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freedom bill that critics contend allows discrimination based on sexual orientation and
gender identity.
Both laws have sparked widespread outrage among LGBT rights advocates and their
supporters across the country.
The Montgomery County Council resolution condemns the discriminatory laws
passed in North Carolina and Mississippi. It also supports the residents of the two
states who are seeking to repeal these discriminatory laws.
New York is among the states that have banned ocial travel to North Carolina and
Mississippi over HB and HB 1523. The British Foreign Oce issued an advisory last week
that warns travelers about the laws.
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NENE LEAKES will join the Washington Blades table at Saturdays White House
Correspondents Dinner.
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D.C. is among 17 cities on three continents that have expressed an interest in bidding
to become the host city for the 2022 Gay Games, the quadrennial international LGBT
sports competition.
According to a statement released on April 19 by the Federation of Gay Games,
organizations in D.C. and the other cities must embark on a rigorous and costly process
of putting together and submitting a formal bid by Nov. 30, 2016.
Brent Minor, executive director of Team D.C., an association of 31 LGBT sports groups
in the D.C. metropolitan area, said the association will be the bidding organization for
hosting the 2022 Gay Games.
He said Team D.C. ocials are condent that the knowledge and experience they
gained in bidding on the 2014 Gay Games will enable them to put together a top-notch
bid for the 2022 games.
D.C. lost the bidding competition to Cleveland for the 2014 Gay Games. But according
to Minor, D.C. came in second place and its 300-plus page bid was considered by FGA
ocials to be highly professional and sucient to make D.C. a successful host for the
games.
At the time they selected Cleveland, FGA ocials said D.C. and Boston, which along
with Cleveland were nalists in the competition, could have successfully hosted the
games. The ocials said Cleveland was selected because the FGA believed holding the
games there would better advance LGBT equality in a region of the U.S. that was less
advanced in LGBT rights than the Boston and D.C. regions.
The other cities that expressed interest along with D.C. in bidding to host the 2022
games are Anaheim, Calif.; Atlanta, Ga.; Austin, Texas; Cape Town, South Africa; Denver,
Colo.; Des Moines, Iowa; Guadalajara, Mexico; Hong Kong; Los Angeles; Madison, Wis.;
Minneapolis; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Antonio, Texas; San Francisco; and Tel Aviv.
The next Gay Games is scheduled to take place in Paris in 2018.
The FGGs announcement of the start of the bidding process for the 2022 games came
just over a month after it announced it had withdrawn from longstanding negotiations
with the Gay & Lesbian International Sports Association (GLISA) about a possible merger
of the Gay Games and the GLISA sponsored Out Games.
FGG said in its announcement that it concluded a merged venture would be high risk
and the valuable nancial and human resources needed for such a venture couldnt
be justied at this time.
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Shadow Representative FRANKLIN GARCIA, Del. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON (D-D.C.) and
Ward 2 Council member JACK EVANS all received endorsements at the Gertrude Stein
Democratic Clubs forum on Tuesday.
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Neighborhood
Commissioner
David
Garber, who is one of two candidates
challenging Council member Vincent
Orange (D-At-Large) in the citys June 14
Democratic primary, received just two
votes from Stein members at the Tuesday
night forum.
Orange received 44 votes. The third atlarge candidate, attorney and longtime civic
activist Robert White, received 37 votes after
he, Orange and Garber each expressed
strong support for LGBT equality.
With neither of the candidates receiving
a required 60 percent of the vote under
the clubs endorsement rules, a second
ballot runo vote was taken for the two
top vote getters. In that second round,
Orange received 37 votes compared to 31
votes for White, with Orange falling ve
votes short of the 60 percent threshold
needed for an endorsement.
We hereby declare that there shall be
no endorsement in the at-large Council
race, declared Stein Club President Earl
Fowlkes.
The no endorsement for the race for
the at-large seat just goes to show how
our community is split down the middle
on how they feel about Vincent Orange
and how they feel about Robert White,
Fowlkes told the Washington Blade after
the forum.
