Arts & Entertainment
Baltimore briefs: Sept. 21
Cho to play Rams Head, trans group joins PFLAG Howard Co. and more
Margaret Cho (Blade file photo)
Cho brings ‘Mother’ to Rams Head
Margaret Cho, a queer comedian, comes to Rams Head On Stage (33 West St., Annapolis) on Tuesday at 6 p.m. on her tour of her new standup comedy show “Mother.”
The entirety of show is dedicated to Cho’s observations of her mother and how their relationship has changed over time. Cho has been doing stand-up comedy for 20 years and has appeared on a series of television shows including Liftime’s “Drop Dead Diva” and “Dancing With the Stars.”
Tickets are $30. For more information, visit ramsheadonstage.com.
Trans children group, PFLAG join forces
The Howard County PFLAG has two groups meeting Tuesday night — a group for parents of transgender children and its Rainbow Youth Meeting.
The groups meet concurrently at the Owen Brown Interfatih Center at 7246 Cradlerock Way in Columbia, Md.
On Sept. 30, the Howard County PFLAG has its annual picnic at Cedar Lane Park West from noon to 5 p.m.
For more information about either group, visit pflagmd.org.
Hippo bingo has anniversary event
“Bingo in the Dance Bar” has its 11th anniversary event at Club Hippo (1 West Eager Street) Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Doors open at 7 for advance ticket holders and doors will open for general admission ticket holders at 7:30. Advance tickets cost $20, while general admission tickets are $25 at the door.
Each game has a $100 cash prize and the jackpot game includes a guarantee $1,000 cash prize. There will be a drag show during intermission and a chance to win the new No Doubt CD “Push and Shove.”
All proceeds will go to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland. For more information, visit clubhippo.com.
Grand Central hosts Divas on the Dance Floor
Grand Central (1001/1003 N. Charles St.) hosts the Divas on the Dance Floor event on Sunday night. Doors open at 9 and the show will start at 10. Cover charge costs $5.
This show will include appearances and performances by Sue Nami, Anastacia Amor and Victoria Blair. Shawanna Alexander hosts. Visit centralstationpub.com for details.
Celebrity News
Madonna announces release date for new album
‘Confessions II’ marks return to the dance floor
Pop icon Madonna on Wednesday announced that her 15th studio album will be released on July 3.
Titled “Confessions II,” the new album is a sequel to 2005’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” an Abba and disco-infused hit.
The new album reunites Madonna with producer Stuart Price, who also helmed the original “Confessions” album. It’s her first album of new material since 2019’s “Madame X.”
“We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies,” Madonna said in a press release. “These are things that we’ve been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space. It’s a place where you connect — with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people,” continued the statement. “Sound, light, and vibration reshape our perceptions. Pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”
Denali (@denalifoxx) of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” performed at Pitchers DC on April 9 for the Thirst Trap Thursday drag show. Other performers included Cake Pop!, Brooke N Hymen, Stacy Monique-Max and Silver Ware Sidora.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Arts & Entertainment
In an act of artistic defiance, Baltimore Center Stage stays focused on DEI
‘Maybe it’s a triple-down’
By LESLIE GRAY STREETER | I’m always tickled when people complain about artists “going political.” The inherent nature of art, of creation and free expression, is political. This becomes obvious when entire governments try to threaten it out of existence, like in 2025, when the brand-new presidential administration demanded organizations halt so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming or risk federal funding.
Baltimore Center Stage’s response? A resounding and hearty “Nah.” A year later, they’re still doubling down on diversity.
“Maybe it’s a triple-down,” said Ken-Matt Martin, the theater’s producing director, chuckling.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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