[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] Mad Shaw Menagerie! Featuring the premiere of the “Best Party Ever” music video by Harrie Bradshaw! [/sws_yellow_box]

Tonight is the night to have a whole lot of fun! Madshaw Menagerie is the place to be February 19th. We have a fantastically talented group of performers for you all. There will be burlesque ladies and gents, drag kings/queens/things and more!

That night will also be the premiere of our very own Harrie Bradshaw’s debut music video, “Best Party Ever”. Come play with us!

Performances from….
Xavier, L’Assy Rabid, Billie Marquee, Uppen Adam, Harrie Bradshaw, Mad. M. Moxie, Brave Crow, Bella Fontane, and The Love Enormous!

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Date: Thursday, February 19 at 7:30pm
Location: The Saloon MN, 830 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
Admission: Free, 18+
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Dragged Out [/sws_yellow_box]

February is the month of LOVE! To show our love, we have an extra special show for you all! Not only will there be some of your favorites from Dragged Out, we will be having some of hottest names in Twin Cities burlesque! Plus we even have some Dragged Out birthdays to celebrate! Xavier and Johnny Lightning! With that being said, get ready for a night with great laughs, sexiness, and full out debauchery!

* Hunter
* Alfonso Leon
* Mercedes Iman
* Johnny Lightning
* Xavier

SPECIAL GUESTS!

* Kamaree Williams
* Sassy von Straddler
* Nadi A’marena
* Musette “The Mistress of Mischief”
* Sweetpea

Plus our very own, Miss Trish, will finally be back!!

Plus after the show, you will get plenty enough to shake your ass on the dance floor!

There will also be karaoke with John Welch in the Lounge for all your singing needs!!

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Date: Friday, February 20 at 9:45pm
Location: Townhouse, 1415 University Ave W, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104
Admission: Unknown
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] NAUGHTY BINGO to defeat ALS Disease (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) [/sws_yellow_box]

Come to this Amazing fundraiser GREAT FUN GREAT PRIZES . Gay 90’sin the LaFemme longe.Cake will be served and honor of moms 72nd birthday. She will be smiling down from heaven. Ever penny raised goes to The ALS Association, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Chapter.this is the terrible disease that took my mother’s life . There is no treatment and no cure for this disease.This is why I raise this money.

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Date: Saturday, February 21 at 4:00pm
Location: Gay 90’s, 408 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
Admission: Unknown
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Queeraoke Party [/sws_yellow_box]

South Central MN Pride presents “Queeraoke” at the Wow Zone. Start warming up your vocal chords for this fun and pride-filled night. Karaoke hosted by ‘Kato Karaoke & Moonlight Music. Free and open to the public.

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Date: Saturday, February 21 at 7:30pm
Location: WOW!Zone, 2030 Adams St, Mankato, Minnesota 56001
Admission: Free
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]February: FOR THE LOVE OF FANDOM! [/sws_yellow_box]

The Exchange Minneapolis is having a nerdy themed visual & performance Art show along with a Truffle & Cookie Share!

Are you into sharing your spoken word or visual Art pieces that are filled with nerdy good fun? Are you obsessed with comic books, sci fi, fantasy, British timelords or detectives? Come show off all the love of your geeky obsessions with the community!

We’ll also be selling many different kinds of sweets for your sweeties! Come by locally made confections for your many loves all buffet style by the pound. 100% of the funds will go right back to funding all the FREE programs and supplies The Exchange offers to the community.

Kinds of Truffles & Cookies:
Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Nut Free, etc.

Price of Truffles & Cookies:
Sliding Scale $8-10 a pound

Nerdy VISUAL ARTISTS: Contact Billy at mntranspr@gmail
(also contact him if you would like to donate sweets!)

Geeky PERFORMANCE ARTISTS: Contact Roxanne at [email protected]

Brought to you by all the love of The Exchange Minneapolis and their community organizations, RARE Productions & Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition’s Shot Clinic

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Date: Saturday, February 21 at 7:00pm
Location: The Exchange, 3405 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
Admission: Free
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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 is comprised of 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 and burlesque, with 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: February 19, 20, 21 at 10pm
Location: Bryant Lake Bowl
Admission: $18/$14-$18 sliding scale in advance/$9 with student ID (Thursday only)
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] From Bayard to #BlackLivesMatter: Queer Leaders in the Black Power Movement [/sws_yellow_box]

Out for Equity’s Queer & Trans Youth Leadership Program presents this fabulous event about queer &/or trans leaders within different black power movements. First will be a screening of the documentary Brother Outsider: the Life of Bayard Rustin about the architect of the Civil Rights Movement. Then a panel discussion with young, black, queer &/or trans leaders from the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

We’ll be focusing not only on the movements themselves but also what it’s like to be black and have queer &/or trans identities in an arena that’s not focused on those identities. Are leaders able to bring their full selves to their movement work? How has it or hasn’t it changed from Bayard’s time to present day?

We’ll be welcoming young leaders from the #BlackLivesMatters movement including:
Jobi Adams, Adja Gildersleve, Mica Grimm & Michael McDowell
This event is OPEN TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY and is free for all. This will be held in the MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER.

Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Brought to you by Out for Equity’s Queer & Trans Youth Leadership Program & the Multicultural Resource Center

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Date: Monday, February 23 at 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Washington Technology Magnet School 1495 Rice Street St. Paul, MN 55117
Admission: Free
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