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From the MC Film Mail Bag 6-06-2012
Iconic Actress/ Singer Judy Garland 90th Birthday
A child performer and singer who turned Hollywood’s loving starlet, icon actress, singer and crusader, Judy Garland’s 90th Birthday. Born June 10,1922 in Minnesota and was named after both parents, Frances Ethel Gumm. She was a part of the family vaudeville act, The Gumm Sisters in the late 1920’s. Suggesting the act change its name to Garland Sisters in 1934 World’s Fair. Frances Ethel adopted the name Judy. Thus now she will be and forever known as Judy Garland! The family relocated to California 1929.
Of course she auditioned for many movies at MGM Studios. It was “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939 where she became America’s sweetheart and played Kansas country girl, Dorothy Gale who left the real world to a world of make believe. Of course the Oscar winning song that everyone sings along to, “Over the Rainbow” became synonymous with Judy Garland. Many other acclaimed Judy Garland films included, “The Harvey Girls”, “Easter Parade” and “A Star is Born.”
Judy did live radio, live theater,numerous movies and had her own 1963 TV show for 2 years on CBS, “The Judy Garland Show.” The big secret of her life was the demons that seem to run and ruin her life. Pain pills, alcohol, finances, health issues and her many failed marriages.
One thing people loved about the persistent spitfire singing entertainer was her beautiful voice, personal charm and cheerfulness.
Judy didn’t know it but her death was a major reason for the Gay Stonewall Riots in New York City in 1969!
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Suncoast AIDS Theatre Project
Phone: 941-758-6399
Contact: Garry Allan Breul
garallan@msn.com
For Immediate Release, Please
Suncoast AIDS Theatre Project
Presents:
PRELUDE TO PRIDE: A WIZARD OF OZ
Starring MATT MCGEE, JOEY PANEK, BETTY JANE PARKS, DREW DECARO and more!
Special Guest: Musical Accompanist MICHAEL RABBE
Script adaptation by T.SCOTT WOOTEN
Benefitting Metro Charities and ASAP HIV/AIDS programs
Monday, June 25, 7:30pm & Monday, July 2, 7:30pm
American Stage Theatre, 163 3rd St. North, downtown St. Petersburg
Suncoast AIDS Theatre Project is celebrating its 10-Year Anniversary! Their annual “Prelude to Pride” salute will be an original production of the time honored classic, “A WIZARD OF OZ”. Adapted by T. Scott Wooten, this hilarious and madcap send-up of the fabled classic by Frank L. Baum is just in time for St. Petersburg Pride Celebration. Come join in the fun as Dorothy and her Friends follow the yellow brick road to an Emerald City we’ve never seen before!
PRELUDE TO PRIDE: A WIZARD OF OZ stars Matt McGee, as The WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST; Joey Panek as TIN MAN; Betty Jane Parks as DOROTHY; Drew Decaro as COWARDLY LION; Joel Gennari as Scarecrow; Sara DelBeato as GLINDA THE GOOD WITCH; Joe Parra as the WIZARD; Meliss Kenworthy as AUNTIE EM; Katie Castonquay as THE MUNCHKINS; and Scott Daniel as UNCLE HENRY. Michael Raabe will be making a special appearance at the keyboard.
These two performances will benefit PWA (People with AIDS) programs at Metropolitan Charities of Pinellas and AIDS Service Association of Pinellas, Inc. Admission is Pay-What-You-Will and all performers are donating their time and talents.
Suncoast AIDS Theatre Project is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization whose mission is to raise awareness, provide assistance, and perpetuate a life of dignity for those affected and infected by HIV and AIDS.
PRELUDE TO PRIDE: A WIZARD OF OZ will perform: Monday, June 25th and Monday, July 2nd, 2012 at American Stage Theatre, 163 3rd St. N. St. Petersburg. Doors open at 7:00pm, curtain time is 7:30pm. Cash bar will be available. For further information contact American Stage at 727-823-PLAY or www.americanstage.org.
To learn more about The Suncoast AIDS Theatre Project contact Garry Allan Breul, Artistic Director at 941/758-6399 or garallan@msn.com.
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Press Release Metro Wellness & Community Centers
June 4, 2012
The Board of Directors of Metro Wellness & Community Centers, chaired by Dr. Scott Strader, recently announced a restructuring of the organization’s executive management.
