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Hard French is for Lovers! Valentines Day NightLife at the CA Academy of Sciences

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Join us for the perfect Valentines Day date at the California Academy of Sciences this Thursday night from 6-10pm! We ❤ NIGHTLIFE and we ❤ YOU so join us for Hard French tunes, a couples dance off and lots of Hard French surprises for you lovers out there. Buy your tickets, RSVP on Facebook & see more details below!

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day and Beer Week in one fell swoop. Taste your way through a beer hall populated with the likes of Almanac Beer Co. (Biere de Chocolat, anyone?), Anchor Brewing, Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Drake’s Brewing, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Pac Brew Lab, and many more.

Center for Sex and Culture founders Carol Queen and Robert Lawrence will deliver fascinating talks in the Forum with guest Midori. In the East Pavilion, sample sweet treats from Whole Foods, make a good old fashioned valentine at SCRAP’s craft table, and stop by the Photoboof for posterity’s sake.

In the aquarium, enjoy “gold classics” being spun by Sweet Cheeks DJs Loco and Mawkus in the coral reef, and strike up a conversation about extreme mating in the animal kingdom while wandering through Animal Attraction. In the Piazza, Hard French DJs Carnita and Brown Amy will whip up a soul storm, topped with grown-up board games and a few surprises.

For details and tickets, please visit:
http://bit.ly/nightlife-info

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NightLife takes place Thursday nights (6-10pm) at the California Academy of Sciences. Music, Creatures and Cocktails. 21+

 

Where To Buy Your Winter Ball Tickets

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WHOA! You Did it Hard Frenchers!! We have officially reached our quota for online ticket sales. This is going to be GOOD!

Tickets are NOT SOLD OUT! You can visit these retail locations to purchase tickets (you will automatically be entered to win a free hotel room at Hotel Paradox in Santa Cruz, too!):

  • Hangr 16 (San Francisco): 3128 16th St (btwn Guerrero and Valencia), thru Friday February 1st.
  • Saturn Cafe (Santa Cruz): 145 Laurel Street,  thru Friday Februray 1st.

We’ll also have tickets available at these nightlife events (and one shopping party),  look for the Hard French sign!

  • Wednesday January 30th, Stay Gold, 10pm, Public Works (161 Erie Street, San Francisco)
  • Thursday January 31st, Hard French Hearts Stony Pony Shop In, Stone Pony (3552 20th St. btwn Mission and Valencia, San Francisco). Get your look for the Ball with the Stone Pony stylists!
  • Friday February 1st, SOMETHING Soul, , 10pm, the Stud (399 9th St., San Francisco)

Tickets will also be available at the Cocoanut Grove Box Office on February 2nd from 2pm – 5pm and when doors open at 9pm.

Remember to guarantee entry into the event – get your tickets early! See you at the ball!

xoxo the Hard French Crew

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Your 2013 Hard French Winter Ball Queen & King Finalists

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My goodness!  Once again, as your official Coronation Certification & Cat-Herding Coordinator, I am blown away by the love, talent, energy, and commitment in our community!  It is my utmost honor to present to you your official 2013 Hard French Winter Ball Court — and thank the stars I only have to count the votes, because I honestly don’t know who I’d vote for!  But remember, you must be present at the ball to vote, so if you want to see your friendsies win, you better get a ticket ASAP (online sales have ended, so they’re now available at select in-person locations and at the door — it is NOT sold out!!!).

As a reminder, this year’s finalists have each chosen community beneficiaries that they’re running on behalf of (sort of like Celebrity Apprentice but way cooler, and I think I’m prettier than Donald Trump!) — the winners will each have at least $250 donated to the org/project of their choice.  (And you can help raise those numbers by visiting the photobooth and coat check, which are being added to the kitty!)  Of course, we want our winners to also walk away with more than just our adoration and the satisfaction of helping out the community, so we’re showering them with treats from local sponsors: Rickshaw Bags, Amoeba Music, Saturn Cafe, Stone Pony, Ike’s Sandwiches, Boogaloos, Nick’s Pizza, Lexington Club, Courtney Trouble/Indie Porn Prize Pack, Extreme Pizza, California Academy of Sciences, HiTops, Cafe Delmarette, and The Picnic Basket.  There is a lot on the line, y’all!

So, without further ado, I present your court (in alphabetical order, calm down!) including their hopes, dreams, and a selection of all the nice things people said about them in the nominations process!

see you on the dancefloor,
Lil Miss Hot Mess

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Watch Hard French’s newest video – ¡SACAMELO!

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Maria Elena has been pregnant for 12 months. Determined to give birth before the Winter Ball, she’ll stop at nothing to induce labor – but what kind of monster will emerge? Watch the official Hard French Winter Ball Telenovela, ¡SACAMELO!, by Dirty Glitter and Jorge P starring Ambrosia Salad & Stanley Frank Sensation to learn the answer…

HARD FRENCH WINTER BALL 2013: ¡SACAMELO! from Dirtyglitter on Vimeo.

