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FEATURE

11 THE YEAR IN PHOTOS Relive 2014, one party pic at a time.

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Commentary: Grappling with bareback porn in the era of PrEP. Gay DD The Week in Photos What’s Next: An intimate look at the Stonewall era Village in A Hard Rain; Photographer Stephen Shore’s career-spanning new book. Shot in the Dark

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Calendar of Events Bar Crawl: ‘Zinester Aaron Tilford on the Queens scene. Playlist: DJ Steve Sidewalk’s twink-friendly tracks. The Roundup: New Year’s in gay New York.

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Bars + Clubs Map Business Directory

ON THE COVER: Photos by Wilsonmodels, Gustavo Monroy, and Santiago Felipe. ON THIS PAGE: Holly Dae and Josh shot for Next Magazine by Gustavo Monroy.

PUBLISHER DAVID MOYAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JOHN RUSSELL ART DIRECTOR MICHAEL LOMBARDO NIGHTLIFE EDITOR MARK DOMMU DIGITAL EDITOR BENJAMIN LINDSAY

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My Chiffon Is Wet graduates • Dusty Ray Bottoms launches Dusted • Rufus Wainwright gets festive

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Visit The Nexus on NextMagazine.com for your daily dose of gay gossip, party photos, and more. BY LAWRENCE FERBER

Good Breeding vs. Bad Breeding With PrEP in thE PicturE, should gay Porn loosEn uP about barEbacking?

hile the FDA was considering approving Truvada as a method for preventing new HIV infections, it’s doubtful that anyone argued, “Think of all the awesome-sauce bareback porn that could be made again!” Still, that’s exactly what seems to be happening. The demand for condom-free porn has grown so overwhelmingly that at least one studio, Falcon, is spending time and money to digitally erase any visible signs of latex, and big-name producers like Michael Lucas, a formerly outspoken advocate for safer sex onscreen, are now making bareback videos. “Porn customers have been clear that they prefer bareback,” says rawTop, a New Yorker who maintains several websites that feature bareback porn and that also chronicle his own condom-less exploits. “I honestly don’t understand why some studios use condoms. To me, it just seems to be some sort of respect for the people who they knew who died of AIDS back in the day. I get that, but between the rapid tests available at local pharmacies and PrEP, there’s practically zero risk of HIV transmission in bareback porn these days if either the studio or the models follow a few simple steps.”

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“[The Diamond Horseshoe’s world] was accentuated with grand style. Isn’t that how we all want to start the New Year? We’re launching to the moon, and we ain’t coming down.” —Brandon Voss on his New Year’s masquerade

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In fact, Lucas, who has been on PrEP since 2013, did an interview with Queerty.com in March discussing his decision to begin shooting bareback scenes. He felt that between HIV-negative models’ PrEP regimen, and effective treatments for positive performers, the danger of transmission has been lowered significantly. Plus, demand is up. “Like every business, we have to listen to our

“Porn customers have been clear that they prefer bareback.” customers,” he noted. “No one has unsubscribed from our site because we moved to condom-less sex; on the contrary, we immediately gained customers.” Asked whether he felt that men learn sexual behaviors from porn, Lucas replied: “I don’t think that men go to porn for life lessons. They just want to get off. And we want to help them [with that].” That answer doesn’t sit so well with me. Bareback porn does encourage some people to ditch condoms in their actual sex lives. Several HIV-positive men under the age of 24 attest that a steady flow of bareback porn helped shape their erotic lives to the point that it proved irresistible. “Hey, if a party’s going on, why am I missing out?” says one. Last year, U.S. News and World Report reported that, according to the CDC, half of today’s college-age gay males will be HIV-positive by the time they are 50 if new infections continue at their current trajectory. Bareback porn has to be a contributing factor. “A fair number of guys told me back in the day that Treasure Island’s Dawson was their role model,” rawTop says, “and they went from being casual bareback bottoms to ‘cumdumps’ who seek out bathhouses and sex parties where they can take multiple loads in a night.” Yet some argue that images of bareback sex hold no more influence over individuals’ behaviors than horror movies or violent video games, which have been blamed for school shootings. However, bareback sex is pleasurable, not inher-

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BY JOHN RUSSELL

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Got Gay-tention Deficit Disorder? Did Madonna bring a gingerbread Downton Abbey to Lincoln Center for New York Fashion Week? Read on…

Televangelist Pat Robertson doesn’t seem to get that gays come from heterosexual parents, insisting that we homos will “die out” because we can’t reproduce.

Father Christmas has been good to the gays this year! In December alone we got full-frontals from Ben Affleck, Most Valuable Gay™ NeIL PaTrIcK harrIs, and the Warwick Rowers!

Whenever you’re feeling blue, whenever life gets you down, remember: at least you’re not that guys who spent $150,000 to look like a KIm KardashIaN doll that got damaged in a fire.

which we’re assuming is some kind of magical STI—is totally safe for the gays.

New York Fashion Week is on the move again. This February’s Fall/Winter 2015 shows will be the last at Lincoln Center.

Because anti-vaccination nut jobs were worried they weren’t a big enough joke, the group Vacutruth recently suggested on its Facebook page that vaccines could turn your kids into homos.

Maybe if we’re really good, next year Martha will bring her Downton Abbey gingerbread house to our office Christmas party! Obviously madoNNa wasn’t overreacting at all when she compared the leak of 13 unreleased tracks to rape and terrorism via Instagram. Did anyone else momentarily wonder if the whole North Korea / The Interview thing was some kind of elaborate James FraNco “art” stunt?

According to HARRY POTTER author J.K. Rowling, Hogwarts—

ently sociopathic. Taking HIV and other STIs out of the equation, sex without condoms is perfectly natural. Sadly, HIV and other STIs like Hepatitis C and drug-resistant gonorrhea are a reality. When AIDS amounted to a death sentence, most porn producers made condoms mandatory in their films in an effort to eroticize safer sex, to make it more enticing. Isn’t it reasonable to assume that bareback scenes do the opposite?

