There is a lot happening this weekend in and around Boston including SoWa First Friday and the SoWa Winter Festival.
There are plenty of parties, although the biggest party this weekend will be the 10th Annual Toys for Joys Gift Gala. If you happen to be in the Back Bay on Saturday check out Boston’s holiday tradition, Santa Speedo Run. If you’re still looking for something to help get you in the holiday spirit the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus has two performances of Brass & Bows & Boys on Sunday.
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
10th Annual Toys for Joys Gift Gala did you get your tickets and presents yet – if not get to it the party is this Friday at The Revere Hotel in Boston
La Boum Queer Dance Party is hosted the first Friday of each month starting at 10PM at the Milky Way in JP
Guerrilla Queer Bar goes to the Hong Kong in Harvard Square this Friday
FASCINATION Friday is a monthly gear/ fetish/ kink night at Jacques the 1st and 4th Friday of the month in Boston
H E R O E S 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
Casual Fridays: RuPaul Holi-Slay Spectacular Viewing Party and 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
Mainestreet Community Holiday Party is this Friday up in Ogunquit
Santa Speedo Run takes place once again in Back Bay on Saturday at 12PM with proceeds raised going to the play ball foundation
Blend Saturdays with DJ Aga bring your friends for a fun night out with great music and no cover at Blend (formerly Peggy’s) in Dorchester
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
Gay Beer Club Runs the Yulefest 5K starting at 9:30 AM followed by a power brunch for friends and runners in Cambridge
Mass Bears and Cubs Sunday Brunch starts at 1PM this Sunday at Trophy Room (all are welcome)
Brass & Bows & Boys Boston Gay Men’s Chorus performs two shows on Sunday at 3PM and 7PM at Jordan Hall 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.
This week’s photo is of poet Witter Bynner and Robert Hunt taken in the 1920s.
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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Can you believe this was a holiday display at a mall? What the heck is that polar bear doing back there anyway?
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.
“The Polar Express”
I wanted to give another shout out for this year’s Toys for Joys celebration which will take place this Friday, December 7th at the Revere Hotel in Boston. Unlike most fundraisers, this event is devoid of rubber chicken dinners and long speeches. Organizers do ask that anyone who buys a ticket also purchase 3 gifts:
If your last name begins with A-M you purchase toys for a girl and if your last name begins with N-Z purchase gifts for boys. Gifts should be unwrapped and will be placed under the tree.
Get Your Toys for Joys Tickets here
Toys for Joys, Inc. is a non-profit, 100% volunteer, charitable organization that raises funds from individual and corporate sponsors. We organize social events to collect and donate new toys and gifts for underprivileged children and teens.
Much thanks for Seduced By The New for sharing this first.
Since Fascination Boston is this Friday, I figured I’d share this photo for anyone thinking of going to this fetish party. This model from Mr S Leather sure looks good, and I’m sure there are a lot of you who could also pull this look off.
Toys for Joys is this Friday. Get your tickets ASAP.
This week things start to get crazy so plan accordingly. In addition to The Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker, Gold Dust Orphan’s Nightmare on Elf Street and The Slutcracker (all very different but entertaining holiday shows), on Thursday Berklee will host A John Waters Christmas.
While there are no shortage of options for places to go and parties to check out, I’d like to encourage everyone who can to support the 10th Annual Toys for Joys Gift Gala on Friday and if you happen to be in the Back Bay on Saturday go ahead and check out this Boston holiday tradition, Santa Speedo Run.
