“A lot of people don’t study their history,” bemoans New York drag pioneer Flotilla Debarge in Wig, the new documentary from Chris Moukarbel premiering tonight…
In a Bushwick Basement, an Inclusive Art Gallery That’s Literally Homegrown
Just blocks from the Knickerbocker / Myrtle M stop, El Sótano Art Space occupies the bottom floor of a residential building. Not much goes on…
Drag-Scene Photographer Mike Sullivan Makes Wild, Wearable Sculptures
The word “ethereal” comes up, more than once, in my conversations about Mike Sullivan’s design work and photography. I’m not surprised—it’s an appropriate descriptor. There’s…
Doc Links Village Bohemians to ‘Renegade Dreamers’ of Today
“The place that I really loved, the place we all went to, was the Cornelia Street Café,” says documentary filmmaker Karen Kramer. “We were just…
Brooklyn ‘Brewminaries’ Have Homebrewing Down to a Science
Rachel Zeiss’s Ditmas Park kitchen is positively crammed with equipment. A 10-gallon stainless steel pot sits on the stove, almost touching the underside of the…
Trixie Mattel of “Drag Race: All Stars” Invites Us Into Her Dreamworld with New Doc
About halfway through Moving Parts, the documentary about her life that premiered at Tribeca on Thursday, Trixie Mattel looks right at the camera from under…
A Truly Theatrical Experience at Hudson Yards’ New Art Space, The Shed
The Shed’s glossy lobby is mere feet from dusty Eleventh Avenue, but atmospheric light years away. When I walked through its glass doors on Wednesday…
Sasha Velour of Drag Race Reflects On Her First Theatrical Show, ‘Smoke & Mirrors’
When, during the ninth-season premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the contestants were challenged to channel a Lady Gaga look, Sasha Velour—the Brooklyn-based queen who would…
I Had a Wizard Session With the Gandalf of Greenpoint
Devin Person doesn’t always wear head-to-toe wizard garb while working with a client, but when he opens the door to his small Greenpoint apartment for…
Mexican Songstress Magos Herrera Shows ‘Beauty Is a Political Act’
In this climate, titling any artwork Dreamers signals politics. Fittingly, politics is the main undercurrent of the album Magos Herrera released last year with chamber…