Queer Threads
2025-04-16 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-30 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Queer threads: a weekly intergenerational craft night for LGBTQ people of all genders
what: a weekly craft night for knitting, crochet, embroidery, mending, quilting, and other portable crafts
why: find community and camaraderie with other LGBTQ crafters
who: for all ages and genders. Kids are welcome, but childcare is not provided.
where: Quatrefoil Library at 1220 E Lake St Minneapolis.
when: Wednesday nights from 7-9 pm
accessibility: please wear a mask.
help us cultivate a welcoming group: crafting is for all gender identities and types of gender expression; ask for (rather than assume) pronouns; all types of yarn and materials, experience levels, and portable craft projects are welcome.

Twin Cities Lesbian Fiction Book Club (Online)
2025-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 | MN
Virtual Book Club that meets online via Zoom – please direct all questions and requests for the Zoom link to jchandlerauthor@gmail.com
You are welcome to attend even if you didn’t read the book, or didn’t like it. We enjoy staying in touch with our friends!
Book of the month:
2025
January—CHRISTMASSED by Blythe H. Warren
February—DEVIL’S BREATH by Anna Paxton
March—JONES by Gerri Hill
April—HALF IN by Felice Cohen
May—PULL OF THE STARS by Emma Donoghue
June—FALLS FROM GRACE by Ruby Landers
July—LAST CHANCE CHICAGO by Diana DiGangi
August—SCORCHED GRACE by Margo Douaihy
September—WATERLOGGED by Nance Sparks
October—THE SAFEKEEP by Yael Van der Wouden (in hardcover now, but will be out in paperback May 27th)

Covid Vaccine Clinic
2025-04-17 16:00 - 19:00 | Aliveness Project, 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
The health department holds a free Covid vaccine clinic at The Aliveness Project the third Thursday of every month from 3:30-7:30 pm. It’s open to the public and the most recent booster from fall 2023 is available. Bring insurance and ID if you have it; if you are not insured, you’ll need to fill out a form. The clinic is now WALK-IN – no appointment needed.

Queer Alcoholics Anonymous Support Group
2025-04-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Queermunity, 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
GayAA is a weekly group to read and discuss the twelve-step method of chemical dependency recovery using the Plain Language Big Book. The Plain Language Big Book is a version of the original Alcoholics Anonymous text that has been adapted to be more accessible and inclusive. It uses plain modern language and does not use potentially outdated or exclusionary terms. This adaptation was developed as an alternative to the original 1938 text for those who may have struggled with or felt marginalized by the language. The meeting is a space for queer and transgender people specifically. It is an Alcoholics Anonymous group, so the only requirement is a desire to stop drinking. This group specifically encourages attendance by queer and transgender addicts as Alcoholics Anonymous has a long tradition of gender-specific groups facilitating discussion at the intersection of gender and addiction. Transgender and queer people like men and women need a safe space to get sober. Please be respectful of that reality when attending this group. The group is mindful of its role in fostering inclusion, where everyone’s voice is heard and respected, regardless of their background.

NA Meeting: Queer, Trans, and Friends
2025-04-19 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-04-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-05-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Aliveness Project, 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) has an open meeting at Aliveness every Saturday at 10 am. It is focused on people in recovery who are queer, trans, and allies and is “open to any addict seeking recovery.”
For more info contact hanna@aliveness.org

Knotty Recovery
2025-04-19 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-05-03 10:30 - 11:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Knotty Recovery is a 12-step group who shares their experience, strength, and hope with each other to solve their common problems related to addiction. Meeting on the 1st & 3rd Saturday of every month, this is a space where you can openly to discuss sexuality and kink in recovery and the format is similar to a traditional 12 step meeting. The only requirement for attendance is a desire to quit whatever addictive substance or behavior is affecting your life.

Prime Timers Bookclub
2025-04-19 13:15 - 15:15 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
This monthly book club is a subgroup of the Twin Cities Prime Timers Club, which is affiliated with the state and national organizations. It meets each third Saturday of the month at Quatrefoil from 1:15pm – 3:15pm.

