Queens like Hope and co-performers Lexi Belle and Adrina Cass are part of a tight knit community by necessity. But people are looking for something flirtatious - so why not give them a little ‘boy in high drag?’ ” “Drag dinners are more exclusive, reserved. “People come to drag brunches to get as wasted as possible,” she told The Gazette. Later on, she persuaded an unlikely contestant to dance to Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” Often, crowds new to drag don’t know to have dollar bills ready to tip performers.īut as the small crowd customarily volunteered their dollar bills to briefly lock eyes with each queen, one thing was apparent: There’s a hunger for drag on many age levels in Cedar Rapids.Īnd as Hollywood Hope threw her tips in to the air - one of the oldest tricks in the book - the crowd from baby boomers to Millennials roared as loudly as any LGBTQ audience in Basix. With a crowd of a few dozen that was demographically the opposite of a late night show in Basix, I was expecting less of a “woo” factor. You will begin to receive our weekly Chew on This newsletter. “Sometimes, restaurants of this caliber can get pigeonholed into having to take themselves too seriously.” If you go
“It’s just really lighthearted,” Charles said. Of the three queens, only one of them had done a dinner before.īut as a “woo girl at heart,” Charles was determined to make it happen as not just a novelty, but a chance to build bridges between a multigenerational audience and the tight-knit community of local queens through the traditional “dinner and a show.” For some, it was an early sign shortly before Cedar Rapids’ first Pride parade that the City of Five Seasons is growing in acceptance. Nobody - queens included - was quite sure why drag shows over dinner haven’t caught on as quickly as drag brunches. “I don’t think any of us have heard of a drag dinner.” “We love drag brunches - super fun - but there’s so much more possibility out there,” he said. After doing two drag brunches, executive chef Samuel Charles, owner of Rodina in Czech Village, wanted to try something different.
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