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her as Sherry Vine — a name Levy devised on a lark to suit the drag persona he essentially conjured up as a gimmick roughly 30 years ago, shortly after Levy moved to L.A.“Sometimes I regret not having a wittier name,” Vine told Metro Weekly in a previous interview. “Unless I tell you the story, it doesn’t really make any sense or anything.”Of course we needed to know the story! And after a little prodding, she coughed it up, explaining that her drag persona was named after the place of conception: a former whorehouse called The Sherry on Vine Street in the Hollywood Hills.Last year, the week before Christmas, Vine showed up LIT for the Holidays to help christen Crazy Aunt Helen’s and its upstairs cabaret space with her debut holiday show.And just like that, she’s already ready for a return.

The gay community in D.C. has been all abuzz ever since Uproar, an LGBTQ bar that has become a major hub for the District’s bear community — as well as the adjacent “daddy” and leather scenes – launched a campaign earlier this month to help the bar keep up with its rent payments and utility bills.Tammy Truong, the owner of Uproar, posted an appeal asking for financial help in response to “unexpected costs” in a message on the bar’s website, and on GoFundMe, where supporters can donate to the cause.

“Eusexua” is not just a word but a philosophy created by FKA twigs to describe the deep and intimate feeling of what happens to your body when you connect to a piece of art, or maybe another person. A combination of “euphoria” and “sexual,” it’s what happens when “you’ve been kissing a lover for hours and turn into an amoeba with that person,” twigs told British Vogue.

This October in New York City saw the arrival of The Downtown Festival, a new music, film, and arts festival that brought out the who’s who of the city’s bustling film and music scenes from Jeremy O. Harris and Chloë Sevigny, to rising musical acts Liam Benzvi and Malice K. In NYC, festivals are a dime a dozen but none are doing it quite like the newest kid on the block which is focused on “championing new voices and bold, experimental work [that’s] sadly not often found in today’s festival landscape,” says founder and filmmaker Rebekah Sherman-Myntti in a press release.

When Tumblr debuted in early 2007, I was a sophomore in high school that desperately wanted to run away to Williamsburg. It was the height of what’s now referred to as indie sleaze, where the alienated alt kids would reblog Cobrasnake’s blown-out party photos of glamorous, half-lucid It Girls.

drug-induced robbery scheme that is alleged to have led to the deaths of two gay men in New York City last year has pleaded guilty to robbery, grand larceny, and identity theft charges, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.Eddie Ashley, 30, is alleged to have been part of a scheme that targeted at least 16 nightclub patrons from September 2021 to August 2022, resulting in the overdose-related deaths of 25-year-old social worker Julio Ramirez and 34-year-old John Umberger, a political consultant from Washington, D.C. Both Ramirez and Umberger were seen leaving gay bars with a group of other men, only to be found dead hours later.Part of the scheme involved the suspects drugging their victims with a substance that made them compliant and then using their incapacitated bodies and facial recognition technology to unlock their cell phones and access bank accounts to rob them.Ashley, who faced charges related to four separate incidents, including the drugging scheme, had previously pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.On Monday, he changed his plea to guilty.Terrence Grifferty, Ashley’s attorney, confirmed his client’s guilty plea, telling NBC News that Ashley is expected to be sentenced to nine years in state prison on November 20.He is currently being held at Rikers Island jail, but declined to comment further on the case or answer whether his client had accepted a plea deal.Umberger’s mother, Linda Clary — who has been critical of how the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has handled the case — said she was grateful that Ashley was willing to admit his guilt in the robbery scheme, adding that he should face consequences for his actions.

Police officers around the world are finding new and fascinating ways of abusing their power, with cops in New York City and London facing charges and penalties for misconduct surrounding their presence at music festivals. First off: a bottle service heist. On Monday, The New York Times reported that three detectives had been charged in the theft of $3,000 worth of champagne at Electric Zoo.

Following the highly-publicized Senate hearings that took place after a botched Taylor Swift ticket sale, legislation has been introduced for debate by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT): The “Unlock Ticketing Markets Act” seeks to “to improve competition in live event ticketing markets,” according to a statement from Klobuchar’s office. If signed into law, the bill would allow the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to crack down on extended contractors between artists and venues, the kind used regularly by Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation.

Musical Mondays features “a curated open mic” hosted by Tula at which guests are encouraged to “bring your sheet music: We’ll have live piano accompaniment.” (4/17, 7 p.m.)Glass House: A Drag Variety Show features Citrine, Logan Stone, Vagenesis, and Venus Valhalla, with lip-syncing and live music, comedy, and more. (4/8, 7 p.m.; $15)Curtain Call, presented by Capital Cabaret and hosted by Barbara Papendorp and Parker Nolen, is billed as “D.C.’s newest and coolest open mic, where Broadway veterans and national cabaret artists mingle alongside up-and-coming artists.” (4/10, 7 p.m.)Catch the Holy Spirit with Shi-Queeta-Lee’s Drag Gospel Brunch, offering entertainment led by the D.C.

The Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) has approved naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, better known as the opioid overdose treatment Narcan, for over-the-counter, non-prescription purchase. The change in status will take place over the coming months, with specific guidelines for the availability and price of the medicine to be left to the manufacturer.

Few festivals have accumulated the level of respect and reverence that attendees hold for Primavera Sound Festival, and even fewer (if any) have managed to sustain it. For twenty years now—sixteen of them at its current location, Parc del Forum on the northern coast of Barcelona—the festival has cultivated a vanguard reputation for its genre-agnostic and (as of 2019) gender-balanced international lineups.

We don’t recommend the swordfish tonight. How about sword swallowing? New York City nightclubs are raising their game this spring as they look to revive the post-pandemic scene with over-the-top entertainment that includes sword swallowers, belly dancers, magicians and “next-level pole dancing.” Wonderland, a nightclub and “adult” venue that opens this Wednesday in the Flatiron District, is beckoning guests with a human blockhead to go with their charcuterie plates and Wagyu cheeseburger sliders. Jewel Thief, a speakeasy in Manhattan’s NoMad District, is offering up belly dancers to electric violinists.

celebrate without COVID restrictions. NYC dropped mask and vaccine mandates on March 7, with Mayor Adams declaring that the city was “back.” Now, revelers are primed to raise an unapologetic pint of green beer and toast to the city’s return. “I’m excited to pick up the St.

Concert attendees in New York City will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to attend all indoor shows as part of new pandemic mitigation procedures implemented on Tuesday. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the plan as part of the "Key To NYC Pass," which will also require New York City residents to get at least one COVID vaccination shot to work out in a gym, eat inside a restaurant, and more.

pandemic has brought the hospitality industry to its knees, and some of the city’s hottest clubs won’t return. But a nightlife insider told us that the writing was on the wall for some of the city’s most famed spots even before coronavirus hit.