Fundraiser for food bank
New Jersey game and comic retailer All Things Fun! will host a fundraiser at noon Nov. 13 to benefit the South Jersey Food Bank.
“FoodMachine 2001” is an interactive game where canned-food donations are used to help players advance. The charity game will be held at the retailer, 185 Route 73 in West Berlin, N.J.
Entry into FoodMachine requires 15 canned goods or $20.
For more information, visit www.allthingsfun.net , call 856-719-1414 or email [email protected].
Trans Day of Remembrance
The LGBT community will come together in tribute to its transgender brothers and sisters who have been victims of violence at an annual Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil this month.
Sponsored by The Colours Organization Inc. and T-Man, the event will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at Colours, 112 N. Broad St., in the second-floor conference room.
For more information, visit www.colours-organization.org.
Out swimmer visits Philly
Out swimming legend Diana Nyad will make an appearance this weekend at an inaugural festival celebrating world travel and culture.
Nyad, 62, will detail her recent attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida at the closing-night reception of GEOfest at 6 p.m. Nov. 12 at WHYY, 150 N. Sixth St.
Presented by the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, the weeklong festival will highlight culture, cuisine and cinema from throughout the globe with events across the city through Nov. 12.
The closing reception will feature exclusive footage of Nyad’s endurance-swim attempt, as well as Cuban cuisine and mojitos. Tickets to the reception are $150 or $125 for society members.
For more information, visit www.geographicalsociety.org or call 610-649-5220.
National service for Kameny
Late LGBT pioneer Frank Kameny will be memorialized in a Capitol Hill observance Nov. 15 in Washington, D.C.
The event, which will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Room 345 of Capitol Hill and is open to the public, will be hosted by Congressmembers Barney Frank, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Tammy Baldwin, Jared Polis and David Cicilline.
The service will be held on the 50th anniversary of Kameny’s founding of the Mattachine Society in Washington, D.C.
Kameny died last month in his D.C. home. He was 86.
Perform at City Hall
The city’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy is seeking performers to take part in an inaugural cultural program at City Hall.
“City Hall Speaks” will feature musical, dance, spoken-word, theatrical and other performances throughout the City Hall complex, from the newly renovated courtyard to the mayor’s Reception Room.
Events, which will begin in March, will be presented twice monthly during after-work hours, and participants will receive a $500 stipend.
Individuals or organizations interested in taking part in the program can apply at www.creativephl.org/cityhallpresents by Dec. 1.
— Jen Colletta