LGBTQ Women's Disco dance and community fun!
2025-04-19 18:00 - 23:00 | Minneapolis Eagles Club #34, 2507 E. 25th Street, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Come shake your disco booty to DJ K. Shay at the Minneapolis Eagles Club #34! Saturday, April 19! 6-7 pm is the social hour. You can order dinner from the menu (they do take credit cards, & Eagles Club members get a $1 discount on food and drinks) and get to know more women in the community. If you don’t know anyone, we have Dance Ambassadors at each dance who can talk to you, dance with you, and get you connected to the community through introductions to others. We have a Community Resources Table, where self employed women can bring their business cards, or women can bring flyers for non-profit organizations serving the LGBTQI community.
Also at each dance we have a Give-n-Take Sharing Table, where women bring items like jewelry, books, clothes, yarn, household decor, etc. that they wish to share. Anyone can decide if it is a treasure to them and take it home! Be part of the gift economy!
This event is for bisexual, lesbian, transgender, cisgender and intersex women and non binary folks who are not transitioning to male. Heterosexual women family and friends are welcome as supporters!

Prime Timers Dominoes
2025-04-20 13:00 - 16:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Join the Prime Timers for an afternoon of dominoes. Feel free to bring a snack to share and your dominoes set, though not required.

Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group
2025-04-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group is a new community meetup for folks who have recently relocated to the Twin Cities. Drop by to meet new people, learn about local LGBTQIA+ resources, chat, and share your favorite Twin Cities discoveries! Locals, partners, and family welcome. Meetings hosted every 4th Wednesday at Quatrefoil Library.

Questions and information requests can be sent to TCTransplants@gmail.com

31st Annual Dine Out for Life
2025-04-24 - 2025-04-25 | MN
Dining Out For Life is a 24 hour dining fundraiser for AIDS service organizations in cities all over the world. Join us for the 30th Annual Dining Out For Life Minnesota as we continue to support local restaurants and the HIV Community on April 25. Simply order from a participating restaurant in the Twin Cities and a portion of your bill will benefit The Aliveness Project and Minnesotans living with HIV/AIDS.
The Aliveness Project is a Minnesota nonprofit organization and community center that facilitates community building, offers nutrition and wellness services, and links members to resources to lead healthy, self-directed lives. We provide on-site meals, food shelf, nutrition counseling, case management and vital other services for individuals living with HIV throughout Minnesota. Over 1,900 people access services at Aliveness annually.

Tea Time for Transwomen
2025-04-24 17:30 - 19:00 | Aliveness Project, 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
Tea Time is a peer support network for trans femme identifying individuals living in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota. The mission of Tea Time is to offer safer spaces for trans femme folks, a highly vulnerable and stigmatized population. Tea Time offers various resources such as access to HRT injection supplies, a free PrEP clinic, safer spaces to discuss issues related to stigma and shame, issues around medical transition, sexual health, peer support, family issues, etc. We offer safer spaces for trans femme folks to learn how to live and thrive through a network of peer support and care.
Tea Time meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 5:30pm -7:00pm at The Aliveness Project located at 3808 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55409.
Contact Information:
Main Office: 612-822-9668.
Luna Maldonado: luna@aliveness.org
Tea Time Disscusion Topics

Name Change Clinic
Hormone Therapy
Safe Spaces
Coming Out
Community Connection
Dating / Love / Sex

BiblioFemmes Book Club
2025-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Details

Please read “Yerba Buena” by Nina Lacour in preparation for this meeting.
There will be someone to facilitate the meeting, but we invite everyone who attends to come up with at least one question, comment, or just a favorite passage that they want to talk about during book club.
You are not required to finish the book to attend, but you are required to be okay with spoilers if you don’t finish.
Meetup caps attendance at 10 people, but we can accommodate more.
When RSVPing, please comment with your intention to come if the event is currently listed as full.
If we approach venue capacity we will close RSVPs.
Quatrefoil opens right at 7, so we’ll aim to start the meeting closer to 7:15 to give folks time to settle in.
There is a small parking lot in the back of the building that is open to patrons as space is available. Food and drink are allowed, so feel free to bring something for yourself or to share!

