October 20, 2009
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LESBIAN & GAY BIG APPLE CORPS
CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF MUSIC MAKING!
Dear Athletes & Supporters,
The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps invites you to join us in celebration of 30 years of music making! We've come a long way since our founding in 1979, and we hope to showcase our achievements for you at our fall concert, Generations: A 30-Year Celebration.
Our celebration begins at 8pm on Saturday, November 14th at Peter Norton Symphony Space, located at 2537 Broadway at 95th Street. Featured on the program will be Respighi's The Pines of Rome and Shostakovich's Festive Overture, as well as such familiar musical favorites as selections from La Cage Aux Folles (Jerry Herman), Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen), and The Thunderer (John Philip Sousa). Also heard will be the "Bacchanale" from Saint-Saens' Samson and Delilah and music from the film Saturday Night Fever. Highlighting this festive evening will be the world premiere of Allegro Scherzando: A Celebration for Piano and Concert Band, composed by James Adler, with Mr. Adler as guest soloist. To buy tickets, click on the Peter Norton Symphony Space logo below:
VIP Donor Party
A $50 donation or the purchase of a Platinum VIP concert ticket package gets you admission to our VIP Donor Party on Friday, October 30th -- the perfect kickoff for an evening of pre-Halloween fun and mayhem. The party is from 6pm-8pm on West 14th Street in Manhattan. Come meet BAC Artistic Directors Brian Worsdale and Marita Begley as well as this season's guest soloist James Adler at a wine and hors d'oeuvres reception. Select BAC chamber groups will provide entertainment. Click here to become a VIP Donor.
30th Anniversary BANDquet
Spend an evening of dining and dancing with your favorite band! Our 30th Anniversary BANDquet will take place on Saturday, November 7th from 6pm-11pm on the top floor of the fabulous Pennsylvania Hotel. Click here to buy tickets to the BANDquet. You must purchase your tickets to the BANDquet by Monday, November 2nd!
With a concert at Carnegie Hall, a performance for the President of the United States, and a record-breaking LGBA Conference, our 30th year certainly has been one for the history books. Please join us in celebration of not only this stupendous year but all the ones that came before it!
Sincerely,
The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps
http://www.lgbac.org
The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps invites you to join us in celebration of 30 years of music making! We've come a long way since our founding in 1979, and we hope to showcase our achievements for you at our fall concert, Generations: A 30-Year Celebration.
Our celebration begins at 8pm on Saturday, November 14th at Peter Norton Symphony Space, located at 2537 Broadway at 95th Street. Featured on the program will be Respighi's The Pines of Rome and Shostakovich's Festive Overture, as well as such familiar musical favorites as selections from La Cage Aux Folles (Jerry Herman), Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen), and The Thunderer (John Philip Sousa). Also heard will be the "Bacchanale" from Saint-Saens' Samson and Delilah and music from the film Saturday Night Fever. Highlighting this festive evening will be the world premiere of Allegro Scherzando: A Celebration for Piano and Concert Band, composed by James Adler, with Mr. Adler as guest soloist. To buy tickets, click on the Peter Norton Symphony Space logo below:
VIP Donor Party
A $50 donation or the purchase of a Platinum VIP concert ticket package gets you admission to our VIP Donor Party on Friday, October 30th -- the perfect kickoff for an evening of pre-Halloween fun and mayhem. The party is from 6pm-8pm on West 14th Street in Manhattan. Come meet BAC Artistic Directors Brian Worsdale and Marita Begley as well as this season's guest soloist James Adler at a wine and hors d'oeuvres reception. Select BAC chamber groups will provide entertainment. Click here to become a VIP Donor.
30th Anniversary BANDquet
Spend an evening of dining and dancing with your favorite band! Our 30th Anniversary BANDquet will take place on Saturday, November 7th from 6pm-11pm on the top floor of the fabulous Pennsylvania Hotel. Click here to buy tickets to the BANDquet. You must purchase your tickets to the BANDquet by Monday, November 2nd!
