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Last Weeks
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 FabScout
Entertainment
held a BBQ/Pool Party over Memorial Day weekend to officially launch their new
logo and new look for their website. Apparently, this was an event to remember
from those who were in attendance and lucky enough to receive an invite. A
veritable who's who of Fort Lauderdale based video stars, club promoters,
producers and friends were on hand to help Howard celebrate the new look
of the company. FabScout Entertainment is a talent management company
representing some of today's most well known names in adult entertainment. For
more information visit their website at
www.FabScout.com
 On
Monday, May 29th, Robert Scott presented the 1st
annual Miss South Florida and Miss South
Florida at Large at O’Zone in
South Miami. There were 5 contestants in the Regular
Pageant with Justice Devine placing 2nd runner up, Gloria
Klein placing 1st runner up and Amanda West winning. In
the plus Pageant Tangela Armani was 1st runner up and
Barbra Brice won. Also in a touching moment Johanna Douglas was
crowned the honorary Miss South Florida. The week prior to this they had the Mr.
Contest and Edwardo Nunez was 1st runner up and Jose Vega
won. Congratulations to Robert, Gia,
Harrison
and the entire
South Florida
pageantry system for a job well done.
 Peter
Burke's
monthly Tea-Cruise set sail last Sunday and a great time was had by everyone.
Seen on board were Robert Joshua owner of Joshua Tree, Craig
from Hair Brainz Salon, Pompano Bill, Mark Haines, owner of this website
and a couple hundred fun lovin' guys. Thanks to Pompano Bill for the Tea Cruise
photo.
 Ventura
celebrating his birthday at Boy Bar in Normandy Village on Sunday May
21st. Thanks to David Wylie for Ventura's photo. |
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Calendars |
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Stonewall
Street Festival 2006 |
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The Stonewall Street Festival & Parade
is less than 3 weeks away! Already over 125 vendors have reserved space at the
festival and the Pride Guide has gone to print. The guides will be distributed
beginning June 6th, but it can be viewed now online at
http://www.stonewallstreetfestival.com/guide/slideshow.htm. The events of
Pride Week begin on Sunday June 11th with the Pride Picnic
at Snyder Park
from noon-5pm. This event is co-hosted by Pride of Greater
Fort Lauderdale, Pride South
Florida, and Women in Network. Later that night the Ramrod will be hosting the
Mr. Stonewall Leather competition at
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bar. On Tuesday, June 13th, the Miss Stonewall Pageant
will be held at Elements and then on Wednesday, June 14th,
Elements will also be hosting the Mr. Stonewall Pageant. Their title
contests will conclude with the Ms Stonewall Pageant at New Moon Bar
on Thursday, June 15th. For information on entering these
contests, contact the individual bars. On Friday June 16th the
Stonewall Library presents the debut of “Pride: Party or Protest?”
For more information visit
www.stonewall-library.org.The official pre-party for the Stonewall Street
Festival will be held Saturday night June 17th at China
White/Revolution. All door charges at this opening party will benefit
Pride of Greater Fort Lauderdale. On Sunday June 18th the
main event arrives! The Stonewall Parade will kick off from
Fort Lauderdale
High School
at 11am and head north on Wilton Drive toward Five Points. Immediately
following the parade, the entertainment stage takes focus with an entire day
filled with singers, bands and entertainers! Highlights of the day will be
Marks Lists own Misty Eyez m’cing, the finals of the Florida State
Singing Competition, performances by Electra and the Girls from
Madame’s, Altered Ego, JD Danner, Jenna Drey and many more! At
1:45pm please gather at the stage for the presentation of the Karl Clark
Community Service Award, the Dana Manchester Humanitarian Award, and the
awarding of the 2006 PGFTL Grants which this year total $10,000.00. PGFTL
Grants are given to other non profit organizations whose efforts benefit the
GLBT community of Greater Fort Lauderdale. At 4pm their headline entertainer
Paul Lekakis will take the stage performing his hits Boom Boom Boom, Come
on Over to My House, and I Need a Vacation. For the full
entertainment list, view the stage schedule in the Pride Guide online! After the
Festival, Steel Nightclub will be hosting the Official Stonewall
Street Festival After Party! They would like you to dance the night away to
great music, drink specials, and an encore performance by Paul Lekakis! Anyone
wishing to volunteer for the Festival should visit their website and fill out a
Volunteer application form. Without their volunteers, this event could never
happen! PGFTL would like to thank everyone in advance for helping them make the
2006 Stonewall Street Festival & Parade their most successful event to date!
See you on The Drive! For more info call 954-564-8707 or click the logo above. |
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Benefit For Care Resource
at Hamburger Mary’s |
Craps, Blackjack,
Roulette, Caribbean Poker, Wheel of Fortune, live showgirls, and more……… These are just a few of the things that will be happening at "CASINO
ROYALE", a benefit for Care
 Resource
as part of Wilton
Manors Gay Pride Weekend 2006.
