlsberg Marketing & Management
101 Lexington Ave, Staten Island, NY 10302
(718) 351-9599 phone | (718) 980-4262 fax
karlsbergm@aol.com

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kate@kateclinton.com
http://kateclinton.com/booking-publicity

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