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SpeakEasy Stage presents Shakespeare in Love

Posted on January 5, 2018 | Leave a comment

boston theater, bosartsSpeakEasy Stage’s production of Shakespeare in Love which opens on Friday, January 12th looks like a delightful stage adaptation of the late 1990s Academy Award winning movie.

Shakespeare in Love
January 12 – February 10, 2018
Ticket Information Here

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Photo of George Olesky by Nile Hawver / Nile Scott Shots

The play portrays a young Shakespeare, who is suffering a severe case of writer’s block as the deadline approaches to deliver his new play, Romeo and Ethel, The Pirate’s Daughter. Like the movie, the play is fraught with mistaken identities, intrigue and backstage bickering in this raucous romantic comedy of errors.

Tickets for this play start at $25 (roughly the price of a movie ticket) so come down to the Calderwood Pavilion in the South End and support the local theater scene while at the same time enjoying a beautiful story unfold live on stage.

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Furry Friday

Posted on January 5, 2018 | 1 comment

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BosGuy brain teaser

Posted on January 5, 2018 | 6 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’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 do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?

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

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What to do this weekend

Posted on January 4, 2018 | Leave a comment

drink, cocktail, boston, bar, nightlifeThis weekend the highlight has to be Boston’s No Pants Subway Ride, but there are also plenty of parties including FASCINATION Friday, La Boum: Queer Dance Party and HEROES Saturdays to name just a few.  

If you’re all partied out you can always check out Wicked Queer Cinema Club movie on Friday or head over to Trophy Room’s Boi Butter Brunch.

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

Wicked Queer Cinema Club presents Summer (Zomer) at the Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount at 7PM in Boston

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

La Boum: Queer Dance Party is hosting their first party of the year on Friday at The Milky Way in Jamaica Plain

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Boston’s No Pants Subway Ride is Sunday

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

HEROES Saturdays plays 80s new wave at Machine with DJ Chris Ewan, starting at 10PM in Boston

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

Boi Butter Brunch is the first Sunday has DJ Colby Drasher plays music, movie clips and more from 1-4PM at Trophy Room on Sunday

Boston’s No Pants Subway Ride is taking place on Sunday from 2-5PM on the MBTA 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.

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Who’s serving during Grayson in Boston’s South End

Posted on January 4, 2018 | Leave a comment

On The Bar at Boston ChopsDespite winter storm Grayson (also being referred to as SNOWpocalypse 2018 on Twitter), there remain plenty of options to grab a drink, bite or both this afternoon and evening. I’ve added to EaterBoston’s listing of South End restaurants that will be open and offering treats to encourage you to venture out.

To read the full list of restaurants that will be open tonight in the Greater Boston area, visit EaterBoston here. Below is a larger selection of places in the South End than appear on EaterBoston’s listing.

Area Four Boston Get a free mystery pizza with purchase of any bottle of wine, large-format cocktail, or 64-ounce growler of beer (consumed at A4). Order two; get two pizzas. Allergies/dietary restrictions can be accommodated, but otherwise, the pizza will be a surprise.

Aquitaine Boston is open and serving both lunch and dinner today.

Barcelona Wine Bar “Rain, snow, or shine, we’re open in Boston.” Open from 4 p.m. until “late” with a special hot chocolate bar.

Bar Mezzana Open 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. (bar until 1 a.m.) with burgers and board games. Their delicious chicken parmezzana sandwich will be available.

Boston Chops Open Thursday and serving $1 wings all day.

Clery’s Open at 11 a.m. Thursday and serving $5 Tito’s drinks, and $8 burger with 16-ounce Coors Light, and $4 12-ounce Founders IPA.

Coppa Enoteca is open all day on Thursday.

Five Horses Tavern Open regular hours Thursday (11:30 a.m. to 12 a.m.)

The Gallows Open starting at 12 p.m. and serving a $6 chop suey special.

Kava Neo Taverna is open tonight and serving dinner.

Lions Tail Open regular hours on Thursday and offering half priced wings as well as some slider specials not to miss.

Metropolis Cafe is open for dinner on Thursday.

Myers + Chang Open regular hours (starting at 11:30AM) on Thursday.

