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Recent and Upcoming Events, News, and Postings From Ptown and Beyond...
September 4, 2009
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Beautiful weekend in store for our final 2 summer-season Girl Power parties at The Pied. Join us Saturday night at 9:30PM along with DJ Ann Rogers, and again Sunday afternoon from 3:30-6:30PM, for our Women’s Tea Dance & Beach Party. Mimi Go…nzalez & Jennie McNulty will referee our Beach Volleyball game, DJ Shelly spins on the deck, and we’ll be having a ton of fun as we say good-bye to another great Ptown summer!
July 2, 2009
Girl Power’s IndepenDANCE Weekend Parties
Kick off our 8th hot, fun season this weekend!
Friday, July 3 - 9:30PM
I KISSED A GIRL
One hot kissing contest – Midnight
Girl Power Birthday Party Favors
Saturday, July 4 - 9PM
WORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY: THE BRA PARTY
Midnight Bra Contest + $100 Cash Prize + Celebrity Judge Mimi Gonzalez
Sunday, July 5th - 9:30PM
REWIND
Flashback at our special Solid Gold Retro Tribute Night!
special guest DJ Jodi Duston
June 26, 2009
You just gotta love Girl Power Events! We are where the magic happens in ptown!
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May 14, 2009
Provincetown, Massachusetts [May 12, 2009] – Fenway Health and Girl Power Events invite women to come “rock the boat” for the first Women’s Party Cruise Memorial Day Weekend.
Departing from the end of MacMillan Wharf in Provincetown, the Party Cruise fundraiser is scheduled to set sail on Saturday, May 23 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. aboard Bay State Cruise Company’s, Provincetown II. The three-deck boat is big enough for both a top-deck dance party and those looking for afternoon mixing and mingling on the waters of Provincetown Bay. The event will include a dance party, an auction with fabulous items including an Olivia Trip for 2, and hundreds of happy women.
A line-up of star-studded cruisers includes celebrity guests Suzanne Westenhoefer, ALL THE KINGS MEN performance troupe, Poppy Champlin, Lizzie Borden, Gloria Bigelow, Jackie Monahan, Amy Tee, Chantal Carrere – and the stars and producers of the new lesbian web series Anyone But Me (www.anyonebutmeseries.com) in their first-ever public appearance.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.fenwayhealth.org/girlpartycruise. Check-in opens at 11:30 a.m.; boarding begins at 12:30 p.m. Cruisers must be 21 or older to attend.
The cruise will raise money for Boston-based Fenway Women’s Health Programs where the health care needs of all women, especially lesbians, bisexual and transgender women, is an integral part of their mission. Fenway provides supportive and sensitive care regardless of a woman’s sexual orientation, gender identity, age, race, religion, or ability to pay.
Discrimination in the health care system and social stigma often make LBT women hesitant to seek or continue medical care. Fenway Health provides high-quality primary medical and behavioral health care in a safe, affirming environment.
“While there have been many Ptown cruises throughout the years for the boys, there’s never been a Boat Cruise for women,” said Lynette Molnar, Girl Power Events powerhouse. “Picture this: We’ll have an all-women afternoon dance party on the water, plus a passenger list full of nationally known stars from our community, while we’re raising money for Fenway’s important work. It’s a party with a purpose on the water!”
In addition to making an appearance on the boat, Anyone But Me’s creators Susan Miller (The L Word and thirtysomething) and Tina Cesa Ward (award-winning filmmaker,) and the series lead stars Rachael Hip-Flores (Vivian) and Nicole Pacent (Aster), will also be appearing at a free screening and Talk Back the UU Meeting House, 236 Commercial Street, Saturday May 23 at 8 p.m. Anyone But Me, a new Web-based episodic series, premiered on StrikeTV last December. Episodes can be viewed at www.AnythingButMeSeries.com
The cruise is co-sponsored by Olivia, ProvincetownForWomen.com, LesbianNightLife.com, The Women Innkeepers of Provincetown, AlicesChart.com, Bay Windows, Boston Spirit Magazine, MyFandoms.com and the Anyone But Me series.
