This weekend there is a lot happening. If you’re looking to go out dancing in Boston on Friday check out the new Bear Party, Fur-Turnity at Jacques, Casual Fridays at The Alley, Boyfriends presents Robyn at the Milky Way, and of course the Paul Van Dyk show at Royale. Saturday and Sunday brings even more options but check out dbar’s Tied and Dyed! A Psychedelic Leather Dance Party and Cher-Bear Tea Dance this Sunday at Club Cafe.
For those of you heading to Provincetown check out the Twenty Summers at the Hawthorne Barn (Opening Party) then go to the A-House for HUNK on Friday, on Saturday head over to Club Purgatory and end the weekend listening to the handsome Doug Repetti Sunday night at the Crown & Anchor.
If you’re heading to Ogunquit be sure to check out the MOTION Dance Party and Dueling Drag Divas both happening at Mainestreet this weekend.
Paul Van Dyk – From Then On Album Tour rolls into Boston Friday at Royale
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
Twenty Summers at the Hawthorne Barn (Opening Party) Swing by Miller Hill Road for opening night to welcome five years of Twenty Summers in the Hawthorne Barn in Provincetown
Boston Ironsides Drag Lip Sync Battle is Friday from 7-9PM at Club Cafe so come down and cheer on your ruggers as they lip sync for their lives
MOTION Dance Party starts at 9PM on Friday at Mainestreet in Ogunquit
HUNK hosted by Thirsty Burlington at A-House on Friday in Provincetown
Fur-Turnity hosted by Mass Bears and Cubs is the 2nd Friday of every month downstairs at Jacques – doors open at 9PM in Boston
Video Night Tracks every Saturday night join VJ Ryan Grow at Cathedral Station starting at 9:30PM
Casual Fridays is a weekly dance party with no cover featuring DJ Begbick at the Alley Bar in DTX
Boyfriends presents Robyn come out to JP’s Milky Way Lounge on Friday (doors open at 10PM) for this monthly queer dance party – this month featuring the music of Robyn in Jamaica Plain
Paul Van Dyk – From Then On Album Tour rolls into Boston for one night only at Royale this Friday in Boston
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.
Massachusetts Youth Pride & Gay High School Prom 24th Annual Mass Youth Pride Festival and 38th Annual BAGLY Prom is this Saturday in Boston
Build-A-Bear Tea Dance is at Mainestreet from 4-8PM on Saturday in Ogunquit
Isaac Mizrahi and Alan Cumming in Conversation – Sold Out!takes place at the Hawthorne Barn from 5 – 6:30PM in Provincetown
FLAG FLAG Football End of Season Party is this Saturday starting at 7PM at Peggy O’Neil’s in Dorchester
Dueling Drag Divas are back this year and will be performing at 8PM at Mainestreet on Saturday in Ogunquit
Club Purgatory has reopened for the season and doors open at 9PM in Ptown
Sportsball Party follows the End of Season Party with great music and a lot of dancing starting at 10PM at Peggy O’Neil’s in Dorchester
Tied and Dyed! A Psychedelic Leather Dance Party Break out your Tie Dye Shirts, Scarves and Banners, Harnesses, Leather and Favorite Fetish Gear as these two worlds on Saturday night at dbar in Dorchester
Grunt is a weekly dance party each Saturday for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX
UNITE Saturdays is a weekly dance party at Club Cafe with DJ Susan Esthera (no cover before 11PM) in Boston
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
Underwear / Jockstrap Party is from 2PM – 5PM at the Providence Eagle on Sunday in Providence
Cher-Bear Tea Dance with DJ BegBick starts at 6PM and has NO cover this Sunday at Club Cafe in Boston
Triple Crown Pageant This Sunday the Imperial Court of Massachusetts presents the 2018 Triple Crown Pageant from 7-10PM at Jacques in Boston
Karaoke at the Alley is every Sunday starting at 8PM in Boston
Doug Repetti is playing each Sunday evening. starting at 9:30PM in the Central House Cabaret 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.
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14 Years ago today Massachusetts became the first state in the United States to legalize same sex marriage. Conservatives said Mass. was making a mockery of marriage, yet this state still has the lowest divorce rate in the country.
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.
Provincetown is first and foremost a summer destination, but the town continues to host interesting programs and events in the Spring and Fall like The Twenty Summers Series at the Hawthorne Barn, which will host Isaac Mizrahi and Alan Cumming for an intriguing evening conversation this Saturday.
If this is the first you’re hearing about this evening, then I am sorry to let you know that the event is sold out, but I wanted to point out that there is more to Provincetown than meets the eye if you’re willing to look beyond the tea dances and breathtaking men who promenade Commercial Street.
You can learn more about the recently renovated Hawthorne Barn and their 20 Summers Series at their website, www.20summers.org.
This week I’m featuring the Instagram account of Davide Zongoli, a performer, pole dancer, aerialist and fitness model who is originally from Italy, but now lives in Germany. His body has the physique of a Greek god and he clearly loves the camera – his account is chalk full of professionally taken selfies, modeling gigs with other equally ridiculously handsome men as well as a smattering of posts like this one below which showcase his amazing flexibility.
