BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:174581@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260812T232757Z DTSTART:20260911T200000Z DTEND:20260911T230000Z SUMMARY:Jonathan Van Ness DESCRIPTION:This event: Has LGBTQ content || Don’\\;t miss Jonathan Van Ness\\, live at the Barrymore Theatre on Friday\\, September 11!\\nJo nathan Van Ness is an Emmy-winning television personality\\, 3x New York Times best-selling author\\, podcaster\\, comedian and hairstylist to the stars. They star on Netflix’s Emmy Award-winning reboot series “Quee r Eye\\,” where they shines as the hair guru and self-care advocate\\; and they host the popular podcast\\, “Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness.” Jonathan also starred on the Emmy-nominated web series “Gay o f Thrones\\,” a witty social commentary series recapping HBO’s “Gam e of Thrones.” Launched in 2013\\, the series ran for 8 seasons and gar nered three Emmy nominations for ‘Outstanding Short Form Variety Series .’ Jonathan hosted and executive produced their first solo network seri es\\, Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness\\, based on their podcast of the same name\\, which premiered on Netflix in January 2022.\\nJonathan s passion project\\, his podcast “Getting Curious with Jonathan Van N ess\\,” is a weekly exploration of all the things Jonathan is curious a bout. The podcast was named one of the Top Podcasts of 2018 by Time Magaz ine\\, won the iHeart Radio Award for Best LGBTQ Podcast\\, and was a 202 0 People’s Choice Award nominee for Best Pop Podcast.\\nFresh off two s uccessful worldwide comedy tours\\, Jonathan Van Ness: Road to Beijing an d Imaginary Living Room Olympian\\, which sold out theaters in 40 cities in the US\\, Canada\\, United Kingdom\\, Australia and New Zealand\\, Jon athan is bringing their new show\\, Hot &\\; Healed to cities around t he US\\, Canada and abroad. Unfiltered comedy\\, wildly entertaining and fun\\, the show is a celebration of joy and a showcase for all the sides of JVN you have never seen before.\\nIn September 2019\\, Jonathan releas ed their revelatory memoir\\, Over The Top: A Raw Journey To Self-Love\\, a New York Times Best-Seller. Over The Top won the Goodreads Choice Awar d for Best Memoir &\\; Autobiography and has been named a must-read bo ok by The New York Times\\, TIME Magazine and NPR to name a few. Their ap pearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” to discuss the book\ \, living with HIV and HIV stigma earned a GLAAD Media Award for ‘Outst anding Variety or Talk Show Episode.’ Their second book\\, Love That St ory: Observations From A Gorgeously Queer Life\\, was released April 2022 and is now a New York Times Best-Seller. Jonathan is also the author of two children’s picture books – Peanut Goes For The Gold\\, about a ge nder non-binary guinea pig who does everything with their own personal fl are\\; and Gorgeously Me!\\, an animated look at celebrating who you are and all the things that make you extraordinary. The book is a New York Ti mes best-seller.\\nJonathan is the founder of JVN\\, an innovative hairca re line that sees all beauty\\, serves all beauty\\, and honors the uniqu eness in each of us. Driven to change the beauty industry from within\\, Jonathan combined the best in effective and clean ingredients with patent ed\\, award-winning hemisqualane to create a first of its kind salon-leve l haircare collection that offers 2-in-1 treating and styling benefits.\\ nAs one of the most visible nonbinary media personalities\\, Jonathan use s their platform to raise awareness for a range of LGBTQ+ and HIV issues. They are a fierce advocate for social justice\\, trans lives and elevati ng queer voices and experiences. In December 2019\\, Jonathan made histor y as the first non-female solo cover star of Cosmopolitan UK in 35 years. Jonathan has worked extensively on campaigns with The Trevor Project and Planned Parenthood. Most recently\\, they’ve joined forces with Equali ty Texas in Austin to bring awareness to the hundreds of anti-LGBTQ bills being drafted and passed\\, galvanizing support of the Texas community a gainst anti-LGBTQ agenda. In May 2023\\, Jonathan became the first non-bi nary recipient of GLAAD’s Vitoa Russo award (named after the GLAAD co-f ounder and ACT UP activist)\\, which is presented annually to “a LGBTQ media professional who has made a significant difference in accelerating LGBTQ acceptance.” ||\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states /madison/events/jonathan-van-ness-2026-09-11 LOCATION:Madison WI URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/madison/events/jonathan-van-ness-2026-09-11 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR