Heklina
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Palm Springs celebrates the life of HEKLINA on her birthday
On what would have been HEKLINA’s Birthday on Saturday, June 17 The Palm Springs Cultural Center will be celebrating her life love, laughs, and filthy jokes. The party will be hosted by Mario Diaz, Vanity Halston and Anita Treadmill with performances by her friends: Deven Green & Handsome Ned, Mutha Chucka, Monistat and Matthew Martin & Andy Clements It will…
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Paying Tribute and saying Goodbye to the legendary Drag Queen/activist HEKLINA
The legendary and much-beloved drag queen Heklina (aka Stefan Grygelk) who was such a significant presence on the SF queer scene was actually part Icelandic. In fact, his drag name is named after the Icelandic volcano Hekla Heklina really came into her own she founded the drag club Trannyshack in 1996 and was a weekly…
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Peaches Christ on the joy of being MOMMIE QUEEREST again
Peaches Christ is an American underground drag performer, emcee, filmmaker, and actor who is worshipped as a queer icon in their hometown of San Francisco where they got their first break performing in Heklina’s legendary Tranny Shack back in 1996. One of their many life events since then was the San Francisco de Young Museum…
