NC PRIDE 2006
Pride Weekend: Sept. 29 - Oct. I
Friday, Sept. 29
Durham
3-6 p.m.
Pridetini Pest at the Bar of Grasshopper on
Ninth St. Benefit for the NC Pride marching
band with special drinks.
6 p.m.
Pride Crawl on Ninth St. with coffee and
desserts at Madhatter s Cafe.
6- 9 p.m.
Pride Happy Hour. Meet friends old and new
building community in a casual setting.
George’s Garage. 937 9th St. No cover.
7- 11 p.m.
An Evening of Acoustic Chicks with Picks!
Featuring SONiA of Disappear Fear with a duo
acoustic set featuring Disappear Fear band-
mate, Laura, on hand-drums and Someone’s
Sister. $10 cover. Sirens Lounge.
11 p.m.
Pride Night Bash at Sirens Lounge with danc
ing, entertainment, special drinks and DJ.
Corner of Markham/Broad.
9 p.m.
Dreamz Entertainment presents “Lights Action
Camera”Part 1 with DJ Sedrick. Poetry read
ing and open mike till 10 then a blackout
party (Come dressed in all black) and drag
show. This is a rainbow unity party for all. At
the Loft at George’s Garage on Ninth St.
10 p.m.-3 a.m.
Official NC Pride Kick-off Party: “Big Top”
Magnus-Events.com and Centaur Music of
NYC present “Big Top” Circuit Party, featuring
national rdease party for DJ Rob Harris of his
new dance CD “Soakin Wet 3” and from Las
Vegas the nationally known magician Nick
Comis, three rings of music, three dance
floors, three DJs under the big top. Street
dancers, fire performers and more surprise
circus acts and performers. Complete with a
“Party Bus” for late night travel to special
afterhours party. Located at Fowlers,! 12 South
Duke St.
Chapel Hill
5 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Pride Coffee and Desserts at Cafe Driade.
Raleigh
8 p.m.
WlANGLe GAY »
CHORUS
Triangle Gay Men’s
Chorus presents
“Tickled Pink”
Concert with spe
cial guests.
Common Woman Chorus and the Triad Pride
Men’s Chorus. At Pullen Memorial Baptist
Church, 1801 Hillsborough St.
8 p.m.
Pride Coffee and Desserts at Third Place at Five
Points.
10 p.m.
Singer/Songwriter Barry Brandon previews
his “Musical Theatre Album” at Flex Bar.
10 p.m.
L Club presents DJAwsum in a post-Pride
party.
10 p.m.
Special Pride Drag Show by Miss Gay U.S.ofA.,
Alyssa Edwards, with Lawanda Jackson at
Legends Nightclub. Featuring her illusions of
Michael Jackson and Tina Turner.
11:15 p.m.
St. John’s MCC Gospel Drag Show at Capital
Corral Club.
Greensboro
10 p.m.
Official “ Pride Glow Party” at Warehouse 29 in
Greensboro.
Saturday, Sept. 30
NC PrideFest Day - Festival and
Parade — “Pride not Prejudice”
Durham — festival site at Duke East Campus
8-9 a.m.
Vendor setup at Festival grounds.
8:30 a.m.
NC Pride 5k Phantom Run and Walk (free)
9 a.m.
Morning conferences with workshops, Duke
East Bldg.
10 a.m.
Festival grounds open with vendors and dis
plays.
11:00 a.m.
Ecumenical Church Service at the Gazebo.
11:15 a.m.
Parade Float line up — Parade Marshall
Connie Vetter.
11:15 a.m.
Marching units group leader sign in * .
11:30 a.m. ^
NC Pride Band Overture.
11:55 a.m.
National Anthem for Opening Ceremony.
Noon
Pride Rally with speakers and
dignitaries including address by
Assistant City Attorney Sherri
Rosenthal, former Air Force Sgt.
Bruce Wyatt and City
Councilman Mark
Kleinschmidt, Dr. Janie Long of Duke
University and other speakers.
12:45- 2:15 p.m.
Parade line-up to march with African Drums.
1 p.m.
Parade begins (official reviewing stand at
Madhatter’s Cafe at the corner of Main and
Broad St. and official viewing stand party
serving drinks at Sirens Lounge, Broad and
Markham St.).
2:15 p.m.
NC Pride Band and Atlanta Freedom Band
Overture on the street.
2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Festival Stage features Common Woman
Chorus, Imani Singers, drag king show and
“Prideful Noise” Musical Acts by 307 Knox
Records with headliner The EX-Members
with Shirley Hale, David K. and Melissa
York.
3:15 p.m.
Presentation of Jim Baxter Award.
5 p.m.
Day Festival Ends.
NCPridefest Night Festival at Hargett
Street Area in Raleigh
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
White Rabbit Open House — Come see what’s
new at White Rabbit! Prizes and refreshments
all evening.
10 p.m. - 4am
Legends Embrace Party — with nationally
known DJ Chris Cox.
10 p.m. - 4am
Capital Corral Embrace Party — with the well-
known DJ Brian.
