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t the one-year mark of a day that shall live in infamy, Centaur Entertainment released one of the most important bene it albums ever created – the Of icial Pulse Orlando Gay Days Bene it Album, which we recently listened to and love!

What happened on Sunday, June 12, 2016 was a horri ic day in Orlando and in our nation. Pulse Nightclub in Orlando became the site of the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman on U.S. soil, resulting in the untimely deaths of 49 innocent souls.

On May 4, 2017, onePULSE Foundation unveiled plans for the creation of a permanent memorial and announced the formation of a national Board of Trustees, including the establishment of a signi icant fund. This fund will support the construction and maintenance of the memorial, community grants to care for the survivors and victims' families, an educational program to promote amity among all segments of society, endowed scholarships for each of the 49 angels and ultimately a museum showcasing the historic artifacts and stories from the event.

Our goal is to create a sanctuary of hope around this tragic day in our history that honors the 49 innocent lives that were taken, the 68 injured victims, the families that were forever changed, survivors from inside the club, the rapid responders and healthcare professionals.

Enter Centaur, a Grammy nominated record label, and also the largest LGBT record label. Centaur decided to produce a bene it album to help fund the onePULSE Foundation and memorial, and got the approval of Pulse owner, Barbara Poma.

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Centaur reached out to artists, record labels, DJs, remixxers and more to create a coalition of people and companies to donate their time, services and love to an album to achieve this goal. One Hundred percent (100%) of proceeds from the sale of this album will go directly to the onePULSE Foundation.

“We wanted to send the message that we as an LGBT community, and we as a nation, can and will rise up, remember the 49 innocent angels, and return to the dance loor unafraid and with our angels by our sides,” said Nick De Biase, Centaur's president and the album's producer. “Love always conquers hate!”

De Biase reached out to the owner of Pulse, Barbara Poma, and the two shared a heartfelt and tearful conversation. “Centaur understood the dif icult road we were traveling, “ said Poma. “On behalf of our Board of Trustees, we thank everyone you for your support. This is a de ining mission and healing initiative for those involved and we are grateful to ind supporters who share our vision and understand the sacred responsibility to which we have been entrusted.”

The special songs on this bene it album take on a new life and an even deeper meaning when heard and listened to in light of the Pulse tragedy. DJ Randy Bettis, who helped to compile these songs, carefully crafted them into a continuous mix.

Even if you are not a fan of dance or pop music, buy a copy of the Pulse Orlando Bene it Album and listen to it. We dare you not to be changed!

Available on www.TheOutClub.com, iTunes, Spotify, Beatport, Amazon, Google and many more!

This August, thousands of gay men from around the globe will flock to the sun drenched Jersey Shore for the three-day, eleven-party, and 14 DJ festival known as Ascension Party.

“Prepare to be turned ovah like a fat rat,” says DJ Lina, who launches the weekend on Friday, August 4, spinning the VIP cocktail party. “The wonderful part about Ascension is each DJ brings their own unique style so everyone gets what they need.”

Following Lina’s event will be the Ascension Underwear Party with world renowned DJ Eddie Martinez. “My style is sexy and fun with

lots of energy,” he explains. “My sets always include my original work, private mixes and edits, along with my own personal flare.”

The fun continues Saturday with the weekend’s main event, the Ascension Beach Party. International DJs Dani Toro and Hansel will be spinning the beats. “Right now, my favorite producers are Tony Moran, Paulo, Joe Gauthreaux, Tommy Love, Mauro Mozart, Tom Stephan, Thomas Solvert and, of course, myself,” laughs Dani Toro. “I’m currently playing Zhana Roiya’s “Lick Me Up”

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and Katy Perry’s “Chained To The Rhythm” a lot, but we’ll have to see in August which songs will be crowd favorites.”

After the beach party, superstar DJ Paulo takes the booth for the Saturday Night Celebration.

Clubbers love his Tribal/Progressive beats layered with big vocals.

On Sunday, partiers will once again break out the Speedos for the Ascension Pool Party. Drop dead gorgeous DJ Dan Slater plans to mix commercial, classic and underground tracks like Brian Justin Crum’s “Show Me Love feat.

Toy Armada & DJ Grind” and Ultra Nate’s “Desire ‘2K17”. Then DJ Joe Gauthreaux takes the stage, spinning his big room beats at the grand finale Closing Party. He promises, “It’s going to be a ride like no other!”

By Mark Dawson Photos by Ascension Party

The transformation of Asbury Park has been incredible. Major investments in the boardwalk area and the city over the past few years has completely transformed the downtown. The host hotel for Ascension, The Asbury, opened last summer after a 50 million dollar renovation. It was voted Best New Hotel in the U.S. in 2016.

“Ascension is going to bring thousands

of visitors from all over the tri-state area as well as the world to Asbury,” continues von Kuersteiner. “It will be a wonderful opportunity to showcase the local businesses to thousands of new visitors.”

Ascension Party is a charity event, donating 100% of net proceeds to the LGBTQ community. Over one million dollars has been donated to over 40 different organizations to date. The LGBTQ community of Asbury Park will be the major benefactor for Ascension 2017.

“2017 is a new chapter for Ascension and we are pulling out all the stops,” promises von Kuersteiner. “Once again, we aim to give guests a fun-in-the-sun experience they will always remember.”

Ascension Party takes place Friday, August 4 through Sunday, August 6 at Asbury Park. The host hotel is The Asbury Hotel (210 5th Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ). Visit ascensionparty.com for ticket information. q

“We are thrilled to bring Ascension back to the states this year,” says Ascension Party founder Eric von Kuersteiner. The festival launched in 2006 on Fire Island Pines, where it continued annually until 2014. For the last two summers Ascension has taken place in Mykonos.

“We brought on a new partner for the weekend who brought a lot of fresh ideas including the idea to take the party to the beautiful beaches on the Jersey Shore,” he explains.

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CONCERT CONCERT ROD STEWART WITH CYNDI LAUPER

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performers will kick offlive their 18-city tour •house Two oflive music’s most captivating performers willat Hard Rock Livethis on Thursday, Julymulti-platinum 6, 2017 at 7:30selling p.m. share the stage summer when withmultiple doors opening 6:30p.m.Ticketglobal Prices range and GrammyatAward-winning superstars from $50$255.and FoPitbull more information to: seminoleEnrique Iglesias reunite for a go co-headlining hardrockhollywood.com. tour with CNCO as support on Friday, June 23rd at 7:30 pm at the American Airlines Arena.

CLOWNS SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW DIANA ROSS • A universal and timeless theatrical poetic spectacle THE whichDIVA has unanimously enchanted and empowered the •imagination Performs twice in South Florida: On Saturday, June of audiences and critics since 1993.

It is a 24 at 8pm at own the Kravis Center, spontaneous and on Sunday, June genre of its and remains and magi25 at catapulting 7:30 PM at Arsht Ross’ famed and on cal, adultsCenter. back inDiana childhood.

Premieres remarkable career hit Tickets singles such as$30 “Endless Wednesday, July includes 12 – 8p.m. start at and are Love,” “I’matComing Out,” and “Ain’t No Mountain High available ArshtCenter.org.

Enough.” She is one of the most iconic female singers of all time and was named “Female Entertainer of the Century” BillboardDANCE magazine.

