FRANK SINATRA, JR.
Thursday, July 12, at 8 p.m., at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek (5550 Northwest 40 Street, Coconut Creek). Don’t miss the classic sounds of Frank Sinatra Jr., part of Seminole Casino’s monthlong 1960s celebration. Admission: $40-$65.
FORT LAUDERDALE
SEA TURTLE WALKS
Through July 24 at the Museum of Discovery and Science and AutoNation IMAX Theater (401 SW 2nd Ave, Fort Lauderdale). Starts at the museum at 9 p.m., and ends by 1 a.m. This summer, the Museum of Discovery and Science hosts evening Turtle Walks. The whole family can participate in an evening of discovery while uncovering the natural history and myths of turtles. Nature permitting, participants will have a chance to watch a 300 pound Loggerhead sea turtle venture out of the ocean to lay her eggs. A female loggerhead sea turtle may travel thousands of miles to return to the beach where she hatched as a baby to lay her own eggs as an adult.
At 9 p.m., the adventure begins at the Museum of Discovery and Science with an informative hands-on session about turtles (land, fresh water, and salt water) with an expanded focus on sea turtles. The adventure continues to Fort Lauderdale beach where Museum expert guides will lead guests to the sea turtle’s nesting grounds to look for amazing sea turtles. We cannot guarantee a sea turtle will be spotted on every walk but when it does happen it is a natural wonder that no one will ever forget. Guests should be prepared to walk approximately one to two miles, and provide their own transportation and snacks.
Advance reservations are required as space is limited. Remaining 2012 dates: July 5, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, and 24. Admission: $18 for members, $20 for non-members.
MIAMI
“THE DONKEY SHOW”/THE ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER
Described by The New York Times as “Passion. Sex. A Rollicking Cool Party,” “The Donkey Show” opens on Friday, July 13, at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Ziff Ballet Opera House. The celebrated smash hit is described as “the ultimate night fever—a crazy fun house of disco mirror balls and feathered divas, of roller skaters and hustle queens, enchanted by an ever-solight sprinkling of Shakespearean magic.”
Thursday, July 19 through Sunday, July 22. Founded in July 2006 as an annual summer lifestyle event for gay men and women from around the world, Miami Beach Bruthaz includes a series of social, educational, and personalized activities that promote unity, camaraderie, and a sense of belonging. The event is focused around central themes of Knowledge, Culture, and Fashion. Miami Beach Bruthaz features an upscale White Party with a celebrity guest, a serious hip hop party, a rooftop pool party, and a men’s fashion show. The Saturday night party features the sounds of Brazil, and Sunday brunch at the Palace on Ocean Drive is surely not to be missed.
For more information, visit shop. miamibeachbruthaz.com.
WOMENFEST
The 20th Annual Womenfest will be held in Key West from September 4 through 9. Parties, dancing, film festival and outings for women.
For more information: womenfest.com.
HOLLYWOOD
NATHAN SAWAYA: THE ART OF THE BRICK
Through August 19, at the Art & Culture Center of Hollywood (1650 Harrison Street, Hollywood). The works of internationally renowned LEGO artist, Nathan Sawaya, returns to the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. In the 2012 exhibition of “The Art of The Brick,” New York-based Sawaya presents a variety of both large- and smallscale works. For Sawaya’s show, the Center is bringing back the popular LEGO interactive room, where children of all ages can create their own masterpieces.
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The 20th Annual Womenfest will be held in Key West from September 4 through 9. Parties, dancing, film festival and outings for women. For more information: womenfest.com.
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Saturday, June 30, 2012 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., at David T. Kennedy Park (2600 South Bayshore Drive, Miami). Chocolate Milk photography invites you to come out to Kennedy Park in Coconut Grove for the TOTALLY FREE DOGGIE PHOTOBOOTH! Yes, it’s FREE, no catch! If you’ve been to one you already know it is, so pass it on! This one is more “vibefully” special, because we’ve teamed up with Grove Naturals and Dogzy, for treat samples that your four legged hunk of love will absolutely adore—we do and we’re human! It will be an awesomely FREE DOGGIE PHOTOBOOTH. Even if you don’t have a pup, hang out with us! Bring a chair, a blanket, some snacks and frolic with us. For more information, visit chocolatemilk.me.
