Hi Ponies! It’s that time of year — RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 premieres tomorrow. We know you’re sitting tight for America’s Next Drag Superstar and are eager to see how Gaga performs as this week’s Guest Judge. As usual, we at BYGays have you covered with a Gay Best Weekend Bets featuring some of our favorite Drag Race moments.

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Thursday 12/21

Judah Friedlander @ DC Improv

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Take time this holiday season to give yourself a gift: A night laughing with the WORLD CHAMPION. Judah (a Montgomery County native) has been seen on “30 Rock,” in “Wet Hot American Summer,” and in a bunch of other stuff. He was a strong contender for president in 2016, and now he returns to DC in 2017 to make your December championship-caliber.

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More to Come SOON!

• BYT’s newest column keeps you looped in on the weekly Best Places to Eat in DC.
• Cher LIVE! What a Magical Show!
• Let’s face it, you always need coffee right? This flow chart made of coffee about coffee will help.
• National Alien Abduction Day was this week so we published Aliens I’d Like To Fuck.

• Classic Cher is at The Theater at MGM National Harbor. Catch her last three shows of the season this weekend or wait to see her when she returns at the end of August.
• Stick around National Harbor for I’ve Got You Babe, a Cher After Party.
• A Benefit for Casa Ruby LGBT Community Center is at JR’s.
• Fight Back to Save Healthcare and Protect Families! is at Freedom Plaza.
• South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) hosts a Town Hall on Rights at the AFL-CIO offices.
• Environmental Film Festival: Silent Land – The Fight for Fair Food is at The Marvin Center.
• Movie Night: Masters of the Building Arts is at The National Cathedral.
• Boo Seeka and local act, Mundy, play Black Cat.

• A RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 Premiere Viewing Party is at JR’s.
• Number Nine also hosts a Drag Race Season 9 Premiere Party with BaNaka.
• E.N.tertainment & LezBeSocial present Uptown Fridays at Uptown.
• Comedy on the Table is at Velvet Lounge.
• Dash Berlin with Vicetone play Echostage.
• Reel Affirmations Presents: BWOY and The Watermelon Woman at HRC.
• The Feel Good is at Ten Tigers Parlour.
• Closed Sessions presents Riff Raff with DJ Afterthought at A.I.
• Arabian Night is at JR’s.

• Can you even believe it?! CTRL is 5 years old! Congrats! CTRL + V: 5 Year Anniversary Party is at Town.
• The IVy Project presents: Gays Gone Wild – A Spring Break Party at Big Chief.
• 2017 SMYAL for Spring is at Hawthorne.
• Carter vs. Carter – The Jay-Z & Beyonce Dance Party is at Black Cat.
• Classic Cher is at The Theater at MGM National Harbor.
• Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon: Art + Feminism is at The Renwick Gallery.
• The National Museum of African Art presents Women’s History Month Celebration: The Woman Who Would Be King.
• PotterCon Baltimore is at Baltimore Soundstage.
• History Happy Hour: Cocktails in Cuba is at The National Archives.
• 9:30 presents Powers & James Hersey at U Street Music Hall.
• Glitter and be GAY! Concert Exploring LGBT Composers is at The Church of the Epiphany.
• Brasil Loves Baile Funk Dance Party featuring Naldo is at Tropicalia.
• Back To The ‘90s: Blink-182, Green Day and Weezer is at Jammin’ Java in Arlington.
• Mousetrap is at Black Cat.
• Y2K is at Black Cat.

• Calling DMV desis! Dreams to Reality – Fundraising Gala for the New Jain Center is at The UMD Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center.
• PotterCon DC is at The Fillmore Silver Spring.
• Classic Cher is at The Theater at MGM National Harbor for a final night before her fall series picks up.
• Film: Watashi Daisuki (I Adore Myself) is at The Hirshhorn Museum.
• Tropixxx & Underwater present Swing Ting and Ase Manuel at Velvet Lounge.
• Nana Grizol, Bad Moves, David Dondero and Bacchae are at Comet.
• Stevie Nicks plays Royal Farms Arena Baltimore. Tickets are still on sale!
• Indierock Karaoke: Aretha Franklin’s Birthday Respect is at DC9.

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