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AQUADuke Events on the Duke Calendar
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If you have event suggestions for the 2005-2006 academic year, please email the president,
Maddie Dewar . Please let us know how we can make AQUADuke a better organization for you!
Past Events
Spring 2004
| Friday, March 25 8:00 PM | The Lavender Ball [website] Doris Duke Center, Sarah P. Duke Gardens AQUADuke's second annual semi-formal. Think high school prom, but better, LGBT-embracing, and with a cash bar. Visit the website. Everyone is welcome! |
| Monday, March 21 - Saturday, March 26 | Pride Week!! [jpg] [pdf] |
Fall 2004
Tuesday, August 24 | Ice Cream Social LGBT Center, 02 West Union Building Join AQUADuke members and friends for ice-cream in the new Center for LGBT Life. |
| Friday, September 10 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Interschool Mixer |
| Saturday, September 11 | Community Service: AIDSWalk |
| September 26 - October 2 | Coming Out Week 2004 |
| Sunday, September 26 10:00 PM until done | Bridge Painting East Campus Bridge Come paint the bridge to kick off Coming Out Week. A COW tradition! |
| Monday, September 27 8:00 - 10:00 PM | Movie Night: The Wedding Banquet LGBT Center, 02 West Union Building Enjoy pizza and watch the film The Wedding Banquet on the LGBT Center's fabulous new projection system with 5.1 Digital Surround! |
| Tuesday, September 28 12:30 - 2:30 PM | COW BBQ Picnic on the Quad Chapel Quad, West Campus Come out for a fun community-building picnic on the quad with friends and allies. |
| 8:30 - 10:00 PM | "Marriage (In)Equality in America" Panel with Duke ACLU Social Psychology 126 Panel discussion about marriage equality issues in the United States. Also part of ACLU's week of events. |
| Wednesday, September 29 12:00 - 2:00 PM | SAFE on Campus Training Session LGBT Center, 02 West Union Building Train to be a SAFE on Campus Ally! Lunch Provided. Sign up in advance at the SAFE site (click to visit). |
| 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Coming Out Week Dinner with the Film The Kids are Alright LGBT Center, 02 West Union Building A Coming Out Week tradition, the COW Dinner expands this year to include a film produced by two UNC Robertson Scholars who will be in attendance for discussion about the film and issues of coming out. |
| Thursday, September 30 8:00 - 10:00 PM | Pride Cafe and Drag Extravaganza Coffee House, Crowell Building, East Campus Pride Cafe continues the tradition with an amateur drag show, open mic, and other performances. |
| Friday, October 1 4:00 - 6:00 PM | Socially Queer: COW Special Edition LGBT Center, 02 West Union Building Spend time with other LGBTQ people and allies in the LGBT Center with light snacks provided. |
| 10:00 PM - 3:00 AM | Infusion Dance Party at Sirens Lounge Corner of Broad and Markham Streets All-inclusive NC Pride party at Sirens with DJ Tony Lopez. No cover for entry. |
| Saturday, October 2 8:00 - 10:00 AM | Pride Breakfast with DukeOUT East Campus Gazebo Join AQUADuke and DukeOUT members for a special Pride Breakfast at the gazebo near the entrance to East Campus. |
| 1:00 - 2:30 PM | NC Pride Parade Campus Drive entrance to East Campus Join AQUADuke, Duke Allies, and DukeOUT on our float in the NC Pride Parade! Float participants should meet at the float on Main Street @ Campus Drive at noon. Otherwise come enjoy the parade and pride festival! (Click here for more info.) |
| 8:00 PM until done | Butchies Concert on the Quad Main West Quad, West Campus Come out to our capstone event of Coming Out Week, the Butchies concert on West Campus. The concert is free and open to everyone. Local band The Relatively Calm will play from 8 to 8:45, the Duke group Uncle Jemima performs from 9 to 9:45, and the Butchies go on at 10. Don't miss this huge event! http://www.thebutchies.com/ |
Spring 2004
| Monday, March 1 8:00-10:00 PM | E. Lynn Harris - Invisible Life Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center Using readings from his books, Mr. Harris discussed men on the “down low” in the Triangle and elsewhere. He also spoke about the recent outbreak of HIV infections among African-American male college students in North Carolina. |
