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Thursday Jun 1, 2017

Selected Boston Pride events. Visit www.baywindows.com for the full list.

Friday, June 2

12 pm Flag Raising Ceremony
City Hall Plaza, Boston

7:30 pm Metamorphosis Concert
To Benefit the LGBT Asylum Support Network
First Church Boston 66 Marlborough St, Boston
Event organized by the Back Bay Ringers

8 pm Hedwig And The Angry Inch
Shubert Theatre at the Bock Center, 265 Tremont St, Boston
Use code PRIDE to book!

Saturday, June 3

10 am-5 pm Pride Day @ Faneuil Ha
Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston

11 am High Heel Dash for Charity
Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston

7:30 pm Pride Night @ The Revolution
Gillette Stadium, 1 Patriot Pl, Foxborough

Sunday, June 4

10:00 am AIDS Walk Boston
DCR Hatch Memorial Shell, Boston
Event organized by the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts.

10:30am-1:30pm Keshet Pride Picnic and Field Day
Larz Anderson Park, Goddard Avenue, Brookline

3-7 pm The Silver Party
A Pride Dinner Dance for LGBT Seniors and Friends
Brookline Holiday Inn, 1200 Beacon St, Brookline
For more information, call, 857 313-6590
Event organized by the LGBT Aging Project.

3 pm The Boston Gay Men's Chorus "Anything Goes"
The Boston Gay Men's Chorus celebrates its 35th Anniversary with 175 singers on stage, a 20 piece orchestra and Special Guest Tony award winner Sutton Foster. The repertoire includes a new commission from Gwyneth Walker, a mashup medley of eleven songs from five of Leonard Bernstein's best known works favorites as part of the Bernstein Centennial celebration along with songs from "Anything Goes."
www.bgmc.org. Performance at Symphony Hall. Pops style seating on the main floor will be available.

6:00 pm Pride Remembrance Memorial
New England Holocaust Memorial, 98 Union St, Boston

Monday, June 5

6 pm Political Forum
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, 210 Morrissey Blvd, Bosto

6-9 pm OPEN Networking Event
Empire restaurant, 1 Marina Park Drive, Boston

10 pm Heels for Hope
Help raise funds for BAGLY, a youth-led adult supported social organization committed to social justice, creating, sustaining, and advocating for programs and services for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

7 pm -midnight Drag Bingo, Pride Edition
With Mizery and The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

8 pm Triple Threat: Julie Beckham, Beverly Beckham, and Lauren Beckham Faclone with Brian Patton
Napoleon Room
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

Tuesday, June 6

6:30 pm Pride Lights @ the Boston Center for the Arts
Celebrating and remembering those we lost to HIV/AIDS
The Plaza at Boston Center for the Arts, Tremont St, Boston

8-10 pm Stump Trivia, The Pride Edition
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

7 pm Drag Divas Give Back
Boston's Legendary Drag Queens come together to raise money for Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

8 pm Triple Threat: Julie Beckham, Beverly Beckham, and Lauren Beckham Faclone with Brian Patton
Napoleon Room,
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

10 pm Paradise Pride
Paradise C ambridge, 180 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

Wednesday, June 7

5 pm Pride Arts Oscar Wilde Tour of LGBTQ-themed art at the MFA
Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston

7 pm Lecture on LGBT art at the MFA
Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston

8 pm Atomic Karaoke Pride Edition
Boston Gay Men's Chorus After Party Hosted by Jonathan Brett, Stevie Psyclone, Violencia, And Qya Cristal
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

8 pm Broadway Hump Day with Brian Patton
The Napoleon Room
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

Thursday, June 8

6-8 pm Pride 9-TO-5
Comcast, the City of Boston Eastern Bank host a conversation about issues and trends affecting the LGBTQ workface. Moderated by Sue O'Connell, host of The Take on necn, and co-publisher of Bay Windows.
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

10 pm #YAASSS! It's Pride
Hosted by Penny Tentiary, Yune Neptune, Neon Calypso & Qya Cristal with special guests JUJUBEE, HONEY DAVENPORT, DESTINY, TEASHA. Music by Begbick.
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

8 pm Michael Chapman, Napoleon Room
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

8 pm -12 am Boston Bear Pride 2017: Bears Bare It All
Paradise C ambridge, 180 Massachusetts Ave, C ambridge
All money raised at this event will be donated to the Mass Trans Political Coalition, MTPC and Boston Pride's Community Fund

8 pm -1 am Latinx Pride
Black Pride, If You Can Feel It, You Can Speak It
Milky Way, 284 Amory St, Jamaica Plain

10 pm -2 am Pride Queeraoke
Midway Cafe, 3496 Washington St, Jamaica Plain

Friday, June 9

6:00 pm Boston Dyke March
Event organized by the Boston Dyke March Committee.
Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Boston

