DUMBO (which stands for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is located on the Brooklyn waterfront between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. In the early 1800s, steamed power ferries offered service to Fulton Street, which became a bustling commercial thoroughfare. Industrialists built manufacturing facilities on the waterfront at DUMBO – a location that served as transportation hub where goods could be easily shipped by boat, road and rail throughout New York and beyond. For more information about the history of DUMBO, visit the Brooklyn Historical Society website.
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Saint at Large LOVEBALL and Stonewall Anniversary Concert
2 exciting events – one night!
Stonewall: 40th Anniversary Commemorative Concert & Benefit
Sat 27 Jun 2009
8pm
Presented By:
The Saint At Large
Run Time: 2 hours
OUTmusic in assocation with The Saint At Large present
STONEWALL: The 40th Anniv. Commemorative Concert & Benefit
Nokia Theatre – 1515 B’way
8 PM Sat., June 27th til 10 PM
Ticket provides access to LOVE BALL ACCESS BEFORE 9:00 PM ONLY
Gay Pride Weekend Saturday, June 27, 2009 10 pm until dawn Nokia Theatre Times Square
Music by: Alyson Calagna and Chris Cox
Opening DJ Vjuan Allure
Commentator: Jack Mizrahi
Lights by: Guy Smith TICKETS ONLINE NOW!
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Yorkies Take Manhattan! Follow Schmitty and Pudge in NYC!
Two famous Yorkies, Schmitty and Pudge, invite you to tour New York City. Follow the adventures of these delightful dogs as they visit all of New York City’s famous landmarks. Starting at Grant’s Tomb in Harlem, they head south to visit the Seinfeld gang’s favorite restaurant and then rest their tired paws with a carriage ride through Central Park.
After a hot dog at Gray’s Papaya the pooches bump into Regis on their way down to Times Square to meet the Naked Cowboy before catching a matinee on Broadway. Then it’s off to the Empire State Building for a dog’s eye view of Manhattan. A taxi to Tiffany’s for a little retail therapy is the perfect prelude to an afternoon massage. Nothing caps off a day in NYC better than sitting in Battery Park watching the sunset over the Statue of Liberty.
So when you come to visit NYC keep an eye out for Schmitty and Pudge.
WATCH THE VIDEO and Follow the further adventures of Schmitty and Pudge at Gotta Visit NYC!
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Homo-Harlem: A Film Retrospective June 19 – 27
With arguments often eerily reminiscent of old rationales for black oppression, gays and lesbians remain openly, legally and even, ‘righteously’, discriminated against.
For lgbt people of all races, knowing ourselves, making our extraordinary history known to others, much as with blacks, becomes a key component to liberation. If lgbt heritage remains often obscured and belittled, achievements of African American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people, are less well known still.
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, the film festival, Homo-Harlem: A Film Retrospective, Friday, June 19th-Saturday, June 27th, cosponsored by the Maysles Cinema at 343 Malcolm X Boulevard with Men of All Colors Together, seeks to help to remedy this lack of recognition.
Through a series of coordinated screenings, critical discussions and walking tours, Homo-Harlem for the first time officially brings Stonewall observations uptown to focus on and honor, figures as diverse as poets Audre Lorde and Langston Hughes, social justice activist Bayard Rustin, composer Billy Strayhorn, photographer Marvin Smith and living legend Storme DeLarverie, whose courageous stand at the Stonewall Bar, 40 years ago, literally helped set in motion the entire Gay Pride Movement.
We lgbt people have always been busy making Harlem better, as one resident reported in 1928, “Never no wells of loneliness in Harlem…” Space is limited for this exhilarating experience, so be sure to make a reservation in advance and get ready to be enlightened, to be amazed and to party hard!
– Homo-Harlem Curator and Author Michael Henry Adams
$10 Suggested Donation For All Screenings
MORE Information and Complete Schedules at Maysle Institute
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Gay Pride New York City
NEW YORK CITY GAY PRIDE is one the best in the country! And this year is the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. June 20th – 28th.
THE RALLY
42nd St. & 6th Ave. @ Bryant Park with Marga Gomez
Saturday, June 20th, 2009, 2:00 – 6:00 PM
Garden Party is NYC’s official kick-off to Pride Week, raising much-needed funds that allow the Center to keep its doors open 365 days a year. Started in 1984 with 1,000 donors and friends and one catering company. Nowadays, Garden Party attracts over 2,300 friends and supporters and features 40 food participants. Our celebrity chefs this year include Rebecca Charles (Pearl Oyster Bar), Dave Pasternak (Esca), and Daniel Angerer (Klee Brasserie). And back as the Event Chair this year is Gourmet Editor-in-Chief, Ruth Reichl!
