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Hotel Discounts
When visiting the GaYBOR District in Historical Ybor City
Stay at The Hampton Inn & Suites Ybor
Located on 7th Ave & Walking Distance to EVERYTHING!
Ask for the Discounted MC Film Corporate rate Corp Code 0002672438 (Some black out dates do apply) Below is the easy link to use when making reservations.
http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/reservations/index.jhtml?hotel=TPAYBHX&corporateCode=0002672438
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Dishing with Mark & Carrie 1-14-15
Radio AM 820, Our Gay Story
What an honor to have the former 4 term Tampa Mayor Dick Greco & Radio Celebrity Dan Maduri to ask us to be on his highly rated radio program on Tampa radio station, News Talk 820 AM. He called and said directly as the mayor always had.
” With Same -sex Marriage now legal in Florida, Gays in the Tampa news, I want you & Mark to come on my radio show! I want you to help educate my listeners.”
In historic GaYBOR /Ybor City our store, ” MC Film Fest “ Gay Pride Store & GLBT Information Center is located at 8th Ave & 15th Street in what was for 50 years the home of Dick Greco’s parents hardware store, ‘ King -Greco Hardware.’ Dick also grew up in the diverse Hispanic/ Cuban/ Italian area of Tampa, Ybor City. We have pictures and bullet holes to prove his stories!
The noon time weekly Monday radio show focused on a different subject matter for his huge statewide audience, Gay life in Tampa.
We have had many great visits with the former mayor and his lovely doctor wife, Linda. Dick asked us to go on the air and talk about local & state LGBT issues and help educate and inform his audience. Here is that interview in 4 parts.
Thank You Metro Wellness & Community Center
for your very generous sponsorship to Tampa PRIDE!!!
Celebrating an Ybor City Icon
Official Tampa PRIDE Event
The DIAMOND DINNER
This Saturday 7:30 – 10PM
Holiday Inn, 3535 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater
Reserve your tickets today at www.tbglcc.org Members are $50 and Non Members $75. This is the annual fundraiser for the LGBT Chamber of Commerce. We will have music, dancing, silent auction, and we will be giving out our diamond awards to the top LGBTA people and businesses of the year.
There is also special pricing for rooms at the hotel for those coming from out of town! Cocktail Attire or better Requested. #lgbtdiamondawards
The Interview
The curiosity got the best of us. We are well known local ‘moviebuffers.’ We watched the worldwide North Korean controversial & talked about movie, “The Interview” on Bright House cable.
The movie was very light hearted and full of very funny jokes. There were a lot of Gay ones that would go right over a straight persons head… Or Maybe not? We give “The Interview” 3 out of 5 stars.
A Valentine’s Day Love Story presented by ArtsFusion
Tampa, FL- January 9, 2015- The unique and imaginative theatre piece, Love Letters by A.R. Gurney, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, will be presented in celebration of Valentine’s Day by ArtsFusion.
This charming, poignant play centers on just two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Using the epistolary form sometimes found in novels, they sit side by side at a table and read the notes, letters and cards – in which over nearly 50 years, they discuss their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats – that have passed between them throughout their separated lives. Audiences love this show! Join us to celebrate Valentine’s Day!!
“A wonderfully diverting fun fest! Constantly amusing and rewarding.” –The Mirror.
The show features Michael DuMouchel and Midge Mamatas directed by Anna Brennen.
Four performances at two different venues:
First two:
Firehouse Cultural Center call: 813.645.7651 www.firehouseculturalcenter.org
ticket prices from $12.-$20.
Saturday February 7th at 7PM cabaret seating
Sunday February 8th at 2PM
101 1st Ave NE
Ruskin, Florida 33570
Two additional performances in St Petersburg
Studio@620 call: 727.895.6620 www.studio620.org
all tickets: $15
Saturday February 14th and Monday February 16th at 7PM
620 1st Ave S
St.Petersburg, Florida 33701
ArtsFusion is a nonprofit umbrella organization which serves as a catalyst for individual Performing and Visual Artists and nascent Arts Groups to collaborate, showcase and celebrate their work in a non-profit public forum. Founded by Anna Brennen in 1983.
For further information contact: ArtsFusion Founder
ArtsFusion Marketing Director Anna Brennen
Midge Mamatas anna.brennen@gmail.com
New @ Cristino’s
Mark & Carrie Nephieu/Niece of the Week
Shephanie Shippae
Just say “Hey Everybody…” and you know it’s Stephanie. An entertainer since the 1970’s as a young teenager, she is a true Tampa Bay Icon.
You Can Not make this Up.
Everybody in GaYBOR loves Bud & Jeffery. Bud can swear like a sailor and doesn’t hold anything back. We were all excited when Bud got a new wheelchair scooter. One day Tea Cup was busy on the balcony at Hamburger Mary’s.
He was working with 2 senior couples from Iowa who were being a challenge. Bud pulled up, Tea Cup turns around and said in a very loud voice “I’m sorry but this is not a handicapped parking space you need to move it!!!”
In classic Bud he said, ” I don’t give a GD F*#k you SOB! You can just go F yourself.”
Tea Cup yelled back “That’s it.. I’m going to call the nursing home and have you picked again!!!” Then both started to laugh.
When Tea Cup turned around the 2 couples from Iowa looked like deer in headlights with their mouths wide open. Tea Cup smiled and said “We were just joking.”
The 2 tourist couples didn’t give Tea Cup anymore trouble. LOL
