Arts & Entertainment

Calendar: March 4

Concerts, exhibits, parties and more through March 10th

Published

13 years ago

March 3, 2011

Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters. The group will be back in town for their own show on Monday after opening for Gaga last week. (Photo courtesy of FlyTime Entertainment)

Friday, March 4

RAW, hosted by DJs Bil Todd and Shea Van Horn with special guest DJ Smudge, will be at Green Lantern (1335 Green Court, N.W.) tonight from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Free entry before 11 p.m. with a $3 cover after. There will be an open bar from 10 to 11 p.m. Attendees must be 21 or older.

Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) presents “GLEEtacular” tonight at 10 p.m. with moments from the show recreated on stage and clips shown. Cover is $10 all night for attendees 18- 20 and $5 before 11 p.m. for those 21 or older and $10 afterward.

The D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.) is hosting its March Open Mic Night featuring local gay performer Monte Wolfe, who does spoken word, poetry and theatrical monologues, tonight from 8 to 10 p.m.

The D.C. Kings celebrate their 11th anniversary with a special “Best of” show tonight at Apex (1415 22nd St., N.W.) at 11 p.m.

Tilted Torch, a fire variety show, presents “But Wait! There’s More!!” at Red Palace (1212 H St., N.W.) tonight from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. featuring the burlesque and vaudeville of OuiOui Nonnon, ukulele tunes from Maureen Andary, contortion from Jonathan Burns and more. Doors open at 9 p.m. and the show starts at 10. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Visit redpalacedc.com to purchase tickets.

“Shear Madness,” a comedy whodunit, will be performed at the Kennedy Center Theater Lab (2700 F St., N.W.) at 8 p.m. “Madness” takes place in present-day Georgetown, in the Shear Madness Hair Styling Salon. Visit kennedy-center.org for more information and to purchase tickets.

Saturday, March 5

Blowoff, a dance party featuring gay DJs Bob Mould and Richard Morel, will be at 9:30 Club (815 V St., N.W.) tonight. Doors opens at 11:30 p.m. Attendees must be 21 or older. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at 930.com.

Adventuring, a D.C.-based gay and lesbian outdoor group, is hosting a hike in the George Washington National Forest. The group will meet near the Pentagon City Metro station at 8:30 a.m. to carpool to the trail. For more information, visit adventuring.org.

Post-Classical Ensemble presents a performance of gay composer Lou Harrison’s works at Lisner Auditorium (730 21st St., N.W.) tonight at 8 p.m.

Mautner Project’s 21st anniversary gala, “Dare to Be” is tonight at the Omni Shoreham Hotel (2500 Calvert St., N.W.) from 5:30 p.m. to 12;30 a.m.

The Montgomery County Gay Men’s Community will hold its monthly potluck social today from 7 to 10 p.m. in Potomac. For more info call John at 240-342-2757

Signature Theatre and Ken Ludwig host a book release party for “Lend Me a Tenor and Other Plays,” a new anthology published by Smith and Kraus” tonight from 4 to 6 p.m. at Signature Theatre’s Mead Lobby (4200 Campbell Ave.) in Arlington. The event will include readings from “Moon Over Buffalo,” “Shakespeare in Hollywood” and “Leading Ladies.” This is a free event.

Washington National opera presents “Madama Butterfly” at the Kennedy Center. The show is performed in Italian with English supertitles. Catherine Naglestad will play the role of Cio-Cio-San. Tickets range from $55 to $300. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit kennedy-center.org.

Sunday, March 6

Flip-Out, D.C.’s LGBT flip cup league, has its weekly games today at 5 p.m. at Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.). For more information, visit flipoutdc.com.

The D.C. Jazz Jam, a weekly jam free for both musicians and jazz lovers, is tonight from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Dahlak (1771 U St., N.W.).

Monday, March 7

The D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.) and Metro D.C. PFLAG are hosting a LGBT youth working group from 6 to 7:30 p.m. to discuss ways to support LGBT youth in D.C. This will be going on at the same time as the Center’s volunteer night which begins at 6:30 p.m.

Rev. Linda Calkins will lead a wellness workshop “Finding Your Perfect Workout” today from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Calkins is also a certified fitness trainer. The workshop will be held at Mautner Project (1875 Connecticut Ave., N.W.).

The Scissor Sisters concert at 9:30 Club is sold out, but Town (2009 8th St., N.W.) is hosting an after party with music by Aaron Riggins and Shea Van Horn. Doors open at 9 p.m. This event is free with a ticket stub from the concert and $5 without.

Tuesday, March 8

The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance will be holding its membership meeting tonight from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archive (1201 17th St., N.W.). This meeting is open to the public.

La Tomate Italian Bistro (1701 Connecticut Ave., N.W.) is hosting Carnevale D.C., a “glam” alternative to “Fat Tuesday,” from 5 to 11 p.m. No ticket is required to access the bar, but tickets for the four-course Venetian menu are $75 plus tax and gratuity. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit carnevaledc.com.

