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The Mystic Krewe of Satyriconis sponsoring the openingnight of Ricky Graham’s new-

est cabaret show, The Renew Revue,at Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave., onThursday, May 8, at 8pm. Tickets forthis performance only are $30 and maybe obtained by calling 504.525.4498.

Besides Mr. Graham, the showalso stars Yvette Hargis, Sean Pattersonand Amanda Zirkenbach, with musicaldirection by Jefferson Turner.

Someone Bought the Houseon the Island ClosingWeekend May 9-11

The Marigny Theatre takespride in presenting the win-ner of this years playwright

competition co-sponsored by the Saintsand Sinners writers conference. Thewinning play, Someone Bought theHouse on the Island by Ken Anderson,closes at the Marigny Theatre, 1030Marigny Street with performances onFriday, May 9 at 8pm and Sunday, May11 at 6pm. Admission is $25 per personwith $20 tickets for seniors and stu-dents with ID.

The play explores a young gayman’s quest for love, and identity in thechaotic sixties and seventies, and thenature of reality during a generationobsessed with drugs. The play starsKevin Ford, Trenton Ryan Perez, SteveKubick, Dennis Monn, Warren Useyand Eric Martin Webb, under the direc-tion of Timm Holt.

Tony Award Winner MichaelCerveris at the Hi HoLounge May 10

Michael Cerveris along withmusical guests will be ap-pearing at the Hi Ho

Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Avenue, inNew Orleans on Saturday, May 10 at9pm.

Raised in West Virginia and arriv-ing in New Orleans via New York City,Cerveris has had a varied and acclaimedcareer as a musician, singer, songwriterand actor. Alternating between tours asguitarist and vocalist for Bob Mould, hehas sung with artists as diverse as PeteTownshend and The Breeders, and hasopened with his own band for FrankBlack, Teenage Fanclub and Lloyd Cole.Cerveris is also a Tony Award-winningactor (Assassins) who has receivedconsistent rave reviews for such showsas Sweeney Todd (with Patti Lupone),

LoveMusik, Titanic, The Who’sTommy, Hedwig & the Angry Inchand the television series Fame.

For the past few months he hasbeen living, working and playing in NewOrleans while filming Cirque du Freak,co-starring John C. Reilly, Selma Hyack,Ken Watanabe and Willem DaFoe.

Like countless new arrivals beforehim, during his months working on Cir-que Du Freak here, Cerveris has fallenin love with New Orleans. “I have spentnearly every minute not on the set,”says Michael, “soaking up the sights,sounds and tastes of New Orleans,including everything from the SundaySecond Line Parades to the ChalmetteCrawfish Festival to any and all of themany, many music clubs here. As asomeone who has lived in New York,Los Angeles, Chicago, London, andtoured throughout the world, I am thrilledto be experiencing a city that is like noother.”

Cerveris’ debut solo album includescontributions from members of SonicYouth, Guided By Voices, Sleater-Kinney, The Posies and TeenageFanclub as well as folk and roots artists

Laura Cantrell and Anders Parker. Anew album recorded in Wales andGlasgow with members of TeenageFanclub, Ash, and Gorky’s ZygoticMincy is due out later this year.

2nd Chuckwagon BBQ &Country Western Diva Showbenefits LSGRA May 18

Show director Marcy Marcellwill host the 2nd annualChuckwagon BBQ & Coun-

try Western Diva All Star Show onSunday, May 18 at Starlight By ThePark, 834 N. Rampart Street, in NewOrleans. The event benefits the Louisi-ana State Gay Rodeo Association(LSGRA). The BBQ begins at 6pm andthe $10 donation includes smoked sau-sage, hamburgers, baked beans, po-tato salad and brownies.

Admission to the all star show,running from 7-9pm, is free. All stageperformance tips will benefit LSGRA.The show will be emceed by Mr. andMiss LSGRA Rip and Marsha starringMarcy Marcell, Eva Las Vegas, Zaa ZaadeLahore and other stars. LSGRA isexcited to welcome special perfor-mances by Mr. Colorado Gay RodeoAssociation Bryan Williams, MissTexas Gay Rodeo Association TrishaDavis and Mr. Texas Gay Rodeo Asso-ciation Wade Erp.

Funds raised will help the LSGRAput on the 24th annual InternationalGay Rodeo Association Convention andRoyalty Competition October 29-No-vember 2 at the Marriott Hotel.

New Orleans Gears Up for aFestive Memorial DayWeekend, May 23-26

Excitement is already in theair for Memorial Day Week-end as loads of tourists de-

scend on The Big Easy. In recent years,gay New Orleans as seen a big in-crease in business for this holiday week-end.

On Friday, revelers can look forsome of the highlights including Mas-cara 2008 Hamster Derby at GoodFriends Bar, New Meat Dance Contestat Corner Pocket, Military Maneuversat Oz, Beer Bust at the Phoenix, andStarlight Revue at Starlight By The Park.

Saturday brings Drag Queen PingPong to JohnPaul's, and The Zoo Revueto Big Daddy's.

Sunday highlights include the Mas-cara Crawfish Boil at Rawhide, Fleur deLis Divas Revue at Cowpokes, ShowNight at Oz, and Barry Bareass' Bot-toms Up Wet Jockey Shorts Contest atCorner Pocket.

Monday is a big day with the annualMascara Race benefitting NOCCA kick-ing off at Clover Grill ending with theawards ceremony at Rawhide, and theMemorial Day Cookout at CornerPocket.

Throughout the weekend revelerswill want to pop into The Country Clubfor all that swimming in the sun (and it'sclothes optional). Then there's DJs TonyB and Karbin playing at the Phoenix,and DJs Tim Pflueger and Jason Lanouxspinning at Oz.

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