FRIDAY 6/14

NARK’S PRODIGAL RETURN

Helloooomosexuals! Didn’t we all have an amazing time at JK Pop at Barboza last week? Well, of course we did. (Reese Bishie! He so dreeeamy!) But it’s important to look forward, never back (unless we’re just checking the rear view in our new skinny jeans), and we fudge-packulating butt-sexers are collectively riding the pride train deeper and deeper into Pride month, and we have a metric shit-ton of glittery fabulousness to think about. (I am so sick of that name, by the way. “Pride.” Dated. I haven’t come up with a decent alternative yet—Priddy Princess People with Thuper Powerz Month? Haircuts on Parade?—but when I do, I’ll let you know.) As you might have suspected, gay nightlife savant Kevin Kauer is all up in that shit like Pride’s personal proctologist. (THREE huge events Kauer’s got scheduled—one featuring lots of guys trapped on water—no escape!) For the last several weeks, he’s been touring this questionably great nation of ours, spreading happy beats and promoting beardy gay butt-lovin’ from NYC to LA. Tonight, we welcome him back home (WHERE HE EFFING BELONGS) with an epic little party that he’s, um, throwing. (He can throw a party for himself; he’s a star.) It’s at the Eagle (so it’ll be slutty), and it features Honey Soundsystem from San Francisco (so it’ll be totes awesome). And DJ Nark will be spinning, of course, too, because, duh. It’s his party. Welcome home, you beardy, beautiful beast! The Eagle, 10 pm, $5, 21+.

SUNDAY 6/16

THE SAVAGE, A BOOK, A PINK
MARTINI

Dan Savage has a brand-new book! It’s called American Savage, it retails for $17.08 on Amazon (you save $9.87!), and the entire thing was completely inspired by me, although I never let on. But you knew all that. (It’s why I love you.) Whatcha don’t know is that tonight, the Savage himself will grace us with his presence, a reading of said new book, a couple of autographs (do my boob!), and ARI SHAPIRO, the brilliant White House correspondent/occasional Pink Martini musician, who is hosting the thing and will attempt to keep Dan from going off the rails and bullying poor, persecuted Christians, or something. Town Hall, 7 pm, $10/$50 VIP, all ages.

Adrian Ryan is a Stranger senior contributing writer and nightlife columnist. He has been writing for The Stranger since late 1997, and he’s pretty sure he still hasn’t been paid for some really early...