APRIL SPECIAL EVENT

Fort Worth Main Street Arts Festival

Saturday, April 10th

The Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival will celebrate its 25th year by showcasing a nationally recognized fine art and fine craft juried art fair, live concerts, performance artists and street performers on the streets of downtown Fort Worth. The #1 Arts Festival in Texas and the 9th largest Arts Festival in the country!

• Car Pool / Caravan: 5:00 PM – Home Depot Parking Lot (Road To Six Flags between Cooper & Collins) OR
• Drive Yourself and Meet the Group: 6:00 PM at entrance to Mi Cocina on Main Street, Fort Worth
• Cost: There is no charge to attend this festival; however, food and beverage coupons must be purchased at coupon booths located conveniently throughout the festival prior to obtaining food and beverage products. (Coupon booths accept cash, Visa, MasterCard and American Express. ATM Machines are located conveniently throughout the festival.)
• Festival Map
• Artists
• Food Vendors
• Entertainment
• A complete list of parking lots is available at http://www.fortworthparking.com/.

If you are interested in participating, please leave your FIRST NAME and EMAIL ADDRESS in the comment section for this posting.

March Book Club

Thursday, March 25

7:00 P.M.

Hosts: Bill & Andy
Location: 2001 Royalwood Dr., Arlington, 76006 (map)
Call for directions: 817-718-2424

The Low Road (by James Lear). Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped has long been considered a masterpiece of high adventure. In The Low Road, James Lear reinvents this classic as a satirical, queer, coming-of-age story. In 1705 Scotland, young Charles Gordon reaches adulthood ignorant of his family's heroic past in the Jacobite Rebellion. He sets out to discover the truth about his father, but instead is kidnapped by mercenaries and sold into slavery as the plaything of a group of corrupt military officials. But Charlie’s talents, in and out of bed, win him powerful friends as well as dangerous foes. The false priest, Lebecque, violent Captain Robert, depraved General Wilmott — all contribute to Charlie’s "education." Eventually leading a makeshift army of sex-crazed layabouts, Charlie faces the might of the English forces. Will he triumph, or is it better to retreat to the safety of his sybaritic lifestyle? James Lear expertly interweaves spies and counterspies, scheming servants and sadistic captains, tavern trysts and prison orgies, into this delightfully erotic work that can take its place alongside his acclaimed novels The Back Passage and Hot Valley.

1. Get the book.
2. Read it.
3. Sign-in on the comments for this blog entry so we know how much dessert to get.
4. Come share dessert, as well as your thoughts and insights on the book.

All are welcome. See you there!

GROUP RATING OF BOOK FOLLOWING DISCUSSION (10=HI, 1=LO): 2.6

MARCH SUPPER GATHERING

Saturday, March 20
7:00 PM

1st Anniversay of ASC!

BlackFinn American Saloon

Arlington Highlands, 4001 Bagpipe Lane, Arlington (map)

PH: 817-468-3332

So that the restaurant can pre-set tables for our group, please leave your FIRST NAME and EMAIL ADDRESS in the comment section for this posting. When you arrive at the restaurant, ask for the ARLINGTON SUPPER CLUB group.

March Special Event #2

Celebrate TBRU-XV Weekend

Saturday, March 20, 10:00 PM

The Dallas Eagle
5740 Maple Avenue, Dallas [MAP]
PH: 214-357-4375

March Special Event #1

Oscar Watching Party
Sunday, March 7th

Tony and I are hosting an Oscar Watching Party on Sunday, March 7th, starting at 6:00 PM at our house. (Telecast begins at 7:00 PM.)

Having a casual/potluck gathering during this year's Oscars. Probably a prize or two for those with the best guesses of the winners. (I still have a few movies to watch before the Oscars so I can get my ballot in its best shape. Check out the full list of nominees at http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html.) Bring whatever you like, we'll have some snacks and drinks here. Feel free to invite friends as well.

We have set up an event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=310055023841 (We don't want to put our address out to the web at large, but anyone interested in attending can request an invite on that link or by shooting me an email at psiguytx@att.net.)

Thanks!
Chris and Tony

ASC February Book Club Meeting

NEW DATE: Thursday, February 18
7:00 P.M.

Hosts: Bill & Andy

Location: 2001 Royalwood Dr., Arlington, 76006 (map)

Call for directions: 817-718-2424

My Trip Down the Pink Carpet (Leslie Jordan) Leslie Jordan is a small man with a giant propensity for scene stealing. Best known for his bravura recurring role as Karen's nemesis, Beverley Leslie, on Will & Grace (for which he won a Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Emmy in 2006), he has also made memorable appearances on Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Monk, and Murphy Brown.

