John Blair

Gay Nightlife Wars Heat Up

XL--the gay dance club that's attached to the Out NYC hotel--has gone through some changes this year, including the letting go of co-owners John Blair and Beto Sutter, who resurfaced with a hit party at Stage 48 on Saturdays, thereby giving them heavy competition. The contest has gotten fierce, so ... More >>

Gay Nightlife Competition Heats Up: Here's The Dish

John Blair and Beto Sutter recently left xl--the gay dance club on West 42nd Street--but I hear the Saturday night event that they used to promote there is still super crowded without them. But that could change. I hear Blair--along with Alegria promoter Ric Sena--will start Saurday night gay bash ... More >>

Nightlife Suffers as Gay Men Move Online

Where Is Everybody?

Remember How to Dance, New York?

You're going to have to learn all over again and join me at xl

Gigantic New Gay Dance Club Opening Next Week!

​ I was one of the first people to write about the Out NYC, the 127-room gay resort hotel that's been planned for West 42nd Street for several gay years now. I have no idea when that thing is going to finally open, but who cares? I hear the dance club that's part of the complex is opening on ... More >>

Sneak Peek at 42nd Street's Gay Urban Resort

Big, lavish complex planned—hotel, dance club, spa. Y'all come!

Can the Large-ish Gay Dance Club Really Come Back?

​Next year, a gigantic gay resort complex will open on West 42nd Street, and it will include the XL Dance Bar, which will be run by club legends John Blair and Beto Sutter with help from newer kids Tony Fornabaio and Brandon Voss. The "dance bar" is on the site of a former 100-car garage and ... More >>

Idols Friendly and Faux

My tour of modern Grease. Plus a celebulecture and a swashbuckled queen or two or three.

Roxy Music

Celebs made the legendary nightclub famous; ordinary people made it one of the all-time greats

R.I.P. 2006

Jazz notables who passed away this year

Boo!

Halloween triggers another hellish series of misfortunes for New York nightlife

Talk Ain't Cheap

The Nightlife Summit didn't solve every club owner's problems, but it's an overdue start

The Pat-Down Shakedown

Why the new bouncer-targeting nightlife proposals are little more than security theatre

Pride Party Roundup

Before—and after—the parade passes by

Chelsea Mourning

Nightclubs get the whip, but the cabaret law is still kicking

La Dolce Musto

At the restaurant, Ekberg announced, 'I want to sit with my back to the wall. Who'll take the coats? I want proper water, if nothing else!'

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Magic Carpet Ride

Clubland Potentate David Marvisi Gets the Rug Pulled Out From Under Him

Disappearing Acts

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Who's the Boss?

Busted on Bleecker

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Pride Guide

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Post-Straight

How Gay Men Are Remodeling Regular Guys

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At the restaurant, Ekberg announced, 'I want to sit with my back to the wall. Who'll take the coats? I want proper water, if nothing else!'