Film Festival Kept Boy Greg Audino to Outshine! + Spotlight Films
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ISSUE # 16 | 04.20.17 DESTINATIONS: THAILAND SONGKRAN COLOSSAL WATER FIGHT MATILDA THE MUSICAL DREAMING OF A BETTER LIFE TOP TRAX: DEBORAH COX LOVES WHITNEY THE LEGACY LIVES ON MIAMI BEACH GAY PRIDE IN PHOTOS PART II 2017 MIFO LGBT + INTERVIEW FILM FESTIVAL KEPT BOY GREG AUDINO TO OUTSHINE! + SPOTLIGHT FILMS DENTAL Insurance Physicians Mutual Insurance Company A less expensive way to TABLE OF CONTENTS: help get the dental care you deserve 7. DESTINATIONS: THAILAND If you’re over 50, you can get coverage for Bangkok is the place to be for Songkran, the about $1 a day* distinct religious holiday that has evolved into an eight-million-way water fight. Keep your own dentist! NO networks to worry about 14. 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MOVIES ARE THE MEMORIES OF OUR LIFETIME, WE NEED TO KEEP THEM ALIVE.” - MARTIN SCORSESE 6 WIREMAG.COM #16 2017 DESTINATIONS By Dane Steele Green WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE THAILAND – SONGKRAN PHOTO CREDIT: © DEPOSITPHOTOS.COM | CHATCHAI PHOTO CREDIT: hiladelphia has the Mummers Parade, Rio de Janiero has Carnevale and Hong Kong has the Chinese New Year. A se- lect handful of cities in the world have and everyone is fair game. Thailand's warm Well, not exactly "all." After a few bad celebrations unique to them, ones that weather already encourages light dress, but crashes, it's an unspoken rule that people on they have either invented or have made their on Songkran, it's wise to haul out the beach a bike, moped, or motorcycle are absolutely own to such a degree no one else can com- duds, flip-flops, and for God's sake, put your off limits.