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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
St. Pete Pride 2011
Ninth Annual Pride in Paradise
St. Pete Pride is geared up to celebrate the Ninth Annual Pride in Paradise with a month full of events to rival years past. From pool parties, community service events, baseball games, a plethora of film screenings and beach parties galore – there’s sure to be something for everyone in this year’s lineup of events.
Just to highlight a few: Pride & Passion kicks off Pride season in Tampa Bay this Saturday, May 21st with an event that you definitely don’t want to miss. This year’s event has already surpassed past attendance figures and promises to be an amazing kickoff celebration. On Saturday, June 4th we’ll take off to the Beach for a Pride Family Fun Day at Fort De Soto Park. Evos will provide some tasty lunch for this community day of beach fun, sunning and games. Transgender FORGE (Florida Organizing for Gender Equality) will be hosting our Pride Pageants this year on Sunday, June 5th and June 19th at the Vintage Ultra Lounge in downtown St. Petersburg.
On Saturday, June 11th make sure to join us as Barefoot Wine and Creative Loafing host our annual Beach Cleanup in front of Postcard Inn on the Beach. The crew is amping it up this year with a wine party afterwards by the pool at P.I.
Speaking of Postcard Inn, you don’t want to miss this year’s featured beach weekend getaway, Fire & Ice as Watermark Media and ALandCHUCK.travel take over P.I. turning it into a gay resort for the weekend of St. Pete Pride filled with parties, events and more including the Official St. Pete Pride After Party.
In addition, to all the parties there, Jagermeister will bring the fun on Friday, June 24th at Georgie’s Alibi for the Official Pre-Party of St. Pete Pride following a guest appearance by Johnny Weir at Pride in Fashion at Macy’s, Tyrone Square Mall. Saturday, June 25th is the big day as the Ninth Annual St. Pete Pride Promenade takes off at 9 a.m. followed by the Street Festival lasing throughout the day until 3 p.m., all in the Grand Central District of St. Petersburg. The festival runs along Central Avenue between 21st and 28th Streets.
Flamingo Resort will once again close out the Pride Weekend with Tropical T-Dance by the pool as we say farewell to another fun-filled season of Pride events throughout this beautiful place we call home – St. Petersburg, FL.
There’s definitely something for everyone this year and we’ll be hopping across the Bay area from downtown to the beautiful beaches to make the Ninth Annual St. Pete Pride a Pride in Paradise that you’ll never forget.
St. Pete Pride is a 501(c)3 organization whose purpose is to promote unity, visibility, self-esteem and a positive image of and among the LGBT community
of St. Petersburg and throughout the state of Florida by way of cultural and educational programs and activities including an annual St. Pete Pride
Promenade and Street Festival Event.
For more information about any of these events visit www.stpetepride.com or call 727-388-9435.
Date: June, 2011
Location: St. Petersburg / Tampa Bay
Attachments: Calendar of Events (Word Document & PDF)
Press Release (PDF), St. Pete Pride Logos
St. Pete Pride is sponsored by Georgie’s Alibi, JetBlue Airways, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Coca-Cola, Visit St. Petersburg Clearwater, Jagermeister, Wells Fargo, Barefoot Wine, Bud Light Lime, Transgender FORGE and many other corporations, community businesses and non-profit organizations. Without all of their support, St. Pete Pride would not be possible.
Media Partners: Columbia FunMaps, Creative Loafing, Watermark, AYP Tampa, Gayborhood, Hot Spots!, OMG!, St. Petersburg Times, TBT, MyQmunity.com, MC Filmfest, Rainbow411.com, What’s Happening Magazine, GayStPete.com, Bella Dog Magazine, Outings & Adventures
Thank you to the City of St. Petersburg.
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Contact:
Chris Rudisill, Executive Director
St. Pete Pride
Email: chris@stpetepride.com, (cell) 727-643-9160, (office) 727-388-9435
www.stpetepride.com
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Chris Rudisill
Executive Director
St. Pete Pride
www.stpetepride.com
(cell) 727-643-9160
(office) 727-388-9435
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St. Pete Pride is a 501(c)3 organization whose purpose is to promote unity, visibility, self-esteem and a positive image of and among the LGBT community of St. Petersburg and throughout the state of Florida by way of cultural and educational programs and activities including an annual St. Pete Pride Promenade and Street Festival Event.*
The St. Pete Pride logo and name are the sole properties of St. Pete Pride, Inc., a Florida Non Profit Organization and may not be used in any way without license or express written permission.
