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Art Against AIDS Gala Celebrates its 29th Year with a Star-Studded Line-up NO/AIDS Task Force, now a division of CrescentCare, will celebrate its 29th annual Chevron Art Against AIDS Gala on Friday, Dec. 4 at Club XLIV & Encore in Champions Square from 7:30pm to 11pm. The annual event serves as a fundraiser to fight HIV/AIDS in the New Orleans community. Art from local and regional artists will be featured and auctioned to the highest bid. This year’s gala will feature honorary host, Margarita Bergen, a New Orleans socialite and owner of Cassell Bergen Gallery. Bergen is known for her eccentric style and animated enthusiasm within the New Orleans party and festival scene, a true gem to the city. Music will be provided by the gospel group, Shades of Praise, and the locally talented band, Honorary Host Smoke N’ Bones. Performing contemporary gosMargarita Bergen pel in an African-American style, Shades of Praise brings together a diverse audience and spreads a mission of equality. Smoke N‘ Bones is a collective group of local and acclaimed music professionals that focus on soul and funk sounds. The enterainment continues with female impersonator, Randy Roberts, and his portrayal of the musical icon, Cher. Roberts is known for his appearance on “America’s Got Talent” where Howard Stern called him the “total package.” He performs a variety of characters from Bette Midler to Joan Crawford, and headlines his own show in Key West, FL. Tickets for the 29th annual Chevron Art Against AIDS Gala can be purchased online by visiting www.noaidstaskforce.org. Single patron tickets start at $75 and higher sponsorship levels are available online. The event is black tie optional and will feature cocktails, food, music and art. All proceeds stay within the New Orleans community to help combat HIV/AIDS within the city. NO/AIDS Task Force has served the New Orleans community for over 30 years to provide hope and care for men, women and families affected by HIV and AIDS. Now a division of CrescentCare, a federally qualified healthcare center, the task force has expanded its service to offer a range of healthcare solutions to anyone and everyone who is seeking healthcare in Greater New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana. Ambush Magazine is a proud sponsor of this event.
"A Well-Strung Christmas" Featuring Varla Jean Merman World Premiere In New Orleans Nov. 2729, Benefits Krewe of Armeinius Nov. 29 On the heels of their Billboard Top 10 Classical Crossover album, Well-Strung returns to New Orleans with a world premiere holiday show featuring Varla Jean Merman. “A Well-Strung Christmas” will have its world premiere at Cafe Istanbul on November 27 and 28 at 8pm, and 29 at 7pm. The Sunday show, November 29 is a benefit for the Krewe of Armeinius. The new show has been devised by Well-Strung, Mark Cortale and director Richard Jay-Alexander, and features the group’s own unique pop-classical spin on some of the most beautiful and traditional holiday favorites. The new show hosted by Varla Jean Merman will feature holiday favorites like “Silent Night” and irreverent newly-observed versions of songs like “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” and “Sleighride,” all the way to George Michael’s “This Christmas” and everything in between. For tickets and information please visit www.broadwaynola.com. The New York Times recently called Well-Strung “A talented quartet of men who sing and play instruments brilliantly fuses pop and classical music from Madonna to Beethoven.” Well-Strung, featuring Edmund Bagnell (first violin), Christopher Marchant (second violin), Daniel Shevlin (cello) and Trevor Wadleigh (viola), is a string quartet with a modern twist. The group plays universally
recognized classical pieces while singing pop music hits from the likes of Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, and other pop stars for a uniquely engaging experience. Conceived by Mark Cortale and Christopher Marchant, the foursome has quickly gained international attention. Last month they were invited to perform at the Vatican in Rome and at a gala for President Obama. Their hit ‘viral’ music video “Chelsea’s Mom,” released this summer, led to a command performance for - and meeting with - 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton herself. The group has received critical acclaim at New York’s prestigious Feinstein’s/54 Below and well beyond, from the House of Blues in New Orleans to the Leicester Square Theatre in London. They have performed recently at the NYC TrevorLIVE Gala, as well as appearances and performances on The Today Show and Watch What Happens Live. They have also performed with artists such as Kristin Chenoweth, Neil Patrick Harris, Audra McDonald and Deborah Voigt. Jeffery Roberson aka Varla Jean Merman starred in the musical “Lucky Guy “ opposite Leslie Jordan in NY at the Little Shubert in 2011 prompting The New York Times to rave, “If Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman had stood in front of the right pair of funhouse mirrors, they might have resembled Ms. Merman and Mr. Jordan in stature as well as comedic talent.” He played the role of Mary Sunshine in the revival of “Chicago “ on Broadway and also made his network television debut on All My Children. In 2010 Jeffery won an Elliot Norton Award for Best Musical Performance in “The Phantom of the OPRAH. “ He returned to Boston to star as Mother Superior in SpeakEasy Stage’s production of “The Divine Sister” by Charles Busch. He ‘s filmed three feature films, “Varla Jean and the Mushroomheads,” “Girls Will Be Girls 2012,” and most recently “Hush Up Sweet Charlotte” which will premiere at the Castro Theatre on October 28. He guest starred as Varla Jean on “Ugly Betty “ in the final season of the show and was also featured on Bravo’s “Project Runway “ Season 5 as the winning model for the show’s drag challenge.
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President Frank Perez and MC Michael P. Sullivan welcome guests to the 1st Oracle Gala raising over $7,500 for the LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana, and in honor of the late LGBT+ rights pioneer Alan Robinson. (Photo by Tony Leggio)
John Bel Edwards will be the next Governor of Louisiana winning with 56% of the vote beating out David Vitter. According to Edwards, "This election shows us that the people of Louisiana in a time of deep cynicism about our politics and also our future, have chosen hope over scorn... and over a distrust of others." Edwards was endorsed by Ambush Magazine.
