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Subject: April 29th Calendar of Community Events
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Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 1:39 PM
Forum For Equality
Calendar of Community Events
Transgender Awareness Seminar
Presented by HRC at The Big Easy MCC
Join us for a moving discussion on "Gender Identity and Our Faith Communities" sponsored by the Religion and Faith Program at the Human Rights Campaign. We will be joined by HRC staff member and transgender educator, Candace Gingrich, who will lead us from acceptance to advocacy on issues of gender identity and LGBT equality. This workshop will challenge us, liberate us, and help us grow as a community committed to justice for everyone."
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
6:30p-9:30pm
1333 S. Carrollton Ave. NOLA
PFLAG Acadiana Presents:
FAITH IN OUR FAMILIES:
Practical Advice on In-Reach and Out-Reach into Faith Communities
WHO: Jody M. Huckaby, Executive Director of PFLAG National and Elizabeth Hampton Brown, Director of Policy and Programs
WHEN: April 30, 2009 - 7 pm to 9 pm
WHERE: University of Louisiana Lafayette, Advanced Computer Training Research (ACTR) Hall, Room 112
WHAT: For many people the intersection between their faith and their sexual orientation or the sexual orientation of their loved one is difficult. How do you stay engaged in your faith community while coming out? How do you work to make your faith community more welcoming to your LGBT loved one? How do you have conversations about what the Bible really says with people of faith without ending up in a screaming match?
Come find out how to make your chapter more open to people of all different faiths, how to have those difficult faith conversations, and how to engage your faith community in becoming more affirming.
For more information please email pflagacadi...@gmail.com or call 337-264-1342
Even if you are not a person of faith the training is fun and informative...we promise!!!
Forbidden Fruit
Thursday, April 30 at 10:30pm
1135 Decatur Street, New Orleans, LA 70130504-373-5431
Also, join us for Kinky Tuscaderos
Friday, May 1, 2009 from 8:30am to 12:30pm
WELCOME SOME UNIQUE JEWELS
TO YOUR HOME
INSIDE OUT
THE ULTIMATE DRAG QUEEN
COFFEE TABLE BOOK
PHOTOGRAPHY AND INTERVIEWS BY
BARBARA BENJAMIN MARCUS
96 PAGES & 125 EXCEPTIONAL COLOR PHOTOS
BOOK SIGNING
MAY 1 - 7 TO 8 PM
FAB
FAUBOURG MARIGNY ART & BOOKS
600 FRENCHMEN ST.
PRE-ORDER SIGNED COPIES FOR $95
PHONE 504.947.3700 EMAIL FABO...@YAHOO.COM
OR VISIT FAB OPEN NOON till 10PM EVERY DAY
Please support Le Petit Theatre, the oldest community theatre in the United States and a New Orleans landmark!
Click on this link for the live Promotional Video everyone's talking about!!!
Tony Award-Winning Comedy at Le Petit Theatre
April 24-May 10
On the Muriel's Cabaret Stage
Douglas Carter Beane's hilariously funny comedy follows the adventures of scheming Hollywood super-agent Diane, a Lady Macbeth in Manolo's, who will stop at nothing to land the role of a lifetime for her hot movie star client Mitchell...including nailing him back into the closet he's determined to come out of, if necessary, and disposing of everyone who's ever had a key. The New Orleans premiere of the Tony-award winning smash comedy takes a hilarious, no-holds-barred look at the outrageous world of celebrity, gossip, and our obsession with it, that will keep you guessing till the curtain falls on its shocking climax!
"RAZOR-SHARP... heartbreakingly real and hilariously true."..., Variety
"NAUGHTY 21st CENTURY COMEDY...knows no bounds!"... Los Angeles Times
"FEARSOMELY FUNNY; pitch-perfect...full of stiletto-sharp one-liners." .... Orange County Register
Directed by
Heidi P. Junius
TICKETS IN ADVANCE
$20.00
TICKETS AT THE DOOR - $24.00
616 St Peter Street
Tickets available at www.LePetitTheatre.com or by calling the box office @ 504-522-2081.
