Find a silent auction, ballroom performances and all the glitz and glamour you could hope for at Love Equality, the Dallas Steering Committee’s signature annual fundraiser for Equality Texas, happening Saturday, May 10, at The Echo Lounge. See listings for details. Pictured: Marsha Dimes, center, receives the 2024 Legacy Award at last year’s Love Equality event.
Every Wednesday: THRIVE
Resource Center’s THRIVE Wednesday Support Group for LGBTQ adults 50 and older meets from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at Resource Center Community Center, 5750 Cedar Springs Road, and is led by interns from the SMU counseling program. For more information on the support group and how to join, send an email to THRIVE@myresourcecenter.org.
May
May 9: Reverchon Health Expo
A free community event encouraging healthy lifestyles and connecting attendees to resources at Reverchon Recreation Center, 3505 Maple Ave., 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
May 10: Hero Fest ’25
Uptown Dallas Inc. hosts a free, family-friendly festival to celebrate local heroes from the
Dallas Police, SWAT and others at Griggs Park, 2200 Hugo St., 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Through May 10: ‘An Exhibition
featuring Pamela Nelson, Heather Gorham, and Chris Mason’ Craighead Green Gallery, 167 Parkhouse St., presents its new exhibition featuring the works of these three talented artists.
Visit CraigheadGreen.com for more information.
Through May 11: ‘A Dallas Hedda’
Bishop Arts Theatre Center, 215 S. Tyler St., presents A Dallas Hedda, playwright-in-residence Franky D. Gonzalez’s re-imagining of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. Starts at 8 p.m. Friday, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday. Visit BishopArtsTheatre.org for tickets and information.
May 13: Crucial Conversations: Challenging Anti-Semitism, Session 2
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, 300 North Houston St., presents the second part of its three-part series discussing the rise of antisemitism on college campuses within the United States and Europe. Features Dr. Cary Nelson, Dr. Günther Jikeli and Dr. R. Amy Elman. From 7-8 p.m.
May 14: Men’s+ Social Group Dinner
Tyler Area Gays+ hosts its monthly dinner for male/male-presenting members of the LGBTQ community at Aztec, 7918 S. Broadway Ave., Tyler, at 6:30 p.m. Visit TylerAreaGays.com for more information.
May 15: QUEERelate — Authentic Relating
QUEERThrive hosts QUEERelate — Authentic Relating from 7-8:30 p.m., at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, 3014 Oak Lawn Ave. Visit QueerThrive.org for information.
May 15: Sammons Cabaret:
Andrea Fernandez Tom, Andy Zapata, Jodi Crawford Wright Sammons Cabaret presents Andrea Fernandez Tom, Andy Zapata and Jodi Crawford Wright performing at Sammons Center for the Arts, 3630 Harry Hines Bvd., from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Kurth Hall. Doors open at 7 p.m.; tickets are $45 per person, $40 for Sammons members, include valet parking, light bites and beverages.
May 15: Mall Walk at Dallas Galleria
Prime Timers of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts its Mall Walk beginning at 10 a.m. in the mall entrance at the Westin Hotel at Dallas Galleria, 13350 Dallas Parkway. Visit Chapters.ThePrimeTimersww.com/dallasfortworth for more information.
May 15: TAG+ Trivia
Tyler Area Gays+ hosts its monthly trivia night at Rose City Draft House, 5393 S. Broadway Ave., Tyler, at 7:30 p.m. This is a-21-and older event. Visit TylerAreaGays.com for more information.
May 15: Prime Timers of DFW Lunch
Prime Timers of Dallas/Fort Worth host lunch at Corner Bakery Café — Dallas Galleria,
13350 N. Dallas Parkway, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Visit Chapters.ThePrimeTimersww.com/dallasfortworth for more information.
May 16-18: Main Street Festival
Grapevine’s 41st annual Main Street Festival, presented by Bank of the West, happens in historic Downtown Grapevine from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. daily. Visit GrapevineTexasUSA.com/Main-Street-Fest for more information.
May 17: Love Equality
Love Equality, an annual fundraiser for Equality Texas hosted by the organization’s Dallas Steering Committee, takes place from 8-11 p.m. at The Echo Lounge, 1323 N. Stemmons Freeway. The event includes a silent auction and ballroom performances. Tickets are $100, available online at EqualityTexas.org/Signature-Event/Love-Equality.
May 17: Gaybingo: ‘GaybingoLAND-
The Gayest Place on Earth’ Resource Center hosts its monthly Gaybingo event at S4, 3911 Cedar Springs Road, from 6-9 p.m. Visit the Events section on MyResourceCenter.org for tickets and information.
May 17: Collective Hope Coalition Spring Resource Fair
Dallas Hope Charities hosts an LGBTQ-affirming resource fair at The DAIRE Center, 2600 N. Stemmons Freeway, Suite 1160, 12-2 p.m. Visit DallasHopeCharities.org for more information.
May 18: Prime Timers of DFW Dinner
Prime Timers of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts dinner at Charco Broiler Steak House, 413 W. Jefferson Blvd., 5-7:30 p.m. Visit Chapters.ThePrimeTimersww.com/DallasFortWorth for information.
May 20: Stonewall Democrats General Meeting
Stonewall Democrats of Dallas host its monthly meeting at Rose Room at S4,
3911 Cedar Springs Rd., 6:30-8 p.m. Visit StonewallDemocratsOfDallas.com to RSVP.
May 21: ‘Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour’
Katy Perry presents The Liftetimes Tour at American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave.
Visit KatyPerry.com for tickets.
May 22: Paws Cause 2025
SPCA of Texas hosts Paws Cause 2025 to raise funds for is lifesaving outreach, from 7-9 p.m. at SPCA of Texas’ Dallas Animal Care Center, 2400 Lone Star Drive. Visit SPCA.org for tickets and information.
May 22: Mall Walk at Dallas Galleria
Prime Timers of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts its Mall Walk beginning at 10 a.m. in the mall entrance at the Westin Hotel at Dallas Galleria, 13350 Dallas Parkway. Visit Chapters.ThePrimeTimersww.com/dallasfortworth for more information.
May 22: Prime Timers of DFW Lunch
Prime Timers of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts lunch at Corner Bakery Café-Dallas Galleria,
13420 N. Dallas Parkway, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Visit Chapters.ThePrimeTimersww.com/dallasfortworth for more information.
May 26: Memorial Day at Flag Pole Hill
Dallas Symphony Orchestra hosts a free concert at 8015 Doran Circle, 8:15 p.m. Visit DallasSymphony.org for more information.
Have an event coming up? Email your information to Mathew Dominguez at
Mathew@DallasVoice.com by Monday at 5 p.m. for that week’s issue.
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