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Beauty & The Beast Cabaret this Wednesday benefits the Four A’s
Mad Myrna’s invitAlaskan AIDS Assistance Association (Four A’s)es you to be their guest for an evening cabaret with the cast of “Beauty & The Beast” this Wednesday, January 11. All proceeds will benefit the Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association (Four A’s).
One Weekend for One Anchorage: Friday Night Divas go all out for equality
The Friday Night Divas are hosting a Friday/Saturday doubleheader this weekend at the Anchorage nightclub Mad Myrna’s to benefit One Anchorage in its campaign to gain passage of the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative in the Anchorage municipal election on April 3.
AWAIC Christmas Coat Drive at the Friday Night Diva Variety Show
Grand Duke XI Vik of Anchorage and Grand Duchess XI Celeste of Anchorage, ICOAA, invite you to the Friday Night Diva Variety Show at Mad Myrna’s this Friday to donate a winter coat (used or new) for Abused Women’s Aid in Crisis (AWAIC). Vik and Celeste will be making sure they get to AWAIC personally, clean and ready to donate! Thank you in advance to the Anchorage Community for support for this Christmas event!
Blue Christmas service Dec. 21 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Anchorage
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church will hold a Blue Christmas Service on Wednesday evening, December 21, 2011 for those experiencing grief and loss during the holiday season.
Miss MeMe’s “37th Annual” Christmas Gospel Show to benefit One Anchorage & ICOAA Cares
Please join your hosts Miss MeMe and K-Ho for an afternoon of Christmas celebration, healing and debauchery! All proceeds will benefit One Anchorage. Please also bring a perishable food item to benefit ICOAA Cares’ support of the Food Bank of Alaska.
One Anchorage is the campaign for an April election ballot measure to offer the same legal protections to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people already offered to all other Anchorage residents. On December 8, One Anchorage campaign turned in over 13,000 signatures to the Anchorage municipal clerk to place the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative on Anchorage’s April 3, 2012 municipal ballot.
- Date/time: Sunday, December 18, 2011, 5:00–8:00 PM
- Location: Mad Myrna’s, 530 East 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK (see map)
- Cost of admission: $5.00
- Further info: see Facebook events page
2012 Pride Foundation Scholarship applications due January 31; drop-in nights for help Jan. 19
Applications for the 2012 Pride Foundation Scholarship are due on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 5:00 PM PST (that’s 4:00 PM Alaska time). The holiday break is a perfect time to request recommendations and transcripts — and if you need help with your application, take advantage of drop-in night on Jan. 19 in both Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Snow Ball 2011 will benefit Food Bank of Alaska, ICOAA — this Saturday in Anchorage
Join the us for a 1940s event so magical it will feel like a dream:
Snow Ball 2011: Glitter and Glamour—
A 1940s Holiday Dream
Hosted by Mister, Miss, and Ms. Gay Alaska 2011-2012.
Admission is $15 or $10 with a canned food donation.
All food donations will benefit the Food Bank of Alaska and all money collected will benefit the Imperial Court of All Alaska and the ICOAA Scholarship Fund.
- Date/time: Saturday, December 17, 2011. Doors open at 7:00 PM, show starts at 8:00 PM.
- Location: Mad Myrnas, 530 East 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK (see map)
- Cost of admission: $15 or $10 with a canned food donation
- Further info: see Facebook events page
A Very Merry Comedy Hypnosis Show with Jay Her, Saturday at Mad Myrna’s
This is our second Crazy Night of Holiday Hypnosis Show at Mad Myrnas. If you’ve been to a past few shows then you know what to expect, if you haven’t then be prepared to possibly be slightly offended or just have some side-splitting laughter from all the crazy stuff we’ll be doing!
“An Ordinary Family” and “Weekend” — two gay films showing in Anchorage this week
Two films featuring gay male characters are playing this week in Anchorage: An Ordinary Family with two screenings on Wednesday and Thursday, December 7—8 (part of the Anchorage International Film Festival), and Weekend on Monday, December 12.
Last Frontier Drag Kings debut show in Anchorage this Saturday
Join the Last Frontier Drag Kings for their debut show, a Christmas celebration!
What makes this show especially special is that it’s Alaskas’ very first all drag king show. That’s right: kings only — though we’re betting some of Alaska’s favorite drag queens will also make a showing as audience members in support of their brothers-in-drag.
Come check it out!
Hosted by Allie Hernandez of AMC Entertainment, LLC.
- Date/time: Saturday, December 10, 10:00 PM to midnight
- Location: S Lounge, 720 Gambell Street (Corner of 7th and Gambell), Anchorage, AK (see map)
- Cost of admission: $10 cover
- Further info: see Facebook events page
