Entertainment: Gay Charleston, Charleston City Paper

Reality Revisited Opens at Aster Hall Tonight

Greg Hambrick — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:52:10 -0400

Aster Hall will be hosting an opening reception for its latest show, Reality Revisited.

The show will feature out photographer Timothy Pakron, as well as Katie Leonard. more…

Heartthrob Looking for Same: Little Dog Laughed Opens Thurs.

Greg Hambrick — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

We've got a preview in today's edition for The Little Dog Laughed, the first offering this season from The Village Playhouse. It's a story of a closeted celeb who falls for a male escort he picks up in New York and the lengths his lesbian agent will go to in order to get him back on the straight and narrow. more…

Black Cat offers 69-minute tour

Greg Hambrick — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:35:26 -0400

Offered for information purposes. Haven't had a chance to go out and try this one yet. more…

Kathy Griffin Confirmed for Oct. 18 at PAC

Greg Hambrick — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:03:00 -0400

Where my gays at 8 p.m. on Oct. 18?

At the North Charleston Performing Arts Center for Kathy Griffin's stand-up show. more…

UPDATED: Kathy Griffin Coming To Charleston?

Greg Hambrick — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:15:47 -0400

If I end up without tickets because I informed you folks about this show, we're going to have words, bitches!

According to her website, Kathy Griffin will be making a few stops here in the Carolinas come October, including a visit to the North Charleston Performing Arts Center on Oct. 18. It doesn't appear that tickets are on sale yet, and I could not get a call back from the venue confirming the date. more…

Big GAY Beach Day Turns Six

Greg Hambrick — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:53:48 -0400

From the release:

GUARANTEED to be the biggest beach party in South Carolina, CHAMP (CHarleston Area Mpowerment Project) is holding its Big Gay Beach Day VI on Sunday, June 21st at Folly Beach, 12pm — 5pm. We will have a DJ, prizes, volleyball, our annual tug ‘o’ war (lesbians vs. gays), slip n’slide race—everyone will be there! more…

Albright Column: Guide To Gracious Drag

Greg Hambrick — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:58:08 -0400

City Paper columnist Sally Albright sat down this week with local drag performer Ayanna Rodriguez, who is getting ready to set off for the West Coast.

Or take a look at all of Albright's columns. more…

Footlight's La Cage Aux Folles Opens May 1, Drag Discount May 7

Greg Hambrick — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:00:06 -0400

From The Footlight Players Facebook Page:

La Cage Aux Folles opens next Friday, May 1 at 8:00 PM at The Footlight Players Theatre on 20 Queen Street.

Winner of the Tony Award and one of Broadway's biggest hits, La Cage Aux Folles is a boisterous and uplifting celebration of love, family, and acceptance in an untraditional setting, filled with extravagant costumes, dance numbers, & snazzy songs. more…

Benefit Hoe-Down For We Are Famiy April 11

Greg Hambrick — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:46:18 -0400

Hot diggity dog! (We're praying they refresh our memory on the boot scootin' boogie!) more…

Sordid Lives Comes to Footlight March 20

Greg Hambrick — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:43:54 -0500

Sordid Lives, the Del Shores play that birthed the campy 2000 cult-classic film and subsequent cable TV show last year is coming to Charleston. The local Footlight Players will be telling the story of a Southern family comically struggling through the death of their matriarch. more…

American Apparel: A Little Gay. Kenny Chesney: Absolutely Not

Greg Hambrick — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:01:54 -0500

American Apparel, which has a King Street store, is offering a T-shirt online with "Legalize Gay: Repeal Prop 8 Now." In this era of being disappointed in one anti-gay business after another, it's nice to have a business you can support because theyr'e supporting you. more…

Queer Improv Group Coming to Charleston

Greg Hambrick — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:38:32 -0500

Gay improv group Queer on Their Feet is coming to Charleston. The show will be at 8 p.m. on Saturday Feb. 21 at Open Door Christian Church Charleston, 874 Orleans Road (near Citadel Mall). more…

Olivia Newton-John In North Charleston March 7

Greg Hambrick — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:45:25 -0500

Olivia Newton-John, gay icon for her days in Grease, that trippy "Phyiscal" video, and her recent turn as a lesbian barroom singer in Sordid Lives, will be at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on March 7.

