80'S EXPLOSION IN ATLANTA

CINDY ZARILLI'S NEW PAINTING EXHIBIT FOCUSES ON THE NOW EXPLOSION, THE BAND WHICH LAUNCHED RUPAUL, LARRY TEE< LAHOMA VAN ZANDT AND MYSELF.


‘Now Explosion’ art show openingDec. 12, 7-10 p.m. at Sycamore Place Gallery 120 Sycamore Place, Decatur, 404-377-7747

BY RYAN LEE:

THE LAST TIME THE DRAG queen known as Lady Bunny returned to Atlanta to perform, she felt like a crackhead — and not in a good way.

Lady Bunny first moved from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta in the early 1980s, arriving to what she describes as “a really vibrant atmosphere — just crazy, just the gayest thing ever.”

“All of the gays lived in Midtown, and there was a lot of flavor there,” says Lady Bunny, who now lives in New York. “I’m sure that there are plenty of different spots that have flavor in them [today], but to have such a concentration of it — I mean, it was outrageous, it was completely outrageous.”

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