The Tradition Continues TGRA’S 35Th Annual Rodeo Is This Weekend at Mesquite’S Resistol Arena by Tammye Nash, Page 8 Come See Ian for a Groovy Deal!
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Email your DSGA, the LGBT golf organization, • April 8: Goddesses of the information to Managing Editor Tammye Nash plays at 9 a,m, at Bear Creek East, 3500 Galaxy Ball at [email protected] or Senior Staff Writer Bear Creek Court. $60 includes golf, Miss Gay Dallas State David Taffet at [email protected] by cart, range balls and prizes. Information and State at Large from Wednesday at 5 p.m. for that week’s issue. at DSGADallas.org or email info@ 6-9 p.m. at Sue Ellen’s, DSGADallas.org. 3014 Throckmorton St. APRIL • April 6-8: Deep Ellum Arts Festival • April 7: No Tie Dinner: • April 9: Dallas Six blocks of Main Street in Deep Ellum A Night to Remember Cultural Plan are transformed into an arts festival from Presented by Purple Foundation, and Creative Conversation is an 11 a.m.-11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday benefits AIDS Services Dallas from annual panel launched by and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on Sunday. 7-11 p.m. at the Frontiers of Flight Mayor Mike Rawlings for Museum, 6911 Lemmon Ave. $75-150. Dallas Arts Month from • April 7: Different Strokes Golf Tickets available online at 6-8 p.m. at Moody Association NoTieDinner.org. Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. Free with OBITUARY • April 7: TWCD Gala ticket at ticketdfw.com/ The Women’s Chorus of Dallas holds whats-on/2018. a gala at 7 p.m. at the Interfaith Peace Drag artist Brandi Amara Skyy is one of the “professors” at Chapel, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. • April 9: Tarrant County Resource Center’s University of Drag on Saturday. See listings Tickets are available at TWCD.org. Stonewall Democrats for details. State Rep. Mary Gonzalez is • April 7-8: Texas Tradition Rodeo the speaker at 7 p.m. at the Women’s Club [email protected]. Texas Gay Rodeo Association hosts its of Fort Worth, 1316 Pennsylvania Ave., 35th annual Texas Tradition Rodeo Fort Worth. • April 12: GLBT Chamber new Saturday and Sunday at the Mesquite member showcase Arena, 1818 Rodeo Drive in Mesquite. • April 10: Resource Center tour Meet the North Texas GLBT Chamber Stay tuned for details. (The rodeo was Resource Center CEO Cece Cox of Commerce’s newest members at the moved from the initially-announced leads a behind-the-scenes tour of new member showcase and business location in Denton.) the center’s community center at connections mixer from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at 5750 Cedar Springs Road. RSVP to Hilton Garden Inn Dallas Market Center, • April 7: Scarborough Faire [email protected]. 7325 N. Stemmons Freeway. Timothy Ross Bratcher passed away The annual Renaissance Faire opens peacefully on March 24, 2018, in Dallas. and runs through May 28. • April 10: PFLAG Tyler • April 13: Compassion Tim was born Jan. 15, 1971, in Lubbock, PFLAG meets at Tyler Area Chamber of Fatigue Symposium grew up in Conroe and graduated from Oak • April 7: Grace Project Clothing Drive Commerce, 315 N. Broadway Ave., Ste. Ed-U-Care presents a program for Ridge High School. He attended Texas Tech University and Sam Houston State University Clothing drive from 10 a.m.-noon at 100, Tyler. For information visit caregivers from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.