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Please join Friends for Planned Parenthood for a reading, remarks & book signings by renowned author Dr. Kenneth Edelin. His recent book, Broken Justice, tells the story of his trial, conviction & ultimate exoneration of manslaughter charges for performing a safe, legal abortion after the Roe v. Wade decision. With recent Supreme Court decisions on abortion rights & upcoming ballot initiatives in numerous states, this event is essential for anyone who cares about the current state of reproductive & civil rights.
May 21 • 6 – 7:30 PM • Open Book/The Loft Literary Center, 1011 Washington, Ave. S., Mpls. • Tickets $25 • Memebers of the “Friends” Monthly Donor Program get to bring a friend for free • Wine & hors d’oeuvres provided with ticket • Books available for purchase.
Register online at www.ppmns.org , via email at events@ppmns.org or by calling 612-821-6188
Join the fight to stop HIV – presented by The Minnesota AIDS Project and ING
May 18 • Register at www.mnaidswalk.org or by calling 612-373-2411
Join Open Arms of Minnesota for an evening dedicated to nourishing the body, mind and soul. We will celebrate our program, our progress and you! We’re also featuring specialty auctions, the highly sought-after mystery boxes and raffle, fabulous entertainment, chauffeured transportation to 50 amazing local restaurants. Reserve your space today!
May 15 • Women’s Club of Minneapolis • For more info, visit www.openarmsmn.org or call Jennifer Van Wyk at 763-553-1215
$5 all-you-can-drink Miller Lite/MGD or $7 all-you-can-drink Blue Moon/Summit tap • Raffles, Music and Drag Kings
May 10 • 7 – 10 PM • Innuendo Bar, 213 E. 4th St, St. Paul
For more info, visit www.rumours-stpaul.com
Join the Storm as they celebrate their fifth anniversary. This is the spring MACC meeting, so there will be a lot of out of town attendees. If you can’t make the entire weekend, join us for the banquet.
May 9 – 11 • St. Paul, MN
Sign up right away! Visit www.mnstorm.com for more information and to register.
Presented by the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition – an event for trans & gender variant people, partners, family, allies, health care providers & the general community. Featuring key note speaker Surgeon Marci Bowers, MD of Trinidad, CO as well as special guest Surgeon Loren Schechter, MD of Morton Grove, IL.
May 9 – 10 • South High School, 3131 19th Ave. S., Mpls • Event is free & everyone is welcome • Free parking lot, wheelchair accessible • Near bus lines 19 & 21 or Lake St. light rail station
For more info, call 612-823-1152 or visit our website at www.mntranshealth.org
One of the Twin Cities’ most versatile choreographers, Mathew Janczewski, combines provocative modern dance with inventive partnering in a mesmerizing remount of waterBridge (premiere: Southern Theater, 2002). Janczewski invites the audience to journey though the struggle & ultimate triumph of the human spirits in his lush, Gustave Klimt-inspired waterBridge.
May 8 – 10 • Tickets $18, pay-as-able for Saturday matinee • Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis • For tickets or more information, call 612-340-1725 or visit www.southerntheater.org
www.arena-dances.org
The ninth work in August Wilson’s decade-by-decade cycle of dramas chronicling the African-American experience during the 20th century, Gem of the Ocean is chronologically the first play in this unprecedented series.
May 8 • Tickets are just $27 & include an invite to the pre-party show, complimentary hors d’oeuvres & happy hour pricing in Target Lounge at the Guthrie.
Purchase your ticket today! Call the Guthrie Box Office at 612-377-2224 and quote price code “AH”. Offer not valid online or on previously purchased tickets.
www.guthrietheater.org/whats_happening/shows/2007/gem_of_the_ocean
Join the Animal Humane Society for this event to help raise funds to aid in their efforts with homeless & unwanted pets, cruelty investigations, animal overpopulation & outreach programs throughout Minnesota.
May 3 • 8:30 – 10:30 AM Registration • 10:30 AM Opening Rally and Walk Begins (both East in St. Paul and West in Golden Valley) • Post Walk Activities until 2 PM with live music, games, awards and appearances by various local media celebrities.
