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under the gaydar

CrescentCare discusses LGBT healthcare.They will be here to discuss healthcareissues facing the LGBT+ community and toanswer any questions you may have aboutLouisiana healthcare options. Space islimited. To R.S.V.P. go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-speak-out-health-care-and-the-lgbt-community-tickets-17736295738. The Healing Centeris located at 2372 St. Claude Avenue.

Saturday, August 1, 2015Southern Decadence is right around

the corner and that means the fundraiserskick into high gear. Come out to the Bour-bon Pub & Parade for the Southern Deca-dence Spectacular Benefit & Show withemcees Southern Decadence Grand Mar-shals XLI Steven Mora & Rip Naquin, fea-turing performances by SDGMs XLI MarshaDelain (in her Bourbon Pub debut), MistiAtes and Frankie Fierce along with formerSDGMs and special guests. There will beHappy Hour prices, a 50/50 raffle and a liveauction. Prices are $75 for VIP tables of 3or $100 VIP tables of 4 (includes admis-sion). General admission is $10 and doorsopen at 7pm with the show starting at 8pm.For more information or tickets, contact RipNaquin at 504.522.8049 orripna@ambushmag.com. The Bourbon Pub& Parade is located at 801 Bourbon Street.

Saturday, August 1, 2015The Warehouse District, also known

as the New Orleans Arts District, is gearingup to host White Linen Night. Julia Streetand some surrounding blocks will be closedto vehicular traffic for a three-hour, NewOrleans-style block party from 6 – 9pm.This White Linen Night event is free andopen to the public. Sponsored by WhitneyBank, Whitney White Linen Night will havestages set up for live entertainment featur-ing some of New Orleans’ top bands. Inaddition, there are conveniently situatedkiosks where food and beverages fromsome of New Orleans’ top restaurants andbars are sold. Complimentary hand-heldfans given out by the galleries will help keepyou cool on this typically warm summerevening. To see the full list of participatinggalleries, visit the Art District’s website.

Immediately following the block party,the nearby Contemporary Arts Center, willhost its annual Whitney White Linen Nightparty with live music, refreshments andmore art work on display. There is anadmission charge for the event. For moreinformation about Whitney White LinenNight and the post-party call the Contem-porary Arts Center at 504.528.3805 or visittheir website at www.cacno.org.

Saturday, August 1, 2015Mark your calendars for the debut of

BOMBSHELLS ON THE AVENUE starringLana O’ Day at the Tulane Avenue Bar(3813 Tulane Avenue). In addition to O’Day,the cast includes Nicole Lynn Foxx. KarliLaCorre, and Marian Jane Bouvier. Theywill have two fabulous shows at 9 & 11pm.There is a $5 cover.

Friday, August 7 – Sunday, August9, 2015

Some days you just see red! Get readyfor the New Orleans Red Dress Run, themost fun you ever will have in red. Thereis an entire weekend of activities but theexcitement, food, music, drinking and yesrunning takes place on Saturday. For moreinformation on all the activities, go towww.nolareddress.com.

Saturday, August 8, 2015Everyone has Southern Decadence

Fever, even our friends in Mississippi atThe Third Base Bar and Grill in Bay St.Louis (809 Highway 90). They are throw-ing a benefit for Misti Ates, Rip Naquin,Marsha Delain, Frank Joseph Wingerter IVand Steven Mora for Southern DecadenceXLIV. If you want to meet a whole newcrowd, check out this great bar on the GulfCoast. There will be a $5 cover charge atdoor and all proceeds will go to SouthernDecadence Grand Marshals XLI. There willalso be a 50/50 raffle and auction items.There will be food to purchase from theThird Base Bar and Grill kitchen.

Saturday, August 8, 2015Beginning as a spoof of the popular

White Linen Night, the 15th Annual DirtyLinen Night will take place in the art galler-ies and antique and craft shops of the 200to 1000 blocks of historic Royal Street, aswell as galleries on nearby side streets.The event, which is free and open to thepublic, goes 6pm to roughly around 9pm,and as many as 40-50 galleries and shopsare expected to participate. While WhiteLinen Night requires your finest summerlinens, Dirty Linen Night gives you theoption to bring those linens back out fromthe previous weekend, stains and all! Theevent’s popularity has grown steadily overthe years, drawing crowds into the thou-sands since it began in 2001.

To add to the fun, many of the partici-pating gallery and shop owners give awaydirty martinis and dirty rice. The eveningalso features participating musical groups,wandering talent and other innovative en-tertainment features. Every year some newtouch is added.

