Ten Percent – TV Listing. March 2014

Ten Percent — LGBT-TV for Northern California

Mondays – Fridays, 11:30am & 10:30pm and Saturdays & Sundays at 10:30pm on Comcast Hometown Network Channel 104 in Northern California.

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Episode # 214
Monday — Friday, February 24 – 28, 11:30am & 10:30pm
Saturday & Sunday, March 1 -2, 10:30pm

David Perry speaks with David M. Ortman, author of Sexual Outsiders, examining the erotic world of BDSM, kink, leather and fetish. Perry also chats with Paul Margolis, founder of OurTownSF.org

Episode # 215
Monday — Friday, March 3 – 7, 11:30am & 10:30pm
Saturday & Sunday, March 8 -9, 10:30pm

David Perry interviews Jorge Rodriguez about his work on behalf of the immigrant AIDS / HIV community. David Perry also speaks with Shane Mayer of BRITE (Bayview Residents Improving Their Environment) and his work in one of San Francisco’s most diverse neighborhoods.

Episode # 216
Monday — March 10 – 14, 11:30am & 10:30pm
Saturday & Sunday, March 15 – 16, 10:30pm

David Perry speaks with artist Mark M. Garrett about his exhibit Untethered: Drawing With Scissors, a collage of reconstructed maps. David Perry also interviews Masashi Niwano, festival and exhibition director for the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM).

Episode # 217
Monday — Friday, March 17 – 21, 11:30 am & 10:30pm
Saturday & Sunday, March 22 – 23, 10:30pm

David Perry speaks with John Hamilton, author of Ego Heroin, an unauthorized fake autobiography of Joan Crawford. Perry speaks with Sasha Soprano, creator of The Drag Queens of Comedy. Perry also speaks chats with John Fisher of Theatre Rhinoceros about the Auden/Britten themed play The Habit of Art.

Ten Percent is also available 24/7 through the “On Demand” Feature through your Comcast Cable Network. Choose “Get Local” and “Comcast Hometown” to access Ten Percent. Past shows may also be viewed online at www.comcasthometown.com.

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About 10 Percent

Comcast Hometown Network (CHN), Comcast’s regional cable network covering Northern and Central California, continues its commitment to quality original programming with Ten Percent, a weekly interview series that focuses on lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender (LGBT) issues. The half-hour show, created and hosted by long-time San Francisco media professional David Perry, airs on Channel 104, Mondays – Thursdays at 11:30am & 8pm and is available to all Comcast digital cable customers throughout Northern and Central California. Each episode will then be available online at www.comcasthometown.com as well as on Comcast’s popular ON DEMAND platform, which is free to Comcast digital customers. To view Ten Percent ON DEMAND, Comcast Digital Cable customers can tune to Channel 1 on their Digital Cable lineup or press the ON DEMAND button on their remote control, then click on the “Get Local” section, then click on “Comcast Hometown.”

“I jokingly call the show ‘Charlie Rose for the LGBT world,” said David Perry, Producer/Host of Ten Percent. “We may be only ten percent of the general population, in round numbers, but our issues are one hundred percent front-and-center in today’s world. Whether it’s the fight for marriage equality or debates about gay clergy or the right to serve openly in uniform, our issues are reflective of the world at large.”

“David has a well-known and unique voice that bridges many communities,” said Jason Holmes, Executive Producer at Comcast Hometown Network. “David’s talents and the launch of Ten Percent further enhance Comcast’s commitment to our communities and Comcast Hometown Network’s compelling, community-based regional programming,”

$2.1 Million Is Early Valentine for AIDS / HIV Related Charities in San Francisco, Sonoma County, Palm Springs and Philadelphia

Media Contact: David Perry
415.676.7007
news@davidperry.com

10 February 2014 — San Francisco, CA: In a gathering today at San Francisco’s historic Flood Building, $2.1 million dollars from the Thomas M. Dross Estate was officially distributed to the following charities: AIDS Emergency Fund, AIDS Interfaith Chapel at Grace Cathedral, Clinica Esperanza, Desert AIDS Project (Palm Springs), FamilyLink, Food for Thought (Sonoma), Mazzoni LGBT Center (Philadelphia), Openhouse, Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation, SF AIDS Foundation, San Francisco LGBT Aging Policy Task Force Outreach Report.