Nebraska Thunderf**k of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 fame joins B-Bob's/ Flip Side Bar Baron Jerry Ehlen for her spectacular performance at B-Bob's in downtown Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Miss Cie)
Friends gathered with Richard John Walker and John White to celebrate the couple's Bachelor Party at GrandPre's in New Orleans in preparation for their November 25th wedding in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Rip Naquin)
Function Lieutenant Tittie Toulouse presents $100 to Paul Davis, winner of Amon-Ra's 5th Annual Gumbo Cookoff at The Golden Lantern in New Orleans. Davis also won the first cook-off in 2011. (Photo by Rip Naquin)
Sister Janet Garner joins brother James Garner for the always entertaining annual Golden Lantern Turnabout Show raising $930 for ARNO (Animal Rescue New Orleans) at The Golden Lantern in New Orleans. (Photo by Rip Naquin)
La Mina Sterling’s Poncho LaPerle celebrates bar baron Mac McAll's bday with bartender JR Stansbury at Cutter’s in New Orleans.
Bella Dubal, Jack Inman and Sister Glory Bea Divine join Ms. New Orleans Pride Solitaire, along with Johnny Fradella and Countess C. Alice celebrating Solitaire's birthday fundraiser benefiting toys for Children's Hospital and New Orleans Pride. Hosted at Four Seasons in Metairie, Louisiana, toys collected were valued at $287+; and tips, raffle proceeds and donations brought in $600 with $300 going to New Orleans Pride and $300 to buy more toys. (Photo by Hubert S Monkeys)
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Richard John Walker & John White’s Bachelor Party @ GrandPre’s ~ New Orleans ~ Photos by Hubert S Monkeys, Darwin Reed
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"Penny Proud" On the whole, 2015 has been a good year for the LGBT+ community. The Supreme Court’s sweeping ruling on marriage equality dominated a plethora of positive LGBT+ themed headlines ranging from the nation’s first openly lesbian Governor to Kaitlin Jenner to the Boy Scouts. But 2015 was not all good news. One of the most significant stories of the year failed to make national headlines: the 22 trans-women (mostly of color) who were murdered in 2015. Of those 22 lost lives, one was from New Orleans. Penny Proud was murdered on February 10. The New Orleans Police Department suggested Proud was shot in the midst of a robbery but Proud’s friends disagree. According to Tamara Carter, Proud was minding her own business on the sidewalk of N. Claiborne Avenue when three men in a car began screaming insulting epithets at her. When Proud replied in kind, the men shot her multiple times. The murder was clearly the result of transphobia but the police and media failed to adequately recognize this. Rather, they suggested that Proud was a prostitute, as if that somehow justified her murder. Also, media reports misgendered Proud. This reaction caused BreakOUT!, a trans-youth advocacy group based in New Orleans to issue the following statement: “Transgender women are often misgendered in news reports and their stories are often riddled with patronization and condescending opinions from reporters,” read the statement. “We are calling on the media to respect all transgender people and their families by using the correct pronouns and names for transgender victims and use current photographs to allow our community to maintain dignity both in life and in death.” “In our 2014 report, We Deserve Better, BreakOUT! found that 84% of transgender people reported experiencing police profiling on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation in New Orleans, with 57% reporting being harassed during the encounter. Further, 42% of LGBTQ people of color reported calling the police for help and being arrested themselves, compared with zero percent of white respondents,” said Milan Nicole-Sherry, Organizer at BreakOUT. “Transgender women of color need to feel safe in our communities. Instead of more police, we need more investment in education, jobs, and housing for LGBTQ people, particularly Black transgender young
women.” Nationally, transgender women of color were the victims of 67% of all hate-motivated homicides against LGBT people in 2013, according to a report on hate violence last May by NCAVP. Chai Jindasurat, who coordinated programs with the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP), called the killings “an epidemic and an outrage.” A recent report issued by the Human Rights Campaign found that among the 53 known transgender victims from 2013-2015: • At least 46, or 87 percent, were transgender people of color. Among those, at least 39 were African American and 6 were Latino/a. • At least 46 were transgender women, one was a transgender man, and the identities of other victims were gender nonconforming or unclear. • 39, or 74 percent, were under the age of 35 at the time of their deaths, and the average age of all the victims was less than 31 years old. • At least 8, or 15 percent, were killed by intimate partners. • At least 18, or 34 percent, were or likely may have been engaged in survival sex work at the time of their deaths. • 18, or 34 percent, were killed in the Southeast, more than twice that of any other region in the country. • Only 16, or 30 percent, were killed in states that have hate crime laws that account for crimes motivated by the victim’s gender identity; but despite these provisions and a federal hate crime law, not a single one of these murders was prosecuted or reported to the FBI as a hate crime. This data confirms what Penny Proud’s murder and the reaction to it suggests; namely, that transgender women of color are at a higher risk of being murdered than any other segment of the LGBT+ community. We are rightly angered and frustrated that this epidemic has failed to make national headlines. We should also be alarmed that it has failed to capture the attention LGB parts of the LGBT community. November 20 was Transgender Day of Remembrance. Here is a list of the 22 transwomen murdered thus far in 2015, including New Orleans’ own Penny Proud. Papi Edwards, 20, Louisville, Kentucky, murdered 1/9/2015 Lamia Beard, 30, Norfolk, Virginia, murdered 1/17/2015 Ty “Nunee” Underwood, Tyler, Texas, murdered 1/26/2015 Yazmin Vash Payne, 33, Los Ange-
les, California, murdered 1/31/2015 Taja Gabrielle de Jesus, 36, San Francisco, California, murdered 2/1/ 2015 Penny Proud, 22, New Orleans, Louisiana, murdered 2/10/2015 Bri Golec, 22, Akron, Ohio, murdered 2/13/2015 Kristina Gomez Reinwald, 46, Miami, Florida, murdered 2/15/2015 Keyshia Blige, 33, Aurora, Illinois, murdered on 3/7/2015 London Kiki Chanel, 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, murdered on 5/18/ 2015 Mercedes Williamson, 17, George County, Mississippi, murdered on 6/1/ 2015 Jasmine Collins, 32, Kansas City, Missouri, murdered on 6/23/2015
Ashton O’Hara, 25, Detroit, Michigan, murdered on 7/14/2015 India Clarke, 25, Tampa, Florida, murdered on 7/21/2015 K.C. Haggard, 66, Fresno, California, murdered on 7/23/2015 Shade Schuler, 22, Dallas, Texas, found on 7/29/2015 Amber MonRoe, 20, Detroit, Michigan, murdered on 8/8/2015 Kandis Capri, 35, Phoenix, Arizona, murdered on 8/11/2015 Elisha Walker, 20, Johnston County, North Carolina, found on 8/13/ 2015 Tamara Dominguez, 36, Kansas City, Missouri, murdered on 8/15/2015 Kiesha Jenkins, 22, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, murdered on 10/6/2015
