Gay Place: Vagina
At last, a place for your… you know…
By Kate X Messer, Fri., Dec. 9, 2011
What's in a word? Your reaction to that headline is exactly why local proprietress Johna Goldenflame chose the name ABC Vagina Supply for her online business/clearinghouse. This Saturday is the fundraising launch at Cheer Up Charlie's. Yours truly, DJs Fine & Dandy with Kate & Andy, will spin suave sounds and loungey tunage early on. Come get down with us.
ON OUR GAYDAR
AUSTIN FACES AIDS AIDS Services of Austin presents the full multimedia blow out of Jo Ann Santangelo's new portrait show. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10am-4pm, through December. Falcon 5, 1000 E. Fifth. Free. www.joannsantangelo.com.
Q'S DISNEY DOUBLE FEATURE Q-bond over childhood memories with Disney's A Christmas Carol and The Emperor's New Groove. Thu., Dec. 8, 6-10pm. The Q, 3408 West, 420-8557. Free. www.theqaustin.org.
ALL-MALE BEDPOST CONFESSIONS Get off guy-style with Jay Byrd (and special guest Sonnet Blanton), poet Bret Beene, trip-hopper Ejede, erotic master Michael Flower, and author Irwing Tang. Plus Jessica Leigh's dirty ukulele. Thu., Dec. 8, 8pm. 29th Street Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 480-9562. $5. www.bedpostconfessions.com, www.facebook.com/events/180524808709091.
TECHNOTIC TEMPTATION THURSDAYS Techno, Top 40, and more with DJ Casa-nova. Thursdays, 10pm. Town N Country, 1502 W. Ben White, 445-9122. Free. www.townandcountry.com.
GET 'THEE PSYCHICK BIBLE' SIGNED by none other than Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. (Please leave all other ephemera at home.) Fri., Dec. 9, 7-8pm. Domy Books, 913 E. Cesar Chavez, 476-3669.
PSYCHIC TV Genesis Breyer P-Orridge brings PTV back to ATX. Chant and Coma in Algiers open. Fri., Dec. 9, 8:30pm. Elysium, 705 Red River, 478-2979. $25 ($15, advance). www.secret-oktober.com/?page_id=1298.
DJ SPINN Top 40, country, and old-school hip-hop at Austin's Southern gay bar. Fridays, 10pm. Town N Country, 1502 W. Ben White, 445-9122. Free. www.townandcountry.com.
FUCKME FUCKME FRIDAYS Who you know and who you blow come together on the dance flo. Every second and fourth Friday, 10pm. The Eastern, 1511-B E. Sixth. Free.
AUSTIN ZINE FEST Radical DIYers show you how print media is not dead. Liberty or Death Industries, the Yellow Bike Project, Austin Creative Reuse, Scott Crow, Valerie Romness, and yours truly, Kate X, will all put it in black-and-white. Bring your zines to share! Sat.-Sun., Dec. 10-11, noon-6pm. Bernadette's, 2039 Airport. Free. atxzinefest.wordpress.com.
ABC VAGINA SUPPLY INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN LAUNCH This soon to be online endeavor ("from menses to menopause and everything in between [your legs]") is haunching with a launching featuring supersexy performative goodness by Raven, Frannie Brown, Kitty Buick, Sassy D Lure, and Ruby Lamb. Sat., Dec. 10, 8pm-2am. Cheer Up Charlie's, 1104 E. Sixth, 431-2133. info@abcvaginasupply.com; www.abcvaginasupply.wordpress.com.
KINGS N THINGS (ALL)IDAY SHOW Ring in your happy Chrismahanukwanzakah with the sassy tang of Luna Tart and those hot, studly Santa's elves, Kings N Things, plus guest Ginger Snaps from Black Widow Burlesque. Sat., Dec. 10, 9pm-12mid. Elysium, 705 Red River, 478-2979. $10. www.facebook.com/kingsnthings, www.facebook.com/events/177672738993029.
LEZMINGLE SATURDAYS Yellastud and ReLauRen Ent. host this weekly LGBT hip-hop spot featuring DJ Munk. Saturdays, 9pm. Club Mexita's, 1109 N. I-35, 467-4444. $5 until 12mid, $10 after. www.yellastud.com.
CUBARET Start your week off with this merger of cubs and berets (you don't really have to wear one) with hosts Eric and Scott. Mondays, 10pm-2am. Chain Drive, 504 Willow, 480-9017. Free. www.facebook.com/chaindriveatx.
FOODIES HAPPINESS HOUR Boys and girls, happy-houring together under one big Foodies umbrella. Second Tuesdays, 6-8pm. Hugo's Restaurant y Tequila Bar, 300 South Lamar, 474-4846. beatsagogo@gmail.com.
THROWBACK TUESDAYS DJ BJ hits the unos y doses throwin' back to the Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties. Tuesdays, 'Bout Time, 9601 N. I-35, 832-5339.
SUR, PAPER THREAT, HELLO LOVERS Get there early to check out Khattie's (of Tunahelpers and Luna Tart & the Coctails fame) new jam, SuR. She doesn't even lift a drumstick. Wed., Dec. 14, 8pm. Antone's, 213 W. Fifth, 320-8424.
SUPA STAR KARAOKE Sing along to the empty orchestra on Lip's big stage and get a free shot for your trouble. Wednesdays, 9pm. Lipstick24, 606 E. Seventh, 474-2950. www.lipstick24austin.com.
KARAOKE WITH KRAMER Croon with the Krame or whatever nickname you want to call him. Wednesdays, 9:30pm. Iron Bear, 121 W. Eighth. Free.
GOD OF CARNAGE WILDE PARTY You're invited to a special LGBT preshow reception. Catered reception, 6:45pm; show, 8pm. Zach Theatre, 1510 Toomey, 476-0541 x1. Single event or Wilde Party season tickets available. www.zachtheatre.org.
MOUTHFEEL Is it crunchy and cold like a sno-cone or smooth and cool like crème brûlée? Hmmm. Every other Thursday, 10pm. Cheer Up Charlie's, 1104 E. Sixth, 431-2133. Free. www.facebook.com/mouthfeelatx.
HO-RIZON
A STOCKING FULL OF HOLIDAY FAVORITES Tenor, baritone, bass – all the boys of Capital City Men's Chorus will serenade you at their annual holiday concert. Sat., Dec. 17, 8:30pm. University United Methodist Church, 2409 Guadalupe, 477-7464. $25 ($20, advance). www.ccmcaustin.org.
ADVENTURING OUTDOORS Austin's gay and lesbian group for making the nature scene. Minimal dues, maximum fun! 236-7176. www.main.org/adventuring.
TOYS FOR TOTS TOY DRIVE Interested in helping Pearle E. Gates get some cheer to the chillens this holiday season? Email for details: pearle.e.gates@gmail.com.
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