OUTProfessionals Events

Thursday, February 9, 6:30-8 P.M. -- OP Member Ruth Gursky invites all OP Members and their friends to attend a workshop entitled "Healthy Living 101" at Hadassah House, 50 West 58th Street (between 5th and 6th Aves.). Celebrate "Heart Month" with exercise physiologist Lisa Hoffman and nutritionist Jill Senderoff. Hoffman will lead audience members in a 20-minute workout that can be used at the home or in the gym, and Senderoff will share tips on eating out, healthy snacks, portion control and understanding food labels. All are welcome! Wear comfortable clothes! Cost: $5/Hadassah members; $10/non-members; FREE if you join Hadassah at event. (Payable at door; includes healthy snacks). RSVP by Feb. 6 (required, for security purposes): mslawyerny@aol.com.*
*******************************Thursday, February 9, 7-9 P.M. -- GMHC presents "Get In Shape For Spring!" -- for FREE. Feeling and looking great doesn't have to be a challenge any longer, and it doesn't require some fad diet or radical gym routine. It just takes learning the right information and setting up an action plan for success! You will learn practical tips for your diet and lifestyle that will help you permanently improve the shape of your body, increase your energy, and look better. This free workshop, sponsored by GMHC (119 West 24th Street), will put you on the path to feeling better than you ever have before! Please RSVP to Robert at (646) 209-3869. Also visit www.WholeLifeHealing.org for more information.********************************Wednesday, February 22, 7-11:30 P.M. -- Come to GAY SKATE NIGHT, benefiting Gay Men's Health Crisis, at Wollman Skating Rink, Central Park. Admission is $16, including skate rental. Three of those dollars will directly to GMHC. Special guests and a fabulous DJ will be on hand. For more information, call Wollman at (212) 439-6900, or call GMHC at (212) 367-1537. The rink is closest to the Park entrance at 59th Street and 6th Avenue.
********************************Monday-Tuesday, February 27-28 -- Playwrights Horizons invites you to attend a special benefit screening of the 1975 documentary cult film Grey Gardens including new, never-before-seen footage, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Albert Maysles. Make it a double feature: See the screening on the 27th and the new Off-Broadway musical (based on the film) the next night, followed by a reception with the cast and creative team. The musical is penned by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife), composer Scott Frankel, lyricist Michael Korie, and directed by Michael Greif (Rent). The film, which has achieved iconic status in American popular culture, depicts East Hampton recluses "Little" Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother "Big" Edith, the first cousin and aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy. Set in the mansion's heyday, when the Beales were still rich and glamorous, the musical tells the fascinating backstory to the documentary, then jumps forward thirty years, to the world of the film. Broadway divas Christine Ebersole (42nd Street) and Mary Louise Wilson (Cabaret) head a stellar cast portraying Kennedys, Bouviers, Beales and the intriguing men in their lives. For tickets, call Jill Garland at (212) 564-1235 ext. 3140, or visit www.ticketcentral.com/ph_greygardens.htm to buy online. A good portion of the ticket price is tax deductible. Visit online for more details.
********************************Wednesday, March 1, 6:30 P.M. -- The Aids Healthcare Foundation and OP Member Lawrence Peters invite you to attend the opening reception of AFRICALIVE -- Portraits of Success, on Wednesday, March 1, 6:30 p.m., at the Prince George Gallery/Ballroom at 15 E. 27th Street (between 5th Avenue and Madison). This series of beautiful, life-sized photographic portraits taken in Uganda and South Africa is a call to action and proof that TREATMENT = LIFE. Admission is free, though donations are gratefully accepted. The evening includes hors d'ouvres, bar, entertainment and a silent auction. With future stops in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Amsterdam and Toronto at the International AIDS Conference, all proceeds of AFRICALIVE -- Portraits of Success will go toward providing life-sustaining care and treatment to those in greatest need. To RSVP, e-mail Lawrence at lawrencedpeters@yahoo.com.
