Saturday (12.30.2017)

UPTOWN  KAYE PLAYHOUSE: NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players: H.M.S Pinafore feat. James Mills (2pm & 7:30pm)   PARILLA LATIN BISTRO: Jeannie Sol, Sugga Pi Koko & more (10pm) TOWNHOUSE: Live Doo Wop (9pm); Gogo boys downstairs (10pm)ALIBI: Impacto Saturdays (10pm)SUITE: Octavia Anyae (11:30pm)HELL’S KITCHENLUCKY CHENGS @ STAGE 48: Terra Hyman (6pm & 8pm)HARDWARE: Monet X Change (6pm);DJ 2Face, Ruby Roo & LagoonaContinue reading "Saturday (12.30.2017)"

Friday (12.29.2017)

UPTOWN KAYE PLAYHOUSE: NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players: H.M.S Pinafore feat. James Mills (7:30pm)  TOWNHOUSE: Go-Go Boys (9pm)WEST END: “Freshmen” 18+ dance party (10pm)SUITE: Brenda Dharling & Miz Cracker (midnight)HELL’S KITCHENPOSH: DJ Kamil (6pm); DJ Alex Mendez (9pm)HARDWARE: MoMo Shade & Kandy Muse with Dahlia Sin (7pm);“Super Size Queen Fridays” with Bootsie LeFaris (11pm) RITZ: DJs Xavier & Steve Sidewalk (10pm) THERAPY: DJ AJContinue reading "Friday (12.29.2017)"

On Point With: Linux

The road from Wisconsin to the nightclubs of NYC was a long one for this fashion maverick, but these days it’s hard to imagine what a Bartsch or Ladyfag party would look like without her beautifully monstrous looks. Linux (aka “Linux the Robot,” but not really) is a scene queen (anything’s better than “club kid”) and aContinue reading "On Point With: Linux"

Thursday (12.28.2017)

UPTOWN KAYE PLAYHOUSE: NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players: H.M.S Pinafore feat. James Mills (3pm)  TOOLBOX: Jack Daniels drink specials (8pm)ALIBI: Caribbean Night (8pm)SUITE: Karaoke with Jackie Dupree (10pm)HELL’S KITCHENRITZ: “Beers & Bears” happy hour upstairs (6pm); Morgan Royel with DJ Scotty Rox (11pm)HARDWARE: Shuga Cain (7pm);Shequida (11:30pm)  ATLAS SOCIAL CLUB: Gogo boys (8pm) VSBU: Phillip Henry with Nedra Belle (9pm); Chaka Khanvict (11pm)Continue reading "Thursday (12.28.2017)"

Bar Babe of the Week: Xavier at the Ritz

2017′s final Bar Babe of the Week pours it in Rebar and the Pines, but is best known as a bartender and weekend DJ at the Ritz… Xavier! Bar that I work at: The Ritz, Rebar and the Pines How long I’ve worked there: I’ve been there [at the Ritz] almost 10 years, the Pines forContinue reading "Bar Babe of the Week: Xavier at the Ritz"

Wednesday (12.27.2017)

UPTOWNALIBI: Extended happy hour with DJ Poison Ivy (6pm)TRIAD THEATER: Caroline Reid: RAWR (9pm)TOOLBOX: Karaoke with Jackie Dupree (9pm) WEST END: TBAHELL’S KITCHENBEECHMAN: Sharon Needles: The Nightmare After Christmas (7pm)  CANCELLEDVSBU: Karaoke with Ally Ganza (10pm)ATLAS SOCIAL CLUB: Men of Adonis Lounge (10pm)POSH: Bear Wednesdays with DJ John Marto (10pm)HARDWARE: Dusty Ray Bottoms  (8pm);Paige Turner (11pm) THERAPY: Pixie Aventura &Continue reading "Wednesday (12.27.2017)"

Tuesday (12.26.2017)

UPTOWN / BRONXALIBI: Take It Back Tuesdays, old school Hip Hop & R&B (9pm)TOWNHOUSE: Michael Ferrari hosts an open mic contest (10pm)EVO LOUNGE: Brava Tuesdays (10:30pm)HELL’S KITCHENBARRAGE: Glow Party hosted by Nicolay (5pm)MR. BIGGS: Drag bingo with Chaka Khanvict & Ally Ganza (8pm) FAIRYTAIL LOUNGE: Gogo boys all night (9pm)BOXERS HK: Karaoke with Jackie Dupree (10pm) POSH: GogoContinue reading "Tuesday (12.26.2017)"

Christmas (12.25.2017)

UPTOWNTOOLBOX: Charity bingo (9pm)SUITE: Glam Gavin’s karaoke (10pm)WEST END: Open Mic Night (10pm)HELL’S KITCHENPOSH: DJ Xavier Mazara (9pm) HARDWARE: Sutton Lee Seymour & Cacophony Daniels (10pm) THERAPY: Marti Gould Cummings hosts “Stage Fright”  (10pm) closedATLAS SOCIAL CLUB: Musical Mondays (10pm)VSBU: “Reel Thirsty Mondays”  movie viewing (10pm) RISE: Honey Davenport (11pm) RITZ: Tina Burner (midnight) INDUSTRY: Marty Thomas’s DIVA (midnight)  Miz Cracker (11pm)EAST SIDEUNCLE CHARLIE’S: BrentContinue reading "Christmas (12.25.2017)"

