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Send check to: Vlfild Root
ArtsIHooker-Dunham Theater &
Gallery 139 Main St, Brattleboro,
VT 05301. 4) Anive at the theater
1/2 hour prior to curtain. Seating is
on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Lorre Men .

The Vlfinter Schmoozefest, the sec-
ond of four large social events for
gay and bisexual men and other
men who love men, which was co-
sponsored by the Men's Resource
Center of Western Massachusetts
and Tapestry Healthy Systems, was
held on Sunday, February 9, 2003.
More than 85 men attended this
happening where they enjoyed
catered hors-d,oeuvres and
desserts, art by regional GBQ
artists, a few songs performed by
the Pioneer Valley Gay Men's
Chorus, and lots of social interac-
tion. Many familiar faces from the
Autumn Schmoozefest were joined
by those many new men to expand
their social connections throughout
the wide geographical areas of
southern VT to northem CT and the
Berkshires to central MA and
beyond.

The next event, our Spring
Schmoozefest, is scheduled for
Sunday. April 13. It will again take
place in the lovely Garden House at
Look Park in Northampton
(Florence), MA, from 3:00 to 5:30
pm. Delicious catered food, fantas-
tic art, and a different, brief, live art
perfonnance featuring GBQ men
will be provided. We hope to see

many men return and to welcome

, many new guys from our very

diverse community. If you are look-
ing to meet others with mutual inter-
ests, make some new friendships,
or perhaps meet Mr. Right (or Mr.
Right" Now), this social occasion is
the opportunity you have been wait-
ing for! The weather might even
treat us kindly and allow socializing
in the beautiful surroundings just ‘
outside of the Garden House. Our
Summer Schmoozefest on June 1
will certainly pennit us to take in the
gorgeous gardens that highlight the
grounds of the Garden House.

If you would like to get
more information about the upcom-
ing event, contact Allan Arnaboldi at
the Men,s Resource Center of
Western Massachusetts by calling
(413) 253-9887 x10 or by emailing
him at aamabo|di@mensresource-
center.org. You can also ask to be
put on an email list to receive
announcements about this and
future Schmoozefest gatherings.
You can also contact him if you are
interested in displaying your art at
either the April or June events.

spring‘ at MPM
Mountain ride edia would like to
thank everyone who entered our
Think Spring 2003 Raffle. The win-
ners have been drawn and the
prizes mailed. Thanks to the follow-
ing businesses for their generous
donations to our raffle: River Mist
B&B; Special Ops Media;
Trmberholm Inn; Winding Brook
Lodge; The Highlands Inn; Umiak

Outdoor Outfitters; The Photo
Garden; The Green Mountain Film -
Festival.

We also thank the 35 peo- A

ple who joined us to see the sold
out David Sedaris show at the Flynn
Center. We are excited to announce
our next theater event with Lost
Nation Theater of Montpelier.
Mountain Pride Media is proud to
be co-sponsoring Lillian Hellman's
The Children’s Hour, starring Janice
Perry. The darkly evocative play of
rumors damaging the lives of teach-
ers will run May 15 through June 1.
We will have a special benefit per-
formance on Sunday, May18th at
6:30 p.m. fickets are $21, with a
portion of the ticket price going to
support Mountain Pride Media's
work in publishing Out in the
Mountains. If you'd like benefit tick-
ets please call or email Roland at
802-383-7679 (days) or
rfpvt@together. net.

Mountain Pride Media
would like to thank Jeanne and
Dennis who both were distribution
volunteers and who recently have
moved on. This leaves us with three
distribution routes that are in need
of new volunteers: Plattsburgh (NY),
Bennington '(VT), and the Putney
(VT)/Keene (NH) area. We are also
looking for couriers to deliver
papers throughout the state to our
distribution volunteers in the nonnal
course of their travels. For more
infonnation about distribution oppor-
tunities please contact us at circula-
tion@mountainpridemedia.org or
call us at 802-434-6486. Our thanks

go to a great crew at our March
“Stuffing" night. Our April “Stuffing”
night will be on Thursday, April 24th
at our offices in Richmond (above
The Daily Bread) starting at around

5 p.m. We're usually done by 7 p.m.

Please join us in welcom-
ing Jack Ryniec of Lowell, Vermont
who joined the Board of Directors
on March 1_. Jack has been volun-
teering for MPM helping with vari-
ous web site projects including the

_ OITM Online Archive. We also

would like to welcome Dustin, our
new VTPridenet Listserv
Administrator and to send out a
huge thank you to Tina for her
numerous years of volunteer serv-
ice as our _first VTPridenet Listserv
Administrator. You can read more
about VTPridenet on our web site
under Online Community
Connections.

Mountain Pride Media is
still looking for ad sales reps to sell
ads for Out In The Mountains and

‘for our web site wvvvv.mountain-
_ pridemedia.org. A monthly stipend

and commission on all sales make
this a great part- or full-time job.
Just give us a call at 802-434-5237
or email us at ads@mountainpride-
media.org for additional information.

Pride VT Benefits from House
of LeMay

The House of LeMay, Vermont's
most established drag performance
troupe, will be hosting a benefit for
Pride Vennont on Sunday, April 27,
at the St. John's Club in Burlington.
The day begins at noon with

brunch, continues with rousing
games of Drag Bingo and con-
cludes with the naming of Vermont's
Drag Queen Idol.

Since 1994, Amber &
Margaurite, The Sisters LeMay, and
their entourage, The House of ;
LeMay, have been featured in
Vennont’s Gay Pride Parade as well
as kicked off each of those post-
Parade Day entertainment ses-

, sions. For the past three years they

have appeared in Bur1ington's annu-
al Mardi Gras Parade. This past
February, The House of LeMay
organized and hosted the People
Vlfith AIDS Coalition's very success-
ful Drag Ball.

The House of LeMay has
also been one of Pride Vermont's
biggest supporters, donating in
excess of $1000 for the past sever-
al years.

The April 27 event begins
at noon with a brunch buffet, fol-
lowed by Drag Bingo with many
nice prizes at 2:00pm and the Drag
Queen ldol contest beginning at
4:00pm. Several raffles will also be
conducted during the day as well.

Price for admission is $10
and includes the Brunch Buffet
(noon-2pm) as well as appetizers
and a pizza buffet which will be
offered all day. Raffle tickets and
bingo cards will cost extra. A cash
bar is available. For more informa-

tion email sis|emay@together.net. '
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