What to do this week: December 26 – 31

Posted on December 25, 2017 | Leave a comment
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This week will pass quickly but I hope you can get out and enjoy some of the parties and special events that will take place in and around Boston. 

The critically acclaimed Call Me By Your Name is now playing at The Coolidge and on Thursday The Brattle will be showing All About Eve. If you’d rather do something a bit more social head out to one of the several karaoke nights in town on Tuesday at Jacque’s, on Wednesday at Club Cafe and Thursday at Machine, or head out to one of the trivia nights like Stump Trivia on Tuesday or Bear Trivia on Thursday.

Finally for the weekend leading up to NYE there are so many parties it is hard to capture everything but if you’re up in Ogunquit be sure to check out Mainestreet’s NYE party Fire & Ice, in Provincetown A-House will be packed for New Year’s Eve celebration, in Providence check out EGOs NYE Block Party and in Boston while there are a lot of choices the largest party will be Chris Harris Presents New Year’s Eve Party at Paradise open til 4AM.

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MONDAY – THURSDAY

Call Me By Your Name is playing on Christmas Day at 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 and 9:45PM at The Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline

Christmas Dinner with Ed is on Monday (Christmas) from 5PM – 10PM (bar is open until 2AM) at the Alley Bar in Boston

All Star Mondays: Christmas in Toyland celebrate the holidays – early show at 11:30 / late show at 12:30 at Machine in Boston

Showtune Tuesday hosted by VJ Ryan Grow starts at 9PM every Tuesday at dbar in Dorchester

POP2K Tuesday’s Pajama Party is at the Dark Lady on Tuesday in Providence

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

Atomic Karaoke with DJ Stevie Psyclone & Jonathan Brett is every Wednesday at Club Cafe in Boston

Queer Boston Board Gamers is meeting on Thursday from 6-9PM at the Panera Bread at Porter Square in Cambridge

All About Eve (possibly my favorite movie of all-time) is playing at 3:15 and 8PM on Thursday at the Brattle in Cambridge

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

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Boston’s largest NYE Party will be at Paradise

THE WEEKEND

First Light celebrations start Friday morning and conclude with free fireworks on the beach on Monday, January 1  in Provincetown

Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville

Illusions Holiday Show is at The Crown & Anchor on Friday in Provincetown

Casual Fridays is a weekly dance party with no cover featuring DJ Begbick at the Alley Bar in DTX

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New Year’s weeknd in Provincetown has a bunch of parties to check out

NYE Weekend at Shipwreck Lounge invites you to join them Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Provincetown

Well Strung: Home for the Holidays perform on Saturday at Town Hall in Provincetown

Miss Richfield: Fall on your knees is Saturday at 7PM at the Sage Inn in Provincetown

New Year’s Eve Eve is a party hosted at the Oberon on Saturday starting at 9PM in Cambridge

Dont Ask Dont Tell: Luminous ft. Leah V & Dirty Charity is at Great Scott this Saturday in Allston

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

The Donkey Show: NYE Ed. join the cast for the final performance of 2017 and ring in 2018 to your favorite Studio 54 music at the Oberon in Cambridge

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The biggest party in Providence is at Club EGO with special guest AJA

EGOs NYE Block Party starts at 9PM and will take over Richmond Street (w/ heated tents) and a special performance by RPDR, AJA in Providence

NYE: Farwell to 2017 is at dbar on Sunday starting at 11PM in Dorchester

The Alley’s NYE Bash will have DJ Steve Marsden playing all your favorite music on Sunday in Boston

New Year’s Eve celebration at the A-House in Provincetown

Fire & Ice is Mainestreet’s New Year’s Eve bash in Ogunquit

Chris Harris Presents New Years Eve is Boston’s largest LGBTQ dance party at Paradise (open til 4AM) in Cambridge

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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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2017 | 11 comments

ChristmasIt is Christmas Eve day and many of you are probably running around taking care of last minute errands or traveling to be with your friends and family.

Pietro Boselli and I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas or Buon Natale as Pietro would say no matter where you are or how you may be celebrating the holiday. Thank you for visiting BosGuy.com.