As one of the biggest LGBT tasting festival in the country, Garden Party is definitely a tasty treat you will not want to miss this year. Monday, June 22, 2009 on Pier 54 for delicious food from some of New York’s finest and greatest culinary destinations and food purveyors. 6pm – 10pm. Open Bar. Garden Party Tickets online!
RAPTURE Womens Dance
Pier 54, 13th St @ the West Side Highway – Hudson River Park
Saturday, June 27th, 2009, 6:00 – 11:00 PM
Music by DJ Susan Levine
In its sixth year. Located on Pier 54, this has become a staple Pride event for women in New York City
Peter Rauhofer’s infamous “Work” party has grown significantly over the past several years making its way around the globe with grand-scale events everywhere from Rio to Paris to Miami. On Saturday, June 27, the Grammy Award-winning DJ brings his “Work” party back to where it all started and makes it bigger than ever for New York Pride with “We Can!” at Manhattan’s massive Roseland Ballroom. We Can!” is set to be one of the biggest Saturday Night Pride events New York has ever experienced.
Peter Rauhofer has been playing internationally to packed houses for years but New Yorkers know him best from his legendary Saturday night residency at the now-shuttered Roxy nightclub where he regularly attracted throngs of muscled men, house music devotees and celebrity drop-ins such as Madonna and Beyoncé. “Since Roxy closed it’s doors, the big room experience that New York always had no longer really exists” Rauhofer says. “That’s why I really felt the need to throw this Pride event as it’s the perfect time to bring that experience back to New York”.
No stranger to New York Pride events or spinning alongside Rauhofer, Israeli DJ sensation Offer Nissim will usher in his unique brand of high-energy, fresh tracks. Also debuting new material will be Nissim main Diva Maya, an Israeli star in her own right, who will hit the stage for a late-night powerhouse performance that’s set to leave gay revelers gasping. “This will be a huge production with professional dancers and some surprises,” Maya says of her show.
“This is going to be one of the most impressive events New York has ever seen for Pride,” Rauhofer adds. “There is a lot of production going on behind-the-scenes to ensure this is an experience no one in attendance will forget!”
Picking up the afterhours portion of the party will be veteran disc jock, big-room maestro and longtime production partner of Ralph Falcon, Oscar G. “Ralph and I are releasing solo albums right now, so this was a perfect time for me to step out and deliver a deep, tribal set at the We Can! event to wrap things up in grand style,” Oscar says.
“Since back in the Roxy Days throughout the last ten years I’ve always spun the main Saturday night pride party,” Rauhofer concludes, “It’s the right time to bring that experience back especially since people from all over the world come together for Pride weekend and want to celebrate on a grand scale.”
Peter Rauhofer presents We Can! 10pm-10am Saturday, June 27 at Roseland Ballroom in New York (239 West 52nd Street between Seventh & Eighth Avenues). Advance tickets available at wantickets.com Visit star69records.com for more info.
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PRIDE FEST
Hudson St. between Abingdon Sq. & West 14th St.
Sunday, June 28th, 2009, 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
THE MARCH! With Cleve Jones.
From 5th Ave. & 52nd St. to Christopher & Greenwich St.
Sunday, June 28, 2009, Noon – End
Moment of Silence: 2:00 PM
DANCE ON THE PIER Pier 54, 13th St @ the West Side Highway – Hudson River Park
Sunday, June 28th, 2009, 4:00 – 10:30 PM, Fireworks
Featuring the music of Phillip Kimball, Jack Reina, and Corey Craig.
The Dance on the Pier was born out of a time when LGBT persons could not dance openly and proudly together. It is a protest set to music, a celebration set to the western skyline and a reminder of how far we’ve come.
NEW YORK CITY PRIDE
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FREE Gay Mens Bootcamp June 13 and June 20 @ Christopher Street Pier
Gay in New York ??
and looking to get toned while meeting other like-minded guys?
Come join the gay boot camp at “boy beach” in the west village! Burn about 800 calories on a Saturday morning with a bunch of sweaty guys on the Christopher Street Pier – for free! Space is limited so don’t waste another second and sign up today!
