Klubstitute

12/20/2023

12/13/2023

The Brave Bull opened on Modesto’s South 9th Street in 1973, and became a gay bar a year later. At almost 50, it’s been the home of drag shows since the ’70s, where local and visiting patrons enjoy its inclusive appeal.

11/24/2023

WEE WAR THREE
Episode 1: Potato

Principals: Puppet Chef Raisin

WEE WAR THREE IS RAISINS VS OLIVES IN POTATO SALAD. THE ANSWER IS OLIVES BUT PEOPLE PUTTING MUSTARD IN THEIR POTATO SALAD ARE ALL BUT RAISINS HAVE AN ANCESTRAL RIGHT TO POTATO SALAD AND THE MAYO AND VINEGAR HARD BOILED EGG PEOPLE ARE ALL WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM?

Certainly! Here's a brief storyline for the puppet show:

**Scene 1: Introduction**
Puppet Chef Olive and Puppet Chef Raisin introduce themselves, standing side by side in a kitchen. They both boast about their unique and delicious potato salad recipes.

**Scene 2: Ingredients Showcase**
Olive and Raisin gather ingredients for their potato salad. As they list the items, they passionately argue for olives and raisins, respectively.

**Scene 3: Cooking Process**
They collaborate smoothly on the base, agreeing on the perfect mirepoix blend for the salad. They excitedly discuss the finer points of mirepoix's role in elevating the dish.

**Scene 4: Taste Test Conflict**
With the salad almost done, Olive adds olives to one bowl, and Raisin adds raisins to another. They bicker over whose ingredient will make the potato salad perfect. To settle the debate, they bring in a group of taste testers.

**Scene 5: Taste Test Verdict**
The testers try both versions and react with surprise and delight. Some prefer the unique tanginess of olives, while others favor the subtle sweetness of raisins. In the end, they all agree that both salads are delicious in their own way.

**Scene 6: Conclusion & Agreement**
Olive and Raisin, seeing the positive reactions, realize that taste preferences vary and that both ingredients have their merit. They join forces, mixing both olives and raisins into a single potato salad, concluding that diversity in flavors is what makes their creation truly perfect.

This storyline emphasizes the subjective nature of taste preferences while highlighting the harmony that can arise from combining adverse flavors.

10/26/2023

SILENCE = DEATH CAMP

04/14/2023

Here's hoping the fantabulous Heklina is having a ball at that great Klubsitute in the sky.

By nearly all accounts, Stefan Grygelko didn’t really know what he was doing back when he created his now-legendary drag persona Heklina, on a whim in the early 1990s.

08/10/2022

A blast from the past.

Popstitutes welcoming Holly Woodlawn in San Francisco during the screening of her mini-movie, Broken Goddess in 1992. Also featured are Miss Kitty Litter Gre...

04/24/2022

Discovered in "Dragstrip," a zine from c. 30 years ago: an ad for Klubstitute featuring Club Kid extraordinaire, Mylar!

03/24/2021

Klubstitute was the birthplace of this zany theater troupe!

Thirty years ago, the troupe brought camp movie mashups, blazingly real talent, and guaranteed Splatterama to nightlife stages.

12/29/2020

Klubstitute favorite, Danielle Hell, gives her first interview in decades!!!
https://www.ebar.com/arts_&_culture/books//300477?fbclid=IwAR0Xw6HARe4fOnDLs3huVf1UbYzZKt8y7MAQOFYox8YO3wMk_y6h_sDLCBQ

11/04/2020

I'm sure anyone and everyone who saw Miss Bambi at Klubstitute will want to send Good Vibes her way. We love you Bambi!

People expressed shock and sadness when it was announced on Facebook that transgender performer Bambi Lake had been diagnosed with cancer and was receiving treatment at Zuckerberg General Hospital.