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• THE BT LGBT AND GAY HALLOWEEN EVENTS NYC
• THE QUEER HISTORY (AND PRENT) OF NYC'S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARAJEANNE FLEMG, ARTISTIC/PRODUCG DIRECTOR OF THE PARA FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, FILLS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRYAN VAN GORROCTOBER 22, 2018/1:19 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4912PX;WIDTH:7360PX;}COURTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARABY BRYAN VAN GORROCTOBER 22, 2018 / 1:19 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE QUEER HISTORY (AND PRENT) OF NYC'S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-22T17:19:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-22T17:19:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRYAN VAN GORR","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW YORK’S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA TURNS 45 THIS YEAR. THE ANNUAL PROCSN OF 60,000 STUMED PARTICIPANTS ATTRACTS NEARLY 2 LN TIMATED ONLOOKERS, MAKG THE LARGT EVENT OF S KD THE WORLD. DPE S ENORMO SIZE, THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA NTU TO FEEL LIKE A HOMEGROWN, GRASSROOTS EVENT DUE MOSTLY TO S HUMBLE ROOTS AND THE TIRELS EFFORTS OF JEANNE FLEMG, THE ARTISTIC/PRODUCG DIRECTOR OF THE PARA FOR MORE THAN THREE S.PHOTO URTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE WAY THE PARA STARTED WAS THAT THERE WAS A MASK MAKER AND PUPPETEER WHO LIVED GREENWICH VILLAGE, AND HE WALKED OM HOE TO HOE AROUND THE PARK—WASHGTON SQUARE PARK—WH HIS KIDS,” EXPLAS FLEMG. “THEN THE NEXT YEAR SOME PEOPLE JUMPED ON. AND, THE NEXT YEAR, MORE PEOPLE JUMPED ON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, AFTER S SEND YEAR, THEATER FOR THE NEW CY STEPPED AND PRODUCED THE EVENT, CREASG THE LENGTH OF THE PARA ROUTE AND DRAWG MORE PARTICIPATN. THE FOLLOWG YEAR THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA FORMED SELF TO A NOT-FOR-PROF ANIZATN, PRODUCED THE PARA ON S OWN.COURTY OF VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TIM WERE CHANGG. PEOPLE WERE STARTG TO E OUT,” RELLS FLEMG. “IN THOSE DAYS, THE WT VILLAGE WAS FILLED WH CREATIVE PEOPLE AND THE GAY MUNY WAS CENTERED THERE. SO MANY WAYS, AT THAT TIME, THIS WAS PRI.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, MARCH FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS SPURRED ON BY THE STONEWALL RTS HAD STARTED TAKG PLACE NEW YORK, AND ELSEWHERE THE UNTRY, 1969. HOWEVER, THOSE MARCH WERE FIANT AND POLIL, NOT THE FLAMBOYANT CELEBRATNS WE ASSOCIATE WH PRI PARAS TODAY.COURTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA2017-10-31 NEW YORK CY’S 44TH ANNUALVILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE"]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEN AIDS ME AND THAT KD OF CHANGED EVERYTHG,” SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA WOULD RRY ON, WOULD CEASE TO BE THE FACTO PRI EVENT FOR THE CY'S LGBTQ MUNY. IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL PANMIC'S RISE, QUEER NEW YORKERS NCENTRATED THEIR EFFORTS ON CREASG VISIBILY THROUGH THEIR OWN DITED EVENTS AND PRI PARAS.COURTY OF VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, EVEN TODAY, AIDS NTU TO IMPACT THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA. THE OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY, HELD AT THE NCLN OF THE PARA, WILL BE AN OVER-THE-TOP GALA EVENT TO BENEF REARCH FOUNDATN TO CURE AIDS (RFTCA). EXTREME STUMER—AND THIS YEAR'S GRAND MARSHAL—MACHE DAZZLE (ABOVE) WILL HOST THE AFTER PARTY'S $5,000 BT STUME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MACHE DAZZLE'S PARTICIPATN IS PECIALLY PERFECT BEE THIS YEAR OUR THEME IS, 'I AM A ROBOT,'" STAT FLEMG. PARTICIPANTS ARE ENURAGED TO E DRSED AS THEIR FAVORE CYB, ARTIFICIAL HUMAN, ROBOT, OR MACHE AND, FOR THE PARA'S FIRST TIME, THIS GROUP WILL BE SIGNATED S OWN SPOT THE PARA.PHOTO URTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR FLEMG'S FAVORE STUM OF ALL TIME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE ARE SO MANY. THERE WAS A GUY WHO ME AS VCENT VAN GOGH OM ONE OF HIS PATGS," SHE RELLS. "ONE OF MY FAVOR EVER THE PARA—DID YOU EVER SEE THE TWA AIRLE STEWARSS? THEY HAD THE LTLE ROUND HAT BOX AS PURS. AND THEY WOULD STOP AND POSE. AND THE FIRST WOULD TURN HIS PURSE AROUND AND WOULD SPELL 'T', AND THE SEND ONE WOULD SPELL 'W', THEN 'A', AND FALLY THE LAST ONE TURNED AROUND A 'T'. AND, THEY'D LGH AND N AWAY AND DO AGA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO JO, THE 45TH ANNUAL PARA TAK PLACE WEDNDAY, OCTOBER 31, AT 7 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• BT GAY HALLOWEEN PARTI NYC
• WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
• THE BT PLAC TO CELEBRATE GAY HALLOWEEN
• IS HALLOWEEN A TRADNAL GAY HOLIDAY?

