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EVENTS ARCHIVE
AUGUST 2007
Aug. 3 San Diego Coronation Weekend : Horton Westin Plaza - San Diego, CA
Aug. 11 Tacky Tourist Clubs of America Gay Cruise : Pier 66 - Seattle, WA
Aug. 12 Leo Party : Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
Aug. 17 International Court Council Meeting - Hamilton, Canada
Aug. 25 Meet & Greet Social for LGBT Community Center : Neighbours Martini Lounge - Seattle, WA
Aug. 25 Empress Express Show : Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
Aug. 31 Kristine W : Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
SEPTEMBER 2007
Sep. 1 Northwest Leather Sir & Boy Contest : Cuff Complex - Seattle, WA
Sep. 1 Kaleidoscope Burlesque : Columbia City Theater - Seattle, WA
Sep. 8 ICON: a celebration of drag, art & life! A benefit for Seattle Counseling Service : Town Hall - Seattle, WA
Sep. 16-17 Sinner Saint Burlesque Retreat - Lake Cavanaugh, WA
Sep. 22 King & Queen of Hearts Pageant : Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
Sep. 29 Seattle AIDS Walk : Capitol Hill - Seattle, WA
Sep. 29 Surrey Coronation - Surrey, BC
OCTOBER 2007
Oct. 3 Spokane Coronation Weekend - Spokane, WA
Oct. 13 Gay Everett Pageant - Everett, WA
Oct. 20 Portland Coronation Weekend - Portland, OR
Oct. 26 Fly Naked Launch Party : Fred Segal - Los Angeles, CA
Oct. 27 Mr. Gay USA International - Los Angeles, CA
Oct. 27 Halloween Costume Contest : Cafe Metropolitain - Seattle, WA
Oct. 31 Halloween Costume Contest Semi Finals : Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
NOVEMBER 2007
Nov. 2 Halloween Costume Contest Finals : Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
Nov. 4 Introduction of Candidates for Gay Seattle : Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
Nov. 16 Friends & Family Show : Neighbours Underground - Seattle, WA
Nov. 17 44th Annual Gay Seattle Pageant : Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
Nov. 24 Daddy & Daddy's Boy Contest : Cuff Complex - Seattle, WA
DECEMBER 2007
12/1 World AIDS Day
12/7 Snow Ball - Benefit for Ingersoll Gender Center & Seattle LGBT Community Center, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
12/ 19 Invisible Man: A life size art exhibit examining the lives of men & meth, Kaladi Brothers Coffee - Seattle, WA
12/31 New Year's Eve Countdown - Jada Manila & Susan Galbraith, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
JANUARY 2008
1/12 National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Leadership Awards Dinner Honoring GSBA Executive Director Louise Chernin - Seattle, WA
1/27 Queens Care, The Majestic - Vancouver, BC
FEBRUARY 2008
2/8 Lunar New Year Celebration, Cafe Metropolitain - Seattle, WA
2/9 Campaign Party, CC-attle's - Seattle, WA
2/9 Eartha Kitt, Schnitzer Hall - Portland, OR
2/10 Emperor & Empress Voting Day, Richmark Bldg - Seattle, WA
2/13 In Town Show & Awards, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
2/14 Denver/Salt Lake City Show, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattlle, WA
2/15 Out Of Town Show, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle,WA
2/16 The President's Ball, Waterfront Marriott Hotel - Seattle, WA
2/17 Victory Brunch, Waterfront Marriott Hotel - Seattle, WA
2/23 Equal Rights Washington Gala, W Hotel - Seattle, WA
2/27 Deborah Cox Live, Celebrities Nightclub - Vancouver, BC
MARCH 2008
3/1 Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Exhibition Hall - Seattle, WA
3/6 Vancouver's Next Top Gay Model, Celebrities Nightclub - Vancouver, BC
3/8 Art Orgy: A benefit for the Backpack Project of Action Northwest, 1st & Spring - Seattle, WA
3/9 It's Still Elementary Screening, Broadway Performance Hall - Seattle, WA
3/15 Coronation Ball, Vancouver Masonic Hall - Vancouver, BC
3/22 Pink Prom, Everett Community College - Everett, WA
