Clublife section: Metro Weekly magazine, Washington, DC newspaper

Full Exposure

New York's Black Party will be more elaborate this year, and, launching with an Expo, slightly less mysterious

Published on March 4, 2010, 2:59am

''There's an air of mystery and danger to the Black Party,'' says Jamin Ruhren. ''I think that maybe that got to me, not realizing that a lot of it's just theater.'' Ruhren had never been to New York's Black Party before last year, when he hosted it as his towering drag alter-ego Acid Betty. Of course, there are mysterious and dangerous things happening at Saint At Large's legendary leather/fetish party, which has attracted upwards of 5,000 revelers annually going on ...[more]

A Perfect 10

DC Kings, the country's longest-running drag king troupe, celebrates a decade of performance

Published on March 4, 2010, 2:57am

In 1996, Kendra Kuliga won a drag king contest she entered on a dare from a friend. ''A panel of femme judges gave me 10s across the board,'' says Kuliga. ''From then on I was addicted.'' Addicted is an understatement. For 10 years, Kuliga has served as the producer and director of the DC Kings, billed as the world's longest-running drag king troupe. Kuliga, who performs as Ken Vegas, originally started the group as the Chaos Drag Kings, named after ...[more]

San Francisco Beat

A regular at gay clubs around the world, Jamie J. Sanchez is set to make his Town debut next Saturday

Published on February 24, 2010, 11:01pm

Jamie J. Sanchez remembers when he first wanted to become a club DJ. He was all of 17 -- a minor with major dreams. ''I had a gay uncle who took me to my first gay bar,'' Sanchez explains. When the DJ in the Phoenix bar played Madonna's ''Vogue,'' ''everybody went mental. I just saw the crowd's reaction, and saw the DJ having fun, and I thought, I want to do that. And so I went up and met the ...[more]

Hippo in Wonderland

Baltimore's Club Hippo will be transformed into an Alice In Wonderland-theme party this Saturday night

Published on February 24, 2010, 10:59pm

Last fall for Halloween, Bella Stassi's brother Roy dressed as the Mad Hatter. ''He designed his entire costume by himself, made it all by hand,'' says Stassi, who was so inspired by her brother's handiwork, the Baltimore party promoter decided to fashion a whole party on an Alice In Wonderland theme. Her ''Wonderland Tea Party'' is set to transform Club Hippo this Saturday, Feb. 27 -- just one week before release of Tim Burton's new 3D-film adaptation starring Johnny Depp. ...[more]

Winter Escape

The Task Force's Winter Party Festival in Miami next month will heat up your cold, snow-clogged heart

Published on February 17, 2010, 10:32pm

Tired of snow and freezing temperatures? You could wait a month for spring. Better yet, head south in a few weeks for winter's best fun-in-the-sun option, Miami's Winter Party Festival, organized by the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. No chance of snow there. ''If that happened, we'd be pretty worried,'' laughs Winter Party's Chad Richter. ''The only thing cold about the festival is the fact that there's winter in the title.'' Richter is volunteer chair of the near-week of ...[more]

Pigskin Fever

The Super Bowl inspires gay huddling at area bars

Published on February 3, 2010, 10:33pm

This Sunday, you can wear your football finest to your favorite video watering hole, be it Colts blue and white or Saints black and gold. Or even Redskins burgundy and gold, if you feel like sulking. Yes, it's time for the Super Bowl. The DC Eagle's Bill Cappello says all colors are welcome at his bar, where a special cookout and buffet starts at 5 p.m., with the big game on big screens at 6 p.m. Of course, it's the ...[more]

Raw Bar

Next Friday brings another retro-styled RAW party to the Green Lantern

Published on January 27, 2010, 10:54pm

Shea van Horn is giving it to us raw. “Basically what we’re trying to recreate is the dance scene in [the 1980 film] Cruising,” says van Horn, referring to Green Lantern’s RAW, the monthly party he throws with Karl Jones and Bil Todd. “It’s a little sleazier, a little more overtly sexual. “We’re fully aware of the fact that [the name] also has connotations of having unprotected sex,'' he continues, ''and we’re certainly not encouraging that,'' noting that condoms are ...[more]

Fruit of the Vine

Singing drag sensation Sherry Vine has made a name for herself spoofing pop hits

Published on January 21, 2010, 5:52am

''Sometimes I regret not having a wittier name,'' bemoans drag queen Sherry Vine. ''Unless I tell you the story, [the name] doesn't really make any sense or anything. But it's too late now.'' Indeed, it's far too late: Sherry Vine has in fact made a big name for herself over the past decade as a singing drag queen in theaters and nightclubs around the world. Best known these days as a pop parodist, Vine spoofs everyone from Madonna (''4 Minutes ...[more]

Kinetic Reaction

Singer Myke Lowe and DJ David LaSalle close MAL on Sunday

Published on January 14, 2010, 2:15am

Is there a doctor in the house? On Sunday at the 9:30 Club, there will be. An animal doctor, to be exact. ''I'm not practicing anymore, because you cannot do everything, but that's my original profession,'' says Myke Lowe. Based in Berlin, Lowe gave up his career as a veterinarian a few years ago to focus on one as a recording artist. His debut album, First, was just released. And last summer the 36-year-old performed at Berlin Pride, among other ...[more]

Hawaiian Punch

Apex gets its lei on next Friday

Published on January 14, 2010, 2:13am

Tired of this prolonged winter cold snap? You could head to Hawaii to escape. Or you could just venture over to west Dupont, where next Friday, Jan. 22, Apex throws its first Aloha Dance Party. If you're one of the first 200 people in the door, you can even be assured of getting lei'd. Apex drag queen regular Epiphany Bloomingdale is ''going to prance around, being a little pretty Aloha Princess, passing out silk leis to everybody,'' explains Apex's manager ...[more]

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