10 p.m.-4am
Elex Club Official Pride Party featuring male
model and film star Duke
Rivers. ' >
10 p.m. L Club presents
DJ Awsum in a post-Pride
party.
Durham
6 p.m.
Bands and More at Joe and Joe’s Pub. The offi
cial After Pride event in Durham.
9 p.m.
Dreamz Entertainment presents “Lights Action
Camera”Part 2 with DJ Sedrick and DJ Ladie
Fingaz. A rainbow unity party for men and
womyn. At the Loft at George’s Garage on
Ninth St.
Sunday, Oct. I
Raleigh
10 a.m. - Noon
NC Pride Breakfast on the 1st floor restaurant
of the Brownstone Hotel, the official Pride
Hotel in Raleigh. All welcome — even if you
are not staying at the hotel.
12:30 p.m.-2 p.m.
St. Johns MCC Church Service followed by the
annual Pride Pig Picking luncheon.
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Bear Brunch at Flex
bar hosted by
Carolina Bear
Lodge.
5 p.m.
Third Annual NC
Pride Filmfest —“Vacationland” by Toddy
Verow at Mission Valley Theatre. This hot
new film is the latest work of N.Y. filmmak
er Todd Verow and was picked best at the
Newfest Film Festival this year.
7 p.m.
Post Pride Hangout at Third Place Coffee
10 p.m. ^
Post Pride Party at Legends Club
10 p.m.
Post Pride Party at Capital Corral Club
Durham
1:15 p.m.
Post Pride Lunch and HangOut at Madhatter
Cafe with ice cream at Ben and Jerry’s on
Main St.
Chapel Hill
7 p.m.
Post Pride Coffee at the Cafe Driade. I
Baxter to receive
double kudos
Front Page founder, Q-Notes writer
to be honored
Q-Notes contributing writer Jim Baxter will
be doubly-honored on Saturday, Sept. 30 —
first at his alma mater, Guilford College in
Greensboro, and then later that same day, dur
ing the NC Pride festivities in Durham.
At Guilford, the college’s Alumni Association
presents Alumni Excellence Awards every year
during homecoming festivi
ties. The award was estab
lished in 1980 to recognize
alumni who are humanitari- ‘
ans and have achieved dis
tinction in their chosen pro
fessional endeavors. Service,
commitment, integrity and
success are the key factors in
making these selections.
Baxter, a 1975 graduate, was a co-founder of
the Guilford Gay Alliance on campus and a
group called Gay People’s Alliance off-campus.
He wrote a column, called “On Being Ga)^’ for a
local newspaper. The Greensboro Sun. He later
founded The Front Page, a biweekly newspaper
for the LGBT community, and ran it as editor
and publisher for 26 years.
The award will be presented at a luncheon on
campus in Greensboro. Later that afternoon,
around 3 p.m., Baxter will be presented with The
Front Page Award, an honor created and spon
sored by Q-Notes and North Carolina Pride.
“It’s an award to recognize and keep alive The
Front Page name, as well as recognize individuals
who have made substantial accomplishments in
the struggle for LGBT equalit)^’ says (J-Notes
publisher Jim Yarbrough. “To commemorate The
Front Page and its founder, Jim Baxter will be the
first recipient of the award.”
The award will be an ongoing event. “It will
be given to someone each year chosen by the
NC Pride Committee with some input from us,”
Yarbrough said. “They’ll be the ones to adminis
ter it on a regular, ongoing basis.”
Baxter is currently working on a master’s
degree in journalism from the S.l. Newhouse
School of Public Communication at Syracuse
University. I
^
Directions
From Greensboro and Points West Via
1-85 North
Exit onto N.C. 147 (Durham Freeway).
Continue on Durham Freeway to Swift Ave.
exit (#14).
Turn left onto Swift Ave. to W. Main St.
Turn right on W. Main St. and go to Campus
Dr., which is the main entrance to East campus.
From Richmond and Points North Via
1-85 South
In Durham, take the left-lane exit (#174B) for
U.S. 15-501 S. Bypass — Duke
University/Chapel Hill.
Continue on U.S. 15-501 to N.C. 147 (Durham
Freeway) exit.
Take Durham Freeway S. to Swift Ave. exit
(#14).
Turn left onto Swift Ave. to W. Main St.
Turn right onto W. Main St. and go to Campus
Dr., which is the main entrance to East campus.
From RDU Airport, Raleigh and Points
East Via 1-40 West
Exit onto the Durham Freeway (N.C. 147).
Take Durham Freeway to Swift Ave. exit (#14).
Turn right onto Swift Ave. to W. Main St.
Turn right onto W. Main St. and go to Campus
Dr., which is the main entrance to East campus.
From Chapel Hill Via US. 15-501 North
Take 15-501 N., marked to Duke
University/Medical Center. Do not take 15-501
Business.
Continue on US 15-501 to N.C. 147 (Durham
Freeway) exit (#108B).
Take Durham Freeway S. to Swift Ave. exit
(#14), marked East Campus.
Turn right onto W. Main St. and go to
Campus Dr., which is the main entrance to
East campus. >
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