Event: "Judas Kiss" Film Fundraiser

When: Sunday, August 29th
Time: 17.00 - 22.00
Place: The Lobby Bar ~ 916 East Pike Street ~ Seattle, WA

Come out and play with the cast of Judas Kiss, Sunday, August 29, at The Lobby Bar in Seattle!

The cast of the motion picture, Judas Kiss, will be at this event including Brent Corrigan and Charlie David. This movie is currently filming in Seattle from August 13 through September 4.

The Upper Level of the Lobby will be converted into a VIP "private" section. All tables in the VIP section are available today via auction. Each table comes with fabulous giveaways ranging from items pertaining to Judas Kiss to DVD's, posters, & books from Charlie/Brent to other unique items. There are 3-exclusive VIP tables that seat 5 guests each and 11-VIP tables that seat 2 guests each. You can view each VIP table below and their associated auction link.

Wrist bands will be available for $10. This price includes Happy Hour prices on all Absolut products, a photo with a cast member of your choice and their autograph. We also will auction off some clothing items from Lazzy Bum, Expose, and Piss & Vinegar (official sponsors of the film).

In addition to the fabulous Ms. Tina Lame and the cast of Judas Kiss there will also be four stand-up comics performing.

Come say hello to the cast and welcome Brent Corrigan back to his home town of Seattle. This is also his first event of any kind here!!

*Judas Kiss will be filming scenes at the Lobby on August 30 (11pm) and we are seeking extras for these scenes. We are also seeking extras for other scenes in the film. For more information, please click on the link to the left

Check out the official event site: www.temporalstudios.com/judaskiss

Event: "Judas Kiss" Film Fundraiser

When: Sunday, August 29th
Time: 17.00 - 22.00
Place: The Lobby Bar ~ 916 East Pike Street ~ Seattle, WA

Come out and play with the cast of Judas Kiss, Sunday, August 29, at The Lobby Bar in Seattle!

The cast of the motion picture, Judas Kiss, will be at this event including Brent Corrigan and Charlie David. This movie is currently filming in Seattle from August 13 through September 4.

The Upper Level of the Lobby will be converted into a VIP "private" section. All tables in the VIP section are available today via auction. Each table comes with fabulous giveaways ranging from items pertaining to Judas Kiss to DVD's, posters, & books from Charlie/Brent to other unique items. There are 3-exclusive VIP tables that seat 5 guests each and 11-VIP tables that seat 2 guests each. You can view each VIP table below and their associated auction link.

Wrist bands will be available for $10. This price includes Happy Hour prices on all Absolut products, a photo with a cast member of your choice and their autograph. We also will auction off some clothing items from Lazzy Bum, Expose, and Piss & Vinegar (official sponsors of the film).

In addition to the fabulous Ms. Tina Lame and the cast of Judas Kiss there will also be four stand-up comics performing.

Come say hello to the cast and welcome Brent Corrigan back to his home town of Seattle. This is also his first event of any kind here!!

*Judas Kiss will be filming scenes at the Lobby on August 30 (11pm) and we are seeking extras for these scenes. We are also seeking extras for other scenes in the film. For more information, please click on the link to the left

Check out the official event site: www.temporalstudios.com/judaskiss

Event: Book Reading/Signing at Bent Pages

Date: Saturday, August 28th
Time: from 1:00-3:00 PM
Place: Bent Pages on Staten Island
391 Van Duzer St., Staten Island, NY

On Saturday, August 28th, from 4:00-6:00 PM, Carolyn LeVine Topol will do a reading and book signing of her last release, SEASONS OF CHANGE, published by Dreamspinner Press, at Bent Pages on Staten Island. It's the only gay book store remaining in the five boroughs of New York.