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Scruffy Sunday

Posted on December 24, 2017 | 2 comments

christmas, scruffy sunday, hairy, handsomeNo time to spend lounging in bed with the Christmas holiday starting today for many people so get up and start wrapping all your presents.

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Saturday morning coffee

Posted on December 23, 2017 | Leave a comment

christmas, handsome, hunk, abs, musclesI couldn’t resist sharing this holiday themed post, which I swiped earlier this month from the Deep Dish blog.

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Saturday morning comics

Posted on December 23, 2017 | 1 comment

gay cartoon, gay comic, James Asal Jr.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.

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Book Review: Beijing Comrades

Posted on December 22, 2017 | Leave a comment

gay fiction, bei tong, scott e. myers, gay chinese fictionI had never heard of Beijing Comrades when I purchased the book but there was something about the novel’s description that caught my attention. Before I share with you what the story is about, let me give you some history because the way the story came to be known is slightly notorious. Bei Tong is the pseudonymous author whose real-world identity remains unknown since the story was first published in 1998 as an e-novel. The Translator’s Note in my copy said it is among mainland China’s earliest, best known and most influential contemporary gay novels and after finishing the nearly 400-page book I can believe it.

This may be one of my favorite gay novels of all-time

The love story – because that is what it is – opens in Beijing in 1987 and chronicles the on again, off again relationship between Chen Handong and Lan Yu. Handong is a narcissistic businessman from a well-connected family and Yu is a poor student who moves to Beijing to attend university. The novel is extremely sexually explicit and generally such books don’t capture my attention, but his novel is the exception to that rule. The story couldn’t exist without the sexual nature of their relationship. In many ways it is the glue that keeps these two together and provides fodder for the ups and downs, fights and making up.

The book’s opening lines read, “He’s been gone three years now. A thousand days and nights and each time I close my eyes there he is before me, the person I see in my dreams.“, so I’m not spoiling anything by telling you that the ending isn’t a happily ever after but it doesn’t matter because it touched me in a way that few stories ever have. A few times while I was reading the story, I thought to myself, here we go again – another fight or another make up sex scene – but now that the novel is over and I’ve put the book down I wish there was another hundred pages so I can continue to read about this complicated couple who so clearly loved each other but often times were their own worst enemies.

NOTE: If you decide to purchase this book, look for the cover I’ve shown above and the copy translated by Scott E. Myers. Over the years there have been several translations and some of the previous translations have watered down or edited the graphic sexual content. I can’t imagine this book having the same impact it did for me if I read such a redacted or toned down translation and for that reason I suggest you get this copy: Beijing Comrades by bei tong and translated by Scott E. Meyers.

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Furry Friday

Posted on December 22, 2017 | 2 comments

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While setting up this post, I realized this is the 300th Furry Friday. Kind of crazy for me to think that I have been sharing this weekly post since 2012 every Friday. It remains one of the most viewed posts each week.

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BosGuy brain teaser

Posted on December 22, 2017 | 7 comments

riddle, exercise for your brainEach Friday morning I post a riddle to get you to think outside the box and exercise your brain. If you are stumped, share it with a friend or colleague and see if you can figure out the answer together.

I know that this week’s riddle isn’t a particularly difficult one, but it is so well suited for the Friday before Christmas that each year I like to post it.

This week’s brain teaser:  
What is every parent’s favorite Christmas carol?

Like riddles? Check out past week’s brain teasers.

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What to do this weekend

Posted on December 21, 2017 | Leave a comment

gay film, independent film, cmbynTomorrow night (Friday, Dec. 22nd) the much lauded independent film, Call Me By Your Name will open in Boston and play at the Kendall Cinema (Boston’s Gay Men Movie Group) has scheduled a meetup to see a matinee showing of the movie on Saturday.

If you’d rather get out and socialize there are plenty of parties all around town including: Casual Fridays, FASCINATION Friday, So Hot Saturdaes: Ugly Xmas Sweater Party and Twas the nightmare before Christmas Magnum Saturdays just to name a few.