New York just got a little more fabulous- and a little more fit! A brand new workout craze has hit the city and this time its just for men- Gay men! Laura Miranda’s Gay Men’s Boot Camp is a new outdoor weight loss program complete with fitness instruction, nutritional counseling and motivational training.
The First and only boot camp program devoted entirely to gay men. A homo must! Looking for a way to get buff quick and meet other gay men in New York? Gay Men’s Boot Camp is ready to get you ripped and ready for the boys of summer.
These patented, exclusive, gut-busting, muscle moves are guaranteed to get you fit, toned and rock hard, just in time for summer. A few highlights include: Fire Island Abs in Four Weeks: the best five exercises to get your summer abs in check! Tight Asses are Bad: Well they are when it comes to flexibility. Adding a few simple stretches to your daily grind can, over time, really change the shape, look and feel of your musculature. The Boys of summer are coming- Enlist Now! Gay Men’s Boot Camp gives new meaning to the term drill sergeant. Regardless of your fitness level or work out personality you still have the right to bear arms!
Where: Christopher Street Pier West Village, NYC
Dates: Saturdays, 6/13 and 6/20 Time: 8 – 9 AM
What to bring: yourself, a few friends and a water bottle!
Register: send an email to info@gaymensbootcamp.com
For more information, visit: GAY MENS BOOTCAMP
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Barack Obama Declares June Gay Pride Month…What?
It’s now official.
Barack Obama has declared June
Gay Pride Month.
WHAT DOE’S THAT MEAN??
I LOVE Barack, don’t get me wrong.
I am just not sure what all this means….
In a statement released Monday by the Press Secretary of The White House, President Barack Obama declared June 2009 as national LGBT month.
What exactly does that entail?
What we need Mr. Obama is for you to draft a federal non-discrimination policy!
From THE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary:
Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Out of this resistance, the LGBT rights movement in America was born. During LGBT Pride Month, we commemorate the events of June 1969 and commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans.
LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen the fabric of American society. There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. LGBT Americans also mobilized the Nation to respond to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic and have played a vital role in broadening this country’s response to the HIV pandemic.
Due in no small part to the determination and dedication of the LGBT rights movement, more LGBT Americans are living their lives openly today than ever before. I am proud to be the first President to appoint openly LGBT candidates to Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an Administration. These individuals embody the best qualities we seek in public servants, and across my Administration — in both the White House and the Federal agencies — openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism.
The LGBT rights movement has achieved great progress, but there is more work to be done. LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect.
My Administration has partnered with the LGBT community to advance a wide range of initiatives. At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security.
We must also commit ourselves to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic by both reducing the number of HIV infections and providing care and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS across the United States.
These issues affect not only the LGBT community, but also our entire Nation. As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
first day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
– Barack Obama
Take MTA to Fire Island and Get A 3 Way
AHHHHHHH, SUMMER!
Men, Men and more Men all crammed onto a little island! And getting there, just got a little cheaper! We love a deal!
This summer you can save $14 on your 3-way!
Take the Long Island Railroad to Sayville, a colonial Taxi to the harbor, and the Ferry to Fire Island….in one transaction. Suddenly arriving at Fire Island is as easy as three in one. The cost is $30 round trip, or about a $14 less than the three separate fares.
Time has no meaning on Fire Island (just remember your ferry & train times). You’ll think you’ve entered a different world. Lay on the beach, and let yourself go. Push your toes through the warm sand. Relax, dine and dance, and indulge yourself. One of the greatest places on the island – it’s outrageous fun. The shops and restaurants are all brilliantly colored and built on multi-levels. You can find something for everyone to do.
MTA $30 round trip specials Now through September 7
Packages subject to same-day taxi use (but we’ve used the return ticket many days later)
Offer not valid Fridays after 5:30 p.m. The Pines Cherry Grove
Now, if I just had a place to stay……
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Habitat for Humanity New York City First Unity Build, June 12
Due to popular demand, and in honor of Gay Pride Month, Habitat for Humanity – New York City will host its first annual Unity Build on Friday, June 12, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at the nonprofit’s South Bronx construction site.
Volunteers from the LGBT community are invited to help build affordable Habitat-NYC homes for families in need. No construction experience is necessary, but participants must be 16 or older and pre-registered. Lunch, tools and training will be provided.
Unity Build participants are asked to raise a minimum of minimum of $250, which helps finance the construction of the homes. Habitat-NYC provides an online fundraising tool and support that makes is easy for individuals to reach their goals.