Metro Wellness & Community Centers began providing services in St. Petersburg 19 years ago, with 30 clients and a budget of $42,000. Today, with over $5.8 million annually in Federal, State, County and private funding, it serves over 8,000 clients within 20 programs in Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco counties. MWCC also provides social activities, education and health and wellness services for the Tampa Bay LGBT Community and their allies.
Metro Wellness & Community Centers is pleased and proud to announce that Ms. Lorraine Langlois, the organization’s founding director, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Tonicia Freeman, who leads Metro’s Prevention programs, has been appointed Vice President of Health Prevention Programs, and Ms. Priya Rajkumar, heading Metro’s case management and minority AIDS initiatives, has been appointed Vice President of Client Health Services. Mr. Alberto Vazquez leads Metro’s financial operations in his new appointment to Vice President of Finance & Administration.
Other programs are led by current Directors and executive staff. “This new structure better reflects the growth and managerial expertise within our culture,” said Ms. Langlois. “It also places us in a better strategic position as an organization, following the current trend of non-profit agencies moving to a more accountable corporate structure.”
Questions and comments may be directed to Ms. Langlois at 727-321-3854 or info@metrotampabay.org.
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Ybor Residents Protest Plan for Power Poles
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Tampa Bay & Company l 401 E. Jackson Street, Suite 2100 l Tampa, FL 33602
(813) 223-1111 l (813) 229-6616 l VisitTampaBay.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT:
May 31, 2012 Travis Claytor at 813-342-4052
TAMPA, FL – The third annual Dine Tampa Bay Restaurant week is just over two months away, and the excitement is already building for what’s expected to be the best restaurant week yet.
Tampa Bay & Company and Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater, as well as the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, have teamed up to present the third annual event, which will take place Aug. 3-17, 2012. Food lovers have a chance to experience some of the area’s finest restaurants during the two-week period. Each restaurant will provide a special Restaurant Week menu in addition to their standard menu, which will suggest three options for each course.
Participating locations will showcase their dinner options by offering $25, $35, or $45 prix-fixe, three-course menus, which includes an appetizer, entrée and dessert (prices are per person and exclude beverages, tax and gratuities).
Nearly 40 restaurants have already signed up to participate, with many others expected to join before it kicks off in August. Current participating restaurants include:
400 Beach Seafood & Tap House
Aqua
Beachwood BBQ
Bella’s Italian Café
Besa Grill
Boizao Brazilian Steakhouse
Bon Appétit Restaurant
Café Largo
Capital Grille, The
Cassis American Brasserie
Centre Club
Datz
Dempsey’s Steakhouse
Dempsey’s Too
FlameStone American Grill
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
GrillSmith -Brandon
GrillSmith-Carrollwood
GrillSmith-Countryside
GrillSmith-Lakeland
GrillSmith-New Tampa
GrillSmith-South Tampa
Hangar Restaurant & Flight Lounge, The
Kona Grill
Lauro Ristorante
Marchand’s Bar & Grill
Melting Pot, The-St.Petersburg
Melting Pot, The-Tampa
Ocean Prime
Parkshore Grill
Pelagia Trattoria
Roy’s Restaurant
Seasons 52
Shula’s
SideBern’s
Tinatapas
Villaggio Ristorante
For more information about DINE Tampa Bay Restaurant Week, for sponsorship opportunities or to participate, log on to DineTampaBay.com or email Info@DineTampaBay.com.
Media contact is Travis Claytor, communications manager for Tampa Bay & Company, at 813-342-4052 or TClaytor@VisitTampaBay.com.
Tampa Bay & Company is an independent, non-profit membership organization created to attract and serve visitors to Tampa Bay in an effort to create “Economic Development Through Tourism.” Tampa Bay & Company is funded, in part, by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners/Tourist Development Council.
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POW (Photos Of the Week) 5-30-2012
Dishing with Mark & Carrie 5-30-2012
Dishing with Mark & Carrie
5-30-2012
Mark & CarrieYou Just Can’t Make This Sh*t Up!!!
The names have been changed to protect the innocent!!!
This week… “Fred, Get the GUN!!!”
