Pride Month In Cranford: Pet Photo Booth, Charcuterie, Yoga, Pride Day, And More

CRANFORD, NJ — Downtown Cranford will celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month with a series of events, including a pride flag raising, Pride Day, and more.

The pride flag raising is Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in front of the municipal building.

A "Pride Planting" in downtown Cranford has been rescheduled, from Wednesday evening to Saturday morning.

The Green Thumb Garden Club helped sponsor this event; volunteers are asked to bring their own gloves and hand trowel. The group is meeting at the gazebo at 9 a.m. Saturday.

The library will have a craft event and "chalk the walk" on Saturday, June 4 starting at 11 a.m.

Downtown Cranford Pride Day is June 4 from 12-2 p.m, with music, giveaways, deals at participating stores, and a pride photo booth.

There's also a pet photo booth, sponsored by Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming, and Downtown Cranford. Participating pets will be entered to win a basket of goodies from Woof Gang. The photo booth is in the alleyway between Breadsmith and Sofi's Color Lounge.

Also this week, Cranford Theater is showing "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."

Later this month, Hot Yoga Revolution is hosting a pride yoga, and Venue 104 has a rainbow charcuterie class.

All month long, Cranford Public Library and Cranford Unity Project are doing a "pride story walk."

For more information, visit the Downtown Cranford website.

Pride Month, observed June 1-30 nationwide, honors the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, five days of riots after police raided the Stonewall Inn that became a watershed moment for gay rights. Homosexual acts were illegal in every state but Illinois at the time, and bars and restaurants could be shut down just by having a gay employee or serving a gay patron.