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Trodding the Boards July 12, 2022

July 12, 2022 By Brian Sands

Curtain Up As typically happens when the temperatures go up, theater activity goes down. Still, a goodly number of shows, from comedies to dramas to musicals to a drag extravaganza, will be playing in the greater New Orleans area in July and August. If you prefer your entertainment “live and in person” rather than on TVs, movie screens, cell phones, or computers, plan on … [Read more...] about Trodding the Boards July 12, 2022

Drag Queen Profile: Gia GiaVanni

June 29, 2022 By Frank Perez

Where are you originally from? How did you end up in New Orleans? I was born in Metairie and lived in various cities across Louisiana until 1988 at the age of 13. I then moved to Texas, and lived there from 1988 until 2008.  In 2008 Hurricane Ike hit the Houston area where I was living and I ended up displaced as a result. I eventually moved back to Louisiana at the end … [Read more...] about Drag Queen Profile: Gia GiaVanni

Under the Gaydar (July 2022 Event Calendar)

June 29, 2022 By Tony Leggio

It’s July and summer is rolling along like the mighty Mississippi River.  Here are just some of the hot happenings in July to put on your “Gaydar.” If you want your event listed, send me an email at ledgemgp@gmail.com.  Weekly Events Monday: *  NOAGE New Orleans Walking Group; Audubon Park; 6500 Magazine St. 6 p.m.  (not walking on 6/4) NOAGE’s … [Read more...] about Under the Gaydar (July 2022 Event Calendar)

Trodding the Boards June 28, 2022

June 28, 2022 By Brian Sands

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play at Loyola’s Marquette Theater thru July 1 (Full disclosure: I am the sponsor of The Carol Sutton Memorial Grant and I, along with Grant advisers Gwendolyne Foxworth and Wanda Rouzan, awarded The NOLA Project a 2022 grant to help offset some of the costs associated with the postponement, due to the Omicron Covid surge, of School … [Read more...] about Trodding the Boards June 28, 2022

Bartender Spotlight

June 27, 2022 By Tony Leggio

Bartenders have always been classified in my book as good people.  They are great listeners, fun, witty and, most of all, serve you cocktails.  They are everything I ever wanted in a person and they give me vodka.  My bartender for the month of May is just an all-around great guy.  He is festive, polite, professional, and a master mixologist.  I am speaking of none other than … [Read more...] about Bartender Spotlight

Trodding the Boards June 14, 2022

June 17, 2022 By Brian Sands

As You Like It at Tulane’s Lupin Theater through June 25 If you’ve never seen As You Like It before, the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival’s current production (running thru June 25 at Tulane's Lupin Theater) will serve as a good introduction to this pastoral comedy by the Bard. Directors Jon Greene & Torey Hayward have served up a straightforward rendering of it that … [Read more...] about Trodding the Boards June 14, 2022

Trodding the Boards May 31, 2022

June 3, 2022 By Brian Sands

Porcupine at Bywater Wonderland through June 5 Michael Merino is a brave playwright. Inspired by an article in Cabinet Magazine, Merino wrote Porcupine in 2009 to commemorate the centenary of psychoanalysis’ arrival in America, via Sigmund Freud’s lectures at Clark University in Massachusetts. Author George Prochnick’s article explained why Freud had a bronze porcupine on … [Read more...] about Trodding the Boards May 31, 2022

Under the Gaydar (June 2022 Event Calendar)

June 1, 2022 By Tony Leggio

It’s summertime in New Orleans, so get ready for some hot days and even hotter nights as there are so many things going on this Pride month. Here are just some of the hot happenings in June to put on your “Gaydar.” If you want your event listed, send me an email at ledgemgp@gmail.com.  Weekly Events Monday: *  NOAGE New Orleans Walking Group; Audubon Park; … [Read more...] about Under the Gaydar (June 2022 Event Calendar)

To Decadence With Love

June 1, 2022 By Community Contributor

If you’re queer and live in New Orleans, you should know all about Southern Decadence. You’ve probably been to the parties, experienced the debauchery, and enjoyed the long sweat-soaked nights out in the French Quarter.  But an aspect of Decadence you may not have experienced yet is the perspective of the people who help make this incredible event what it is–the … [Read more...] about To Decadence With Love

Drag Queen Profile: Natasha Sinclair

May 27, 2022 By Frank Perez

Where are you originally from? How did you end up in New Orleans? Metairie, LA.  Born & raised. How long have you been doing drag? Ummm 40 Years. How did you select your drag name? First name was from doing Boris & Natasha in the first Mardi Gras ball I was in.  Last name came from a drunk emcee of a fundraiser I was in. Did you have a drag … [Read more...] about Drag Queen Profile: Natasha Sinclair

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