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Pride season continues
Hagerstown this weekend; Baltimore, Shenandoah Valley July 23
Baltimore Pride (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)
The fifth annual Hagerstown Pride Celebration is Saturday, July 16 from noon-6 p.m. on S Potomac Street in Hagerstown, Md. An hour before the celebration, Veritas (32 N. Mulberry Street, Suite 113, Hagerstown, Md.) will host the second annual Interfaith Pride Service. The afternoon will be full of performances and drag shows with a keynote speech from Jim Slattery, president of D.C.-based LGBT non-profit Brother, Help Thyself. For more information, visit hagerstownhopesmd.org or email[email protected].
Baltimore Pride week is July 19-24 and includes a parade and block party on Saturday, July 23 from 2-10 p.m. on Charles and Eager streets and a festival on Sunday, July 24 from 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. in Druid Hill Park. For more information, call 410-777-8145, or email Jabari Lyles at [email protected].
Shenandoah Valley Pride celebrates diversity in Court Square (downtown Harrisonburg, Va.) from 2-8 p.m. on Saturday, July 23. DJ Jerrbear will spin a variety of retro ‘60s to current Top 40 pop and dance hits, house, tribal, electronica, R&B and hip-hop music. For more information, visit shenandoahvalleypride.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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