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Babes Around Denver's First Friday Marks Ninth Anniversary - March 2
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 The nation's largest monthly women's party, First Friday, marks its 9th anniversary with a monumental anniversary celebration party event "The Big Gay Hat Party"Friday, March 2, 2012 at Tracks/Exdo nightclub in Denver.
The gala celebration will feature something for everyone, with country music and top dance beats/from DJ Shannon; retro and remix from DJ Markie and R & B/Hip Hop by guest DJ Blaque Gurl. Special performance by The Dream Project Dancers and The Wicked Little Girl go-go dancers with some complimentary appetizers and a Hat Parade hosted by local comedian Jen Scully with prizes for the most festive hats. Doors open at 6pm. Cover is $5 from 6-9 and $7 from 9-close, making it one of Denver's best entertainment values.
First Friday continues to draw increasing crowds of 1,500-2000 women and other members, friends and allies of metro Denver's LGBT community ranging from ages 21-85 every month. First Friday, produced by Dede Frain and Babes Around Denver, is the biggest and longest running monthly women's party in the country and makes its home in Denver.
 More info
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: HospiceCare's New LGBT Grief Support Group
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Supporting Each Other: Addressing LGBT Grief in the Community
"My grief is no less, because you think it should be."
HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties and Out Boulder are sponsoring an eight week grief support workshop for anyone in the LGBT community who has lost a partner, child, friend, or other loved one through death. The group is designed to offer a safe place to process grief in an LGBT friendly environment.
The two facilitators, Phyllis Kline and Susan Palmquist, are both HospiceCare chaplains and members of the LGBT community. In their view, there is a great need for a grief support group of this kind. According to Susan, "Even with the incredible strides that have been made in society towards accepting us, there is still a lot of stigma and prejudice out there. This results in 'layers of stigma'-being gay-our relationships not being honored, and then another layer is added because grief is something that people don't want to deal with in general."
This support group will help grieving members of the LGBT community avoid self-isolation and allow them to explore and express their grief by connecting with others who understand their experience. "We're fortunate to live and work in a community where such a collaboration is possible and entirely supported by our organization," Phyllis stated.
Meetings are Wednesdays, March 28th to May 16th, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at HospiceCare's Boulder conference room. The group is limited to 10 people who are a minimum of three months past a death loss. Registration is required, call Aicila Lewis, Out Boulder (303-499-5777) or HospiceCare Grief Services (303-604-5300) to sign up.
And also, please join Out Boulder for a Social Gathering with HospiceCare on March 7, 5-7pm at Shine restaurant.
Read more about HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties
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Special Offer for Out Boulder eNewsletter
Kate Clinton, May 4
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Maven Productions and Out Boulder present
Kate Clinton
"All Fracked UP" Tour
 Humorist Kate Clinton has a history of covering all the hot topics. In her thirty years on the stage, she's worked through economic booms and busts, Disneyfication and
Walmartization, gay movements and gay markets, lesbian chic and queer eyes, and everything in between. Kate's 2012 ALL FRACKED UP Tour finds her hyperbolic
fracking method moving on to a whole slew of topics: She vents about global weirding. Tosses an occu-pie in the face of banksters. Glitter-bombs presidential politics. Spelunks some LGBT schist. No topic is off limits and Kate will have you laughing like you haven't in ages and she'll get you thinking too.
Tickets for the May 4 ALL FRACKED UP with Kate Clinton are on sale now at Show details as follows:
Friday, May 4 @ 8pm
Unity of Boulder
2855 Folsom Street, Boulder CO
Tickets $25, $35, $50 (Gold Circle--includes meet and greet, best seats, and $10 donation to Out Boulder)/ All seats general admission in reserved sections. City tax
included.
Out Boulder eNewsletter subscribers can receive a $5 discount on the $35 tickets. Go to the box that says "show discount code" and put in "wild in 2012".
Tickets online at Brown Paper Tickets.
Order by phone: 800-838-3006 x 1
For more information, please contact 303-443-5858 or visit http://mavenproductions.com/index.php/events/
www.kateclinton.com
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Celebrating with FUMC of Boulder
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Join the Affirming and Welcoming Committee of Boulder's First United Methodist Church and Dr. Dorothee Benz ("just call her Benz") as we celebrate the15th Anniversary of being a Reconciling Congregation.
During the worship service, the Denver Gay Men's Chorus, under the direction of Ben Riggs, will inspire us for our call to loving action on Sunday March 4, at 10:30am.
