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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | AUGUST 2024 51 Seasoned Singles Summer is definitely upon us and the Singles definitely took advantage. In early June they revisited a unique eatery in Redlands called Cheesewalla where gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches dominated the menu. Other activities in July included an outing to Tournament House (home of the Tournament of Roses Parade), Anne of Green Gables at LifeHouse Theatre, Into the Woods at the Redlands Theatre Festival, trips to the Redlands Bowl, and the San Bernardino Symphony's annual "America the Beautiful" outdoor concert. If you're single and would like to join us for outings like these, we meet on the first Friday of the month at 6 pm in The Lodge Craft Room. For more information, please contact Monica Sarafian at (626) 862-8215. ~ Phyllis Kates We hope you are staying cool in these hot days of summer! Our next event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 26. Information on the location and the time of this event is available on our Facebook page or via email (rainbowgroup@myyahoo.com). This month our selection for the Famous LGBT Americans series is George Takei. Takei was born in Los Angeles in 1937. He initially attended the University of California, Berkeley to study architecture but later transferred to UCLA and obtained both a bachelor's and master's degree in theater. Takei is best known for his role as Lieutenant Sulu on the USS Enterprise in Star Trek, becoming one of the few Asian Americans to be featured prominently on television. Subsequently, his acting career has spanned decades, including feature films and hundreds of television guest-starring roles. In addition to his successful acting career, Takei's passions include bringing awareness to the treatment of the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were relocated to barbed-wire enclosed internment camps at the beginning of World War II. He and his family were relocated to Camp Rohwer in Arkansas and later Camp Tule Lake in northern California. His relocation lasted from ages four to eight. After the war ended, Takei's family returned to Los Angeles. He has written two books for children about these camps, including, My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story, published in April of this year. Takei has also been involved in public service. He was a member of the Board of Directors for the Southern California Transit District from 1973 to 1984. He served on the Board of Directors for the Japan- United States Friendship Commission for President Bill Clinton. He is a founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. In addition, he serves as the Chair of the Council of Governors of the East West Players, a very famous Asian-American theater organization in Los Angeles. Takei came out publicly as being gay in 2005, following Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of same-sex marriage in California. He has been an outspoken supporter of gay rights ever since. He and his partner, Brad Altman, were married in 2008, after already having been together for 21 years. For information on the sources for this article, please go to the Rainbow Group's Facebook page or request a copy via our email. ~ Dan Hazeltine and Frank Galvan Rainbow Group Barbara Tammany, Joyce Burmester, Dianne Klein and Monica Sarafian enjoyed seeing "Into the Woods" during the Redlands eatre Festival. e Singles attended LifeHouse eatre's "Anne of Green Gables"

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