Hello lovelies,
We were away at muggy, steamy, muddy, dusty Bonnaroo all last week, without so much as a charged phone, and so had to skip out on last week's listings without much warning. Sorry, all! We really thought we'd have internet access & time out there; what fools we were. We're back with a vengeance this week, though -- just see how much is going on this weekend (an honorable mention to the Mermaid Parade, Campfire party, and the "Play me, I'm Yours" project out of UK).
And of course we have our own parties lined up for next week: the amazing Manhattan cruise on a 1800's-replica tall ship on Saturday and the next House of Scorpio makeout party on Friday. The cruise is half-sold-out already, so jump on those tix. The makeout party should be a stellar one, especially since it's likely the ONLY one we're having on a weekend night. An aside on that: Friday night parties are more expensive to host, with higher bar & staff guarantees. We had to raise the price by $5 to accommodate that, but if you're seriously broke, use the password BUNNY RABBIT at the door to go back to the original (and future) price.
Cheers,
Gemini & Scorpio
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G&S SEEKING LOFT
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A 1,500-3,000 sq ft loft 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 VIP status in our new party palace.
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HOUSE OF SCORPIO EVENT: 6/25
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House of Scorpio
presents
Lip Service
Friday, June 25, 9pm-late, $10 w/RSVP; $15 without, 21+
Madame X (upstairs), 94 W. Houston bet Thompson and LaGuardia
Please arrive with a PAL and be familiar with our Code of Conduct
Details & RSVP: http://www.houseofscorpio.com
FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114358141942203
Bring your best lips (yours and your PAL's), and join us for lubricating cocktails and naughty games with sexy friends and intriguing strangers. Bring toys & games to share (blindfolds? rope? sexy dice?). Foreplay happy hour 9:30-10:30 with $4 beer and $5 cocktails (Indecent Proposal, anyone? or Pussy Galore?). Dress to be kissed: flirty and fun. No casual attire; door man WILL turn you away.
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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.
Our circus soundtrack is provided by DJ Barney Iller: a "ridiculous collectro" who flows flawlessly through Bmore beats, tropical bass, ethnotek, dubstep, jungle, showtunes, rock and hip hop, for a seriously effective, ultra party combo move. "Barney Iller has been makin peeps do dances they've never done before for many many years now...his sense of humor only serves to reinforce his sense of how to make you dance like you're feelin the holy spirit." - Whomptronica.
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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WORD: 11th Annual Lit Mag Marathon Weekend
The two-day affair starts Saturday with "The Magathon," in which editors representing various journals (including Fence, Gigantic, and Electric Literature) read their favorite selections from their latest issues at the New York Public Library. Sunday is their Giant Lit Mag Fair at Housing Works, where hundreds of literary magazines will be on sale for the super-low price of $2 a copy. Magazine editors will also be on hand to meet and greet. (Sat: 'The Magathon', New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd St, 4-6:30pm, FREE; Sun: 'The Giant Lit Mag Fair', Housing Works Used Book Café, 126 Crosby St, 12-5pm, FREE)
FILM: Bicycle Film Festival Tenth Anniversary
http://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/new-york/
Four days of film screenings, parties, and openings. (Fri-Sun, Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, see site for details)
ART/PERFORMANCE: BoCoCa Arts Festival
http://www.bococaartsfestival.com/index.php
Building on the successful launch of the BoCoCa Arts Festival last summer, this ten-day event will criss-cross the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens, presenting emerging works in theater, music and visual art. All work will be "cast" in unconventional business venues, challenging the perception of art, as well as showcasing the characteristics of these three unique neighborhoods. (6/18-6/27, various locations, see site for info)
FOOD/FILM: 4th Annual NYC Food Film Festival
http://www.nycfoodfilmfestival.com
Films about food, served with food featured in the films; 27 films in all. Benefitting Food Bank For New York City. (6/23-27, various locations, see site or details)
PARTICIPATORY: Play Me, I'm Yours
http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/