“Habitat-NYC celebrates the great diversity of New York City, and we are pleased to bring members of the LGBT community together to build affordable, eco-friendly and healthy homes for hardworking New York families,” said Josh Lockwood, Executive Director of Habitat-NYC.
Working on a Habitat-NYC Unity Build construction site is a great way to learn new skills, network, make new friends and work alongside people skilled in construction and some of the families who will own these homes.
To ensure site safety, Habitat-NYC can accommodate only 20 volunteers on site. To learn more about Unity Build, or to register, please go to Habitat NYC, click on Events and follow the links to Unity Build, or contact James Andrews at jandrews@habitatnyc.org or 212-991-4000 x. 330.
Habitat for Humanity – New York City transforms lives and our city by building quality homes for families in need and by uniting all New Yorkers around the cause of affordable housing.
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Sir Ivan Wilzig…New York Banker Turned Singer – The Peaceman Cometh
Peaceman (“Sir” Ivan Wilzig) is a banker turned musician who is best known for techno remixes of 1960s songs such as “Imagine” and “San Francisco”. He is also founder of the nonprofit Peaceman Foundation and appeared as Mr. Mitzvah on Season Two of the reality television show Who Wants to be a Superhero?.
Ivan is the son of the late Siegbert (Siggi) Wilzig (died in January 2003), who as a penniless German Holocaust survivor earned a fortune through finance. Ivan was born in Newark and grew up in New Jersey as the oldest of the Wilzig children. Wilzig began voice lessons as a teenager, but was discouraged by his father, who wanted his son to have a more successful career. In 2000 “Sir Ivan” abandoned his banking career to begin a career in music.
Synonymous with “Sir Ivan” Wilzig’s eccentric and hedonistic lifestyle is his lavishly decorated 12,000-square-foot medieval-style estate in Water Mill on Long Island. Referred to as “the Castle”, it is considered by many entertainment journalists (and by the owner himself) as the “Playboy Mansion of the East Coast”.
New from his album “I AM PEACEMAN” that is breathing new life into the musical and social legacy of the 1960s and reinvented with 21st century cutting-edge style, is “For What It’s Worth.” The video (classic Buffalo Springfield) is a single from the album, which is a collection of 60’s anthems remade by Sir Ivan and remixed by all the current top talent (Eric Kupper, Tony Moran, Dj Chus, etc)- in his new genre ‘ROCKTRONICA’… all this to coincide with 40th Anniversary of WOODSTOCK in August.
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Video on YouTube SIR IVAN MUSIC / PEACEMAN
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DRAMA QUEERS by Frank Anthony Polito
In his debut novel, Band Fags!, award-winning playwright, Frank Anthony Polito, introduced readers to Brad Dayton, the foul-mouthed best friend of goody-two-shoes, Jack Paterno.
After meeting in 7th grade Varsity Band, Jack and Brad became fast friends thanks to their mutual appreciation of New Wave music, Days of our Lives, and TV mega-hunk, Jon-Erik Hexum. Together, they went through thick and thin navigating the halls of Webb Junior High as “Band Fags” in the Detroit suburb of “Hazeltucky” during the mid-1980s. But once the boys got to “Hillbilly High,” they discovered that the label held a truth for them both—more so than the average marching band member.
Through sophomore and junior years, Brad did his best to convince Jack to be proud of being gay. But Jack wanted no part of chasing cute boys and hitting the gay bars on Friday nights after football games. Instead, he pursued a life of popularity, giving up his position as 1st chair trumpet-player during senior year—and as Brad’s best friend—leaving Brad to all but disappear from Band Fags!
Now with DRAMA QUEERS!, Polito shows readers exactly how Brad spent the nine months from September 1987-May 1988 when he and Jack were estranged.
“A lot of readers contacted me,” says Polito, “expressing an interest in seeing more of Brad Dayton.” While a sequel to Band Fags! was one way of telling Brad’s story, Polito decided to go back and fill in the blanks. “I wanted to show Brad going it alone during senior year, finding his way without his best friend at his side. Just because Jack was no longer there, Brad wasn’t about to lay down and die—not with the world of the Theatre calling!”
An actor himself for many years, Polito earned his B.F.A. in Acting from Wayne State University in Detroit before moving to New York City to pursue a career as a professional. He has since appeared off-Broadway, and on both TV and in Film, including the soap One Life to Live and the film One True Thing with Meryl Streep and Renee Zellweger.