For more info, call 763-432-4841 or visit www.animalhumanesociety.org
Saturday, May 3rd
Pig Roast & Wine Tasting • 4 PM
Eddy Burke & the Consequences • 5-7 PM
2901 Lyndale Ave. S., Mpls
(612) 822-3871
www.VerasCafe.com
The next Pride Dance has been scheduled and you’re invited to join us!
May 3 • Morson Ario VFW, 1900 N. Riverfront Dr., Mankato • 18 to enter, 21 to drink • $5 cover at the door
For more info, visit www.scmnpride.com
Festival of Broken Toys Descends Upon Your Unsuspecting City! With open studios, in-depth workshops & nightly concerts, Bent is pure, unadulterated fun for the whole family and offers something for everyone in this celebration & appreciation of the subculture of circuit bending – the art of short-circuiting battery-powered children’s toys to create new musical instruments in an amazing art form.
May 1 – 3 • 8 PM • $10 per night or $25 festival pass • Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave., Minneapolis
For more info, call 612-871-4444 or email info@intermediaarts.org
www.intermediaarts.org
The GLBT Community Happy Hour!
Drink Specials • Complimentary hors d’oeuvres • Prize Drawings
Thursday, May 1, 2008 • 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Il VescoVino • 579 Selby Ave., St. Paul • 651.222.7000
www.ilvescovino.com
Visit www.lavendermagazine.com/firstthursday
Join us at the Eagle Underground on April 26 at 7 PM for all-you-can-drink beer and bears for only $7! The Eagle coat check will be open early at 7 PM.
www.ncbears.com
Join us for a performance of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, by Lanie Robertson & directed by Austene Van. In a seedy bar in South Philadelphia, legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday gives one of her last performances before her death in 1959. While indulging her talent as well as her addictions, she recalls her beginnings scrubbing steps in Baltimore through her rise to fame. Show runs April 11 – May 4th.
April 25 • Park Square Theatre, Historic Hamm Building, 20 W. 7th Place, St. Paul
For tickets, call 651-291-7005 and ask for the Lavender Night at the Theater package
www.parksquaretheatre.org
Benefiting The Aliveness Project.
Dine out at one of the participating restaurants on Thursday, April 24th, and a portion of their receipts will be donated to The Aliveness Project. Help support this community center for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Thursday, April 24, 2008 For more information visit: www.diningoutforlife.com or call 612-824-LIFE (5433).
The Aliveness Project, 730 East 38th St., Mpls, MN 55407. www.aliveness.org
Come learn about the history of the GLBT Host Home Program & about the application & screening process for potential volunteers, as well as hearing from hosts who’ve shared their homes with youth.
April 24 • 6 – 8 PM • Avenues for Homeless Youth, 1708 Oak Park Ave. N., Mpls. • www.avenuesforyouth.org
For more info, call Raquel (Rocki) at Avenues for Homeless Youth: 612-522-1690. Ext. 110
Come learn about the history of the GLBT Host Home Program & about the application & screening process for potential volunteers, as well as hearing from hosts who’ve shared their homes with youth.
April 23 • 6 – 8 PM • Family & Children’s Service, 4123 E. Lake St., Mpls. • www.fcsmn.org
For more info, call Raquel (Rocki) at Avenues for Homeless Youth: 612-522-1690. Ext. 110 or visit www.avenuesforyouth.org
United Theological Seminary’s Spring Convocation takes place on April 23 & 24; the topic is “Being the Church in a Postmodern World”. John Shelby Spong will give three addresses: “Rethinking God in a Post Religious World”, “Proclaiming Christ in a Post Christian World” and “The Purpose of a Church in the 21st Century”. In addition, there will be an address by Eleazar S. Fernandez, professor of constructive theology at United, on “Reimaging the Church: The Challenge of Our Globalized World”, and a panel discussion on the Convocation topic.
More details and online registration is available at www.unitedseminary.ed/ce/convocation.asp. You may also email rflesner@unitedseminary.edu or call 651-255-6138.
