Hey all!

This is going to be quite a busy week! Are you all set for Pride this Saturday? Hope that you can join us, and more details are below. Leading up to Pride, we have Erie Gay News folding tonight/Tuesday at Mental Health Association; Married and Counting screening at PACA by Marriage Equality of PA and GEAE Happy Hour at Craze (both on Wednesday), Erie Sisters Car Wash Benefit and Pride Kickoff Drag Show on Friday and the Pride Parade and Rally on Saturday. Equality PA will also have a lesbian comedian from Buffalo on Saturday night at PACA. Details on those and even more events are below!

We also have 2 contests for you to enter! For the pair of tickets to Spamalot at the Erie Playhouse, please only enter if you will be here in Erie during the run of the show. We want to make sure that the tickets are enjoyed!

Aug 28 (Wed) – 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington Check out the film Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin. Rustin was the gay man who was the main organizer for that epic, historic event.

Aug 30 (Fri) – Cool Shades Party (M & J’s Lounge, 124 Mercer St, Butler, PA 16001) Come and check out our new dance floor lights. $5.00 Cover Charge BYOB Please NO outside Mixers, Soda, or Food. Must be a member or you can purchase a membership. Open Fri. & Sat. 9:30-2:00. Phone: (724) 602-8447. Email: JoshuaSean2009@AOL.COM. Browse to http://www.facebook.com/MandJsLounge.

Aug 30 – Sep 2 (Fri – Mon) – LABOR DAY WEEKEND – Under The Big Top (Jones Pond Campground & RV Park, 9835 Old State Rd, Angelica, NY 14709-8729) The fun is far from over but this is the last long weekend of the year so join us for a Saturday afternoon Tea Dance by the pool and Aggie Dunne’s Sunday evening show. Three great dances means THE CIRCUS IS IN TOWN! Stay tuned for theme ideas! Phone: (585) 567-8100. Email: info@jonespond.com. Browse to http://www.jonespond.com.

Aug 31 (Sat) – Drag Show (M & J’s Lounge, 124 Mercer St, Butler, PA 16001) Come and check out our new dance floor lights. $5.00 Cover Charge BYOB Please NO outside Mixers, Soda, or Food. Must be a member or you can purchase a membership. Open Fri. & Sat. 9:30-2:00. Phone: (724) 602-8447. Email: JoshuaSean2009@AOL.COM. Browse to http://www.facebook.com/MandJsLounge.

Aug 31 (Sat) – Holiday Weekend (Camp Davis, 311 Redbrush Rd, Boyers, PA 16020-1219) Dance Saturday and Sunday Night Contact: Jim. Phone: (724) 637-2402. Email: campd@aol.com. Browse to http://www.campdaviscampground.com.

Win tickets to Spamalot at the Erie Playhouse!

Win tickets to Spamalot at the Erie Playhouse! Erie Gay News is giving away a pair of tickets to 5 winners for this Tony-Award winning musical, which runs September 12-15, 18-22, and 26-29. To enter the contest, fill out the form at http://www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201309spamalotcontest&sourceid=2 from August 20 through September 10.

Spamalot at Playhouse

Full of medieval merriment and based on the cult classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Tony award-winning musical retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Featuring a bevy of beautiful show girls, cows, killer rabbits, and French people, this “no-holds-barred smash hit” raises silliness to an art form. The winner of fourteen Tony Awards including Best Musical.

Adult situations/Language

The Erie Playhouse, 13 W 10 St, Erie PA

Box Office: 814-454-2852 ext 0

Website: http://www.erieplayhouse.org

Win Bashment DVD from Ariztical Entertainment

Win Bashment DVD from Ariztical Entertainment! To enter the contest, fill out the form at http://www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201309bashment&sourceid=2 from August 20 through September 10.

Bashment (noun): a type of reggae dancehall music. 

“It’s difficult not to be completely glued to the screen…engrossing and challenging”

– James Waygood, sosogay.co.uk

 “What starts as a visceral, pounding story eases into a nuanced contemplation of masculinity and what lengths we’ll go to in order to protect others-and ourselves.”

– Trista Kendall, Frameline Film Festival  

JJ (Joel Dommett, MTV UK, Skins UK), an aspiring MC, is on the cusp of wowing the crowds and winning the Urban Slam finals with his lyrical prowess. However there’s a problem – he’s white, from the countryside, and gay – three things that don’t mix well in London’s outlaw urban music scene. After outing himself on stage and angering his rivals, the Illford Illmaniacs, they savagely beat his boyfriend Orlando into a state of permanent brain damage. With their lives changed forever, adversity forces all of them to tackle their own perceptions of sexuality, race, and class in ways they never could have imagined.

Street Date: August 20, 2013
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Running Time: 110 minutes
Production Year: 2011
Language: English

DVD MSRP: $24.95
Directed By: Rikki Beadle-Blair (KickOff, FIT, Metrosexuality)

Cast: Joel Dommett, Marcus Kai, Jennifer Daley, Michael Lindall, Ludvig Bonin, Duncan MacInnes, Toby Wharton, Nathan Clough, Craig Storrod, Arnie Hewitt  

http://www.ariztical.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Ariztical

Yours sincerely,

Michael Kenton Mahler, Erie Gay News
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