BREAKING NEWS…..
TAMPA PRIDE Receives 501 c(3) Status
Great news arrived Tuesday for the new locally formed TAMPA PRIDE Committee. Sometimes getting a letter from the IRS isn’t good news but in this case it was a very jubilant correspondence. TAMPA PRIDE received the letter granting the organization an IRS 501 c(3) recognition as a non profit that has its contributions and donations given 100% tax deductibility from its donors & sponsors. TAMPA PRIDE is proudly partnering with over a dozen Tampa Bay area non profit organizations for the upcoming festivities.
TAMPA PRIDE Parade and Festival is set for March 26-29, 2015 in historic GaYBOR/ Ybor City. Other events will be held prior for fundraising benefits including a variety of Dine Out for TAMPA PRIDE events held at restaurants in Tampa Bay. Also a couple of Hamburger Mary’s BINGO, Ybor City Wine Bar Sampling Benefit and area gay & straight bars & clubs having a variety of TAMPA PRIDE charity benefits.
Get involved with the upcoming historical TAMPA PRIDE or talk with your organization or company about being a sponsor of the 14 year absent Tampa Bay GLBT event. Download a sponsorship packet for companies or individuals, parade & available vendor info.
MC FILM Have a Variety of Fall Handmade Soaps
Fall football, falling colorful autumn leaves, surfing waters on the surf and tranquil Midnight Moon. These are a few of the handmade glycerin scented soaps that have arrived for the fall season at MC FILM.
Always a aromatic treat for your home or as a favor memorable gift.
3 Weekends of Halloween this Year!!!
This Saturday Night is the yearly anticipated GLBTA invite only, All Hallows Ball at the MOSI Museum. In GaYBOR District all the LGBT Clubs are doing special Halloween Events. There will be a lot of ghostly creatures visiting Ybor after midnight!
The Next Weekend, October 25th the YMA and Ybor Chamber will be hosting many daytime and night time activity events.
Friday Oct 31st is Halloween!!!
Thank You
With the 18 Ft ceiling at MC Film, the space up top has become an” Unofficial Tampa Bay LGBT History Museum ‘ collection. This past week a large framed piece that hung in the lobby of the old Suncoast Resort in St Pete was donated. It was from the St Petersburg Times. July 9, 2000. On the bottom is a big photo of our store, MC Film on a rainy fun night. Thank You!
Transylvania Romania
Every Halloween when people hear Transylvania. People think about Dracula. Actually Transylvania is an historic region, like a county, in the center of Romania. Directly to the West is the region of Banat Romania. This is where our family is from. The towns name is Sannicolau Mare, which translates into Saint Nicholas the Great. A documentary film called “A Thousand Dollars and Back” Recollections of Early Romanian Immigration to Minnesota.” was just released. In this film there are 8 photos from our family.
This would make the perfect Holiday gift for anyone with roots in Romania. This one-hour documentary, narrated by Don Shelby, is the result of a collaboration between Heritage Organization of Romanian Americas in Minnesota (HORA) and Romanian Genealogy Society (RGS), and funded by two Minnesota Legacy Grants from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
Find the preview “trailer” and more details at the project website, www.romanianimmigration.wordpress.com.