Need Parking? No Problem!!
Only $6:00! Bring your ticket from the Jax Brewery or the Omni Royal Orleans parking lot to have it validated at the Box Office!
Mystic Krewe of Satyricon
Presents the Opening Night
of
Jamie Wax's one-man, one-act comedy, Goin' to Jackson,
on
Thursday, May 7, 8 p.m
at
Le Chat Noir
715 St. Charles Ave.
Tickets to this performance, which is a benefit of the Krewe, are $25.00 and may be
obtained by calling 525-4498. For tickets to other shows, please call
Le Chat's box office at 581-5812.
In Response to the Unconstitutional 'National Day of Prayer',
Please Join the New Orleans Secular Humanist Association in
Celebrating the:
National Day of Reason
On May 7th, 2009 starting at 6:00 p.m. at the:
Monkey Hill Bar
6100 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70118
504.899.4800
There will be a fun National Day of Reason Multiple Choice Quiz.
Winners will receive prizes such as an 'I ♥Reason' Teddy Bear, Susan Jacoby's 'The Age of American Unreason', Thomas Payne's 'The Age of Reason" (signed by the editor, Frank Zindler, former President of American Atheists)& a' Celebrate Reason' cake! The event is FREE!
New Orleans Secular Humanist Association
NEW ORLEANS CRAFT MAFIA TO HOST MOTHER'S DAY TRUNK SHOW
AT THE BRIDGE LOUNGE, FRIDAY MAY 8TH
Following our successful St. Valentine's Day Massacre Trunk Show at the Bridge Lounge back in February, the New Orleans Craft Mafia returns to the popular Magazine Street venue for a special Mother's Day Trunk Show Friday, May 8th, from 5pm - 8pm. It's the perfect opportunity for all you last minute shoppers to find one-of-a-kind, hand-made gifts for Mom!
Located at 1201 Magazine Street, the Bridge Lounge offers a dog-friendly happy hour spot for the downtown after-work crowd, with drink specials and an interesting bar-food menu. Their adjacent private meeting space offers the perfect location for the Trunk Show, open to Magazine Street, connected to the bar area, and big enough to host the Trunk Show.
All members of the New Orleans Craft Mafia will be participating, including art by mags!, Unique Products, greenKangaroo, Bayou Salvage, Flambeaux Design Company, and Kristina Renee Jewelry, offering funky handmade and recycled jewelry, clothing, accessories, housewares, art, and more. Stop by on your way home from work or on your way out for the evening to pick up that something special for Mom!
For more info, visit our website: New Orleans Craft Mafia
You Are Cordially Invited to Attend PFLAG New Orleans'
19th Annual Scholarship Champagne Reception
Sunday, May 10, 2009
4 PM
UNO ALUMNI CENTER
Individual Tickets
$25 Advance
$30 at Door
For information call 504-862-5912 or contact i...@pflagno.org
Literary Festival
It's time to start making your plans to join us in the French Quarter for Saints and Sinners 2009!
This year, we've bowed to pressure and moved the Festival back a week--so instead of Mother's Day weekend, this year it's the weekend of May 14-17. We're putting together a pretty amazing line-up of panels and speakers this year, and you definitely don't want to miss out! Speakers this year will include Michael Thomas Ford, Michael Lowenthal, Elana Dykewomon, Jess Wells, Greg Herren, Radclyffe, and a whole lot more!
504.581.1144
http://www.sasfest.org/
HIV/AIDS Alliance
For Details, call: 225.927.1269
Louisiana Human Rights Campaign
Gala Dinner and Silent Auction
Please join us for an evening of drinks, dinner, dancing & fun at the Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans, LA!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
6:00 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Featured Speaker
Patricia Clarkson
Emmy-winning Actress
HRC Speaker
Cuc Vu
HRC Chief Diversity Officer
Entertainment
Mary Anna Gordon
Jazz Vocalist
Purchase your tickets today to get the early bird rate!
