GAYLETTER

The Brooklyn drag scene is so hot right now. With events and parties like Bushwig, Be Cute, and Rupaul’s Drag Race Mondays with Alotta McGriddles and Merrie Cherry, every single night in this borough is a drag. And we are HERE for it.

This Thursday, April 17th marks the second anniversary of DRAGnet, the party baby of Miss Merrie Cherry. “I started DRAGnet, because at the time drag was not extremely present in Brooklyn,” Merrie told us. “I wanted more and definitely got it. It seemed like a few months after DRAGnet started, drag started to explode in Brooklyn. I am not sure how much I had to do with all of this, I am just happy it happened and people are able find some kind of happiness on stage.” Yes, ma’am. We are, too.

The monthly soiree takes place at Metropolitan Bar, and is both a show and a contest. The competition began in January and ends in July. Each winner from each month’s party will compete for $150 cash and a three-month co-hosting position with Merrie Cherry. Too, TOO fun!

M.C. will be your MC for the night, alongside the other counterparts of the performing art collective Turntup Trifecta: Horrorchata and Untitled Queen. There will be a whole slew of performances by a whole bunch of queens and kweenz, including Darrell Thorne, Miz Jade, Minnie Cupcakes, Aja Nicole Marie, Elle Emenopé, Lady Simon, Charlene, and Issa Israel. And MORE! So get into it.

FREE, 11:00PM, METROPOLITAN, 559 LORIMER ST. BROOKLYN, NY.