In the GaYBOR Spirit Hamburg Mary’s & The Honey Pot worked together & brought Tabatha of “Tabathas Salon Takeover” on BRAVO TV to GaYBOR. The line of fans was incredible. Tabatha was quite the good sport &stayed until every book was signed, then joined the party in GaYBOR!!!
The Chelsea Nightclub has begun the local portion of TALENT QUEST SUNSHINE STATE 2011, a Regional Karaoke singing championship. The Top Talent Contest at the Chelsea began on January 16th and goes through March 13th. On March 20th the contest finalists will be judged by Talent Quest Sunshine State judges. We will select and put forth eighteen candidates, registration fees paid, to the local finals – are you one of them?
The contest promises to be one of the richest of its kind to date, and the Chelsea is thrilled to be part of it. Registration begins at 7PM and is limited to 20 contestants. Contestants compete in three categories: Country, Pop and Masters.
Winners of the local event will advance to a regional contest, and winners of this event will advance to the National final contest at the Tropicana Express Hotel and Casino in Laughlin, Nevada from September 18th through September 25th, 2011.
Contestants making the National finals will be reviewed by talent scouts, and a host of entertainment executives and personalities. Each final contestant will be looked at for a variety of “talent” such as new or unusual singing styles and all around performances. A contestant doesn’t have to win the contest to be “discovered.” Anyone who attends the final event could end up a star.
National final judges will be a mixture of talent scouts, entertainment executives, and personalities connected with the entertainment industry.
Contestants wishing to participate in this event are urged to call 813-228-0139 or stop by the Chelsea Nightclub. We are open seven days a week from 3PM-3AM, or check our website at www.chelseanightclub.com or www.facebook.com/chelseanightclub. We are Tampa’s Be Who You Are Bar!
Club Name: Chelsea Nightclub
Address: 1502 N Florida Avenue
Telephone: 813 228 0139
Website: www.chelseanightclub.com
For more information contact:
Name: Nikki Ternon
Telephone: 813 802 1394
Masque Community Theatre opens 25th Season with Closer Than Ever
Masque Community Theatre is opening their 25th season with a production of the award-winning musical review Closer Than Ever. The Associated Press hailed Closer Than Ever as “One of the finest scores of the year. Closer Than Ever is an exhilarating musical review that reaffirms one’s belief that the American musical theatre isn’t dead yet.” Stephen Holden said in The New York Times: The songs of Closer Than Ever communicate something rarely found in theatre music nowadays: a rich sweeping sense of lives being lived and people changing over time.”
Each song in Closer Than Ever is a story: an intimate, insightful tale about urban life, love, security and happiness and trying to hold onto them in a world that pulls you in a hundred directions at once. Maltby and Shire bring their celebrated craft and contemporary sensibility to songs about aging, mid-life crisis, second marriages, and role reversals with parents as well as wicked satirical jabs at Muzak, working couples and unrequited love.
Closer Than Ever opens February 4 and runs through February 20 with Friday, Saturday performances at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday performances at 2:00 p.m. It will be performed at the Backstage Café located at 8858 N. 56th Street, Temple Terrace, FL. Backstage Café offers dinner before the performances as well as beverages, snacks and dessert items.
Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for students/seniors/military and $10 for children under 12. Group discounts are available. For more information go to www.masquetheatre.net or call 813-983-1710.
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Hi everyone; I wanted to get this out today though I’m still ironing out a few more details-including possibly more prize money-and possible consideration of our short film selections by Gasparilla International Film Fest for their schedule (March 24-27). Sorry about the late notice—scratching up cash awards took some, uh, scratching. David
CALL FOR ENTRIES
9th Annual Hillsborough Community College
YBOR FESTIVAL OF THE MOVING IMAGE
March 23-27, 2011
www.yborfilmfestival.com daudet@hccfl.edu
The HCC-YBOR FESTIVAL OF THE MOVING IMAGE (FOMI) invites all FLORIDA filmmakers, both students and professionals to send us your titles for possible screening at the festival in March, plus compete for a total of $1600 in cash awards.
The awards are provided by Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus, Atlantic/Pacific Productions of Tampa, and the University of South Florida, Tampa campus. This year the awards are divided into three categories for Florida student filmmakers and one for Florida independent filmmakers.
Deadline: Postmarked by March 1, 2011
Notification: March 7, 2011
Student Entry Fee: $20.00 (one to four films per filmmaker)
Independent Filmmaker Entry Fee: $30.00 (one to four films per filmmaker)
All genres and run times are eligible. Format for entry: DVD Region 1 or 0 (35mm, 16mm and 8mm projection available during festival only)
CATAGORIES:
A) Florida Student Filmmaker: Hillsborough Community College Students: HCC-Ybor Festival Award
1st Place: $200
2nd Place: $100
3rd Place: $75
Honorable Mention: $25
B) Florida Student Filmmaker: University of South Florida Students: Atlantic/Pacific Productions Award
1st Place: $200
2nd Place: $100
3rd Place: $75
Honorable Mention: $25
C) Florida Student Filmmaker: All Florida Student filmmakers: Atlantic/Pacific Productions Award
1st Place: $200
2nd Place: $100
3rd Place: $75
Honorable Mention: $25
D) Florida Independent Filmmaker (non-student): Atlantic/Pacific Productions Award
1st Place: $200
2nd Place: $100
3rd Place: $75
Honorable Mention: $25
Judges:
Carolyn Kossar, HCC-Ybor Art Gallery Director, Tampa, Florida
David Audet, Festival Director, Hillsborough Community College
Charles Lyman, President, Atlantic/Pacific Productions, Tampa. Professor Emeritus of Film and Electronic Media, University of South Florida
Shawn Cheatham, Digital Video and Electronic Arts, School of Art and Art History, University of South Florida
HCC-Ybor student, Tampa, Florida-TBA
USF student-TBA Tampa, Florida
Lisa Scherer, tampafilmfan.com, Florida
Nancy Cervenka, filmmaker, Gulfport, Florida
Chris Rish, filmmaker, Tampa, Florida
Judging process:
The judges will select a number of qualified films for each category. These films will be classified as an “official selection” and screened at the festival. All film selected for screening will be eligible to win a cash prize. All filmmakers will be notified of entry status (accepted/not accepted) March 7, 2011.