LIVE PERFORMANCES at the Hard French Winter Ball!

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We here at Hard French love performances. This year we are showcasing four of our favorite performers who will be singing live for you at the Ball! In addition, Glamamore will once again take to the stage for the third year in a row! Click on the photo of each artist to find out more…

Glamamore performing at the first Winter Ball.
Rotimi loves balls! And especially adores singing at them. Recent performances of his include playing James Brown, Prince and other characters at Beach Blanket Babylon and performing as Miss Cleo Patois at Something. You can find him later this month at CounterPULSE flaming out in Fabulous Artistic Guys Get Overtly Traumatized Sometimes: The Musical! See you on the dance floor! Photo Credit: Cabure Bonugli
DavEnd is a tender-hearted, genderqueer, costume designing, accordion wielding songwriter, performing artist and designer based in San Francisco. DavEnd has released two studio albums (How To Hold Your Own Hand, Fruits Commonly Mistaken For Vegetables) and for the past 6 years, has been touring extensively in the U.S., performing at queer teen centers, festivals, colleges, theatres and backyards. Between tours, Ms. End designs costumes, and most recently has been producing a new musical, costume designing and dancing in production numbers for songwriter Kimya Dawson, and appearing in Taylor Mac’s epic 5 hour play, The Lily’s Revenge. DavEnd’s current project, “Fabulous Artistic Guys Get Overtly Traumatized Sometimes: The Musical!”, brings together the worlds of music and radical performance art in a theatrical extravaganza, exploring the effects of heterosexism and street harassment on the development of queer identity. Photo Credit: Robbie Sweeney
Dulce De Leche is a Bay Area drag performer that is known for her powerful, soulful voice. She has been performing for the past 2 years and is inspired by many of the 50’s & 60’s soul divas, such as Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Tina Turner, Nina Turner… just to name a few. That’s why she is very excited to work with Hard French, it gives her the opportunity to perform some of the music that really speaks to her soul! Dulce gets around this city and has been very blessed to work with such parties as Honey SoundSystem, Club Something, Daytime Realness, Cochina Tongas, and many others. If you would like to keep up with her projects add her on Facebook. See you at the BALL!
Lambert (Ebony Jett) is originally from NYC, where he cut his teeth singing in jazz clubs, theaters and nightclubs like the Pyramid & the legendary Squeezebox. He loves San Francisco and can be seen sometimes on the stage of Some Thing at the Stud. He is thrilled to be part of this year’s Winter Ball.

Nominate Your 2013 Hard French Winter Ball King & Queen

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It’s time once again to nominate your friends, lovers, crushes, and all-around heros for the Hard French Winter Ball King & Queen competition!  As always, we’re looking for extraordinary folks from our community who are smart, sweet, artsy, crafty, committed, bold, big-hearted, and of course, self-identifiably sexy and know how to shake their tail feathers!  Ultimately, it’s a chance to honor the folks who tend to put in more than they get back, to say thank you for being part of what makes our community so great!

New this year, our nominees will each be competing for an organization of their choice to become the community beneficiaries of the Winter Ball (it’s sort of like Celebrity Apprentice but without Donald Trump) — it’s another way of supporting the work these great folks are doing and giving back to our community!  Of course, all finalists receive FREE entry to the Winter Ball.  The winners will receive a 2013 Season Pass to Hard French, as well as a prize pack including gift certificates and treats to some of our favorite spots (we’re constantly updating this list!!!):

The nomination form and official rules are below / after the jump — and don’t forget to get your tickets now!

XOXO,
Lil Miss Hot Mess, your official vote counter

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WINTER LIVING with HARD FRENCH — Live Performances by the Younger Lovers & T.I.T.S.

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WINTER LIVING with HARD FRENCH
a new daytime danceparty with hot bands, hot babes and hot drinks

December 1st 3pm – 8pm
$7

yr Hard French DJs:
DJ Carnita & DJ Brown Amy
Spinning the baddest all-vinyl girl group grooves, northern soul stunners and funky foot stompers this side of the ’60s

live performances by:
The Younger Lovers
“A shot of syrupy pop tainted with gritty swagger dug out of the potholes of Oakland’s San Pablo Ave” – SF Weekly

T.I.T.S.
“Totally unhinged, like a ’60s freakout taken to almost parodic extremes” – SF Bay Guardian

With the Winter upon us Hard French has decided to forgo our regular hibernation to bring you a few of our favorite things – hot bands, hot dancing & hot drinks. When El Rio said they were weatherproofing their patio and asked us to party with them through the changing seasons we took the opportunity to do something a little different. During our regular Hard French timeslot in December and January we’re going to be inviting some of our favorite bands, performers, artists and others to the party. Don’t worry, we’ll still have Hard French staples like our DJ’s Brown Amy & Carnita and hot babes dancing.

