Arts & Entertainment
One-man ‘Twisted’ part of Fringe fest
Tom Tiding in ‘Twisted.’ (Photo courtesy of Christiana Crabill)
Tom Tiding, a Washington-based writer and actor, performs his one-man show “Twisted” at Fort Fringe, the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar (607 New York Ave., N.W.) tonight at 8:30 p.m., Sunday at 3:30 and Thursday at 9:30 p.m.
“Twisted” finds Tiding, the creator of greeting card company Twisted Tidings, telling funny stories of how greeting card moments have gone wrong in his life. It’s been called a “slightly crass love letter to awkward friendships formed out of necessity and a shared sense of being an outsider.” Tiding is straight but one of the stories is about a gay black man in a small town in Oklahoma.
Tickets are $17 or $5 with a Fringe button. Visit capfringe.org for details.
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This John Waters interview has been edited for readability — but perhaps not human decency
Pope of Trash dishes on Trump, plane etiquette, last meal, and more
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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