Bringing positive energy and performance mastery to the often cutthroat NYC drag competition scene, Echinacea Monroe Sidora is one we should all be watching in the new year. Thotyssey: Happy New Year, Echinacea! How did you celebrate the weekend? Echinacea Monroe: Happy 2026! I performed at Good Judy with my sister Ella Fartzgerald and SwissContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Echinacea Monroe”
Monthly Archives: January 2026
Sunday (1.4.2026)
SUNDAY (1.4.2026) Your daily guide to New York and New Jersey nightlife programming. UPTOWN / BRONX TOOLBOX: “Music Bingo” (5pm) SUITE: Karaoke hosted by Victoria Chase (9pm) HELL’S KITCHEN / MIDTOWN / TIMES SQUARE LA PULPERIA HK: Brunch feat. Misty Mountains (noon) RISE: Brunch feat. Zeta Jones & Kamilla Kockman (noon & 2:30pm); DJs Steve Sidewalk & PaulContinueContinue reading “Sunday (1.4.2026)”
Saturday (1.3.2026)
SATURDAY (1.3.2026) Your daily guide to New York queer nightlife. UPTOWN / BRONX SUITE: Karaoke feat. Victoria Chase (9pm) TOOLBOX: Virgo Rising (9pm) LAMBDA LOUNGE: DJ dance party (10pm) 4WEST LOUNGE: DJ dance party (11pm) HELL’S KITCHEN / MIDTOWN / TIMES SQUARE RISE: Brunch feat. Izzy Uncut and / or Skye Walker and / orContinueContinue reading “Saturday (1.3.2026)”
Friday (1.2.2026)
FRIDAY (1.2.2026) Your daily guide to New York and New Jersey nightlife programming. UPTOWN / BRONX HAMILTON HALL: Drag Race / Vivacious (8pm) LE CHEILE: Drag Race / Elise Navy-Dad (8pm) AT THE WALLACE: Drag Race / Janae SaisQuoi (8pm) TOOLBOX: Drag Race / Heidi N. Dix (8pm) SUITE: Drag Race (8pm);Karaoke hosted by Victoria Chase (9:30pm)ContinueContinue reading “Friday (1.2.2026)”
X-Rayed Sex: “Where Is Our Gay Intimacy?”
By LeNair Xavier Thotyssey presents a column by LeNair Xavier, a writer/poet who has worked in many levels of the sex industry, and has a lot to say about the social politics of sex, porn and sexual etiquette. [Cover photo: Nadzeya Haroshka / Getty Images] Recently, I saw a video clip on Twitter/X of an interview with Darryl Stephens of Noah’s Arc fame. InContinueContinue reading “X-Rayed Sex: “Where Is Our Gay Intimacy?””
New Years Day (1.1.2026)
THURSDAY (1.1.2026) Your daily guide to New York queer nightlife events. UPTOWN / BRONX UES BAR: Bingo feat. AndrogyNY (8pm) TOOLBOX: “Throwback Thursday” (9pm) SUITE: Moxy Cillin Amanda Pörq with Eddie Estrada (10pm) 4WEST LOUNGE: “Trappy Hour” (10pm) HELL’S KITCHEN / MIDTOWN / TIMES SQUARE RITZ: Jam Eden (7pm);Octavia Anyae & DJ Nesto (11pm) BOXERS HK: Christine Dior & BrieContinueContinue reading “New Years Day (1.1.2026)”
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