Subseries: A. Programs, 1987-1989
Physical Description: 28 videocassettes (VHS) 

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 1, 1987 October/November

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with Miriam Ben-Shalom regarding her discharge from and reinstatement in the U.S. Army -- Interview with Tom Boll regarding the Milwaukee AIDS Project (MAP) fund raiser, MAPFest -- GayStory about the origin and significance of the pink triangle -- Interview with Davita Shanklin and Darla Kashian of Midwest Music -- Safe sex public service announcement -- Ralph Navarro editorial on efforts by the Rawhide Boys Ranch to exempt itself from Wisconsin's civil rights laws.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 2, 1987 December

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Scope and Content Note: Footage of the National March on Washington D.C. for Lesbian/Gay Rights, October 11, 1987 -- Interviews with march attendees Michael Lisowski, Deb Procknow, and Loretta Bohlman -- Segment about the Foundation Community Center -- Segment about the Brady East STD Clinic with Jeff Miller, clinic manager -- Clyde McNeal on sports -- GayStory about Joan of Arc.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 3, 1988 January

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Scope and Content Note: 1987 events in review -- Lambda Rights and Education Fund public service announcement -- Footage of Fest City Singers -- Segment about the Brady East STD Clinic with Jeff Miller, clinic manager -- Film reviews of Desert Hearts, Prick Up Your Ears, and I've Heard the Mermaids Singing -- GayStory about author James Baldwin.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 4, 1988 February

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with Loretta Bohlman, community activist, and staff of the Women's Alternative Health Center of the Brady East STD Clinic -- Interview with Julie Kleppin, co-chair of the Lambda Rights Network, regarding efforts by the Rawhide Boys Ranch to exempt itself from Wisconsin's civil rights law -- Attorney Stephen Byers' legal segment -- GayStory about the persecution of homosexuality under Emperor Justinian in Constantinople -- Ralph Navarro editorial about the importance of voting.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 5, 1988 March

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Scope and Content Note: Segment about New Hope Metropolitan Community Church -- Interview with Dr. Paul Turner of the HIV Advisory Council -- Safe sex public service announcement -- Attorney Stephen Byers' legal segment -- GayStory about Hadrian and Antinouis -- Ralph Navarro editorial about Christian fundamentalism.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 6, 1988 April

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Scope and Content Note: Attorney Stephen Byers' legal segment -- Interview with Don Schwamb, president of the Cream City Foundation -- GayStory about Alice B. Toklas -- Interview with Suzanne McCann, executive director of the Women's Crisis Hotline -- Ralph Navarro editorial about the Names Quilt Project.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 7, 1988 May

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with Bridget Banner and Marc Haupert regarding the Hate Violence Monitoring Project of the Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations (1st of 2 parts) -- Interview with Jerry Warzyn, assistant commissioner of the Saturday Softball Beer League -- GayStory about Eleanor Roosevelt -- Interview with Liz Burden, minority project coordinator for the Milwaukee AIDS Project (MAP) -- Ralph Navarro editorial on the gay/lesbian community's political agenda following the recent mayoral and county executive elections.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 8, 1988 June

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with Bridget Banner and Marc Haupert regarding the Hate Violence Monitoring Project of the Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations (2nd of 2 parts) -- GayStory about the Stonewall riots -- Ralph Navarro editorial about lesbian and gay pride -- Film review of Querelle -- Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund public service announcement.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 9, 1988 July

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with Charlene Madosh regarding alcoholism in the lesbian and gay community (1st of 2 parts) -- Attorney Stephen Byers' legal segment -- GayStory about author Yukio Mishima -- Interview with Michael Pazdan, a clinical social worker, on gay relationships -- Footage of the Cream City Chorus.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 10, 1988 August

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Scope and Content Note: Preview of A Question of Gender, a program on transsexualism -- Interview with Dr. Terry Boughner, Wisconsin Light editor, regarding the Democratic National Convention -- Film review of Maurice -- Interview with Charlene Madosh regarding alcoholism in the lesbian and gay community (2nd of 2 parts) -- GayStory about author Willa Cather -- Mark Behar editorial comparing war on AIDS with the Vietnam War.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 11, 1988 September

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with Don Wert, executive director of the Pride Institute -- Segment on Black and White Men Together (BWMT) -- Interview with Don Clabots and Miriam Ben-Shalom on Milwaukee's Lesbian and Gay Pride Celebration to be held this month -- Segment on 1-900 numbers -- GayStory about Lucius Beebe.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 12, 1988 October

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Scope and Content Note: Coverage of Milwaukee's Lesbian and Gay Pride Celebration (footage of Saturday Softball League, GAMMA picnic, ceremony at the War Memorial commemorating gay veterans, and Mayor John O. Norquist addressing the gay community) -- Interview with Darla Kashian regarding election-year issues -- Footage of the Milwaukee AIDS Project (MAP)'s fundraiser, MAPFest -- Interview with Jamakaya, Doug Johnson, and David Cadle, who attended the International Gay and Lesbian Health Conference and AIDS Forum -- GayStory about gays, witches, and Halloween.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 13, 1988 November

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Scope and Content Note: (Live, sixty-minute anniversary special with viewer call-in's) Interviews with Milwaukee Gay/Lesbian Cable Network staff Mark Behar (who discusses the network's development), Ralph Navarro, Stephen Byers, and Terry Boughner -- GayStory about same-sex relations in ancient Mayan and Aztec cultures -- Black poetry reading segment.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 14, 1988 December