In the only other contested race
considered at the Tuesday forum, Ward 4
Council member Brandon Todd (D) won
the Stein Club endorsement by capturing
60 votes (71 percent) in a four-candidate
race. Challenger Calvin H. Gurley, who,
along with Todd, appeared at the forum,
received just one vote.
Ward 4 candidate Ron Austin, who did
not attend the forum, received 7 votes.
The name of the fourth candidate, Leon T.
Andrews Jr., did not appear on the ballot
distributed to club members at the forum.
Sixteen Stein Club members voted for no
A vigil for Keyonna Blakeney was held in front of the Rockville Council Oce Building
on April 23.
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MARA KEISLING, from the National Center for Transgender Equality, was arrested this week.
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Trans advocate
arrested in N.C. protest
Repeal of anti-LGBT
law unlikely
By CHRIS JOHNSON
cjohnson@washblade.com
On the rst day the North Carolina
Legislature reconvened after passing its
controversial anti-LGBT law last month,
opponents called for repeal of the measure.
On Monday, LGBT advocates delivered
a petition calling for repeal, held
demonstrations in the state capitol and
introduced legislation that would repeal
House Bill 2. The actions took place before
both chambers of the legislature were set to
reconvene for their general session at 7 p.m.
Signed by North Carolina Gov. Pat
McCrory last month after an emergency
single-day session of the legislature,
House Bill 2 prohibits municipalities in
North Carolina from passing pro-LGBT
non-discrimination ordinances and bars
transgender people from using restrooms
in schools and government buildings
consistent with their gender identity.
In the North Carolina House, Democrats
seeking to repeal the law State Reps.
Darren Jackson, Graig Meyer, Susi
Hamilton and Grier Martin introduced
legislation, House Bill 946, seeking to
undo the anti-LGBT law in its entirety.
State Rep. Ed Haines, a co-sponsor of the
bill, was among those speaking out in favor
of the measure during a news conference.
Im actually stunned at the doublingdown by our governor in the face of
rebuke by business people within his own
party who spent large sums in support
of his campaign and election of this
Republican majority that we have who
supported this bill, Haines said.
The proposed legislation retroactively
repeals House Bill 2 from the date it was
enacted into law on March 23, so any
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White House spokesman JOSH EARNEST described the murder of a gay Bangladeshi as a
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Baltimore Pride is scheduled for July 23-24, but nancial challenges facing the
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and
Central Maryland could throw a wrench into the plans.
The GLCCB, which produces Pride annually its principal fundraiser is
seeking to raise money to pay o debts owed to Baltimore City.
GLCCB leadership stated in a published appeal: We have an outstanding
balance of $12,146.27 with Baltimore City for police fees for Baltimore Pride
2015. We will not be able to secure permits for Pride 2016 until this debt is paid.
Furthermore, $2,200 is needed for 2016 permit fees, according to a statement
on the Razoo fundraising page, where a goal of $15,000 has been set by the
GLCCB. Without these funds, we will be unable to move forward with Pride 2016.
Complicating matters is that Baltimore City led a lawsuit against the GLCCB
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LONDON Young gay and bisexual men in the UK are at a signicantly greater
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published in the Journal of Public Health, MedicalXpress reports.
Conducted by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and funded
by Stonewall, the study found gay and bi men under the age of 26 were six
times more likely to attempt suicide or self-harm compared to men in that
group 45 and up. They were also twice as likely to be depressed or anxious.
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Switch it up!
Doing the same old workout
will get you diminishing returns
This spring has been big. Primary
election season is in full swing,
Beyonce dropped Lemonade,
allergies are on a level beyond
eek, and through all of that
everyone is trying to get in shape for
summer.
We all wish we could be more
GERARD BURLEY is a D.C.-based personal
trainer. Reach him via @CoachGFit or coachg@
consistent in our workouts. Here are
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two questions I get a lot this time of
year: how do I plan my workouts for
maximum eect and when should I take rest days?
