We recently spoke with Karen of Zoe’s Bag Boutique who made some cute bags we stumbled upon!

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Keep On Dancin’: Remembering Mel Cheren with the music of the Paradise Garage

DJs Upstairs

• Billy Carroll
• Quentin Harris
• Hex Hector
• Tony Humphries

DJs Downstairs

• Randy Bettis
• Gomi
• Reed McGowan
• Bryan Raughton

And Performance By

• Robert Owens
• Barbara Tucker
• Jason Walker

Hosted By

Darryl Branch, joeB, John Cannelli, Johnny Dynell, Brent Nicholson Earle, Joe Fiore, Evelyn Santos, Divinah Payne-Shantefiere’, Krishna Stone, Christina Visca and Ben Wymer.

Saturday, January 10, 2008
Santos Party House
100 Lafayette St., NYC
(1 block south of Canal)
8:00 PM – 4:00 AM

For more tickets and information, http://www.keepondancin09.com

All door proceeds from the event to benefit Area, GMHC, and LifeBeat!

As the New Year is welcomed and the country gears up to inaugurate a new president, Yoga Rave 2009 on Jan 10 presents a new way to party in Washington DC. The event, hosted by the Art of Living Foundation, will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington in Columbia Heights. Yoga Rave 2009 helps start the New Year right with a big boost of positive energy and food to replenish the mind, body and heart. The event features:

• Yoga exercises and breathing techniques

• Guided meditation

• Live Music, Dancing and Chanting

• Delicious vegetarian food—healthy for the body and the planet.

• Smoke, drug and alcohol free environment

Yoga Rave 2009 is the “change we need” for fun, energizing and healthful partying with a high of contented self-awareness and no hangover. Individuals and organizations are invited to participate in the event. Sponsorship opportunities are available and free follow-up on-site meditation workshops can also be arranged for interested organizations.

The Art of Living Foundation is a 501(c)(3) educational and humanitarian organization, with a global mission of a “crime-free, stress-free and violence-free world.” Over 20 million people worldwide have benefited from its popular course that teaches yogic breathing and Sudarshana Kriya. In the US, the foundation runs trauma-relief camps for disaster-hit areas (such as Hurricane Katrina), programs for returning war veterans, prisoner reform programs, stress elimination programs for corporations and working adults and programs that are helping turn youth in inner cities away from gang violence, drugs and alcohol to the path of service.

Event Details: Yoga Rave 2009

Where: Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington
Address: 2500 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20009

When: Jan 10, 2009 7:30 PM-11:30 PM

Price: $35, group discounts and ticket packs are available for 10 or more people.

Other: Smoke, drug and alcohol free. 18+. Please dress in loose, comfortable apparel.

YOGA RAVE PARTY 2009
1-877-Yoga-Rave
yogarave@us.artofliving.org
http://yogarave.info

ART OF LIVING FOUNDATION

2401 15th STREET NW, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20009

202.332.5433

WILMINGTON, NC, DECEMBER 29, 2008 – Out Impact, a gay online magazine focusing on making a positive impact within the gay community, in our first 2009 event in conjunction with The Soapbox, will be celebrating our first ever Out Impact Friday in a fundraising event for the American Kennel Club’s Canine Health Foundation’s Marcia Polimer Abrams Fund for Canine Behavior Studies at The Soapbox in Wilmington, NC on January 23rd, 2009 from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. Out Impact’s hotel sponsor for this special celebration is the Red Roof Inn, with other sponsorship levels currently available.

The Fund was created in memory of author, regular contributor to Out Impact and CHF President’s Council Member Darlene Arden’s mother, and will benefit studies focusing on unlocking the mysteries of canine behavior. “I couldn’t think of a better way to honor my mother and our shared love of dogs than to create this fund in her memory. Behavior is at the very core of the human-animal bond. I also know that whatever studies the CHF funds will also ultimately benefit people. It’s truly a win/win for dogs and their human companions. I also hope it will help breeders breed dogs that are mentally as well as physically sound. I think my mother would wholeheartedly approve.”

“We are proud to have our first event of 2009 celebrating Marcia’s memory and helping raising funds for their incredible efforts in helping canines and their families,” Bambi Weavil, CEO and Publisher of Out Impact, Inc. said. “We are animal lovers ourselves and believe this is a very important cause.”

A very appropriate music video called “Sooner or Later” on the times of today (the financial crisis, etc.) – a must see by N.E.R.D.

N.E.R.D. is a is an alternative rock, funk rock, and alternative hip hop band that stands for “No-One Ever Really Dies.”

During his victory speech, Obama said, “…to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your president, too.”

It was a brilliant line, one that was surely dismissed by those for whom it was intended. The Hillary supporters who abstained or voted McCain in protest, or the Palin groupies who want the U.S. of A to be a Christian Theocracy, both believed Obama was an empty suit: a man full of beautiful rhetoric without the substance to back it up. To them, his words were meaningless.

However, he’s been going out of his way to prove that he wasn’t just blowing smoke.

Host: Robert West, Out Wilmington & Costello’s
Location:
Historic Firehouse Number 2
Fifth Avenue and Castle Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
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When: Saturday, December 27, 8:00PM
Phone: 910 352-7544 or 910 200-0037

Tired of Uncle Edgar’s stories, Mother-in-Law Mildred’s whining, and Aunt Eunice’s kisses?

OutWilmington invites you and a guest to celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas (and everything in-between).

We’ll have beer & wine, edibles, and neat door prizes. If you desire anything else, we encourage you to bring it, him or her!

Come see and participate in what OutWilmington has planned for 2009, including promoting our LGBT Businesses.

Eartha Kitt, world famous singer and performer (and icon in the gay community) and the original Catwoman in the Batman series, supports the 1957 March of Dimes in this YouTube clip from the March of Dimes and the fight against polio. In this video, Eartha sings the song “I’m an Old Fashioned Girl”. Eartha Kitt died yesterday on Christmas Day, for more on Eartha’s amazing life, please visit her official site at http://www.earthakitt.com/.

Full size Holiday Card to our Out Impact readers - THANK YOU!