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Miss Scorpio (Larisa Fuchs)

Miss Scorpio dazzles audiences worldwide with her outrageous wit and wardrobe, constantly shocking the status quo into something more fabulous. She is an attention-getting, opinionated, stylish and intellectual artist who has worked for high-powered design firms and traveled with carnivals & gypsy bands, among many unique life experiences. A brazen Scorpio, she regularly talks to strangers.

When she's not practicing her Scorpio arts of seduction on innocent bystanders, she is deftly weaving her way through New York City's cultural landscape: from world music to circus to puppets to burlesque to underground parties, she knows a little of everything and nearly everyone behind it. Armed with this knowledge, she's been editing the G&S weekly list of fantastic happenings you'd otherwise never hear about and producing all G&S fetes since the site's inception in 2002.

Over the years, G&S events have become known for tight curation and creative themes, live performance by talented artists, eye-popping spectacle and a devoted stylish following. Inspired by their success, Miss Scorpio is also in the process of opening a 5,000sq ft performing arts venue with a team of talented others. She's frequently called on as an expert in event production, curation and promotion by a variety of creative entities, from the likes of National Geographic Traveler to Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls.

You can catch her at her trusty PowerBook at

Miss Gemini (Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh)

Miss Gemini is an old-world mystic, Bollywood deity and rock star bottled within the body of Tinkerbell. A fan of both Buddha and Hello Kitty, she seeks enlightenment through rigorous study of metaphysical texts and almost anything that glitters or comes in fruit scents. An unstoppable Gemini, she regularly double-turns herself into the ground Ñ only to find the earth intriguing enough to merit further study.

Gemini is the senior editor of Vital Juice Los Angeles, the daily online mailer about healthy living (from the same backers as Daily Candy). She spent 10 years as the entertainment and features editor for Bauer Publishing. She is a frequent contributor to National Geographic, regularly interviews celebrity directors and producers, and has penned infomercials for such indispensable products as the Tummy Trimmer and the U.S. Perfect Time Clock. She authored one of the top two most-reviewed entries in Amazon's breakthrough novel competition, and, in her work as a newspaper managing editor, managed to fend off a burglar while simultaneously finishing the newspaper's layout. Stories of her adventures with Miss Scorpio have appeared in a variety of publications, providing good examples and vicarious thrills to thousands.

Gemini and Scorpio

Gemini (a sweet, bright, angelic creature) and Scorpio (an intense, dark and moody siren), are two artsy downtown gals and creators of Gemini and Scorpio's Fabulous Guide to Online Dating, a funky handbook for the Web 2.0 dater.
 
Through their website, weekly NYC events list and their own, sometimes unbelievable, parties, Gemini and Scorpio have gathered an online and offline community of artistic, intelligent, offbeat thinkers and generally fascinating people, a crowd The Village Voice called "quirky, comely, artistic, and friendly" in their Best of 2006 writeup highlighting the girls' fourth annual signature Valentine's Day bash, "Get Off...Line." In its four years of existence since, the event, held in a real Russian Banya with a live gypsy band (often playing in the jacuzzi), luxury vodka sponsors, and free pierogies for all, has become a New York underground institution, garnering praise from multiple press outlets ("Epic" -- Brooklyn Based; repeatedly selected as TimeOutNY's "Your Perfect Weekend" pick, etc).
 
Since the brand's inception in 2002, G&S have hosted dozens of parties and entertained thousands of guests. The events created by the dynamic duo are varied and outrageous: a circus throwdown in a turn-of-century wood-and-mirrors tent; a series of vintage-themed dance parties with live swing bands ("An event worth wearing that ridiculous zoot suit for" -- TimeOutNY "Your Perfect Weekend" pick; "Gatsby-era fun with a twist of new school-vibe" -- The Village Voice); a weekend of custom-created video art (The Village Voice "Pick of the Week"), a Belle Epoque-themed high-fashion costumed ball in a Victorian mansion that attracted the legendary designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as a guest ("corsets and top hats tweaked with studs and leather are totally appropriate" -- The New York Times). In 2008, G&S was named "Best List of What-To-Do in NYC" by the formidable Girlie Girl Army newsletter. In 2009, TimeOut kicked off a new weekly feature in which nightlife experts give a week's worth of event recommendations, with Miss Scorpio as the focus of the premiere article. In 2010, The New York Times took note, saying G&S and related producers were "redecorating the landscape of the city's after-dark underground."
 
You can read more on our Past Events and Press pages. To get in touch, drop a line to

Submit an event listing

We LOVE hearing about new events that are a fit for our listings. We recommend browsing the list archives to get familiar with what kind of things we cover. Generally, events have to be pretty unique, colorful, varied, and have a live performance, interactivity or community aspect to them. We particularly love circus, puppets, costume parties, brass bands, etc. We do NOT list DJ gigs, comedy shows, indie rock shows, club nights or weeklies. Here are further instructions:

1. Email the address above with no attachments of any kind
2. Send no more than one snappy paragraph of copy that explains the whole event to someone who knows nothing about it in clearest possible terms. This should be copy/paste ready for publication. Browse the list archives to see edited versions of event listings.
3. Avoid exclamation points, meaningless statements ("It's going to be great!"), and press release language ("On Feb 12, you're cordially invited..."). We edit those out anyway, so you're just creating more work for us.
4. If you're a part of the event, remember to focus on the event description rather than your personal part in it -- but also don't forget a brief description (2-3 words) of each act. (For example, bands email us saying "hey, we're playing a show!" -- but we need a band description in order to list the show.)
5. Editing to G&S format increases your chances of getting listed. Use the archive for format reference.
6. Do NOT add us to your mailing list without consent. Send an email and ask. We prefer you email us directly for specific events you really want to see listed. We won't wade through your every newsletter to find those gigs.