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What to do this week: January 15 – 21
For many who work in and around Boston, the week will start as a holiday as the nation remembers Martin Luther King Jr. and his message of peace, love and social justice. In honor his legacy the Museum of Fine Arts, ICA Boston & Isabella Stewart Gardner are all free and open to the public.
Later this week there remains a lot of fun things to do so make plans with friends or venture out on your own. During the work week check out dbar’s longstanding Showtune Tuesday; head over to Porter Square and join up with the Meetup group, Queer Boston Board Gamers on Wednesday; or on Thursday check out The History Project’s Hanky Panky: History & Cultural Impact of the Hanky Code.
This weekend things will really heat up as Boston’s largest Gay Ski & Snowboarding party, Winter Rendezvous Gay Ski Week will kick into high gear but if you’re not heading up to Stowe, VT you can check out Boyfriends featuring Kylie Minogue on Friday; the semi-monthly queer dance party Break the Chains on Saturday; or head over to Club Cafe’s monthly Sunday Bear Tea Dance.
Presented by The History Project on Thursday from 6PM – 8PM
Museum of Fine Arts, ICA Boston & Isabella Stewart Gardner are all free and open to the public on MLK Day in Boston
Pizza & Game Night is every Monday from 5-9PM (check out their ping pong and foosball tables) at Dorchester Brewery in Dorchester
Drag Bingo is every Monday starting at 7PM free to play at Club Cafe in Boston
Trivia Tuesday is every Tuesday at the Dorchester Brewing Company and starts at 7:30PM in Dorchester
Showtune Tuesday hosted by VJ Ryan Grow starts at 9PM every Tuesday at dbar in Dorchester
Karaoke Night starts at 10PM every Tuesday at Jacques in Boston
Stump Trivia with Jonathan Brett is guaranteed fun and has lots of prizes (trivia starts at 8PM) hosted every Tuesday at Club Cafe in Boston
Winter Rendezvous Gay Ski Week takes place at Stowe Mountain Resort Wednesday – Sunday in Stowe, Vermont
Queer Boston Board Gamers is meeting on Wednesday from 6-9PM at the Panera Bread at Porter Square in Cambridge
Atomic Karaoke with DJ Stevie Psyclone & Jonathan Brett is every Wednesday at Club Cafe in Boston
Hanky Panky: History & Cultural Impact of the Hanky Code presented by The History Project on Thursday 6-8PM in Boston
ICA Boston every Thursday from 5PM – 9PM admission is free to the public
Bear Trivia Night is at 8PM every Thursday at The Alley Bar in DTX Boston
Karaoke Thursdays is every Thursday at Machine with your hosts Rob Botelho and Emphysema Menthol 100s in Boston
Technically New England’s Gay Ski Week, Winter Rendezvous, started on Wednesday but things heat up this weekend
THE WEEKEND
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
HYPE MAN: A break beat play (OPENING NIGHT) presented by Company One Theatre will run through February 24th in Boston
Boyfriends presents Kylie Minogue takes place at the Milky Way on Friday night in Jamaica Plain
Casual Fridays is a weekly dance party with no cover featuring DJ Begbick at the Alley Bar in DTX
Ashes to Ashes: Heroes tribute to David Bowie is on Friday at The Middle East starting at 10PM in Central Square in Cambridge
Cambridge/Boston Women’s March 2018: The People Persist Join the resistance! All are welcome to come together on the Cambridge Common on Saturday from 1-3 PM in Cambridge
Sissy That Trivia: A RuPaul’s Drag Race Quiz join this FUNdraiser for Boston Gay Men’s Chorus from 3-6PM at The Alley in Boston
Break the Chains queer dance party! is a semi-monthly all ages, all gender dance party w/ local and touring queer and trans performers on Saturday from 6-10PM at Make Shift Boston in the South End
Grunt is a weekly dance party with no cover for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX
Mad Hatter’s Menagerie starts at 10PM at dbar costume dress encouraged (think Mad Hatter Tea Party attire) in Dorchester
Drag me to Brunch from Carrie Nation Cocktail Club is this Sunday from 2-4PM in Boston
Club Cafe’s monthly Bear Tea Dance starts at 6PM on Sunday
Sunday Bear Tea Dance never has a cover and always has great music from 70s 80s & 90s, starting at 6PM no cover every Sunday at Club Cafe in Boston
Gay Beer Club meets for their weekly beer social at the Cambridge Brewing Company on Sunday starting at 7PM in Cambridge
Karaoke at the Alley is every Sunday starting at 8PM in Boston
Pajama Party is a weekly dance party hosted every Sunday starting at 10PM at Machine in Boston
Hot Mess Sundays at Candibar in the Theater District is every Sunday starting at 10PM in Boston
Send me information about your upcoming programs and events in my blog’s comment section or message me the details on Facebook.
Gay Ski Week: Winter Rendezvous
The East Coast response to Aspen Gay Ski Week is Winter Rendezvous which runs January 17 – 21, 2018 at Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, VT. In addition to fun on the ski slopes, parties and events are scheduled through out. Some of the highlights from this year’s gay ski week include: Miss Coco Peru, Wet and Wild Pool Party, Downhill Costume Drag Competition and of course the Blowout Party with DJ Steve Sidewalk from NYC.
If you cannot make it to this year’s Winter Rendezvous, there are several other events in North America that you may want to check out listed below.
Whistler Pride: January 21-28, 2018
WOW Weekend at Sunday River: February 9-11, 2018
Elevation Utah: February 22-25, 2018
Telluride Gay Ski Week: February 24- March 3, 2018
Mammoth Gay Ski Week: March 14-18, 2018
Saturday morning coffee
Much thanks to the Closet Professor blog for initially posting this image last year. It is perfect for my weekly Saturday morning coffee post.