3/22 Washington State Leather Contest, Cuff Complex - Seattle, WA
3/27 Word Up, Kaladi Brothers Coffee - Seattle, WA
3/28 Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse, Crepe de Paris - Seattle, WA
3/30 Seattle Men's Chorus, McCaw Hall - Seattle, WA
APRIL 2008
4/1 Laugh Out Loud, Comedy Underground - Seattle, WA
4/2 Suspended Conversation by Stephen MacFarlane, Joe Bar - Seattle, WA
4/4 Youthopolis Awards, Spirit of Seattle - Seattle, WA
4/5 Prince & Princess Ball, Polish Hall - Seattle, WA
4/6 Court of Tacoma Town Hall Meeting - Tacoma, WA
4/7 Mr. Nude Seattle Contest, Langston Hughes Center - Seattle, WA
4/9 Pride Week, University of Montana - Missoula, MT
4/9 Joey Arias in Forbidden Fruit, Triple Door - Seattle, WA
4/11 Seeds of Compassion with the Dalai Lama, Key Arena - Seattle, WA
4/11 China Forbes '78 Show, Triple Door - Seattle, WA
4/12 Seeds of Compassion with the Dalai Lama, Qwest Events Center - Seattle, WA
4/12 Gay Bingo, South Lake Union Naval Reserve Building - Seattle, WA
4/17 Seattle/Minneapolis Show, Broadway Club - Denver, CO
4/18 Jose Honors Awards & Dinner - Denver, CO
4/19 International Court Council Meeting, Sheraton Hotel - Denver, CO
4/24 Dining Out For Life - Seattle, WA
4/26 2nd Annual Drag Show & Gay Prom, Seattle University - Seattle, WA
MAY 2008
5/9 Cinco de Mayo Pageant, Neighbours Underground - Seattle, WA
5/11 A Mad Tea Party with Ann Wilson, Rainier Chapter House - Seattle, WA
5/15 Work It!, Cafe Metropolitain - Seattle, WA
5/17 Gay City University - Seattle, WA
5/17 Glitterbomb, Capitol Hill Arts Center - Seattle, WA
5/18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, RPlace - Seattle, WA
5/23 WA GSA Network Awards Banquet, Lakeside School - Seattle, WA
5/24 Gay Latino Pageant, Town Hall - Seattle, WA
5/25 Salt Lake City Coronation, Sheraton Hotel - Salt Lake City, UT
5/31-6/1 Wing Luke Asian Museum Grand Opening - Seattle, WA
JUNE 2008
6/7 Crowns & Gowns, Compass Point - Surrey, BC
6/14 Big Gay Prom Bingo, South Lake Union Naval Reserve Building - Seattle, WA
6/15 Portland Pride, Tom McCall Waterfront Park - Portland, OR
6/21-6/22 It's About Life Expo, Washington Convention Center - Seattle, WA
6/26 The Dating Gayme, Kaladi Brothers Coffee - Seattle, WA
6/26 I Am What I Am - Arnaldo!, Julia's On Broadway - Seattle, WA
6/26 Jaeger S&M Party, Cafe Metropolitain - Seattle, WA
6/28 Seattle Men's Chorus with Leslie Jordan, McCaw Hall - Seattle,WA
6/28 Liberate, Halo Studio - Seattle, WA
6/29 Pride Fest, Seattle Center - Seattle, WA
6/29 Out N About N Seattle, Mainstage Comedy & Music Club - Seattle, WA
JULY 2008
7/1 True Colors Tour with Cyndi Lauper, WaMu Theater - Seattle, WA
7/12 The 6th Annual Karaoke Idol Contest, Chinatown Summer Festival - Seattle, WA
7/12 King & Queen of the Seas Pageant, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
7/13 La Femme Magnifique Regional Pageant, Darcelle XV - Portland, OR
7/14 - 7/19 Empress Express, various locations - Seattle, WA
7/18 Sichuan Earthquare Benefit, New Hong Kong Restaurant - Seattle, WA
AUGUST 2008
8/2 Kaleidoscope, Columbia City Theater - Seattle, WA
8/3 Vancouver Gay Pride - Vancouver, BC
8/9 Queen City Cruise - Seattle, WA
8/22-8/30 Gay World Series - Seattle, WA
8/31 La Femme Magnifique International Pageant - Portland, OR
SEPTEMBER 2008
9/6 ICON: a celebration of drag, art & life, Town Hall - Seattle, WA
9/13 Court of Montana Coronation - Missoula, MT
9/13 Peacock After Dark, - Portland, OR
9/27 Coronation V, Pacific Inn Resort - Surrey, BC
OCTOBER 2008
10/1 - Reel Mean Screening of Mean Girls, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
10/11 Spokane Coronation - Spokane, WA
10/18 Portland Coronation - Portland, OR
10/17-10/26 Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Seattle, WA
NOVEMBER 2008
