ADAM & ANDY is set in the fictional New England town of Woodfield, CT. You can learn more about this strip by visiting, adamandandy.com.
The creator of Adam & Andy has our favorite couple making the most of the final days of summer. I hope you had a wonderful summer as well.
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I recently received an email asking why I’ve not posted any gingers of late so I’ve swapped out the post I had in the queue to make space for this guy. Feel free to email me photos of yourself and friends who you think would make for a good Furry Friday.
Tonight is opening night for the Boston Ballet 2018/2019 season. Unfortunately, I’m stuck in New York City for work so Sergio and I will not be able to see the production until Friday evening, but I would like to encourage everyone to consider attending the Boston Ballet’s production of Genius at Play
Genius at Play celebrates choreographer, Jerome Robbins career and contributions to dance. The ballet begins with an orchestral performance of Massachusetts native Leonard Bernstein’s Candide Overature followed by Interplay, comprised of eight dancers set to a jazz score and Fancy Free – his first of what would be many collaborations with Bernstein, which depicts the antics of sailors on leave in New York City in the 1940s. The program concludes with the Company premiere of Glass Pieces, a bustling tribute to urban life choreographed for 42 dancers and set to music by Philip Glass.
Genius at Play runs through September 16, 2018, at the Boston Opera House.
Genius at Play
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With the influx of so many new residents at the start of each academic year, I like to update and share this post each September.
If you are new to the area or looking to meet more people outside of a bar setting the groups listed below might be a good first step. Check out my accompanying post, Boston’s gay sports clubs / teams.
BAGLY is a youth-led, adult-supported social support organization committed to social justice, and creating, sustaining and advocating for programs and policies for gay youth (volunteers are always welcome).
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus is one of New England’s largest and most successful community-based choruses. Auditions are being held on Sunday, September 9th
Boston Gay Men’s Books Club is monthly book club on MeetUp featuring literature by and about gay men. This month’s book is Night Soil by Dale Peck. They will next meet on Monday, September 24 at 7PM at Trident Booksellers on Newbury Street in Back Bay.
Boston Prime Timers is a social organization of mature gay and bisexual men and their friends who join together for educational, support, and social activities.
Dignity Boston is a progressive, inclusive community of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Catholics and their allies.
Fenway Health has been serving the local LGBT community for more than 40 years; the Fenway and AAC are always looking for volunteers.
Gay Beer Club is a Boston based organization that produces events and gatherings for members of the gay community.
Gay For Good mobilizes the LGBT community to interact with the greater community by volunteering their time with different monthly activities.
Gay Men 50+ Club is for gay men and their male friends who wish to meet monthly for brunch and enjoy good conversation.
Gays for Patsy is a country western dancing club that holds events each month. Beginners are encouraged to join.
Gold Fruit Gaming is a team of LGBTQ+ [PC] Gamers with a passion for competition, cooperation, and kicking ass. Come here to queue up with others who seek to improve their gameplay.
Hispanic / Black Gay Coalition HBGC is one of few non-profit organizations in Boston dedicated to the unique and complex needs of the Black, Hispanic and Latin@ LGBTQ community.
History Project is a volunteer-driven organization established in 1980 that focuses on preserving the history of Boston’s LGBT community to make it accessible to future generations. Next Thursday join the History Project when David Scondras reads from his memoir Angels, Liars, and Thieves
Jamaica Plain and Roslindale Men’s Group is a social group for gay men living in, near and around JP & Rozzie that organize dinners and events.
Keshet Boston is a grassroots organization working for the full inclusion of LGBT Jews in Jewish life, offering community events for LGBT Jews in Boston.
Men of Melanin Magic is a social group in the Boston metropolitan area for those who identify as queer men of color.
Opus Affair is probably best known for their monthly cocktail party hosted at local restaurants to raise money for local arts organizations.
OUTbreath offers a safe space for those who identify as queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning to come together to explore the practice of meditation and support each other in community.
Queer Boston Board Gamers is a friendly LGBTQ meet up group that connects regularly to play board games.
The Welcoming Committee is a young, social group who organize activities to broadening the spectrum of gay life here in Boston and beyond.
Yankee Cruising Club was founded over 25 years ago to bring LGBT boaters together to meet, make friends and most importantly get out on the water.
Apologies if I have overlooked any area gay organizations in the area. Feel free to add information for any such group in the comments section of my blog.
Mike Balaban better known by his online and Instagram handle, bammer47, also writes a blog which you can find in my blogroll called Capturing Rainbows.
Mike uses his Instagram account to share photos from the 70s, 80s and 90s. I love his photos and his account is one of the few that I regularly read the description. For example, the photo shared above is of Dr. Ignacio Valdez, Frank Vecchio, & Mike on Herring Cove Beach in July 1990.
