My August 2012 HOLD ON TO MY LOVE Gay Bathhouse Music Mix

My July 2012 CALL MY NAME (AIDS Quilt In The Capital) house mix

CALL MY NAME Progressive/Underground House Mix (July 2012) by Elvert Barnes Trance Head on Mixcloud

My ALWAYS REMEMBER (July 2012 AIDS QUILT IN THE CAPITAL DISPLAY) Uplifting Trance Mix

A tribute to two very close friends who lived in NYC, both who passed in 1989 from AIDS, and in commemoration of next weeks 21 - 25 July 2012 AIDS Memorial Quilt Display event in Washington DC my July 2012 ALWAYS REMEMBER emotional, euphoric and uplifting mix may be previewed in its entirety as a cloudcast before purchasing the BEATPORT MIX or any of its individual tracks which represents my third compilation at Beatport DJ / Elvert Barnes Mixology.

My BREAK MY STRIDE Progressive House Mix In Celebration of 37th Baltimore Pride 2012

In celebration of this weekend's 37th Baltimore Pride 2012 event my June 2012 BREAK MY STRIDE features a progressive house track list.

My June 2012 RELEASE House / Underground Mix in Celebration of 16th Folsom Street East NYC

While in celebration of this Sunday's 16th Folsom Street East event in NYC the third installment of my 2012 GLBT Pride Series entitled RELEASE which features an underground / house progressive tracklist the mix (and in reflecting on my personal experiences when I lived in NYC doing the 80's) is geared more towards after-hours dance and sex clubs that some may frequent (after a night or two of partying) on Sunday afternoon and evening.

LIGHT A RAINBOW Uplifting Trance (37th Capital Pride 2012) Mix

By now you will have observed that my gay circuit and gay pride mixes often feature music that is a bit different than that of many others. Even before reading Susan Morabito's 2012 Evolution Dance blog post my mixes have strived to push the envelope of gay dance music by exploring the work of many creative artists. While many of my past pride mixes reflect gay music from the past, LIGHT A RAINBOW as does the previous VOICE #8: TAKE MY HAND features uplifting trance tracks that I believe are excellent for gay pride or gay circuit club playlists.

During my celebration and documentation of the 37th Annual Capital Pride 2012 in Washington DC you can be sure that LIGHT A RAINBOW will be reverberating through my head via my Sony MP3player.

Summer 2012 kicks off with the PERFECT SKY euphoric / uplifting trance mix

Inspired by my Saturday, 19 May 2012 visit to last weekend's Andrews Air Show in Camp Springs MD and as the third installment of my 2012 Summer Series a cloudcast of the PERFECT SKY euphoric / uplifting trance mix may be previwed at:

PERFECT SKY Euphoric / Uplifting Trance Mix (May 2012) by Elvert Barnes Trance Head on Mixcloud

South Florida's 2012 RED EYE Call for Graffiti Artists

CALL FOR GRAFFITI ARTISTS

ArtServe, together with Red Eye sponsor Rick Case FIAT, seeks concepts for consideration to paint a FIAT 500.

Selected artist and painted FIAT will be featured at the Red Eye Launch Party at the Rick Case FIAT Studio in Davie on Thursday, June 21, 2012.

5 runners-up will be invited to appear at the Launch Party and will be featured painters at the Graffiti Challenge during the Red Eye event on Saturday, July 14, 2012.

Interested artists should visit www.artserve.org and click "graffiti" (orange lettering on left side of page) for information, application and template.

Paint will be provided by Red Eye sponsor Jerry's Artarama of Deerfield Beach.

Deadline is June 4, 2012 for submission.

Visit www.artscalendar.com or www.artserve.org

ArtServe

1350 E. Sunrise Boulevard
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304
954.462.8190

...turning ART into BUSINESS...

LAST DANCE Disco Gay Club (March 2012) Mix

VOICES #8: TAKE MY HAND Uplifting Trance Mix (May 2012)

My STRONGER House GLBT Pride & Memorial Day Weekend 2012 Mix

THE OTHER SIDE Classic/Hard/Uplifting Trance Mix (May 2012)

In Benefit of the Hyattsville FOP 10 Day Reithoffer Carnival Comes to West Hyattsville from 3rd thru 13 May 2012

10.WMATA.WestHyattsvilleStation.HyattsvilleMD.3May2012, a photo by ElvertBarnes on Flickr.

Having captured the recent spring 2012 clean-up of the fields that surround the WMATA West Hyattsville Station when last Sunday that a friend and I first noctied what we thought to have been construction trailers I wondered if the long anticipated West Hyattsville Commons redevelopment project was about to begin.

