Out & About
Galactica back with cabaret covers
Early Babs tribute also part of series
Drag performer Special Agent Galactica performs with guitarist Peter Fields at Signature Theatre (4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington, Va.) Saturday night at 9 p.m. as part of its Sizzlin’ Summer Series.
Special Agent Galactica will perform an eclectic range of music including jazz, blues and today’s rock and roll. In between the music, Galactica recounts her top-secret missions and stories as a hired assassin. Jeffrey Johnson, creator of Special Agent Galactica, has also performed as Edie Beale in “Edie Beale Live at Reno Sweeney.”
Tickets are $15. For more details, visit pinkhairedone.com. Another show in the series of high gay interest is “Early Barbra: Streisand in the ’60s,” Friday night (July 18) at 9 p.m. in which singer Colleen McHugh will explore the diva’s early work. More info at signature-theatre.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.