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So Hot Saturdaes: Ugly Xmas Sweater Party is Dec. 23rd at Peggy O’Neil’s Pub

Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville

Casual Fridays is a weekly dance party with no cover featuring DJ Begbick at the Alley Bar in DTX

FASCINATION Friday is a monthly gear/ fetish/ kink night at Jacques the 1st and 4th Friday of the month in Boston

Boston’s Gay Men Movie Group: Call Me By Your  Name it is opening weekend for this gay-themed independent film shot in Italy and Boston’s Gay Men Movie Group will be going to see a matinee showing on Saturday at the Kendall in Cambridge

Grunt is a weekly dance party with no cover for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX

So Hot Saturdaes: Ugly Xmas Sweater Party is at Peggy O’Neil’s Pub on Saturday in Dorchester

Twas the nightmare before Christmas Magnum Saturdays at dbar starts at 10PM in Dorchester

Saga Saturdays Boston’s biggest gay dance party at Paradise in Cambridge

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

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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Call for artists for a new MLK memorial in Boston

Posted on December 21, 2017 | Leave a comment

MLK, bostonMartin Luther King, Jr. expressed explicit hope that his legacy would act as a call to action in his sermon The Drum Major Instinct delivered on February 4, 1968. In keeping with his wishes, the non-profit organization MLK Boston, in partnership with the Boston Art Commission and the City of Boston, has announced a competition for a permanent installation commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s and Coretta Scott King’s legacy in Boston.

This memorial seeks to create a compelling call to action and is intended to inspire visitors to reflect on Dr. King’s life and the values he espoused. The memorial will also honor the contributions of Coretta Scott King, a civil rights icon in her own right, thus recognizing the crucial contributions she and other women made to the civil rights movement.

For more information about eligibility, selection criteria and the process read the full Request for Qualification. For more information about the non-profit MLK Boston visit their website at  mlkboston.org.

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Vintage gay

Posted on December 21, 2017 | Leave a comment

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This week’s vintage gay post comes from the homohistory blog. There was no other information about location or possible date.

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.

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24-hour comedy fundraiser for Globe Santa

Posted on December 20, 2017 | Leave a comment

Does the holiday season stress you out? Boston’s Improv Asylum will be  performing for 24-hours, starting Thursday at 7PM. The ensemble is composed of current Improv Asylum cast members as well as alumni and special guests. The event will also feature interviews with local celebrities, auctions with items perfect for last-minute Christmas gifts, and more. Tickets are just $25.

More info about Boston Improv’s 24-hour Globe Santa fundraiser

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This week on Instagram: domenico.va

Posted on December 20, 2017 | Leave a comment
Domenico Vaccaro

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Although many in Europe may already be familiar with Domenico Vaccaro, the Italian pole dancer who won Belgium’s Got Talent back in 2015, it wasn’t until this past week that he appeared on many American’s radar.

The handsome Italian posted a video on Instagram (see below) of a performance he did in Rome, Italy back on December 6th and within a week the video was being picked up by gay news organizations, websites and blogs. Watch the performance – his core strength and agility is incredible; he also happens to be very easy on the eyes which makes the video all the more addicting.

Follow him on Instagram here, instagram.com/domenico.va.

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Caption this photo

Posted on December 20, 2017 | 6 comments

Christmas humorHopefully the caption below inspires you to share a caption or two of your own.

BACKSTORY: This week’s Christmas-themed photo was taken after Thanksgiving and is from the Sudbury police who had to pull over this yahoo. Thanks to @BostonTweet for sharing. You can read the full story here.

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AAA says holiday traffic will be wicked bad

Posted on December 19, 2017 | Leave a comment

BosTongue, MassholeChristmas is less than a week away and according to AAA a record 107.3 million Americans will travel during the year-end holidays. A healthy local economy here in Massachusetts, increasing consumer confidence and relatively low gas prices are cited by AAA as reasons cited for the record number of Americans expected to travel this holiday season.

If you need to drive, AAA has issued a notice that travel will be most congested in the Boston area starting Thursday, December 21st. They also said that the hours between 2:30PM and 4:30PM will be wicked bad. Well those weren’t their official words but you get the picture. AAA predicts the roads will be twice as packed then as commuters are joined by those leaving early for the holiday.

Traveling by car during the holidays? Check live traffic maps online at Boston.com/Traffic or Mass511.com. Also you can download traffic apps AAA, Waze, or GoTime.

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