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•MOVIES One of the most amazing dance productions that encompasses dance at its highest level, is playing at the Kravis TRANSFORMER Center on Friday, and Saturday, July 7 Laura and 8.Haddock, Put together • The Last Knight stars Mark Wahlberg, by their very own Gemma Chan, andChoreographer Isabela Moner and Artistic is aboutDirector, HumansSean Green, this production inspire andPrime take you and The your and Transformers at war,will and Optimus is gone. family the world of Hip-Hop dance you’ve key to to saving the future lies buried in thelike secrets of never the seen Tickets Start at $25. past, itinbefore. the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. The movie is 143 minutes and hits theaters on Friday, June 23

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SPACE •OUTER Algo de un tal Shakespeare (Something by One Shake•speare) The Off-Broadway comedy MenJuly Are 6 From MarsSunday, – takes place hit from Thursday, through Women Are From VenusArsht LIVE!Center, , is a one-man fusion of to July 9 at the Adrienne and is an invitation theatre and stand-up, and is a light-hearted play onstage, an entertainment composed theatrical of improvisacomedy the New York Times #1abest-selling tions on based WilliamonShakespeare’s writings, playful journey book of the last decade by John Gray.

Moving swiftly of all through some of the works of the greatest dramatist through a series vignettes, the show covers everything time. Tickets areof$34 at ArshtCenter.org from dating and marriage to the bedroom. Playing at he Kravos Center from June 23 – 25; Tickets are $55 CONCERT PAUL McCARTNEY

• presents his One On One tour’s U.S. opener at Miami’s CHORUS American Airlines Arena on Friday, July 7th. FLORIDA Tickets for GAY MEN’S CHORUS OF SOUTH the original July 5th date will be honored for the July 7th • Every coming out story has a song, and the performance. The Paul McCartney live experience is “Generation OUT!” program weaves them together in a everything any music lover could ever want from a rock musical collection that spans decades. Expect to hear show—and so much more! Check out: PaulMccartney.com iconic tunes by Judy Garland, Madonna and Lady Gaga for more information. on Saturday, June 24 at 8pm at the Parker Playhouse.

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SPORTS MEMORABILIA BANDS

• Live! Sports Memorabilia Auction at Sinbad Sports LADIES OF SOUL Tower Shops featuring 100’s of incredible collect-

• Plays at the Calder Casino & Race Course ibles, Autographs, cards, and memorabilia from your on Saturday, June 24 at 9pm. The seven-piece favorite players and teams to be auctioned off live to band features three dynamic female vocalists the highest bidder on Saturday, July 8 from 2p.m. to performing Motown, disco, dance, R&B and 5p.m. Signed helmets, jerseys, balls, frames, etc. will contemporary hits. Admission is free. start at $5.00! Preview Auction items on SinbadSports.com starting July 5th 2017. No admission fee!

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Andres Desjardin and Pablo Manuel Artime Tickets range from $25 to Cano. $45. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information email: MuseumInfo@ coralsprings.org.

BROADWAY GREAT WHITE WAY

COMEDIENNE • The Miami Music Festival Opera Institute’s vocalists presentMASON genre favorites, from Rodgers and SHEBA beloved standards to popular con•Hammerstein’s Is comedy royalty as she is the child of temporary Ginger theater Reiter pieces.and Featuring family-favorite playwright comedian Jackie melodies, comedic acting diverse vocal in talent, Mason, Sheba Mason hasand been performing the mother’s concerts plays provide a lighthearted her since the age of showcase 2. Honing of her Broadway’s best. This event takes place at Andy own skills onstage for years, Mason’s become a Gato Gallery at Barry University Monday, July 10 fixture of the Manhattan comedyonscene, spouting at 8p.m. and is free. witticisms about everything from politics to grandmothers. Catch her at the Boca Black Box on Thursday, June 22 at 9p.m.

TELEVISION CANDY CRUSH

MOVIES • Hosted by Mario Lopez, is a new live action game THE BIG SICK show based on the globally renowned mobile game match colorfulthat candies in •franchise The Big where Sick isplayers a romantic comedy combinations of three or more to win points, defeat stars Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly obstacles and progress through more than Hunter, and Ray Romano And tackles the 2,000 levels. Teams of twodealing people use and physisubject of A couple withtheir theirwits cultural cal agility toas compete on enormous, interactive differences their relationship grows.

Its 119 game boards featuring generation technology minutes and hits next theaters on Friday, June 23.to conquer CANDY CRUSH and be crowned the champions. Premieres Sunday, July 9 at 9p.m. on CBS. LATINO

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• The 2nd Latin American Health, Life and MOVIES SPIDERMAN: HOMECOMING Pensions Summit takes place from June 26-29 at • Following the events of Captain Civil the Intercontinental At Doral Miami.America: Hear industry War (2016), Peter Parker to balance his life leaders discuss the most attempts suitable tools and best in high school withthe hischallenges career as the web-slinging practices to meet ahead.

Learn superhero Spider-Man. Thewill Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi how insurance companies help develop the movie is education rated PG-13, is 133 mins andand stars Tom financial of the population, will take Holland, Michael Keaton,to Robert Downey Jr.,on Marisa these essential products their customers a Tomeiscale basis. Understand how your company large can benefit as the market begins to mature. For more info email: info@hansonwade.com

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What is TRUVADA for PrEP ?

TRUVADA for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a prescription medicine that is used together with safer sex practices to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 through sex. This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1. To help determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about your sexual health.

Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to prevent getting HIV. Always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with body fluids. Never reuse or share needles or other items that have body fluids on them.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

IWhat is the most important information I should know about TRUVADA for PrEP? Before taking TRUVADA for PrEP: u You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1. Do not take TRUVADA to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-negative. u Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become infected. If you have flu-like symptoms, you could have recently become infected with HIV-1. Tell your healthcare provider if you had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting or at any time while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin.

While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: u You must continue to use safer sex practices.

Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1. u You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP: • Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months.

• If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider right away. u To further help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1: • Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners.

• Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV to infect you.

• Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as having fewer sex partners.

• Do not miss any doses of TRUVADA. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection. u If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1.

TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.

TRUVADA can cause serious side effects: u Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection.

TRUVADA is not approved to treat HBV. If you have HBV and stop taking TRUVADA, your HBV may suddenly get worse. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to monitor your health.

IWho should not take TRUVADA for PrEP? Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: u Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status. If you are HIV-1 positive, you need to take other medicines with TRUVADA to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time. u Also take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection.

IWhat are the other possible side effects of TRUVADA for PrEP? Serious side effects of TRUVADA may also include: u Kidney problems, including kidney failure.

Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your kidneys before and during treatment with TRUVADA. If you develop kidney problems, your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking TRUVADA. u Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat.

Please see Important Facts about TRUVADA for PrEP including important warnings on the following pages.

Have you heard about

TRUVADA for PrEP™?

The once-daily prescription medicine that can help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 when used with safer sex practices.

• TRUVADA for PrEP is only for adults who are at high risk of getting HIV through sex.

• You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Ask your doctor about your risk of getting HIV-1 infection and if TRUVADA for PrEP may be right for you. u Severe liver problems, which in rare cases

can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. u Bone problems, including bone pain, softening, or thinning, which may lead to fractures. Your healthcare provider may do tests to check your bones.

Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP are stomach-area (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.

IWhat should I tell my healthcare provider before taking TRUVADA for PrEP? u All your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis. u If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.