spotlight features Oracle Gala Raises Over $7,000 for the LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana The first annual Oracle Gala was a huge success. Held on November 14 at the Healing Center in New Orleans, the event was sponsored by and benefitted the LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of local LGBT+ history. As of press time, exact numbers were not available but the organization’s treasurer reported the event raised close to $7,500. The late Alan Robinson, long-time New Orleans gay activist and former owner of the Faubourg Marigny Bookstore, was honored at its first annual Oracle Gala. Robinson’s extensive collection of personal papers were almost thrown away by his family after his death. A neighbor noticed them on the curb awaiting trash pick-up and rescued them. They eventually came into the possession of Mark Gonzalez, a local attorney and founding member of the Archives Project. After speaking briefly about Robinson and his legacy, Gonzalez announced the papers were being donated to the Louisiana Research Collection (LaRC) at Tulane University. Leon Miller, the Head of the LaRC, then spoke briefly about the importance and cost of archiving documents that chronicle history. The Oracle Gala featured an extensive silent auction, a buffet of hors d’oeuvres donated from several area restaurants, complimentary wine and champagne, a cash bar, and live music. The event was MC’d by Michael Sullivan. The Oracle Gala will be an annual event and each year feature a different aspect of local LGBT+ history, typically a collection of papers and / or memorabilia from a person, organization or event. In addition to the Oracle Gala, the Archives Project hosts a number of events throughout the year to promote local LGBT+ history, including seminars, workshops, and public talks. More information is available on the Archive Project’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/lgbtarchivesla?fref=ts.
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Hot Happenings We have so many reasons to be thankful living in NOLA. One of the main ones is the plethora of hot happenings around the city. Here are just a few of them to get your holidays started right. Wednesday & Thursday, Nov. 25 & 26 You have not celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday until you have done it the Oz way. Come kick off the start of the holiday season at their preThanksgiving bash. You can start with 1/2 price cocktails for Video Happy Hour from 4-8pm with VJ Kyle D., then DJ Tim Pflueger spinning the rest of the night for their fabulous drag show at 10:30pm starring the Ladies of Oz, hosted by Persana Shoulders, and for a night of dancing to the best music on Bourbon Street. On Thursday, Thanksgiving night they open at 6pm. So after your family fun and dinner, come on over to dance the night away with DJ Tim Pflueger and give thanks for sexy men at the Thanksgiving Strip Off hosted by Persana Shoulders with special performance by Chi-Chi Rodriquez! Oz is located at 800 Bourbon Street. Friday, Nov. 27 Take a swing back in time at a local speakeasy to benefit New Orleans Advocates for GLBT Elders (NOAGE) and Friends at the Roaring Twenties Gala. There will be food, cocktails, a silent auction, and live entertainment from Yisrael, all at Rosy’s Jazz Hall (500 Valence St.) from 7 – 10pm. Attire is dressy casual, or better yet, in the style of the 1920s. Tickets are $40. For more information, email NOAGE at noageinfo@gmail.com, or call 504. 418.6614. Sunday, Nov. 29 Come out and support the Krewe of Armeinius at A Well Strung Christmas featuring Varla Jean Merman Sunday Meet and Greet starting at 7pm at Cafe Istanbul (2372 St Claude Ave.) This special show and meet and greet after the show is only available on the Sunday performance of this must see musical Christmas experience and goes to help benefit the Krewe of
Armeinius with putting on their ball. Get in the holiday swing while enjoying the talents of the Well Strung boys and get humored by the Armeinius’ 2016 ball host, Varla Jean Merman. This special show and meet and greet on Sunday the 29th is expected to sell out so get your tickets now. Tickets start at $40. For more information, go to their Facebook Page or to http:// armeinius.org. Friday, Dec. 4 The holiday season is upon us and that means Art Against AIDS is here. The 29th annual Art Against AIDS, considered by many as the unofficial kickoff to the holiday season will be held at Club XLIV on Champion Square at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome starting at 7:30 – 11pm. The event began with local art students making holiday ornaments to sell and raise money. Today, the Gala hosts some of the finest of what New Orleans offers: great food from local restaurants, a holiday boutique, and a juried auction of art, local merchandise and staycation packages. Thousands of people with HIV/AIDS in the New Orleans community count on the organization for primary health care, behavioral health services, medication disbursement, meal delivery and pantry services, housing and prevention education. This year’s entertainment features Randy Roberts from America’s Got Talent, Smoke N Bones and Shades of Praise. Tickets are $75. Visit www.noaidstaskforce.org for more information. Saturday, Dec. 5 New Orleans has a whorehouse in it! The Big Easy Sisters/Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence with Bon Vivant Princesse Stephaney is putting on their take on the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Musical at Mags 940 (940 Elysian Fields) from 9 – 11pm. You can come out and sing-along, laugh and cut loose during this event! The Sisters, Novice Sisters, postulants and guards will be involved in the production. Tickets are $10. Sunday, Dec. 6 Come “Show YOUR Pride” at the 2016 New Orleans Pride Pageant at Mags 940 (940 Elysian Fields) starting at 5pm. Contestants eligible to compete should live in the New Orleans or Southeast Louisiana/ Southwest Mississippi area. There will be four divisions: Miss New Orleans Pride: Male or transgender (MTF) competitors presenting as female; Sir New Orleans
