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2007 Winter Party Festival |
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The
2007 Winter Party Festival is now merely a month
away and volunteer positions are filling up fast!
Cruising Altitude filled up today, and that’s just one
example. Sign up today before all shifts are full! This
year’s theme is "Beyond Borders", and over the
last three years the National Gay and Lesbian Task
 Force
and the Winter Party Festival Executive Committee
have made huge strides in ensuring that the Festival
line-up offers something for everyone in our very
diverse community. This year they are proud to introduce
several new events, including Comedy Spotlight; One
Tribe, One Vibe (an event for LGBTQ youth and their
supporters); Glamour Unleashed (an evening for
the transgender community); the Women's Jazz Brunch;
and the 1st Annual Winter Party Festival
 Tennis
Tournament. The 2007 Festival will span six days and
include over 20 different events. None of this would be
possible without the time and energy of hundreds of
volunteers. Your participation will help put smiles on
thousands of faces and raises vital funds for the LGBT
community on both the local and national levels. To
volunteer, please log on to
this link: http://www.winterparty.com/volunteer.html.
Complete and submit the online application, and a member
of their Executive Committee will be in touch with you
soon. Volunteers receive a free ticket to the Beach
Party as well as a free ticket to Liftoff. If
you are a
South Florida
resident and interested in getting involved with the
Festival they are still in the process of filling some
pre-event positions. Their Marketing Team is looking for
an Editorial Coordinator and a Production &
Distribution Coordinator, and their Logistics Team
is looking for several people to assist with mapping out
the movement of people and supplies during the Festival.
If you would like to get involved early, please
sign up today. If you have any questions,
please call 1 (888) 828-0077 or email
volunteer@winterdata.com |
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DJs David Knapp and
Kimberly S. to headline Global Groove Spring Tour |
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Centaur
has just announced that an all-new Global Groove Tour
will get underway this March, making it the year's
largest gay club tour from the nation's #1 gay dance
series. The Global Groove Tour in 2007 is being
expanded to include a Spring and a Fall segment, with
two of
America's
most popular club DJs, David Knapp and Kimberly S.,
confirmed to headline the Spring Tour. Each segment of
the 2007 Global Groove Tour will visit 25 cities around
the country. "The Global Groove phenomenon is taking
the brand to new heights in 2007," says Centaur's
Chief Operating Officer Jamie Baxter. "In
2006 the Global Groove Tour visited 33 cities in six
different countries. Expanding the Tour with the
addition of a Fall segment is the perfect solution to
offering more events, more DJs and even more great music
from the Global Groove CD series." Never before has
a CD dance brand undertaken such an extensive tour
promotion that is as inclusive and wide reaching as
Global Groove. The best dance club venues will host
the Global Groove Tour schedule, including international
hot spots, several lesbian parties and a launch party
aboard the RSVP Cruise to the Caribbean. Each
domestic venue will also be outfitted with prizes to
give away, while each person who attends will receive a
special gift bag that includes items from the Global
Groove Tour Sponsors. Instinct Magazine and Here
Interactive Media have joined the Global Groove Tour
as National Media Sponsors, making it the most highly
publicized tour event in the gay community this year
including print, online, telephone and video promotion.
Additional Global Groove Tour Sponsors include RSVP
Vacations, Interactive Male, aussieBum and Gun Oil.
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Valentines Day Made Easy At To The Moon
Marketplace |
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Don‘t forget to stop by
To
The moon Marketplace for all of your Valentines Day gifts. From
great popup cards to roses, risqué candy hearts and literally hundreds of
kinds of chocolate, this is your one-stop Valentines shop. Located directly
across Wilton Drive from the Shoppes of Wilton Manors (AKA Alibi Plaza)
2205 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors, FL 33305. |
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Nationwide
Search For Two Missing Girls |
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GLSEN South
Florida
has been asked to share the following call for
assistance to locate two Maryland teens who have not
been seen since Jan. 19 and who may be driving south.
Montgomery (MD) county teens Rachel Smith, 16 and
Rachel Crites, 18 have been missing since Jan.
