Hello lovelies,
We can finally give you first word of our June plans, and let us tell you, they are GRAND. Grand, as in, a midnight cruise around Manhattan Saturday, June 26, on a real-life tall ship with 135-ft tall masts. Details below, including ticket link. Only 100 tix are available, so don't miss out -- last year's event sold out in two days.
TimeOutNY leaked the news their Summer Arts Preview issue: "Dress like a clown, drink like a fish, and dance with the New York City skyline as your backdrop" - http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/own-this-city/85360/summer-arts-preview-june/4.html
Quick note of change: our next Bruncha Libre is tentatively scheduled for June 20, though we're awaiting news from our new location for confirmation. We'll update RSVPs as soon we have info, so make sure to RSVP on the site for the latest.
Exciting corset news this weekend, for you costume enthusiasts: one of the best makers of corsets in the country, Dark Garden, in coming to NYC from SF for this weekend only (squee!). They are selling at the designer market on Mulberry bet Prince/Houston Sat & Sun 11-7, and G&S members get a 10% discount just by mentioning our name (double squee!).
Cheers,
Gemini & Scorpio
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G&S SEEKING LOFT
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A 1,500-3,000 sq ft large space we can live, work and party in on a regular basis (or just rent out for events), with outdoor space for smokers & movies & BBQs. We're looking off the Q/C/F trains in Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, etc (though open to other locations for event rentals, incl Manhattan). Got any leads? Send them our way. If you can help us, you'll get permanent VIP status in our new party palace.
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OUR NEXT EVENT: 6/20
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Gemini & Scorpio
present
Bruncha Libre
Sunday, June 20, 1-5pm, $10 door / $10 food (optional), all ages
Private loft - Reserve on site for location
RSVP: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121837781185001
Brunch freedom is here! Freedom from long lines, harried waiters, and the feeling that they really wish you'd hurry up already. How about a catered brunch by our favorite chef in a sprawling sunlit private loft instead, served up with hot jazz and chilled cocktails? Enjoy a leisurely meal, relax on a couch or get up and dance on our sprung wood dance floor. This month: Baby Soda Jazz Band lays it down street-jazz-style, with an eclectic set of influences ranging from 30's era swing, New Orleans jazz and southern gospel.
Reserve online to get the loft location. Event repeats every 3rd Sunday of the month. Please tip the entertainers generously ($5-10 suggested). Kitchen closes 4:30pm.
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OUR NEXT EVENT: 6/26
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Gemini & Scorpio
present
Circus Mermaids on the High Seas
Saturday, June 26
Aboard tall ship Clipper City, Pier 17, South St Seaport, 21+
11:30pm - 2:30am boat party w/cruise, $35 adv/$40 dock (limited tix)
Official site: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=95291708117
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/115203
Gemini & Scorpio raise the massive square-rigged sails of New York's only Tall Ship for a costumed dance party on the high seas. Rebuilt from original plans borrowed from the National Archives, the 160-foot Clipper City, with its masts rising 135' off the deck, is a faithful replica of the clipper ships that plied America's waters more than a century ago. Expect wild music to delight your ears, colorful costumes to delight your eyes, full cash bar to delight your gullet, and plenty of surprises to delight your soul. Dress: circus freaks set sail; sailors; mermaids; nautical adventurers; clown fish. That Mermaid Parade costume is too good to only break out once a year!
100 cruise tickets available for advance presale, 25 more at the door, first come, first served. Please note: last year's sailboat mermaid party sold out in two days. We highly recommend buying your tickets early. Circus performers get in FREE - contact us to arrange details.
