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Pride in Action, Southern Illinois will be hosting several events this upcoming weekend in Carbondale.

Green Pig Pub What a great time to welcome back Pride! Just as the weather gets warmer and many people are now fully vaccinated against the virus that shut down 2020s Pride celebrations, we get to welcome Pride back into the world—albeit a little changed. With the normal festivities around Pride canceled for now—namely, the always reliable sites for music and dancing, Utah Pride Festival and the Utah ...

Todrick Hall is coming to Utah to party for Pride Scott D. Pierce © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (Photo courtesy of Todrick Hall) Entertainer Todrick Hall will headline a benefit for the Utah Pride Center on June 4. Todrick Hall hasn’t performed live in almost two years. Utah Pride marks his return to the stage, and he is eager to get to Salt Lake City and have some fun. “I want to be a part of the solution of corrupting the Utah gays,” he joked. “It’s such a relig...

No matter where you get your Pride on, the sight of seeing so many effervescent souls converging in varying stages of dress and undress is indescribably powerful. That ribald "rainbow spirit" is outrageous, playful and proud.

A Strange Loop, The Danish Girl), and Alex Newell ( Once on This Island). The event will also feature Blake Hammond, Brad Bradley, Christine Dwyer, Claybourne Elder, Eric Ulloa, Harvey Fierstein, J. Cameron Barnett, Jenn Colella, Jerry Mitchell, Kathryn Gallagher, Mars Rucker, Nathan Lee Graham, and Vishal Vaidya. Heritage of Pride team members David Correa (Interim Executive Director), Sue Doster (Co-Chair), and Kazz Alexander (Community Relations Director) will also appear. The event will al...

Broadway Says Black Lives Matter As the country confronted its long-upheld systems rooted in white supremacy in the wake of the losses of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many other Black lives, the theatre industry faced a reckoning of its own, challenging members to question the systemically racist practices in place. Black artists and theatre workers—including performer-director Schele Williams, stage manager Cody Renard Richard, and composer Griffin Mat...