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Showing posts with label Jack Mackenroth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jack Mackenroth. Show all posts
Leading AIDS activist and star of Project Runway Jack Mackenroth was invited to host Nebraska AIDS Project’s ‘Night of a Thousand Stars’ Gala and brunch to be held at the Magnolia Hotel in downtown Omaha on Sat., Dec. 3, 2011 and Sun., Dec. 4, 2011, as part of the organization’s yearly Gala celebrating the support services, education and prevention of HIV/AIDS services they provide all year long.
Even though this is past the date of the event I had to share the smoking hot teaser ad for the event. Did any of my readers attend? Mind sharing pics? I will give you full credit.
The incredibly sexy former "Project Runway" star and AIDS activist Jack Mackenroth has a brand new 15 month calendar. This AUTOGRAPHED, high-quality, glossy, 15-month calendar is available for sale now and will ship in the beginning of September.
The calendar begins in January 2012 and continues through May 2013. Each month features a different photographer with a very different style.
Photographers taking part int the project include Adam Bouska (NOH8), Rick Day, Carsten Fleck, Frank Louis, James Franklin, Karl Giant, Tommy Synnamon, Mattheus Lian, Richard Gerst, Ray John Pila, Sonny Tong, Thomas Evans, Krys Fox and Preston Cros with over 17 amazing images in total.
The calendar’s dimensions are 8.5 x 11 inches, and are available online for $14.95 (plus tax and shipping). Please allow 2 weeks for shipping as Jack is signing and shipping them all personally. Please be patient.
100-percent of the proceeds from the calendar will go directly to amfAR, The American Foundation for AIDS Research (www.amfar.org) to help find a cure for AIDS. Mackenroth has been living with the disease for 22 years.
On a personal note, I think Jack is an incredible rolemodel for both gay men and those of us living with HIV/AIDS. His commitment to educaion, fundraising and visibility are just amazing and he is one ofthesweetest most charming people around bar none. If i ever had teh chance to meet him personally I would probably just faint but then again I maybe speechless like I was when I met Greg Louganis. Anyway, my goal is to have a body like that-----when I celebrate 22 years of living with AIDS...I guess i better get training.
Intriguing opening huh? I ain't going to be praising crisco although I am sure Playhouse Square is grateful for it because "Grease" is a BLAZING SMASH! Jim and I went and saw it last night and the cast was just wonderful the only peeve I have with the whole production is Taylor Hicks.
First off advertising made it seem like Taylor was the star of the show well kids he was NOT! He had one bit part as teen angel and sang one damn song. He did half a chorus with the cast during final bows and then SHAMELESSLY promoted his new CD with one song from that, at the end. The people who came to see Grease were leaving!
He is still doing that weird stand he was doing on American Idol and vocals, well kids I wasn't impressed. They announced he was doing a meet and great and the catch was you had to buy his $20.00 CD to meet him according to his Bitchy queen manager. HUGE TURN OFF! With this in mind when I got there their was NO ONE IN LINE TO meet him. He was ear shot away and I said "So we can't even say hi" Ms. Bitchy Queen manager said "No you can't" and Taylor gave me this annoyed I can't believe you asked that look. So Ms. Diva Taylor you ain't all that and girl you need to get off your soapbox and remember who put you in the winning spot your public.
I lost all respect for Taylor Hicks and if "Ms. Diva" had her wits about her she would fire "Ms. Bitchy Queen" Mananger immediately.
I just can't stand when people forget how they got where they are and who got them there and then get all high and mighty, like "My sh*t don't stink" or some nonsense. Well let me tell you kids, where would any of us be without the people who paved the way for us. Drag queens throwing bricks at Stonewall, dykes rallying around those who were dying of AIDS in the 1980's, stars like Lena Horne and Hattie Mc Daniels who paved the way for actresses of color, men pursuing a career in fashion. The screaming flamers invading city hall demanding marriage rights and the "sterotypical queer" taking to the streets every year for Pride, straight women wanting to be lumber jacks.
None of us would have any rights with out any of these people. People of color in the movies--forget it, your queer and out hair dresser---never happen! Legal and safe abortions---no way on earth, Gay marriage---don't make me laugh.
So my advice is be who you are, and darling if that is a big snooze bore well hurrah for you but for the rest of us who drag out our boas and scream who we are from the roof tops and make our voices vocal and heard--we are the ones paving the way so you can be your drab big snooze bore.
As Auntie Mame said "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers and starving to death. Live LIVE live!