It is not known if TRUVADA can harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant while taking TRUVADA for PrEP, talk to your healthcare provider to decide if you should keep taking TRUVADA.

visit start.truvada.com

u If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to

breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If you become HIV-positive, HIV can be passed to the baby in breast milk. u All the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. TRUVADA may interact with other medicines. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. u If you take certain other medicines with TRUVADA, your healthcare provider may need to check you more often or change your dose.

These medicines include certain medicines to treat hepatitis C (HCV) infection.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

IMPORTANT FACTS

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This is only a brief summary of important information about taking TRUVADA for PrEPTM (pre-exposure prophylaxis) to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection. This does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your medicine.

MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP Before starting TRUVADA for PrEP: • You must be HIV-1 negative. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1. Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confirmed to be HIV-1 negative.

• Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become infected.

Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include flu-like symptoms, tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck or groin. Tell your healthcare provider if you have had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting TRUVADA for PrEP. While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: • You must continue to use safer sex practices.

Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1.

• You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you think you were exposed to HIV-1 or have a flu-like illness while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. • If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treat HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time.

• See the “How to Further Reduce Your Risk” section for more information. w

TRUVADA may cause serious side effects, including: • Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection.

TRUVADA is not approved to treat HBV. If you have HBV, your HBV may suddenly get worse if you stop taking TRUVADA. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to check your health regularly for several months.

ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA for PrEP is a prescription medicine used together with safer sex practices to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 through sex. This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1.

• To help determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about your sexual health.

Do NOT take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: • Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status.

• Take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection.

HOW TO TAKE TRUVADA FOR PrEP • Take 1 tablet once a day, every day, not just when you think you have been exposed to HIV-1.

• Do not miss any doses. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection.

• Use TRUVADA for PrEP together with condoms and safer sex practices.

• Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP.

POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “Most Important Information About TRUVADA for PrEP" section.

• New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure.

• Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat.

• Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain.

• Bone problems.

Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP include stomach-area (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight.

These are not all the possible side effects of TRUVADA. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during treatment with TRUVADA for PrEP.

BEFORE TAKING TRUVADA FOR PrEP Tell your healthcare provider if you: • Have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis.

• Have any other medical conditions.

• Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.

• Are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed.

Do not breastfeed. If you become HIV-positive, HIV can pass to the baby in breast milk.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take: • Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements, and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist.

• Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with TRUVADA for PrEP.

HOW TO FURTHER REDUCE YOUR RISK • Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners.

• Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV to infect you.

• Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as having fewer sex partners.

• Do not share needles or personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them.

GET MORE INFORMATION • This is only a brief summary of important information about TRUVADA for PrEP. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist to learn more, including how to prevent HIV infection.

• Go to start.truvada.com or call 1-800-GILEAD-5 • If you need help paying for your medicine, visit start.truvada.com for program information.

TRUVADA, the TRUVADA Logo, TRUVADA FOR PREP, GILEAD, and the GILEAD Logo are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc., or its related companies. All other marks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.

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SOUTH FLORIDA Last Wednesday, Twist celebrated their 24th anniversary, and once again their anniversary was packed. Seen there was Owners Joel and Richard, Joels partener Peter, Luis

from Score, Edison Farrow, Marco Perez, DJ Sushiman, Hernan, Victor and Johnny Zepka, T-Lo Ivy, Nelly Norell, Bruce and Ben (Creative Male), DJ Alex Infiniti, Joval, Henrietta, TP Lords and many of the Lords children, and many more!

Congrats to the entire Twist team for 24 fab years and wishing them many more years of success!

W Hotels brought its “Queer Me Out” speaker series to W Fort Lauderdale with Nightlife Expres20 | Hotspots.LGBT

sion’ moderated by activist and social media star Tyler Oakley. He was joined by panelists: nightlife event producer Susanne Bartsch and The Misshapes, and this discussion will focused on how nightlife has become a source of empowerment in the LGBTQ community. This event was so well attended that they had to bring in extra seating! Seen there was: Mumball Lane, Rene Cantu, Cliff (Rosie’s), Ronny (GFLGLCC), Andy (Island City Theater), DJ Tracy Young, Rod Hagwood (Sun Sentinel) and his handsome

hubby Gary, Hotspots’ own Anthony, Andrew and his hubby Stephen, Richard, and Stephen R Lang, Bruce (Hunters) and the W Fort Lauderdale staff

members Alexis (Marketing Manager) and Anna (GM).

This was a great event and I personally want to thank the W Fort Lauderdale for being so inclusive!

Friday night we stopped

by Floppy Rooster where they were celebrating the birthday of GM Sam. The only people I saw there were the super sexy men on stage in their birthday suits…LOL!! Afterwards, we went next door to Bailo to see the very popular Marytrini and the Divas De Jacuzzi. Special guests for the cabaret that night were: Maite, Radisson, Estephania Lords On Saturday night Ramrod held Pig Dance #107 (1st Saturday of every

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAN YOUR WEEK month) with this month featuring DJ Barry Huffine

and lots of leather men and their admirers.

Sunday started very sad as we headed to the Boardwalk for the celebration of life of my good friend, and good friend to the South Florida community, Marty Regan. Marty was the GM of the infamous O’Zone nightclub, and in recent years worked for Responsible Vendors. He was a

HUGE supporter of all the entertainers and he will be missed. Rest in heaven my dear friend!

On Sunday, was the monthly Flip Flops Dockside monthly T-Dance with hostess Amanda Austin, and this month’s special guests: Taina Norell and Kat Everness. As usual, their t-dance was packed. u THURSDAY JUL 06

The Lake Worth Playhouse presents Saturday Night Fever from today until July 23. This musical adaptation of the 70’s classic film will have everyone

singing along to the Bee Gees unforgettable music.

Everyone is looking for a way out, and Tony has found his through dance.

Follow the journey of Tony and his friends as we relive the disco era in Brooklyn.

The score to Saturday Night Fever includes Stayin Alive, Boogie Shoes, You Should Be Dancing and many more. Tickets, which range from $23-$38 can be purchased online at: lakeworthplayhouse.org or by calling 561-586-6410.

Two of music’s most acclaimed artists and powerhouse live performers Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper will kick off their 18-city tour at Hard Rock Live at 7:30 p.m. with doors opening at 6:30p.m.Ticket Prices range from $50- $255. For more info go to: seminolehardrockhollywood.com. u FRIDAY JUL 07

Rumors presents a Birthday Bash for hostess Daisy Deadpetals and cast member Erika Norell during the Daisy Deadpetals Show at 11pm and 12am.

One of the original Beetles, who has lasted over 50 years in the business, Paul McCartney – presents his One On One tour’s U.S. opener at Miami’s American Airlines Arena at 8p.m.

Tickets for the original July 5th date will be honored

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The Ramrod presents their monthly (2nd Saturday of every month) Underground Invasion, where it’s all about the music. This month features the sounds of DJ John Bata.

Village Pub presents Dezhon Fields at 8p.m. starring in “Decades: A Musical Journey from the 50’s to Today.”

The Tango Times Dance Company will perform

Beyond Tango. Their dances are performed with live music directed by Aníbal Berraute.

Tango poetry will be interpreted by the wonderful voice of Cristina Longo and take place from 8:30 p.m. - 10p.m. at the Manuel Artime Theater. Tickets range from $25 to $45.

