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The Official Gay Magazine of the Gulf South™

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TV Executive Quinn Taylor Doesn’t Eat In Bed But He Just Bought Ptown’s Café Heaven

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Was Belinda Carlisle referring to Provincetown’s Café Heaven in Heaven Is a Place on Earth? Former television executive Quinn Taylor might think so. His Lobster Ravioli is pretty divine. As is Taylor’s witty observations on tackling modern-day love. Just how did a fateful phone call end up minting a new restaurateur? Do television executives eat in bed? Why is the three-day … [Read more...] about TV Executive Quinn Taylor Doesn’t Eat In Bed But He Just Bought Ptown’s Café Heaven

Kinderguardians

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The Swiss Guard also known as the Kinderguardians of Gay Mardi Gras Stink hits in July like nothing else in New Orleans. Indeed, the whiff of an overripe human being, mixed with perfume or the ketones of booze or a spritz of Axe Body Spray from the pits, can clear out a room—unless you’re body-blocked in a concert or trapped in dialogue or duty-bound to man your … [Read more...] about Kinderguardians

An Interview with Red Truck co-owner and director Rachael Cronin

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Just as we were getting accustomed to the eclectic mix attending the Oleander On Royal openings, it had to go and disappear on us. But fret not! The space is still a go-to for all the same Queerdo art you found there before–it has just merged with the neighboring art gallery Red Truck. Back in June, several employees along with former Oleander owner Jake Thomas purchased Red … [Read more...] about An Interview with Red Truck co-owner and director Rachael Cronin

Trodding the Boards July 30, 2019

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Patrick Bowen and Sheldon Mba in Hamlet Hamlet at Tulane’s Lupin Theater Seven years ago, I ended my appraisal of the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane’s (SFT) production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead with the observation “Patrick Bowen, son of Danny [Bowen, the play’s director] and currently a high school student, was very good as Hamlet in his scenes … [Read more...] about Trodding the Boards July 30, 2019

Trodding the Boards July 16, 2019

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Rich Arnold and Dody Piper in She Loves Me (photo by Michael Palumbo) She Loves Me at Tulane’s Dixon Hall I wish we had a different occupant in the White House. I wish Hurricane Barry had not caused all the ruckus he did. And I wish Tulane’s Summer Lyric Theatre’s (SLT) production of She Loves Me had a longer run as this delightful and utterly captivating musical, … [Read more...] about Trodding the Boards July 16, 2019

United We Stand… In Leather

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New Orleans did it quietly this year. Proudly, reverently and in the rain. A few of us had wondered, as the June 24 anniversary approached, if there was going to be any observances of the historic Up Stairs Lounge fire.  Those of us who’d helped plan last year’s 45th anniversary events – Frank Perez as liaison with the Historic New Orleans Collection and Reverend Cory … [Read more...] about United We Stand… In Leather

Party Down July 16, 2019

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New Orleans is one of those cities that’s known for its good times and parties.  But I was able to attend a monumental event in an incredible city followed by another special occasion in another city for some wonderful people.  Talk about Ambush on the Road.  I was humbled and truly honored to attend World Pride in New York followed by the wedding of New Orleans … [Read more...] about Party Down July 16, 2019

The Women of Dauphine

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Deb Jannerson.  The Women of Dauphine.  Nine Star Press, 2019.  221 pages The Women of Dauphine is New Orleans poet and essayist Deb Jannerson’s debut novel, and while it is aimed at young adults, it is not an easy or comfortable read.  It is perhaps better to say this is a necessarily uncomfortable read.  At the heart of the story is lesbian ghost … [Read more...] about The Women of Dauphine