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Jun 27, 2023

Never Gets Old: Perry’s Keeps It Fresh With D.C.’s Oldest Drag Brunch, New Rising Star Chef

The Adams Morgan restaurant has changed a lot to adjust with the times. But Sunday drag brunch is a longtime favorite that’ll follow Perry’s as it enters its 40th year.

Dec 27, 2019

BENT, 9:30 Club’s ‘Immersive’ LGBTQ Dance Night, Plans For a Raging New Decade

“We’re in a new decade and we kind of have the chance to shape it however we want it,” says BENT co-creator Steve Lemmerman. “How do we kick that off right? We go hard AF.”

Jun 19, 2019

This D.C. Drag King Dons Furs, Horns, And Prosthetics To Become ‘A Monster In The Making’

“If you could be anything, why would you just stay human?” says Laurenellen McCann, aka Buhnana Gunz.

Oct 23, 2017

Previous Champs Explain How To Win The 17th Street High Heel Race

It’s all about your starting position.

Mar 17, 2017

With The Trocks, Ballet Is A Drag … A Fabulous One!

The dance company’s drag game is “en pointe.”

Dec 24, 2015

F*CK BRUNCH! Wants To Fill D.C. Drag King Void

Pretty Boi Drag is bringing a new show to the Bier Baron in time for the new year.

Jul 03, 2013

Arrest Made in Attack on Gay Drag Performer

A Gaithersburg woman was arrested and charged with simple assault yesterday for allegedly assaulting a gay drag performer at a D.C. pizza shop on June 23.

Feb 20, 2009

GMU Awards Drag Queen Title of ‘Ms. Mason’

George Mason University elected a drag queen as Ms. Mason for the first time in the school’s history.

Feb 10, 2009

Drag Returns to Southwest With Ziegfeld’s Reopening

Carl Rizzi is 67 years old, with more gorgeous kids and grandkids than he can count. And he’s got nine more on the way this sunny Sunday afternoon. Unlike most expectant parents, he waits for them in full makeup and a sequined gown at the newly reopened Ziegfeld’s, in the Buzzard Point section of Southwest Washington. As president of the executive board of the Academy of Washington, the oldest drag organization in D.C., Rizzi -…

 
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