(Midnight Magic)

We love drag queens, we love drag shows and we… like pop music (sometimes) but we want you to know that there’s more to queer performance in New York than drag, you don’t need wigs and Ke$sha to have your world rocked. Let’s have an adventure this weekend!

Fancy @ The Ho_se

Shane Shane’s Fancy is one of the glittering diamonds of our fabulously weird Brooklyn queer performance scene. We love descending into the basement of the The Ho_se and supporting fellow emerging artists as they share their work in an inviting and intimate atmosphere.

This month’s cheesy theme is “showbiz” and we can’t wait to see Shane Shane go full-on old Hollywood glamor. The magnificent Big Dipper will be back to bring the beef with his salty bear rap. Brooklyn nightlife queens Jonathan and Bpro are bringing their energetic electropop and we can’t wait to dance. Kaioni has environmental dance music to share, we’re guessing that’s some sort of experimental music and not music about saving the rainforest. We don’t know anything about Dee Dee Rex but we love surprises.

Now that it’s getting warm the H_os basement is sure to be getting steamy with all those beautiful, young, creative and strange creatures. If that sounds like you than meet us in Bushwick tonight!

Fancy at The Ho_se, 28 Lawton St. #1 (Brooklyn) May 17; 8pm-1am; $6 at the door

Spank + Midnight Magic + Slow Knights at Music Hall of Williamsburg

This show is going to be absolutely magical! We saw Midnight Magic play at a Spank party last summer and lost control. The Brooklyn-based band calls themselves “the secret love children of Donna Summer and George Clinton serving up an orgasmic feast of funk, disco, electro and soul.” This description could not be more accurate. You will be living for them after Saturday night.

The brand new funky soul collective, Slow Knights is like a dream come true. Organized by Derek Gruen (a.k.a. Del Marquis from Scissor Sisters), the group is designed to be all about the music. “Musicians interchange roles as lead and backup singer, as writer and performer-guests vocalists include Rod Thomas (Bright Light Bright Light), Xavier, Chrissie Poland, Bridget Barkan and Mykal Kilgore.” We saw them do a preview performance at Xanadude a few weeks ago and got lost in the groove.

Spank DJ’s Sean B and Will Automagic will hold it all together with sexy beats that will keep you dancing for days. This is a night to usher in a sexy summer alive with infinite possibilities. Get your tickets now, because the last couple Spank shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg have sold out!

Spank + Midnight Magic + Slow Knights at Music Hall of Williamsburg (66 N 6th Street, Brooklyn) May 18, 10pm; Tickets $15 in advance; $20 day of show if available

Paul Leopold and Mark Dommu are writers for The Culture Whore, a Brooklyn-based blog dedicated to getting slutty for the arts.

1) Umm, Barbara Walters? We thought Al Gore invented the Internet.

2) Kids in the Hall’s Scott Thompson is so bored with all you gays!

3) Uma Thurman will play wicked anti-gay hag Anita Bryant in an upcoming biopic.

4) Are you a nasty pig? Then check out Nasty Pig’s spring/summer 2013 look book.

5) This weekend, both The News and Derelicte are hosting showroom sales.

Got gay gossip? Submit your tips to gossip@nextmagazine.net.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS:

Rosebud Delayed
The long-anticipated new upscale lounge at XL Nightclub, Rosebud, was all set to throw a VIP opening this Friday, but the team behind the new venue now say they need more time to prep the venue.

Writes XL Nightclub Managing Partner Brandon Voss, “When you open a new lounge, sometimes you get hit with unforeseen construction delays. Unfortunately, we have to postpone Friday’s VIP opening, but you’ll receive an updated invitation soon. Please accept our sincere apologies and stay tuned for an updated invitation. The Rosebud NYC will be opening shortly after Memorial Day. See you then.”