11/7 Le Projet Metropolitain, benefit for Seattle Children's Hospital - Cafe Metropolitain - Seattle, WA
11/8 Burlycon, Quality Inn & Suites - Seattle, WA
11/8 Tacoma Coronation - Tacoma, WA
11/9 Introduction of Candidates for Gay Seattle, Cafe Metropolitain - Seattle, WA
11/14 Friends & Family Show, Cafe Metropolitain - Seattle, WA
11/15 45th Annual Gay Seattle Pageant, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
11/22 The Taste of GSBA, Sheraton Hotel - Seattle, WA
11/29 Los Angeles/Hollywood Coronation - Los Angeles, CA
11/30 Arnaldo! Holiday Concert, Julia's On Broadway - Seattle, WA
DECEMBER 2008
12/1 World AIDS Day
12/1 Blayne Walsh Fashion Show, Hotel 1000 - Seattle, WA
12/4 Stronger Together Luncheon, Convention Center - Seattle, WA
12/6 Ingersoll Benefit, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
12/20 Holiday Gay Bingo, Hotel 1000 - Seattle, WA
JANUARY 2009
1/10 Gay Bingo: Studio 54, Lake Union Armory - Seattle, WA
1/23 Gay Bingo: Hotel 1000 - Seattle, WA
FEBRUARY 2009
2/13 Out Of Town Show, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
2/13 Speed Dating, Rainier Chapter House - Seattle, WA
2/14 Presidents' Ball, Marriott Hotel - Seattle, WA
2/15 Victory Brunch, Purr Lounge - Seattle, WA
2/21 Night FantAsia, New Hong Kong Restaurant - Seattle, WA
MARCH 2009
3/6 Allyship Training, Seattle Girls School - Seattle, WA
3/7 Equal Rights Washington Gala, W Hotel - Seattle, WA
3/14 Vancouver Coronation - Vancouver, BC
3/21 Black Tie Bingo, Grand Hyatt Hotel - Seattle, WA
3/29 CARA Benefit, Center for Sex Positive Culture
APRIL 2009
4/11 Gay Washington Pageant - Tacoma, WA
4/17 Youthopolis Awards, DAR Rainier Chapter House - Seattle, WA
4/17 Hot Mess, War Room - Seattle, WA
MAY 2009
5/1-5/3 Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Exhibition Hall, Seattle Center - Seattle, WA
5/2 "I Am My Own Wife" Closing Night, Northwest School - Portland, OR
5/10 A Mad Tea Party, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Benefit - Seattle, WA
5/11 Sinsation with Joey Arias & Sherry Vine, Rebar - Seattle, WA
5/15-21 A Wink & A Smile : The Art of Burlesque, Northwest Film Forum - Seattle, WA
5/17 "Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up" Premiere, AMC Pacific Place - Seattle, WA
JUNE 2009
6/13 Gay Bingo: Adam & Steve Wedding, Lake Union Armory - Seattle, WA
6/13 Aleksa Manila & FRIENDS, VIP Red Room @ Cafe Metropolitain - Seattle, WA
6/18 Pink Martini Concert, Carnegie Hall - New York, NY
6/20 The Wiz : A Queer Multicultural Cabaret, Langston Hughes Cultural Center - Seattle, WA
6/27 40th Stonewall Celebration, Volunteer Park - Seattle, WA
6/27 Broadway Block Party, Julia's On Broadway - Seattle, WA
6/28 Seattle Pride Parade & Rally, Seattle Center - Seattle, WA
6/28 Cuff Block Party, Cuff Complex - Seattle, WA
JULY 2009
7/11 7th Annual Karaoke Idol, Summer Festival - International District, Seattle, WA
AUGUST 2009
8/1 Vancouver Pride - Vancouver, BC
SEPTEMBER 2009
9/5 Seattle Men In Leather Contest, Cuff Complex - Seattle, WA
9/6 Gender Odyssey, Hyatt Olive 8 - Seattle, WA
9/11 Court of Montana Coronation - Missoula, MT
9/19 Empress Express - Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
9/20 Emperor's Turnabout - Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
9/26 Drag Workshop - Instructor, University of California - Berkeley, CA
9/26 Kaleidoscope - Host, Brava Theater - San Francisco, CA
9/27 Folsom Street Fair - San Francisco, CA
OCTOBER 2009
10/10 SCS' 40th Anniversary Gala, Sheraton Hotel - Seattle, WA
10/11 National Coming Out Day
MANGOS WITH CHILI 2009
"The Splendor & Grit Tour"
10/16 7:30PM Rudder Forum, Texas A&M University - College Station, TX10/17 8PM Esperanza Center for Peace & Justice Center, 922 San Pedro Ave - San Antonio, TX
10/18 8PM The Off Center, 2111 A Hidalgo St - Austin, TX
