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SMYAL hosts youth dance this weekend at Foundry

(Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)
SMYAL (Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders) hosts the “SMYAL Youth Dance” from 7-10 p.m. on Saturday night after the Pride parade at Foundry United Methodist Church (1500 16th St., N.W.).
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The dance is the only youth-exclusive event celebrating Capital Pride and is open to guests who are 13-21. There is no cover charge to attend.
For details, visit smyal.org
or call 202-567-3156.
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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