In the fall of 2008, Polito landed a featured role in the comedy One Angry Man, starring the legendary Jackie Mason. Based on the classic drama Twelve Angry Men, Polito played “Iris,” a transsexual juror trying to keep her true identity a secret. “I’d never done drag before,” Polito admits, “but the experience was a great challenge, and I had a total blast!”
In DRAMA QUEERS! Polito also revisits key scenes between Brad and Jack from Band Fags!—this time told from Brad’s point of view. “When you write in the first person narrative, you can only show one character’s side of the story,” says Polito. “I thought it would be fun for readers to go back and see what Brad was thinking and feeling during those important moments.”
There are also events in Band Fags! pertaining to Brad’s life that readers only get to hear about: his role as “Doody” in the Drama Club production of Grease, his trip to New York City to audition for the Juilliard School of Drama, his time spent working at a local gay bar. “Now, in Drama Queers!, readers will actually get to see Brad doing these things, and with whom!”
Part of the reason for fleshing out Brad’s story stems from Polito’s desire to one day see his tale of two friends told onscreen. Polito received his M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from the prestigious Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 2006. The following year, his stage play Another Day on Willow St was named “Outstanding New Play” by Talkin’ Broadway after premiering at the New York International Fringe Festival.
“Fingers crossed,” says Polito, “the story of Jack Paterno and Brad Dayton will soon be coming to a big (or small) screen near you!”
Find out more at Frank Anthony Polito
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BOOK SIGNING – at Barnes & Noble on 82nd/B’way in Manhattan on Monday June 1st @ 7pm…
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Cirque do Soleil Comes to New York City…Permanently!
The New York Times reported that In February 2010 Cirque, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, plans to bring a new show to the Beacon Theater in Manhattan for a multiple-month run that it hopes will become an annual institution. And in 2011 Cirque is to establish a four-month summer extravaganza in Radio City Music Hall as a warm-weather counterweight to the “Christmas Spectacular” — sans Rockettes, but populated with acrobats and clowns.
These will be in addition to the company’s touring tent productions, which have played New York periodically since 1988; the most recent show, “Kooza,” opened on April 16 at Randalls Island and runs through June 21st.
Also continuing will be “Wintuk,” Cirque’s $20 million annual winter holiday show at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden, which will be back in town November 11, 2009 – January 3, 2010.
Cirque has been trying to secure their own permanent space on Pier 40 – but negotiations came to stand still and both parties have walked away.
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Joan Rivers Wins Celebrity Apprentice and $500,000 for Gods Love We Deliver!
“You’re Hired”!
With these two wonderful words from Donald Trump, the audience at the finale of “The Celebrity Apprentice” burst into applause (and some tears) for Joan Rivers, this year’s “Celebrity Apprentice.”
No one could be happier for Joan than God’s Love We Deliver, which will receive the winner’s check in the amount of $250,000! All totaled, Joan won over $500,000 for God’s Love We Deliver. These funds will help God’s Love continue to meet the overwhelming demand for our services, and provide even more nutritious meals to people who are sick and hungry.
Through the course of many grueling weeks of competition, Joan beat out 14 other celebrity contestants, including Clint Black, Herschel Walker, Andrew Dice Clay, Jesse James, Khloe Kardashian, Brande Roderick, and Dennis Rodman, among others, and in the finals, Annie Duke.
Joan Rivers, a God’s Love We Deliver Board Member for over 15 years, has played an enormously important role in helping to guide the agency’s growth and expansion of its life-sustaining mission during her time here. She is an amazing friend to the agency and especially to our less fortunate friends and neighbors.
The funds Joan won on “Celebrity Apprentice” will provide over 56,000 meals and unlimited nutrition counseling for the clients of God’s Love We Deliver. Said Joan, “It was a grueling competition, but anything I can do to strengthen God’s Love We Deliver and help them provide more nutritious meals is well worth it.”
ABOUT GOD’S LOVE WE DELIVER:
God’s Love We Deliver is the New York City metropolitan area’s leading not-for-profit organization dedicated to preparing and delivering over 3,300 nutritious, life-sustaining meals each weekday to men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and other life altering illnesses. Since its founding in 1986, the agency has delivered nearly 10 million meals and has never had a waiting list. God’s Love We Deliver also provides free unlimited nutrition counseling to each of its meal program clients, family members and other service providers. All of the organization’s services are provided free of charge.
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Alternative Theatre Company Comes to New York with DIRTY SECRETS
Alternative Theatre Company announces the New York premier of DIRTY SECRETS, a gender-bent thriller by award-winning New York City-based playwright Joe Marshall.
