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Wrap Up of Last
Week's Events |
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 On
Tuesday January 9th the entire Staff
of Elements celebrated the career of Toni
Barone and her selling Elements Bar. In
addition they introduced everyone to the new owners
Ken & Lloyd who are the current owners of
Scandals. The event was a who’s who of
South Florida with virtually every Bar owner and
personality there.
 Last
Friday night was the much anticipated opening of
Miami's new Lesbian night, Pink Fridays at
SOHO Lounge. Julie and Alison, Jessie and Amy owners
of Pandora and Ultra events combine forces
for this three floor, three room weekly mega party.
SOHO lounge is located in
Miami's Design district. The club has an urban feel.
There's a large balcony and bar overlooking a second
level dance floor with two stages perfectly appointed
with go-go girls and performance artists from Cirque X.
Three DJs crank out music ranging from Salsa and Hip-Hop
to 80's and Top 40. Congratulations to Julie, Alison,
Jesse and Amy on a great first week!
 Also
on Friday Noche Latina Fridays at
Elements celebrated the final performance of
Maite West as Miss Noche Latina 2006 and
Charise as Miss Noche Latina Elite 2006. The
club was even more crowded then usual with DJ George
Valdez spinning the hottest Latin Music in the main
room and DJ Angel Infinity spinning Hip-Hop and
Top 40 on the patio and the show was Top Notch. Congrats
to Maite and Charise on a fabulous year!!
 Last
Saturday Bill's Filling Station had a benefit for
Jubal who was in a major accident and is still in
the hospital. They had
donations from, Hotspots Mag., Bill's, Elements,
Monkey Business, Cargo Furniture, Zen Living, Alibi,
Sage Rest., Antigue Traders, Sak's Fifth Ave., Sunrise
Cinemas, Goldcoast Dist., Southern Wine, Double Eagle
Dist., Anderson Automotive and many many more.
Between the 5 Black Jack Tables, Pull Tabs Games and the
Raffle for the $550 leather chair donated by Cargo
furniture, which is where Jubal works, they raised
$1500 for Jubal, which was the most they have ever
raised on a casino night. |
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volunteer at 2007
Winter Party Festival
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Donate Your Body to the 2007 Winter Party Festival
and sign up to volunteer at
www.winterparty.com.
Six Days! More than 20 Events!
Over 10,000 Guests! The 2007 Winter Party Festival is a
huge celebration, and it takes a lot of people to make
it happen. The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
is seeking a few hundred dedicated volunteers for the
2007 Winter Party Festival, taking place from
February 28 to March 5. More than 400 people are
needed to serve as greeters and bartenders, staff the
Welcome Center, work behind the scenes at sporting and
fashion events, monitor the shuttle buses and more. If
you have volunteered at Winter Party events in the past,
you know our little secret: it’s really more fun than
work. Not only do you get to meet terrific people, you
also get a complimentary ticket to the main event, the
Winter Party Beach Party. This year the volunteer
application process is easier than ever – it’s all
automated. Log on at
www.winterparty.com/volunteer.html to
submit your application. Whether you come as a volunteer
or as a guest, they look forward to seeing you at the
2007 Winter Party Festival. |
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Singer-songwriter, activist, diplomat, Gilberto Gil |
 Singer-songwriter,
activist, diplomat, Gilberto Gil represents the
best of Brazilian culture. Now he returns to the stage
as a performer, after serving as Brazil’s Minister of
Culture since 2003, with a rare solo concert at
Carnival Center in downtown Miami on Friday,
March 30, at
8 p.m. Since co-founding the explosive Tropicalia movement of the
late 1960s, Gil has remained at the forefront of
Brazilian popular culture. For nearly 40 years, Gil has
invented, innovated and reprocessed groundbreaking
music. From the young bossa-nova musician, to the
musical groundbreaker of the electric 1960s, to the
artist who made a perfect marriage between
Brazil and Jamaican reggae, to the pop star who embraced
rock music and electronica, Gil’s music has encompassed
everything from baião and samba to MPB, rock, reggae,
afoxé, and axé. His strength lies in his inclusive,
all-encompassing nature. Gil has long used his position
as a musician to speak out about social, cultural and
environmental issues. Nevertheless, it was a surprise to
many when he was appointed by the Lula government
to be Minister of Culture. As a young musician, he and
his musical partner Caetano Veloso were even
famously sent into exile in
London
by the Brazilian military government in 1970. Yet Gil
still hasn’t cut his dreadlocks, and he still appears
during Carnival on his Trio Eletrico, Expresso 2222. Gil
the artist has in no way diminished the prestige of Gil
the minister, and visa versa! Now returning to the
world’s stages, he is presenting the new
Luminoso
tour, a solo project featuring Gill and his guitar.
