LGBTQ Event of the Week: DVLF’s TOY 10th Anniversary

Plus other awesome events worthy of your attendance.

DVLF's holiday fundraiser will be celebrating its 10th anniversary at the Top of the Tower in Center City this Saturday.

DVLF’s holiday fundraiser will be celebrating its 10th anniversary at the Top of the Tower in Center City on Saturday.

For its seasonal atmosphere and holiday giving, this week’s LGBTQ event of the week is DVLF’s TOY 2016. This year marks the event’s 10th anniversary, and as always guests are expected to bring one unwrapped toy that will be donated to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and clients of Action Wellness. Get ready to be greeted by local celebrity “DVLF Elves” — city representative Sheila Hess, executive director of PHL Diversity Greg DeShields, radio personality Marilyn Russell, and DVLF’s 2015 Community HERO Ian Morrison (aka Brittany Lynn) — and enjoy appetizers and an open vodka bar with beer and wine. The event kicks off at 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 10th, at Top of the Tower, 1717 Arch Street. Tickets

Other events to check out this weekend:

FRIDAY
Q Spot Philly Presents: Black & Red Mini Ball: 9 p.m. at Park Avenue Banquet Hall, 4942 Parkside Avenue.

Dragarella: 10 p.m. at The Barbary, 951 Frankford Avenue.

SATURDAY
City of Brotherly Love Softball Annual Jingle Bell Bar Crawl: 1 p.m. at Gayborhood bars (vicinity of 13th and Locust streets).

Winter’s Glow: 8 p.m. at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, 23 South 38th Street.

NOTE: If you have weekend LGBTQ events that you would like considered for our top picks, please email us at gphilly@phillymag.com.