All filmmakers entering the festival competition are invited to attend the festival’s opening night, Wednesday, March 23, when the winners will be announced. This event is free and open to all filmmakers and the public.
All judging decisions are final. Entering a film into the festival does not guarantee a screening. If accepted, the filmmaker agrees to allow his/her title to be screened one to four times as the schedule allows. NOTE: While a film may have adult content/language, this will restrict screening opportunities. Films previously screened at the festival are not eligible. The festival will also accept ‘rough cuts” for screening but these will not be eligible for prizes.
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Deadline: Postmarked by March 1, 2011
Student Entry Fee: $20.00 (one to four films per filmmaker)
Independent Filmmaker Entry Fee: $30.00 (one to four films per filmmaker)
All genres and run times are eligible.
Entry process:
Send a DVD (Region 1 or 0)) of film(s) to the address provided below. Include your name, contact information (email/phone), title of film(s), running time, and indicate the category you are entering. Make check or money order (USA currency) to Hillsborough Community College. The college is not responsible for lost or damaged entries. If filmmaker wants the DVD returned, please include envelope with return address and correct postage.
A waiver of the entry fee cannot be considered this year. Filmmakers are allowed to send up to four titles (films) for the flat fee of $20.00 or $30.00 depending on your category. Students must provide photo copy of student I.D. from a FLORIDA educational institute, or certificate from a FLORIDA film camp. Filmmakers must either live in Florida or lived in Florida when the film was made. Filmmakers will be contacted by FOMI staff upon arrival of package and provided confirmation that the entry satisfies eligibility requirements. Upon acceptance into festival, filmmaker will be immediately notified and asked to provide an electronic press kit including; bios, crew, synopsis, links to your website (if available) and several digital photographs.
Send DVD(s) and requested information with entry fee to:
David Audet
Festival Director
Hillsborough Community College
2112 N. 15th Street
Tampa, Florida 33605
813-259-6419 daudet@hccfl.edu
Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this email communication may be subject to public disclosure.
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Gay American Heroes
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Sometimes i feel like the dog who runs in the house with a dead squrell… and gets yelled at because I did not leave the squrell where i found it!
Please be grateful i did not include the photos… but feel free to ask to see them.
Just doing my job..with a litte scarcasem..we all know i cant spell..you get point and we are not all perfect …ooops! Please take notice of the dead bodies and not my grammar.
34 MURDERS…. 6 IN 60 DAYS ONLY one successful prosecution and conviction for an attack on a transgender woman.
How many more … BEFORE YOU DO MORE TO HELP build THE RAINBOW MEMORIAL AND LET THE WORLD LGBT LIVES HAVE VALUE… MORE GET ADDED TO THE PILE OF DEAD GAY BODIES… AND MORE GET FORGOTTEN …DO THEY DESERVE A BETTER RESTING PLACE FOR THE BRAVE AND COURAGES …THAN THE GUTTER OF A STREET… today you know and history will show…
Six transgender women have been murdered since November 29, 2010, with the latest killing on January 17, 2011.
58-year-old Idania Roberta Sevilla Raudales was found dead in her home in Comayagüela, her arms and legs tied with cable cords and knife wounds on her throat.
On December 18, the burned body of 23-year-old Luisa Alvarado Hernández was found in a gutter outside her home, also in Comayagüela. She had multiple wounds on her face, as if she had been hit repeatedly with a solid object, local press reports said, and her face was so badly damaged that it was unrecognizable.
Tegucigalpa) – The Honduran government should ensure a prompt and thorough investigation of the recent murders of transgender women and bring those responsible to justice, Human Rights Watch and Red Lésbica Cattrachas, a Honduran lesbian rights organization, said today. Six transgender women have been murdered in Honduras since November 29, 2010, with the latest killing on January 17, 2011.
In its May 2009 report, “Not Worth a Penny: Human Rights Abuses against Transgender People in Honduras,” Human Rights Watch detailed the abuse and harassment of the Honduran transgender community and the government’s failure to investigate and prosecute bias-motivated attacks on transgender people.
Since the release of the report, 34 members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community have been murdered in Honduras. But there has only been one successful prosecution and conviction for an attack on a transgender woman.
we fight hate together or we die alone at the hands of hate.
Love Always
Rainbow Scott
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Jimmy Eat World – February 2
Wolfgang Gartner – February 4
Indigo Girls – February 10
Broken Social Scene – February 11
A Touch Of Essence Hair & Fashion Showcase – February 19
Arturo Sandoval – February 24
The Big Lebowski Fest Tampa Movie Party – February 25
Apocalyptica – March 4
Man On The Moon: a Square One Creative Event – April 2
Festa Italiana 2011 – April 14 to April 17
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