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MASTER SCHEDULE: CUBAN SANDWICH SHOW 2011
The Artists & Writers Group, Inc. presents a month long series of cultural events in Tampa in June, with all the art, in all mediums, about Tampa…and/or Cuban sandwiches. Sponsors include Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus, Ybor City Development Corporation, Nightcat Studios, Gary Burge.com, Grown Man Brand and Cigar City Magazine. www.cubansandwichshow.com www.facebook.com/ArtistsWritersGroup
MASTER SCHEDULE June 1-30: (subject to change at any time for any reason)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1:
24 Hours a Day: Display Window: Free
“Tampa Dejavu” (runs June 1-30)
La France
1612 East Seventh Avenue, Ybor City
813.248.1381 www.shoplafrance.com
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1:
7:00 – 10:00pm: Artists Reception. Free (must be 21 or older)
“Tocobaga Label Design Contest” (show runs June 1-30)
Cigar City Brewing Tasting Room
3924 W Spruce Street Suite A, Tampa 33607 www.cigarcitybrewing.com
Release party for Cigar City Brewing’s Tocobaga Red Ale and the unveiling of the winning label design. The top ten entries of the label design contest will be displayed at the Cigar City Brewing tasting room throughout the month of June. * The Tocobaga Indians lived in small villages at the northern end of Tampa Bay from A.D. 900 to the 1500’s.
FRIDAY, JUNE 3:
6:00-8:00pm: Opening Night with Artists Talk.Free June 3. $10.00 general admission all other times.
“Tampa Pix-Cuban Sandwich” (June 3-July 6)
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
200 N. Tampa Street 33602 (Entrance corner of Jackson Street and Ashley Drive)
813.221.2222 www.fmopa.org
Group photography show in Gallery D, in conjunction with the museum’s”Classic Images: the Photography of Ansel Adams”
This photo show curated by David Audet includes Suzanne Williamson, Steve Gregory, Cat Thompson, Suzanne Camp Crosby, Bud Lee/David Audet, Gordon Myhre, among others.
SATURDAY, JUNE 4:
5:00-10:00pm: Juried Art Show. Free
“Essence of Ybor” (June 4)
Ybor Art Association
Historic Ybor Square Courtyard
9th Avenue and Avenue Republica de Cuba (14th Street), Ybor City
Contact: Moira Shiver at: submissions@yborart.org
Juried art show and a scavenger hunt (6:00-7:30pm)
Artists include Dominique Martinez, Marc De Waele, Rick Reeves, Paul Tabio, John Canning, Jason Shiver, Samantha Churchill, Donna Morrison, Greg Latch, Ray Paul, Bruce Ferguson, Terry Klaaren, Tatyana Igumnova Hankinson, Susan O’Hara, Nancy Baier, Melody Swindle, Bob Pomeroy, Clyde McLaughlin, Antony Capers, David Edmund, John Costin, Roberta Scholfield, Willie Emerson, Kellie Schultz, Paula Brett.
TUESDAY, JUNE 7:
6:00-9:00 pm: Artists’ Reception. Free
“Cuban Sandwich Pressed Art” (June 1-30)
Bamboozle Café
516 North Tampa Street, Tampa 33602
813.223.7320 www.bamboozlecafe.com ?
Group art show of paintings, prints, photography and mixed media.