$150 early bird
$175 after May 17
Federal Club member tickets are $75.
Box Office Tickets at 1.800.494.TIXS (8497) or online at www.boxofficetickets.com/hrc
Interested in sponsoring the dinner? Contact Lili Alpaugh 504-259-4058
Interested in volunteering for the dinner? Contact Lester Perryman 504-650-0793
Interested in donating to the silent auction? Contact Deb Guidry 504-442-5562
3rd Annual "Bon Appétit with Project Lazarus"
Host a party and support Lazarus!
Dear friends and supporters,
We are pleased to announce Saturday, June 13th, as the date of the 2009 "Bon Appétit with Project Lazarus" fundraiser, and we are inviting you to support the Lazarus Mission by hosting a party of your own.
What is "Bon Appétit with Project Lazarus"?
~Parties are hosted by supporters of Lazarus in a location of their choosing
~The theme is up to the host, previous parties have run the gamut from formal dinneto pool side soirees
~Hosts request a donation from their guests for Project Lazarus
~As the parties end at 9:30, everyone gathers at the "Dessert and Champagne After Party", where hosts, guests, and volunteers meet to celebrate the success of the evening
This year marks our third event, and in the past two years Bon Appétit has contributed over $44,000 to the care and treatment of our residents. Our goal for 2009 is 20 parties in support of the men and women who reside at Lazarus.
We are asking that you, as an advocate of Lazarus, sponsor a party for your friends, family, or co-workers. Please contact Jezelle Hebert at 949.3609 ext. 505, jheb...@projectlazarus.net, or Sarah Wick at 949.3609 ext. 507, sw...@projectlazarus.net, for additional information and to schedule your event.
On behalf of the residents, Board of Directors, staff and event Co-Chairs, Warren Backer Jr., Dr. Mark Carbon, Wayne Christenberry, and Dr. Troy Scroggins, Jr. thank you for your ongoing support, and we are all looking forward to working with you to make this year's "Bon Appétit with Project Lazarus", the most successful Bon Appétit event yet!
Baton Rouge Pride Fest
Saturday, June 20, 2009
BREC's Magnolia Mound
2161 Nicholson Drive near LSU
10:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m.
We appreciate you.
You already support our fun events and charity drives.
Ever wonder how to get more involved?
Are you community oriented?
Do you like to help others?
Warm Hearts for Women is seeking additional volunteers so we can better help more women. So right now, we're looking for women who want to help other women.
Sound like something you would enjoy? It's easy!
Just let us know that you'd like to help. If you have a special talent to contribute to the organization, let us know that, too.
Please call Sherran Thomas at 838-6151 or send us an email at warmhearts4wo...@yahoo.com to be included in our rewarding volunteer opportunities.
Pride With A Purpose
In Loving Memory Of Charlene
Pride With A Purpose is a group of women who in 2000 became very concerned over the loss of so many friends to breast cancer and decided to try to make a difference. This will be our ninth year and we hope all of you will help us make it the most successful yet. All proceeds go to Hancock Medical Center in Bay St. Louis to provide mammograms for low income and uninsured women. It is the only program like it on the Coast. PWP has raised over $92,000 and provided hundreds of mammograms and follow ups.
Golf Tournament
Friday June 19, 2009 at 12:00 Noon at Pass Christian Isles Golf Club
Entry Fee $65.00
Hole Sponsor Prices are 50.00 and 100.00
Contact Linda at 228 671-9900 or Ltucker...@aol.com
Festival Saturday June 20, 2009 at 1205 Blue Meadow Rd. Bay St. Louis, MS
Open at 11:00 a.m. Admission $10.00
Beer, Mixed Drinks, Soda, Water, Food
Please No Ice Chest and No Pets
Silent Auction and Entertainment
All Entertainers contact Becky at 985 974-1795 or cajunb...@charter.net
We are soliciting silent auction items and cash donations. All donations are tax deductible
checks for the donations should be made out to Mammography Assistance Program.
