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We had a great event here at our August Drinks Party ( Photo Gallery ) and Art Exhibition. Once again The Arts Club Garden, Terrace and Garden Room will be exclusively ours for the night so come and join us for complimentary wine (for members and guests who arrive between 7-8pm) at The Arts Club. The Garden and Terrace are fully kitted out with tables and chairs, and with ashtrays for the Circa-Club members and guests that wish to enjoy a cigarette with their drinks in comfort !! A Special Supper Menu will be available to those Velvet-Club members and guests that wish to dine.

So chat, flirt or talk shop its up to you. Our members and guests are all ages and professions. There is NO admission charge and drinks prices are very reasonable.

Enter our LUCKY DRAW for “Cosmic Spirit” a superb oil painting on canvas (24”x20”) and continue the evening on by collecting Guest Passes for complimentary admission to Shadow Lounge, 5 Brewer Street, Soho, London W1 (before 11pm) Europe’s No 1 gay members club.

Your Hosts and Co-Hosts – Patricia, Jean-Francois, Ian and Alex will be meeting and greeting.

Guest List places are limited to 200 members and their guests. Click here for more details and to RSVP and add your name and the names of up to 3 guests to the August Guest List please email Susie at susie@velvet-club.com.

The Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4NP

Bonheur was, unusually for that period in history, almost outwardly gay. She even had a special license to wear men's clothes. She met her life long companion Nathalie Micas when she was 14. Micas went on to be become an inventor. The two were to settle in Bordeaux together, with their extensive menagerie, until Micas' death in 1889.

After this, Bonheur found comfort and solice in her relationship with the American painter Anna Klumpke, who outlived Bonheur by 40 years. Klumpke was always described by Bonheur as her wife. After Klumpke's death in 1942, she was cremated and her ashes buried together with Bonheur and Micas' ashes in Père Lachaise Cemetary in Paris.

As well as her place in the Legion d'Honneur, Bonheur is remembered for being an outspoken feminist, and gaining female painters more equal status. Her nonconformity was outrageous for 19th-century Paris but, because she was so successful and independently wealthy, she forced many to reconsider the "role" of women artists. A museum has been built to her work and memory in Fontainebleu. ...more...

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The London Pride Run has become one of the major gay & lesbian sports events, drawing runners from different abilities, gay and straight alike, who enjoyed running in this race. It features a certified 10K run in beautiful Victoria Park. The course is 3 circuits around the park on a smooth, flat, traffic-free path.

The 2007 run is the 4th annual pride run in London and is sponsored by the London FrontRunners, a gay and lesbian running club and supported by the Mayor of London. The run is expected to draw runners from Europe and around the world.

The London Pride Run was envisioned to bring together participants from the worldwide gay and lesbian running community, but is open for everybody interested and will benefit the UK based charity Stonewall

The first in a series of one day events, which makes the connection between lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and trans-gendered (LGBT) people, portraits from the National Portrait Gallery and the built environment. Enter into the world of some of the LGBT characters that have lived, worked and played in Soho, through the pictures. Then walk along the streets that have witnessed fascinating LGBT trials and triumphs over the centuries. Opening Times: Sunday 19 August , 11.30 - 16.00. Tickets: £15/£10 concessions (lunch not included) In association with Kairos in Soho. Tel: 020 7306 0055 ...more...

Ever wanted to tell your story? Write a show? Perform? Act? Be part of a theatre show? Through this new workshop we will make a new community theatre show and programme telling stories by, for and about lesbians from the past 50 years. We will make a new piece of theatre that tells your story and will be presented at The Drill Hall.

The workshop will be led by Barcy Cogdale, artistic director of award-winning lesbian theatre company, Ruby Tuesday Productions, whose shows include The Marriage Bed and The Dyke and The Pornstar. ...more...