American style Magazine has available online the official ballot to select favorite art destination cities. In its class, Eureka Springs has been in the top twenty-five spots for the past two years. Please keep us on the list and help move up in ranking by voting at www.americanstyle.com.

American Style Magazine describes itself as « the nation's premier arts lifestyle magazine for art lovers, collectors and travelers». Therefore it is important for our town to stay prominent in the rankings as a desirable arts destination. Vote!

Eureka Springs will be featured in the February issue of the magazine that will hit the stands in January. The editor has been in contact with many Eurekans involved in the arts including gallery owners, artists, and festival organizers.

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Here's my bitch. And I don't mean Fred.

Here it is, the week before Fall Diversity Weekend, and I'm stuck in Kansas City. I can't go. Shit. I've canceled reservations and come to accept the fact I'll be here while I SHOULD be in Eureka Springs.Shit, shit, SHIT!

I suppose there are more important things to be pissed off about. I could focus on (in no particular order):

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No. 1. Pork (not the verb kind of pork)

My father called last week. «Yip, Super Fresh Groceries has pork loin on special. If I pick one up, will you cook it for me? You know, the way you did those pork chops the last time I was over?»

Yip: You mean with the marinade recipe Monika gave me?

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Plus, money-saving offers from local businesses for new Domestic Partners

If you plan on taking advantage of the only Domestic Partnership Registry in Arkansas during your Diversity Weekend visit, let GayNewsBureau.com pick up the tab.

For the first three couples to register at city hall at specific times between October 31 and November 2, Gay News Bureau will pay the $35 application fee.

Here's how it works: Be the first in line at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31 or Thursday, November 1 to get a Domestic Partnership certificate on us. Or, be the first in line on Friday, November 2 between 10 and noon.

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It's autumn in the Ozarks, that glorious time of year when trees don their colorful gay apparel in preparation for Fall Diversity Weekend. As is traditional in the weeks leading up to every Diversity Weekend--particularly fall--the HSA (Homosexual Security Agency) division of Gay News has noted a sharp uptick in religious terrorism chatter.

The first thing that caught the attention of alert Gay News readers was a poll on the front page of Eureka's local right-wing newspaper. The question: «How do you feel about the efforts of Eureka Springs Mayor Dani Joy so far?»

Innocent question, no? Perfectly normal thing for a newspaper to ask: «How do you feel about the performance of an elected official?»

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Dear Jericho Riders:

Hey, dudes, thanks for the plug on, jerichoriders.org.

Back atcha, bros.

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After moving from their home at 16 White Street in 1991, photographer Richard Quick and his wife Pam were able to repurchase the building and return to the neighborhood in early 2006.

The Quicks this time chose to use the building not as a residence but as a studio gallery showcasing their works. They rejoined six other working artists on the street who maintain residences and studios, making the area one of the most heavily concentrated creative districts in Eureka Springs.

A former zoologist and curator of mammals for the Houston Zoological Gardens, Richard moved to Eureka Springs in 1980. He has been documenting with a camera this zoo of a town and its' human mammals since that time.

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We haven't done an official tally lately, but the number of gay-owned businesses in Eureka Springs may have just breached the 50 barrier with the recent opening of two new retail shops. An old-favorite motel has new owners, too.

Glass Act

Fusion Squared, a suitably eclectic enterprise at 84 Spring St. (479-253-4999) features extraordinary fused-glass jewelry and decorative plates and bowls--along with chain-mail bracelets, necklaces, to-die-for tie-dyed tees and original drawings by Topeka, Kansas artist Chris Prouty.

Proprietors and artists-in-residence John Rinehart and John Jarrett happily abandoned corporate ships in Topeka to launch their new retail venture in Eureka Springs. «We had visited the town four or five times in the past, loved it and, well, the rest is history,» says Rinehart. The shop is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

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This was my initiation to gay bashing. It didn't happen to me, but to an acquaintance of mine named Lester. I was merely a bystander who tried to help. This was back in the summer of 1969, before I was old enough to go to the gay bars, and while I was still ignorant of the abuse gay people are subjected to on a regular basis. It wasn't called gay bashing back then. It was usually referred to as

(drum roll please)

Rolling Queers.

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We knew it.

Here at Gay News, we weren't a bit surprised when J.K. Rowling outed an imaginary character from her popular, «Harry Potter» series. We always suspected the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry likes a bit of wand.

One imaginary gay icon reacted swiftly to the news.

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