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The Manor Complex, presents Trinity Taylor, direct from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, with DJ Sushiman on the turntables. In the Ivy Dance Room and Patio, Noche Latina Saturdays presents “Venezuelan Independence Party” starring, for the first time in 2 years on the Noche Stage, Venezuelan Viva Mirage along with Mr. Noche Latina 2017, Tonny Morales Glez, res-

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of our new facials, Bio Lift with NRG technology for $79.00. The Spa Cabanas is also featuring a package of three 90 Minute massage for $210.00 during the month of July. 2) Dene Decandio is the latest addition to their excellent staff of LMT’s. Dene attended Keizer Career College and specializes in Deep Tissue, Trigger Point Massage and oncology Massage Therapy.

ident DJ Larry Larr and sexy Latin Go-Go papis. Saturdays at the Manor Complex are from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. and feature no cover before midnight and only $7 after midnight for members and $10 for non-members ($12 for 18-20 years old) The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts has brought back, the extremely popular: Slava’s Snowshow, which is a universal and timeless theatrical poetic spectacle which has unanimously enchanted and empowered the imagination of audiences and critics since 1993. It is a genre of its own and remains spontaneous and magical, catapulting adults back to childhood.

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THE GANG’S ALL HERE

uDJ Deanne had her own private balcony VIP Party at The Manor while spinning on Saturday night.

ENJOY THE VIEW

u Pride Center’s CEO Robert Boo welcomes

Hunters’ Mark & Patrick to the latest Founders Circle Mixer at the Sonesta Hotel.

WELCOME TO THE W

u W Fort Lauderdale’s Marketing Manager Alexis Espejo and Vedran Sosa welcome people from the GFLGLCC to their new Living Room.

ABOUT TO GET...

u London DJ Paul Coals gets the

Georgie’s Alibi/Monkey Bar crowd in the mood at their Twisted Party.

SUCH A LEADER

u Compass Community Center honored

Lake Worth City Commissioner Andy Amoroso with the Leadership Award at their annual Stonewall Ball.

FLOTUS WITH THE MOSTEST

u Daisy Deadpetals does a great

Melania Trump skit at Village Pub. This time her hair stayed on.

WE LOVE MUSIC

u Friends Philip Dearborn &

Row Iliescow enjoy the latest show by the Gay Mens Chorus of South Florida at the Parker Playhouse.

WE LOVE DICK’S

u Dick’s Service Station was happy to host the

Broward House’s Give a Shift Smart Ride Team’s car wash where they raised over $1K.

B-I-N-G-O

u Rumors monthly charity bingo night with

Amanda Austin helped raise over $800 for the Stonewall National Museum.

THANK YOU PRIDE FORT LAUDERDALE u Ten local agencies were the proud recipients of the proceeds from the 2017 Pride Fort Lauderdale festival.

The best chatter on Facebook this week “That fire in London shows what happens when “business” tries to loosen safety regulations like they are trying to do here! #RESIST” —Broadway and recording superstar BETTE MIDLER commenting on the London high-rise fire that killed 12 and injured dozens.

“Discrimination is discrimination and it is so wrong!!!”

—Former Pride Center chair ILENE BERLINER reacting to Masterpiece Cake owner Jack Phillips refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding.

“On this day 51 years ago, (ABC) aired the first episode of the show that first inspired my imagination. (Not that I saw it on its first airing!) #darkshadows#anniversary #joanbennett #greatestshowever.”

—Bestselling gay author WILLIAM J. MANN celebrates the premiere of TV’s original gothic soap opera Dark Shadows

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“It is past time for the racially oppressed to do what people who believe themselves to be ‘white’ will not do, put end to the vectors of their destructive mythology of whiteness and their white supremacy system. (I am fed up) with self-identified ‘white’s’ daily violence directed at immigrants, Muslims, and sexually and racially oppressed people.”

—Trinity College (Hartford, CT) professor JOHNNY ERIC WILLIAMS’ Facebook post that closed the college campus “until further notice” due to threats of retaliation.

“The reason that President Obama did NOTHING about Russia after being notified by the CIA of meddling is that he expected Clinton would win…and did not want to ‘rock the boat.’ He didn’t ‘choke,’ he colluded or obstructed, and it did the Dems and Crooked Hillary no good.

The real story is that President Obama did NOTHING after being informed in August about Russian meddling. With 4 months looking at Russia... under a magnifying glass, they have zero ‘tapes’ of T people colluding. There is no collusion & no obstruction. I should be given apology!”

—PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’s early morning Tweets as the “Witch Hunt” continues.

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Dick s Service Station Broward House’s Smart Ride Car Wash

Photos: Stephen R. Lang

GFLGLCC Mixer at W Fort Lauderdale

Photos: Stephen R. Lang

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What did you do with the $100,000 you won?

I haven’t spent it all yet, but I mostly invested back into my drag and my community. One of the first things I did, was pay taxes and it’s a lot more then you think.

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What’s the most expensive purse you bought since winning?

I don’t have a lot of expensive purses. The whole gimmick is that they are not expensive.

Although a fan bought me a Michael Kors bag, which is more generous then I deserve.

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What has been your favorite event/city/venue you traveled to?

I really liked Austin Texas a lot, and I also loved Rio in Brazil and Portland Oregon.

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Do you have any advice for Sasha, now that she has been crowned?

Honestly, I don’t. If I can do, she can do it.

But the best advice I can give anyone is when people give you advice consider the source!

You made a movie, Cherry Pop, tell us about how you got cast and the filming of the movie?

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t’s been just over a year since we sat down with Bob The Drag Queen, right after he was crowned the winner of Season 8 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Since then he has traveled the world performing. A few months back I saw him as the hostess one of Murray and Peters RuPaul’s productions at the Parker Playhouse and I was incredibly impressed with his skills. When I found out that Bob has a few projects in the works, I thought it was time to sit down and catch up and tell his Florida fans what the future holds for him.

The director, Assaad Yacoub, would sneak into Stonewall Inn when he was under age and beg us drag queens to be in his short film. He asked me many times and I said no, as I was busy. The original short film idea was picked up and turned into a feature film, and eventually I said yes.

The filming went well, except for Detox who drank a lot on set. However, she was oddly composed. It’s almost as if she has built up a tolerance to alcohol.

Latrice was great to work with, I love that bitch, she is FAB! It’s an independent film, so the we filmed the entire movie in about 3 ½ weeks

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You also have your first stand-up comedy special, Suspiciously Large Woman: Bob The Drag Queen, which will premiere next week at Outfest 2017. How did this come about and are you proud of the outcome?

I am very excited about it coming out, as I am a stand up comedian. I have actually been doing stand-up longer then doing drag.

Making people laugh is my favorite thing in the world. I hope this is one of many stand up specials for me.

To have both my projects being shown at Outfest is unbelievable exciting.

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What other projects do you have in the works?

These two have taken up most of my time, as I produced the standup special myself.

However, did squeeze in some time to collaborate with Lux de Ville for a Purse First Collection that is now available to purchase at LuxdeVille.com.

For more information on Bob The Drag Queen you can go to his website: BobTheDragQueen. com or on Instagram.com/ BobTheDragQueen where she has 554,000 followers!

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avish Manors Nail Spa is a full service skin care and nail salon located in Wilton Manors, whose motto is �Our customers deserve only the highest quality service in the most relaxing setting possible.� Their team is comprised of only professionals across the different fields of cosmetology. They strive to make every client feel unique & special. Not only do they provide the best beauty services, but they also create an environment where the stress in your life simply melt away. They offer a full range of services including manicures and pedicures, facial therapy, nail enhancements and waxing. They are known for their specialty nail care services, including their signature Organic Green Tea Lemon Grass Spa Pedicure.