| March 15-20 | An Absolutely Fabulous Week AQUADuke and Allies have combined our spring weeklong celebrations, traditionally Absolutely Fabulous Queer Family Love Week and Ally Coming Out Week, to create a weeklong celebration of diversity, acceptance, and community-building. Anyone and everyone are encouraged to attend. Monday - Bridge Painting Tuesday - Movie Night Wednesday - Guerrilla Girls performance Thursday - Luncheon, gay marriage forum, trivia in the 'Dillo Friday - Drag Show Dance Party Saturday - Cuntry Kings performance (tentative) |
| Saturday, April 3 9:00 PM | The Lavender Ball North Pavilion, Duke University Medical Center AQUADuke's second annual semi-formal. Think high school prom, but better, LGBT-embracing, and with a cash bar. Visit the website. Everyone is welcome! |
| Saturday, April 17 8:00 PM | Second Annual Fashion Show Duke Center for LGBT Life, 02 West Union Bldg. Fashion designs by Nathanael Holley. |
Fall 2003
| Tuesday, September 9 | Blue Jean Day Show pride and solidarity by wearing blue jeans with an AQUADuke t-shirt, a "gay? fine by me" shirt, or any other Duke shirt. |
| Friday, September 12 8:00 - 10:00 PM | Interschool Mixer Multicultural Center, 010 Bryan Center Meet, mix, and mingle with Triangle LGBTQ students and allies. |
| Thursday, October 20 6:00 PM until | Trans Violence Remembrance Day WEL McClendon Tower Viewing Room (2nd Floor) Viewing of "Boys Don't Cry" followed by a vigil on the steps of the Duke Chapel in remembrance of victims of violence towards transgendered people. |
| Monday, December 1 4:30 - 6:30 PM | Living and Dying on the Down-Low Dinner Mary Lou Williams Center, West Union Building Living and Dying on the Down Low: AIDS and STDs in Minority Communities dinner and discussion. |
| September 20 - 26 | Coming Out Week |
| Saturday, September 20 1:00 - 2:00 PM | NC Pride Parade East Campus Entrance, Main Street Join AQUADuke on our float in the annual NC Pride parade! |
| Sunday, September 21 11:00 PM until done | Bridge Painting East Campus Bridge Come paint the bridge to kick off Coming Out Week. A COW tradition! |
| Monday, September 22 4:00 - 5:30 PM | In, Out, & In Between, LGBT Discussion Group Women's Center, West Campus Confidential discussion group for LGBTQ people, allies, and those questioning their sexuality. |
| 6:00 - 7:30 PM | Gay Acts Dinner Marketplace, East Campus Gay Acts is an active display of queer life in action in an effort to show that LGBTQ people eat and socialize just like everyone else. |
| 8:00 - 10:00 PM | Making Shorts Kick-Off Mary Lou Williams Center, West Union Building Join us for a series of short films about LGBTQ people for the kickoff of "Making Shorts". |
| Tuesday, September 23 9:00 - 11:00 PM | Identity Representations Mary Lou Williams Center, West Union Building Viewing and discussion of identity representations of LGBTQ people in entertainment and the media. Excerpts from Six Feet Under will be shown and discussed. Co-sponsored by the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture. |
| Wednesday, September 24 5:00 - 7:00 PM | Queer Imaginings Dinner LSRC Dining Room, Science Drive, West Campus Annual Coming Out Week dinner. This year's theme, Queer Imaginings, focuses on physical representations of coming out. |
| Thursday, September 25 Noon - 1:00 PM | Kiss-In Lunch on the Quad Main Quad, West Campus The Kiss-In Lunch is an opportunity for anyone to feel safe showing affection in public while enjoying lunch on the quad. |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM | Faisal Alam - "In the Name of Allah" Rare Book and Manuscript Room, Perkins Library Faisal Alam presents his lecture "In the Name of Allah". He is the founder and director of Al-Faitha, an international organization dedicated to the Muslim LGBTQ community. |
| Friday, September 26 4:00 - 6:00 PM | Socially Queer LGBT Center, 202 Flowers Building Spend time with other LGBTQ people and allies in the LGBT Center with light snacks provided. |
| 8:00 - 11:30 PM | Pride Cafe and Drag Extravaganza Coffee House, Crowell Building, East Campus Pride Cafe continues the tradition with an amateur drag show and other performances to wrap up the Coming Out Week celebration. |
