Out & About

with Matt Burlingame

Happy Ostara! The Spring equinox is upon us on March 20! Dance, sing and welcome the resurgence of life back into the Northern Hemisphere! Or hunker down at home from extreme wind and hail—who knows at this point. With all the beautiful trees lost over the last two months we might have to rename ourselves the City of Sawdust. But as we embrace Spring, let’s do it with some fun events!

March 9 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD). Nearly 23% of people living with HIV in the U.S. are women who also make up 19% of all new diagnoses. Women ages 25 - 44 account for the highest number of new diagnoses among that 19%. Learn more about advances in testing, treatment, and prevention at HIV.gov

March 20 is not only Ostara, but it is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The observance is a national effort to encourage Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians to get educated and tested for HIV.

Join us for the Outword and Badlands Liquid Therapy Happy Hour at Badlands Sacramento, 2003 K St. on Friday, Mar. 10 at 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Escape the cold and come enjoy drink specials, music videos, giveaways, and friends.

Queer Sacramento Authors Collective is showing off their latest projects with new Milk & Cookies Reading at the Lavender Library, 1414 21st St. on Saturday, Mar. 18 at 6 p.m. Local authors will be reading from their current releases and their works-in-progress.

Build your sphere of influence while meeting and collaborating with local business leaders from all over Sacramento. The Rainbow Chamber’s March 21 Networking Mixer will be held at 6 p.m. and hosted by the Mansion Apartments, 1517 H St. We will serve hosted appetizers and cocktails! Nonmembers are welcome for a small fee. Rainbowchamber.com

Mama’s Makin’ Bacon is undeniably the largest and most anticipated drag brunch extravaganza and this year organizers are thrilled to showcase the best drag talent Northern California has to offer. The event returns to the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, 1515 J St. on Sunday, Mar. 12 at 11 a.m. Grab your tickets now for brunch and for an amazing cause. Saccenter.org

Celebrate the American Irish holiday on Saturday, Mar. 18 from 4 - 11:59 p.m. by being part of the 6th annual Lucky’s St. Patrick’s Day Crawl. The crawl includes exclusive drink and food specials and an awesome After Party! Grab tickets in advance if you can! Crawlwith.us

Sacramento Art Glass, 204 23rd St., is back with a treasure trove of new artwork, plus vintage clothing, and rare vinyl that you can slap on any turntable! Ceramics, plasma cut art, tapigami, paintings, garage sale items and of course finished art glass!

Saturday, Mar. 11 from 5 - 8 p.m.

Sacramentoartglass.com

Capital Stage, 2215 J St. is kickin’ some serious theater butt with its current season! Heroes Of The Fourth Turning directed by Michael Stevenson makes its Sacramento premiere Mar. 15 - Apr. 16. Days after the white-supremacist riot in Charlottesville, four old friends grapple with their place in the world and spiral into clashing politics and spiritual chaos. Capstage.org

You Can’t Stop the Beat on Mar. 15 - 19 when Hairspray, Broadway’s Tony Awardwinning musical comedy phenomenon is back on tour! Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960’s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world? This all-new touring production brings Hairspray to a new generation of theater audiences. Broadwaysacramento.com

Do you love Skiing? Snowboarding? Partying? Then this event is made for you!

Thursday, Mar. 9 - 12 experience the Ski + Snowboard + Party at Black Out Weekend in Lake Tahoe! Blackoutweekend.com Events, birthdays, announcements? Send them to matthew@hengemedia.com