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Wrap Up of Last
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Monday, June 15th was the annual Miss
Noche Latina contest held at Voodoo Lounge.
The show starred Maite West (Miss Noche
Latina 2006), Champagne Bordeaux (05, and Miss
Florida 05/06), Vegas Dion (04), Charisse
(Miss Noche Latina Elite 2006), Jose Navarro (Mr.
Noche Latina 2006), Lewis Nicholson (05), Jose
Vega (04), Sasha Sommers (Miss Florida at
Large 2005/6), Jasmine Skiis (03), Viva
Mirage. Categories included Presentation (Cartoon
Characters) where the contestants really turned it out,
Evening Gown, Talent and On Stage Interview. There were
7 very qualified contestants, who all would have been a
great representative, but in the end the 2nd
runner up was Victoria Granty, the 1st
runner up was Amanda West and the new Miss Noche
Latina is Alyssa Kartiar. They would like to
thank their sponsors Hotspots Magazine, Azucar,
Elements, Michael Murphy, Hotflyers.com, Fierte
Cosmetics, Heaven Sent Balloons, Sharde’ Originals, New
Concept Productions, Voodoo Lounge and
jumponmarkslist.com.
 Friday
night was the second in a series of monthly Art Walks
that have begun in Wilton Manors. Organized by
Mary Ellen Charapko, the events have quickly caught
on and become a favorite way to meet and mingle on
WilMa's LGBT Main Street,
Wilton Drive. This month over 20 businesses featured
local artists, wine and Hors d'Ouvres. The crowds in
some areas on the sidewalk were so thick that you had to
pass on the street! We hope to see you next month on the
3rd Friday for what is sure to be an even bigger Art
Walk.
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what makes her the first artist in the history of
Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play to produce a string of
nine consecutive #1 singles. Kristine W's release
"The Wonder Of It All," broke the record
previously held by Madonna (7) and Janet
Jackson (7) and last Saturday night she kicked off
her 2007 world tour live in concert at Coliseum.
Spinning at the club was South Florida's own Circuit
superstar DJ Lydia Prim. Kristine W's next CD is
currently in production and will be released with
tracks featuring a star studded cast of musicians
including Myron Dove from Santana, Ricky Z
from Paulina Rubio and arranger pianist Edward
Roth. Congratulations to Gary Santis and
Coliseum on another well done mega event.
 This year's Stars of the Rainbow Gala (the GLCC’s major
fundraising event of the year) took place last Sunday
night. The special VIP event and awards ceremony took
place at the Hyatt Regency Pier Top. On hand was
GLCCSF director Paul Hyman handing out
awards to a variety of local business and community
leaders who support Gay and Lesbian causes. After the
awards ceremony the event moved onto the Grand
Floridian Yacht spectacularly anchored with the
17th Street Causeway Bridge above. The Grand Floridian
is an immaculately kept Yacht and on each of the ships
four floors were live entertainment, bars and loads of
food catered by the Chef's table. A fantastic
time was had by everyone that attended and we would like
to give a special thanks to all of the award winners who
have given so much to the community that we all live in.
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Gio in Vegas 2007 |
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Gio’s week long stay in Las Vegas started
out at the 2007 GAYVN Expo, then off to the
amazing Skin Trade Party put on by Channel 1
Releasing and Maleflixxx.com and then
culminated with the astonishing HustlaBall Las Vegas
07. He also made a one day visit to the Internext
show at Mandalay Bay. Needless to say, it was an
exciting, titillating and productive week overall. To
catch all of the photos of this year’s events and loads
of your favorite male video stars click this link:
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Puccini for Beginners |
Puccini for Beginners
Directed by Maria Maggenti has its Florida
Premiere on Tuesday, February 13th at
7:30 PM
at
the Colony Theatre.
Seven
years in the making, and from the director of The
Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love
(1995), Maria Maggentis screwball comedy Puccini for
Beginners utilizes gender identity and sexual
politics as the bedrock of its storytelling. Split into
three acts, like the operas our central character
Allegra (Elizabeth Reaser,
The
Family Stone ) loves, Maggenti weaves a
delightful love story about the search for love, and its
complications. Allegra a smart up and coming
 author, and
we should add commitment phobic lesbian, living in New
York, has just been dumped by her partner Samantha. Her
heart is taken against her will when she meets Philip (Justin
Kirk, Angels in
America
), a
handsome philosophy professor who is recently single
from a long-term relationship with Grace (Gretchen
Mol, The Notorious Bettie Page ).
