THURSDAY 10/17

RETURN TO GREY GARDENS

So, anyway, Jinkx Monsoon. She's been away for ever so damn long, you know—Vaudevillians-ing it up all over NYC, touring the lush wilds of Europe, basically living the rich and glamorous life of a current America's Next Drag Superstar™. And, oh! How we've missed her. (I, for one, was beginning to twitch and slobber.) Tonight, however, she returns to us at last (thrill!) for a brief engagement with San Francisco's shock queen Peaches Christ in Return to Grey Gardens. Jinkx is reviving that most popular and noted of her staunch characters, Little Edie Beale, and Peaches Christ is her batty old mum. But wait! The concept gets a little confusing: See, Jinkx isn't playing Little Edie, per se—she is playing herself 40 years from now, when they call her Little Queenie, and she finds herself in very Grey Gardens–like states of madness and squalor. Peaches is Big Queenie, her drag mother. So I guess it's fair to say that she's channeling Little Edie or something? See? No? Well, anyway, the two killed it with this show at Castro Theatre earlier this month, and tonight they bring it to us, complete with a screening of the actual documentary Grey Gardens just to muddle matters even more. And then an after-party at Julia's! But don't worry. Confused or not, you're going to love the shit out of this thing—just like everyone else. Harvard Exit, 7:15 pm, $33/$60 VIP, all ages.

SATURDAY 10/19

ELEKTROPOP WITH MORGAN MCMICHAELS

Speaking of RuPaul's Drag Race and its superstar queens (weren't we?), Morgan McMichaels is coming in tonight to host ElektroPOP. You remember Morgan (aka Thomas White): She was the blond bombshell with the Superman tattoo from way back in Season 2. (Jinkx wasn't even born yet, probably!) She shall be joining Robbie Turner, who's cohosting, and Mayhem Miller from LA, Betty Rage and Kylie Koyote from Las Vegas, and the fierce Jessica Paradisco from here, who are all performing. Sin City is the theme, and it's brought to you by Sinfinite Productions, the exact same folks who throw gigantic and thrilling gay events like the annual Red Dress Party, so, gurlfran, you know it's gonna be SICK and FILTHY. Simultaneously! In the best way, of course. FRED Wildlife Refuge, 10 pm, free, 21+.