“THE DONKEY SHOW”/THE ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER
Described by The New York Times as “Passion. Sex. A Rollicking Cool Party,” “The Donkey Show” opens on Friday, July 13, at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Ziff Ballet Opera House. The celebrated smash hit is described as “the ultimate night fever—a crazy fun house of disco mirror balls and feathered divas, of roller skaters and hustle queens, enchanted by an ever-solight sprinkling of Shakespearean magic.”
MIAMI BEACH BRUTHAZ
Thursday, July 19 through Sunday, July 22. Founded in July 2006 as an annual summer lifestyle event for gay men and women from around the world, Miami Beach Bruthaz includes a series of social, educational, and personalized activities that promote unity, camaraderie, and a sense of belonging. The event is focused around central themes of Knowledge, Culture, and Fashion.
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Saturday, June 30, 5 p.m. to Sunday, July 1, at 12 a.m., at C&I Studios (541 Northwest 1st Avenue, Fort Lauderdale). Join us at the Fat Village ARTwalk for the FIRST annual Night Owl Market, featuring independent local vendors, music, food, art, drinks, gypsies, unicorns, FREE Admission, FREE Craft Beers, Wine and Cocktails ALL NIGHT! (Can you believe it?)
Liquor up and shop till you drop with 50+ local artisans selling handcrafted (and vintage) goods! All for a good cause! DJ Mikey Ramirez of Radio-Active Records will spin live throughout the event. Food trucks will line the surrounding streets, so come hungry.
All proceeds from the Night Owl Market event will go directly to funding Flagler Village—contributing to building a community garden and monument sign to add identity to and improve the thriving neighborhood. BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!
ARTwalk will have new exhibits and events in the surrounding warehouse district. Hop from venue to venue ALL NIGHT!
For more information, visit c-istudios.com.
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At Park East on Pensacola Beach,
Friday, May 25 through Sunday,
May 27 from noon to 7 p.m.
Entertainment, food, and fun
will be capped by a lineup of the
hottest DJs under an 11,000 square
feet pavilion. Free admission for
ages 18 and up, and open to the
public. Bring your tents, cabanas,
and beach gear.
On Friday, DJ Dewight Barkley
kicks off the SPLASH Beach Fest
Welcome Party at 2 p.m. The
weekend continues on Saturday
when DJ Jay-R turns up the heat
for a sizzling afternoon of fun
in the sun starting at 2 p.m. DJ
Tim Pflueger rounds out the
weekend on Sunday at 2 p.m. with
Pensacola’s hottest tea dance ever!
The highlight of the weekend
will be Saturday night’s much
anticipated WAVE dance party,
from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. and
featuring the international talent of
DJ/Producer Joe Gauthreaux. And
direct from New York: the infamous
Bianca del Rio. The “glowing”
theme for this year’s party is a Black
Light Beach Bash.
Tickets to WAVE can be
purchased in advance for $40.00 at
our website or at the Hampton Inn
on the beach Welcome Center on
Friday & Saturday from noon until 6pm.
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The 10th Annual St. Pete Pride
Street Festival and Promenade
returns Saturday, June 30. The
diversity of Southwest Florida’s
LGBT community and visitors from
around the world join local allies,
business and community leaders,
and supporters for a day of food,
fun, dancing, music, and fun. St.
Petersburg’s Grand Central District
transforms into Carnivale with
an attendance estimated near
100,000.
Following in the great tradition of
the Stonewall Riots and the start of
the modern gay rights movement,
St. Pete Pride has grown into
one of the country’s largest Pride
events. In 2011, the number of
attendees topped 90,000. For more
information: stpetepride.com.
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From May 31 through June 4,
at various venues in and around
Orlando. With over 150,000 in
attendance, Central Florida parties
like no other place for boys of every
shape and stripe: twinks, studs,
bears, military, leather and biker
daddies, butch and fem lesbians,
pre- and post-op transgender
persons, gay-friendly straights,
teens, tweens, and the young at
heart (and their admirers).
Specific parties/events
include Orlando Wonderland
(markbakerevents.com), Girls in
Wonderland (its counterpart for
gay women, girlsinwonderland.
com), Gay Days (gaydays.com),
Girls at Gay Days (girlsatgaydays.com).
Each event offers a host
hotel with the most indescribable
pool parties and activities that cater
to the individual demographic.
