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Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Beginnings
Tagged Buddha, bulb, Freud, home, India, Lego, light, Nataraja, Painting, photography, Pride, Rainbow, shadow
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BROOKLYN PRIDE 2022
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged Attorney General, Batala, Berkeley Carroll, Bill de Blasio, brooklyn, Cheer, City Council, drumline, Eric Adams, friends, Gay, GMHC, Gotham, Herstory, lesbian, Letitia James, LGBTQ, Mayor, New York, NYC, Officers Action League, Parade, Park Slope, Pride, school, Trans Rights
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48 FINAL DAYS OF OUTDOOR MEMORY ESCAPES
All Things Come to an End, if not this Pandemic (yet) I’ve continued posting the awkwardly named Daily Outdoor Memory Escapes far longer than I thought I would. Arguably the pandemic is worse in the whole of the USA than … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 9/11 memorial, Antelope Canyon, brooklyn, cactus garden, Cherry blossoms, Death Valley, dragon, Escape, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Iguacu, Lake Powell, Las Vegas, Little Colorado River Gorge, Memory, National Park, New York City, Outdoor, Paris, Pride, Sedona, Spreewald, Statue of Liberty, Vermont, Versailles, winter, Zion
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40 Days of Outdoor Memories
Thanks A Lot, COVID 19! Back in early April, when it became clear we would be hunkering indoors for at least the next month, barely getting out, and certainly not doing any traveling, I started posting on my social … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 9/11 memorial, Antelope Canyon, Arizona, botanic garden, Bryce Canyon, Central Park, Cherry Blossom, Covid 19, Death Valley, Devil's Golf Course, Dunedin, Escalante, Florida, Grand Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Japanese maple, Lake Powell, Madison, North Rim, Notre Dame, Outdoor, Paris, Pride, Rainbow Bridge, Red Rock Canyon, Rodin, Staten Island, sunset, Valley of Fire, Versailles, Zion
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50TH PRIDE NYC
11 Hours of Pride NYC – Watching and Marching – a Photo Diary 11:30am – Ed and I perched ourselves at 17th Street and 5th avenue to await the start of the 50th NYC Pride march … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged 50th, anniversary, Bears, Big Apple Corps, Bill de Blasio, bisexual, cartwheels, Chirlane McCray, drag queens, Dykes with Bikes, Empire State Building, Flatiron, Gay Liberation Front, Gay Rights, LGBTQ, March, New York City, Pence, photography, Pose, Pride, puppets, Quaker, Rainbow, Sage, Stilt walkers, Stonewall, Trevor Project, Trump, World Trade Center
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PRIDE MONTH DAILY MOVIE PLAYLIST
And so the daily LGBTQ movie shout out commences: Call that blog post by its name here. That Queer Movie blog post is its own country here.
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup
Tagged 3, Alison Bechdel, Andrew Haigh, Ang Lee, Big Eden, Booksmart, Bound, Brokeback Mountain, Call Me By Your Name, Carol, Cinema, Cloud Atlas, Gay, Gentleman Jack, Go Fish, God's Own Country, Guys and Balls, In the Family, Jane Austen, LGBTQ, Looking, Moonlight, movies, Paris 05:59: Theo and Hugo, Parting Glances, Playlist, Pose, Pride, Pride Month, Queer as Folk, Rebecca Cantrell, Rocketman, Sam Smith, Sense8, Short Bus, The Broken Hearts Club, The Cakemaker, The Celluloid Closet, The Handmaiden, The Happy Prince, The L Word, The Wedding Banquet, Three of Hearts, threesome, Tom Tykwer, Touch of Pink, TV, Walk on Water, Warchowski, Weekend
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WE WILL SURVIVE – again and again
A Pride Month Special Look at “I Will Survive” and Some of its Many Covers with particular ruminations on what we will survive, or not The Original – Gloria Gaynor If one were to choose one song … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Andrews Sisters, Anthem, Aretha Franklin, Bishop Torbin, Blu Holliday, cake, climate change, Destiny's Child, Diana Ross, disco, diva, Funky Nashville, Gay Rights, Gladys Knight, Gloria Gaynor, Guys and Balls, I Will Survive, I'm a Survivor, J2, LGBTQ, Madonna, Männer Wie Wir, Postmodern Jukebox, Pride, Puppini Sisters, Remix, Sara Niemitz, Scott Bradlee, Shirley Bassey, Trump, Vogue