Pride: Female or transgender (FTM) competitors presenting as male; Ms. New Orleans Pride: Female or transgender (MTF) competitors presenting as female; Mr. New Orleans Pride: Male or transgender (FTM) competitors presenting as male. All contestants must be 18 years and older. Tickets are $5 or $10 for reserved seating. Wednesday, Dec. 9 Get into the fashion of the holidays at GLAM, a 70’s Fashion Show Extravaganza benefitting La Ceiba Honduras. This event takes place at Blue Nile (532 Frenchman Street) from 6:30 – 10:30pm. This lively fashion show features Fashion Designers: Carolina Gallop, De’Andre Beverly, Keno Watson-Keno Kouture, John DelgadilloCutting Edge Diva, Jonathan WoodsCalamaty and *BEAU*APOC*. There will also be entertainment by Ben Hunter, DJ Black Pearl and special performances by Princesse Stephaney and Raven. For more info contact carolinagallop@gmail.com. Tickets are $15 and available at EventBrite or at the door. Thursday, Dec.10 – Sunday, Dec. 20 The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans presents an immersive Bar Experience with Small Craft Warnings by Tennessee Williams and directed by Augustin J Correro. The show will be held at Mag’s 940 (940 Elysian Fields Ave.). Enter a dive bar named Monk’s Place where you’ll spend this night when the fog is too thick to travel by land or sea. Loneliness and longing envelope the night spot and cozy right up to its patrons— a band of the strange, the crazed, the queer—as they confess their most sad, sordid and comical confidences. You’ll be right in the thick of it at Monk’s Place. This production is an immersive environmental experience in which you’ll be just inches away from the characters. You can enjoy drinks along with them as the skeletons come a tumbling out of their closets and at your feet. The show features Bob Edes, Jr., LaKesha Glover, Natalie Jones, Jordan Kaplan, Matt Madden, Robert Alan Mitchell, Gavin Robinson, and James Wright. Dates and times are: Thursday 12/10 - 8pm (Preview Performance), Friday 12/11 - 8pm (Opening Night), Saturday 12/12 - 7pm, Sunday 12/13 7pm, Monday 12/14 - 8pm, Thursday 12/17 - 8pm, Friday 12/18 - 8pm, Saturday 12/19 - 7pm, Sunday 12/20 7pm (Closing Performance). Tickets: (All Patrons Must Be 18 & Above): $25 (General Admission), $20 (Student/ Senior), $20 (Theatre Professionals), $75 (VIP Opening Night Package on Dec 11), and $15-20 (Preview Performance on Dec 10). For more information visit our website or call at: www.twtheatrenola.com or call
504.264.2580. Saturday, Dec. 12 Celebrate Saturday night with the Broads on Tulane at the Tulane Avenue Bar (3813 Tulane Ave.) starting at 9pm. Come see hostess Natasha Sinclair with Lauren Brown, Syria Synclaire and Falicia Faraday. The cover is $5.00.
Party Down Now that we are in Thanksgiving, the city gears up for Thanksgiving and there is no better place to be than NOLA for the holidays. Even though I worked a lot, my two weeks had lots of fun which included theatrical shows, museum openings, patron parties, fundraisers and Bond. My first week’s activities started on Thursday with two openings. The first was the opening of the new Stacks on Magazine Bar and Lounge in the Country Inn & Suites hotel. Regan Gardner is their Master Mixologist creating some unique and refreshing cocktails from fresh, local ingredients. His newly created “Thomas Hudson” drink ties his love for Hemingway to mixology by putting a twist on Hudson’s signature drink in “Islands in the Stream”. Next I went to the grand opening of The Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights Museum which offers a unique piece of New Orleans history to locals and visitors alike. With over forty handcrafted, open flame, copper lanterns adorning an exposed brick wall from street to courtyard, Bevolo offers a rich and warmly illuminated backdrop that easily transformed into a fun party space. Their opening was well attended with lots of cocktails and amazing catering by Green Goddess which is right next to them on Exchange Alley. They had Bevolo Coppersmiths on-site during the event, handcrafting lanterns for everyone to see. The weekend was all about theatre because I attended two theatrical productions. The first was The Addams Family at Rivertown. I really like this fun-filled family show that has enough adult overtones to make it clever. I had seen the play a few years ago when the Broadway show came to the Saenger and this little theatre did an excellent job. I am always amazed at the very talented theatre community we have in our city. The second show was Terminator: The Musical. This farcical show mashed up both Terminator 1 and 2 together and put it to music. The play was staged by See Em’ On Stage Productions who has been creating some new and exciting shows of recent. Although the music wasn’t always spot on, the actors had a blast with this campy send-up of these action flicks. And Beefcake alert, you get to see several of the male cast members strut around almost in their birthday suits. Seriously I am not sure who this Terminator affectionately called T is,
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a community within communities by The Rev. Bill Terry, Rector St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, New Orleans Email: fr.bill@stannanola.org
VIGNETTES Part II Definition of VIGNETTE 1: a running ornament (as of vine leaves, tendrils, and grapes) put on or just before a title page or at the beginning or end of a chapter; also : a small decorative design or picture so placed What ornamentation might we imagine in our lives? If our lives are indeed the stuff of novels and stories then what are the ornaments of those stories? For this series of short stories our Vignette might be something dark – perhaps a gargoyle atop weathered stone backlit by a bolt of lightning. It creates a sense of foreboding-that is the prolog (last issue). Yet, the prolog is not a book is it? We have gleaned a new chapter or two and the adornment of these chapters remind us of the great Cathedrals of Europe rising to
touch the heavens. Wondrous in design and craftsmanship they speak to the heart about what greatness can be found. Our first vignette is perhaps simply a flower growing out of stone work with a shaft of light shining upon it. William is an excellent and well trained voice who has sung with European Opera, he has added his voice to St. Anna’s Church, and he is sublime having taught choir in a few private schools and offering his voice in many settings. He lives in the Tremé at Dodwell House and works with the children of
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educational. What a noteworthy organization helping save our history so the future generations know we were more than Grindr and circuit parties. Many men and women struggled long and hard to pave the way for my generation and those behind me and we salute them. The other fantastic happening was I brought home my new baby from the breeder, a little miniature dachshund named Magnolia who now joins her sister Dahlia. Many of you may know I lost my beautiful Rose earlier this year very suddenly after 14 years of companionship. It was hard, but I knew I was ready for another puppy in the house. So in walks Magnolia into my life and she already has me wrapped around her little paw. I ended my two weeks on Sunday by enjoying some delectable gumbo at the Amon-Ra Gumbo Cook-Off at the Golden Lantern. There were seven entries with each one being tastier then the next, but it was Paul Davis (aka Mr. Tami Tarmac) who brought home the coveted first prize. And after that dismal Saints game, we all needed a little comfort food to get through the afternoon. Afterwards I still hadn’t gotten my gumbo fix, so a friend and I went to the Gumbo Festival at Armstrong Park. There were many restaurants on hand selling their versions of our city’s most famous dish. There was great art for sale and the music was jamming. If you did not attend this year, make sure you put it on your calendar. After I was filled with to the brim with gumbo, we stopped at few gay watering holes – GrandPre’s and Good Friends before calling it a night. What an incredible two weeks. Until next time, have a Happy Thanksgiving and a joyous turkey day.
