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Volume 10, Issue 5
May 2010
www.gaydayton.org
Closets are for Clothes
Pride is Bursting Out!
Fabulous Clothes
Map
Events
Articles
Calendar
Calendar of Events
April 29th
A Chorus Line Presents “One Night Only” a benefit
for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
This Benefit held at Club Masque
May 1st
Pride Nite on the Quad: cocktails at 6:30pm @ MJ’s
Monte Carlo and Car Show at 7pm at Center
May 7 - 23
The Dayton Playhouse presents “Gypsy”
info at www.thedaytonplayhouse.org
May 7 - 9
MuCrew Retreat @ Glen Helen State Park
in Yellow Springs info: www.themucrew.com
May 11th
PFLAG monthly meeting 7pm at Cross Creek
Program is an open Q&A with Glenn Harman, M.D.
May 7 - 23
The Dayton Playhouse Presents “Gypsy”
info: www.thedaytonplayhouse.org
May 11 - 23 The Human Race Theatre Company Presents:
“Moonlight & Magnolias” info 228-3630 or visit
http://www.humanracetheatre.org
May 21-Jun 6 The Dayton Theatre Guild presents:
“A Case of Libel” info at 278-5993 or visit
www.daytontheatreguild.org
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by: Terri Schlichenmeyer
aka: “The Book Worm”
[email protected]
“Big Girls Do Cry” by Carl Weber c.2010, Kensington Dafina
$24.00 / $29.45 Canada
330 pages
You should never have eaten that last slice of
cake.
Once you got the shirt home, the color looked
awful on you. Yes, those pants make you look
fat. Oh, if only you had chosen the cruise
instead of the dude ranch! Dating that geeky
guy from the office seemed like a good idea
at the time. You wish you had listened to your
instincts.
Throughout your life, you’ve had a thousand
regrets. But, as you’ll see in the new novel “Big Girls Do Cry”
by Carl Weber, things could be worse. You’ve never asked your
sister to carry your baby.
Ever since Egypt married Rashad, all she wanted was to be a
mommy. They had talked about a family for months and they tried
and tried, but it wasn’t until the miscarriage that Egypt found out
she couldn’t carry a baby. Rashad made sure she had everything
– a magnificent Virginia mansion, clothes, romantic trips – and
Egypt couldn’t give him the one thing he asked her for.
But the solution to her problem was down the hall from their
bedroom. Isis, Egypt’s sister, had moved to Richmond to get away
from the married man she was in love with, back in Queens. Tony
wouldn’t leave his wife, so when Egypt asked Isis to be a surrogate
for her and Rashad, Isis knew it was the answer to her dreams.
Years before, Rashad had been Isis’ man but then Tony came into
the picture. Isis gave Rashad up to be with Tony, and Rashad let
Egypt heal his broken heart. As Isis saw it, she would get Rashad
back if she gave him a son, or she would end up with Tony because
of his jealousy.
It was a win-win situation for her, no matter how you cut it.
On the other side of town, Lorraine, Egypt’s boss, was heartsick.
As if it wasn’t bad enough that her husband, Leon, was lousy
in bed, he was lousy in bed with another woman. Leon denied
stepping out on her, but there was no other explanation for the
plus-size panties Lorraine discovered all over the house.
Thank goodness for Jerome. Long ago – before he came out of the
closet and admitted he was gay – he and Lorraine had been lovers.
Now they were best friends and Lorraine knew she could rely on
him. Jerome knew exactly what to do with a cheating snake like
Leon…
Sexy, snarky, and sinfully delicious, “Big Girls Do Cry” is one of
those novels that makes you scream out loud because the story’s
so good and the plotline, so twisty. Author Carl Weber gives his
characters traits you’ll love to hate, and it’s easy to get caught up
in their scheming, steaming lives. Once I started this book, I was in
trouble: it was hard to do anything else but read.
Perfect for vacation – whether away or in your mind – “Big Girls
Do Cry” is trashy, flashy fun. Pick it up and save it for the beach.
Reading it will be something you won’t regret.
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The Dayton Pride Partnership has finalized its schedule of events
for 2010. Pride Nite on the Quad is scheduled for
May 1, 2010. It is a Monte Carlo fundraiser that
opens at 6 PM at the New Center located in the Gay
Quad adjacent to MJ’s Café. Cost $5.00. Doors open
at 6 PM.
June Pride events will begin June 5, 2010 with a
full day of great events. The morning will begin with the third
annual Pride Breakfast hosted and served by the owners and
staff of MJ’s Café at 9 AM. There will be a free will donation to
help offset the costs of the Pride parade to follow. The Greater
Dayton PrideFest Parade begins at 11 AM with lineup on St.
