Poppy Champlin started her career in stand-up comedy in the early 1980s but she didn’t come out as lesbian until the year 2000. A native of Rhode Island, she was once crowned America’s Funniest Real Woman on The Joan Rivers Show and made a name for herself through appearances on Showtime, Comedy Central and LOGO.…
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Guitar Virtuoso Kaki King Brings Jazz-Tinged Melodies to Tobin Center
Composer and guitarist Kaki King will perform at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, September 15. The out musician, who has been hailed as “a genre onto herself” by Rolling Stone magazine, is touring in support of her latest album Live at Berkley which is due out September 22. Over the past…
Queer Comedy Queens in SA for One-Night-Only Gig
Comedienne Poppy Champlin is coming back to San Antonio on September 20 with her unique comedy revue, The Queer Queens of Qomedy, and she’s bringing with two funny women — Jen Kober and Sandra Valls — with her. The show will be on stage at the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club. Headlining the Queen‘s tour…
‘Drag Race’ Stars to Share the Fiesta Texas Stage with Local Queens at Out in the Park
Based on the success of the first two years of Out in the Park, nightlife empresario Rey Lopez has struck a local chord with his wild and wonderful combination of thrill rides and drag queens. Serving up something in the vein of Orlando’s Gay Days at Walt Disney World (which annually attracts an estimated 50,000…
R&B Singer Deborah Cox Stars in ‘The Bodyguard’ at the Majestic
It’s a case of life imitating art. In the 2000 single Same Script, Different Cast by Whitney Houston and Deborah Cox, the two women sing about a philandering partner who has led their relationship awry. “I was his star for many nights,” Houston tells Cox. “Now the roles have changed and you’re the leading lady in his…
Luis Fonsi will Bring ‘Love and Dance’ Tour to Majestic
While the Trump administration was busy enacting its anti-immigrant policies, the biggest song of the summer was Luis Fonsi’s Despacito. Featuring reggaeton star Daddy Yankee, Despacito is now the most streamed song in the history of the internet and the first Spanish language single to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart since the Macarena…
Janet Jackson Brings Revamped ‘State Of The World’ Tour to AT&T Center
In 2015, it seemed Janet Jackson was poised for a major comeback. After debuting atop the Billboard 200 albums chart with her tenth studio album Unbreakable, Jackson embarked on her Unbreakable world tour. However, that tour was postponed just four months in due to health issues and Jackson’s pregnancy at age 50. The singer promised…
A New Adobe Studio for MujerArtes
The women of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center’s MujerArtes clay cooperative have reason to celebrate with the opening of their new studio — a building made entirely compressed earth blocks, otherwise known as adobe. The new building, which opens on September 9, is located at 816 S. Colorado and will take it’s place alongside…
SA Student Filmmaker Seeks Interviews with ‘Hispano Queers’
A graduate student from the University of the Incarnate Word is seeking to interview people in South Texas who identify as Hispanic and queer for a documentary entitled Hispano y Queer. On the website for her documentary, student filmmaker Melissa Rodriguez writes, “Identifying as both Hispanic and Queer means something different to different people. Both…
Guadalupe Presents Solo Shows by Ana Fernandez and Ruth Buentello
The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center will present a pair of solo shows by artists Ana Fernandez and Ruth Buentello on September 1. “Eastside Westside” by Fernandez and “Narratives Invented” by Buentello will feature work dealing with “place and perspective through a bi-cultural lens.” In a press release, executive director Cristina Ballí said, “Both Ana and…