19. Former FBI agents and the Center for Missing
and Exploited Children have taken the search nationwide.
According to a report by Washington DC radio station
WTOP (www.wtopnews.com)
the teens were supposed to be at a movie in Maryland on
Jan. 19 but a cell phone call that evening traced them
to Charles Town, West Virginia.
 Police
in
Maryland
did not suspect foul play but an entry from Crites'
diary has concerned her family. The entry said "Wherever
I end up laying, whether buried or cremated, I want to
stay with my true love, buried next to her. This is my
choice. I'm sorry." The young women were driving a
dark blue 1997 Subaru Outback station wagon with a
Maryland license place MBJ-485. Anyone who has any
information is asked to call the Montgomery County
Police non-emergency telephone number at (301)
279-8000 or the Family Crimes Division at (240)
773-5400. Anyone who is uncomfortable speaking with
authorities may offer information at www.missingkids.com/sightings
or call 1-800-THE-LOST. Read details from Washington,
D.C. radio station WTOP - 103.5 FM at
http://www.wtopnews.com/ |
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McDonald's Goes Trans
Fat-Free |
McDonald's Corp. has finally selected a new trans fat-free oil for cooking
its famous french fries after years of testing, the
fast-food chain said Monday. While it has developed a
healthier new oil, the company is still not saying when
it will be used in all 13,700
U.S.
restaurants. It already trails competitors in committing
to a zero-trans fat oil.
Spokesman Walt Riker said the oil is currently in more
than 1,200 U.S. restaurants after extensive testing, but
declined to provide details on timing or locations. "We
can confirm that we've got the right oil," he said.
"We're phasing it in." The choice of a new oil
comes as McDonald's and others face a July 1 deadline to
begin complying with an ordinance passed by New York
City last month making it the first U.S. city to ban all
restaurants from using artificial trans fats. Oak Brook,
Ill.-based McDonald's has said for months it would
comply with such a ban, and said it would introduce any
new oil nationwide rather than have a separate oil for
its New York restaurants. But it had not confirmed that
testing was complete. Riker said the new oil is
canola-based and includes corn and soy oils. Addressing
long-held concerns that changing the oil could
jeopardize the popular taste of its fries, he said: "We're
very confident in our test and taste results. ... We're
very confident in what we're hearing back from our
customers." The Chicago Tribune, which first
reported McDonald's decision on a new oil Sunday, said
the company has tested 18 varieties of oil in more than
50 blends during the past seven years. McDonald's had
been under pressure for moving more slowly than smaller
rivals Wendy's International Inc. and Yum
Brands Inc.'s KFC and Taco Bell to rid its oil of
the artery-clogging trans fats. The $22 billion company
was especially cautious after reneging within months on
a September 2002 pledge to introduce a new oil, citing
concerns about changing the taste of its fries. "It's
just taking a little bit of time because as we move
forward we don't want to jeopardize the iconic nature of
the french fry, which as you know is so very important
to our brand," CEO Jim Skinner told an
investor conference in New York two months ago. The
company uses a healthier oil blend in some countries
overseas but says regional differences in agricultural
production require development of different blends.
McDonald's has not identified the test markets the
latest oil was used in. Riker denied that
Phoenix was among them, as the Tribune report said. |
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Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival |
In honor of recording artist,
George Harrison’s
Birthday (February 25),
the
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
(FLIFF) will present the film, The
Concert for Bangladesh.
