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Pride Sports Boston Kickball spring league registration is open
In addition to Stonewall Sports Summer Kickball League which I wrote about yesterday, Pride Sports Boston Spring Kickball league (Division A and Division B) registrations are also open. The cost to register for the 2021 Spring season is $75.00.
All games will take place on Sunday at Moakley Park in Dorchester, and the spring season will begin on April 18, 2021. Registration fees help to pay for your uniform, equipment, professional umpires, team awards, after game events and the venue for all games.
300 people have already registered to play kickball with Pride Sports Boston.
To learn more about Pride Sports Boston check out their Facebook page, here. To register for Pride Sports Boston Kickball spring league, click here.
Dine Out Boston, Mayor approves outdoor dining in Boston, and a huge restaurant patio comes to the South End
Dine Out Boston (March 14 – 28) starts next week. Here is a full list of participating restaurants for this year’s, Dine Out Boston. If you’ve never participated or you need a refresher, participating restaurtants offer a three course prix-fixe menu for lunch ($15 | $20 | $25) and dinner ($28 | $33 | $38). Call ahead to inquire about the menu and to make your reservation. For more information visit the Dine Out Boston website.
Outdoor dining on public sidewalks and parking spaces will return to Boston by April 1, 2021 (weather permitting). The program which was expanded last year to help restaurants and the public dine outdoors, was well received and wildly popular. Eater Boston has an excellent article with more details around the program and why it is returning to the sidewalks and streets of Boston in a few weeks, which you can read here.
Look for a large, new parklet to be built by Boston Chops South End on Union Park Street to expand their outdoor dining capacity. The exact number of seats to be added is yet to be confirmed but will be significant and a welcome addition to the neighborhood for patrons who want to support local restaurants but prefer dining alfresco.
Vintage gay
What a great photo. I have no clue where or when this may have been taken and wanted to share it to ask you if you can glean any hints from this grainy photo? Share your thoughts about the photo as well as when or where you think this may have been taken in the comments section.
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.
Stonewall Sports Summer Kickball League registration is now open
In a sure sign that a degree of normalcy is returning, Stonewall Sports Summer Kickball registration is underway. Registration for their summer league is $50 and will close on March 28, 2021.
Stonewall Sports Summer Kickball season starts May 9 and runs through July 25, 2021. All games are played on Sundays between 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Roberto Clemente Field in Fenway / Kenmore near the Ruggles (Orange Line) and MFA (Green Line) T stations.
Stonewall Sports – Boston is a chapter of Stonewall Sports founded in 2017 as an LGBTQ+ and ally not-for-profit sports league. They strive to develop a well-connected and diverse community through organized competition and social or fundraising events. They work hard to provide an inclusive, low cost, high FUN sports league that is managed as a non-profit with a philanthropic heart. For more information visit stonewallboston.leagueapps.com.
This week on Instagram: albron111
This week I am featuring the Instagram account of the French artist Alex Bronnings (a.k.a. ALBRON). With more than 80,000 followers on Instagram, you may already follow this this talented artist who likes to draw 3-dimensional playful, characters. The website bunk had a great interview with the Alex Bronnings last spring which you can watch here to see Alex in person and hear how his drawings have evolved over time.
You can follow this week’s featured account on Instagram here, and you can check out previously featured IG accounts here.
Caption this photo
Here is Paul Taylor sharing a playful moment on Twitter that is ripe for a fun or funny caption. Hopefully the one I’ve shared inspires you to offer up one or two of your own. Leave a funny caption as a comment, and I’ll approve it for readers to enjoy.
“Rub-a-dub-dub, Paul is all alone in the tub”
Imagine Van Gogh, Dec 21, 2021 – Feb 20, 2022
Imagine Van Gogh, the original immersive exhibition in Image Totale © featuring the Dutch artist’s paintings, is making its debut in the United States in Boston this December at the SoWa Power Station on Harrison Avenue in the South End. The Power Station is currently being converted into the city’s newest event venue to host creative programming and events like Imagine Van Gogh, but I’ll talk more about that at a later date.
The immersive event, which opens later this year, is a unique media exhibition of the works of Vincent Van Gogh. The program is designed to engage your senses of sight and sound by pairing the images with music of great composers like Mozart and Bach. Famous paintings like The Starry Night will be projected as large three dimensional images and shapes allowing you to explore and experience his masterpieces in all their fine detail.
Imagine Van Gogh
at The SoWa Power Station
December 21, 2021 thru February 20, 2022
Ticket and Exhibit Information
Tickets are currently on sale and is expected to sell out. You can learn more about this one-of-a-kind exhibition and purchase tickets by clicking on the link above. This exhibit will be open in Boston for approximately eight weeks starting the week of Christmas and running through the first weeks of 2022.
Men in kilts
American actors Kit Williamson and John Halbach who also happen to be married to each other, are probably best known for starring in the dark comedy series on Netflix called EastSiders. The video was on of several filmed back in 2019 to promote tourism in the U.K. before the pandemic.
While I’m not familiar with Kit, John or their Netflix show, I do love Edinburgh and enjoyed the video. Many years ago, I worked for a firm based there, and I had the opportunity to work and visit the city. I loved Edinburgh and would gladly return but for now this video showing the sites will have to suffice.
Monday morning mancandy
Let Joseph De Sousa help distract you from the fact that it is a Monday morning.
New gay programming on Dekkoo
I’ve teamed up with Dekkoo (pronounced “DECK-koo”), the premiere subscription-based streaming service dedicated to gay men with the largest streaming collection of gay-centric entertainment available. I would welcome including more gay programming if you have any suggestions. Let me know your thoughts about this new post, how I can improve it, and if it’s of interest to you.
Below is recently released content on Dekkoo, available for download and viewing with a subscription.