Wednesday, March 9

The third annual CAGLCC Mega LGBT Networking and Social Event is today from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Town (2009 8th St., N.W.). Some of the groups invited to attend include Burgundy Crescent, Federal GLOBE, GAYLAW, and D.C. Out and Equal. This is no cover for this event. Visit meganetworkingdc.com to register.

Rainbow Response and CAAPE are holding their monthly meeting tonight at the D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.) from 7 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, March 10

DCBiWomen will be having its monthly dinner at Café Luna (1633 P St., N.W.) tonight from 7 to 8 p.m. For more information, visit dcbiwomen.org.

Baltimore’s Sticky Buns Burlesque take the stage at Red Palace (1212 H St., N.W.). The revue will showcase the group’s “perverse” performance art. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show beings at 9. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door. Attendees must be 21 or older.

Nightlife

Ed Bailey brings Secret Garden to Project GLOW festival

An LGBTQ-inclusive dance space at RFK this weekend

Published

5 mins ago

April 26, 2024

Evan Caplan

Ed Bailey's set at last year's Project Glow. (Photo courtesy Bailey)

When does a garden GLOW? When it’s run by famed local gay DJ Ed Bailey.

This weekend, music festival Project GLOW at RFK Festival Grounds will feature Bailey’s brainchild the Secret Garden, a unique space just for the LGBTQ community that he launched in 2023.

While Project GLOW, running April 27-28, is a stage for massive electronic DJ sets in a large outdoor space, Secret Garden is more intimate, though no less adrenaline-forward. He’s bringing the nightclub to the festival. The garden is a dance area that complements the larger stages, but also stands on its own as a draw for festival-goers. Its focus is on DJs that have a presence and following in the LGBTQ audience world.

“The Secret Garden is a showcase for what LGBTQ nightlife, and nightclubs in general, are all about,” he says. “True club DJs playing club music for people that want to dance in a fun environment that is high energy and low stress. It’s the cool party inside the bigger party.”

Project GLOW launched in 2022. Bailey connected with the operators after the first event, and they discussed Bailey curating his own space for 2023. “They were very clear that they wanted me to lean into the vibrant LGBTQ nightlife of D.C. and allow that community to be very visibly a part of this area.”

Last year, club icon Kevin Aviance headlined the Secret Garden. The GLOW festival organizers loved the its energy from last year, and so asked Bailey to bring it back again, with an entire year to plan.

This year, Bailey says, he is “bringing in more D.C. nightlife legends.” Among those are DJ Sedrick, “a DJ and entertainer legend. He was a pivotal part of Tracks nightclub and is such a dynamic force of entertainment,” says Bailey. “I am excited for a whole new audience to be able to experience his very special brand of DJing!”

Also, this year brings in Illustrious Blacks, a worldwide DJ duo with roots in D.C.; and “house music legends” DJs Derrick Carter and DJ Spen.

Bailey is focusing on D.C.’s local talent, with a lineup including Diyanna Monet, Strikestone!, Dvonne, Baronhawk Poitier, THABLACKGOD, Get Face, Franxx, Baby Weight, and Flower Factory DJs KS, Joann Fabrixx, and PWRPUFF.

Secret Garden also brings in performers who meld music with dance, theater, and audience interactions for a multi-sensory experience.

Bailey is an owner of Trade and Number Nine, and was previously an owner of Town Danceboutique. Over the last 35 years, Bailey owned and operated more than 10 bars and clubs in D.C. He has an impressive resume, too. Since starting in 1987, he’s DJ’d across the world for parties and nightclubs large and intimate. He says that he opened “in concert for Kylie Minogue, DJed with Junior Vasquez, played giant 10,000-person events, and small underground parties.” He’s also held residencies at clubs in Atlanta, Miami, and here in D.C. at Tracks, Nation, and Town.

With Secret Garden, Bailey and GLOW aim to bring queer performers into the space not just for LGBTQ audiences, but for the entire music community to meet, learn about, and enjoy. While they might enjoy fandom among queer nightlife, this Garden is a platform for them to meet the entirety of GLOW festival goers.

Weekend-long Project GLOW brings in headliners and artists from EDM and electronic music, with big names like ILLENIUM, Zedd, and Rezz. In all, more than 50 artists will take the three stages at the third edition of Project GLOW, presented by Insomniac (Electric Daisy Carnival) and Club Glow (Echostage, Soundcheck).

Out & About

Washington Improv Theatre hosts ‘The Queeries’

Event to celebrate queer DMV talent and pop culture camp

Published

1 hour ago

April 26, 2024

Tinashe Chingarande

The Washington Improv Theatre, along with the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC, will team up to host “The Queeries!” on Friday, April 26 at 9:30 p.m. at Studio Theatre.

The event will celebrate Queer DMV talent and pop culture camp. With a mixture of audience-submitted nominations and blatantly undemocratically declared winners, “The Queeries!” mimics LGBTQ life itself: unfair, but far more fun than the alternative.

The event will be co-hosted by Birdie and Butchie, who have invited some of their favorite bent winos, D.C. “D-listers,” former Senate staffers, and other stars to sashay down the lavender carpet for the selfie-strewn party of the year.

Tickets are just $15 and can be purchased on WITV’s website.