Photo by: PhotoBearNE.com
WELCOME TO BEAR WEEK 2011 BEAR WEEK INFO BOOTH: 11am-4pm Daily at
Firehouse 3, (256 Commercial Street). T-Shirt sales, pick up Registrations after Saturday, Event Programs, and tickets for the Firemen and Uniform Balls. Pick up tickets for the Bear Boat after Saturday.
HEALTH: for emergencies call 911
General health clinic, Outer Cape Health Services, 49 Harry Kemp Way, www.outercape.org; Men’s Health Project, 336 Commercial St., Unit #10, offers anonymous HIV counseling & testing, 508 487-8311 ask@asgcc.org, www.asgcc.org:
NATIONAL SEASHORE CAUTIONARY NOTES: Deer
Ticks: Lyme disease is carried by deer ticks, very small ticks which are found in areas of high grasses and shrubs. Check for ticks and if bitten seek medical information.
RANGER PATROLS: Patrols are underway to discourage
PROVINCETOWN ENTERTAINMENT & EVENING VENUES The Art House: 214 Commercial Street, Jackie Beat, Poppy Champlin, Randy Roberts Live, Seth Rudetsky, Steven Brinberg’s SIMPLY BARBRA, Susan Boil, Tom Judson, Zoe Lewis Atlantic House (“A-House”): 6 Masonic Place, Use your
Dog Tag for free admission for the week to the Dance Club except for the Uniform Ball on July 15 which requires a special wrist band for entry. The Macho Room and the Little Bar never have a cover. Check out all the bars.
Boatslip Resort: 161 Commercial Street. Check out the Buoy Bar, and the Tea Dance and Pool areas.
public sex in the National Seashore beaches and dunes; high fines are reported.
Mixers at Bayside Betsy’s: 177 Commercial Street. Before
WIFI ACCESS: Frappo66 Café, 214 Commercial Street at the Art House. Public Use PCs and internet available at the Provincetown Public Library, 356, Commercial Street. The Library is open 7 days per week. Call 508-487-7094 for hours.
Purgatory: 9 Carver Street. Check out the Bars at the Gifford
dinner, after dinner, check out the Bar at Bayside Betsy’s. The bar sits over Commercial Street.
House. The Porch Bar and Purgatory.
The Crown & Anchor: 247 Commercial Street, Aiden James, Dina Martina, Miss Richfield 1981, Retro Active Video Lounge, Bobby Weatherbee, Illusions Drag Review, Ryan Landry’s Show Girls, Ryan Landry’s “Peter Panzy”, Debra and Patrick, “Mauled”, The Bears of Comedy. Don’t forget to check out the Vault, Paramount, and Wave Bar.
The Pied Bar: 193A Commercial Street, on the water The Vixen - Pilgrim House: 363 Commercial Street
Jason Stuart, Tony Tripoli, Jennie McNulty. Check out the Vixen nightly.
1
2
3
4
5
6
EVERY DAY
ON THE BEAR WEEK SCHEDULE
Breakfast Specials
EVERY DAY
ON THE BEAR WEEK SCHEDULE
World Famous Tea Dance,
9 am - noon, Bayside Betsy’s 177 Commercial Street
4 pm – 7 pm, Boatslip Resort, 161 Commercial St (cover)
7 day pass included with package C, (2) 1 day passes included with packages A & B, weekly pass available at the door
Herring Cove Beach
6 am -midnight, Province Lands Rd Accessible daily by bicycle and town shuttle bus.
Pool Party - CROWN & ANCHOR 10 am - 4 pm, 247 Commercial Street Free lounge chairs & WiFi access
Bear Hour, 2-4-1 appetizers 5 pm – 6 pm , Monkey Bar, 149 Commercial St (no cover)
CUBS & COCKTAILS
6 pm - 8 pm, Paramount - Crown & Anchor, 247 Commercial St (no cover)
A afternoon cocktail time for Bears, Cubs and their friends
Pool Party - BOATSLIP
9 am - 4 pm, 161 Commercial Street
After Tea,
lounge chairs for rent
6 pm – 9:30 pm , Pied Bar, 149 Commercial St (no cover)
Bear Week Info Booth
Nightly Block Party,
Event Programs & T-Shirt Sales
Everyone from all the clubs join together for pizza, ice cream and cruising - an especially hot scene during Bear Week!
11 am - 4 pm, Firehouse 3 256 Commercial Street
1 am – 2 am , Spiritus Pizza, 190 Commercial St (dining charge)
7
8
DAILY BEAR WEEK SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, JULY 08
See Pages 7 & 8 for your Daily Bear Events Early Arrival Cocktail Party
10:00 pm -Closing, Paramount - Crown & Anchor 247 Commercial St (no cover) The Crown and Anchor is serving up a complimentary buffet featuring American Continental Cuisine to welcome early bears to Provincetown.