Those looking for a facial can choose between their classic European facial, or their specialized anti-aging facial or even a Microdermabrasion peel. As they are about to celebrate their 5th anniversary, I thought it was a good time to sit down with owner, Tommy Le, and catch up.

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What are you doing for the 5th Anniversary?

We are celebrating the anniversary through the months of July and August and have a few specials. They are: When you come with a friend to get your special pedicures (Organic Green Tea Spa Pedi, Signature Spa Pedi, Mojito Spa Pedi, Peppermint Signature Spa Pedi or Lavish Paraffin Spa Pedi) you receive $3 off (Mon-Thurs only); 10% off summer body wax, and $5 off all of their 60 min+ facials.

Why should someone choose Lavish Manors over other salons?

We always treat our clients with the respect and welcome them into our salon. Our technicians evaluate each person individually to offer them the best possible service(s).

Sanitation, disinfecting and sterilization are paramount to our process. A dental grade autoclave is used to steam sterilize all metal instruments. Your health, safety and wellbeing are primary concerns for us at Lavish Manors Spa. In addition, Lavish Manors has a true spa feeling and we offer complimentary wine or beverages.

What does the future hold for Lavish Manors?

What made you decide to open a salon?

I have always had a passion about Beauty and helping people look their best, and have been in the beauty business for quite a long time. I have another salon in Miami Beach.

At the end of the year we are expanding to put in a barber service for men and a hair salon for the ladies. Then we will truly be full service salon.

Why did you choose Wilton Manors?

I googled Wilton Manors and there was no Manicure/Pedicure/Spa catering to the area, so I felt that Wilton Manors would be the perfect spot for my next salon.

Did the salon come out as you originally envisioned?

Actually it came out exactly as I had it planned in my head.

How do you go about hiring your technicians?

I do intensive interviews and watch how they represent themselves and test how technical they are. I have to make sure that their personalities will fit in with this environment.

Lavish Manors is located at 2717 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors and is open Monday-Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. and Sundays 11a.m. - 6p.m. For more information call them at (954) 396-6245 or visit their website at: NailSalon-fortlauderdale.com.

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Honestly Loved

Olivia NewtonJohn on her dream to cure cancer, gay adoration and how she's 'here and still going'

By Chris Azzopardi

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ultimately, tortured son of an Arkansas minister, with Edgerton playing the leader of the program that tries to turn the young man straight.

Edgerton is also in talks with Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman to play the boy’s parents. If production goes smoothly, it will probably mean a late 2018 theatrical bow, because it already has the meaningful subject matter movie studios love to bring out at awards time. soon as La Streep's calendar More details on this one as cleared. The cast is back: Colin they develop.

Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce

Disney’s The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

Mamma Mia

Al Pacino

By Romeo San Vicente

Joel Edgerton

BY D’ANNE WITKOWSKI Lucas Hedges

The question is not why Now that we’ve got a vice they're making a sequel to president who thinks so“Mamma Mia!” The 2008 called “gay conversion” smash grossed over $600 therapy is a valuable form million worldwide, after all. of torture for LGBT young The question is why it took so people, the need to take it long to get here. It's been down in popular culture is nearly a decade since Meryl more urgent than ever. Boy Streep and pals warbled ABBA Erased, the 2016 memoir by tunes in the service of some Garrard Conley about his time kind of plot – truthfully, we in a fundamentalist Christian forgot what the movie was camp as a young person, is even about and so did you – getting a big push in the direcand we wondered if anyone tion of that national conversawould ever have the nerve to tion: Joel Edgerton is going say, “You know what? We need to direct and write the film even more of ‘that’.” But in a version.

Based on Conley’s world where “Paul Blart: Mall

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Cristian de la Fuente

Mama Mia, get ready more Joel Edgerton takes for on ex-gay “Mamma Mia” in Boy Erased conversion

Brosnan and most likely some Cher if you agree of the rest, singing other songs Cher: The Musical. That’s from the Swedish Beatles' right.

It’s called Cher: The back catalog (and probably a Musical.

It features her couple of reprises of tunes songs, and it’s coming to from last time). And in 2018 Broadway in 2018. Give you will go buy a ticket. You yourself a moment to stop know you will. This is your squealing and let that sink next Waterloo, and Pierce in.

The woman is getting Brosnan's singing voice is the her own Mamma Mia! and, secret slaying force. unlike ABBA, who had to sit back and let their show be

George Takei time in “Love in Action,” a faith-based program meant to “cure” young people of their homosexuality, the story will Cop 2” was an easy decision, reach the screen starring perhaps we shouldn't have Lucas Hedges (Manchester by wondered so much; it was the Sea) as the tormented and, always going to happen, just as

about people who are not in ABBA and, presumably, had never even heard of the existence of ABBA, this one ABCdo jumps on the musical will its subject justice and bandwagon “Theentire Littlelife is all about with Cher’s Mermaid” from babyhood to “Believe.”

Would anyone have ever

casting calls for three stages

“Fly” girls ready for takeoff of Cher – “Babe,” “Lady”

Based on real events, the inand “Star” – with supportdevelopment series “Fly” ing characters Sonny Bono,

Bruce Boxleitner

Gregg Allman, Bob Mackie, David Geffen, Robert Altman, Rob Camilletti and Sigmund Freud. And if you ask us – and someone should – we’re not going to be satisfied unless we get baby Chastity and grown-up Chaz in there, too. This cannot happen soon enough.

Alexander McQueen documentary delves into designer’s short life

Sometimes they come in twos. Filmmaker Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years) is at work on a narrative biopic about the sharp rise

to fame and abrupt end of the life of acclaimed fashion designer Alexander McQueen (he committed suicide at age 40). And now a competing documentary feature is in the works, as well. McQueen, the working title of Ian Bonhote’s film about McQueen’s career, will take on the tough task of Scotty making sense of Bowers the creative genius’s tragic demise. The London designer began his promises something career as a teenager before becoming a designer for refreshingly different. Set in Givenchy, and was known for Atlanta, it's the story of the his sensation-making, mediafirst commercial airline flight courting work, eventually crew staffed entirely with beginning his own fashion African-American women. house, one that continues Their lives and careers, and even after his death. Bonthe obstacles they face, will hote’s film appears to be form the ongoing narrative, taking the usual documentary and the cast will include TV form, with the promise of vets Tatyana Ali (”The Fresh plenty of access to archival Prince of Bel Air”), Bruce footage, photographs and Boxleitner (”Babylon 5”),

Judith Light

predicted that the hot thing on TV in 2017 would be dueling broadway musicals, done live?

That an innovative staging of “Grease” would win over television critics and audiences? That old-fashioned musical theater would captivate the nation? Well, it did, predictions be hanged, and now ABC is climbing aboard.