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WEEKEND + WEEK
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FEST: 3rd Annual World Science Festival
http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/2010/all-events-by-date
The World Science Festival, an unprecedented annual tribute to imagination, ingenuity and inventiveness, takes science out of the laboratory and into the streets, theaters, museums, and public halls of New York City, making the esoteric understandable and the familiar fascinating. A week-long exploration of science, from cutting-edge research to works in theatre, film, and the arts inspired by science. [G&S note: some events already sold out; don't sleep on this. Some cool stuff in there!] (Fri-Sun, various venues, see site for details)
SHOP: 6th Annual Renegade Craft Fair
http://www.renegadecraft.com/brooklyn
A craft, art, design and DIY spectacular featuring over 300 of today's finest indie-craft talents from all over the nation, free workshops, entertainment and more. Rollicking appearances by Providence's favorite 19-piece brass ensemble What Cheer? Brigade on Saturday at 1pm, and NYC's own legendary Hungry March Band on Sunday at 2pm. Plus free-to-use photobooth provided by The Magnolia Photobooth Co. (Sat/Sun, McCarren Park, welcome station at Bedford Ave. and N.12th St, Wburg, BK, 11am-7pm, FREE)
ART: Bushwick Open Studios
http://www.artsinbushwick.org
Bushwick Open Studios is a self-organized, collaborative festival produced by Arts in Bushwick. Now in its fourth year, the festival is proud to feature more than 300 shows in over 150 locations. You can pick up the BOS 2010 printed map and program at one of our 14 hub spaces or at various coffee shops around the Bushwick area. Closing party Sunday 9pm-12am, 330 Melrose St, 3rd Floor @ Knickerbocker, FREE w/BOS propgram; $5 without. (Fri-Sun, see site for details, FREE)
PERFORMANCE/MULTIMEDIA: Kaleida Crash Test
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121944317843142
A three day event coinciding with the Bushwick Open Studios festival. Featuring a coalition of diverse local artists, live experimental/performance art, live music, dance, video, BBQ and unique DJ sets spinning into the night. The AIM is a unique open-air pop-up experimental space. 3,000 square feet with two truck trailers built out as gallery, lounge and performance space. Kaleida Crash Test features works by Marina Reiter, Masha Gitin, Livia Fiercely, Martin Seck, Nikolai Shveitser, P. Giguere, John Loggia, and Danger Dan Dubios. Installations by Takashio Hiyasu, David Tully, Miles Emery, Kristian Austin, Jackie Connolly and Miles Pflanz. Performances by Grady Gerbracht, John Loggia, Ayizan Sanon, Jose Hinestrosa, Takashio Hiyasu, Martha Wiliams, Jen Kosky and Parenthesis. Onsite screenprinting by Bushwick Print Lab. Blazing projections and media mashing by Z Collective, Jeremy Slater and Glass Bead Collective. Veggie skewers and grass fed beef BBQ by Hibachi Tiki Hut. Mus
ic archivist/journalist and DJ Brandon Jourdan will be spinning obscure punk, post-punk and hip-hop, English will be bringing the best of dirty funk and British underground, DJ Christopher Ernst will be cooling things down with Techno, House, and Dubstep, all wrapped up by music maestro Spontaneous Underground. (Fri-Sun, AIM, 1407 Myrtle Ave, Bushwick, BK, 12pm-3am, FREE?)
COMMUNITY: Redhook Fest
http://www.redhookfest.com
Featuring M.U.G.A.B.E.E., La Excelencia and Joseph Webb & Beautiful Fire. There will be community resources (health services information, job training programs, etc.) from over a dozen local non-profits; kayak rides in New York Harbor; face-painting; art projects; and breathtaking views of New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty. (Fri and Sat, Fri at Coffey Park, Sat at Louis J. Valentino, Jr. Park and Pier, Fri 6pm-9pm, Sat 11am-7pm, FREE)
PARTICIPATORY: Come Out and Play
http://www.comeoutandplay.org
Come Out & Play is a three-day festival of street games. Target human "asteroids" in a real-life interpretation of Asteroids and catch falling "bombs" in live-action remake of the Atari classic Kaboom; track each other in high-tech hide-and-seek games like HALI and GeoMelee; swing giant red plastic bats to whack soccer balls in fast-paced new sport Field Crumpets; take to the streets around the Gowanus Canal under cover of night for a strategic water-gun battle called CounterSquirt; compete to create the best fairy-tale around Prospect Park; exercise your engineering muscles in The 2010 First Annual Paper Plane Derby; plunge into a life-sized maze in Cross My Heart + Hope to Die; hunt your friends in Humans vs. Zombies, or play bAR Pong, a live-action mixture of the video game classic Pong and the party game Beer Pong. Games take place around Park Slope, Prospect Park and the Gowanus Canal. Game registration is on a first-come-first serve basis, so stop by the festival HQ at
the Lyceum to grab a spot in games you like. (Fri-Sun, hub at Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Ave, Park Slope, BK, FREE)
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FRIDAY
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ART: MISC Video and Performance, Performances and Reception
NY Studio Gallery is pleased to present the 4th Annual MISC Video and Performance. A multi-media experience featuring a variety of emerging, mid-career and established artists working in diverse genres ranging from video, animation, live performance, or video installation. Video loops and installations will be accessible during gallery hours, while performances are scheduled during reception night. Video installations include pieces by Ron Diorio, Peter Dobill, and Lynn Herring. Projected Animation Loop by Jonathan Monaghan, Kanako Okazaki, Ben Pederson, Lai-Chung Poon, Elise Roedenbeck, Devlin Shea, Carmen Tiffany. Video Loop by Arielle Falk, Jason Head, Morrisa Maltz, Liz Rodda, Bradly Dever Treadaway, Traci Tullius, Joy Whalen. Rooftop projection (weather permitting) by Kyung Woo Han. Performances by Hector Canonge, Genevieve White, Mike Richison, Mekanik Dolls and (Jess Ramsay and Seyhan Musaoglu). (exhibit thru 7/3, NY Studio Gallery, 154 Stanton St at Suffolk, LES, 7pm-
11pm, FREE?)