This one time only showing will be held on Saturday,
February 24,
at 7:00p.m. at
Cinema Paradiso
(503 SE 6 Street). The event will be hosted by
Majic 102.7’s Joe Johnson
(Beatle fan and expert) who also hosts and produces the
weekly syndicated show
Beatle Brunch
heard on over 100 stations nationwide. Prior to the
screening, audience members will have a chance to
win DVDs of the concert, George Harrison books, and
CDs. After the film, Director
Saul Swimmer,
who recorded the legendary concert that made history,
will be on hand for an audience discussion. Former
Beatle, George Harrison, pooled some of the greatest
musicians of our time to perform in this very first
concert to benefit a humanitarian cause...The Concert
for Bangladesh. Held August 1, 1971 at New York's
Madison Square Garden,
this spectacular concert featured performances by
George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Billy Preston, Bob Dylan,
Ringo Starr, Leon Russel and Eric Clapton
among others. This concert alerted the world to the
plight of Bangladeshis fighting a war of
independence. The event raised 15 million dollars for
UNICEF
and the people of Bangladesh. The tradition continues
and recent benefit concerts such as
Farm Aid, Live Aid, Band Aid, Live 8
and the
Tibetan Freedom Concert
have added a poignancy and awareness to causes that
might otherwise have been less visible to the general
public. As so aptly stated by UN Secretary General Kofi
Annan “George and his friends were Pioneers”.
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Tim Gunn
Gets His Own Show on Bravo |
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by Romeo San Vicente of
www.bgay.com
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 Perhaps
the sanest man in reality television, Tim Gunn -
the gay chair of the fashion design department at
Parsons The New School for Design - has become the
breakout star of Bravo's hit Project Runway,
thanks to his sage advice and dry personality. So it's
no surprise that the cable network - which often seems
to be even gayer than Logo and Here!
combined - is giving Gunn his very own show. Premiering
in July, Tim Gunn's Guide to Style
will feature the avuncular fashion guru helping everyday
folks with their wardrobe dilemmas and teaching them how
to develop their own personal looks. (Gunn's Guide
will start up just as Bravo's venerable Queer Eye for
the Straight Guy goes off to the TV graveyard.) If
anyone can take the flagging makeover genre and "make it
work," it's Gunn. To read more use this link,
Tim Gunn on Bravo |
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The
Sleazies are coming |
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The
Sleazies are coming, the Sleazies are coming. Rimmer
Magazine has announced the 4th Annual
Sleazy Awards will be held on Monday night March
5 at Elements Bar (soon to be Scandals new
location). Ticket prices this year will be $2.44 and if
you want a table you have to bring your own. The theme
this year will be the sleazy 60’s and 70’s and will be
hosted by Russell from Ramrod and Daisy
Deadpetals. Doors will open at 7:02 for cocktails
and the show will begin promptly at 8:11.The Sleazy
Awards were started back in 2002 as a fun charity
fundraiser that awards people in our community in some
fun and off the wall categories such as Best bottom in
town, sleaziest drag queen, best tattoo, sleaziest
waitperson to name a few. The winners are voted on by
the public either on line or in the bars and at sleazy
voting parties. Voting will begin in February and you
can vote on line at
www.therimmer.com. Over the past 3 years the Sleazy
Awards and other RIMMER events has raised over $17,000
for local charities. The monies are raised through door
donations, silent auctions, sponsorships, and the 43/57%
drawing (similar to the 50/50 drawing but we do not do
anything normal). The funds this year will go to the
Rimmer Charity Fund and will be disbursed after the
show. If you have any questions or would like more
information please contact Guido at 954-240-8954. |
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Youth Leadership
Miami
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Youth
Leadership Miami
(YLM)
is a FREE program targeted to sophomores, juniors and
seniors who are in good standing scholastically and
attend either public or private high schools located in
Miami-Dade County. This exciting and fun program is
patterned after the highly successful and widely
recognized Leadership
Miami
program.
YLM brings together young people from different
backgrounds and experiences for leadership and personal
development. YLM is a two-day conference that will take
place on March 30 and 31, at the
Florida International University Kovens Center.
Day one will kick off the conference with the exciting
Team Ropes Adventure Challenge. This unique series of
activities is focused on team members working together
to solve structured problems in an outdoor setting. Day
two consists of a series of leadership and personal
development activities. Applications for YLM are due
March 1 and can be downloaded in PDF format by clicking
this link: http://www.leadershipmiami.org/eng/documents/youth.pdf
More information is available at
http://www.leadershipmiami.org/. This year
the YLM program will award scholarships of $1,000 each
to three seniors attending the two-day event. Awards
will be based on essay submission, participation in the
YLM program as well as the community service project.
