Kama La Mackerel is a performance artist, community organizer and cultural critic whose work draws on the themes of feminism, queerness, alienation, displacement, colonization and failures. A poet, story-teller, dancer, comedian, and video artist, Kama is also the co-founder of Qouleur, an annual arts festival by and for queer Indigenous and racialized communities in Montreal, and is the founder… Read more →
Tag: opentoe peepshow
Glitter and Grit are our Gay Agenda: The Heels on Wheels Glitter Roadshow
by Damien Luxe, co-producer Heels on Wheels “Wait…they expected STRIPPERS?†The glares from the audience confirm that whatever they expected, this North Carolina lesbian bar audience is not happy with our fully-clothed arts. In the middle of touring the first Heels on Wheels Glitter Roadshow, my annual all-queer-femme performance tour, we got an education in the social expectations applied to… Read more →
Opentoe Peepshow #15: Mars Dixon, Bryn Kelly, Ro Garrido, Lettie Laughter, Hannah Morrow & Afrodeezee
Sunday April 6, 2014, 7pm @ Branded Saloon join Heels on Wheels in presenting these queer artists: Mars Dixon is a mixed queer originally from Arkansas. He is the singer/guitarist of Aye Nako and the father of Broccolini. Hannah Morrow is a multi-disciplinary feminist performing artist living in Montreal. Using solo and collective processes, Hannah digs for truths about feminism… Read more →
Opentoe Peepshow Salon #10: Lez Miz, Richard Aviles, Ronika McClain, Dynasty (W)rex, Zachary Wager Scholl
Heels on Wheels presents… Opentoe Peepshow: Revealing New Work by Queer Artists Featuring: Lez Miz, Richard Aviles, Ronika McClain, Dynasty (W)rex, Zachary Wager Scholl Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/485185538263673 Time & Cost: Sunday Nov 3, doors 7p, show 7:30p *sharp* — we sell out so come early! $3-$10, no one turned away for lack of funds // this event is volunteer-run and… Read more →
Opentoe Peepshow #9: Red Durkin, Michelle Embree & Altercation Dreamer Solutions, Monica Ellis, Katrina De Wees, and Angel Nafis
Sunday Oct 13 @ the Branded Saloon is the first Salon of the 2013-2014 season! Featuring these amazing artists: Michelle Embree is the author of Manstealing For Fat Girls, a young adult novel nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in 2006.  In 2009 Michelle’s two-act play, Hand Over Fist, took first place in the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival’s national playwriting competition and received a full… Read more →
Opentoe Peepshow #7 on May 5!
Sunday May 5 at 8pm, come to Branded Saloon [in Brooklyn at 603 Vanderbilt Ave, 11238] to see new art work by: Tennessee Jones, Amber Dawn, Nicole Myles, Zavé Martohardjono & Prof. Katia Perea! on facebook? the event is here. Tennessee Jones is the author of the Lambda Literary Award nominated collection Deliver Me From Nowhere, a “cover†of Bruce… Read more →
Opentoe Peepshow #5: Cal Trumann Emmet Rugburn Glittered & Mauled Sabina Ibarrola Jaime Shearn Coan
Sunday Feb 3, join the Heels on Wheels folks as we present five queer performances at the fifth opentoe peepshow! Location: The Village @ Guerje [aka the Yes Ma’am space] on 866 Pacific Ave., between Washington & Underhill in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Time: Doors 7p, show 8p, Q&A 10p. Cost: $3-10. Performers: Cal Trumann has been performing drag professionally since… Read more →
Opentoe Peepshow #4: NCN, Kit Yan, Adelaide Windsome, Witch Camp and “Patti Smith”
Heels on Wheels presents the fourth Opentoe Peepshow: revealing new works by queer artists on Sunday January 6th, 2013 in Brooklyn, NY at the Branded Saloon. Each first Sunday of the month October–June, the Heels on Wheels continue to create space for queer performances that transcend genre and gender, presenting magical and powerful artists who inspire, delight, and educate. Where:… Read more →
Heels on Wheels Opentoe Peepshow Salon Series #2
Heels on Wheels Opentoe Peepshow Salon Series #2 Sunday November 4, 2013, 7pm-11pm The Spectrum, 59 Montrose Ave, Brooklyn, $3-$10 7pm: Skillshare: Jade Payne, setting up a PA 8pm: Performers: Kirya Traber, M. Lamar, T.L. Cowan, 9pm: Special Election Season collaboration: Drae Campbell/Ariel Speedwagon. [SEE FOLKS BIOS BELOW!] Heels on Wheels is thrilled to announce the second installment of our… Read more →