…Embrace the difference

Event: Club

Date: 6 February 2010

Venue: Biosfera, Arrecife, Lanzarote

Time: 23:55 – 07:30

Entry: €10 advance €15 door includes one free drink

Details: Dj’s in the cabin

ALEX FONT (Londres)

JAVI SANCHEZ (Acid Party)

DJ PEDRO DIAZ (Welcome To The Club)

JUAN K (Team Brothers)

IZAN DJ (Lanzarote New Generation Dj's)

FALO (Residente Biosfera)

5 February

20:00 Pregón del Carnaval a cargo de la batucada Pipol en el Castillo de San Gabriel

6 February

19:00 Gala Elección de la Reina de las Personas Mayores 2010, con la actuación de “Georgie Dann”. En la Recinto Ferial.

7 February

18:00 Fiesta Infantil. Elección de la Reina Infantil del Carnaval, exhibición de Murgas Infantiles y Concurso de Disfraces con los apartados: Individual, Pareja y Grupo con la actuación de Lucia Gil la Ganadora de “My Camp Rock” de Disney Channel. En el Recinto Ferial.

8 February

21:30 Primera Fase del XX Concurso de Murgas en el Recinto Ferial con la actuación de la Afilarmónica “Las Revoltosas”.

9 February

21:30 Segunda Fase del XX Concurso de Murgas en el Recinto Ferial.

10 February

21:30 Tercera Fase del XX Concurso de Murgas en el Recinto Ferial con la actuación del cantante “Juanjo”.

11 February

18:00 Pasacalle Tradicional desde la cuatro esquinas pasando por la Calle Real hasta la Plazuela con la Parranda los Buches, los Diabletes, Cabezudos etc.

12 February

Final del XX Concurso de Murgas en el Recinto Ferial con la actuación de la Afilarmónica “Las Revoltosas” y la cantante “Isi”.

13 February

12:00 Pasacalle de Batucadas y Comparsas desde el Parque Islas Canarias hasta el Ayuntamiento.

21:30 Gran Gala Artística y elección de la Reina del Carnaval 2010 presentada por la humorista Paz Padilla en el Recinto Ferial con la actuación de “Edwin Rivera”.

14 February

21:30 XI Elección Drag Queen con la actuación de “Chumina Power y Joe Jackson” en el Recinto Ferial.

15 February

18:00 Gran Desfile de Carrozas con la participación de Murgas, Comparsas, Batucadas y Grupos Coreográficos con salida desde la Ciudad Deportiva por la Vía Medular finalizando en el Recinto Ferial.

16 February

11:00 Carnavalito Infantil en el Parque Marítimo del Recinto Ferial con actuaciones, talleres, colchonetas, animación y la actuación de la Escuela de Percusión de Lanzarote y la joven cantante Eva Ruiz.

17 February

18:00 Entierro de la Sardina. Salida desde al Ayuntamiento de Arrecife finalizando en el parque frente al Cabildo con la quema de la Difunta Sardina Y Fuego Articiificiales.

Zona Almacén (12, 13, 15 & 17 February)

Kuarta Pot

Lanzarote Swing

Rika Banda

Banda Nueva

Los Conejeros

Trio de Valterra

Dj Maxi Ferrer

Zona Parque Ramírez Cerdá (12, 13, 15 & 17 February)

Tamarindo

Maquinaria Band

Suso y Familia

Cuarteto Atlántico

Los Conejeros

Salinas Show

+ DJ

Zona House Recinto Ferial (12, 13 & 15 February)

DJ Mario Beltrán (Barcelona)

DJ Lady Morales (Tenerife)

DJ Robert García (Wave Lanzarote)

DJ Javier Berbis (Barcelona)

DJ Salva Marquez (Gran Canaria)

DJ Surfer (Natura)

DJ Andrés Iván Spinelli (Cádiz)

DJ Odizeus C (Gran Canaria)

DJ J. Luis Bouza (Acid Party)

DJ Javi Sanchez (Lanzarote)

Event: Art Exhibition Davina Suarez Zenni

Venue: Dublin Irish Pub, Arrecife, Lanzarote

Date: 23 January – 23 March 2010

Details: Local artist Davina Suarez Zenni has an exhibition of her work titled “Somos Agua” which translates to we are water at the Dublin Irish pub situated on Calle Portugal in Arrecife, Lanzarote. Davina’s technique is abstract on linen.

Island Watersports are a well established company in Lanzarote, having been based for some years in the resort of Puerto del Carmen.

The company recently moved from the marina at Puerto Calero to impressive new premises right on the harbor in the old town of Puerto del Carmen and it's a fabulous location for divers and their partners.

The business is now based in the large building next to the popular restaurant Casa Roja, and is perfectly set up for diver's comfort. On the ground floor they have a well stocked gear shop, a huge wet room with private changing area and secure lockers to store your clothes. There is also a membrane compressor, offering air or Nitrox.

Many dive schools run out of small untidy premises and leave you to get changed on the side of the road. One of the biggest benefits of IW’s fabulous new premises is that you can simply hang up your kit,  hose it down, get a hot shower and change back into your dry gear in comfort and privacy.

