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EXPERIMENTS IN REALNESS QUEER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AMERICAN REALNESS FESTIVAL
LOST BOY LOOKING’S FRANKIE J. ALVAREZ
WHO’S NEXT DUSTY RAY BOTTOMS BCALLA STEVIE BOI SRDA VASILJEVIC BOTTOMS
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11 WHO’S NEXT IN 2015 Five major new talents and tastemakers to know this year. 12 Dusty Ray Bottoms 13 Stevie Boi 14 Bottoms 15 Srda Vasiljevic 16 Bcalla
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Commentary: How LGBT teachers impact their students’ lives. The Week in Photos What’s Next: Frankie J. Alvarez on Looking’s most wayward boy; photographer Benjamin Fredrickson documents the lives of gay sex workers. Shot in the Dark
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Calendar of Events Playlist: DJ Michael Magnan’s basement boogie. Bar Crawl: Tuesday night on the town with Early Ross Aviance. Spotlight: Queer highlights from this year’s American Realness festival. Quoted: Witti Repartee on the Broads, Bawds, and Bachelorettes of her upcoming show.
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The Role of the Gay Teacher GLSEN SAYS LGBT MENTORS IN HIGH SCHOOL ARE ESSENTIAL. ONE GAY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER REFLECTS ON THE ROLE HE PLAYS IN HIS STUDENTS’ LIVES.
was in my first year of teaching in rural Massachusetts the first time it happened. Chris, a 15-year-old sophomore in my class, asked if he could speak with me after school. He wasn’t a great student, so I figured his parents had finally gotten on his case about the missing work affecting his grade. When he came into my classroom later that afternoon, he sat in silence at the desk across from me. I asked if everything was okay. He said it wasn’t. He stared at me for another minute or so, his mouth opening and closing silently. I told him that he could tell me anything he needed to. Finally, he said it: “I’m gay.” “Oh,” I said. “Do you want to talk about it?” For the next hour, Chris filled me in on what he was struggling with: coming out to his strict Irish Catholic parents and deciding how to ask a boy he liked out on a date. At the end of our talk, I asked Chris why he chose to come to me—after all, he didn’t seem to particularly enjoy English and we’d never spoken outside of class before. “You’re just the only gay guy I know,” he said and walked out. While I’ve never made a point of coming out to my students, I’ve never re-
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ally hid the fact that I’m gay either. I’ve seen other LGBT colleagues go to great lengths to “mask” (or rather, “masc”) even the most mundane details of their personal lives by using genderneutral pronouns and the like, but I’ve never felt any shame in my students’ knowing I’m gay. In the same way that straight teachers don’t hesitate in wearing their wedding bands or placing pictures of their families on their desks, I’ve never hesitated from referencing old boyfriends or loving Mean Girls and Taylor Swift. The more intuitive students tend to pick up on these indicators immediately, and it generally makes the gossip rounds from there. In October, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network recently released their biennial report detailing a questionnaire completed by American LGBT students on the state of school culture in the U.S. The results showed that in some instances, life for LGBT students has improved, particularly in regards to the use of homophobic slurs and phrases like, “That’s so gay.” While GLSEN’s results are somewhat encouraging, they also report that 85 percent of LGBT students were verbally harassed in the 2013–2014 school year and that 30 percent missed at least one school day in the past month because they felt unsafe or uncomfortable. GLSEN also indicates that students in these hostile school environments are more likely to suffer from lower self-esteem and lower GPAs. They are also less likely to go to college. As an openly gay educator, I find those statistics sobering. However, the lives of LGBT students can be drastically improved when they recognize supportive staff in their schools, the survey says. Over 96 percent of students were able to identify at least one staff member supportive of LGBT students. Nearly 39 percent were able to identify 11 or more supportive
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staff members. It’s a pool that I’m proud to be a part of. Those students with a supportive adult network are nearly twice as likely to feel safe at school, are less likely to miss school, are more likely feel connected to their school community, and are more likely to attend college. Although it’s not always easy to be the “gay” teacher at school, the fact is, my visibility is important. To be an effective
“The lives of LGBT students can be drastically improved when they recognize supportive staff in their schools.” educator, you can’t just possess a love of your area of study, but a true determination to help guide students through their lives’ difficult trials. The GLSEN survey certainly reflects that. Although Chris was the first student to seek me out, he hasn’t been the last. This year, I moved to a new school where I coadvise the Gay-Straight Alliance, a group of about 30 students that gather weekly to eat cookies and argue about topics relevant to today’s LGBT youth and its larger community. High school is a time to learn about yourself as much as math and science, and I’m proud to have a hand in both educations. At 24, the concerns my LGBT students have already make me feel ancient and dated, but I go home happy with the knowledge that rather than panicking about being found out for being gay, students like Chris are instead drafting texts and quelling crush-induced butterflies for the cute boy from class. N
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“Big Hero 6. Besides seeing this movie twice with a special guy, I also absolutely love this touching Disney tale. It’s fun, fresh, and full of heart.” —Promoter Justin Luke on his favorite film of 2014
CHRISTMAS WITH THE CRAWFORDS @ ABRONS ARTS CENTER PLAYHOUSE Joey Arias, Sherry Vine, and the rest of the cast celebrated their Christmas show’s New York opening.
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS @ SKIRBALL CENTER The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus Christmas concert, which told the story of a young man discovering the Big Apple and finding his chosen family, featured Broadway veteran Carolee Carmello on Dec. 19.
ALASKA 5000'S BLUE CHRISTMAS @ THE LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER The Drag Race alum celebrated the holidays with her signature antics on Dec. 14. JANUARY 02, 2015 7
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A PAIGE TURNER CHRISTMAS @ NEW WORLD STAGES This Dec. 9 holiday spectacular boasted supporting talent Sutton Lee Seymour, Chelsea Piers, Jackie Cox, Nomi Sas, Alexis Michelle, and some sexy Santas.
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LOOKING FOR MORE Love him or hate him, Looking’s Agustín is here to stay. Thankfully, actor Frankie J. Alvarez says Season 2 finds him turning over a new leaf—with some help from a Mean Girl.
t the end of Looking’s first season, it seemed like the only way was up for the Franzese’s Eddie is a refreshing addition to the Looking mix for more than his much-maligned Agustín. His egotistical and shallow antics left him single good-natured spirit; he is the first major HIV-positive character Looking has introand facing his best friends’ resentment. That’s not to mention his art—pre- duced since it premiered last year. It’s a significant moment for the show. Looking viously his salvation—is nothing more than a series of showrunner Andrew Haigh seems ready to address condull, sexually charged contrivances. Sadly, Season 2 finds temporary gays’ experience with HIV this season, particthe character hitting a few more bumps along the PCH. ularly in episode 2 in which Patrick deals with his anxiety “You think he hits rock-bottom at the end of the first about getting tested. season, [but in] those first couple episodes, he actually “Looking has always been about the complexities has more bottom to hit,” says heterosexual actor Frankie J. of the gay experience today,” Alvarez says. “As the season Alvarez. “I think it’s going to be really good for him in the progresses, you’ll see a lot of how young gay men are long term. It’s humbling, and he starts to look outside of dealing with dating men who are HIV-positive or that himself and starts thinking about his friends and the kind [have] irrational AIDS panic. It’s something that we’re exof person he wants to be.” ploring, and the writers were very conscious of coming at Someone who helps Agustín actualize this version of it from a very modern perspective.” himself is Eddie (Mean Girls’ Daniel Franzese), a free-lovThat said, Haigh and co. aren’t getting on their soaping, bear-hugging LGBT nonprofit worker introduced in box to preach the importance of PrEP; they’re simply Agustín and Eddie share a moment the January 11 premiere. They meet when Patrick opening a dialogue through Looking’s authentic portray(Jonathan Groff), Dom (Murray Bartlett), and Agustín als of such timely dilemmas. “Andrew Haigh was always spend a weekend away at Lynn’s (Scott Bakula) Muir Woods lodge. talking about how he doesn’t want our show to be an issue-based show. He wants “[Eddie’s] the right energy for Agustín in this troubling time in his life,” Alvarez it to be a relationship show,” Alvarez says. “It’s really nice when the issues come says. “He finds somebody who’s open and playful and fun, and I think it sort of helps through, but they’re coming through within the relationships—within the characpull Agustín out of the hole.” ters that we’re building.” —Benjamin Lindsay
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icah stares straight into Benjamin Fredrickson’s Polaroid lens. Naked, he extends his arms upward, absentmindedly exposing two tattoos running the length of his biceps. His bare chest is dusted lightly with hair; his manicured moustach is darker. Shot in 2009, Micah is one of Fredrickson’s many male subjects. As a Minneapolis sex worker from 2005– 2010, Fredrickson documented his experiences, capturing Polaroids of clients, colleagues, and himself. The series—which debuts at Daniel Cooney Fine Art on January 8—documents sex work and BDSM culture in an engrossingly immediate fashion. The stark, black-andwhite photos are uncompromising and erotic.
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“Now that I’m out of that lifestyle, I can look at it in a different way, in a more subjective way. [I can] edit the photographs and really appreciate it for being a unique time in my life,” Fredrickson says of the series. “For me, it made the most sense to process being a sex worker and documenting it in this way.” Yes, there are dungeons, leather, and erect cocks to spare, but Fredrickson’s work—which has been published in Butt Magazine, Dazed and Confused, and others—is tinged with a vulnerability and longing that is missing from the overwrought theatrics of pornography. It is ultimately not an exploration of sexual titillation, but human connection. —BL
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ew York’s gay nightlife scene has always been a breeding ground for new talent, from designers like Jeremy Scott and the Blondes to bands like Scissor Sisters and artists like Keith Haring. And let’s not forget the super star queens. Covergirl Dusty Ray Bottoms (p.12) is the kind of performer who just might have what it takes to rival major drag talents like RuPaul and Bianca Del Rio. Meanwhile, 22-year-old theater wunderkind Srda Vasiljevic (p.15) is already making his mark on Broadway. For this year’s Who’s Next issue, we’re also venturing beyond the usual Manhattan hangs to the wilds of Bushwick to profile a fierce new band (Bottoms, p.14) and an up-and-coming designer with a particular point of view (Bcalla, p.16). And we’re even heading as far afield as rural Maryland to introduce you to an accessories designer (Stevie Boi, p.13) who’s already gotten the attention of Lady Gaga and Rihanna. These are the names to know in 2015.
