It’s back for a third year and sure to be better then ever. The annual Holiday Revue Show…..

Absolutely Fabulous Holiday Review

Get your tickes, rooms and arses here early as this show is the killer show of the year.

Let me start you off with a visual: me, 8 AM, freshman year, first semester, sitting in a required art history class. Not exactly the most fun situation to be in. I guess that’s one of the good things about growing up; you learn to appreciate certain things more. For me, one of those things is art. I would give anything to go back to my freshman year and actually pay attention and learn in my art class, but unfortunately I can’t. However, it’s never too late to start appreciating new things, so I intend on putting a lot more art into my life. In the past year, between friends from school and friends from home, I’ve come to love art. A lot of this probably has to do with someone I met this summer who is truly a remarkable artist.

Meet Jen Krawiec, a local Sherrill resident who is most definitely an artist… and her stuff is GOOD. As I’ve gotten to know her throughout the summer, I’ve seen a lot of her work. She has paintings scattered around her apartment, in her staircase, and she even painted the flower beds outside of her apartment. Every time I go over, I find myself complimenting a new piece that she’s done. It’s all amazing. And apparently others think she’s good too because she’s starting to receive more local support and is working on getting her name known in the area (and hopefully elsewhere). Conveniently enough, there happens to be an extremely large and unoccupied building across the street from Jen’s apartment.  Jen is now currently in the process of moving her art over to the building and turning it into a gallery (and she is well on her way).

Where am I going with this post? I’m here to invite you to Jen’s first show at her art gallery this coming Saturday, August 7. The show, titled ‘My Life is Art and Art is My Life,” will take place from 6-10 PM in Building 41. This is located on 97 East Seneca Street in Sherrill, NY. The building is right across from Frank’s/the Pizzeria. Drinks (most likely wine and beer) and snacks (most likely pizza) will be provided throughout the evening. What sounds better than walking around and looking at great art while drinking wine and eating food?

So if you’re looking for something to do this Saturday evening, STOP BY! You can come at any time. Whether you want to drop in for ten minutes or stay for three hours, it’s up to you. Her pieces will be for sale (and vary in size and price). I’m also going to do a “review” of the show sometime next week as a blog post. Pictures will definitely be included so you can see some of Jen’s work. I would strongly recommend checking it out ; we should support our local artists and spread the word! GOOD LUCK JEN!!!

and here are the details again…

What: My Life is Art and Art is My Life (gallery opening)

Who: Jen Krawiec

Where: Building 41           

                 97 East Seneca Street

                Sherrill, NY

When: 6-10 PM

Thou shalt not marry another man if thou art gay.

Thou shalt not adopt a child if thou art gay.

Thou shalt not be in a healthy relationship if thou art gay.

Thou shalt be hired to go to Europe to carry another man’s luggage and
give him naked massages.

Thus saith the Lord. Amen.

On May 4th, the Miami New Times reported that 61-year old Dr. George
Rekers was photographed at the Miami International Airport with a 20-
year old ‘rentboy’ named “Lucien.” Outrage! Scandal! The gay media
went into hyperdrive; the Christian apologists went into hyper-
hyperdrive. A Facebook group was even created, called George Rekers
Luggage Carriers, Inc. Rekers immediately dismissed the claims that he
was gay, and stated “I had surgery, and I can’t lift luggage. That’s
why I hired him.”

Of course. And Bill Clinton hired Monica Lewinsky to get a spot out of
the carpet.

It turns out that Rekers had done plenty of ‘heavy lifting’ himself,
in the form of anti-gay activism. Rekers – who is a founding member of
the Family Research Council, an officer with the National Association
for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, and the author of several
books such as Growing Up Straight: What Families Should Know About
Sexualityand Shaping Your Child’s Sexual Identity – has spent the last
several decades denouncing the ‘evils’ of homosexuality, all while
waving the convenient banner of “Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin!”

Although on second thought, maybe he should hire someone to wave the
banner for him as well.

In response to Rekers ‘rentboy’ scandal, theFamily Research Council
issued the following statement:

“Yesterday evening, we began to see online “news” accounts of Dr.
George Rekers, a reparative therapist for homosexuals, actually being
involved with a male prostitute. Some of the stories identified Rekers
as being a founding board member of Family Research Council . . . I
can say that while it’s extremely disappointing when any Christian
leader engages in the very activities that they “preach” against, it’s
not surprising. The Scriptures clearly teach the fallen nature of all
people. We each have a choice to act upon that nature or accept the
forgiveness offered by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.”

This is certainly not the first time that an anti-gay minister has
been toppled by a secret gay scandal. Ted Haggard, the former pastor
of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, was discovered visiting a
male prostitute in 2006; John Paulk, a former leader of Focus on the
Family and former chairman of the board for Exodus International North
America, was witnessed visiting a gay bar in 2000; Roy Clements, a
prominent British evangelical minister, was revealed to have a
relationship with another man in 1999. Christian leaders preach that
believers should “love the sinner, hate the sin,” but what are
Christians to believe when the Christian leaders are guilty of the
very sin they’re preaching against? In fact, didn’t some guy named
Jesus Christ once say the following:

“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but
considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou
say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and,
behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the
beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out
the mote out of thy brother’s eye.” (Matthew 7:3-5)

If I understand this scripture correctly, Jesus believes that
hypocritical closeted gay ministers should be more concerned about
removing the ‘beam’ from their own eye. Among other orifices.

Nobody is going to hire Billy Joel to sit on the board of Mothers
Against Drunk Driving. Nobody is going to hire Mel Gibson to be the
spokesperson for the American Jewish Congress. Yet when it comes to
some anti-gay Christian organizations, the leaders and board members
often turn out to be closeted gay men and women themselves. Who then
is the bigger sinner: the person who commits the sin, or the person
who commits the sin while telling others to not commit the same sin?

George Rekers clearly has a long road of self-reflection ahead of him,
and nobody knows what may come of his associations with the Family
Research Council.

One thing though is definitely certain: he should invest in luggage
with wheels.

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So this is what “Freedom for all man kind” means….?  Really?

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April 30th at the Westmoreland Fire Dept, from 6:00pm to finish.

Sure to be lots of fun.

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Once they are gone they are gone, get yours now while they are here!

So lets say thank you to Vice President Joe Biden for pumping some life into the specialty markets.. “This is a big fucking deal”.

F Bomb Line Here

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Hey Dragettes it’s that time again for our spring show. This year is a ecklectic mix of music from Grease I & II & HairSpray. It’s sure to interesting and sure to be fun. So if you have not done so yet get your tickets at ticketderby.com under Drags Along The Mohawk.

As always check the website after the show for pictures, videos, comments and reviews.