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“Power Bottom“
In case you didn’t realize, each Tuesday I’m featuring a different LGBTQ club or organization to encourage people to come together and interact. This week I wanted to feature a relative newcomer to the area, Stonewall Sports, which opened a Boston chapter last year and now runs Billiards and Dodgeball leagues that happen to be accepting registrations for their spring season.
Click Here For More Info & To Register
Registration for Billiards closes Monday, January 22nd
Registration for Dodgeball closes Tuesday, January 30th
Billiards teams meet each Monday at Scholars in Downtown Crossing from 7:30pm-10:30pm from February 12 – April 2, 2018.
Dodgeball games are on Saturday afternoons in the South End from 2:00pm-5:00pm, from March 3 – April 28, 2018.
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 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.
While political junkies talk endlessly about dropping poll numbers for President Trump and his detractors make bold predictions for the midterm elections, I’m reminded of the proverb, Pride Comes Before a Fall.
Midterm elections are notoriously difficult to get voter turnout and Trump’s supporters are if nothing else, loyal and dedicated. Combine that with some findings published in this week’s NYT article, Trump’s Popularity Has Declined Across Voting Blocs in the Past Year, which despite its title suggests that his largest declines comes from voting blocs that never really supported him to begin with and one wonders why Democrats feel quite so confident?
Does it really matter that his popularity has fallen 8 points by those who describe themselves as Democrats? While his drop in popularity also includes crucial demographics for the President like self described Republicans and Conservatives – these dips are far smaller. It seems to me that detractors of the President should spend more time focusing on targeting voters who either stood on the sidelines in the 2016 Presidential election or voted for Trump more to vote against Clinton than out of any support for the President.
“A house divided against itself cannot stand” – Abraham Lincoln
Building bridges is a lot harder than blowing them up and unfortunately Democrats are in far greater need for bridge builders. Under Trump’s leadership, the Republican Party has a laser focus on shrinking and riling up their base to ensure they turn out in every election. Donald Trump has successfully employed a divide and conquer strategy. Playing on people’s fears and anger inevitably benefits Donald Trump. If you are truly opposed to Donald Trump what will you do to replace those fears with faith in a better tomorrow and anger with action?
Griffin Barrows is very woof-worthy and makes for a great Temptation Tuesday.
I recently received Steven Cohen’s South End Stakeholder’s Report (Winter 2017). The report, compiled by SCT, includes interesting details for those of you interested in real estate. Here are some of the findings shared about the South End market and Boston that caught my attention.
The report also shares some interesting data points about the city of Boston including the following:
You can read the full report online at stevencohenteam.com/publications.
For many who work in and around Boston, the week will start as a holiday as the nation remembers Martin Luther King Jr. and his message of peace, love and social justice. In honor his legacy the Museum of Fine Arts, ICA Boston & Isabella Stewart Gardner are all free and open to the public.
Later this week there remains a lot of fun things to do so make plans with friends or venture out on your own. During the work week check out dbar’s longstanding Showtune Tuesday; head over to Porter Square and join up with the Meetup group, Queer Boston Board Gamers on Wednesday; or on Thursday check out The History Project’s Hanky Panky: History & Cultural Impact of the Hanky Code.
This weekend things will really heat up as Boston’s largest Gay Ski & Snowboarding party, Winter Rendezvous Gay Ski Week will kick into high gear but if you’re not heading up to Stowe, VT you can check out Boyfriends featuring Kylie Minogue on Friday; the semi-monthly queer dance party Break the Chains on Saturday; or head over to Club Cafe’s monthly Sunday Bear Tea Dance.
Presented by The History Project on Thursday from 6PM – 8PM
Museum of Fine Arts, ICA Boston & Isabella Stewart Gardner are all free and open to the public on MLK Day in 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
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
Winter Rendezvous Gay Ski Week takes place at Stowe Mountain Resort Wednesday – Sunday in Stowe, Vermont
Queer Boston Board Gamers is meeting on Wednesday from 6-9PM at the Panera Bread at Porter Square in Cambridge
Atomic Karaoke with DJ Stevie Psyclone & Jonathan Brett is every Wednesday at Club Cafe in Boston
Hanky Panky: History & Cultural Impact of the Hanky Code presented by The History Project on Thursday 6-8PM in Boston
ICA Boston every Thursday from 5PM – 9PM admission is free to the public
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
Technically New England’s Gay Ski Week, Winter Rendezvous, started on Wednesday but things heat up this weekend
THE WEEKEND
Queer Inclusive Climbing Klub (QuICK) Pizza night and climbing club at Brooklyn Boulders in Somerville
HYPE MAN: A break beat play (OPENING NIGHT) presented by Company One Theatre will run through February 24th in Boston
Boyfriends presents Kylie Minogue takes place at the Milky Way on Friday night in Jamaica Plain
Casual Fridays is a weekly dance party with no cover featuring DJ Begbick at the Alley Bar in DTX
Ashes to Ashes: Heroes tribute to David Bowie is on Friday at The Middle East starting at 10PM in Central Square in Cambridge
Cambridge/Boston Women’s March 2018: The People Persist Join the resistance! All are welcome to come together on the Cambridge Common on Saturday from 1-3 PM in Cambridge
Sissy That Trivia: A RuPaul’s Drag Race Quiz join this FUNdraiser for Boston Gay Men’s Chorus from 3-6PM at The Alley in Boston
Break the Chains queer dance party! is a semi-monthly all ages, all gender dance party w/ local and touring queer and trans performers on Saturday from 6-10PM at Make Shift Boston in the South End
Grunt is a weekly dance party with no cover for burly men and their admirers, starting at 10PM at the Alley Bar in DTX
Mad Hatter’s Menagerie starts at 10PM at dbar costume dress encouraged (think Mad Hatter Tea Party attire) in Dorchester
Drag me to Brunch from Carrie Nation Cocktail Club is this Sunday from 2-4PM in Boston
Club Cafe’s monthly Bear Tea Dance starts at 6PM on Sunday
Sunday Bear 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 the Cambridge Brewing Company on Sunday starting at 7PM in Cambridge
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.
The 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.
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
Much thanks to the Closet Professor blog for initially posting this image last year. It is perfect for my weekly Saturday morning coffee post.
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 enlarge
Last week’s Comic Strip
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 fantasies. The 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:
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.
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
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.
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