Edge, Steak & Bar Specialty Dinner Night Series: Beer and Whiskey BBQ
Edge, Steak & Bar, the progressive steakhouse at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami, will host their next Specialty Dinner Night Edge, Steak & Bar Specialty Dinner Night Series: Beer and Whiskey BBQ on Tuesday, May 29 at 7:00 p.m. An interactive BBQ dining experience with craft beers by Cigar City Beers and High West Whiskeys. $79 per person, exclusive of tax & gratuity. Reservations are required.
Here is the menu:
Hickory Smoked Salmon, American Caviar, Cornflakes, Green Onion Puree. Paired with: Cigar City Saizon Beer and High West Silver Rye
BBQ’d La Belle Farms Duck, Foie Gras Griddle Cake, Huckleberry BBQ Sauce, Brussels Sprout Slaw. Paired with: Cigar City Red Ale and High West Rendezvous Rye
Lamb Sausage, Grilled Black Kale, Greek Yoghurt, Meyer Lemon Marmalade. Paired with: Cigar City Jai Lai and High West Son of Bourye
‘The Bambino’ - Creekstone Farms Thick Cut Porterhouse, Oxtail Baked Beans, Smoked Mash Potato, Sweet Corn Spoon Bread, Chow Chow and Bread & Butter Pickles. Paired with: Cigar City Madura and High West Double Rye
Dessert: Warm Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, Manhattan Jello Shots, Doughnut Milkshakes. Paired with: Cigar City Black Lager and High West 21 year Rocky Mountain
Edge, Steak & Bar is located at 1435 Brickell Avenue on the 7th floor of Four Seasons Hotel Miami. 305.381.3190. www.edgerestaurantmiami.com
Image Credit: Tomahawk Steak. Courtesy of Edge, Steak & Bar
Colin Powell Supports Same-Sex Marriage
General Colin Powell said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that he supports legal same-sex marriage, either at the state or federal level.
“I have no problem with it. In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that’s called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. And so I support the president’s decision,” said General Powell.
Harvey Milk will be honored in the same way we honor leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr.
After the tireless efforts of a group of community leaders, LGBT civil rights leader Harvey Milk will be honored in the same way we honor leaders such as Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr.,” said Dwayne Crenshaw, San Diego LGBT Pride Executive Director.
“Harvey Milk dedicated his life to leading our community in the struggle for equal rights. The unveiling of Harvey Milk Street will mark a symbolic moment in our history and a step in the right direction towards achieving the truly American value of equality,” according to Crenshaw.
NAACP Support Marriage Equality
On May 19th, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People released a resolution supporting marriage equality.
At a meeting of the 103-year old civil rights group’s board of directors, the organization voted to support marriage equality as a continuation of its historic commitment to equal protection under the law.
“The NAACP Constitution affirmatively states our objective to ensure the “political, education, social and economic equality” of all people. Therefore, the NAACP has opposed and will continue to oppose any national, state, local policy or legislative initiative that seeks to codify discrimination or hatred into the law or to remove the Constitutional rights of LGBT citizens. We support marriage equality consistent with equal protection under the law provided under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Further, we strongly affirm the religious freedoms of all people as protected by the First Amendment.”
HYPE’s 2nd Year Anniversary
by Antwyone Ingram
The lifespan of any great gay reoccurring party in this day and age is usually short-lived. Edison Farrow, a local legend with over a decade in the party promoting industry, has produced a plethora of parties and events that have certainly stood the test of time. HYPE was born two years ago, and while many competitors fell flat with their delivery of a weekly party that in fact lived up to “the hype,” this Edison creation is still here and living up to those expectations. Two years, and a venue closing later, HYPE is still pumping the beats, and giving partygoers exactly what it did upon its birth two years ago – a great time. Unbothered by mild roadblocks that could have ultimately been the demise of one impeccable Friday night party, HYPE Fridays has stood its ground. In recognition of HYPE’s 2nd year anniversary, Wire Magazine spoke to Edison about the growth and future of HYPE, as well as his thoughts on the evident evolution of Miami’s gay scene.