PARTY: Faerie Noir Soiree
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120401544662620
Performances by St. Eve, Kai Altair, Johnny Rabbits and Veronica Varlow. House of St. Eve drinks will be available. Please let the House of Collection inspire you to your peak of old-time finery - bring your decrepitude and your dazzle, your faerie, your steamy, your punk. (House of Collection, 315 Berry, 9:30pm, $10/costume, $15/without)
PARTY: Doctor Adventure's Super-Hero Circus Sideshow Birthday SPECTACULAR!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125907444099293
Come and join the Super-Hero Circus Sideshow for a Night of Mayhem, Terror, Joy and Laughter in Celebration of the Birthday of the Infamous Dr.Adventure! Musical Guests include: Dj Joro Boro (Fucking Bonkers, No mercy on your Brain); Dj Morphous feat. Shizaru (Love/Thunder Gumbo Resident DJ); Dos Melo (Cumba Mela); Feliz Cumbe (Cumba Mela); Richard Vindaloo (Hip Hop, Fantastic); The Super Circus Fiddle Band; The Homeless People. Performers/Acts Include: Dr.Adventure's Miracle Tonic and Wonder Roadshow; The Amazing Strong Woman; The Mysterious Half Boy Half Girl; The Painted Lady; Professor Danger's Danger Show (Modern Gypsies); Dr. Trust M.E. (Fire Spinning, Drunk); The Wild-Man of Providence; and Pain Theater. Delicious food by Davo. (Castle V, 99 Richardson, Wburg, BK, 10pm-6am, $10, $5/super costume or birthday present for Dr. Adventure)
PARTY: Gnome on the Range
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113001912063925
http://blackrocktickets.com/view/7
http://gnomecamp.com
The age of exploration is upon us, and the humble garden gnome has shaken his Appalachian roots and turned his twinkling eyes westward, towards the wide-open plains and endless deserts of the Great American West. Join us in preparing the gnomes for their manifest destignome: to go west, young gnome, go west in this once-in-a-lifetime event. With Panti-Gravity, bootie-house duo extraordinaire; John Reinhold and Conway Jennings, ass-grabbing tech-house all the way from Richmond, VA. Tektite, house-infused breaks to break dance, break out, or break up. Ahmed Hashim, titillating sexjamz to make ya gyrate 'n grind. DJ Morphous featuring ShiZaru, and Tim the Enchanter. Plus: Cheap libations at the Whiskey and Gnomes Saloon, down-gnome cabaret by NYC Fringe Fest Outstanding Performer Halley Bondy, pose-with-a-gnome photo booth by NickDigital, Manifest Destignome Evolving Ema by Shizaru Zoe, gnome hat decoration station by Tiny Gnome Enterprises Magical mushroom garden by Sparky's Ho
use of Shrooms, visuals by the Ephemeral Jaygo Fire performance by special guests from near and far Rooftop chillout lounge with panoramic city views and of course the not-to-be-missed, once-a-year-only Girls of Gnome Camp Cabaret Striptease. Costume suggestions: down-home gnome, unicorn from the OK Corral, centaur cowboy, campfire sprite, roaming buffalo, naughty saloon nymph, desert sylph, slutty schoolmarm, prairie dawg, tumbleweed. This is a fundraiser for the Gnome Adoption Agency: all proceeds go towards finding loving homes for gneedy garden gnomes at events across the country, from the Figment Festival to Burning Man and beyond. (Gnome Sanctuary, address w/RSVP, Prospect Heights, BK, 10:30pm-6:30am, $15/adv, $20/door with costume, $25/without)
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SATURDAY
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EVENT: 10th Annual Egg Rolls and Egg Creams Festival
http://www.eldridgestreet.org/eggrolls10
