OPSEU Rainbow Alliance has created a scholarship program with Muskoka Pride to assist community members, students, activists and service providers to attend the first annual Pride Conference in Gravenhurst. The scholarship program will support up to 20 individuals to attend this year’s conference events on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. Applications for the scholarship program will be release shortly – stay tuned for more details. The Muskoka Pride Conference will be held in Gravenhurst on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. Hosted by the Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce and presented in partnership with Rainbow Health Ontario, the conference features a keynote speech, 4 concurrent LGBT-competency workshop and a closing Question
& Answer community expert panel. At the conference Muskoka Pride will be launch the new community outreach program, partly funded by the District of Muskoka’s Pay-It-Forward Community Investment Grant. Stay Tuned for more details. The Muskoka Pride Committee is still in need of volunteers to help out at events during Muskoka Pride Week. In particular, we are seeking volunteers who can help out at the 5th Annual Picnic on Sunday July 28th.
If you are able to help out, please fill out the Volunteer Registration form on our website. 6 Dance Lessons in 6 Weeks by Richard Alfieri Produced by Dave Campell and Tim Webb
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks is a touching and human comedy about a formidable retired woman, Lily Harrison, who hires an acerbic dance instructor, Michael Minetti, to give her private dance lessons —one per week for six weeks— in her gulf-front condo in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida. What begins as an antagonistic relationship blossoms into an intimate friendship as these two people from very different backgrounds reveal their secrets, fears, and joys while dancing the Swing, Tango, Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha-Cha, and Contemporary Dance. Michael and Lily learn to overcome their outward differences and discover an unlikely but profound connection. By the final lesson, Lily shares with Michael her most closely guarded secret and he shares with her his greatest gifts, his loyalty and compassion. A comedy with music and dance, the play also addresses the serious issues of ageism and intolerance. Since its Los Angeles premiere and Broadway opening, Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks has been translated into 12 languages and has traversed the globe with productions in over 20 countries. With over 50 productions and two national tours in Germany alone, the play has established itself as an international hit and one of the most produced plays in the world. Ticket Prices: Adult – $34.00 Senior – $30.00 Youth Under 14 – $28.00 Group Rate – (10 or more) $31.00 Cruise Special- $25.00 Show dates: Saturday, July 13th – 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16th – 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 17th – 2:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18th – 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 19th – 2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20th – 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 23rd – 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 24th – 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 25th – 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 26th – 7:30 p.m. Did you know today was Kevin Keller Day? The It Gets Better Project announced that today is Kevin Keller Day, to recognize the first gay character in Archie Comics. Check out the video from Dan Parent, creator of Kevin. NEW: Use this link to order your tickets for the July 24th performance of "Frankie" presented by New Actors' Colony Theatre. http://shop.newact.ca/Muskoka-Pride-Week-frankie-pride-week.htm Use the promotional code "muskokapride" (all one word) to purchase tickets for $30 (regular $35). A marriage of rich comedy and physical theatre, Frankie is a witty, honest and intimate play about what happens when a spunky lesbian goes to her high school reunion. With hilarious accuracy, MacLean plays eight different characters: a drag queen, a spokeswoman for Gay-Away and Frankie’s guitar playing, dope-smoking girlfriend Tundra, as she tackles growing up gay in small-town NS. Show starts at 7:30. Performance space - Bala Curling Club, Grey Street. |
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