Seasons of Change by Carolyn LeVine Topol
Paperback: 232 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (August 23, 2010)
ISBN-10: 1615815643
ISBN-13: 978-1615815647
Amazon: Seasons of Change

Andrew Klein is going through the motions of life. He was one half of a perfect couple, and then tragedy struck, leaving Andy alone and consumed by grief. While his friends rallied around him, Andy is estranged from his Orthodox Jewish family, who find his sexual orientation and desire to follow the tenets of the more modern Conservative sect of Judaism intolerable. Despite the loss, Andy continues in rabbinical school, and then he finds comfort in the company of Jake Singer.

With the encouragement of his dear friend Kira and the unselfish support of a wonderful mother figure, Andy begins to face his growing interest in Jake, and the two begin a tenuous relationship. It will cause a cascade of change in Andy's life, change that will affect how he deals with the painful past, how he lives in the rocky present, and how he'll plan for a brighter future.

Event: Book Reading/Signing at Bent Pages

Date: Saturday, August 28th
Time: from 1:00-3:00 PM
Place: Bent Pages on Staten Island
391 Van Duzer St., Staten Island, NY

On Saturday, August 28th, from 4:00-6:00 PM, Carolyn LeVine Topol will do a reading and book signing of her last release, SEASONS OF CHANGE, published by Dreamspinner Press, at Bent Pages on Staten Island. It's the only gay book store remaining in the five boroughs of New York.

Seasons of Change by Carolyn LeVine Topol
Paperback: 232 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (August 23, 2010)
ISBN-10: 1615815643
ISBN-13: 978-1615815647
Amazon: Seasons of Change

Andrew Klein is going through the motions of life. He was one half of a perfect couple, and then tragedy struck, leaving Andy alone and consumed by grief. While his friends rallied around him, Andy is estranged from his Orthodox Jewish family, who find his sexual orientation and desire to follow the tenets of the more modern Conservative sect of Judaism intolerable. Despite the loss, Andy continues in rabbinical school, and then he finds comfort in the company of Jake Singer.

With the encouragement of his dear friend Kira and the unselfish support of a wonderful mother figure, Andy begins to face his growing interest in Jake, and the two begin a tenuous relationship. It will cause a cascade of change in Andy's life, change that will affect how he deals with the painful past, how he lives in the rocky present, and how he'll plan for a brighter future.

Behind the Cover: Ardis Hughes

Ardis Hughes passed away on Jan. 4, 2009, one day after his 97th birthday. He was born on Jan. 3, 1912, in Rhinebeck, N.Y. From an early age he was absorbed in art. Upon graduation from Pratt Institute in 1934 he went to work for the Esquire publications. Serving in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946 and based in Washington, D.C., he created war bond posters, among other assignments. The Army also sent him to Paris. His pictorial documentation of the life of a soldier based there is in the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection at Brown University. War bond posters are also in the New York State Military Museum.



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After a career in commercial art during which he apprenticed with Saul Tepper, he devoted himself to fine art, winning many prestigious awards, among them the gold medal in watercolor from the National Arts Club. He was also a member of the American Watercolor Society. As an artist he traveled widely, always including Paris in his itinerary. For many years he spent the winters in Spain and the summers in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. For the past 10 years he had been wintering in St. Augustine, where he could be seen painting the buildings and scenes that made the city so famous.

A winter resident in the Nation's Oldest City, Hughes and his business manager, Phyllis Cook, whom he had known for years, spent six months in St. Augustine and six in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He spent almost every day of his six months St. Augustine sketching faces. "I go to the cafe there (at Wal-Mart) and people are sitting there. They don't even know I'm doing them. Everybody's different." He spent four to five hours each day there, and enjoyed lunch, usually soup. When he was not at Wal-Mart, he could be found at Barnes & Noble doing the same thing. He did pen and ink drawings, and then adds color when he got home, using his trusty crayons.

One of his most famous was a poster carrying the message "War bonds are cheaper than wooden crosses." The poster depicted a soldier dragging a cross across a field. The model for the soldier was someone Hughes had seen when the man, John Reiter, was on Military Police detail at the White House. Serving as the model for the poster, turned out to be the highlight of his life, according to Reiter's family. The framed poster hung in Reiter's bedroom, Hughes was told, and when Reiter died in 2002, the family hung the poster at the funeral home.

