Want a break from today s scary news? Step back to a time that seems simpler with Katie Gilmartin, who served up a sultry slice of queer history as she read from her noir murder-mystery novel, Blackmail, My Love, on this week s Out in the Bay podcast and radio show. The historian and printmaker illustrated the book with 21 of her own prints, including the character Miss Double Strand shown here.
The book is set in San Francisco, 1951 The Dark Ages of Queerdom, as Gilmartin put it when cops raided gay and lesbian bars, beat up patrons and demanded protection money, and when queer folk were so afraid of public exposure they were easy blackmail targets. Hmm . a simpler time?
Blackmail, My Love is a noir murder-mystery novel set in San Francisco, 1951 - "The Dark Ages of Queerdom," as author and illustrator Katie Gilmartin puts
Parents, teachers worry about potential closure of elementary school
Scranton school board members said George Bancroft Elementary has fallen into disrepair and it would take about $2 million to fix. Author: Carolyn Blackburne Updated: 9:23 PM EST January 5, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. The Scranton School Board is considering closing George Bancroft Elementary because it needs costly repairs while the district is already more than $200 million dollars in debt.
Jennifer Schwartz and her son Gabriel play hopscotch outside the elementary school.
Most students here still walk to school.
The Scranton School Board said the building has fallen into disrepair, and board members are considering its closure.
Award-winning gay comic artist Justin Hall s new works visualizing the roots of various LGBTQ historical moments mark the fourth and final artist in the San Francisco Art Commission s eclectic series of poster reproductions displayed on bus stops along downtown Market Street.
Hall, 49, is a San Francisco artist known for his autobiographical, erotic and trans superhero comic series, as well as his editorship of the queer comics history book (and Lambda Literary Award winner)
No Straight Lines, as a professor at the California College of the Arts, and he s the first Fullbright Scholar in Comics.
His Marching Toward Pride series illustrates six pivotal moments that led to San Francisco s first Pride march.
Fidelity Bank plans to establish a new headquarters in the heart of downtown Scranton and consolidate 140 well-paying jobs in the city while creating room to grow.
Fidelity President and CEO Daniel Santaniello confirmed the bankâs plans Wednesday after state Sen. John Blake, D-22, Archbald, announced $9 million in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grants for several local projects. Fidelityâs $2 million RACP grant will defray the anticipated $8 million to $12 million cost of constructing a facility or renovating an existing downtown building to serve as the bankâs new corporate center, Santaniello said.
âWe believe that Northeastern Pennsylvania is driven by the success of the city of Scranton,â he said, noting Fidelity feels âitâs incumbent upon us as a corporate leader to look to relocate back into the city and bring . life-sustaining jobs back into the city.â