Come learn about the history of the GLBT Host Home Program & about the application & screening process for potential volunteers, as well as hearing from hosts who’ve shared their homes with youth.
April 22 • 6 – 8 PM • Midtown YWCA, 2121 E. Lake St., Mpls. • www.ywca-minneapolis.org
For more info, call Raquel (Rocki) at Avenues for Homeless Youth: 612-522-1690. Ext. 110 or visit www.avenuesforyouth.org
Help us celebrate 12 years running during the week of April 19th through the 26th!
JP’s Bar & Grill • Superior, WI • For more info, call Michelle at 715-394-2580
Help us help the animals by joining us for this event which will include tasting tables of area food vendors such as Muddy Paws Cheesecake & St. Agnes Breads, a delectable champagne brunch, musical entertainment, a silent auction of great items for home, garden & out-on-the-town, and of course, Home for Life’s world-famous dog parade. All this for only $60 per person!
April 20 • 10 AM - 1:30 PM • Interlachen Country Club, 6200 Interlachen Blvd., Edina • Sign up and register online at www.homeforlife.org
Come to the Capitol & join in the biggest GLBT lobby day in the country! Thousands will gather at the State Capitol to rally for GLBT equality, listen to fabulous speakers, meet personally with their state lawmakers & participate in the Lobby Day Institute, which includes great informational & training sessions.
April 17 • Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul
For more info, stay tuned to www.outfront.org
In anticipation of Earth Day, United Theological Seminary invites you to spend an evening with Mary Bohman & friends on a musical journey that celebrates the earth & our interconnectedness with all creation. This is part of the Evenings at The Bigelow: Art and Soul Series.
April 16 • 7:30 PM • United Theological Seminary, New Brighton, MN • Tickets are $20 ($10 for students) • Register & purchase tickets online at www.unitedseminary.edu/ce/registration or call 651-255-6138.
Hosted by the Fine Line Music Café and coordinated by her myriad of friends in the community, this promises to be an evening of fantastic music, great drinks, cool stuff for you to buy & win, and one of the kindest & most committed crowds you can imagine being part of as they help a brave young woman fight metastic lung cancer.
April 11 • 8 PM • Fine Line Music Café, 318 1st Ave. N, Mpls • Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at door • 21+ only • Music & entertainment provided by JP The Radio Slave, The Modern Socks, Nathan Miller Band, So It Goes and the Wannabe Hasbeens
www.finelinemusic.com/calendar/view_entry.php?id=209&date=20080411
www.kellyskickincancer.com
Join Lavender Magazine, Wilde Roast Café and the Heights Theatre for this show that will benefit Clare Housing. Tickets are selling fast, so get yours now!
April 10 • Doors open 6:45 PM • Movies begins 7:30 PM • Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door (based on availability) • Heights Theatre, 3951 Central Ave. NE, Columbia Heights
Purchase tickets online at www.lavendermagazine.com/outatthemovies or at these locations: Heights Theatre or Wilde Roast Café (518 E. Hennepin Ave., Mpls)
The Twin Cities GLBT Community Happy Hour, presented by Lavender Magazine & HRC, and sponsored by Valcucine. Join us on Thursday, April 3 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM at jP American Bistro, 2937 Lyndale Ave. in Minneapolis for an evening of drink specials, complimentary hors d’oeuvres and prize drawings. Guest hosts will be the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open and the Minnesota Lynx. Plenty of off-street parking is available in back of the restaurant. www.lavendermagazine.com/firstthursdays or www.twincities.hrc.org
Dr. Larry Rasmussen delivers “Christianity’s Ecological Moment: Bread and Water”, which explores & investigates the Christian traditions of baptism & eucharist with a view to Christianity’s ecological phase and a planet in jeopardy at human hands.
March 31 – April 1 • 11 AM • Bigelow Chapel, United Theological Seminary, 3000 5th St. NW, New Brighton
For more information, call 651-255-6168 or visit www.unitedseminary.edu
Mara Keisling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality is coming to the Twin Cities for a town hall meeting on transgender rights. Co-sponsored by OutFront Minnesota.
