http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/16/brooklyn-nightlife-awards_n_4790320.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voicesJames Nichols; Huffington Post
This is the sixteenth installment in an ongoing series that explores drag culture and the nightlife scene in Brooklyn, N.Y.An event unlike any of its kind, the Brooklyn Nightlife Awards are a massive community effort, the winners of which are voted upon and chosen by the community as a whole.
Founded and curated by Brooklyn drag icon Merrie Cherry, the Awards provide an important opportunity to recognize, honor and celebrate both collaborative and individual accomplishments within Brooklyn nightlife, [. . .]
As an annual event, more than anything, the Brooklyn Nightlife Awards are both a platform to bring visibility to the work of artists and performers in this nightlife scene, as well as a celebration of the Queer New World these individuals have collectively built together. This community of promoters, artists, drag kings, drag queens, burlesque dancers, [ many more] truly represent an amalgamation of the creativity and talent that construct and make the queer world of northern Brooklyn so open and freeing.
