Props to Samiya Bashir, Venus Opal Reese, Mahogany, Lady B Smoove, The Qure and of course, Tim’m West for bringing their talents to the cipher last night at Sterling Hotel. Enjoy the pics and enjoy a mixtape I made inspired by the event.
Last night’s reception with allgo and the Black and Brown Summit helped me establish new friendships and energy for the vision of our community. Thanks to Southern Boi Entertainment, UV Vodka, and Obar Dallas for helping to make the reception a fun event. Thanks to DSP Co-Chair, Venton Jones and Earl Fowlkes and Michael Hodges for great summit. Stay tuned for pics.
Join allgo Thursday, October 2 at the Obar in downtown Dallas. Partnering with Southern Boi Entertainment and HRC Diversity, allgo will be starting its reception at 7pm and UV Vodka has provided special discounted cocktails throughout the night. As my fellow Dallas Minty friends have noted as well, the night will be full of activity at Obar. We’re just kicking it off! 
Based in Austin, Texas, allgo exists to celebrate and encourage social justice and advocacy for the arts in a specifically queer sense among queer people of color and has been doing so for 23 years. Here’s the take from their website, http://www.allgo.org:
allgo works to create and sustain a statewide network of queer people of color activists, groups, organizations and allies, which through nourishment of relationships, grassroots organizing and artistic expression can radically transform systems and policies toward a collective liberation.
So plan to stop by Obar Thursday night around 7pm, enjoy a UV cocktail and say hello to my friends involved with allgo. And who knows, you just may want to get involved yourself!
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Okay, “The Brad” over at Pegasus News enjoyed some great fried food that’s totally unhealthy, yet looks intriguing enough that you want to try. Look at what “The Brad” ate.
Dallas Southern Pride gets going this weekend as well. So much going on. Come hear a snippet of my interview with Houston’s own, The Qure, who’ll be performing Friday night along with Tim’m West, as he brings his “Front Porch” concept to Dallas. Listen to the full interview with the Qure at Mandrake FM.
Check out the other artists as well. Click the picture to make it bigger. 
Read a review of Tim’m West’s latest full-length, Blakkboy Blues.
Additional music in the show by:
D.J. Waht
“Elevate You” (mp3)
from “The Farina Beat Supplement”
(Egruks Music)
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Spiritual South “Hullabaloo” (mp3)
from “Hullabaloo/Calypso Blues”
(Raw Fusion Recordings) Buy at eMusic More On This Album
This is the second part of my interview with Stanley Bennett Clay. This portion covers his perspective on politics, including the current presidential election and community politics around black gay prides this year. He also gives us a preview of his new stage work, “Armstrong’s Kid”.
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Be sure to catch Part 1 of our talk as well: http://www.mandrakesocietyradio.com/2008/09/19/interview-with-stanley-bennett-clay/
Be sure to pick up copies of Stanley Bennett Clay’s written works at Better World Books and help fund literacy at the same time. Better World Books national website actually features sidewalk sales at libraries and bookstores close to you when you put in your zip code as a fundraiser for those libraries. Now, that’s hyperlocal! Fund literacy, care for the environment, and get a fair price on the Books you want.
http://www.betterworld.com/
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