“This is one of the largest private donations to AIDS / HIV charities in the past decade,” said Alfredo Casuso and David Perry, coexecutors of the Dross Estate. “AIDS is not over. Our hope is that the size of this donation will refocus people’s attention on the work of these fine efforts — and others — in the fight against AIDS / HIV. As we approach Valentine’s Day, we want people to remember and show love to their local AIDS service organizations and those living with AIDS / HIV.”

Thomas M. Dross died of a heart attack on January 7, 2012 in Palm Springs. His will specified AIDS / HIV charities as the beneficiary of his estate.

MEDIA ADVISORY / COVERAGE REQUEST: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10 – 3PM

Media Contact: David Perry
415.676.7007
news@davidperry.com

WHO: The Estate of Thomas M. Dross
WHAT: Donates $ 2.1 Million Dollars to AIDS Related Charities

One of largest individual gifts to AIDS / HIV Causes Marked with “Big Check” photo opp and representatives from following charities:

AIDS Emergency Fund
AIDS Interfaith Chapel at Grace Cathedral
Clinica Esperanza
Desert AIDS Project (Palm Springs)
FamilyLink
Food for Thought (Sonoma)
Mazzoni LGBT Center
Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation
SF AIDS Foundation
San Francisco LGBT Aging Policy Task Force Outreach Report

WHEN: Monday, February 10 – 3pm
WHERE: The Flood Building Lobby / 870 Market Street (at Powell)
WHY: It’s a perfect Valentine’s Day gift for 10 AIDS related charities: over $2.1 million in donations from the estate of Thomas M. Dross (July 21, 1940 – January 7, 2012).

“Tom was a quiet and generous man, and we want his generosity to be remembered,” said Alfredo Casuso & David Perry, co-executors of the Dross Estate. “The fight against AIDS / HIV continues, and because of Tom’s generosity, the fight will continue. What better way than to spread a legacy of love and hope this Valentine’s Day than this, especially among those places that Tom called home at different times in his life.”

The charities sharing in the largesse are: The AIDS Emergency Fund, the AIDS Interfaith Chapel at Grace Cathedral, Clinica Esperanza, FamilyLink, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, the San Francisco LGBT Aging Policy Task Force Outreach Report, the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation (all of San Francisco), the Desert AIDS Project (Palm Springs), Food for Thought (Sonoma County) and the Mazzoni LGBT Health & Wellness Center (Philadelphia).

Thomas M. Dross died following a sudden heart attack on January 7, 2012. He was 71 years old. Originally from Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Dross moved to San Francisco in the 1970s where he became a well-known advertising and marketing professional, working for such prestigious firms as Pritikin & Associates. Later, he was the founder and owner of one of San Francisco’s most popular financial district restaurants, “Upstairs, Downstairs.” He attended Widner College in Chester Pennsylvania and received his degree from the University of Pennsylvania. As a youth, He went to St. Mary’s Parochial school, St. Matthew’s High School and was a member of St. Mary’s Church all in Conshohocken. Shortly following his death, receptions in his honor were held in both San Francisco and Palm Springs. His ashes were scattered on San Jacinto Mountain overlooking the desert.

“Lucas Cultural Arts Museum To Explore Alternative Sites”

Media Contact: David Perry / david.perry@skywalkerranch.com / (415) 746-5057

3 February 2014 – San Francisco, CA: In light of today’s announcement by the Presidio Trust, the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum’s executive team is considering alternative sites.

In May 2002, the Presidio Trust Master Plan was adopted. The Crissy Field commissary was identified by the Trust as a desired site for a cultural institution. The Lucas Cultural Arts Museum first presented its plans for a museum on the commissary site in 2010 and has been working with the Trust over the last four years to come up with a mutually acceptable plan for the site to no avail. Lucas said that his team has begun exploring several other offers that have been presented to them.

“I want to thank all the people, especially educators and young people, who have written in to voice their support for the cultural arts museum,” said George Lucas. “I also want to thank everyone, staff, volunteers and community leaders, who have worked so hard to try to bring this educational opportunity to the Bay Area.”

Conceived by George Lucas, the museum is based in the filmmaker’s passion for education and the role art can play in inspiring young people. The museum will offer state-of-the-art facilities and unparalleled programming for children, families, schools, scholars, and visiting artists. The 10,000 piece permanent collection ranges from fine art to animation, from fashion to cinematic design and is comprised of works of the great masters of the Golden Age of Illustration through today’s digital artists, showing the ways culture is reflected in the popular arts of any given time period. In addition to the permanent collect, the museum will feature works and traveling exhibits from many collections and institutions from around the world.