Most in need of a drink: Your Gay DD editor! We’re taking the holidays off. See you January 9!!

All that said, medical evidence shows that PrEP, if taken daily, offers a whole new layer of protection against HIV, as does successful treatment for HIVpositive individuals. For myself and for others, the priority is reducing new HIV infections. Instead of an industry ban on bareback sex and mass return to the eroticization of latex, having performers on PrEP and speaking about it may be the way to go. N

Overheard:

“We work well together. We both enjoy that fun energetic young crowd vibe. It’s the longest and healthiest relationship I’ve ever had.” —Dougie Meyer on celebrating two years of Gay College Tuesdays at BPM with DJ Steve Sidewalk

PHOTOS: THE WAINWRIGHTS & DuSTED: GuSTAVO MONROY; MY CHIFFON : WILSONMODELS

NOËL NIGHTS @ THE TOWN HALL Justin Vivan Bond, Emmylou Harris, and Cibo Matto were among Rufus and Martha Wainwright’s special guests at their holiday show benefitting the Kate McGarrigle Foundation.

MY CHIFFON IS WET @ EASTERNBLOC Paisley Dalton celebrated the final My Chiﬀon with Merrie Cherry (above), Alan Cumming, and others. See p.43 for more photos.

DUSTED @ BAR-TINI ULTRA LOUNGE

Dusty Ray Bottoms kicked oﬀ her first solo show with help from fellow So You Think You Can Drag alum Alexis Michelle. See p.44 for more photos. DECEMBER 26, 2014 7

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HARD TIMES, HARD RAIN A Hard Rain probes the state of Greenwich Village leading up to the Stonewall Riots.

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cclaimed British drama A Hard Rain makes its American debut at the Theater for the New City on January 6. Set in Manhattan during the summer of 1969, the play portrays the days leading up to the June 28 Stonewall Riots that sparked the modern gay rights movement. Unlike most Stonewall-era period pieces, however, A Hard Rain is set a few doors down from the historic bar in an unnamed Mafia-run dive. Stocked with a colorful cast of quick-witted queers, corrupt cops, and nefarious “businessmen,” the drama is as much about the rising tensions within the Village’s LGBT community as it is about Nixon-era Manhattan and the personal journeys and struggles of its residents. “We wanted to look at what life was like for the LGBT community at that time and how everything was pushed underground with Mafia-run bars,” says British playwright Martin Hooper. “The idea of writing a play that had a strong drag queen at its heart was also appealing,” adds co-writer Jon Bradfield. “There’s an inherent sense of fun there.” The drag queen in question is Ruby. Played with high heels and heartbreaking charisma by Carson Alexander, Ruby is a Vietnam War vet who was discharged for homosexual proclivities. Still a soldier at heart, he takes his anger to Christopher

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Street and acts as one of the many to kindle equality’s flame. “He came here, and he did not give up,” says director Michael Luggio. “He would fight. He would stand up to the police. He would stand up to the mob.” “Ruby is volatile and funny. He gets into fights, he performs, he takes risks, and he is enormously flawed,” says Bradfield. “I love seeing big, memorable characters on stage. You want to see someone bigger than yourself.” A bar regular, Ruby befriends other patrons like a single mother named Angie (Xandra Leigh Parker) and a 16-year-old gay hustler named Jimmy (Teo Rapp-Olsson). Luggio says that it’s the characters’ loneliness that ties them together and fuels their desire for community and connection. Together, they make an alternative family under the dive’s rust-orange lights. “Everybody wants something better. They’re all lost and they’re all alone, and they’re trying to find their way,” Luggio says. Their way ends in tragedy, but A Hard Rain’s plot is not overly moralizing or sentimental. Rather, it’s an grounded depiction of these characters and their truth. The production impresses as a unique and intimate take on an incredible time in our collective history. —Benjamin Lindsay

STEPHEN SHORE’S REVITALIzATION OF COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY MADE HIM A REFERENCE POINT FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS THE WORLD OVER. A NEW COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS HIS bEST WORKS OF THE LAST 50 YEARS.

tephen Shore is among the most influential photographers of his generation, and with Survey, he finally gets the career-spanning retrospective he deserves. Shore is known best for utilizing rich, tasteful colors while documenting mid-to-late 20th century Americana. Capturing sedate moments of the everyday, famed collections like American Surfaces (1973) and Uncommon Places (1981) sizzle with a Warholian vibrancy previously unseen outside the realm of pop art. The comparison is not misplaced. At an impressionable 17, Shore began frequenting Andy Warhol’s Factory to document the space and its creators. “I was attracted to [Warhol’s] vision or attitude because there

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was some similarity,” Shore says. “[Warhol] took pleasure in the culture. He was just amazed at how things just are. It struck a chord that may have already existed in me.” It was Shore’s own amazement in the surrounding world that led him to photography in the first place. His sober, formal depictions of American life, all its walks of life and colors of collar, expose not just a keen eye for beautifying the ordinary, but a dedicated one. Survey’s content spans from the American heartland to the heart of Manhattan, but its nucleus is the commercialized domesticity that makes our culture tick. Comprising six decades’ worth of images, Survey makes a triumphant addition to the American coffee table. —BL

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It’s time to reminisce about the year that was, and thankfully the incredibly talented photographers we work with documented every fabulous moment of 2014. Take a look back at everything from Joan Rivers’ final Night of a Thousand Judys and Lady Gaga’s “G.U.Y.” release party at BPM to the best wigs and pecs in gay nightlife in our Year in Photos pictorial.