About Fenway Health
For nearly forty years, Fenway Health has been working to improve the physical and mental health of its community, especially those who are traditionally underserved like lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, women, those living with HIV/AIDS, and people from communities of color. The Fenway Institute works to increase the health of the larger community through research and evaluation, education, outreach and health policy advocacy. More at www.fenwayhealth.org .
About Lynette Molnar and Girl Power Events
Lynette Molnar, producer of Girl Power Events, has a passion for social issues that’s compelled her to create hundreds of events for the community, many of then “firsts,” including the first-ever gay and lesbian holiday festival, Holly Folly; Single Women’s Weekend; Women of Color Weekend; Girl Splash: The Summer Women’s Party and The Kiss-In; among many others. Molnar also contributes to the community through her volunteer work with The Human Rights Campaign, GLAD, NCLR, Fenway Health, and The Task Force. She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards including The Task Force’s Community Service Award and the Greater Boston Business Counsel Small Business Award.
May 8, 2009
Get your tickets now for Provincetown’s FIRST annual Women’s Cruise Saturday, May 23! Join Girl Power Events and hundreds and hundreds of women on the water for the start of hot summer fun!
Join special celebrity guests: Lori Michaels, the stars and producers of the new lesbian web series Anyone But Me, ALL THE KINGS MEN Performance Troupe, Poppy Champlin, Lizzie Borden, Gloria Bigelow, Jackie Monahan, Amy Tee, and DJ Ann Rogers!
The Cruise, aboard Bay State Cruise Company’s the Provincetown II, leaves the end of MacMillian Wharf in Provincetown at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 23 and returns to shore at 4 p.m. Please arrive at 12:30PM to allow plenty of time for boarding before the 1PM. departure time.
Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased online.
Parking is available on MacMillan Wharf and at other lots in Provincetown. If you are already in town, we strongly encourage you to walk to the boat.
Proceeds from the event support Fenway’s Women’s Health programs. Call (617) 927-6362 if you have questions or want more information.
There are no physical tickets for the boat cruise. Your name will be on a list at the boat. If you have guests arriving separately, they will check in under your name. Check-in opens at 11:30 a.m., however you will not be able to board the boat until 12:30 p.m.
Dance party, auction with fabulous items and women, women, women!
Sponsored by Olivia Cruises
April 13, 2009
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Lynette Molnar’s Photos of Provincetown in Go Magazine
December 12, 2008
The Rambleredhead interviewed Lynette Molnar this summer regarding girl splash and it is a great interview worth noting…
Check it out… for a little background on LGBT history… and this summer’s girl splash event July 22-26, 2009!
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October 29, 2008
This is some old news… we thought we would post it to the blog because it was worth remembering… a great moment in ptown…
http://www.girlpowerevents.com/kisspress.php
Provincetown - (September 30, 2004) Massachusetts, the state that became the first in the Union to end discrimination by allowing same-sex marriage, is set to make history again. Women planning to attend the 20th Annual Women’s Week in Provincetown, Massachusetts are limbering up their lips for a mass kissing session that will set the first Guinness World Record for number of women kissing at once.
Girl Power Events and The Women Innkeepers of Provincetown are inviting women to smooch simultaneously for 12 seconds as the Provincetown Town Hall clock chimes high noon on Saturday, October 16th, 2004. Women will begin gathering in front of Town Hall at 11:30AM for the noon kiss. This landmark event, the first of its kind, will be followed by a group commitment ceremony inside Town Hall.
The Kiss-In is the brainchild of Provincetown event organizer and innkeeper Lynette Molnar who has had her mind set on establishing this record for some time. “Provincetown has long been a town of firsts for the gay and lesbian community, so it is only appropriate that the record be established here on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of Women’s Week,” Molnar, the event’s spokesperson. Molnar planned the Kiss-In to mark the special Anniversary of Women’s Week, an annual gathering of lesbians that started as a short weekend 20 years ago with 250 attendees and has grown into a 10 day event that attracts thousands of women from across the country and around the world.
