My first thought was what a cute baby otter; so appropriate for Bear Week. WDYT?
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What to do this weekend
Bear Week roars into Ptown starting Saturday, July 7th
Just as Independence Week comes to an end Bear Week 2018 roars to life in Ptown, but if you are staying in Boston there is still plenty to do. If you love pizza, be sure to check out the two-day Boston Pizza Festival in Gov’t Center or catch one of the free outdoor movies playing this weekend, Field of Dreams and The Lion King.
Of course there are plenty of parties this weekend, but I’d like to give a special shout out to The Alley’s Bear Week Kick Off Party (no cover), which starts at 2PM on Friday.
Casual Friday’s Bear Week Kick Off Party starts at 9PM at The Alley on Friday and is always a great way to start Bear Week celebrations
SoWa First Fridays includes more than 200 studios, galleries and shops and runs from 5-9PM along Harrison Avenue in Boston
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
Levi Kreis performs his show Piano Men at Mainestreet on Friday and Saturday at 8PM in Ogunquit
Dueling Drag Divas are back this year performing every Friday and Saturday at 8PM at Mainestreet in Ogunquit
MOVIE: Field of Dreams plays outside, starting at dusk on Friday at Rowes Wharf
EXTRA at Machine is invaded by Montreal this Friday with shows by: Miss Butterfly, Rita Baga, Marc-André Vachon, Emma Dejavu, & Phoenix Vyxen
XO Friday is the weekly dance party hosted by DJ Stevie Psyclone (no cover before 11PM) at Club Cafe every Friday
FASCINATION Friday is a monthly gear/ fetish/ kink night at Jacques the 1st and 4th Friday of the month in Boston
Kiki Beach is back for its third year and Southie’s M Street Beach has never looked so fabulous – look for the speedos and listen for the good music; starting at 11ish in Boston
Boston Pizza Festival is on Saturday and Sunday from 12PM-8PM
Boston Pizza Festival is on Saturday and Sunday from 12PM-8PM at City Hall Plaza – pre sale tickets are $35
Summer Block Party runs from 12PM-9PM on Saturday down by the Lawn on D and includes a ridiculous number of games, events and music – oh yeah and the bar will be open throughout in the Seaport
MOVIE: The Lion King plays outside for free at the Prudential Mall on Saturday night
Underbear is at The Alley on Saturday, starting at 9PM in Boston
Underwear Bear Week Party is Saturday at Club Purgatory – doors open at 9PM in Provincetown
H E R O E S Saturday (New Venue) Retro dance party hosted the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month from 10PM-2AM at Sonia (formerly TT The Bear’s Place) in Central Square
Video Night Tracks every Saturday night join VJ Ryan Grow at Cathedral Station starting at 9:30PM
The Donkey Show is the ultimate disco experience is a story inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream each Saturday at Club Oberon in Cambridge.
UNITE Saturdays is a weekly dance party at Club Cafe with DJ Susan Esthera (no cover before 11PM) in Boston
Underbear is a weekly dance party with no cover for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX
Saga Saturdays Boston’s biggest gay dance party at Paradise in Cambridge
SoWa Open Market SoWa Open Market is now open every Sunday from 10AM – 4PM through the end of October in Boston
Open Newbury Street is back – the street will become the city’s largest pedestrian walk way on Sunday from 10AM – 6PM
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
Karaoke at the Alley is every Sunday starting at 8PM in Boston
BRUT Bear Week 2018 party is at the Paramount at the Crown & Anchor in Provincetown
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.
Throwback Thursday: Coleby and Sergio
Provincetown is going crazy this week with the circuit in town for “Independence Week”. Sergio and I have not been in Ptown for the Fourth of July in several years. This photo of Sergio and Coleby dates back to July 4th week in 2012.
Vintage gay
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.
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular tonight
Source: Boston.com Calendar
Boston hosts a very large 4th of July celebration that is free and open to the public. The Spectacular is held at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, and the gates have already opened – with tens of thousands squatting small spaces along the thin line of grass that hugs the Charles River. However there is still plenty of time to get down there if interested because the actual concert doesn’t start until 8 p.m., and the fireworks show begins at 10:30 p.m.
Where to watch the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
This year the program will be broadcast live on both Bloomberg TV and WHDH-TV, beginning at 8:00 PM. The entire concert and fireworks display will also be available to live stream at Bloomberg.com, Boston.com, and the local gay bar, Cathedral Station, will be showing the event live from their bar if you want to watch with friends but not have to deal with the crowds.