And then on Tuesday morning that my friend and I passed through the field again we then realized that a carnival was being set-up.  Unable to find any information on the internet regarding the May 2012 Reithoffer Carnival at the Hyattsville location when passing through the field again on Thursday morning that I inquired of details from two members of the set-up crew they informed me that the festival would be run from Thursday, 3 May through Sunday, 13 May.

Hours of operation from Monday through Friday will be from 5 until 10 pm (perhaps later depending on the crowd) and from 1 pm until 6 pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

Wanting to bring attention to the event I returned later on yesterday afternoon to capture opening day of the May 2012 Reithoffer Carnival at the Hyattsville MD event.

My video clips of the event may be found on YouTube.

Located just behind and within walking disance from the WMATA West Hyattsville Station in what the locals refer to as Ginsfield the 10 day festival and can be found at the intersection Ager Road and Lancer Drive in Hyattsville MD.

For more information visit the Reithoffer Shows website at reithoffershows.com/.

UPDATE.  While this article was written on 3 May, t is now Sunday morning, 5 May 2012 and in reading my daily news update from the Hyattsville Patch I lean that this event is actually in benefit of the Hyattsville Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).

My April 2012 BETTER TOMORROWS Uplifting Trance (Running Music) Mix

In celebration of this evening's 20 April 2012 RED DRESS Crystal City 5K Run here is my most recent euphoric / uplifting trance and running music mix:



Though still under constructon here are my photos from last week's Friday, 13 April 2012 Crystal City 5K Run.

In addition here is my 23 April 2010 RED DRESS Crystal City Friday 5K Run photo project.  Unfortunately, I missed the 2011 event.

8 March 2012 ART + SIN: Black Party Posters 1981 – 2012 One Day Exhibit at The Center / NYC

In NYC on Thursday evening, 8 March 2012, The Center’s Cultural Programs Department in collaboration with The Saint At Large is happy to present Art + Sin a special one-day-only erotic art exhibition and presentation displaying rarely seen Black Party Posters from 1981-2012.

For more info and/or to purchase tickets for the 7 until 10 pm cocktail reception event click the above poster.

UDC Community College 2nd Semi-Annual Workforce Development Graduates Recognition Celebration at THEARC in SE DC

Yesterday morning on Saturday, 25 February 2012 the University of District Columbia Community College held its second Semi-Annual Recognition Celebration at THEARC at 1901 Mississippi Avenue in SE Washington DC in honor of student graduates from its 2011 Summer and Fall Workforce Development and Lifelong Learning Program.  The theme for the February 2012 graduation ceremony was "Finding New Ways to Work".

After opening with welcome remarks from Connie Spinner, Dean of WDLL and Dr. Jonathan Guevera, CEO of UDC-CC former students via a video presentation as well as in their own words shared how the WDLL program had changed and improved their lives.

In her own words, Michelle Watson closed with "Don't stop.  I'm not stopping!".  And while Bryce Gregory expressed that "... we are all students because we want to do better ..." Monique Williams closed with "I can achieve as long as I believe!".

In her Words of Encouragement, Melinda Gray expressed that her while fear had been her biggest obstacle she urged that "... if you begin and then stop, go back!".

In the Take A Bow, Give Yourself a Hand portion of the program, WDLL Dean Connie Spinner asked that each graduate stand and be recognized when she announced the course or program from which they had participated in during the 2011 fall and summer seasons.  At which time, I proudly stood when she announced the Medical Office Administrative Assistant Program at Backus.

Final remarks were made by Brenda Richardson who as Deputy Chief of Staff to Councilmember Marion Barry reminded the audience that it had been through the efforts of Barry that the District of Columbia had first instituted a Workforce Development Program.

In a closing musical selection, Michelle Watson sang "In Return" before attendees were then invited to a reception in the lobby of THEARC where refreshments, fruit and dessert was donated by Walmart.

At which time Mayor Vincent Gray would join Dr. Gueverra and others on stage in private discussions regarding the UDC-CC WDLL program.

30 January 2012 Marvelous Monday at Miss Pixie's

Click banner for the Sunday, 29 January 2012 Miss Pixie's Newsletter via Constant Contact.

And here is my ongoing Miss Pixie's Store Windows series. 

My SERENITY Uplifting Trance (Travelling Music) Mix

FREE YOUR MIND for the 18th Winter Party Festival 2012

In celebration of the 18th Annual WINTER PARTY FESTIVAL which takes place at South Beach in Miami FL from 29 February thru 5 March 2012 my January 2012 FREE YOUR MIND classic trance mix pushes the envelope for gay circuit dance music.

Visit my archives at Elvert Barnes Mixology.

Here are some of my images from the 2007 and 2005 Winter Party Festival events.

2012 Evolution Of A Dancer II