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DESCRIPTION:This boy is just so strange, an original musical by Tommi Avicolli Mecca 
 and featuring Joel Mark on acoustic bass and Diana Hartman on vocals and as 
 various characters. Explores the life of a gay activist through snapshots 
 of his life. From his childhood in a poor neighborhood in South Philly to a 
 sudden move to SF in the 90s, this is a different type of musical. And it's 
 FREE. \n\nTHIS BOY IS JUST SO STRANGE\na free concert of original songs & 
 monologues\n\nfeaturing Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Joel Mark and Diana 
 Hartman\n\nSaturday Feb. 1 at 8pm and Sunday Feb. 2 at 3pm\nEric Quezada 
 Center, 518 Valencia/16th\n\n\n"This boy is just so strange" is something a 
 fifth-grade nun said to singer/songwriter Tommi Avicolli Mecca because he 
 draped his sweater over his shoulder "like a girl" (gender non-conformity 
 was not something the brides of Jesus understood). It's also the name of 
 his latest work, a series of musical snap shots that could be subtitled 
 "how I survived the gender binary system." \n\nFrom a working-class Italian 
 neighborhood in South Philly and the wild and wonderful gay liberation 
 movement of the early 70s to a sudden and impetuous move to San Francisco 
 in the 90s, this musical winds around a lifetime and comes out somewhere in 
 the social construct called the present.\n\nOne could say that southern 
 Italians (both sides of Avicolli Mecca's famiglia are from il mezzogiorno) 
 are born with an opera libretto, not a silver spoon. Witness his rendition 
 of "Un bel di" in his monologue about coming out to la mia famiglia. 
 Puccini would have had a field day with this guy's life.  \n\nFeaturing 
 Joel Mark on acoustic bass and Diana Hartman on vocals and as various 
 characters in the journey, the show is funded by a grant from Faetopia. 
 It's FREE, but donations gladly accepted and shared among the performers. 
 \n\nCheck out the show's Facebook page and share 
 it:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/222978857874590/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/01/26/18749802.php
SUMMARY:"This boy is just so strange," a free radical musical
LOCATION:Eric Quezada Center, 518 Valencia/16th, SF
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/01/26/18749802.php
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