Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Jackie Beat Parodies Madonna Madonna has this new album coming out. Your over-35 gay male friends probably know all about it and have listened to all the "leaked" tracks, so you can ask them about it if
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Love Piñata' by Tammie Brown Some of you might remember Tammie Brown from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1, or from this kooky Cinco de Mayo video. She's a little bit twisted! And here's her latest single, "Love Piñata.
Arts & Entertainment Where Are The SF Queens On 'RuPaul's Drag Race'? As we mentioned earlier, RuPaul's Drag Race is the show you should be watching. If you don't get Logo from your cable provider, then head over to Midnight Sun. Or any homosexual bar
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Drag Queens On Ice On Thursday night, a crowd of more than 500 checked out the second annual Drag Queens on Ice at the ice rink in Union Square. Performances from Mutha Chucka, Anna Conda, and Lil
Arts & Entertainment Chloe Sevigny* and Everyone Else You Missed at the Castro Street Fair We tried to tell you about the drag queen version of Chloe Sevigny a while back, and now that she's risen up the ranks of stardom to headlining a stage at the illustrious
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Chloe Sevigny' Loves Barbequoi L.A.-based drag artist and humorist Drew Droege has created a drag version of actress Chloe Sevigny that is as much performance art as it is drag satire. All of his many
SF News Local Legend and Pioneering Trans Performer Vicki Marlane Dies at 76 Beloved local legend Vicki Marlane died this morning at 7 a.m. of an undisclosed illness. She was 76. Nicknamed "The Lady With the Liquid Spine" for her trademark, sultry flexibility while lip
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Surreal Cinco de Mayo Involving Drag Queens Please enjoy this tribute to Cinco de Mayo, complete with requisite history lesson, from Damiana Garcia (a.k.a. Michael Lucid) and WOW's Daily Freak Show. Damiana's guest for this festive holiday is
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Grab A Table For Juanita More's Funky Chicken Dinner Drag queen about town Juanita More! is starting up her annual series of Funky Chicken Dinners at Mars Bar, to benefit the Stop AIDS project. The first dinner will take place on Thursday,
misc Watch Cloris Leachman Snatch Peaches Christ's Wig Who can snatch the wig off a drag queen - a noted drag queen, mind you - and walk away unscathed? Cloris Leachman, that's who. On February 5, Peaches Christ hosted SF Sketchfest's
SF News The Castro Gets a Drag Store; Also, 'True' Gay Rights Activists Up In Arms About HRC Taking Harvey Milk's Former Store There was a little under-the-radar retail opening on Castro Street in recent weeks: Cocomo's: A Taste of Drag (538 Castro). It's now your go-to source (besides the Haight) for plus-sized high heels and
Arts & Entertainment Tiara Sensation Brings a Little Pageantry Back to S.F. Drag The Miss Trannyshack Pageant is on permanent hiatus, but a new generation of drag queens with a somewhat more alternative bent are presenting the first ever Tiara Sensation Pageant tonight at 8 PM
SF News Theresa Sparks, Other Transgender Candidates, Make the <em>NYT</em> The NYT/Bay Citizen notes several transgender candidates running for elected office this election season, including local examples Theresa Sparks (running for District 6 Supervisor) and Victoria Kolakowski (running for Alameda County Superior
Arts & Entertainment Win Tickets to a Private Scissor Sisters Concert Afterparty Tonight at Booty Call Local drag impresario Juanita MORE! is throwing another of her big fetes this Sunday night, this time to celebrate the arrival of her friends, Scissor Sisters, including S.F. native Ana Matronic. It's
Arts & Entertainment Frameline 2010: A Guide to the Gay Film Fest Film festivals, for all but the unemployed and the truly film-obsessed, can be overwhelming. Who has time to see like a hundred movies in a couple of weeks? We suppose it's never the
Arts & Entertainment Recapping the <em>All About Evil</em> World Premiere at the Castro Theatre For those just tuning in, the SF Int'l Film Fest is still happening and runs through this week. One of the centerpiece premieres at the festival, on Saturday at the Castro, was a
SF News Drag Queen Anna Conda (a.k.a. Glendon Hyde) Running For District 6 Supervisor Glendon Hyde (who performs under the drag name Anna Conda and won the Miss Trannyshack competition in 2004) filed paperwork today to become a candidate for SF Supervisor in District 6 in 2010
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A <em>Trauma</em>-tic Halloween Here it is people: the Trauma episode we've been waiting for. On Monday night, the Halloween episode of the SF-based helicopter drama will be airing, and all the drag queens in town who
Arts & Entertainment Jackie Beat, She of the Corn Syrup Spoofs, Comes to SF You may recall L.A.-based drag queen Jackie Beat's corn syrup ad parodies which we aired here on SFist a few months back. Well, the LA-based Ms. Beat is coming to town
misc Photo du Jour 472 The scene outside last night's Midnight Mass screening of . Check out the rest of Peaches Christ's movie lineup here.Showgirls
Arts & Entertainment Vote for SF Drag Queens in <i>Rupaul's Drag Race</i> Web Casting There is less than a day (t-minus 19 hours as of this posting) to vote for a number of San Francisco-based drag queens in the first round of web casting for the second
misc Happy Birthday to Trannyshack Impresario Heklina Today it's the birthday of Trannyshack founder and SF drag queen bee, Heklina. In her honor, here's a sweet video of a vintage T-shack duet she did with Kermit the Frog on "Rainbow
Arts & Entertainment Photos: 'What's the Big Idea?' at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (6/6) Last Saturday night, the YBCA opened its doors for a large-scale, mixed, queer-friendly, *very* San Franciscan party called "What's the Big Idea?" featuring food from the Mission Street Food "taco" truck, galleries open
Arts & Entertainment Interview With San Francisco Drag Legend Juanita MORE! The Sword recently did this interview with SF drag queen Juanita MORE!, who's been DJing and hosting at parties (like Booty Call Wednesdays at Qbar in the Castro, Shits & Giggles in L.
misc Drag Queen Spoofs Those Pro-Corn Syrup Ads LA-based drag queen Jackie Beat, who was recently up here for Lip Service at the Castro, just made these three spoof ads of those Corn Refiners Commercials in which one mother gives another