7 pm Paint for Peace Boston
Liquid Art House, 100 Arlington St, Boston

7:10 pm nPride Night @ Fenway Park
Red Sox vs. Detroit Tiger
Fenway Park, 4 Yawkey Way, Boston

8:00 pm Joe Posa as Joan Rivers in "The Bitch is Back"
Nationally acclaimed Female Impersonator Joe Posa and Tony Tripoli, Executive Producer of Fashion Police and the late Joan Rivers head comedy writer, join forces to bring their 90 minute show to Boston's Club Café in celebration of Boston Pride and in remembrance of Joan Rivers' birthday.
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

8:00 pm DJ Barry Harris
Club Café is honored to welcome ledgendary DJ Barry Harris to Boston for XO Friday! Pride Edition.
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

8 pm Lauren O'Brien & Paul Anthony
The Napoleon Room
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Bosto

9 pm -1 am Official Dyke March After-Party
Milky Way, 284 Amory St, J amaica Plain

Saturday, June 10

Pride Services

10 am, Union Methodist
485 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02118

11 am, Old South Church in Boston
645 Boylston St. Boston

11 am, Arlington Stree Chruch,
351 Boylston Street. Boston

11 am Pride Arts Performance: and all the men and women merely players
Created and Composed by Beau Kenyon
Choreographed by Michell Chassé
BPL Composer-in-Residence, Beau Kenyon, presents a reimagining of Shakespeare's As You Like It in the form of a performance installation, entitled and all the men and women merely players. Featuring new music by Kenyon as well as choreography by Michelle Chassé, the piece will begin in Deferrari Hall before dispersing throughout the McKim and Johnson Buildings with a final culminating piece in the Courtyard. Total running time is approximately 70 minutes.
Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St, Boston

11 am-7 pm Boston Pride Festival
City Hall Plaza, Boston

12 noon-7 pm Festival Bar
Across from the stage at City Hall Plaza, Boston

12 noon-7 pm Boston Pride Concert
City Hall Plaza, Boston

12 Noon Boston Pride Parade
Copley Square to City Hall Plaza, Boston

12 Noon Latinx Pride Latinx Pride Parade Float and Contingent
Copley Square, Boston

1:30 pm-7:00 pm Chandler Street Block Party 2017
21+, positive ID required for entry, Donation $15 - cash only
Chandler Street between Berkley Street and Tremont Street. Event entrances located on BOTH Berkley Street and Tremont Street.
Presented by AIDS Action Committee and The Trophy Room/Chandler Inn
The rain or shine outdoor block party features great local DJs Darrin Friedman and Ian Diver. Beer, soft drinks and food available for purchase. The event proceeds benefit AIDS Action Committee, New England's oldest AIDS services organization, as well as supporting a number of the amateur LGBT sports organizations in Greater Boston.

2-7 pm Esme Women's Block Party
Entrance at the corner of Tremont and Lagrange St, Boston

2 pm - 2 am Pride Day Dance Celebration
Saturday, June 10th, 2PM to 2AM DJ Brian Halligan 2 to 5pm, DJ Stevie Psyclone 5 to 9pm, DJ Susan Esthera 9 to 2AM
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

6-10 pm Youth Pride Boston Pride Danc
City Hall Plaza, Boston

8 pm Niki Luperelli, Napoleon Room
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

8 pm -2 am LUSH Pride Party
Machine Nightclub, 1254 Boylston St, Bosto

10 pm Main Event ft. DJ Abel
House of Blues, 15 Lansdowne St, Boston

Sunday, June 11

10:00am Pride Brunch
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse, 217 Stuart St, Boston
The official brunch of Pride weekend in Boston!
Proceeds benefit Boston Pride's progr amming.

11 am Pride Brunch Buffet
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

11 am Stronger Together Rally
Boston Common, Boston

1-9 pm Back Bay Block Party
St J ames Ave, at Berkeley St, Boston

1-8 pm JP Block Party
Perkins St, at Center St, J Jamaica Plai

1:30 pm Pride Arts Performance: and all the men and women merely players
Created and Composed by Beau Kenyon
Choreographed by Michell Chassé
BPL Composer-in-Residence, Beau Kenyon, presents a reimagining of Shakespeare's As You Like It in the form of a performance installation, entitled and all the men and women merely players. Featuring new music by Kenyon as well as choreography by Michelle Chassé, the piece will begin in Deferrari Hall before dispersing throughout the McKim and Johnson Buildings with a final culminating piece in the Courtyard. Total running time is approximately 70 minutes.
Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St, Boston

5 pm ANTHEM Pride Edition
Back2Basics Tea Dance presents Anthem Pride Edition with DJ Brian Halligan and a performance from Misery.

6:30 Tea with the Dame
The Napoleon Room
Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston

10 pm Pride Finale
Hot Mess at CandiBar & Guilt Featuring Katya From RuPaul's Drag Race and DJs Richie LaDue, Escape & Archy Hosted by Fena Barbitall
CandiBar & Guilt Nightclubs, 279 Tremont St, Boston