Three queer dance party series that help us celebrate queerness year-round—here’s a bit about who they are and where you can dance next. WORDS BY ISABELLE WATTENBERG Daddy Issues Attend a Daddy Issues dance party (and you should!) and you’ll be welcomed into an inclusive, come-as-you-are, decked-out space with music…
The Twins are atop the lowly AL Central Division and should have just handed the Detroit Tigers a loss when producer and songwriting superstar T-Pain hits the stage at Target Field. Fans will be treated to songs from his recent covers album, On Top Of The Covers, which includes tunes from…
The summer block party blockbuster continues, and Pryes’ June event is a worthy choice—now in its sixth year, the two-day party includes more music than ever with headliners Lissue and Tauk Moore and guests Matthew Logan Vasque, The Bright Light Social Hour, Trent Romens Band, Funky Dawgz, Evanoff, Mark Mallman,…
Metalsmith Betty Jager has always done it her own way. WORDS BY KATIE DOHMAN Betty Jager grew up in Tacoma, Washington, with her mom, a teacher, and her dad, a construction worker, and three siblings (all older), framed by the ocean, mountains, and woods. They didn’t have a lot of…
More than 60 years ago, a group of teenagers met in St. Albans and formed one of the most influential British rock groups in history: The Zombies. Four years after their 1964 chart-topping hit ‘She’s Not There’ made them a household name during the British Invasion, they released the seminal…
An Opera Theatre proves opera isn’t a drag at all—and drag can hit the high notes, too. WORDS BY KATIE DOHMAN When you think spectacle, storytelling, and strong identity when it comes to defining or describing arts disciplines, you may think of opera. Or you might think of drag. But…
Grace Potter kicks off this summer’s Sparkyard Sound Series at Bauhaus. The Vermont singer has wowed crowds over the past two decades with her band The Nocturnals, playing every major festival imaginable, and sharing the stage with a variety of legends, including the Stones, who she opened for in Minneapolis…
Krista Burton’s new book, Moby Dyke, explores: Where are the remaining lesbian bars—and what does it mean when lesbian bars disappear? WORDS BY KATIE DOHMAN “Honestly, there is nothing like being a room full of people where you feel safe and completely comfortable to be your authentic self—and those spaces…
It’s been seven years since Prince Rogers Nelson left us and the significance of that number in his life and career are not lost on the Twin Cities. For what would have been his 65th birthday, DISPATCH has a roundup of seven notable parties, remembrances, and tributes to the Purple…
Somehow it has been a decade since the historic fight for same-sex marriage rights in Minnesota resulted in the legalization of love for all. How Love Won examines the divisive issue and the efforts it took to bring the conversation about gay marriage out into the light. The 2016 MSPIFF…