Hughes, who spent 50 to 60 years living in New York City, was first employed by Esquire Magazine right out of the Pratt Institute. Later his career would take him to ad agencies and then he became a free lancer.

At one point in his career he and Joseph Heller, author of "Catch 22" worked together. Heller did copy and "I did the drawings."

In addition to his work as a free lancer, Hughes spent every evening at the Art Students League, "just sketching. I did that for 40 years, because I love to draw."

In Saratoga Springs, his favorite sketching areas were Starbucks and the library. The sketching, Hughes suggested, was one thing that kept him young. That, he quipped, "and the quart of whiskey and three packs of cigarettes a day," then admitted he didn't smoke and an occasional glass of wine was the only alcohol he consumed. Hughes attributed his long life to "an interest. I wake up, and I have an interest. I think that's very important." He went out each day to sketch, because "I don't want to stay here," he said of his St. Augustine home. At Wal-Mart, "they don't charge me anything. I'm a tightwad, you know."

Behind the Cover: Ardis Hughes

Ardis Hughes passed away on Jan. 4, 2009, one day after his 97th birthday. He was born on Jan. 3, 1912, in Rhinebeck, N.Y. From an early age he was absorbed in art. Upon graduation from Pratt Institute in 1934 he went to work for the Esquire publications. Serving in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946 and based in Washington, D.C., he created war bond posters, among other assignments. The Army also sent him to Paris. His pictorial documentation of the life of a soldier based there is in the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection at Brown University. War bond posters are also in the New York State Military Museum.



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After a career in commercial art during which he apprenticed with Saul Tepper, he devoted himself to fine art, winning many prestigious awards, among them the gold medal in watercolor from the National Arts Club. He was also a member of the American Watercolor Society. As an artist he traveled widely, always including Paris in his itinerary. For many years he spent the winters in Spain and the summers in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. For the past 10 years he had been wintering in St. Augustine, where he could be seen painting the buildings and scenes that made the city so famous.

A winter resident in the Nation's Oldest City, Hughes and his business manager, Phyllis Cook, whom he had known for years, spent six months in St. Augustine and six in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He spent almost every day of his six months St. Augustine sketching faces. "I go to the cafe there (at Wal-Mart) and people are sitting there. They don't even know I'm doing them. Everybody's different." He spent four to five hours each day there, and enjoyed lunch, usually soup. When he was not at Wal-Mart, he could be found at Barnes & Noble doing the same thing. He did pen and ink drawings, and then adds color when he got home, using his trusty crayons.

One of his most famous was a poster carrying the message "War bonds are cheaper than wooden crosses." The poster depicted a soldier dragging a cross across a field. The model for the soldier was someone Hughes had seen when the man, John Reiter, was on Military Police detail at the White House. Serving as the model for the poster, turned out to be the highlight of his life, according to Reiter's family. The framed poster hung in Reiter's bedroom, Hughes was told, and when Reiter died in 2002, the family hung the poster at the funeral home.

Hughes, who spent 50 to 60 years living in New York City, was first employed by Esquire Magazine right out of the Pratt Institute. Later his career would take him to ad agencies and then he became a free lancer.

At one point in his career he and Joseph Heller, author of "Catch 22" worked together. Heller did copy and "I did the drawings."

In addition to his work as a free lancer, Hughes spent every evening at the Art Students League, "just sketching. I did that for 40 years, because I love to draw."

In Saratoga Springs, his favorite sketching areas were Starbucks and the library. The sketching, Hughes suggested, was one thing that kept him young. That, he quipped, "and the quart of whiskey and three packs of cigarettes a day," then admitted he didn't smoke and an occasional glass of wine was the only alcohol he consumed. Hughes attributed his long life to "an interest. I wake up, and I have an interest. I think that's very important." He went out each day to sketch, because "I don't want to stay here," he said of his St. Augustine home. At Wal-Mart, "they don't charge me anything. I'm a tightwad, you know."