Speaking of Winter Living, don’t forget to save the date for February 2nd for the Third Annual HARD FRENCH WINTER BALL at the Cocoanut Grove on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. You may also want to start planning an outfit, reserving a room, hiring consultants to run your campaign for Queen or King, etc.

Goodnight Hard French!

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Two Parties. Two Locations. 12 Hours of nonstop Dancing!

Hard French is going to party the only way we know how – BIG! Our Season Finale marks another year of Saturday Afternoon dancing and cruising, and to commemorate it this year we are throwing TWO parties! Starting at 2pm at El Rio, our regular daytime soul music party will get you started with all the HF classics and guest DJ Jackie Sugarlumps. When that ends at El Rio make your way to Goodnight Hard French, where we continue our festivities with a live performance by New York City’s Midnight Magic, guest DJs Primo (2 Men Will Move You/Nightbeat) and Jason Kendig (Honey Soundsystem). Check out the video for Midnight Magic’s song ‘Beam Me Up’!


click here for more info on Hard French Season Finale @ El Rio, 2pm – 8pm

click here for more info on Goodnight Hard French @ Public Works, 10pm – 2am

click here to buy tickets to Goodnight Hard French

DEVIANTS: Featuring Hard French and Honey Soundsystem!

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It’s our favorite time of year – Folsom Street Fair! For the second year in a row we are partnering with the boys of Honey Soundsystem to bring you 12 hours of non stop partying. After admiring all the adult babies, human manimals, naked MENZ and public flogging at the fair, stop by Public Works for DEVIANTS ADULT ARCADE.

BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW BEFORE THEY SELL OUT!

Sunday, September 23rd, 3pm – 3am, Public Works (Erie St. and Mission St.)

Beginning at 3pm the entire block of Erie Street in front of Public Works will be transformed into an open-air dance party complete with Hard French’s signature all 60s soul sound, our infamous Jiggalicious Dance Babes, outdoor bars and food carts. In addition to resident DJs Brown Amy and Carnita, DJ Wam Bam Ashleyanne will be joining us for NONSTOP HARD FRENCH DANCING FROM 3pm – 10pm!

What else can you expect? Stereogamous, a production duo based out of Sydney, Australia will be DJing and playing some songs with live vocalist Shaun J. Wright in the Public Works loft from 9-midnight. They have remixed some amazing acts and their music is best described as music for making out, horizontal dance music and BATH HOUSE.

They have remixed the following bands: LCD Soundsystem, MEN,  The Presets, Kylie Minogue, George Michael, Light Asylum, and more..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyTK7E6j3t8
http://soundcloud.com/stereogamous/light-asylum-stereogamous
http://soundcloud.com/stereogamous/i-want-your-sex-stereogamous-b
http://soundcloud.com/stereogamous/stereogamous-cupid-boy

Horse Meat Disco will be DJing the main room of Public Works from 11-2am. Horse Meat Disco is dedicated to the industry of human happiness and it pumps it out every Sunday at THE EAGLE LONDON (formerly South Central). Its the queer party for everyone; Homos and Heteros, club kids, bears, fashionistas, naturists, guerilla drag queens and ladies who munch. Funky House Party MUSIC!
http://soundcloud.com/horse-meat-disco/hmd-channel-4-house-party-mix
http://soundcloud.com/james-horse-meat-disco/rollerdisco-mix
http://soundcloud.com/james-horse-meat-disco/december-2011-mix

 

HARD FRENCH HEARTS TRANSFORM SF!

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Stand up and be counted!  Be proud of who you are and speak up about it.  Transform SF, a coalition of four community based HIV prevention organizations, gives you that chance.

Transform SF will be conducting our Transgender Community Health Survey (which includes a free, rapid HIV test), outside of Hard French on 9/1 from 4:00 – 8:00 PM.  Participants get into Hard French for FREE!!! …plus a $20 gift card for participating. 

Our Transgender Community Health Survey is a survey of the Transgender community who lives, works, or plays in San Francisco.  Our goal is to better understand how discrimination, mistreatment, and other social factors play into the HIV prevalence rate in the SF Transgender community.  For far too long HIV/AIDS has ravaged the Transgender community.  With a prevalence rate of nearly 30%, (in contrast, the national average is less than 1%) the Transgender community has been disproportionally effected by the epidemic.  But this doesn’t have to be the case.  Stand up, be counted, and be heard.

The Transform SF Transgender Community Survey, which includes a free, rapid HIV test, offers a $20 gift card every 6 months for participants. If you can’t make it to this Hard French – contact Erin Armstrong for more information, or to make an appointment – (Erin@APIWellness.org) 415.292.3400 x 113.

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