Lesbian residents of Provincetown who have recently married will boost the attempt on the world record by leading the Kiss-In. Since May 17th thousands of couples in cities and towns across Massachusetts have legally married. However, Governor Mitt Romney is attempting to enforce the 1913 “Reverse Evasion” law denying marriage licenses to out-of-state couples. Provincetown is lead plaintiff in a 12-town suit seeking to overturn the 1913 statute under which the Commonwealth is seeking to deny issuance of marriage licenses to out-of-state same-sex couples not intending to reside in Massachusetts.
After the Kiss-In, those not residing, or intending to reside in Massachusetts, are invited to participate in a group Commitment Ceremony in Town Hall. “Marriage rights are civil rights,” said Molnar. “And the joys of a public wedding as a chance to honor significant relationships is as important to lesbians as they are to any heterosexual couple. On October 16th, we will offer our respect and validation to hundreds of women, acknowledging the tremendous bonds of love and commitment they share.”
September 28, 2008
Thanks in advance for placing the events in your calendars… Feel free
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Girl Power Event’s 2008 Women’s Week Schedule
Girl Power Events at The Pied Bar, 193 Commercial Street, Provincetown
www.GirlPowerEvents.com
info@girlpowerevents.com
Saturday, October 11
WOMEN’S TEA DANCE & DECK PARTY - 2-5PM
Girl Power is where it’s at all week long! Beach yourself at The Pied
for the only women’s Tea Dance. Tell your friends you’re going for gal
company and cocktails on the coast, and pick up your free Welcome to
Women’s Week gift from us.
Saturday, October 11
THE L WORD PARTY - 9PM
Always the HOTTEST Columbus Day weekend party in town. Free L WORD
T-shirt to the first L’s through the door; lots of chances to win L
WORD Season 5 DVD sets, cast-autographed L Word stuff and
more. Midnight Sexy Contest - $100 cash prize! Sponsored by
OurChart.com
Sunday, October 12 - 9PM
ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE DVD RELEASE PARTY
Celebrate the DVD release of this break-out lesbian movie hit – an
entertaining, crowd-pleasing, rockin’ love song to the heady rush of
sex, freedom and rebellion. Plenty of chances to win the DVD, t-shirts
– and more. Midnight “T” Contest turns up the heat. Free IBTC mementos
to the first 50. Sponsored by Wolfe Video.
Wednesday, October 15 - 8PM
THE OLIVIA CRUISES PARTY
If you can’t get enough of the Women’s Week stars – and who can? –
come party with them! The hugely popular, annual Olivia party returns
with EVERYONE including Kate Clinton, Vickie Shaw, Suede, Karen
Williams, Jennie McNulty and many more to celebrate Olivia’s 35th
Anniversary. Free Olivia gifts to the first 50 fans and the best
chance you will ever have to win a free vacation.
Thursday, October 16 - 9PM
FOREPLAY: THE EROTICA PARTY
Get ready for hot, sexy fun. Bring your girlfriend or find someone
tonight. Go-Go gals, sexy visuals, steamy coupons, dating games,
mating games and more we can’t reveal. Come watch, come play, but just
come. To sex up the deal, free party favors to the first 50, midnight
Butch & Femme Hot Contest and more Itty Bitty Titty Committee
mischief.
Saturday, October 18 - 1-3PM (Doors open for the party at 1PM)
Erin Daniels DOES GIRL POWER’S L WORD DVD RELEASE PARTY
Plus, free L WORD T-shirts to the first L’s through
the door, lots of chances to win L WORD Season 5 DVD sets and more.
There is also more information about the women’s week events at
http://www.womeninnkeepers.com
September 7, 2008
http://www.gomag.com/article/workin_it/7
Lynette Molnar (center)
Founder, Girl Power Productions
Like many self-starting entrepreneurs, Lynette Molnar wears many hats. The Provincetown-based event promoter, professional photographer and LGBT activist has created hundreds of Girl Power Productions events over the past 10-plus years. Her primary motivation is “to give women more of the opportunities gay men have; it’s such a man’s world, and to create more spaces for people to be who they are.”