With a concert at Carnegie Hall, a performance for the President of the United States, and a record-breaking LGBA Conference, our 30th year certainly has been one for the history books. Please join us in celebration of not only this stupendous year but all the ones that came before it!
Sincerely,
The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps
http://www.lgbac.org
SURVEY: Homophobia and Transphobia in Sports
Dear Athletes,
GLAD, the New England-wide legal organization that won marriage cases in Mass. and Connecticut and is now suing to overturn DOMA, is setting its sights on challenging homophobia and transphobia in sports. To determine how it can best do that, GLAD is researching the ways in which anti-gay and anti-transgender attitudes affect LGBT athletes and coaches. Its first step is collecting the stories of LGBT athletes, coaches and allies who can shed light on the challenges and barriers homophobia and transphobia present.
Here is the link to the survey: www.glad.org/sports
We are aiming to reach as many LGBT athletes and coaches as possible to provide the necessary support and legal remedies.
Very best,
Jamal Brown
Here is the link to the survey: www.glad.org/sports
We are aiming to reach as many LGBT athletes and coaches as possible to provide the necessary support and legal remedies.
Very best,
Jamal Brown
NY GAY POOL LEAGUE GEARING UP FOR 26TH SEASON
The NYGPL is getting
ready to start its 26th Season as a competitive pool league for our
community, and its 16th season as a 501(c)(3) charity raising money for
Direct Support AIDS organizations. To date, the NYGPL has raised and
donated over $245,000 to local organizations which provide direct
support to the HIV/AIDS-affected community.
If you are interested in joining a team or finding out more about the NYGPL, email us at join@nygpl.org or the league president David Auxier at david@nygpl.org
CURIOUS ABOUT JOINING CHEER NEW YORK?
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Curious about joining Cheer New York?
(Next tryout period is in January!) The team walked NBC LX NY correspondent Ben Aaron through an audition, and he finds it's more than just shaking pom-poms. Watch the comedic results at: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/shows/lxnewyork/ Ben_Tries___Cheerleading_All__National_.html |  |
CHEER NEW YORK UPDATE ON ANDREW JONAS
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Cheer
New York regrets to inform the New York GLBT athletic community of the
passing of its founding director, Andrew Jonas, on September 27. Those
who knew Andrew will remember him for his spirited personality, fierce
devotion to the gay community and love of gymnastics and cheerleading.
Andrew's drive and passion helped lead the team to a triumphant and
exhilarating showing at the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago, IL. Cheer New
York is forever grateful for all the hard work and dedication he gave
to the squad.
His mother decided not to have a service, as was his expressed wishes. Andrew also asked that in lieu of flowers or service, donations be made in his name to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. To that end, Cheer New York has established a fundraising page, where donations can be made in his memory. It can be found here: www.mystjudeheroes.org/CheerNY. Donations may also be made via PayPal at the Cheer NY website (http://www.cheerny.org/donations.htm). Please make a note on the CNY website that your donation is in remembrance of Andrew. More information on Andrew and the team's efforts to remember him can be found at Cheer New York's blog and at the team's Facebook page. |  Andrew Jonas |
GOTHAM KNIGHTS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
2010 CALENDAR
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Gotham Knights Rugby Football Club
invites you to purchase the Gotham Knights 2010 Calendar featuring
poster-sized pictures of its own hot rugby players photographed by Joe
Oppedisano (Uncensored, Testosterone) . The Gotham Knights 2010
Calendar is an art-book quality collection of poster-sized prints, one
for each month. Beautifully and professionally designed and produced,
it is over-sized (18.25” x 12”), printed in bold color on glossy paper,
and spiral-bound. By going to the link above, you will see the video
and PDF previews of the calendar and how you can purchase it. Buy it as a gift to yourself. Or as a holiday gift to your friends and family. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this calendar benefits Gotham Knights RFC, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code. Thank you for your support. |
Coaching for Life: A Benefit for Live Out Loud
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sessions: 11am - 1pm // 1pm - 3pm // 3pm - 5pm
The LGBT Center
208 West 13th Street, NYC
Presented by The Gay Coaches Collective, Coaching for Life will feature career, life, and relationship group workshops led by seven of New York City's leading gay coaches. Admission is $20 ($10 for students) and all proceeds will benefit Live Out Loud, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting LGBT youth with role models in the LGBT community. For $45 ($20 for students), participants can attend one workshop and will receive one 30-minute private coaching lesson.
