WEDNESDAY 27

Martha Wash

Disco and Dance queen Martha Wash has held the top spot forevah!!!, with mega hits like It’s Raining Men, Strike It Up, I Don’t Know Anybody Else…and that little #1 track by C+C Music factory Gonna Make You Sweat…where they replaced her in the video with some skinny b*tch! (shade!!!). Tonight, you can catch her singing all of your faves…including latest release I’ve Got You.

Industry Bar, 355 W 52nd St bet Eighth and Ninth Aves, NYC, 10pm, free

John Waters: Role Models Book

The sometimes aloof director of the gross-out epic Pink Flamingos and other cinematic provocations John Waters salutes the people he finds inspiring (himself foremost among them) in new book of self-regarding essays Role Models. Waters’s role models range from icons like Johnny Mathis and Tennessee Williams to a gay reality-porn auteur, a lesbian stripper called Lady Zorro, and ex-Charles Manson groupie and murderer Leslie Van Houten. Tonight he’ll be in full regalia, celebrating his b ‘day and current paperback release.

Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 W 21st St bet Tenth and Eleventh Aves, NYC, 212-255-1105, 7pm, free

Cock & Soul

Last month, Cock & Soul and Mona Foot made a widely welcomed return to NYC nightlife with a salute to probably our all time favorite music, fashion, and style icon Grace Jones! The party was such a smash, they’ll be back on the last Wednesday of every month! Tonight’s icon salute goes to Tina Turner, starring Milan as the young, naive Tina, Sweetie as the defiant tina who finally fought back against Ike’s oppression…and featuring Mona Foot as the triumphant Tina Turner who takes no prisoners and truly gets the last laugh! DJ Gant Johnson.

The Cock, 29 Second Ave bet 1st and 2nd Sts, NYC, $10 (FREE in Tina Drag!)