Arts & Entertainment
Events for World AIDS Day (Dec. 1)
Tuesday, Nov. 30
Roby Chavez hosts “Persistent Voices: A World AIDS Event” tonight at the Thurgood Marshall Building (1816 12th St., N.W.) from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Presented by Us Helping Us, the D.C. Center, Ganymede Arts and the Vaccine Research Center, “Persistent Voices” is an anthology of poems by writers who died of AIDS. The event will feature readings by local actors, poets and community members. The editor of “Voices,” Philip Clark, will attend.
Wednesday, Dec. 1
Urbana (2121 P St., N.W.) will host Kimpton’s Red Hot Night in the Nation’s Capital, a cocktail party benefiting the Whitman-Walker Clinic featuring TV personality Paul Wharton as co-host and emcee tonight from 6 to 8:30 p.m. There will be a live and silent auction for items such as a weekend getaway to any Kimpton hotel and two roundtrip jetBlue tickets. A $10 admission covers one drink ticket and all the proceeds go to Whitman-Walker.
Thursday, Dec. 2
Kimpton’s Palomar Arlington will host “A Taste of Virginia’s Own,” a wine tasting to benefit Nothern Virginia AIDS Ministry, tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Guests will be given appetizers while sampling wines from places like Chateau O’Brien, Horton Cellars and Boxwood Estate Winery. Admission is $30 per person and all proceeds go to the Ministry.
Friday, Dec. 3
The D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.) will host an open mic night tonight at 8 p.m., with poems focusing on HIV/AIDS issues in conjunction with World AIDS Day. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m.
There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a drag performance by Sapphica, and dancing to a blend of smooth R&B, Afrobeats, hip-hop and pop by Slammer & Saba. Tickets are $20 at the door or $15 (plus fees) in advance, purchased here.
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free.
Out & About
DC Front Runners Pride Run 5K set for Saturday
Annual event held at historic Congressional Cemetery
The 14th annual DC Front Runners’ Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registration ends Friday at 11:59 p.m.
Runners can pick up their race packets on Saturday from 7-8:30 a.m. at Congressional Cemetery; the race begins at 9 a.m.
The fee to run the 5K in person is $65 ($35 for those under age 20). Proceeds benefit local LGBTQ nonprofits, including Thrive DC, Wanda Alston Foundation, Blade Foundation, Ainsley’s Angels, SMYAL, and Team DC. Visit DCFrontRunners.org for more information.
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