Grace, who is sexy, gorgeous and yes, straight, is taken
by surprise when she falls in love with a woman for the
first time. While
a hipster chorus of New York lesbians and longtime friends are consistently criticizing Allegra's
defection to the "other side" Allegra, though admittedly
sleep deprived, is covertly dating two people of
different genders at the same time. It's inevitably all
going to explode forcing our author to finally declare
her true feelings for the person she loves, but it would
spoil the plotline if I revealed who Allegra truly
loves. The
after-party for women is at
Cafeteria,
546
Lincoln Road from 9:00pm till late. For tickets call
305-531-2117. |
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Survivor Star J.P. Calderon Comes Out To Instinct Magazine |
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J.P. Calderon, star of Survivor: Cook Islands, comes out to
Instinct Magazine in an exclusive interview that lands
him the cover of the publication’s February swimsuit
issue. Instinct Editor In Chief Mike Wood
conducted J.P.’s heartfelt coming out interview as
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency crew followed
the two of them around the set of the cover shoot. The
first half of the two-part episode airs on Oxygen this
Wednesday, January 24, at
10
p.m. “It’s not every day somebody gets slapped in the
face with a major magazine like Instinct, Janice
Dickinson, her TV show,” says Calderon. “I think
I’m just supposed to do this!” J.P. has now signed
with Janice Dickinson’s agency. “It wasn’t until last
year when my dad died that I did Survivor, I said yes to
Janice Dickinson, to [Instinct]. I’m coming out and I’m
living.” As for his new boss, J.P. reveals to
Instinct, “We started a little bit butting heads, but
I love Janice Dickinson. I want everyone to know, she is
the coolest person in the world.” Instinct also
interviews notorious night owl Tara Reid in the
February issue. “All my best friends in the world are
gay!” Tara exclaims. “They’re my favorite people
in the nation. They dress me nice.” Calling from an
alleyway in
Amsterdam
on her cell phone, Reid shared her thoughts on filming
her latest film, Incubus, in Romania: “It’s a
beaten-up country. You feel like, if you could take
helicopters and, like, throw shampoo over the whole
country and a little bit of rain – it would look
beautiful.” Other features in February’s Instinct
include the recurring “Life Of Me” series, this
time focusing on one man’s life as a little person, and
a humorous story about the choice a writer had to make
when his boyfriend grew allergic to their cat.
Additionally, interviews with Reno 911’s Niecy Nash,
Sean Maguire of CBS’s The Class and Mr. Gay
International 2006, Nathan Shaked, appear in the
issue. |
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Carnival weekend at Bill’s Filling Station |
 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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Other Upcoming Events |
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Please join the Naked Grape Wine Co. (2039 Wilton
Drive) on Wednesday, January 24 from 7:00pm to
9:00pm for a tasting of one of their favorite wineries,
Michael Pozzan. People love these wines so much
they have more of their labels than any other producer
in the store. There will be tastings of
 some of their
best reserve wines from Napa and Sonoma as well as some
of their Dante Collection wines, named after
Michael and Mary Ann Pozzan's son. Also,
enjoy all of their featured wines at the tasting at
special by-the-glass prices all night at the wine bar!
NEW WINE TASTING PRICE: Tickets: Only $7 advance, $10 at
the door, if available. Wine tasting is FREE with the
purchase of $75 or more. Special event prices on all
featured wines. Their featured wines include:
Sauvignon Blanc, Lake County, 2005 Chardonnay, Russian
River Valley, 2005 Pinot Noir, Napa Valley, 2005 Dante
Merlot, California, 2004 Dante Cabernet Sauvignon,
California, 2002 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Knights
Valley, 2004
Vickie Shaw
is a seasoned comedian hilariously addressing the
triumphs and trials of being a woman, a mother and gay
in
America.
Vickie's own life provides the best material for her
show as an out, Lesbian mother. Vickie will perform one
show only at the Broward County Library Theater
on Wednesday, January 24th at
7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30.00 and expected to sell out quickly.
Please forward your check, payable to WIN, to
Flo Crea,
2765
Griffin Road, #3, Dania Beach, FL 33312. Please include
a self-addressed, stamped envelope for the return of
your ticket(s). A portion of the proceeds will be
donated by KP Productions to Women in
Network's 20th Anniversary Celebration. Please
contact Flo at (954) 274-8537 or
crehorsey@aol.com for any questions you may have.
 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. Then on Tuesday Jan 30th
Daisy D invites you to join her as Torpedo shows Kate
Clinton in her stand up which was taped live from
the Lily Tomlin Jane Wagner Performing Arts Center.
They will also be giving out free DVD’s of the
performance.
Women’s Movie Night at the GLCC
is on Friday January 26 @ 7:00 at the
Stonewall Library with the movie Loving Annabelle.
The torment of forbidden love has never looked as good
as it does in Loving Annabelle. Its lush
cinematography, strong acting and erotic charge will
satisfy. Sounds like a good one to me!
