BB"Q"

5 to 8 p.m., Kahn Park,

Saturday, May 1 (continued)

11th and Pine Streets. FREE

Head to the "gayborhood" for our 3rd annual BB"Q" Enjoy classic barbecue and music by Q102. This event offers a great place to relax, meet friends and make new acquaintances. Special appearances by Canada's The B-Girlz and Platinum recording artist Carole Pope, plus Queer as Folk actor Robert Gant.

International Business Colloquium Dinner ✰

8 to 11 p.m., Independence Visitor Center, 6th and Market Streets. Admission: $200. For tickets, visit The Kimmel Center Box Office, Broad and Spruce Streets; call Ticket Philadelphia at 215-893-1999; or visit www.ticketphiladelphia.org. Benefactor tables available. For information, call 215-732-3378.

James Hormel

Presented in

collaboration with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Gay and

Lesbian Chamber of

Commerce and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the International Business Colloquium Dinner honors James Hormel, the first openly gay United States Ambassador, with Equality Forum's International Business Leadership Award. The Hon. Martin

Cauchon, former Attorney General of Canada, receives the 9th annual Tom Stoddard International Role Model Award. Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell is the Honorary Dinner Chair. Sally Susman, Senior Vice President of Global Communications, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and Ron Ansin, business leader and philanthropist, are the Dinner Co-Chairs.

Canadian Cabaret: Carole Pope 8 to 9:15 p.m., Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street. Admission: $15. Tickets available at Upstages Box Office at the Prince Music Theater or by calling 215-569-9700.

Carole Pope

With four Gold and two Platinum records, singer Carole Pope has earned

numerous awards for her signature-style music. She has

performed with both

Laurie Anderson and Joni Mitchell and

two of her songs appear on Showtime's Queer as Folk soundtrack.

Saturday continued ➡

For more information, tickets and a chance to win travel prizes, visit www.equalityforum.com