Our mailing address is 10001 Oliver Rd. Bay St. Louis, MS 39520
Please help by sending this to all your e-mail addresses.
This is a great time to see old and new friends and support a wonderful cause.
Downstairs has been restored and we have air conditioning for all our friends who dread the heat.
Hope to see everyone in June.
Thanks and Love,
Linda Tucker
PAID INTERNSHIP 9-month, 40 hr/wk, $13-15/hour, no fringe benefits provided
Want to develop your skills to become a leader of the LGBT movement?
The Forum for Equality is interesting in partnering with the Hitt Foundation to develop the future generation of LGBT leaders. The R. Scott Hitt Internship in Leadership Development is a 9-month program tailored to a graduate student or a recent college graduate (those graduating in May 2009 are eligible to apply).
The internship provides hands on experience in LGBT advocacy, leadership, policy, grass roots outreach, event planning, board development, written and oral communication skills, and working with non-profit organizations. Interns would follow a curriculum that provides structure and evaluation of the experience.
Successful application entails a three step process:
1) Selection of an applicant by the Forum. The selected applicant will develop a sponsoring
agreement with the Forum,
2) The Forum and the selected applicant will apply to the Hitt Foundation by May 8th.
3) If selected by the Hitt Foundation on a competitive base, the Forum will serve as the sponsor for the intern in accordance to the sponsoring agreement. The Hitt Foundation will announce its final decision by May 29th. Experience will start during the summer.
Apply by sending the following:
1. A cover letter which includes: a 750-800 word essay explaining how you learned about this internship, why you are personally interested in, qualified for, and how you hope to benefit from the internship experience
2. Your most recent resume which includes: contact information, educational experience, degrees, grades, experience, and the name, position, and contact information for three persons who can recommend you.
Send information via e-mail to Mary Griggs no later than 12:00 midnight, on Sunday, May 3rd. Selected candidate will be called on Tuesday May 5th
Please submit questions to Mary Griggs or by calling 504.569.9156
For more information on the R. Scott Hitt Internship in Leadership Development
visit: http://www.scotthittfoundation.org/ .
Mary Landrieu throws her support behind Jim Letten
by The Times-Picayune
Monday April 27, 2009, 2:00 PM
Ellis Lucia / The Times-PicayuneJim Letten, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, is questioned by the media outside the federal courthouse. Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu said today she will ask President Obama to retain Letten, a Republican.
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said today she will recommend that Jim Letten retain his post as U.S. Attorney for Louisiana's Eastern District.
She also named Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Michael Bagneris as her choice to fill a federal judgeship.
Landrieu, the state's ranking Democrat, joins Republican Sen. David Vitter in supporting Letten for the post. With both Louisiana senators in agreement, Letten is virtually guaranteed to retain his spot as the Justice Department's top man in the New Orleans area. President Barack Obama, however, has the final say.
While Landrieu came under considerable pressure to retain Letten, today's announcement is sure to disappoint some Democrats and African-American leaders who have been urging her to choose a qualified Democrat who would also be committed to prosecuting public corruption. New Orleans attorney Brian Jackson, a longtime federal prosecutor, was among those rumored to be a top candidate.
Letten, who is been widely praised for his aggressive prosecution of corrupt government officials, has held the job of chief federal prosecutor since he was appointed in April 2001 to head the office on an interim basis. At the time, former President George W. Bush was searching for a replacement for Democrat Eddie Jordan, and Letten was viewed as a competent fill-in.
After four years, Letten finally received a presidential appointment to the post.
In addition to high-profile prosecutions that included New Orleans City Hall and the Jefferson Parish courthouse, Letten has won kudos for his efforts in building relationships between federal, state and local crime-fighting agencies, particularly when it comes to tackling violent crime in New Orleans.
CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS
Do you have an upcoming event or an LGBT-friendly organization that you'd like to promote?
PLEASE CONTACT US!
The Forum For Equality wants to help!
Please simply reply to this email or send the event information to f...@forumforequality.com.
Recurring Events
Sunday
5:00pm ... Sunday afternoons for the ladies @ Napoleon's Itch, 734 Bourbon St.