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boy George in New York

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Ali Forney Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carl Siciliano & Joan Rivers at Night of 1,000 Judys

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PHOTOS: SANTIAGO FELIPE: bARES, bOY GEORGE, GAGE, TORI AMOS, KATY PERRY, RObYN; GuSTAVO MONROY: JOAN RIVERS; MARCO OVANDO: KYLIE; WILSONMODELS: GAGA

Kylie Minogue at Atlas Social Club

Tori Amos in New York

Katy Perry performing at Madison Square Garden Robyn performing at Pier 97

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Faking It star Michael J. Willett in L.A.

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PHOTOS: GAbE AYALA: WILLETT; GuSTAVO MONROY: DEMI, LAVERNE COX, HILARY DuFF

Hillary DuямА at Marquee

Demi Lovato performing at Dance on the Pier

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Andy Cohen & benjamin Maisani at Lovegun

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Nicole Scherzinger with brandon Voss at Marquee

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Neon Trees frontman Tyler Glenn at The beacon Theatre

Kiesza performing at Webster Hall

PHOTOS: SANTIAGO FELIPE: KIESzA, JONAS; WILSONMODELS: MARQuEE, LAMbERT, NEON TREES, FERGIE; GuSTAVO MONROY: COHEN, FRANCO

Nick Jonas at up & Down

Fergie, benjamin Maisani, & Kelly Osborne at Lovegun

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lily tomlin ends the year on a high note, as the first out lesbian to recieve a medal at the kennedy center honors. catch the ceremony december 30 on cbs. Meanwhile, taylor swift will shake oﬀ 2014 on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest on december 31.

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WHAT TO SEE & WHERE TO BE DECEMBER 26 THROUGH JANUARY 4

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ICON’S FIRST ANNIVERSARY BASH Icon, 31-84 33rd St (btwn Broadway/31st St), Astoria, iconastoria.com. Celebrate the first anniversary party for Astoria’s premiere gay hot spot. Andrew Christian model Pablo Hernandez and statuesque drag queen Chandelier Period will keep the festivities going all night as DJ Ballas spins so that all of Queens’ sexiest party-loving gays can get their life on the floor. 8pm; free.

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PUP NIGHT The Eagle, 554 W 28th St (btwn 10th/11th Aves), eaglenyc.com. Were you a naughty pup this year or a nice one? CB Kirby hosts this monthly puppy play party, where man’s best friends will get their holiday rewards—or punishments. 9pm; free. GIRLS Lovegun, 617 Grand St (btwn Lorimer/Leonard Sts), Williamsburg, 718-388-

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3411. Frankie Sharp serves up a serious Friday night party for the boys of Brooklyn. Queens like Epiphany hold court as fierce guest DJs spin and go-go studs like Seth Fornea and David Terzian twerk it. 10pm; $5 before midnight/$10 general admission. PHOENIX FRIDAYS Phoenix, 447 E 13th St (btwn First/Second Ave), phoenixbarnyc.com. There’s always a line of sexy boys dying to get into Michael Cohen’s East Village favorite. Cute gays crowd the dance floor partying to your favorite pop throwback tracks. 10pm; free. DIVAS LIVE The Stonewall Inn, 53 Christopher St (btwn Seventh Ave/Waverly Pl), thestonewallinnnyc.com. Sutton Lee Seymour and special guests show you how true divas work a stage, with guest DJs supplying the tunes. 10pm–1am; free.

FEVER FRIDAYS The Attic, 254 W 48th St (@ Eighth Ave), vossevents.com. Peggy Lee had it right when she said there’d be “fever all through the night.” Brandon Voss makes sure the temperature soars at this red hot party, with hosts Kenny Kenny and Amanda Lepore on hand to help raise the heat. DJ Valissa Yoe spins house on the roof, and DJs What and Lady Bunny own the penthouse. 11pm; free before midnight/$5 with invite. ELEVENELEVEN Open House, 244 E Houston (btwn Aves A/B), openhouse-nyc.com. Ladyfag kicks off every weekend with this downtown dance party. Regular DJs like Michael Magnan and Honey Dijon are joined by special guests, and glam-slam hosts like Stephanie Stone and Domonique Echeverria keep it extra cute. 11pm; free before midnight/$5 general admission.

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SATURDAY NIGHT IN QUEENS

BAR CRAWL

aron Tilford, the man behind Spunk [arts] Magazine, likes to spend his Saturday nights kicking it around Queens. His crawl takes him from Jackson Heights to Woodside, finding the best dance floors and butchest bars north of Brooklyn, bookended by fabulous Latin American food. —Mark Dommu

3.HOMBRES LOUNGE 5. LUCHO’S CLUB 38-19 69th St (@ 38th St), Woodside, 718-424-9181. ”Lucho’s is for the more adventurous, as it is a walk to Woodside and potentially more intimidating. When I lived in the area this bar was the butchest of the lot. The last time I was there it seemed to have ‘trans’itioned. So it is anyone’s guess what will be happening when you get there, but I guarantee whatever it is is real and worth checking out.”

85-28 37th Ave (btwn 85th/86th Sts), Jackson Heights, hombreslounge.com. “When I met Gio, the owner, he was bartending at Friends Tavern. He’s been running Hombres for years now. It is a bit out of the way, but worth the trek. Hombres raises the stakes. It has the high-energy feeling of a big club in a smaller space. There’s a dance floor at the back with a smoke machine and light show and go-go dancers on the bar.”

4. CLUB EVOLUTION 76-19 Roosevelt Ave (btwn 76th/77th Sts), Jackson Heights, eclubnyc.com. “Previously called Club Atlantis—and Atlantis 2010 before that—Club Evolution is the ‘club’ in the neighborhood, and all that that implies, located right in the center of the bar crawl. The children line up on the weekends, and there is a cover. I generally prefer the smaller bars, but if it beckons to you, you should check it out. Best late.”

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1. LOS ARRIEROS 76-02 Roosevelt Ave (btwn 76th /77th Sts), Jackson Heights, 718-898-3359. “Before a night of serious drinking, some substantial food is in order. Los Arrieros is my favorite Columbian restaurant in the area. You can watch the night heating up on Roosevelt Avenue while you eat. No alcohol served, but no matter; you’ll be drinking enough later.”