A unique slice of Lower Manhattan - where Chinatown meets the Jewish Lower East Side - comes to life. Chinese and Jewish musicians, dancers, storytellers and folk artists present their traditions and art forms. Relish a good old-fashioned egg cream while watching a mesmerizing performance of Chinese opera & acrobatics. (Eldridge Street Synagogue, 12 Eldridge Street bet Canal & Division, Noon-4pm, FREE)
COMEDY: Spoons Toons and Booze
http://ny.knittingfactory.com
Saturday (late) Mornings at the Knitting Factory in June. It's the ultimate punk rock brunch- Retro Cartoons, Free Sugar Cereal, and Delicious Adult Beverages (try a white Russian with Cocoa Puffs - it's outrageously good!). Come vote for the cartoons to be screened. Comedian hosts, Jerm Pollet and Michael Austin, will be armed with a huge selection of amazing animation- Duck Tales, Thundercats, Jem, Gummi Bears, Smurfs...and hundreds of others for you to choose from. The cereal buffet will have all the shades of the food-coloring rainbow and all the marshmallow bits you can handle. Mix 'em up and create your own new flavor. Fruity Pebbles and Count Chocula in milk? Then add vodka for a kick! (Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan, Wburg, BK, 12pm, FREE)
LEARN: DIY Urban Agriculture Workshop
http://www.thechangeyouwanttosee.org
A hands-on urban agriculture workshop with hosts DoTank Brooklyn. From worms to seed bombs to vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window farms, you'll gain new tools to help you engage in and enhance your urban environment. Bring curiosity, cameras, and something to write on. (The Change You Want To See Gallery, 84 Havemeyer St, W'burg, BK, 1-3pm, $15 entry to cover materials)
PARTY: 7 Wonders of The Tank Anniversary Celebration
Seven years ago, The Tank opened its doors with little experience, less capital and no idea what would come. Over seven years, this experiment in collaborative, creative community-building has been proven a success. We now present over 400 events a year, serving over 1,000 artists and 15,000 attendees. We run international festivals, have been given a Proclamation by the City Council and serve as an incubator for some of the most surprising artists working in New York. And at the same time, we continue to be a home for new work and emerging artists, with ridiculously low prices and a can-do spirit. In celebration of our continued survival join us for a festival of performances, presentations & delights-that-defy-definition. Performances include Homunculus Mask Theater, The Chris and Paul Show, Epic Win Burlesque and The Quiet of the Early Morning: A Chinese Ghost Opera. (The Tank, 354 W. 45th Street, 2pm-12am, $20)
MUSIC: Black Brooklyn Drum Call
http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/1498
A celebration of the different African drumming styles practiced in Brooklyn in a nod to the borough's long history with the practice. Nearly a dozen different styles of drumming — as practiced in African, Afro-Caribbean, African American and Hispanic diasporic communities including Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic — will be performed. The gathering serves as both an entertaining jam, as well as a chance to introduce people who may be familiar with only one type of drumming style — such as the popular Djembe form, a fast drumming style from Senegal — to the variety that exists. The event will also include drum-making workshops and drumming demos. The public is invited to bring drums and learn the distinctive beats of Black Brooklyn, then join in the All-Brooklyn Drum Jam. Immediately following the jam, join us for a symposium on the history of African drumming traditions in Brooklyn moderated by world-renowned Brooklyn drummer Neil Clark
e.
(Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza at Flatbush and Eastern Parkway, 2-5:30 pm, FREE)
PARTY: Illuminate
Register: http://www.opencenter.org/illuminate-spiritual-dance-club/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101352023245608
Discover the fiery lights of your authentic self and dance the rhythms of your liberated spirit. Club culture meets Earth based medicine in ILLUMINATE, an invitation to explore the hypnotic rhythms of the body and bring to light the lost contours and landscapes of one's own being. Led by internationally renowned SoulHealer Parashakti & the GateKeepers, Live DJ's, Native American Wisdom teachings and guest performers and musicians; ILLUMINATE draws on exhilarating ceremonies, invocations, live drumming and a world music ecstatic dance party to create a safe space in which participants can liberate their true selves and feel a sincere connection with others. 8:00pm-8:30pm Intention Ceremony with GateKeepers; 8:30pm-10:00pm Parashakti's Dance Of Liberation; 10:00pm-Midnight Wisdom Teachings with the Elders in the Liberation Sanctuary; 8:30-11:30pm Global Music in the Dance Hall with Cumba Mela DJs; 11:30-Midnight Closing Ceremony. (New York Open Center, 22 East 30th Street bet M
adison & 5th, 7:30pm-12:00am, $30)
FILM: Gallery and Film Fiesta
http://www.alternativearts.org
The final event of The Lucky 7's Art Festival, presented by the Alternative Arts Association. The screening will include the works of Lawrence Whiteside of Cinema Set Free, Brian MacMillan, Joshua Thompson, and Andrea Gise. Also on display will be the works of Michael Anthony Mitchell, Kevin Lawler, Maggie Fischer, and Kate Leathers. (1221 Astoria Blvd at 14th St., Astoria, Queens, 8pm, $7 sugg donation)
MUSIC: Through the Keyhole
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123713334328575
http://copalmusic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/jaggery
http://armyoftoys.com/
An evening of avant-garde music with theatrical elements featuring performances by Copal, Jaggery and Walter Sicket & the Army of Broken Toys. NYC-based band Copal weaves soundscapes inspired by Middle Eastern rhythms, dark Nordic melodies, Hungarian riffs, Spanish-flavored cadences and harmonies to paint pictures and landscapes. Jaggery can be described as arty, avant-garde & ethereal siren rock. Walter Sicket & the Army of Broken Toys has been called "wildly unusual and diverse in material and presentation, a Dada-esque circus carnival run amuck, and just plain good ‘not-always-so-clean' fun." Ticket price included a week of free yoga! Limited capacity: please RSVP your full name and guest names to hannah@copalmusic.com (YogaWorks, 359 Broadway at Grand, Soho, 9pm-1am, $10)
PARTY: "Summer of '86"
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122224097817991&ref=ts
Party like it's 1986 in a brand-spankin' new Williamsburg space...with 2 rooftops, 2 dancefloors, 2 swimming pools, and a waterslide! Featuring CHERYL; DJ Leah of the Nouvellas; DJ Mojo; Vick Valentino; DJ Curly; and DJ Cashbar. Plus flying go-go dancers; firedancing by Cynthia; performances by CHERYL and wild art. Come dressed 80's. Costume suggestions: Raybans, neon, Miami Vice, Ferris Bueller, Top Gun, new wave, etc. (RSVP for location, Wburg, 10pm-6am, $10)
PARTY: Beauty + Ruin
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131506383528849
http://www.thedanger.com
Two-dozen artists have built a landscape of beauty and ruin within large geodesic domes, ragged tents and hidden lounges spread across 13,000sqft of raw Brooklyn loft. Featuring brash brass bands, live Afro-Haitian drum cores and dj's playing jump-up-dance music featuring: Mikerline Afro-Haitian Dance + Drum Troupe, The Rude Mechanical Orchestra, The Hungry March Band, dj Kiva, Cumba Mela, Junglez, The Stellar Chic Duo, dj Zemi 17. Plus mischief, fire and overhead performance by Anya Sapozhnikova, Carrie Cash, Tajna Tanovic, Kae Burke and the 626 Roving Sangria Pump. Drinks will be cheap, the night will be full and the fire will be real. (3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave, 9:00pm-sunrise, $15 before 11:30pm, $20 after, Strictly 21+)
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TUESDAY
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ART: The Museum Mile Festival
http://www.museummilefestival.org
One day a year, for the past 31 years, nine of the country's finest museums, all ones that call Fifth Avenue home, collectively open their doors for free for a mile-long block party and visual art celebration. This traffic-free, music- and art-filled celebration fills the street and sidewalks of Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 105th street, the mile now officially designated as Museum Mile. Over 50,000 visitors attend the festival annually. (various museums, 5th Ave, 6-9pm, FREE)
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UPCOMING
[Ticketed events likely to sell out and/or offering presale discounts]
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FOOD/PERFORMANCE: BLUE
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/111979
