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Indie film fest features gay fare
Several LGBT stories on this year’s slate
‘Oriented’ is being shown in the D.C. Independent Film Festival. (Photo courtesy D.C. Independent Film Festival)
The D.C. Independent Film Festival will be screening numerous LGBT films throughout the festival’s run.
“Oriented” is a documentary that follows a gay Palestinian living in Tel Aviv who is trying to find love. The film will be screened at the Carnegie Institution for Science (1530 P St., N.W.) on Sunday, March 6 from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
“Mind/Game” chronicles the story of basketball player Chamique Holdsclaw and screens Thursday, March 10 from 6:15-8:15 p.m.at the Carnegie Institution for Science. “Staccato,” an Irish film, will be screened as part of Dramatic Impact Shorts at the Naval Heritage Burke Theater (701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.) on Sunday, March 13 from 1:30-3:45 p.m. The film is a period piece with a gay love affair amidst a class power struggle.
Tickets are $11 for each screening. For more details on these films and more on the festival, visit, dciff-indie.org.
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Washington Improv Theatre hosts ‘The Queeries’
Event to celebrate queer DMV talent and pop culture camp
The Washington Improv Theatre, along with the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC, will team up to host “The Queeries!” on Friday, April 26 at 9:30 p.m. at Studio Theatre.
The event will celebrate Queer DMV talent and pop culture camp. With a mixture of audience-submitted nominations and blatantly undemocratically declared winners, “The Queeries!” mimics LGBTQ life itself: unfair, but far more fun than the alternative.
The event will be co-hosted by Birdie and Butchie, who have invited some of their favorite bent winos, D.C. “D-listers,” former Senate staffers, and other stars to sashay down the lavender carpet for the selfie-strewn party of the year.
Tickets are just $15 and can be purchased on WITV’s website.
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Drag Underground returns
Indiana Bones, Bombalicious Eklaver, Shi-Queeta Lee, Cake Pop! to perform
Dupont Underground and the Washington Blade have teamed up to host “Drag Underground” on Friday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Dupont Underground.
Performers include Indiana Bones, Bombalicious Eklaver, Shi-Queeta Lee and Cake Pop.
Tickets start at $15 and can be purchased on Eventbrite.
The annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner is set for Saturday, April 27 at the Washington Hilton with Colin Jost serving as emcee.
President Biden is scheduled to speak and numerous celebrities are expected around D.C. all weekend for related parties and events.
The Washington Blade is the only LGBTQ outlet that is a member of the Association and is hosting a table of VIPs, including actor Billy Porter and Congressman Robert Garcia (D-Calif.).
“We look forward to the Dinner each year to celebrate our press freedoms and to thank a range of allies and supporters for their work on behalf of the LGBTQ movement,” said Blade Editor Kevin Naff.
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