Creepy, kooky, mysterious and very gay - Dallas Voice
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Creepy, kooky, mysterious and very gay - Dallas Voice
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fRiDAy 09.28<br />
ArtNite benefits Oak Lawn Library’s <strong>gay</strong> collection<br />
Cedar Springs’ Oak Lawn branch is the only locale in the <strong>Dallas</strong> library<br />
system with an LGBT collection — <strong>and</strong> it deserves some acknowledgement.<br />
So, on Friday, in conjunction with the third anniversary of the<br />
opening of the ilume, the library <strong>and</strong> ilume Gallerie will host ArtNite, an<br />
reception <strong>and</strong> benefit featuring the art of gallery director Ronald Radwanski,<br />
pictured, <strong>and</strong> others who have showed over the years. Proceeds<br />
will benefit the Oak Lawn branch’s <strong>gay</strong> collection.<br />
DEETS: ilume Gallerie, 4123 Cedar Springs Road <strong>and</strong> Oak Lawn Library,<br />
4100 Cedar Springs Road. Cocktail reception, 6–10 p.m.<br />
ilumegallerie.com.<br />
MONDAy 10.01<br />
Opening night of ‘The Mystery of Irma Vep’ at WaterTower<br />
Charles Ludlam was probably the most influential playwright never to achieve popculture<br />
name recognition, but his edgy, underground plays made the likes of Charles<br />
Busch, Del Shores <strong>and</strong> countless others possible. Probably his piece-de-resistance<br />
is The Mystery of Irma Vep, a satiric melodrama with returning local favorite Regan<br />
Adair in drag. That alone should be worth a look-see.<br />
DEETS: Addison Theatre Centre, 15650 Addison Road. In previews Sept. 28–30,<br />
opening night Oct. 1. Through Oct. 19. WaterTowerTheatre.org.<br />
tHURsDAy 10.04<br />
Black Pride kicks off with conference, pageant<br />
<strong>Dallas</strong> Southern Pride, the <strong>gay</strong> Pride celebration for North Texas’ African-American<br />
community, gets into full swing next weekend, but it launches officially on Thursday<br />
with three events. First, there’s the B/HAP Conference from 6–8 p.m.m followed by<br />
the Ms. <strong>Dallas</strong> Southern Pride contest (also at the Crowne Plaza host hotel, with<br />
guest judge Raquell Lord, pictured), followed by the after-party at Havana.<br />
DEETS: Crowne Plaza, 1015 Elm St. Events start at 6 p.m.<br />
For a complete schedule <strong>and</strong> additional details, visit <strong>Dallas</strong>SouthernPride.com.<br />
09.28.12 •<br />
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