A local sightseeing attraction will showcase an evening of Bingo and drag performances for a charitable cause.
One Liberty Observation Deck will host “Electric Bingo” in honor of LGBT Pride Month. For a $20 ticket, the June 26 event will include one Bingo card, a complimentary welcome cocktail and the opportunity to compete for prizes from city partners. Proceeds from the inaugural event will benefit The Attic Youth Center, an LGBT youth-centered organization.
“We are removed from the Gayborhood so we were looking for ways to involve ourselves with the Pride celebration and to make a philanthropic impact in the community,” said Eric Michael, a spokesperson for One Liberty Observation Deck.
Throughout the month, the organization will also collect donations to The Attic at will-call and the gift shop.
Drag-performer Zsa Zsa St. James will host the evening’s festivities.
“She’s a larger-than-life personality, no doubt,” Michael said.
The event is part of the attraction’s Electrifying Month of Fun, celebrating the efforts of Benjamin Franklin. On June 10, 1752, Franklin took to an open stretch of land and flew a key attached to a kite while waiting to collect an electrical charge from a stormy sky.
More than two centuries later on the same date, One Liberty Observation Deck hosted a “Kite & Key Scavenger Hunt.” The One Liberty Observation Deck team walked around the city streets, kites and keys in hand, while wearing branded T-shirts. The first 30 people to find these individuals, using clues from the @OneLibertyObservationDeck Instagram page, won complimentary tickets to the attraction.
“It’s a great way to get involved with an amazing philanthropic organization here in the city and it’s a great way to celebrate Pride even after our local Pride celebrations end,” Michael said about Bingo.
“It’s an even better way to take your pride to new heights,” he laughed, referencing One Liberty Observation Deck’s location 57 stories high.
Electric Bingo will be held 7-9 p.m. June 26 at One Liberty Observation Deck, 1650 Market St. Visit http://bit.ly/2sodJGQ for more information or to register.