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On the List | Pride marches, family day, rugby & more, Pinocchio in the Park, Elliott Bay 40th (+25 more)

The Pride Festival returns to Broadway (Image: CHS)

The Pride Festival returns to Broadway (Image: CHS)

It’s an even busier Pride Weekend than usual on Capitol Hill with a new family-friendly event debuting Saturday in Cal Anderson and the return of a Trans Pride march. Check the CHS Pride 2013  section for updates, news, pics and more. Daily highlights below,  plus don’t miss the go-big-or-go-home Pride heavy hitters: Wild Rose’s Bush Garden (a CHS advertiser) all weekend, Purr’s street party on Saturday, and Cuff’s street party on Sunday.

Play in the park! Balagan Theatre begins it’s staged-in-the-park-performances of The Totally True & Almost Accurate Adventures of Pinocchio this weekend in Volunteer Park. Performances are free, begin at 2p,  and continue weekends through July. Check schedule for exact dates.

Thursday, June 27

  • hardLGet a Drink for the Kids at Linda’s (708 E Pine)
  • QueerVoyant: a queer art showcase about the future has a weekend of events planned. Opening reception Thurs 6 – 10p; LICK prefunc party Friday 6 – 9p; afternoon DJ party Sat 2 – 5p, closing reception Sun 2 – 5p  Hard L (1216 10th Ave).
  • East Precinct Advisory Council Community Meeting: meet representatives on topics related to community safety.This month’s guest is from Seattle Human Services department. East Precinct’s Captain Wilson will also provide updates and answer questions. Seattle U Piggott Hall, room 200, 6:30 – 8p.
  • The Hunting Club record release party with Swamp Meat and Ephrata at Vermillion, 9p.

Friday, June 28

  • Get a Drink for the Kids at The Redwood (514 E Howell)
  • Freddie Mercury gallery will show love for Queen(s) while giving back to Pride at St. John’s Bar (719 E Pike), 7 – 10p.
  • Author reading:  Matt Bell’s debut novel In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods is “fiercely original” and puts the “fable in fabulism.” So there’s that. Elliott Bay Book Company, 7p
  • Accio Burlesque! A burlesque tribute to Harry Potter plays Friday and Saturday. “From witches and wizards to magical beasts, Accio Burlesque! summons all of the things we love most and re imagines them through the art of the tease.” Not for children, obvs. Annex Theatre, 8p.
  • Gender Blender: An all-star, drag-filled, dance-party,concert-show love fest to benefit Gay City Health Project. Neighbors Nightclub,  9p – 4a.

Saturday, June 29

  • Capitol Hill Pride Festival closes Broadway from E John to E Roy St. Booths, music, performances, doggie drag contest. Map and detailed event schedule is here—scroll down, down, down (keep going…) to see it. 11a – 11p.
  • Rainbow Women’s Health Fair: Free services (such as massage, hepatitis C and HIV testing, chiropractic screening) and information on heart health, smoking cessation, and more. Plus, free mammogram and pap tests for those age 40+ (make an appointment by calling 206.461.4493). All Pilgrims Church (500 Broadway E), 12 – 4p.
  • PrideFest Family Day features games, crafts, drag queen story time, magic show, performance by Recess Monkey, a bouncy house, and more. CHS story here.  Cal Anderson Park, 12 – 5p.
  • 4th Annual Prom Dress Rugby Match will be a blast and audience participation via purchase of penalties, possession changes and “tries” (increase a score)  are encouraged. Proceeds to benefit POCAAN. Cal Anderson Park, 2p.
  • Community Cinema presents Love Free or Die. “Faith, love, marriage, homosexuality, and the Episcopal Church collide in the first openly gay Bishop, Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.” Frye Art Museum, 2 – 4p.
  • Unicorn Stampede: don your best unicorn horn (DIY) and join the herd at Cal Anderson Park at 3p to bestow blessings, grant wishes and spread smiles. At some point the herd will stampede onto Broadway and later end up at The Unicorn bar. The free Pride Party at Unicorn (8p start) includes burlesque, drag show, photo booth, carnival games, costume contest and more.
  • Seattle Dyke March gathers for a rally at SCCC Plaza at 5p then steps off at 7p to go around Capitol Hill and return back to the Plaza..
  • Happy 40th Anniversary, Elliott Bay Book Company! Readings from authors whose recent books have been based in Seattle: Jim Lynch, Maria Semple, and Ryan Boudinot. Elliott Bay Book Company, 7p.
  • Queer Carnival Pride is  “a night of circus tricks and party tricks and cheap tricks, a burlesque affair surely full of strippers, aerialists and knives.” Fred Wildlife Refuge, 9p.

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Sunday, June 30

  • Broadway Farmers Market at Pine & Broadway, 11a – 3p.
  • Trunk show featuring Pamela Davis/Mucho Design’s latest collection of jewelry, weavings and wall hangings. Ghost Gallery, 12 – 4p.
  • This Party is Fucking Gay! (They said it, we didn’t.) Live music from Glitterbang, The Breakup, and more, hosted by Jackie Hell. Highline (210 Broadway), 7p.
  • Author talk and panel:  Pulitzer Prize-winning Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D’Antonio discusses his new book, Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal, a sweeping account of the scandal that has set the Catholic Church on its heels. Panelists include a survivor, an author and former priest, and an attorney who fought for justice. Town Hall, 7:30 – 9p.
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