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Dallas Frontrunners meet each Wednesday for their weekly run\/walk at at Turtle Creek Park. See listings for details<\/p>\nAIN hosts its 17th Annual Bloomin\u2019 Ball on Saturday night, Aug. 1, at the Tower Club Dallas. See listings for details<\/p>\n
Dallas Frontrunners meet each Wednesday for their weekly run\/walk at at Turtle Creek Park. See listings for details<\/p>\n
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August
Aug. 1: 17th Annual Bloomin\u2019 Ball
The 17th Annual Bloomin\u2019 Ball begins with a cocktail reception and silent auction opening at 6:30 p.m. followed at 8 p.m. by a three-course sit-down dinner, all at Tower Club Dallas, 1601 Elm St., 48th floor, with complimentary valet parking at 1660 Pacific Ave. This year\u2019s Bloomin\u2019 Ball holds special significance as it serves as the kickoff celebration for AIN\u2019s 40th Anniversary.<\/p>\n
Aug. 1: Back-to-School Event for Oak Cliff Families Aug. 2: TAG+ Roll With Pride Aug. 2: DHHRM Guided Tour Aug. 5: Dallas Frontrunners Aug. 5: TAG+ Bowling Night Aug. 6: \u2018Queer Factor\u2019 Aug. 6: TAG+ Trivia Night Aug. 6-9: \u2018Phenomenomaly\u2019 at Meow Wolf Aug. 7: \u2018A Taste of Hope\u2019 Aug. 7-8: \u2018Hedwig,\u2019 \u2018Short Bus\u2019 screenings with John Cameron Mitchell Aug. 8: Prism Health North Texas Healthy Start to School Bash Aug. 9: TAG+ Monthly Brunch Aug. 125: Dallas Frontrunners Aug. 15: Lez on the Court Lesbian Basketball Tournament Aug. 15: Clover Classic Aug 15: DHC Backyard Birthday BBQ Bash Aug 20: Cathedral of Hope UCC celebrates its 56th anniversary Have an event coming up? Email your information to Nash@DallasVoice.com<\/a> by Monday at 5 p.m. for that week\u2019s issue. \n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AIN hosts its 17th Annual Bloomin\u2019 Ball on Saturday night, Aug. 1, at the Tower Club Dallas. See…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6528,102,104,103,38737],"class_list":["post-394103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-best-bets","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-featured-this-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Dream Center Dallas, 1900 S. Ewing St., hosts a free back-to-school event for Oak Cliff families from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Children will receive a backpack filled with school supplies and a new pair of shoes while supplies last. Visit DreamCenterDallas.com\/events<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n
Tyler Area Gays hold their Roll With Pride game day, with D&D and tabletop games, from 1-5 p.m. at Geek World Games, 1859 Troup Highway in Tyler. Visit TylerAreaGays.com<\/a> for information.<\/p>\n
The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum offers a guided tour of the permanent exhibition, led by a docuent education, starting at 1:30 p.m. Tickets range from $12-$19. Visit DHHRM.org<\/a> for tickets and information.<\/p>\n
Dallas Frontrunners meet for their weekly run\/walk at 7 p.m. at Turtle Creek Park. All runners and walkers welcome.<\/p>\n
Tyler Area Gays host Bowling Night from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Times Square Grand Slam, 5201 S. Broadway Ave. in Tyler. TAG+ pays for the lanes; bowlers pay for their own shoes. If you don\u2019t want to bowl, just come hang out. Visit TylerAreaGays.com<\/a> for information.<\/p>\n
Stefan G. hosts Queer Factor, a queer comedy variety show, at 8:30 p.m. at Dallas Comedy Club, featuring an all-LGBTQ+ cast performing stand-up, improv, drag and more. Doors open at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $14.99, available at PreKindle.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Tyler Area Gays host Trivia Night at 7:30 p.m. Rose City Draft House & Bar, 5393 S. Broadway Ave. in Tyler. Visit TylerAreaGays.com<\/a> for information.<\/p>\n
Meow Wolf Grapevine, 3000 Grapevine Mills Parkway, presents Phenomenomaly, a live immersive performance center inside The Real Unreal, blending interactive theater with a rotating lineup of North Texas artists unfolding around guests as they move through the venue. Performances are from 2-7 p.m. and are included with general admission. Performance for Aug. 6-9 is the comedy improv Totally Made-up Musical.<\/p>\n
A Taste of Hope, the Cathedral of Hope\u2019s program to feed the hungry and homeless, is having a fundraiser from 5-8 p.m. at the Hidden Door. Food will be available for a donation towards the fundraiser, and great entertainment will be the order of the evening.<\/p>\n
The Texas Theatre hosts screenings of filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell\u2019s movies Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Friday, Aug. 7) and Shortbus (Saturday, Aug 8). The Hedwig screening on Friday celebrates the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking film, with a screening in 4K followed by a love Q&A with the legendary director himself. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 7 p.m. Mitchell will also attend and provide commentary for the the Saturday screening of his film Shortbus, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Doors open at 1 p.m., and the movie starts at 2 p.m., followed by a Q&A with Mitchell. Tickets are available at TheTexasTheatre.com, with special add-on opportunities for a pre-show meet-and-greet with Mitchell at the Shortbus screening.<\/p>\n
Prism Health North Texas hosts the Healthy Start to School Bash from 9 a.m.-noon at the agency\u2019s Oak Cliff clinic, 219 Sunset Ave., Ste. 119. The event includes free services as well as entertainment, games, music, giveaways and more as well as free haircuts, school sports physicals, vaccine appointment scheduling and more. Admission is free, but registration in advance is encouraged, via Facebook.com\/PrismHealthNTX<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Tyler Area Gays host their monthly brunch from noon-2 p.m. at Sky Bar & Grill, 1721 S. Broadway Ave., Ste. D, in Tyler. Features music by DJ Treasure Troll. Visit TylerAreaGays.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Dallas Frontrunners meet for their weekly run\/walk at 7 p.m. at Turtle Creek Park.
All runners and walkers welcome.<\/p>\n
Studs vs. Fems hosts a Lesbian Basketball Tournament at 6805 Patrol Way in Dallas. Free agents and teams close July 31. Doors open at 3 p.m., and the event includes performances by Kalais amd KSAFA. Visit StudsVsFems.com<\/a> for information.<\/p>\n
Cedar Springs Merchants Assocition hosts the Clover Class putt-putt golf tournament benefiting Prism Health North Texas. Teams of four compete for a top cash prize of $1,000. Teams can register at PHNTx.org\/CloverClassic <\/a>for $100 through July.
On Aug. 1, registration increases to $120.<\/p>\n
Dallas Hope Charities hosts a casual, high-energy Backyard Birthday BBQ Bash from 6-8 p.m., with a BBQ plate dinner and iced tea from Sonny Bryan\u2019s Smokehouse, birthday cake from Daisy Cakes, after-hours access to Union Coffee bar for coffee and tea purchases, classic backyard games and live community entertainment. This is an alcohol-free event. General admission tickets are $50, available online at DallasHopeCharities.betterworld.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Cathedral of Hope UCC, the largest predominately LGBTQ+ congregation in the world, celebrates its 56th anniversary with worship services at 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and in Spanish at 1:30 p.m. Visit CathedralOfHope.com<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n
Look for extended listings online at DallasVoice.com<\/a><\/p>\n