Florida Agenda

WILTON?MANORS, FL – Performer Russ King returns to South Florida as his acclaimed character, “Miss Richfield 1981,” for two live shows in Wilton Manors. The engagement follows two sold-out South Florida performances last March. Miss Richfield 1981 will perform her new show, “2012—We’ll All Be Dead By Christmas!!,” Feb. 17 and 18 at The Manor Restaurant and Nightclub in Wilton Manors.

In this year’s performances, King, as “Miss R.,” offers a celebratory take on the impending rumored Mayan apocalypse and gets audiences ready for Armageddon through songs, videos, and
audience activities.

Miss Richfield’s national appeal includes well-received appearances on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Today on NBC,” “Cake Boss” on TLC, and “Weekends with Samantha Brown” on the Travel Channel.  Most recently, King starred as Miss R. in a national television commercial for Orbitz. Her live performances have received critical acclaim and “The New York Post” selected Miss Richfield 1981 as “the must-see act in Provincetown [Massachusetts].”

As an official part of the Winter Party kick-off events, Miss Richfield will raffle off a vacation package with proceeds benefitting Winter Party, “the hottest winter in the world.”  The raffle prize includes a trip for two to Provincetown this summer, including airfare, hotel, and tickets to see Miss Richfield’s P-Town performance.  A second fundraising raffle will feature two Gold Passes to the Winter Party Festival.

Tickets are $25/$35 and are available online at www.missrichfield.com or at The Manor on the night of the performances.

ALIBI

2266 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors
Gayborhood tradition since 1997. Comfortable, inviting
atmosphere with indoor video bars, outdoor drinking and
dining. Drink specials all week, with mammoth 22-ounce
Long Island Iced Teas for $3 on Thursdays

ATOMIC/BOOM

2232 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors
The bar with two names features a dance club and
Gayborhood bar. Drag Bingo on Mondays, karaoke
Mondays and Tuesdays, dance music Fridays and Saturdays,
and (indoor) Sunday T-Dance.

BILL’S FILLING STATION

2209 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors
Videos, pool tables, dart boards, dance floor, happy hour,
live shows, Tuesday and Thursday karaoke – and great burgers,
to boot. Fun and friendly truck-stop-themed bar.

BOARDWALK

1721 North Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Over 100 of the sexiest men from all over the world. Go-go
dancers, cages, billiards, 2-4-1 Happy Hours. Drag emcees
and did we mention the Boys?

CORNER PUB

1915 N. Andrews Ave., Wilton Manors
Friendly atmosphere, unpretentious clientele and staff.
Next to Island City Pizza (so you can get your drink AND
your slice on).

CUBBY HOLE

823 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale
Butch bar and grill with a rockin’ daytime crowd (and a fun
nighttime one, too). Fifty cent pool, 2-for-1 drinks all day
every day, video games, hot movies on HDTV and DirecTV.
Thursdays it’s Bare Bear Chest Night, and every Friday and
Saturday the fur flies with Hot Bears on Poles (where their
Grizzlies Grind)!

DEPOT CABANA BAR AND GRILL

2935 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale
Adjacent to the America’s Best Inn and Suites (in case
things go really well during Sunday and Wednesday
karaoke). Friendly vibe, poolside.

DUDES

3270 N.E. 33rd St., Fort Lauderdale
Men dancing for men. Hot go-go boys in an upscale
atmosphere, piano lounge for more quiet interludes. Steamy
shower shows.

JOHNNY’S

1116 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
Club, bar, lounge. Male dancers and the men who love (to
ogle) them. Sunday amateur strip contest (and karaoke!).

LIPS

1421 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park
The Ultimate in Drag Dining. Dinner and shows six nights a
week. Sunday Gospel Brunch with the Sisters of Sequins.

LIVING ROOM

300 S.W. 1st Ave., Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale Arts & Entertainment District meets South
Beach. Friday nights they’re here, they’re queer, and they
drink free from 10:30(ish) to Midnight. Only House Music
club in town with its own Classical (and classicallychiseled)
violinist.

THE MANOR

2345 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors
WeHo vibe (think: LA’s The Abbey) in the heart of the
Gayborhood. Dine, drink, dance, play, mingle. Theme rooms
(salsa and meringue every weekend in the Latin Quarter!).
Live dancing and dining.

MATTY’S ON THE DRIVE

2426 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors
Drink specials, billiards, and a chill gayborhood vibe. 75
Cent drinks on Wednesdays. No Drama, No Smoking.