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DUSTY RAY BOTTOMS f I can look like a lollipop with a nice big head and a stick body, that is the perfect goal of the night,” says Dusty Ray Bottoms. “[My look is] different each night, but as long as it falls under the umbrella of ‘Dusty,’ I’m pretty experimental.” Sitting for a Thursday evening chat at Next Magazine‘s Soho offices, 27-year-old Dustin Rayburn is in full “Dusty” mode, his face painted a porcelain white and heavily contoured with icy blue—think Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride meets Snow Miser. When she first started doing drag last January, Dusty says she was clueless when it came to makeup. But thanks to YouTube tutorials by the late Maddox Madison, she’s cut her prep time from four hours to 90 minutes. That’s perhaps what’s most surprising about Dusty: the speed with which her drag career has taken off. In less than a year, she’s gone from out-of-work musical theater performer to fulltime, self-sustaining New York City queen. Her success in the last year is thanks in no small part to Paige Turner and Justin Luke’s So You Think You Can Drag. Dusty went into this fall’s competition hoping to launch a full time drag career, and although she ultimately placed second, it seems she’s living that dream, after all. Her background in musical theater allows her to blow audiences away with a mix of live vocals and electrifying lip sync performances at regular gigs around the city including Drag Brunch at
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Shadowboxers with Sir Honey Davenport, and she’s been nominated for Breakthrough Artist in the 16th Annual Glam Awards. Dusty’s overnight success hasn’t been limited to New York nightlife either. She was recently cast in a walk-on role in Martin Scorsese’s still-untitled rock ’n’ roll drama for HBO. Details about the upcoming series are hushed, but Dusty says her scene has her in full drag, smoking a cig, and watching one guy suck another guy off. “Making mom proud, y’know?” she quips. “It’s not porn, it’s HBO!” On set, Dusty met Brooklyn queen Daphne Sumtimez and soon after the pair partnered up for the December 18 launch of Dusty’s first weekly solo show, Dusted at Bar-tini. “I really wanted to try to bring the Brooklyn crowd up to Hell’s Kitchen,” she says. “I have my hand in a lot of things, so I wanted to take this opportunity to maybe pull some groups together and bring something new.” That “something new” is featured in the Bar-ini show’s second act, when newbie queens are invited to get on the Dusted stage for impromptu performances. It’s Dusty’s way of looking out for newcomers wanting more exposure. “I wouldn’t have been as successful as I am now if I didn’t have people looking out for me,” Dusty says. “You’ve gotta look out for each other.” —Benjamin Lindsay
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STEVIE BOI tevie Boi’s sunglasses are not for the timid: larger-thanlife mesh visors, beaded specs, geometric shades embellished with all kinds of spikes, studs, and chains. “My motto is ‘live life fearlessly,’ and that’s the way I look at my aesthetic,” the 25-year-old designer says. “I have stuff someone’s grandmother can wear, but I want to appeal to the person who wants to be seen, especially being a gay man. I want to appeal to people who want to be bold.” And, true to his word, Stevie Boi’s shades have been worn by boldface names like Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, and Elton John—the sort of celebrities who aren’t afraid to take risks when it comes to their work as well as their fashion. The quintessential military brat, Steven Cordell Casablanca Strawder—named for his father’s favorite movie (Casablanca) and his mother’s favorite actor (Steven Seagal)—grew up all over the world: from a farm in Georgia to Germany, Paris, and London. But he considers Maryland home. As an artistically inclined gay African-American teen in a predominantly white high school in Bel Air, Md., Strawder made a name for himself on MySpace with his youthful experiments in music and fashion. “I was desperate to be a celebrity,” he says. But it wasn’t until he started making his own custom sunglasses that his talent as a designer really began to take
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shape. “People started to buy them off of my face,” Strawder says. “Literally, just walking down the street to the club. It became a thing locally in Baltimore where people wanted to wear my sunglasses.” In 2009 he officially launched his label, SB Shades, catching the attention of his future mentor, Vogue Japan editor-atlarge and creative consultant Anna Dello Russo. His 2013 World AIDS Day sunglasses for Macy’s sold out within a week. This year, Strawder is poised for even bigger success. He’ll be launching an exclusive collaboration with H&M later this year, a collection of eyewear, accessories, T-shirts and sweaters. In February, he’ll show his “Fall/Winter/Summer/Spring 2016” collection at New York Fashion Week. And on January 19, his reality series, All Eyes on Stevie, which documents the creation of both collections, premieres on Dream Nation TV. The 2016 collection, which he’s titled “Cr3am,” also marks a transition for Stevie Boi. “It’s going to be very different for me,” Strawder says. “This is actually going to be a challenge.” The allwhite range of sunglasses and clothing is his attempt to allow the brand to mature. Strawder says he’d eventually like to design red-carpet gowns for an elite clientele of celebrities. But that doesn’t mean he’s forsaking his bold aesthetic. “The eyewear is always gonna be out there!” —John Russell
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BOTTOMS nly in 2015 could a band on the rise consist of “two shitty drag queens, a 303, and a drummer,” as Brooklyn trio Bottoms so elegantly describe themselves. The band—comprised of lead singer Jake Dibeler, 26; keyboardist and sound effects man Simon Leahy, “30something”; and drummer Michael Prommasit, 28—are poised to take their New York hype global this year. Bottoms formed either out of Bushwick art space Secret Project Robot—home to the annual drag festival Bushwig, which Leahy co-founded—or out of Brooklyn’s alternative queer art scene, depending on which member you ask. “We came directly out of the drag/queer scene,” says Leahy. “I wrote ‘Boring’ about the drag scene and about people being boring.” On the track in question, Dibeler screeches about all the things he finds boring: your makeup, sex appeal, Los Angeles, your penis. It’s a song that could easily come off as whiny, but Dibeler’s anger and Bottoms’ riotous electroclash soundscape turn it into pure punk defiance. The band’s stage presence helps fuel that fire, with Dibeler and Leahy donning wigs, makeup, dresses, and blackout contact lenses for shows. “I’m not really interested in being a drag queen,” explains Dibeler, sponging clown-white onto his face and squeezing his feet into a pair of nude pumps. “I’m
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more interested in playing with gender, maintaining my masculinity while being feminine.” Bottoms’ sound is rooted in gay disco, with elements of punk, metal, and electronica. Their songs hit you like a line of ketamine blown by a drag queen at a renegade party. The lyrics are dark, as Bottoms—and primary lyricist Dibeler in particular—are interested in the more shadowy aspects of gay life: disease, sex, soured relationships. Dibeler finds the contrast between the lyrical intensity and the music itself hilarious. “I’m really into that,” he says. “People dancing to my suicide note.” The new year will see Bottoms release an E.P., play shows at South by Southwest, premiere their first music video, tour Europe, and potentially release a full-length album—and it all happened by chance. With a free space to perform at Secret Project Robot and a sound engineer friend, they decided to record their E.P. Goodbye on a whim. “We recorded it, and then we didn’t have any plans to do anything with it, and then JD Samson messages us and is like, ‘Hey, let’s talk,’” Dibeler says. Soon the band was signed to Samson’s fledgling label, Atlas Chair Records, and Goodbye is on its way to a January 20 release. It’s what anyone would consider an exciting time for Bottoms. But even in a flaxen wig and taupe skirt, Dibeler’s delivery is deadpan. “It’s going to be a whirlwind of sad gay music.” —Mark Dommu
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SRDA VASILJEVIC rda Vasiljevic is a director to the stars while his own star is rising. A handsome 22-year-old, Vasiljevic has been reaping the fruits of New York City since his winter 2013 move here, landing work on Broadway alongside some of the industry’s biggest names. His road to the Great White Way was a long one, but now that he’s there, you can bet he’s never turning back. Born in Sarajevo in December 1991, mere months before the Bosnian War ravaged the nation, Vasiljevic spent his early childhood with his family in refugee camps. After applying for housing in the U.S., they were placed in Des Moines, Iowa— “the metropolis of the Midwest!” he jokes. “Coming from a refugee background, I grew up with this sense that the only way to preserve and maintain your stories is to tell them,” Vasiljevic says. “Because my family lost everything material, those stories were all we had.” In December 2012, renowned theater director Sheryl Kaller attended a production of Spring Awakening that Vasiljevic directed while at Boston’s Emerson College and immediately scooped him up, telling him he had to leave school early to pursue directing in New York. Time moved quickly for Vasiljevic— he left Emerson to direct The Laramie Project Cycle at BAM earlier in the fall of 2012, returned for the spring and fall 2013 semes-
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ters, and signed his first Broadway contract to assistant direct Mothers and Sons at the Golden Theater that November. Vasiljevic has gone on to work with theater heavyweights like Terrence McNally and Moisés Kaufman. He’s also the youngest member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and was named an up-and-coming theater artist by SpeakEasy Stage Company. Currently, he is assisting Tony-winner Billy Porter in directing Ham: A Musical Memoir, which stars Tonynominee Sam Harris and opens January 12. And later this year he’s remounting an industry reading of his wildly successful Boston workshop of Holding the Man. Through his work, Vasiljevic hopes to strengthen the power of the millennial voice in New York theater while further exploring sexuality and gender in his work. “These subjects are such pertinent issues in our current social consciousness,” he says. “Sexuality is a gradient we don’t fully understand, and theater is a way to explore this incredible unknown.” With work on the Broadway-bound production of The Visit and a new musical workshop based on Brave New World, Vasiljevic isn’t slowing down. “Theater is a way to start so many different conversations,” he says. “In my work I want to ask questions and show a different slice of every confusing, multifaceted realm.” —Cameron Keady
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BCALLA n a brightly lit Brooklyn studio, designer Bradley Callahan, a.k.a. Bcalla, is shooting the shit with his airbrush artist, CJ Cureton. His most recent collection is full of pieces with his signature creatures scrawled all over them, either in blackand-white or airbrushed in vibrant colors. The collection has already become incredibly popular with the more stylistically adventurous names in New York nightlife, who were some of Callahan’s earliest and most dedicated customers and muses. It also has a more notorious fan: Lady Gaga. Gaga’s former stylist Hayley Pisaturo started pulling Bcalla looks for the pop star’s ArtRave tour, and soon Callahan met the “Applause” singer’s current stylist, Brandon Maxwell. In November, a string of paparazzi photos of Gaga in the most recent Bcalla collection, along with a video of her rehearsing in a black-and-white piece, surfaced online. “It’s really surreal,” says Callahan. “Especially because most of the time [with celebrities] it’ll be custom-ordered stuff, so they need it and I’m making something that’s not really in relation to my brand. But then [Gaga] wore this current collection, these really personal things. It’s really weird.” That collection is “Drawing Is Fun,” which debuted on Bcalla’s Instagram this fall. “It was all about drawing, and how everything starts from me doing a really simple line drawing
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and then gets made into this crazy Technicolor thing. Everything was hand drawn in the collection with Sharpies.” Callahan had started doing hand-drawn T-shirts as prizes for a Drag Race screening he hosts in Brooklyn, and the collection grew out of that. This kind of creativity rooted in his community exemplifies Callahan’s career. As a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he began designing looks for his friends. When Callahan moved to New York in 2010, the emerging underground queer scene downtown and in Brooklyn began to heavily influence him, as he designed for performers and personalities like Big Dipper, La’Fem Ladosha, and Contessa Stuto of Cunt Mafia. It was Stuto who chose Bcalla pieces when she was styling Azealia Banks’ Japanese tour, and Banks has been a supporter ever since, wearing custom looks in two of her recent videos, “Heavy Metal and Reflective” and “Chasing Time.” Bcalla is characterized by outrageous, cartoonish sexiness. That means bodies on display, loud colors power-clashing in the same pieces, sexy cutouts, and spandex galore. Bcalla looks are designed for “attention seekers,” according to the designer. Callahan is looking to expand his brand in 2015 with bigger production runs and more accessibility. “Growth is the key word.” In February, he’ll debut a new collection, and while he’s very secretive about it, he can reveal one thing. “It’s definitely sexy.” —MD
Make a date with the men of the Boxers/Matinée 2015 Calendar! Meet these criminally sexy models in person at the calendar’s two back-to-back release parties, at Boxers Chelsea on January 8 and Boxers HK on January 9.
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WHAT TO SEE & WHERE TO BE JANUARY 2 THROUGH JANUARY 11 LINA’S WERK SHOP KTCHN, 508 W 42nd St (btwn 10th/11th Aves), ktchnnyc.com. DJ Lina Bradford is setting up shop at this eatery in The Out NYC. The Fire Island Pines legend spins pure disco realness like none other. Enjoy drink specials all night and a prix fixe dinner if you’re craving something delicious. 8pm; prices vary.
