TWIN CITIES GAY MEN'S CHORUS
Friday-Saturday: The always popular Pride Weekend concerts of the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus are likely to be even more upbeat than usual this year. Titled "We are Family: The Anthems of Our Community," they will celebrate the recent gay-marriage law in Minnesota and feature pop favorites from "I Am What I Am" (from "La Cage Aux Folles") to "Defying Gravity" (from "Wicked"), two Judy Garland numbers as well as "Love Is All Around" (the theme from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"), "Dancing Queen," "I Will Survive" and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way." (8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128 S. 4th St., Mpls., $19.50-$48, 612-624-2345 or tcgmc.org.)
WILLIAM RANDALL BEARD
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