but I have found my next ex-husband. Swoon! The following week was all about the fundraisers. The first one I went to was on Tuesday. I started my night at Brennan’s for a reception for N.O Bride in their gorgeous courtyard. After a few cocktails and nibbles, I went to the Patron Party for Ochsner Hospital’s Moonlight and Miracles Gala at Club 44. This pre-party was awesome; there were lots of free-flowing cocktails, great food and a private concert by Better Than Ezra. I have seen this great New Orleans band many times and I still love them. Desperately Wanting is one of my favorite songs. The following night, I donned a tuxedo for a private party thrown by French Quarter Realty at Canal Place. The progressive event started at Jack Suttons with champagne and martinis and a few snacks. The guests were dressed to kill as we mingled amongst all the expensive diamonds and jewels. Then we were led upstairs to the Canal Place Theatres for a private viewing of the new James Bond flick, Spectre, which showed Daniel Craig at his sexy best. Hosting a private event at the theatres is awesome, the food was delicious and you get to see a great movie with an open bar and popcorn, what could be better. On Saturday, I had two wonderful things happen to me. The first was I attended the first Oracle Gala to benefit the LGBT+ archives at the Healing Center. This event had a surprisingly nice crowd of supporters, music, good food from area restaurants, and an open wine bar. The Healing Center was the ideal place to hold this freshman event; that was not only fun, but
Anna’s Place which is an after school program that takes upon itself children very much at risk. William often walks the children home as well as teaching them voice. William like all of the staff that are at Anna’s Place loves the children deeply. But they are a hard lot to love sometimes. Asha is age 7 and one of the younger ones of a large family. They live in the Tremé and luckily the family has enrolled Asha into the Anna’s Place Program. She is a sweet looking child with a broad smile when she is not angry or throwing a fit. She lives with an Aunt and several brothers and sisters. Asha, at age 7, is still learning colors, the alphabet, and basic numbers a long education future to walk for her. William’s story – During our second week of this Fall term on my second stop [while walking children home] I took Asha with me to keep her out of trouble. As you know she can be a handful, and in a moment when I was distracted she threw a rock and hit a man’s car. I jumped all over her. I took her kicking and screaming over to the man’s driver side window and made her apologize. He was a kind, gentle grandfatherly type gentleman who didn’t even raise his voice. He told her to say her prayers before bed, and told her to be the good girl God meant for her to be. Several times since then he greets us and we say hello. And then yesterday it happened… As Asha and I walked toward the school, I saw his car. I said, “There’s the man in the car, we should wave hello.” She waved, and then with a very serious countenance looking down at her feet, said, “I shouldn’t have thrown the rock at his car.” You guessed it, I started crying immediately, and she said, “Why are you crying Mr. William?” All I could do was hug her and say, “Because I love you. Don’t ever forget that.” This story is given with permission of William Parsons a most excellent and undiscovered voice who sings like an angel. It is the small things that are big. In a culture that says, “Stay strong let no one admit to anything let alone poor judgment” this is a break through moment. Just another example of what impact a community within communities can have and our vignette begins to take shape as something with beauty and life. A caring and thoughtful stranger in a car; a loving and passionate vocal teacher (who happens to be gay) and a chance at grace on a neighborhood walk. Your financial support helps to adorn our life stories. These are vignettes that begin to illustrate possibilities. We have a family of three siblings we’ll call them the Davis family. The children are Mary age 10, Maria age 11, and Roger age 12. Their daddy who is only home sometimes is a drug dealer. Their mother has been incar-
cerated a few times and moves in and out of the world of drug dealing. Grandma used to raise the kids but she died. They have been in Anna’s Place programs for about five years now. You may remember an article about two years ago about a child that was very concerned with the death of another child near her age, the child was Arabian Gayle about to be age 10. Arabian was shot days before her 10th birthday. It was Mary who hounded me asking if Arabian would be put on the “Murder Board” as some way to remember the little girl. When I first met Roger he was sullen belligerent and uncooperative. He did not trust me or anyone at St. Anna’s he was there because his Aunt made him come. Now five years later I want to say the girls are still in the program. Roger, now a bit older, is mentoring and caring for the younger ones. I was leaving the Parish Hall where the kids get dinner and there was Roger, in his lap was a 6 year old, she was clutching on to him and cuddling. It was her safe place. He gently put his arm around her and smiled and gave her the comfort and “safe place” that she needed. Not only was that a gentle moment but it was in public amongst the other children. The “street face and attitude” is fading and in its place is the birthing of caring and respecting those who are vulnerable. It was just a moment and just a kid with another kid in his lap. But it was big really big. And the vignette begins to have those colors of gold and blue and is turning into a lovely masterpiece of care. James! By another name is well known to the people of St. Anna’s! If there is a scuffle or trouble odds are its James. He is a handsome kid about 10 years old. He is one of the more gifted in learning to play the trumpet taught by our partners, the LPO. But there is a darkness in his spirit and indeed in his family. Both he and his younger sister Tisha age 7 push back and literally throw fits when things don’t go their way. James has threatened other children and is likely responsible for at least two adult volunteers quitting. James is just that bad. He is the kid that develops a track record in our schools of first detentions, then suspensions, and eventually expulsions’ and eventually drops out and the rest of the story is predictable. He has already threatened another child and the adult that reprimanded him. High risk stuff with some of these children. To date we too have sent him away; but never totally. If we do not intervene in his life and adopt some degree of tenacity who will? The answer is plain – no one. Recently his parents went without water for going on two weeks now. The children presented un-bathed and smelling of urine.
