Rochester and Syracuse

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Rochester is home to several large companies, including Eastman-Kodak, Bausch & Lomb and the Xerox Corporation. On a more cultural level is the Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Eastman School of Music, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Susan B. Anthony Memorial, University of Rochester and the nationally acclaimed Lilac Fes-

By Bob Damron Rochester and Syracuse are the third and fourth largest cities in the Empire State...separated by less than a hundred miles via the New York State Thruway, or twenty-five minutes by jet-liner. Both are thriving industrial cities, but most comparisons and there, as each is quite different in it's own way. With a population of 300,000, tial in May.

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The largest gay disco in Rochester is Jim's at 123 North Street. It is always jam-packed with an integrated, unisex clientelle. Many young jocks that like to boogie go to the Friar's Inn at 248 Monroe, while foxy ladies like 485 E. Main. The Bachelor's Forum at 1065 E. Main is the most popular levi and leather cruise bar in central upstate New York...while the Avenue Pub at 522

Monroe is a fun, kinky neighborhood bar. The River View at 242 South Avenue is favored by mature gay women, while the Bullwinkle, Rathskellar, Rosie's and Two Twelve welcome whatever they can get.

A great way to see Rochester, and it's really interesting and veried architecture, is from the Changing Scene...a revolving restaurant on the twenty-first

floor of the new Federal Plaza Building. The prices are higher than the altitude, and the view much better than the food...but worth it. for better straight dining, try Barry's, Spring House, Royal Scot, or for you train-buffs, the Depot in nearby Pittsford. I perfer the Holiday Inn-Genesse Plaza, downtown, one of the best (Continued on Page 9)

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Carnival week in Provincetown

By Gordon Hathaway Provincetown, Mass. has been a favorite vacation spot with the gay community for many years. Here, one can feel free to live their lifestyle as they choose. As if there was not enough to keep everyone happy, the Provincetown Business Guild has come up with another fabulous idea--. Carnival Week. The second such event was held this year from August 15 through August 21.

A great place to spend your vacation anytime, Provincetown is especially festive during Car'nival Week. Banners of red and

yellow, representing the colors of the Guild, adorned guest houses, restaurants, and other businesses participating in the festivities.

Guests from the various guest houses participated in three consecutive days of "round-robin" cocktail parties hosted by the owners of participating houses. Five parties were held daily, on each of the three days, and were of one hour duration each. Champagne, cocktails, and wine punches flowed while partygoers munched on appetizers.

These cocktail parties proved

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to be a great way to meet and converse with gays and lesbians from all over the United States and Canada, as many people became less inhibited after each successive cocktail party: Guests at one house even enjoyed an old-fashioned sing-a-long.

Nightly entertainment certainly was not lacking, especially around the Town Square. Wayland Flowers and Tiffany Jones were two of the notables performing in town that week. Bars and discos were overflowing with party-goers. The Red and Yellow Ball, on Tuesday evening, was jammed with people wearing the "theme" colors. Costumes ranged from very imaginative to very brief.

The week's activities culminated on Thursday evening with a Carnival Parade down Commercial Street, followed by a Carnival Ball. Guest houses and businesses had their own marching units including everything from cowboys and a Far-Eastern swami to "show girls" and a tapdancing cigarette pack. Ballgoers overflowed onto the beach as the sounds of disco music filled the air.

Anyone who has enjoyed Provincetown, or has considered vacationing there, would find Carnival time a fun-filled addition to an already great place to visit.

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two cachets of hashish in the cloakroom. One witness said that the police seemed to know in which bags the hashish could be found. The disc jockey was ordered to bring a flashlight for the policemen, and when he returned to his small room above. the dance floor he was arrested because his own cigarettes (Sombrero--black tobacco) had been-replaced with Winston (blond tobacco) and these contained some hashish...

John Stamford of Spartacus visited the Tourist Office and spoke with Juan Moreno about this issue. After much persistent questioning, Moreno admitted there had been raids, but only so as to track down hustlers, drug pushers, muggers, and prostitutes who frequent the bars. Stamford reported that the offcial spoke like a man who had been told not to say too much. Many gay tourists have chosen to curtail their vacationsin Torremolinos.**