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Visit the Tampa PRIDE Booth at
The Body Shop Tampa Closing
From facebook…. https://www.facebook.com/thebodyshoptampa/
It is with great sadness that we are announcing that the Body Shop will be closing within the next week or so. The building while it is no secret has been for sale for quite sometime has been purchased.
We would like to thank all of our amazing patrons who have been apart of our family.
We will be having a farewell party both Happy Hour Friday and Saturday night. Please stay tuned for more details.
We truly hope to see all of our friends and family this week as we say farewell to the Body Shop Bear Bar.
Thank you all for being so amazing through this process.
We love you all
CONGRATULATIONS
Miss Tampa PRIDE Kenya M. Black
newly crowned Miss Gay USofA@Large
USF’s New Morsani College of Medicine & Heart Institute Starts Constr.
USF Bull flags were flying high in the air in the newly named Tampa Water Street District. The location is right across the street from the Amalie Arena and the Channelside District. The 50 acres of prime downtown development had Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and local politicians, USF President Judy Genshaft, USF medical and administrative staff, TB Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and real estate developers and happy residents claiming a new historical day in Tampa. The long awaited new USF’s Morsani College of Medicine & Heart Institute had the big equipment operators salivating to start and complete the huge redevelopment in 2 years.
The present USF Medical College is located on the main USF campus 12 miles north of Tampa. The new facility will be closer to Tampa General Hospital a partnership with USF Health, where a lot of on hands residency research & medical work takes place. Already in downtown Tampa is the USF Center for Advanced Learning and Stimulation.
History, in 1971 the USF Medical School opened. Two years later the USF Nursing School opened.
Tampa should be proud to be the established medical facility, medical research and health center in the country. Tampa will no longer be the same!
Did You Know?
The Metro Wellness & Comminity Center is a member of Center Link.
Brooklyn Community Pride Center | Resource Center | Hudson Pride Connections | LGBT Life Center | Los Angeles LGBT Center | Metro Health Wellness & Community | one n ten | OUTFront Kalamazoo | Pride Center at Equality Park | SunServe | The GLBT Community Center of Colorado | William Way LGBT Community Center
Will & Grace Viewing Party
This Thursday 8:30 – 10:30 at Hamburger Mary’s Pub House
Busch Gardens
Now Hiring
Contact us for more information,
email: schillersalvage@tampabay.rr.com
From The MC Film News Bag
You Just Can Not Make This Up
Hurricane Irma was on her way to Tampa. Several of us were helping Hamburger Mary’s Ybor get ready. The restaurant was closed, Mark & Bryan were working in the main dinning room. A homeless guys with wild hair came shuffling in. We tried to tell him that we were closed today. He just continued walking then stopped picked up a chair and…. threw it at us. He was screaming that he was going to fu*king kill us. WELL, we do crazy all the time but this was too much even for me. We went out to the balcony and got Manager Phil (All 6″3″ with big muscles) and Carrie. Phil walked up to him and told him that the police had been called and he needed to get out now. On his way out he took Bryan’s cigarettes. Screaming they were his cigs. LOL It felt with the scene in the Wizard of Oz where the fortune teller-Wizard just sent Dorthy home during the storm. “Hope she makes it home OK.” I thought to my self where do the crazy homeless go during a hurricane? Hope he makes it thru OK. The next week we saw him again on the street. Guess he made it OK thru the hurricane.
Caught @ Bradley’s on 7th
Caught @ Hamburger Mary’s
Caught @ Steam Friday’s
Photos of the Week 9-17-17
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Dishing with Mark and Carrie…Good Bye Irma
City of Tampa recovers from Hurricane Irma
Mayor Buckhorn thanks city employees who are working around the clock during Irma recovery.
TAMPA PRIDE 2018 Starts Early Sponsorships
Another year of planning and getting ready for TAMPA PRIDE 2018. There are new events planned for 2018. Added to the great list of activities is a Community Health Fair with FREE testing and checkups from a large number of healthcare providers. Continued is the Tampa Pride Art, Craft and New Entrepreneur Fair being held at HCC Ybor campus.
Next years Tampa Pride events will be Saturday, March 24, 2018 all day in historic Ybor City.
Sponsorship applications, Diversity Parade entries, Festival Expo applications and other highlighted events are available at www.Tampapride.org
THANK YOU Express Press
The 2018 Tampa PRIDE Sponsorship packets are printed.
THANK YOU Teamworks
The 20178 Tampa PRIDE shirts are here!
October is a Big Month in Tampa Bay LGBTA Community
The calendar is full for October 14th. Mark your calendar for these great October events.
* TAMPA PRIDE Bingo at Hamburger Mary’s Ybor, October 17, 7:30pm, www.tampapride.org
* TAMPA PRIDE 2018 LAUNCH PARTY October 19th, Hamburger Mary’s – Brandon, 7pm
* Spacecoast Pride 10th Annivesary, Sept 30, Melbourne, http://www.spacecoastpride.org
* National Coming Out Day, https://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day
* Tampa Bay Intll Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, October 6-14th https://tiglff.com
* (NEW) Come Out St. Pete, September 29 – October 14th -Street Festival Day,
* Come Out With Pride Orlando, October 14th https://comeoutwithpride.com
* Atlanta Pride 47th Anniversary, October 13-15th www.atlantapride.org
Hall on Franklin (Great Eats) on North Franklin Street
Tampa Heights just North of downtown Tampa is just really starting to gear up for an explosion of new identities. Ulele’s Restaurant opened on the Tampa River Walk and in the prime of all the action. The old Tampa Streetcar Building and Armature Works Building are being renovated and will see new destined restaurants opening with in months.
