Arts & Entertainment
Who’s on deck?
Capital Pride Capitol Stage, Dupont Stage Schedule
Last year’s Capitol Stage at Capital Pride, always strategically positioned to use the Capitol Dome as the backdrop. (Washington Blade file photo by Blake Bergen)
Capitol Pride stage schedule
Intros — 12:11 p.m.
National Anthem — 12:17 p.m.
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Mr. and Mrs. Capital Pride — 12:22 p.m.
Kisha Alure — 12:33 p.m.
Julia Weldon — 12:46 p.m.
Michelle Raymond Band — 1:09 p.m.
Justin Utley — 1:30 p.m.
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Jessica Betts — 1:42 p.m.
Billy Winn — 2:03 p.m.
Maxine Blue and the Empire — 2:19 p.m.
Eric Himan — 2:30 p.m.
Gurly Show — 2:41 p.m.
Sonic Tranducers — 2:52 p.m.
E-Cleff — 3:05 p.m.
Gay Men’s Chorus — 3:13 p.m.
Parade winners announced — 3:24 p.m.
Roxxxy Andrews — 3:26 p.m.
Ella Fitgzerald & Ziegfeld’s — 3:37 p.m.
Shadina — 3:53 p.m.
Freddie’s Follies — 4:09 p.m.
Emeli Sande — 4:26 p.m.
EnKore Dance Co. — 5:02 p.m.
Dance Manifesto — 5:16 p.m.
Adam Barta — 5:37 p.m.
Alaska Thunderfuck — 5:53 p.m.
Icona Pop — 6:04 p.m.
Ladies of Town — 6:40 p.m.
Sasha Gradiva — 6:51 p.m.
Jinkx Monsoon — 7:12 p.m.
Mayor’s speech — 7:23 p.m.
Cher Lloyd — 7:36 p.m.
DJ Keenan Orr and Twin — 8-11 p.m.
Dupont Stage
1 Luv — 12:31 p.m.
Diamond B. Dolittle — 12:47 p.m.
Chip J. Adams — 12:54 p.m.
Gucci Renee Blackwell — 1:01 p.m.
Shaunda Leer — 1:08 p.m.
Shelby Blake Stephyns — 1:15 p.m.
Mr. Capital Pride — 1:21 p.m.
Mrs. Capital Pride — 1:28 p.m.
Coco B. Colby — 1:35 p.m.
Muffy Blake Stephyns — 1:42 p.m.
Jessica Spaulding Deverreaux — 1:49 p.m.
Charity B. — 1:56 p.m.
Xavier Bottoms — 2:03 p.m.
Ophelia Bottoms — 2:10 p.m.
D.C. Frontrunners — 2:17 p.m.
Kevin Yee comedy set — 2:24 p.m.
MAIR — 2:40 p.m.
Special Agent Galactica — 3:01 p.m.
Ryan Cassata — 3:24 p.m.
D.C. Swing/Different Drummers — 3:47 p.m.
Lindsay Katt — 4:12 p.m.
Julia Weldon — 4:40 p.m.
Justin Utley — 5:08 p.m.
Eric Himan — 5:32 p.m.
2013 Capital Pride Street Festival.
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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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.
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