It’s on! Pride Season is Upon Us!

And the first festival for us is Davis Pride (May 19, 2019) which will feature Xavier Toscano as the headliner, along with some other great entertainment. The festival is free and starts at 10 a.m. Be sure to check out the special Amtrak Davis Pride Party Train, it’s a fun, safe way to get to Davis and bring your friends as well. For more information on Davis Pride, check out pages 16-18 of this new issue of Outword!

Read more: Davis Pride Guide 2019

Railroad Museum & Foundation Presents FREE Sesquicentennial Community Day on May 8

The California State Railroad Museum & Foundation invite the community to be part of history-in-the-making during a FREE Sesquicentennial Community Day on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 to commemorate the 150^th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. While the rest of the nation will likely recognize the achievement on May 10, Sacramento will begin the commemoration on May 8 to replicate history as closely as possible.

As background, the planned completion date of May 8, 1869 was delayed by two days due in part to a labor dispute and a major storm. With plans in place and dignitaries already poised to participate on May 8, Sacramento commemorated the completion in grand style two days before the rest of the nation.

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Meet Mayor Pete

On our cover, you’ll find Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten Glezman. Outword tried to secure an interview with the “gay mayor” from South Bend, IN, but he’s a little busy right now — running for president! Our own Chris Narloch weighs in on this historic campaign to see if Buttigieg lives up to all the hype. By the way, if you want to donate to Buttigieg’s campaign, or just get one of those cool “Boot Edge Edge” t-shirts, go to https://peteforamerica.com or click on the t-shirt in the electronic version of this issue and you will be linked to the proper page to purchase the shirt. (However, it looks as though there might be a bit of a backlog on the item, so be patient.)

Read more: Our 4-25-19 Issue is Out Now - Boot Edge Edge!

See A Movie This Easter Weekend

By Chris Narloch

There are a couple new movies in local theaters this weekend that are perfectly timed for the holiday. Aretha Franklin’s roof-raising gospel documentary “Amazing Grace” just opened at Sacramento’s Tower Theatre, and Chrissy Metz stars as a mother whose son falls in to an icy lake in the fact-based and faith-based drama “Breakthrough,” which is in wide release.

I haven’t seen the Chrissy Metz movie, and I already recommended the film with Franklin in Outword’s current print edition. So here are reviews of three other family-friendly films you can see this weekend – or whenever – and two titles for adults only that I personally feel everyone should avoid.

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