Since his last performance in Miami as a musician in
2000, he has been awarded countless accolades, including
Unesco Artist for Peace, last month’s Polar Music
Prize from King Gustav of Sweden, which is
informally known as the Nobel Prize of music; the
Premio Extremadura a la Criación 2005, in Spain,
for Best Latin American Artist, the Latin
Grammy Man of the Year in 2003, and several Grammy®
awards for his recordings. Tickets to Gilberto Gil at
Carnival Center are $15 - $75, available through the box
office: (305) 949-6722 or
www.carnivalcenter.org.
For group tickets (20 or more), contact (786) 468-2326.
The concert is co-presented by the Rhythm Foundation
and
Carnival
Center. |
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Bring
Charlie’s Angels home! |
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 Once
upon a time there were three women who, along with a
sidekick named Bosley, captured the attention of
television audiences worldwide. Thirty years later, the
series is regarded as an entertainment icon and those
three women will be forever known as
Charlie's Angels. Entertainment
author and publicist Mike Pingel is celebrating
this milestone anniversary with the release of the new
book Angelic
Heaven: A Fan's Guide To Charlie's Angels.
(In Stores Now &
online @ amazon.com; bn.com). This new book
features forewords by Angels, Farrah Fawcett and
Cheryl Ladd.
Angelic Heaven
includes the history of the show, episode breakdowns,
toys, magazine covers, filming locations and hundreds of
other facts on the series. On
September 22, 1976
ABC aired the first episode of
Charlie's Angels.
The first episode titled “Hellrider” starred
Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith. The
new series was an overnight success and quickly pegged
as "Jiggle TV."Sony Pictures has celebrated the 30th
anniversary with the new release of
Charlie's Angels: The
Complete Third Season now available on
DVD.
Pingel created
CharliesAngels.com, which premiered on
the internet in October 1996. The site was quickly
picked as the site of the day by Yahoo! and WebTV. Since
1996, the site has kept fans updated on the current
works of the actresses and all the information a
Charlie's Angels
fan could want.
CharliesAngels.com
has been featured on Access
Hollywood, Inside Edition, KTLA, KABC, KCBS2, BBC, Good Morning TV
(London), The Drum (New Zealand). It has also been seen
in the pages of Entertainment Weekly, USA Today,
Yahoo!, Wall Street Journal, Hot Dots, Los Angeles
Magazine, Los Angeles Daily News, Hollywood Independent,
Who Weekly, Westside Weekly, USA Today Online, TV Guide
Online. Pingel was called upon during preparation
for the 2000
Charlie's Angels movie as a consultant
with producers Leonard Goldberg and Drew
Barrymore and director McG. Pingel also
auditioned for the boyfriend of Natalie (Cameron Diaz)
played by Luke Wilson. Pingel can be viewed in
the commentary section of
Charlie's Angels: The
Complete First Season on DVD. Pingel is
an avid collector of
Charlie's Angels
memorabilia. His collection includes rare items such as
the original Harry's Angels script, a
Charlie's Angels
pinball machine,
Charlie's Angels
dolls, dresses, make-up sets and much, much more. His
collection includes over 2,000 cool angel items
including the famous Farrah Fawcett "Red Swimsuit"
poster.
Angelic Heaven can be purchased at
Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers worldwide.
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GLSEN South Florida |
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 GLSEN
South Florida
(Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network of South
Florida) announced it was awarded a $10,000 grant by
Gamma Mu Foundation to support GLSEN South Florida's
continuing operations training educators and empowering
youth in
South Florida school districts. "We admire and
appreciate the work that GLSEN South Florida has done
helping make [South Florida] schools safer for gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth," said
Martin Culbreth (left in photo) past president of the
Gamma Mu board as he presented the check to GLSEN South
Florida executive director, Robert Loupo. "We know
our money is being used for a good cause and we're happy
to support this organization." "The Gamma Mu Foundation
has been really supportive of our group for many years,"
said Loupo. "Many of its members can recall
their own days being bullied in schools because of their
sexual orientation. They want to see it stop as much as
we do." The grant has double value for the
organization because GLSEN South Florida board
president, Bruce Presley, has donated a $100,000
matching grant to help the group expand its work in
South Florida. The Gamma Mu Foundation (www.gammamufoundation.org)
was established in 1989 by the Gamma Mu Fraternity to
support the unmet needs of the gay community on a
nationwide and continuing basis. The Foundation
operates as a 501c3 non-profit, tax-exempt organization
and raises funds from its members, their friends and
those interested in the work of the Foundation. GLSEN
South Florida (www.glsensouthflorida.org) is a chapter
of the national organization, GLSEN, Inc. and operates
in
South Florida
as a 501c3 non-profit. GLSEN South Florida's mission is
to make schools and classrooms safer for all students
regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity,
real or perceived. |
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Press Release from
the Owners of Jackhammer Chris & Russ |
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We
all knew the day was coming when Jackhammer would
have to vacate its current location on Andrews Square
and move to its new home on Powerline Road merging with
Steel. The time has arrived and we want you all
to know the line-up for the ending weekend of Jackhammer
in its current location and the line-up for the first
Jackhammer T in its new home. Starting February 9th
and ending February 11th the weekend
will be entitled “A Weekend to Celebrate Memories
of the Past 4.5 Years on
Andrews Square.”