CHUCK Atlas Social Club, 753 Ninth Ave (btwn 50th/51st Sts), atlassocialclub.com. DJ Ernie Cote spins booming beats every Friday night so that Atlas’ hunky go-gos can shake their shit while you quaff cocktails at this neighborhood watering hole. 9pm; free.
BEAT Xes, 157 W 24th St (btwn Sixth/Seventh Aves), xesnyc.com. DJ Jay Brancato’s beats are infectious and they provide the soundtrack for all the gay goings-on at Xes every Friday night. Plus, $3 shot specials will have you feeling ready to mingle. 9pm; free.
HUNG G Lounge, 225 W 19th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), glounge.com. Let the masterful rotating DJs at this weekly favorite get your blood pumping with sexy beats. If that’s not enough to get your heart pounding, the go-go boys—who most certainly live up to the party’s oversized name—should help. 10pm; free.
CATCH FRIDAYS Boxers HK, 742 Ninth Ave (@ 50th St), boxersnyc.com. The catch of the day becomes the catch of the night at in Hell’s Kitchen, where there really are plenty of sexy fish in the sea. Resident DJ Eric Abobo spins. 9pm; free.
LUST Bar-tini Ultra Lounge, 642 10th Ave (btwn 45th/46th Sts), bar-tiniultralounge.com. You’ll 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
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pop beats so you can enjoy all the eye candy living it up on the dance floor. 10pm; free. 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.
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Every Friday night you can find MICHAEL MAGNAN down in the basement at Ladyfag’s ElevenEleven, alongside some of New York’s most revered DJs. The music is “a real Chunky Monkey mishmash of genres,” says Magnan. “You’ll get the full spectrum of new and classic house and techno with lots of hip-hop, R&B, and diva vocal samples swirled in. It’s dark and filthy and full of life.” Magnan’s exclusive mix for Next is a sampling of what you’ll hear in one of his sets.
THE TRACKS: 1. “Clap Back (Clap for Me)” – 6MAKA6 2. “Black Women (Club)” – Jammin’ Gerald 3. “Loleatta’s Acid” – Fatherhood 4. “Work Me Goddammit ‘96” Armand Van Helden (SPF666 ‘Wuk Dem’ Bootleg) – Armand Van Helden 5. “Clique Traque” – Sabrina 6. “Jungle Line” (Dungeon Meat Downlow Dub) – Mystic Bill 7. “Whose Dick Is This” (Sqim Ghetto Mix) – Princess Di 8. “Amsterdam 808” – Beesmunt Soundsystem 9. “Bitter” – Jaona 10. “Mellow” (Original Limit Mix) – Alex Deamonds
Mystic Bill
Beesmunt Soundsystem
DJ Michael Magnan spins at ElevenEleven Fridays at Open House, 244 E Houston (btwn Aves A/B), free before midnight/$5 general admission. Visit nextmagazine.com to hear the tracks.
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 Bushwick 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. 10pm; free. SICKENING SATURDAYS Fairytail Lounge, 500 W 48th St (btwn 10th/11th Aves),
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JANUARY 3 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 go-go 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 gogo studs shake their asses. 10pm; free.
VIVA SATURDAYS Stage 48, 605 W 48th St (btwn 11th/12th Aves), vivasaturdays.com. John Blair, Beto Sutter, Ric Sen, and BoiParty’s Saturday night rage shakes the house down with big room beats every week for the shirtless men of Hell’s Kitchen. 11pm; $20–$25. 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 as sexy gogo boys bump and grind. 11pm; free.
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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 on margaritas, mimosas, and Bloody Marys for just $3. 5pm–8pm; free.
MONDAY
BUFFBOYZZ Uncle Charlie’s, 139 E 45th St (btwn Lexington/Third Aves), unclecharliesnyc.com. The Buffboyzz take over Uncle Charlie’s the first Sunday of every month for one of the hottest strip shows in town. Spend that Christmas cash grandma sent you on a cocktail and a lap dance. 7pm–2am; $10.
#GYPSIES Xes, 157 W 24th St (btwn Sixth/Seventh Aves), xesnyc.com. The hashtag is an important part of this weekly show, where Chelsea Piers and special guest nightlife gypsies, tramps, and thieves will help you come down from your lingering New Year’s hangover with fabulous shows. 10:30pm; free.
RATED X The Ritz, 369 W 46th St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), ritzbarandlounge.com. Tina Burner has gone way past an R rating and into art house cinema territory! DJ Xavier joins your scandalous hostess and special guests as they perform numbers that deserve an X rating! 11pm; free.
SUTTON LEE TUESDAYS Barracuda, 275 W 22nd St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), 212-6458613. Sutton Lee Seymour is taking over, one show-stopping number and empty cocktail glass at a time. Drink up, darlings, because this queen is going to make sure you don’t leave until last call. DJ Patrick Kuzara spins. 11pm; free.
WESTGAY Westway, 75 Clarkson St (btwn Washington St/West Side Hwy), westwaynyc.com. DJs Nita Aviance, Jonjon Battles, and surprise guests turn out a crowd of club kids, fashion fags, queerdo artists, and drag queens every Tuesday at Frankie Sharp’s weekly fantasy. 10pm; $10.
TUESDAY JANUARY 6 BOOB TUBE TUESDAY St. Jerome’s, 155 Rivington St (btwn Suffolk/Clinton Sts), boobtoobtuesdays.tumblr.com. Every Tuesday, the Boob Tube Collective—Earl Dax, Leo Herrera, Shane Shane, and Jill Pangalla—screen their favorite film and television clips. DJ Amber Martin spins. 9pm; free.
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OBEY SUNDAYS Slake, 251 W 30th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), slakenyc.com. John Blair and resident DJ Escape have assembled an allstar team of party monsters for their weekly bash: Alan Picus, Justin Luke, Yamil X, and Joe Roszak— not to mention the superstar guest DJs! 10pm; $10 with invite or JB card/$15 general admission.
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BROADWAY MONDAYS Hardware, 697 10th Ave (btwn 47th/48th Sts), hardware-bar.com. If your goal in life is to slather yourself in green paint and sing “Defying Gravity,” then hightail it to Justin Luke and Sutton Lee Seymour’s weekly haven for theater nerds, where VJ OhRicky plays clips from your favorite shows! 7pm–midnight; free.
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TOTALLY TUESDAY
ightlife creature EARLY ROSS AVIANCE loves hitting the town on Tuesday nights. “[They] describe my favorite F word: fun! I must tell you, Tuesday is my new Saturday. She’s dressed like she’s paying rent!” Early’s Tuesdays takes him all over the city. —Mark Dommu
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4. BAD DRAG QUEEN Industry, 355 W 52nd St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), industrybar.com. “Bad Drag Queen is the next stop, where Bob the Drag Queen serves a foul-mouthed fantasy. Seeing the audience members get dolled up in drag for the first time is a complete gag.”
3. SHADY TUESDAYS The Ritz, 369 W 46th St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), ritzbarandlounge.com. “Shady Tuesdays in Hell’s
2. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN LIP SYNC
Kitchen is where I run to next to have a little kiki with Bobby LaSalle and get my drinks from Freddie. With the bar and dance floor I am reminded of Dallas, Texas—my hometown. It’s very unintimidating.”
G Lounge, 225 W 19th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), glounge.com. “The
1. WISE MEN Wise Men, 355 Bowery (@ E Fourth St), wisemennyc.com. “At Wise Men on the Lower East
5. WESTGAY
Side, I start my evening with mushroom croquettes and fish tacos, and [bartenders] Danielle or Caroleyn will give me their new favorite drink. With music playing by a fierce DJ, it always makes my night—for all that I been through and for what I’m about to go through!”
Westway, 75 Clarkson St (btwn Washington St/West Side Hwy), westwaynyc.com. “I will always end my night at Frankie Sharp’s Westgay where it’s always a full-on carry—diversity at its best. With the likes of Nita Aviance, Jonjon Battles, and even Juliana Huxtable at times DJ-ing. Mary…it’s a carry!”
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next stop is in Chelsea for So You Think You Can Lip Sync. Usually I may sync a number, or just hang at the bar and have cocktails while chatting it up with [bartenders] Steven or Dyllan, and talking music with Jay.”
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7
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STUFF The Spectrum, 59 Montrose Ave (btwn Lorimer/Leonard Sts), Williamsburg, thespectrum6@gmail.com. Brooklyn’s queer community center offers you a chance to get centered at this weekly self-care workshop. 8pm–9:30pm; $15.
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW Rockbar, 185 Christopher St (@ Weehawken St), rockbarnyc.com. This season of American Horror Story has been a weird one, but Misty Meaner, Mocha Lite, and M'Lady Uppercrust are sticking it out to host a viewing party of the last few episodes. They’ll give their opinions on the show—whether you want them or not—and do their best to one-up Jessica Lange with diva behavior and performances. 10pm; free. THE REAL DEAL The Ritz, 369 W 46th St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), ritzbarandlounge.com. You know the real thing when you see it, and hosts Pusse Couture, Jada Valenciaga, Chaka Khanvict, and Ivana Taupe are it. 10pm; free. LE FREAK Lovegun, 617 Grand St (btwn Lorimer/Leonard Sts), Williamsburg, 718-3883411. The weirdos of Brooklyn find a home at Lovegun every Wednesday. DJ Tyler Stone welcomes this week’s guests, singing queen Louvel and host TREY LATRASH. 10pm; free.
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JOCKSTRAP WEDNESDAY The Eagle, 554 W 28th St (btwn 10th/11th Aves), eaglenyc.com. Show off your buns in your favorite jock. If you haven’t got one, there are specials on the sexy undergarment at the Eagle store. While jocks aren’t required, they’re highly recommended, and let’s be honest, if you’ve got a cute tush, you’ll want to show it off as you shake it to beats by DJ Rob Sperte. 10pm; free. BURNER AND BROOKS Barracuda, 275 W 22nd St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), 212-6458613. Tina Burner and Delilah Brooks make your Wednesdays hilarious with their side-splitting show. These girls are the ultimate dynamic duo, and you’ll be close to wetting yourself by the time last call rolls around. 11pm; free.
THURSDAY
BOXERS/MATINÉE CALENDAR RELEASE Boxers, 37 W 20th St (btwn Fifth/Sixth Aves), boxersnyc.com. Meet the stunning studs of Boxers and Matinée’s 2015 calendar and pick up a copy to take home. All sales benefit the Ali Forney Center, so for once your ogling helps a good cause! 6pm–9pm; free.
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WD–40 Good Room, 98 Meserole Ave (btwn Lorimer St/Manhattan Ave), Greenpoint, goodroombk.com. Kenny Kenny and
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JANUARY 8 Kayvon Zand are joining forces at last to take over Brooklyn, infiltrating Greenpoint’s Good Room for a new weekly party. Michael Magnan will spin while hosts like Horrorchata, Chris of Hur, Pandy, Neocamp, Suzie Hart, and others prance, preen, and get down on the dance floor. 10pm; $5. NO STRINGS ATTACHED Cellar Bar at the Bryant Park Hotel, 40 W 40th St (btwn Fifth/Sixth Aves), cellarbarbryantparkhotel.com. Brian Rafferty and Joe Roszak’s party is better than any
Grindr hookup, with a rotating roster of the city’s sickest DJs and pop-up drag performances. 10pm; free. TESTOSTERONE THURSDAYS Therapy, 348 W 52nd St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), therapynyc.com. Inject a little testosterone into your Thursday night at Therapy’s weekly strip show. DJ David Scott spins for boylesque performers, gogo boys, and shameless strippers. Plus, draft beers are $4 and Jack Daniels is $7. 10pm; free.