This is a great opportunity for any Miami-Dade youth
that you may know. Scholarship Selection Criteria:
Write an essay on one of the following topics: What are
the qualities that a good leader needs to have and why?
How can diversity be an asset to a team or workplace?
What are the challenges of diversity and the leadership
characteristics that overcome them? With all the
problems in American society today, what makes you still
love being an American? As available land decreases and
real estate values/prices rise throughout South Florida,
how do we ensure that there will be affordable housing
for residents? ESSAY DUE DATE: March 16 RULES:
Essay should be a minimum 3–5 pages Double spaced, typed
References must be in MLA format Essay can be mailed or
emailed to: Liane Ventura Senior Vice President,
Leadership Programs Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
1601 Biscayne Blvd., Ballroom Level Miami, FL 33132 Tel:
305.577-5445 Fax: 305-374-6902 Email:
lventura@miamichamber.com |
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Martini Tuesdays turns 6 on February 6th |
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 On
Tuesday February 6th, Martini Tuesdays will celebrate its 6 Year
Anniversary with a special event at Chakra (Ocean
Drive and 15th Street). The 6 Year Anniversary party will be sponsored by
Roth Vodka and Fever USA. Pangea Band, featuring lead vocalist
Christina Sichta, will be performing for this event. Chakra is the club,
restaurant and lounge that formerly were Billboard Live and Barton G
1501. Martini Tuesdays is Edison Farrow's weekly event for gay
professional’s that meets in a different upscale venue every Tuesday night at
9pm. Edison Farrow started this event as a gathering for friends, but it grew
 and
turned into a phenomenon for Farrow. The night eventually turned into a ritual
of South Beach social life, an event where the smart and fashionable
South Florida
set come to see and be seen. Edison Farrow now promotes four events a week;
"Martini Tuesdays", "The Simple Life" Thursdays at Buck15
Lounge, "Showgirls Cabaret" the Friday night drag queen
dinner-show at Funkshion and "Funky Fridays" at Funkshion.
We here at Mark's List wish
Edison
a hearty congrats and wish him many more years of success!!! |
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Other Upcoming Events |
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This
Friday, Feb 2nd, there will be NO
Friday night party or drag show at Funkshion
due to a Superbowl event!
 On
Friday February 2nd
Evolution at Score celebrates the release of
Madonna’s Confession tour DVD with DJ Eddie X
in the main room and DJ Ruben in the Crème
Lounge. Then on Sunday Feb 4th
they present the Super Jock Bowl Party with DJ
Kidd Madonny, and décor by RKM.
Please join Naked Grape Wine Co. (2039 Wilton
Drive) this Saturday, February 3rd from 8pm to
midnight for a night of wine, beer, food and 80's music
and videos celebrating Michael’s birthday. Plus,
if you bring a picture of yourself from the 80's (we
promise we won't laugh) you'll get $1 off Michael's
selection of his favorite wines! 80's Dress Totally A
Must. No tickets or reservations are necessary for this
event. Parking is still FREE in the lot across the
street!
On
Sat. Feb. 3rd
Siren Saturdays
at Creme Lounge 725 Lincoln Lane Miami Beach presents Super
Bowl Kick-off
with DJ FLAVA
spinning all your favorite Dance Music.
Sexy Cheerleaders
and beer specials all night! Doors open at
10pm, and this party is 21 & over with an $8 cover till
12:30 and $10 thereafter.
 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 on line at
www.GayTeaCruise.com
Bill
Filling Station
presents a Super Bowl Party on Sunday Feb 4th
with the game shown on all 15 TV Screens and on their 8
foot big screen. They will also feature a complimentary
buffet and $8 domestic Bucket Specials ($10 Imported).
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).
Cloud Nine
(7126
Stirling Road) presents a Super Bowl party for
women who love women on Sunday February 4th
starting at 4pm. They invite you to watch the game on
their large plasma TV’s with 2-4-1 drinks till 8pm and
$10 buckets specials from 8pm till close served to you
by Debbie and Trai. They have many other drink
specials including a 30 bracelet that lets you drink all
night (including Premium).