Saturday morning comics
ADAM & ANDY is set in the fictional New England town of Woodfield, CT. You can learn more about this strip and purchase Adam and Andy cartoon collections by visiting their website at adamandandy.com.
Click on the individual comic strips to enlarge
Last week’s Comic Strip
Bob Mizer: Physique Pictorial
Source: Bob Mizer Foundation
Gareth Johnson is a writer who I enjoy following on Medium for many reasons. This past week on Medium he had an article entitled, Physique Pictorial continues to fuel our fantasies. The article introduced me to Los Angeles-based photographer, Bob Mizer, who first published in 1951 an all-nude, male magazine; pretty ballsy considering the times. Over the course of his career he would end up photographing thousands of men from a variety of walks of life.
Johnson says in his article that it was Physique Pictorial that first printed the drawings of Touko Laaksone (better known as Tom of Finland) and, which helped launch his career. Mizer passed away in the early 1990s but you can read the full article from Johnson about the man and the magazine on Medium.
You can see a lot more of his work in an article from The Advocate last spring:
What to do this weekend
Over the MLK weekend SpeakEasy Stage opens with their latest production, Shakespeare In Love and The Lyric Stage Co. open with Road Show.
If you’d rather put on your dancing shoes check out these options on Friday night: FOXY returns with a James Bond themed party at the Oberon called Octobussy, One More Time: A Tribute to Daft Punk at Royale or TWC’s Guerrilla Queer Bar typically held the 1st Friday of the month was postponed last week due to the cold and is this Friday.
On Saturday the dancing continues at The Alley Bar with Grunt, a weekly dance party for burly guys and over at Paradise DIVAS with Abel (MLK Wkd) to name just a few options.
On Sunday don’t miss Sunday Tea Dance at Club Cafe, starting at 6PM or you can head over to the Gay Beer Club social at Trophy Room starting at 7PM, and if you want to stay up late since it is MLK weekend, check out DREAM with Nina Flowers at Royale to close out your weekend.
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
Shakespeare In Love (OPENING NIGHT) from SpeakEasy Stage will run through February 10th at the Calderwood Pavilion in Boston
Road Show (OPENING NIGHT) from The Lyric Stage Co. will run through February 11th at their theater in the Back Bay in Boston
FOXY Presents Octobussy is a James Bond themed dance party on Friday from 10PM – 2AM at The Oberon in Cambridge
TWC’s Guerrilla Queer Bar postponed last week due to the cold, join the party this Friday at Jyuba in the Fenway (near Machine) in Boston
FUZZ is a monthly dance party this Friday starting at 10PM at The Alley in Boston
One More Time: Tribute to Daft Punk is on Friday night at Royale in Boston
Grunt is a weekly dance party with no cover for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX
DIVAS with Abel (MLK Wkd) Hosted by Chris Harris Presents at Paradise on Saturday in Cambridge
Trophy’s Bear Brunch is this Sunday is at Trophy Room from 1-4PM in Boston
Dragapalooza Paint Party + Drag Show for Charity – Wooden Sign is Sunday from 4:30 – 9PM at Jacques
Sunday Tea Dance never has a cover and always has great music from 70s 80s & 90s, starting at 6PM no cover every Sunday at Club Cafe in Boston
Gay Beer Club meets for their weekly beer social at Trophy Room on Sunday starting at 7PM in Boston
Karaoke at the Alley is every Sunday starting at 8PM in Boston
Pajama Party is a weekly dance party hosted every Sunday starting at 10PM at Machine in Boston
DREAM with Nina Flowers is hosted by Chris Harris Presents on Sunday night at Royale in Boston
Send me information about your upcoming programs and events in my blog’s comment section or message me the details on Facebook.
MFA “Late Nites” tickets now on sale
Today tickets go on sale for non-members for the MFA Boston’s next “Late Nites”, which have been wildly popular and sell out so make plans and purchase tickets while they remain available if this is something that interests you.
The ucpoming MFA Late Nites on Saturday, March 3rd runs from 8PM – 2AM and will include access to exhibitions like “Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics,” “(un)expected families,” and “Seeking Stillness,” in addition to dancing to great DJs, pop-up performances, food and more.
Vintage gay
My guess is this is the Castro in the late 1970s. Anyone have another guess?
I dedicate this weekly post, featuring vintage gay photographs, to the men and women who lived in a more critical time where being true to yourself and loving who you want wasn’t always an option and came at a great price. Do you have a photo you would like to share? Email me at bosguymail@gmail.com.
Lyric Stage Co. presents Stephen Sondheim’s, Road Show
Later this week The Lyric Stage Co. returns with their first production of 2018, Road Show. The show is inspired by a New Yorker article Stephen Sondheim read about the Mizner brothers, Addison and Wilson, who were born in California in the late 1800s. The show opens at the deathbed of their father who encourages the brothers to go out and mold the new nation. The musical spans the globe as the brothers seek out the amorphous and elusive American Dream through the booms and busts of the early 20th century.
Road Show
January 12 – February 11, 2018
Ticket Information Here
This week on Instagram: bostonmessenger
William Vaughn Griffin is a courier in Boston and freelance photographer who has a really beautiful Instagram account filled with urban (often times slightly gritty) anonymous images of people.
William’s focus on Boston and unique aesthetic, becomes more recognizable the more you see his work. Check out his Instagram account. I think you’ll really enjoy following him on IG.
Follow him on Instagram here, instagram.com/bostonmessenger.
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