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JANUARY 8
WEEK
THE CATEGORY IS REALNESS
SPOTLIGHT
CATCH ExCITING ExPERIMENTAL qUEER PERFORMANCE AT THE AMERICAN REALNESS FESTIVAL.
am really interested in performativity and the construction of personality and persona and character and how that [may] be used to create and call attention to identity,” says American Realness curator and producer Ben Pryor. The festival’s sixth season kicks off January 8, and Pryor promises a lineup that includes plenty of experimental queer art. And while the works and artists featured in the annual performance festival are each unique, there are some underlying themes this year, like “this meta-administration thing,” says Pryor. “There are a few works that all focus on the administrative realities of making work as subject matter and content in the piece.” Check out our picks for some of the festival’s can’t-miss queer performances, including pieces that look at queer ritual and spectacle, and explorations of the self in relationship to others. —MD
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Bear/Skin Fest
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, 280 Broadway (btwn Reade/Chambers Sts; entrance at 53A Chambers St). Dancer Miguel Gutierrez’s first in a series of pieces over the coming years examines a multitude of overlapping issues such as dancers and aging, art and communication, and order and chaos, all within a queer framework. Jan 8 at 6pm and 8:30pm, Jan 9 at 5:30pm and 7:30pm, Jan 10 at 6:30pm; $20.
PHOTOS: AGE & bEAUTY: ERIC MCNATT; bEAR/SKIN: RObbIE SWEENY; FEST: DANNY WILLIAMS; DEATH ASSHOLE: FRITz WELCH; SOGGY: ALEx ESCALANTE; REALNESS: PATRICK METTRAUx
Age and Beauty Part 1: Mid-Career Artist/Suicide Note or &:-/
Abrons Arts Center Experimental Theater, 466 Grand St (btwn Pitt/Willett Sts). Deith Hennessy is a gay bear, but not the kind of bear you’d see on Scruff. This shamanic faerie daddy will be inhabiting the skin of an actual bear through ritual, dance, and the power of healing. Woof! Jan 8 at 7pm, Jan 9 at 8:30pm, Jan 10 at 7pm, Jan 11 at 2:30pm; $20.
Abrons Arts Center Playhouse, 466 Grand St (btwn Pitt/Willett Sts). Set at an imaginary Copenhagen festival, Ivo Dimchev’s Fest addresses sex, desire, and power in relationships in the performing arts marketplace, exploring these dynamics between curator, artist, technical director, and critic. Jan 8–9 at 10pm, Jan 11 at 10:30pm; $20.
Death Asshole Rave Video
Abrons Arts Center Experimental Theater, 466 Grand St (btwn Pitt/Willett Sts). Jeremy Wade invites his audience to embrace death in this piece that is part lecture and part performance in what promises to be a transporting work with a psychedelic climax. Jan 12 at 10pm, Jan 13 at 5pm, Jan 14 at 8:30pm, Jan 17 at 3pm, Jan 18 at 1:30pm; $20.
Soggy Glasses, a Homo’s Odyssey
Abrons Arts Center Experimental Theater, 466 Grand St (btwn Pitt/Willett Sts). Underground performance legend Dynasty Handbag revives her onenight bAM debut, a feminist hero’s journey that uses the structure of and subverts Homer’s Odyssey. Jan 16 at 8:30pm, Jan 17 at 10pm, Jan 18 at 8:30pm; $20.
Realness: A Night of Dance Art
Tribeca Grand, 288 Church St (@ Walker St). Nightlife icon Susanne bartsch’s brooklyn party, Kunst, is dropping the “s” and adding some new blood from zurich-based party Kunt, curated by Marc Streit and Lukas beyeler. European artists like Swiss-born Marie-Caroline Hominal and Daniel Hellman will perform and show work alongside New Yorkers Gage of the boone and Fluct, among others. Jan 10 at 11pm; free.
American Realness runs from January 8–18 at Abrons Art Center. Visit americanrealness.com for more info.
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JANUARY 9
GIRLS Lovegun, 617 Grand St (btwn Lorimer/Leonard Sts), Williamsburg, 718-3883411. A bunch of slutty go-go boys dance while a bunch of hot Williamsburg gays cruise, and a bunch of your favorite drag queens and club kids kiki and carry. It’s another Friday at Frankie Sharp’s Girls, with music by some of the city’s hottest DJs. 10pm; $5. HOT RABBIT The Monster, 80 Grove St (@ Seventh Ave), manhattan-monster.com. How hot is your rabbit? How hot do you want it to be? This
SATURDAY
queer dance party takes over The Monster’s downstairs dance floor with special performances and weekly guest DJs. 10pm; free with password/$8 general admission. FEVER FRIDAYS The Attic, 254 W 48th St (@ Eighth Ave), vossevents.com. DJs What, Lady Bunny, and Valissa Yoe make it impossible not to let all your pent up energy loose on the dance floor at Brandon Voss’s red hot party. Epiphany gives drag shows downstairs to keep you entertained as you wait for the elevator. 10pm; free.
WEEK ROCKIN’ DISCO FAG BAR Eastern Bloc, 505 E Sixth St (btwn Aves A/B), easternblocnyc.com. Feast your eyes on go-go boys and groove to DJ Darren Dryden’s freaky beats at this Friday night favorite. 11pm; free. PIECES UNDERWEAR PARTY Pieces, 8 Christopher St (btwn Greenwich Ave/Gay St), piecesbar.com. Drink prices drop to $2 along with your trousers at Pieces’ monthly Friday night underwear party. Get to know the boys that are up to no good in the back room! Midnight; free.
JANUARY 10
“QUOTED”
—Witti Repartee’s Broads, Bawds, and Bachelorettes at Metropolitan Room, 34 W 22nd St (btwn Fifth/Sixth Aves), January 10 at 9pm; $25 (plus two-drink minimum). Visit metropolitanroom.com for more info.
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WITTI REPARTEE’s second annual “Broads, Bawds, and Bachelorettes,” presented by the Imperial Court of New York, will be a royal affair. “Last year, I was the Dowager Empress of New York and about to get married, so I threw the Dowager’s bachelorette Party, which raised over $3,000 for women living with HIV at Iris House,” Repartee explains. “It’s going to be a fun night of live singing, storytelling, burlesque, and more, and once again, is a fundraiser for the women at Iris House.” Repartee has a fabulous cast of guest stars joining her onstage, including co-host Cherry Pitz, Ermine Muff, Dandy Darkly, and the current Mr. Eagle, Boy Laney, among others. At the show, each performer is “carefully curating their own material around the broads, bawds, and bachelorette themes,” Repartee says. The show will be opening with a number from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. What’s more, “Dandy Darkly will be bringing one of his stories of bawdy love from his latest show, ‘Pussy Panic!’, which will be returning to New York in the Frigid Festival later this winter. We’ve got an upbeat and campy list of performers. There’s sure to be some broadway. There’s almost certainly going to be some rock, some twists on old favorites, and some classics of cabaret.” Repartee’s show will help launch audiences into 2015 “in a feelgood celebration of those things we all love best: lusty lasses, buxom babes, and classy courtesans! My shows have always had a great blend of material and a great flow, and I am so excited about this talented cast of performers. For those people who do need to come down from the holidays, I can promise that there won’t be a single goddamned Christmas carol on the stage! 2015 is the middle of a decade, and we’re going to ring it in with sequins and songs!”
SATURDAY
JANUARY 10
WEEK
WACK! The Cock, 29 Second Ave (btwn First/Second Sts), thecockbar.com. DJ Kindbud slaps up the East Village every Saturday night at New York’s most infamous gay bar. There are always go-go sluts on the bar and plenty of dark corners to explore. 10pm; $10. CRYSTAL PALACE 310 Lounge, 310 Bowery (@ E First St), vossevents.com. Brandon Voss’ glamorous pop-up club night returns with a sexhibition, taking over two spaces, the 310 Lounge and Duane Park, bringing together club kids and porn—as if they weren’t already best friends! The Cocky Boys will mingle with club darlings Erickatoure Aviance, One-Half Nelson, and DAUGHTERS OF DEVOTION. 10pm; $10. RIOT The Stonewall Inn, 53 Christopher St (btwn Seventh Ave/Waverly Pl), thestonewallinnnyc.com. Part drag show, part dance party, Riot has something for everyone. With your hostess Frostie Flakes, guests Ari Kiki and Svetlana Stoli, and music from DJ Executive Realness, it’s going to be on hell of a night. 10pm; $5. UNCUT SATURDAYS BPM, 516 W 42nd St (btwn 10th/11th Aves), nycuncut.com. Big Ben, Yamil X, Loca Entertainment, and Riggz Entertainment want you to let loose over hip-hop, R&B, and Latin beats all night. 11pm; free.
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SEX ON FIFTH AVENUE Museum of Sex, 233 Fifth Ave (btwn 27th/28th Sts), museumofsex.com. Some of the city’s glamorous club kids and queens infiltrate New York’s sexiest museum for Kayvon Zand’s sexy weekly party. DJs Johanna Constantine and Wren Britton keep the beats going all night as partygoers frolic through the museum’s installations. 11pm; $25 advance/$30 general admission. PRETTYUGLY Diamond Horseshoe, 235 W 46th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), diamondhorseshoe.com. It’s all about the glamor at Erich Conrad and Drew Elliot’s fabulous party in the uptown home of Queen of the Night. Special guests join resident DJ Tommy Hottpants and a cast of fashionable hosts each week. 11pm; free.
SUNDAY JANUARY 11
SKINNY BRUNCH Hardware, 697 10th Ave (btwn 47th/48th Sts), hardware-bar.com. No eggs benedict this Sunday, girl! You’re on a liquid diet with these deals: $3 mimosas, Bloody Marys, and margaritas, and $5 Long Island iced teas. Drink up with host Roxy Brooks and DJ Nicky Boom Box. 3pm–8pm; free.
A RIDE ON THE IRISH CREAM Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St (btwn Astor Pl/W 4th St), joespub.com. Erin Markey’s songs are a delight-
ful combination of strange, subversive, and sensational in this psychedelic love story between a princess and her pontoon boat/horse. 7pm; $16 (plus $12 food/drink minimum). THE GOLDEN GLOBES Therapy, 348 W 52nd St (btwn Eighth/Ninth Aves), therapy-nyc.com. Will Meryl take home another Golden Globe for Into the Woods? Will Lena Dunham give another obnoxious acceptance speech? No matter what the outcome of the awards, you can guarantee that
host Paige Turner will keep this screening entertaining and fabulous, even if she and Emily Blunt wear the same dress—again! Turner will perform and lead trivia during commercial breaks, and DJ Natazu spins Top 40 all night. 8pm–11pm; free. RETRO SUNDAYS Posh, 405 W 51st St (@ Ninth Ave), poshbarnyc.com. Take a trip back in time with DJ Panos Mitos on Sunday nights. Swing by Posh for $3 Rolling Rocks all night and free pizza at 11pm. 9pm; free.
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NEW>>> (TUE) BOOB TUBE St. Jerome’s, 155 Rivington St (btwn Suffolk/Clinton Sts), boobtoobtuesdays.tumblr.com—Queers screen their favorite film and TV clips, then DJ Amber Martin spins things into a dance party. 9pm; free. (THU) WD-40 Good Room, 98 Meserole Ave (btwn Lorimer St/Manhattan Ave), Greenpoint, goodroombk.com —Kenny kenny and Kayvon Zand lube things up in Greenpoint with their new weekly. 10pm; $5.
