Joan Lipkin’s wildly successful Queer Writes returns for a third year with an all-new bill on Thursday, June 5, as part of the Missouri History Museum’s Pride Month programming. Confirmed presenters include Paul Cereghino, Cheeraz Gormon, Matthew R. Kerns, Joan Lipkin, Romell Parks-Weekly, Jarek Steele, Diane Richardson and Jeff Truesdell. The Gateway Men’s Chorus will…
HandleBar to Host 3rd Annual BandUp Showcase on June 1
Always wish you could form a band and perform on stage? HandleBar is hosting BandUp 2025 – your new band’s show! Form a band, sign up, learn three songs and perform them for a live audience. The event will take place on Sunday, June 1, at 4 p.m. There will be two stages with sound…
STLFringe FEST ’25: 400+ Participating Artists. 100+ Performances. One Unforgettable Week.
Saint Louis’ Original Arts Incubator is Back for Season 14! STLFringe FEST ‘25, the region’s premier independent performing arts festival, will be igniting stages and streets across the Grand Center Arts District with an explosion of boundary-breaking theatre, dance, music, musicals, magic, film, and more. Now in their 14th season, STLFringe FEST continues its mission…
Cinema St. Louis Presents Their 18th Annual QFest, A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Film and Queer Culture
Cinema St. Louis proudly presents the 18th Annual QFest St. Louis, a vibrant celebration of LGBTQ+ film and queer culture. Scheduled from May 27 to June 1, 2025, at the historic Hi-Pointe Theatre, QFest showcases a diverse lineup of contemporary gay cinema, including narrative features, documentaries, and shorts that spotlight the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals…
21c Museum Hotel Announces Pop Stars! Pride Prom on Friday, June 13, Supporting MTUG
21c Museum Hotel St. Louis invites the community to celebrate Pride month during their Pop Stars! Pride Prom on Friday, June 13 from 7pm-11pm supporting monthly Community Impact partner, Metro Trans Umbrella Group (MTUG). MTUG is a non-profit organization created by and for the St. Louis trans community that aims to unite trans, genderqueer, androgynous,…
Funds Requested for Jesse “Grim” Woods, Who Was Killed in Dutchtown Last Month
It’s been three weeks since Jude Blackwell asked their partner, Jesse Woods, who went by Grim, to walk down to the corner store at Grand and Alberta to pick up some ice. Blackwell said the kind and affable Grim didn’t drive, and walked everywhere, often stopping to visit people along the way. On the night…
Vanessa Frost and Zodiacx Balmain Lead The Wicked Ball
St. Louis is preparing for a vibrant ballroom weekend as newly crowned Miss Pride St. Louis, Vanessa Frost, teams up with newly deemed American Runway Legend Zodiac Balmain to present The Wicked Ball, set for May 4. Part of a blockbuster weekend, the festivities begin May 3 with the St. Louis Awards Ball, culminating in…
Black Tulip Chorale presents “A Fond Embrace,” Sunday, May 18
Black Tulip Chorale, St. Louis’s LGBTQIA+ chorus for all voices announces the opening performance of its eighth season. The group opens its season with A FOND EMBRACE at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 18, at First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, 100 E. Adams, Kirkwood, Missouri. The concert celebrates women composers from around the world. “Our program…
A Reason for Optimism: Local Universities Prepare to Fight
By Novice Sister Pattie O’Pounder On the bright afternoon of March 20, the T-REX Center in downtown St Louis buzzed with energy as faculty and staff from local universities gathered with regional nonprofit leaders for a networking luncheon that aimed to address a pressing issue: the support and protection of LGBTQIA+ students in a political…
Summer Sensation: STL Fringe Fest 24
In its 13th year, the STLFringe FEST celebrates over 40 ticketed independent productions as well as a myriad of free events and performances spanning August 12th –18th in the Grand Center Arts District and beyond. This year’s offerings are a baker’s dozen of all-star independent artist lineage. From a play in a bathtub to the…