The network will revive its _Wonderful World of Disney_ brand and kick off what is certain to be an ongoing series of special broadcasts with _The Wonderful World of Disney: The Little Mermaid Live!_ A celebrity-packed cast will be Cher announced as soon as the ink is dry on their contracts. And the There’s been a readclock is already ticking: the through, and the creative airdate is scheduled for Oct. 3 team includes Jeffrey Seller and the network promises an (Hamilton) and Flody Suarez interesting twist on the format, (Rise) as producers, Jason one that will mix live action Moore (Avenue Q) directing, with animation. We're and Rick Elice (Jersey Boys) intrigued, Disney. Now please writing the book. Meanentice us with some stars. while, most importantly, the

Cristian de la Fuente Alexander (”Devious Maids”), Valarie McQueen Pettiford (”The Blacklist”), as well as Ja Rule, Mindy Cohn, Cicely Tyson, Marla Gibbs, Todd Bridges, “Glee” star Amber Riley, and the show's creator, former child actor Rae'Ven Kelly, taking control of her own projects starting here. This women-driven enterprise will also feature behind the scenes talent like audio, as well as dramatic reclesbian filmmaker Aurora reations and interviews with Guerrero, whose 2012 feature people involved in McQueen’s “Mosquita y Mari” was a hit at work and life.

Bleecker Sundance and an LGBT Street has already purchased the festival staple. “Fly” is North American distribution shooting now and waiting for rights, so now it’s a matter of a network pickup, but that what makes it into theaters wait will certainly not be very first, the doc or the drama. long. We're looking forward to this one for 2018.

And that’s why it’s possible that the classic ’80s sitcom, Golden Girls, a show that has always been considered an analog for aging gay men and counts gay men as the bulk of its ongoing fan base, could find itself rebooted.

Sort of. It turns out that writers Stan Zimmerman

Bruce Vilanch

“Full Service: My Adventures In Hollywood and The Secret Sex Lives of The Stars”? Not yet, you say? Well, summer's here and the time is right, as it were. But if you'd rather wait for the documentary film on the subject, well, the time is almost right for that, too. and James Berg, who wrote Scotty Bowers, now 93 years for Golden Girls, Roseanne old and the author of “Full and Gilmore Girls, as well as Service”, was a World War II the 1996 film A Very Brady vet who came to Hollywood Sequel, saw an acclaimed and quickly fell in with a circle documentary about LGBT of queer movie stars, all of senior citizens called Before whom were looking for sex on You Know It. The experience the down low. Bisexual, prompted them to collabohungry and ready to make rate on a new sitcom pilot, friends and money, Bowers called Silver Foxes. arranged the liaisons (and There’s already been a table often participated) and took read with George Takei, Lesnotes. Now, documentary lie Jordan, Bruce Vilanch, filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer and SNL alum Cheri Oteri. (”Valentino: The Last And… well, that’s all for Emperor”) has the movie the moment. But they want version ready, titled “Scotty to take it all the way. And and The Secret History of they should. Queer baby Hollywood”, and there was a boomers are already hitting buyer's screening at the retirement age. The Gen recent Cannes Film Festival.

X-ers are little more than a That means there's no decade away from it themdistributor just yet. But selves.

These people are gosalacious sells, and so it's only ing to need entertainment. a matter of time before your And given the slow process local LGBT film festival gets its of making a TV show reality, hot hands on this hotter it might take that long. We’ll property. be waiting.

Are you ready for a gay male Buckle up Golden For “TheGirls?

Secret History Sometimes Romeo San Vicente politely of Hollywood”subtext, given Romeo San Vicente is ageless, yet happily answers to “Daddy.” enough time, turns to text. requests that “Mamma Mia 3” Did you get a chance to pick up 2012's trashiest memoir,

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The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is proud to announce the return of Slava’s Snowshow, a critically-acclaimed and timeless theatrical spectacle often described as a cross between Cirque du Soleil and Blue Man Group, as its marquee presentation for summer 2017. After two record-breaking runs in 2008 and 2013, creator and renowned international artist, Slava Polunin, and his talented cast of clowns return to Miami to wow fans with their magical show starting July 12 in the Center’s Ziff Ballet Opera House.

Slava’s Snowshow will play Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 7 p.m., with additional matinee shows on Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.

Slava’s Snowshow is an awe-inducing theatrical experience and a profoundly moving spectacle full of wondrous images, delightful comedy, haunting music, and snow—lots and lots of snow. “This show is poetic in its story telling and brings you back to your childhood,” says Liz Wallace, vice president of programming at the Arsht Center.

Created by Slava, the original Cirque clown genius, Slava’s Snowshow has “stage effects

that are dazzling” (Daily Mail) and a “finale that blows you away!” (Mail on Sunday).

Winner of London’s Olivier Award for Best Entertainment and 2005 Drama Desk Award recipient for Unique Theatrical Experience, Slava’s Snowshow has been hailed by The Independent as “an unmistakably unique, unmissable comedy masterpiece.”

Slava’s Snowshow is the creation of Russian-born Slava Polunin. Inspired by the most famous mime artists of all time, including Charlie Chaplin, Marcel Marceau and Engibaro, Slava has dedicated his life since the age of 17 to re-claiming and reestablishing the art and craft of the true clown. After founding his own theater company “Litsedei” in 1979, Slava has taken clowning out of the circus and into the streets, and from there to major theaters around the world.

Tickets to Slava’s Snowshow are $30, $55 and $75*. Tickets are available through the Adrienne Arsht Center Box Office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www. arshtcenter.org. Group discounts are available for groups of 10 or more by contacting the group sales department at 786-468-2326 or groupsales@arshtcenter.org.

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For more information about the company, please visit www.slavasnowshow.com.

Note: Slava’s Snowshow is not recommended for children 8 years and younger.

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Gay MenÂ’s Chorus of South Florida Generation OUT Show

Photos: Pompano Bill

EATING OUT A SAMPLE OF FORT LAUDERDALE’S FAVORITE

restaurants

ASIA BAY 1111 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale asiabayrestaurants.com 954-848-9900 Elegant riverfront dining with a menu of Japanese and Thai dishes including creative sushi rolls.

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BEEFCAKES (at Boardwalk) 1721 N. Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale BoardwalkBar.com 954-463-6969 Open daily from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m.

The best burgers and chicken wings in town.

BONA ITALIAN RESTAURANT 2468 Wilton Dr., Wilton Manors bonaitalianrestaurant.com 954-565-7222 Under new ownership! Fresh made Italian food. Signature dishes include Fazzoletti, (pasta purses with fontina cheese, cream sauce, peas/bacon), Chicken Cyriac or traditional Eggplant Parmigiana.

CEVICHE BY THE SEA 2823 E. Oakland Park Blvd.

CevicheByTheSea.com 954-999-0751 Intimate seafood and Peruvian cuisine.

Recommended as a “truly remarkable dining experience.” Reservations recommended. Open for lunch.

Happy Hour M-F, 5-7 p.m.

Zuckerello’s owners Adam Zucker (right) and Eli Biton.

ZUCKERELLO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT 3017 E. Commercial Blvd., Fort Lauderdale zuckerellos.com 954-776-4282 Familiar Italian pastas and flavorful mainstays (plus great early-bird specials) are offered up in this warm, inviting restaurant. The concept of Zuckerello's Italian Restaurant began in November 1989 in the mind of Adam Zucker.

His desire was to operate a neighborhood restaurant and bar. It was important to him that Zuckerello's be a place where locals could come and dine in a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere. After 12 years, in 2001, Eli Biton joined Adam in this endeavor, and pursued the same envision for the concept of Zuckerello's Italian Restaurant. Try this restaurant just once and it will quickly become a favorite!

EAT 2150 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors Eatinwiltonmanors.com 954-626-0722 Menu offers everything from salmon to Chef Rosario’s meatloaf. Great $10 specialty drink menu.