PICCO Open regular hours serving lunch and dinner on Thursday.

South End Butery Open regular hours – look for Grayson Blizzard drink and food specials tonight.

SRV Boston Open Thursday and serving bottomless meatballs in red sauce for $4 from 5 p.m. to close.

Stephi’s on Tremont Open regular hours Thursday, starting at 11:30 a.m. Try “mom’s chicken soup” and a hot toddy today.

Tremont 647 & Sister Sorel Sister Sorel is opening early at 3PM and Tremont 647 will be open normal hours.

Toro Open regular hours on Thursday.

Trophy Room Open until 2 a.m. Thursday (kitchen until 10 p.m.); keep an eye out for spiked and spicy hot chocolate and bowls of lobster bisque.

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Will a Puerto Rican exodus turn purple Florida blue

Posted on January 4, 2018 | Leave a comment

trumpLaw of unintended consequences: Will the exodus from Puerto Rico turn Florida Blue and surpass the Cuban voting block

In about ten months Americans will go to the polls for the midterm elections. It is hard to predict what the current mood of the nation will be, but an unintended consequence of our racist response (I don’t know how else to describe it) to helping Puerto Rico recover from the damage caused by Hurricane Maria could tilt elections in the purple state of Florida.

Somewhere between 150,000 – 200,000 Puerto Ricans moved to Florida in the two months following Hurricane Maria and that state’s Puerto Rican population is now by some estimates more than 1 million people. Over the next two years Puerto Rico is expected to lose almost 15% of its population or approximately 500,000 people with the majority likely to end up in Florida. Just like the Cuban population in Florida, Puerto Ricans are overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, but unlike their Latino brethren, they overwhelmingly identify and vote Democrat.

FloridaDemocrats need to mobilize and channel Puerto Rican rage at Trump’s response to Hurricane Maria’s devastation

Puerto Ricans are still smarting from our inaction, and Republicans in Florida have become alarmed by the influx to their state. Noting not only the disproportionate burden their state shares in providing social services, education, etc… but also what this could mean for their re-election bids.

I might start believing in karma if the heartless response to helping Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria resulted in turning Florida’s 29 electoral votes into a reliable state for Democrats. The key moving forward is mobilizing and channeling the rightful rage of Puerto Ricans who have fled their  home into a voting block that will rival and surpass Cubans in the state of Florida. It is hard to imagine how short sighted the Republican Party’s response to helping the island of Puerto Rico could be if their inaction results in turning the third most populous state (by Electoral Votes) Democrat in the winner takes all Presidential elections come 2020.

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Vintage gay

Posted on January 4, 2018 | 1 comment

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This week’s vintage gay post comes from the fabulous homohistory blog. I can’t help but wonder if “Rocky Nook” was meant as a description or the name of the location because there is a Rocky Nook, MA.

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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Boston Gay Men’s Bookclub meets January 22nd

Posted on January 3, 2018 | Leave a comment

Boston Book FestivalBoston Gay Men’s Book Club will be meeting in a couple of weeks on Monday, January 22nd at the Trident Bookseller & Cafe in the Back Bay to discuss this month’s novel, Paul Takes The Form of a Mortal Girl, by Andrea Lawlor.

The debut novel from Lawlor puts a fantasy spin on gender and sex as the reader follows Paul, a bartender with shapeshifting abilities who uses his malleable appearance to explore humanity and intimacy through sex. Winding his way through the heyday of ’90s queer culture, Paul begins to question his motives, his future, and the true nature of his identity in this clever, provocative tale.

The book can be purchased online at major resellers but you may also buy this at local bookstores. If you’re open to supporting local bookstores try one of these links, which will take you right to the book so you can make a quick purchase.

Brookline Booksmith 279 Harvard Street by Coolidge Corner
Harvard Bookstore  1256 Mass Ave in Harvard Square
Papercuts JP 5 Green Street, Jamaica Plain
Porter Square Bookstore 25 White Street in Porter Square
Trident Bookseller’s & Cafe 338 Newbury Street in Back Bay

For more information about the book club or to RSVP to attend (there is no cost) visit, meetup.com/Gay-Book-Boston.