Sunday (12.24.2017)

UPTOWNSUITE: Karaoke Sundays with Glam Gavin (10pm)HELL’S KITCHENHARDWARE: Jasmine Rice & Brita Filter (6pm); Miz Cracker & Monet X Change (10pm);Marti Gould Cummings (11pm)  THERAPY:Paige Turner (10pm)  closedATLAS SOCIAL CLUB: Shuga Cain (8pm)POSH: DJ Panos Mitos (9pm) VSBU: Adriana Trenta (10pm) RITZ: DJs David Michael & Eugene Edo (10pm) INDUSTRY: Holly Box-Springs  (midnight)MURRAY HILLLIPS: Superstar Sunday with Morgan Royel (7:30pm)UNCLE CHARLIE’S: piano bar (8pm)CHELSEAEAGLE NYC: SundayContinue reading "Sunday (12.24.2017)"

Saturday (12.23.2017)

UPTOWN PARILLA LATIN BISTRO: Jeannie Sol, Sugga Pi Koko & more (10pm) TOWNHOUSE: Live Doo Wop (9pm); Gogo boys downstairs (10pm)ALIBI: Impacto Saturdays (10pm)SUITE: Octavia Anyae (11:30pm)HELL’S KITCHENHARDWARE: JanSport (6pm);DJ 2Face, Elizabeth James & Ruby Roo (10pm)BOXERS HK: Butch Cordera’s Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament (6:30pm);Cafe con Crema Latin dance party (10pm) RITZ: DJ Scotty Rox (7pm);DJ Xavier & TBA  (11pm) ATLAS SOCIAL CLUB: Tammy Spenks  (10pm)  FAIRYTAILContinue reading "Saturday (12.23.2017)"

The tHOTlist 2017

Who kept nightlife amazing this year? Literally thousands of amazingly talented and hard-working people. Thotyssey has a point-of-view about stuff, and has hand-picked 250 people and places that really knocked it out of the park this year. Agree or disagree about the choices, that’s your right… and that’s the fun of these lists, isn’t it? SoContinue reading "The tHOTlist 2017"

tHOTlist # 150 – 101

150 ) Scarlet Envy One of NY drag’s most beautiful queens shined brilliantly this year: serving the boys fish during a summer residency at Fire Island’s the Island Breeze, gracing National Sawdust in Brooklyn with a luminous multimedia performance via Sasha Valour’s first “NIGHTGOWNS” there, hosting the all-are-welcome weekly Monster party KWIR, and starring inContinue reading "tHOTlist # 150 – 101"

tHOTList 2017 #200 – 151

200)  Lady HavokkBrooklyn’s fiercely fashionable queen owns her Aspergers, as she reads you to filth and destroys the physical venue she’s performing in all at once. These days you can catch her at Macri Park.199)  Hystee LauderWhen they’re not Door Goddessing at Bizarre Bushwick, this performance artist’s specialty is making you squirm.198)  Gary CarmichaelThe only drag king toContinue reading "tHOTList 2017 #200 – 151"

tHOTlist 2017 # 250 – 201

250)  Jahlisa A. RossThe newly crowned Miss Project Achieve / Columbia Research Unit (PACRU), this fashion forward dance diva is as inspirational an HIV awareness advocate as she is a drag queen.249)  Svetlana StoliGLAM-nominated door queen of the Voss Events brunch at the Highline Ballroom, Svetlana is astutely political, pleasantly goofy, incredibly Russian, and needs to performContinue reading "tHOTlist 2017 # 250 – 201"

tHOTlist 2017 # 50 – 1

50)  Bizarre BushwickFilmmaker Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire bought the Bizarre property (a large pre-war townhouse in Bushwick) to use as a set for a film project, but in a very Brooklyn twist wound up converting it into a venue where some of the most interesting and intimate drag/burlesque hybrid shows in the city can be found (plus all matterContinue reading "tHOTlist 2017 # 50 – 1"

Friday (12.22.2017)

UPTOWNTOWNHOUSE: Go-Go Boys (9pm)TRIAD THEATRE: Hedda Lettuce: Lettuce Rejoice (9:30pm)SUITE: Brenda Dharling & Miz Cracker (midnight)HELL’S KITCHENPOSH: DJ Kamil (6pm); DJ Alex Mendez (9pm)HARDWARE: MoMo Shade & Kandy Muse (7pm);“Super Size Queen Fridays” with Bootsie LeFaris (11pm) GREEN ROOM 42 @ YOTEL: Stephanie’s Child: PrEP the Halls (9pm)RITZ: DJs Xavier & Eugene Edo (10pm) THERAPY: DJ AJ Sanchez (10pm)RISE: DJ Steve PaulContinue reading "Friday (12.22.2017)"