********************************Thursday, March 2, 7:30-11 p.m. -- Come to the Winter Heat 2006 Womens Dance and Fundraiser at Club Quo (511 West 28th Street). Here's your chance for a hot and sophisticated evening of socializing, dancing with DJ Stacy and helping New York's largest statewide LGBT organization fight for equality and justice. For ticket/sponsorship information, visit www.prideagenda.org or call (212) 627-0305.
********************************Thursday March 9, 7-10 P.M. -- Join the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network and our Event Co-Chairs and Committee for our first ever 'Recess!' This night of fun, education and entertainment will support GLSEN's vision of a future in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Ticket levels range for Head Coach ($500 for two VIP tix and recognition in event materials) to Team Mascot ($75 for one ticket). To buy your ticket to Recess! use this link: http://www.glsen.org/binary-data/GLSEN_ATTACHMENTS/file/551-1.pdf. The event will be held at the International Poster Center (601 West 26th Street at 11th Avenue. Questions? Comments? Concerns? Contact Sam Ritchie at events@glsen.org or (212) 727-0135 ext. 6587.
********************************Monday, March 27 -- The 17th Annual GLAAD Media Awards honors the year's outstanding representations of lesbians and gay men in the media. The ceremonies will take place on Monday, March 27, 2006, in New York; Saturday, April 8, 2006, in Los Angeles; and Saturday, June 10, 2006, in San Francisco. This year, we are proud to announce the addition of a fourth Media Awards ceremony -- in Miami on Thursday, May 25, 2006. This past year, the Media Awards were broadcast for the first time ever on the MTV Networks channel Logo, allowing us to reach millions of LGBT Americans and our allies in homes around the country. We're thrilled to tell you that Logo will televise the MediaAwards again in 2006, promising the most exciting show yet! To learn more about The 17th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in all four cities, please go to: www.glaad.org/mediaawards. ********************************March 28 - May 21 -- Signature Theatre Company's Landscape Of The Body by John Guare, directed by Michael Greif. What are we after we lose everything? Greenwich Village in the 1970s hosts a slew of mysterious and seemingly isolated events that connect a group of people on a nightmarish quest for the American Dream. Through twists in time and with some help from a singing narrator back from the dead, John Guare weaves an amazingly entertaining tale of their tragic and comic collisions that force them to discover what it is like to be left with -- or blessed with -- nothing but themselves. Starring Lili Taylor (Aunt Dan and Lemon, Six Feet Under) and Sherie Rene Scott (Tony nominee for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels). All tickets for Landscape of the Body will be $15. For subscription or single tickets, call (212) 244-PLAY (7529) or visit www.signaturetheatre.org.
********************************MONTREAL 2006 "OUT FOR BUSINESS!" INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE -- Montreal is going to host, from July 29 to Aug. 5, 2006, the first World Outgames "Rendez-Vous Montreal 2006," a major athletic and cultural event. Just before the sporting competitions, an international conference will begin on July 26, bringing together more than 2,000 delegates. Over three days, participants will be offered many plenary sessions and workshops that will deal with the many aspects of the conference's five key themes: essential rights, global issues, the diverse LGBT community, participation in society and creating social change. The closing ceremony will include the adoption of the "Montreal Declaration.""Out for Business!" is a section of the International Conference targeted specifically at LGBT chambers of commerce, professionals and business associations. Pay particular attention to OP's November mailing as it will contain a pamphlet with all the information on this not-to-be-missed occasion where more than 400 people will discuss important issues for the LGBT business community worldwide.For more information: www.montreal2006.org/en_OutForBusiness.html (or contact Jonathan Sauve at (514) 522-1885, (888) 595-8110 or conference.montreal2006@ccgq.ca. You can also register online now at www.montreal2006.org/en_register_now.html and save $50 CAD on the conference registration fee, by using the following Affiliated Member's Code: 3902.
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