[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]AKA: Fathers/Sons Special Performance [/sws_yellow_box]

AKA: Fathers/Sons is a series of multidisciplinary, interactive performative conversations produced by Bedlam Theatre with Harry Waters Jr., Kevin “Kaoz” Moore, and Jordon Waters exploring intergenerational relationships among gay, straight, and queer fathers and sons in communities of color.

Join OutFront Minnesota for this special performance at 6pm on Thursday, July 17 at Pillsbury House Theatre, 3501 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis.,

If you saw 2011′s Queertopia, you may already be excited to see the next evolution for the umbrellas. Harry, Jordon, and Kevin have returned to re-investigate the depths of these meaningful relationships and how they have transformed since the original creation of this piece. From community organizations to schools, the performers engage participants in a performative conversation about what it means to be a Black man in familial and community intersections.

In July 2014, AKA: Fathers/Sons will tour their performative conversations to seven community partners. Admission is free. Masculine-identified people of color are encouraged to attend.

For more information, contact [email protected].

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Date: Thursday, July 17 at 6:00pm
Location: Pillsbury House Theatre, 3501 Chicago Ave South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] BARE:A Pop Opera [/sws_yellow_box]

COMING TO THE TWIN CITIES July 18 & 19!

Act Up Theatre brings the pulsating rock score and emotionally charged story of BARE to the New Century Theatre, Minneapolis, before its next stop- the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

BARE has thrilled and moved audiences around the world since its first staging in Los Angeles over a decade ago. A contemporary rock musical, BARE follows a group of teens wrestling with issues of identity, sexuality and religion at a co-ed Catholic boarding school.

Provocative, raw and unyielding in its exploration of how today’s generation navigates the tightrope between adolescence and adulthood, BARE examines the consequences of baring a soul, or hiding it from those who matter.

Details
Date: Friday, July 18 at 7:30pm
Location: New Century Theatre, 615 Hennepin Ave, Suite 145, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Admission: Tickets at Hennepin Theatre Trust
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Date: Friday, July 18 at 7:30pm
Location: New Century Theatre, 615 Hennepin Ave, Suite 145, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Admission: Tickets at Hennepin Theatre Trust
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] Dragged Out [/sws_yellow_box]

Now that pride is done, it is back to our regularly scheduled program! Dragged Out is back at it again! Come join some of your favorite cast, along with some special guests joining us for the evening!

* Devon – One of our battle contestants from May!
* Ethan Prince
* Taiyo
* Hunter
* Alfonso Leon
* Xavier

Special Guests

* Phoenix Soul
* Dominique D’mure
* Sasha Giselle Cater
* Anita Rivera

Plus Mad M. Moxie will not only be performing, but will be our special guest host of the evening!

After the show, there will be plenty enough time to get your dance moves on the floor!
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Details
Date: Friday, July 18 at 9:45pm – 2:00am
Location: Town House Bar, 1415 University Ave West, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] 2014 Gender Reel fundraiser, a dress up affair! [/sws_yellow_box]

Get ready to dance your ass off to support the Gender Reel Festival on July 19th at Hell’s Kitchen. We’ll have special performances along with a dance party led by DJ’s Beck & Shana G. The $5-$10 sliding scale will go towards funding the Gender Reel Film Festival, a festival made by the community for the community.

Special Guests Include:

Andrea Jenkins (Host)
Venus de Mars from All the Pretty Horses
The Dragged Out Crew

Performances from 10:30 pm – 11:15 pm
Dance Party from 11:15 pm – 2 am

There will also be gender non-conforming and conforming go-go dancers to satisfy guilty pleasures.

Gender Reel, is the countries only coast-to-coast, film and performance art and production program, dedicated to enhancing the visibility of gender non-conforming and transgender people.

2014 marks Gender Reel’s is 4th year and we will be hosting festivals in five cities around the country: Minneapolis, MN, Philadelphia, PA, Omaha, NE, Durham, NC and Long Beach, CA. Gender Reel’s Twin Cities based event, which is free to the public, takes place September 19 & 20, 2014 @ the University of Minnesota’s, Regis Center for the Arts, and is being sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s GLBTA’s Programs Office. Plans include screening 26 films (shorts, and feature length documentaries and narratives) and various performance art pieces.

All of the funds raised go into our general fund, but will be allocated specifically towards supporting the Twin Cities based event.

As you enter you’ll be entered to win several prizes from our amazing national and local sponsors.

www.genderreelfest.com

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Date: Saturday, July 19 at 10:30pm – 2:00am
Location: Hells Kitchen, 80 S 9th St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Admission: $5 to $10
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