On June 17, the evening before the Stonewall Street Festival and Parade, Care
Resource, Patron Tequilla, Coors Light, Hamburger Mary's and Hotspots! Magazine
will team up to bring you a spectacular event from 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM. Gambling,
Tiffany Arieagus and her showgirls, plus the country & western dance
troupe "The Rough Riders" live on the stage under a 100' x 40' tent in
the restaurant parking lot will make this a night to remember. Prizes for
winners of the casino games include Round Trip Business Class airfare for two on
TAM airlines to any of their
South America
destinations, Cruise tickets, Restaurant Certificates and much more.
100% of the proceeds from this event will benefit Care Resource. |
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Gay Men’s
Chorus Info |
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Everything from
just-released highlights of the Broadway hit musical Wicked
to other popular show tunes, rock and roll, poignant ballads and even a good old
toe-tapping country hoedown will be featured in “We Are Family,” the
upcoming concert of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus Saturday and
Sunday, June 17-18 at 8 p.m. in the
 Broward
Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Ave., Fort Lauderdale.
Under the direction of Todd Wiley, the Gay Men’s Chorus will take to the
Broward Center’s Amaturo Theatre stage with all of the talent and
showmanship you’ve come to expect from the chorus — especially for its annual
June show, known as a showcase for celebrating the diversity of musical styles,
cultures, lifestyles and of each of us as individuals of value. “The mission
of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus is to build community through quality
musical performances that promote a world that accepts and values diversity,”
Wiley noted. “We celebrate that diversity throughout our concert season and
our many community performances. But probably no other chorus event spotlights
that diversity quite like our June show. We look at it as a rousing way to end
our season, inviting our audiences to come together from all walks of life,
celebrating the rich diversity of our experiences, our musical culture, and our
lives.” Tickets for the June 17-18 “We Are Family” concerts at the Broward
Center are now available from chorus members, through the chorus’ voice mail,
(954) 832-0060; online at
www.ftlgmc.org; or the AutoNation Box
Office at (954) 462-0222. Tickets are $40, $30 and $20 plus any handling charges
that may apply. |
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Featured Event of the
Week |
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 This
Sunday, June 11th, from
12 to
5pm Pride South Florida, The Stonewall Street
Festival and Women in Network present the annual Pride Picnic at the
Caldwell Pavilion in
Snyder Park (3299
SW 4th Avenue). This event is always a blast with a full
bar-b-cue, drinks and lots of fun and games. |
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Other
Upcoming Events |
On Wednesday June 7th the Jackhammer will
be showing the movie “Capote” starring Oscar winner
Phillip Seymour Hoffman at
10pm. They will also be giving away free Gateway movie
passes and other free stuff.
Puerto Rican Pride will be celebrated this Friday, June 9th
at Noche Latina Fridays at Elements. They are doing this in
Support of the annual Puerto Rican day parade in
New York, which took place last week.
The show
will star house diva
Champagne Bordeaux
(Miss Florida 2005/6), and special guests
Maite West
(Miss Noche Latina 2006),
Francina Holliday
and
Edwardo Nunez. DJ George Valdez
spins
the best mix of Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Cumbia, Raggaeton and
top 40 all night long!! In addition they feature
FREE DRINKS
(well and Domestic) from
9-11pm and some of the hottest Latin
Go-Go Papi’s.
For more information on upcoming events go to
www.nochelatinafridays.com.
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On Friday, June 9th, Euphoria Fridays will be
celebrating its Three Year Anniversary with a huge
celebration. This event was started three years ago by promoter
Edison Farrow when the venue was Jade. It has survived
through the venue change and three years later is still going
strong. Maryel Epps will be performing from
9pm to
11pm for the Anniversary Party with DJs Gil Rodriguez
and Jenni Foxx starting at
11pm. Plus, Ebonee Excell, Kennedy Davenport and Mizz
Cori will be performing that night. The night was recently
revamped with new lighting, a new sound system, a new
11 O'clock
Drag Show. Mizz Cori was just hired as hostess for the Drag
Show. Don't miss the fun event!
The Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
will celebrate its 5th Annual Gala Dinner on
Saturday, June 10th at the Radisson Miami Hotel,
1601 Biscayne Blvd. $125.00 per person ~ $1,000 tables of ten.
Please call the MDGLCC office with your reservations at
305-573-4000.
 On June 10th & 11th 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 1st event Bills hosted for Care Resource. The
Carnival fundraiser will feature, Pull tabs, ring toss, floating
duckies, skeet ball, bean bag game, food vendors and much, much
more. All monies raised will go directly to Care Resource.