Tickets go on sale Friday morning and are available at the Coliseum Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster outlets (including select Publix grocery stores), charge by phone (843) 554-6060 or online at ticketmaster.com

Milk Comes to Charleston Dec. 19

Greg Hambrick — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:26:44 -0500

Remember that horribly long wait Brokeback Mountain as it slowly made its way from New York and San Francisco to the rest of the country? Months later (well, it felt like months) it finally made it to our little city. more…

Oh The Stereotypes We'll Reinforce

Greg Hambrick — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:33:52 -0400

I write the weekly blotter for the City Paper, and couldn't help noting when I came across this one:

A 19-year-old traveling home from a local gay bar raised an officer’s suspicions because there was an open box of wine and two empty bottles of Smirnoff Ice in the car.

SC PRIDE: Entertainers

Greg Hambrick — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:45:00 -0400

Sure, the big draw is Ru Paul. I saw her in Savannah and it was, literally, a tranny mess. more…

SC Pride: South Carolina IS So Gay!

Greg Hambrick — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:07:28 -0400

You go girls!:

"We truly believe that this week, South Carolina is 'so gay,' " said Ryan Wilson, president of SC Pride.

The annual South Carolina Pride Festival and Celebration is being held in Columbia this week. more…

STIX 'n Stonz Munny Show

Greg Hambrick — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:07:27 -0400

'Notha From AFFA:

STIX 'n Stonz

MUNNY doll

UNDERGROUND ARTSHOW

Silent Auction

Proceeds to benefit Reel Grits LGBT Film Festival

September 27 from 6-9 pm

(bidding closes at 8 pm)

At Urban Outfitters

371 King Street - Charlesto

In the Life In the Lowcountry

Greg Hambrick — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:05:07 -0400

From AFFA:

"In The Life" is a monthly television show aired on PBS stations across the country-but not in SC-that documents the full range of the LGBT experience and the issues that impact our lives and our communities through stories on politics and public policy, personal and community health, religion and spirituality, and more.

AFFA has arranged with InTheLifeTV for advance copies of the show to air here in a project co-sponsored by AFFA and INTERWEAVE, the GLBT outreach of the Unitarian Church at Gage Hall from 5:30 to 7:30 pm on Sundays, Sept 14, Oct 5, and Nov 2. Light refreshments. Admission is free.

Free David Sedaris Download

Greg Hambrick — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:19:16 -0400

I've been remiss for not talking about David Sedaris and his new book, When You Are Engulfed in Flames. To make up for it:

Here's a free download of one story from the book. more…

Even S'More "So Gay"!

D. A. Smith — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:26:19 -0400

Jeez Louise! This story is waaaay more fun than school vouchers. more…

Pardon Me: This Guy Is Walking Around Charleston?!

Greg Hambrick — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:12:02 -0400

I've never seen Army Wives, but if this guy (Drew Fuller) is walking around Charleston, I'm all for increased film incentives.

Some More "So Gay"

D. A. Smith — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:38:15 -0400

I heard from Ian Johnson of OutNow again last week and he clued me in on the identity of the "low level" SCPRT who had supposedly resigned. When I hear it from the mouth of the employee in question, Rand Romaine, that he has indeed left his job (and not been reassigned somewhere else, promoted or demoted in the SCPRT), then I'll believe it. more…

S.C.'s Dorae Saunders on America's Got Talent

Greg Hambrick — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:49:25 -0400

Columbia drag performer Dorae Saunders was featured on a episode of America's Got Talent! Saunders was one of my favorites while I was stomping around Columbia. more…

Big Gay Beach Day

Greg Hambrick — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:45:39 -0400

Sorry for the late notice:

Big GAY Beach DAY

CHAMP (Charleston Area Mpowerment Project) is proud to announce the return of Big Gay Beach Day 5.0! This free event is open to the public and will take place on Saturday July 19th at Folly Beach, 11am – 5pm. Along with informal volley ball games, prizes will be awarded in our sand sculpting contest, relay race, and Lube Wrestling Contest. Our traditional Tug Of War men vs. women will end the day—last year the ladies won, so let’s see who’s got it this year! Free Red Bull ™ will be available. Donations are encouraged. Please remember Folly rules: alcohol is permitted (no open containers, no glass—bring a koozie); no pets; park with your tires off the pavement going with the flow of traffic. All are welcome! The event is sponsored by Patrick’s Bar & Grille, Red Bull ™, and Hardee Marine Sheet Metal. more…