SATURDAY, JULY 09
See Pages 7 & 8 for your Daily Bear Events Pick Up Registration Packets
Noon – 5pm, A-House Front Porch, 4 Masonic Place Registrants arriving late on Saturday can attend evening events with identification. Registrants arriving after Saturday please pick up packets at Firehouse 3, 256 Commercial St., 11am – 4pm,
KEY EVENT: MEET AND GRRRREET Noon-5 pm, Buoy Bar @ Boatslip Resort 161 Commercial St (no cover)
KEY EVENT: BIG MUSCLE BEAR BASH 10 pm – Closing, Paramount - Crown & Anchor, 247 Commercial St, (no cover) Hosted by Big Muscle Bear - bigmusclebear.com Featuring DJ Ted Eiel, Chicago
9
10
SUNDAY, JULY 10
See Pages 7 & 8 for your Daily Bear Events SPIRITUAL BEARS - join welcoming congregations
St. Mary of the Harbor, Episcopal, 10am, 517 Commercial St. Unitarian Universalists Meeting House of Provincetown, Unitarian Universalists 11am, 236 Commercial St.
Provincetown Art & Culture I
10am - 3pm, Provincetown Art Association and Museum 460 Commercial Street
PAAM’s Secret Garden Tour featuring beautiful gardens hidden among Provincetown’s streets and byways. For tickets call 508-487-1750
Bear Market
10am - 4pm, Madeira Room @ Vixen 336 Commercial Street
An art/craft fair celebrating all of the talent and diverse creativity within the Bear Community
KEY EVENT: POOL/BEACHSIDE BBQ LUNCH 11am - 3pm, Crown & Anchor, 247 Commercial St
included with packages A & C or $13.95 charge if not registered
Dog Tag Tea Dance
5pm - 8pm, Crown & Anchor 247 Commercial St
Featuring DJ Doug Jackson, Fort Lauderdale (no cover)
KEY EVENT: BREAKWATER BASH 7pm - 10pm, Provincetown Inn, 1 Commercial St,
Included with packages A & C or $15 at door, Entertainment featuring Kendall Bear Buffet featuring carving station, hot appetizers & cheese, fruit, crudites & dip Free Shuttle provided at bus station near McMillan Warf
SUNDAY, JULY 10 continues 11
12
SUNDAY, JULY 10 continued Special Bear Show Miss Richfield 1981 9pm, Crown and Anchor 247 Commercial St
Tickets available at the Crown and Anchor Box Office
KEY EVENT: BEARS AROUND TOWN Leather and Chrome Night
10pm - Closing,The Club Purgatory 11 Carver St (cover)
Vixen Bear Lounge Night 9pm - Closing, Vixen 336 Commercial St
Snacks and pool table, dancing, hang out grunge night
Classic Disco
9:30pm - Closing, The A-House 6 Masonic Place,
included with packages A & C or (cover)
Pool Party,
9:30pm - Closing, Crown and Anchor 247 Commercial St Featuring DJ Blaine Solieau, Dallas (no cover)
MONDAY, JULY 11
See Pages 7 & 8 for your Daily Bear Events YOGA BEAR
8 am – 9 am, Boatslip Resort, 161 Commercial St. (cover)
TOUR: Historic Masonic Lodge with coffee reception 10 am, King Hiram’s Masonic Lodge, 2 Masonic Place (no cover)
A special tour of lodge rooms (built 1870) featuring trompe l’oeil painting and Masonic charter signed by Paul Revere in 1795.
MONDAY, JULY 11 continues 13
14
MONDAY, JULY 11 continued
See Pages 7 & 8 for your Daily Bear Events ELEVENSES T-DANCE
10am - 12pm, Boatslip Resort 161 Commercial St. (no cover) A morning dance with an elevenses English tea. Traditional New England barn dances and couples dances; no partner or experience needed as dances will be taught. Led by Chris Ricciotti, founder of the Lavender Country and Folk Dancers.
KEY EVENT; BEARS AT THE BEACH
11 am – 4 pm, Herring Cove Beach (free event)
Look for the Bear Flag! Head to the left from the beach house, past the point – or follow the path from bike parking area on road. Bring water, food and sun screen. Shuttle from town center, or bike to beach - free entry for shuttle passengers, pedestrians and bicyclists; charge for parking.
