Bars and Nightclubs

April 29, 2023

Stud Country, a Queer Line Dancing and Two-Step Class, Makes a Return to New York

On the night of April 17, a crowd of 20- and 30-somethings, many of them queer, packed into Georgia Room, a Georgia O’Keeffe-inspired nightclub at the […]
April 6, 2023

Scenes from the N.C.A.A. Final Sports Bra Watch Party

The Sports Bra in Portland, Ore., is a rarity dedicated exclusively to women’s sports. The latest highlight was the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball final. PORTLAND, Ore. — […]
April 1, 2023

Lesbian Bars in Los Angeles Change With the Times

LOS ANGELES — One pleasingly bitter, gently botanical, sort-of purple nonalcoholic cocktail in, and I was just happy to be caught in the gravitational pull of […]
January 28, 2023

“The White Lotus” Dance Remix is the Hottest Club Song

Variations of the spine-tingling intro music have played at rave parties, Australian music festivals and Sundance. On a recent club night in Chicago, a high-pitched woman’s […]
January 27, 2023

Billy Walsh Designs Sneakers for Rihanna and Writes Songs for the Weeknd

The Footwear News Achievement Awards, sometimes called the Oscars of shoes, shines a spotlight on the industry’s top designers. But when the singer Dua Lipa won […]
January 19, 2023

A Wednesday Addams Contest Brings the Fans

At a Brooklyn club, fans of the Netflix series “Wednesday” showed off their takes on the pigtailed heroine’s signature moves in a midnight competition. On a […]
December 31, 2022

New Year’s Eve 2023: The State of the Midnight Kiss

Has our modern era dimmed the appeal of making out with a stranger, or are people still eager to participate in the New Year’s Eve tradition? […]
November 23, 2022

One Last Public Party at the Jane Hotel

At midnight last Friday, hopeful entrants to the Jane Ballroom waited behind the velvet rope, shivering and patient. The queue snaked down Jane Street, as revelers […]
November 8, 2022

Jimmy DeSana, Downtown Pioneer and Provocateur, Goes Mainstream

The photographer moved effortlessly between scenes: No Wave music, performance, queer subcultures, downtown nightlife, the Pictures Generation and mail art. A list of things Jimmy DeSana […]
October 11, 2022

Elon Musk Has the World’s Strangest Social Calendar

When a snapshot of Elon Musk and Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced on social media in 2020, the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive took to Twitter — as […]