Arts & Entertainment
Arts briefs: Nov. 11
Gay photo book discussion at the Center, Catie Curtis at Wolf Trap and more
Photographer Scott Pasfield. (Photo courtesy Platon)
Center to host photo book party and discussion
Friday the D.C. Center (1318 U St., N.W.) is having a presentation and book signing for Scott Pasfield’s book “Gay in America” followed by a panel discussion from 6 to 8 p.m. on what it means to be gay in America.
Pasfield’s book features photos and personal stories from 140 gay American men from all over the country, including Lt. Dan Choi, who is featured on the cover and will be on the panel.
Some of the other panelists include Bil Browning, editor and founder of the Bilerico Project and Joe Sudbay, deputy editor of Americablog Gay.
There’s a $10 admission to this event. For more information, visit thedccenter.org.
Gay Men’s Chorus has fall cabaret
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington is having its annual fall fundraiser “Home Cook Cabaret” Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at Town (2009 8th St., N.W.).
Members of the chorus will be performing re-imagined versions of some of Broadway’s best songs, including “How Lovely to be a Woman” and “Big Spender.”
Tickets are $100 for reserved seating and $75 for general admission. Tickets include the concert and one of many home-cooked dinners hosted throughout the district.
For more information, visit gmcw.org or call the office at 202-293-1548.
Curtis to play Wolf Trap
Lesbian singer/songwriter Catie Curtis plays Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Rd.) in Vienna, Va., with special guest Meg Hutchinson on Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.
Curtis’s latest album, “Stretch Limousine on Fire,” was released in August and features 10 new original songs, including the opening number, “Let It Last” featuring Mary Chapin Carpenter singing harmony.
Tickets are $22 and can be purchased online at wolftrap.org.
For more information on Curtis, visit catiecurtis.com.
Baltimore
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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