Building a plan Were going to start with this one because most people
have no idea what their tness or wellness plan is. Exhibit A: Im going to go
cycling every day. That isnt a plan. Technically it is, but its for sure not an overall
good one.The rst step is determining your primary goal and moving from there.
If your primary goal is to lose fat or raise your cardio endurance, then yes,
cycling or some other cardio source can be a major piece of your weekly workouts,
but not every day.When building a workout plan think about balance among your
workouts and workout types. If youre doing something cardio based three to four
times a week, then your other days should be strength and exibility based.
With the boom of boutique tness, the biggest issue I see with people plateauing
or not seeing the results they want is that they do a lot of the same types of
exercise over and over. The premise of the boutique studio is that you can a la
carte tness at dierent places on dierent days and get dierent experiences.
Yes, youre good at it because you do it a lot, but you should also do things you suck
at and probably dont what to do in order to get the best results.Lack of variety in any
tness plan breeds plateaus and injury.Whatever your primary goal is, you should do
activities that support that goal three times a week. Supplement those workouts with
other workouts that you need to do for the other two times per week.
Using our previous example, if my major goal is to burn fat, I would plan three
cardio workout days per week and two strength days. The other two days I
would use as active recovery days where I would keep the level of intensity fairly
low, but work with my foam roller, take a yoga class to increase exibility or just
go for a long walk to work my body in a dierent way.For most to see the results
they really want, I recommend a ve-day workout plan per week.
Rest day what? When it comes to rest days, there are two types of people.
One group who thinks this word is evil and others who are using this word a little
too much.Rest days are necessary for the body to recover from workouts, but
rest doesnt always mean stop.Again we go back to the word balance.
Think about your workout days as days meant to shake things up and shock
your system, while your rest days are lled with activities to re-center your
body.If your body is really sore from working out, you may notice that the body
actually recovers better when some low-level activity is involved than when
you stay still.My rest days are almost always yoga-inuenced since my primary
workouts are usually strength-based.
Rest days are also good times to use low-intensity training. Despite what
every trainer is saying, you dont have to have high-intensity training all the
time.If you do, your body will eventually break down, especially at your joints
and tendons.For my athletes or seasoned workout bus who are really taking
themselves to the limit, remember that recovery tools like ice baths and massage
are also great tools to use on your rest days.
The most important two things to include are lots of sleep and proper
nutrition.Most of us dont get enough sleep anyway, so on those rest days, do your
body a favor and crawl into bed a little earlier.Much of the bodys healing occurs
while were sleeping, so the more sleeping you do, the more healing you get.The
foods you eat on your recovery days directly aect your recovery time. Pump lots of
water, veggies and lean proteins into your body while limiting the booze.
When it comes to being successful with your tness goals, building a plan
and having purposeful rest days are important components to achieving those
goals. All tness plans should be diverse in workout types while rest options
should be based on the level of the athlete.If you arent sure what to do, ask
a pro for help to be the most ecient and eective workout super star this
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food sources destroyed, but weakened dykes
were blamed.
Scientists briefed a slightly dazed Amber,
wearing multi-pocketed pants and a No One
Knows Im a Lesbian T-shirt, very popular in
the Irony Age of the late 1900s. She rejected
the shoe, sunlight and snack theories. NOA,
she said atly. None of the above.
Heres what happened. Cruises became
popular. The Aqua-Separatists sailed everywhere: Alaska: The Klondyke Tour; Australia:
The Down There Tour; Lesbos: The Redundancy Tour. Not me. I believe a Navy of exlovers cannot sail. I was actually one of the last
land-based lesbians.
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time of my tragic accident, a mud-wrestling
top-bottom thing, I know plans were in the
works for a huge cruise to Jupiter. Everybody
was going. Theyd be gone for 7,000 years,
stop at planets out and back with a dierent
comedy show every night. There were just
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Like many artists and writers, Nancy K. Pearson learned how to funnel her
angst into her work.
