Coming Up Soon in Iowa
Quad Cities Launch: Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce • Davenport April 25, 5:00 pm. The Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce will focus on the Quad Cities area at its upcoming event. Learn about how the Chamber is working throughout Iowa to foster inclusivity, and create opportunities for marketing, networking, procurement and supplier diversity.
Make a Woven Ring with Stone • Iowa City April 26, 5:30 pm. Zanette Hoehle guides you on making your own one-of-a-kind woven ring using woven wire bail. Registration includes all materials and instruction including large-screen demos. Register here or call 319 338-1566.
- Expanding Our Welcome: Creating Safe and Inclusive Sacred Spaces Together • Davenport April 27, 10:00 am.
Leaders and members of LGBTQ affirming congregations throughout eastern Iowa are encouraged to attend this workshop on providing "safe and inclusive sacred spaces." "Join us for a time of learning, sharing and discussing practical steps for welcoming all people as beloved children of God," write event organizers. Co-sponsored by the Presbytery of East Iowa and the Presbytery of Great Rivers. Registration is $20, or $15 for attendees from churches registering three or more people. Free attendance available for students or those in financial need. Sign up here.
- Make Your Own Swallow Earrings • Iowa City April 27, 10:00 am.
Use and expand your brick stitch skills to make a pictorial swallow and a lovely pir of earrings. Karen Kubby guides this class. Registration includes all materials and instruction including large-screen demos. Register here or call
Coming Up Soon in Illinois
- Gear Night & The Museum • Chicago April 26, 6:00 pm.
Show off your gear (or you're also welcome to attend in street clothes), and meet other kinksters! Last Friday of each month, featuring music, food and drinks. Free admission. Adults only.
- Queer Cinema: "Swan Song" • Carbondale May 1, 3:00 pm.
"Swan Song" is a 2021 film about a hairdresser who sneaks out of his nursing home to help style the hair of a dead woman, and rediscovers himself along the way. Presented by the Southern Illinois University LGBTQ Resource Center; free and open to all students, staff, faculty, alumni, friends, family and community members.
- Joliet Pride Network Youth Queer Prom: Under the Western Stars • Joliet May 11, 6:00 pm.
Dress for prom, for a Western, or "whatever makes you feel fabulous." Open to all youth who identify as LGBTQ+ and allies ages 12-20. Includes dinner. Coordinated by the Joliet Pride Network. Tickets are $10; order yours here.
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- Springfield PrideFest • Springfield May 18, .
Drag, food, vendors and more at this annual event coordinated by the Phoenix Center LGBTQ nonprofit. Follow the Springfield PrideFest Facebook page for more information.
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