Follow him on Instagram here, instagram.com/acrodave.
Do you like this weekly post? Check out previously featured IG accounts here.
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.
“Persistent“
Did you know that the Yankee Cruising Club was founded in 1983 with the intention to bring LGBTQ boaters together to meet, make friends and most importantly get out on the water?
Yankee Cruising Club’s next event is this Sunday, May 19th at the Volvo Ocean Race Stopover in Newport, Rhode Island. If this sounds interesting, click here to visit their event page to learn more.
The social group plans events year round but now that the weather is finally warming up, look for more social programming designed to get out on the water. You can learn more about the group by checking them out online at meetup.com/Yankee-Cruising-Club or on Facebook at Yankee Cruising Club.
I want to feature the LGBTQ groups and organizations that help people connect and enrich Boston’s gay life. If you’d like to have your club / team featured, please email me at bosguymail@gmail.com or via FB messenger.
Later this week there are two events happening that could use your support and are a lot of fun to attend. The first event is on Thursday at Venu Boston and called DUDE ‘N’ DRAG D-SQUARED. The program includes FLAG Flag Football fundraiser to benefit the league’s tournament teams.
The next evening Boston’s Ironsides Rugby club is hosting their fundraiser at Club Cafe on Friday starting at 7PM. I’ve attended this event a few times in the past and enjoy watching these (many for the first time) try their hand at lip syncing in heels. More information is available online at the Boston Ironsides Lip-Sync Competition Facebook page.
Come out and show your love for these two great sports leagues / clubs and cheer on your friends in heels while they lip sync some of your favorite songs.
Double the temptation this week.
In one month’s time the Provincetown Film Festival will take place. Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Tangerine and Starlet) will be honored as this year’s Filmmaker on the Edge, and Chlöe Grace Moretz (The Miseduction of Cameron Post, The Equalier and Hugo) will receive the festival’s Next Wave Award.
Wild Nights with Emily, a dramatic comedy about the secret life of Massachusetts native and one of America’s most prominent poets, Emily Dickenson, will open the Provincetown Film Festival. The movie stars Molly Shannon, sharing the poets vivacious and irreverent side as well as her lifelong romantic relationship with another woman.
You can access the full calendar for the film festival and purchase tickets here: Provincetown Film Festival.
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This week I’ve compiled a list of nearly 50 LGBTQ events I think you may enjoy. Events include the weekly, karaoke, social mixers, trivia nights & RPDR parties as well as some one-off and monthly programs I think you may enjoy.
Special shout outs this week go to the QTPOC Mental Health Panel on Wednesday, ClimACTS! GLOW (easily the most fun LGBTQ fundraiser in Boston) on Wednesday, Twenty Summers at the Hawthorne Barn (Opening Party) on Friday in Provincetown, and Paul Van Dyk on Saturday in Boston – just to name a few events.
For fans of drag, check out this week’s line up which includes: Trixie Mattel on Wednesday at the HoB, DUDES ‘N’ DRAG D-Squared annual fundraiser for FLAG FLAG Football, RPDR viewing parties, #Yaasss Thursdays presents: Sissy That Walk and Glowberon: Fauxnique • The F Word are all on Thursday, Boston Ironsides Drag Lip Sync Battle on Saturday and the Imperial Court of MA Triple Crown Pageant on Sunday are sure to be fun.
The Theater Offensive annual fundraiser / rave is Wednesday at Roayle – Get your tickets!
Pizza & Game Night is every Monday from 5-9PM (check out their ping pong and foosball tables) at Dorchester Brewery in Dorchester
Sister Bingo for BAGLY is every Monday starting at 7PM free to play at Club Cafe in Boston
Social Mixer & Pool is hosted by Stonewall Sports this Monday at Scholars starting at 7:30 in Downtown Crossing
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
Queer Boston Board Gamers is meeting Wednesday from 6-9PM at their Kendall Square location in Cambridge
QTPOC Mental Health Panel Mental health resources often exclude the needs of LGBTQ communities of color. Listen to a panel discuss the importance of mental health on Wednesday at 6:30 at Milky Way Lounge.
