Mitzi Rosenbaum of AVIV of Arizona attends the Rainbows Festival and Street Fair in Phoenix last year. This year’s festival will have about 150 exhibitors. THE REPUBLIC
RAINBOWS FESTIVAL AND STREET FAIR
The diversity of the LGBT community is celebrated at this event, produced by Phoenix Pride. Entertainers take the stage and about 150 exhibitors fill the historical Heritage Square Park area in downtown Phoenix. Food trucks, tequila tasting and craft beer are new this year. On Sunday, Miss and Mister Junior Phoenix Gay Pride will be crowned, and Steve Grand will perform country music.
Details: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19-20. Heritage Square Park, 115 N. Sixth St., Phoenix. Free admis- sion. 602-277-7433, phoenixpride.org.
— Wendy D. Killeen

15 October 2013
08 October 2013
Rainbows Fest information
http://phoenixpride.org/events/rainbows-festival
Phoenix Pride is now the proud owner and producer of the “Arizona’s Greatest Street Fair”, the annual Rainbows Festival. The annual Rainbows Festival & Street Fair is a celebration of the diversity of the LGBTQ community. The event is located in historic Heritage Square Park in Downtown Phoenix. Each year, the Rainbows Festival draws a crowd in excess of 15,000 friends, families and allies. Rainbows Festival is the 2nd largest LGBTQ event in the state of Arizona, only 2nd to the Phoenix Pride Festival.
The annual Rainbows Festival is a free event open to the public. We host nearly 150 exhibitors and sponsors throughout the two-day event. Rainbows Festival is the new home of OUTdayPHX, a Celebration of National Coming OUT Day!
General Information
Saturday, October 19, 2013 and Sunday, October 20, 2013
Heritage Square Park
Festival Hours
10:00am – 6:00pm
FREE ADMISSION
Heritage Square Park
Festival Hours
10:00am – 6:00pm
FREE ADMISSION
Parking & Lightrail
Free metered parking in downtown Phoenix is extremely limited. There are nearby paid parking garages. The Phoenix Metro Light Rail stops nearby at 7th Street & Washington/Jefferson near the Arizona Science Center.
02 October 2013
October 2013 Tishrei/Chesvan 5774
AVIV of Arizona at
Rainbows Festival 2013
Rainbows Festival 2013
Come
join AVIV’s Red Carpet Event!
Saturday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th 10 AM – 6 PM
More volunteers are needed to supervise the
booth,
particularly on Sunday October 20th.
Please Sign up here!
If you have questions… need more info….
Please email Sam at: contact@avivaz.com
AVIV's September Event Photos
AVIV of Arizona's Yom Kippur Break the Fast
Pot Luck Dinner
Sukkot
2014 AVIV Membership Drive
AVIV’s 2014 membership drive has begun.
Membership renewal prior
to December 31, 2013
will be appreciated.
Dues are $54.00 for individuals,
$108.00 for couples and family,
and $36 for full-time students and military.
As you complete your membership
renewal
for the coming year, please
consider an additional financial
contribution
to support future events.
Donations can be made to honor a family
member,
to celebrate an event,
or as a yarzheit memorial.
Please keep an open heart and mind
and
consider that membership
covers only a small portion of
AVIV of
Arizona’s annual operating
budget.
We thank you for your past and future support.
Your dues and a
completed membership form
can be completed online here or mailed to:
AVIV of Arizona
PO Box 80553
Phoenix, AZ 85060-0553
(AVIV of Arizona is committed to being
accessible
to anyone seeking an LGBT Jewish community; financial
capacity will
never be a barrier to membership and confidential
arrangements can be made with
our
treasurer for those experiencing financial hardships.)
The AVIV Shabbat Prayer
Book is being rewritten.
To commemorate their 50th wedding
anniversary,
Chuck and Janice Dietz started
an AVIV prayer book fund.
More donations are needed to print at least
30 copies of
the new prayer book.
To donate, print and complete the donation form
and
mail your donation check to:
AVIV of Arizona
PO Box 850053
Phoenix, Arizona 85060
A committee will be formed to review our current
Shabbat Siddur and the Shabbat
Siddur from Beth Chayim Chadshim
(LA’s LGBT Jewish
Congregation).
BethChayim Chadshim has given AVIV permission
to copy
their electronic version for a
small donation.
Please contact Sandy at slubisch@aol.com i
f you are interested in participating on
this committee.
Weaving the LGBT Welcome Mat
AVIV of Arizona's Board Member Roni
is participating at a panel discussion sponsored by the
National
Council of Jewish Women (NCJW).
Weaving the LGBT Welcome
Mat.
This panel discussion is to
enhance understanding of
what it is like to be Jewish and homosexual in
Arizona.
It will be held on
Tuesday, November 19th at 6:30 PM at
Temple Solel
(6805 E. McDonald
Drive, Paradise Valley, AZ 85252,
just west of Scottsdale Road).
The Panel Participants include:
Bunny Tarquinio-member of NCJW
Roni -member of AVIV
Rabbi Elana Kanter – The New Shul-Scottsdale, Az.
For more information, contact Roni at achirocat@gmail.com
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