KEY EVENT: SUNSET CRUISE BEAR BOAT 4PM Music and Boarding, 5pm - 8:30pm Sailing, McMillan Pier on the Provincetown II ferry boat (A David Flower Productions Inc. Event) Cash bar & food for sale (pizza, hot dogs, snacks, etc.. Advance Sales for Non-Registered tickets Advance Sales tickets discounted with packages A & C
KEY EVENT: COCKTAILS AT KEN & HARRY’S
6 pm - 8 pm, 26 Pilgrim Heights Rd. Included with packages A & C or Donations at the door for non-registrants to GLAD (Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders)
“Wing It” in memory of Papa Bear Steve Melamed 5pm – 7pm , Baysides Betsy’s 177 Commercial St (no cover) Free Wings - Giveaways.
KEY EVENT: BEARS AT THE A-HOUSE
10 pm – Closing, Atlantic House, 8 Masonic Place, cover included with packages A & C
Provincetown’s oldest gay nightclub (est. 1798 - and a gay club for over 1/2 century) invites the bears for a night of meeting and dancing. Includes the Macho Room and Little Bar (no cover) and the Big Bar (dance club and backyard patio)
15
16
17
18
TUESDAY, JULY 12.
See Pages 7 & 8 for your Daily Bear Events PILATES CLASS 8am - 9am Boatslip Resort 161 Commercial St. (cover). WHALE WATCH
Arrive by 9:30 am, departs 10:00 am at MacMillan Wharf Dolphin Fleet, tickets and info at Lopes Square at head of wharf.
Reservations recommended (800) 826-9300 - Mention Ptown Bears for $3 off..
OUTDOOR EVENT: Bears in the Wild
10:30am - meet in front of the Boatslip Resort 161 Commercial Street - Complimentary lunch
This year our hike will start with a 10 minute water taxi ride across Provincetown harbor to Lands End, the outermost point of Cape Cod ($10 round trip per person). The hike will be approximately 1 ½ hour hike along the beach with a picnic lunch following. Bring sunscreen and water. Check at Bear Week Info Booth for more information. .
PROVINCETOWN ART & CULTURE II
Bears Visit PAAM (Provincetown Art Association and Museum) Opens at Noon, 460 Commercial Street (Admission Charge) Plan to visit the many East End art galleries along the way to PAAM
SUNSET DUNE TOUR AND CLAM BAKE
6:30pm – 9:30pm, Meet at corner of Standish and Commercial Sts. (Camp Fire and Clam Bake on the beach by Arts Dunes Tours)
Book your ticket through ART’S DUNE TOURS Rob Costa by 508 487-1950
KEY EVENT: BLOWOFF
9 pm – Closing, Boatslip Resort, 161 Commercial Street (cover)
Bob Mould and Rich Morel’s ‘house party’ comes to Ptown!
19
20
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13
See Pages 7 & 8 for your Daily Bear Events YOGA BEAR CLASS
8 am – 9 am, Boatslip Resort, 161 Commercial St. (cover)
KEY EVENT: BEAR BRUNCH
10am – 1pm, Fannizzi’s 539 Commercial Street (dining charge) Fannizzi’s moves their famous Sunday brunch to Wednesday as a Bear Week special event.
BINGO
6:30 pm, UU Church Lawn 236 Commercial St.
Experience Bingo on a church lawn - a P’town tradition! ($25 admission includes a dauber, game card & other gifts.) Benefit fundraiser for AA, P-Town Round Up and the UU Church.
Feed The Bears Buffet
7 pm -10 pm, Club Purgatory 9 Carver St
(No cover - $5 donation to the P-Town Soup Kitchen)
HUMP DAY KARAOKE
9 pm – Closing, Wave Bar – Crown & Anchor 247 Commercial St, (no cover)
Latin Fever Dance Party
10:30 pm - Closing, Club Purgatory 9 Carver St (cover)
KEY EVENT: THE VAULT AT LARGE
10pm – Closing, Paramount – Crown & Anchor 247 Commercial St, (no cover) Leather Night, Featuring DJ Sin Morera, New York City
21
22
23
24
THURSDAY, JULY 14
See Pages 7 & 8 for your Daily Bear Events PILATES CLASS
8am - 9am Boatslip Resort 161 Commercial St. (cover)
BEARS ON BIKES
9 am – Noon, Meet at Gale Force Bikes / Beach & Deli Market 144 Bradford St Extension - Corner of West & Vine for a group ride on the National Seashore bike paths. (Free Event).
PROVINCETOWN ART & CULTURE III
Opens 10 am, Monument Bears! Bears visit Pilgrim Monument and
Provincetown Museum Ramps inside monument lead to the finest View in town. The museum houses local history exhibits, natural history (including 1 ½ polar bears) and art gallery. For more info, visit pilgrimmonument.org
High Pole Hill (admission charge)
FIELD TRIP (tickets by advance purchase only)
EDWARD GOREY HOUSE in YARMOUTH PORT
Meet Cape Destinations bus at 12:30pm at bus transit terminal on Ryder St. Extended (between Ryder St. and MacMillan Wharf, behind Commercial St. on the harbor side). Bus departs promptly at 1pm and returns approximately 5pm. Tours include Capt. Banks Hallett House and Winslow Crocker House.