Other events include One Magical
Weekend (onemagicalweekend.com),
and the local scene will roll
out the ready carpet for world class
entertainers including Chaka Khan
and Mya.
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Key West has a lot to be proud of:
the southernmost U.S. city recently
tied with San Francisco for the title
of Best City for Unity Between
Gays and Lesbians, and they won
hands down in Best City for Unity
Between Gays and Straights. Both
their city and county official mottos
are “One Human Family. Their
LGBT leaders serve openly, and
visitors are welcomed throughout
the island.
Key West shows their pride every
day, and this is your chance to be
a part of the celebration. Come
out for Key West Pride, June 6
to 10, and enjoy dance parties,
drag shows, bike tours, water
excursions, a street fair, and even
a parade through town. Their
Miss Pride, Mr. Pride and Ms. Pride
competitions are infamous for their
fun and their skin.
Make your plans now to attend
Key West Pride. Most events are All
Welcome. All events are uniquely
Key West. For more information:
WOMENFEST
The 20th Annual Womenfest
will be held in Key West from
September 4 through 9. Parties,
dancing, film festival and outings
for women. For more information:
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Back at the Parker Playhouse after
the hit “Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour,”
comedian and Drama League
Award nominee and comedic
political pundit John Fugelsang
stars in Guilt: A Love Story on
Saturday, May 19 at 8 p.m. A
solo show for people who hate
solo shows, it takes audiences on a
hilariously twisted & true tragicomic
theatrical journey Variety described
as “dynamic and captivating.”
Tickets are $30 and $45.Tickets
and group discounts are available
at (954) 462-0222 or select your
seat on-line at parkerplayhouse.com.
Tickets are also available for
purchase at the Parker Playhouse
Tuesday-Saturday from noon to
5 p.m. The Parker Playhouse is
located in Holiday Park at 707 N.E.
8 Street, Fort Lauderdale.
FLORIDA AIDS WALK
The Florida AIDS Walk is a 10k
walk (or optional 5k) fundraiser
to raise awareness and help
reverse the continuing epidemic
of HIV/AIDS in South Florida. 100
percent of the funds raised from
the Florida AIDS Walk stay right
here in Florida and will benefit
the AIDS Healthcare Foundation,
Broward House, the Pride Center
at Equality Park, SunServe, Latinos
Salud, the South Beach AIDS
Project, the Children’s Diagnostic
and Treatment Center, and other
local service organizations. This
community fundraising and
awareness event helps ensure the
expansion of HIV/AIDS testing,
education and prevention initiatives
in South Florida, and throughout
the State of Florida.
The Florida AIDS Walk also
benefits: LGBT education,
advocacy and services; specialized
services that meet the needs of
the economically disadvantaged,
marginalized youth, seniors and
peoples of differing abilities;
specialized, comprehensive care of
children and youth with HIV/AIDS in
a family-centered environment; and
improving the lives of individuals
living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS.
Sunday, May 20, 2012, registration
and check-in at 8:00 a.m. on Fort
Lauderdale Beach.
A Note About Sponsoring
Walkers with Checks: Make
checks payable to Florida AIDS
Walk. Also, be sure to include
the name of the person you are
sponsoring and the team that they
are a member of to ensure proper
credit.
A Note About Matching Gifts:
Matching Gifts are an easy way
to sometimes double the amount
you have raised for the Florida
AIDS Walk. Please click here for a
list of participating companies and
how to take advantage of this easy
way to make your contributions
count more! More information at
GARY SANTIS PRESENTS “WHITE FORT LAUDERDALE”
The annual event that
traditionally kicks off the summer
season in South Florida returns on
Sunday, May 27. For 2012, White
Fort Lauderdale will be hosted
at The Manor Restaurant and
Complex in Wilton Manors, and
will feature DJs Manny Lehman
and Daisy Deadpetals with a special
concert by Prince Poppycock from
TV’s “America’s Got Talent.” Many
of South Florida’s greatest drag
entertainers will also perform,
with Kitty Meow, Daisy D, Sasha
Lords, Erika Norell and TP Lords
currently scheduled to appear.
Joe Posa (as “Joan Rivers”) will
be the event emcee, with WSVN-
7 anchor Craig Stevens serving as
host. For more information, visit
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