Mar 31 • 7 PM • University of Minnesota Law School, 229 19th Ave., Room 25
For more info, visit www.outfront.org
Join us for a fashion show showcasing Macy’s 2008 swimwear collection modeled by ARENA Dances, complimentary appetizers & champagne. Tickets are $35 and are 100% tax-deductible with all proceeds benefiting ARENA Dances.
Mar 29 • 7 – 10 PM, Fashion Show begins at 8:45 PM • 414SoundBar, 414 3rd Ave. N., Mpls. • Valet parking available for a fee, additional parking in the C Ramp down the street.
For more info or to purchase tickets, call 612-804-0238 or visit www.arena-dances.org
Co-sponsored by OutFront Minnesota and Itasca Community College GSA
Mar 28 • 7 PM • Itasca Community College – Davies Hall Theater, Grand Rapids, MN • No charge; a free-will offering will be taken to defray costs • Bring a friend or two!
For more information, contact us at 218-327-3428 or email rainbowranch97@msn.com
Keynote speaker: Ron Fox, Author/Psychologist
Mar 28 – 30 • Coffman Union, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
www.BECAUSE08.org
What we know. What can be done. Theory, Study, Practice, Action
This full day workshop offers practical ideas & resources for creating & maintaining a multicultural church. Presentations and Q&A with pastors engaged in multicultural ministries.
March 28 • 8 AM – 4:30 PM • Fee is $70 (includes lunch) • Registration deadline is March 21 • Register online at www.unitedseminary.edu/ce/index.asp#multi
OutFront, along with Outlaw & the University of Minnesota Law School, will host Aaron Tax, an attorney from the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) of Washington, DC, to conduct a ‘mock’ Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell Separation Proceeding.
March 24 • 6:30 PM • Auerbach Commons, main floor of the U of MN Law School, 229 19th Ave. S., Mpls • Parking available in the West Bank Holiday Inn Ramp or the law school.
Visit www.outfrontmn.org for more information.
Join your friends at Lavender for a special night at the Ordway to see “The Drowsy Chaperone”.
March 21 • Pre-show Party at 6:30, Show begins at 8:00 PM • Cash Bar and hosted hors d’oeuvres • Special Package Price of $60 – ask for Lavender Night at the Theater
For more information, call 651-224-4222 or visit us online at www.ordway.org
Join Minnesota AIDS Project and many others at the State Capitol – meet with elected officials, take an opportunity to share your story and your concerns with the people who make decisions about HIV policy. Join a community of HIV advocates from around the state for a day of fun and influence! Come be part of the action!
To register: http://register.mnaidsproject.org/site/Calendar/1725181256?view=Detail&id=1761#top
Wanna go QUEER roller skating? Join us for the Rainbow Families & the GLBT Host Home Program of Avenues for Homeless Youth Fundraiser – come show off your moves & support two great community organizations & the families and youth they serve!
Mar 16 • 4:30 – 6:30 PM • $6/adults, $4/children • Roller Garden, 5622 W. Lake St., St. Louis Park, MN
For more info, visit www.avenuesforyouth.org or www.rainbowfamilies.org
Enjoy a free continental breakfast & learn what you need to know to volunteer at Home for Life.
March 15 • 10 AM • Dodge Nature Center, Farm Education Building, 1701 Charlton Ave., West St. Paul
Please call 1-800-252-5918 or email info@homeforlife.org to reserve your spot.
www.homeforlife.org
Come celebrate along with State Representative Karen Clark, Poet Andrea Jenkins & former Executive Director of OutFront Minnesota Ann DeGroot. Following the celebration, stay for a dance highlighting the music of the former A Woman’s Coffeehouse, which opened in 1975 as a fundraiser for the Lesbian Resource Center.
March 15 • 6:00 – 7:30 PM for dinner & drinks (call 612-877-4368 to make dinner reservation) • 7:30 PM for the program • 8:00 PM for dancing • Pi Bar and Restaurant, 2532 25th Ave., Mpls.