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bears and fetish freaks. Mon 9pm–4am, Tues–Sat 10pm–4am, Sun 4pm–4am. (FRI, 1ST) Dirt with DJ Damian and DJ Mirch. Rock ’n roll. $4 domestic drafts all night long. 10pm. Free. (FRI, 3RD) Piggy Bear w/ DJ Nikko & Leather Draft Day. $15 pitchers of Bud/Bud Lt. (FRI, 4TH) Pup Night. CB Kirby hosts. (SAT) DJ James Andersen spins. (SUN) Blast Off! Beer Blast starting at 4pm until Midnight with DJ NIKKO spinning until 10pm; $3 domestic drafts and $4 import drafts, $5 domestic bottles, $5 Shots of either Jager, Cuervo or Fireball! (SUN) Beats with DJ B. Duron. 10pm; free. (MON) Foot Fetish Mondays. 10pm; free. (TUE) Hanky Tuesday starting.10pm; free. (WED) Jockstrap Wednesdays with DJ Rob Sperte. 2-4-1 well drinks. 10pm; free. (THU) Code with DJ Nikko. $5 Bud/Light bottles and $5 Fireball Whiskey shots for those in CODE.10pm; free.
604-0212, xesnyc.com— Cute Chelsea boys and sporty types chill in the lounge inside and the smoking patio in back. Wed– Sun 4pm–4am, Mon–Tue 4pm–2am. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 drinks weekdays 4pm–9pm; (FRI) BPM w/ DJ Jay Brancato, shot specials. 9pm. (SAT) Strobe. 2-for-1 well, beer and wine midnight–1am. 9pm. (SUN) Truth or Dare Karaoke w/ Frostie Flakes and DJ Brian Kalinowski. 10pm. (MON) #Gypsies. Chelsea Piers and Nomi Sas host. $3 beers, free pizza. 10:30pm. (TUE) Showtunes Tuesdays. DJ Jay Brancato and themed drink specials. 8pm; free. (TUE) The Paige Turner Show. Shot specials, games, performances and video. 10:30pm. (WED) Humpday Karaoke w/host Nicholas Park and DJ Jay Brancato. 10pm. (THU) Turnt Up Thursdays w/ DJ Calvin (pop). 8pm.
EAST OF EIGHTH 254 W 23rd St (Seventh/Eighth), 212-352-0075, eastofeighthny.com— Cheers-like bar inside the gay-friendly restaurant. No cover. (HAPPY HOUR) $4 well drinks and draft beer. 4pm–7pm and 10pm–Midnight.
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BARS>>> BARRACUDA 275 W 22nd St (Eighth) 212-645-8613— This Chelsea mainstay is Eighth Avenue’s gay epicenter, with shows almost nightly. 4pm–4am daily. Free. (FRI) DJ Brenda Black (SAT) DJ Jon Ali (SUN) Hooked w/Pixie Aventura and DJ David Serrano. Midnight. (MON) The Bob Show w/Bob the Drag Queen. Midnight. (TUE) Sutton Lee Tuesdays w/Sutton Lee Seymour. Midnight. (WED) Burner & Brooks w/Tina Burner and Roxy Brooks. Music by DJ Calvin. Midnight. (THU) Star Search w/Tina Burner. Midnight.
BOXERS 37 W 20th St (Fifth/Sixth), 212-255-5082; boxersnyc.com— Gay sports bar with brick-oven pizza, elbow room and hot athletic supporters. MonWed 4pm-2am, Thr-Fri 4pm-4am, Sat 1pm-4am, Sun 1pm-2am. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 drinks, 4pm– 9pm. Mon–Fri. (FRI) Tag Fridays w/DJ Ricarcdo, 9pm (SAT) Rebound Saturdays w/DJ Eric Abobo, shot boys, 9pm (SUN) Billiard Sundays, Free Pool All Day Long. $15 Coors Lite Pitchers. (MON) Unwind Mondays. $6 Stoli Drinks, 9pm. (TUE) $6 Svedka Vodka Drinks, 9pm. (WED) Hump Day Wednesday. $6 Jim Beam Black, 9pm. (THU) Absolut Thursdays. $6 Absolut drinks, 9pm.
THE EAGLE 554 W 28th St (10th/11th), 646-473-1866, eaglenyc.com— Two levels w/ roof deck welcome leather lovers,
(Seventh/Eighth) 212-929-1085, glounge.com— This round lounge is packed with gym daddies, Latino lotharios and cute Chelsea boys. 4pm–4am daily. (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 drinks, 4pm– 9pm. (FRI) Hung w/ host Yusef X and rotating DJs and well endowed go-gos. 10pm; free. (SAT) Glow with Kareem McJagger. 10pm; free. (SUN) Küte. Alternating DJs Scotty Rox and Xavier. 9pm–2am; free. (TUE) So You Think You Can Lip Synch.Belt it out at G’s karaoke party. 9pm; free. (WED) Gruff. Pete Forjohn hosts a scruffy crowd. 6pm–2am; free. (THU) Paradiso. Brazilian/Latin-infused night w/ guest DJs. 10pm; free.
GYM SPORTSBAR 167 Eighth Ave (18th/19th), gymsportsbar.com, 212-3372439— Gay sports bar with two floors of jocks, flatscreens and tasty fare. Mon–Thu 4pm–2am, Fri 4pm–4am, Sat 1pm–4am, Sun 1pm–2am. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) Mon–Fri 2-for-1 drinks 4pm–9pm (FRI) DJ Smokey, $6 Skyy Vodka drinks, and the Locker Room is open. 9pm. (SAT) $3 beer blast, 1pm–9pm. $6 Skyy vodka, DJ Dr. Brooks, 9pm. (SUN) $3 beer blast, 1pm–9pm. $3 well drinks, 9pm. (MON) $4 LI Iced Teas, $3 Landshark Beer, 9pm. (TUE) $4 Coronas and margaritas. (WED) $2.50 Bud, Bud Light, Landshark bottles, 9pm. Downstairs: Bearded lady Wednesdays. 9pm; free. (THU) $6 Absolut drinks, $3 Miller 64, 9pm. XES 157 W 24th St (Sixth/Seventh) 212-
MARQUEE 289 10th Ave (btwn 26th/27th Sts), fvevents.com— (THU, MONTHLY) Marquee Thursdays. Brandon Voss turns up Marquee every month with special guests. 10pm; free.
WesT VILLAGe BARS>>> BOOTS & SADDLE 76 Christopher St (7th/Bleecker), bootsnsaddlenyc.com, 212633-1986— This old-school Christopher Street mainstay welcomes a casual crowd. Go-gos after 7pm. Noon–4am daily. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) $3 beer and well drinks 2pm–8pm; $3 Pabst all day. (FRI) Yuhua Hamasaki Show (SAT) Strip Search w/Victoria Chase (SUN) Karaoke w/Victoria Chase (MON) Holly Dae. (TUE) Sugga Pie Koko. (WED) Karaoke w/Victoria Chase (THU) The Lady B.L.U.E. Show.
CUBBYHOLE 281 W 12th St (Fourth), 212-243-9041, cubbyholebar.com— This low-frills nabe bar is equally popular with fags and dykes. Mon–Fri 4pm–2am and Sat–Sun 2pm–4am. (HAPPY HOUR) Half-price drinks 4pm– 7pm Mon–Sat. (SUN) $3 mimosa and bloody marys, $2.50 Bud Light and Miller Lite, 2pm–9pm. (MON) $3 drinks 7pm–midnight. (WED) $3 drinks 7pm–midnight. (THU) $3 drinks 7pm–midnight. THE DUPLEX 61 Christopher St (Seventh), 212-255-5438, theduplex.com— Two-level piano bar trills with cute actors, cabaret gals and old-fashioned showtune queens. 4pm–4am. (HAPPY HOUR) $3 beers, $4 wines and wells 4pm–8pm Mon-Fri (FRI) Mostly Sondheim w/Emily McNa-
mara, Ben Cameron and pianist Brian Nash. 11:30pm; two-drink minimum.
THE HANGAR 115 Christopher St (Hudson/Bleecker), 212-627-2044, thehangarbarnyc.com— No-frills bar appealing to urban guys. Mon–Sats 3pm–4am, Sun 1pm–4am. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 drinks 3pm– 9pm Mon–Wed and Fri, 3pm–1am Tue, 3pm–10pm Thu. (FRI) DJ Jimmy. Go-gos 10:30pm–1:30am. (SAT) DJ Gene. Go-go boys 10:30pm–1:30am. (SUN) DJ Kindbud. Go-go boys 7pm–10pm. $3.50 Buds, $4 vodka and margaritas. 5–10pm; free. (TUE) DJ Gene 2-for-1 drinks till 1am. (WED) Squirt. DJ Mondo, go-go boys. 9pm.
HENRIETTA HUDSON 438 Hudson St (Morton), 212-924-3347, henriettahudson.com— This popular lesbian bar promises hot girls and hotter action. Mon– Fri 4pm–4am, Sat–Sun 2pm–4am. (HAPPY HOUR) 4pm-7pm Mon-Fri JULIUS 159 W 10th St (Waverly Pl), 212243-1928— Come for the friendly locals, stay for the mouthwatering burgers and an eclectic jukebox at New York’s oldest gay bar. 11am–4am daily. (HAPPY HOUR) 4pm–9pm $3 wells, domestics, wines (THU, FIRST) Stache Bash. Robert Valin presents DJ Chauncey D, mustache contest and go-go boys. 10pm; free. (THU, LAST) Mattachine with P.J. DeBoy. DJs John Cameron Mitchell and Amber Martin (vintage, vinyl). 9pm.
THE LGBT CENTER, 208 W 13th St (Seventh/Greenwich), 212-620-7310, gaycenter.org— New York’s headquarters for all things gay, including meetings, clubs, mixers, talks and dances.
MARIE’S CRISIS 59 Grove St (Seventh/Bleecker), 212-243-9323— Camaraderie and B’way sing-alongs abound in this historic piano bar. 4am–4pm daily. Free.
THE MONSTER 80 Grove St (Seventh), manhattan-monster.com, 212-924-3558— This old-school staple sparkles with loyal locals singing showtunes upstairs and drag shows, go-gos and dancing below. Mon–Fri 4pm–4am, Sat–Sun 2pm–4am. (HAPPY HOUR) 4pm–9pm Mon–Fri, 2pm–9pm Sats (MON) Sabor Latino. 10pm; free. (TUE) Disco Inferno w/DJ Michael Wilson. 10pm; free. (FRI) Hot Rabbit. 10pm; $8. (SAT) Manster w/DJ Johnny Dynell and guests. 10pm; $8. PIECES 8 Christopher St (Gay/Greenwich), piecesbar.com, 212-929-9291— NYU gays rally amid the streamers for live shows and karaoke. 2pm–4am. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) 2pm–8pm $3 domestics and wells.
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PARTIES (FRI, 2ND) Underwear party w/DJ Kevin B. Free drink with clothes check. (SAT, SUN, MON) Liquid Brunch. $4 Long Islands and $3 margaritas, kir royals, Bloody Marys and mimosas. 2pm–8pm. (SAT) Sinful Saturdays. Drinking, dancing, flirting w/ host Bootsie LeFaris, $6 drinks. 10pm. (SUN) Balls to the Wall Bingo with Vodka Stinger. 5pm. (MON) B-Movie Monday. Popcorn and classic movies w/ Vodka Stinger. 8:30pm. (MON, 3RD) Too Ugly For TV. Videos with Vodka Stinger and Tony B. 8pm. (TUE) Karaoke w/ Dominic and Chad. 8:30pm. (WED) The Big Broadway Clip Show. Vodka Stinger VJs Broadway clips. 11pm. (WED, 2ND/4TH) ’80s Disco Happy Hour. DJ Mike Borowski spins retro gold. 5pm–8pm; free. (THU) Post Office w/ Marti Gould Cummings. 9pm.
