Lady GaGa Dance Off at Century Ball Room

Leave it to Century Ballroom to keep things current and fun!  Century and Velocity Dance Center will present this weekend a LADY GAGA DANCE OFF including dance prizes!  This is sure to be a blast.  Check out the rest of their schedule too!  Ms T.  

Century Ballroom and Velocity Dance Center Present:
LADY GAGA DANCE OFF
Host: Miss Indigo Blue, DJ: Darwin
November 20th at 8pm

Velocity Dance Center & the Century Ballroom are teaming up once again to bring you a knock down, drag out dance battle--this time in the category of Lady Gaga.
If you have dreamt of dressing up like, impersonating, or abstracting the pop diva of our time, now is your chance. Cash prizes for Best Costume, Most Original Choreography, and Best Representation as decided by our celebrity judges Brangien Davis, Mark Mitchell, Cherdonna and Lou, and YOU the audience!.
Intermission dance parties! Audience Dance Off! And more!
Tickets:
$15 advance /$20 day of
A portion of the tickets sales benefit Velocity Dance Center's new home!
http://centuryballroom.com
21+
TO ENTER: Send an email to office@centuryballroom.com that includes: Artist/Group Name and the Name of the song you (or your group) will dance to.

This Week at Century:

FRI 11/19
Century Ballroom:
OutDancing w/ DJ Betty
9pm Lesson / 9:30pm Dance - $5 Cover
HaLo:
All Ages Salsa w/ DJ Cebrina
8:30pm Lesson / 9pm Dance - $7 Cover

SAT 11/20
Century Ballroom:
Salsa w/ DJ Howard
8:30pm Lesson ($5 w/ Cover) / 9:30pm Dance - $10 Cover
West Hall:
LADY GAGA DANCE OFF
See details above!!
HaLo:
All Ages Swing w/ DJ Kevin B
9pm Lesson / 9:30pm Dance - $7 Cover

SUN 11/21
Century Ballroom:
Afternoon
Café Clave Afternoon Salsa Jam
1-3:30pm - $5 Cover
Evening
All Ages Swing w/ Nosey Joe
9pm Lesson / 9:30pm Dance - $7 Cover

MON 11/22
East Hall:
All Ages Salsa Practica
FOOTWORK CLASSES ARE CANCELED FOR NOV/DEC - THEY'LL BE BACK IN JANUARY!
7:30-11pm Dance - $6 Cover ($4 with current Century Ballroom Student Card)

TUE 11/23
Century Ballroom:
All Ages Tango Practica w/ DJ Ben Thomas
9pm Lesson / 9:30pm Dance - $6 Cover ($4 w/ Century Student Discount Card)
East Hall:
All Ages West Coast Swing Practica w/ DJ Robb
9pm Lesson / 9:30pm Dance - $6 Cover ($4 w/ Century Student Discount Card)

Thanks to Century Ballroom for this timely information.

Anna Hurwitz - Seattle Erotic Arts Festival Director moves on to next adventure

Anna Hurwitz has been so instrumental in the building of the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival as its Festival Director and has now decided to take time to persue other interests.  For those of us that have had the utmost pleasure of attending this incredible event, volunteering or presenting art AND moreso watching it grow over the years...thank you Anna for your years of service to our community.  The Festival has grown to be an outstanding event that our community can be proud of!  We wish you well Anna in your next endeavors!  Ms T.

Greetings

As some of you may have heard, I have stepped down as director of the Festival.

Later today you’ll receive a newsletter with more information about the 2011 Festival, including a welcome from the new Festival Director, Clayton Hibbert.

Nine years ago, when I was asked to be a juror for the first year of the Festival, I had no idea how life altering my involvement would become. I’ve met the most amazing artists; had the pleasure of working with hundreds of fabulous volunteers; enjoyed discussing art with our jurors, presenters and guests; learned much from my advisors; and gathered a village of beloved friends.

But best of all, is the time I got to spend working with members of the Festival Planning Committee, both past and current. This is my heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for your dedication to the Festival, especially to Claire who from the very beginning made the art look fabulous (and was the person who invited me to be on the jury), to Stuart who quietly took on herculean task of logistics and finally to Clayton, who in his new role as director will continue to work tirelessly to make the Festival an extraordinary success.

I’ll still be around, and hope to be finally able to participate as an artist. For now, I’m enjoying some time off and am finally getting to unpack and reorganize the 15 boxes of Festival paraphernalia that have been gathering dust in my basement.

Please feel free to stay in touch with me at seafanna@gmail.com.

Best,

Anna Hurwitz
Festival Director (2002-2010)

Get your tickets for Sunday's Perfect 10 Date Auction

Get your $5 tickets for an evening of entertainment and fun at Neighbors on Sunday (10th) and enjoy the bidding on packages fit for a date!  Tickets are available online or at the door for $10.  Join in on the bidding fun or be a voyeur and watch.  By all means, just show up!  Ms T.

