Sticking Together for Pride

Jelly wrestling, anyone? Next-door neighbors Beauty Bar and Jelly Cafe neatly define the term “coexist” in their friendly proximity on 13th Avenue; though one welcomes the nightlife and the other operates mainly in the sunlight, the bar and the pancake cafe are joining forces to create a float for this...

By Susan Froyd

June 16, 2011

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Jelly wrestling, anyone? Next-door neighbors Beauty Bar and Jelly Cafe neatly define the term “coexist” in their friendly proximity on 13th Avenue; though one welcomes the nightlife and the other operates mainly in the sunlight, the bar and the pancake cafe are joining forces to create a float for this morning’s Pride Parade down Colfax Avenue. But the neighborly theme will then stick through the night, when Beauty Bar hosts the Mondo’s Bitch Slap PrideFest after-party, complete with same-sex jelly wrestling and a DJ set by rapper Cazwell (of “Ice Cream Truck” fame), who is also headlining the PrideFest main stage earlier in the day. Jell-O will double for jelly in the pit, where heretofore-unnamed dueling local gay sports teams are expected to rumble. But here’s the real news from Beauty Bar co-owner Noah Ray McMahan: “I think it’s going to be strawberry.” Just stop for a minute and let that ooze through your brain.

The Mondo Guerra quotient glues the gummy deal: The Bitch Slap will be all-star all the time, with fashion maven Mondo hosting at the mike all night long. The party starts jiggling at 8 p.m. at Beauty Bar, 608 East 13th Avenue; entry is 21-plus, and there’s a $5 cover charge at the door. Get details at http://thebeautybar.com/denver.
Sun., June 19, 8 p.m., 2011

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Susan Froyd started writing for Westword as the "Thrills" editor in 1992 and never quite left the fold. These days she still freelances for the paper in addition to walking her dogs, enjoying cheap ethnic food and reading voraciously. Sometimes she writes poetry.

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