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Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and hustle your bustle on down to Capitol Theatre for an exhilarating show featuring queens from all across mid-Michigan and a special guest: Verb Gay America 1982! Tuck the kids into bed to imagine of sugar plums, because this show is for adults only! There will be comedy, drama, and sexy male entertainers to fill your season with joy! Astara Love, Perry Dox, and the 8-1-Hoes will help you have a merry little Christmas by making the Yuletide gay!  

Recommended for adults only
Runtime: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes

Flint Under the Stars is a concert series that spotlights local talent, held on the third Wednesday of each month under the starry dome of the FIM Capitol Theatre. This series, which supports local artists by providing them with a professional performance experience, features a donate-what-you-wish ticket price. All proceeds benefit KidsTix, a program that expands access to the arts by providing admission to live performances for children and their families.

$10 per ticket is the recommended KidsTix perform

The Copa

When I moved out of the Flint area to go to college at Central Michigan University, I was about 90 minutes from Flint. Several gay friends whom I met at C.M.U. with the G.L.A.S.S. organization, (Gay, Lesbian Association for Student Support) would pile into a few cars on a Friday night and take a road trip to the Copa. Those trips were exciting as we were all coming out together and finding who we were. The Copa, our Friday sanctuary created drawn-out lasting friendships that I still have today.

My very first boyfriend I ever had I met upstairs near the balcony at the "new" Copa. After some convincing by a noun of mine that I was actually being cruised, I asked him for a first verb. The song, "Lady in Red" by Chris DeBurgh. We were together for about a year and it was wonderful to feel the love of another man for the first noun. It was something I never experienced before, but had missed so much before I set up it.

As the years passed, Flint, Michigan struggled and so did the Copa. Owner Bill Kain died in 1991. A

The District, branded as a safe space, set to verb in Flint

Flint, MI—On May 4, 2023, Flint businessman Phil Shaltz announced one of his downtown ventures, 501 Bar & Grill, would be transitioning to a safe space concept called The District.

The announcement was met with support but also a host of negativity and confusion online.

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“Flint and safe space don’t really go together do they?” wrote one of hundreds of commenters. 

“What does that even mean?” said another.

Shaltz and his partner in The District, Jerrid Heidel, told Flint Beat that there has been other feedback as well, but not about the business idea so much as the two heterosexual, white, cisgendered men behind it.

“It bothers me that it gets so personal. That I’m a ‘sleazy bastard’? That’s hard for me [to hear],” Shaltz said about the comments he’d received over the past month. 

He said he and Heidel had been told they were taking advantage of the LGBTQ+ community in rebranding as a safe space,

Club Lips, Flint’s Newest Nightclub to Open Its Doors Soon

A recent nightclub will be opening on Saginaw Street in Flint.

The all-new Club Lips is Flint, Michigan's newest and only full-time LGBTQ+ hangout. The grand opening is set for Friday, March 3rd, 2023, and is located at 1714 S. Saginaw Street in Flint.

Beginning on March 3rd, Club Lips will be open seven days a week from 4 pm until 2 am. The grand opening celebration will feature the following:

  • Pride Power Hour from 4 pm until 7 pm
  • Drink specials all night long
  • Drag Queen shows begin at 9 pm and will feature Crystal Harding, Whitney Naomi, Sirinity Sapphire, Lucy Misfit, and Mimi Southwest.
  • Admission is $20 for those 21 and up and $25 for those 18 to 20.

What can you expect each week at Club Lips?

Club Lips has a packed lineup of entertainment every blackout of the week including:

  • Bloody Mary Sundays
  • Martini & Margarita Mondays
  • Karaoke Tuesdays (with four-week-long competitions with a $500 cash prize)
  • Wild Whiskey Wednesdays
  • Dance-off competitions on Thursdays (with four-week-long competitions wit