MONKEY BUSINESS

2740 N. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale
Cozy neighborhood bar. Karaoke, drag shows, Patio Bar –
and open at 9 a.m. daily.

MONA’S
502 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
Cocktail Lounge in the heart of Searstown. Fun customers,
fun bartenders and fun proprietor (the Legendary Jerry).
Outside patio. Wednesday karaoke, Thursday Speedball
Tournament.

NAKED GRAPE
2039 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors
Relaxing, friendly, hip, unique – the alternative gathering
place on Wilton Drive. Wine tastings and events. Tuesday
and Wednesday Late Night In the Biz.

PJ’S CORNER POCKET
924 N. Flagler Drive, Fort Lauderdale
Interracial Private Social Club. Bottle club memberships.
Get your groove back on Wednesday nights with $2 drinks.

RAMROD
1508 N.E. 4th Ave., Fort Lauderdale
Voted World’s Favorite Leather Bar. Pig Dance first Saturday
of the month – South Florida’s Busiest, Craziest Monthly
Party (with caged hunks at Midnight on Saturdays – is there
a downside to this?).

ROSIE’S BAR & GRILL
2829 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
Nexus of the A-Gay List. Be Seen in the Scene (without
making one). Food, folks, libations, and a killer Sunday
Funday.

SCANDALS SALOON

3073 NE 6th Avenue, Wilton Manors
A line-dancin’, tight blue jeans-wearin’ good time. Country
and western music, two-steppin’, three-steppin’, pool
tables, and themed events year ‘round. Cowboys and
Indians was never this much fun, Pilgrim.

SIDELINES
2031 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors
Where Sports come first. Nationally known destination
sports bar with TVs streaming NFL, MLB, NBA and college
games. Pool tables, dart boards and large indoor (and
now smoke-free) facility. Outdoor patio features area for
smokers. Mixed crowd of gay men and women (who would
have thought?). Featured in Bloomberg Businessweek and
recommended by LOGO.

STABLE

205 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
Levis-and-leather neighborhood bar, where the bears line
dance and the cowboys are VERY friendly.

SMARTY PANTS
2400 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
Cozy neighborhood bar with daily happy hour, and regular
patrons. Show night Thursdays at 9 p.m. Karaoke Friday and
Saturday nights, and with matinee on Sunday afternoon.

TORPEDO
2829 W Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
Dance, shoot pool, drink til 4 a.m., 7 nights a week. Doors
open at Midnight; dance til Dawn.

VOODOO LOUNGE
111 S.W. 2nd Ave., Fort Lauderdale
Gay and mixed every Sunday, with afternoon T-Dance and
drink specials, then the popular Life’s a Drag show with
gobs of female impersonators, hot dudes and the chicks
who want to change them.

WHISKEY BLUE
401 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
In the W Hotel on Fort Lauderdale Beach, downstairs it’s the
elegant Whiskey Blue, upstairs the luxe Living Room: hot
dance and social settings in a distinctive atmosphere with
signature cocktails and upscale patrons.

Indoor and outdoor
lounges.

The People I Slept With photo courtesy 408 films/ margin films

By BOB KECSKEMETY

The Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival starts next week, Thursday, October 7 with a Grand Opening Party at The Manor Entertainment Complex, 2345 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors with special live performance by Karina Iglesias and Band. All films will also be shown at The Manor.

These to be shown at the festival and their show times are:

Thursday, October 7
- THE SECRET DIARIES OF MISS ANNE LISTER (7:30 p.m.)

Friday, October 8
- STONEWALL UPRISING (5:30 p.m.)
- IS IT JUST ME? (6:00 p.m.)
- THE OWLS (7:45 p.m.)
- THE PEOPLE I’VE SLEPT WITH (8:00 p.m.)

Saturday, October 9
- THE MORMON PROPOSITION (2:00 p.m.)
- STRAPPED (2:30 p.m.)
- THE STRING (4:30 p.m.)
- THE FOUR-FACED LIAR (5:00 p.m.)
- BABY JANE (7:30 p.m.)
- UNDERTOW (Contracorriente) (7:45 p.m.)

Sunday, October 10
- THE BELIEVERS (2:00 p.m.)
- MAKING THE BOYS(2:30 p.m.)
- OFF AND RUNNING (4:30 p.m.)
- VIOLET TENDENCIES (5:00 p.m.)