Are you surprised with the success of HYPE? Did it meet your expectations or surpass them? This has been a fun night since the launch two years ago at Bar 721. It took off as soon as we launched it. We had to remove the furniture from Bar 721 every week due to the overwhelming attendance. Now, at MOVA, we are still going strong!
What do you hope to accomplish with HYPE in the near and distant future? We will be adding more performances on Fridays, Pussila is our host every week and it would be fun if she performed. Plus, many local singers are interested in performing.
Edison, you’ve been around for some time and have a reputation for throwing amazing parties. Do you think the scene has drastically evolved, and if yes — how so? Absolutely. The scene has changed EVERYWHERE. First big clubs went away, not just in Miami, but in most cities. The small venues and lounges became more popular. Then, when the recession hit, people stopped going out as often.
What suggestions can you give to young and new promoters seeking to accomplish the amount of success you have with your parties? People do not realize the work and expense that it takes to get an event going when done properly. It’s not just a matter of making a Facebook invitation! You really need to put a lot of work and publicity into starting an event - especially these days.
What can your big following expect for the remainder of 2012? I am always meeting with new venues. I am interested in starting more events. But, I am just waiting for the correct venue and the right night of the week.
Being a promoter must be extremely tough, especially when things like venue closings occur, such as Miss Yip and Bar 721, which previously hosted Buck 15 and HYPE Fridays. When things like this occur, what is your immediate plan of action to ensure the party keeps going? This can be a crazy business. Sometimes, businesses close without any notice. In some cases, you can move the party. In other cases, the party just won’t work in another venue.
Many gay men say that the club scene is nothing like it used to be and people just don’t go out as much as they used to back in the prime of “gay South Beach,” before it was more commercialized. Do you feel this is true? If yes, why do you think that is? We are certainly going through a phase when big clubs are not drawing the amount of people that they used to. People want to go to smaller, more intimate venues. People are not dressing up glamorous or outrageous as they used to when they go out. I feel that music, fashion, venues are all in a “low key” phase now. When the recession changes, people will want to go out, have fun, dress up and show off again.
Your parties present a very fun and laid-back atmosphere, with very little attitude and judgments. Do you feel some clubs/promoters take themselves too seriously – ultimately resulting in the demise of their events? Absolutely. I have always treated the events as if I am hosting a party in my home and welcoming people. If you are not nice to people, they will not want to go to your event.
I imagine being a promoter is also extremely competitive, do you find that there are more quarrels between promoters in the area, or is everyone pretty cordial towards each other? I get along with most of the promoters. Being that I have been doing this for the longest amount of time. I have had incidents when new promoters have been competitive with me, imitate my events, say bad things about me, but they come and go and I am still here.
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Check out the first statement of its kind by any U.S. President. Barack Obama became the first president to ever endorse marriage equality. As the media went crazy over the announcement, we couldn’t be happier. Watch this crucial moment in history, and stay tuned for hopefully, the beginning of a movement to change the view of our nation towards equality.
NC voters decide to openly discriminate against their fellow gay citizens
So much for planning a vacation to North Carolina anytime soon!
NC voters decided to openly discriminate against their fellow gay citizens by passing Amendment One to their constitution, limiting legal unions to marriage only between a man and a woman and banning civil unions and domestic partnerships.
It’s a sad day in the land of Lincoln when fellow citizens once again choose to trample over other people’s civil rights.
Today, NC voters decided to ignore our nation’s Declaration of Independence that states: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
IT’S COMING….
By Rafa Carvajal
“I got it!” Those were my overjoyed words when I called Jesse Spencer, my associate publisher at Wire Magazine, to share the great news that I had won the auction to purchase a new Internet address for Wire Magazine. I was ecstatic! Now we have a new and permanent home on the World Wide Web for Wire Magazine and Wire Media Group to showcase our upcoming new portal for the gay community.
