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Tag: RuPaul’s Drag Race

Performer Jinkx Monsoon speaking into a microphone while on stage wearing a tiara and a red gown
Posted inArts & Culture

Jinkx Monsoon: Drag, witchcraft, and Doctor Who

by Wanjiku Kairu July 12, 2023July 12, 2023

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 […]

Posted inFilm

The Queens takes you behind the scenes of a Chicago drag pageant

by Cody Corrall September 4, 2020August 18, 2021

The documentary is at its best when focusing on the most marginalized in the drag community.

Posted inArts & Culture

Shea Couleé, here to stay and slay

by Catey Sullivan June 29, 2020August 18, 2021

The Drag Race all-star challenges racism both onstage and off.

Posted inMusic

Remembering Chicago music champion Christen Thomas

by Leor Galil April 16, 2020August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inMusic

Trixie Mattel mixes her Americana with surf rock and pop punk on Barbara

by Jessi Roti February 7, 2020August 18, 2021

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 Pride party continues at the River’s Brunch of Bitches

by Oliver Sava June 25, 2019August 18, 2021

Unlimited eggs, mimosas, and drag performances for the whole family

Posted inArts & Culture

The rise of the viral drag queens

by Meggie Gates June 18, 2019August 18, 2021

A generation that grew up queer on the Internet finds a home on Chicago’s drag stages.

Posted inArts & Culture

RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Raja and Tiffany Pollard will headline Chicago’s first drag fest

by KT Hawbaker May 3, 2019August 18, 2021

Chicago Is A Drag will include performers from across generations, neighborhoods, and performance styles.

Posted inArts & Culture

Forget IHOP, “Chicago’s Best Worst Drag Show” at Jackhammer is the place to be at 2 AM on a Monday

by Dan Jakes November 15, 2018August 18, 2021

From new queens to Drag Race alums, there’s room for everybody.

Posted inMusic

The Vixen revisits the starting line of her personal drag race

by The TRiiBE, Tiffany Walden and Morgan Elise Johnson May 17, 2018August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Bianca Del Rio performs standup and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Rachel Yang February 23, 2018August 18, 2021

Chic-A-Go-Go and more goings-on February 23-25.

Posted inBlogs

Voices Against Violence, Maifest, and more things to do in Chicago this week

by Emily Wasielewski May 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Trixie Mattel, the Fourth Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival, and more happenings from May 30-June 1.

Posted inBlogs

Talking Anus with drag performer Alaska Thunderfuck

by Megan Kirby July 27, 2015August 18, 2021

Last month Alaska Thunderfuck, season five Drag Race runner-up, released her first album, and Tuesday at Roscoe’s she performs the whole thing.

Posted inBlogs

RuPaul’s Drag Race ends with a ‘duh’

by Danette Chavez May 22, 2014August 18, 2021

Bianca Del Rio walked away with the drag competition’s crown, but of course she did.

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