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Wish We Were There : Conchita Wurst @ London Palladium

Conchita Wurst the bearded diva who took the whole world by storm when she won the Eurovision Song Contest back in 2014, is heading to the London Palladium with her show for one night only on February 25th. Conchita, the drag persona of Tom Neuwirth, dressed in the most glamorous sequined gown was the first singer to ever … Continue reading

Wish We Were There : DESERT X Coachella Valley

So worth flying to Palm Springs is Matt Johnson’s stunning sculpture in the Coachella Valley as part of Desert X 2023. SLEEPING FIGURE, made out of shipping containers was conceived at the time when a Japanese-owned, Taiwanese-operated, German-managed, Panamanian-flagged, and Indian- manned container behemoth found itself for six days under Egyptian jurisdiction while … Continue reading

Wish We Were There : Pioneers in Queer Cinema Event in LA

Its been 17 years since UCLA Film & Television Archive partnered with Outfest to create the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project for LGBT Moving Image Preservation. This essential development was formed to confront the fact that historically queer cinema and related moving images documenting the LGBTQ+ community have been tragically underseen and woefully under-cared for … Continue reading

Wish We Were There : ‘What Sex Am I?’ @ Film Forum NY

Even though it would mean forsaking the sun drenched days here in QUEERGURU’s home town of Miami Beach, we would happily swap it this weekend for the snow covered sidewalks of West Houston St in Manhattan, and the Film Forum in particular. This weekend the movie theatre has a real treat planned with a … Continue reading

WISHFUL DRINKING

This is Carrie Fisher’s take on own her life to date: highly edited and mined deeply to extort as many laughs as she can from stories that must have seemed anything but funny when it actually happened. The daughter of movie star Debbie Reynolds and hit crooner Eddie Fisher whose traumatic marriage, divorce and re-marriages … Continue reading