2019 Issue 5 Sep/Oct - Focus Mid-Tenn Magazine

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UPCOMING EVENTS
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SEP 7
BORO PRIDE
5 to 10 p.m. Sept. 7 on
the square in downtown
Murfreesboro. Free admission.
SEP 13
ANTONI IN THE
KITCHEN
Join Queer Eye’s Antoni
Porowski for an evening of
conversation celebrating his first
cookbook, Antoni in the Kitchen.
7:30 p.m. Sept. 13 in James
K. Polk Theater at Tennessee
Performing Arts Center, 505
Deaderick St., Nashville. Tickets:
$45. Visit tpac.org.
SEP 14
OUTLOUD MUSIC
FESTIVAL
Featuring Greyson Chance,
Kim Petras and more. 4 to 11
p.m. in midtown, Church Street,
Nashville. Tickets: $25-75. Visit
outloudmusicfestival.com.
SEPT 22
LEANN RIMES
With special guests Cedric
Sesley and Out for Souls. 7:30
p.m. Sept. 22 at The Ryman, 116
5th Ave. N., Nashville. Tickets:
$35- $60. Visit ryman.com.
CHAKA KAHN
With Macy Gray. 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 22 at The Ryman, 116
5th Ave. N., Nashville. Tickets:
$34- $100. Visit ryman.com.
SEP 26
ROCKIN’ 4 RESCUES
Games, wine pull, scavenger
hunt, free taco bar from
Chuy’s. Donations accepted. 6
p.m. Sept. 26 at Copper Ridge
Event Venue, 3597 Betty Ford
Rd., Murfreesboro.
OCT 5
NASHVILLE CARES
AIDS WALK
9 a.m. Oct. 5 at Public
Photo courtesy of Chaka Kahn publicity
Square Park, Nashville.
For more information, visit
nashvillecares.org.
BRUNCH
FOR CARES
Benefitting Nashville CARES,
immediately following AIDS
Walk, presented by Tito’s
Handmade Vodka. 10 a.m.
Oct. 5 at Public Square Park,
Nashville. For tickets, visit
nashvillecares.org.
OCT 8
PRE-BLACK PRIDE
SPECIAL SCREENING:
‘KIKI’ PLUS POST-
SCREENING Q&A
Post-screening Q&A with
screenplay co-writer Twiggy
Pucci Garçon. Location and
time to be announced. Visit
nashvilleblackpride.org.
OCT 11-13
NASHVILLE BLACK
PRIDE
Various events Oct. 11-
13 at various venues. For
up-to-date information,
visit nashvilleblackpride.
org or facebook.com/
nashvilleblackpride
OCT 11
RUPAUL’S DRAG
RACE WERQ THE
WORLD 2019
Featuring Aquaria, Detox,
Monet Exchange, Naomi
Smalls, Yvie Oddly and more.
8 p.m. Oct. 11 in James K.
Polk Theater at Tennessee
Performing Arts Center, 505
Deaderick St., Nashville.
Tickets: $54. Visit tpac.org.
NASHVILLE BLACK
PRIDE AWARDS &
SCHOLARSHIP DINNER
7 p.m. Oct. 11 at Fantasy Hall,
2332 Antioch Pike, Antioch.
Tickets: $20 for individuals.
Table seating available at $250
per table.
OCT 13
TWO PAGEANTS,
ONE NIGHT: MISTER
ESQUIRE MALE
ILLUSIONIST,
MISS TENNESSEE
DIAMOND DIVA
A part of Nashville Black Pride.
Oct 13 at PLAY Dance Bar, 1519
Church St., Nashville. For more
information, visit facebook.
com/MAC-Productions.
BLACK PRIDE SPECIAL
SCREENING AND POST-
SCREENING Q&A
‘A Different Direction,’
featuring comedian and
writer Sampson and actor
Darryl Stephens. Location and
time to be announced. Vist
nashvilleblackpride.org.
OCT 20
BIANCA DEL RIO
Winner of RuPaul’s Drag
Race season 6. 8 p.m. Oct.
20 at Marathon Music Works,
1402 Clinton St., Nashville.
Tickets: $42.50. Visit
ticketfly.com.
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