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Official Baltimore Pride events dot the weekend in Charm City
Baltimore Pride (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Friday, June 14
Gertrude’s Restaurant at the Baltimore Museum of Art (10 Art Museum Dr., Baltimore) hosts the eighth annual Twilight On the Terrace cocktail party tonight from 7-11 p.m. Guests can enjoy hors d’oeuvres, a four-hour open bar and dancing. Tickets are $125 and all proceeds benefit Baltimore Pride. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit baltimorepride.org.
Saturday, June 15
The Baltimore Pride High Heel Race is today at 3 p.m., starting on the corner of Charles and Read Streets. This year’s winner will receive a gift basket with close to $1,100 in prizes. For more information, visit balitmorepride.org.
The Baltimore Pride Parade kicks off this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at the corner of Charles and Read Streets. This year’s Grand Marshal is Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, mayor of Baltimore. For details, visit baltimorepride.org.
The Baltimore Pride Block Party is today from 5-9 p.m. at the corner of Charles and Eager Streets. This year’s performers include Baltimore natives Ultra Naté and DJ Rosie, both hip-hop artists. Visit balitmorepride.org for more information.
Paparazzi Nightclub (407 E. Saratoga St., Baltimore) hosts “Summer Reign” tonight from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. The dance party is for women 25 and older. Early bird tickets are $10. Tickets in advance are $15 or $20 at the door. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit baltimorepride.org.
Sunday, June 16
The Baltimore Pride Festival is today from noon-5 p.m. in Druid Hill Park (2600 Madison Ave., Baltimore). This year’s performers include duo J Pope and Funk Friday, Septimius and Unity. Visit baltimorepride.org for more information.
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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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