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78-11 Roosevelt Ave (btwn 78th/79th Sts), Jackson Heights, 718-397-7256. “‘There’s Always Time for Friends’ reads the awning—and it’s true! It’s similar to Music Box but farther from the train, so it has more of a neighborhood bar feel. Unlike Music Box, there is a small dance floor at the back of the bar, which is utilized more as the night goes on. You may catch a drag show, or you may not. But either way it will be friendly and fun.”

6. TAQUERIA COATZINGO is the best Mexican restaurant in the area, serving tacos, tortas, as well as full dinners, well into late night. So good you want to punch someone in the face! But don’t. The waitresses are lovely and not to be fucked with. They are used to dealing with drunks…like yourself.”

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SATURDAY

SIZE QUEEN SATURDAYS Mr. Biggs, 596 10th Ave (btwn 43rd/44th Sts), mrbiggsnewyork.com. If you didn’t get the well endowed Christmas gift you were hoping for, you’ve got a pretty good chance of finding one at Shawn Paul Mazur’s party. DJ Steven Paul will give you the power to work the dance floor. 10pm; free.

SUNDAY

KUNST Verboten, 54 N 11th St (btwn Wythe/Kent Aves), Williamsburg, verbotennewyork.com. Susanne Bartsch and Dreamhouse present the “klimax” of 2014 at their arty clubland kiki with special guest host Mykki Blanco, music by Juliana Huxtable, Lauren Flax, Amber Valentine, and Object Permanence. 11pm; $20.

MILLENIA Hangar Bar, 115 Christopher St (btwn Hudson/Bleeker Sts), thehangarbarnyc.com. DJ Jimmy spins your favorite hits at the Hangar, where the only thing sweeter than the drink specials—$5 vodka drinks and margaritas and $4 Bud and Bud Light—are the seriously sexy go-go boys. 1pm; free.

OBEY SUNDAYS Slake, 251 W 30th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), slakenyc.com. Obey the call of the beat at John Blair, Alan Picus, Justin Luke, Yamil X, and Joe Roszak’s fierce weekendending party. DJ Escape and special guests blow up the decks every week. 10pm; $10 with invite or JB card/$15 general admission.

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NERD NEW YEAR’S PARTY G Lounge, 225 W 19th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), glounge.com. You may be a geek, but do you have some very un-geeky dance moves? Show them off in a dance contest! If you’re more comfortable on a message board than a dance floor, put your knowledge to the test playing Fandom feud. 7pm; free.

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VIVA SATURDAYS Stage 48, 605 W 48th St (btwn 11th/12th Aves), vivasaturdays. The New Year’s Eve celebrations start early at Viva, where DJ Joe Gauthreaux blasts out big room beats for the men who make John Blair, Beto Sutter, Ric Sena, and BoiParty’s circuit rager the place to be every Saturday night. 11pm; $20–$25.

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SUNDAY’S A DRAG Shadow Boxers, 215 W 40th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), shadowboxersbar.com. Reigning Miss’d America Sir Honey Davenport is your hostess for brunch. Choose between mimosas, Bloody Marys, bellinis, and sangria for bottomless drinks. Noon and 2pm seatings; prices vary.

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HOT FRUIT Metropolitan, 559 Lorimer St (btwn Metropolitan Ave/Devoe St), Williamsburg, metropolitanbarny.com. Genderfucking sensation Krobottom, Irish cyberfreak Neocamp, and face glue enthusiast Decrvnk perform at David Sokolowski’s queer dance party. Nu disco and house beats courtesy of Sokolowski and DJ Econ. 10pm free.

BATHSALTS Don Pedro, 90 Manhattan Ave (btwn Boerum/McKibbin Sts), Williamsburg, 718-218-6914. Hang out with Brooklyn’s outré queens at this weekly “drag show for fuck-ups” hosted by Macy Rodman and Severely Mame, with a faux talk show and drag performances that stretch into the early morning. 11pm; free.

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TUESDAY DECEMBER 30

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PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE SIDEWALK

DJ Steve Sidewalk plays a mix of pop favorites and remixes at the weekly party he and Dougie Meyer throw, Gay College Tuesdays. Sidewalk aims to get a crowd of cute collegiate twinks dancing the night away. “These songs are high energy and are sure to get any gay college boy in the mood to party,” says Sidewalk of his mix. “My goal is to give these boys an escape from their studies with fun, bootyshaking beats.”

THE TRACKS: 1. “Ananconda” (video mix) – Nicki Minaj 2. “Bang Bang” (Disco Suckz Remix) – Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj 3. “All About That Bass” (Dave Audé Mix) – Meghan Trainor 4. “Shake It Off” (Dave Audé Mix) – Taylor Swift 5. “Burnin’ Up” – Jessie J 6. “Break Free” (Craig Welsh Mix) – Ariana Grande feat. Zedd 7. “Won’t Look Back” – Duke Dumont 8. “Iggy Szn” – Iggy Azalea 9. “Baby Don’t Lie” – Gwen Stefani 10. “Blame” (DJ FMSteff Mix) – Calvin Harris feat. John Newman

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DJ Steve Sidewalk spins at Gay College Tuesdays at BPM, 516 W 42nd St (btwn 10th/11th Aves), Tuesdays at 10pm; free. Visit nextmagazine.net to hear the tracks. CUT THROAT DIVAS Hardware, 697 10th Ave (btwn 47th/48th Sts), hardware-bar.com. Hosts Bootsie LeFaris and Pixie Aventura turn this weekly drag show into a celebrity death match— just without the celebrities. These girls take no prisoners. Grab a drink and get ready for their weekly throwdown! 10pm; free. TOUCH TUESDAY Lovegun, 617 Grand St (btwn Lorimer/Leonard Sts), Williamsburg, lovegunbarnyc@gmail.com. The queers of Hot Rabbit have invaded Brooklyn with a Tuesday night party that’ll have you feeling very touchy— but in a good way! This week, DJ Avg Jo spins. Enjoy $5 Bud and Bud Light, $6 drafts, and $8 well drinks all night. 10pm; free.