A slideshow of all pics from the past years will be
playing in the main room and Sunday will be a special
Valentines “T” ending all operations on Andrews Square.
Sunday February 18th will be the first
“T” Dance in our new location on
Powerline Road
where Steel has been operating alone for the past 1.5
years. “T” will be Presidents Day “T” with
special guests and the first 100 people in the door will
receive a free Jackhammer T Shirt. The Atmosphere
and the experience will be exactly as it was on Andrews
Square, but enhanced by a state of the art brand new
sound system and lighting with 4 times the dance floor,
a larger, cleaner Patio Area, More A/C, and 9 sets of
bathrooms. As always, there will be no cover and the
same Sunday specials $3.50 well & Domestic along with
the already famous draft beer-bust all day long.
Chris and Russ invite the entire community to say
goodbye to Jackhammer and to experience the new “T”
dance at Steel. |
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Stars of
the Rainbow |
Every
year the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, (GLCC) directly
serves thousands of LGBT individuals throughout South Florida. From
HIV testing and counseling to educational outreach, fundraising and
just being a great place for people young and old to hang out, they
are an indispensable part
 of
the fabric that makes South Florida a very special haven for people
like us.
This years VIP and Honoree Recognition
event will take place at the Hyatt Regency Pier Top. The Gala and
Silent Auction will be aboard the Grand Floridian Yacht which will
remain docked at Pier 66 on the
Intracoastal waterway in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida.
We encourage you to
attend this
magnificent and meaningful annual event
Sunday January 21, 2007.
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Other Upcoming Events |
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Actors’ Playhouse
in Conjunction with CoralGaybles.com presents a
special theater event on January 18th.
This event includes a private pre-show social from
6:30 to 7:30 pm.
Tickets are $20.00 and include admission to the musical
“I Love You Because” plus a complimentary drink
voucher and free hors d’oeuvres. All reservations must
be made and paid in full prior to show date through
group sales only. The special $20.00 price will not be
available at the box office. Please redeem drink
vouchers before
7:30 P.M. when the house opens to the general public.
Call 305 444 9293 ext 613 or email
On Friday & Saturday Jan 19th and 20th
the Boardwalk presents video star Casey Wood.
In honor of his appearance the 1st 100 people
in the door after
9pm that say “I Love Twinks”
each night will get a free DVD of “Chicken Ala Twink.”
On Saturday January 20th the Jackhammer
presents back by popular demand Rod Stephens live.
 The Coliseum presents the new tour debut of Kristine W
with the music of DJ Lydia Prim on Saturday
Jan 20.
Torpedo
invites you to celebrate the release of Fantasia’s
new CD with Free CD’s and a Hood Boy contest on
Thursday Jan 25.
 On Friday January 26th Evolution at
Score presents DJ Tracy Young in the main
room and DJ Ruben in the Crème Lounge.
On Saturday January 27th, the
Jackhammer presents “Tribe of Man Revival”
which is a fundraiser for GLBT Suicide Awareness
Initiative operated by the switchboard of Miami.
This is a Menergy Productions, with Leather
Attire required and DJ Willy Vela spinning.
 This
month's DineOUT will be at Creek 28 on
Miami Beach on
Sunday, Jan. 28 at 7pm.
Join renowned chef, Kira Volz (formerly of The
Abbey Hotel) as she cooks a delectable 3 course meal at
her very intimate, poolside restaurant. A roving dinner
party, for women to meet other women, for friendship,
networking, or maybe even romance in a non-club
atmosphere. Join us at one of Miami's best rated
restaurants. $39
pre-fix menu includes a complimentary glass of wine and
your choice of: -
appetizer-entree-dessert with
tax & gratuity not included.
