culture
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Queer Perspectives 10
For the past ten years Queer Perspectives at London’s National Portrait Gallery have invited guests who identify as LGBTQI to select, discuss and highlight works in their Collections and beyond which have a personal resonance. This innovative and inclusive quarterly event hosted by artist and curator Sadie Lee is going to celebrate its diverse decade,…
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Jonny Woo’s ridiculously sublime Un-Royal Variety
The Royal Variety Performance is a glitzy, annual televised quintessential annual British institution where senior members of the Royal Family sit through the (allegedly) best that UK has to offer in the way of contemporary popular entertainment. It’s been a staple tradition of show business since King George V and Queen Mary kicked the first…
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MATT BELL talks about The Boys In The Band
Last week producer Ryan Murphy announced a star-studded Broadway revival of The Boys in the Band so queerguru talked to Matt Bell an Associate Professor at Bridgewater State University & Editor of a volume of Essays on the play The Boys in the Band: Flashpoints of Cinema, History, and Queer Politics (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series) published last year by Wayne…
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DAVID BOWIE IS finally gets to Brooklyn
The smash hit DAVID BOWIE IS Exhibit, the first international retrospective of the extraordinary career of David Bowie, which started its journey in 2013 at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and has been touring ever since, makes its final stop at the Brooklyn Museum on 2 March 2018. It features 300 objects including handwritten lyrics, original…