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WESTGAY The Westway, 75 Clarkson St (btwn Washington St/West Side Hwy), westwaynyc.com. You’ll find the city’s well dressed and hard partying club kids getting down to serious beats by DJs Nita Aviance, Jonjon Battles, and guest spinners at at Frankie Sharp’s playland every Tuesday night. Porno go-gos work it out on the catwalk and gay-famous performers make guest appearances. 10pm; $10.

BAD DRAG QUEEN Industry, 355 W 52nd St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), industry-bar.com. The “bad” in this party’s title has a double meaning: Bob the Drag Queen is the ultimate bad girl of drag, taking over the mic with major sass, and the audience members selected to do drag for the very first time are the hottest of hot messes! Do yourself a favor and swing by to let your judgemental side loose. 11pm; free.

STRUT Acme, 9 Great Jones St (btwn Broadway/Lafayette St), acmenyc.com. Hot gay boys, drag queens, and club kids chugging cocktails can all be found at Deryck Todd’s mixed basement dance party, where the only thing cuter than the crowd is the music. 10pm; free.

BIPOLAR TUESDAYS Therapy, 348 W 52nd St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), therapy-nyc.com. Peppermint and Sherry Vine are going to cause your mood to swing like a carnival ride with their weekly show. You’ll love them, you’ll hate them— just drink through the confusion. 11pm; free.

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NEW YEAR’S

DECEMBER 31–JANUARY 1

THE ROUNDUP

FIVE WAYS TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR IN GAY NEW YORK

01 SEE A SHOW

Sandra bernhard charLes Busch 54 Below, 254 W 54th St (btwn Broadway/Eighth Ave), 54below.com. Drag legend Charles Busch returns to 54 Below for a New Year’s Eve show bursting with personal insights, beloved songs, and plenty of champagne. Ring in the New Year with glitz, glamor, and one hell of a show. 7pm; $200 (includes four-course dinner and champagne)/$250–$275 VIP. masquerade BaLL Lips, 227 E 56th St (btwn Second/Third Aves), lipsnyc.com. Don your most festive mask and matching ensemble for this fête at New York’s premiere drag dining destination. Ariel Sinclair and Ginger Snapt host a night of drag shows, a three-course pre fixe dinner, dancing, and a midnight champagne toast. 7pm and 10pm seatings; $35 first seating/$75 second seating. saNdra BerNhard Is #BLessed Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St (btwn Astor Pl/W 4th St), joespub.com. Iconic performer Sandra Bernhard blends cabaret, stand-up, rock ‘n’ roll, and a bit of burlesque in a show that’ll have you feeling like you’re the one who’s blessed. If you’re lucky, she might give you that New Year’s kiss you’ve been waiting for. 8:30pm and 10:30pm; $60–$150.

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Erasure erasure 610 W 56th St (btwn 11th/12th Aves), terminal5nyc.com. The English synth-pop duo, are the perfect pair to spend your New Year’s Eve with. 9:30pm; $50 advance/$55 general admission. eLToN JohN Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave (@ Flatbush Ave), barclayscenter.com. The Piano Man will be turning you into a Tiny Dancer as 2014 comes to a close and 2015 begins. Can you feel the love tonight? 9pm; $70–$235. eLmo dINNer ParTy Elmo, 156 Seventh Ave (btwn 19th/20th Sts), elmorestaurant.com. Tina Burner and DJ Brenda Black take over for a classy New Year’s dinner show. 10pm; prices vary. murray hILL’s Nye LaTe shoW Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St (btwn Astor Pl/W 4th St), joespub.com. Join Murray Hill for a late night cabaret spectacle featuring some stellar downtown performers. 1am; $20–$30 advance/$40 general admission.

WEEK 02

BINGE ON BUBBLY AS THE BALL DROPS

NeW year’s eve The West End, 955 West End Ave (btwn 106/107 Sts), thewestendlounge.com. Terra Grenade hosts a night of New Year’s surprises uptown, with tunes by DJ Javascript. At 10pm, catch the Superwoman Drag Show, starring Alexis Michelle, Schwa de Vivre, and Grenade. Clink your glass during the complimentary champagne toast at midnight, and if you’re feeling lush, the $40 open bar will keep you buzzed all night. 8pm; free.

PHOTOS: KEVIN THOMAS GARCIA: bERNHARD; JOE DILWORTH: ERASuRE; KARL GIANT: MuRRAY HILL; GuSTAVO MONROY: MARTI GOuLD CuMMINGS, SHEQuIDA

IcoN’s 2015 NeW year’s eve exTravaGaNza Icon, 31-84 33rd St (btwn Broadway/31st Ave), Astoria, iconastoria.com. Get sexy and festive in Queens with hosts Marti Gould Cummings, Lauren Odair, and Chandilier Period. DJ Ballas and St. Eve have the beats. 8pm; free.

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NeW year’s eve ceLeBraTIoN The Townhouse, 236 E 58th St (btwn Second/Third Aves), townhouseny.com. Ring in the new year with Manhattan’s most eligible professional men. 8pm; $20. NeW year’s eve The Stonewall Inn, 53 Christopher St (btwn Seventh Ave/Waverly Pl), thestonewallinnnyc.com. Bid 2014 farewell at this iconic gay bar, with two levels of music and a free champagne toast at midnight. Dress to impress and snag a man to kiss at midnight! 9pm; free. NeW year’s eve ceLeBraTIoN Therapy, 348 W 52nd St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), therapy-nyc.com. Bob the Drag Queen and Pixie Aventura host a countdown to midnight as DJ AJ Sanchez spins for a crowd of hot Hell’s Kitchen men. The new year looks great so far! 9pm; free. NeW year’s eve ParTy 2015 Boots & Saddle, 76 Christopher St (btwn Seventh Ave S/Bleecker St), bootsandsaddlenyc.com. Welcome 2015 with all your favorite queens, twinks, daddies, and every other gay permutation, with free champagne at midnight. 9pm; free.

