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Highlight of the Week - You'll DEFINITELY Want to Meet Chely Wright!
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A couple months ago, I wrote a top ten list of the things I love about Out Boulder for our weekly Enews. One thing I failed to mention as something I love is that Out Boulder ALWAYS has something going on. You can always find a social meet-up, film, or support group offered by us or one of our community partners. And this newsletter is the way to find it all out (in addition to our website, facebook, and twitter!). At times the many things going on in Boulder County for the LGBT community can be overwhelming -- but I can't complain about that!
The highlight of this week is the screening of "Wish Me Away" AND even better, a reception that follows featuring Out country star Chely Wright in the flesh! As a cultural partner of the screening, Out Boulder is teaming with the Starz Denver Film Festival to offer this special combo including the movie and reception with free drinks and food. The VIP tickets can be purchased through Out Boulder at Brown Bag tickets and the catch is that there are only 14 tickets left! So buy your tickets NOW for $20 and meet Country star and author of the book "Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer," Chely Wright. The event will take place on November 4 @ Highlands Church, 3241 Lowell Blvd in Denver at 7:30 p.m.
Jen Spolnik, Out Boulder
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Manhattan Middle School
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This week, the community spotlight turns into a FLOOD LIGHTS and they are all aimed at Manhattan Middle School, the amazing young people that attend the school, and the absolutely revolutionary, loving faculty and staff that make Manhattan a place of equality, respect, and well being for all that enter the school.
Manhattan Middle School held an assembly for their entire student body this past Friday with the intention to educate and empower each and every one of the students to create a culture of love and support, one of true camaraderie. Where curiosity about the things that make us different is valued over picking on, or making fun of those differences.
Approximately 450 people gathered in the Phoenix auditorium and actively engaged with a variety of messages highlighting the impact that words and phrases like "That's so gay" and "That's so retarded" as well as the richness in being of different cultural and ethnic heritage.
We were treated to a wonderful concert by the school's own choir and by the acclaimed Denver Gay Men's Chorus too! Immediately following, students returned to their classrooms to craft the strategy to stamp out bullying in their school.
As Kathleen Sepeda, member of Out Boulder's board of directors put it, "something beautiful happened at Manhattan Middle School this past Friday, and it is inevitable to feel excitement for all the infinite possibilities that lie ahead. It takes only one very courageous school to set the tone" Manhattan Middle School has stepped up to that challenge and takes the lead in the effort to create truly safe and embracing Boulder Valley Schools.
Manhattan Middle School Phoenix, shine bright and continue to R.I.S.E!
( Respect, Individual Responsibility, Safety, Excellence)
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Meet Chely Wright! - November 4
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Purchase VIP tickets for "Wish Me Away" for $20.00!! These tickets grant you access to the screening, following Q&A with Chely AND they serve as your ticket in to a reception with complimentary beverages and hors d'oeuvres following at Denver hotspot, The Lobby! There are only 25 tickets so purchase yours TODAY! $20.00 is our cost for these tickets, additional donations will be welcomed the day of the film.
This special Out Boulder engagement of "Wish Me Away" will be shown on November 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church, 3241 Lowell Blvd, Denver.
When she was at the top of her game as a country singer-songwriter, Chely Wright risked alienating thousands of her adoring fans and even some of her family members by coming out as a lesbian. The decision came after nearly 20 years of tortured introspection and daily prayers to God to "make it go away." Wish Me Away is a wrenching chronicle of Wright's personal countdown to the day in 2010 when she resolved to go public.
Director-producers Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf zoom in on Wright as she wrestles with her decision and its implications for her career, built on sexy videos like "Single White Female"-and, of course, on the concealment of her own sexuality. Her father, sister, and Nashville colleagues also speak candidly in interviews, voicing their love and support yet fearing the repercussions of her announcement. Poignant therapeutic sessions with her minister underscore her inner struggle along with her strength and courage.
Wright's reasons for coming out were, she claims, threefold: to free herself from the burdens of living a lie, to lend support to gay children and teenagers, and to counter the belief-especially in the type of Bible Belt community in which she was brought up-that homosexuality is wrong. On May 4, 2010, Wright released both her memoir of life as a closeted lesbian, Like Me, and her first album of new songs since 2005, Lifted Off the Ground. One of the tracks on the album shares its title with this intimate documentary (which won the jury prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival earlier this year).
Sponsored by Barbara Bridges, Caz Matthews, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, One Colorado Eduction Fund.
Watch the trailer on youtube!
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Trans Awareness Week Art Contest -
Deadline November 11
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Out Boulder and the CU Center for Multicultural Affairs presents the Trans Awareness Week Art Contest! The theme for the contest is TRANSForming Art and entries are due by Friday, November 11 @ 1 p.m. Art work may be submitted during Out Boulder's regular office hours at the Pridehouse, 2132 14th street or by appointment. Entries will be judged by attendees at the Trans & Ally Potluck: Kick-Off to Trans Awareness Week on Sunday November 13 @ 5:30 p.m.
Art entries will be part of an exhibit to be on display at the Pridehouse November 13 - December 14, 2011. The contest is open to all media and styles of art in which the transgender experience is the subject matter. Media may include, but is not limited to, paintings, drawings, written/spoken word, mixed media, sculpture, graphic design, and
photography. All works must be original and not measure over 60 inches in any direction. Work must be ready-to-exhibit and include entrant's name, email, phone number, and city on the back.
First place prize winner receives a collection of gifts from local merchants, including VIP Fox Theater tickets, giftcard to Boulder Bookstore and more ($100 value)!
Our fabulous sponsors include: Pasta Jay's, Izze, Larabar, Spruce Confections, Rebecca's Apothecary, Rueben's Bistro
For questions contact: Jen Spolnik, jspolnik@outboulder.org
Be sure to check out all of the other events happening during Trans Awareness Week!