New programming on Dekkoo
Everything I Like ||Todo Lo Que Me Gusto (2019) 8-part romantic comedy series from Argentina: Daniel is straight man renting a room from his friend Mario, a lawyer and drag queen. Things get complicated when Daniel realizes he has feelings for Javier the new cameraman at the dysfunctional production company he works. Available on Dekkoo, starting February 18, 2021.
Scaffolding (2012) From Spain 14 minutes: The film centers on Eduardo a snobby, cranky publicist and his neighbor, David, a shy literature student of literature who live in a building that is under construction. After months of barely greeting each other, construction activity brings them together in a most unexpected way. Available on Dekkoo, starting February 24, 2021.
Nevrland (2019) From Austria, 1 hour 28 minutes: A 17-year-old struggles with an anxiety disorder, that makes life increasingly difficult for him, and develops a virtual friendship with a 26-year-old artist. When they finally meet, an extremely unexpected chain of events occurs. RATING: 5.4 Stars on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting February 25, 2021.
More Than Only (2017) 1 hour 47 minutes: A young gay man finds how to love himself and accept love from another, despite the disapproval of his father. RATING: 6.0 Stars on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting March 2, 2021.
Involuntary Activist (2019) From the U.K., 20 minutes: An openly gay teacher must make a decision when his sister asks him to step back into the closet for her wedding in Turkey. RATING: 6.3 Stars on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting March 3, 2021.
Why Not You (2021) From Austria, 1 hour 47 minutes: Mario, a young dancer living in his small village has to face the loss of his beloved friend Lenz, victim of an attack in a gay club. RATING: 5.3 Stars on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting March 4, 2021.
Gay Films & Short Movies Coming Out Later This Month
Becoming Leslie (2019) 1 hour 24 minutes, Documentary: Chronicles life on the streets as seen through the eyes of a cross-dressing, homeless man, Leslie Cochran, one of the most beloved yet polarizing cult figures of Austin, Texas. Told with unapologetic humor, Leslie's bizarre meteoric rise to iconic status is starkly contrasted with living life on his own terms in a changing world. RATING: 6.1 Stars on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting March 9, 2021. Verona (2010) 22 minutes: The story of two young lovers separated by their rival fraternities. RATING: 6.1 Stars on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting March 10, 2021. Kept Boy (2017) 1 hour 29 minutes: A story of love, greed - and moisturizer. RATING: 5.4 Stars on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting March 11, 2021. Reel (2013) From Sweden, 13 minutes: It is the last day before Victor has to move to another city with his parents. So he and his best friend Robert do all the things they liked to do together so much: skateboarding, spraying, hanging out. But something is different this time. RATING: 7.3 Stars on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting March 17, 2021. Ernesto (1979) From Italy, 1 hour 34 minutes: Set in Triest in the year 1911. Ernesto is a priviliged, 17-year old who is passionate about playing the violin. Things go sideways after Ernesto meets the15 year old violin player, Emilio, and the two start an intense friendship. RATING: 7.0 Stars on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting March 18, 2021. Such Good People (2014) 1 hour, 37 minutes: A young gay couple discovers a secret room filled with cash while house-sitting for a rich couple who die while out of the country. RATING: 4.7 Stars on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting March 23, 2021 Calamity (2017) 22 minutes: France meets her son's girlfriend for the first time. She loses control. RATING: 7.5 Stars on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting March 24, 2021 Little Miss Westie (2018) 1 hour 15 minutes, Documentary: Chronicles a year in the life of two transgender siblings as they navigate puberty, a local beauty pageant, and transitioning in the Trump era. RATING: 7.7 Stars on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting March 30, 2021 The Big Snore (2020) From Canada, 20 minutes: A light sleeper struggles one night to get some rest amid his man's loud snores. RATING: Not rated on IMDB. Available on Dekkoo, starting March 31, 2021
BosGuy cooks: Pasta with tomato and feta
I saw a version of this recipe on TikTok and it inspired me to make a pasta dish with feta cheese. I’ve modified ingredients to suit my tastes and encourage you to do the same. This is really easy to pull together and a delicious vegetarian meal.
Recipe Ingredients: 1 package of pasta (I used rigatoni), 12 oz of grape tomatoes (I used “Sugar Bomb” grape tomatoes on the vine), a block of feta (1/3 to 1/2 of a pound), 1 onion (sliced thinly), 4 cloves of minced garlic (I used roasted garlic) as well as fresh parsley and basil. For additional seasonings I used extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper and dried oregano.
Start by heating water to boil the pasta and in a second pan add oil, the thinly sliced onions and chopped garlic over medium heat. Salt to season and stir until the onions soften. If the pan is too hot and the onions start to stick to the pan add a dash of stock, water or white wine and turn down the heat.
Add the pasta once the water starts to boil and in your other pan add the tomoatoes. These should cook for about 10-12 minutes so they will soften and breakdown. Stir every couple of minutes and add dried oregano and a pinch of salt and pepper. When your pasta is almost done cooking (approximately 2 minutes remaining) add the feta cheese. I chopped the cheese into large wedges and broke it up with my hands as I added it to the pan. Turn the heat on your stove down to low and stir everything together. Note that the photo above only shows approximately half of the feta that was used.
Drain your pasta and add it to the pan with the vegetables and cheese. Drizzle olive oil over the pasta, add chopped parsley (I use a lot because I love parsley) and add 5-6 medium sized basil leaves (hand torn) to the pan. Turn off the heat and stir together. It should look like the photo below when you are done.
This was really easy to make and extremely satisfying. It comes together in about 20 minutes and smells fantastic. The more cheese you add, the more creamy this will taste. I was trying to be healthy so I used the feta sparingly, but if I was making this for a dinner party I would double the amount. I guarantee you will enjoy this meal.
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