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Shequida Hall Nye 2015 aT The moNsTer The Monster, 80 Grove St (@ West Fourth St), manhattan-monster.com. New York legend Shequida hosts The Monster’s New Year’s festivities, where DJ Michael Wilson will spin out your ball drop fantasy all night and special guests Jiggy Caliente and Verona Voulure Demornay will guzzle champagne with you during the midnight toast. 9pm; $40 from 9pm– 1am/$20 general admission. 2K15 NeW year’s eve BaLL Shadow Boxers, 215 W 40th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), shadowboxersbar.com. DJs Dawson, Rico Alexis, and Ryan Skyy turn out the celebratory beats in the main room at this New Year’s bonanza, with DJ William Francis throwing down in the basement Man Cave. Come early for an open champagne bar until 11pm. 10pm; $25 advance/$40 general admission.

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DECEMBER 31–JANUARY 1

THE ROUNDUP

BINGING ON BUBBLY CONTINUED... NeW year’s aT INdusTry Industry, 355 W 52nd St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), industry-bar.com. Toss back free champagne at midnight and dace to music by DJ Scott Jones. 10pm; free. NeW year’s eve aT Barracuda Barracuda, 275 W 22nd St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), 212-645-8613. Spend New Year’s Eve with all your favorite faces in Chelsea. There’s a free champagne toast at midnight and beats by DJ Robert Maril. 10pm; free.

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Nye 2015 Hardware, 697 10th Ave (btwn 47th/48th Sts), hardware-bar.com. Go hard at Hardware for New Year’s, with DJ OhRicky and Mila Jam. Pop some free champagne, watch the ball drop on the big screen and dance the night away. 10pm; free. FIre IN The hoLe Nowhere, 322 E 14th St (btwn First/Second Aves), nowherebarnyc.com.. Welcome 2015 with your favorite redheads at this ginger jubilee. DJ Sean McMahill spins red hot beats for the red hot boys, and the drink specials and midnight champage toast should have you feeling footloose and flirty. 10pm; free. uNIcorN BoNer Lovegun, 617 Grand St (btwn Lorimer/Leonard Sts), Williamsburg, lovegunbarnyc@gmail.com. Go hard and get hard as any magical horse would! DJs Mikey Pop and Ernie Cote get your unicorn booties twerking and hosts Misty Meaner, Mocha Lite, and Rify Royalty will make sure you have plenty of eye candy and champagne! 10pm;$10 cover.

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03 PARTY HARD NeW year’s eve 2015 Diamond Horseshoe, 235 W 46th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), vossevents.com. Brandon Voss and Patrick Duffy’s decadent New Year’s bash takes place at this luxurious venue housed at the Paramount Hotel. Enjoy a cocktail reception and prix fixe dinner upstairs to start the evening, along with music by Margi & the Dapper Dots. Afterwards, head downstairs to the Diamond Horseshoe for a full open bar, a live five-piece band, spectacular theatrics by the cast of Queen of the Night, installations, a performance by Hercules and Love Affair’s Nomi Ruiz, and late-night grooves by DJ Spun. Make sure your black tie duds are up to snuff, lest host Kenny Kenny look down on your look. 8pm; $150 general admission/$300 seated dinner and party package/$250 seated VIP/$400 dinner and seated VIP/$40 after 12:30am party access. NeW year’s eve 2015: museum oF sex Museum of Sex, 233 Fifth Ave (btwn 27th/28th Sts), museumofsex.com. Kayvon Zand’s weekly Saturday party Sex Fifth Ave moves rings in 2015 on New Year’s Eve. Journey into the new year in the sexiest way imaginable, with all the sultry nightlife vixens who inhabit this per-

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verted playhouse. Dance to tunes by Johanna Constantine, Chew Fu, and Yentalbeats, in between trips to bounce around in “Jump for Joy,” the museum’s boob bounce castle, and catch sultry electronic duo Sateen perform after you’ve scaled the penis climbing wall. 9pm; $75 open bar 9pm–11pm/$125 open bar all night/$50 general admission. GLITTer BaNG Lot 45, 411 Troutman St (btwn Wyckoff/St. Nicholas Aves), Bushwick, lot45bushwick.com. Hot Rabbit and Misster are coming together for this mixed queer dance party, with music by Amber Valentine, Roze Royce, and Bonnie Danger. 9pm, $15 advance/$20 general admission. NeW year’s cocKIN’ eve masKed BaLL 250 W 40th St, 4th Fl, danielnardicio.com. If you’re looking for sexy fun on New Year’s Eve—and let’s be honest, you always are—Daniel Nardicio and Owen Hawk’s party is where you’ll find it. Big “Dick” Clark and Brian Kenny host this New Year’s men-only sausage fest with an all-nude crew. Party boys can also win $100 in the “Stroke of Midnight” contest. 10pm; $60 general admission.