10/19 8PM The Blue Theater, 916 Springdale - Houston, TX
10/20 8PM Avant Garden, 411 Westheimer - Houston, TX
10/21 9PM Club Vibe, 1605 Esplanade Ave - New Orleans, LA
10/22 New Orleans, LA to Birmingham, AL
10/23 8PM Green Cup Books, 105 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd S - Birmingham, AL
10/24 Birmingham, AL to Atlanta, G
10/25 8PM Spring 4th Center - Atlanta, GA
10/26 Atlanta, GA to Durham, NC
10/27 8PM Common Ground Theater - Durham, NC
10/28 8PM Richmond LGBT Center - Richmond, VA
10/29 8PM American University, 410 Jasper - Washington, DC
10/30 8PM La Casa Community Art Space - Washington, DC
10/31 Washington, DC to San Francisco, CA
NOVEMBER 2009
11/14 Referendum 71 Victory Rally, Westlake Park - Seattle, WA
11/14 Gay Seattle Pageant, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
11/14 Taste of GSBA, Sheraton - Seattle, WA
11/20 Transgender Day of Remembrance
11/21 Red Dress Party, South Lake Union Armory - Seattle, WA
11/28 Release, Celebrities Nightclub - Vancouver, BC
DECEMBER 2009
12/1 WORLD AIDS DAY
12/1 Stronger Together Luncheon, Convention Center - Seattle, WA
12/5 Evergreen AIDS Foundation Benefit - Bellingham, WA
12/6 Feather Boa 15th Anniversary, Odyssey Nightclub - Vancouver, BC
12/12 Ingersoll Gender Center's Snowball, Cafe Metropolitain - Seattle, WA
JANUARY 2010
1/8-1/9 Queer For All Seasons, Theatre Off Jackson - Seattle, WA
1/16 "Boot Camp" Gay Bingo Opening Season, Fremont Studios - Seattle, WA
1/31 Seattle's Got Talent, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
FEBRUARY 2010
2/13 Seattle Coronation Ball, Renaissance Hotel - Seattle, WA
2/14 Lunar New Year Celebration, Cafe Metropolitain - Seattle, WA
2/14 Love Is, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
2/16 Boys Night Out, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
2/20 "Racy & Lacy" Gay Bingo, Fremont Studios - Seattle, WA
2/27 Rainbow Festival, Mt. Vernon High School - Mt. Vernon, WA
MARCH 2010
3/2 ENDA Forum, Labor Temple - Seattle, WA
3/13 Vancouver Coronation Ball, Empire Landmark - Vancouver, BC
3/14 DiSH - An All Ages Queer Variety Show, Vera Project - Seattle, WA
3/25 Shaun Knittel's Birthday Bash, Cafe Metropolitain - Seattle, WA
3/27 Wa State Leather Contest, Cuff Complex - Seattle, WA
3/28 Arnaldo! @ Julia's On Broadway - Seattle, WA
APRIL 2010
4/3 Les Faux @ Julia's On Broadway - Seattle, WA
4/17 "Biker Babe" Gay Bingo, Fremont Studios - Seattle, WA
4/23 Youthopolis, Seatttle Asian Art Museum - Seattle, WA
TBD Annual Drag Show, Seattle University - Seattle, WA
MAY 2010
5/1 Lashes with Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - Benefit Show for Seattle Counseling Service, RPlace - Seattle, WA
5/12 Lambert House Benefit, Julia's On Broadway - Seattle, WA
5/14 Full Spectrum, Cascadia Community College - Bothell, WA
5/22 Softball Pageant, RPlace Bar - Seattle, WA
5/23 La Femme Magnifique, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
5/25 Vogue, Neighbours Underground - Seattle, WA
5/29 Freak-A-Go-Go, Rainier Community Center - Seattle, WA
5/30 Pride Idol, RPlace Bar - Seattle, WA
JUNE 2010
6/4 Forbidden Fashion Show, Fairmont Olympic Hotel - Seattle, WA
6/5 Jose Honors, Hilton Hotel - Lexington, KY
6/6 Coronation, Hilton Hotel - Lexington, KY
6/10 We Are All Children of the 80's, Julia's On Broadway - Seattle, WA
6/19 Imperial Prince & Princess Ball, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
6/20 Pride Idol, RPlace - Seattle, WA
6/23 Gaysha Starr Show, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
6/25 Pride ASIA, Cafe Metropolitain - Seattle, WA
6/25 Caliente, Neighbours Underground - Seattle, WA
6/26 Julia's Pride Block Party, Julia's On Broadway - Seattle, WA
6/26 Kristine W, Neighbours Nightclub - Seattle, WA
6/27 Seattle Pride Parade & Rally, Seattle Center - Seattle, WA