It’s never too late to start planning your weekend! If you are looking for something queer to do this week and weekend, there’s no shortage of great events.
[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] On Thursday, Feb. 27, Mimi Imfurst from RuPaul’s Drag Race will be performing and DJ’ing at Saloon[/sws_yellow_box]
Mimi Imfurst was loved and hated by Drag Race fans. After being the third to be eliminated on season three after lifting India Ferrah, Imfurst got a second shot at the drag race crown in RuPaul’s All Stars Drag Race but was bumped first after she and partner Pandora Boxx failed to mesh as a team.
See TheColu.mn’s preview of Mimi’s appearance in the Twin Cities.
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Date: February 27, 2014, doors at 9pm
Admission: $5 cover, 18+, college ID’s will not be accepted for cover
For more information visit the Saloon’s website.[/sws_blue_box]
[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]On Friday, the Black Hearts Burlesque presents “The Love Hangover: We’re all going to hell…” [/sws_yellow_box]
Join Black Hearts Burlesque for their 3rd annual Love Hangover! We’ll be celebrating the downside of love, the underbelly of lust, and the headaches of heartache with some very special guests! We’re so excited to welcome Minnie Tonka, who borrows her name from her native Minneapolis suburb. She’s traveled all the way from NYC to bring us some lessons in love! And don’t miss the newly formed burlesque dance group, the Playful Peacock Showgirls…what’s better than one beautiful woman in pasties and fringe? Four! And let’s not forget the erotic poetry of Fox Smoulder…if you didn’t get laid on V-day, this is the next best thing. Last but absolutely not least, we welcome back a Black Hearts favorite, Karen Vieno Paurus is bringing a few of her sultry serenades to our stage!
This month’s Burlesque With a Heart beneficiary is the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women; have a spurned Valentine to appease? Take a look at our silent auction offerings and help this amazing local organization provide a voice for battered women.
-Black Hearts-
Dahlia Dulce
Elektra Cute
Fiona Flameteaser
Dominique D’mure
Lucy Furr
…hosted by Mistress Victoria DeVille!
-Special Guests-
The Playful Peacocks
Fox Smoulder
Karen Paurus
Minnie Tonka
-Sponsors-
Midwest Makeup Supply www.midwestmakeupsupply.com
Fox Den Salon www.foxdensalon.com
Redd’s Apple Ale www.reddsapple.com
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Date: Feb 28, 2014. Doors at 9:30, show at 10pm
Location: Hell’s Kitchen, 80 S 9th Street Minneapolis
Admission: $10, 21+
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]On Friday and Saturday, POONIES at Patrick’s Cabaret returns to the Twin Cities. Minneapolis’s APRIL SELLERS joins with Chicago’s REBECCA KLING to curate an evening of performances in the two-city collaboration[/sws_yellow_box]
After last year’s sold-out performances of POONIES at PATRICK’S CABARET, Minneapolis-based choreographer April Sellers returns with a new crop of performance artists. Joined this year by co-curator, Rebecca Kling, the performances will showcase the whole spectrum of LGBTQ lives through theatre, dance, performance art, film, spoken word, and more.
“I seek to amplify voices that are traditionally unheard. Each year I see a lot of queer performances and some of the work that is breaking through, at least to me, are those pieces, which embrace the entirety of the LGBTQA community. I’m really interested in giving those artists a chance to share their work.” – April Sellers
“The queer community is diverse and complex, and many facets of the community are often left out or forgotten. As a queer artist, activist, and curator, I aim to honor that complexity and seek out other artists who will do the same.” – Rebecca Kling
Justin Leaf as Mistress Ginger
Drawing from her notorious past as a doll on a music box, Justin Leaf as Mistress Ginger takes her audience on jacked up journey from freedom to fetters and back again
Theresa Madaus
Because there can never be enough nun drag, Madaus will be presenting The Confessions of Sister Mary Katharine Perry, an irreverent romp from a recovering Catholic. The Little Dutch Boi may also make an appearance, assuming he’s not too busy keeping the dykes from falling down.
