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don't worry, there's still time for holigay shopping...
BUY LOCAL & LGBTQ+
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Thanks to everyone who came out to our first annual Holigay Cheer market & campfire! Thanks to Throwback for hosting the event and to all the vendors who participated!
There's still time to buy holiday gifts from some of your local LGBTQ+ makers (see our 2021 holigay guide for links, plus latest vendor addition Mount Cabot Maple, woodfired and woman-owned maple syrup!)
Check out Throwback's 10 Holiday Gift Ideas for all the folks on your list (not just the beer aficionados)!
And don't forget the tea lovers! TONIGHT (December 15) is the deadline to order Chai Curious tea subscriptions for holiday delivery! Or shop in-store at Teatotaller (open Th-Sun 8-3pm) to get 3 teas for $39. |
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QOTD
“What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.”
– bell hooks
(bell hooks, groundbreaking Black feminist scholar, writer & activist, died today at age 69.)
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UPCOMING EVENTS
This Weekend
Vision and Visibility // @ 3S Artspace // Portsmouth, NH
now – Sun JAN 2 // gallery hours
Free and open to public. New and recent work by emerging, New England–based BIPOC visual artists offers viewers a unique insight into perspective, perception, the personal, as well as cultural identity. Presented by 3S Artspace and Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire. Featured artists include Yasamin Safarzadeh and Cynthia Velásquez-Owens.
more info // 3D virtual gallery tour
The Avalon Winter Market // @ Avalon North // Washington Street Mills // Dover, NH
Fri DEC 17 // 6–9pm
This event is public and open to all genders at Avalon North, a private women's club and makerspace. Masks required. A portion of all proceeds to be split between @reprofundnh and @nhmarf.
more info
Queer Craft Winter Market // Queer Craft Maine // @ Equality Community Center // Portland, ME
Sat DEC 18 // 12–6pm
more info
Merry Sunday : Jingle Juice x Yoga // @ Throwback Brewery // North Hampton, NH
Sun DEC 19 // 11am
Breathe deep and shed that pre-holiday stress with a morning of yoga and fun bevies. Tickets are $18 and include one hour of yoga plus one Jingle Juice Punch (or beverage of your choice) after class. Proof of vaccination or mask required. Limited to 15 spaces so get your ticket now!
buy tickets
Merry & Bright virtual concert // Boston Gay Men's Chorus // online via YouTube
Sun DEC 19 // 2pm
more info // watch here
Brandi Carlile livestream : Right On Time for the Holidays // online via Veeps
Sun DEC 19 // 8pm
get tickets
Next Week
LGBTQ+ Book Club // in-person @ Portsmouth Public Library + online via Zoom (password: 3GWdHC)
Tue DEC 21 // 7pm
Was "join a book club" one of your 2021 resolutions? Here's an easy way to check that box before it's too late! PPL's LGBTQ+ book club is hosting a "book share" meeting next week. Just bring your favorite LGBTQ+ book recommendations! Hybrid meeting takes place at the library and online.
more info
This Month
New Year's Eve at Mainestreet // @ Mainestreet // Ogunquit, ME
Fri DEC 31 // 8pm
buy tickets
Next Month/Next Year!
Barter Market // YWCA NH Racial Justice Group & Manchester Outright // @ YWCA NH // 72 Concord Street // Manchester, NH
Fri JAN 7 // 3–8pm
Bring and take clean clothes at this barter market event hosted by YWCA NH!
more info
Tig Notaro : Hello Again // @ Chevalier Theatre // Medford, MA
Fri JAN 21 // 7pm
buy tickets // more info
Fat Liberation // @ Portsmouth Public Library // online via Zoom
Wed JAN 26 // 7pm
Learn how to spot anti-fatness and diet culture in the world and how to support the fat liberation movement, with activist Emma Simpson-Tucker.
register
Save the Date
Wanda Sykes // @ Chevalier Theatre // Medford, MA
Sat JUL 4 // 7pm
Presale tickets available now! (code: CC15)
buy tickets
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EMPLOYMENT
OUT Maine is looking for a School Engagement Coordinator.
Full-time position based in Rockland, ME with hybrid remote options. Salary $40-44k.
https://outmaine.org/jobs/
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RANDOM
Make the season brighter for trans kids.
Trans Santa (@transanta) is a wonderful project started last year to deliver gifts to trans youth in need, safely and anonymously. More info at transanta.com.
Trans & nonbinary youth in need, ages 24 and under, can apply here.
(DEADLINE: Mon DEC 20)
Have an "idea worth spreading"? Apply to speak at TEDxPortsmouth!
(DEADLINE: Sat JAN 1)
more info & application
Find out how to support queer youth during the holidays.
8 ways to support LGBTQ youth during the holidays (OUT Maine)
...and finally, for super-relatable (and wholesome) lesbian content, click here.
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