Back when we were in college at USF we had a very fun upstairs neighbor. Her name was Miss Mary Jane. She was a beautiful young professional who was also a nudist, loved pot & sex. One time she told us that if anybody broke into her apartment she would yell out “Fred, get the gun there is somebody in the apartment”. Miss Mary Jane was out of town and we were looking after her pets. Two long haired oversized hamsters. So I went upstairs to check on them and decided to borrow some ice from her frig. As I was cracking the ice out of the ice trays….. you guessed it, I heard her scream “Fred, get the gun there is somebody in the apartment!!!” Then to my surprise there was a mans voice who said, “Who’s Fred???” It was Miss Mary Jane, who had come home early & the UPS driver who she was having sex with!!! Suddenly I realized why the UPS truck was parked outside so often. LOL LOL Look for more stories about Miss Mary Jane.
New Fashion Arrivals at MC FILM
New summer shirts and tank tops are in stock from Ajaxx, Go Softwear and from Whittail & Shon.
And for the water parks at Disney, St. Pete beaches or Tampa pool parties new Men’s Swimwear fashions in from Vuthy, Clever, Pistol Pete, Go Softwear and Unico.
Stop in before you go at MC FILM in GaYBOR / Ybor City!
GaYBOR Days 2012… Great Time
So much in a short period of time. But it was a great win for the showcasing of Tampa’s GLBTA historic community, the GaYBOR District in historic Ybor City. GaYBOR District Coalition is a business coalition and has over 240+ Gay and Gay friendly businesses throughout Florida but majority are located in the Ybor City and Tampa Bay area. The long special weekend also was coinciding with Memorial Day weekend this year. The past GaYBOR Days have been during the July 4th week but this year was conflicting with St. Pete Pride events. A great change with a little cooler weather, each venue was showing off the historic district to party goers, out of state visitors and introduced a great GLBTA tourists destination with hundreds of options to dwell in and experience!
From gift shopping, historic sight seeing, Ybor State Museum tours, outside “Best Cuban Sandwich Competition’ in Centennial Park, Muvico Theater TIGLFF Special movie premeire to the great eateries and clubs and bars after the sun went down events. It was a win, win for GaYBOR / Ybor City.
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‘Annual White Party’ at Honey Pot
Beautiful white linen outfits, flowing white sheers from the rafters, an area cascade of white blocks symbolizing ruins set a pace to the imaginary. Local set designer, Mathieu Stonach did it again transforming a large club into an intimate lofty white cloud dimension. White was the motif and the record crowd expounded on the theme of the annual social event. The HP bartenders, doormen and staff all dressed in white perpetuated the party even more. Owners, Stephen Moss and Ernie Webb sparkled in the festive White Party benefit scene for the GaYBOR District.
To the attendees surprises came fire eating contortionists, stilt walkers, jugglers,and magicians adding an exciting carnival atmosphere to the already magic. The dancers weren’t bad either!!!
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World Premiere Movie,” Frances: A Mother Divine” & Proclamations
In co-sponsorship of the GaYBOR Days 2012 Movie, Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and GaYBOR District Coalition brought in a world premiere film, ” Frances: A Mother Divine.”
A quirky com-docu-drama about the infamous iconic movie “Pink Flamingo’s”, “Female Trouble” “Hairspray” drag film star, Divine’s Mom, Frances! She was an extended ” Gay Mom” to thousands of Divine’s friends and followers.
The pre-movie program had local attending political leaders sharing and reading Proclamations by Florida State Representative Janet Cruz and from Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner. Other awards complimenting GaYBOR Days 2012 came from Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, Tampa City Council Members and a letter of congratulations to GaYBOR District from Hillsborough County Board Commissioner member, Mark Sharpe!
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“Tampa vs Miami: Best CUBAN Sandwich Contest”
It was a war between Miami & Tampa for the best known original sandwich in the Tampa Bay area, the authentically distinct Cuban Sandwich (aka “mixto”)! Known as the workers sandwich in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. It was in a lot of the immigrant Cuban cafes in Ybor City for the cigar rolling workers.
It has a great diverse make-up of ethnicity. Cuban, Spanish, Italian, & German. The components include: Fresh baked Cuban bread with palm leaves baked on top, Spanish Ham, Cuban Roasted ‘mojo’ pork, German Swiss cheese, German yellow mustard, Kosher Dill pickles, and Italian Genoa salami slices. Only later did mayo, tomatoes and lettuce appear for the non traditionalist! Then toasted in a sandwich press (plancha early panini press machine).