On January 27th & 28th Bill's
Filling Station along with Care Resource
(a not for profit organization) will host a carnival
weekend at Bill’s Filling Station. This will be the 2nd
event we have hosted for Care Resource. The Carnival
fundraiser will feature Pull tabs, ring toss, floating
duckies, skeet ball, bean bag game, food and much, much
more. All proceeds will go directly to Care
Resource. There are several ways YOU can help make
this event a success. At this time they are accepting
donations for prizes, cash sponsorships, and volunteers.
Platinum Sponsor will receive: Logo in all ads,
Large signage at the event and Booth Space $500 Gold
Sponsor will receive: Small logo in all ads and small
signage at the event $350 Silver Sponsor will receive:
Mentioned in all ads and Game named after you $250
Care Resource is a 501(c)(3) organization and your
contribution is tax deductible. For further information
please feel free to call me anytime at 954-525-9403 or
my cell 954-249-6400. |
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Black
History Month |
 In
observance of
Black History Month,
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
(FLIFF) will present a film event series celebrating
Black heritage in the arts, entertainment, and in civil
rights history during the month of February. The
program will be held at the festival’s year-round art
house, conveniently located in downtown Fort Lauderdale
at 503 SE 6 Street, on the South bank of the New River,
just east of Broward County Courthouse. Parking is free
in the courthouse garage and meters. Below is the
schedule of film events. For tickets and additional
information please visit
www.FLIFF.com or
call 954-525-FILM (3456).
Monday, February 12-The Highwaymen - 6:30pm
Gainesville native Julia D'Amico's film tells the story
of the young black men who quickly painted and cheaply
sold colorful scenes of Florida in the 1960s. Because
they sold them alongside Florida roads, they have been
dubbed "The Highwaymen." The paintings originally sold
for $10 to $45, but now go for up to $10,000 on the
secondary market. D'Amico lets the painters tell their
stories in their own words.
Purvis of Overtown -
7:30pm
In a Miami ghetto, ex-con Purvis Young paints. Mountains
of paintings. Walls of paintings. He paints about social
injustice, racial inequity, and economic hardship. He
painted for no one but himself and his neighbors, until
art dealers and gallery owners from across the globe
discovered him. They wanted a piece of his raw,
authentic creations. Purvis is now an internationally
known icon of black history and culture. Does art change
us? Does fame change art? Does the price of art change
the artist? What is the price of public adoration?
Through interviews with Purvis, his neighbors, and the
art world's elite, a portrait of the artist emerges.
Purvis is not quite as simple as he seems. Stunningly
shot, this film weaves a 30 year story about an obsessed
soul who owns no property, has no driver's license, and
rarely travels outside his neighborhood. The film is as
powerful as the man and his work. (66 minutes)
African American Research Library will be distributing a
limited supply of complimentary tickets donated by
AutoNation. Prior to the screenings, there will be a
complimentary Wine and Cheese reception with the
purchase of a ticket to the films.
Tickets: $8.00 General Admission / $7.00 Seniors and
Students / Free for FLIFF and MOAFL members.
(One admission for both films).
February 15 and 21-Home
of the Brave - 7pm Viola Gregg Liuzzo
was killed in 1965 shortly after participating in the
historic Voting Rights March headed by Dr. Martin Luther
King in Montgomery Alabama. She was killed in a car on a
deserted highway while driving between
Selma and Montgomery with a black teenage boy as a
passenger. Liuzzo was shot in the head by one of four
riders in another car who were active members of the Klu
Klux Klan; that is, all except one. That person was an
agent of the FBI. The chilling story that documents one
woman’s tragic contribution to the American civil rights
movement of the 1960s, is told through the eyes of her
children and narrated by Stockard Channing.
From Emerging Cinemas, Home of the Brave, is one of many first-run
feature films, presented in the latest digital
technology and virtually simultaneously at Cinema
Paradise, with their openings in major cities around the
country. These are movies that would never play in
South Florida otherwise.
Tickets: $8 General Admission / $7 Students and Seniors / $5 FLIFF
Members
Monday, February 26 and Tuesday February 27-Tribute to Bill
Robinson -
featuring:
2/26
- 6pm: Just Around the Corner(1938) Shirley
Temple stars and Bill Robinson is featured as Cpl. Jones
2/26
- 8pm: Swing Time Starring Fred Astaire
and Ginger Rogers star. Features "Bojangles of Harlem,"
a tribute to hoofer Bill Robinson.
