PRIDE EVENTS
Sing your heart out on the Breakroom's stage (1325 E Madison, 860-5155), then puke your guts out on the bathroom floor, with karaoke and two-dollar wells all night long! Sponsored by the Seattle Gay Standard, with proceeds benefiting the Freedom Day Committee, 9 pm, $5.
Mingle with queer commie agitators at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel (3105 Pine St in Everett) for Pride at Work's Out & Organizing Globally labor conference! Discuss the benefits of union membership and domestic partnership benefits, then cruise the sure-to-be-sexy queers with a conscience. More info at www.prideatwork.org. Through Sunday.
Join Radical Women as it presents a screening of Not Just Passing Through, which "celebrates the richness of lesbian experience." Whoo-hoo! New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S, 722-6057, 7:30 pm.
Seattle Men's Chorus performs Sing for the Cure, a new work based on the stories of breast-cancer survivors. A good cry is nothing to be ashamed of. Joining the chorus will be Kristin Chenoweth, star of her own universally-panned, soon-to-be-cancelled NBC sit-com, which is something to be ashamed of. Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St, 628-0888, 8 pm, $9-$49. Through Saturday.
And this really isn't all that gay, but if you and maybe a million other people Roll Your Own Blackout, it could send a message to President Bush, who refused to recognize June as LGBT Pride Month. Don't use electricity between 7-10 pm. (Not impossible, considering it's light outside until 9:30 pm.)
Also today:
· The Wildrose (1021 E Pike, 324-9210) hosts a Live Band Showcase, 7 pm, $5.
· Babylon Bash at Paradise Garage (925 E Pike St, 860-9500), with performances by Gaysha Starr and LaTrina Bidet, 10:30 pm.
Hey ladies! Feast your eyes on acres of wet, wet nipples at the Wildrose's Third Annual Wet T-Shirt Contest, 11 pm, $5. Sexual objectification is fun when it's homosexual!
Hey Jews! Stop by the Pilgrim Congregational Church (609 10th Ave E) for a pride Shabbat, catered by Nosh Away, 6:45 pm.
Hey kinkmeisters! The Crescent (1413 E Olive Way, 720-8188) hosts a Rubber, Leather, Fetish, & More Party at 5 pm, and a Yellow, Red, Blue, and Black Hanky Party at 6 pm.
Also today:
· Proudly grind someone or something to the sounds of DJ Jamie J at Ego (916 E Pike St, 709-2227), 10 pm-4 am, $15.
· Manray (514 E. Pine, 568-0750) hosts Camouflage Craze, a costume party for camo-lovin' queers. Hosted by Gaysha Starr. $5.
To paraphrase Kool and, perhaps, the Gang: "Oh yes it's Ladies' Day, and we're feeling gay!" Gay Ladies' Day begins with the Fourth Annual Rainbow Women's Health Fair at the Broadway Market from 9:30 am-5 pm. Smart and nice women of all stripes will gather to share strategies for "Navigating the Health Care System," as well as to partake of "all-day paps and mamms"! Benefits the ass-kicking Seattle Lesbian Cancer Project, 323-6540 for more info.
Then at 5 pm, dykes, dykes, and more dykes gather at Broadway Performance Hall for the fabulous Seattle Dyke March and Rally! March begins at 7 pm, and the rally's keynote speaker is Carmencita Abad, a former garment worker for the Gap, so you might not want to wear the khakis. Info at www.seattledykemarch.com.
Also today:
· Run with Pride and help raise money for the Safe Schools Coalition of Washington and the Gay and Lesbian Parent-Teacher-Student Association of Greater Puget Sound with a 10k run, 4k run, or 4k walk at Seward Park at 9 am. Call 527-6776 or visit www.seattlefrontrunners.org for info. Registration is $18 in advance/$23 day of event.
· Stormin' Mormons, Seattle's newest GLBT leather/ SM/fetish group meets for the first time at Cafe Septieme (214 Broadway E., 860-8858). No-host bar, prizes, new friends, 7 pm.
· NYC DJ Billy Carroll spins at Ego, 10 pm-4 am, $15.
· Pride meets gluttony at the all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet at the Central Lutheran Church (11th Ave and Howell). Benefits MultiFaith Works and Seattle Lesbian Cancer Project, 8 am-noon, $5.
· The beer garden at the Wildrose opens at 3 pm, with DJ Alley at 9:30 pm.
· Jungle Fever party at Manray (514 E. Pine, 568-0750). Tropical attire & drink specials. $5.
· Dusk-to-Dawn party at the Timberline (2015 Boren Ave, 622-6220), 2-8 am.
· Live music and entertainment at Pinc (formerly The Pink Zone) including the breakdancing group, Circle of Fire, Drag Queens & Kings, and hot gogo boys, 2-5 pm, free.
· Calanit performs her "unique cross of pop/dance/electronica with an Arabic and Latin twist" at Neighbours (1509 Broadway, 324-5358), midnight, $5.
Join the huddled gay masses at the 25th Annual Seattle GLBT March/Parade! Kicking off at 11 am at the corner of Pike and Broadway, the parade will feature Q Patrol captain Jay D'Annunzio and the Lambert House as co-Grand Marshals, as well as $4,000 in prize money awarded to the most creative parade entries. (Actually, the Freedom Day Committee is forcing the winners to give their prize money to nonprofit organizations. Note to FDC: The reason parades give cash prizes for creative floats is so that individuals or groups will spend money on their floats. For the same reason people spend a lot of money on their Halloween costumes, people will spend money on floats if they think they can win that money back in the contest. If giving prizes is better, bigger, more creative floats, then give the goddamn money to the winners and let them decide what to do with it.)
Then head up to Volunteer Park for the festival and rally from 12:30-5:30 pm. Featuring a keynote address by NGLTF Director Lorri Jean, plus the inescapable Seattle Men's Chorus, music, food, and plenty of rainbow merchandise.
Also today
· Survivor Brunch at Manray (514 E. Pine, 568-0750). Doors open at 9 am. $2 mimosas.
· Pump up the jam, pump it up, with food, booze, and music by house music superstar CeCe Peniston, among others, at the Sixth Annual Pride Day Party at the Cuff Complex (1533 13th Ave, 323-1525) from 1 pm-2 am.
· DJ Steven Oliveri at Ego, 8 pm-2 am, $5.
· DJs all day at the Wildrose (beer garden opens at 1 pm).
· Shirtless fun at the Bare Chest Party at the Crescent (1413 E Olive Way, 720-8188), all day.
· Gay Pride Disco Celebration at the Timberline. Beginning at 2 pm.
· Pridefest Noche Latina with DJ Luis at Neighbours, 9:30 pm.
