Lots of great queer events this week and weekend!
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Dykes Do Drag [/sws_yellow_box]
Produced by Heather Spear, The Gentleman King
“Dykes Do Drag” – the title says a mouthful but not all there is to say.
Dykes Do Drag are queers of all genders and orientations, celebrating an expanding continuum of gender expression and performance in the Upper Midwest for 15 years. This edgy performance art cabaret features the Twin Cities best as well as newcomers in traditional Drag, burlesque, live music, boi-lesque, modern dance, video and visual art, and lip synching in enticing and exciting hilarity.
A few more bombastic terms to describe DDD include but are not limited to: sexy, radical, entertaining, titillating, kinky and weird. We perform 5 times a year at the Bryant-Lake Bowl!
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Date: Thursday, Sept. 18 at 10pm, Friday, Sept. 19 at 10pm, Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7pm and 10pm
Location: Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Admission: $14-$18 sliding scale in advance / $18 day of show
For more information, visit Bryant Lake Bowl [/sws_blue_box]
[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Science Friction Cabaret [/sws_yellow_box]
ONE NIGHT ONLY! Exploring space travel, dys/utopian futures, and the creative potential of science fiction to show us what we might become. (Still from Campground 1945, Wayne Nelson)
FEATURING:
Wayne Nelsen – retro-futuristic animation films
Gabriela Santiago – internet-age fangirl storytelling
Harisen Daiko – nerded-out drum performance
Nikolas Martell – Trekkie spoken word
Zakary Morton – musical theater in space!
Delilah Lightful – post-apocalyptic-utopia space drag
Curated and hosted by Scott Artley, Patrick’s Cabaret Performing Arts Curator
THE SCIENCE FRICTION CABARET
Patrick’s Cabaret brings together six acts for a one-night performance event exploring space travel, dys/utopian futures, and the creative potential of science fiction to show us what we might become.
Celebrating the eclectic Cabaret format, each artist delivers an exciting and unique take on the event theme. Filmmaker Wayne Nelsen presents two short animated films filled with vintage imagery from mid-20th century campy science fiction. Gabriela Santiago and Nikolas Martell use language to explore the limits and opportunities of science fiction as a genre. Harisen Daiko presents a 12-person choreographed musical performance using traditional taiko drums, while Anna S. Kunin premieres a short new avant-garde theatrical piece using masks and costumes called “The Last Human.” Drag performer Delilah Lightful honors the music of legendary women of color with two performances, including one starring trans* back-up dancers.
The Science Friction Cabaret is part of a new series of Concept Cabarets featuring acts around a common theme. Check out the Performers page at patrickscabaret.org to learn about upcoming events and how to get involved.
PERFORMER BIOS:
Wayne Nelsen
Wayne Nelsen’s animated poetry films are a one-dimensional, paper doll theater that most often features the electronic or acoustic music of Bill Reichelt. His work has won Best in Category at the Co-Kisser Poetry Film Festival, sponsored by MCAD, and has appeared in Altered Scales and at the Flux Show at Patrick’s Cabaret.
Gabriela Santiago
Gabriela Santiago is a writer, storyteller, and frequent reblogger of things sci-fi, fantasy, and fannish. She has performed her ghost story “Children of Air” and her lecture/one-woman show/thingamabob “The Three Bisexual Women You Meet in Fiction (Who Are All Actually the Same Person)” at Patrick’s Cabaret and with Cheap Theatre. Her short play “The Apocalypse as Brought About by Vincent D’Onofrio Fangirls (The Musical)” was selected to be part of the Urban Spectrum Theatre Company’s play-reading series. She is a proud graduate of the Clarion 2013 writing workshop and a member of Team Tiny Bonesaw.
Harisen Daiko
Harisen Daiko are an informal collection of percussion enthusiasts pursuing the elusive fusion of music and geekery. We are fans of Japanese Kumi-daiko (group drumming). We are also students and performers, but what we really share is a love of the sound, motion and community that taiko drums seem to attract and generate.
Nikolas Martell
Nikolas Martell is a professional spoken word artist, actor, writer, photographer, and emcee based out of Minneapolis, MN. He is a national slam poetry champion, spoken word coach, and co-founder and co-host of OUTspoken! Presents. His work focuses on issues of queer identity and mental health.
