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On Monday, Feb. 22 from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. in room A180, Widener University School of Law’s Harrisburg campus presented “Internet Expression in the 21st Century: Where Technology and the Law Collide,” a daylong conference devoted to examining the challenges posed by new media and how they threaten to force changes in legal protections and individual constitutional freedoms.
I took this at Old Town San Diego. This is my friend Christal's shop called Expressions where she has her handmade jewelry and lots of other cool stuff.
Expression perustettiin 22.3.2005. Olemme kasvaneet ja kehittyneet voimakkaasti, ja samaan suuntaan mennään. Nelihenkinen tiimimme ja 150-päinen myyjä/promoottoriverkostomme on toteuttanut 10 000 promootiopäivää sekä kerännyt ja analysoinut tietoa noin miljoonasta asiakaskohtaamisesta.
This scene of outdoor, rustic frivolity was probably painted by the Master of the Béguins, a Flemish imitator of the Le Nain brothers who capitalized on their success around the 1650s in Paris. Distinct features of this artist's style are the wide eyes, pudgy cheeks, and white peasant caps—béguins—that give the artist his name. The sturdy and comical peasants, clothed in coarse fabrics with heavy folds, and the use of earthen tones emphasize the provincial mood. During the mid-17th century, the treatment of the poor and lower classes was a subject of great debate in the Catholic Church in Paris, especially at Saint Sulpice, where the Le Nain brothers were buried. Scenes of everyday workers or peasants were incredibly popular, drawing on both comic, Flemish genre scenes of drinking and the French interest in carefully observed, realistic details. Although the picture's meaning remains ambiguous, the gaiety of this world comes from the wonderfully naturalistic details, such as the worn hole on the piper's elbow, the villagers' cheerful expressions, and still-life details such as the ripe apples and reflective drinking vessel.
France, 17th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 111 x 142 x 8 cm (43 11/16 x 55 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 91.8 x 120.3 cm (36 1/8 x 47 3/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Salmon P. Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle
MAD PRIDE 2025 was a celebration of queer resilience, expression, and community at SoMad’s annual performance spectacular uniting visionary drag artists, queer art, and community organizers for a night of unapologetic brilliance.
June 20th
Doors 7 PM
somad.nyc/happenings/madpride25
lifeisdrag.com
Performances by:
Julie J (host), Voxigma Lo, Paris Alexander, Patti Spliff, Amygdala, King Molasses, Divina GranSparkle, Sweaty Eddie, Ma’amshe
Pop-up queer market curated by The Rosemart
Featuring the Chosen Family Law Center
For 2025, I collaborated with SoMad, drawing from my "Life is Drag" archive to curate a stellar lineup of artists—visionaries of the Brooklyn art drag scene and powerhouses of the NYC and DC drag worlds—artists who inspire locally and globally through their brilliant and joy-inspiring drag, and who create and connect beyond the stage through their unique and artistic activist voices.
Alongside the performances, SoMad was alive with video projections from my almost 400-piece-and-counting archive, and the Rosemart (a volunteer-run queer marketplace) had a pop up on the 4th floor. We were also thrilled to welcome The Chosen Family Law Center, offering legal support for low-income queer communities.
Hosted by the iconic Julie J, and soundtracked by DJ duo The Rage (Dinahfire & Brik Olson), the night brought together drag luminaries from NYC, Brooklyn, and D.C.—all featured in "Life is Drag". 2025's Mad Pride performance lineup showcased a powerful, extraordinary group of diverse drag artists who not only advance and extend the boundaries of drag, but also lead, organize, and uplift their communities as activists and community leaders.
ACT ONE: 8:30PM
Amygdala is celebrated for their fusion of fine art and disembodied drag. They are the creator of Pleasure Dome, a quarterly immersive showcase exploring queer futurity and utopia at Brooklyn Art Haus. Brooklyn’s comedy it-girl Miss Ma’am She, producer of Mall Drag, a beloved monthly show at C’mon Everybody spotlighting rising drag talent. Blending the worlds of burlesque and drag, Divina GranSparkle: a longtime member of Switch n’ Play, helping to shape Brooklyn’s gender-expansive drag scene. DC-based drag king and reigning Best Drag King of DC (2022-2025)—King Molasses combines mindfulness, Black surrealism, and self-liberation in performances featured at the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian, and Sasha Venour’s NightGowns.
ACT TWO: 10PM
Sweaty Eddie brings high-energy comedic brilliance to the stage and produces The Cake Boys, a NYC drag king and alt-queer collective spotlighting underrepresented voices in nightlife. Enchanting audiences with poignant sad songs and signature 60-inch wig glamour, Patti Spliff is the creator of SAD SONGS, a thematic performance showcase staged in Brooklyn. Voxigma Lo, a multimedia artist and co-creator of Sylvester, the groundbreaking all-Black experimental drag variety show. A beloved figure in New York’s drag scene, she curates spaces for poetry, performance, and healing, creating platforms for queer and BIPOC artists to shine. Multidisciplinary performer, writer, and conceptual comedian Paris Alexander, Sylvester co-creator, and curator and director of Squirts at La MaMa, blending drag, theater, and experimentation. Julie J: A performer and producer of Stand Up NYC, a grassroots drag benefit that has raised over $108,000 for LGBTQIA+ organizations and brought together more than 135 performers for causes that continue to grow in importance. Julie is also a co-creator of Sylvester.
The night closed with NYC-based DJ duo The Rage made up of disco/house visionary Brik Olson and techno/punk provocateur Dinah Fire brought their genre-defying atmosphere to their their third consecutive year DJing Mad Pride.