Rally The Night
After the string of horrific hate crimes that took place in New York midtown around Penn Station over the past few weeks, the grassroots organization Queers Rising is sponsoring an event tonight called Queers Take Back The Night: A Rallied Response to Dual Hate-Crimes. Supporters are gathering on the southwest corner of Seventh Avenue and W 33rd St at 7pm tonight to distribute flyers and lead a peaceful march down Eighth Avenue.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:

Style and Grace
After a night of tough competition, Frostie Flakes was crowned Miss Stonewall 2013. She says her big plans for the summer involve a monthly fundraiser at Stonewall for Sylvia’s Place, the shelter for homeless and runaway gay youth. More info.

Broadway Babes
Some sexy close-up shots of this year’s contestants in the Broadway Beauty Pageant were released this Monday, and it’s looking like this year’s competition may be closer than ever. This year’s celebrity judges will be Andrea Martin, Michael Urie and Billy Porter. More info.

(Joshua Conkel)

For Joshua Conkel, whose gay comedy I Wanna Destroy You opens at Theatre Row on May 17, it was a Nickelodeon show and dreams about a pop icon that helped him realize he was gay.

May 14, 2013. Miss Stonewall 2013 is crowned, Little Boots performs at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Gotham Knights auctions bachelors and more.

(She Him)

It’s been three long years since the release of She Him’s last album of original material, Volume 2, and we’re over the moon that the wait is finally over with the aptly named Volume 3. Fortunately, we’ve had “New Girl”—and that adorkable iPhone commercial—to give us our Zooey Deschanel fix.

Summer is the time for barbeques and tank tops and days at the beach. What better to compliment that than a beautifully cool pop record? Answer: Nothing. She Him may tell us that they “Never Wanted Your Love” http://youtu.be/wOS3yG95_5k but we’re giving it to them anyway!

Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward have managed to craft fourteen songs with beautiful strings, horns and disco grooves, not to mention the long list of guest artists: NRBQ’s Joey Spampinato, Mike Watt, Tilly and the Wall, Pierre de Reeder from Rilo Kiley, and Tom Hagerman from Devotchka. So hop in the car, roll the windows down and feel the wind in your hair with She Him!

Volume 3 (Merge Records) is available now. She Him’s summer tour kicks off on June 13 with two stops at SummerStage in Central Park on July 6 and July 8 with Camera Obscura. Visit SheandHim.com for a full list of tour dates.

Click here to enter to win your free copy.

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May 11, 2013. Alain Jackinsky was in the DJ booth at Ric Sena and John Blair’s weekly Hell’s Kitchen party.

(Jinkx Monsoon)

Our cover story this week profiling the top three contestants of this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race revealed what it was really like behind-the-scenes on this drama-filled season. From secret drag dinners to the queens relationships on and off-camera, the final three dished on what it was really like to appear on RuPaul’s super popular competition show.

Now, check out some video from staff photographer Santiago Felipe’s edgy photoshoot with Roxxxy Andrews, Alaska Thunderfuck and Season 5 winner Jinkx Monsoon (shot by Devin McGuire). These girls definitely know their way around a dark club.

(Jinkx Monsoon)

Our cover story this week profiling the top three contestants of this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race revealed what it was really like behind-the-scenes on this drama-filled season. From secret drag dinners to the queens relationships on and off-camera, the final three dished on what it was really like to appear on RuPaul’s super popular competition show.

Now, check out some video from staff photographer Santiago Felipe’s edgy photoshoot with Roxxxy Andrews, Alaska Thunderfuck and Season 5 winner Jinkx Monsoon (shot by Devin McGuire). These girls definitely know their way around a dark club.

(Jinkx Monsoon)

Our cover story this week profiling the top three contestants of this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race revealed what it was really like behind-the-scenes on this drama-filled season. From secret drag dinners to the queens relationships on and off-camera, the final three dished on what it was really like to appear on RuPaul’s super popular competition show.

Now, check out some video from staff photographer Santiago Felipe’s edgy photoshoot with Roxxxy Andrews, Alaska Thunderfuck and Season 5 winner Jinkx Monsoon (shot by Devin McGuire). These girls definitely know their way around a dark club.