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Gay Ski Week: Winter Rendezvous

how to survive a Boston winterThe East Coast response to Aspen Gay Ski Week is Winter Rendezvous which runs January 17 – 21, 2018 at Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, VT. In addition to fun on the ski slopes, parties and events are scheduled through out. Some of the highlights from this year’s gay ski week include:  Miss Coco Peru, Wet and Wild Pool Party, Downhill Costume Drag Competition and of course the Blowout Party with DJ Steve Sidewalk from NYC.

winterrendezvous.com

If you cannot make it to this year’s Winter Rendezvous, there are several other events in North America that you may want to check out listed below.

Whistler Pride: January 21-28, 2018
WOW Weekend at Sunday River: February 9-11, 2018
Elevation Utah: February 22-25, 2018
Telluride Gay Ski Week: February 24- March 3, 2018
Mammoth Gay Ski Week: March 14-18, 2018

Scruffy Sunday

men in bed together

Previous Scruffy Sunday Posts

Saturday morning coffee

man drinkng coffeeMuch thanks to the Closet Professor blog for initially posting this image last year. It is perfect for my weekly Saturday morning coffee post.

Saturday morning comics

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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.

Click on the individual comic strips to enlargeJames Asal Jr, gay cartoonLast week’s Comic Strip

Bob Mizer: Physique Pictorial

Bob Mizer, homoerotic, gay photography

Source: Bob Mizer Foundation

Gareth Johnson is a writer who I enjoy following on Medium for many reasons. This past week on Medium he had an article entitled, Physique Pictorial continues to fuel our fantasiesThe article introduced me to Los Angeles-based photographer, Bob Mizer, who first published in 1951 an all-nude, male magazine; pretty ballsy considering the times. Over the course of his career he would end up photographing thousands of men from a variety of walks of life.

Johnson says in his article that it was Physique Pictorial that first printed the drawings of Touko Laaksone (better known as Tom of Finland) and, which helped launch his career. Mizer passed away in the early 1990s but you can read the full article from Johnson about the man and the magazine on Medium.

You can see a lot more of his work in an article from The Advocate last spring:

90 Photos to Celebrate the Return of Physique Pictorial

Furry Friday

handsome, hairy, furry, hunkPast Furry Friday Posts 

BosGuy brain teaser

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’ll confirm answers in the afternoon so don’t worry if you don’t see your comment posted right away. I want to give everyone a chance to guess.

This week’s brain teaser:  
What word that begins with the letter “i” sounds exactly the same if you add the letter “a”?

HINT: Despite sounding the same they have completely different meanings.

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

What to do this weekend

Jenna and Mark All Star SYTYCD

Over the MLK weekend SpeakEasy Stage opens with their latest production, Shakespeare In Love and The Lyric Stage Co. open with Road Show.

If you’d rather put on your dancing shoes check out these options on Friday night: FOXY returns with a James Bond themed party at the Oberon called Octobussy,  One More Time: A Tribute to Daft Punk at Royale or TWC’s Guerrilla Queer Bar typically held the 1st Friday of the month was postponed last week due to the cold and is this Friday. 

On Saturday the dancing continues at The Alley Bar with Grunt, a weekly dance party for burly guys and over at Paradise DIVAS with Abel (MLK Wkd) to name just a few options.  

On Sunday don’t miss Sunday Tea Dance at Club Cafe, starting at 6PM or you can head over to the Gay Beer Club social at Trophy Room starting at 7PM, and if you want to stay up late since it is MLK weekend, check out DREAM with Nina Flowers at Royale to close out your weekend.

Foxy, James cerne, Begbick, gay boston, Oberon

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

Shakespeare In Love (OPENING NIGHT) from SpeakEasy Stage will run through February 10th at the Calderwood Pavilion in Boston

Road Show (OPENING NIGHT) from The Lyric Stage Co. will run through February 11th at their theater in the Back Bay in Boston

FOXY Presents Octobussy is a James Bond themed dance party on Friday from 10PM – 2AM at The Oberon in Cambridge

TWC’s Guerrilla Queer Bar postponed last week due to the cold, join the party this Friday at Jyuba in the Fenway (near Machine) in Boston

FUZZ is a monthly dance party this Friday starting at 10PM at The Alley in Boston