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matters of health AHF: Increase in Congenital Syphilis Underscores Need For STD Funding LOS ANGELES - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released statistics in its latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report showing congenital syphilis (CS) cases increased 38% nationwide from 2012 to 2014, a sharp reversal in national rates that steadily declined during the previous fouryear period. The report states that the rate of reported CS decreased from 10.5 to 8.4 cases per 100,000 live births during 2008–2012, and then increased to 11.6 cases per 100,000 live births in 2014, the highest CS rate reported since 2001. “The federal government, state and local health departments should see these numbers as more evidence of the need to address the STD epidemic nationwide,” said AHF President Michael Weinstein. “Cutting back on funding while the need for outreach and easy access to treatment and medical care only continues to grow is a recipe for disaster. Our elected leaders should be doing everything they can to encourage sexually active people to undergo regular screening for STDs at each stage of their lives.” According to the CDC’s November 13th report, “a substantial percentage
communities ...from 22 His father, we suspect, abuses his mother and so James who admires his father repeats this learned behavior; at least that is what we suspect. The adornment here, the vignette if you will, is this: we haven’t given up. We, and with your support, have agreed to let James back into the program once his family starts family counseling with a professional social worker. His family will have available resources to work out utilities and budgeting. James’ mother so desperately asked us to keep James in the program that she is willing to cooperate with the program of interventions. Yes, there is still hope. So when we say that we will take the “least of these”, the kid no one wants to deal with, we do. Now the outcome won’t be known for a while and this may not have a happy ending. We will see how this plays out. But we can rejoice in the fact that in a real way we are saying, as a community within communities, no one is disposable. Despite that darkness that claws its way through some of our neighborhoods and manifests its tendrils into our own safe places there is much to be Thankful for. We give THANKS that God has seen fit to present us with an opportunity to help children become well grounded and prosperous adults. We give THANKS that members in this community are starting to support the work that affords hope to the more vulnerable. We give THANKS to our partners in the LGBT community who know what abuse looks like and also knows what love looks like. We give THANKS that each of us can, if we choose, adorn the Book of Life as a delightful vignette.
of CS cases are attributable to a lack of prenatal care; even among those receiving some prenatal care, the detection and treatment of maternal syphilis often occurs too late to prevent CS. Health departments, in partnership with prenatal care providers and other local organizations, should work together to address barriers to obtaining early and adequate prenatal care for the majority of vulnerable pregnant women. Women who are uninsured or underinsured and women with substance use issues have been found to be at increased risk for receiving inadequate or no prenatal care, placing them at increased risk for CS.” The CDC recommends that all pregnant women be screened for syphilis at their first prenatal visit and that atrisk women living in high-morbidity geographic areas should also be screened
at the beginning of their third trimester and again at delivery. AHF’s Wellness Centers provide free testing for sexually transmitted diseases, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV. To find the nearest location for STD screening and treatment, visit www.freestdcheck.org. AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, currently provides medical care and/or services to over 488,000 individuals in 36 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region and Eastern Europe. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare and Instagram: @aidshealthcare.
book review I Can Give You Anything But Love Gary Indiana. 2015. Rizzoli Ex Libris. ISBN: 978-0-8478-4686-3. 239 pages. $25.95. by Frank Perez Gary Indiana describes his latest book, I Can Give you Anything But
spotlight feature “Rockin’ out to the Sixties” with the Lords of Leather Nov. 28 Come out to Mag’s on Saturday, November 28th for the Lords of Leather’s Annual “American Bandstand” turnabout production. Theme this year will be “Rockin’ out to the Sixties.” Elizabeth Bouvier will host the action with special guest appearances from Miss Louisiana Leatherette 2016 Vanessa Carr, Miss Louisiana Leatherette 2013 Summer Rayne and local legend Tami Tarmac. The rest of the “men” from the krewe will bring to the stage their best impersonations of some of the biggest female music stars of the 60s as well as a holiday number or two. The only thing missing will be Dick Clark. The show begins promptly at 8pm. Tickets are just $10. Don’t miss out on this once-a-year show. Please visit www.lordsofleather.org or contact any Krewe member to purchase your tickets.
Holidays at Harrah's benefits Symphony Chorus of New Orleans and PFLAG Dec. 5 Join the Mystic Krewe of Satyricon for an outstanding benefit performance to support two of its favorite organizations: the Symphony Chorus of New Orleans and PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). Holidays at Harrah's is December 5th at 8pm, at Harrah’s New Orleans, 228 Poydras Street, New Orleans. This one-night-only event features some of New Orleans’ biggest talents, spanning the worlds of theatre, dance, cabaret, and burlesque, including: Becky Allen, Marshall Harris, Meredith Long, Reby Rae, with Carl Mack, Bella Blue, Angela McClue, Mason Joiner, Heidi Malner, Josh Carcabasis, Jordan Leggett, Aubrey Sinclaire and Jim Walpole. Holiday at Harrah’s includes a very special performance by the Symphony Chorus of New Orleans. Holidays at Harrah’s includes some
Love: “This book is about being young and clueless as remembered by someone who has outgrown his earlier self. It is a work of memory rather than some kind of statement about who I am now.” Indiana has long been undervalued as a writer and critic. One of the few remaining authentic radical voices in American literature, Indiana is a master of prose and he brings his considerable skills to bear in his new memoir, I Can Give you Anything But Love. Indiana’s writing has been described as “dark realism,” caustic, and raw—all stylistic attributes that make this book engaging, at times funny, at others poignant, and always fascinating. It’s worth a read. Indiana recounts growing up gay in New Hampshire, his escape to the Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, and his life in New York City. These chapters in his life are interspersed with sections on his time in Cuba, where he has lived and worked on and off for over a decade. At the center of the narrative are Indiana’s sexual escapades: bluntly recounted, and often fueled by drugs and booze. These encounters bare the soul of this complex man and artist, who comes to the conclusion that sex is easier than love. Graphic, moody, illuminating, and at times hilarious, I Can Give you Anything But Love is not only an engaging read, but also offers an unprecedented glimpse into the life of one of the literary world’s most colorful figures. Gary Indiana is a writer, playwright, photographer, filmmaker, and artist. He is the author of seven novels, including Do Everything in the Dark and The Shanghai Gesture, as well as several plays, collections of poetry and nonfiction, and essays in publications from Art in America to Vice to The Village Voice. His visual art has been exhibited in solo shows in New York and Los Angeles and appeared in the 2014 Whitney Biennial. of your seasonal favorite tunes, including “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “Carol of the Bells”, “Hard Candy Christmas”, and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”. Tickets to the event are $35 and can be reserved by calling 504.723.8964. Order yours today!
