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Gravel Likes Those Gays

Written by Jerry Portwood on June 11, 2007. Posted in Politics, Posts

Maybe this campaign season–which is slowly creeping from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous–may prove to be interesting after all. It’s not often that you get so many good-looking people to talk about things that most Americans don’t really care about. But, for a moment, let’s forget about the attractive candidates that are most likely to
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URB ALT Uptown

Written by Jerry Portwood on June 8, 2007. Posted in Music, Posts

If you haven’t been up to Harlem yet, and you’re going to forgo the Puerto Rican festivities happening all over the city, then the best bet would be to travel to URB ALT festival tomorrow, June 9. Didn’t know there was this much going on in West Harlem? Well, the alternative music/visual art goes down
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Action at NewFest

Written by Jerry Portwood on June 8, 2007. Posted in Arts & Film, Posts

You don’t have to be queer to enjoy a good gay romp now and then, and you can test that theory this weekend with the final screenings at NewFest. The LGBT film organizations screens a slew of things you’ll probably never see in your Netflix queue (or tell your girlfriend you enjoyed). For a campy,
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Dress Up Show

Written by Jerry Portwood on May 27, 2007. Posted in Arts & Film, Posts

Last night we ventured to Queens to attend the final performance of Michael Helland’s The Dress Up Show at The Chocolate Factory in Long Island City. It was the first of those balmy days that reminds you of what heat feels like in the concrete forest, and the Chocolate Factory, a warehouse space used by
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PRIDEfest Cancelled

Written by Jerry Portwood on May 14, 2007. Posted in Posts

Heritage of Pride, the organization behind many of the annual summer Gay Pride events, issued a press release late on Friday announcing that they have been "forced to cancel PRIDEfest 2007." The street festival was scheduled for June 23 and has most recently been held in the West Village. The organization was seeking to move
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Cake & Cocktails

Written by Jerry Portwood on April 30, 2007. Posted in Arts & Film, Posts

Attended the premiere of The Cake Eaters, Mary Stuart Masterson‘s directorial debut at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas this evening. It’s a competent film about dysfunctional families with a flair for the inspirational — yeah, pretty typical for indie fare these days. As everyone kept repeating, "the acting is excellent," and that’s true despite some directorial and
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Nothing on Nothing

Written by Jerry Portwood on April 29, 2007. Posted in Arts & Film, Posts

Dance performances rarely seem intended for an uninitiated audience. Take a poll and the majority of the audience will be: a) dancers or choreographers, b) friends of dancers or c) friends of the dancers’ friends. More than half will most likely be comped or somehow invited to view the performance. The rare neophyte feels like
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Ambassador Doesn’t Shoot the Bronx

Written by Jerry Portwood on April 28, 2007. Posted in Posts

Remember how those Germans were dis’ing on the Bronx? Well, seems like they want to make amends, so the German Ambassador to the U.N., Thomas Matussek, made a special trip to the Eagle Academy for Young Men in the Bronx to "open a conversation." Ten amazing young, African-American (and Latino) young men met with the
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LES from SCRATCH

Written by Jerry Portwood on April 25, 2007. Posted in Breaking News, Posts

Architects re-imagine the city for the next century
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New Rave Body Shakedown

Written by Jerry Portwood on April 16, 2007. Posted in Music, Posts

Well, the hype machine is at it again. Klaxons, the quintessential leaders of the “New Rave” movement, predictably denounce the genre label and consider themselves something much bigger. The crowd at Studio B in Greenpoint Saturday night shared the same sentiment. The club was packed with Brooklynites anticipating the London-based act, hoping for a live
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