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Ann Arbor Pride kicks off Saturday with 150 vendors and lineup of performances
Read full article: Ann Arbor Pride kicks off Saturday with 150 vendors and lineup of performancesFrom noon to 9 p.m., the free event will have dancing, singing, live music and drag performances spread over two stages at the Main and Liberty intersection.
Ann Arbor Pride kicks off Saturday with family-friendly activities, free entertainment
Read full article: Ann Arbor Pride kicks off Saturday with family-friendly activities, free entertainmentThe annual event will have a schedule of family-friendly activities, entertainment and more than 50 vendors assembled along Main Street and Liberty Street.
Ann Arbor’s Boylesque Drag to host in person drag bingo fundraiser Friday
Read full article: Ann Arbor’s Boylesque Drag to host in person drag bingo fundraiser FridayOn Friday, Boylesque Drag returning to in-person shows with a drag bingo fundraiser at Conor O’Neill’s after a year-and-half of online performances
Jim Toy Community Center to close office, starts GoFundMe campaign
Read full article: Jim Toy Community Center to close office, starts GoFundMe campaignANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Jim Toy Community Center announced Tuesday that the doors of its physical office space, located at 319 Braun Court, would close at the end of January. Jim Toy Community Center has also launched a GoFundMe campaign to help with the expenses of the volunteer-run nonprofit. If you can, please help by contributing to the GoFundMe Campaign to ensure a vibrant and active countywide #LGBTQ resource center exists in the future. After the Jim Toy Community Center board of directors meeting in December, Joe Schoch was elected as board president in 2021. He is replacing Travis Radina, who was elected as an Ann Arbor City Council member representing Ward 3 in November.
Ann Arbor-based Milk + Honey to have pop-up shop at Vertex Coffee Roasters Saturday
Read full article: Ann Arbor-based Milk + Honey to have pop-up shop at Vertex Coffee Roasters SaturdayMilk + Honey will have a gluten-free pop-up this Saturday. Photo | PixabayANN ARBOR, Mich. - Ann Arbor-based bakeshop Milk + Honey will have a pop-up this Saturday at Vertex Coffee Roasters. To celebrate Ann Arbor Pride this weekend, Vertex will also have a rainbow latte available to celebrate the many identities within the Ann Arbor community. A portion of profits from Milk + Honey goes to the Ozone House, a community-based nonprofit organization that helps young people in the area through prevention and intervention services. Vertex Coffee Roasters is at 1335 S. University Ave.Read: Vertex Coffee Roasters to bring innovative flash-chilled brews, flights to Ann Arbor coffee scene Like what you're reading?
Be your authentic self Aug 3-4 at downtown Ann Arbor Pride
Read full article: Be your authentic self Aug 3-4 at downtown Ann Arbor PrideANN ARBOR, Mich. - A celebration of the LGBTQ and allied communities in the city, Ann Arbor Pride offers locals and visitors the opportunity to be their authentic selves in a safe space. Based in the Kerrytown District downtown, Ann Arbor Pride will host events from Aug. 2 to Aug 4. Formerly known as OutFest, Ann Arbor Pride will be celebrating 25 years of community involvement organized by the Jim Toy Community Center. On Aug 2. the official Ann Arbor Pride Pre-Party will kick off the weekend of celebration at Necto Nightclub starting at 9 p.m. Wheeler Park is at 200 Depot St.Want to learn more about Ann Arbor Pride?
Ann Arbor Pride kicks off Aug. 3 in downtown Ann Arbor
Read full article: Ann Arbor Pride kicks off Aug. 3 in downtown Ann ArborAnn Arbor Pride will take place from Aug. 3 to Aug. 4 in downtown Ann Arbor. ANN ARBOR, Mich. - On Aug. 3, Ann Arbor Pride will kick off its annual weekend-long celebration highlighting the diversity and inclusivity of the Ann Arbor community. We spoke with Ann Arbor Pride co-director Joe Schoch about what goes into Ann Arbor Pride, his role in the celebration and what he thinks Ann Arbor Pride offers to the community. Now, he does the supportive behind-the-scenes work before and during Ann Arbor Pride, working with organizers, performers and marketing. Schoch (far right) was able to meet 2018 Ann Arbor Pride headliner, musician Justin Brian Crum, as we other Pride attendees.