In his audition tape for So You Think You Can Dance, an 18-year-old Travis Wall explained that certain types of movement emanate specific colors and auras. “I think today I’m definitely going to be doing shades of blues,” he said. He would advance to second place in the competition where, along the way, he performed…
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Bobby Jo Valentine to perform benefit for homeless LGBT youth
Gay singer-songwriter Bobby Jo Valentine will perform on Friday, January 29 in a concert to benefit the Thrive Youth Center for homeless LGBT youth. This is his third appearance in San Antonio. Valentine has independently produced three albums: A Place to Belong, By My Side and most recently, Home. There’s a new album in the…
Celebrate Artpace’s 21st Birthday — All Year Long
You know that friend that celebrates their entire “birthday week”? Well, say hello to Artpace, which recently wrapped up a yearlong 20th anniversary celebration that included last year’s excellent “Hare and Hound Press + Artpace: The Art of Collaboration” exhibition, the Texas premiere of Christian Marclay’s video projection Guitar Drag and the publication of Felix Gonzalez–Torres: Billboards, a book documenting a 2010 exhibition…
Over 80 candidates invited to Stonewall Dems endorsement forum
The Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio will hold an endorsement forum where over 80 candidates have been invited to speak to their members on Sunday, January 24. The March 1 primary includes ballots for president, Congressional races, state offices ( judges, representatives and senators) and county officials including sheriff. (For a complete list of races…
Arte y Pasión’s ‘Algoritmos’ Lands at Jump-Start
There will be an unlikely meeting of minds this weekend when Arte y Pasión presents Algoritmos, a multidisciplinary, collaborative project that “juxtaposes” flamenco with modern dance, and yes, opera. In this latest work, artistic director Tamara Adira leads an ever-evolving cast of dancers, musicians and vocalists as they stretch the boundaries of an ancient genre while attempting to…
Community to observe Martin Luther King Day
San Antonio’s LGBT community will be out in force on January 18 for the city’s Martin Luther King, Jr. March. “We will be marching in this upcoming MLK march as a reminder that we are still not equal, we are more than marriage. As always, we are marching with the giant flag as individual people…
Art installation examines non-conventional gender binaries
A one-night multimedia installation will examine the concept of gender fuck, the process of consciously and conspicuously challenging traditional ideas of the gender binary often through androgyny, hyperbole, or cross-dressing. The installation, Gender F♡ck by Logan Magz, which is slated for January 23 at Lucha Art Gallery, includes thirteen portraits of Magz’s alter ego Maxxy…
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Bring Intimate Tour to SA
On the 2012 hit single “Same Love,” a call for greater acceptance of same-sex love within hip-hop culture and beyond, rapper Macklemore (born Ben Haggerty in Seattle) declares: “If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me/ Have you read the YouTube comments lately?” Inspired by Macklemore’s gay uncles, “Same Love” made us take notice…
LGBT Bernie Sanders group plans fashion show, block party
A group calling itself LGBT SA4Sanders, is planning a fashion show and block party in Beacon Hill on January 23. The free event has been dubbed Project Equality. Project Equality will unfold near the Beacon Hill circle under the patronage of Karolina’s Antiques and Burnt Ends Barbecue. The two sponsors have stores in the shopping…
Get Ready for Madonna’s First San Antonio Performance
Who could forget the look on Drake’s face when Madonna kissed him onstage at Coachella last year? That look, equal parts confusion and disgust, represented what many around the world were feeling as they watched safely through their computer screens. Thirty years into a career of highs and lows, there’s not much Madonna can do that…