Perfect 10 Date Auction
SUNDAY, October 10th
6 pm - 9 pm
$5 advance, $10 at the door
Neighbors Night Club
Auction benefiting LBT Health of the YWCA.
This event is co-hosted by The Sisters.
Not single, no problem! We will be auctioning off an Atlantis Cruise for
two!
Perfect 10 welcomes Gay men, Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transgender
individuals.
Event tickets are available online at
www.perfect10speeddating.webs.com for $5 plus small handling fee.

Some of the Date Packages to Bid On
Atlantis Events Mexico Cruise

Trip:                    LA to Mexico Cruise
Date:                  October 17 – 24, 2010
Category:           I, Oceanview Stateroom
Guests:              Up to Two (2)
Retail Value of entire package:  $2,398.00 USD

The complete package consists of the all-gay vacation listed above and described in full on our website at www.atlantisevents.com. Airfare to and from the destination, ground transfers, onboard expenses, taxes, port fees ($210), and gratuities ($74) are not included, and are the responsibility of the traveler(s). This package is non-transferable and valid only for the vacation listed above. This certificate has no cash value and represents a donation made to the organization listed above.

Another Date package will be a private tour at the Northwest African American Museum  and dinner for two at Marjorie's.

Another Date package will be a tour of Theo's chocolate followed by dessert at Dilettante's.

Dinner and two tickets to a Seattle Sounders game.

Date package will be brunch for two at Rosebud on Capitol Hill.

Dinner for two at Lucid.

Dinner and drinks at Purr followed by Torch Bearers, the latest production for Women Seeking Theatre on Capitol Hill.

Thanks to Perfect 10!

Lady J to grace Cafe Metropolitan on October 21st for Ingersoll

If the gospel singers looked like Lady J I may have stuck around my church a bit longer.  She apparently has hot vocals to match her appearance.  As for Cafe Metropolitan, I like the location having been to a couple event there.  It has a nice ambiance as one would say.  I thank Ingersoll entirely for this post as I saw it and could not resist temptation by posting it immediately.  Ms T.

On Thursday, October 21 7PM at Cafe Metropolitan on Capital Hill, visionary, avante-garde gospel stylist " Our Lady J" will perform a unique concert to benefit Ingersoll Gender Center's Arts and Lecture series opening in December 2010 with Kate Bornstein. 

We are thrilled to be presenting Our Lady J, vocalist and pianist, to our community for this event.  Based out of New York City, she is a rapidly rising star with a growing reputation.

Here are just a few of the praises being heaped on her:

"Stunning!" - New York Magazine 

"Our Lady J is a monster musician and a great soul.  A great huge heart with a great talent. I must confess: she knocked me out.  I adore her." -- Diamanda Galas

"Our Lady J is the love child of Meat Loaf and Madonna.” - Kate Bornstein

Date and Time: October 21, 2010 7PM
Venue: Cafe Metropolitan, 1701 East Olive Way, Seattle WA
Price: $10.00 advance sales (link below) , $15.00 at the door

Purchase advance tickets at Brown Paper Tickets


Kate Bornstein Ticket Raffle 
This performance is a benefit to jump-start our amazing weekend of events featuring the legendary Kate Bornstein this December 4, 5, and 6.  As if Lady J's musical skills aren't enough, we are sweeteing the pot by raffling tickets to your choice of Kate Bornstein events:  You get your choice of either the Kate Bornstein: Still Dangerous performance (12/5) or Ingersoll's Snowball 2010: Double Diamond holiday party, with special guest Kate Bornstein, (12/4). All Lady J benefit ticket holders get one free raffle ticket.  Additional tickets $1.00

More about Lady J
Our Lady J is known for her visionary gospel styling, powerhouse pianist skills and unforgettable live shows. Along with the Train-To-Kill Gospel Choir, she has been delivering a new testament of post-religious gospel music to sold out crowds at NYC’s Joe’s Pub, The Zipper Factory & Ars Nova Theatre, as well venues all over the world, including London's prestigious South Bank Centre & Soho Theatre, Berlin's Bar Jeder Vernunft, and Ireland’s Electric Picnic Festival.

10-10-10 Perfect 10 Date Auction Funds to benefit LBT Health at YWCA

I would like to invite, encourage and twist your lovely arms behind your backs to have you attend the upcoming second Perfect 10 Date Auction benefiting LBT Health of the YWCA next Sunday (read on).  As many of you know, Ingrid works smartly and tirelessly to fill a gap originally left by the closing of Verbena to bring much needed mammograms, breast exams and pap tests to women in need.  This event will help fund a scarcity of grant money that all non-profits are dealing with.  Please come out and support her efforts and support women in our community that need these services.

