posted Tuesday, May 10, 2016
RuPaul is no stranger to controversy, and her latest comments have exploded all over social media. When asked about allowing biological females on RuPaul’s Drag Race she responded with “That show already exists. It’s called #MissUniverse” and while her comment is humorous, it’s also insensitive to those who are seeking acceptance. We are witnessing an […]
posted Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, the largest event of its kind in Canada, announced today the Opening and Closing Night Galas for the 26th edition of the Festival, taking place May 26 to June 5, 2016. The Festival will open with the International Premiere of Chris Kelly’s (Saturday Night Live, Broad City) writing-directing debut […]
posted Sunday, April 24, 2016
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival will present 232 titles from 51 countries in 12 screening programs, with work by female filmmakers representing close to 40% of the 2016 program, and a significant list of queer programming as well. In addition to the opening night world premiere of Rama Rau’sLeague of Exotique Dancers, a […]
posted Friday, April 15, 2016
In the current issue of theBUZZ Magazine I spoke with the Bob The Drag Queen who is taking over RuPaul’s Drag Race. You can read the official interview here, but off-the-record we talked about a number of pressing issues like left boobs, God and the merits of a thin waistline. What follows may not be pretty but it is funny. Ray: What is […]
posted Wednesday, April 6, 2016
HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS presents MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES “Look at the pictures,” said Senator Jesse Helms, denouncing the controversial art of Robert Mapplethorpe, whose photographs pushed boundaries with frank depictions of nudity, sexuality and fetishism, igniting a culture war that rages to this day. More than 25 years later, the HBO Documentary Films presentation […]
posted Friday, April 1, 2016
Originally from Ohio, Shirley U. Jest left her job teaching to move to New York to pursue her true love, performing. I met Shirley at G Lounge where she was doing some numbers at Marti Gould Commings’ Drag Suicide – which incidentally is rumoured to be a trial sport at the upcoming Gay Games. Drag Suicide is […]
posted Thursday, March 24, 2016
For the past 25 years Sherry Vine has dominated the scene as an internationally renowned drag artist. In the 90’s Sherry cofounded Theatre Couture which allowed her and her friends to mount off-the-wall camp productions like their notorious remake of the horror classic Carrie. She has lived in Barcelona and Berlin and she has recently returned to New York City after the wildly successful National Treasures tour featuring Lady Bunny, Bianca Del […]
posted Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Canadian folk legend Murray McLauchlan is spearheading a concert featuring stars from the jazz, rock, opera and classic genres, with a special performance from actor Eric Peterson. Voices That Care is a benefit for Room 217 Foundation and Hospice Toronto. While Canadians know McLauchlan as the author and singer of “Honky Red”, “Farmer’s Song”, and […]
posted Friday, March 11, 2016
“[Beryl Mendelbaum] is a bitter, seething, mean-spirited Jewish retiree from Boca.” –Lady Bunny Bruce Jope co-founded the Hit Parade Magazine, and infamous clubs such as the former Love Shack in Provincetown, but most recently he’s the mastermind behind the Facebook drag persona Beryl Mandelbaum, his alter ego and an internet drag sensation who delivers straight advice that’s only universal in it’s offensiveness. Originally born in New York […]
posted Monday, March 7, 2016
Once again this year Luminato will create something super special at the Hearn Generating Station to celebrate the creativity and inventiveness of the city that gave birth to the Festival. In June the festival is going to #TurnOnTheHearn and transform this incredibly epic decommissioned power plant into a public art centre with a theatre, a […]
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