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SEPTEMBER

• Sept. 27-29: Dallas Southern Pride
The 22nd annual Black Gay Pride weekend in Dallas that includes the lesbian and transgender communities with a variety of events. For more information visit
DallasSouthernPride.com

• Sept. 27-Oct. 20: State Fair of Texas
The State Fair of Texas comes around again, go out and have some fun. For more information visit BigTex.com.

• Sept. 28: Unleashed LGBTQ Expo

Businesses exhibiting new and innovative products and services with the LGBT community in mind from 2-11:30 p.m. at Market Hall, 2200 Stemmons Freeway. $25-899. Tickets at Eventbrite.

• Sept. 28: Red Star Space Oddity
Red Party XI with live entertainment, silent auction, costumes encouraged from 8-11 p.m. at The Empire Room
1225 North Riverfront Blvd.

• Sept. 28: DFW Sisters Blue Ball
Blue Ball takes place from 7 p.m.-2 a.m. at Urban Cowboy, 2620 E. Lancaster Ave.

• Sept. 28: Trans/SOFFA support group
An open group for those who identify as other than their assigned birth gender, significant others, friends, family and allies at 5 p.m. at Heart of the Matter Healing Center, 2060 N. Collins Blvd., Richardson.

• Sept. 28: Fall Into Pride
Dallas Black Pride presents Sonya Renee Taylor at 7 p.m. at 211 N. Ervay St. $25.

• Sept. 28: LifeWalk Karaoke
Pay to perform, to make someone else perform or to get out of performing karaoke benefits LifeWalk from
9:30 p.m.-midnight at Barbara’s Pavilion, 325 Centre St.

• Sept. 29: Rosh Hashanah eve

• Sept. 29: Turtle Creek Chorale
To All the Women We’ve Loved Before featuring Denise Lee, Patty Breckenridge and Jodi Crawford
Wright kicks off season 40 for the Turtle Creek Chorale at 8 p.m. at the Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora St. For information and tickets visit T
urtleCreekChorale.com. $25-50.

• Sept. 29: Comedy for a Cause
K-Von, David Jessup, Carmella Dubuque, Sable Alexander and Angela K Alexander perform to benefit Tucket’s Gift at 5:30 p.m. in The Rose Room,
3911 Cedar Springs Road.

• Sept. 30-31: Rosh Hashanah

• Sept. 30-Oct. 10: Connections exhibit at Resource Center
A unique multimedia exhibit featuring the work of Dallas artist Michael Duncan, showcasing distinctive wood and wire sculptures and vivid oil and acrylic paintings, with an artist’s reception Saturday, Oct. 5, from  3-5 p.m., all at Resource Center,  5750 Cedar Springs Road. The exhibit  is on view free of charge from 9 a.m.- 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturdays from Sept. 30-Oct. 10. The works will also be for sale, and proceeds will benefit Resource Center. For information visit MyResourceCenter.org.

OCTOBER

• Oct. 1: Classic Chassis Car Club
LGBT car enthusiasts meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Ojeda’s, 4617 Maple Ave. For more information visit ClassicChassis.com.

• Oct. 1: Oak Lawn Committee meeting
Meetings of the organization that weighs in on development in Oak Lawn are open to the public at 6:30 p.m. at Melrose Hotel, 3015 Oak Lawn Ave.

• Oct. 1: Prime Timers
First Tuesday lunch at 11:30 a.m. at Golden Corral, 3312 Forest Lane.

• Oct. 2: Teen Pride Steering Committee
Teen Pride is looking for volunteers to join the steering committee. Meet with board members from 6-9 p.m. at Meadows Conference Center, 2900 Live Oak St.

• Oct. 3: GLFD at In the Heights
Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas night at Dallas Theater Center production of In the Heights. Tickets purchased by GLFD members include pre-show reception. Tickets at DallasTheaterCenter.org.