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This week on Instagram: thedelicious

Posted on January 3, 2018 | 1 comment

foodSarah is a very popular health-conscious chef on Instagram and the master chef behind The Delicious Life blog. Her photos are absolutely beautiful and if you check out her blog you can get the recipes to these absolutely delicious and generally fairly healthy food.

The west coast chef (like all her ilk) have an obsession with the avocado and it is the image below with an astounding 45k+ likes (and counting) that really gets attention, but I think all her photos are really beautiful and I bet you will too.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BT-VY5MFiFe/?taken-by=thedelicious

Follow Sarah on Instagram here, instagram.com/thedelicious.

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

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Caption this photo

Posted on January 3, 2018 | 7 comments

humorHopefully the caption below inspires you to share a caption or two of your own as a comment on my blog. Much thanks to Matt and his Instagram account where I found this rather curious photograph.

Bottoms Up

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Trump Tweets to overcompensate for his small penis

Posted on January 3, 2018 | Leave a comment

Yesterday was a new low for an administration that keeps finding new lows. Never again will I listen to anyone who criticizes Obama’s foreign policy. Donald Trump sounds as if he is trying to overcompensate for something and is basically goading a madman into war. I’ve met teenagers with a firmer grasp (and better understanding of history) than our current embarrassment of a President.

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Boston Gay Men’s Chorus: Auditions are Jan. 7th

Posted on January 2, 2018 | Leave a comment

Boston gay men's chorusThe Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) was founded in 1982 and includes 200 men who use their music as a way to bring people together. BGMC sings a wide spectrum of classical and popular music and is heard live by more than 10,000 people each season. BGMC also plays the role of Cultural Ambassadors – being the first LGBT chorus to perform in Poland in 2005, the Middle East in 2015 and later this year in South Africa in June 2018.

The chorus also happen to be hosting auditions later this week. If you are interested in learning more about the chorus or their auditions like their Facebook Page and click here for more details: BGMC Auditions.

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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.

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Boston’s No Pants Subway Ride is Jan. 7th

Posted on January 2, 2018 | Leave a comment

Mark your calendars for Boston’s 12th annual No Pants Subway Ride on Sunday, January 7th from 2-5PM.  Details for participating in the No Pants Subway Ride will be posted on the event page here.

If you are still unsure of what this is all about check out my video of all the fun from Boston’s 2013 No Pants Subway Ride.

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Temptation Tuesday

Posted on January 2, 2018 | 2 comments

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Which restaurant will open first in the South End in 2018

Posted on January 1, 2018 | 3 comments

south end diningIt is hard to say which restaurant will be the first to open in Boston’s South End in 2018 but it is interesting that two contenders are restaurants that focus on cuisine south of the Mason-Dixon line, Southern Proper and Bootleg Special. 

While Boston has an Italian or French restaurant on what seems like every corner, the city has relatively few restaurants that seek inspiration from the South and even fewer that do it well.South End diningChef Jason Cheek will be opening his restaurant, Southern Proper, at 600 Harrison Avenue in  The Girard relatively soon, considering the space has signs saying “Opening Winter 2018”. The new space will include more than 1,500 square feet of dining, bar space and patio seating.

If Cheek’s name rings a bell it might be because he has a distinguished career working at several excellent restaurants including The Maiden, Sam’s at Louis,  Coppa and Toro to name just a few.

south end restaurant, Stephen ChanA restaurant that looking to open even before Southern Proper is the traditional style Louisiana seafood boil, called Bootleg Special, owned by the former Castle Square resident, Stephen Chan. The restaurant’s menu will include items like crawfish poutine, po’boys and beignets.

Southern Proper hopes to get a live music license, which I hope they can get – this city needs more places that offer live music – not fewer and their location on the corner of Tremont and Herald Street means there are very few residents who could / should be impacted.

It is interesting to note that both of these restaurants constitute new space for the South End, adding to the dizzying number of new restaurants that have opened in this tiny downtown neighborhood.

In the case of Southern Proper, it is going into a new mixed-use residential space that previously was a parking lot in SoWa and in the case of Bootleg Special, to my knowledge the space was never a restaurant; previously it had been a dog daycare center.

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