I hope you all are enjoying Autumn. During peak color in Minneapolis a couple of weeks ago, I was riding my bike and had the pleasure of running into Patrick and his partner Kevin near the Mississippi. I asked them how they were? and they said, "We're great, we come down to this spot on Main Street and look at this wonderful red maple every fall."  It was a truly glorious bright red and a perfect day to lay on the grass and enjoy nature. I found that to be a perfect moment of synchronicity to bump into them. Even though its gotten colder, as an optimist I'm holing out for a warmer November. Who is with me?

We are getting close to covering the costs of our next interview with former Walker Art Center Performing Arts curator John Killacky. I hope to be directing that interview this November. I am eager to hear his opinion on Patrick's influence and his importance to the local and national dance and performing scene. John was also an important gatekeeper to many GLBTQ performers while at the Walker and a key insider to the NEA culture wars of the 1990s. It should be very interesting.

I want to thank all who have sent in about $800 in donations in the last two months. If you haven't given yet, please consider it. We have applied for grants but are still waiting for our lucky phone call. Right now this film is 100% funded by your donations. We did receive our first Institutional donation by the Chinese Heritage Foundation. So I thank them for their generous gift of $250.

Our goal is to raise another another $11,000 to finish shooting and interviewing. You can donate tax deductible with our fiscal sponsor Film North or on our gofundme page. Click on those highlighted links. Click here to see our funding trailer. If you've spread the word through sharing this email. I appreciate it. If you want to help in other ways pls contact me and we can talk.

Lastly, Lets all wish Patrick a happy birthday this month on the 22nd of October!

Thanks for all your love and help with this project!

Mark Wojahn
director