Are you feeling 𝓰𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮 ?! We’re BACK for a special episode all about GORGE, a drag & queer arts festival founded by Synonym Art Consultation and co-curated by Sunshine House, happening online March 20-21!

We’re chatting with Synonym co-founder and creative director Andy Eastman all about making Manitoba’s first queer arts festival, some of the super cool events we’ll be tuning in to, and the importance of showcasing & compensating drag as an art form like all others.

I ALSO had the delicious opportunity of crashing one of GORGE’s filming days at Club 200 to snag live on-the-scene interview with a few of the performers & production crew, including Satina Loren, Jen Doerksen of BNB Studios, Anita Stallion, Lady Fortuna, Malaikah Rang'inya, Peppermint Phattie, Jaryd & Elle-Eganté.

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Follow GORGE Festival to learn more about all of these exciting, free, virtual events you can enjoy this weekend!

Facebook: facebook.com/gorgefestival

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synonymartconsultation.com/gorge

Save a Stallion, ride a cowboy! For the grand finale of season 2, we're trying something different: a video interview with one of Winnipeg's most beloved performers. Anita Stallion, Matron of Club 200 and 2020 Aunty of the Year, dishes on her history with the Imperial Court, Club 200 throughout the ages, her timeless approach to drag and her 20+ year legacy.

To watch the video interview on Facebook, click here.

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#fuckafrenchtip! Entrepreneur, nail expert and party-starting princess Purple Haze discusses working through mental illnesses, the stigma surrounding HIV, finding the Sunshine Bunch, meeting her other half Soleil Midowne, founding local drag business Accent’aigu Nails, and the infamous death drop to end all stunts on the penultimate episode of season 2.

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Fun, fresh and fibromyalgic: meet Miss Assuma Gender! Assuma opens up on her beekeeping background, performing in drag at last year’s Winnipeg Fringe Festival, pronouns in and out of drag, finding a first name, the lenses through which we see drag, and going head-to-head with one of our city's most legendary performers in a pageant.

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What’s a queen to a drag princess? Winnipeg’s youngest drag queen Olivia Limehart joins us to dish on what’s it like to be an 11-year-old drag queen, drag spaces for minors, how she found drag and some of her fave numbers to date. Also, her parent - fellow drag performer Guncle Smokey Trixx Star - joins us to talk raising a drag queen, parenting a queer child and finding drag after his child on this episode of Drag in the Peg.

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Viva Las Vegas! The original Winnipeg drag king Carlos Las Vegas talks representation of drag kings in mainstream media, touring for and starring in the documentary “Ladies as Gentleman: Drag Kings on Tour”, co-creating Kingdom Magazine, debuting as a drag king 27 years ago, discovering the International Drag King Extravaganza, founding the Genderplay Cabaret and The Fantasia Affair, passing the torch to Hari Vijaijay, and the factors leading to Carlos hanging up his crown and retiring as a drag king.

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Half dragon, half superhero, all incredible: it's Lady Quinnzarr! Winnipeg's premiere weird-drag genius opens up on mastering the saxophone, studyinng capoeira martial arts, finding the Like That program at Sunshine House, her wild world of drag inspiration, Lord Razznniuq, and more on her episode of Drag in the Peg.

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Eat your heart out, Jesus: the King of Kings is in attendance! Emperor XX Dusty Rhodes addresses his subjects on standing up for consent, the legacy and the future of the Court System, how working in gay bars informed his worldview, why he isn’t a fan of performing, guiding Reign XX and more.

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Ever wonder what the inflatable tube guy would look like in drag? Jaryd's here to deliver! Jaryd talks rejecting gender norms for drag, transitioning from turning club looks to performing onstage, the life and death of Sunday Masc, working with local music legend Begonia and Synonym Arts Consultation, doing the splits in roller skates and more on his episode of Drag in the Peg.

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