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Perfume de Gardenias : a delicious black comedy about funerals
Whether this post-pandemic time is suitable for this rather wonderful black comedy that takes aim at the hypocrisy of funerals, seemed irrelevant. This deliciously funny satire is after all the work of Macha Colón, a character created by the artist Gisela Rosario Ramos and inspired by the iconic actor and drag queen Divine. In…
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Seth Sikes channels Judy Garland in PTown
For years cabaret singer Seth Sikes has been channeling Judy Garland. And her daughter Liza too who he dedicated a whole show at Feinstein’s/54 Below some time back. So now as he heads to perform in PTown this summer its natural he is bringing his passion for Ms Garland with him. This is after…
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Harvey Fierstein : the Queer Icon who never stops giving back to our Community
At this time of year seemingly everyone is waving their rainbow flags to very publically be seen to supporting Pride. However, others do it 24/7 throughout the whole year without the need for fanfares and trumpets blaring. One such person is four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein who has always been a role model for…
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UN//TITLED: An Anthology of Queer Contemporary Art, 2016-2020 Balaclava.Q reviewed by JONATHAN KEMP
Established by artist/director Stiofan O’Ceallaigh in 2016 in response to the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, and named after the hood/headwear that obscures the face/identity and associated perhaps most powerfully with terrorism – and more recently with Pussy Riot – Balaclava.Q is an International Queer Art Project & Collective focused on connecting, promoting and creating…