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For more information, contact the church office at 303.442.3770 or Becca Tice at beccatice@yahoo.com.
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Pridefest 2012! - Sept. 16
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Out Boulder Social Gathering at Shine - Mar. 7
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This social gathering will be an opportunity to experience the delightful environment of Boulder's newest hot spot - Shine!
Gather in their lounge and meet and mingle with the folks behind HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties, which will soon be  offering a grief services support group for the LGBT community.
A $5 donation is suggested, but no one is ever turned away for lack of funds. For more information, check out the Facebook page.
Hope to see you there on March 7, 5-7pm!
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SPEAKING OUT TRAINING DATE! - Mar. 18
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With all the votes counted, and accounting for some scheduling issues, we have now selected our training date, Sunday, March 18th, from 10 AM to 3:00 PM, location TBD. There will be another date coming up so don't worry if you can't make this one. We want this bureau to have the widest range of rich stories to share with our community and this means we want you!
We hope to see you at this training, please RSVP at your earliest convenience to Mauricio by clicking here.
If you have any questions or concerns, do please also email those to Mauricio by clicking on the RSVP link above.
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Out Boulder Health and Wellness Presents: Rasa Yoga - Saturdays
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Join Out Boulder's Health and Wellness Program for our new weekly Yoga class! Starting THIS Saturday, March 3, 1:30-3:00 pm with our instructor Ketul Arnold will lead Rasa Yoga at Intercambio, 4735 Walnut Street. This class is open to all levels by donation. Bring your mat, towel, and water for a practice of health for body, mind, spirit, and anything else that needs to come with you.
More info.
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Girls Heart Girls in Boulder
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Join the Facebook group that's bringing together the 20-40 year old lesbian & bisexual women of the Boulder area for fun events. The group started out with an Art Night and will be adding game nights, movie nights, dining events, and more! The group would also like to gather groups from Boulder for safe carpooling to events like First Friday and other social events in the area. So feel free to post events on the Facebook group as you find them!
This is an inclusive group, all are welcome regardless of age, Sexual Orientation, & Gender Identity, whose primary goal is to connect young women and create more events for us!
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8 the Play coming to Boulder! |
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Out Boulder, as part of our year long series of events to commemoratethe 20 years of change since Amendment 2 was passed in Colorado, is proud to announce a one-night-only reading of "8," a playchronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8. Written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black, "8" had its much- heralded Broadway world premiere in September 2011.This production is made possible through license from theAmerican Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact.
Read more about how Prop 8 and Amendment 2 are connected here.
What: A staged reading of " 8," the landmark marriage equality play by Academy Award-winner Dustin Lance Black. Who: Directed by Colleen Mylott (co-founder Band of Toughs) and featuring Local Theatre Professionals and Current Students and Alumni from Naropa University and the University of CO-Boulder. When: 7:30 p.m. December 6, 2012 Where: Nomad Theatre, 1410 Quince Ave. Boulder, CO 80306 Tickets: ON SALE NOW!
$10 for Students, Seniors and Groups of 8 or more.
$25 General Admission, $50 VIP Donor Admission
Proceeds benefit AFER and their ongoing fight to secure full federal marriage equality. |
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TRANSforming Gender Symposium -
March 9-11
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GLBTQ Resource Center at CU presents the 6th Annual Transforming Gender Symposium. The Symposium hosts national and local transgender and genderqueer activists to address issues surrounding transgender, genderqueer, intersex and related identities. Previous presenters and participants have included academics, health professionals, community organizers, performance and visual artists, students, faculty, staff, youth, family members, community members and other interested folks.
More info
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Knitting Man: A Gay Man's Knitting Group -
March 10, 1-3pm
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Knitting Man is Boulder's new gay men's knitting group. All knitting levels are welcome. A teacher will be on hand with yarn and needles to help you get started. Just bring $5 to cover the cost of supplies. (Please don't let money be the reason you don't make it to knit with us, click here if you have questions)
If you're an experienced knitter bring your project and join us for an afternoon of good company and the magic of knitting! More info
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Men's Book Club Selection for the Feb/March
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Our book selection for the month of Feb./March is Hero, by Perry Moore.
Our next meeting date has not been selected yet, but it will be the second or third weekend in March.
If you have any questions, please contact our fearless leader in letter, Andy by clicking here.
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That's not all! Check out these other upcoming events in our community:
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 The following are the Pride House's regular 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!
Tue, Thu, Fri - 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Wed - 12 - 4 p.m.
Sat, Sun, and Mon - 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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