Decades before the dawn of RuPaul’s Drag Race, British playwright Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show challenged the status quo and championed a similar message of self-acceptance. Both the Logo reality series and the 1973 musical transcended their early cult status to become icons of pop culture. In 2012, director Greg Hinojosa, then with the…
Ken Slavin’s ‘Shaken Not Stirred’ Concert to Benefit SAAF
On November 10, local jazz crooner Ken Slavin will present a concert to benefit the San Antonio AIDS Foundation (SAAF) at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts’ Carlos Alvarez Theater. Ken Slavin: Shaken, Not Stirred is an expanded version of the singer’s recent New York City showcase at the Metropolitan Room featuring selections by Great American Songbook…
‘Out in the Dog Park’ Brings Pet Lovers Together
For many of us, our pets are an extension of our families. They provide us with companionship, are loyal to a fault, and ask for very little in return. A new social group is hoping to bring local LGBT pet lovers and their pups together for monthly outings and play dates. After the success of…
‘Daily Show’ Host Trevor Noah Brings Live Comedy Tour to SA
Perhaps no other late night comic has articulated the absurdity of the so-called “trans panic epidemic” better than The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah. In an episode that aired earlier this year, Noah lambasted supporters of the many anti-LGBT “bathroom bills” being proposed around the country. “If you replace ‘transgender’ with any other group in society,…
The Playhouse Opens Season with Beauty and the Beast
The Playhouse San Antonio opens its 2016 – 2017 season on September 30 with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at the Russell Hill Rogers Theatre. The production is directed by David Nanny and stars Carlye Gossen as Belle and Jeff Jeffers as the Beast. With music and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, the…
Perello Flamenco Fashion Show to Feature First Transgender Model
If you’ve ever experienced a flamenco show in San Antonio, chances are you’ve seen the work of Lisa Perello, who designs costumes and dresses for nearly every flamenco dancer in the city. Her clients include Arte y Pasión and the dance studio Raices de Arte Español among others. In 2012, she presented the first all…
A Look at Graciela Iturbide’s Iconic Photo ‘Magnolia’
As part of this year’s Fotoseptiembre, Ruiz-Healy Art will present “A Lens to See,” a solo exhibition of photography by Graciela Iturbide which runs through October 15. The selections are gathered from the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University, one of the largest archives of contemporary Mexican photography, and span a period from the early 1970s…
Chaka Khan to Perform at Labor Fest 2016
Before Whitney Houston recorded “I’m Every Woman,” Chaka Khan had already established herself as the “Queen of Funk’ performing as one-half of the multiracial group Rufus in the late 1970’s. After going solo and racking up hits like “Ain’t Nobody” and “Through the Fire,” Chaka ventured into jazz, gospel, pop and country music, marking a…
‘Thinking Like a Drag Queen’ With Best-Selling Author Jackie Huba
After stumbling upon an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, best-selling author and motivational speaker Jackie Huba realized the transformational power of drag. Since then, she has been channeling her inner-fierceness through her own drag alter ego, Lady Trinity, and made history by becoming the first female drag queen to give a TED Talk. In the…
Toni Braxton Announced for November at Tobin Center
With hits like “Another Sad Love Song,” and “He Wasn’t Man Enough,” Toni Braxton has become an icon of R&B music as well as one of the top selling female recording artists of this generation. Her superstar status was cemented in 1996 when “Un-break My Heart,” the second single from her sophomore album “Secrets,” spent eleven…