THE BT LGBT AND GAY HALLOWEEN EVENTS NYC

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THE QUEER HISTORY (AND PRENT) OF NYC'S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARAJEANNE FLEMG, ARTISTIC/PRODUCG DIRECTOR OF THE PARA FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, FILLS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRYAN VAN GORROCTOBER 22, 2018/1:19 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4912PX;WIDTH:7360PX;}COURTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARABY BRYAN VAN GORROCTOBER 22, 2018 / 1:19 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE QUEER HISTORY (AND PRENT) OF NYC'S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-22T17:19:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-22T17:19:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRYAN VAN GORR","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW YORK’S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA TURNS 45 THIS YEAR. THE ANNUAL PROCSN OF 60,000 STUMED PARTICIPANTS ATTRACTS NEARLY 2 LN TIMATED ONLOOKERS, MAKG THE LARGT EVENT OF S KD THE WORLD. DPE S ENORMO SIZE, THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA NTU TO FEEL LIKE A HOMEGROWN, GRASSROOTS EVENT DUE MOSTLY TO S HUMBLE ROOTS AND THE TIRELS EFFORTS OF JEANNE FLEMG, THE ARTISTIC/PRODUCG DIRECTOR OF THE PARA FOR MORE THAN THREE S.PHOTO URTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE WAY THE PARA STARTED WAS THAT THERE WAS A MASK MAKER AND PUPPETEER WHO LIVED GREENWICH VILLAGE, AND HE WALKED OM HOE TO HOE AROUND THE PARK—WASHGTON SQUARE PARK—WH HIS KIDS,” EXPLAS FLEMG. “THEN THE NEXT YEAR SOME PEOPLE JUMPED ON. AND, THE NEXT YEAR, MORE PEOPLE JUMPED ON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, AFTER S SEND YEAR, THEATER FOR THE NEW CY STEPPED AND PRODUCED THE EVENT, CREASG THE LENGTH OF THE PARA ROUTE AND DRAWG MORE PARTICIPATN. THE FOLLOWG YEAR THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA FORMED SELF TO A NOT-FOR-PROF ANIZATN, PRODUCED THE PARA ON S OWN.COURTY OF VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TIM WERE CHANGG. PEOPLE WERE STARTG TO E OUT,” RELLS FLEMG. “IN THOSE DAYS, THE WT VILLAGE WAS FILLED WH CREATIVE PEOPLE AND THE GAY MUNY WAS CENTERED THERE. SO MANY WAYS, AT THAT TIME, THIS WAS PRI.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, MARCH FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS SPURRED ON BY THE STONEWALL RTS HAD STARTED TAKG PLACE NEW YORK, AND ELSEWHERE THE UNTRY, 1969. HOWEVER, THOSE MARCH WERE FIANT AND POLIL, NOT THE FLAMBOYANT CELEBRATNS WE ASSOCIATE WH PRI PARAS TODAY.COURTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA2017-10-31 NEW YORK CY’S 44TH ANNUALVILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE"]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEN AIDS ME AND THAT KD OF CHANGED EVERYTHG,” SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA WOULD RRY ON, WOULD CEASE TO BE THE FACTO PRI EVENT FOR THE CY'S LGBTQ MUNY. IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL PANMIC'S RISE, QUEER NEW YORKERS NCENTRATED THEIR EFFORTS ON CREASG VISIBILY THROUGH THEIR OWN DITED EVENTS AND PRI PARAS.COURTY OF VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, EVEN TODAY, AIDS NTU TO IMPACT THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARA. THE OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY, HELD AT THE NCLN OF THE PARA, WILL BE AN OVER-THE-TOP GALA EVENT TO BENEF REARCH FOUNDATN TO CURE AIDS (RFTCA). EXTREME STUMER—AND THIS YEAR'S GRAND MARSHAL—MACHE DAZZLE (ABOVE) WILL HOST THE AFTER PARTY'S $5,000 BT STUME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MACHE DAZZLE'S PARTICIPATN IS PECIALLY PERFECT BEE THIS YEAR OUR THEME IS, 'I AM A ROBOT,'" STAT FLEMG. PARTICIPANTS ARE ENURAGED TO E DRSED AS THEIR FAVORE CYB, ARTIFICIAL HUMAN, ROBOT, OR MACHE AND, FOR THE PARA'S FIRST TIME, THIS GROUP WILL BE SIGNATED S OWN SPOT THE PARA.PHOTO URTY OF THE VILLAGE HALLOWEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR FLEMG'S FAVORE STUM OF ALL TIME?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE ARE SO MANY. THERE WAS A GUY WHO ME AS VCENT VAN GOGH OM ONE OF HIS PATGS," SHE RELLS. "ONE OF MY FAVOR EVER THE PARA—DID YOU EVER SEE THE TWA AIRLE STEWARSS? THEY HAD THE LTLE ROUND HAT BOX AS PURS. AND THEY WOULD STOP AND POSE. AND THE FIRST WOULD TURN HIS PURSE AROUND AND WOULD SPELL 'T', AND THE SEND ONE WOULD SPELL 'W', THEN 'A', AND FALLY THE LAST ONE TURNED AROUND A 'T'. AND, THEY'D LGH AND N AWAY AND DO AGA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO JO, THE 45TH ANNUAL PARA TAK PLACE WEDNDAY, OCTOBER 31, AT 7 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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