Her new poetry book The Whole By Contemplation of a Single Bone, out
this month from Fordham University Press and already the winner of the Poets
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Working through a past shadowed by depression, addiction and
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and revelatory. Her rst book was a nalist for a Lambda Literary Award.
Though she rst started writing poems in second grade, she didnt pursue
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mind likes to leap and Im obsessed with words, sound and texture. Her book
is $25 and available through Fordham University Press (fordhampress.com).
Pearson lived in the region after college when she earned a masters
degree in poetry at George Mason University. The Chattanooga, Tenn., native
returned to the area after stints in Massachusetts and Texas. She and her
partner of 10 years, Elizabeth Winston, now live in Frederick, Md., and have a
baby on the way.
Pearson works by day as an online poetry instructor for the Fine Arts
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Pink Martinis Storm Large joins the National Symphony Orchestra for Cabaret
of Sins at the Kennedy Center (2700 F St., N.W.) on Friday, April 29 at 9 p.m. and
Saturday, April 30 at 8 p.m.
Large will perform Kurt Weills The Seven Deadly Sins joined by Hudson Shad
and maestro James Gagan. The Friday performance will also include a mix of
cabaret songs as part of Kennedy Centers Declassied series. There will also
be a pre-concert circus sideshow performance by Carnivalesque Roadshow at
8 p.m.There will be carnival games, food, a fortune teller and more. The party
continues after the main performance and goes until midnight.
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Gay Day at the Zoo for International Family Equality Day is at Smithsonians
National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (3001 Connecticut Ave., N.W.)
on Sunday, May 1 from noon-4 p.m.
Both adults and children are welcome. Admission into the zoo is free. Gay
Day at the Zoo T-shirts are also available for purchase for $15. Order online
at thedccenter.org. T-shirts can be picked up at the D.C. Center (2000 14th St.,
N.W.) on Saturday, May 30 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. or at the main entrance of the
zoo on Sunday, May 1.
For more details, visit gaydayathtezoo.com.
The third annual Vinofest is Saturday, May 7 at the Yards (1300 1st St., S.E.)
from 3-10 p.m.
Its a live concert featuring Jon Batiste & Stay Human, the Original Wailers,
Trouble Funk, Paperhaus and more. There will also be wines and food to sample.
Marthas Table and Dreaming Out Loud are charity partners for the event.
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SHANI HADJIAN says she jumped at the chance to play the witch when she learned the part came
with a splashy solo number.
By PATRICK FOLLIARD
For her scary turn as the Wicked Witch
of the West in the national tour of The
Wizard of Oz, Shani Hadjian gives both
old and new. Shes covered in green
makeup but instead of the familiar black
hat, she sports a long, pointy wig. Still,
Hadjian says her performance denitely
pays homage to Margaret Hamilton, the
character actress who famously played
the witch in the MGM 1939 lm classic.
Growing up in Ohio, I watched a lot of
musicals on TV, and of course The Wizard
of Oz was a staple. But even as a little girl
I was never a Dorothy person. The witch
terried me but I loved her. She was the
character I felt closest to,Hadjian says.
Even then Hadjian knew a good part
when she saw one. But with her model
looks, she doesnt appear the obvious
choice to play the cackling crone.
Im tall (5 feet, 10 inches), and in the
theater world tall represents strength and
power and sometimes evil. In the show,
I do get melted. Recently, a young girl in
the audience yelled out, Thats so mean,
she says. But honestly I feel powerful
and strong as the witch. I feel stunning
in the costume and green makeup. My
character knows what she wants and
goes after it. In that sense I think shes
relatable for me.
Hadjian was an energetic kid, so
her mother put her in extracurricular
activities, primarily sports (volleyball) and
theater. When she lost the school talent
show to a girl who took private voice
lessons, Hadjian had to have them too.