One More Time: Tribute to Daft Punk is on Friday night at Royale 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

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DIVAS with Abel (MLK Wkd) Hosted by Chris Harris Presents at Paradise on Saturday in Cambridge

Trophy’s Bear Brunch is this Sunday is at Trophy Room from 1-4PM in Boston

Dragapalooza Paint Party + Drag Show for Charity – Wooden Sign is Sunday from 4:30 – 9PM at Jacques

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

Gay Beer Club meets for their weekly beer social at Trophy Room on Sunday starting at 7PM 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

DREAM with Nina Flowers is hosted by Chris Harris Presents on Sunday night at Royale in Boston

Send me information about your upcoming programs and events in my blog’s comment section or message me the details on Facebook.

MFA “Late Nites” tickets now on sale

boston arts, museum of fine arts bostonToday tickets go on sale for non-members for the MFA Boston’s next “Late Nites”, which have been wildly popular and sell out so make plans and purchase tickets while they remain available if this is something that interests you.

The ucpoming MFA Late Nites on Saturday, March 3rd runs from 8PM – 2AM and will include access to exhibitions like “Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics,” “(un)expected families,” and “Seeking Stillness,” in addition to dancing to great DJs, pop-up performances, food and more.

Get Your Tickets Here (But Hurry)

Vintage gay

gay menMy guess is this is the Castro in the late 1970s. Anyone have another guess?

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.

Previous Vintage Gay Photos

Lyric Stage Co. presents Stephen Sondheim’s, Road Show

boston theater, bosartsLater this week The Lyric Stage Co. returns with their first production of 2018, Road Show. The show is inspired by a New Yorker article Stephen Sondheim read about the Mizner brothers, Addison and Wilson, who were born in California in the late 1800s. The show opens at the deathbed of their father who encourages the brothers to go out and mold the new nation. The musical spans the globe as the brothers seek out the amorphous and elusive American Dream through the booms and busts of the early 20th century.

Road Show
January 12 – February 11, 2018
Ticket Information Here

This week on Instagram: bostonmessenger

William Vaughn GriffinWilliam Vaughn Griffin is a courier in Boston and freelance photographer who has a really beautiful Instagram account filled with urban (often times slightly gritty) anonymous images of people.

William’s focus on Boston and unique aesthetic, becomes more recognizable the more you see his work. Check out his Instagram account. I think you’ll really enjoy following him on IG.

 

Follow him on Instagram here, instagram.com/bostonmessenger.

Do you like this weekly post? Check out previously featured IG accounts here.

Caption this photo

cat, cat humorHopefully 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.

Hang in there

Boston’s gay ski and snowboarding club: Outryders

Boston Ski & Snowboard ExpoOutRyders is New England’s largest gay and lesbian ski and snowboard club. OutRyders, The cost for a season’s OutRyder membership is $55. Members receive an OutRyder tee shirt (while supplies last) and more importantly you get great prices on lodging and lift tickets.

Winter Rendezvous Gay Ski Week at Stowe which is coming up is just one example of the opportunities Outryders makes available to their members. Want to learn more about the group? Like their Facebook Page and check out their website, outryders.org.

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Photo from Outryders Facebook page

Many use the New Year as an opportunity to make resolutions. A common resolution is to be more active and meet people, but that can be difficult for gay men in Boston. Starting in 2018 I want to feature the many groups and organizations that help people connect and enrich Boston’s gay life. If you would like to have your club / team featured please reach out to me.

Meet Jess Phoenix from California’s 25th Congressional district

California's 25th Congressional DistrictI don’t know much about Jess Phoenix other than she is a geologist who is running for U.S. House of Representatives 25th District in California and hopes to replace U.S. Representative Steve Knight who has a 0% Lifetime score by The League of Conservation Voters on issues pertaining to the environment.

The 25th Congressional district is located just north of Los Angeles and it hasn’t sent a Democrat to D.C. in 25 years but Jess Phoenix seems undeterred by that fact.  I realize that this post is not what I typically write about but I hope in the months that follow I hear about more candidates (and specifically female candidates) like Jess coming forward to announce their candidacy.

If you live in this district or near it, talk to your friends about Jess. I’m a firm believer in grassroots organizing and if more people were to get involved, we might be more proud and less ashamed of our government.

www.jess2018.com