THURSDAY, JUNE 9:
5:30-9:00 pm: Artists Reception. Free
“The Cuban Sandwich Show” (June 8-July 8)
Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus
Art Gallery on the first floor of the Performing Arts Building
2112 North 15th Street Tampa, FL 33605
Gallery director, Carolyn Kossar 813.253.7674 www.hccfl.edu/yc/art-gallery.aspx
Invitational group show of painting, drawing, prints, sculpture, photography and mixed media:
Jay and Peter Aalberg, Linda Alexander, Bradley Arthur, Tracy Assalone, David Audet, Lori Ballard, Kris Berry, Sarah Butz, Mike Cantwell, Nancy Cervenka, John Costin, Neverne Covington, Suzanne Camp Crosby, David Dye, David Edmund, Melissa Fair, Steve Gregory, David Hall, Dee Hood, Laszlo Horvath, Joe Howden, Joanna Karpay, Art Keeble, Rocky Kester, Mic Knight, Stan Kozma, Carolyn Kossar, Bud Lee, Phil Lee, Charles Lyman, Rick Melby, Elizabeth Mitchell, Gordon Mhyre, Chris Peattie, Ed Ross, James Tokley, Sr., Cat Thompson, Patrick Thomsen, Judith Villavisanis, Suzanne Williamson, Kelly Young.
Tampa Poet Laureate James Tokley, Sr. will give a reading of his Epic of the Sandwiche Cubano.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10:
6:00-9:00pm: Artists Reception. Free
“Ybor Art Series” (June 10)
Ybor Art Association
Cuban Club, Corner of Palm and 14th Avenue, Ybor City
Join the Ybor Art Association for an artistic evening nestled in one of Ybor City’s most beautiful and historic landmarks.
SATURDAY, JUNE 11:
10:00am-Noon: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
“Living in America: 100 Years of Ybor”
Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus
HCC-Ybor Room. Free and open to the public
2001 N. 14th Street and Palm Avenue (directly across from the Cuban Club)
813.323.7830 www.cubansandwichshow.com
Director Gayla Jamison will screen and host a panel discussion of her film documentary.
The panelists are Dr. Susan Greenbaum, Professor Emerita of Anthropology at University of South Florida, Dr. Cheryl Rodríguez, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Institute on Black Life at USF, Maria Pasetti, who is on the Executive Board of Tampa Hispanic Heritage, Rene Tamargo, educator and Tampa native, and HCC history professor Bobbie Harris.
Following the panel discussion, a short presentation on a mobile project “Ybor Memories” by Nancy Yasecko, using excerpts from “Living in America: 100 Years of Ybor.”
Video excerpts of the Latin life documented in Gayla Jamison’s film “Living in America: 100 Years of Ybor City” have been joined to historical Ybor locations for playback on mobile devices. Glimpses of the people and places of the past viewed in the same geographic locations enhance our emotional connection and the sense of time passing in the City. A conversation about the project and instructions on how to use the SCVNGR application will be provided. This project will be functioning June 2011 with no end date.
Flags stationed at each location where a time-travel viewing opportunity can be found will identify how to access that video link. Segments tied to their respective locales may include:
· Roasting beans at Naviera Coffee
· Tea Dance at the Centro Espanol
· Hand rolling cigars at Maniscalco Factory or El Sol retail shop
· Factory cigar making on the site of Corral-Wodiska Factory
· Baking Cuban bread at La Segunda
· Dominos in the Centro Asturino or Cuban Club
· Picnic at the Marti-Maceo club
· Carmen’s Spanish Dance Studio
· Making sandwiches on the site of the Silver Ring Café
· Tea dance at the Centro Espanol
· Truck farming at the Giunta Farm
SATURDAY, JUNE 11:
2:00-2:30pm: Art Opening and Reading Performance. Free
“The Exquisite Corpse Poem”
King Corona Cigar Bar and Café
1523 East 7th Avenue, Ybor City, 33605
813.241.9109 www.kingcoronacigars.com
this is the first reading of a serial poem about Tampa by 16 poets/writers/artists. Artworks related to each stanza of the poem will be on display in the King Corona street window June 1-30.
Writers/artists include Kim Buchheit, Rachel Kapitan, Dina Mack, Summer Rodman, David Audet, Melissa Fair, Frank Messina, Naomi Butterfield, Joe Howden, Vanessa Blakeslee, Ilyse Kusnetz, Silvia Curbelo, Mitzi Gordon, Nola Garrett, David Durney, and James Tokley, Sr.
