Bored with the steady influx of box-office bombs at the megaplex? Skip Hollywood’s overblown (and underwhelming) offerings and support indie filmmakers by planning a fall getaway around one of these stacked LGBT film festivals scattered across the country. TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival | Oct. 13-23 threedollarbillcinema.org The largest lesbian and gay film festival in…
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One-Woman Show Raises AIDS Awareness
San Antonio actress Anna De Luna will bring her one-woman show, “The AIDS Lady,” to the stage of the Guadalupe Theater for two performances on October 14. The National Association of Latino Arts and Culture and the City of San Antonio Department for Culture and Creative Development are sponsoring the free performances. The play is…
Fashion Designer Agosto Cuellar Wants to Keep San Antonio Lamé
Agosto Cuellar is a veteran visionary in this town. Couturier, entrepreneur and social activist, he’s got deep roots and wide wings, having owned and operated legendary Southtown resale shop Jive Refried, created collections of irreverent, often-recycled garments that have landed him in serious Project Runway consideration, and DJed at big events and unexpected venues citywide.…
Getting Buzzed at Vee’s Chop Shop
Vee Hernandez’s studio space in the Salons by JC is decorated with San Antonio Spurs and New England Patriots collectibles. A mini fridge in the corner is stocked with cold water and soda. In many ways, Vee’s Chop Shop is a typical stylist’s station, but to watch the petite, curly-haired Vee cut hair is to…
King and Queen Huevo to Reign over Rancheros Cook-Off and Gala
San Anto Cultural Arts will honor two San Antonians who have contributed to the culture of their community by proclaiming them King and Queen Huevo for the annual Huevos Rancheros Cook-Off and Gala on March 4, 2017 at Rosedale Park. At this year’s event, King Huevo David Zamora Casas and Queen Huevo Rita Viduarri will…
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…
SA’s QFest 2016 Films Reflect the Spectrum of LGBT Life
When QFest 2016, San Antonio’s LGBT International Film Festival, opens on October 13, it will present four days of features and short films which reflect the unique diversity of LGBT life. First started in 2013, QFest is produced by Pride San Antonio. Organizers says the festival is held during LGBT History Month “in order to…
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…
Watch Chris Conde Rap About ‘Growing Up Gay’
Originally published in the San Antonio Current If video killed the radio star, Chris Conde might be a martyr. Conde, a local queer experimental rapper, just dropped another video, “Growing Up Gay,” shot live at one of his recent his Hi-Tones shows, his fourth video to date (“not necessarily a single,” he tells us). “I…