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WEEK 04 STAY OUT WAY TOO LATE

PHOTOS: MARCO OVANDO: NOMI; WILSONMODELS: KAYVON; SANTIAGO FELIPE: MOCHA & MISTY, LADYFAG; GuSTAVO MONROY: RObERT MARIL, MILA JAM, OVAHNESS

BaLL droP Brooklyn Asylum, 430 Scott Ave (@ Lombardy St), Bushwick, bushwig.com. The Turnt Up Trifecta—Brooklyn drag doyennes Horrorchata, Merrie Cherry, and Untitled Queen—is living up to its name with an insane New Year’s rager. DJs De Se, Frankie Sharp, Schrager, Witches of Bushwick, Manila Ice, DiCap, David Sokolowski, and others will be dropping beats alongside the ball. Ring in the New Year with performances by Crimson Kitty, Lady Quesa’Dilla, and Louvel. 10pm– 10am; $15 advance/$20 general admission. shade Secret Brooklyn location, clubshade.com. Ladyfag and Seva Granik’s pop-up rave is back for New Year’s, but they’re not celebrating 2015. This Shade looks 69 years toward the future, celebrating 2084 with a bash that Big Brother is not invited to. DJs Egyptrixx, Adhoc, Nita Aviance, Physical Therapy, Michael Ladyfag & DJ Nita Aviance Magnan, and Morgan Louis have the futuristic beats, and hosts Domonique Echever-

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caFeTerIa 119 Seventh Ave (@ 17th St), cafeteriagroup.com. Cafeteria serves breakfast until 5pm, so even if you get a later start than normal, you can still chow down on Green Eggs and Ham all afternoon. eLmo 156 Seventh Ave (btwn 19th/20th Sts), elmorestaurant.com. If you need to leave the party for some grub but don’t want to miss the beat, DJ Nicky Boombox spins at Elmo to keep you on your toes. INTermezzo 202 Eighth Ave (btwn 20th/21st Sts), intermezzo-nyc.com. A cool $45 gets you an unlimited brunch at this Chelsea hot spot, and that includes both food and booze, so get ready to fill up, girl.

heLL’s KITcheN Bocca dI Bacco 828 Ninth Ave (btwn 54th/55th Sts), boccadibacconyc.com. “Hair of the dog” doesn’t usually come this cheap. Swill $5 cocktails or go all in with a a $20 pitcher of mimosas as you enjoy Bocca’s tasty Italian eats. KTchN 508 W 42nd St (btwn 10th/11th Aves), ktchnnyc.com. Haus of Mimosa’s 2pm brunch show is the perfect hangover cure—well, that and KTCHN’s $35 bottomless brunch deal. vyNL 754 Ninth Ave (@51st St), vynl-nyc.com. Nurse your hangover with pastrami and eggs, lemongrass skirt steak and eggs, or a $10 Beyoncé cocktail that’ll have you feeling flawless.

ria, Hari Nef, Weird Magic, Vfiles, The Culture Whore, and others will be serving dystopian looks. 10pm–8am; $40 before 11pm/$50 general admission FIrsT LIGhT BPM, 516 W 42nd St (btwn 10th/11th Aves), bpmny.com. The night is just beginning. You’ve already had your midnight kiss, now it’s DJ Serving time to collect one for every new hour Ovahness of 2015. DJs Tony Moran, Serving Ovahness, and Steve Sidewalk will help you, with beats that’ll have all the men at BPM bumping and grinding. 2am–9am; $30. NeW year’s eve aFTer ParTy Posh, 405 W 51st St (@ Ninth Ave), poshbarnyc.com. Posh goes late night/early morning so that you can welcome 2015 in style, with music by DJ JRoc, who’s going to spin through sunrise and beyond—and yes boys, the bar will be serving booze! 4am–noon; free.

…OR JUST KEEP PARTYING!

NeW year’s day BaNG Paddles, 250 W 26th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), harddrivemen.com. Cruise the day away with the men of Hard Drive. Think creative types, boys next door, and professional hunks all getting it on. This party is sure to live up to its banging name. 10am–5pm; $22. maTTer+ Space Ibiza NY, 637 W 50th St (@ 12th Ave), spaceibizany.com. Victor Calderone and special guests turn this epic megaclub into a festival of sound for all the party hungry playboys and girls of New York. Noon–midnight; $60–$70. suBsTaNce Metropolitan, 559 Lorimer St (btwn Metropolitan Ave/Devoe St), Williamsburg, metropolitanbarny.com. DJ Manila Ice starts the year off right, spinning hip-hop, pop, and R&B for the boys of Billyburg. 10pm; free. TaKe IT oFF This N’ That, 108 N Sixth St (btwn Berry St/Wythe Ave), Williamsburg, thisnthatbrooklyn.com. Jonathan Love’s underwear dance party returns in 2015, with Love on beats and special guest hosts Katie Moss and Zachary Wade Dennis helping to keep things sexy. Get a free drink when you take your pants off! 11pm; free. acTIoN! Mach 8, 179 MacDougal St (@ W Eighth St), action-party.com. Dance your way into 2015 with wall-shaking tribal beats by Action resident DJ Billy Lace and dark drum decadence by special guest DJ Theresa. Patrick Crough, Jake Resnicow, and The Only Shows have cooked up an after hours situation to keep New Year’s Eve alive into the weekend. 10pm–6am; $20 advance/$50 general admission.

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FRIDAY

JANUARY 2

LINA’S WERK SHOP KTCHN, 508 W 42nd St week for a laid back crowd of homos as sexy shot boys and shirtless bartenders (btwn 10th/11th Aves), ktchnserve liquid love at this gay nyc.com. DJ Lina Bradford is setsports bar. 9pm; free. ting up shop at this eatery in The Out NYC. The Fire Island Pines legend spins pure disco realness CHUCK Atlas Social Club, 753 Visit nextmagazine.com Ninth Ave (btwn 50th/51st Sts), like none other. Enjoy drink spefor more event listings atlassocialclub.com. DJ Ernie cials all night and a prix fixe dinCote spins booming beats every ner if you’re craving something Friday night so that Atlas’ hunky go-gos can delicious. 8pm; prices vary. shake their shit while you quaff cocktails at this BEAT Xes, 157 W 24th St (btwn Sixth/Seventh neighborhood watering hole. 9pm; free. Aves), xesnyc.com. DJ Jay Brancato’s beats are infectious and they provide the soundtrack for all HUNG G Lounge, 225 W 19th St (btwn Sevthe gay goings-on at Xes every Friday night. Plus, enth/Eighth Aves), glounge.com. Let the mas$3 shot specials will have you feeling ready to terful rotating DJs at this weekly favorite get your mingle. 9pm; free. blood pumping with sexy beats. If that’s not enough to get your heart pounding, the go-go CATCH FRIDAYS Boxers HK, 742 Ninth Ave (@ boys—who most certainly live up to the party’s 50th St), boxersnyc.com. The catch of the day oversized name—should help. 10pm; free. becomes the catch of the night at Boxers in Hell’s Kitchen, where there really are plenty of sexy fish LUST Bar-tini Ultra Lounge, 642 10th Ave (btwn in the sea. Resident DJ Eric Abobo spins each 45th/46th Sts), bar-tiniultralounge.com. You’ll