April Sellers
Her new piece Big Baby, Sellers explores queer performance’s influence on feminine archetypes. Set in an array of ruffles, tinsel, and violent lullabies, performers try on, and discard, a range of personas, caricatures, and lingerie in a raw, unflinching race toward adulthood and identity. Performers Tim Rehborg, Emily Gastineau, Kimberly Rhyme, and Heather Spear
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Date: Feb 28 and Mar. 1, 2014
Location: Patrick’s Cabaret 3010 Minnehaha Ave. S Minneapolis, MN 55406
Admission: $10 tickets at the door (cash or check only)
For more information: www.patrickscabaret.org
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Show Pony starring Leslie Jordan at Camp bar [/sws_yellow_box]
Get ready once again MINNESOTA! He’s baaack! Arriving at St. Paul’s CAMP BAR for a 5-show limited engagement, LESLIE JORDAN returns to Twin Cities territory with his very own special “night at the races,” one man show. As one of American pop culture’s most recognizable, enduring (and endearing) personalities, the diminutive dynamo rides back into town.
Galloping back in to St. Paul at CAMP BAR with his latest on-stage, autobiographical romp, “SHOW PONY”, LESLIE JORDAN, the delightful, Deep South Dandy saddles up for an evening of horse feathers hilarity! “SHOW PONY” is Jordan’s reflections on the never ending, relentless quest for sustainability and longevity in “La-La Land”; still having to pay your dues, life on the road and what it takes to truly stay relevant and in the race. In true thoroughbred form, he remains characteristically frank, charming, selfeffacing and wicked!
An admitted, inveterate name dropper, any Jordan show is peppered with those star encounters that seem to only happen to him as he continues to have projects literally fall into his lap that surround him with the biggest names in show business. From being banged on the conker with a frying pan by BETTY WHITE (BOSTON LEGAL) to trying to convince his director friend at the helm of the Oscar winning megahit, THE HELP that he’d be just as feasible in the EMMA STONE lead role as the now mega star was to being surrounded by an orgiastic collection of screen legends (JESSICA LANGE, ANGELA BASSETT, KATHY BATES) where getting his eyeballs carved out by a melon baller (AMERICAN HORROR STORY) triggered his natural instinct to cajole for more scene-stealing screen time, Jordan as always simply can’t and doesn’t hold back.!
[sws_blue_box box_size=”100″] Details
Date: February 27 – March 2, 2014: Thursday & Friday at 8:00 pm, Saturday at 7:00 & 10:00 pm, Sunday at 5:00 pm
Location: The Cabaret Theater at Camp Bar, 490 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, MN
Admission: $34.50, VIP Reserved Table Seating: $39.50, BrownPaperTickets.com or 800-838-3006
For more information visit Camp’s website. [/sws_blue_box]
[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] Oscar Party Extravaganza hosted by Lakeside Church[/sws_yellow_box]
Throughout the month of March, Lakeside Church is speaking out about why we believe God’s story is inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people through our “All Means All” teaching series. And it all begins with an Oscar Party!
Come join us for this VIP event with food, cocktails, fun, and friend-making at Di Noko’s-Bar Zia in Minneapolis. Come walk the red carpet, get a picture in front of our VIP wall, and enter our free raffle with drawings throughout the evening.
Dress to impress for this VIP event – whatever your style is, whether it be modern, classic or contemporary.
There will be hosted appetizers and pizza with a full menu available for further purchase.
THERE IS NO COVER CHARGE FOR THIS EVENT.
Coat check will be available.
Off-street parking is available for a small fee in the ramp located in the same building where the party will be held.
Invite your friends and join us for one of the most talked about and glamorous nights of the year!
Hope to see you there!
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Date: Mar 2, 2014
Admission: Free
Location: Di Noko’s-Bar Zia, 420 S 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415
For more information, visit Facebook.[/sws_blue_box]