ROCKBAR 185 Christopher St (Weehawken/W Side H’way), rockbarnyc.com— Mon–Wed 6pm–2am; Thu 4pm–2am; Fri–Sat 4pm–4am; Sun 12pm–2am. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) 4pm-8pm Mon–Fri. 2for-1 drinks. (FRI, THIRD) Iconic Pop Fridays w/DJ Jene. 9pm; $5. (FRI, THIRD) Stand Up Fridays. 8pm; Free. (FRI, LAST) Bear Yourself, George Hain's Underwear Party. 9pm; $3. (SAT, FOURTH) Beefcake w/ DJ Kurt Jo. 10pm; $5. (SUN) Rockbear Beer Blast w/DJ Billy Pfeiffer. $3 Bud & Bud Lite, free food (1pm9pm). $5 Rokk vodka (9pm-close). (MON) Don’t Come. Stand-up hosted by Frank Liotti, Kate Hendricks and Marc Maietta. 6:30pm. (TUE) CU Next Tuesday Game Night. $3 Bud/Bud Light drafts. 8pm. (WED) Time Warp. DJs Chauncey D and Nicky Boom Box spin 80s hits. 7pm; $2. (THU) Rockbar-eokee w/ Beau Howard and Jason Romas. 8pm.Jason Romas. 8pm. STONEWALL INN 53 Christopher St (Seventh/Waverly Pl) 212-488-2705, thestonewallinnnyc.com— Loyal locals and NYU kids populate this landmark watering hole. (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 drinks, 2pm–8pm; free. (FRI) Divas. 10pm; free. (FRI, MONTHLY) Large Hardon Collider. DJs Damian Cote and Dave Huge. 9pm; free. (SAT) Two-level dance party w/DJ CT and DJ Executive Realness. 10pm; free. (SUN) DJ Evan Christian, 4pm; free. Musical Sundays, 6pm; free. The Invasion, 11pm; free. (MON) Buff Boyzz, 6pm–2am; free. Bitchy Bingo with Kenny Dash. 9pm; free. (WED) Stonewall Sensation. 9pm; free. (THU) Logan Hardcore’s Throwdown, 9pm; free. Downstairs: Anything Goes Karaoke, 9pm; free.
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TY’S 114 Christopher St (Hudson/Bleecker), 212-741-9641, tysbarnyc.com— Ye olde gay tavern teems with friendly and devoted patrons. Mon– Sun 2pm–4am. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) $3.50 well drinks, $1 off bottled beer. 1pm–8pm weekdays. (MON) Happy Hour prices all night.
CLUBS>>> LE POISSON ROUGE 158 Bleecker St (Thompson/Sullivan), 212-5053474, lepoissonrouge.com— (SAT) Le Bingo w/ Linda Simpson. 7:30pm; free. WESTWAY 75 Clarkson St (Washington/West), westwaynyc.com— (TUE) Westgay. Frankie Sharp hosts this popular weekly blowout. DJs Nita Aviance, Jonjon Battles and special guests spin. 10pm. $10.
eAsT VILLAGe/ LOWeR eAsT sIDe BARS>>> ACME Acme, 9 Great Jones St (btwn Broadway/Lafayette St), acmenyc.com.— (TUE) Strut. Deryck Todd’s basement dance party w/DJ Mikey Hefez. 10pm; free. BEDLAM 40 Ave C (Third/Fourth), bedlamnyc.com— Benjamin Miassani’s gay-friendly Ave C outpost. THE BOILER ROOM 86 E Fourth St (Fir/Second), boilerroomnyc.com, 212-2547536— Arty hipsters and NYU kids mingle with a hot Internet jukebox and dirt cheap drinks. 4pm–4am daily. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 beers and well liquor 4pm–8pm daily. $4 house liquor after 10pm. (SUN) Laidback Sunday w/Wayne. (MON) Old School Mondays with Kurt and Nana. $4 cocktails. 10pm. (TUE) Tuesday Boozeday. $4 well drinks, $5 drafts. 10pm. (WED) Free pool (8pm), $6 draft beer and shot combo (9pm), $4 cocktails (10pm). THE COCK 29 Second Ave (Fir/Second), thecockbar.com— There is no dish spicier, skankier or sexier than this infamous East Village bird. 11pm–4am daily. (FRI) King Size. DJ Jeff Chatterton. 11pm; $10. (SAT) Wack. DJ Kindbud. 11pm; $10. (SUN) Oink w/ DJ Nashom. 10pm; $10. (MON) Playpen. Shameless McGreedy hosts. 11pm; free before midnight/$5 general admission. (TUE, THIRD) Whatsyourname? w/DJs Joshua Steers and Ty James. 10pm; free before 11pm/$5 general admission. (WED, LAST) Cock & Soul. Diva appreciation night w/Mona Foot and DJ Gant Johnson. 11pm; $5 before midnight/$10. (THU) Cock Classic. 11pm; $10.
EASTERN BLOC 505 E Sixth St (A/B), 212-777-2555, easternblocnyc.com— This Soviet-themed bar is packed tighter than a sardine can with E-Vill boys looking for strong drinks, kick-ass DJs and hot go-gos. 7pm–4am daily. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) $4 well drinks and$3 PBRs 7pm–10pm daily (FRI) Rockin' Disco Fag Bar w/DJ Darren Dryden. 10pm; free. (SAT) Smashed and Mashed w/DJ Formika. $2 tequila shots. 10pm. (SUN, 3RD) Temptations. Jeff Chatterton hosts DJ Jason Yost. 10pm. (SUN, 2ND) Marinate. DJ Dandylion and special guests spin house and electronic. 9pm–2am; free. (MON) Messy Mary w/ DJ Jeff Chatterton, $3 vodkas, Miller and PBR. (TUE) I Love Ass. Jockstrap night. 10pm. (WED) Whatever Wednesdays. 10pm.
NOWHERE 322 E 14th St (Fir/Second), 212-477-4744, nowherebarynyc.com— A low-to-no-key East Village pub with a great jukebox and cheap drinks. 3pm–4am daily. (HAPPY HOUR) $3 wells, $2 domestic beers, $2 PBR. Mon–Thu 3pm–9pm, Fri and Sat 3pm–8pm. (TUE) Buddies Tuesdays. 9pm; free.
PHOENIX 447 E 13th St (Fir/Ave A), phoenixbarnyc.com— A no-attitude E-Vill fave with a killer jukebox and cheap drinks. Have you risen yet? 4pm–4am daily. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) Half-price wells and domestic beers. 4pm-8pm daily. (FRI, SAT) $4 wells, $5 PBR/cheap shot special 10pm-4am. (SUN) Supersize w/Kenny Dash. 9pm; $5. (MON) Half-price well drinks. 10pm–4am (THU) Queer Pong. Misty Meaner and Mocha Lite. Beer night. 10pm. (FRI) Michael Cohen hosts. Half-price draft beers. 10pm–4am. (SAT) PlayBoi. Chris Ryan and Holly Dae host wild games and shenanigans. 10pm. STAIRS 92 E Second St (btwn Aves A/B), stairsbar.com— Downstairs neighborhood gay bar in the East Village, with thematic drink special every night. (HAPPY HOUR) Half-price drinks 5pm–9pm daily.
CLUBS>>> OPEN HOUSE 244 E Houston (Essex), openhouse-nyc.com— (FRI) ElevenEleven. Ladyfag hosts w/ DJs Michael Magnan and Honey Dijon. 11pm; free before midnight/ $5 general admission.
heLL’s KITCheN/ MIDTOWN WesT BARS>>> 9TH AVENUE SALOON 656 Ninth Ave (45th/46th), 212-307-1503; 9thavesaloon.com— Hell’s Kitchen’s
decades-old gay dive welcomes all comers. 11am–4am Mon–Sat; Noon–4am Sun. (WED) Karaoke, 10pm–1am.
THE ATTIC The Attic, 254 W 48th St (@ Eighth Ave), theattic-nyc.com—Rooftop lounge overlooking the skyline. (FRI) Fever Fridays. Brandon Voss’ opulent Friday happening. 10pm; free before midnight/$5 general admission. ATLAS SOCIAL CLUB 753 Ninth Ave (50th/5st), 212-262-8527, atlassocialclub.com— Benjamin Maisani and Josh Wood’s Hell’s Kitchen hot spot. 4pm–4am daily. Free. (FRI) Chuck with DJ Ernie Cote. 9pm; free. (SAT) El Ring w/ Marco Ovando, guest DJs. 10pm (SUN) Let’s Get Physical. DJ Max Rodriguez brings the ’80s beats. 8pm (MON) Show Tune Mondays w/ Tony Fornabaio and DJ Formika. 7pm (TUE, 2ND/4TH) Ocean. Nathan Williams and Yamil X host w/ DJ Poison Ivy. 10pm. (WED) Fantasia w/Michael Snyder. 6pm; free. (THU, 2ND/4TH) Snaxx w/ DJs Rick King and Gustavo. 10pm.
BAMBOO 52 344 W 52nd St (Eighth/Ninth), 212-315-2777, bamboo52nyc.com— Broadway divas and buff business boys enjoy fresh sushi and sexed-up cocktails. 11am–4am daily. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 signature cocktails, well drinks, house wine and beers 11am–9pm, 30% Sushi Special discount Midnight till 2 am every day. Lunch Sushi special Mon–Fri, $9.95 for two rolls (select two fillings and one topping) plus miso soup or salad and Mochi ice cream. (FRI) Fantastic Friday. DJ Steven spins, 6pm. (SAT) 80s Saturday. $5 flavored Absolut cocktails all night (SUN) $5 flavored Absolut cocktails all night. Rotating wine and cheese tasting class, 5pm–7pm. (MON) Rotating wine and cheese tasting class, 5pm–7pm. Pub trivia, 8:30pm (TUE) Karaoke Kraziness with Spicky Hilton and Jacky Dupree, 9:30pm. (WED) Ladies Night with 2-for-1 drinks. (THU) Mojito Thursdays, $5 mojitos all night. DJ Rock spins. BARRAGE 401 W 47th St (Ninth/10th), 212-586-9390— Drawn by the late-night happy hour, sexy locals and midtown touri make the rounds. 5pm–4am daily. (HAPPY HOUR) 5pm–8pm & 11pm– midnight, $2 off drinks. BAR-TINI ULTRA LOUNGE 642 Tenth Ave (45th/46th), 917-388-2897, bartiniultralounge.com— A chic martini lounge with nightly shows on the west side of Hell’s Kitchen. 4pm–4am daily. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) Half-price drinks 4–8pm. (THU) 3D Thursdays w/DJ Evan Christian. 10pm; free. (FRI) Lust w/Chris Ryan and Scotty Em. 10pm; free. (SAT) Vers w/Scotty Em and DJ Scott James. 10pm; free.
