Pride events in smaller towns foster community, support homegrown talent and highlight local services, such as gender-affirming health care.
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Pride events in smaller towns foster community, support homegrown talent and highlight local services, such as gender-affirming health care.
The Beer City Sister talks new projects and the city’s drag scene.
After his 1994 graduation, Robb Smith left his hometown. Like a story from an independent gay movie, he jumped on a Greyhound bus bound for Asheville, where he started a new life — complete with a drag persona — with the help of an accepting uncle.
Local rock groups Shallows and Isaacson open for Ne-Hi, which is currently touring the country in support of Drag, at the Mothlight on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 9 p.m.
Cookie LaRue’s second cousin Lorna Doone performs two shows at Tressa’s on Friday, April 1.