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4 by Rip & Marsha Naquin-Delain HAART presents Dining Out For Life April 24 in Baton Rouge HAART is proud to present the second annual Dining Out For Life in Baton Rouge. This Thursday, April 24 six restaurants in the Capital City will join sponsors and diners in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Those six local restaurants are generously donating 25% of their lunch or dinner sales to HIV/ AIDS Alliance for Region Two (HAART)! Be sure to dine out at Bistro Byronz, Jambalaya Shoppe on Government St., Mestizos, Monjunis, Restaurant IPO, or Table is Bread. As you may know, Baton Rouge is now #1 for AIDS cases and #3 for HIV cases in the U.S. HAART, a local non-profit organization, provides medical and housing services to individual and families living with or are at risk for HIV/AIDS. In addition, the organization works extensively in the community providing HIV education and free testing. Dining Out For Life is a great way to help in the fight for HIV/AIDS and to assist in helping families impacted by this disease. In 1991, Dining Out For Life was created by an Action-AIDS volunteer in Philadelphia. Dining Out is now produced in 60 cities throughout the United States and Canada. More than 3,000 restaurants donate a portion of their proceeds from this one special day of dining to the licensed AIDS service agency in their city. More than $3 million dollars a year is raised to support the missions of these organizations. With the exception of the annual licensing fee of $1,150, all money raised in these cities stays locally. With the help of sponsors Take Red Avenue Studios, Avita Drugs Pharmacy, and Takeout Express, the participating restaurants and diners like you, Baton Rouge can Dine Out and Save Lives. To learn more about the event, please go to celebrazzi/celebration of life 6 spotlight feature 8 moments in gay new orleans history 10 under the gaydar 10 gep purple party paparazzi 14 gep spring fever paparazzi 16 a community within communities 22 trodding the boards 22 15th gay easter parade sponsors 23 the "official" dish 45th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival April & May 1-4 The 45th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has announced another stellar year for one of the nation s top-rated musical events. It has everyone's favorite genre including country, gospel, blues, zydeco, R&B, rock and roll, and Jazz. Some of the biggest names on today s music scene will be coming to the Crescent City for the two-weekend, seven-day fest at the historic Fair Grounds Race Course. For more information, visit 6th Chili Cook-Off. April 26 benefits Food For Friends The 6th Annual Wood Enterprises Chili Cook-Off will be held Saturday, April 26th, at Cafe Lafitte s, Good Friends Bar, Rawhide, and Oz. Contestants will cook their chili from 1pm until 4pm. They will be supplied with table space and a hot plate. They will be required to supply everything else, including cookware to make two gallons of chili. All preparation will be done at the bars. No pre-cooked ingredients will be allowed. From 4pm until 6pm, people will be allowed to taste the chili for a fee of $10, then at 6pm, the tasters will vote for the chili they like best at each location. The winner at each location will go up against each other at Lafitte's, and the tasters will vote for the Grand Champion there. The winner will receive half the money collected and the other half will go to the Food for Friends. If you are interested in participating please see Tony at Good Friends, Richard at Rawhide, or Benjamin at Cafe Lafitte's. "We hope you can join us for this great event!!" ( Mother's Day/Pre-Memorial Weekend issue out May 6 >DEADLINE: Tues., April 29 inside ambush paparazzi/new orleans 24 classifieds 26 houston paparazzi 29 mobile paparazzi 30 chop chop/restaurant guide 32 ambush pics/new orleans, metairie 34 AD INFO: Call marsha@ripandmarsha.com Gulf South Entertainment/Travel Guide Since A Bourbon St. New Orleans, LA marsha@ripandmarsha.com Excitement Mounts for Announcement of 40th Southern Decadence Grand Marshals May 3 Excitement is mounting as reigning Southern Decadence Grand Marshals XXXIX Tami Tarmac and Venus Santiago get ready to anounce Southern Decadence Grand Marshals XL. The official 2014 Southern Decadence Announcement Party is Saturday, May 3rd, 8pm, at Lucky Pierre's, 735 Bourbon Street. The new grand marshals will set the tone for this year's giant Labor Day Weekend blowout! Sources say some nine past grand marshals will hit the stage for your entertainment pleasure. You are urged to "Feel The Moment" by wearing the official 2013 colors of fuschia pink, tangerine orange and gold, celebrating "Live, Laugh, Love." For more information, visit 15th Purple Party Raises $3,816 The Gay Easter Parade's 15th Annual Purple Party Easter Grand Marshals Reception, benefiting Food For Friends, raised $3,556, plus $260 in sponsorships for a total or $3,816. Hosted at The Double Play in New Orleans, the event raised the following: $631 door, $296 prize raffles, $365 egg raffles, $132 jello shots, $62 Cutter's Anniversary buffet donations; and from auctions: $110 Ice Chest with Beer & Coke from Helen, $75 Mystery Basket from Frank Perez, $25 Humpty Dumpty Bunny Family w/ Elizabeth Taylor Passion from Toby Lefort, $60 Easter Wreath from Gene Theriot, $275 Kajun's Pub's Liquor Lagniappe Basket from Ellen Miller, $55 Mystery Basket from Steven Emling, $115 Jeweled Bunny Limoge from EGM Todd Blauvelt, $55 Mystery Basket from Electra City, $70 Giant Scooby Doo from Todd Blauvelt, $290 Gold Half Eagle Coin from Deja Deja-Vue', $275 Beautiful Peacock Goose Egg from Chuck Turner, $65 Mystery Basket from Frank Perez, and $600 Pink Lamb Basket from Gene Theriot; plus sponsorships of $160 for Zsa Zsa D'LaHor Memorial Sponsorship, and $100 from Jo-Jo Holding LLC. 12th Spring Fever Four Seasons raises $3,695 The 12th Annual Gay Easter Parade's Spring Fever Extravaganza raised $3,445 plus a $250 Silver Sponsorship from Four Seasons for a total of $3,695 benefiting Food For Friends Monies raised included $350 door, $272 stage performance tips, $104 egg raffles, $117 50/50 Raffle, $117 50/50 Raffle Winner Marsha Delain Donation, $100 table sale/ellen Miller, THE OFFICIAL MAG Facebook.COM/AmbushMag Gulf South Entertainment/Travel Guide Since 1982 Louisiana-Florida Official Gay Easter Parade Guide Official Gay Mardi Gras Guide Official Gay New Orleans Guide Official Southern Decadence Guide OFFICE/SHIPPING ADDRESS: 828-A Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA USA OFFICE HOURS: 10am-3pm Monday-Friday [Except Holidays] marsha@ripandmarsha.com PHONE: ANNUAL READERSHIP OVER 1 MILLION: 260,000+ in print/780,000+ On-line CIRCULATION: Alabama-Mobile Florida - Pensacola Louisiana - Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Metairie, New Orleans, Slidell Mississippi - Bay St. Louis, Biloxi Texas - Houston STAFF: PUBLISHER/EDITOR R. 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