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Arts on the Outs: In-Person Events of Interest, Jan. 24-31, 2026
The Big Johnson / A film by Lola Rocknrolla / Screening Twice Daily Through Thursday, January 29 at Quad Cinema (4 West 13th Street,...
Songs, Santa, Smut: Drag Icon Jackie Beat’s Holiday Show is Set to Sleigh
Hey, NYC! Good news for those who bristle upon hearing “Happy Holidays!” and other equally empty seasonal platitudes: Jacie Beat (the reigning queen of...
Molly “Equality” Dykeman Ducks Disaster to Deliver Jolly New Holiday Show
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Train wreck; hot mess; cautionary tale…and maker of holiday miracles? Put them all together, and you just might be talking...
Subversive and Charming Trans Performer Daphne Always is ‘Trying to Ride the Mechanical Bull...
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | One of the NYC performance scene’s most original inhabitants, Daphne Always—by her own definition—”blends music, standup, burlesque and drag” for...
Desire to Know: Questioning the Mind Behind the Intimate, Immersive “Dirty Books”
BY ANDREA ALTON | Mara Lieberman’s inventive and timely play Dirty Books explores the First Amendment, censorship, and the world of underground erotica—and it’s...
Pretty Babies Tribute Band Beautifies the Forever-Radiant Reign of Blondie
The Pretty Babies Present:
The Rapture: A Night of Transcendent Blondie Songs
Tuesday, April 7, 9:30pm
At Joes’s Pub (425 Lafayette St., NYC)
Per-Person Tickets are $30 (inclusive...
Boys, Booze, Carbs & Kings: Murray Hill Hosts June 21 Brunch
International House of Drag Kings | 1pm, Sunday, June 21
At The Cutting Room (44 East 32nd St. NYC)
$20 General Admission
$35, VIP (admission, front seating,...
Interview: Drew Droege Spills All About “Messy White Gays”
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | A witty actor known for performances in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer and, onstage, in the hit spoof Titanique, Drew Droege is...
Poems, Paintings, Prohibition: ‘The Gay Harlem Renaissance’ on View Through March 8
Note: The following, having originally published here, is reprinted with the author’s permission.
BY TRAV S.D. | Some years we manage to lean into Black...
Safety Dance: Secrets Surface, Forcing the ‘Our House’ Family to Face Facts
TOSOS (“The Other Side of Silence”)
Presents the World Premiere of
Barry Boehm’s "Our House"
Directed by Mark Finley
Starring Christopher Borg, Tim Burke, CJ DiOrio, Jalen Ford,...
