Hello Darlings! 🌈 The weather’s getting cooler, Halloween is almost here, and Christmas is already lurking in the distance like a festive little rascal. So grab your coat, serve a spooky look, and let’s celebrate together!

See two queer indie favorites on one magical night on Saturday, 11/14. Holly Miranda and Melissa Ferrick join forces at Le Poisson Rouge and you can win tickets!

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Want something fabulous to hang on your wall? Queer|Art Summit: Becoming What We Practice arrives at Performance Space from Saturday, 11/21 to Sunday, 11/22. Celebrating 15 years, the gathering brings artists and cultural workers together to examine how queer creative communities survive, collaborate, and shape the future.

• Disco isn't dead, darling, and Scandalo NYC is closing out the year at Metropolitan Bar on Friday, 12/18. DJ fernanDITO and hosts Desira and Fletcher Christian promise a night of house, Italo disco, and Euro pop.

• Comedy icon Margaret Cho is making her Broadway debut as the Narrator in Richard O’Brien’s: The Rocky Horror Show at Studio 54 beginning Tuesday, 11/3. She joins a deliciously queer cast including Jake Shears, Kevin McHale, and RuPaul’s Drag Race favorite Valentina in the outrageous cult classic.

• Neverland gets a thoroughly inappropriate makeover when Peter Panto arrives at The Parkside Lounge on Saturday, 11/21. This adults-only British holiday panto is definitely not the Disney version.

GIVE A DAMN, LOOK FABULOUS

Get dressed up, raise a glass, and support the groups making a difference for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers. Here are some of the season’s best benefits where you can do good while looking damn good.

• 11/06 - SERVE: A DANCE PARTY @ SONY HALL

• 11/06 - CALLEN-LORDE COMMUNITY HEALTH AWARDS @ PIER 60 AT CHELSEA PIERS

• 11/12 - FASHION FOR ACTION @ HOUSING WORKS - HELL'S KITCHEN

• 11/30 - THE NIGHT LARRY KRAMER KISSED ME: WORLD AIDS DAY GALA @ THE CENTER

THIS WEEKEND

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• A new queer arts incubator called The FRAME has popped up in Midtown, with funding, workspace and production support for artists who would otherwise be financially mugged by New York City.

• Callen-Lorde just doubled its Bronx clinical capacity with a much larger new space on Bergen Avenue, including expanded behavioral health, pharmacy and case-management services.

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