Just like magic, Jinkx Monsoon is coming to Chicago for their latest show, Everything at Stake. The reigning champion of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7: All Winners has a brand-new title. All hail Jinkx Monsoon—queen amongst queens, legal spouse of a husband, cat mother of Tildee Swintee, avid advocate for therapy—and as always, a […]
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The Queens takes you behind the scenes of a Chicago drag pageant
The documentary is at its best when focusing on the most marginalized in the drag community.
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Shea Couleé, here to stay and slay
The Drag Race all-star challenges racism both onstage and off.
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Remembering Chicago music champion Christen Thomas
Christen Thomas booked shows for a decade with the Empty Bottle and Metro teams, but that work was just the beginning of the love, joy, and support she showered on the local scene.
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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 […]
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The Pride party continues at the River’s Brunch of Bitches
Unlimited eggs, mimosas, and drag performances for the whole family
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The rise of the viral drag queens
A generation that grew up queer on the Internet finds a home on Chicago’s drag stages.
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RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Raja and Tiffany Pollard will headline Chicago’s first drag fest
Chicago Is A Drag will include performers from across generations, neighborhoods, and performance styles.
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Forget IHOP, “Chicago’s Best Worst Drag Show” at Jackhammer is the place to be at 2 AM on a Monday
From new queens to Drag Race alums, there’s room for everybody.
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The Vixen revisits the starting line of her personal drag race
The Vixen didn’t win over RuPaul, but she’s carrying on the fight for inclusivity that she began at the south side’s venerable Jeffery Pub.
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RuPaul’s Drag Race star Bianca Del Rio performs standup and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
Chic-A-Go-Go and more goings-on February 23-25.
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Voices Against Violence, Maifest, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Trixie Mattel, the Fourth Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival, and more happenings from May 30-June 1.
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Talking Anus with drag performer Alaska Thunderfuck
Last month Alaska Thunderfuck, season five Drag Race runner-up, released her first album, and Tuesday at Roscoe’s she performs the whole thing.
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RuPaul’s Drag Race ends with a ‘duh’
Bianca Del Rio walked away with the drag competition’s crown, but of course she did.