Raised in a conservative family in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Leslie -- who describes himself as "the gayest man I know" -- boarded a Greyhound bus bound for LA with $1,200 sewn into his underpants and never looked back. His pocket-sized physique and inescapable talent for high camp paved the way to a lucrative and varied career in commercials and on television. Along the way he immersed himself in writing for the stage, and his one-man testimonials have become cult off-Broadway hits. But with success came dangerous temptations: a self-proclaimed former substance abuser and sexaholic, Leslie has spent time in jail and struggled to overcome his addictions and self-loathing.

My Trip Down the Pink Carpet is a rollicking, fast-paced collection of stories, served up with wit, panache, and plenty of biting asides. Filled with comically overwrought childhood agonies, offbeat observations, and revealing celebrity encounters -- from Boy George to George Clooney -- it delivers a fresh, laugh-out-loud take on Hollywood, fame, addiction, gay culture, and learning to love oneself.

1. Get the book.
2. Read it.
3. Sign-in on the comments for this blog entry so we know how much dessert to get.
4. Come share dessert, as well as your thoughts and insights on the book.

All are welcome. See you there!

GROUP RATING OF THIS FOLLOWING DISCUSSION (10=HI, 1=LO): 6.8

FEBRUARY SPECIAL EVENT

SUPERBOWL PARTY

Sun, Feb 7th, 4:30p

New Orleans Saints (Drew Bees, Qtrbk) V. Indianapolis Colts (Peyton Manning, Qtrbk)

Tony and I are hosting a Superbowl Party next Sunday starting at 4:30pm at our house and would like to invite the ASC. We have set up an event on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/event.php?eid=269329225043&ref=ts

We don't want to put our address out to the web at large, but anyone interested in attending can request an invite on that link or shoot me an email - psiguytx@att.net

Bring your favorite Super Bowl party food. We'll be providing some and lots of drinks (including adult variety). Can arrive anytime starting about 4:30 if you want to see any of the Pre-Game. Big HD screen, Surround Sound, Food, Friends and Fun

Chris and Tony

January Supper Gathering

Saturday, January 16

7:30 PM

Joe's Pizza Pasta & Subs
4300 Matlock Road, Arlington, TX
(817) 468-2900‎

Map Menu Coupons

Reviews: "Very friendly staff and pretty good service" - judysbook.com ... "Nice guys, great place, amazing food" - kudzu.com ... "Joe's has some of the best pizza and pasta in town" - kudzu.com ... "Clean dining room, courteous staff and reasonable prices" - insiderpages.com ... "Food is always great" - citysearch.com ... "This place a wonderful place to go!" - insiderpages.com

So that we can reserve enough seats for everyone, please leave your FIRST NAME and EMAIL ADDRESS in the comment section for this posting.

ASC welcomes new "members" at each of our events. Come join us!

FRIDAY NIGHT (Jan 8th) - ASC MOVIE NIGHT

A Single Man
Angelika Film Center Dallas

5321 East Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX (Mockingbird Station)
Friday, Jan 8th - 8:15 PM

Tickets: $10.00

Directed by Tom Ford
Cast Includes: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode
Reviews

ASC Book Club

Thursday, January 7

7:00 P.M.

Hosts: Bill & Andy

Location: 2001 Royalwood Dr., Arlington, 76006 (map)

Call for directions: 817-718-2424

A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in midlife. George, the protagonist, is adjusting to life on his own after the sudden death of his partner, and determines to persist in the routines of his daily life; the course of A Single Man spans twenty-four hours in an ordinary day. An Englishman and a professor living in suburban Southern California, he is an outsider in every way, and his internal reflections and interactions with others reveal a man who loves being alive despite everyday injustices and loneliness. Wry, suddenly manic, constantly funny, surprisingly sad, this novel catches the texture of life itself.

1. Get the book from an online bookseller or put it on your Christmas list!
2. Read it.
3. Sign-in on the comments for this blog entry so we know how much dessert to get.
4. Come share dessert, as well as your thoughts and insights on the book.
5. Now a major motion picture starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore; directed by Tom Ford; preview here.

All are welcome. See you there!

GROUP RATING OF BOOK FOLLOWING DISCUSSION (10=HI, 1=LO): 7.6