Articles in WOT’S UP!
SATURDAY 4
QxBxRx: 5 Year Anniversary and Closing party
Homopunk party queers, beers and rears calls it quits on their fifth anniversary.…
Parties have a high turnover rate in gay New York, often reincarnating, but rarely leaving a significant void in this cities nightlife landscape. But when Queers, Beers and Rears ends its five-year run with a blowout […]
FRIDAY 3
Bassist-composer Ben Allison is one of a few band leaders working in jazz today who has developed his own instantly identifiable sound. Known for his lyrical melodies, inventive grooves, and inspired arrangements, he seamlessly blends jazz, rock, folk, and world music into a cinematic, cohesive whole. Tonight, he and his band are joined by NYC icon, […]
Voguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York City 1989-92, features hundreds of stunning photographs from the hidden world of New York’s house ballroom scene out of which came voguing, the dance made famous by Madonna. Photographer Chantal Regnault lived in New York between 1989-92, photographing the scene at its height – the dancers […]
WEDNESDAY 1
SKRILLEX is part of a new generation of artists that refuse to be restricted by preconceived notions or outside expectations. “Genre has never been important to me,” he insists. “I’ve never thought about music that way.”
Describing his current sound as “a mix of dubstep, electro and glitch all thrown together,” new SKRILLEX release “SCARY […]