SATURDAY, JUNE 11:
3:00-5:00pm: Artists Reception and Readings, Free
“Tampa Art, Poems, Stories” (June 6-30)
Tre Amici at the Bunker
1907 N. 19th Street, Ybor City 33605
813.247.6964 www.yborbunker.com
Writers include Kim Buchheit, Rachel Kapitan, Dina Mack, Summer Rodman, David Audet, Melissa Fair, Frank Messina, Naomi Butterfield, Joe Howden, Vanessa Blakeslee, Ilyse Kusnetz, Silvia Curbelo, Mitzi Gordon, Nola Garrett, David Durney, and James Tokley, Sr. Artists to be announced.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15:
7:00-9:00pm: Film Screenings. $5.00
“Tampa Motion Media”
Grown Man Brand Studios
6412 Central Avenue 33609
Numerous shorts about Tampa characters, real and surreal; including “La Segunda Bakery”; “Sulphur Springs” with Jeff Norton, “Travels with Bud Lee”, and other surprises.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18:
1:00-3:00pm: Writers Performance and Art Show. Free
“Taste of Tampa Passion” (Art displayed June 10-30)
Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea Company
1600 East 8th Avenue
813.247.4600 Ybor City 33605
SATURDAY, JUNE 18:
5:00-10:30pm: Live Music by Tampa Bay Musicians. Free
“Tampa Songs”
Gram’s Place
3109 North Ola Avenue
813.221.0596 Tampa 33603 www.grams-inn-tampa.com
Musicians and bands playing music “mostly” about Tampa include Laszlo Horvath, Parson Brown,
Franc Robert, Maggie Council, Blue Island Beer Club, Big Picture, Charlie Souza, Dean Johanesen,
Judy Tampa & Bunko Squad, Ronny Elliott.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18:
8:00pm-Midnight: Mixed Media Art Show and Live Music. Free
“All Art-All Tampa”
Café Hey
1540 North Franklin Avenue
813.221.5150 Tampa 33602 www.cafehey.com
FRIDAY, JUNE 24:
8:00pm: One-man Show by Mary Ellen and Richard DiPietra. $10.00
“I Am a Cuban Sandwich”
Silver Meteor Gallery
2213 East 6th Avenue
813.300.3585 Ybor City 33605
Richard shares his memories of being born and living in Ybor City in this humorous and whimsical play.
FRIDAY, JUNE 24:
??? Art Show and Open House. Free
“Art about Tampa and/or Cuban Sandwiches”
Pyramid, Inc.
1508 West Sleigh Avenue
813.931.3986 Tampa 33604 www.pyramid.org
SATURDAY, JUNE 25:
2:00-5:00pm: Storytelling and BS Session about Ybor and All Things Tampa. Free
“Remember When…?”
King Corona Cigar Bar and Café
1523 East 7th Avenue, Ybor City, 33605
813.241.9109 www.kingcoronacigars.com
Hosted by owner Don Barco and cigar pro Joe Howden this is an informal gathering of folks who know where the bodies are but can’t or won’t tell; If you got a story and like cigar smoke with strong coffee-be there. Microphone provided.
SATURDAY, JUNE 25:
8:00pm: One-man Show by Mary Ellen and Richard DiPietra. $10.00
“I Am a Cuban Sandwich”
Silver Meteor Gallery
2213 East 6th Avenue
813.300.3585Ybor City 33605
Richard shares his memories of being born and living in Ybor City in this humorous and whimsical play.
SUNDAY, JUNE 26:
7:00pm: One-man Show by Mary Ellen and Richard DiPietra $10.00
“I Am a Cuban Sandwich”
Silver Meteor Gallery
2213 East 6th Avenue
813.300.3585 Ybor City 33605
THURSDAY, JUNE 30
11:00am-:00pm: Film Screenings-various titles.
“La Segunda Bakery” by Academy Prep Students (in attendance)
Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus
HCC-Ybor Room. Free and open to the public
2001 N. 14th Street and Palm Avenue (directly across from the Cuban Club)
813.323.7830 www.cubansandwichshow.com
This short documentary and other shorts about Tampa will be screened, including “Sulphur Springs” with Jeff Norton, “Travels with Bud Lee”, and other surprises.
David Audet
Director,
Artists and Writers Group
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