Arts & Entertainment
Arts briefs: April 22
Hometown DJ Jerome Farley returns for Town set this weekend
Native D.C. DJ returns to Town
DJ Jerome Farley returns to his native D.C. on Saturday when he will appear at Town (2009 8th St., N.W.).
Town is Farleyās favorite place to spin in the U.S. and heās excited to be back, as the owner, Ed Bailey, tougher him how to DJ when he was a teenager.
āIād hang out in the DJ booth and look over his shoulder,ā Farley says.
Farley, who’s gay, will also be premiering a music video for Vanessa Mitchellās new song, āHope,ā which he wrote and produced.
Doors open at 10 p.m. There is an $8 cover before 11 p.m. and $12 afterward. All attendees must be 21 or older.
New York DJ Michael Hades will open.
Inaya Day to spin at Cobalt
Recording artist Inaya Day will be at Cobalt (1639 R St., N.W.) on Saturday from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. with DJ Wayne G.
Not only does Day write for herself, but she has also written for artists such as Bootsie Collins, Randy Crawford and Missy Elliot.
UMD plans queer studies symposium
The fourth annual D.C. Queer Studies Symposium will be held April 29 in Tawes Hall at the University of Maryland in College Park.
Graduate students and faculty from schools throughout the area will be presenting some of their work and Regina Kunzel, author of āCriminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality,ā will serve as the keynote speaker.
To register, attendees should e-mail [email protected] with name, institutional affiliation (if any), e-mail address and if theyāll be attending the buffet lunch and/or closing reception.
For more information, go here.
The 2024 New York City Pride Parade wound through the streets of Manhattan and past the historic Stonewall Inn on Sunday, June 30.
(Washington Blade photos by Daniel Truitt)
The fourth annual Fredericksburg Pride march and festival was held at Riverfront Park in Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, June 29. The event began with a march around downtown Fredericksburg beginning and ending in the park.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Covering Fredericksburg Pride for @WashBlade . City Council member @WillMackintosh speaking: pic.twitter.com/tDdVD2IVsM
— Michael Patrick Key (@MichaelKeyWB) June 29, 2024
Photos
PHOTOS: Goodwin Living Pride
Senior living and healthcare organization holds fourth annual march at Falls Church campus
The senior living and healthcare organization Goodwin Living held its fourth annual community Pride march around its Bailey’s Crossroads campus in Falls Church, Va. with residents, friends and supporters on Tuesday, June 25. Following the march, a drag brunch was held with performances by drag artists of SADBrunch: Crimsyn, Sapphire Dupree and Evon Dior Michelle.
(Photos courtesy of Goodwin Living)
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