FLIP FLOPS DOCKSIDE EATERY 3051 NE 32nd Ave., Ft. Lauderdale FlipFlopsDocksideEatery.com 954-567-1672

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Relax on the dock while sipping a specialty cocktail or eating a fresh, made-toorder item from the menu.

GEORGIE’S ALIBI & MONKEY BAR 266 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors AlibiWiltonManors.com 954-565-2526 Relaxed patio atmosphere with a full menu offering award-winning burgers, wings, hot & cold sandwiches, sliders, flat bread pizzas and fresh fish, shrimp and chicken entrees. Full bar. Check website for great weekend brunch entertainment.

KALUZ KaluzRestaurant.com 954-772-2209 Modern American dining with spectacular waterfront views from an elegant dining room or from a more casual patio and outdoor bar.

LIPS 1421 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park

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Fladragshow.com 954-567-0987 A restaurant/cabaret that “dresses up” to entertain its guests! Fabulous drag and tons of fun!

MIND YOUR MANORS 2045 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors 754-223-2172 MindYourManorsPub.com A fun, relaxing garden pub and wine bar serving comfort food and hospitality. Enjoy a wide range of creative cocktails, craft beers and a very unique wine list.

NABU AMERICAN FUSION BUFFET 3485 N. Federal Hwy. 954-568-2208 NabuAmericanFusionBuffet.com This place offers it all: Japanese, American, Italian and Chinese. Incredible buffet.

Q BAR 2362 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale qbarfl.com

954-565-2229 Live jazz & blues acts perform at this gastropub serving gourmet burgers & Creole-type dishes.

ROSIE’S BAR & GRILL 2449 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors Facebook.com/rosiesbarandgrill 954-563-0123 A Wilton Drive favorite, this place is known for its non-stop party every “Sunday Funday” with live DJs spinning great music.

Great burgers, fresh seafood and amazing Sunday Brunch 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

RUMORS BAR “PALATE PARTY” 2426 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors RumorsBarWiltonManors.com 954-565-8851 Full bar, restaurant and entertainment venue serving fresh, local ingredients in delicious dishes by award-winning Cutthroat Kitchen chef Robyn Almodovar.

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SAGE 2378 N. Federal Highway sagecafe.net 954-565-2229 Chic, intimate bistro delivering French country cooking in a romantic locale with patio seating.

TEE JAY’S SUSHI 2254 Wilton Drive teejaythaisushi.com 954-537-7774 Casual locale for Thai & Japanese eats with Asian decorative touches and some traditional low tables.

THAI SPICE 1514 E. Commercial Blvd., Oakland Park thaispicefla.com 954-771-4535 Voted the “Best Thai

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TROPICS PIANO BAR & RESTAURANT 2000 Wilton Drive TropicsWM.com 954-537-6000 Tropics Restaurant & Piano Bar is a warm, friendly place where you can enjoy fine dining, cocktails and live entertainment. Patrons can relax in one of the three dining rooms or three full-service bars.

SHOOTERS WATERFRONT 3033 NE 32nd Ave, Ft. Lauderdale ShootersWaterfront.com 954-566-2855 Fort Lauderdale’s most popular waterfront dining destination is back with a completely new look and a freshly inspired menu. Now owned by the same restaurant and yacht provisioning experts which for years earned a reputation as one of South Florida’s most highly regarded culinary teams at The Grateful Palate, the all new Shooters Waterfront delivers superb food, service and spectacular views of the Intracoastal Waterway. The restaurant is open daily for lunch and dinner and features Fort Lauderdale’s most scenic Sunday brunch.

With three large, artfully designed bars inside and out, a chic outdoor waterside lounge and resort contemporary dining room, Shooters Waterfront is Fort Lauderdale’s most exciting dining destination. With 340 feet of dockage and valet parking, guests are welcome to arrive by car or by boat.

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1. Remember that stretching is a vital component of overall fitness. Stretch vigorously and for several minutes before doing any cardio routine like cycling, running and swimming. For weight training, stretch lightly before working out, and more between sets and after your workout.

2. A cocktail or glass of wine are a delight around the pool or cabana, but overdoing it can pack on the pounds, deplete your energy and prove fatal to your workouts.

3. Modalities like hydro-therapy, massage, and acupuncture, etc. can aid your fitness lifestyle by relieving pain, speeding recovery and adding to your overall well being. Treat yourself this summer!

4. A professional massage can relax sore tight muscles, lower blood pressure, increase circulation and moisturize your skin.

5. Summer colds are a bitch. Never work-out with a fever, it's counter-productive, stay home and get well.

6. Music can rev you up and motivate your workouts – if your gym is playing tired tunes, then bring your own.

7. Carry a clean towel with you to the gym and a few anti-bacterial wipes so that you can keep equipment clean for yourself and others.

9. Beginning at age 25 most people begin to lose about a half a pound of muscle per year. Regular and progressive weight training helps maintain and build lean muscle.

10. Consistency and regularity at the gym add up to success at achieving your goals. Even if your workout isn't stellar, it's still better to do something than nothing.

11. To jump start your fat-burning, try 20 minutes of cardio, i.e. treadmill, elliptical on an empty stomach first thing in the morning. But make sure to eat breakfast soon after this and always before your major workout.

12. Before trying any new supplement for weight loss or body building make sure you research it.

Check with your physician before trying it.

13. Good nutrition, weight training (free weights and machines) and cardio-vascular training (running, swimming, cycling) are the three elements of any sound program.

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exercising, just don't overdo it, use sunscreen and chug water.

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BY D’ANNE WITKOWSKI

If you’re a school administrator, a teacher, or even a whole school district and you want to assert your right to discriminate against some of your students FOR REASONS, you’re in luck! The Education Department under Betsy DeVos ain’t gonna stop you. (Unless you’re against white Christians probably.)

This is especially true if you want to discriminate against transgender students.

The Education Department recently dropped cases in Ohio and elsewhere

involving transgender students being harassed and denied bathroom access basically saying, “This isn’t our problem.”

You’ll recall that under Obama the Education Department issued guidelines to schools about how to handle transgender students so that their dignity is respected and their right to an education is not trampled upon. But under Trump and DeVos, however, the Education Department ain’t care.

Needless to say, those who support trans

According to the Washington Post, the head of the civil rights office ‘has directed lawyers to narrow the scope of investigations into sexual assault and discriminatory school discipline policies.’

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students are alarmed by the Department’s shrugging off the issue. Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights told the Washington Post, “They have just sent a message to schools that it’s open season on transgender students.”

whether such complaints were “symptomatic of a broader problem, in part by examining at least three years of past complaint data.”

In other words, if a student complains that he or she was sexually assaulted at school, the Education Department felt

In other words, it’s a pretty clear signal that the Trump administration has zero interest in hearing some transgender kid bitching about having to pee in a bucket in the janitor’s closet or something. Suck it up, buttercup, as Trump supporters like to say right before they head out to protest against Shakespeare.

But it’s not just trans students that DeVos wants to abandon. Civil rights are such a drag, after all. What do they do besides get in the way of privatizing America’s education system so that rich assholes can get richer? The Education Department’s office of civil rights is so over crybaby civil rights wanters.

According to the Washington Post, the head of the civil rights office “has directed lawyers to narrow the scope of investigations into sexual assault and discriminatory school discipline policies.”

What does this mean and how does it differ from what the Obama administration was doing? Well, under Obama the Education Department took students complaints about serious issues, well, seriously, and investigated

like they should probably find out if this was an isolated incident or a pattern of wider abuse.