BOXERS HK 742 Ninth Ave (50th St), boxersnyc.com— HK outpost of the popular Chelsea gay sports bar with large rooftop patio, weekend brunch and basement arcade. Mon-Wed 4pm-2am, Thr-Fri 4pm-4am, Sat 1pm-4am, Sun 1pm-2am. (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 drinks 4pm– 9pm Mon–Fri. Overtime Happy Hour, 2-for1 drinks 11pm–close Mon–Wed. (FRI) Catch Fridays w/DJ Eric Abobo, shot boys. 9pm. (SAT) Unlimited Boozy Brunch. 10am–5pm. $5 domestic beers, $6 well drinks, $15 Coors Lite pitchers. DJ Ricardo & shot boys. 9pm (SAT) High Tops Saturdays w/DJ Cazwell, 9pm. (SUN) Billiard Sundays, Free Pool All Day Long. $15 Coors Lite Pitchers. (MON) Unwind Mondays, $6 Stoli Vodka drinks, 9pm. (TUE) Sing For Your Life Karaoke! w/ Krystle. 9pm–1am (WED) Hump Day Wednesdays, $6 Jim Bean Black Drinks, 9m. (THU) Throw Back Thursday Happy Hour. Round Two w/ Antonio Cedeno & Sasha Seven, $6 Absolut. 10pm FAIRYTAIL LOUNGE 500 W 48th St (10th), fairytailnyc.com— Hell’s Kitchens newest bar nestles up to 10th Ave to bring gay fantasies to life. (HAPPY HOUR) $3 well drinks, $4 beers 5pm–10pm daily (FRI) Fairytail Fridays. Sexy beasts and free shots. 10pm; free. (SAT) Sickening Saturdays. 10pm. (SUN) The Next Big Fairy. Rey Scandalo and De La Verga host this singing competition w/ DJ Sir Honey Davenport. 9pm (MON) Fairy-oke Mondays w/ Brent Heuser, free karaoke. 9pm–2am (TUE) Happy Fairies w/DJ Caleb. Happy Hour from 5pm–10pm. (WED) Pregayme. $3 well drinks, $4 bottles, 2-for-1 cocktails and Scwa de Vivre takes the stage at 9:30pm. 5pm; free. (THU) Collared. A night of leather and kink with happy hour from midnight–12:30am. 9pm; free.
FLAMING SADDLES 793 Ninth Ave (53rd), flamingsaddles.com— Hell’s Kitchens only cowboy-themed gay wateringhole with boot scootin’ bartop dancers. Mon–Fri 3pm–4am, Sat and Sun Noon–4am. (HAPPY HOUR) 3pm-8pm, midnight1am daily. (MON) Maragarita Mondays, $7 Margartia special. 8pm-close; free. (TUE) Texas Tea Tuesdays. $7 Firefly Special. 8pm-close; free. (WED) Whiskey Wednesdays. $7 Whiskey special. 8pm-close; free. HARDWARE 697 10th Ave (46th/47th), hardware-bar.com— Piece’s shinier younger brother in an former Hell’s Kitchen hardware store. Mon–Sun, Noon–4am. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) Noon–9pm $3 beers, wines and wells, and $4 Stoli drinks.
(FRI) Pop It Up Fridays. Mike B spins pop tracks. 10pm. (SAT) Saturday Rox. DJ Scotty Rox. 10pm. (SUN) Skinny Brunch. Roxy Brooks hosts with $3 mimosas, Bloody Marys and margaritas, $5 LITs. 3pm–8pm. (MON) Broadway Mondays. 7pm; free. (TUE) Cut Throat Divas w/ Pixie Aventurea & Bootsie LeFaris. 10pm. (WED) Werk w/ Paige Turner and DJ Natazu. 10pm. (THU) Happy Hour w/ DJ Mike Borowski. 5pm–9pm. The Shequida Show w/ DJ Scotty Rox. 11pm.
INDUSTRY 355 W 52nd St (Eighth/Ninth), 646-476-2747, industrybar.com— The powerhouses behind Barracuda bring the party to this fabulous and spacious space in Hell’s Kitchen. (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 4pm–9pm daily (FRI) DJ Scott Jones. 10pm; free. (SAT) DJ Brenda Black and DJ Steven Paul. 10pm; free. (SUN) 1999 w/ Kizha A. Carr & DJ Scott Jones. 11pm; free. (MON) Diva w/ Marti Thomas & guest vocalists. 11pm. (TUE) Bad Drag Queen w/Bob the Drag Queen. 11pm; free. (WED) The Sherry Vine Show w/ DJ Scotty Rox. 11pm. (THU) Queen w/ Dallas DuBois, DJ David Serrano. 10pm. NEW WORLD STAGES 340 West 50th St (Eighth/Ninth), 646-871-1730, newworldstages.com— (THU) So You Think You Can Drag w/Paige Turner. 10:30pm; $10. (FRI) Movie Night w/ Marty Thomas & Marissa Rosen. 9pm; free. (SAT) Whistling Trixie. Marti Gould Cummings and Kelly King perform. 10pm; free. (WED) The Sutton Lee Seymour Show. 8pm; free. POSH 405 W 51st St (Ninth), 212-9572222, poshbarnyc.com— This popular neighborhood hang keeps it simple with cheap booze, a smoking patio, friendly staff and cute boys. 3pm–4am daily. Always free. (HAPPY HOUR) Half-price drinks 3pm– 9pm daily (FRI) WTF Fridays w/ DJ JRoc (pop and top 40) at 9pm. (SAT) Sexy Saturdays w/ DJ Javier at 9pm. (SUN) Retro Sundays w/ DJ Darren (‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s) at 9pm. $3 Rolling Rock all night. Free pizza at 11pm. (MON) Bingo Mondays w/ Ginger Snapt at 9pm. Free pizza at 11pm. (WED) Tropical Wednesdays w/DJ JRoc; 9pm-4am. Free sliders, $5 tropical cocktails. (WED) The Queen of Green Live w/ Hedda Lettuce & DJ JRoc at 9pm. Free 123 BurgerShot Beer sliders at 11pm. $5 cosmos and margaritas all night. (THU) Twisted Thursdays w/ DJ Javier (Top 40, rock) at 9pm. Free 123 Burger Shot Beer sliders at 11pm.
THE RITZ 369 W 46th St (Ninth), 212333-4177— Hell’s Kitchen ’mos put on the ritz daily on the upstairs lounge, outdoor deck and dance floor. 4pm–4am daily. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) Half-priced drinks 4–9pm Mon–Sat, all day Sunday. (FRI) HQ Fridays w/BoiParty, DJ Xavier, Rico Alexis, and Mimi Imfurst. 10pm; free. (SAT) DJ s David Serrano and Xavier spin. 10pm. (SUN) Untucked & Uncesnored w/ Marti Gould Cummings. 11pm. (MON) Rated X w/Tina Burner and DJ Xavier. 11pm; free. (WED) Real Deal. $3 drink specials w/ Madd Hatter, Pusse Couture, Chaka Khanvict. 10pm. (THU) Do The Right Thing w/ Cazwell and Peppermint.
SHADOW BOXERS 215 W 40th St (Seventh/Eighth), 212-397-1700, shadowboxersbar.com— The creators of Boxers and Boxers HK bring you this “equality bar” where everyone is welcome to have a beer, grab some gourmet pub food, and catch the game. (HAPPY HOUR) 10pm–midnight, 2-for-1 drinks. (SAT) Always a party, never a cover. DJs and drink specials. 10pm; free. (SUN) Sunday’s a Drag brunch. Noon adn 2pm seatings; prices vary. (THU) Yassss Thursdays w/DJ Steve Sidealk. 9pm; free. THERAPY 348 W 52nd St (Eighth/Ninth), 212-397-1700, therapy-nyc.com— Two chic levels packed with midtown professionals and nightly shows. 5pm–4am daily. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) 5pm-8pm, 2-for-1 wells and drafts. (FRI) Insomnia Fridays w/ DJ AJ Sanchez. 9pm. (SAT) Gays Gone Wild. DJ Scott Jones. 10pm. (SUN) Slurp with Paige Turner. 10pm. (MON) Co-Dependent. Natalie Joy Johnson performs with Brian Nash. 10:30pm. (TUE) Bi-Polar Tuesdays. Sherry Vine and Epiphany perform. 11pm. (WED) The Help w/ Bob the Drag Queen and Pixie Aventura. 11pm. (THU) Testosterone. Male revue. 11pm.
CLUBS>>> BPM 516 W 42th St (10th/11th), bpmny.com— New York’s gay mega-club inside the Out NYC hotel. (SAT) Uncut Saturdays. Hip hop, R&B, reggae, and latin tunes. 11pm; free. (MON) Monday Musicals. Dougie Meyer brings you a showtune heavy evening. 6pm–midnight; free. (TUE) Gay College Tuesdays. Barely legal college cuties, pop by DJ Steve Sidewalk, hot bod contest w/ Dougie Meyer. 10pm; cover varies. 18+ CELLAR BAR 40 W 40th St (btwn Fifth/Sixth Aves), cellarbarbryantparkhotel.com— (THU) No Strings Attached. 10:30pm; free.
ESCUELITA 301 W 39th St (Eighth), 212-631-0558, enyclub.com— Papis show their oro at this legendary Latino hang. (FRI) Secret Fridays. mixed party w/DJs Ray Lorenzo, Mary Mac and Oscar Perez, male and female go-gos (10pm). Angel Sheridan Show (2am). (SAT) Discotekka. Latin night w/DJ Ray Lorenzo (hip-hop, salsa), male and female go-gos and 2am performance by Angel Sheridan. 10pm–5am; cover varies. (SUN, MONTHLY) Rumble Ball Series. Ballroom vogue conte w/cash prizes. 11pm; 18+ (SUN, MONTHLY) Esco Got Talent. Lartiza Dumont. ho talent contest 11pm. 18+ (SUN, MONTHLY) Diva Search w/Princess Janae. Cash prize. 1am; cover varies. 18+ (TUE) Vogue Knights. Gorgeous Entertainment and Luna Khan host vogue-ball contest w/cash prizes. 10pm/$6. 18+ (WED) Paris Gotti's Midnight. Free admission with VIP Card. Midnight/cover varies. (THU) Twisted Thursdays w/ hosts Nathan Williams, Big Ben, Richstar. 10pm; free till midnight/$5 general admission. 18+ SLAKE Slake, 251 W 30th St (btwn Seventh/Eighth Aves), slakenyc.com— Three floor dance club with an epic sound/light system. (SUN) Obey Sundays. John Blair, Alan Picus, Justin Luke, Yamil X, and Joe Roszak end the weekend with a bang.10pm; $10 with invite or JB card/$15 general admission. (SAT, MONTHLY) Holy Mountain. Ladyfag’s psychedelic rager. 11pm; free with RSVP/$10 before 1am/$15 general admission. STAGE 48 608 W 48th St (11th/12th Aves), vivasaturdays.com— (SAT) Viva! John Blair, Beto Sutter, Ric Sena, Justin Luke and Alan Picus host (house, pop). 10pm; $15 w/ membership card till 1am/$20 general admission.
MIDTOWN eAsT BARS>>> EVOLVE 221 E 58th St (Second/Third), evolvebarandloungenyc.com, 212-3553395— A relaxed loungy haunt for Midtown homos and friends. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) $5 wells, beers, $6 wines, $7 ’ritas and cosmos. Sun–Wed 4pm–8pm, Thu 4pm–midnight, Fri, Sat 4pm–10pm. (FRI) Tranny strip. John Ed hosts. (SAT) Adonis Lounge. Muscle go-gs, lap dances, champage rooms. 9pm–2am; $10. (SUN) Sofrito. Latin Night w/ go-gos. DJ MK. 9pm; $10 before midnight/$15 general admission. (MON) Happy Hour all night. (TUE) Tommy C from Magic Touch. Latin dancers. (WED) Adonis Lounge. Muscle go-gos, lap dances, champage rooms. 9pm–2am; $10. (THU) Toma. Latin party.
