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GO a real smash
WILMINGTON — The grand opening on
June 11 of the new location at 317 Castle St.
for the Out Wilmington Community Center
was a rousing success. Over 300 people
showed up to enjoy music, food and down
home fun.
One of the
focal points of
the center is its
artist exhibition
area. Each
month a central
artist will adorn
the rustic brick
walls of the turn
of the century
building located
in the revital
ized area at Third and Castle, with his or her
works, while a featured musician, arranged by
Costello’s Piano Bar, will play for the enjoy
ment of the crowd. A local restaurant will
have some light refreshments to feature its
delicacies and beverages will be on hand for a
donation.
Included at the new center is a PRIDE
store which showcases assorted items for sale
to support the community. Hours are Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday from 1:30-4 p.m.,
Monday from 5-8 p.m., Saturday from 12-4
p.m., Sunday from 6-8 p.m. and Friday from
6-8 p.m.
For more information, visit
www.outwilmington.com.
Cuisine vendors sought
CHARLOTTE — Do you own or work for
a restaurant, cafe, caterer or other food service
establishment? PRIDE Charlotte needs ven
dors to sell food and drinks on Aug. 26 at the
festival at Gateway Village. The festival retains
exclusivity on bottled water and beer sales,
but everything else is fair game. All types of
cuisine are welcome.
This is a great marketing opportunity for
businesses and a chance to support Charlotte’s
LGBT community. For more details and to
download vendor applications, visit
www.PrideCharlotte.com.
Room is also available for other (non
food) vendors, both for-profit businesses and
non-profit organizations.
Study seeks participants
STATEWIDE — Researchers associated
with the psychology department at Michigan
State University are currently pursuing
research on sexual orientation harassment in
the workplace.
They are seeking individuals to participate
in an online survey. Individuals of all sexual
orientations are invited to participate,
although it is expected that such experiences
will be more likely to occur among LGBT
individuals.
The survey is completely anonymous.
Responses are treated as confidential and all
materials have been approved by MSU’s
human subjects review board. The survey
should take approximately 30-40 minutes to
complete. All participants are entered into a
drawing for a $100 cash prize.
To participate, use access number 56244
and visit psychology.msu.edu/RyanResearch/
Encrypt/AccessID.asp.
For more information, send correspon
dence to Tamara A. Bruce, Industrial/
Organizational Psychology, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1117.
YMCA v/elcomes partners
CHARLOTE — PrideSisters, after a vigi
lant campaign, has helped to secure partner or
household memberships at the Uptown YMCA
located at 301 S. College St. in the One
Wachovia Center, Suite 200.
For more information on securing a mem
bership, call 704-716-6400.
Photographer seeks subjects
STATEWIDE — Titus Heagins is seeking
same-sex couples for portraiture sittings that
will counter typical societal stereotypes of gay
and lesbian families.
As an artist, Heagins intent is to create
images that tend to normalize notions of “fan
tasies as well as stereotypes” about same-sex
relations.
The portraits seek to explore those new
notions visually. Additionally, couples are
asked to write three paragraphs about their
relationships.
Each family that participates will receive a
fine art portrait.
Portfolios of his work are in the collections
of Smithsonian Anacostia Museum of African
American Art, Washington, D.C.; North
Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, N.C.; North
Carolina Central University Museum of Art,
Durham, N.C.; Casa de Africa House Museum
of Cuba, Havana Cuba; and LeHigh University
Zoeller Museum, Bethleham, Penn.
He received his Masters of Fine Art from
the University of Michigan and his Bachelors
degree in political science from Duke
University.
For more information, call Heagins at 919-
949-2561, email artotype@aol.com or visit
www.titusheagins.com.
Enforcers needed
CHARLOTTE — If you want to make a
real difference at the 2006 PRIDE Charlotte
event on Aug. 26, then consider becoming an
“Enforcer of the Peace.”
As a way to help combat issues experi
enced by the presence of right-wing Christian
groups at previous Pride celebrations.
Enforcers will be on hand to act as buffers.
The idea behind the initiative is to deflect the
messages from hateful groups away from vul
nerable groups, and if necessary, bring Pride
attendees to the “Booth of Truth,” where they
will get positive messages about themselves
and where individuals with special training
are prepared to counteract the protestors’
anti-gay rhetoric. They will also be able to
contact security to have any protestor
removed if they are on the grounds and get
ting out of hand.
Want to volunteer? Can you work for two
to three hours on Aug. 26 at Gateway Village?
Volunteers will get some training on dealing
peacefully with hate groups and a free T-shirt.
If you can help out, contact Rev. Robert
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