The Pet Project presents a Brunch benefit this Sunday June 11th
at
Fort Lauderdale’s newest Guest House Mary’s Resort (115
Tequesta Street). The brunch will be from 11:30 till 2pm and
feature Chef Charles Podesta, who has been chef to the
stars including
Cher,
Versace
and U2.
The cost for the Brunch is $25 if it is pre-paid and $30 at the
door and RSVP is suggested. For more info go to
www.petprojectforpets.org
This
Sunday June 11th, Babylon T and Noche Latina T at
Voodoo Lounge presents “Muscle Beach” starring
DJ Herbie James in the main room, DJ Miik on the
Patio and DJ Nena spinning the Hottest Latin tunes in the
beautiful Envy room as well as shows by Daisy Deadpetals
and Vegas Dion. Don’t forget they feature FREE DRINKS
from
5-7pm and the Boardwalk dancers for your viewing
pleasure.
On Tuesday, June13th at
9pm, Elements presents the Miss
Stonewall Pageant starring Misty Eyez. The categories
will be Evening Gown, Presentation (Gay Pride), Talent and Q&A.
The on Wednesday June 14th at
9pm they present the Mr. Stonewall Pageant with the
categories of Swimsuit, Street wear and Q&A. There will be $400
in cash and prizes and the winners will ride in the Stonewall
Parade on June 18th. For more info call Misty Eyez at
954-907-9969.
Congregation Etz Chaim,
a South Florida synagogue for GLBT Jews and their friends, will
observe GLBT Pride Week with a special Pride Shabbat
Service on Friday, June 16, at 8:30 p.m. Rabbi Harold F. Caminker and Cantorial Soloist Michael
Greenspan will include some special Pride prayers and songs
in the Service; and the Rev. Grant Ford, Senior Pastor of
the Sunshine Cathedral MCC, will offer special Pride Greetings.
Congregation Etz Chaim is located at 1881 N.E. 26 Street,
in Wilton Manors. For more information phone the Synagogue at
(954) 564-9232.
 The
Annual Stonewall Ball will take place on June 24th,
at The Harriet Himmel Theater at CityPlace in
West Palm Beach. The Cocktails & Patron Dinner will be at 6pm
and the Stonewall Ball will be at
9pm
with the Silent Auction from
6 to
10pm. Black Tie or 1960's Attire. As the largest event in the
country that brings the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trandgender
community together with their elected officials, The Stonewall
ball highlights the importance of the Equal Rights movement.
On Monday June 26th Cupids presents
AJ Cross’s birthday party with special performances by
Cirque Du Noir and folk singer Richard Cortez.
Every Friday and Saturday in the month of June the Boardwalk
features Free movie release parties from Helix Studios.
On June 9th and 10th they feature “Latin
Studs.” On June 16th and 17th
they feature “Twink-a-licious” and then on the 23rd
and 24th they feature “Boys-n-Toys.”
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Auditions
Scheduled for New Season of Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus |
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Looking for a way
to spend the evening with 75 or more attractive, witty, talented gay men? Look
no further than the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus, which will shortly hold
auditions for new and returning members for its upcoming 21st season.
The chorus,
Florida’s
first gay performing-arts organization, will begin its season with rehearsals on
July 19 in preparation for its first community performance at the opening
ceremonies of the Gay Softball World Series Aug. 14 at the War
Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale. In addition to many such community
performances throughout the year, the FTLGMC will present its Fall Concert
on October 27, its
Holiday
Concert Dec. 16-17, the annual
South Florida
Choral Festival on Feb. 24,
and it’s Spring Concert in June, date yet to be finalized. “We welcome
singers with virtually all ranges of musical skills and experience,” says
Todd
 Wiley,
Gay Men’s Chorus director. “We have members who are or have been professional
performers and music instructors, and those whose performing experience is to
sing in the car, the shower and maybe a bit of karaoke. Our members range in age
from their early 20s to their 70s and are doctors, lawyers, realtors, retailers
and more. We are as diverse as is our musical repertoire. Everyone’s welcome.”
The chorus’ weekly rehearsals are on Wednesdays from
7:30 to
10:30 p.m. at the
Sunshine Cathedral, 1480 SW 9th Ave. Auditions in 2006 will be held at
Sunshine Cathedral beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturdays June 24, July 29 and Nov.
4. Persons interested in auditioning should arrive no later than 1 p.m. and
bring sheet music to audition with — anything from a simple folk or pop song to
as complex as an Italian aria. An accompanist will be provided. Pre-registration
is not required. For more information on the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus,
see its Web site at
www.ftlgmc.org.This organization is funded in part by the Broward County
Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the
Broward Cultural Division. |
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