BiblioFemmes is a group of queer femmes who love books. We have a monthly book club at Quatrefoil and other events throughout the month, including pottery making, game nights, social hours, and more. We meet regularly with the express intention of creating a community, so if you are looking for a book club AND some new friends, we might be the right fit for you.
Everyone who describes themselves as a femme (small doses count) and who has done the reading is welcome to attend a book club (RSVPs appreciated but not required). If you are interested in the group, but want to meet without homework, please reach out to the email address listed below and we’ll add you to our Discord server and mailing list.
Contact: bibliofemmes.mn@gmail.com

FIFTY SHADES OF GAY
2025-04-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Lush Lounge and Theater, 990 NE Central Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
A little TEASE for what will be a CHEEKY time.
Join us for the world premier of FIFTY SHADES OF GAY, our all male dance revue. The cast details will be revealed soon.

QUEERSPACE 2025 Birthday Bash
2025-04-25 18:30 - 21:00 | PAIKKA, 550 Vandalia St #165, St Paul, MN, 55114, United States
QUEERSPACE is turning 4! Join us at our biggest fundraiser to celebrate our collective wins and help grow our impact to serve even more 2SLGBTQIA+ youth.

PAIKKA550 Vandalia St #165St Paul, MN 55114

Board Game Bonanza
2025-04-26 12:00 - 15:30 | Webber Park, 4300 Webber Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN, 55412, United States
🎲♟️Get excited for our board game bonanza! Bring a snack, a game, and a friend to join the fun. Interested in future events? Join our page for updates!
https://linktr.ee/elevatetwincitites

Paint By Numbers Night Out
2025-04-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Pride Cultural Arts Center, 1201 Harmon Pl, Minneapolis, 55403, United States
Join us for an evening to unwind and connect with community while completing a paint-by-numbers kit!
Tickets are $35 and cover the cost of supplies & light refreshments.

Quatrefoil Game Night
2025-04-26 18:30 - 21:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States

TOGETHER- A Benefit for The Aliveness Project
2025-04-26 19:00 - 23:30 | Maison Margaux Restaurant
Funding for HIV Services has never been at a greater risk than now. The Aliveness Project is continuing to fight and provide much needed services for the HIV and LGBTQ Communities, but the need for private donations is critical for them to keep doing the amazing work they have been doing for nearly 40 years.
You can join us for Dinner and Dessert by Chef David Fhima and at Maison Margaux Restaurant from 7:00pm-12:00pm
Or
Dessert and Dancing with your favorite dance classics provided by DJ BeLeif from The Saloon and LUSH from 9:00pm- 12:00pm
Our goal is to Have Fun TOGETHER! Raise Money TOGETHER! and Celebrate TOGETHER!
Please see website for details and tickets.

Transgender Book Club
2025-04-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The Transgender Book Club meets the fourth Sunday of the month from 1-2pm to discuss books by and about trans people. We welcome people of all genders, orientations, and backgrounds!
2025 Meeting Calendar:
1/26 Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
2/23 Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowo
3/23 Bluff by Danez Smith
4/27 Pageboy by Elliot Page
5/25 Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio
6/22 We Won’t Be Here Tomorrow by Margaret Killjoy
7/27 A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell
8/24 The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach
9/28 Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia
10/26 Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman
11/23 Marley’s Pride by Joelle Retener

Spring Book Hop
2025-05-03 10:00 - 18:00 | Open Book, 1011 S. Washington Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55415, United States
Hate bar hopping & late nights? Us too. Come join a group of us as we go Book Hopping! Saturday, May 3rd we start at Open Book for a Book Fair from 10:00am-11:30am. We’ll take a short lunch break, then start the route together. Just want to hang out? There’s no book minimum, this is a free event. LGBTQA+ friendly event, check out our Facebook group Twin Cities Book Hop for more updates. Spring Book club, open to everyone, will be held from 4:00pm – 6:00pm @ Open Book room 203. Check the Page for more info.