6:00pm ... Drag Bingo @ Oz
9:00pm ... Sing-along Sundays @ the Bourbon Pub
Monday
Tuesday
4:00pm ... Ladies's Night @ Tomatillo's, 437 Esplanade Avenue
6:00pm ... (1st Tuesday of the month) ... Trans Support Group Meeting
2114 Decatur Street - Lesbian & Gay Community Center.
More info: transpar...@bellsouth.net
7:00pm ... (Last Tuesday of the month) ... Ringo hosted by Mystic Krewe of Satyricon
Friendly Bar -- 2301 Chartres St.
$5.00 includes 1st RINGO card, snacks & lots of fun
Wednesday
Evening ... 2-for-1 Drinks @ Louisiana Pizza Kitchen
Thursday
Lunch ... (1st Thursday of the month) ... Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion Lunches @ Commander's
Palace, 1403 Washington Avenue, New Orleans (504) 899-8221,
www.commanderspalace.com
6:00pm ... (1st Thursday of the month) ... Swirl Girl Nights @ Swirl Wine Market, 3143 Ponce de
Leon St. (off Esplanade). Wine, music, and fun - Free wine tasting 6-8pm. Socialize
and network, learn about wine and get 10% off any wine purchase that evening!
Info: 504-304-0635
7:00pm ... (1st Thursday of the month) ... Out and About @ the Gay & Lesbian Center
An open LGBT social group holding weekly activities that include movie outings,
cards, theater, hiking, and other activities. More info: Crystal, 504.945.1103
7:30pm ... (2nd Thursday of the month) ... PFLAG New Orleans Meeting @ St. Matthew, UCC,
1333 Carrollton Avenue
Evening ... (2nd Thursday of the month) ... Join Human Rights Campaign at Thursdays Together!
Changing venues, info: 508-533-6117
Friday
4:00-8:00pm ...Gay Happy Hour @ Phillips, 733 Cherokee Street, New Orleans
(corner Maple). Info: 504-865-1155
Saturday
2:00pm ... (3rd Saturday of the month) New Orleans Secular Humanist Association meets at
the Dominion Learning Center, Audubon Zoo
Please forward recurring events to f...@forumforequality.com
Sunday Invitations
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Shreveport worships on Sunday at 9449 Ellerbee, Shreveport at 11:00 a.m. www.allsoulsuushreveport.org
Christ the Liberator Church worships on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. New location, please contact 610.3971.
First Unitarian Universalist Church
2903 Jefferson Avenue (corner of Claiborne), New Orleans Sunday, 10:30 a.m.
Freedom Fellowship Ministries of Greater New Orleans
http://www.freedomfellowshipgno.com/
10am Sunday worship
7pm Wednesday "Word of Truth" Bible Study
MCC - Baton Rouge worships on Sunday at 7747 Tom Drive at 11 a.m.
www.mccbr.org
The Big Easy MCC - New Orleans gathers each Sunday at St. Matthew UCC, 1333 S. Carrollton, New Orleans
5:00 p.m. Worship Celebration
Friendship hour following service
www.bigeasymcc.com
New Life Community Curch
3151 Dauphine Street, New Orleans
10: a.m. Sunday worship
www.nlccno.org
Shreveport Church of Hope
1714 Highland Avenue, Shreveport
11: a.m. Sunday worship, more info please contact 318.861.7824
St. Mark's United Methodist gathers each Sunday at 1130 N. Rampart Street, New Orleans
9:00 a.m. Coffee and fellowship
10:00 a.m. Worship
St. Matthew United Church of Christ, 1333 S. Carrollton Avenue, New Orleans, 504.861.8196
10:00 a.m. Worship on Sunday
11:00 a.m. Coffee and fellowship
6:00 p.m. Bible Study on Wednesday
SGI-USA, 1331 Prytania St., New Orleans
a lay Buddhist organization
(504) 310-2011 -- call for more information on introductory meetings
10:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting on Sundays
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