“It's just very different than what we've been doing for years - you get in such a space of, everybody's together and there's like this party atmosphere,” performer Hairy-Kate Olsen said.
In the 40 or so years Norman Jones has been operating Discovery Night Club, he said the venue has typically only closed about one weekend per year.ĭue to the coronavirus pandemic, the bar, which caters to the LGBTQ community, has now been closed for almost an entire year, save for a few weeks during a brief reopening.ĭiscovery’s closure and that of another LGBTQ bar in Little Rock, Club Sway, have not just forced owners to come up with creative ways to keep their businesses afloat but have also led drag queens to reinvent their performances, too. Sign up for The Article's twice-weekly newsletter here or to see stories that have appeared in past newsletters, go here. This story is a part of The Article, your guide to Arkansas news and culture, presented by the Democrat-Gazette.
