Landon Oster and Tommy Stockton co-host the 25th annual Toast To Life event benefitting Resource Center on Saturday, April 11, at The Empire Room. The event features entertainment by drag star Brooke Lynn Hytes. See listings for details.<\/p>\n
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April April 11: 2nd Saturday Bird Walk<\/strong> April 12: TAG+ Monthly Brunch<\/strong> April 12: DHHRM tour<\/strong> April 13: TAG+ Social Committee meeting<\/strong> April 16: QUEERelate \u2014 Authentic Relating<\/strong> April 17: \u2018Sweet Charity\u2019<\/strong> April 17-19: Dallas Art Fair<\/strong> Through April 17: \u2018Icons of Liberation: King and Mandela\u2019<\/strong> April 18: Lambda Legal\u2019s Dallas Women\u2019s Brunch<\/strong> April 18: National Transgender HIV Testing Day<\/strong><\/p>\n April 18: Gaybingo: \u2018Prom Night\u2019<\/strong> April 18: Festival of Joy<\/strong> April 18-19: Spring Native Plant Sale<\/strong> April 19: Sashay Soiree Live<\/strong> April 22: Jan Langbein speaks<\/strong> April 23: ASD Founders Day<\/strong> April 25: \u2018Legacy\u2019s Candy Land\u2019<\/strong> April 26: Chip in Fore Hope<\/strong> Have an event coming up? Email your information to Nash@DallasVoice.com<\/a> by Monday at 5 p.m. for that week\u2019s issue. \n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Landon Oster and Tommy Stockton co-host the 25th annual Toast To Life event benefitting Resource Center on Saturday,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":717352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,15672,1596,11207,292928,200633,298088,211764,358,292929,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-717351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-best-bets","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-events","tag-drag-shows","tag-featured-this-week","tag-lgbtq-events-dallas","tag-queer-nightlife","tag-texas","tag-things-to-do-dallas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116378614391602845","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
April 11: Toast To Life<\/strong>
Resource Center\u2019s annual Toast To Life fundraiser will be held from 7-11 p.m. at The Empire Room, 1225 N. Riverfront Blvd. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cVoyage Beneath the Sea,\u201d and cochairs are Landen Oster and Tommy Stockton. General admission tickets are $200, available at MyResourceCenter.org\/ToastToLife.<\/a> Sponsorships are also available.<\/p>\n
Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Place in McKinney, hosts its 2nd Saturday Bird Walk to help beginning and intermediate birders with bird spotting and identification techniques. The program is included in the museum\u2019s general admission and is free for Heard Museum members. Walks start promptly at 8 a.m. Visit HeardMuseum.org <\/a>for more information.<\/p>\n
Tyler Area Gays host their monthly brunch with DJ Treasure Troll from noon-2 p.m. at Sky Bar & Grill, 1721 S. Broadway Ave., Ste. D, in Tyler.<\/p>\n
The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, 300 N. Houston St., offers a special themed tour, led by one of the museum\u2019s docent educators, of its permanent exhibition, starting at 2 p.m. Tickets range from $12-$16, available online at DHHRM.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n
The Tyler Area Gays Social Committee meets to plan social events. Visit TylerAreaGays.com<\/a> to contact organizers for meeting details.<\/p>\n
QUEERelate Thrive offers a workshop on bridging the gap between surface-level interactions and meaningful relationships and connections using tools via Authentic Relating International, at 7 p.m. at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, 3014 Oak Lawn Ave.<\/p>\n
Lyric Stage presents the Neil Simon comedy Sweet Charity, with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, from April 17-May 3, at Lyric Studio, 1170 Quaker St. Tickets start at $42.50, available at Tix.com.<\/a><\/p>\n
Fashion Industry Gallery, 1807 Ross Ave., presents the Dallas Art Fair, open daily from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.<\/p>\n
The African American Museum, Dallas, 3536 Grand Ave. in Fair Park, presents Icons of Liberation: King and Mandela, an interactive exhibit exploring the shared leadership values and global impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela. The exhibit is free and open to the public. This exhibit also serves as a thematic introduction to the museum\u2019s upcoming presentation of Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition, opening June 13 and remaining on view through Nov. 1.<\/p>\n
Lambda Legal hosts its 2026 Dallas Women\u2019s Brunch from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Turtle Room, 3525 Turtle Creek Blvd. The event is sponsired by Eric Johnson and Dr. Mark Parker, and is open to all who identify as women, nonbinary, transgender, gender expansive and Two Spirit. Individual tickets start at $40, and sponsorships start at $1,500, both available online at Give.LambdaLegal.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Doors open for Gaybingo: Prom Night at 5 p.m. in The Rose Room inside S4, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. Bingo starts at 6 p.m. Features $2,500 in cash prizes. Visit MyResourceCenter.org<\/a> for ticket information.<\/p>\n
East Dallas restaurant Kalachandji\u2019s presents the seventh-annual Festival of Joy, inspired by a global Indian tradition. This is a free, family-friendly event with a parade, a chariot pull and a day of crafts, yoga, wellness activities, performances, face painting and more.<\/p>\n
Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, 1 Nature Place in McKinney, holds its 37th annual Spring Native Plant Sale fundraiser from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday and from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday. The April 17 pre-sale event is open only to museum members, but the event is open to the public on Saturday and Sunday. Visit HeardMuseum.org\/plant-sale<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n
An all-live-singing cabaret \u2014 with Arya Jealous, Gloria Devine, Jada Pinkett Fox and Mary Anne Somers, hosted by Star Michaels with DJ Amy H. Graves \u2014benefits Black Tie Dinner. The event will be from 7-9 p.m. at Palate by LRC, 17390 Preston Road, Ste. 246. Tickets available online at BestDragShows.com\/tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Genesis Women\u2019s Shelter CEO Jan Langbein speaks at 7 p.m. at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, 300 N. Houston St.<\/p>\n
ASD \u2013 A Home for Life celebrates the 39th Founders Day with an awards presentation and recognition program from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Revlon Apartments, 720 N. Lancaster Ave.<\/p>\n
Purple Foundation, NexBank and the Anthony Bobrow Trust present Legacy\u2019s Candy Land, a fundraiser for Legacy Cares, at S4, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. The party includes a VIP hour from 6-7 p.m., with general admission from 7-10 p.m. General admission is $76.54; VIP admission is $146.90. Tickets available at EventBrite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Dallas Hope Charities presents the 10th annual Chip in Fore Hope fundraising event from 3-6 p.m. at at TopGolf Dallas, 8787 Park Lane in Dallas. Includes a silent auction. Sponsorships available at DallasHopeCharities.BetterWorld.org, starting at $1,500. Individual tickets will go on sale soon.<\/p>\n
Look for extended listings online at DallasVoice.com<\/a><\/p>\n