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Drag star Alaska 5000 to visit Austin on tour going to all 50 states

Alaska 5000 is coming to Austin as the only Texas stop on the Alaska Thunderfu*k: The Revolution Tour.

Drag star Alaska 5000 is hitting the road for a headlining tour that will hit all 50 states in the U.S., including Texas, starting in spring of 2027. Austin gets the only Texas date at 3TEN ACL Live on Saturday, April 24.

Called Alaska Thunderfu*k: The Revolution Tour, the 55-date tour starts in Portland, Maine, on March 4 and ends in Boise, Idaho, on May 15.

As a queen with a prominent internet presence early in the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise, then a performer on Season 5 and the winner of All Stars Season 2, Alaska is one of the most established drag artists in the country. She is known for her dirty humor and a drag style that plays with sleek fashion and tongue-in-cheek sleaze.

Alaska is also a recording artist with five studio albums. Her newest, The Brunette Album, came out September 11, 2026. Alaska's musical career has also touched Broadway, and the tour follows her sold-out run as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! by Cole Escola.

Tickets will go on presale for Citi cardholders on Wednesday, September 16, at 8 am. More presales will run throughout the week, ending with a general onsale via Live Nation on Friday, September 18, at 10 am. In addition to the presale, Citi

Alaska Thunderfu*k: The Revolution Tour 2027 Dates

Thu, Mar 4 | Portland, ME | Aura

Fri, Mar 5 | Concord, NH | BNH Stage

Sat, Mar 6 | South Burlington, VT | Higher Ground

Sun, Mar 7 | Boston, MA | The Paradise Rock Club

Tue, Mar 9 | Providence, RI | Upstairs at Uptown

Wed, Mar 10 | New Haven, CT | Toad's

Thu, Mar 11 | New York, NY | The Gramercy Theatre

Fri, Mar 12 | Asbury Park, NJ | The Stone Pony

Sat, Mar 13 | Wilmington, DE | The Queen

Tue, Mar 16 | McKees Rocks, PA | Roxian Theatre Presented by Citizens

Wed, Mar 17 | Huntington, WV | The Loud

Thu, Mar 18 | Washington, DC | Union Stage

Fri, Mar 19 | Baltimore, MD | Nevermore Hall

Sat, Mar 20 | Charlottesville, VA | Jefferson Theater

Mon, Mar 22 | Charlotte, NC | The Underground

Tue, Mar 23 | Charleston, SC | Music Farm

Wed, Mar 24 | Orlando, FL | The Beacham

Fri, Mar 26 | New Orleans, LA | House of Blues

Sat, Mar 27 | Jackson, MS | Duling Hall

Sun, Mar 28 | Birmingham, AL | All Good Music Hall

Wed, Mar 31 | Atlanta, GA | Buckhead Theatre

Thu, Apr 1 | Nashville, TN | Basement East

Fri, Apr 2 | Louisville, KY | Zanzabar

Sat, Apr 3 | St. Louis, MO | Delmar Hall

Sun, Apr 4 | Chicago, IL | Park West

Tue, Apr 6 | Ann Arbor, MI | Blind Pig

Wed, Apr 7 | Cleveland, OH | House of Blues

Thu, Apr 8 | Indianapolis, IN | Deluxe at Old National Centre

Fri, Apr 9 | Madison, WI | Majestic Theatre

Sat, Apr 10 | Minneapolis, MN | Varsity Theater

Wed, Apr 14 | Fargo, ND | Fargo Theatre

Thu, Apr 15 | Sioux Falls, SD | Orpheum Theater

Fri, Apr 16 | Kansas City, MO | Warehouse On Broadway

Sat, Apr 17 | Des Moines, IA | Wooly's

Sun, Apr 18 | Omaha, NE | Matchbox Omaha

Wed, Apr 21 | Fayetteville, AR | George's Majestic Lounge

Thu, Apr 22 | Wichita, KS | Mary Jane Teall Theater

Fri, Apr 23 | Oklahoma City, OK | Beer City Music Hall

Sat, Apr 24 | Austin, TX | 3TEN ACL Live

Tue, Apr 27 | Albuquerque, NM | Backstage at Revel

Wed, Apr 28 | Denver, CO | Marquis

Thu, Apr 29 | Cheyenne, WY | The Lincoln

Fri, Apr 30 | Salt Lake City, UT | Metro Music Hall

Sat, May 1 | Las Vegas, NV | House of Blues

Tue, May 4 | Phoenix, AZ | Crescent Ballroom

Thu, May 6 | San Diego, CA | House of Blues

Fri, May 7 | Palm Springs, CA | Plaza Theatre

Sat, May 8 | Los Angeles, CA | Pacific Electric

Sun, May 9 | San Francisco, CA | The Castro Theatre

Tue, May 11 | Portland, OR | Aladdin Theater

Wed, May 12 | Seattle, WA | The Crocodile

Fri, May 14 | Missoula, MT | Wilma Theatre

Sat, May 15 | Boise, ID | Egyptian Theatre

TBA | Honolulu, HI | TBA

TBA | Anchorage, AK | TBA

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Kyle and Noah Hawley expand Austin store with bookshop and coffee bar

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Letterpress Play is saying goodbye to this location for a bigger one.

An artsy Austin power couple is moving the charming stationery store Letterpress Play and expanding it into an independent bookstore. Noah Hawley, who created the TV shows Fargo and Alien: Earth, and his artist wife, Kyle Hawley, will open Letterpress Play & Books at 2209 S. 1st St., Ste. 101, early this October.

Kyle founded Letterpress Play in 2018, and the bookstore is Noah's contribution. The business was originally an homage to letterpress printing, the type that is done by stamping ink onto paper. It sells cards as well as a small selection of notebooks, writing supplies, paper toys, apparel, and, yes, a small selection of local books. It moved onto South Congress Avenue in 2021.

The current shop is located at 2002 S. Congress Ave., just half a mile from its post-move destination. The new location is bigger, a press release says, at more than 3,600 square feet. Almost a third of that will just be for books.

The business announced the move on Instagram before it announced the bookstore details. The initial announcement also teased that Later Gator Coffee Co. would also move into the space. Lator Gator is a Louisiana-inspired coffee and matcha trailer that tops its drinks with fun little treats like sprinkles and marshmallows. Now it will operate a counter inside the store.

Though Noah, a novelist who wrote Before the Fall and five other books, was the driving force behind the book portion of the store, Kyle's stylistic choices will be all over it. She channeled inspiration from bookstores and vintage shops in London and Paris, and there are plenty of custom touches that will make the new store an elegant shopping destination.

Existing fans of Letterpress Play can rest assured that much of what they already love about the shop is moving over, including its signature offerings, a room just for letterpress greeting cards, and a place to sit that feels like a living room. A new patio will mean that guests can now sit outside, too.

Community programming will also continue, and will now include book and author events alongside the existing printing and crafting events and children's story times. The first event scheduled for the new space will be a talk between Noah and Alice Hoffman, who will publish her new novel, The Witches of Cambridge, on October 13. The new space will also host a book club starting in early 2027.

“At Letterpress Play & Books, we believe that when you pluck the right combination of words and pictures off of the shelf, you can explain the unexplainable," said Noah Hawley in the release. "In our gallery of 10,000 worlds, there is a book for every mood, a journey to satiate each yearning, a story to soothe your unquiet mind. Plus, coffee! Come join our community of regulars (and irregulars). Whether you want to get lost or be found, there is a book for you at Letterpress Play & Books."

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