Live Dinner Theater. Blue, as it relates to the skies and the seas, represents clarity, optimism and crisp cool atmosphere. Enjoy a one night performance and three course meal from NEW HUE, the people who brought you RED for Valentine's day. This time we will evoke the energy of the wind and waves to bring you six continuous performances in our 360 degree stage and seemingly endless ceiling. Be treated like royalty, feast on the bounties of the ocean, served by giants and mused by sirens. Expect Food, music, video art, dancers, stilters, acrobatics, Ice sculpture, fire and fantasy. Share with us a one night experience like no other. Formal attire is requested, the color blue is suggested. Seating is ****very*** limited. (June 13, House Of Yes, 342 Maujer St, Bushwick, BK, $50)
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ONGOING
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ART: Mark Ryden: The Gay 90s Old Tyme Art Show
http://www.paulkasmingallery.com/exhibitions/2010-04-29_mark-ryden/press-release/
An exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by the Los Angeles artist Mark Ryden. This will be Ryden's first significant solo show in New York since 2003. In his hauntingly beautiful and masterfully executed oil paintings, Ryden creates his own contemporary mythologies whose archetypes include fairy tale creatures, historical figures, and pop cultural icons. Seamlessly juxtaposing macabre motifs like meat grinders and disembodied presidents with eye-pleasing ingénues and seductive landscapes, the artist produces a vision of society in which menace and comfort are inseparably interwoven. These labor-intensive canvasses deftly rework centuries of art history, combining the grandeur of Spanish and Italian religious painting with the decorative richness of Old Master compositions and the lush textures of French Neo-Classicism. (thru 6/5, Paul Kasmin Gallery, 293 10th Ave at 27th St, FREE)
ART: Daniel Merriam
http://www.animazing.com/gallery/emails/merriam2010.html
http://www.danielmerriam.com/
If you dream in full color, Daniel Merriam's paintings are a wildly-hued journey into the imagination. "In Merriam's watercolors, drowsy moonfaces, Victorian houses and the matic repetition create a childlike whimsy layered with meaning." - Art & Antiques. "The ... artist's stunning erotic, fanciful drawings of the primordial garden have earned him a worldwide reputation among serious collectors and connoisseurs. Working in the unforgiving medium of transparent watercolor, his artistical style is the product of solid technical skills, an illustrator's precision and storyteller's sense of adventure." -- EGO Magazine. [G&S note: we are rarely blown away by new art, perhaps because so much of it is post-post-post you-name-it. This artist speaks directly to our theatricality & surrealism-loving little hearts: think Alice in Wonderland meets Gaudi via MirrorMask. (Or, a more whimsical Mark Ryden.)] (Through ?, Animazing Gallery, 461 Broome Street, (bet Greene and Mercer), FREE)
THEATER: Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play
http://epictheatreensemble.org/current-show
Hailed by the New Yorker's John Lahr as "extraordinary", "bold", and "inventive", Sarah Ruhl's PASSION PLAY takes us behind the scenes of three communities attempting to stage the death and resurrection of Christ. From Queen Elizabeth's England to Hitler's Germany to Reagan's America, Ruhl's exploration of devotion takes us on a humorous yet unsettling journey filled with lust, whimsy, and a lot of fish. (extended thru ?, Irondale Center at the Lafayette Avenue Church, 85 South Oxford Street
BK, various times, $22.50-$42.50)
DANCE: Le Cirque Feerique
http://www.companyxiv.com
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/106445
Step right up to the golden tent! With Le Cirque Feerique, Company XIV will delight and amaze, as they re-imagine your favorite childhood fairy tales as only Austin McCormick and his exquisite troupe can. Don't miss this Baroque confection for all ages, a magical menagerie of opera, dance, theatre and opulent design. McCormick incorporates a myriad of dance styles, fusing Baroque, classical ballet, flamenco, ballroom, contemporary partnering and Indian dance, along with contemporary movement. The show includes an array of music, including pieces by Vivaldi, Aphex Twin, Lady Gaga and Bizet, and features a special guest, the Charites Baroque Opera Trio. This lush extravaganza includes classic fairy tales such as Charles Perrault's Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella, Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes and The Princess and the Pea, The Brothers Grimm's The Fisherman and His Wife, Munro Leaf's Ferdinand the Bull and more. (thru 6/8, Saturdays
2PM and 7PM, Sundays 2PM and 5PM, Company XIV 303 Bond Theatre, 303 Bond St @ Union st, $30)
PUPPETS: Great Small Works' Ninth International Toy Theater Festival
http://www.stannswarehouse.org/current_season.php?show_id=47