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Raise Your Voice
Help Us Make Health Care Work Better for All of Us |
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Health insurance is expensive and it is covering less and less of the care Coloradans need. The good news is Colorado is creating an online marketplace to let consumers shop around for insurance. The goal of the marketplace is to increase affordability, access, and coverage. To make sure it does:
We need your input!
We are hosting a local forum to get feedback from residents of Boulder. If it doesn't work for us, it won't work. Come raise your voice and ensure this new marketplace works!
Where: TBD
When: Wed, November 16th at 6pm.
RSVP at www.copirg.org/RSVP
Brought to you by: Out Boulder and the CoPIRG Foundation (Colorado Public Interest Research Group), the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative and the Colorado Center on Law and Policy - a coalition of non-profits who have fought for years to ensure everyone has access to quality, affordable health care.
For more information contact
Danny Katz - CoPIRG Director
Phone - 303 -573-7474 ex 303
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Happy Hour in Louisville - November 10
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 Join Out Boulder on at Lucky Pie Pizza (637 Front St, Louisville) for an LGBTQ and Allied Family-Friendly Social Gathering on Thursday November 10, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.!
LuckyPie Pizza and Taphouseserves handmade organic and all-natural brick oven pizzas, and has a great bar that features an ever-rotating 21 taps of craft and imported Belgian beer.
There will be food and drink specials. Out Boulder's Social Gatherings provide a great way to reconnect with friends and meet new LGBTQ and Allied community members.
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Revolutions and Out Boulder are proud to announce "Break the Mold": a unique personal growth, artistic, and social opportunity for LGBTIQ adults
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 Out Boulder and Revolutions present: "Break the Mold" as part of our Health and Wellness program! Daily requirements of the mechanized world cut us off from the nourishment that exists naturally within us. Out of touch with our bodies, we become out of touch with others, our work, and the world around us. Even partially disconnected, we can turn to empty or unhealthy forms of pleasure for fulfillment and wind up feeling worse. LGBTIQ people must continually cope with the additional stressors of homophobia/transphobia and internalized oppression.
This 7-week group offers a welcoming space to access untapped strengths and creativity through original movement. Participants will explore body-based patterns that are life-limiting and play with new options. It's perfect for those wishing to shake things up in a healthy, powerful way. "Break the Mold" promotes increased embodiment and conscious choice in an environment of respect, curiosity, and fun. If you suspect there is more of you to know and to share with the world, please join us in this exciting group, created especially for Colorado's LGBTIQ community!
Contact Leslie at 720-284-1197 or mccormick.leslie@gmail.com for more information and to pre-register. A limited number of scholarships are available through Out Boulder.
The workshop will take place on Wednesdays evenings, November 2nd -- December 21st, 5:45-7:00 p.m. at Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th Street. The cost is $210.00 for 7 weeks (a couple of scholarships and sliding scale spots are available).
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Save the Date! 5th Annual Wine Tasting! - November 19
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 Our 5th Annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser will be Saturday, November 19 so mark your calendars! If you are interested in attending, let me know! Great food, delisicous wines, and wonderful company all in support of the important work of Out Boulder. Suggested donation: $75.
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2012 Boulder Pridefest Planning Meeting -
November 15, 5:30 p.m. @ Absinthe House
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If you want to be part of the planning committee for next year's Boulder Pridefest, please join us on Tuesday, November 15 @ 5:30 p.m. at the Absinthe House for our first committee meeting. We are getting a head start on next year's Pride to make sure it's bigger and better than ever! Help is needed the plan various aspects including entertainment, marketing, vendors, sponsorship, and more! Come and be a part of our biggest event of the year! Contact alewis@outboulder.org with questions or just show up at the Absinthe house, 1109 Walnut St, on November 15. Hope to see you there!
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Bent Lens Presents Weekend - November 11
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Check out "Weekend"at the Boedecker Theater at The Dairy on Friday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m., followed by the Bent Lens Salon.
"Perfectly realised - a bracing, present tense exploration of sex, intimacy and love." -- A.O. Scott, The New York Times.
Director Andrew Haigh's second film explores an unconventional love story between two young men trying to make sense of their lives. Lingering on the initial sparks of an erotic and emotional connection, Weekend explores the intensity and import of a relationship's beginning. On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell (Tom Cullen) heads out to a nightclub, alone and on the prowl. He picks up Glenn (Chris New) just before closing. And so begins a weekend - in bars and in bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and having sex - that will resonate throughout their lives.
(Directed by Andrew Haigh, UK, 2011, 96 min, English). More info.
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Photos of Angie Film - November 9, 7-9 p.m.
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In honor of November being the month of Transgender Remembrance, PFLAG Boulder County, in partnership with the Office of Human Rights and Community Relations and the Colorado Anti-Violence Project, will co-sponsor the screening of a new film entitled: "Photos of Angie". It is a documentary about the murder of Angie Zapata, a transgender woman, in Greeley in 2007 and the trial of her murderer which was the first use of the enhanced sentencing for hate crimes law. The filmmaker, Alan Dominguez, and Sandhya Luther, Director of Advocacy from the Colorado Anti-Violence Project, will be present for the showing and will be available for discussion afterwards. Free and open to the public.
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 The following are the Pride House office hours. If you need to visit us outside of these hours please contact jspolnik@outboulder.org for an appointment. Hope to see you soon!
M, T, F - 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
W - 12 - 4 p.m.
Th or Weekends - by appointment
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Some of the events, views and opinions expressed in the eNewsletter are solely those of their authors and/or organizations, and do not necessarily reflect an endorsement by Out Boulder. We encourage you to contact the event sponsor for more information.
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