© Frank H. Jump
March, 2008:
Meier & Oelhaf Co. Inc. – Marine Repair – Christopher Street c. 1977
This is a snapshot I took when I was seventeen of my girlfriend Elaine Calenda and her friend Sharon Weinstein on the corner of Christopher Street & West Street in 1977. I found this snap in my photo album from 1977. Elaine and Sharon crossed the street and took my camera to take a picture of me because I was in a suit (published in an earlier posting).
© Frank H. Jump
Dance of a Lifetime
Gay Dancers (there are straight dancers?) Compete on New Lifetime Show
An old High School buddy, Silvano Merendi, tracked me down an told me about his performance on LIFETIME. Check it out! This was taken from GLAAD’s website spot Eye on the Media.
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| Lifetime premieres its first dance competition series, Your Mama Don’t Dance, on Friday, February 29, at 9 PM. Three gay men – Silvano Merendi (48, pictured), Dante Puleio (31) and Jonathan Silva (19) – will be featured as contestants. Since openly gay performers are rarely showcased within a competition format, their presence is a remarkable degree of visibility.The program features ten young professional dancers who are each paired with one of their parents, a surprise that the young dancers are unaware of until the show begins. Each week, the three judges – actor Ben Vereen, choreographer Cris Judd and singer Vitamin C – will put the two teams with the lowest scores up for a vote, allowing the public to decide which team stays. The series will end with a live finale on Friday, April 18. Silvano will be paired with his daughter, Celia, whom he raised with the help of his partner in Miami, Florida. Dante, from New York, trained at Wilkes University and moved to England to study at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. He will be dancing with his stepmother, Dolores. Jonathan, from Los Angeles, recently appeared in Bratz: The Movie and performed in Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular. He will be paired with his mother, Rodilyn, a hairdresser. For more info on the show, visit: http://www.MyLifetime.com | |||||||||
Flatbush Gardener & Sustainable Flatbush @ Imagine Flatbush 2030's Final Planning Meeting
Cris Kressling (Flatbush Gardener) & Anne Pope (Sustainable Flatbush)
Eve Baron – Municipal Art Society
© Frank H. Jump
I had to leave before the meeting ended due to illness, but last Wednesday was the final planning meeting of Imagine Flatbush 2030, hosted by the Municipal Art Society of NY and the Flatbush Development Corp. Establishing measurable goals and tracking methods for Flatbush’s present & future sustainability was the intended task. This is just a beginning, but a hopeful sign that this community has committed member who will work hard at making Flatbush a place where many talented young and mature people, of all walks of life, will want to stay.
