Now in its 4th year Miami’s GAY 8 has become the largesst LGBTQ Latino/Hispanic Street Festival in the US. Once a year it takes over SW 8th Street in the heart of the city’s Little Havana district and fills it the best Latino music, food and men (and women too). This multi-cultural diverse celebration of the community gets bigger and better each year, and QUEERGURU was there with our camera catching some of the fun on film.
The disarmingly charming Luis Santeiro the out American/Cuban writer who has managed to win over twenty EMMYS (so far), sat down with QUEERGURU to talk about his new Cabaret Show From The Shower To The Stage. He’s found his singing voice and with Musical Director Paul Greenwood weaves some of his favorite sings with a wealth of stories about his fascinating life.
One of his grandfathers was a President of Cuba but the whole family had to leave the country when the Regime confiscated all their businesses and properties. Looking back now at when he arrived in Miami at the tender age of 12, Santeiro’ s memories are positive images of both his old and new lifes.
His first big break came when he became the head writer of ¿Qué Pasa, USA?, a groundbreaking bilingual sitcom set in Miami’s Cuban exile community that traced the lives of three generations of Cubans trying to make it in their new homeland. It won Santeiro his very first Emmy too.
His main claim to fame is the past 40 years as a writer on the iconic children’s show SESAME STREET which has always been known for its progressive thinking on educating and entertaining children. We naturally had to ask if Bert and Ernie are gay, and Santeiro spilt the beans.
Santeiro is also a very successful playwright, and we finished the interview talking about his latest play that is due to premiere in Miami in the Fall .
There is a very good reason that here in Miami we don’t overeat on Thanksgiving Day, as we need to fit into our stunning outfits just two days. later we. Since 1985 Miami’s White Party has been held over Thanksgiving Weekend and is one of the LGBT’s biggest and brightest Circuit Parties that has … Continue reading
CLUB JEWEL BOX is a one-night installation presented by Flaming Classics and celebrating queer poetry, performance and avant-garde cinema on Friday 13th April. Named after one of Miami’s first queer clubs, this ephemeral space celebrates Miami’s queer past, present, and future. Guests are invited to cruise the space, taking in six films that are paired … Continue reading
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Now in its 4th year Miami’s GAY 8 has become the largesst LGBTQ Latino/Hispanic Street Festival in the US. Once a year it takes over SW 8th Street in the heart of the city’s Little Havana district and fills it the best Latino music, food and men (and women too). This multi-cultural diverse celebration of the community gets bigger and better each year, and QUEERGURU was there with our camera catching some of the fun on film.