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“Are you done?”
Each September, at the start of each academic year, tens of thousands of people move to Boston for the first time. Whether you are new to Boston or just looking for an excuse to be more active and make some new friends, joining one of the many LGBT sports teams and clubs can help you do both.
Some of these teams / leagues are seasonal so take that into account when you reach out. If sports aren’t your thing check out my accompanying post, Making friends: Boston’s LGBTQ social groups.
Cambridge Boston Volleyball Association
Frontrunners: Boston Gay Running Club
GURL – Gay Urban Running League
Liquid Assets New England Swimming (LANES)
OutRyders: New England’s Gay Ski & Snowboard Club
QuICK – Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub
Yankee Cruising Club (Boating)
Apologies if I have overlooked any area gay clubs or sports leagues. Feel free to add information for any such group in the comments section of my blog
Mark your calendars and get ready for one final blow out at Paradise.
Related Story: Rumors suggest Paradise in Cambridge will close in September
I know that Labor Day was yesterday, but this guy can wear white year round as far as I’m concerned.
Summer always passes too quickly for my liking. Although fall doesn’t technically start for another few weeks, the season officially ends in the United States with Labor Day. I suppose the summer like temperatures we will experience through this week is a small consolation.
Sergio and I were able to get away for a few fun trips this summer including a fantastic stay in Montreal. We also flew to Brazil to celebrate Sergio’s mother’s 86th birthday, which was followed by a fun weekend with my family on Lake Winnipesaukee in NH. Finally, in August we were able to enjoy an extended stay in Provincetown during Carnival.
I hope you had a wonderful summer and made some great memories as well.
Handsome Scottish Rugby player Thom Evans looks right at home on the catwalk with his kilt and rugby ball in hand.
Make the most of this short work week by enjoying Labor Day. I’d like to point out that the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is open and free to the public today. Below you’ll find 40+ suggested events ranging from evenings like Pizza & Game Night at the Dorchester Brewery and LEGO Night at the Trident to more raucous options like Boston’s fetish night – FASCINATION Friday and M O B D Muscle Otter Bear Daddy.
Also of note this week: RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World, Harbor to the Bay Bachelor Auction (fundraiser), 92nd Annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas & Damian and 31st Annual Swim for Life.
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is open and free to the public – use the opportunity check out their new space The Watershed in East 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
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
No Filter You can catch #NoFilter every first Monday of the month upstairs with a kooky theme, and every third Friday of the month downstairs at Jacques with no theme, where anything goes 10PM-12AM in Boston
Bachelor Auction for H2B is this Thursday at Club Cafe
TUESDAY – THURSDAY
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
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
No Filter You can catch #NoFilter every first Monday of the month upstairs with a kooky theme, and every third Friday of the month downstairs at Jacques with no theme, where anything goes 10PM-12AM 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
Queer Boston Board Gamers is meeting Thursday from 6-9PM at the Cambridge Center Foyer in Kendall Square Cambridge
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World comes to Boston this Thursday at the Shubert in Boston
Sports Night at Peggy’s is every Wednesday night at Peggy O’Neil’s pub in Dorchester
Siren Trivia is every Wednesday at 9PM at the Trophy Room bar in Boston
Houseboi is a genderqueer dance party where creative dress is encouraged – Wednesday doors open at 9PM at the Middlesex in Cambridge
Atomic Karaoke with DJ Stevie Psyclone & Jonathan Brett is every Wednesday at Club Cafe in Boston
Harbor to the Bay Bachelor Auction (fundraiser) is this Thursday at Club Cafe starting at 7PM in Boston
Bear Trivia Night is at 8PM every Thursday at The Alley Bar in DTX Boston
BRASH | Queer Party is hosted every fourth Thursday at Brass Union from 9PM – 1AM in Union Square, Somerville
Karaoke Thursdays is every Thursday at Machine with your hosts Rob Botelho and Emphysema Menthol 100s in Boston
#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
92nd Annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas & Damian starts Friday aftenoon and runs until 10PM in East Cambridge
SoWa First Friday takes place from 5-9PM and is IMHO the best free event you can attend solo, with friends or for a date so if you’ve not been in a while check it out this Friday in Boston
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
Dueling Drag Divas are back this year performing every Friday and Saturday at 8PM at Mainestreet in Ogunquit
GQB: Back-to-School Edition head over to the Hong Kong in Harvard Square anytime after 9PM and prepare to have a blast in Cambridge
Casual Fridays is a weekly dance party with no cover featuring DJ Begbick at the Alley Bar in DTX
XO Friday is the weekly dance party hosted by DJ Stevie Psyclone (no cover before 11PM) at Club Cafe every Friday
Fascination Friday is this week at Jacques
FASCINATION Friday is a monthly gear/ fetish/ kink night at Jacques the 1st and 4th Friday of the month in Boston
31st Annual Swim for Life takes place this Saturday at 9AM at the Boatslip to raise money for the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod in Provincetown
LEGO Night (adults only) is Saturday starting at 7PM at the Trident Cafe and Booksellers in the Back Bay
Boston Night Market takes place at Government Center starting at 4PM and runs through 10PM (general admission is $10) in Boston
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.
