Update as of 4:00 PM on Tuesday, September 26, 2023: Abhijeet’s name was previously misspelled in several places in this article and has since been corrected. And the Vanguard Awards were previously categorized as posthumously awarded; this is not entirely the case as several awards will be given to living people. The Reader regrets the […]
Tag: drag performance
Posted inNews & Politics
Drag performers join Berlin Nightclub employees in protest
At 8:30 PM on the first Friday of August, prominent drag performer Irregular Girl was putting on her lashes, making a home cocktail, and waiting for her boyfriend to pick her up for her monthly event, Strapped (Berlin Nightclub’s premiere dance party catering to lesbians of all genders), when she decided to cancel the show. […]
Posted inCity Life
Out there, around here
Upcoming events and recommendations for the next seven days
Posted inMusic
Trixie Mattel mixes her Americana with surf rock and pop punk on Barbara
Drag has become so much more than queens lip-synching covers of diva classics. The more original your act is, the better, and in 2020 the possibilities are endless. The art form has permeated pop culture’s language, fashion, and notions of beauty, and it’s crossed over into other creative disciplines as well, including comedy, television, and […]
Posted inArts & Culture
The Artistic Home’s drag version of The Maids . . . drags
The show runs out of provocations too soon.