Ok, this is it. You’ve been training all year and the big day is finally here—Saturday is Mardi Gras! (Technically no it isn’t. Actual Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, is the 13th, but day drinking on a Tuesday is apt to get you fired so we’re not here for it—unless you are. No judgment. But there’s…
Agenda
Intersect Arts Center Grand Opening
Saturday, the place to be is Intersect Arts Center, 3636 Texas Avenue. The space is throwing a party to celebrate its renovation and reopening. Looks to be quite the bash, with food and cocktails, jazz by Jenna Bauer and the Be Here Nows, performances by Leverage Dance Theater and much more. Featured is Dave Moore’s…
Dance It Out with Fierce Frida
Tomorrow night, dance until your eyebrows merge at The Night Owl. The swanky spot above Tree House, the vegetarian restaurant on South Grand, is hosting its second Frida Kahlo-themed dance party for LGBTQIA folx & friends. The queer Mexican painter didn’t let her physical challenges get her down. She zhushed up the corsets and crutches…
Women’s March for Truth
Put your marching shoes on, because last year’s Women’s March was no one-off. Tomorrow at 10 a.m., the second St. Louis Women’s March for Truth steps off from Aloe Plaza on Market Street. The route wraps up at Luther Ely Smith Plaza behind the Old Courthouse. The slate of speakers is stacked with impressive women…
A Candy Crush
Justin Allen knew from a young age that the line between genders was blurry. Though plagued by social anxiety, he began spending time at Van Ella Studios, that well-known local workshop of burlesque, vaudeville and variety entertainment. While there, he transformed himself into a female-presenting character, Sugar Rush, who will be one of many artists…
Tone-Deaf Tenderness
Max & Louie Productions, a mid-sized St. Louis theater nonprofit that staged the Grey Gardens musical last year, is back again with another foray into camp. This time, it’s the play Souvenir. The show is based on the true story of society matron Florence Foster Jenkins, a rich 1920s egomaniac who yearned to be a…
A Crooner Comes A-Caroling
Stage performer Tim Schall knows the winter holidays can usher in a whole sleigh-full of emotions, from the mirthful to the melancholy. That’s why he’s bringing all of them out in song December 14 at the Stage, an event space run by KDHX 88.1 FM in Grand Center. Backed by his longtime accompanist Carol Schmidt…
SMASH BASH!
A grudge match is upon us, ladies and gentlemen! The pent-up anger goes back to last April, when two-time Arch Rival Roller Derby champions the Stunt Devils tried to clinch a three-peat, but fell instead to the hungry Smashinistas in the season finale. Now the Stunt Devils are hell-bent on showing that it was all…
The Telethon, Trans-formed
This ain’t your grandad’s telethon! Starting at noon tomorrow, the Metro Trans Umbrella Group of St. Louis will stage a 24-hour variety show on Facebook and YouTube to raise money for MTUG’s many trans-oriented programs. The telethon will have a bit of everything: Musician Kristen Goodman will play a set, designer Maxi Glamour will put…
FILTHY FILTH FEST
GET FILTHY As queer culture goes mainstream, its “edgy underground nature” dissipates, says Maxi Glamour, a fashion designer and event planner for Qu’Art (a.k.a. Queer Art). To keep the rebel vibe alive, Glamour and DJ Monsieur Gaston have announced the first annual Filthy Filth Fest for the night after Thanksgiving. It aspires to be a…