I purchased Wire Magazine three years ago with a dream to build a media group. Wire Media Group LLC was born to acquire the assets of Wire Magazine – “The Wire,” as many people still refer to the longest running weekly publication in South Beach and the best lifestyle publication for the gay community in South Florida.
I have been able to achieve many milestones along this three-year journey with the help of my team, such as the recent publication of Wire Magazine with a glossy cover for special issues, getting over 175,000 hits on one of my YouTube videos on our Wire Media Group channel, the rapid growth of our Facebook and Twitter, the expansion of our distribution in both Miami and Fort Lauderdale, having so many famous celebrities grant Wire interviews for cover stories, etc. etc. For three years I have been trying to find the best possible Internet address for our brand to house a new Internet portal for the gay community. Well my friends, patience is a virtue and it is sometimes well rewarded.
Since Wire Magazine is a weekly publication, I created our www.wireweekly.com Internet address as the best possible available alternative at the time to bring you our magazine, photos, and content online – the URL our readers currently see in our logo and on the cover of the magazine. However, I always wanted a better URL that was more closely aligned with our Wire Magazine brand name.
This week I am very proud to formally announce that www.wiremag.com will become our new Internet home under a powerful, short, easy to remember URL for Wire Magazine and Wire Media Group. Please stay tuned over the next few weeks as we remind everyone thatwww.wiremag.com is coming! This summer we will launch a new portal for the gay community to bring you tons of great content, photos, videos, special deals, events information, products and services, and much more.
We are developing our new www.wiremag.com website with you, our readers, in mind. It will be a living, breathing community that will grow and be enhanced over the coming months, just as we have grown and improved Wire Magazine in print by adding new writers and ample new content since the beginning of the year.
In closing, I want to thank every one of you for your continued support. I also want to encourage you to visit us often when we unveil the newwww.wiremag.com.
After taking his phone into a local Best Buy to get repaired, Rich Dewberry got a big surprise. He left his phone in the store because it had to be replaced. Minutes after leaving the store his new phone blew up with phone calls and messages referencing his new Facebook status stating that he was gay and coming out. A Best Buy employee used the old phone to go onto Dewberry’s Facebook and make the false statements. Check out this video as this straight man tells the daunting story of dealing with his false coming out.
Man Returns Phone To Best Buy, Gets ‘Gay’ Facebook Update (by 7NewsDenver)
Photographer: AngelJob
Model: Gabo Alarcon
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IN THE FAMILY STAR LIVE IN PERSON AT CINEMA PARADISO
Writer-director-actor Patrick Wang’s first feature film In the Family is, to say the least, unconventional. It’s a film about a gay couple and their son in which the word “gay” is never spoken. It’s almost three hours long, but it’s absorbing, not exhausting. It turns away from dramatic moments most films would highlight, observing with a sidelong glance.
Wang is himself quite unconventional. A graduate of MIT with a degree in Economics and a concentration in Music and Theatre Arts, he’s worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank and Harvard’s School for Public Health. His work as a theater director ranges from classical verse drama — the world premiere of a new translation of Medea – to new works, and he’s published a collection of short dramatic works, The Monologue Plays and performed in M. Butterfly.
In the Family opens at Cinema Paradiso on Sunday May 6 and Wang will be there in person, meeting and greeting at a 7:00 pm reception and taking questions following the 8:30 pm screening of the film.
Wang’s visual style is deliberate and low-key, and so unlike most films that at first it’s almost off-putting. “Our techniques are risky, but the result is thrilling,” says Wang. “Here are people. Here is a movie with people.”
In the Family may not have the g-word or reaction shots, but it does have a love scene as moving as it is awkward; a fine, understated performance from child actor Sebastian Brodziak; an unspoken but powerful argument for marriage equality; a solid cast whose faces may be more familiar than their names; and a filmmaker’s vision you shouldn’t miss.
For tickets and more information, contact Cinema Paradiso at fliff.com or 954-760-9898.
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