calendar:

To announce an event in our monthly calendar,

e-mail it ‘to calendar@mountainpridemedia.org,
or write us at: POB 1078, Richmond, VT 05477.

For more detailed, up-to-the-minute listings, check out our web calendar at 2:

www.mountainpridemedia.orglcalendar_index.htm

 

TOAS online Portfolio

Theatre on a Shoestring (TOAS) is
offering local and regional actors the
opportunity to have their portfolio on
their website. 1

TOAS will create a special
webpage with the actor's name, pic-
tures, resume, and more to give them
extra exposure to local and regional
theatre companies. Add pictures,
update your resume, and change into
as needed throughout the contracted
period. The cost is $20.

Anyone who starts a web-
page betore September 1 will receive
an additional year of service FREE!!

_ If you are interested in find-
ing out more about this service or to

start a webpage, contact TOAS at
info@theatreshoe.com,with Portfolio
Info in the subject line or mail to
Portfolio Info, c/o TOAS, PO Box 1012,
Burtington, VT 05402-1012.

Samara Grants & Thanks
Vennont high school seniors Alan
Blakely of Colchester, Rachael Morgan

4 of Rutland, and Anna Telensky of

Jericho will be receiving $1,000
Samara Scholarships for 2003.

Three more Vermont high
school seniors were presented with the
Samara Foundation Notable Student
Award: Lauren Coppola of Essex

Junction, Jacob Crumbine of Norwich, '

and Ashley Hensel-Browning of

compass

Cavendish.

Fourteen Vennont high
school seniors have been recognized
as Samara Scholars, students who
oppose discrimination and prejudice
and stand for the elimination of homo-
phobia in our society, since the awards
were established in 2000.

Samara has awarded grants
this year totaling $22,000 to thirteen
_organizations serving the Vermont les-
bian, gay, bisexual and transgender
community. Samara first awarded
grants in 1998 and now has awarded
over $150,000 throughout the state.

These organizations provide
services in the arts, HIV prevention,
youth services, education, media devel-

opment, health and community service,
social service and initiatives addressing
same-sex domestic violence.

Estrogen Fest and
Bur1ington's Fletcher Free Library are
new grantees for this cycle. Estrogen
Fest was awarded $500 to help pro-
duce their annual weekend of women's
films and performances. This year's
festival brought in over 500 people,
screened 14 films, and featured 13 per-
formances and 12 speakers. The
Fletcher Free Library will be using the
$600 grant received from Samara to
help implement the “Free to Read”-
book group, funding a program never
before offered: a book group for teens
to discuss literature that includes

LGBTQ characters and themes.
Other grantees include:
$1,600 to the AIDS Project of Southern

Vermont; Vermont CARES $1,600; the ’

Vermont People with AlDS Coalition
$1,250; Outright Vermont $4,500; the
New England Network for Child, Youth
and Family Services in Charlotte
$1,000; $750 to New Victoria
Publishers to help produce an online
catalogue of books and videos; $4,000
to Mountain Pride Media; $1,300 to
SafeSpace for violence prevention:
$2,000 to the Gay Lesbian Education
and Resource Network (G/LEARN) in
Norwich; $1,900 R.U.1.2? Community
Center; and a $1,000 grant to Pride
Vermont.