Holiday Movie Night: Die Hard is at the Dorchester Brewing Co. starting at 6:30PM, but come early for free pizza starting at 5pm while it lasts in Dorchester
Queers With Beers: Holiday Hangz all are welcome to join this friendly group Monday from 6-10 at Aeronaut Brewing Company in Somerville
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
All Star Mondays is a weekly drag show with performances at 11:30PM and 12:30AM at Machine in Boston
Trivia Tuesday is every Tuesday at the Dorchester Brewing Company and starts at 7:30PM in Dorchester
Dirty Water Saloon Line Dancing for Queers & friends has country-western two-step, west coast swing and line dancing each Tuesday from 7-10PM (all are welcome) at the Milky Way Lounge in JP
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
Gay Secrets of the MFA courtesy of Oscar Wilde Tours is this Wednesday with two tours this week, starting at 6:15PM
Siren Trivia is every Wednesday at 9PM at the Trophy Room bar in Boston
Houseboi w/ Coleslaw, Severity Stone and Queer Cult is this Wednesday starting at 9PM at the Middlesex in Central Square
Atomic Karaoke with DJ Stevie Psyclone & Jonathan Brett is every Wednesday at Club Cafe in Boston
Queer Boston Board Gamers is meeting Thursday from 6-9PM at the Cambridge Center Foyer in Kendall Square
OutRyders Holiday Party is this Thursday at The Alley Bar from 6:30 – 10:30 PM (all are welcome but tickets are required) in Boston
A John Waters Christmas is this Thursday at Berklee Performance Center
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
#Yaasss Thursdays presents: Sissy That Walk weekly drag competition the last Thursday of each month Showtime: 12:30AM at Club Cafe in Boston
Saturday is Boston’s 21st annual Santa Speedo Run
THE WEEKEND
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
10th Annual Toys for Joys Gift Gala did you get your tickets and presents yet – if not get to it the party is this Friday at The Revere Hotel in Boston
La Boum Queer Dance Party is hosted the first Friday of each month starting at 10PM at the Milky Way in JP
Guerrilla Queer Bar goes to the Hong Kong in Harvard Square this Friday
FASCINATION Friday is a monthly gear/ fetish/ kink night at Jacques the 1st and 4th Friday of the month in Boston
H E R O E S 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
Casual Fridays: RuPaul Holi-Slay Spectacular Viewing Party and 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
Mainestreet Community Holiday Party is this Friday up in Ogunquit
Santa Speedo Run takes place once again in Back Bay on Saturday at 12PM with proceeds raised going to the play ball foundation
Blend Saturdays with DJ Aga bring your friends for a fun night out with great music and no cover at Blend (formerly Peggy’s) in Dorchester
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
Gay Beer Club Runs the Yulefest 5K starting at 9:30 AM followed by a power brunch for friends and runners in Cambridge
Mass Bears and Cubs Sunday Brunch starts at 1PM this Sunday at Trophy Room (all are welcome)
Brass & Bows & Boys Boston Gay Men’s Chorus performs two shows on Sunday at 3PM and 7PM at Jordan Hall 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.
Each year The Provincetown Compact offers several artist and writers residencies in the historic Fowler and C-Scape (shown below) dune shacks located within Peaked Hill Bars National Register Historic District of the Cape Cod National Seashore. The shacks are primitive lacking electricity and indoor plumbing — and isolated, allowing for uninterrupted solitude and refuge.
The Compact funds, or partially subsidizes, residencies for three visual artists who are selected by jury and for two writers who are selected by lottery. The top recipient of the artist residency will also receive a $500 fellowship.
The Deadline for residencies is January 15, 2019
Artist Residency Application – 2019
Writer Residency Application – 2019
About The Provincetown Compact: The Compact was established in 1993 as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization by artist Jay Critchley. It is organized as a community-building and philanthropic organization to support living artists and the vitality of the arts community. Their initiatives include: The Swim For Life, Dune Shack Residencies, our Think-ubator program and Prayer Ribbons. For more information visit, thecompact.org.
Posted in Art & Film, Provincetown
Tagged Art and Film, BosGuy, Boston Guy, Provincetown
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AIDS Service Organizations (ASO) around the country and the world, still need your support. Here in Boston, our largest ASO is The AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. Visit their website, make a donation or volunteer.
This is a man after my own heart. I too like French Press coffee. We must be soul mates. I’m sure that’s why my good friend @justgngr suggested the photo.
ADAM & ANDY is set in the fictional New England town of Woodfield, CT. You can learn more about this strip by visiting, adamandandy.com.
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Source: Boston Gay Men’s Chorus
Photo Credit: Izzy Berdan Photography
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus will be in Provinctown this weekend for Holly Folly performing at Town Hall on December 1st, but if you are not going to be in Ptown for the holiday weekend festivities, you can still see their show here in Boston at Jordan Hall on December 9, 14, 15, and 16.
The title of the show, Brass & Bows & Boys, comes from the opening piece “Holiday Bells, Brass and Boys,” which features a medley of some of the best known carols. The second half features the parody “Santa’s Turn” with the concert concluding with the holiday medley “Pictures of a Season”.
To purchase tickets visit www.bgmc.org or call 617-542-SING (7464).
BosGuy 