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music New Orleans [504] SKULLY'Z RECORDZ, 907 Bourbon St., 592.4666
organizations New Orleans, LA [504] ACLU and ACLU Foundation of Louisiana, P.O. Box 56157, New Orleans, LA 70156, 504.522.0628 x25, Fax: 888.537.0384, laaclu.org AIDS HOTLINE, 821.6050 in New Or-
leans, 1.800.99.AIDS[2437]-9 toll free statewide AIDSLaw of Louisiana, 3801 Canal St., Suite 331, 568.1631, AIDSLAW.org ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, 838.3399 BIG EASY STOMPERS, Country & Western line dancing. Weekly lessons and monthly Country & Western dance party, www.bigeasystompersneworleans.com, info@bigeasystompersneworleans.com BELLE REVE NEW ORLEANS, AIDS Residence for Families, PO Box 3305, 70177; 945.9455 BreakOUT! builds the power of youth ages 13-25 in New Orleans to end the criminalization of LGBTQ youth of color, 504.252.9025, 1001 S. Broad St. #119, NOLA 70125, @youthbreakout, www.youthbreakout.org, COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK, a project of the NO/AIDS Task Force which works with the gay community to implement HIV prevention activities, 507 Frenchmen St., 945.4000, noaidstaskforce.com COPS 8 (Citizens' Organization for Police Support in the 8th District), 840 N. Rampart St., #51, 70116; 588.COPS (2677), cops8.org FOOD FOR FRIENDS, 944.6028 FORUM FOR EQUALITY, 336 Lafayette, Suite 200, 70130; 947.2981, ForumForEquality.COM FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE MARDI GRAS (FNBMG), PO Box 791376, New Orleans, LA 70179-1376; 733.3311, fridaynightbeforemardigras.com, fnbmg@cox.net GAY APPRECIATION AWARDS, 828-A Bourbon St., 70116-3137; 522.8049; AmbushMag.COM/GAA GAY EASTER PARADE, 828-A Bourbon St., 70116-3137, 504.522.8049, info@gayeasterparade.com, GayEasterParade.COM GAY MARDI GRAS, 828-A Bourbon St., 70116-3137, 504.522.8049, GayMardiGras.COM GAY NEW ORLEANS, 828-A Bourbon St., 70116-3137, 504.522.8049, GayNewOrleans.COM HAART (HIV/AIDS Alliance Region Two, Inc.), 4550 North Blvd. Ste. 250, Baton Rouge, LA 70806, 225.927.1269, www.haartinc.org, offers a complete continuum of care to people living with HIV/AIDS including housing, primary care, medications, case management, and an array of supportive services. In addition HAART provides HIV prevention education and FREE testing to the Baton Rouge area. HALLOWEEN IN NEW ORLEANS, INC., PO Box 52171, 70152-2171; halloween neworleans.com/ambush KREWE OF AMON-RA, PO Box 7033, Metairie, LA 70010, KreweOfAmonRa.COM KREWE OF ARMEINIUS, PO Box 56638, New Orleans, LA 70156-6638, kreweofarmeinius.org KREWE OF MWINDO, PO Box 51031, 70156; 913.5791, KreweOfMwindo.ORG, krewe@kreweofmwindo.org KREWE OF NARCISSUS, PO Box 3832, New Orleans, LA 70177. Contact: 504.228.9441 KREWE OF PETRONIUS, PO Box 1102, Kenner, LA. 70063-1102, www.kreweofpetroius.net KREWE OF QUEENATEENAS / KING CAKE QUEEN ROYALTY CLUB, 828-A Bourbon St., 70116-3137, 522.8049, GayMardiGras.COM/KCQ KREWE OF URSUS, kreweofursus@aol.com LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana, 1308 Esplanade Ave., New Orleans, LA 70116, 504.475.7911, www.lgbtarchivesla.org LORDS OF LEATHER, 1631 Elysian Fields, #161, 70117, www.lordsofleather.org Louisiana Equality Foundation, serving the Louisiana LGBT Community through education, activism, and awareness. www. l o u i s i a n a e q u a l i t y f o u n d a t i o n . o r g , info@louisianaequalityfoundation.org Metropolitan Community Church of New Orleans, services at 10am, 6200 St Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118; 504.270.1MCC www.mccneworleans.org MYSTIC KREWE OF SATYRICON, 2443 Halsey Ave., New Orleans, LA 70114, 504.906.7990 Todd J. Blauvelt / Secretary,
krewe.of.satyricon@gmail.com, MysticKreweOfSatyricon.COM NEW ORLEANS BEAR AND BEAR TRAPPER SOCIAL CLUB, P.O. Box 57756, New Orleans, LA 70157-7756, 504.298.0061, theneworleansbears.com NEW ORLEANS GAY MEN’S CHORUS, 322.7007, nogmc.com; nogmc@aol.com NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL, nojazzfest.com NO/AIDS TASK FORCE, 2601 Tulane Ave., Suite 500, 70119; 821.2601; NOAIDSTaskForce.COM PFLAG/NO [Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays/ New Orleans], PO Box 15515, 70175; 895.3936, 392.0001, pflagno.org, info@pflagno.org PRIDE, NOLAPride.ORG PROJECT LAZARUS, A Residence for PWAs, PO Box 3906, 70177-3906; 949.3609 REGIONALAIDS INTERFAITH NETWORK [RAIN], 523.3755 RENEGADE BEARS OF LOUISIANA, PO Box 3083, New Orleans, LA 70177; renegadebearsoflouisiana@gmail.com SOUTHERN DECADENCE, 828-A Bourbon St., 70116-3137, 504.522.8049, SouthernDecadence.COM ST. ANNA'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 1313 Esplanade Avenue New Orleans, LA 70116 947.2121, stannanola.org VOLLEYBALL NEW ORLEANS, PO Box 13306, 70185-3306; volleyballneworleans.com, postmaster@volleyballneworleans.com
pets New Orleans, LA [504] DR. MIKE'S ANIMAL HOUSE, 1120 N. Rampart, 523.4455
pharmacy Baton Rouge, LA [225] AVITA PHARMACY, offers personalized, convenient care to those affected by chronic illnesses. Avita offers free delivery, co-pay assistance, benefit coordination, and refill reminder calls as well as access to a pharmacist 24/7. Every prescription filled today helps Avita give back to the community tomorrow. www.avitapharmacy.com New Orleans, LA [504] AVITA PHARMACY, offers personalized, convenient care to those affected by chronic illnesses. Avita offers free delivery, co-pay assistance, benefit coordination, and refill reminder calls as well as access to a pharmacist 24/7. Every prescription filled today helps Avita give back to the community tomorrow. www.avitapharmacy.com MUMFREY'S PHARMACY, 1021 W. Judge Perez Dr., Chalmette, LA 70043, 504.279.6312, www.MumfreysPharmacy.COM. Supporting & serving the LGBT Community for over 20 years. Local pharmacy offering personalized family-like service, automatic refills & free metro wide confidential pickup & delivery. Also offering shipping for out-side our delivery area. When you call us you speak to a person, not a machine. See our ad.
