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Usually we like to take the fourth quarter of the year off to rest, relax and rejuvenate, but this year we said screw that let's go hard as we close out 2012. Check out our Upcoming Events for the dish on all the fabulousity we have in store for you, Halloween Party, Restaurant, Film Festivals and Casting Calls, Oh my!.  On a special note, Dulce Garcia whose film With Conviction premiered in 2011 at the Annual QWOCMAP Film Festival has been invited to Paris (yes, you read right Paris!!!!!) to screen her film at the Paris International Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival in France. Please consider a small donation to help her with her trip expenses to France by either donating online or
you can donate to her paypal at dulce.a.garcia@gmail.comStarting Thursday the Bay is gonna be poppin' with the soft opening Kainbigan Pop-Up Restaurant, on Friday check out Culture F*ck, then on Saturday there is a special event fundraiser Our Coming Out Partyin Sacramento and ending the weekend with an Artisan Extravaganze. We are super excited to announce our Halloween Party  the fiveTEN Horror Picture Show on Saturday, October 27th! We are giving away $500 in cash and prizes for
- Best Overall Costume
- Sexiest Costume
- Scariest Costume
- Best Group Costume (can be couples or groups)Tickets are on sale right now http://510horrorshow.eventbrite.com For a full details on the costume ball scroll down to Upcoming Events.  Are you a designer of masculine clothing for female bodies? A model wanting to strut your stuff down the runway? The What is Butch? Compaign based out of New York City is coming to Oakland for a one time special event in February for the ButchLYFE: Expanding Ideas in Masculine Fashion for Female Bodies. They are having an Open Casting Call in Oakland on Saturday, October 20th at the Show and Tell Store. AND there is more! We have chosen our films for our 1st  Annual LGBTQ Film Festival being held in Oakland. We have 20 films that we will be screening at the Grand Lake Theater on November 15th from local, regional, national and international filmmakers. We were overwhelmed by the number of submissions and the wonderful quality of work. We could fill a week of theaters with all the fabulous work we are thankful to everyone who took the time to submit their film. We will be announcing our lineup on Monday, October 8th so stay tuned! As you can see we are gonna busy going into the holiday season, we hope you can join us for any or all these events. See you out and about this weekend!
xoxo
Miz Chris
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Kainbigan Pop-Up Restaurant GRAND OPENING
Thursday, October 11th - 5pm-1am
inside the Rock Steady 1741 San Pablo, Oakland
ButchLYFE Open Casting Call Designers & Models
part of the What is Butch? Campaign Saturday, October 20th - 11am-3pm Show & Tell Store, 1300 Clay Street #106, Oakland The fiveTEN Horror Picture Show Costume Ball
Saturday, October 27th - 9pm-2am
Suite 410, 410 14th Street, Oakland
fiveTEN LGBTQ Film Festival @ The Grand Lake Theater
Thursday, November 15th - 6pm-9:30pm The Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland
fiveTEN LGBTQ Film Festival Afterparty Thursday, November 15th - 9pm-1am
Kainbigan Pop-Up Restaurant 1741 San Pablo, Oakland
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THURSDAY, October 4th
inside the Rock Steady
1741 San Pablo
Oakland
5pm-1am
5pm-8pm Happy Hour
Kitchen Open until 11pm
FINALLY! A place where you can go every week for great food, good friends and hella fun! Please join us for our soft opening on October 4th then join us for our big GRAND OPENING on October 11th, as we launch this groundbreaking restaurant in the East Bay, the ❤Kainbigan Pop-Up Restaurant❤ every Thursday inside the Rock Steady! Serving delicious Pulutan, Filipino small plates typically served with ice cold drinks and cocktails. Experience traditional Filipino flavors with a twist, made with love by Kainbigan's chef, Charleen Caabay.
We open our doors at 5pm and go until 1am (kitchen is open from 5pm-11pm). Join us right after work for our Happy Hour menu from 5pm to 8pm. Or come later and enjoy our DJs, Dancing, Live Shows and Performers. No matter when you come know that the food will be DELICIOUS, the atmosphere, INSPIRED and the people, CHILL. Bring yourself, your work crew, your friends and family for dinner in a laid back environment. Indoor and outdoor seating! Each week we will be highlighting fresh new talent from the Bay and beyond so expect to tantalize your tastebuds, feast your eyes and tease your ears at the New Kainbigan Pop-Up Restaurant! ❤ Kainbigan Pop-Up Restaurant ❤ Every Thursday Night inside the Rocksteady 5pm-1am Happy Hour 5pm-8pm Kitchen Open 5pm-11pm For a Full Restaurant Menu go to: www.kainbigan.com |
FRIDAY October 5th
 CULTURE F*CKACTUAL CAFE
6334 SAN PABLO AVE
Oakland, Ca
7:30PM Culture F*ck has moved to a different location and a different day!!!!