This year’s line up
Massachusetts-native Rachel Platten will headline the show this year. She will be joined by the Indigo Girls, as will Broadway star and EGOT-winner Rita Moreno and Broadway star Natlie Cortez, who will be starring in the world premiere of Moulin Rouge The Musical which will start its pre-Broadway run at the Emerson Colonial starting July 10th. The Boston Pops will also pay tribute to Leonard Bernstein, a Lawrence native, Harvard alumnus, and former music director of the New York Philharmonic.
More information
The Boston Globe has a list of items you cannot bring past security check points. To read that full list link here (and scroll down). And for any other details you might want to know, check out the event’s official webpage, bostonpopsjuly4th.org.
This week on Instagram: thebostonpops
The Boston Pops Instagram account features famous guests who perform throughout the year with the Boston Pops as well as providing great images like the one shared above which gives you the view the orchestra enjoys each Fourth of July when they perform their concert just before the annual fireworks show.
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Caption this photo
Hopefully the caption I’ve shared below inspires you to offer up a caption or two of your own. Leave a witty or funny caption as a comment for this post, and I’ll approve it for readers to enjoy.
“Don’t cross the streams!”
Summer readin’
The Devil is Gay by Frederick Colson was published in 1965. Can you imagine reading this on your way to work back in the 1960s?
Free outdoor summer movies in Boston
Summer in Boston = free outdoor movies are playing nearly every night. Most movies start around dusk but for details about times and locations check the links included for each showing. Outdoor summer movies can make for fun evenings with friends or a nice date night.
Thursday, July 5 Hocus Pocus in Revere at Kelly’s Roast Beef
Thursday, July 5 Artificial Intelligence at the Lawn on D
Friday, July 6 Field of Dreams at Rowes Wharf
Saturday, July 7 The Lion King at the Prudential Center
Thursday, July 12 Faces Places (Visages Villages) at the MFA
Thursday, July 12 The Lion King in Revere at Reinstein Bandstand
Friday, July 13 The Lion King at Rowes Wharf
Friday, July 13 The Emoji Movie at Rowes Wharf
Saturday, July 14 SING! at the Prudential Center
Thursday, July 19 Back to the Future in Revere at Kelly’s Roast Beef
Friday, July 20 Splash at Rowes Wharf
Friday, July 20 Elf at the Hatch Shell
Saturday, July 21 Coco at the Prudential Center
Thursday, July 26 Coco in Revere at Reinstein Bandstand
Thursday, July 26 Lincoln at the Lawn on D
Friday, July 27 Wizard of Oz at Rowes Wharf
Friday July 27 Cars 3 at the Hatch Shell
Saturday, July 28 Wonder at the Prudential Center
Thursday, August 2 Moana in Revere at Kelly’s Roast Beef
Thursday, August 2 The Nut Job II at Town Field – Dorchester
Friday, July August 3 Breakfast at Tiffany’s at Rowes Wharf
Friday, August 3 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle at the Hatch Shell
Saturday, August 4 The Incredibles at the Prudential Center
Monday August 6 Leap! at Fallon Playground – Rozzie
Wednesday, August 8The Lego Ninja Movie at Ronan Park Dorchester
Thursday, August 9 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind at the MFA
Thursday, August 9 Thor: Ragnarok in Revere at Reinstein Bandstand
Thursday, August 9 Paddington 2 at Doherty Playground, Charlestown
Friday, August 10 The Karate Kid at Rowes Wharf
Friday, August 10 Coco at the Hatch Shell
Saturday, August 11 Mulan at the Prudential Center
Monday, August 13 Peter Rabbit at Medal of Honor Park, Southie
Thursday, August 16 Sing! at Ramsay Park in Roxbury
Friday, August 17 Hook at Rowes Wharf
Friday, August 17 Beauty and the Beast at the Hatch Shell
Saturday, August 18 Tarzan at the Prudential Center
Monday, August 20 Despicable Me 3 at Hardiman Field Allston/Brighton
Tuesday, August 21 Cars 3 at Walker Playground in Mattapan
Tuesday, August 21 The Incredible Shrinking Man on the Greenway
Tuesday, August 21 Revenge of the Creature on the Greenway
Thursday, August 23 Coco at Hynes Playground in W. Roxbury
Friday, August 24 Dr. No at Rowes Wharf
Friday, August 24 Thor: Ragnock at the Hatch Shell
Saturday, August 25 A Wrinkle in Time at the Prudential Center
Monday, August 27 Beauty and the Beast at Brophy Park – East Boston
Thursday, August 30 The Emoji Movie at Iacono Playground, Hyde Park
Friday, August 31 Out of Africa at Rowes Wharf
Friday, Sept. 7 Black Panther at the Frog Pond, Boston Common
Thursday, Sept. 13 The Wicker Man at the MFA
Friday, Sept. 21 Karate Kid at the Frog Pond, Boston Common
Temptation Tuesday
I figured this was an appropriately themed Temptation Tuesday.
