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Newseum gets Pride party makeover tonight
DJ Ultra Nate to spin at event; VIP room featuring Tugberk
DJ Ultra Nate is at the ‘Somewhere’ party Friday at the Newseum. (Photo by Karl Giant; courtesy of Spectrum Talent Agency)
Capital Pride and Brightest Young Things present “Somewhere … at the Newseum” (555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.) tonight from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The evening will feature DJs Ultra Nate Lauren Flax, Lisa Moody, Natty Boom and Majr, a live performance by Sherell Rowe aka Rainbow Brite, a rainbow moonbounce, movie theater showing the best of gay cinema, bars on the first, second and sixth floors as well as the lower level and the elevators and a photobooth. There will also be a VIP room by Timur Tugberk.
Pre-sale tickets are $15 for general admission and at the door are $20. VIP admission pre-sale tickets are $50 which goes up to $70 at the door. General admission attendees must be 18 or older and VIPs must be 21 or older.
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This John Waters interview has been edited for readability — but perhaps not human decency
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By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell.
The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass.
The occasion was the Blu-ray releases of two of his movies — the 1977 dark comedy “Desperate Living” and his enduring 1988 musical “Hairspray” — on June 23 by the Criterion Collection, which publishes restorations of films it deems culturally important. The Criterion stamp of approval has become the gold standard among cinephiles.
“It’s like getting an award,” said Waters, who wrote and directed both films.
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13.
(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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