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THU | 07.14 DRAG
JORGEOUS With her parents acting as chaperones, San Antonio native Jorgeous burst onto the local drag scene at the tender age of 16 — a feat that sparked jealousy from the old guard and even resulted in routine TABC inspections of the bygone local nightclub Babio’s. After her Alamo City debut, Jorgeous sought greener pastures in Nashville — albeit with a fierce sense of San Antonio pride. In January of this year, the self-described “Tex-Mex Latina showgirl” was among the diverse cast of characters who strutted into the Werk Room to compete on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14. Over the course of 13 episodes, Jorgeous only won one maxi challenge — the
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“Glamazon Prime” design competition — but scored big in other ways. During a record-setting five lip-synchs “for her life,” Jorgeous showcased her incredible dancing skills while racking up serious screen time. She also charmed fans by letting her guard down and being her authentic self, which was front and center as she finally bid farewell to the competition with an irreverent quote: “I’m going to smoke a fat-ass blunt!” As she explained during the Season 14 reunion, Jorgeous has been busy since her star-making turn on Drag Race. In March, she had the rare opportunity to perform alongside her idol Jennifer Lopez at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Then she spent six weeks performing across Europe
COMEDY
AN EVENING WITH AMY SEDARIS
Actress, author and comedian Amy Sedaris wants to have a conversation with the citizens of San Antonio. She’ll sit down with them for a one-night-only event at the Tobin Center to talk about her career and observations on life. Sedaris is perhaps best known for her Emmy-nominated comedy series At Home with Amy Sedaris, which features her skills as a homemaker — from gutting a fish to cooking a meal without using pots or pans. Some of the guests she’s invited on the show include Paul Rudd, Rachel Dratch, Stephen Colbert, Jane Krakowski and Michael Cera. But that’s just the latest stop for her. During her 30-year acting career, Sedaris has starred in films and TV series including Strangers with Candy, BoJack Horseman, Elf, Jennifer’s Body and The Lion King. This year, she played a starship engineer in two episodes of The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+ and had a guest role on the musical comedy series Girls5eva on Peacock. Sedaris will be seen next in the Alison Brie romantic comedy Somebody I Used to Know and the romantic action flick Ghosted starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. $34.50-$75, 8 p.m., Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — KM
as part of the Werq the World Tour. And in June, Jorgeous
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joined an array of her Drag Race castmates and Olympian Gus Kenworthy in an amusing Pride-themed commercial for the cannabis-infused beverage Cann. In the midst of
FILM
living her best life, the fast-rising starlet touches down at Rey Lopez Entertainment and hosted by snaggletoothed
MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA WITH LIVE SCORE BY MONTOPOLIS
camp queen Tencha La Jefa. $20-$25, meet and greet ($20
Austin-based indie chamber ensemble Montopolis — which
supplement) at 9:30 p.m., shows at 10:30 p.m. and midnight, The
draws its talent from members of the Austin Symphony,
Bonham Exchange, 411 Bonham St., table reservations via text
Okkervil River, Tosca String Quartet and the Polyphonic
only at (210) 386-4537, facebook.com/reylopezentertainment. —
Spree — is coming to the Slab Cinema Arthouse. The group
Bryan Rindfuss
will perform composer Justin Sherburn’s live musical
the Bonham Exchange for two performances presented by
accompaniment to the 1929 Ukrainian documentary Man
THU | 07.14 SUN | 07.24 COMEDY
ANJELAH JOHNSON-REYES
with a Movie Camera. Directed by Dziga Vertov, the silent film Courtesy Photo / LOL Comedy Club
is an exploration of urban life in Moscow and the Ukrainian
employee Bon Qui Qui and Vietnamese nail salon worker
cities of Kyiv and Odesa during the Soviet era. Man with a
Tammy (“You have boyfriend?”). A video of the latter has
Movie Camera is famous for pioneering a variety of inventive
gathered 42 million views since being posted 15 years ago. Along with her stand-up comedy and sketch work, John-
Reminder:
son-Reyes hosts the podcast Nights at the Round Table with
If you’re a fan of comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, cross
her husband Manwell and recently released her memoir
your fingers. As of press time, tickets for 13 of her 16 shows
Who Do I Think I Am?: Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar
at the LOL Comedy Club over the next two weeks are already
Dreams. The dedication at the beginning of the book reads:
gone. That shouldn’t be a surprise, however. These days,
“To my younger self who had the audacity to go for a dream
Johnson-Reyes, who was once a professional cheerleader for
that started as a fantasy and turned into a reality. Thank you
the Oakland Raiders, is a hot commodity on the stand-up
for your bravery. I wouldn’t be here without you.” $80-$640,
circuit. The roots of her fandom go back to her time on the
7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Sunday, 7 p.m. and
sketch comedy show MADtv, which led to her popularity
9:30 p.m. Saturday, Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop
on YouTube performing characters such as angry fast-food
410, (210) 541-8805, improvtx.com/sanantonio. — Kiko Martinez
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Although live events have returned, the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us. Check with venues to make sure scheduled events are still happening, and please follow all health and safety guidelines.