Provincetown live entertainment schedule July 2018
Each week large crowds head to Provincetown and while there is plenty to do, I like to encourage people to take in at least one performance. Below is a modified listing of shows taking place the month of July. If there is not a date next to the performer / performance, it means they perform weekly – just check ahead for which days and availability.
COMEDY & CABARET IN PROVINCETOWN
ShowGirls weekly talent show is every Monday
Jul 9-11 Sam Morrison performs his show Hello Daddy
Jul 10 Neil Thornton One night only, comedy show
Jul 18-20 Poppy’s Poppin’ N Rockin’ Comedy Show
Jul 23-27 Deven Green comes to Ptown for five nights only
DRAG SHOWS IN PROVINCETOWN
Thirsty Burlington performs All Things Cher
Miss Ritchfield 1981 (new venue this year)
Dina Martina performs “Crème de la Dregs”
Raja Season 3 winner of RPDR performs
Varla Jean Merman performs Under a Big Top
Jinkx Monsoon performs Beach City Bimbo
Miss Conception performs Forbidden Diznee
Jinx, Peaches & Liza in Hocum Pokem
Varla Jean & Peaches Christ in The Whining
Ben DeLaCreme performs Inferno A-Go-Go
Varla Jean Merman & Peaches Christ perform The Whining
Jul 2-3 Pam Ann
Jul 4 – Aug 19 Trixie Mattel brings her show to Ptown
Jul 16 Chelsea Piers performs Are you there Ru it’s me Chelsea
Jul 23-24 Sandra Bernhard performs her show, Sandemonium
Jul 23-Aug 1 Joan Rivers Tribute Show, The Bitch is Back
Jul 9 Bianca Del Rio One Show Only! Blame it on Bianca
Jul 23-29 Deven Green
Jul 30-Aug 1 Paige Turner performs Drag Me To The Top
THEATER & BURLESQUE SHOWS IN PROVINCETOWN
Brokelohomo! is at Fisherman Hall every Sunday
Jul 8-9 Bearlesque hosted by Josh Schonewolf
Jul 10 Hair the Musical
Jul 16 – Aug 30 Love! Valour! Compassion!
MUSIC ACTS / SHOWS IN PROVINCETOWN
Bobby Weatherbee at the Central House Piano Bar
Doug Repetti at the Dive Bar Piano at the Crown
Esera Tualo from The Voice performs at Pilgrim House
Jul 7-8 Branden & James
Jul 9-10 Matt Alber
Jul 11-12 Tom Goss performs Confessions of a Pocket Cub
Jul 15-16 Judy Kuhn w/ Seth Rudetsky
Jul 17 Adam Pascal w/ Seth Rudetsky
Jul 17 Speakeasy Night w/ Zoe Lewis & the Bootleggers
Jul 19-20 Christine Ebersole w/ Seth Rudetsky
Jul 23 Lucy Arnaz
Jul 28-29 Will Swenson w/ Seth Rudetsky
Men in kilts
This is what I imagine a Scottish Prince Charming might look like.
What to do this week: July 2 – 8
This week the circuit hits Provincetown with Independence Week, but if you are staying in Boston there is plenty happening here. I’d like to give the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on Wednesday a shout out. This year they have an excellent line up of special guests before the fireworks display and Boston Pizza Festival on Saturday and Sunday is always delicious.
The great weather also means that there are ton of free outdoor movies you can check out this week, including: Hocus Pocus, Artificial Intelligence, Field of Dreams and The Lion King.
Check out everything below, pick a few events / parties to check out and then share this post with your friends. Word of mouth and sharing on Facebook and Twitter is always appreciated.