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The Belligerent Homophobe Who Ruined Rocketman For Us
The three or four loud sneezes that erupted behind us during the 20 minutes of previews were a warning shot that all would not turn out alright for us during this screening of “Rocketman” in midtown Manhattan. But the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 election, Arrival, Ben Wishaw, bigot, Braveheart, Cloud Atlas, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Ed Elder, Elton John, Gay, homophobia, James D'Arcy, LGBTQ, love scene, MAGA, movie, Pride, Rocketman, Taran Egerton, Trump, Trumpian
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BROOKLYN PRIDE
Park Slope Comes Out! Highlights from the June 9 Brooklyn Pride Street Fare and Parade We are Family – Sisters Sledge
In the Name of Love on MLK Day
Today our nation commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The message and significance of Martin Luther King Jr. and what he represents for the aspirations of our country and the world weigh more heavily, sadly, today, than they … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist
Tagged Berliner Luft, choir, chorus, Depeche Mode, I Have a Dream, In the Name of Love, Joy to the World, Martin Luther King Jr., Mas Que Nada, Miriam Makeba, MLK Day, Pata Pata, Paul Lincke, People are People, Pride, school, Sergio Mendes, third grade, Three Dog Night, U2
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The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Plays The Soundtrack to Our Story
Saturday night we attended the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band performing a concert at Symphony Space titled “Once Upon A Time … The Soundtrack to Our Story”, with music referencing and inspired by the history of the Gay … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Alicia Hall Moran, Band, Big Apple, Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian Belovitch, Celtic Folk Songs, Colleen Meenan, Gay, Gay Rights, Hair, Henco Espag, Holst, It's Raining Men, Kinky Boots, Kyle Post, lesbian, Let the Sunshine In, LGBTQ, March, Mars, Paul Schaeffer, Pride, queen, Reginald Brown, RuPaul, Symphonic, Symphony Space, The Generations Project
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MARCHING WITH THE QUAKERS – A NYC Pride Parade Photo Diary
Sunday, June 26, was Pride Day in New York City. Close to 2 million people watched hundreds of thousands of marchers within about 485 contingents (groups and floats) make their way down 5th avenue, 8th Street and Christopher street, from … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th Avenue, Charles Busch, Christopher Street, Empire State Building, Episcopal Priest, Flatiron, k d lang, king, LGBT, Love and Pride, memorial, National Monument, NYC, Photo Diary, Pride, Pridetrooper, Quaker, Religious Society of Friends, Stonewall, U2, When Pigs Fly
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HAPPY PRIDE DAY – One Year to the Day Our Day Had Come
Happy Pride Day, everybody. Today is the Last Sunday in June, when New York City commemorates the birth of the modern Gay Rights Movement and the 1969 Stonewall riots with our Pride Parade and Festivities. Ed and I will be … Continue reading
A ROSE BY ANY OTHER SONG WOULD SOUND AS SWEET
It’s June, rose blooming season. So let’s enjoy some beautiful roses, and since we can’t enjoy their visual splendor accompanied by their sweet smells, we’ll enjoy their sweet sounds in the forms of favorite “Rose” songs from the last hundred … Continue reading
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Tagged A Rose by any Name, Beth Ditto, Bette Midler, Blondie, Brabra Streisand, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Bye Bye Birdie, Dance of the Rose Maidens, Deborah Harry, Edith Piaf, Every Rose has its Thorn, Everything's Coming Up Roses, Fannie Brice, Gayaneh, Gypsy, James Horner, June, Khachaturian, Kiss from a Rose, La Vie en Rose, LGBTQ, month, Poison, Pride, Rocky Horror Show, Romeo and Juliet, Rose, Rose Tints my World, Rose's Turn, Sabre Dance, Seal, Second Hand Rose, Spanish Rose, Titanic
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Notes from a Composer 