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The drag show starts at p. Saturday and will feature Iowa's most award-winning showcast, Taylor said. The venue at W. Lincoln Way was the location of the Cornucopia and prior to that The Broiler. Taylor took us on a tour of the building earlier this month. The main bar is in the former retail area of restaurant and gift shop of Cornucopia.

With a large chandelier in the main dressing room area, there are separate, private dressing rooms for the entertainers. This is fancy.

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The weekend of Jan. With a commercial kitchen onsite, Big Wigs is ramping up its food menu. Currently the bar is serving flatbread pizza, cheesy flatbread and pretzel bites. There are two drag shows are every Friday and Saturday: 10 p. For Vanessa Taylor, who has a long history of drag in Iowa, this has been a great opportunity.

She wanted to increase the number of shows beyond once a month and moved the performances to Bali Satay on Campustown, where she organized and performed in drag shows. Taylor left the Ames area to live in Omaha, then inshe became co-owner of The Garden, a gay bar in Des Moines, where she was a partner for two years. Taylor had a full-time career as an office manager for a construction contractor in Minneapolis, and when COVID hit and she started to rethink her career.

Now you have trans people on great dramas at night. Ronna Faaborg Ames Tribune.