By high school, Hadjian was hooked
on the idea of a career in show biz. After
earning a degree in musical theater from
the Hartt School in Connecticut, she
headed to New York.
The rst couple years were the
hardest. You go to so many auditions and
dont get jobs. But after seven years, Ive
learned to keep going and keep pushing.
Ive accepted that.
Despite her love for the Wicked Witch,
Hadjian had harbored initial doubts
Charlotte
loves Jonny.
And Claire.
What will her
parents say?
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Storm Large sings Brecht & Weills The Seven Deadly Sins,
James Gagan, conducts the NSO
Thru Apr 30. The Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
Pink Martinis Storm Large sings Brecht and Weills wickedly delightful workin
concert with vocal quartet Hudson Shad. The program includes Rodgerss
Carousel Waltz, Dvorks American Suite, and Ravels La valse.
A one-of-a-kind spectacle loosely based on the life of Hugo Ball, one of the
founders of the highly inuential DADA anti-art movement. Through Balls
story, the show explores themes of art, love, faith, and the unexpected cost of
pushing the boundaries with puppetry, mask, visual art, and dance, all joined
together by an anarchic sense of humor.
Joe and Anthony Russo, directors of two entries in the Captain America lm
franchise, discuss their experience in transporting the adventures of the iconic
superhero from the page to the screen and screen clips from their newest lm,
Captain America: Civil War.
Kathryn Wiley paints with a new lightness, assurance and freedom in her rst
solo show since 2013. She intends to paint with no mind, not imposing images
or shapes, but allowing the composition to appear using only color.
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THEATRE
The Reduced Shakespeare Company:
William Shakespeare's Long Lost First
Play (abridged). Thru May 8. Folger
Theatre. 202-544-7077. folger.edu.
WNO: Ring Cycle: The Rhinegold. Apr
30-May 17. The Valkyrie. May 2-May 18.
Siegfried. May 4-May 20. The Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
kennedy-center.org.
The Mystery of Love & Sex. Thru May
8. Signature Theatre. 703-820-9771.
signature-theatre.org.
Poetry Out Loud. May 4. GW Lisner
Auditorium. 202-994-6800.
lisner.gwu.edu.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Thru
May 8. GALA Hispanic Theatre.
202-234-7174. galatheatre.org.
Moment. Thru Apr 30. Studio Theatre.
202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org.
The Nether. Thru May 1. Woolly
Mammoth. 202-393-3939.
woollymammoth.net.
The Body Of An American. Thru May
29. Theater J. 202-518-9400. theaterj.org.
Dial 'M' for Murder. Thru May 1. Olney
Theatre. 301-924-3400. olneytheatre.org.
110 in the Shade. Thru May 14. One
Destiny. Thru May 20. Ford's Theatre.
202-347-4833. fords.org.
DANCE
Nejla Yasemin Yatkin Dance /
NY2Dance. Apr 30-May 1. Fieldwork
For Mixed Disciplines Showing. May 4.
Dance Place. 202-269-1600.
danceplace.org.
Les Ballets Jazz de Montral.
May 5. The Clarice. 301-405-2787.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
Artist in Residence Showcase. Apr 30.
BalletNova. 703-778-3008.
BalletNova.org.
Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Apr 30May 1. Publick Playhouse. 301-277-1710.
arts.pgparks.com.
MUSIC
Secret Society. Apr 29. The Mersey
Beatles. Apr 30. Billy Hart ft. Ethan
Iverson. May 5. AMP. 301-581-5100.
ampbystrathmore.com.
Jason+: Charles Lloyd and Jason
Moran. Apr 29. NSO: Andrew Litton,
conductor: Vadim Gluzman, violin,
May 5-7, Organ Recital: Christopher
Houlihan. May 4. The Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.
PostClassical Ensemble. May 1.
National Gallery of Art. 202-737-4215.
nga.gov.
Opera and the French Revolution. Apr
29. GW Lisner Auditorium. 202-994-6800.
lisner.gwu.edu.