THREE FILMS ARE PARTICULAR STANDOUTS THIS YEAR:

VIOLET TENDENCIES (Sunday, October 10 at 5:00 p.m.) Violet is a single, thirty-something, gal who has a seemingly wonderful life filled with a loving group of friends, a good job and a busy social calendar. Yet Violet wants more; she wants to find love. Though she is constantly hanging around hunky, gorgeous men, none are interested in her. Violet is fag hag who surrounds herself with gay men so while she receives tons of affection from her boys, it’s not the type that keeps her warm at night. Her friends that aren’t coupled, are busy hooking up while Violet is on her own. At the insistence of Salome, she decides to ditch the gays in search of her own Mr. Right. Starring ‘80’s child actor, Mindy Cohn (Natalie from “Facts of Life”) as Violet.

Violent Tendencies, courtesy TLA Releasing

THE PEOPLE I’VE SLEPT WITH (Friday, October 8 at 8:00 p.m.) Angela loves sex and is proud to call herself a slut, which she claims is simply a woman with the morals of a man. She’s having the time of her life until she wakes up one morning and finds herself pregnant and unsure of whom the father is. Luckily, her best friend is Gabriel, a gay man who knows a thing or two about ships that pass in the night. Armed with the photos that Angela has taken of all her conquests just after the ‘act’, they set out to find the father. Gabriel has his own problems when his cute new boyfriend catches him being too friendly with an ex-beau and refuses all his attempts to make up.

STRAPPED (Saturday, October 9 at 2:30 p.m.) A routine trick at a man’s apartment propels a cynical hustler into a series of strange and life-changing encounters. Tall and lanky with a mop of unruly dark hair, the young man makes for an attractive prostitute — handsome in body, amiable in personality and efficient in sex. He’s just out to make a buck, one guy at a time. But this coldly efficient rent boy begins to look at himself in a different way one stormy night when he finds himself lost in a maze-like apartment building. His unexpected odyssey leads him to a series of encounters with: a “straight” guy with issues, a cocaine-fueled queen who thinks he knows him, an older manhidden away in a leaky attic apartment who assists him on his journey and a lonely young man who thinks he’s finally found a connection with someone.

STRAPPED courtesy TLA Releasing

OTHER FILMS OF SPECIAL NOTE ARE:

STONEWALL UPRISING (Friday, October 8 at 5:30 p.m.) In the early morning hours of June 28th, 1969 the NYPD traveled into Greenwich Village to raid the Stonewall Inn and to arrest gay patrons in the neighborhood bar. These raids were routine and in fact, not uncommon at even the Stonewall Inn, but on this particular day something was different.

THE FOUR FACED LIAR (Saturday, October 9 at 5:00 p.m.) Trip and Bridget are best friends living together in New York. When not chasing girls, the pair are chugging beers and hanging out at their favorite Greenwich Village watering hole, The Four-Faced Liar. One night they meet Molly and Greg, a straight-laced young couple. The foursome instantly develops a close repartee though they are very different. Molly and Greg cherish their yuppie existence while Trip and Bridgett enjoy a lifestyle that’s more akin to a frat house.

MAKING THE BOYS (Sunday, October 10 at 2:30 p.m.) Crayton Robey´s masterful documentary, Making the Boys, thoroughly examines the creation of the ’60’s play and film, The Boys in the Band, along with the subsequent controversy of both through a loving yet impartial view at its role in LGBT culture. Crowley unabashedly recounts not only the details of how the film and play came to pass, but shares his insight and rare video footage of his friendship with Hollywood royalties including Rock Hudson, Roddy McDowell, Judy Garland and his dear friend Natalie Woods.

OFF AND RUNNING (Sunday, October 10 at 4:30 p.m.) Avery was adopted at an early age by a Jewish lesbian couple; she shares her home with her older mixed-race brother, Rafi, and younger Korean-born brother, Zay-Zay.

A star athlete at her local high school, her path is seemingly planned out with a track scholarship in her foreseeable future. However, when the ever-curious Avery begins to really yearn to learn more about her identity as an African-American and where she came from.

The official closing party will be Sunday, October 10 at The Manor with a special live performance by Leesa Richards Band.

Ticket prices are $8 for festival members, $12 for non-members and can be purchased on the internet at www.flglff.com (24 hours a day), by phone at (305) 534-9924 (Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) or in person at the box office at The Manor (days of festival only.) A ticketing service charge of $1.25 per ticket will apply to all online orders.

A ticketing service charge of $1 per ticket will apply to all in-person/telephone orders. Additionally, a transaction charge of $2 per overall order is applied to each online/telephone order. Courtesy: Courtesy Courtesy The Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival starts next week, Thursday, October 7 with a Grand Opening Party at The Manor Entertainment Complex, 2345 Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors with special live performance by Karina Iglesias and Band. All films will also be shown at The Manor.