Party DownHere is a very rare and short article

section this issue, since I worked most ofthe two weeks pulling twelve to sixteen hourdays at the office preparing for a crazy busyJuly convention month. I did manage tomake it out the final week of the two weekswhen I enjoyed several of the Tales of theCocktail events. On Wednesday, I at-tended two Tales of the Cocktail events, thefirst at the Chicory for Absolut. It was all

about the beads, where everything wasdecorated in Mardi Gras beads includingthe bars. Tales events are so exciting,especially you get to try great unique andexotic cocktails made by bartenders fromaround the world. There were 39 countriesrepresented at the convention this year.

My company threw 28 of those events(both large and small) in five days, exhaust-ing but fun. After the Absolut Party, I at-tended the William Grant Party at the WorldWar 2 Museum. This was an eclectic eventwith different areas representing the brands.There was an eighties area with rolodexes,and big hair, a Mad Max metal area, a snowdrift area, and Orange grove area that hadthe coolest thing, the cocktails hung formthe trees and models picked them off for theguests. Each party was more elaboratethen the next.

On Friday, it was the Bacardi Party thatstole the show with an actual movie setcreated with various bars and sets, like anapothecary shop, a tailor shop, a Cubanclub a record store and an entire outdoorfestival area. There were DJs, live music,street performers, break dancers and thefinale was the 610 Stompers. It was sen-sory overload in a great way.

Saturday was all Tales all day. I spentthe day with my friend Beaux enjoying thetasting rooms at the Hotel Monteleone andthe Royal Sonesta. Liquor brands fromaround the world come and allow guests tosample cocktails made from their liquors.Talk about day drinking to the max. Thatevening, Laura and I attended the SpirtedAwards at the Sheraton which started outwith a cocktail reception, then a three coursemeal before the two dozen awards weregiven out to bars, mixologists, publicationsboth international and domestic dealingwith anything in the cocktail industry.

It was a veritable Who’s Who in theLiquor World. Next we went to NOCCA forthe after party or the Bartender’s Breakfast,which in case you were not aware is gin.There was so many gin bars set up withevery imaginable cocktail from some of thebest bars around the world. After dancingthe night away to their house DJ and con-suming copious amounts of gin, I wenthome and crashed.

Sunday was supposed to be a day ofrest but started with brunch with friends atthe wonderful Mizado on Metairie Road. Incase you do not know they have $10 bot-tomless mimosas. FYI, they lose moneywith me and my friends. Then we went toMichael Shlenker and Don Schwinn’s housefor an impromptu pool party with mixology101. Nothing says fun than having yourown tropical drink mixing station at yourparty.

Short and sweet, that concludes mytwo weeks, until next time, stay cool.

Bartender of the MonthThe LGBT Gay Scene in the Burbs is

popping! The newly revitalized Four Sea-sons has a lot of great new things happen-ing, new shows, great new renovations anda fabulous staff. This is where I havechosen my bartender for the month of Au-gust, Jeff Tuberville. Most people know himby his Facebook alias Jeff Beaverhausen.He has been with the Four Seasons for onlya few months but has become a quickfavorite with the regular bar patrons.

Jeff originally hails from Birmingham,Alabama where he must have cultivated hisSouthern charm which he exudes behindthe bar. His gentlemanly personality makeshim a winner as well as his noteworthybartending skills. This man can immedi-ately make a person feel right at home. Thismakes him such a perfect fit for one of thetop neighborhood gay establishments inthe city.

With an extensive knowledge ofmixology and a sharp wit, Jeff commands apresence when he is at work. His specialtyshot to make is a Jaeger bomb and hisfavorite drink is a white Russian. So makesure to check out Jeff in Metry at the FourSeasons located at 3229 North CausewayBoulevard.

Hot HappeningsDecadence is right around the corner,

but before the celebrations, here are a fewhot events to keep temperatures racing.

Friday, July 31, 2015Oh la la, come spend a Night in Gay

Paree when you attend the Miss Gay FourSeasons USofA 2016 Pageant at the FourSeasons! The doors open at 7:30pm andthe pageant begins at 9pm. The Presenta-tion Colors are of French Flag ~ Blue,White, Red any choice or combination.There will be a promoter award for presen-tation. Official categories include Inter-view, Gown, and Talent. This pageant is anofficial preliminary to Miss Gay LouisianaUsofA Pageants 2016. The Four Seasonsis located at 3229 North Causeway Boule-vard.

Saturday, August 1, 2015commUNITY® Speak Out presents

Health Care and the LGBT+ Community.Come to the fourth floor Interfaith Room atthe New Orleans Healing Center at 3pm, as

Bartender of the MonthJeff Tuberville, Four Seasons

a community within communities

by The Rev. Bill Terry, Rector St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, New Orleans

Email: fr.bill@stannanola.org

Jerome’s WisdomSam Cooke sang as only he could…I was born by the river, in a little tent,

Oh, and just like the river, I’ve been runnin’ever since.

It’s been a long, a long time comin’,

But I know, a change is gonna come. (oh,yes it will)

As is our custom often a morning I sit

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