Dishing with Mark & Carrie

5-14-04

 

                                                                          GAY PRIDE SPECIAL!

                                                                      "Great for Gay Days and Pride Marches"

Get Ready for a Wild Weekend.. St. Petersburg The West Coast Growlers are in town for the B.I.P. (Bears in Paradise Weekend) starting with a kick off party at their home bar, The Platform. www.theplatformleatherbar.com Also this weekend is the 1st Year Anniverary of The Platform and will feature musical guest super star, Gerson www.gerson-s-place.net , singing from his new CD release "Influences".  Sunday, Gerson  will be singing and signing his new CD's at MC Film at The Suncoast Resort from 5-7 pm. Be there for the signing and the over the top Fun T-dance. Please visit the web sites for more details. www.westfloridagrolwers.com,   www.mcfilmfest.com,

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New "Sterling" Paper

____, a new St. Petersburg Lifestyle Magazine premeired with its distinguished cover this week. Giving great tips to visitors and locals alike the slick glossy color bound pages give great pestige to a sleepy but growing city.  Local celebrity, Sterling Powell, editor has made a splash to the St. Petersburg Community. With an opening letter from Mayor Baker, the many high slick pages give the community a Great Image for  everyone to explore .From the many museums, nightclubs and eateries to weekend jazz activities in the downtown's open parks.

 

PRIDE and Readings

A Free Event for honoring June's 'Gay & Lesbian History Month' is a literary event, 

" Loving in FEAR", June 12, 2:30 pm at John F. Germany Library 900 N. Ashley Street in Tampa.  Local writer, Steven Reigns, author of "Your Dead Body is My Welcome Mat", is one of 3 scheduled authors who will be doing readings from their books. www.stevenreigns.com

       

Steven Reigns    Gay History Month Event 

 

Fun "In The Sun" Maps

Columbia Fun Maps, the International Gay Map Makers, are back in St. Petersburg/Tampa Bay and Orlando area. The 34 USA gay city area maps and 4 Canadian gay city area take-a-long maps are just the thing when travelling gay destined cities. Guy, the mapster-eer is adding a blow-up map of St. Petersburg's Grand Central District and will be at St. Petersburg Pride Festival June 26th. If you wish to list your business call FunMaps @ 800-429-6374 or e-mail: info@funmaps.com.

 

 

Flamingos Want YOU!

Are you a classic car entusiest, why not join the hundreds of classic car buffs. Lambda Car Club and local chapeters FAG (Flamingo Auto Group) in Central Florida and FAGS (Famingo Auto Group South) in South Florida. Great monthly get togethers and a lot of free knowledge about the cars from days gone by. www.flamingoautogroup.com.

 

  

 

A 'Play'ing Community

James Cass and partner, Frank Stinehour, of M.A.D. Theatre of Tampa are putting on the French Gay Comedy,"La Cages aux Folles". Tampa Gay Men's Chorus member Jeff Roush is the hilarious lead. M.A.D. Theatre is an all volunteer community theatre group.

Shows are at the Hillsborough Community College Theatre, Ybor City,  June 11, 12, 18,&19 @ 8:00, June 13 & 20th at 2:00pm matinee. www.madtheatre.com .

Also, A play being performed now is Terrence McNally's controversial gay play put on by Gypsy Productions, Inc. and directed by Nic Arnzen,  "Corpus Christi" at the Suncoast Theatre in St. Petersburg through May 30th.. Please support the ARTS! We sure do.

 

     

Seen this week at MC FILM FESTIVAL at Suncoast Resort was  "QUEER AS FOLK " series regular, ____ Debois, a hussy he plays in the series and a part he dearly loves playing. Debois lives in NYC and was visiting and Partying with a few friends visiting from North Carolina. Guest bartending at The Pro Shop www.proshoppub.com

May 21 is dancer Slater Reed. Slater will be celebrating a birthday that day also. Make him Mix One Up for you and wish him a Happy Birthday!  www.slaterReed.com . Central Florida Black Pride, Inc is having a benefit at Club Denile www.clundenile.net , Thursday, May 20th after the area premeir showing of "The Closet", a black male-to-black male drama love story, 7:00 pm at Madstone Theater in Old Hyde Park Village, Tampa. info at  www.floridablackpride.net.

 

 

Until Next Week,
Dishing with Mark & Carrie

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