Drag Queen

2. August 2009 | 20:58

Protesters cannot rain on gay parade

Bible-thumping protesters could not dampen enthusiasm for Belfast’s Gay Pride parade yesterday. Around 6,000 revellers, drag queens, dancers and bands brought a rainbow of colour to the city for their 19th annual carnival. Related Stories Ryan’s far and away the best Red alert as Earley goes 4 Kil We’re made of the white stuff Job done Kris Do not adjust your set (News Source: Belfast Telegraph - 17:08:19)

Seriously funny

Former quirky romcom queen Janeane Garofalo has braved the last few years as Fox News’ token leftie punchbag. James Kettle meets the fiery comedian as she faces down a new adversary: Edinburgh hecklers (News Source: Guardian Unlimited - 05:18:59)

Classic cars and camaraderie

John Talley is proud of the fact that his 1946 Mercury Coupe is not a “trailer queen.” (News Source: Nevada Appeal - 17:34:14)

THIS WEEK

S MUSIC All-Star Week at the Stanford Jazz Festival The final week of the Stanford Jazz Festival features an all-star lineup, starting with vocalist Madeline Eastman, the Heath Brothers, the Generations Jazz Project and many more. The festival wraps up with… (News Source: San Francisco Chronicle - 10:30:41)

Weston’s ‘Rent’ as operatic as ‘La Boheme’

WESTON - “Rent,” the Broadway hit musical based on the opera “La Boheme,” may lack Puccini’s music, but in the new Weston Playhouse production, it has all the opera’s heartbreak, passion and love. … - By JIM LOWE Staff Writer (News Source: The Barre Montpelier Times Argus - 16:08:33)

Film has the dish on Florent and diner’s last days

Florent, the Meat Market restaurant on Gansevoort St. that served meatpackers, club kids, drag queens, celebrities and just plain folks for 23 years before it closed last year, is re-created in David Sigal’s new documentary “Florent: Queen of the Meat Market.” (News Source: The Villager - 18:20:37)

Gay Irishman’s Quest for Marriage

Most married couples like to tell the story of how they met, and I’m no exception, so here goes. One spring night a six-foot drag queen in high heels named Chantal led me across a crowded dance floor to a quiet, thoughtful-looking man standing on his own in a gay club in Connecticut. (News Source: Gayapolis - 14:41:00)

Use light tackle for drum fishing

DR.BOGUS Here’s a recent discussion at a local tackle shop: (News Source: Carteret County News-Times - 08:32:26)

Hemingford welcomes fair crowds

A youngster waves to welcome visitors to the county fair in Hemingford. The week-long festivities include parades, 4-H exhibits and shows, carnival, truck pull, demolition derby, mudbogging, concert, extreme endoro cross and much more. (News Source: Scottsbluff Star-Herald - 09:22:52)

Ode to East Village struggle heading to Eastlight

Katy Hawley, 24, has had a love affair with “Rent” ever since she first saw the musical in the eighth grade. Trying out for Eastlight Theatre’s production of “Rent,” which opens next weekend at East Peoria Community High School, was a foregone conclusion. (News Source: Peoria Journal Star - 03:44:47)

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