Workshops will provide advice, tips, and strategies for a wide range of topics including job hunting, work/life balance, networking, career development, and entrepreneurship.
For more information visit http://www.liveoutloud.info
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sessions: 11am - 1pm // 1pm - 3pm // 3pm - 5pm
The LGBT Center
208 West 13th Street, NYC
Presented by The Gay Coaches Collective, Coaching for Life will feature career, life, and relationship group workshops led by seven of New York City's leading gay coaches. Admission is $20 ($10 for students) and all proceeds will benefit Live Out Loud, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting LGBT youth with role models in the LGBT community. For $45 ($20 for students), participants can attend one workshop and will receive one 30-minute private coaching lesson.
Workshops will provide advice, tips, and strategies for a wide range of topics including job hunting, work/life balance, networking, career development, and entrepreneurship.
For more information visit http://www.liveoutloud.info
METRO WRESTLING HALLOWEEN HOEDOWN!
Many of you are aware of the recent increase in violence against the LGBT community in NYC, like this situation:
http://www.towleroad.com/2009/09/man-gay-bashed-in-nyc-claims-nypd-negligent-in-response.html
The scariest part of the incident described in that article is that it occurred in Hell's Kitchen - where a lot of us live! It could easily have been me or any one of my NYC friends.
Supporting the NYC Anti-Violence Project is as important as ever! I hope you'll consider coming to the Courage Awards on Monday, November 9th. This year, AVP is honoring Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner (Angels in America), the lawfirm Clifford Chance US LLP and the Weblogs Pam’s House Blend, The Bilerico Project, Joe.My.God. and Towleroad.
It should be a really great night, and a bit different from previous years. First, and maybe most importantly in our current economic times, it's cheaper! Second, we won't have a sit down dinner, but instead will be doing a chef's tasting featuring some great NYC chefs!
http://www.towleroad.com/2009/09/man-gay-bashed-in-nyc-claims-nypd-negligent-in-response.html
The scariest part of the incident described in that article is that it occurred in Hell's Kitchen - where a lot of us live! It could easily have been me or any one of my NYC friends.
Supporting the NYC Anti-Violence Project is as important as ever! I hope you'll consider coming to the Courage Awards on Monday, November 9th. This year, AVP is honoring Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner (Angels in America), the lawfirm Clifford Chance US LLP and the Weblogs Pam’s House Blend, The Bilerico Project, Joe.My.God. and Towleroad.
It should be a really great night, and a bit different from previous years. First, and maybe most importantly in our current economic times, it's cheaper! Second, we won't have a sit down dinner, but instead will be doing a chef's tasting featuring some great NYC chefs!
Please buy a ticket here: http://www.avp.org/events.htm
Another way to help out is to forward this email around to your friends, and to consider if your employer would sponsor AVP in any way.
For those of you who can't attend, please consider making a donation (any amount will help) at:
http://courageawards.wufoo.com/forms/the-13th-annual-courage-awards
Thank you.
Another way to help out is to forward this email around to your friends, and to consider if your employer would sponsor AVP in any way.
For those of you who can't attend, please consider making a donation (any amount will help) at:
http://courageawards.wufoo.com/forms/the-13th-annual-courage-awards
Thank you.
Rich Palermo
Anto-Violence Project