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| The annual Cherry dance event coincides with Pride this year. Photo by Adam Cuthbert |
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On Sunday, May 27, diva Patti LaBelle is scheduled to be in town for Washington’s Black Pride dance event, Sexy’s Black, held at Club Love, 1900 Okie St., NE.
“I’ve been working on it for about two years,” says promoter Daryl Wilson of getting the mega star for the big night.
LaBelle, who received GLAAD’s Excellence in Media Award in March, will be performing at midnight, and in all likelihood, she won’t be alone that evening. Jennifer Hudson of “Dreamgirls” fame is slated to be the other guest.
“It’s a 90 percent yes that she’s going to be here,” says Wilson of Hudson’s appearance.
General admission for the event is $35 and VIP tickets are $45, but tickets are selling fast says Wilson. Purchase tickets at TicketMaster.com or visit www.202dc.com for more details.
D.C.’s annual circuit party event, Cherry, has changed dates to coincide with this year’s Capital Pride weekend, June 8-10.
Cherry has been traditionally held in May, but co-chair Kat Danaher says that the shifting national circuit party scene is part of the reason for the change of date.
“The weekend event isn’t as much of a draw as it used to be, let’s say, five years ago,” she says. “D.C. is not the same kind of destination like Miami Beach. By having both Pride and Cherry on the same weekend, it’s really a draw for folks from out of town.”
This year’s main event will be held at Platinum, 915 F St., NW, and the evening’s DJs are De León and Washington’s own Jason Royce. A Sunday night after-hours party will be held at Five, 1214 B 18th St., NW, with tunes spun by DJ Susan Morabito from New York City, and the Sunday night closing event will be held at UltraBar, 911 F St., NW, and feature DJs Manny Lehman and Yiannis.
This year’s beneficiaries are the Mautner Project, Whitman-Walker Clinic and the Task Force.
For more information, tickets and passes, visit www.cherryfund.org.
Arena Stage just announced its 57th theatrical season lineup, and it’s packed with some intriguing options and one very queer duo act.
Of particular note in the 10-show season is “33 Variations,” a world premiere by gay playwright Moisés Kaufman, who wrote “The Laramie Project” and “Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde.”
Co-produced with Alliance Theater, Arena will also be presenting a musical version of “The Women of Brewster Place,” which follows the lives of 10 black women living in a dilapidated housing project. Included in the cast are E. Faye Butler, Harriett D. Foy and Marva Hicks.
In March of 2008, Kiki & Herb, that crazed, boozed-up, campy duo created by Justin Bond (also seen as the madam in the film “Shortbus”) and Kenny Mellman will perform their review “Alive on Broadway.”
For more information, visit www.arenastage.org.
Coinciding with the reintroduction of the Uniting American Families Act, filmmaker Sebastian Cordoba will screen “Through Thick and Thin,” a film documenting the experiences of bi-national gay couples, at the Human Rights Campaign’s headquarters, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., NW, on April 10 at 6:30 p.m.
“We’re trying to get gay staffers there,” says Cordoba, referencing Capitol Hill staffers. He adds that after seeing the film, he hopes those staffers will talk to their congressmen and women about the importance of the reintroduced act, which, if passed, would allow foreign nationals who are same-sex partners of U.S. citizens to apply for the same immigration rights offered to foreign nationals who legally marry U.S. citizens.
The screening is free and Cordoba and one of the film’s featured couples will be attending.
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