Clair between Second and Third Streets.
Registration is in Cooper Park by the Natalie
Barney Memorial. Step off for the parade is
at Noon. The parade will wind through the
Dayton streets to Courthouse Square where
the day will continue with a festival featuring
entertainment, dancing, vendors with many
things for sale, food vendors and a beer
garden. There is no charge but donations will
be accepted to help offset the costs. The festival continues until 6
PM. To participate, visit www.pridedayton.com to look for parade
and exposition forms.
The Dayton Gay Men’s Chorus will cap-off Dayton’s PrideFest Day
activities with their final concert of the season,
“Yankee Doodle Dandies”, at 8 PM at the
Victoria Theatre. This concert features timehonored American Anthems/Ballads, which
celebrate our country’s diverse cultural heritage. Artistic Director,
Jason Schuler, has crafted an inspiring choral program, which gives
voice to the idea that “America is in all of us”. For tickets contact
Ticket Center Stage at www.ticketcenterstage.com or call 937-2283630.
The following week the Dayton Pride Dinner returns to the
Ponitz Center on June 12, 2010 with a
business expo with cocktails at 5 PM
followed by a dinner show and a raffle
featuring men’s and women’s diamond
rings. Dayton Judge Mary Wiseman
and Seattle singer/comedian, Lisa Koch
(“Coke”) will headline the Dayton Pride
Dinner. In both serious and light hearted
ways, these two women will help the
Pride Dinner celebrate the 2010 Pride theme: We Are Here!
Bound for Equality. Tickets are $40.00 per person until May 5
and then they are $45.00 per person. They can be purchased at
www.daytonlgbtcenter.com or through Q-Gifts at 1904 North
Main and 464 on 5th. To participate in the exposition, look at
“forms” at www.pridedayton.com.
The next Dayton Pride event will be the screening of the film
festival favorite PATRIK, AGE 1.5 on Thursday, June 17 at 7:00
and 9:40 at THE NEON in downtown
Dayton. Tickets will cost just
$6.00 and will be available at THE
NEON box office beginning May
21. These 2 special screenings
are sponsored through a special
collaboration between The Dayton
Pride Partnership and the Downtown
Dayton LGBT Film Festival. Synopsis:
“Goran and Sven are the perfect gay couple; Newly approved for
adoption, they believe that baby Patrik, age 1.5, is on his way. One
tiny decimal mistake later, they find themselves saddled with a
15-year-old homophobe….who may have a criminal past.”
Last the Miami Valley Pride Picnic will be on June 27th beginning
at 2 PM at Irelan Park in Kettering located at the intersections of
4532 Marshall Road at East David Road. The hosting organizations
will provide burgers and hot dogs, beverages and table ware.
Attendees should bring a side dish or dessert to share. There will
be a free donation taken up to help offset the costs.
Editor’s note:
The following letter has appeared on the internet and was
viewed by many readers. Many felt it would be appropriate for
the our readers.
The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a
Methamphetamine lab had been found in a neighboring block
and he asked me a rhetorical question, “Why didn’t we have a
drug problem when you and I were growing up?”
I replied, I had a drug problem when I was young: I was drug
to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for weddings and funerals. I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather.
I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults. I
was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents,
told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with
respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn’t put
forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me.
I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out
with soap if I uttered a profanity. I was drug out to pull weeds
in mom’s garden and flower beds. I was drug to the homes of
family, friends and neighbors to help out some poor soul who
had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop
some firewood, and, if my mother had ever known that I took a
single dime as a tip for this kindness she would have drug me
back to the woodshed.
Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my behavior
in everything I do, say, or think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if today’s children had this kind of
drug problem, America would be a better place.
God bless the parents who drugged us.
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Q-Gift Shop 1904 N. Main Street 274-4400
Up On Main, 1919 N. Main Street 278-3650 (W,DG,E,K,D)
Aquarus, 135 E. Second St 223-1723 (M,D,K,E,S,DG,$)
Stage Door, 44 N. Jefferson, 223-7418 (M,C,L,T)
L-Room, 44 N. Jefferson, 223-7418 (W,D,K)
Masque, 34 N. Jefferson, 228-2582 (Y,G/S,D,E,V,DG,$)
Right Corner, 105 E. Third St 228-2033 (NH,M,T)
Mj’s Café, 119 E. Third St 223-7340 (F,M,D,S,E,DG,K)
Argo’s, 301 Mabel Street 252-2976 (M,L)
464 on Fifth, 228-3584
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