Directed by Marshall, DIRTY SECRETS runs June 4 – 21 to coincide with the Gay Pride celebrations in New York City. Performances are at the Roy Arias Theatre at Times Square Arts Center, located at 300 W 43rd Street.
Show times are 8:00 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, and 2:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Tickets cost $27.50 in advance, $35 at the door, and may be purchased onlineat ATC or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at (800) 838-3006.
DIRTY SECRETS is a smart, gender-bent thriller that pokes fun at brainless gay stereotypes. Right from the opening scene you know you’re watching a play about homosexuals. Instead of boring us with platitudes about the evils of pigeonholing people, the characters skewer stereotypes by spouting earnest lines like, “You don’t act gay — you’re masculine!” It’s all about Tom, who shows up at the home of Nick and Shane, a gay couple who live in Manhattan. Tom is depressed because he’s just discovered that his lover of eight years has had sex with another man. It turns out that distraught Tom has come to torture Shane, and it’s the ways in which Tom carries out his revenge — first demanding sex with Shane, later seducing Nick — that move the play along. He has a worthy opponent in the snaky Shane, who trumps Tom’s attempts at blackmail, but can’t keep up with his nasty houseguest’s vile temper.
Writer/Director Marshall not only uses his trademark quick wit and natural dialogue, but also recognizes the human emotions that bring the characters to the brink of insanity. “This play speaks loudly about the downfalls of cheating in any relationship. It’s something everyone can relate to, regardless of his or her orientation,” says Marshall. “It’s about growing up and learning from your mistakes, and discovering the hard lesson that the easy choice is not always the right choice.”
DIRTY SECERTS has previously been produced in Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix and Tucson, AZ.
About Alternative Theatre Company:
The Alternative Theatre Company is a non-profit organization renowned for producing award-winning LGBT theatre.
Founded in 1991 by Joe Marshall, the company relocated from Arizona to New York City in 2009.
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More Photos of Carnival Night Wednesdays with Amanda Lepore
More photos from Carnival with Amanda Lepore –
Photos by Michael Hardgrove …
Marc Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone Are Planning a Big Gay Wedding!
Lorenzo Martone confirms to New York Magazine that he and fashion designer Marc Jacobs are in fact engaged and the Brazilian hunk shares the story about how he proposed to Marc.
NY Mag writes:
Marc Jacobs’s trip to Brazil to meet Lorenzo Martone’s family was a success. “It went very well,” Lorenzo told us at the Cinema Society premiere of Obsessed last night. “He met my entire family — mom, dad, brother, grandmother. Everyone adored him. Like they should, right?” Lorenzo says that despite all the talk about their matching rings, this was not intended as an engagement trip. “It was just a trip to meet my family.” That said, he confirms that the two are, in fact, engaged.
Turns out Lorenzo proposed to Marc! Lorenzo bought the rings at Boucheron — Marc’s favorite jeweler — in Paris during Fashion Week. “I was in Paris for Fashion Week, for the Vuitton show, so I had a little planning beforehand to do that,” Martone says. The rings are pink-gold triple bands, and he surprised Jacobs with them during dinner at the Mercer Hotel, shortly before the trip to Brazil.
“That’s an iconic place for us, you know? [Marc] lived there for ten years. When I proposed, the rings came with our starters in the restaurant,” Lorenzo revealed. “I bought the rings in Paris, brought them here, and then before the trip to Brazil, I proposed.” Martone says he was nervous, and is relieved that it worked well. They haven’t set a date, but he thinks December in St. Barts would be lovely.
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Quentin Crisp Scores at Tribeca Film Festival
I have been waiting for this movie for over a year! It’s finally here – and getting good reviews!
Michael Musto reported at the Village Voice this week, “Quentin Crisp was the frilly British poufter who ceaselessly spouted aphorisms, his wit hiding the fact that he had come of age through oppression and abuse in puritanical England. In the ’70s, he came to New York to do a live show and stayed, showering us with his wisdoms, hats, and weird viewpoints.
And now, he’s come back to rule at the Tribeca Film Festival, where those later years have provided fodder for a fascinating film. I just saw An Englishman in New York, which is about Quentin’s Gotham years, with John Hurt–who already perfected him in the 1975 TV movie Naked Civil Servant)–as the epigram-spewing, gracious, yet sometimes offensive Brit.
