![]() A live performance by Bonnie Pointer and a trailer screening of a soon-to-be-complete documentary about Williams and the club saw the crowd on their feet, dancing, clapping, singing and shouting accolades about the familial environment and how much it will be missed. Still, given the multitude of nightlife options for gays (and straights), the club has struggled to keep patrons in recent years.Įarlier this year, Williams announced that she’d be closing the Arlington Heights spot for good, and this weekend she did, but only after throwing a celebratory “Last Dance” with DJs who’ve spun there over the years, and a long line of regulars and random clubbers who hadn’t been there in a while wanting to pay respects. But even so, Catch One had a magic and an authenticity that’s never been duplicated anywhere. Times have changed, thankfully, for both the gay and African-American communities. With Catch One, owner Jewel Thais-Williams sought to offer a welcoming alternative, a place for expression and celebration that was a refuge from daily discrimination. It was out of necessity, too, as West Hollywood nightlife was discriminatory against minorities and black clubs were mostly unaccepting of their LGBT brothers and sisters. The Little Mermaid, directed by Rob Marshall, opens in theaters nationwide on May 26, 2023.In 1973, the first African-American female-owned disco in Los Angeles, Jewel’s Catch One, opened its doors, providing an inclusive, exuberant and one-of-a-kind environment for gays of color to party in. ![]() She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. The Little Mermaid is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. The film stars Halle Bailey as Ariel, Daveed Diggs as the voice of Sebastian, Jacob Tremblay as the voice of Flounder, Awkwafina as the voice of Scuttle, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, Art Malik as Sir Grimsby, Noma Dumezweni as Queen Selina, Javier Bardem as King Triton, and Melissa McCarthy as Ursula. All the same, idk if we would have managed to get the initial investment without these people."Ĭheck out the teaser trailer for The Little Mermaid, the upcoming live-action reimagining of the animated musical classic. ![]() One of them was the first guy to be convicted for investment fraud in Estonia. "Only that instead of stealing, say, 'A Lolly pop,' they take pains to manipulate dozens of people to steal, in the end, from themselves, just because they happen to be very proficient in that kind of an operation. ![]() "Imagine a kleptomaniac, if you will," Luiga said. In the comments of the post, Luiga appears to place some of the blame for this situation on the investors of ZA/UM while also admitting Disco Elysium may not have happened without them in the first place. My sincerest thanks to all that have rooted for us." I still encourage people to organize, and I would say that one of the qualities that the ZA/UM cultural organization sorely lacked was pretty much any formal structure. "I find that the organization was successful overall and most of the mistakes that were made were contingent, determined by the sociocultural conditions we were thrown into. "People and ideas are meant to be eternal organizations may well be temporary," Luiga continued. The ZA/UM cultural association is different from the studio ZA/UM that developed Disco Elysium, and Luiga says that he chose to dissolve the cultural organization as it "no longer represents the ethos it was founded on." ![]()
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