photography New Orleans, LA [504] GRAHAM/STUDIO ONE NEW ORLEANS, by appointment, grahamstudioone.com
plastic surgery New Orleans, LA [504] New Orleans Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery, Parker A. Velargo, M.D., Dr. Russell Hendrick, Jr., M.D., 2633 Napoleon Ave., Ste. 920, www.plasticsurgerynola.com, 504.533.8848
restaurants
The Bombay Club, 830 Rue Conti, 577.2237, www.bombayclubneworleans.com Broussard’s Restaurant & Courtyard, 819 Rue Conti, 581.3866, http://broussards.com Clover Grill, 900 Bourbon St., 598.1010, www.CloverGrill.com Country Club Restaurant, 634 Louisa St., www.TheCountryClubNewOrleans.com, 945.0742 Deanie's Seafood, French Quarter: 841 Iberville, 581.4141; Bucktown: 1713 Lake Ave., Metairie, 831.1316; www.Deanies.com Fatoush Mediterranean Grill, Coffee House & Juice Bar, 2372 St. Claude Ave., #130, FatoushRestaurantNOLA.com, 371.5074 Feelings Cafe, 2600 Chartres, 945.2222, www.FeelingsCafe.com Gene's Po-Boys & Daquiris, 1040 Elysian Fields Ave., 943.3861,
www.genespoboys.com Ilys Bistro, 1040 Elysian Fields Ave., 947.8341, www.Facebook.com/ILYSBistro Kingfish Kitchen & Cocktails, 337 Chartres St. 598.5005, www.KinfishNewOrleans.com Little Vic’s Rosticceria, 719 Toulouse, 304.1238, www.littlevics.com Mona Lisa Restaurant, 1212 Royal St., 522.6746 Orleans Grapevine Wine Bar & Bistro, 720 Orleans, 523.1930, www.OrleansGrapevine.com Quartermaster: The Nellie Deli, 1100 Bourbon St. , 529.1416, www.QuartermasterDeli.net
Royal House Oyster Bar, 441 Royal St., 528.2601, www.RoyalHouseRestaurant.com
real estate New Orleans, LA [504] New Orleans Relocation, Realtors — gayowned boutique real estate agency for locals and newcomers. 504.273.0088 www.NOLArelo.com
retail/shopping New Orleans, LA [504] BOURBON PRIDE, 909 Bourbon, 566.1570 COK (Clothing or Kinkl), 941 Elysian Fields, 945.9264 CUIR, 708 Toulouse St., 249.5603 HIT PARADE, 741 Bourbon St., Facebook.COM/HitParadeNOLA MARY'S FRENCH QUARTER KITCHEN & BATH, 732 N. Rampart, 529.4465 MR. BINKY'S BOUTIQUE, 107 Chartres St., 302.2095, MrBinkys.com PANDA BEAR, 415 Bourbon St., 529.8064 QT PIE BOUTIQUE - 241 Dauphine St., 581. 6633 RAB DAB CLOTHING AND GIFTS, 918 Royal St., 525.6662
services New Orleans, LA [504] ABC Title Services, www.abctitle.com
theatres New Orleans, LA [504] CAFE ISTANBUL, 2372 St. Claude Ave., #140, 504.974.0786, CafeIstanbulNOLA.COM
tours New Orleans, LA [504] Gay New Orleans Walking Tour, Crescent City Tour Booking Agency, (LGBT Business of the Year) 638 St. Ann St., 568.0717. follow Gay New Orleans Walking Tour @ Facebook.COM Royal Tours New Orleans, 507.8333, 888.537.4750, www.RoyalToursNewOrleans.com
Metairie, LA [504] Chef Ron's Gumbo Stop & Pub, 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., 835.2022, GumboStop.com New Orleans, LA [504] Addiction Coffee House, 909 Iberville St., 475.5900, www.addictioncoffeehouse.com
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Charlie Bear sharing laughs with bartender Jeffery @ cafe Lafitte Deion & Tina @ Quartermaster
Carl celebrates Tommy’s b-day with Michael @ The Corner Pocket Sister Moana Moans-a-lott pouring for Big Easy Sisters 2nd Sunday Beer Bust @ GrandPre’s
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Shane celebrating his birthday with Ramon @ Double Play Michael joins Solitaire for her fundraising b-day bash @ Four Seasons in Metairie
Bartenders Micheal & Krischen welcome you to Good Friends Bar
Marty & Koo with friends in for Jubilee @ The Golden Lantern
Cesar, Manager Will & Regina Adams celebrating @ Double Play
Scott & Rawhide bartender Roman @ Phoenix’s Sunday Funday
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