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MARIPOSA a queer adaptation of Madame Butterfly by CARLOS PONS GUERRA : full of faded showgirls, troubled sailors and hopeful rent boys
Mariposa, a Queer Tragedy inspired by Puccini’s Madame Butterfly by Carlos Pons Guerra (‘The Pedro Almodovar of dance’) and the DeNada Dance Theatre is about to embark on a UK National Tour. Its an operatic dance drama, that transports Puccini’s Orientalist libretto to post-revolution Cuba, to a dockland world of faded showgirls, hopeful…
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Two of the UNMISSABLE parties to celebrate PROVINCETOWN CARNIVAL this week
Its the annual Carnival Week In Provincetown this week, but with a jammed packed program its mire about the Parties than the Parade. Here’s a couple of Queerguru’s Favorite ones. Monday night its Power Snatch Dyke Centered Queer Party that for EVERYONE that originated in SF w/ DJ Jen DM @ Gifford House. …
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“UnBearably Beautiful” Provincetown’s 24th Annual Bear Week : an affectionate profile by Chris Stanley
I know when you have been a part of the queer community for as many years as Queerguru’s Editor you should be no longer be so prone to surprises about the community. But this latest very pleasant shock is to discover that a new excellent documentary about gay bear men has been made…
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‘Only In Provincetown : Laura Plad’s debut (all-most sold out) show ‘WIG’
The actual parade for Carnival Week here in Provincetown is still a few days away when the streets will be jammed packed with drag queens of all shapes and sizes (what is the collective noun for drag queens??) Anyway the Queerguru Team have already spotted one of our favorites. “She’ is the star…