ClimACTS! GLOW is easily one of the most fun fundraisers you’ll see in Boston which raises money for The Theatre Offensive – all the fun starts at 7PM on Wednesday at Royale in Boston
Trixie Mattel brings her tour to Boston on Wednesday at the House of Blues
Trixie Mattel: Now with moving parts tour comes to Boston for one night only at the House of Blues on Wednesday starting at 7PM in Boston
You Can’t Take It With You (Opening Night) is at the Provincetown Theater and will run through June 2nd in Provincetown
Sports Night at Peggy’s is every Wednesday night at Peggy O’Neil’s pub in Dorchester
Atomic Karaoke with DJ Stevie Psyclone & Jonathan Brett is every Wednesday at Club Cafe in Boston
DUDES ‘N’ DRAG D-Squared is FLAG Flag Football’s 3rd annual drag show to benefit their tournament teams on Thursday at Venu Boston
Bear Trivia Night is at 8PM every Thursday at The Alley Bar in DTX Boston
RuPaul’s Drag Race Multiple viewing parties will take place at 8PM on Thursday at Jacques in Bay Village, The Alley Bar in DTX, Peggy O’Neil’s in Dorchester and Trophy Room in South End
Glowberon: Fauxnique • The F Word F for FEMINISM told by Fauxnique, the lady drag queen and dancing, singing raconteuse takes place on Thursday at The Oberon in Cambridge
Karaoke Thursdays is every Thursday at Machine with your hosts Rob Botelho and Emphysema Menthol 100s in Boston
Detention Thursdays! is hosted every Thursday starting at 9PM with shows at 10:30 & 11:45PM – No Cover – at EGO in Providence
#Yaasss Thursdays presents: Sissy That Walk weekly drag competition the last Thursday of each month Showtime: 12:30AM at Club Cafe in Boston
THE WEEKEND
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
Twenty Summers at the Hawthorne Barn (Opening Party) Swing by Miller Hill Road for opening night to welcome five years of Twenty Summers in the Hawthorne Barn in Provincetown
Boston Ironsides Drag Lip Sync Battle is Friday from 7-9PM at Club Cafe so come down and cheer on your ruggers as they lip sync for their lives
MOTION Dance Party starts at 9PM on Friday at Mainestreet in Ogunquit
HUNK hosted by Thirsty Burlington at A-House on Friday in Provincetown
Fur-Turnity hosted by Mass Bears and Cubs is the 2nd Friday of every month downstairs at Jacques – doors open at 9PM in Boston
Video Night Tracks every Saturday night join VJ Ryan Grow at Cathedral Station starting at 9:30PM
Casual Fridays is a weekly dance party with no cover featuring DJ Begbick at the Alley Bar in DTX
Boyfriends presents Robyn come out to JP’s Milky Way Lounge on Friday (doors open at 10PM) for this monthly queer dance party – this month featuring the music of Robyn in Jamaica Plain
Paul Van Dyk – From Then On Album Tour rolls into Boston for one night only at Royale this Friday in Boston
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.
Massachusetts Youth Pride & Gay High School Prom 24th Annual Mass Youth Pride Festival and 38th Annual BAGLY Prom is this Saturday in Boston
Build-A-Bear Tea Dance is at Mainestreet from 4-8PM on Saturday in Ogunquit
FLAG FLAG Football End of Season Party is this Saturday starting at 7PM at Peggy O’Neil’s in Dorchester
Dueling Drag Divas are back this year and will be performing at 8PM at Mainestreet on Saturday in Ogunquit
Sportsball Party follows the End of Season Party with great music and a lot of dancing starting at 10PM at Peggy O’Neil’s in Dorchester
Tied and Dyed! A Psychedelic Leather Dance Party Break out your Tie Dye Shirts, Scarves and Banners, Harnesses, Leather and Favorite Fetish Gear as these two worlds on Saturday night at dbar in Dorchester
Grunt is a weekly dance party each Saturday for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX
UNITE Saturdays is a weekly dance party at Club Cafe with DJ Susan Esthera (no cover before 11PM) in Boston
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
Underwear / Jockstrap Party is from 2PM – 5PM at the Providence Eagle on Sunday in Providence
Cher-Bear Tea Dance with DJ BegBick starts at 6PM and has NO cover this Sunday at Club Cafe in Boston
Triple Crown Pageant This Sunday the Imperial Court of Massachusetts presents the 2018 Triple Crown Pageant from 7-10PM at Jacques in Boston
Karaoke at the Alley is every Sunday starting at 8PM in Boston
Doug Repetti is playing each Sunday evening. starting at 9:30PM in the Central House Cabaret 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.
Earlier this year Eater Boston published Delux Cafe Has Defied – and Nourished – Its Neighborhood but they should have used my headline, Thank god for Delux. To quote the article in Eater Boston, “If you’ve ever set foot in Delux, you’ll have noticed that it’s always decorated for Christmas…, and that the walls are lined with vintage albums. Delux’s former owner, Kevin Sheehan — with whom Hafner and Yanney are friends — defined the current look of Delux in the early-to-mid 1990s.” It might be the only restaurant in the neighborhood that has neither a website or a facebook page and still has excellent name recognition.
For more than fifty years this space has been a neighborhood staple, first as Higgins Pub, then the Elbow Room and finally Chez Joie before Delux opened. All provided a safe harbor for unpretentious dining (and drinking). In a neighborhood where $100 a night per couple is the norm, Delux reminds me of a far different South End that existed before the seismic gentrification changes; it is a miracle that the South End still has a treasure like Delux so be sure to show them some love.
Delux is a South End gem
Paying Delux a visit is like taking a trip back in time, giving you a feel for what this neighborhood was like 20+ years ago. Delux has lasted longer than a lot of neighborhood gems from the same time like: Claremont Cafe, Geoffrey’s, Le Gamin, On The Park, Pho Republique and now added to the list, Tremont 647.
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