ORLANDO | Hope & Help had a successful event with the AIDS Walk Orlando thanks to all of the people who opened their pockets and donated what they could, and for that they want to say thank you with a celebration.
Hope & Help’s community developmental director Joshua Myers says that the nonprofit will be pushing its annual gala, typically held in September, to next year and instead this October will hold an invite only event called Hope & Help Society.
ORLANDO | The Orlando Immunology Center and Orlando Weekly carried on the tradition of having the Big Gay Brunch at The Abbey Oct. 13 for Come Out With Pride, and it was a huge success.
The event was packed with people looking to get their brunch and drink on before the festivities at Lake Eola began.
Bee-Dazzled Promotions was back at The Abbey in Orlando June 1 with Tampa’s rockin’ and rollin’ cover band, The Cheaters.
Fans were treated to a night of rock ‘n’ roll in what is becoming a Gay Days tradition.
The Pride Fund To End Gun Violence’s Orlando Reception, held at The Abbey on March 14, was not only an event to kick off the Political Action Committee’s 2018 election efforts, but also to officially launch the Billy Manes Advocacy Fellowship.
“Billy was on our board and he had such a history of activism and advocacy when he passed away, in his honor we created Billy Manes Advocacy Fellowship,” says Pride Fund founder and executive director Jason Lindsay. “D.C. is where a lot of people love to go for their internships, which is great because they can gain valuable work experience there, but it’s expensive. Now most internships are unpaid, so we created a fellowship program with the specific goal of helping with that financial burden.”
ORLANDO | “We have all heard him say, and I want you to say it with me, ‘I am a proud progressive, liberal, feminist, gay, Latino, Democrat,’” state Rep. Amy Mercado (D-48) said from the stage, speaking of state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-49), at The Abbey Jan. 5.
Mercado, along with many liberal progressives—among them Florida House District 47 candidate Anna Eskamani, former state Rep. Joe Saunders and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer—joined Smith as he kicked off his 2018 re-election campaign .
The all-male, all-gay string quartet known as Well-Strung has been entertaining the world since 2012 with their unique blend of pop and classical music, mashing the two together to create a distinct sound they call “Popssical.”
The group — which consists of Edmund Bagnell (first violin), Christopher Marchant (second violin), Daniel Shevlin (cello) and Trevor Wadleigh (viola) — plays classical pieces from the likes of Beethoven and Mozart while singing Top 40 hits from popstars such as Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Kelly Clarkson.
The British Council and the British Film Institute have teamed up for the third year to bring the world’s first global digital short-film program, #FiveFilms4Freedom, to audiences, and they are bringing it to The Abbey in Orlando tonight, Nov. 9, starting at 6:00 p.m.
The program is a collection of both dramatic and documentary short films that tell the LGBTQ experience.
ORLANDO | Michael Wanzie will be screening his 2008 Orlando Fringe hit When Pigs Fly! at The Abbey Sept. 18 to help raise funds for his nephew, whose daughter is battling leukemia.
Devin Miko, who is 11 years old, was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia last May.
The Dru Project got its official launch at The Abbey June 11 among friends, family and supporters of Drew Leinonen, one of the 49 people killed at the Pulse tragedy last year.
The Abbey was packed with media and activist as some of the founders of The Dru Project, including Drew’s mother Christine Leinonen and his best friend Brandon Wolf, spoke to the crowd.
Tampa Bay’s all-girl band The Cheaters brought their rocking, kickass concert back to The Abbey in Orlando June 2 for Gay Days weekend.
The talented cover band played some of the biggest pop and rock hits while their fans cheered and sang along.
We are giving away tickets to attend Movies Out Loud, presented by Orlando Fringe and Watermark, at The Abbey Oct. 12.
Come watch as Logan Donahoo and Michael Marinaccio take on the 1985 gay subtext-filled, cult-classic A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge. Prepare yourself as Freddy Kruger spends 90 minutes trying to enter a young man’s body.
Everything’s a little glum around Orlando today, and there’s a reason for that. It’s been three months since a shooter took 49 lives at Pulse Orlando and harmed 53 others. As a sort of grieving mile marker, the Abbey in Thornton Park is holding an event that promises to lift spirits and, likely, draw tears.
Pulse owner Barbara Poma is expected to be there, as is the Orlando Gay Chorus. Evin (“Angels: A Song to Orlando”) will perform followed by Brandon Parsons (“49 Times”). Information about the Angels at the Abbey fundraiser for Pulse of Orlando can be found below.
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