Molnar says her biggest obstacle is “having enough time to implement all the ideas I have to help connect women, business owners, even couples,” she says. “I have a sixth sense for what’s missing and the ability to create it.”
 Activism has long been part of Molnar’s life. As an eighth-grader, she convinced her school district to comply with Title IX and offer girls’ intramural sports. Soon she’d like to “take the Girl Power show on the road to women in communities that don’t have the liberty we do in places like Provincetown, San Francisco, Miami and New York.” —KL
August 28, 2008
The Inn at The Moors in Provincetown, MA has recently been renovated and upgraded, and we highly recommend it as a place to stay… the view is awesome… the rooms are sunny and bright as well as clean and modern… the food and service is great too… consider staying there the next time you come for a women’s week event in Provincetown, Massachusetts
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July 25, 2008
Just came off the best whale watch we’ve ever been on… the whales literally came right up to the boat to say hello! Pictures and video from the week will follow soon after the week is over!
All performers have been totally awesome! Many laughs have been had and new friends made! Can not wait for Michelle Paradise event tonight at the Crown and Anchor–a singing contest judged by Michelle and Kate Clinton, Jennie McNulty, and Mimi Gonzalez! It will be the hottest event of the week right along with the party at the Pied tomorrow with Michelle so we can meet her! We are such big fans of her show on Logo and also her short film called the Ten Rules… we saw it a few years ago and have been big fans ever since and totally knew her show on Exes and Ohs would be awesome…
July 13, 2008
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Lynette Molnar talks about changing the world one party at a time… in Bay Windows…
July 8, 2008
July 5, 2008
Lynette Molnar: Provincetown’s Superwoman
by Larita M. Heet, Editor of Jane and Jane Magazine
As excerpted from the May/June 2008 Issue
When Lynette Molnar, lesbian entrepreneur extraordinaire, was honored as one of Provincetown’s “Superwomen” by Provincetown Magazine a couple of years ago, it was no surprise to anyone in P-Town, where “Molnar” is synonymous with “amazing”. Molnar is not merely an entrepreneur, but also a successful, talented photographer, an activist, an event planner and creator, and a marketing guru. Molnar’s passion for the LGBT community has led her to create many now-infamous Ptown events, including Single Women’s Weekend, Women of Color and Allies Weekend, Women’s Week, the “Kiss-In”, and Girl Splash, a new summer event in Provincetown.
If you’re like me, just reading about those activities was enough to make you winded. But for Molar, those achievements are just the tip of the superwoman’s iceberg. She has also co-curated the first international art exhibition on AIDS, and founded a San Francisco photography mentoring program for homeless youth, which is now in its twelfth year. Actively involved in local town boards and advocacy groups, Molnar is also a volunteer with many charitable organizations, including the Human Rights Campaign, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, National Center for Lesbian Rights and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Molnar has received myriad honors and awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts photography fellowship, four Ohio Arts Council individual artists fellowships, two Greater Boston Business Council small business leadership awards, and NGLTF’s community service award.
 Her business strategy? Simple, she says. “Figure out what’s missing in the world, and then create it.”
Molnar’s goals — both personal and professional — are clearly defined, a fact that is hardly surprising for the woman who was instrumental in leading the fight, in 1996, for Provincetown to support lesbian and gay tourism. “My professional goals are two-fold: First, as it always has been — to keep creating community for women and [second] to have as many lesbians experience Provincetown as possible. You shouldn’t die without having been here at least once,” she says. “My personal goal is to somehow be with the love of my life for the rest of my life.”
You cannot miss the depth of emotion Molnar conveys when speaking of her lover, the woman she calls her inspiration. “My lover is exceedingly creative, generous, and a genius,” she says.
Molnar offers Jane and Jane readers some unusual - but obviously effective — business advice. “Two things: Pick something you love to do so that even if you’re working 16 hours a day, it won’t feel like work. My second suggestion is somewhat unconventional as business advice: Pick someone to love who fits the equation: 1 + 1 = 3. Stay lovers and, among other things, you will always have a muse.
Sounds like Superwoman has met her match.
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