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with Scott Gunkel regarding the Cream City Business Association's food collection program for the Milwaukee Hunger Task Force -- Interview with Lynette Jackson on the Lesbians of Color (LOC) support group -- Interview with Suzanne McCann of the Women's Crisis Hotline -- Lambda Legal Defense Fund public service announcement -- GayStory about love between Jesus Christ and John Mark.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 15, 1989 January

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with theater actor John Luedtke -- My Little World segment about Sappho -- Feature on recording star Sylvester -- GayStory about Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci -- Preview of Torch Song Trilogy -- Footage of Womyn's Art Fair.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 16, 1989 February

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Scope and Content Note: (Black History Month): Interview with Dan Koder and Janet Osborne regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual People in Medicine, a task force of the American Medical Student Association -- Interview with Thom Ertl, resource coordinator of the Milwaukee AIDS Project (MAP) -- My Little World segment about the influence of black lesbians on jazz -- Interview with Michael Lisowski about Bayard Rustin -- Film review of Torch Song Trilogy -- GayStory about parallels between gay/lesbian and black experiences -- Barbara Roberts plays jazz singer Bessie Smith at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 17, 1989 March

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with attorney Stephen Byers regarding the Legal Aid Society's AIDS programs -- First Lesbians of Color (LOC) feature -- Interview with author David Leavitt -- Segment about racial discrimination in gay bars -- GayStory about Roger Casement.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 18, 1989 April

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with Sue Cook and Gary Wells on Milwaukee Lesbian and Gay Pride preparations -- Lesbians of Color (LOC) interview with Cheryle Williams, founder of Don't Look Back music production company -- Interview with Scott Stewart of the Cream City Chorus -- My Little World segment about domestic abuse in same-sex relationships (1st of 3 parts) -- GayStory about Roman Emperor Elagabalus.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 19, 1989 May

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with W. W. Wells, InStep columnist -- Lesbians of Color (LOC) interview with owner of Tina's RTI -- Interview with artist Tom Rez -- My Little World segment about domestic abuse in same-sex relationships (2nd of 3 parts) -- Robert Mapplethorpe tribute -- GayStory about gay/lesbian resistance in Nazi Germany -- Tribute to Alyn W. Hess, a local community activist.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 20, 1989 June

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with Sue Cook on preparations for Milwaukee's first annual Pride parade and rally to be held this month -- Lesbians of Color (LOC) interviews about interracial, lesbian relationships -- Interview with musician Linda Kantor -- My Little World segment about domestic abuse in same-sex relationships (3rd of 3 parts) -- GayStory about gay/lesbian pride -- Stonewall 20 segment debuts -- Interview with Sarah Hoagland, author of Lesbian Ethics.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 21, 1989 July

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Scope and Content Note: (25th Anniversary of Stonewall): Footage of first annual Milwaukee Lesbian and Gay Pride parade and rally -- Stonewall 20 interviews with Pride attendees -- Segment about a rally protesting proclamations issued by city officials in support of the Pride event -- Lesbians of Color (LOC) interview with Rev. Renee McCoy, executive director of National Coalition for Black Lesbians and Gays, on homophobia in the black community (1st of 3 parts) -- GayStory about a lesbian who served in the Civil War -- Interview with Max Smith, founder of National Coalition for Black Lesbians and Gays, and Richard Grey of the Chicago Department of HIV/AIDS Advisory Council -- Interview with Robert Peterson, Advocate magazine news editor and feature writer, on Milwaukee's Pride event.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 22, 1989 August

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with Sarah Hoagland, author of Lesbian Ethics -- Lesbians of Color (LOC) interview with Rev. Renee McCoy, executive director of National Coalition for Black Lesbians and Gays (2nd of 3 parts) -- W. W. Wells comedy segment -- GayStory about Catholic saints Bacchus and Sergius -- Stonewall 20 segment about expanding definitions of family in American society.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 23, 1989 September

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with Gregory Welda of the Ten Percent Society -- Lesbians of Color (LOC) interview with Rev. Renee McCoy, executive director of National Coalition for Black Lesbians and Gays, on AIDS in the lesbian community (3rd of 3 parts) -- My Little World interview with Julie Kleppin announcing the formation of the Lesbian Alliance of Metropolitan Milwaukee (LAMM) -- GayStory about King James I of England -- In the Stonewall 20 segment, Michael Ross speaks on the absence of people of color in Pride activities.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 24, 1989 October

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Scope and Content Note: GayStory about King Ludwig of Bavaria -- W. W. Wells comedy segment -- Echo Chambers interview with Ginger Spice, Miss Gay Wisconsin 1989.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 25, 1989 November

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with Tim Grair of ACT UP Milwaukee -- Lesbians of Color (LOC) interview with Dr. Ingrid Hicks -- W. W. Wells interview with author Armistead Maupin -- Echo Chambers interview with Ginger Spice, Miss Gay Wisconsin 1989 -- GayStory about Rev. Michael Wigglesworth.

Tri-Cable Tonight No. 26, 1989 December

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Scope and Content Note: Interview with theater actor Michael Kearns -- Interview with comedian Dana Daniels -- W. W. Wells comedy segment -- GayStory about Christmas and Hanukkah.

Tri-Cable Tonight Compilation for MATA Awards Competition, 1988

Tri-Cable Tonight Compilation for MATA Awards Competition, 1989