Under DeVos’s leadership, however, they’re so busy trying to find ways to make education into a for-profit enterprise that they can’t be bothered with systemic civil rights abuses at school. Ugh. Civil rights don’t make anybody rich.

Of course, the department claims that this whole “don’t look into civil rights complaints too deeply” policy is to alleviate a troublesome backlog of cases.

And while it’s true that a backlog of cases is a problem, their solution isn’t to hire the personnel needed to get these cases examined. Their solution is to simply stop looking.

In a press release, Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said the Education Dept. was abdicating its “responsibility to protect the rights and dignity of our nation’s vulnerable children during the most crucial years of their lives, threatening not only to stall progress on racial, gender and sexual orientation equality in schools, but to undo it altogether.”

As is the plan, of course. MAGA ’til you puke.

Under DeVos’s leadership, however, they’re so busy trying to find ways to make education into a for-profit enterprise that they can’t be bothered with systemic civil rights abuses at school. Ugh. Civil rights don’t make anybody rich.

D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comedian living in Michigan with her wife and son. She has been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter @MamaDWitkowski.

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SuperSongstress Lady Gaga Won’t be Back; American Horror Show hires Tenn Wolf’s Colton Haines Despite popular rumor and expectations, gigatistar Lady Gaga will not be returning to the hit FXNow series American Horror Story in its seven season reboot “Ambidexterity.” Gaga (real name: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) has appeared on the last two seasons of the series, igniting an acting career for the recording superstar.

Setting the record straight via Instagram, executive producer and co-creator Ryan Murphy said “’AHS’ Season 7 will star vets Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters and Cheyenne Jackson. Newcomers include Billy Eichner, Colton Haynes, and Adina Porter.”

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GAY COUPLE GET SERIES PILOT ON HGTV

Newly married thirty-something couple PJ and Thomas McKay have shot the half-hour show “Down to the Studs,” the pilot for a new home restoration series on HGTV. The heavily accented pair rely on their construction and design skills as well as beefcake bodies in the show shot in Thomas hometown of Cleveland, TN. The pair, along with Thomas’s sister Sydney and PJ’s pal Tania, used Thomas’ childhood home as the first real estate transformation, giving the gay couple an extra personal incentive to make the restoration a designer’s dream. According to HGTV, the show is “based out of the booming real estate market of Chattanooga as PJ and Thomas use their design and renovation skills to improve their hometown, one flip at a time.” Not mentioned was the fact that the pair work shirtless which has improved the show’s ratings, both gay and straight.

Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos receives reprimand from 34 Democratic Senators Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was on the receiving end of criticism from 34 Democratic members of the United States Senate who lambasted the billionaire for her association with a known anti-LGBT hate group in addition to her department’s efforts to eliminate or lessen civil rights enforcement for LGBT students.

“You claim to support civil rights and oppose discrimination, but your actions belie your assurances,” the senators wrote to DeVos. “In testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, you attempted to distance yourself from your family’s giving to organizations such as the Family Research Council, which promote intolerant views of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming Americans and others. Yet, on June 15, 2017, the Family Research Council participated in an official event on engaging fathers in students’ education at the Department.”

In particular, the letter pointed to DeVos’ DOE’s move to rollback Obama-era directive on transgender students.

“There is no more serious responsibility of the Department than to ensure consistent, vigorous enforcement of civil rights laws and protections for all students,” the letter concluded. “The Department must fulfill that responsibility and work tirelessly to promote equality, opportunity, and an environment free of discrimination for all our children.”

Mister Sister changes name after Vermont protests Gay bar owner Craig McGaughan thought he was being witty when he announced via the internet that his new club would be named Mister Sister last March. “I thought it would be all inclusive,” he said. The Pride Center of Vermont disagreed, and called the name “disparaging” to transgender women.

“I realize now that I mistakenly listened to the fight rather than the pain,” Since the bar opened last winter, it has been involved in a bitter controversy. McGaughan attempted to placate the group with contributions. “Sadly, we’ve had donations rejected from Pride Center of Vermont and Vermont People With AIDS Coalition due to our name.”

According to his Facebook post, rather than continue to fight over the bar’s name, McGaughan changed it. Mister Sister is now The Bridge Club, a nod to nearby Winooski Bridge as well as recognizing “the camaraderie and necessity in building bridges,” he said on Facebook.

“I realize now that I mistakenly listened to the fight rather than the pain,” McGaughan added. “My wish is that we can all forgive and move forward,” McGaughan continued.

“Nothing good came from the fighting. No one won here.”

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By Woody Miller

H

ey Woody, My flaccid d--k is quite small, and is terrible advertising for my hard d-k, which is nicely average, but a tad skinny. My flaccid d--k’s size provoked incredible teasing and emotional abuse in summer camp starting in the swimming pool changing room at age 5—“Look, he doesn’t have a penis, is he a girl?” And then it resurfaced again at ages 11 through my first year of college with equally brutal comments (I remember one guy, he was so abusive, he used to yell out “your d--k is so tiny, it could fit through the top of a Coke bottle).”

Despite years of therapy, these experiences have left indelible wounds.

To have them reinforced in the gay locker rooms, nude beaches, etc. has been a real disappointing aspect to being out and seeking sexual fulfillment. People who seem interested in me clothed, seem to dismiss me when they see my small flaccid d--k.

I’ve also had sexual partners spontaneously gasp in disappointment when they first see me naked (if I’m not immediately erect) or after I ejaculate when they see how small my d--k becomes after I cum.

One close non-sexual friend, who I would love to be sexual with, recently told me that he can only get aroused by big d--ks. He said he heard from an old boyfriend of mine that I had a small d--k.

And then with embarrassed sensitivity and honesty this close non-sexual friend said he’d otherwise be interested in dating me, but he couldn’t be sexual with me or

consider a relationship because of my d--k size. He apologized profusely, but said he knew himself too well. I have been friends with this man for several years. He is very sensitive and self-aware, educated, professional, popular, charming, mature, and good looking. It’s disappointing, anger inducing, and hard to accept that he could be so limited.

Woody, do you have any suggestions for how to improve my chances with men? I long for an emotionally-sexually intimate relationship. I know there are other factors than flaccid penis size in the establishment of attraction. And there must be some men out there who don’t place such a premium on penis size. Also, any suggestions on how to be more at ease in clothing optional situations would be appreciated.

--- Not that small Dear Not: Your letter reminds me of something a friend once told me: The difference between men and pigs is that pigs don’t turn into men when they drink.

This kind of shallow, Nazi-like adherence to what’s physically acceptable has got to stop. It is possible to meet good-looking guys who don’t care about penis size, guys who know that a man can’t be reduced to the sum of his parts, no matter how small those parts may be. And I’m going to show you how to find them.

It’s rare that I let a reader’s question take up more space than my answer, and not just because I’m a megalomaniac who can’t stand being pushed off-stage. I’m making an exception because A) your letter broke my heart and B) nothing I could possibly say about our culture’s size obsession could be more powerful than reading your cruel and brutal story.

uAsk Woody a question at needwood@mac.com. Want more dating tips? Check out Woody’s book, Meet The Hottie in The Corner. The 21 Day Plan To Overcome Your Fear Of Rejection, Master The Art Of Icebreakers And Snag Guys You Never Thought You Could Get. http://grabhim.net/gay-dating-guides/

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