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Garden Party 25: Entertainment

Garden Party 25

Entertainment

Kate Clinton

 

Kate Clinton

Kate Clinton is a faith-based, tax-paying, America-loving political humorist and family entertainer. With a career spanning over 25 years, Kate Clinton has worked through economic booms and busts, Disneyfication and Walmartization, gay movements and gay markets, lesbian chic and queer eyes, and ten presidential inaugurals. She still believes that humor gets us through peacetime, wartime and scoundrel time.

Eric Himan

 

Lisa Fernandes

Bravo TV’s Season 4 “Top Chef” finalist joins us as Roving Host! At only 17, Lisa attended Johnson & Wales University and received a B.S. in foodservice management. She moved to south Florida to diversify her cooking palette, absorbing the local flair of Latin food. With Asian cuisine still in her heart, Lisa moved back to New York to get involved with more Asian restaurants, working at Asia de Cuba, Rain and then Public. Lisa says she always exercises Asian flair in her dishes and has taught herself as much as she can about the cuisine. Lisa hopes to open an Asian influenced restaurant in New York in the years to come. She is currently working at Mai House in Tribeca.

Eric Himan

 

Eric Himan

In 2006, Everywhere All At Once contained the song “Bartender.” which became an instant hit with listeners and “Thanks” ended up at number 1 for five weeks on Sirius Radio’s OutQ station. Eric released a 5-song EP titled There’s Gotta Be Something shortly thereafter which became the first music video he has ever done. The video spent six weeks at the #1 spot on the Click List, MTV LOGO’s request countdown.

Robert German

 

Robert German

Robert German is a Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter who fuses folk, jazz, blues and lyrical storytelling with decidedly unique vocal acrobatics. He first gained national attention in the spring of 2006 when his song, “Marlboro Man,” distributed with the DVD for the award winning film, Brokeback Mountain. Robert performs regularly in New York City and across the country and is currently finishing his second album to be released later this year.

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Stewart Lewis

Stewart Lewis' soulful blend of pop and folk have been featured on shows such as “Ghost Whisperer,” MTV’s “Laguna Beach,” “Dawson’s Creek,” and the 20th Century Fox feature film Firehouse Dog. Recently, Stewart has become the very first artist signed to the Here! TV Network and Regent Entertainment’s new music venture, Here! Tunes, and has just released his new CD, In Formation. He is also the author of the novels Rockstarlet and Relative Stranger, both from Alyson Books. For more information about Stewart Lewis click here.

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Lavender Light

Founded in 1985, the Black and People of All Colors Lesbian and Gay Gospel Choir, Lavender Light, is the first non-church-affiliated LGBT gospel choir in the world. Lavender Light performs selections from the sweeping canon of African American religious music including anthems, classic gospel, and popular songs of the day. Under Artistic Director Ray Gordon, the choir is an official delegate of the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses.

Special Guests

Ted Allen

 

Ted Allen


Emmy Award winner Ted Allen is a judge on Bravo’s “Top Chef” and Food Network’s “Iron Chef America” and is host of the PBS series “Uncorked: Wine Made Simple.” Ted was the food and wine specialist on the groundbreaking, Emmy-winning Bravo series “Queer Eye,” which recently wrapped its 100-episode run. He is author of “The Food You Want to Eat: 100 Smart, Simple Recipes” (Clarkson-Potter), a cookbook that features easy, all-natural recipes.

Cohen

 

Andrew Cohen

As the Production & Programming Senior Vice President at Bravo, Andrew Cohen is responsible for overseeing Bravo's current production slate, including hit shows like "Top Chef", "Project Runway", "Work Out", "Make Me A Supermodel", "Tim Gunn's Guide To Style" and "Step It Up and Dance" to name a few. He also oversees an aggressive slate of unscripted series and specials and was responsible for supervising production of various Bravo TV shows. Check out "Andy's Blog," a daily blog at BravoTV.com about pop culture, television, media, and his daily life by clicking here.