For questions, contact Pam Colby at prc@mtn.org
Join us for riveting performances that tell the true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man who was killed in a brutal hate crime in 1998 in Wyoming. Presented by the CTC’s Theatre Arts Training – Senior Company.
March 14 at 8 PM and March 15 at 6 PM & 10 PM • McGuire Performance Studio, The Children’s Theatre Company – Stage Door Entrance • Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students • Contains mature material – not recommended for people under 13
For more info or to order tickets, call 612-874-0400 or visit www.childrenstheatre.org/laramie
Join us for a viewing of this award winning documentary. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing at 1-800-899-5759 • General Admission $5
March 15 • 7:00 PM • Check out the website at www.forthebibletellsmeso.org
The Advocates for Human Rights and the Human Rights Program at the University of Minnesota present the 13th Annual International Women’s Day Celebration: Women Leading for Global Justice. Robin Morgan is the keynote speaker.
March 15 • 8 AM – 4 PM • Coffman Memorial Union at UMN • Free & open to public
For more information, contact Mary Hunt at 612-341-3302, ext. 107 or at mhunt@mnadvocates.org
Intermedia Arts proudly presents the 12th annual installment of Minneapolis 55408, the multimedia, multi-artist exhibition that displays new works from Minneapolis’ most creative zip code. More than 40 artists have come together for this year’s eclectic event featuring painting, sculpture, photography, illustration & more that will run from March 13 – May 10th.
March 14 • 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM • Opening Night Reception & Community Forum • Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S., Mpls. • Free to the public
For more info, visit www.intermediaarts.org or call 612-874-2813
Co-sponsored by OutFront Minnesota, Austin Q & A (Queers & Allies) and Riverland Community College Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)
Mar 11 • 7 PM • Riverland Community College, Frank Bridges Theater, Austin, MN • No charge; a free-will offering will be taken to defray costs • Bring a friend or two!
For more information, contact Kirsten Lindbloom at klindbloom@gmail.com or 507-438-2502.
March 8 • Lee’s Liquor Lounge, 12th & Glenwood Ave. Mpls. • Free parking • Featuring special guests Audra Tracy and Mari Harris
www.roxxyhallband.com
Join us for a viewing of this award winning documentary. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing at 1-800-899-5759 • General Admission $5
March 7 • 7:00 PM • Check out the website at www.forthebibletellsmeso.org
This workshop, with presentations by Kathy Meyer, certified trainer for Godly Play, and Patricia J. Goldberg, a United Church of Christ education consultant, is designed for persons working in Christian education.
March 6 • 9 AM – 2:30 PM • Fee $15 (includes lunch) or $10 Students (includes lunch) Strobel Room, McMillan 209, United Theological Seminary in New Brighton, MN • Register online at www.unitedseminary.edu/ce/index.asp#godly
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities presents this program which will feature a conversation between a composer & poet as they retell the story of Ruth.
March 6 • 7:30 PM • Bigelow Chapel, United Theological Seminary, 3000 5th St. NW, New Brighton • Tickets $15 ($20 at the door) • Register & pay online at www.unitedseminary.edu/ce/registration or call 651-255-6138
Join your host, Carnival Captain Miss Richfield 1981 for a fun-filled evening to benefit Park House and Clare Housing. Play 15 Games of BINGO for just $30!
March 1 • Doors open at 5:45 PM, Players must be seated by 6:15 and games begin at 6:30 PM • Zuhrah Shrine Center, 2540 Park Ave. S., Mpls. • Tickets available in advance at Rainbow Road and Amazon Bookstore Cooperative • Refreshments available for purchase at event.
For more information or to purchase tickets online, call 612-863-7168 or visit www.bingoagogo.com
Join Lavender Magazine and HRC Twin Cities for this monthly GLBT Community Happy Hour featuring drink specials, complimentary hors d’oeuvres & prize drawings. Special guest host organization will be Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus. Sponsored by Valcucine.
Mar 6 • 5:30 – 7:30 PM • Red Stag Supperclub, 509 1st Ave. NE, Mpls
www.lavendermagazine.com/firstthursdays or www.twincities.hrc.org