TransPractical: Gender Affirming Clothing Swap
2025-05-03 13:00 - 16:00 | Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, 55401, United States
Join us to find new-to-you clothing to express or explore your gender identity! Rainbow Wardrobe will be providing a range of size inclusive clothing options. We encourage you to also bring your own gently used and freshly laundered clothes to swap.

No Registration Required!

Minneapolis Central Library, DOTY Board Room (2nd Floor)

Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity Group
2025-05-04 13:30 - 15:30 | Quatrefoil Library, 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Twin Cities Aroace Solidarity group is a joyful, embracing 21+ creative community for progressive aroace-spec (aromantic and/or asexual spectrum) and queer allies to share mutual aid and friendship; creative/artistic exchange; and learning, peer education & guidance across gender, age, income level, ethnicity & other lines of social difference. We gather at Quatrefoil monthly to socialize and discuss queer media.

Please email or text group organizer Amy Brooks at abbrooks77@icloud.com | (937) 901-9205

May Twin Cities Pride Board Meeting
2025-05-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Twin Cities Pride Office, 1618 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
May Public Twin Cities Pride Board Meeting.

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Mae West and the Trial of Sex
2025-05-05 19:30 - 21:30 | The Crane Theater, 2303 Kennedy St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Walking Shadow Theatre Company presents

Mae West and the Trial of Sex

by John Heimbuch
directed by Allison Vincent

at Crane Theater
May 31- June 22, 2025
Extra! Extra! Provocative Playwright Mae West Runs Afoul of Broadway Censors, Her Popular Play SEX Raided for Obscenity. Tammany Hall claims it was necessary to prevent West’s new homosexual drama, THE DRAG, from corrupting the youth of New York. The sultry starlet faces time in the slammer if she doesn’t amend her immoral ways and stop SEX at once!
Mae West and the Trial of Sex draws from court documents, newspapers, and West’s own plays to explore the overt sexuality and curious queerness of her rise to fame. Playwright John Heimbuch uses Mae West’s legal battle over censorship to show how queer representation became criminalized on stage and screen, cutting LGBTQIA+ people off from their past.
Before she was an icon of the silver screen, Mae West was a Broadway actress and playwright (under the name Jane Mast). In early 1927, while performing in her long-running melodrama, Sex, about a Montreal sex worker, West was developing a new play about Greenwich Village queer culture called The Drag. This play had a sympathetic view of homosexuality, and included a large-scale drag ball onstage, which worried the New York press and police. West became the target of a media campaign to clean up Broadway, culminating in a police raid of Sex. The resulting obscenity trial resulted in the closing of Sex and The Drag, ten days in jail for Mae West, and a new censorship law that prevented queer characters from appearing in the American theatre for the next 40 years.
Ticket Prices:
Tickets are pick-your-price: $30 – $70.
Ticket sales only cover a portion of what it actually costs to present our plays.
For ticket sales to completely cover our production expenses, a ticket would cost $50.
You choose your price! If you are able to pay the true cost of $50, we ask you to do so. Or, pay as little as $30, or choose a more generous amount and help support our accessible ticket program. A limited number of $15 Economic Accessibility tickets are available starting one month before the performance date, for anyone who needs to pay less, no questions asked. Limit 2 per order. Student tickets are FREE. Limit 2 per order. Available starting one month before the performance date.
All seating is general admission, though we’re happy to make accommodations or handle special seating requests.
Accessibility:
Crane Theater is wheelchair accessible.
ASL interpreted on Saturday, June 14 at 7:30pm by Nella Titus (NIC) and Maria Dively (NIC)
Audio Described on Sunday, June 15 at 2:00pm by Elana Centor.
Content Advisory:
This show is recommended for ages 16+ and includes adult language and dated references to homosexuality.
Health and Safety:
We do not currently require proof of Covid vaccination or masking. Covid policy is subject to change based on regional conditions and/or guidance. Please do not attend the show if you have tested positive for Covid-19 or if you are actively experiencing Covid-like symptoms.
Location and Parking:
Crane Theater is located at 2303 Kennedy St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413. Parking and the entrance to the theater are located at the back of the building. Look for the yellow door. There is also ample free street parking available in the evenings.