LIPS 227 E 56th St (Second/Third), 212675-7710, lipsnyc.com— Bingo, bache-
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PARTIES lorette parties and brunch with drag queens. Shows at 7pm nightly. Sun–Thu 5:30pm–1pm, Fri–Sat 5:30pm–1:30am. (TUE) Dragalicious w/Mimi Imfurst, Blackie O and All Beef Patty. 7pm. (SUN) Bitchy Bingo. Ginger Snapt ho. 9pm. (SUN) Broadway Brunch. Ginger Snap ho drag performances. Noon–4pm; free (plus $19.95 food/beverage min).
THE TOWNHOUSE 236 E 58th St (Second/Third), 212-754-4649, townhouseny.com— Old and new love mingle as Cole Porter plays at this gentlemanly club. Piano music starts at 6pm everyday. 4pm–4am daily. (HAPPY HOUR) 4pm–8pm daily, $1 off drinks. (TUE) Sing Like a Rock Star. Open mic w/ Michael Ferreri.
UNCLE CHARLIE’S 139 E 45th St (Third/Lexington), 646-476-9532, unclecharliesnyc.com— This inviting piano bar attracts songbirds young and old. 5pm–4am daily. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) 5pm–9pm daily (SUN) $1 shots, $2 Coors Light draft, $3 Bloody Marys (4pm–9pm) (MON) $3 draft and $5 frozen margaritas (TUE) Karaoke. 2-for-1 drinks (WED) Will Clark show, 9pm–11pm. (THU) $7 cosmos and appletinis.
uPPeR eAsT sIDe BARS>>> TOOL BOX 1742 Second Ave (90th/91st), 212-348-1288, thetoolboxnyc.com— Video killed the radio star at this UES video bar where handy men still revel in a cruisey victory parade. 8pm-4am Mon–Thu, 6pm–4am Fri, 3pm–4am Sat, 3pm–8pm Sun. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 drinks 8pm–10pm daily. (MON) Monday Night Bingo. 8:30pm (TUE) Trivia Night w/ Jillian. 9:30pm (WED) Karaoke w/ Krystle. 10pm (THU) Early Weekend w/ Billy. (FRI) DJs & go-gos. 11pm (SAT) Mimosa & Bloody Mary specials, finger food. 3pm–8pm. DJs & go-gos. 11pm (SUN) Mimosa & Bloody Mary specials, finger food. 3pm–8pm.
uPPeR WesT sIDe BARS>>> CANDLE BAR 309 Amsterdam Ave (74th/75th), 212-799-0062— The legend ignited long ago at this nabe haunt. Free. 4pm–4am Mon–Thu, 3pm-4am Fri–Sun. (HAPPY HOUR) 4pm–9pm Mon–Fri, Sat–Sun 3pm–9pm, $1 off drinks (MON) $5 domestic beers. (TUE) $6 margaritas. (WED) $6 well drinks and shots.
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SUITE 992 Amsterdam Ave (109th), 212-222-4600, suitenyc.com— This cozy bar percolates with ’tude-free Columbia boys. 5pm–4am daily. Free. (HAPPY HOUR) 5pm-8pm everyday (SUN, TUE, THU) Suite Karaoke. 10pm.
THE WEST END 955 W End Ave (@ 107th St), thewestendlounge.com — (THU) Get Into It. Drag competition w/Jizzabella and The Countess Mascara. 9pm–11pm; $5.
hARLeM/ WAsh. heIGhTs BARS>>> CASTRO 104 Dyckman (Nagle/Post). 646-692-6431— Far uptown boys gather for hot music, Latin go-gos, drag shows, hookahs and a full kitchen. 5pm–4am. (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 drinks 9pm–11pm. Wed–Sun. (MON) F#&kit Mondays. 10pm; free.
BROOKLYN BARS>>> BRANDED SALOON 603 Vanderbilt Ave (Bergen), Prospect Heights, 718484-8704, brandedsaloon.com— This mixed watering hole serves up camp with its craft beers and hearty pub grub. Mon–Fri 4pm–4am; Sat and Sun 10:30am–4am Q to Seventh Ave; 2, 3 to Bergen St. (HAPPY HOUR) Mon–Fri 4pm–7pm, $4 Drafts and wells. (TUE) Tammy Wynette’s White Trash Bingo. 8pm. Viva and Gerard’s Country Tribute show. 9pm. Free. (THU) Trivia w/ Mona Mour. 8pm. Free. (THU) Karaoke w/Mr. Wonderful. 10pm. Free. CLUB LANGSTON 1073 Atlantic Ave (Franklin/Classon), Bedford-Stuyvesant, 718-622-5183, clublangstonnyc.com— Neighborhood gay pub serving drinks and drag. to Classon Ave. (THU) Exotic Thursdays w/DJ Mario (socca, reggae, calypso). Open bar midnight–1am. 11pm; $5. (FRI) Body Music. DJs Fred Pierce and Cameron (soul, house). Admission includes coat check and free drink. 11pm; $7. DON PEDRO 90 Manhattan Ave (btwn Boerum/McKibbin Sts), Williamsburg, donbedrobrooklyn.com— (MON) BathSalts w/Macy Rodman and Severely Mame. A dragshow for fuckups11pm; free. (WED) Severely Mame’s Freak Show. 9pm; free.
ELIXIR 43-03 Broadway, Astoria, 347642-5804— (THU) Kiss & Tell Karaoke w/ Marti Gould Cummings. 10pm; free. EXCELSIOR 390 Fifth Ave (Sixth/Seventh), Park Slope, excelsiorbrooklyn.com, 718-832-1599— A year-round garden patio, friendly crowd and rockin’ jukebox make this a popular spot for Brooklyn boys. Mon–Fri 6pm–4am, Sat–Sun 2pm–4am.
or to Ninth St and Fourth Ave (HAPPY HOUR) $2 Yuenglings and $1 off cocktails. Mon–Fri 6pm–8pm; Sat, Sun 2pm–7pm. (THU) 20 Questions. Trivia night w/Mona Mour. 9pm. GINGER’S PUB 363 Fifth Ave (Fifth/Sixth), Park Slope, 718-788-0924— This boy-friendly girls’ bar keeps it low key with a pool table, jukebox and back deck. Mon–Fri 5pm–4am, Sat–Sun 2pm–4am.
or to Ninth St and Fourth Ave (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 beers and well drinks 5pm–8pm. LOVEGUN 617 Grand St (btwn Lorimer/Leonard Sts), Williamsburg, lovegunbarnyc@gmail.com—A dark, neon-lit bar with the space and cool factor for happening dance parties. (FRI) Girls w/ Frankie Sharp. 10pm; $5 before midnight/$10 general admission. (SAT) Lovegun Saturdays. Guest DJs and hosts. 10pm; $5. (TUE) Touch Tuesdays. Mixed queer party with guest DJs. 10pm; free. (WED) Le Freak w/Tyler Stone and Marc Isenhart. 11pm; free. METROPOLITAN 559 Lorimer St (Metropolitan/Devoe), Williamsburg, 718599-4444, metropolitanbarny.com— Alty music lovers and hip smokers argue on the patio over who loves this bar more. 3pm– 4am daily. Free.
or to Metropolitan Ave–Lorimer St (HAPPY HOUR) 2-for-1 domestic beers and well drinks. 3pm–8pm (FRI) Divine Decadence. DJs Dario Speedwagon and Mikey B (rock, pop). 10pm. (FRI, 3RD) Jizz. Josh Sparbar spins. 10pm. (SAT) Craft Magic. Hank Star and Steven Mac. 2-for-1 drinks. 4pm–9pm (SAT) Gag! w/DJ Cameron. 10pm. (SAT, 1ST/3RD/5TH) Metrosensual w/Frankie Sharp and guests. 10pm; free. (SUN) Metropolitan BBQ. Free BBQ and $8 pitchers, Merkin Kuffley DJs. 5pm–9pm; free. (SUN, LAST) Church. Big Brother Josh hosts a soul tunes dance party. 10pm (MON) Hot Fruit. David John Sokolowski hosts performances. $1 PBR. 10pm. (TUE) Queeraoke. Karaoke w/Miss Kate. $3 well drinks. 10:30pm. (WED) NSFW w/DJ Jessamess. 10pm (THU) Jukebox Realness. Customers canplay DJ with the bar’s digital jukebox. Halfprice draft beers. 10pm. (THU, 3RD) Dragnet. Drag competition w/ Merrie Cherry. 10pm.
THIS N’ THAT 108 N Sixth St (Berry St/Wythe Ave), Williamsburg, thisnthatbrooklyn.com— Metropolitan’s laid-back little brother. (FRI) Shit Show Fridays. 10pm. (SAT, 2ND AND 4TH) Boom! Saturdays w/ Jonathan and BPro. 10pm. (SAT) Loaded Saturdays. DJ Jeff Chatterton and drag shows. 10pm; free. (SAT, 3RD) Thunderclap! w/ DJ Dario Speedwagona and Mikey B. 10pm. (SUN) Hamm Radio. Karaoke with Hamm Samwich. 10pm; free. (MON) Mondays with Thorgy Thor and Ruby Roo. Midnight. (TUE) Drink N’ Draw w/ Leslie Van Stelten. 7pm. Bingo or Trivia w/Merrie Cherry. 9pm. (TUE, 1ST/3RD) Body Ache w/Charlene and DJ JX Cannon. (TUE,2ND4TH) Boy Krazy. Daphne Sumtimez and DJ Kind Bud. 10pm; free. (WED, 3RD) TRL with Chris Tyler. Queers reimagine “classic” TRL episodes. 10pm. (THU, 2ND) Calendar Girls with Untitled Queen and Lucy Balls. Holiday-themed shows. 10pm. (THU, 3RD) Straight Acting w/ Rify Royalty. Guest performers and DJs troll “masc4masc” Grindr culture. 11pm; free.
CLUBS>>> GOOD ROOM 98 Meserole Ave (btwn Lorimer St/Manhattan Ave), Greenpoint, goodroombk.com , 718-788-0924— A dark, loungey dance club with an insane sound system. (THU) WD-40. Kenny Kenny and Kayvon Zand invade Brooklyn. 10pm; $5.
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ICON 31-84 33rd St (btwn Broadway/31st Ave), Astoria, iconastoria.com— Everyone’s a VIP at this new Astoria hot spot. (TUE) The Act. The Hause of Mimosa hosts this weekly drag competition. 8pm; free.
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C’MONSATURDAYS@HARDWARE 1. Thorgy Thor & Alvaro 2. Leither & Lian 3. Shu Hei & Tsune 4. Tony & Scott 5. Tim, Willito & Victor
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2
4
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JANUARY 02, 2014 43
JINGLEBALLS@THEJANEHOTEL
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IN•THE
DARK
1. Jonny, JJ & Jon 2. Dennis & Tina Burner 3. Phillip & 2Face 4. Paulo & Tomás 5. George & Aaron
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3
4
5
BRÜT@SANTOSPARTYHOUSE 1. Brock Austin & Zakh 2. Karim & Angelo 3. David & Blake 4. DJ Nando & Chris 5. Steven & Marcelo
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PHoToGRAPHY BY GUSTAVO MONROY
44 JANUARY 02, 2015