There are a ton of great events coming up this week across Minnesota!

Wednesday, April 30

[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]International & LGBTQ: A panel discussion on Identity and Culture [/sws_yellow_box]

Please join us for a discussion focusing on the experiences of students who are international and LGBTQ. This panel will explore the intersections of culture, traditions, gender expression, and sexuality and how these identities and experiences impact students while they study in the United States. All students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to attend this event. Panelists include Jikku Thomas, Haemin Park, and Nasreen Mohamed, Director of Student Engagement & Intercultural Initiatives in International Student and Scholar Services. The panel will be facilitated by Saksham Rai.

Registration is not required but will help us get a count for the event:https://cfans.wufoo.com/forms/international-and-lgbtq-a-panel-discussion/

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Date: Wednesday, April 30 at 3:00pm
Location: St. Paul Student Center, Room 202
Admission: Free
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Pleasure Rebel: New Performance Curated by Nastalie Bogira [/sws_yellow_box]

Pleasure Rebel is a new seasonal performance series featuring artists working in dance, performance art and video, from the Twin Cities and beyond. Come see artists challenge the boundaries of queer art forms.

Featuring Junauda Petrus, Nicole M Smith, and Mad King Thomas

LOVE TONES for the Universal Goddess | Junauda Petrus This piece is a whole bunch of storytellings that I feel have a pattern, and eventually can become a map to the true sweet wild self. I also am making myself breathe and smile inside of the existential tension between pleasure and celibacy, joy and hope, laughter and creativity. I realize it is life and I am dancing to shake all of the fear out and I am trying to make myself sit still too and just be quiet [the] NICOE SHOW | Nicole M Smith a sprinkling of this- a lil bit of that- I’m still stirring up the ingredients to this piece; things are simmering, I keep tasting its flava, swimming in its juices, and awaiting the final result(s). looking forward to us sharing air on April 30th, when I’ll bring all that’s been cooking, to the table. can’t wait to have you as my guest(s) of honour..- 
 Nicole M Smith: artist, cook, non-conformist, (grand)daughter, sister, sistah, thinker, ponderer, smart-ass, music lover, solo-dance-partier, loves love, [tries to] practice peace, writer, LOVES candyland, BLACK, QUEER, loud, digs laughter & going on dates (alone, or with company); likes to tear shit up….. An alien, a jackalope and Rudolf Steiner walk into a bar | Mad King Thomas 
 Mad King Thomas is the choreographic collaboration of Tara King, Theresa Madaus & Monica Thomas. They make dances that are sometimes also telephone calls, gallery installations, house parties, fake family reunions and bad plays. They are currently asking questions about home, family, identity and geography, as well as lighter subjects like birth and death.

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Date: Wednesday, April 30 at 8:00 pm, Doors open at 7:00 pm
Location: Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Admission: $8-$15 sliding scale in advance, $10-$15 day of show, tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets
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Friday, May 2

[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Century College Queer and Straight Club Presents the 2nd Annual “Drag of the Century” [/sws_yellow_box]

The time has come again for Century College Queer & Straight Club to present their yearly drag show, Drag of the Century! Sponsored by PFund Foundation and including performances from the best female impersonators in the Twin Cities, it is a night you wont want to miss. The best part is, the show is FREE and open to the general public! See you there!

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Date: Friday, May 2 at 6:00pm
Location: Century College
3300 Century Avenue North, White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110
Admission: Free
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE: BATTLE OF THE SEASONS [/sws_yellow_box]

Patience will be rewarded this spring for cities clamoring to get a look at another stellar lineup on the spark-igniting Battle of the Seasons tour for Logo TV’s RuPaul’s Drag Race, airing on Mondays at 9:00 p.m. EST. Featuring cast members from this wildly successful and original competition produced by World of Wonder, a night with these frisky performers drawn from the first five seasons will be an unforgettable experience.

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Date: Friday, May 2 at 9:30pm
Location: The Hub Entertainment Destination
2525 9th Ave SW, Fargo, North Dakota 58103
Admission: Tickets available at jadepresents.com
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Hot Dish Cabaret- May [/sws_yellow_box]

Join us for Hot Dish Cabaret’s MAY show! A steamy evening filled with burlesque, drag, belly dance, and other delights awaits you. This month, our amazing cast will be joined by special guests:

The mesmerizing Fyresnake
Sultry Singer Uppen Adam
The Lovely L’assy Rabid
The Playful Pedi Bourgeois

VIP tables can be requested here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1N8FWC5JIqSA-rd6nUmk3G77kcUWyXiDI-OUS2Nclx6I/viewform

2-4-1 drinks until 11pm!

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Date: Friday, May 2 at 10 p. m.
Location: Ground Zero Nightclub, 15 NE 4th St, Minneapolis, MN
55413
Admission: $8 cover charge, 18+
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Saturday, May 3

[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] “BATTLE OF THE DIVAS!” [/sws_yellow_box]

Come join the fun at the 2014 Miss/Mr Rochester Pageant!!! Come watch, party, and VOTE for your favorite performer to win the title. Admission only $5 for this 2 hour show. Cash bar available. Proceeds go to the Rochester PrideFest Celebration. Sponsored by The Drag Divas of Rochester, and the Creative Salon.

Performing are Magnolia Hughes, Brandy Merlot, Dora Personal Explorer,Marsha Mallow, Gage, Arianna Montrese, Tarah Haldane, and many more.

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Date: Saturday, May 3 at 8:00pm
Location: The Creative Salon, 324 1st Ave SW, Rochester MN
Admission: $5
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