Every aspect of the shop, the training area and the equipment is high quality, clean and a pleasure to look at.

Upstairs there is a comfortable teaching area where students can study for or take examinations. Georg and Trudi are qualified to instruct for organisations including PADI, SSI and CMAS.

Island Watersports’s dive boat is a Valiant 7.5 metre RIB powered by a Volvo Penta 160 h.p and moored in the harbour which is a short walk from the changing area. The company offers dives in all the best sites in Lanzarote, where the water is always warm, clear and full of interesting species.

Additionally Island Watersports offer a selection training courses for power boating, shore based basic navigation and VHF radio.

There are a dozen bars and restaurants in the area for a post dive lunch or a drink.

Contact Island Watersports now to find out about their diving trips and courses!

Website: www.divelanzarote.com

Email: info@divelanzarote.com

Telephone: 667 092 304 (Georg) or 928 511 880 (Dive Centre)

World renowned industrialist and patron of the arts Sir Ernest Hall has converted some old camel houses on his property in Mácher to create a wonderful concert hall. The hall seats just 100 people, and musical director Paul Crossley has come up with a novel way of accommodating fans who want to enjoy 20 or so top class artists at concerts scheduled throughout the year.

Instead of selling individual tickets to each show, people are being asked to become "Amigos" of The Camel House Concerts. For a modest annual fee, club members will be able to attend all the concerts.

We met Paul and his partner John Brakband at the Camel House, which is a beautifully restored traditional 300 year old building. Members will be able to enjoy the gardens with a glass of wine prior to each concert, and the list of artists who are already booked is a great credit to Sir Ernest and Paul's pulling power!

For full information, please visit the website www.camelhouseconcerts.com

Its official, French magazine Ledorga has announced that the cheeky Fiat 500C has captured the heart of the gay community and won the title European Gay Car of the Year 2010.

The most popular votes were for the:

Aston Martin DBS Volante

Alfa Romeo 8C Spider

Fiat 500C

Toyota IQ

In the final days it looked like the winner would be either the Fiat or the Aston Martin and the chubby faced Italian revival won.

Thomson have launched their Freedom Collection on the 22nd January 2010,  bringing a new range of holidays aimed at the gay market. Designed with gay and lesbian travellers in mind, it’s the only collection of its kind to be offered by a mainstream tour operator.

All holidays featured in the e-brochure have a GayComfort seal of approval which means that the hotel staff have received training to remove any awkwardness regarding same sex couples. You won’t find that it's a problem to ask for a double bed rather than a twin and there will be a Holiday Advisor on hand to give you the inside information on the local “scene”, nightclubs and beaches.

Thomson Innovation manager, Philippa Morgan, says: “This is a hugely exciting launch for Thomson. There’s definitely an appetite in the market for gay-friendly holidays that come with the security and peace of mind that only a big tour operator can offer.”

Philippa continues: “The reason we’ve taken this approach is because research has shown that three out of four gay or lesbian holidaymakers actively search out hotels they believe are genuinely welcoming.”

The hotels which include some Gay Exclusive properties are spread across seven ‘pink’ destinations (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Sitges, Ibiza, Majorca, Mykonos & Lesbos), all of which have either well-established or blossoming gay scenes.

Nearly a week has passed since the Haiti 7.0 earthquake on Tuesday 12th January 2010 at 04:53:09. Although aid and help are now arriving on the scene it is chaos amongst the devastation and the Haitians are desperate for food, water, medical treatment and shelter.

Local help has been sent from two different Canary Islands:

Cruz Roja España has been able to send aid from their new logistics centre in Las Palmas which was inaugurated in September 2009 and holds emergency supplies such as blankets, tents, water purification tablets. The package for Haiti which is being dispatched via airplane from the military base Aérea de Gando today also includes a water treatment plant, two all terrain vehicles and a huge base tent.

Lanzarote has a flotilla of 24 boats leaving from Playa Blanca today to sail across the Atlantic to Haiti. The island’s Rotary club together with Cámara (chamber of commerce), Marina Rubicón and local businesses / residents have donated medicine kits, light sheets or blankets, candles and lanterns, small generator sets, first-aid kits and rescue materials.

In the States the owners of the LGBT cruise ships Atlantis, Olivia and RSVP have joined forces with the gay community to raise disaster relief funds. Rich Campbell the CEO of Atlantis events explained that their cruise departed from Miami yesterday with a scheduled stop on the northern coast of Haiti he said  "our guests have been watching with horror and concern as the painful images of suffering in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince come spilling forth on our televisions."  Claire Lucas worked with the American Red Cross to set up a dedicated donation site http://american.redcross.org/LGBT-pub. American Red Cross Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Floyd W. Pitts stated "We are thrilled with this partnership with the LGBT community and we are delighted to be working with organizations which take such a strong interest in humanitarian response". Rich Cambell emphasized  that "now is the time for us to lend our gay dollars to a compelling human tragedy that knows no gender or sexual orientation,"  Atlantis & RSVP have pledged  $15,000 in matching contributions and Olivia has pledged an additional $7,500 raising a total of $22,500 towards the fund.

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