Arts & Entertainment
Baltimore Briefs: Oct. 12
SuperPops goes ‘Golden Age,’ gay crocodile in Iron Crow production and more
(Photo courtesy of the BSO)
SuperPops go ‘Golden Age’
Jack Everly and the BSO SuperPops presents their show “The Golden Age of Black & White” starting tonight at 8 and running through the weekend at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (1212 Cathedral St.).
The kickoff show for their 2012-13 SuperPops concert series transports the audience to the 1950s through their guest a-cappella group Chapter 6, music from game shows and TV themes, and a tribute to the beginning of rock n’ roll.
Tickets range from $28-$63. For more information, visit bsomusic.org.
Gay crocodile muddles ‘Panda’ plot
Iron Crow Theatre presents “Bad Panda,” a play by Megan Gogerty, tonight at 8 at Baltimore Theatre Project (45 W Preston St.).
The play follows Gwo Gwo the panda who is, along with his mate Marion, the last two pandas on earth. However, Gwo Gwo falls in love with a crocodile, who is gay. An observation of unconventional families, these pandas behave badly making the play appropriate for adults.
Tickets range from $10-$15. Since tonight is the premiere, the theater is offering a “pay-what-you-can” special. For more information, visit ironcrowtheatre.com.
Charles Village gay tour set for Sunday morning
LGBT leaders provide tours through Charles Village as part of “Creating the Movement: Baltimore’s LGBT History in Charles Village” Sunday morning at 10.
Leaders Louis Hughes, Richard Oloizia, Shirley Parry and Gary Sachau lead tours about the development of the LGBT community from the 1960s-‘80s.
Space is limited. To reserve a spot and for more information, visit baltimoreheritage.ort/tour. A meeting place and confirmation will be sent to participants by e-mail.
Charm City Gay Social tonight
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore (241 W. Chase St.) hosts the Charm City Gay Social tonight at 8:30 pm.
The social is a social and discussion group aimed at understanding gay culture, personal identity and civil rights for gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and intersex men 18 years and older.
They meet every Friday in Room 201. For more information, email [email protected] or visit charmcitygaysocial.org.
Celebrity News
More than 1 million people attend Madonna concert in Rio
Free event took place on Copacabana Beach on Saturday
An estimated 1.6 million people on Saturday attended Madonna’s free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach.
The concert, which was the last one as part of Madonna’s Celebration Tour, included a tribute to people lost to AIDS.
Bob the Drag Queen introduced Madonna before the concert began. Pabllo Vittar, a Brazilian drag queen and singer, and Anitta, a bisexual pop star who was born in Rio’s Honório Gurgel neighborhood, also joined Madonna on stage.
Congresswoman Erika Hilton, a Black travesti and former sex worker, and Rio Municipal Councilwoman Mônica Benício, the widow of Marielle Franco, a bisexual Rio Municipal Councilwoman who was assassinated in 2018, are among those who attended the concert.
“Madonna showed that we fight important fights for the human rights of Black (people), young (people), women and LGBTQIA+ people, and against all injustice, discrimination, and violence,” said Associaçao Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais (National Association of Travestis and Transsexuals), a Brazilian trans rights group known by the acronym ANTRA, on its X account. “What they call identitarianism’ is our subversion to the retrograde and conservative tackiness that plagues the country.”
The Associated Press reported the concert was Madonna’s biggest ever.
The DC Center for the LGBTQ Community, SMYAL and Rainbow Families sponsored Gay Day at the Zoo on Sunday at the Smithsonian National Zoo. The Smithsonian observed International Family Equality Day with special exhibits and an event space.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Covering Gay Day at the Zoo for @WashBlade . Here at @NationalZooDC pic.twitter.com/LqgGNOOAiM
— Michael Patrick Key (@MichaelKeyWB) May 5, 2024
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PHOTOS: Taste of Point
Annual fundraiser held for LGBTQ youth scholarship, mentorship organization
The Point Foundation held its annual Taste of Point fundraiser at Room & Board on May 2.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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