Grunt is a weekly dance party with no cover 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
M O B D Muscle Otter Bear Daddy brought to you by Chris Harris Presents at Paradise on Saturday – doors open at 10PM in Cambridge
Open Newbury Street turns Boston’s Newbury Street into a pedestrian promenade from 10AM – 6PM on Sunday in Boston
SoWa Open Market SoWa Open Market is now open every Sunday from 10AM – 4PM through the end of October in Boston
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Auditions are this Sunday – click on the link for more details and best of luck to you
Bear Brunch is this Sunday at Trophy Room from 1-4PM in Boston
Drag Me To Brunch Enjoy Carrie Nation Cocktail Club’s buffet brunch from 11AM-3PM; drag show runs from 2-4PM(ish) in Boston
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.
September brings back more than tens of thousands of students to Boston. Most of Boston’s local theater companies return with new productions and this year local theater companies have an impressive line up with some productions already underway.
It is great to see traveling Broadway shows and other national tours that come to Boston, but it is the local theater companies that are the lifeblood of Boston’s theater scene. These companies are so worthy of your patronage so consider attending one or more of these productions this fall.
THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER
The Black Clown || August 31 – September 23
This is a world premiere musical theater experience that fuses vaudeville, gospel, opera and jazz to bring Langston Hughes’ verse to life onstage and animate a Black man’s resilience against a legacy of oppression. More Info Here.
THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE (at the Calderwood Pavilion)
The Niceties || August 31 – October 6
A black student and white professor meet to discuss a paper about slavery’s role in the American Revolution. A polite conversation becomes a powder keg of race, history, and power, and neither woman will ever be the same. More Info Here.
THE LYRIC STAGE CO.
Kiss of the Spider Woman || August 31 – October 7
Cellmates in a Latin American prison, Valentin is a tough Argentine revolutionary and Molina is an unapologetic homosexual serving eight years for deviant behavior. Molina escapes from the terrifying reality of prison life by sharing his fantasies about a mysterious 1940s movie star who takes on the role of a Spider Woman who can kill with a kiss. More Info Here.
CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER
Truth Values || September 12 – 23
A humorous exploration of the world of elite mathematics, Truth Values speaks to the challenges women face in math and science at a time when, finally, people are listening. More Info Here.
ZEITGEIST STAGE
Vicuña || September 14 – October 6
A tailor to the wealthy, powerful, and famous struggles to serve a very unusual client: a blustering real estate tycoon and reality TV star who—to everyone’s surprise—becomes a major party’s nominee for President. As the election spins out of control, the tailor and his apprentice are forced to examine their roles as confidants and image-makers for the candidate. More Info Here.
SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY
Between Riverside and Crazy || September 14 – October 13
A dark urban comedy that explores the slippery nature of justice, and the grit it takes to move on. In an effort to hang on to one of Manhattan’s last great rent-stabilized apartments, ex-cop Walter “Pops” Washington does battle with a dazzling array of outlandish characters, each one a celebration of the glorious contradictions that make up human nature. More Info Here.
ARTS EMERSON
Hamnet || September 20 – October 7
William Shakespeare had one son, Hamnet, who died at the age of 11 without ever really knowing his famous father. This tour-de-force performance confronts what it means (and costs)to be great, and how living in the shadow of that greatness can keep one in the dark. More Info Here.
THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE (at the Avenue of the Arts)
Sherlock’s Last Case || September 28 – October 28
Take a trip to Baker Street with the legendary Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, to solve the seemingly perfect crime. When a threat is made against Holmes’ life by the son of his longtime nemesis, Moriarty, not everything is as it appears. The game’s afoot with equal parts hilarity and intrigue in the long-overdue Boston premiere of this murderously funny comedy-thriller. More Info Here.
These are just a sampling of locally produced shows underway or soon to open. Support the local arts scene. You’ll be impressed by the caliber of talent, variety of shows and how affordable the tickets are.
Much thanks to @DamienOz for sharing this photo and suggesting I use it for a forthcoming Scruffy Sunday.
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