Welcome to VELVET-CLUB the club that enables members to connect with 1,000’s of lesbians around the world – at home, in the office, on their travels!! Link up with new friends, increase your business contacts or find the perfect partner and much, much more!!

We had a great event here last month and once again The Arts Club Garden and Terrace 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. A Special Supper Menu will be available to Velvet-Club members and their guests.

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 the drinks prices are very reasonable.

Enter our LUCKY DRAW for “In To The Light” a superb oil painting on canvas (24”x20”) and by special arrangement, continue the evening on by collecting one of the 30 Guest Passes for you and your guests 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 150 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 July Guest List please email Susie at susie@velvet-club.com.

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

HAVE YOUR SAY

CChat and exchange ideas with other members ….. .. start your own topics in sections such as "Let Us Entertain You". One of our favourite threads is : Anagrams of Famous Names and Celebrities

Marilyn Manson - Manly man? No sir!
Leonardo da Vinci - Did color in a nave
Elvis Aaron Presley - Seen alive? Sorry, pal!
Madonna Louise Ciccone - One cool dance musician
Clint Eastwood - Old West action
The late George Harrison - Singer: Altogether a hero
Alec Guinness - Genuine class.
The actress Mae West - Cast me, .
The actress Mae West - Cast me, .
Noël Coward is - no Oscar Wilde
Yasmin Le Bon - Mainly bones.

You speak, we listen - you ask, we act. Other sections include: Social Networking, Lifestyle, M2M Advice, Have Your Say, Business Network, Thought for The Day…more

Dusty's personality and behaviour were notorious among her contemporary musicians. She was eccentric, prone to mood swings and painfully shy. Much of this has been attributed to her dysfunctional upbringing, and her mother's erratic behaviour. Others have also noted that her reputation as a 'difficult' artist in the studio can now be seen to, in part, have roots in the male dominated music industry of the sixties, and the way in which it was unaccustomed to female musicians being in control of their own studio time.
Her later emotional instability is said to have roots in the inner conflict she experienced with her Catholic upbringing and her sexuality.This was alluded to in a 1975 interview in the Evening Standard, when Dusty implied that she was bisexual.
This was the only reference she made to her sexuality in her life, aside from a comment she made between songs at a concert in the early eighties, regarding Lesbian rights, which got her into a lot of trouble at the time. Despite her general unwillingness to talk about the subject, biographers revealed that she had been a lesbian, after her death. ...more...

Detailed biographies of world famous lesbians from the worlds of Art, Literature, Film/tv, Sport, Politics and Music … broaden your knowledge by clicking here!

SHOPPING MALL

We have found some great online merchants for you to link to, quickly and easily, specialising in all those essential items – fashion, gifts, gadgets, health and beauty products. Not forgetting scented candles for pampering and de-stressing yourself! Browse our categories and read the descriptions to see what you feel like today... click here!

All Member Profile Searches give top listing to Member Profiles that include a main photograph. Photographs that are 400x400 pixels or 64 kb can be accommodated. Should you wish to have a modesty flash across your face for privacy then please email your photograph with your Screen Name to photos@velvet-club.com and we will do this for you. Photographs will maximise your chances to connect with other members. Please note that Gallery Search is a search by main photograph only, so if you do not upload a photograph you will not be able to be included.

MEMBERS NOTICE BOARD

Menno, star of Sky TV’s “Naked Angels” and creator of the smash hit show “The Gaydar Diaries”, stars in his debut one-man show “BUTCH – A Queen’s Struggle To Become A King” at The Pleasance as part of the Pride Festival 07 on 22 & 23 June (21:45). "Honest, heartfelt and hysterical" - Fringe Report, May '07

Fed up with always being the token gay guy and tired of his effeminate mannerisms (“I’m so girly I nearly have periods”), Menno decides it’s time to ‘butch up’ get in touch with his masculine side.

This becomes especially important when he falls head over high heels for a closeted, black, ultra-masculine, straight-acting army captain who hates anything camp or even slightly ‘gay’.

However, his feminine side doesn’t take too kindly to his growing manhood, and it isn’t long before she sharpens her claws to stage a spectacular revolt – Two nights only! For more info and to book call 020 7609 1800 - click here for more details

With a chance of earning commission in excess of £100K they want to find the brightest and most dynamic the UK has to offer! This is not a programme for the faint hearted; you will be led by one of the world's top professionals in the field of sales and will have to do battle with the crème de la crème to win the coveted commissions.

Anyone from a sales background can apply: from Stockbrokers, Avon ladies to Estate agents etc. For the opportunity to find out more and an online application form visit: http://www.closethedeal.co.uk ASAP! (Closing date for applications is 17th June 2007)

The Pride London Festival will feature the very best of LGBT arts, entertainment and sports. Last year's Festival was the capital's biggest event of its kind, and this year they will be showcasing over 300 exhibitions, film screenings, sporting events, concerts, theatre, comedy and cabaret performances, as well as special galas and one-off parties.

With more gay and lesbian tourists than ever before celebrating Pride 2007 in the world's most diverse and exciting city, this year's Pride Festival will be even bigger, better and brighter than ever before. ...more...

Join Stonewall, the gay and lesbian charity, on their fantastic Barcelona Equality Walk and raise money to support their Education for All campaign which aims to tackle homophobic bullying in schools. Last years event as well as being lots of fun raised over £40k, help them to smash this target and register now!

They fly out Friday morning, checking in to the gorgeous Axel Hotel, (www.axelhotels.com/en), Barcelona’s premier gay hotel, with the welcome pool party on the Friday night, the weekend begins! Saturday’s 10k walk includes a treasure hunt and is followed by the prize giving party that evening at an exclusive seafront location. Sunday you are free to recover or perhaps explore Sitges before flying home.

Registration is just £300 which includes return BA flights, accommodation and the parties. They ask participants to raise an additional £400 to support the work of Stonewall and help put an end to homophobic bullying. For the top fundraiser they have a fantastic prize for two at the Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik including flights and accommodation. Do you need any more reason to register?

To take part or for further information click here or contact Michaela on 020 7593 1874 or email Michaela Greene. They hope to see you there!

We are delighted to say that Bernard Miller will be taking all our Circa-Club photographs.

Miller is a photographer who has agreed to an uneasy truce with the onrushing world of digital picture-making. But who still tries to keep alive a bit of the old ways of doing things. "I love the way Renaissance portraitists attempted to portray the effect of light on people's faces - often, people whom we might not consider conventionally beautiful - and in so doing to convey something of their character, their spirit.

"I try to capture some of the same warmth, the same soft but directional light, in my photography. That's a little easier to do with film...but I'm learning to do it with digital as well."

Miller prefers working with black and white film above all. "It's the perfect medium for portraiture, I believe. It shows what is there, without the distraction of colour...it's explicit--stark, even, at times - without revealing everything, so there's still a bit of mystery, of intrigue there."

Miller is available for portraiture of just about any type - and in any medium - digital or 35 millimetre, medium format, or even large format film. Whatever tool will best present what the sitter wants to achieve - and, I hope, a little of what I see in them as well." Some of his work can be seen at www.presquevu.com, and he can be contacted through the site.