This post was submitted by John "Jolly" Bavoso

Happy weekend, TNG readers! We’ve reached that point in the summer when I just start naming these posts after seasonally-appropriate songs that I enjoy (you try coming up with a unique theme upon which to build these posts every single week and then you can judge me). This week’s inspiration is Van Ghost’s “Summer Promise” – check it out, if you’re so inclined. And, actually, the song is fairly relevant to what’s been going on in my (and, therefore, your?) life recently. As the temperature climbs, I’m finding it harder and harder to keep promises I’ve made to myself and others. For instance, I swore to the people around me that I would not begin every conversation with a complaint about how frickin’ hot it is and have failed miserably in that pursuit. Last weekend, I vowed to myself that I would be diligent in reapplying sunblock while tubing down the Shenandoah River, but my resulting sunburn-of-terror reveals that copious amounts of cheap beer led me to break yet another oath. One summer promise you definitely want to keep, however, is the one you make to check out these hot events going on in DC this weekend (see what I did there?).

As always, if you know of an event coming up that you think your fellow TNG readers might enjoy, send the details to events@thenewgay.net and/or leave them in the comments below and we’ll get them on the calendar ASAP. Also, you can always find out about all kinds of DC-related events and stories by following the TNGDC Twitter feed.

Capital Fringe Festival

The 2010 Capital Fringe Festival continues this weekend and below are a few suggestion of queer-themed shows you should check out. Click on the name of the show to see show times and locations.

• Special Agent Galactica and her Boys take lip-syncing to a whole new level of believability in their new full-length theatrical show, Irrelevant Acts of Entertainment.
• The Purple Albatross Theatre Company presents the world premiere of the musical Singing Eggs and Spermless Babies, a wacky new show that follows a lesbian couple willing to go to any lengths to have a baby.
• Stage and screen actor Manuel Simons and The Faux-Real Theatre Company present a new one man show, Queer in the U.S.A., which follows Johnny, a gay teenager from Freehold, New Jersey, who hungers to follow in the footsteps of his hero – Bruce Springsteen.

Tonight

• Do yourself a solid and come baby come baby baby come come on down to this month’s edition of Peach Pit, the 1990s dance party. Details: Dahlak Restaurant, 1771 U Street, NW, 10:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m., 21+, No Cover.

Friday

• Enjoy an outrageous night of campy drag and electrifying dance music hosted by Summer Camp this Friday night as Hirshhorn After Hours presents The Summer of Summer. Details: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue at Seventh Street, SW, 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m., Tickets are $18 in advance and available online here.
• DJs K La Rock and Junebullet invite you to get drenched with everything from pop to not at Wet Girls. Details: Liv Nightclub, 2001 11th Street, NW, 10:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m., 18+, $5.
• In celebration of the landmark exhibition Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg on view at the National Gallery of Art, Busboys and Poets and Split This Rock present “Howl” in the City. Details: Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th Street NW, DC, 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., Tickets are $10 for each show and are available online here.

Saturday

• Enjoy great deals and discounts as the Adams Morgan community comes together to help raise money for a foster home in South Africa at Adams Morgan Gives Back.
• If you missed out on “Howl” in the City last night, you get a second chance! Details: Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th Street NW, DC, 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., Tickets are $10 for each show and are available online here.

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