2/27 -
6pm: The Little Colonel
Starring Shirley Temple and Lionel Barrymore star in
this Civil War Era classic.
2/28 -
8pm: Stormy Weather
Lena Horne and Robinson star in this Musical
Romance. Following the film presentations, join popular
photo-journalist and lecturer,
Kevin Lane;
who is considered one of the world's leading authorities
on Robinson, for rare film clips, photos and lively
anecdotes about Robinson's life and the Golden Era of
Entertainment in which Robinson was a super-star. Tickets:
Free to FLIFF members and $5.00 for General Admission
(each night) |
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30th
anniversary
Pride
South Florida |
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 Pride
South Florida
is celebrating its 30th anniversary in
March of 2007. And what better way to show your
true ‘colors’ than to be a part of the celebration. PSF
is looking for Volunteers to help with planning and
setting up their annual celebration at Holiday Park.
Anyone who is willing to give some of their free time to
a worthwhile non-profit organization whose goal is to
unite the community and help other non-profit
organizations in their quest to do the same. They are
also looking for members of the community to take part
in and join their board. New faces and new ideas are
always welcome. You are invited to join them at
Undergrounds Coffeehaus (2743 East Oakland Park
Boulevard) on January 30, from 6-8pm
and meet members of the board. This is your chance to
ask them questions and join them in the pursuit of
equality. For Volunteer information contact Joe at
754 422-6496 or check their web site
www.PrideSouthFlorida.org
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EDGE
Theatre announces revised schedule for Norman Allen's
"In the Garden" |
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EDGE Theatre has cancelled the
previously announced performances January 19-21
at Art Temple in
Miami Beach of the South Florida premiere of
"In the Garden". The
play will run for two weekends at Art Serve from
January 27th through February 4th.
"In the Garden" is an innovative comedic drama by
Norman Allen, and was the winner of the Charles
MacArthur award as Outstanding New Play. A young
male rentboy quoting the Bible changes the lives of four
sophisticates, through seduction and example. The cast
features Ben Feathers, Amy Nathan, Chris Nathan,
Jerry Jensen and Truth, and is directed by
Jim Tommaney.
Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8, Sundays at 7. Admission
is $25, with seniors & students only $15. To make
reservations or get directions call 786-355-0976. |
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Care
Resource
announced today that they have received a check for
$100,000 from the M.A.C. Cosmetics AIDS fund to
help their YHIP program. Y-HIP is an HIV
prevention and behavior modification program that aims
to increase HIV/AIDS awareness through education and
testing, facilitate access to care, and promote risk
reduction behaviors by providing health education and
skills building in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas.
The program utilizes a peer-based outreach intervention
model to target young men of color who have sex with men
(YMSM). To achieve this, the outreach sites where the
programs offer their services are those in which youth
congregate, as well as public schools, colleges, and
university. The Y-HIP team engages youth by involvement
in community activities that are youth oriented, as the
program staff represent the age of the youth targeted.
Staff distributes educational materials, and information
about and HIV and STDs, and invites the young men and
their sex partners to be tested. YHIP participants who
test positive will be referred for comprehensive
services. In
 addition,
the project offers a series of fun and educational
workshops and behavior modification groups where
high-risk youth will: Increase their knowledge about HIV
and other related topics and/or issues; reduce their
risk behaviors, such as unprotected sex and drug use;
improve necessary preventive skills, such as assertive
communication and decision-making skills; develop a
social network of resources and information and engage
in the process of educating other youth, and therefore
becoming more aware of the importance of the topics
and/or issues discussed. The curriculum for the
workshops is based on a program design called B.A.R.T
(Becoming A Responsible Team). YHIP is a CDC supported
program. Established in 1994 by M·A·C Cosmetics, the
M·A·C AIDS Fund supports men, women and children
affected by HIV/AIDS globally. Introducing its first
VIVA GLAM lipstick that same year, M·A·C decided
that every cent of the selling price of the VIVA GLAM
lipsticks would go to the M·A·C AIDS Fund. With a total
of four VIVA GLAM lipsticks now sold worldwide, and
through the annual Kids Helping Kids Card Program, M·A·C
Cosmetics has provided over $85 million to date for the
M·A·C AIDS Fund. The M·A·C AIDS Fund is the heart and
soul of the company – with its employees giving their
time, energy and talent to help those affected by
HIV/AIDS worldwide. Dita Von Teese, wife of rock
star Marilyn Manson, is the spokesperson for the
M.A.C. AIDS Fund and visited Care Resources
Miami offices on December 8th. |
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