Arts & Entertainment
Eva Green and Gemma Arterton to star in Virginia Woolf lesbian drama
the film will be based on the lovers’ true story
(Eva Green. Screenshot via YouTube.)
Eva Green and Gemma Arterton will play lesbian lovers in an upcoming film based on novelist Virginia Woolf’s life, according to Variety.
Green has been tapped to play Woolf and Arterton will play opposite her as writer Vita Sackville-West.
The film, set in London in the 1920s, will be directed by Chanya Button. Button also co-wrote the screenplay with Eileen Atkins, writer of the stage play “Vita & Virginia” for which the film will be based.
In an interview with Screen Daily, Button says the film will be ” a visceral love story.”
“We so often associate women of the past with oppression, bound by the duties of marriage, propriety and domesticity; but what ‘Vita & Virginia’ offers is an example of a relationship where bold, brilliant women bent these institutions to their will at great personal cost,” Button says.
Woolf and Sackville-West had a secret affair for more than a decade. Woolf’s novel “Orlando,” a story about a man who wakes up as a woman, is credited as being inspired by Sackville-West.
The Capital Pride Alliance presented the 2026 Capital Pride Honors at “The Audacity Brunch: In Full Fuchsia” at the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 7.
(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
Out & About
Congressional Cemetery hosts Gays & Graves
Daylong Pride celebration blends history, remembrance, art and community
Historic Congressional Cemetery will host the second annual “Gays & Graves: A Big Gay Festival” on Sunday, June 14 at 11 a.m.
The event will feature pioneering activist Randy Wicker, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, and new public art installations and programs celebrating LGBTQ+ history. Gays & Graves is an official partner event of Capital Pride 2026.
This event is a daylong Pride celebration blending history, remembrance, art and community. Visitors can shop from LGBTQ+ and allied artists and makers, experience performances and interactive installations, and engage with programs exploring LGBTQ+ history and lived experience.
For more details, visit the cemetery’s website.
Baltimore Pride is underway, taking place from June 8-14.
The Pride Parade will be on Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m. at Charles Street & North Avenue, followed by the Pride Block Party at 1 p.m. at Druid Hill Park. And then the Pride Festival will be held on Sunday, June 14 at 12 p.m. at Druid Hill Park.
There will be an array of additional events including: a fashion show, a “Suits and Sneakers” reception and a 5k race, among many other events.
For more details, visit Baltimore Pride’s website.
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