Dragging your heels: The Summer of Drag celebration at IX Art Park features Virginia queens such as London Bacall, Christina Doll, and Enya Salad, who bring the glitz, glam, and body-ody-ody, as well as awe-inspiring death drops you never would have thought possible in stilettos. With hearty doses of lip syncs and laughs, summer is anything but a drag. Saturday 6/26. $10-15, 8pm. IX Art Park, 522 Second St., SE. ixartpark.org.
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