Childrens Chorus of Washington &
WPA Children of the Gospel Choir.
May 1. WPA at Lincoln Theatre.
Murray Perahia, piano. May 1.
WPA at Strathmore. 202-785-9727.
washingtonperformingarts.org.
Black Tie Monte Carlo/European
Celebration. Apr 30. Embassy
Experiences. Embassy of France.
301-519-8030. embassyexperiences.com.
Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen.
May 1. BlackRock. 240-912-1058.
blackrockcenter.org.
Friday Noon Concert. Apr 29. Pianist
Laurence Hobgood. May 2-May 9. Arts
Club of Washington. 202-331-7282.
artsclubofwashington.org.
Claremont Trio, Piano Trio. May 1. JCC
of Greater Washington. 301-348-3872.
jccgw.org.
Rodgers and Hammer[steins]: Musical
Theatre Cheer and Beer. May 1. Choral
Arts Society. The Black Squirrel. 202-2443669. choralarts.org.
MUSEUMS
Folger Shakespeare Library. America's
Shakespeare. Thru Jul 24. folger.edu.
National Archives. Amending
America. Thru Sep 4. 202-357-5000.
archivesfoundation.org.
National Gallery of Art. Louise
Bourgeois: No Exit. Thru May 15.
202-737-4215. nga.gov.
National Museum of Women in the
Arts. Womanimal: Zine Art by Caroline
Paquita. Thru May 13. 202-783-5000.
nmwa.org.
Smithsonian Anacostia Museum.
Twelve Years That Shook And Shaped
Washington: 1963-1975. Thru Oct 23.
202-633-4820. anacostia.si.edu.
National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian. The Four Justices. Thru
Oct 16. 202-633-8300. npg.si.edu.
GALLERIES
Strathmore. Shelley Lee Marie. Thru Jun
4. Kaleidoscopes: 200 Years. Thru Jun 4.
301-581-5100. strathmore.org.
Gallery Neptune & Brown. Foon
Sham. Thru May 1. 202-986-1200.
neptuneneart.com.
JCCNV. After the Holocaust. Thru May 19.
703-323-0880. jccnv.org.
The Art League Gallery. Nancy
McIntyre. May 4-Jun 5. 703-683-1780.
theartleague.org.
VisArts at Rockville. Virginia Warwick.
Apr 29-May 29. 301-315-8200.
visartsatrockville.org.
Zenith Gallery. Peter Kephart. Thru Jun
25. 202-783-2963. zenithgallery.com.
Goethe-Institut. American University's
Berlin Studio Program. Thru Apr 29.
202-847-4700. goethe.de.
ISAAG. Hernan Illescas. Thru Apr 29.
202-623-2217.
idbstaassociationartgallery.org.
Arts Club of Washington. Sandra
Gobar. Thru May 28. 202-331-7282.
artsclubofwashington.org.
District Architecture Center. Hany
Hassan, FAIA. Thru May 7. 202-347-9403.
aiadac.com.
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for the run is $35. Registration for 5K
run participants 12 and under is $10.
Everyone is encouraged to raise a
minimum of $100 for a commemorative
T-shirt. The top three fundraisers will
receive prizes. For more details and to
register, visit chasebrexton.org.
Jewish Community Relations Council
hosts a community-wide Holocaust
observance in Maryland at Bnai Israel
Congregation (6101 Montrose Rd.,
Rockville, Md.) today from 10 a.m.-3:30
p.m. and Virginia at Jewish Community
Center of Northern Virginia (8900 Little
River Turnpike, Fairfax, Va.) from 4:308:30 p.m. There will be a dialogue with
Holocaust survivors, art exhibits and a
community commemoration featuring
Dr. Peter Black. For more information,
visit jcouncil.org.
MONDAY, MAY 2
A work by Benjamin Carver thats included in his exhibit New Orleans. It will be on display with
many others on April 30 and May 2.
E-mail calendar items to calendars@washblade.
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events must be re-submitted each time.
