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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!

GIRL POWER’S 2009 CARNIVAL WOMEN’S EVENTS
This year’s Carnival Theme –
SUMMER OF LOVE: PEACE LOVE & GO-GO BOOTS

Tuesday, August 18
WOMEN’S SUNSET YACHT SAIL SIP 6 – 8PM
Bay Lady, MacMillan Wharf
Sailing the Sea of Love. Come feel the exhilaration of gliding across Cape Cod Bay as your night fills with sky, sun, sips, and the sounds of a special 60’s Girl Band Playlist created just for this spectacular evening. Tickets available on-line at http://www.ptown.org/tickets.asp or at Carnival Headquarters, 256 Commercial Street.

Friday, August 21
1st annual TRES GAY WHALE WATCH – 9:30AM
Dolphin Fleet, MacMillan Wharf
Brothers and sisters Come Together for first annual “Tres Gay” Whale Watch! Join celebrity hosts “Anita Cocktail,” Mimi Gonzalez and Jennie McNulty aboard a boat full of brothers and sisters. Tickets: $39 General Admission/$75 VIP – Dolphin Fleet, MacMillan Wharf. Limited to 140 passengers; get your tickets early. Boarding begins at 9:15AM. Shine or rain (but we won’t let it!) VIP ticket is for a reserved, front of the boat, exclusive viewing area with celebs. Tickets available at Carnival Headquarters, 256 Commercial Street.

THE BEAT GOES ON – 9:30PM
The Beat Goes On at The Pied at our fab women’s Carnival dance party. Think ocean view, great music, lots of women, and a midnight Go-Go Contest hosted by Mimi Gonzalez.
Women’s Dance Party – A Girl Power Event at The Pied, 193 Commercial Street

Saturday, August 22
GIRLSTOCK – 9:30PM
DJ Ann Rogers who loves, loves, loves what she does helms the house. A sea of women together dancing; sounds like a 1969 flashback to us. Meet you there!
Women’s Dance Party – A Girl Power Event at The Pied, 193 Commercial Street

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.

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

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The part about being a dabbler is HILARIOUS…

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Thanks in advance for placing the events in your calendars… Feel free
to forward and post widely…

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

Lynette Molnar talks about changing the world one party at a time… in Bay Windows…

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.

Spread the word and forward widely… this talk was an amazing and
courageous one that really is applicable to all genders…

Consider viewing the below web page to view the video archive and
power point presentation from Ben Barres talk on “The Dearth of Women
in Science”.
http://www.memdir.org/video/ben-barres-dearth-of-women-in-science.html

This web page is an archive of a talk that took place on 3/17/08 at
Harvard University. Ben Barres` talk provides case by case
evidence that essentially proves that women are just as capable as men
in science. He talks about his own experience, having been female, and
now as a male scientist and how people automatically respect his
opinion more. Ben Barres is a female to male trangender Professor of
Neurobiology, who has an unparalleled standpoint on the issue of women
and science. His talk provides evidence against the popular opinion of
some important leaders in academia. It also provides a fascinating perspective on
being transgender.

Learn more about being transgender online at Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition:
http://www.masstpc.org/about/donate.shtml

To replenish and revive and build strength and confidence…

and just be themselves and have fun… open up, relax, live it up…

because its the best feeling to be around a bunch of women having fun and being themselves… and who understand what it means to be gay or queer or just plain love women…

Some of the happiest, most unforgettable moments we’ve had have been in the company of other women…

This will be one way we plan to give back to the world this year. We are so happy you can join us in Provincetown.