For the competition Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, Tampa City Council members Yolie Capin, Harry Cohen and Mike Suarez, Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor, State Rep Janet Cruz, YCDC Manager Vince Pardo, HCC Cuban Sandwich Artist David Audett, Columbian Restaurant owner Casey Gonzmart, GaYBOR’s Carrie West and a dozen others are included as official taster and judge testing the difference between Miami’s version of the Cuban Sandwich and local Tampa & Ybor City Cuban Sandwiches. A great blindfold test of tastes! 1000’s of people came to taste and experience the Cuban sandwich fight!
The winner of the traditional “Best Cuban” was our good friend Michelle Faedo’s Food Truck and 2nd place went to Stone Soup Company on Ybor’s 7th Ave. There were over 34 entries from all over Tampa Bay, Central Florida and Miami! In the ‘Non-traditional Cuban Sandwich Competition’, Ybor City again reigned with Gaspar’s Grotto winning 1st place!
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International Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa
What an amazing display of international military might as the week long (SOFIC) convention conference to combat terrorists attacks was held in Tampa at the Tampa Convention Center. Over 90 countries were invited to the annual Military Special Forces Conference. Taking part in a mock downtown waterfront terrorists attack, the imitative situation was a group suppositively snatching Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn as the mock hostage. The real life military maneuvers had thousands of downtown locals and international visitors watching in open mouthed amazement all around the Garrison Channel shoreline in the very hot Tampa sun.
High powered rapid dummy gunfire and thundering explosives were everywhere. A team of fast response navy seals with special dynamic powered gunnery forces on the water in low profiled military boats woke up the crowd! By air the Black Hawk helicopters and Marine’s multi flying Osprey planes came in quick and quietly. An armed parachute 6 man team jumping from over 6000 feet in the air came flying in all in formation landing on the precise big X placed on the river. On land, assaults from armored humbies and all terrain vehicles captured the simulated terrorists groups in front of the Tampa Convention Center. It was a portrayal of what our special forces is doing here and overseas protecting us Americans. It was a big eye opener to myself on the great coordinated effort and swiftness of the demonstration., And I was in the military.
70 countries worked together and participated in the mock terrorists attack demonstration!
After witnessing the special performance, the thousands watching cheered loudly and heard throughout downtown Tampa. Special guest speaker for the evening gala was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Tampa City Nightclub Regulation Watch
The GaYBOR District Coalition with it’s Ybor City family were all out if full force at a recent Tampa City Council Workshop to change Tampa Liquor laws and regulations. (i.e.) 18 up or 21 up bars? Regulations on hours, locations? These new regulations that Tampa City Council adopts and passes will affect all of Tampa. Yes, even SOHO district, Fowler Ave and the Westshore areas besides Ybor City! Unfortunately, 95% of the people there were from Ybor City. This speaks highly of how GaYBOR -Ybor City businesses work together and communicate together. Another open council hearing is set for June.
Viva La Ybor City!!!
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To see the whole meeting visit….
GaYBOR Member of the Week
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Arica Love
It is very hard to find anybody who works harder for GaYBOR than Arica Love. She is always promoting GaYBOR across the state. The big smile & wild personality makes her our bigger than life Angel!!!
Mark & Carrie’s Nephew/Niece of the Week
James Styron
(112)
Always with a big smile and full of personality James can be found in GaYBOR at the Florida Entertainment Clubs. It’s very easy to see why he is so popular.
New Sunday Buffet @ Hamburger Mary’s
College Night @ The Ybor Social
Great Shows @ Stream Friday’s
Love that Erni!!!!!
Centro Cantene
Samantha Perking Celebrating Memorial Days in Ybor City
BIG Smiles @ G.Bar
Twat Sisters in GaYBOR
Miss Judy B Goode Show every Sunday @ Liquid Ultra Lounge
Welcome Ray to Bradley’s on 7th
Manny & Mike putting the Flags out @ Liquid Tampa
Dog Party @ Barbarella’s GaYBOR Sunday T-Dance
100’s of more photos below. You may also go to our new home page click on photos then by location!!!