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.
The Men's Club of Congregation Etz Chaim launches its series
of classic Jewish films with "Gentlemen's Agreement"
(1947) on Thursday, February 15, at
7:30 p.m., at the Wilton Manors home of a Men's Club
member. A pizza dinner will be served before the movie
and a discussion will follow the film. Admission is $5
for members of the Men's Club and $10 for
non-members and is limited to 12 people. "Gentlemen's
Agreement," stars Gregory Peck as a writer who
pretends to be a Jew in order to uncover anti-Semitism
in fashionable society. A critical success,
"Gentlemen's Agreement" won Academy Awards for Best
Picture, Best Director (Elia Kazan) and Best
Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm). For
reservations and directions, phone Jesse Monteagudo
at (954) 424-8449.
On Sunday February 25th Pride
South Florida
presents the annual Miss and Mr. Pride South Florida
Pageant being held this year at J’s Bar at
2780 Davie Blvd. The pageant starts at
9pm and features $2000 in cash and prizes.
Categories include Presentation, which is disco and not
judged, Evening Gown/Formal Wear, Talent and Q&A. The
night will be hosted by Diva and star Vegas
Dion (Current Reigning Miss Pride), Amanda West,
Jose Vega, and Barbra Brice. Admission is $10
in advance and $12 at the door. For more information
contact Michael or Kayla at 754-368-6350. |
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Wells Fargo
Shared Advantage Program |
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Wells Fargo, under their Shared Advantage program,
will donate $300.00 for every closed loan to any church
or non-profit organization that the customer
 chooses. This $300.00 is being paid directly
by Wells Fargo, as Wells has to give back so much money
back to the community under the Community
Reinvestment Act being they are a bank and a direct
lender. Wells Fargo is also the nation’s number one
mortgage lender and was nominated by the Human Rights
Campaign as one of the gay friendliest companies in
the
United States. They have extremely competitive rates
and closing costs and can do any type of loan, from
perfect to less than perfect credit. In addition, their
private mortgage banking division can do a loan in the
name of an LLC with 20% down. Their Sharing Advantage
program would greatly help out the Gay and Lesbian
Community Center , a center that you and I both
believe in. For more information call 866-825-0733,
ext.
# 1674 and tell them you saw
the offer on Mark's List. |
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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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Noche Latina Fridays Moves to Steel February 16th |
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 As
Noche Latina Fridays approaches it’s 9th
anniversary in May the time has come for us to move to
another location. After three fabulous years at
Elements, the club has been sold to the
owners of Scandals who are turning the bar into a
country format.
For those of you who have followed the success of Noche Latina
Fridays over the years you’ll remember the party has
moved several times and with each move, NLF grew larger
and became more successful. On February 16th,
Fort Lauderdale‘s Premier Latin night will once
again move, and this time it’s to Steel.
 With
state of the art lights, superb air conditioning, two
distinct rooms, an outdoor patio and the largest dance
floor in a Fort Lauderdale Gay nightclub all pumped up
by a new 75,000 Watt Phoenix Sound system, this is sure
to be Noche Latina Fridays best location yet. Steel also
offers convenient free parking for hundreds of
cars.
The night will continue to feature FREE WELL AND DRAFT from
9-11pm, DJ George Valdez spinning the best mix of
Salsa, Raggaeton, Merengue, Bachata and Cumbia in the
main room, and DJ Angel Infiniti spinning Hip-Hop
and Top 40 in the video lounge. The night will also star
our House Diva’s Champagne Bordeaux, Miss Florida
2005-2006 and Alyssa Kartiar, Miss Noche Latina
2007 as well as special guest musicians, Drag Queens
and of course, the hottest Latin Go-Go Papi’s.
We invite you to join us on February 9th for our
closing party at Elements with special guest Erika
Norell. And then we invite you to join Promoter
Scott Holland, your entire NLF Crew and your Latin
friends on Feb 16th for our Grand
Opening Party at Steel.