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SATURDAY

BE CUTE One Last Shag, 348 Franklin Ave (btwn Greene/Lexington Aves), Clinton Hill, onelastshag.com. Bushwig’s Horrorchata hosts this über adorable monthly dance party. Join a cute mixed crowd of Bushwich party people drinking frozen margaritas on the expansive outdoor patio.Then get your ass to the dance floor to warm up: Horrorchata’s alter ego Matty Beats DJs alongside Merkin Muffley. The queens of Brooklyn are always here in full force, so come mingle with all your favorites! 10pm; free. GLOW G Lounge, 225 W 19th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), glounge.com. Fabulous guest hosts shine and luminescent guest DJs provide the soundtrack for Kareem McJagger’s Dayglo bash. Put on your best neon look and get ready to sparkle at this Chelsea kiki. 10pm; free.

SUNDAY

HQ FRIDAYS The Ritz, 369 W 46th St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), ritzbarandlounge.com. BoiParty kicks off your weekend the right way, filling all three floors of The Ritz with boys, boys, and—yes, you guessed it—more boys. DJ Xavier spins the main dance floor and Rico Alexis spins the second floor lounge. Well drinks are just $6 and Fireball shots are $5 in the third floor’s VIP lounge. 10pm; free. KING SIZE The Cock, 29 Second Ave (btwn First/Second Sts), thecockbar.com. DJ Jeff Chatterton spins an eclectic mix at this infamous gay bar, where sleaze is always on the menu. Come play in the dark and be sure to bring plenty of singles for the hunky go-gos working it on the bar. 11pm; $10.

JANUARY 3 SICKENING SATURDAYS Fairytail Lounge, 500 W 48th St (btwn 10th/11th Aves), fairytailnyc.com. Asia Persuasia and Haus of Litré’s weekly party is more sickening than Ebola. Too soon? Resident DJ Thomas Trinity is joined by new performers every week, along with sexy gogo boys. 10pm–3am; free. CAFÉ CON CREMA Shadow Boxers, 215 W 40th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), shadowboxersbar.com. Spice up your Saturday at Manni Fierro’s Latin dance party. DJ Sammi Blendz has the grooves to keep you moving as stacked go-go studs shake their asses. 10pm; free. MANSTER The Monster, 80 Grove St (@ Seventh Ave), manhattan-monster.com. The basement is pumping as DJs Johnny Dynell, T-Boy,

and special guests hold it down for the sexy crowd. 10pm; free with password before 1am/$8 general admission. SMASHED AND MASHED Eastern Bloc, 505 E Sixth St (btwn Aves A/B), easternblocnyc.com. The legendary Michael Formika Jones does DJ duty at this East Village dance party. Work off the last of your holiday indulgence as sexy go-go boys bump and grind. 11pm; free. PRETTYUGLY Diamond Horseshoe, 235 W 46th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), diamondhorseshoe.com. A cast of fabulous hosts and skillful DJs have us wondering where the ugly part of Erich Conrad and Drew Elliot’s fabulous party comes from, because it’s looking pretty “pretty” to us! 11pm; free.

JANUARY 4

BALLS TO THE WALL BINGO Pieces, 8 Christopher St (btwn Greenwich Ave/Gay St), piecesbar.com. Forget the church basement! Get your bingo fix at Pieces. The hilarious Vodka Stinger hosts, pulling the balls and spilling the T. Get buzzed while you play on with margaritas, mimosas, and Bloody Marys for just $3 and Long Island Iced Teas for $5. 5pm–8pm; free. BUFFBOYZZ Uncle Charlie’s, 139 E 45th St (btwn Lexington/Third Aves), unclecharliesnyc.com. The hunks of Buffboyzz take over Uncle Charlie’s the first Sunday of every month for one of the hottest strip shows in town. Turn that

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WEEK be consumed by lust at Chris Ryan and Scotty Em’s weekly happening, with some of the sexiest bar staff and hosts around. DJ Steve Sidewalk spins pop beats so you can enjoy all the eye candy living it up on the dance floor. 10pm; free.

Christmas cash grandma sent you into singles and spend them on a cocktail and a lap dance. 7pm–2am; $10. 1999 Industry, 355 W 52nd St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), industry-bar.com. This is probably the only party where you won’t be surprised to hear “The Thong Song.” DJ Scott Jones spins the hits you remember from high school, and the ones that the twinks you’re cruising don’t— because they were in kindergarten. 8pm; free. BEATS The Eagle, 554 W 28th St (btwn 10th/11th Aves), eaglenyc.com. The weekend is

nearly over, but the beat goes on at The Eagle. DJ B. Duron spins for a butch crowd at this Chelsea landmark. Get ready for a Monday hangover, because you know you’re not leaving until you’ve danced it out and found a beau. 10pm; free. UNTUCKED AND UNCENSORED The Ritz, 369 W 46th St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), ritzbarandlounge.com. A true show queen if there ever was one, Marti Gould Cummings wants to entertain you and get you liquored up.Remember your New Year’s resolution to drink less. Not after tonight, you won’t. DJ Clayton Moore spins. 11pm; free.

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