“Men-Jaro” takes place on January 26 & 27,
(sekwaman.co.za). Vincent Mantsoe hails from
Soweto, South Africa and descended from a long line of
Sangomas (traditional healers). Blending traditional
African dance forms with contemporary, modern dance,
ballet, and Asian forms, In Men-Jaro (township slang for
friendship), Mantsoe redefines the intrinsic
relationship that exists between African contemporary
dance & music, investigating ancestral worship and
rituals in a powerfully ritualistic, highly celebratory
& transcendently spiritual work. This show is taking
place at the Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road,
Friday & Saturday @ 8:00 P.M. Tickets: $28.00 Call
305.576.4350 for information or go to
www.miamilightproject.com
 On
Friday January 26th
Evolution at Score presents DJ Tracy Young
in the main room and DJ Ruben in the Crčme
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.
Flamingo Auto Group South,
the South Florida chapter of the Lambda Car Club
International and Georgie, of Georgie's Alibi
present a Classic Car & Motorcycle Show at
Georgie's Alibi on Sunday, January 28th from
11:00 am until 4:00 pm.
Come
to see the men and boys with their toys... Pick your
favorite ride, be it a muscle car, hot rod or antique
automobile for the Peoples Choice Award. Flamingo Auto
Group South is the largest chapter within the Lambda Car
Club, with a membership of over 250 members. They hold
an event every month, and are always looking for new
locations to host a car show. If you are interested in
joining the car club, you can get a membership form
online at:
www.FlamingoAutoGroupSouth.com or call: (305)
389-2039
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.
This
Sunday Jan 28th, Babylon T and Noche
Latina T and the entire Staff of Voodoo
Lounge presents Aquarius T, where all
Aquarians get in free till 6pm. It is also the premiere
for Voodoo of DJ Just Oliver in the main room,
DJ Miik on the Patio and Latin DJ Jarel
spinning in the Envy Room (the room is rocking
and packed) spinning the Hottest Latin tunes as well as
shows and the Best Butt contest (at 8:30pm) hosted by
Vegas Dion and Amanda West. Don’t forget they
feature New Extended FREE DRINKS from
4-6pm and then again from
9-10pm. They also feature the Boardwalk dancers
for your viewing pleasure.
Fotomission Presents: Photographing
Flowers Workshop on Sunday, January 28, from
10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. at the
Miami Beach
Botanical Garden,
2000 Convention Center Drive,
Miami Beach. For information:
www.fotomission.org/flower_workshop.html. This
three-hour workshop will explore the many ways of
visualizing flowers and how to utilize various
techniques and the camera's controls in order to capture
their beauty in your photographs.
 Superbowl Sunday "Tea Cruise"
is on Sunday, February 4. After Tea Cruise
Superbowl Kickoff Party at "Alibi"with drink
specials all night and a free buffet at Halftime!
Purchase tickets online at
www.GayTeaCruise.com
Why
Watch Super Bowl XLI on a small plasma screen or
on dozens of small TV's while sitting on an
uncomfortable bar stool, when you can watch the game on
the super-sized movie screen, in comfortable plush
stadium seats at Cinema Paradiso, Fort Lauderdale
International Film Festival's year-round art-house.
Admission is FREE, plus FLIFF offers games, and specials
on Stella Artois, draft beer and other
concessions all night. Doors open at
4:30pm on Sunday, February 04. Parking is free at meters and in
the Broward County Courthouse Parking Garage. For
additional information visit
www.FLIFF.com or call 954-525-FILM (3456).
Broward House presents RAZZLE, DAZZLE, DANCE & DISCO “Spirit of Hope
Awards” Dinner with the Docs event, which will
take place on Thursday, February 8, at the
Signature Grand in
Davie. Cocktail Reception & Chinese Auction at 6:30 pm,
and the dinner and program follow at
7:30pm. Individuals being honored for their dedication to the
HIV community are Dr. David Droller, Dr. Ana Puga,
Larry Gierer, Jean Starkey and Father Dennis Rausch.
The evening promises to be great fun with a dance
cabaret by Nelson Polanco of Blending Cultures, followed
by dance and disco. For tickets and more information,
please call Maxine at (954) 522-4749 ext. 1221. |
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7th Annual MR. CUPIDS |
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 On Valentines Day, Wednesday Feb 14, join Cupids
Cabaret in
West
Palm Beach (4430 Forest Hill Blvd) as they present the
7th Annual MR. CUPIDS
Contest, the largest Male Talent and Body Contest in S.
Florida. There will be $1,000 in Cash Prizes,
sponsored by Fris Vodka, Bud Light, & Aqueerius.com.
Contestants will be judged in the following categories:
Evening Wear, Talent/Lap Dance, Physique, Swimwear, Q&A,
& Audience Approval and the winner will represent Cupids
at four events in the year 2007. Celebrity Judges to
include: Scott
Holland- Out with Scott (that’s me), Alan Beck-Publisher,
Fun Maps, Kip Reynolds – 411, Misty Eyez –
Torch Tuesdays, Terry DeCarlo - Care Resource,
Mark Haines - JumpOnMarksList.com, and John
Nichols - Owner Club Fort Dix. Contestant Should
Register by February 10, by calling A.J. Cross @
754-367-6636 or by emailing him at
across@cupidscabaret.com. |
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