The booming area and buildings sprouting include many large apartment developments in the building phase, a new hotel, and many new office buildings. TECO streetcar have plans of expanding to this new growing Tampa district.
What was known to many of us for decades was Chamber’s Night Club, a neighborhood Tampa Gay Bar and club on Franklin Street where Teacup bartended, has opened and transitioned to a Euro type style combination of markets under 1 roof, now called Hall on Franklin. This is like an upscale urban foody eatery open market with 5 different restaurant choices in 1 location. The open air window garage doors, chandeliers, furniture, flooring are all gorgeous.
We ventured into the great needed style of restaurant in the urban plan. The first thing we noticed was the absence of the glass stage & stairs to the 2nd floor. The creative openness of couches, group sitting areas, workable computer tables and conversation areas, distinctive open kitchens all bright and trendy. This is going to be hot! In fact it is Hot!!!
The many menus in one offer the variety and you only need to order through your server. The independent market restaurants include;
Poke Rose – a sea/field to table of fresh ingredients in a traditional Hawaiian raw seafood salad.
Babe’n Babes – authentic Belgium waffles, sweets, cookies, asst’d cakes and variety of yummy ice cream.
Heights Fish Camp – All about seafood, oysters, sandwiches and tantalizing appetizers for a kickoff with friends or a lunchtime getway.
KOFE- Your choice of regular coffees, espressos and variety of the in teas.
Heights Melt Shop – Your getaway for Breakfast anytime/ all day.
North Star Eatery – Asian Fusion and rice bowls,Vietnamese cuisine
Collection – Friendly Mixologists hand crafting your new at the moment drink or regular drink experience.
Located at 1701 North Franklin Street. Open daily 11am -10pm during week and 1am closing on weekends.
Bon Appetite!
NEW @ Hamburger Mary’s Pub House
This Saturday
Calling All Softball Players
Obituary
2 sad good byes. Both went way to soon.
Terry Grogan
Jeanne Robinson
TRowe Price LGBT Fair
Starting just a year ago, this corporate financial giant has embraced diversity and community identity with on corp. campus festivals and fairs including Hispanic Awareness and LGBT Fair. TRowe Price is setting a great corporate strategy and example for other big corporations to follow. The now annual company event have employees participate in local community activities and participation in including Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, St. Pete Pride and Tampa Pride.
The Awareness Fair held this past week had a wide variety of Tampa Bay LGBTA organizations showcasing and educating the hundreds of employees at the Tampa TRowe Price corporate offices next to International Mall. The TRowe Price Diversity Team had an outreach day for all of the employees to take part in. Most took advantage of the daytime event.
“This is a major teaching tool for all of our employees to get educated on the Tampa Bay community.” said a financial manager at the fair.
Attending area organizations included Equality Florida, Tampa Bay Diversity Council, Metro Wellness, PFLAG, Suncoast Softball League, GLSEN, St. Pete Pride, TIGLFF, Tampa Pride and Caldwell Capital.
Kudos to this major financial institution sharing company vision of inclusiveness and diversity in Tampa Bay. We hope other area businesses follow suit,
From The MC Film News Bag
Ybor City Campus Community Forum
Dear HCC and Ybor City Campus Community Partners and Friends:
Thank you for your past support of Hillsborough Community College, the Ybor City Campus, and me in our efforts to better the lives of thousands of students and their families each year. Your guidance and attention have been invaluable.
With that, I invite you to attend our next Ybor City Campus Community Forum on Thursday, October 5th at 11:45 a.m. in the Ybor Room. Lunch will be provided. The Ybor Room is in the Ybor Building at the corner of 14th Street and 9th Avenue. Parking is available in all HCC lots and the Student Garage at Palm Avenue and Nuccio Parkway.
We will have updates on our enrollment, our legislative initiatives, and new programs. Additionally, we will have some student presentations and networking opportunities. There will be ample time for questions and answers as well as a tour of the Campus where you will get to meet some of our instructors and students in action.
As a partner and friend of HCC and the Ybor City Campus, you are invited to participate in the Community Forum and are recognized as a member of my Campus President’s Community Advisory Council. The Council is designed to enhance open dialogue between the campus administration and the community-at-large and will focus on how the campus can support the community and how the community can support the campus.
Please RSVP to my assistant, Bridget Harris, by Friday, September 29th. She can be reached at 813-253-7754 or bharris@hccfl.edu. Everyone is welcome, so if you have colleagues or friends who would benefit from attending, please invite them as well.
I hope to see you on October 5th.
Thank you for your support of HCC and the Ybor City Campus.
Shawn
Dr. Shawn H. Robinson
Campus President, Ybor City
Hillsborough Community College
Ofc: 813-253-7755
Fax: 813-253-7610