• Oct. 3: Brewing Up Business
Develop new business relationships by giving your 30-second elevator speech, exchange business cards and learn more about this month’s sponsor at 8:30 a.m. at Crickles and Co., 4000 Cedar Springs Road, Suite E. $10 in advance. $20 at the door. Free to LGBT Chamber members. For information visit
LGBTChamber.com.

• Oct. 5: Tarrant County Pride Parade and Festival
The Tarrant County Gay Pride Week Association’s annual Pride parade begins at 11 a.m. in downtown Fort Worth, stepping off south down Commerce Street from Weatherford Street. The parade disbands at Commerce and Lancaster Avenue, near the entrance to the Festival at Fort Worth Water Gardens at end of parade route. There is a nominal admission fee to the festival. For more information visit TCGPWA.org.

• Oct. 5: Pet Palooza
Northaven UMC and Friends of the Northaven Trail host Pet Palooza including costume contest. Grand prize is an oil painting by local pet artist Renee Robison. Parade of pets up and down the new Northaven Trail followed by blessing of the pets by Northaven staff from 10-11:30 p.m. Parking at Northaven Church, 11211 Preston Road.

• Oct. 5: Texas Latino Pride
Live music festival from 2-10 p.m. at Longhorn Ballroom, 216 Corinth St. Info at Facebook.com/TexasLatinoPride.

• Oct. 5: Opening Arts Reception
Connections: New work by Michael Duncan. Opening artist reception from 3-5 p.m. at Resource Center, 5750 Cedar Springs Road. Exhibit runs
Sept. 30-Oct. 10.

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Weekly: Lambda Weekly at 1 p.m. on Sunday on 89.3 KNON-FM with David Taffet, Lerone Landis and the late Patti Fink. This week’s guest is Museum of HIV/AIDS Art founder Alexander Deets; Silver Pride Project Coffee and Convo for LGBTQ+ seniors meets Mondays from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Oak Lawn Library, 4100 Cedar Springs Road, Tuesdays from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Grauwyler Park Branch Library, 2146 Gilford St. Wednesdays for Breakfast Club from 10 a.m.-noon at Reverchon Recreation Center, 3505 Maple Ave and Thursdays for Rainbow Rec from 10 am.-noon at Reverchon Recreation Center, 3505 Maple Ave.; Unwired Group of Crystal Meth Anonymous meets Sunday at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Resource Center, 2701 Reagan St.; Core Group Meeting every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.; Fusegame night every Monday evening except the last of the month at 8 p.m. at the Fuse space in the 3918 Harry Hines Blvd.; FuseConnect every Wednesday from 7 p.m. For more information call or e-mail Jalenzski at 214-760-9718 ext. 3 or Jalenzski@myresourcecenter.org; LGBT square dancing group Pegasus Squares meets the second and fourth Sunday from 2–4 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church, 4105 Junius St. For more info, email pegasussquares@gmail.com; Dallas Frontrunners meet for a walk or run at Oak Lawn Park, near the intersection of Turtle Creek and Hall Street, every Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. and every Saturday at 8:30 a.m.; Leadership Lambda Toastmasters practices and develops speaking and leadership skills from 6:30–8 p.m. on Tuesdays at First Unitarian Church, third floor of the Hallman Building, 4012 St. Andrews; Thrive support group from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. followed by mixer every Monday at Resource Center, 5750 Cedar Springs Road; Lambda AA meets at noon, 6:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 11 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 6525 Inwood Road. Call 214 267-0222 for details; LGBT Sex Addicts Anonymous meets at 6 p.m. every Friday at 1919 Independence St., Room 19, Plano. 972-316-9188 for details; Leadership Lambda Toastmasters gay-identified Toastmasters group meets from 6:30-8 p.m. every Monday at the First Unitarian Church, 4015 Normandy Road (does not meet on Mondays that are holidays); United Black Ellument hosts discussion on HIV/AIDS in the black community (UBE Connected) at 7 p.m. every fourth Tuesday of the month at 3918 Harry Hines Blvd.; DVtv in Spayse, news and entertainment discussion live streaming every Friday, 4–5 p.m., on the Spayse Station YouTube channel.