Hundreds of artists from around the world (Holland, Mexico City, Helsinki, Montreal, Los Angeles), around the neighborhood (Midwood, DUMBO, Manhattan) and places in between (Philadelphia, Chicago, Vermont) will converge on St. Ann's Warehouse for a two-week celebration of the power of the miniature. Great Small Works and guest artists reinvent the 19th-century tradition of Toy Theater for contemporary audiences. The expansive warehouse will be reconfigured to house intimate performing spaces where dramatic spectacles will unfold, alongside a grand exhibition of toy theaters both historic and new. (thru 6/13, St. Ann's Warehouse, 66 Water St., various times, $20 per show, $75 for full festival pass)
EXHIBIT: Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters
http://www.japansociety.org
Showcasing over 130 woodblock prints, GHMM spans the career of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, who died the year our Civil War broke out, but whose explosive panels of blood-lusting warriors, tattooed vagrants, wanton vixens, and acid-trip monsters could pass for cutting-edge comics. Artful violence runs from samurai gangs slashing it out on a castle rooftop, to a giant skeleton attempting to forestall a beheading, to Morozumi Masakiyo Kills Himself with a Landmine...while apparently also thrusting a sword into his mouth. For psychedelic madness, there's Octopus Games, with evil cephalopods brawling, playing instruments, and dancing; Sakata Kaido-maru Wrestles with a Giant Carp; and Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugoro III as the Spirit of the Cat Stone. Perhaps most modern of all, Kuniyoshi produced a small collection of erotic prints, which aren't on display but are presented in the back of the exhibition catalog. (thru 6/13, Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, Tues-Thurs 11am-6pm, Fri 11am-9pm,
Sat and Sun 11am-5pm, $12, Fri night FREE)
ART: Key to the City
http://creativetime.org/programs/archive/2010/keytothecity
For centuries, the key to the city has been used to honor a city's heroes and visiting dignitaries. Now, artist Paul Ramírez Jonas has created a Key to the City that is not only a symbolic award, but also a functional key—opening spaces across all five boroughs of New York City. This Key to the City is intended for everyday citizens, who will award one another the key for reasons large and small. Once in hand, the key launches a citywide exploration of back doors, front gates, community gardens, graveyards, and museums that suggests that the city is a series of spaces that are either locked or unlocked. (Key kiosk open June 3 to 27, Times Square, Broadway bet 43rd & 44th Sts, M–F 2p–8p; Sa–Su 12p–8p; Locks available through Labor Day)
EXHIBIT: Where New York Began - Archaeology at the South Ferry Terminal
http://mta.info/mta/museum/whatsnew.htm
Before building the new South Ferry station, a huge archaeological dig was conducted. The site is rich with history from the days of the Native Americans and the city's first western settlers, and much was uncovered, including parts of Battery Wall and over 65,000 artifacts. A new exhibit at the New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex and Store in Grand Central Terminal will be showing 100 of these artifacts, plus documents and images that illuminate life in New York hundreds of years ago. (thru 7/5, New York Transit Museum Annex, Grand Central Terminal, FREE)
THEATER: The Haunting of 85 East 4th Street
http://www.horsetrade.info/season11/Haunting.html
Who or what is haunting 85 East 4th Street? The building is considered to be one of the most haunted spots in all of NYC. Its terrible past is riddled with murders, suicides, and horrible deaths, which began even before the present building was erected over a hundred years ago. Sightings of ethereal beings and strange noises, unexplainable occurrences, foul smells and cold spots have made this location familiar to ghost hunters and scientists of the paranormal. It all began in 1882 when the original tenement collapsed, killing 31 Italian immigrants. From then on, the ground itself was said to be cursed. When the current building was erected at the turn of the century, an exorcism was held to rid the building of evil...it didn't work. After a night of terror, the priest left the priesthood. Within a year, the builder's son died falling down the long staircase...and the mother hung herself in what is now the theater. The owner succumbed to madness and still haunts the place.
These are only a few of the terrifying characters and incidents Radiotheatre will uncover in "The Haunting of 85 East 4th Street." When Radiotheatre examined the building's sordid history in 2004, the show sold out its entire run, received a slew of great reviews and was nominated for a number of New York Innovative Theatre Awards. Now, in an all new production with a cast of storytellers, an original orchestral score and a plethora of sound effects, Radiotheatre returns to 85 E. 4th Street to resurrect its restless ghosts. Join Radiotheatre as they uncover the buildings gruesome past and maybe even speak to some of the troubled spirits who still reside there...(thru 10/31, The Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street, various times, $20)
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