Solid Gold Tea Dance,
4 pm – 7 pm, Boatslip Resort, 161 Commercial St (cover) DJ Maryalice spins dance classics
7 day pass included with package C, (2) 1 day passes included with packages A & B, weekly pass available at the door
KEY EVENT: DISCO DOCK with DJ Lennie III 9 pm - Closing, Boatslip Resort 161 Commercial St (cover)
70s and 80s night of original gay club mixes 161 Commercial St, Cover - included in package C
Bears Country Western Dance Party 10 pm -Closing, Club Purgatory 9 Carver St, (cover)
25
26
FRIDAY, JULY 15
See Pages 7 & 8 for your Daily Bear Events YOGA BEAR CLASS
8 am – 9 am, Boatslip Resort, 161 Commercial St. (cover)
KEY EVENT: JAZZ BRUNCH Featuring Mike Flanagan
9 am – 12:30 pm at Michael Shay’s Restaurant 350 Bradford St. (far East End… free parking, and on Town Shuttle) (dining charge) Included in Bear Week passes B & C
KEY EVENT: FUNDRAISER BALLS
Our annual fundraiser evening supporting the Community of Provincetown. One bracelet purchased at the Bear Booth or from either the A-House or Paramount will provide the ability to bar hop between the two balls. FIREMEN’S BALL With DJ John LePage. San Francisco 9:30 pm – Closing, Paramount - Crown & Anchor 247 Commercial St $15 cover, included with Bear Week passes B & C Bracelets for sale in advance at the Bear Week Information Booth. located at Firehouse 3, 256 Commercial Street
UNIFORM BALL 9:30 pm – Closing, The A-House 8 Masonic Place $15 cover, included with Bear Week passes B & C Bracelets for sale in advance at the Bear Week Information Booth. located at Firehouse 3, 256 Commercial Street
29
30
SATURDAY, JULY 16
See Pages 7 & 8 for your Daily Bear Events KEY EVENT: WOOF AT THE WHARF BBQ Pool Party 11 am – 1 pm, Boatslip Resort,
included with packages B & C (dining charge)
KEY EVENT: UNDERBEAR PARTY with DJ Stefan 10 pm – Closing, Paramount - Crown & Anchor, 247 Commercial St
Wind down from an active week and get comfortable with hundreds of furry guys in boxers and briefs. Clothes check provided. ($5 cover)
SUNDAY, JULY 17
See Pages 7 & 8 for your Daily Bear Events SPIRITUAL BEARS - join welcoming congregations
St. Mary of the Harbor, Episcopal, 10am, 517 Commercial St. UU Meetinghouse, Unitarian Universalists Meeting House of Provincetown, 11am, 236 Commercial St.
POOL/BEACHSIDE BBQ LUNCH Crown & Anchor, 247 Commercial St 11am - 1pm, $13.95 at door
KEY EVENT: Bears Around Town Leather & Chrome Night, 10pm - Closing,The Club Purgatory, 11 Carver Street, cover not included with packages Classic Disco, 9:30pm - Closing, The A-House 6 Masonic St, cover included with packages B
31
32
33
34
Serving Boston
to Provincetown
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
International Wine Selection
Opening Night • Friday, May 13
Waterfront Dining Open Daily • 5:30-10pm • 508.487.1279
Waterfront Dining Open Daily • 5:30-10pm • 508.487.1279
Welcome Bears!
Opening Party!
Enjoy our Bear & Cub Menus
Wednesday, May 18 • 5-8
99 Commercial St. • salsplaceofprovincetown.com
99 Commercial St. • salsplaceofprovincetown.com
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
THANKS FROM PROVINCETOWN BEARS Bear Week is organized by: John Burrows, founding
director; Rich Frenette, treasurer; Chris Medeiros, volunteer coordinator; Kristen King, board member; Lloyd Sargent, board member; Patrick Galvin, board member; Tom Quinn, events coordinator; Chip Winslow, webmaster; Frank Vasello, board member; Derick Martins, board member and David Thompson, advisory member.
And “Team Bear� members:
Billy Keith & The British Bears
Special Thanks to: Tom Hurlbut, PhotoBearNE
Photography, provider of Provicetown Bear Week cover image,
Lee Stovall, program book. John Kullas, photography,
and all 2011 Volunteers
53
54