Cruising | Queer History and Culture
By Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity
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Subscribers: 53
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Episodes: 86
Diana
Jan 6, 2022
love the podcast, I have been going to slammers for 20 years. nice to hear all their stories.
Description
Conversations about lesbian bars, sapphic spaces, and beyond! Not sure where to start? You don’t have to listen in order! Pick your favorite city, space, or LGBTQ+ icon and dive in.
Season 1 follows creators Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jen McGinity on their 2021 cross-country road trip to every lesbian bar in the U.S., sharing the stories of the humans that run these spaces and the humans that call them a home.
Season 2 features 14 more spaces, chronicling the current lesbian bar resurgence AND taking you back in time to lesbian bars of decades past.
In Season 3, host Sarah Gabrielli sits down with history-making lesbians and LGBTQ+ folks to discuss all kinds of queer spaces - from bookstores, to farms, to peace encampments and more!
New episodes air every other Tuesday.
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Highlights From Our Lesbian Bar Road Trip
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May 26, 2026 |
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Organizer Meg Riley on living in a lesbian co-op, the history of radical resistance in Minneapolis, and the ICE surge
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May 12, 2026 |
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Activist Mandy Carter on war resistance, the Quaker tradition, and the search for her long lost siblings
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Franco Stevens on the history of Curve Magazine, lesbian visibility, and extremely creative fundraising
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Angeli Luz on creating the Lesbian Masterdoc and the backlash
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Bernie Stark on women's softball, Title IX, and trans inclusion in sports
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Activists Heather Booth and Martha Scott on their historic underground abortion network
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Margaret Cho on her parents’ gay bookstore, BDSM during HIV/AIDS, and why Ellen hates her
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Diane on coming out at 77, going viral, and life as a nun
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Carmen Maria Machado on writing 'In the Dream House,' tops/bottoms, and the forgotten history of queer DV
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Elaine Stott on trying dr*gs at 5, getting kicked out of school bathrooms, and her journey to Survivor
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Brooke Webster on Meow Mix, Cattyshack, and being featured in Chasing Amy and Go Fish
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Jess Dobkin and Lisa DeBoer on the "Lesbian Time-Out Kiss-In," Lesbian Avengers, and queer visibility in the WNBA
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Oak Chezar on rejecting the patriarchy and more stories from Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Ronnie D. Ron on creating Shakedown: LA's legendary Black, lesbian strip club
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Tricia Cooke on making a lesbian B-movie trilogy, and her polyamorous marriage with Ethan Coen
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Lez Hang Out! Ep. 317: God Save the Lesbian Bar w/ Lisa Cannistraci
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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The Queer Family Podcast, S19 E1: Gays With Kids Founder Brian Rosenberg
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Shame Spiral, S1 E32: "You're Not Gonna Call Me Dirty Because You Feel Dirty" w/ Robby Hoffman
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Michelle Axelson on Womencrafts Provincetown, the "dyke discount," and existing within a spectrum of a community
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Sean Monaghan and Susanna Stein on Stud Country, Big Apple Ranch, and the history of queer country western dancing
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Heather Purser on passing same sex marriage in her tribe, and meeting the love of her life at 7 years old
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Holly Near on Women's Music, Jane Fonda's Free The Army Tour, and music as activism
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Angela Denise Davis on ZAMI NOBLA and moving through the world as a Black, blind, lesbian.
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May 27, 2025 |
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I'm Baby and Denise Gaylord on Dyke Drag
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May 13, 2025 |
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Robin Tyler on the fight for marriage equality, and getting arrested for 'female impersonation'
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Activist Sue Say on the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Encampment, organizing in prisons, and annoying the police as best you can
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Valery Hughes on nursing in NYC hospitals during the AIDS epidemic, and falling in love in the on-call room
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Comedian Kristen Becker on Summer of Sass, touring the Deep South, and getting stabbed in the chest
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Journalist Tracy E. Gilchrist on queer media, childhood crushes, and what 'holding space' means to her
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Barbara Smith on The Combahee River Collective, lesbian identity, and Black feminism
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Activist Michelle Crone on a lesbian nation, the Seneca Women's Peace Encampment, and strategies for radical civil disobedience
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Introducing Season 3: Beyond the Bars
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Cruising the Archives: Lillian Faderman
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Cruising the Archives: Ms. Mabel Hampton
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Cruising the Archives: Pete Smith
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Cruising the Archives: Patricia McCombs
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Redz / Nancy Valverde | Los Angeles, CA
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May 28, 2024 |
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The Bush | Brooklyn, NY
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May 07, 2024 |
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Bonus Content: Summer | Doc Marie's
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Hershee Bar | Norfolk, VA
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Welcome to Cruising!
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Alice Brady's | New Orleans, LA
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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The Ruby Fruit | Los Angeles, CA
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Lost and Found | Chicago, IL
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Dorothy Downstairs | Chicago, IL
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Mona's | San Francisco, CA
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Maud's | San Francisco, CA
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Bonus Content: Ray | Doc Marie's
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Doc Marie's | Portland, OR
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Bonus Content: Anjali Kumaran | The Sports Bra
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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The Sports Bra | Portland, OR
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Bonus Content: Teryl Lynn Foxx | Les Pierres
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Les Pierres | New Orleans, LA
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Femme Bar | Worcester, MA
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Charlene’s | New Orleans, LA
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Introducing Season 2! - Trailer
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Bonus Content: Ruthie Boirie | Ginger's
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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Ginger's | Brooklyn, NY
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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An Update From Cruising!
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Babes of Carytown | Richmond, VA
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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The Lipstick Lounge | Nashville, TN
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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My Sister's Room | Atlanta, GA
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Herz | Mobile, AL
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May 23, 2022 |
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Pearl Bar | Houston, TX
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May 09, 2022 |
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Sue Ellen's | Dallas, TX
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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YBR Pub | Tulsa, OK
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Frankie's | Oklahoma City, OK
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Alibi's | Oklahoma City, OK
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Boycott Bar | Phoenix, AZ
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Gossip Grill | San Diego, CA
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Wild Side West | San Francisco, CA
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Wildrose | Seattle, WA
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Bonus Content: Shirley J | Nobody's Darling
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Walker's Pint | Milwaukee, WI
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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A Message from Cruising
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Nobody's Darling | Chicago, IL
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Bonus Content: Lisa Cannistraci | Henrietta Hudson
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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The Back Door | Bloomington, IN
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Bonus Content: Lillian Faderman | LGBTQ+ Scholar
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Slammers | Columbus, OH
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Bonus Content: Deb Greenberg | Cubbyhole
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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A League of Her Own | Washington, DC
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Henrietta Hudson | New York, NY
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Cubbyhole | New York, NY
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Introducing Cruising - Trailer
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Sep 13, 2021 |