Queer Arts

Throwing Tomatoes at the Big Gay Void: Who Cares!

by Mark Van Streefkerk | Feb 4, 2019 | Interviews, Queer Arts, Queer Comedy

Smutty and salacious comic Woody Shticks has baked all his best cookies for a new show Who Cares! and fully expects you to, well, not care. Members of the audience will be given tomatoes they can throw onstage at any time, telling him to skip to the next bit. “It’s like if you’re watching a Netflix thing you can just skip the intro, skip this thing, skip this thing,” Woody explained. “Either audiences skip every piece of the show – and then the show is 20 minutes – or the opposite is true where nobody skips anything because they’re too scared to do it.”

Shedding a Positive Light on the Trans Experience

by Iris Lux | Jan 29, 2019 | Interviews, Queer Arts

Thriving While Trans: A Love Manual is a literary project with two heads. One is an upcoming multi-genre performance event. It will feature a number of different trans writers, dancers, and songwriters. The other is an anthology of writings, a copy of which comes with admission to the performances. Both the writings and performances focus on personal stories of trans thriving and resilience.

The Surreal Drag Collage of The Loungettes

by Mark Van Streefkerk | Jan 21, 2019 | Interviews, Queer Arts

The sprawling, irreverent mythologies of Champagne Larry, Mae Flood, and Lazy Susan inform surrealist drag band The Loungettes.

Outstanding Round 1: Chocolate the Entertainer & Genevieve Ferrari

by Bobby Higley | Jan 16, 2019 | Outstanding, Queer Arts, Queer Comedy, Video

What do you get when a dozen of the PNW’s best queer comics compete for some serious cash prize money? It’s the Outstanding: Queer Comic Competition, hosted by Bobby Higley, where you, the audience, get to choose you wins and who walks. In the episode, Chocolate the Entertainer and Genevieve Ferrari square off on stage with competing bits about dental dams and herpes sores.

Outstanding: Queer Comic Competition Round 2

by Staff | Jan 14, 2019 | Events, Outstanding, Queer Arts

Outstanding: Queer Comic CompetitionTue 12 Feb, 2019 / 7pm21+ / $10 Queerspace Magazine and Gutter...

Outstanding: Queer Comic Competition Round 1

by Staff | Dec 18, 2018 | Events, Queer Arts

Queerspace Magazine and Gutter Twink Productions proudly present (Get it? “proudly”?) a brand new queer comedy showcase and contest filmed right here in Seattle. 12 of the PNW’s top new queer funny folks will be competing for the coveted title of Most Outstanding Queer Comic, along with a juicy cash prize from AHF. Join host Bobby Higley as part of our live audience at Timbre Room, where you’ll choose your favorites to move forward to the next round!

SECS and Cinekink’s Seattle Mini-Fest of Erotic Films

by Iris Lux | Nov 27, 2018 | Queer Arts, Queer Media, Reviews

Two erotic film societies – the Seattle Erotic Cinema Society (SECS) and New York’s Cinekink – joined forces last weekend to bring Seattle a selection of sexy shorts – a micro-film-festival if you will.

Nightshots: SAM Remix

by Robert Roth | Nov 12, 2018 | Nightshots, Photos, Queer Arts

If you’re looking to see the Seattle Art Museum a new light, literally, then SAM Remix may be the eclectic, music and fun filled, evening party experience for you. This time around Queerspace Magazine was lucky enough to be invited in to catch some of the magic, too. The party only happens 3 times a year, and tickets always sell out fast, so make you get yours as soon as you see them go on sale!

Nightshots: Fresh

by Robert Roth | Oct 29, 2018 | Nightshots, Photos, Queer Arts

Fresh: A Drag Show For New Talent, has been happening semi regularly at the 18th & Union arts space for around a year now, and is still the show in Seattle offering non-competitive, paid spots for a wide variety of new performers in an all-ages space.

Queerspace News: Rafiki Wins Big at Twist

by Robert Roth | Oct 26, 2018 | Queer Arts, Queer Media, Queer News, Video

Congrats to Rafiki, the lesbian-themed film that suffered through a ban in its home country of Kenya, on taking home both the audience and jury awards for best narrative feature at TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival

A Subversive Slice of Life: Three Powerful Films at the TWIST Film Festival

by Iris Lux | Oct 18, 2018 | Queer Arts, Queer Media, Reviews

From the continuing plight of trans people serving in the military, to a film that was banned in its home country of Kenya, these three films are but a part of this year’s lineup at the 2018 Twist Seattle Queer Film Festival.