The event is an auction where you can bid on 'date' packages and enjoy entertainment presented by the  featured auctionee's.  Let me explain as I know this has been a little confusing to people.  You bid on the items and win them, not the person, sorry :~).

So, for example the lovely Fuschia Foxx, will preform and Fuchsia's date package will be a VIP package to Girl4Girl Seattle and dinner for two at Sur (to be confirmed). You can bid on her 'date' package but you do not get to have a date with her...sorry folks!  She just was darling enough to garner the package and will preform for us too!  Still following me?

A just confirmed item to be bid on is an Atlantis Events Mexico Cruise for two!  Now, that is worth either bidding on or coming to see the excitement of who will win it!  


Perfect 10 Date Auction
SUNDAY, October 10th
6 pm
$5 advance, $10 at the door
Neighbors Night Club
Auction benefiting LBT Health of the YWCA.
This event is co-hosted by The Sisters. 
Not single, no problem! We will be auctioning off an Atlantis Cruise for
two!
Perfect 10 welcomes Gay men, Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transgender
individuals.
Event tickets are available online at
www.perfect10speeddating.webs.com for $5 plus handling fee.


Atlantis Events Mexico Cruise

Trip:                    LA to Mexico Cruise
Date:                  October 17 – 24, 2010
Category:           I, Oceanview Stateroom
Guests:              Up to Two (2)
Retail Value of entire package:  $2,398.00 USD

The complete package consists of the all-gay vacation listed above and described in full on our website at www.atlantisevents.com. Airfare to and from the destination, ground transfers, onboard expenses, taxes, port fees ($210), and gratuities ($74) are not included, and are the responsibility of the traveler(s). This package is non-transferable and valid only for the vacation listed above. This certificate has no cash value and represents a donation made to the organization listed above.

Thanks to Perfect 10.

Perfect 10 Events - all weekend long - October 8th, 9th and 10th

While I am on the subject of Perfect 10, it will be a full fledged weekend of date events.  If you have any questions, you can always email @theperfect10@live.com with questions.  The events are open to lesbian, trans and gay men too and the speed dating events are separated by who you came to date. 

FRIDAY, October 8th: Perfect 10 Speed Dating: Meet some of Seattle's hottest singles for a night of same-sex speed dating at the spacious Cafe Met on Olive Way. Perfect 10 welcomes Gay men, Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transgender individuals. For details, visit www.perfect10speeddating.webs.com.

SATURDAY, October 9th Girl4Girl (women only) is back in Seattle! Check out its new venue, the ultra-chic Sur Restaurant in SoDo. Visit www.girl4girlseattle.com.  For the guys, check out Bear Hunt at The Cuff. Visit www.cuffcomplex.com.

And of course, don't forget on Sunday

Perfect 10 Date Auction

Entertainment and bidding opportunities

SUNDAY, October 10th

6 pm

$5 advance, $10 at the door

Neighbors Night Club

Auction benefiting LBT Health of the YWCA.

This event is co-hosted by The Sisters. 

Singles and couples are welcome.  

We will be auctioning off an Atlantis Cruise for two!

Perfect 10 welcomes Gay men, Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transgender

individuals.

Event tickets are available online at

www.perfect10speedddating.webs.com for $5 plus handling fee.

Thanks to Perfect 10 for the event information.

World Dance Party - Mark November 6th on your calendar

Mark your calendars for a sure to be memorable event that Shan Ottey has been bringing together.  It will be wonderful to bring all ages to and will be full of dance, friendship, sharing of customs through dance, food and laughter.  Bring your neighbors, kids and other loved ones to this truly multi-generational event!  Ms T.

WORLD DANCE PARTY
Show Up, Get Down
Free Event — All Ages Welcome

Saturday, November 6th, 2010
6:03pm to 10:17pm
Southeast Seattle Senior Center
4655 S. Holly Street, Seattle 98118
Bring a dish to share and your dancing shoes.
Beverages will be available.

The Dance Party is a collaboration between SeaMar, the Vietnamese Friendship Association, the International Drop In Center, ReWA, East African Community Services, Horn of Africa Services, Chinese Information and Service Center, (CISC) Campana Quetzal, Southeast District Council, Rainier Chamber of Commerce, Somali Community Service of Seattle (SCSS), Filipino Community of Seattle, The Service Board, (TSB), Southeast Seattle Senior Center and Senior Services
Contact vu.le@vfaseattle.org for more information.
Mini lessons will be offered:
 Disco
 Merengue (from Latin America)
 Bhangra (from India)
 Eritrean dancing
 Line dancing
 Hip Hop
 Ballroom
 Salsa
Followed by all-out dancing!
Free Event — All Ages Welcome


There is a wonderful flyer that is a PDF that I could not place on my site due to compatibility issues.  My apologies.  I am hoping that I can either resolve this or that the flyer will be on one of the other sites and will link you to it then.  Ms T.