The film accurately shows Crisp’s immersion into the gay New York culture as an observer (and critic for the New York Native), and also documents his tripping up by labeling AIDS “a fad,” adding that homosexuals are always complaining about some ailment or other. Much like that other queen–the one played by Helen Mirren–he then finds hhimself in an ethical quandary as to whether to undo his gesture, apologize for it, explain it, or let it be.
Hurt is absolutely brilliant in the role, as expected, capturing all the grandeur, charm, and defense mechanisms. The only drawbacks are that Crisp’s witty sayings sometimes seem contrivedly woven into conversation (though that’s usually how he DID talk). And that Cynthia Nixon tends to downplay the abrasiveness (and I’m using that word in a good way, sort of) of performance artist Penny Arcade. ( And NICK ADAMS, who we adore! makes an appearance!! ) Still, I’m very glad this Englishman came back to New York one more time.
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Miss Fag Hag Pageant to Benefit HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE home of the HARVEY MILK SCHOOL May 17th
The producers of The Miss Fag Hag Pageant announced today that Miss California Carrie Prejean is banned from its competition taking place on Sunday, May 17th at Comix.
In lieu of a contender who only supports “opposite marriage”, Paul Case and Shawn Hollenbach are presenting 10 contestants representing their Gayborhoods fighting for the title of Miss Fag Hag.
The candidates will compete in categories including:
— Evening Wear
— Fabulous Talent
— Presenting Her Gay in a Swimsuit
— And Sassy Question & Answer
“It is our belief that Miss California, Carrie Prejean may not compete in our pageant. The opposites in our contest have supported us samesters since day one. These gals would love to see us walk down any aisle. The only isle we’d like to see Prejean on is Rikers!”
Proceeds from the pageant which features celebrity judges, special performances and guests, will go to THE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE home of the HARVEY MILK SCHOOL.
JUDGES include Caroline Rhea (NBC’s Biggest Loser & Logo’s Sordid Lives)
Michael Musto (Village Voice, VH1)
Hedda Lettuce (Project Runway)
Katina Corrao (Daddy on HBO)
Special Performances by
Shayna Steele (Bette Midler: Vegas, Orig Rent & Hairspray)
Bridget Everett (Sex & The City, At Least it’s Pink)
Britney Houston (MTV and YouTube Star)
Mel & El (Fagnet) & MORE!
Sunday, May 17th at 8:00 PM
Comix 353 West 14th Street 212.524.2500
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Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day-of-show plus a two item minimum in the show room.
A portion of ticket sales will go to the Hetrick-Martin Institute, home of the Harvey Milk School.
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Laurie Krauz Wins 2009 Bistro Award from Back Stage
NEW YORK singing sensation Laurie Krauz and her TAPESTRY REWOVEN show is being honored by the prestigious industry publication, Back Stage, with a 2009 Bistro Award which will be given during the annual gala event in New York City.
More than 30 of cabaret’s brightest stars will be honored at the 24th annual Bistro Awards, which will take place on Tuesday, April 28 at Gotham Comedy Club. International singer-songwriter-actor Charles Aznavour will be honored with the Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award. Liza Minnelli, Tony-, Oscar-, and Emmy-winning performer, will be recognized in the category of Enduring Artistry. Each of these stars will present the Award to the other–a Bistro first.
Tapestry Rewoven, is a jazz re-imagining of the Carole King classic, which has been playing to packed houses and standing ovations with buzz that’s been, literally, off the charts! Her show has been playing at New York City’s fabulous IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB and the critics rave!
Laurie Krauz thrills audiences with her award-winning, blues-influenced jazz vocals and her powerful emotional range. Blazing new musical territory, Laurie combines improvisational elements with the passion and sensuality found in other forms of music to create a unique, soulful jazz – “she creates a mood and weaves a musical story with every cell of her being.” She was recently named one of the top jazz vocalists of all time by noted jazz critic, Scott Yanow. In 2007 and 2008 Laurie was named best Female Jazz Vocalist by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC).
Laurie explains how the whole idea of re-imagining the classic Tapestry came to be..”About four years ago I was at the gym listening to You’ve Got a Friend from Carole King’s legendary recording, Tapestry. From out of nowhere the phrase “Tapestry Rewoven” came into my head. At first I thought about singing this tune, which I had never done. As I continued my workout I realized that the phrase meant something much more—that I could approach the entire album and re-imagine it from a jazz sensibility.
