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Felix-Gonzalez Torres’ Art at ‘Warhol’ Exhibit
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s latest exhibit, “Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years”, is huge. There are at least forty-five works by Andy Warhol, combined with a hundred works by sixty other artists. As I walked through the crowded exhibition space last Sunday afternoon, overwhelmed by the sheer number of paintings, sculptures, films, and interactive…Read More +
How To Survive A Plague: Behind the Scenes with Paul Heck
By Red Hot Producer Paul Heck **Update: This post originally ran on February 2nd, 2012, but with nation-wide screenings beginning next week (more on that Monday!), we wanted to share this again. About 8 months ago, David France and Joy Tomchin, the director and executive producer of the film “How To Survive A Plague,” came…Read More +
Last-Minute Guide to Fashion’s Night Out
It’s that time of year again – Fashion Week is starting in New York and it’s kicking off with a bang, formally referred to as Fashion’s Night Out. While Manhattan may serve as the epicenter of the event (and, in the opinion of everyone who lives here, the entire universe) 500 cities and 19 countries…Read More +
Malawi Clinics Get Free Condoms For A Year!
No, this post isn’t about a contest to get as many condoms as you want for the next 365 days, but it is about winners: the people of Malawi. Red Hot recently showed it’s support for the safe sex education and treatment efforts being offered through Partners in Health/Abwenzi Pa Zu Umoyo by donating 200,000…Read More +
Condom Nation: Bringing Condoms to a City Near You
The Condom Nation tour, an initiative by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), is a six-month, 40-city tour throughout the country to promote condom use and safer sex. Although the tour has now reached its halfway mark, AHF is still going strong to provide 10 million free condoms and information on safer sex to their remaining 13 cities. Condon-Nation,…Read More +
AIDS WALK NEW YORK
THIS WEEKEND! is the AIDS Walk in New York City. This year the trial will be 6.2 miles and will take place around central park and on the west side. All the funds raised by AIDS Walk New York will go to support the services provide by Gay Men’s Health Crisis or (GMHC) and other…Read More +
Fashion Against AIDS
Attention fashionistas, bargain shoppers, and people seeking undeniable swag: H&M is launching their fifth Fashion Against AIDS (FAA) clothes line to raise money and spread awareness about HIV/AIDS among today’s youth culture. Starting April 26th, 2012, it can now be found in 300 H&M stores in various countries. Super trendy and extremely vibrant, the collection…Read More +
Act Up, Fight Back!
Yesterday, April 25th, ACT UP & Occupy Wall Street held a massive demonstration and march on Wall Street. The march called for a tax on speculative financial trading (FST or “Robin Hood Tax“) that would create $530 billion in revenue and generate the funds necessary to end the global AIDS crisis. The march began at…Read More +
Sex Week
A few weeks ago, Harvard University joined a group of colleges including Brown, Northeastern and Washington University in doing a program called ‘Sex Week.’ Sex Week is a student, week long program in which a series of lectures and panel discussions talk about safe sex, rape prevention, and STDs in addition to topics such as…Read More +
Cell Phones Helping the Fight Against AIDS
We know that in preventing the spread of HIV, it is extremely important to get tested for STIs. But in remote villages in Africa, areas most at risk, getting test results from labs was difficult. The information would be sent by couriers and could take weeks…and this delay could be deadly for some people. But…Read More +
