Arts & Entertainment
Glitterlust headlines Band Camp benefit
Frankie and Betty, More AM than PM also slated to play

Mikey Torres of Glitterlust. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)
Glitterlust, a local, gay-helmed electro dance-rock group, headlines Band Camp Benefit IV at Black Cat (1811 14th St., N.W.) Saturday at 9 p.m.
Glitterlust will be joined by acoustic duo Frankie and Betty, rock group More AM Than FM, blues-rock group Freeform Radio and punk group Sister Ex. All proceeds from the show benefit Girls Rock! D.C., a rock and roll empowerment group for girls.
Tickets are $12. For more details, visit blackcatdc.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.
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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.
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