We are now every 1st Friday at Actual Cafe. And we are super excited to celebrate our new home with the fierce, most dynamically sexy, brilliant and hilarious feature: Virgie Tovar!!!!
Culture F*ck is a feminist, anti-racist performance space for radical outcasts, passionate queers, gender liberators, intellectual non-conformists, and everyone else who loves to break rules and subvert social propriety.
Details:
Cost: Pay what you can- everything goes to the artists! No one turned away for lack of funds.
Arrive by 7:30pm to meet your host and sign up for the performance list. Performances will begin at 8pm.
You are welcome to perform spoken word, poetry, music, dance, comedy, theatre, and prose. Please bring your zines, books, chapbooks, art, jewelry, albums, and other merchandise to sell or distribute.
Actual Cafe is keeping the kitchen open, so bring your hunger for delicious art and delicious food/beverages!
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SATURDAY, October 6th
***SPECIAL SACRAMENTO FUNDRAISER***
The Pagoda Building 429 J Street, Sacramento CA 9pm-2am Pre-Sale Tix $10http://my-coming-out-party.eventbrite.com/ Celebrate National Coming Out Day with a SPECIAL ONE NIGHT ONLY event! Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your lovers we are gonna party with a purpose! Purchase tickets here: http://my-coming-out-party.eventbrite.com/ Special Guest National Superstars: ▼Juice.Box The Stud Entertainer from Houston ▼The Lady Ms. Vagina Jenkins from Atlanta will be gracing our stage with their hot and sexy talent (bring your dolla bills!) Purchase tickets here: http://my-coming-out-party.eventbrite.com/ Dropping those beats low is DJ Fusion on the wheels of steel PLUS here is YOUR chance to contribute to a great cause! Our Coming Out Party is a fundraiser for CLEANING FOR A REASON ( http://www.cleaningforareason.org/) Cleaning For A Reason is a nonprofit organization partnering with maid services to offer free professional house cleanings to improve the lives of women undergoing cancer treatment. |
SUNDAY, October 7th
THE CAPRI LOUNGE
474 Roland Way
Oakland
1PM-5PM
FREE
Blac Gurlz Ink is hosting an Artisan/Business Soiree!!! This event is a Sunday mixer to support the launch of some NEW businesses just starting out in the East Bay, and a Re-Introduction to a few other businesses that have already launched...but want to Re-Introduce their products or services to YOU! And admission is FREE to the public!! We will also be serving a light faire with a full bar - at cost. Of course Blac Gurlz Ink will be in the HOUSE along with some wonderful artisans and business owners...like.... DT Bling and The Baked Baker - to name a few! There are a few vending opportunities available if you are interested in participating. The cost is $50 for 1 table and 2 chairs. This mixer is taking place: When: October 7, 2012 Time: 1pm - 5pm Where: The Capri - 474 Roland Way, Oakland, Ca 94621 Admission: FREE For directions to the event venue (click here): http://www.atthecapri.com/ |
UPCOMING EVENTS
BUTCHLYFE OPEN CASTING CALL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20TH
SHOW & TELL
1300 CLAY ST #106, OAKLAND
11PM-3PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27TH SUITE 410 410 14TH STREET, OAKLAND 9PM-2AM
Scary. Sexy. Creative! Break out your BEST Halloween costumes for THE BAY AREA'S LGBTQ HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA! Be prepared for a Night of Mass Mayhem, Zombie DJs, Ghoulish Go-Gos, Spooky Treats and Tricks Too.Pre-Sale Tix available at: http://510horrorshow.eventbrite.com/
Get your costumes, make up, and attitudes ready 'cause we are about to cause a ruckus on the highest of holy gay holidaze, Halloween!!! We are doin' it big in downtown Oakland inside the historically significant Suite 410 (formerly Geoffrey's Inner Circle). This gorgeous, recently remodeled Oakland landmark is perfect joint to get your scream on.
$500 in cash and prizes for
- Best Overall Costume
- Sexiest Costume
- Scariest Costume
- Best Group Costume (can be couples or groups)
Zombie DJS: DJ Motive (Bay Area) and DJ LP (LA) dropping the best of everything you could want to hear at this Bay Area wide gathering of haunted souls: Top 40, Hip Hop, Old School throwbacks, Reggae, Latin, Reggaeton, Electro, and so much more... you want it, we got it and we are gonna give it to you.
Goulish Go-Gos: Amanda and Felisha
Drink specials throughout the long dark night
Bottle service & private VIP room overlooking Oakland's downtown hosted by Mack Mistress
Spooky snacks provided by Kainbigan
Online Earlybird presale tix are available right now at
$10 for individual and $15 per couple (any two people arriving together) buy them now at this great price. Prices go up on October 16th.
the fiveTEN Horror Picture Show Costume Ball Saturday, October 27th Suite 410 410 14th Street Oakland 9PM - 2AM 21+ with ID, no exceptions
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