TODAY
Comedian Wanda Sykes performs at
Patrice & Arthur Modell Performing Arts
Center at the Lyric (140 West Mount Royal
Ave., Baltimore) tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets
range from $35-70. For more details, visit
lyricbaltimore.com.
A LGB support group meets today
from 10-11:30 a.m. at 16220 S. Frederick
Rd., Gaithersburg, Md., for individuals
in Montgomery County. The group
will discuss coming out of marriage,
homophobia, parenting issues, nding
intimate relationships, LGB resources
in the suburbs and more. For more
information, visit thedccenter.org.
The NeedlExchange hosts a gay dance
party at Zeba Bar (3423 14th St., N.W.)
tonight from 10 p.m.-3 a.m. Vicki Powell
will guest DJ for the night. Cover is $5. For
more details, search The NeedlExchange
on Facebook.
Opera Lafayette performs Opera:
French Revolution tonight at the Lisner
Auditorium at George Washington
University (730 21st St., N.W.) at 7:30
p.m. Tickets are $20-110. Details at
operalafayette.org.
SATURDAY, APRIL 30
Rainbow Families Conference is at
Georgetown Day School (4530 MacArthur
Blvd., N.W.) today from 8:30 am.-4:45
SUNDAY, MAY 1
AIDS Walk & Run Baltimore is at The
Maryland Zoo (1876 Mansion House
Dr., Baltimore) today from 7-10:30
a.m. Walkers can stroll through the
zoo alongside the animals. The walk is
recommended for children of all ages
and adults. General walk registration is
$25. For participants 12 and under, walk
registration is $10. The 5K run will be a
3.1-mile run through the zoo into Druid
TUESDAY, MAY 3
Green Lantern (1335 Green Ct., N.W.)
hosts its weekly FUK!T Packing Party from
7-9 p.m. tonight. For more details, visit
thedccenter.org or greenlanterndc.com.
SMYAL (410 7th St., S.E.) hosts a
transgender and non-binary support
group today from 5-7 p.m. For more
details, visit smyal.org.
Bachelors Mill has half-price drinks
all night from 5 p.m.-2 a.m. tonight. They
also have pool, video gaming systems
and cards. Admission is free. For more
details, visit bachelorsmill.com.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
The Tom Davoren Social Bridge
Club meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the
Dignity Center (721 8th St., S.E.) for social
bridge. No partner needed. For more
information, call 301-345-1571.
SMYAL hosts an open mic night today
from 5-7 p.m. Gay youth can come to talk
openly about the issues they face with
THURSDAY, MAY 5
Author/historian Nicholas F. Benton
will read from his book Extraordinary
Hearts: Reclaiming Gay Sensibilitys
Central Role in the Progress of Civilization
tonight at 7:30 p.m. at One More Page
Books (2200 Westmoreland St., No.
101, Arlington, Va.). Benton will also be
interviewed. His book is comprised of 100
essays on gay history. The book has been
a best seller in the area of gay studies on
Amazon for months.
Suede, a pop-jazz singer whos also
a lesbian, will perform her rst concert
in Washington in eight years tonight at
Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H St.,
N.E.) at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30-50 and
70 percent of the proceeds will go to the
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW). Suede
will also perform on Friday, May 6 in an
intimate concert at CHAW (545 7th St.,
S.E.) at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for that event
are $160 and include a mix-and-mingle
event with Suede. Proceeds go to the
Paint Bucket Campaign. Tickets at chaw.
org/suede-concert.
Gamma MD, a support group for men
in mixed-orientation relationships, meets
today from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at 25 E 2nd St.,
Frederick, Md. The group is for men who
are attracted to men but are currently or
were at one point in relationships with
women. For more information about the
group and location, visit gammaindc.org.
SMYAL (410 7th St., S.E.) hosts Fight
4 Yr Rights Activist Night today from 5-7
p.m. LGBT youth can come to learn about
historical activist movements. For details,
visit smyal.org.
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