Apr 03, 2009  |  By: James Worsdale  | COMMENTS     

TODAY

LESBIAN ACTRESS AND COMEDIAN LILY TOMLIN holds a concert tonight at 8 at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore. Tickets are available in person at the Lyric Box Office (Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.), over the phone at 410-547-7328 and online at www.ticketmaster.com.

FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF AND FINAL GUERILLA QUEER BAR, a group that rallies queer folks to all attend straight-bars to make them more inclusive spaces, happens tonight at 9. The location is to be determined. For more information, visit www.groups.yahoo.com/group/guerillaqueerbardc.

ACADEMIC DISCUSSION WITH QUEER THEORIST SUSAN STRYKER entitled “ We Who Are Sexy: the Post-Colonial Transsexual Whiteness of Christine Jorgensen in the Philippines” happens today at 4 p.m. at University of Maryland in Susquehanna 1120. For more information, visit www.lgbts.umd.edu. 

GLOSS, a monthly celebration for women who love women, happens tonight at Apex (1415 22nd Street N.W.) with doors opening at 9 and a cover charge of $10. DJ Randy White will be spinning in the Main Hall. For more information, visit www.apex-dc.com.

ADVENTURING OUTDOORS, gay social group, takes an evening stroll around the Tidal Basin today to see the cherry blossoms. An optional dinner on the waterfront will follow. Interested individuals should meet at 6 p.m. at the Waterfront Metro Station. For more information, contact Brett at 202-236-9968 or visit www.adventuring.org.

BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay volunteer organization, volunteers today for Ganymede Arts, the gay arts company of DC. To participate or find out about other volunteer opportunities, contact jonathan@burgundycrescent.org or visit www.burgundycrescent.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4

HOMO/SONIC, an alternative-themed dance party for queer folks and their friends, happens tonight at 9:30 at Black Cat (1811 14th Street N.W.) with a $10 cover. For more information, visit www.thenewgay.net.

VISIONS IN FEMINISM CONFERENCE happens today and is themed “Pushing Boundaries: Queering Feminism and Queer-ying our Communities.” The conference happens in the Ward building of American University (4400 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.) and runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with three workshop sessions. Registrations is $10 before the conference and $15 the day-of. For more information, including a list of workshops and options for registration, visit www.vifconference.wordpress.com.

KHUSH D.C., D.C. South Asian gay social and political group, meets for dinner tonight at 8 at Straits of Malaya (1836 18th Street N.W.). For more information, contact 202-483-1483 or president@khushdc.org.

MADONNA-THEMED DANCE PARTY dubbed “Madonnarama” happens tonight at Town (2009 8th Street N.W.) with doors opening at 9 and a drag show at 10. The cover is $10 before 11 and $15 after.

JANIS IAN, lesbian Grammy-winning performer, hosts an evening of music and memories tonight at 8 at Alden Theatre in McLean Va., (1234 Ingleside Avenue). Tickets range from $28 to $34 and are available online at www.ticketmaster.com. For more information, visit www.mcleancenter.org/alden/guestartist.asp.

CHRYSALIS ARTS AND CULTURE GROUP, gay social group, visits the Corcoran Gallery of Art to see the Maya Lin exhibition, “Systematic Landscapes.” Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for seniors. Interested individuals should meet at 11 a.m. inside the Corcoran entrance on 17th Street N.W. For more information, contact craighowell1@verizon.net. 

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

FUNDRAISER FOR SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH ASSISTANCE LEAGUE (SMYAL), a D.C. service organization dedicated to supporting LGBT youth, happens today starting at 3 p.m. at Duplex Diner (18th and U Streets N.W.). All tips plus a portion of profits will go to benefit SMYAL. For more information, visit www.smyal.org.

A JAPANESE FILM ABOUT HOMOSEXUAL DESIRE AMONGST SAMURAI entitled “Gohatto” and directed by Nagisa Oshima, will be shown today at 2 p.m. at the Meyer Auditorium of Freer Gallery (located at Jefferson Drive at 12th Street S.W.). “Gohatto” is set in Kyoto in 1865 during the tumultuous last days of the Shogunate and is a complex drama of lust, honor and revenge culminates in a final battle between the two new recruits, one in love with the unattainable other. Free tickets are required for this event and are available at www.asia.si.edu.

ATLANTIC STATE GAY RODEOS ASSOCIATION gathers tonight at 8 at Nellie’s Sports Bar (900 U Street N.W.) to watch the Professional Bull Riders in the Nampa Invitational, part of 2009 Built Ford Tough Series. For more information, visit www.asgra.org.

ADVENTURING OUTDOORS, gay social group, hikes 10.3 miles around the city’s major monuments and memorials and views the cherry blossoms. An optional lunch will follow. Interested individuals should meet at 9 a.m. at the Rosslyn Metro Station. For more information, contact John at 703-914-1439 or visit www.adventuring.org.

MONDAY, APRIL 6

PANEL EVENT AND DISCUSSION ON INCARCERATED WOMEN happens tonight at 7 at American University (4400 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.) and is facilitated by ...