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This Week In Nightlife

Posted 02.08.10 at 8:00AM by GayRVA in Arts & Entertainment

With Valentine’s Day on Sunday, look at all the love happening around Richmond this week.

Friday 2/12 Happy Hour Benefiting GCCR // Step over to Church Hill to enjoy drinks as the private 2300 Club opens its doors for this fundraiser.  6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
2300 Club, 2220 E. Grace St.

Friday 2/12 Sweethearts for the Arts // This fundraiser for Arts on Wheels features burlesque from top performers around town as well as drag, live music, and dinner auctions.  8 p.m., $15,
Gallery5, 200 W. Marshall St.

Saturday 2/13 To Richmond, With Love // The girls of Richmond Varietease hand out bottles of Love Potion #9 during their monthly burlesque performance.  Doors at 8, show starts at 9 p.m., 21+., $10
Canal Club, 1545 E. Cary St.

Saturday 2/13 Valentine’s Day Dinner // Enjoy special menu offerings for $35/couple, 6 pm-10pm.  Call 804.648.2040 for reservations.
Barcode, 6 E. Grace St.

Saturday 2/13 Love Equality Style Dance // Part of a weekend lineup in support of marriage equality.  MCC Richmond and the Gay Community Center host a dance party from 8 p.m. – midnight. $10, $15 for couples.
Gay Community Center of Richmond, 1407 Sherwood Avenue

Sunday 2/14 Faces of Nations Caberet Show // Esta Bunny hosts  a romantic evening of dinner and drag.  Call 804.257.9891 for reservations. 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Nations, 2729 W. Broad St.

Sunday 2/14 Red & White Ball // Your Sunday Barcode karaoke with door prizes, munchies, and a champagne toast. 8 p.m. until.
Barcode, 6 E. Grace St.

For more on what’s going on around Richmond, checkout our nightlife guide at http://gayrva.com/nightlife.

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Nations Gets Furry for Bear Night

Posted 08.13.09 at 8:00AM by GayRVA in Arts & Entertainment

Bear Night

The 495 Bears are trekking down from metro D.C. on Saturday, August 29 for a special evening at Nations.  Coordinator Eric Jennings says the club has been around for six months.  Monthly, the group hosts a bear dance in DC.  Members south of Fredericksburg asked to have an event in Richmond.

The group has also hosted a bear day at Busch Gardens and other activities.  The club’s events calendar can be accessed from their website at www.495Bears.com and through the groups Yahoo! group.  Membership is open and without a fee.

You can RSVP to the Bear Dance on Facebook.  The event starts at 9 p.m.  Nations is at 2729 W. Broad Street

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Guest Post on Drag Race at OMGWTFRVA.NET

Posted 07.30.09 at 8:00AM by GayRVA in Arts & Entertainment

OMGWTFRVAWe caught up with our friends at omgwtfrva.net at last week’s Social Media Club event at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.  They kindly asked us to write a review of Esta’s Drag Race.  Here’s a snippet of what we had to say:

Keeping with her burlesque roots during the finale, the southern belle dawned golden wings and a rendition of “Mama” from Chicago that lead to a final reveal of sparkling ruby pasties.   All this left straight-dude friend once more confused and the audience asking, “are those real?”

We still don’t know the answer to that question.  What we do know is the OMGWTFRVA kids stay hip to the bar scene, so check out what’s going on.  Read our guest post here.

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Sexy Salsa Starts Tonight, Plus More from Babe's

Posted 07.16.09 at 2:00PM by GayRVA in Arts & Entertainment

Babes LogoSexy Salsa Thursdays start tonight at 8:30 p.m. with salsa dancing at Babe’s of Carytown.  There will be salsa dance lessons every Thursday from 8:30 – 9:30 by Salsa Instructor David Prado.  There will be the hottest Latin Mixes by DJ Steve Greene from 9 p.m. – 2 a.m.

The Drag King show occurs every fourth Friday and highlights male impersonators  (a.k.a. drag kings), studs and femme performers with your host Malachi at Babe’s of Carytown. The show highlights male impersonators/drag kings, studs, and femmes from Richmond and surrounding areas. The show starts at 9 p.m. and there is a $5.00 cover at the door.  21+. This month’s show is on July 24, 2009 and the special guest is Sharon Husbands!

Babes of Carytown is at 3166 W. Cary Street Richmond, VA 23221. (804) 355-9330.

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Nations Goes Mafia

Posted 07.01.09 at 1:24AM by GayRVA in Arts & Entertainment
On Saturday night, the Nations staff dressed Mob-style in honor of Stonewall 40. New York's Stonewall Inn was a Mafia-owned establishment.

On Saturday night, the Nations staff dressed Mob-style in honor of Stonewall 40. New York's Stonewall Inn was a Mafia-owned establishment.

Thanks to Crystal Akins.  We’ve got more photos from Nations here.

We’ve got more photos in our Flickr Pool.  GayRVA readers can go and upload photos for possible use in future GayRVA posts. Register on Flickr, go here, and click “Join This Group” on the top right. Hit “send to group” on the photos you’d like to add. New photos added to the pool also show up on the right side of our homepage at GayRVA.com.

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