I'll be Homo for the Holidays

World AIDS Day 2009

November 12th!

Game Night! November 4th

Email thevillage@utahaids.org with questions or if you want to attend but you're not sure you'll know anyone. Plan to grab pizza after the games!

Homo Harvest! Saturday, October 24th!

B-I-N-G-O

Hotel Monaco & the Utah Cyber Sluts will be hosting Bingo with great prizes of Overnight Stays, Bambara Gift Certificates, Animal Print Robes and much more.
Join us for a night of wickedly funny entertainment, great prizes, and friendly cutthroat competition.
Bingo is an alcohol free, family friendly event. Refreshments will be available!
Admission is $5 and includes one bingo card!
So come join Monaco Lewinsky for this Fab Fun event! Doors open at 6:16pm so get there for good seats.

Friday, October 16, 2009
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Columbus Community Center
2500 South 500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
(Park in the rear and enter through the north door!)

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Walk for Life Pre Party!

The picture should explain it all. Dinner will be followed one of three exciting activities. Please come out and join us for a good time. Bring your friends and partner with you!

This Week: Hot N' Tasty

Wednesday, September 9th. 7 to 8 PM
Join a phenomenal group of men for great conversation and coffee tomorrow night over at Cafe Mestizo (631 W. North Temple Suite 700)

Tuesday, September 15th. 4 to 8 PM
The Utah AIDS Foundation, in conjunction with National LGBT Center Awareness Day, will be cooking up 3 gallons of chili for the PRIDE Center's first Chili Cook-Off! We've got our poker faces on for this one, so we can't say much about what kind of chili we're making or how delicious it WILL be. We do, however, encourage you to stop by The Pride Center between 4 and 8 PM to try the most scrumptious pot of chili ever cooked up by a community-based organization (hint: the special ingredient is love).

Friday, September 18th. 7 to 9:30 PM
Pre Walk for Life Party! Please join us at Noodles and Company in Sugarhouse as we prepare to walk it out for this year's Walk for Life, a fund raiser to benefit the Utah AIDS Foundation. Still haven't registered to Walk for Life? Visit http://www.firstgiving.com/utahaids today!

Saturday, September 19th. 8:30 AM
WALK FOR LIFE! Join the community in walking to prevent the spread of HIV and provide services for people who are living with HIV. Meet at Liberty Park bright and early for a warm up session and special dance number from the men of The Village. This year's Walk features an optional 22 mile bike tour and the actual walk will end at the 9th and 9th Street Fair. Please call 801.487.2323 with questions.

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?

"At their core, heroes are trailblazers, engulfed by a spirit that is unafraid to break outside the constraints of conformity to innovate and improve the space in which they exist. And their path is a rocky one – some of the greatest minds of our time have been plagued by the pioneer's curse. All too often, the rest of the world greets these ahead-of-their-time individuals with a blind eye (or even worse, hostility). Unfortunately, tangible genius is rarely recognized until it is no longer with us..."

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?

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A HERO OR A VILLAIN?

The CORE Group Meeting - For all you leader-types...

What we're asking for is simple, but not for the faint of heart. We need a few extraordinary men who have a profound love for community, health, fun times, and friendship to be the leaders of The Village. You'll plan events,distribute condoms in the clubs, and kick ass on a regular basis.Your passion and energy will be nurtured and you will have every opportunity to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of Gay men. You'll also meet incredible new friends while building your resume. Will you join us?

CORE Group Meeting:
Thursday, August 20th @ 6PM
Cafe Mestizo (641 W. North Temple Suite 700)
Questions? Need a ride? Call Josh Newbury at 801.487.2323

National HIV Testing Day

It is time to get tested! Utah AIDS Foundation will have FREE HIV testing on:

June 22nd Monday from 5 PM until 7 PM (walk in)
June 25th Thursday 10 AM until 1:30 PM (by appointment)
June 27th Saturday (walk in) from 11 AM until 2 PM.

We also offer FREE Chlamydia & Gonorrhea urine testing (rectal testing is $15), Syphilis testing for $5 & Hep C testing for $25.

So mark your calendar and get tested!

Thank you!

Our biggest appreciation to all volunteers who help us organize and to have a successful Pride celebration weekend. I'm proud to say that we distributed 8,000+ condoms to different bars & clubs and even in our booth. Our Giant condoms was a hit and our condom balloons was floating around the festivities. YOU made these happen and for that WE thank you!

GUS is coming...

SLC Gay Pride Parade & Festivities

Calling all Villagers!!! We want you to walk with us in the SLC Gay Pride Parade, please contact Carl at TheVillage@UtahAIDS.org if interested! The Test Site is in need of many volunteers! Especially, if you are a trained HIV Counselor, please call Josh Newbury to sign up to volunteer for this years Pride HIV Testing at Josh.Newbury@UtahAIDS.org.

Hermanos! Brothers! Juntos! Together!

Join us for the first Hermanos de Luna y Sol and The Village Picnic event in Sugarhouse. Bring your kites, your balls/pelotes (soccer, foot, volley etc), frizbee, picnic basket, blanket and some yummy food to share. We will bring some dish and drinks and to complete the fun is YOU!
We will be meeting at the Northwest Terrace Soccer field area from 5 PM until 8 PM.
Questions? email thevillage@utahaids.org or by calling 801-487-2323. Cya there!

SLC Film Center | DAMN THESE HEELS! Karaoke Fundraiser

SLC Film Center | DAMN THESE HEELS! Karaoke Fundraiser

Beyond Black and White

This is a Book and Movie lovers club for those who like to read amazing books and watch killer movies together. As intellects and aspiring intellects, we will discuss the intricacies of these great films and books and hopefully enlighten and uplift each other with our different perspectives and life experiences. It is the best way to enjoy a good book or a good movie as a group.

We will be meeting every other Tuesday and it starts this Tuesday, May 19th at 8 PM in Utah AIDS Foundation - group room. This is moderated by one of our Villagers - Alex Larson and Richard Matthews. So come and join us for another program of The Village.

Fancy Feet runs TODAY!!!

We are still on the process of building this new program of The Village called Fancy Feet. Some of us love to go jog, run, bike or even walk but we love to be active and think healthy all the time.

We are scheduled to run, walk or jog on every Monday, Thursday and/or Saturday from 7PM and we are planning to run Memory Grove and maybe up to Capitol Hill and Jordan River Parkway. We will be meeting at the mouth of the Memory Grove Park.

This program is moderated by one of our own Villager - Young Han. So join us or should I say run with us!