Just the Right Notes by Sean Michael

Sometime there is a huge difference from what you do and are in the bedroom from what you really are in your day-to-day life. At the beginning Elliot and Graham seem to respect this assumption: Elliot owns a architecture firm, small but good, and Graham is a composer and performer; they have a good life and a wonderful relationship, and both their jobs have those mix of art and money that allows them to be equal. But sometime Graham has not the strength to face his problem alone, he needs the help of Elliot to find again his balance; when Elliot understands it, and he usually does it immediately, he brings Graham in their little isolated cabin to “play” Dom and submissive. Even if they are well aware that this is not a permanent condition, when they are alone in the cabin, Graham is able to let it go all the tension and to give Elliot the upper hand in their relationship, more he needs it.

But then a suddenly change in Elliot’s work position put at risk their perfect balance: Elliot looses his firm and Graham is the only one with an income; more, to support both of them he has to accept to tour the country, something he doesn’t like since, basically, he is not able to find that balance alone, far away from Elliot. Even if Graham is plenty of supportive with Elliot, I think Elliot feels as he lets Graham down, like he didn’t his best to protect his lover.

In a way what happens to Graham after that is good and bad; bad for sure since it’s a dramatic experience, but in a way it allows once again to Elliot to take care of his lover, without money involved.

As usual in a Sean Michael’s novel there is a lot of sex, probably the story turns around the sex and not vice versa. Almost each chapter begins and ends with the two of them in bed and most of their balance as a couple is given by what they are in the bedroom. Elliot and Graham don’t have a 24/7 BDSM relationship, but for sure, even if Graham doesn’t call Elliot “sir” outside their cabin, both of them knows who is the stronger in the relationship. For this reason Elliot losing his job and basically putting him in a dependence position from Graham was at risk of undermining their relationship. But Elliot and Graham are both lovers than partners and their agreement in and outside the bedroom will help them to find a solution to everything.

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Just the Right Notes by Sean Michael

Sometime there is a huge difference from what you do and are in the bedroom from what you really are in your day-to-day life. At the beginning Elliot and Graham seem to respect this assumption: Elliot owns a architecture firm, small but good, and Graham is a composer and performer; they have a good life and a wonderful relationship, and both their jobs have those mix of art and money that allows them to be equal. But sometime Graham has not the strength to face his problem alone, he needs the help of Elliot to find again his balance; when Elliot understands it, and he usually does it immediately, he brings Graham in their little isolated cabin to “play” Dom and submissive. Even if they are well aware that this is not a permanent condition, when they are alone in the cabin, Graham is able to let it go all the tension and to give Elliot the upper hand in their relationship, more he needs it.

But then a suddenly change in Elliot’s work position put at risk their perfect balance: Elliot looses his firm and Graham is the only one with an income; more, to support both of them he has to accept to tour the country, something he doesn’t like since, basically, he is not able to find that balance alone, far away from Elliot. Even if Graham is plenty of supportive with Elliot, I think Elliot feels as he lets Graham down, like he didn’t his best to protect his lover.

In a way what happens to Graham after that is good and bad; bad for sure since it’s a dramatic experience, but in a way it allows once again to Elliot to take care of his lover, without money involved.

As usual in a Sean Michael’s novel there is a lot of sex, probably the story turns around the sex and not vice versa. Almost each chapter begins and ends with the two of them in bed and most of their balance as a couple is given by what they are in the bedroom. Elliot and Graham don’t have a 24/7 BDSM relationship, but for sure, even if Graham doesn’t call Elliot “sir” outside their cabin, both of them knows who is the stronger in the relationship. For this reason Elliot losing his job and basically putting him in a dependence position from Graham was at risk of undermining their relationship. But Elliot and Graham are both lovers than partners and their agreement in and outside the bedroom will help them to find a solution to everything.

http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2669

Amazon: Just the Right Notes

Amazon Kindle: Just the Right Notes

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle