Upcoming Erie GLBT News/Events; Win Sherlock Holmes FAQ from Applause Books

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Check out the upcoming events listed below and also enter our newest contest!

Feb 21 (Fri) – Cabin Fever Weekend Our annual winter getaway! Cabin Fever is a more loosely arranged get together than the Gala. No pre-registrations and more options for attendees at their own discretion. Cabin Fever will coincide with the Bar Stool Open in Erie, a pub crawl with putting teams competing along an 18 hole (bar) route with proceeds going to charity. It also generally coincides with a brew fest held at Union Station, although details of that event have yet to be released. Phone: (440) 265-8191. Email: shub1@suite224.net. Browse to http://eriesisters.ning.com/. RSVP/Register/Tickets at https://www.facebook.com/events/606962896006776/.

Feb 21 (Fri) – Funniest T-Shirt Contest (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.

Feb 22 (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.

Feb 22 (Sat) – Equality Gala – An Evening with Bernadette Peters (Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213) Join us for An Evening with Bernadette Peters as we celebrate Pittsburgh’s LGBT community and its allies at the Equality Gala at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. Tickets are $250 and include cocktails, dinner, awards/presentation, priority seating for Bernadette Peter’s concert, post-show desserts and dancing. $75 ticket includes concert and post-show desserts and dancing. It is sure to be an unforgettable night! Phone: (412) 322-2800. Venue Phone: (412) 622-3131. Browse to http://www.deltafoundation.us/gala. Browse to venue web site http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/.

Feb 22 (Sat) – TransFamily of Erie Support Group meets (Mental Health Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania, 1101 Peach St, Erie, PA 16501) 2 PM – 5 PM. Transfamily of Erie is a support group dedicated to providing safe, supportive space for transgender, gender non-conforming, gender-questioning, and intersex people and their loved ones in Erie County and the surrounding region. Whether you are a trans man, trans woman, non-binary or genderqueer individual, crossdresser or someone just looking for a little information, Transfamily hopes to provide a judgment-free environment where you can openly express yourself in whatever way feels right to you. Transfamily also welcomes people of all races, ages, religions, and sexualities. (We recognize that many people may not be comfortable with their status as a trans* individual being made public and exercise the greatest discretion toward the privacy of our attendants.) Refreshments are provided. Attendants are encouraged to bring something to share with the group, but this is not required. Transfamily meetings are held from 2-5pm on the 4th Saturday of each month at the Mental Health Association of Northwest PA building (1101 Peach St. Erie, PA, 16501). Contact: Caitlyn Strohmeyer. Phone: (814) 823-1969. Venue Phone: (814) 452-4462 ext 117. Email: caitlyn_xpress@verizon.net. Browse to http://www.facebook.com/TransfamilyOfErie. Browse to venue web site http://www.mhanp.org/.

Feb 22 (Sat) – Erie Sisters meets (Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie, 7180 New Perry Highway, Erie, PA 16508) 7 PM. Erie Sisters is a local transgender support group that provides support and encouragement for both MTF and FTM transgender individuals. The group meets for discussion the fourth Saturday of each month at 7pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church; 7180 Perry Highway, Erie PA, followed by dinner at a local restaurant and dancing at The Zone Dance Club. Phone: (440) 265-8191. Venue Phone: (814) 864-9300. Email: shub1@suite224.net. Browse to http://eriesisters.ning.com/. Browse to venue web site http://www.uuerie.org.

Win Sherlock Holmes FAQ from Applause Books!

Win Sherlock Holmes FAQ from Applause Books!. To enter the contest, fill out the form at http://www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201402sherlockholmesfaq&sourceid=2 between February 18 and March 11.

Sherlock Holmes FAQ
All That’s Left to Know About the World’s Greatest Private Detective
By Dave Thomson

The Sherlock Holmes FAQ is a one-stop guide to over a century’s worth of mystery, mayhem, and most of all, deduction. Digging deep inside the manifold worlds of Sherlock Holmes, the FAQ is a dramatic and detailed digest of the Baker Street sleuth in all of his many guises, as TV and radio star, movie phenomenon, and, of course, literary giant.

Chapters investigate his predecessors and his successors, and discuss the influence that Holmes has had not only on other writers, but on real-life police procedures as well. The London that he perambulated in deerstalker and cloak is laid bare, plus the life and other fascinations of Holmes’ creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, are mapped out in all their foggy, darkened atmosphere.

We meet giant hounds and fearful foes, common crooks and misdirected souls. Ghosts appear in these pages, and vampires, too – and more puzzles, conundrums, and mysteries than any mortal detective could ever hope to solve. But Holmes, as we shall see, was no mere mortal. And Sherlock Holmes FAQ is the story of his immortality.

Dave Thompson, ex-pat British writer, has penned over one hundred books. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell and Hearts of Darkness: James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens, and the Unlikely Rise of the Singer-Songwriter. He has also written books on Cream, Kurt Cobain, Genesis, Jeff Beck, and Deep Purple (the list goes on), and he has been a contributor to Rolling Stone, Goldmine, MOJO, All Music Guide, and more.

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