Noho Pride enews - March 2019

38th Annual Parade & Pride Event

RAIN OR SHINE

11:00 AM Parade steps off from Old South St. marching down Main St.

to the 3 County Fairgrounds in Northampton, MA

Pride stage runs from 12:30PM to 4:30PM.

Wedding will begin at 12:50pm

AFTER PARTY

Saturday, May 4, 2019

7PM - Midnight

Club V @ VFW Post 8006

Florence, MA

Tickets on sale April 4th 11am

Link to tickets

We are the only party in town raising money to help us put on Noho Pride 2020, a volunteer-run event, and we need your help! All you have to do is show up, bring some friends, pay cover, and have a good time! All of the door money and any additional donations we raise at this event will go towards putting on 2020's Noho Pride. All of it! And, believe us, every little bit helps!

Featuring dancing all night long in the upstairs room and drag and burlesque shows all night long in the downstairs room with D'oeuvres Court Charity Drag Competition, the dancers of Bon Appétit Burlesque, and more!

After Party FACEBOOK EVENT

PARADE AND VENDOR REGISTRATIONS ARE CLOSED!

NEW! Workshops at Pride

Join us for FREE workshops on a variety of topics at our Workshop Tent!

12PM: Justin Cascio presents "Stonewall and the Mafia." Join Justin as he walks us through the interwoven history of the Mafia and the gay rights movement in New York in the 1960s.

1PM: Effie Molina from DCF will be here to talk with you about foster care and adoption through DCF and well as her own work to push DCF to create guidelines for working with the LGBTQ community.

2PM: James Shultis presents " Mobilizing YOUth Power: You are the expert of your own life. Your voice and experiences are important. Let's talk about how the power and tools you have can help you organize around issues, and make lasting change in your community". James will also be here to answer any and all questions you may have about advocating for yourself and others as members of the LGBTQ community.

3PM: Irene Brank, a local author, will join us with her daughter Samantha to talk about her experience as the mother of a trans* child.

All of our presenters will be available to answer your questions during their workshops.

ASL interpretive services will be provided.

No balloons in the Parade

We are asking folks not to have balloons in the parade (includes floats). BALLOONS KILL WILDLIFE, POLLUTE THE EARTH AND WASTE HELIUM.

There are many alternatives. To avoid unintentionally littering with balloons, you can instead have fun, celebrate, and remember with environmentally-friendly alternatives.

Let your imagination soar and who knows what creative, one-of-a-kind idea you might come up with!

ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES

2019 Noho Pride LGBTQ Scholarship

The winner of the scholarship will receive $500,

to be paid directly to the college or university of choice prior to the beginning of the fall semester.

The winner's name\photo will also be posted on the Noho Pride website and enewsletter.

2019 application available HERE

Must be a high school senior
Must be a resident of either Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire or Berkshire county
Must have financial need

2018 recipient Komeja Green

Noho Pride 's schola rship fund maintained by

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Get tickets here

Lea DeLaria live in concert at UMass Fine Arts Center

Wednesday, May 1, 7:30 pm

Big thank you goes out to the UMass Fine Arts Center for their generous donation of tickets to see Orange is the New Black's 'Big Boo' Lea DeLaria for one show only!

Each of the wedding runner-up couples will be receiving tickets to the show, courtesy of the UMass Fine Arts Center. They are:

Erica + Yobany
Jessica + Martisa
Isabella + Brook Rain

All event details and ticket purchases can be found here: UMass Fine Arts Center

Pre Pride show at the Academy of Music

Friday, May 3, 7:30 pm

TICKETS: https://bit.ly/2Ged9TN

Tickets also available at the Academy of Music Box office and at the door.

Andrea Gibson
Friday, May 3rd
Show 8pm | Doors 7:30pm
Academy of Music Theatre | Northampton, MA

Facebook Event

LGBTQ Prom

Inn on Boltwood and Noho Pride are partnering to create a night to remember!

We'll be hosting a Prom on Saturday October 26th, 2019 as a fundraiser for Noho Pride! Help us raise some funds so that we can keep bringing you more events like this throughout the year!

More details to come...mark your calendars now!

Out! For Reel LGBT Films Spring Events - Save The Dates!

Saturday, May 18, 2019

RAFIKI

Film: 7-8:30 pm / Social Hour: 6-7pm Come early!

Academy of Music Theatre, 274 Main Street, Northampton

Tickets will be on sale April 3 at the Academy of Music Theatre

RAFIKI, which is Swahili for friend, is a beautiful love story between two young women in Kenya, a country that still criminalizes homosexuality. Rafiki has won international acclaim and awards but it is still currently banned in Kenya because it "overtly promotes lesbianism." Come watch this beautiful love story in honor of all LGBTQ+ people in Kenya who are denied legal access this film and who are denied a ll legal rights to love who they want to love.

Saturday, June 22, 2019

The Lesbian Comedy Show Of The Year: "The El-Salomons!"

Show: 7-8:30 pm / Social Hour: 6-7pm Come early!

Academy of Music Theatre, 274 Main Street, Northampton

Tickets on sale April 5 at the Academy of Music Theatre

Comedians Jess Salomon and Eman El-Hussien perform together as "The El-Salomons" rifting with hilarious wit and political savvy about being a lesbian Jewish-Palestinian married couple in this world we live in now. The El-Salomons say, "Jess is Jewish and Eman is Palestinian (basically enemies), one is a Taurus and one is a Leo (ENEMIES!!), but we somehow make it work. It's probably the hummus."