This past Saturday, I hit the after-party for the Asian Burlesque Spectacular, produced by Calamity Chang (“The Asian Sexation”). The location was a cute basement cabaret called Lumos, located a short walk from Le Poisson Rouge (where I host Bingo on the weekends) Calamity is a dynamo powerhouse—Besides producing weekly shows in Manhattan and Long Island,…

When I was at RuPaul’s Drag Con in L.A earlier in the month, Ru polled the crowd at his keynote address as to who should be the new big winner. By far the biggest applause was for Kim Chi. Sorry, Ms. Chi! As everyone well knows, Bob the Drag Queen has since snatched the title. (It…

It’s been a few days since I returned from L.A. for RuPaul’s Drag Con… And it’s time I reported on the grand affair! So what were my impressions? *Ultimately, the event was all about promoting and celebrating RuPaul’s Drag Race. Violet & Latrice & Courtney & Manila and dozens of other stars from the show were holed…

The scope of RuPaul’s DragCon is amazing. There are thousands of attendees, including lots of suburban tweens. The stars of Drag Race have to be escorted by handlers in order to make their way through mobs of adoring fans. From a sociological viewpoint, the whole affair is quite fascinating.  

How exciting, I’ve been invited to be a Guest of Honor at RuPaul’s Drag Con—at Los Angeles Convention Center! I am partaking in two back-to-back events: *4pm – “Legendary: The Queens of New York” – A panel discussion about the “past, present and future” of NYC nightlife. Considering my age, I’ll be chatting mostly about the past! *5pm…