The Cambridge Men's Group
Past Events 2013

“I am an invisible man.” An idealistic young African-American man searches for identity and his place in the world in this epic journey through 1930s America. Ellison’s landmark American novel about race, power, freedom, and liberty comes to life in this gripping theatrical adaptation.

Other Desert Cities tells the story of a family where secrets are currency and everyone is rich. Brooke Wyeth, a once promising young novelist, returns home after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas in Palm Springs with her parents, former members of Reagan’s inner circle, plus her brother and her aunt. The festivities are short-lived, however, when Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family's history - a wound that her parents don't want reopened.

All you can eat for $14.99!

Oasis Brazilian BBQ
373 Main  Street, Medford

RSVP to Bill at BillBarnert@comcast.net.

With The Welcoming Committee

The Welcoming Committee (those crazy guys who bring you the Guerrilla Queer Bar) have invited those of us 35+ to join them at a Wine tasting, and have even offered us a $5 discount!

Wine tasting re-imagined. 4 tastings, 2 full glasses, 1 ride from Uber, lots of gay men 35 and over.

Link: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5172113932/cmg

Discount code for $5 off: cambridge
Price:

• $34 (-$5 = $29) until midnight Friday, Jan 25th
• $39 (-$5 = $34) after midnight Friday, Jan 25th

Wine tastings may usually be reserved for the stuck up and stodgy straight crowd but The Welcoming Committee is here to change that. Welcome to the wine tasting takeover, reserved for gay men over 35. #YayYou!

We're kicking out the classroom component, sliding you up to four tables for four different tastings (red or white - you choose your poison), and taking all of the educational pressure off. Learn as much or as little as you want and end the evening with two glasses of whichever wines sparked your tastebuds' fancy. And because schedules are for straight tastings, this stodgy takeover lets you take as little or as much time to drink as you like.

In conclusion: 4 tastings, 4 regions, 2 full glasses, 1 room, lots of gay men. This is wine tasting re-imagined.

To get there in style, we're going to hook up members who are new to Uber with a $25 discount on their first ride. Sign up is easy. Just let us know if you're new to Uber by answering the extra question at check-out. We'll follow up with a code and simple setup process.

As always, venue is announced the day before.

149 Alewife Brook Parkway (just opposite the Alewife T stop)
Cambridge, MA 02140

Let's get a little summer in our winter!

There is an open house Monday, March 4th at 45 Mount Auburn Street from 7:30 to 8:30 pm. As an avid tango person and regular of Queer Tango Boston this is a safe space, open roles, and friendly environment. No dance experience needed.

Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and London’s Olivier Award for Best Play, Clybourne Park is a bold new play about race, real estate and the volatile values of each. Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play A Raisin in the Sun, this acclaimed work explodes in two outrageous acts set 50 years apart. Act One takes place in 1959, as nervous community leaders anxiously try to stop the sale of a home in a white community to a black family. Act Two is set in the same house in 2009, as the now predominantly African American neighborhood battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification.

Ryan Landry & the Gold Dust Orphans' latest masterpiece, Mildred Fierce, is a musical parody of the classic 1945 noir film Mildred Pierce, with Varla Jean Merman playing the Joan Crawford role.

If you've been to any of the Gold Dust Orphans' shows before, you know what to expect: great comedy, great numbers, great singing, ridiculous sets & costumes, and a really good time. If you haven't, well, you owe it to yourself to find out what you've been missing.

Viewing the original film is not a requirement, but if you get the chance, it will help.

There are two levels of tickets, and since the higher price is assigned seats, and we're buying our tickets separately, let's get the lower price tickets & do what we can to sit together, but let's not sweat it.

Time to be determined when the Somerville Theatre announces their schedule for next week, but assume it will be around 4-5 PM. Oz, the Great & Powerful is 2:10 long, and we will meet in the lobby of the Somerville Theatre when it ends. Including previews, that should be about 2:15 after the listed start time. Should be somewhere between 4-5 pm.

In a crowded apartment in Chicago’s South Side, each member of a struggling African-American family yearns for a different version of a better life. An impending and sizeable insurance payment could be the key. Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking 1959 classic drama is an inspiring and fiercely moving portrait of people whose dreams are constantly deferred.

For those who were uprooted, those who gave their lives, and those who are still there, we honor all who serve and all who suffer with a dramatic and moving collection of musical remembrances and pleas, culminating in a stirring masterwork that echoes with both the drums of war and celebrations of peace.

Famous for irreverently funny adaptations of classics, Ryan Landry (Death of a Saleslady, The Little Pricks) sets his sights on Fritz Lang’s early film noir masterpiece, M, about a child killer who is hunted down and brought to justice by the criminal underworld.  This provocative yet surprisingly hilarious premiere features Boston favorite Karen MacDonald (All My Sons).

In 2007, the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus put on a production of USS Metaphor, a gay modern parody of Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore.

Winner of four 2008 Tony Awards including Best Musical, In The Heights is a potent reminder of the importance of chasing one’s dreams and finding where you belong. Set in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood, this exuberant show spices up traditional Broadway fare with hip hop, salsa and rap to tell the stories of the residents of this close-knit Latin community.

Several members of the Cambridge Men's Group have cars in the show, and will be there from the very beginning (8:00 am). (If you want a ride out to the show & back in one of our classic cars, connect with us beforehand!)