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular is Wednesday, July 4th
Independence Week is in full swing all week in Provincetown with multiple events each day in Ptown
Pizza & Game Night is every Monday from 5-9PM (check out their ping pong and foosball tables) at Dorchester Brewery in Dorchester
Queer Boston Board Gamers field trip to Aeronaut Brewery is on Monday, starting at 6PM in Somerville
Musical Theater Trivia is hosted in the Napolean Room on Monday starting at 7PM at Club Cafe in Boston
ShowGirls weekly talent show hosted each Monday at the AHouse in Ptown
Cards Against Sobriety hosted every Monday night at the Alley join your friends for a fun game of Cards Against Humanity starting at 8PM 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
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular takes over the Esplanade on Wednesday when the gates open at 5PM – this year’s entertainers joining the Boston Pops includes: Rachel Platten, Indigo Girls, Broadway star Natalie Cortez and the legendary, Rita Moreno in Boston
Boston Pops Fireworks Party is being hosted at Cathedral Station from 8-11PM so you can avoid the lines and get a front row seat (so to speak) on Wednesday in Boston
Boston Calling Weekly Block Party is hosted every Thursday with live bands, great beer & wine from 5-8PM in Dewey Square by South Station
Comedy Open Mic night is Thursday from 7-8:30PM in the Napolean Room at Club Cafe in Boston
MOVIE: Hocus Pocus plays starting around dusk (check for details) at Kelly’s Roast Beef in Revere
MOVIE: Artificial Intelligence plays outside at the Lawn on D starting at 8PM on Thursday in the Seaport
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
Bear Week hits Provincetown
THE WEEKEND
SoWa First Fridays includes more than 200 studios, galleries and shops and runs from 5-9PM along Harrison Avenue in Boston
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
Levi Kreis performs his show Piano Men at Mainestreet on Friday and Saturday at 8PM in Ogunquit
Dueling Drag Divas are back this year performing every Friday and Saturday at 8PM at Mainestreet in Ogunquit
MOVIE: Field of Dreams plays outside, starting at dusk on Friday at Rowes Wharf
Underbear is hosting two parties this month thanks to the start of Bear Week in Ptown the following day, come to The Alley on Friday night as the unofficial kickoff for Ptown Bear Week 2018
EXTRA at Machine is invaded by Montreal this Friday with shows by: Miss Butterfly, Rita Baga, Marc-André Vachon, Emma Dejavu, & Phoenix Vyxen
XO Friday is the weekly dance party hosted by DJ Stevie Psyclone (no cover before 11PM) at Club Cafe every Friday
FASCINATION Friday is a monthly gear/ fetish/ kink night at Jacques the 1st and 4th Friday of the month in Boston
Kiki Beach is back for its third year and Southie’s M Street Beach has never looked so fabulous – look for the speedos and listen for the good music; starting at 11ish in Boston
Boston Pizza Festival is on Saturday and Sunday from 12PM-8PM
Boston Pizza Festival is on Saturday and Sunday from 12PM-8PM at City Hall Plaza – pre sale tickets are $35
Summer Block Party runs from 12PM-9PM on Saturday down by the Lawn on D and includes a ridiculous number of games, events and music – oh yeah and the bar will be open throughout in the Seaport
MOVIE: The Lion King plays outside for free at the Prudential Mall on Saturday night
Muscle Bear Party for Bear Week 2018 at the Crown & Anchor in Ptown
Underwear Bear Week Party is Saturday at Club Purgatory – doors open at 9PM in Provincetown
H E R O E S Saturday (New Venue) Retro dance party hosted the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month from 10PM-2AM at Sonia (formerly TT The Bear’s Place) in Central Square
Video Night Tracks every Saturday night join VJ Ryan Grow at Cathedral Station starting at 9:30PM
The Donkey Show is the ultimate disco experience is a story inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream each Saturday at Club Oberon in Cambridge.
UNITE Saturdays is a weekly dance party at Club Cafe with DJ Susan Esthera (no cover before 11PM) 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
Saga Saturdays Boston’s biggest gay dance party at Paradise in Cambridge
SoWa Open Market SoWa Open Market is now open every Sunday from 10AM – 4PM through the end of October in Boston
Open Newbury Street is back – the street will become the city’s largest pedestrian walk way on Sunday from 10AM – 6PM
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
Karaoke at the Alley is every Sunday starting at 8PM in Boston
BRUT Bear Week 2018 party is at the Paramount at the Crown & Anchor in Provincetown
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.
ICA Boston opens “The Watershed” in East Boston, July 4th
Earlier this year The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) announced that the museum would expand and have a second satellite location in East Boston. Called “the Watershed”, the space will open to the public on Wednesday, July 4.
Located directly across the harbor from the ICAs home in the Seaport, the Watershed is in an active ship yard and is a refurbished former copper pipe and sheet metal facility. The 15,000 square foot industrial space along the East Boston waterfront increases the museum’s exhibition space by 50%.
The satellite space is seasonal open through October 8th this year then operating between late May and early October annually. Travel by boat between the two locations will be free to ICA members or with an ICA ticket.
I think this is great news and a wonderful addition to East Boston. The New York Times apparently agrees and has an article in this week’s Sunday Times, In an East Boston Shipyard, a Watershed Idea for Art. I hope the ICA’s investment in the neighborhood is a signal to other Boston cultural institutions to look across the harbor and make similar investments in this community. Visit here for more information about the ICA’s Watershed.
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