The idea excited me musically and emotionally. For women of my generation, Tapestry was more than just a great album. It was virtually our religion!”
Laurie is currently doing some shows in Los Angeles and Chicago and will be back at the Iridium May 5th, June 2nd, July 7th and August 4th, with 2 shows each night!
“… a masterwork not unlike her idol’s,” David Finkle, Back Stage
WATCH A CLIP OF LAURIE KRAUZ ON HER SITE
Bistro Awards Gala Tickets
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Jesse Archer – Jess on the Brink! The Breeders Are Coming!
NEW YORK CITY
is full of great writers and actors!
One of our favorites is JESSE ARCHER.
Jesse Archer grew up in the beaver state of Oregon, which inspired him to get around. He has since lived and worked in Los Angeles, Paris, Buenos Aires, Capetown, and New York City.
Since graduating from the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in Theatre, Jesse traveled the world before landing in New York City. He appeared in the Off-Broadway hit Birdy’s Bachelorette Party and on film in Boy Culture. Jesse also stars in the gay romantic comedy favorites Slutty Summer and A Four Letter Word (which he co-wrote with director Casper Andreas).
Jesse also writes freelance, including a monthly column for Out magazine. His first book will really make you appreciate flush toilets. You Can Run: Gay, Glam, and Gritty Travels in South America (Out in the World) is based on the intrepid two years Jesse spent sparkling through South America.
His recent entry in OUT, really made me laugh. Titled DIRE STRAIGHTS, it discusses this new trend of straight people taking over gay bars!
He observes”Are they lost? May I point you in the direction of the nearest Irish Pub? But they are not lost. Straights are here on purpose, flagrantly flaunting their otherness. The best gay dance club in Berlin today is half straight. Even in our own country, drag dens, once regularly raided by police, are now raided by the roiling hotbed of estrogen known as the bachlorette party, full of women armed with penis straws and pecker necklaces.”
“We must draw the line in the glitter,” he adds. “How to defend our formerly unspoiled territory. Curious customers gladly pay admission to see inside P.T. Barnum’s circus sideshow. The general public has become increasingly fascinated with our community folklore.”
And my partner and I see this all the time, in cities everywhere. Friday and Saturday nights bring out what we like to affectionately call, the bridge and tunnel crowds. The sightseers. The suburbanites. Who want to hang with the gays and get fall-down drunk, and try to lick the muscle boys who have their shirts off. Enough already! I believe a gaggle of women should not be allowed in gay bars, unless accompanied by at least one gay friend. We know a bar in Chicago that requires each woman, be accompanied by at least one gay man. No groups of women are allowed.
Like my Mother-in-Law used to always say, “What are you gonna do?!”
Currently Jesse clings to the fringe of Manhattan, at the end of Alphabet City. Check out his blog and his writings!
“If you’re not sparkling, what the are you doing?! ”
Jesse on the Brink Jesse’s Blog Jesse on MySpace
More of Jesse Archer at OUT Magazine
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New York Photo Festival May 13-17 – Gay Men Play with Chris Boot
The goal of the New York Photo Festival is to document the future of photography in all its forms. The group of internationally-respected curators will deliver their personal vision of the newest and most important trends in contemporary photography, each exhibited in their own pavilion and promising to draw the attention of the entire photographic community.
“This year, we are thrilled to introduce an exciting new three-part series of daytime programming called “GAY MEN PLAY – with Chris Boot” led by the NYPH’09 Curator, Chris Boot. Seating is going to be very limited, so book early!!” Gay Men Play, promises to be provocative, charged and unlike anything else exhibited during the Festival. Of course, I am limited as to what I can show you here! You can see more of the exhibition and presentation at NYPH
Boot cleverly mixes the work of established photographers and artists with that of non-professional photographers. There are portraits by Stefan Ruiz, who documented gay party weekends from a mobile studio on the streets of San Francisco and Berlin. There are also images culled from gay networking websites by Chris Clary, whose exhibition also features images by another 10 photographers shown on digital screens.
Chris Boot is a London-based publisher and editor of photography books who explores the contemporary photographic representation of gay sex and gay recreational sexual identities.
(Photo-“Charles”, by Stephan Ruiz, from San Francisco Berlin curated by Chris Boot, New York Photo Festival 2009)
For complete programming, schedules and tickets please visit
NYPH.
The New York Photo Festival HQ is located at:
37 Main Street
Brooklyn, New York directions
The neighborhood: Dumbo
What is DUMBO?
What is DUMBO?