Opening night party highlights will include a gift from
Bilatinmen.com. The first 300 people will receive a
free pair of boxer shorts. To top it off, Steel Owners,
Chris Burdecki and Russell Johannsen are
offering $1 off all drinks to guys wearing the
bilatinmen.com boxer shorts all night long! There will
also be lots of other surprises which you will not want
to miss!!! For more information about either of these
parties visit our website at
www.nochelatinafridays.com |
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Suzanne Westenhoefer Comes To South Florida with ‘Live
from the Ladies Room’ |
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Looking for a good laugh? Then join the girls from
Ultra and Pandora events as they present one of
today’s comedy superstars, Suzanne Westenhoefer
in her new show “Live From the Ladies Room’. All
the fun takes place on Saturday, February 3rd at
the Byron Carlyle Theatre, 500 E. 71st Street on
Miami Beach. Fearless, Bold, Sparkly, and Hilarious,
that’s Suzanne Westenhoefer in a nutshell. She’s made a
career out of telling the truth. And, the truth is, life
is funny (and no one is off limits). From her sister’s
obsession with “Passion of the Christ” to her
girlfriend’s Herculean thighs, Suzanne tells stories
that leave audiences in stitches. Suzanne works mostly
unscripted, so when she hits the stage it’s an
unpredictable, original night of comedy magic. Since
winning her first comedy competition on a dare in the
early 1990s, Suzanne’s career has taken off. Suzanne
stars nightly on the GSN’s remake of the classic game
show, “I’ve Got a Secret,” entertaining audiences
as the “token girl” on a hilarious all-gay panel with
ex-Major League Baseball player Billy Bean, radio
 icon
Frank DeCaro and Broadway’s Jermaine Taylor.
Notable television appearances include “The Late Show
with David Letterman,” “Politically Incorrect with Bill
Maher,” “Evening at the Improv,” “Caroline’s Comedy
Hour,” “Arli$$” and more. Her live comedy special “A
Night at the Village” runs on LOGO and Bravo.
She frequently appears as a commentator on E!, VH1
and Country Music Television. Her life in comedy
was chronicled in the documentary “Laughing Matters”
(2004). The first openly gay comedian in New York,
Suzanne did gay material to straight audiences in
mainstream comedy clubs. She was the first lesbian
comedian to garner an HBO Comedy Special, which earned
her a Cable Ace Award nomination. On land or at sea,
Suzanne delights audiences with over 100 performances a
year at theatres, clubs, colleges, fundraisers and
cruise and resort vacations (Olivia and RSVP Vacations).
Touring with the Indigo Girls and Ani DiFranco
made Suzanne wish she’d been born a rockstar. This event
is sponsored by She Magazine, Lesbian Lounge, Girls
In Wonderland and Kitty's Toy Box. Tickets start at
just $22.50. For additional information or to order
tickets, please call the hotline at (954) 288-8691. |
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Love Gone Bad at
Borders
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For
the third year in a row, Borders Books and Music
will be home to
Love Gone Bad,
on February 17th at 8pm which is a
reading of mostly fictional stories that will make you
howl with pain or laughter, commiserate and gloat
at tales of love and romance so disastrous they have to
be read in public. Join local scribes as they share
stories of bad break-ups, psycho ex's from hell and the
worst first dates in history. Mauro
Montoya, who lays claim to a few less than stellar
dates, will MC the evening. Sign up to read in advance
at
LWrites@mindspring.com. Audience members can just
show up, with or without a date. This free event takes
place at Borders Books and Music, 2240 E. Sunrise
Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale. More information is
available at
Lwrites@mindspring.com,
www.LavenderWrites.org or by calling 954-566-6335.
The reading is part of The
Next Generation, a
year-long series of free fiction writing workshops and
public readings for gay and lesbian writers. Non-gay
writers and audience members are also welcome to
participate. This program is a collaborative project of
Lavender Writes, the
Broward County Libraries Division, Borders Books and Music, and local author Karen
Dale Wolman. Funding
for this program is provided in part by the Broward
County Board of County Commissioners as recommended
by the Broward Cultural Council. |
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