Q&A: Maia Sharp Talks About Being an Out Musician, Her Work with Bill Deasy, & What She Loves About Pittsburgh

Maia Sharp

Roscoe & Etta will perform at Club Cafe on South Side, Saturday August 17.  7:00 PM (Doors 6:00 PM) The show is 21+ and tickets are $13.00. Maia Sharp came out at age 23 in 1994 and has been making herstory ever since. She’s recorded seven albums and had all sorts of interesting collaborations in […]

‘Mija: one bitches tale’ debuts at folkLAB this week

Mija: one bitch's tale

This looks like a terrific event debuting this week with folkLAB folkLAB produces series of performance art pieces which hope to create an artistic community network dedicated to fair representation, compensation and access in the performing arts. folkLAB’s current series “in Our Voice” and “miniMythologies” foster the creation of brand new performance work that aims to create a […]

My new Q&A column at @BurghVivant with Nicole Gallagher, creator of ‘Mija: one bitch’s tale’

My new regular feature column with ‘Burgh Vivant, Pittsburgh’s cultural talk magazine, debuted Sunday – Seven with Sue is a Q&A focusing on the creators and artists in our region. First up is Nicole Gallagher whose one woman show premiere’s on Wednesday at folkLAB Theater. Take a read and let us know what you think. […]

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Pittsburgh Symphony Star Wars

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Fri, Jul 19 – Sun, Jul 21, 2019 Get Tickets Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra HEINZ HALL “You must feel the Force around you…” The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back  featuring screenings of the complete film with Oscar®-winning composer John Williams’ musical score performed live to the […]

Q&A with Ona Louise About Drag Queen Story Hour

Ona Louise Drag Queen Story Hour

At the end of June, several local Drag Queen Story Hour events were scheduled to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall. Two events were cancelled by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and the Children’s Museum in response to non-specific online threats. Four events continued as planned – readings at the White Whale and Classic Lines […]

Ed Pinto, Phat Man Dee Drop Bubble Bath Video This Weekend with Rubber Duckie Cameo

Ed Pinto Pittsburgh

Ed Pinto has upped his investment in the “How much would you pay to hear Ed Pinto’s life story?” fundraiser for #AMPLIFY with this video that dropped over the weekend. Quick Recap – Ed is offering up chronicling his life story for the AMPLIFY archive as a fun fundraiser. We are trying to raise $2,000 […]

Thursday Night the @PghSymphony Hosts Thorgy Thor’s US Symphonic Premiere

Thorgy Tor Pittsburgh

Violinist, violist and cellist Thorgy Thor (from RuPaul’s Drag Race) performs with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in the U.S. premiere of this can’t-miss symphonic spectacular! Beethoven, Mozart & Bernstein ✔ Madonna, Bruno Mars & Dolly Parton ✔ A thrilling and hilariously theatrical show! ✔   The performance will include some mature themes, so adult supervision and audience discretion is advised Get your tickets […]

How much would you pay to hear Ed Pinto’s queer life story? #AMPLIFY

Ed Pinto Pittsburgh

This is Ed Pinto aka Eduardo Pienta aka Eddie the Jagoff. I met Ed in January 2017 at a fundraiser organized by Viva Valezz to support the ACLU. His body was covered in ink, the ‘script’ of a performance spoken word piece. I was impressed that he could do a backbend and had very pretty […]

Drag Artist Jade Elektra Wows Toronto AIDS Vigil with Her Version of ‘Undetectable’

Photo of Jade Elektra 'Undetectable'

This weekend, our Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is hosting a tribute to Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole. Their songbook is on my mind or in my ear, I suppose. So this video caught my eye when I was browsing My Fab Disease: Mark S. King writes After performing the song publicly once or twice, Jade […]

Win a Pair of Tickets to see @PghSymphony Pops Season Finale ‘Nat & Natalie’ #Giveaway

PIttsburgh Symphony Orchestra Unforgettable

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras PNC Pops season finale is coming up, June 21-23 at Heinz Hall with “Nat & Natalie: Unforgettable” The voice: so smooth, so clear, so cool. The hits: so many – “Too Young,” “Nature Boy,” “Get Your Kicks,” “Mona Lisa” and many, many more! Conductor Byron Stripling is joined by Denzal Sinclaire and Dee […]