Friday 02.15
4th annual Marlon Riggs film fest begins
Fort Worth-born filmmaker Marlon Riggs was an influential documentarian, with films about being both black and gay, most notably Black Is … Black Ain’t. This hometown hero, who died in 1994 at age 37, gets lauded once again at the Fourth Annual Marlon Riggs Film Festival, which this year features four films, including a profile of lesbian poet Audre Lore, pictured. Each free screening will be accompanied with a talk-back session.
DEETS:
South Dallas Cultural Center
3400 S. Fitzhugh.
Feb. 15–16 starting at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 17 at 6 p.m.
Free
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Friday 02.15
Theatre 3 celebrates ‘Love … Now Change’
Gay playwright Joe DiPietro is well represented on North Texas stages this week. His Tony Award-winning musical Memphis is at Bass Hall through the weekend, and his off-Broadway hit — Dallas’ longest-running theatrical production, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change — continues at Theatre 3’s downstairs space, Theatre Too. It’s a whimsical look at love and relationship, perfectly timed for Valentine’s Day. (And it’s been extended through March 3, so there’s still time to catch it!)
DEETS:
Theatre 3
2900 Routh St. in the Quadrangle.
Through March 3.
Theatre3Dallas.com.
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Sunday 02.17
DJ Alyson Calagna spins at Purple Party launch event
The Purple Party isn’t until April, but you can already get pumped for it — at Pump, the kick-off event hosted by the Purple Party Foundation. DJ Alyson Calagna, one of the headliners at last year’s party, will spin at TMC: The Mining Company and get you in the mood for what’s to come.
DEETS:
TMC: The Mining Company
3903 Cedar Springs Road.
5 p.m.–midnight.
$10.
PurpleFoundation.org