Zakary Morton
A recent transplant to Minneapolis, Zakary is excited to be making his Patrick’s Cabaret debut. In the short time he has been in the twin cities, Zakary has appeared in two original musicals Dreamboys and Self, Fulfilling Prophecy, both of which were a part of the 2014 Minnesota Fringe Festival. He will be touring this Fall with National Theatre for Children, and is excited to pursue more of the amazing performance opportunities that the Twin Cities have to offer.
Delilah Lightful
Delilah Lightful is the current, eternal, and only Rainbow Spirit Woman. While performing, her aim is to channel the energy of the divine feminine through honoring the music of legendary women of color. She loves to experience the beauty of lakes, mountains, and meadows.
Earlier this year, she acted in Twin Cities 20% Theatre’s play “The Naked I: Insides Out.”
Through living in multiple genders and cultures, she has been given a unique perspective through which to create art. This is what it means to her to be on the “edge of culture”, that we uncover our true humanity once we see the 3D hologram for what it is.
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Details
Date: Friday, Sept. 19 at 7:30pm
Location: Patrick’s Cabaret, 3010 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406
Admission: $8 in advance from artists or $10 at the door (cash or check only)
For more information, visit Facebook
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Drag Bingo & Disco Dance Party [/sws_yellow_box]
The bingo is FREE, dance is extra! Yes, we’re serious, you can play bingo for free, hang with some hilarious drag queens and win fun prizes!
And after the final blackout, we’ll fire up the lights and music for our monthly dance party!
Each month we’ll have a different theme for the party and costumes are highly encouraged…because costumes are fun! This month’s theme is DISCO so bust out the sequins, feather your hair and apply plenty of blue eye shadow.
SCHEDULE: Bingo from 8:30-10:30pm
Dance from 10:30pm-2am
Hosted by Kelly Coxsyn & Co.
*All of the cover charge goes to support Pride Collective and Community Center programming and to keep our doors open.
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Date: Saturday, September 20. Doors at 8pm
Location: Jerry’s Tavern, 1500 11 Th St N, Moorhead, Minnesota 56560
Admission: $5 to get in for the party. Bingo is FREE. 21+
For more information, visit Facebook [/sws_blue_box]
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Gadfly Theatre Productions’ QUEERulous Cabaret 2014
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Gadfly Theatre Productions is about to enter it’s fifth season of queer and feminist art! The company is so excited to kick it off with this crucial fundraiser to secure support and funding for our important work of ensuring everyone has a voice, a stage, and a story they can relate too. This season we’ve focused on some darker genres, so this night of kooky, queer, and macabre-inspired performances is the perfect fit to start our year off right.
A night of queer and feminist inspired performances by some of the Twin Cities top talent is being hosted by Mad M. Moxie, and includes Drag and Dance Performances from:
Phaedre Simone
Martina Marraccino
Taiyo
Geek Slink Bellydance Troupe
Gabe Gabriel
Burlesque from:
Melanie Day as Lulu Ritchie
Sassy Von Stradler
Poetry and Music from:
Nikolas Martell
Oliver Schminkey
Jeffrey Goodson
Evan Boyce
and Comedy From:
Sarah McPeck
and Maggie Faris
The evening also includes a silent auction featuring products and experiences from local businesses that want to help YOU help US bring queer voices, feminist talent, the inverse, and everything in between this theatre season.
See you at the show!
Doors open at 6:00PM and the show starts at 7:00PM
Tickets are $15 in advance and $25 for VIP seating. Day of tickets are $20. They are available here: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/849019
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Date: Sunday, Sept. 21 at 6pm
Location:
Hell’s Kitchen 80 S 9th St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Admission:
Tickets are $15 in advance and $25 for VIP seating
For more information, visit Facebook
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] Queer Voices: An LGBT Reading Series [/sws_yellow_box]
For more than 10 years, Intermedia Arts’ Queer Voices reading series has been creating a safe space for LGBT writers and audiences to explore the day-to-day material of life without internal or external censorship. Curated by John Medeiros and Andrea Jenkins, Queer Voices is the longest running series of its kind in the nation.
With Cole Bauer, Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, Rachel Murr, Michael Walsh.
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Date: Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 7:00pm
Location: Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN
Admission: $5 suggested donation
For more information, visit Intermedia Arts [/sws_blue_box]