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Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays portrays more than 40 characters
in the one-man show, ‘I Am My Own Wife,’ an award-winning play based
on the true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite who survived
the Nazi onslaught and the Communist regime that followed. The production runs
March 29-April 10, at the National Theatre in Northwest Washington. (Photo by
Joan Marcus)
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Filmmakers Beverly Kopf and Bobbie Birleffi
are looking for candidates to star in an upcoming documentary about gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender Americans who have inspired extraordinary change in
their communities. Nominate yourself or someone else www.stoli.com/bereal before
May 1. Nominees must be at least 25 and reside in the United States. “Be
Real is slated to air on national cable television in the fall of 2005.
to benefit the Lesbian Services
Program of Whitman-Walker Clinic. 8 p.m.-1 a.m., Saturday, March 26, at George
Washington University’s Marvin Center, 800 21 St., NW. Cash bar, dessert
buffet. DJ India and DJ Suzie. $50. 202-797-3545 or www.wwc.org/lspdance.htm.
Planning Committee meeting, every
Thursday night, through June 11. 6:30 p.m., at the Lesbian Services Program,
1810 14th St., NW. Gay people and their supporters welcome. Help plan this year’s
theme, schedule, fund-raisers and more. www.geocities.com/dcdykemarch or abminer@yahoo.com.
, Metropolitan Washington’s LGBT Chamber
of Commerce, holds its Annual Awards Dinner, Thursday, March 31, 6:30-9 p.m.,
at the Westin Embassy Row, 2100 Massachusetts Ave, NW. Awards will be given
to the Ally of the Year, the Gay and Lesbian Business Leaders of the Year, and
the Paul Ludeman Volunteer of the Year. Preceded by a cocktail and networking
reception. $95. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Dan Scully, 301-460-3510
or www.pendc.org.
Gay musician Eric Himan performs
with a full band to promote his fourth CD, “Dark Horse,” Thursday,
March 31, at 9:15 p.m., at Jammin’ Java, 227 Maple Ave E., Vienna, Va.
Himan also performs Friday, April 1, at noon, at Lambda Rising in bookstore
D.C., 1625 Connecticut Ave., NW. www.erichiman.com.
performs with a full, seven-piece
band, Friday, March 25, at 9:30 p.m. The concert is a CD release party for “No
Will Power,” Parsons’ second CD. IOTA Club & Café, 2832
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Va. www.katparsons.com.
is scheduled to appear Sunday,
April 3, at 7:30 p.m., in the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, Md., at 7:30
p.m. 410-735-1618. Sedaris, a gay author, also appears Monday, April 4, at the
George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium. 202-994-6800 or www.lisner.org.
Sedaris signs and reads from his new book, “Dress Your Family in Corduroy
& Denim.”
with numerous events,
beginning with a poetry reading, featuring Mark DeFoe, Grace Cavalieri, Sarah
Browning, and Hilary Tham, Tuesday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m., at Grace Church,
1041 Wisconsin Avenue. Authors read Walt Whitman’s work and their own.
The Library of Congress also presents reading of “When Lilacs Last in
the Dooryard Bloom’d,” followed by a discussion. Friday, March 25,
in the Madison Building’s Mumford Room, 1st St. SE, between Independence
Avenue and East Capitol Street. 202-707-5383.
Montgomery College presents a
reading and discussion with gay poet, activist, scholar, and recent Def Poetry
Jam performer Sonia Sanchez, Saturday, April 2, at 5 p.m., in the Theatre Arts
Arena, 51 Mannakee Street, Rockville, Md. Part of the Mid-Atlantic Region Women’s
Studies Association Conference. Book-signing and dinner reception follow the
reading. $20. $10 students and seniors. 301-279-5355 or www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/wstudies.
Cookie Buffet, Destiny B. Childs,
and VelvetNation present “Wig Aid II,” a drag benefit at Nation
Nightclub, 1015 H ST., SE. $10. Saturday, April 2, 7:30 p.m. $10. wigaid@cookiebuffet.com.
CenterStage presents “Living
Lounge” on Friday, March 25. The cabaret performance is one of a series
of Friday evening events following performances of “Two Gentlemen of Verona.”
Proceeds benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS & AIRS. 700 North Calvert
St., Baltimore, Md. www.centerstage.org.
The John Hancock Champions
on Ice tour, featuring new and recent, world and national figure staking champions.
Singles, pairs, and specialty acts. Friday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m., at the MCI
Center, 601 F Street, NW. $15 and up. 202-397-SEAT or www.championsonice.com.
described by its members as the
nation’s oldest GLBT rowing club, holds a fund-raiser, Friday, April 1,
9 p.m.-midnight at Remington’s, 639 Pennsylvania Ave., SE. Team members
row for 20 minutes each to raise money for equipment. 50-50 cash raffle. A ...
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