Arts & Culture · Theater and Cinema Events

Swann Queen

VALERIE'S PICK

10/01/2026

6 PM – 8 PM

Free

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA

Penn Quarter

🎭 Swann Queen is a short film reimagining a 1880s DC drag ball hosted by William Dorsey Swann, considered the first person in the US to call themselves a drag queen. The screening is followed by live drag from Hennessey and Mas, plus a trailer premiere from Black in Space. Thursday 10/1. Free.