Known for outrageous and unique performances, the late local drag performer Phatima Rude (Leigh Pankonin) will be remembered at a gathering on Sunday, August 1 at Public Works.
Compared to -and inspired by- the late Leigh Bowery, Rude s costumes and performances were more than mere drag, but a transcendent eccentric journey, often involving shocking body manipulation and themes with a dark edge.
Pankonin, also known as Sister Phatima la Dyke Van Dick/Sister Hateful Sow of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, died May 18 while sleeping in their Portland, Oregon apartment. They were 55. (See the
https://www.ebar.com/news/news//305134 |B.A.R. s May 20 obituary>).