An artwork by British artist Luke Jerram who has been touring the project globally since 2008. 60 pianos will be distributed and then unveiled across New York City by Sing for Hope. Located in public parks, streets and plazas the pianos will be available until 5th July for any member of the public to play and engage with. (starts 9am Monday, thru 7/5, various locations, FREE)
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FRIDAY
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FILM: Rooftop Films: New York Non-Fiction
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/15-new-york-nonfiction
New York City scratches, splashes, survives, creates, gets sick, dies, makes music, mourns, becomes activated, does its hair, and is reborn in a different shape to do it all again - or to do something entirely different. This year's New York Non-Fiction program traces this city and its citizens, both remembered and forgotten. New York has changed a lot over the past 30 years and yet so much is still there, under facades, behind trees, under layers of the new. It is still New York, full of struggle, of possibility, of hope. (350 Grand St. @ Essex, LES, 8pm, $10)
PARTY: Tango del Diablo (The Devil's Tango)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121862697830463
tix: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=L6J3EDNUZDDXY
Dances of Vice takes you to the dance halls of 1930s Buenos Aires for an evening of hot Argentinian tango at the historic Players Club by Adriel Azure y la Orquesta Infernal, featuring tango, dance and burlesque performances by the sensational Medianoche, devilish vixen Madame Rosebud, and Andrea Beeman, the famed Enchantress of Bioluminosity. Tango diva Sarah la Rocca will be offering a beginner's tango lesson starting at 8:15. Vintage or formal evening attire requested. (The Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South, 8pm-12am, $20 Adv, $25 Doors)
PARTY: Punk Jews
http://www.punkjews.com
Musical performances by Y-love, Moshiach Oi, Eden, Blanket Statement, Stein. Art installations by Elke Reva Sudin, Rivka Karasik, and Ira Kaufman. Open bar & raffle giveaways. All proceeds will go towards the production of the "Punk Jews" online documentary series. "Punk Jews" is an online documentary series that follows a community of Jewish musicians, artists, and activists, who are creating a new, unconventional culture around their heritage and religion. (Sixth Street Community Synagogue, 325 East 6th Street, between 1st and 2nd avenues, 10pm, $15 includes open bar)
BURLESQUE: Sextacular! Sextacular!
http://joeynova.wordpress.com/about/sextacularsextacular
District Attorney Prudence Blueballs is ordered to shut down all things having to do with sex in New York city, starting with Sextacular! Sextacular! Charmingly egocentric host Joey Nova and his absinthe-conjured sidekick, The Green Fairy, try to stop her from closing down the show by seducing her with titillating acts by some of the hottest performers in Theatre, burlesque, and cabaret. Featuring dazzling light & fire shows, astounding aerial acts, tantalizing burlesque performances, rock n rock cabaret, punk rock cancan girls, and rocket-fueled glam rock band Starbolt 9 as the Sextacular! Sextacular! house band. (Theaters at 45 Bleecker St, 45 Bleecker St., 10:30pm, $25)
PARTY: First Ever Gay Gay Gay Party!
Kick off Pride Week by welcoming award winning queer hip-hop/dance artist Jasper James back to Brooklyn for the premier of her latest music video Love with live performances by Jasper James, Backspace, and Don PV. The night will feature aerial performances by Lady Circus and sideshow acts by Brooklyn's finest performance artists and acrobats. Sideshow acts by: Anya Sapozhnikova, Kae Burke, Matthew Camp, Lauren Howe, Kid Akimbo, Jackie Carlson, Dan Paul Roberts, Teresa Nasty, Kyle Rostan, Nikki Borodi, Kathryne Van Asshee, Jade Curtis, Madalena Pak-Kei Mak, Brett Lord, Dilan Walpola, and Jade Curtis. (House of Yes, 342 Maujer St, Bushwick, BK, 10:30pm, $10)
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SATURDAY
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**ART: Crest Fest 2010
http://cresthardwareartshow.com/wordpress/
Join us for the opening day celebration of the Crest Hardware Art Show. Now in its 9th year, Crest Fest is a true highlight of Brooklyn's summer season. From paintings and sculpture, to photography, video, industrial design, and much more, all pieces are installed contextually throughout 10,000 sq ft indoors and out. The free outdoor concert will feature 8 bands and 15 DJs. (Crest Hardware, 588 Metropolitan Ave, Wburg, BK, 12pm-11pm, FREE)
FOOD: Cross Species Adventure Club
http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/ooz/projects/xspecies/
http://eyebeam.org/events/crossxspecies-adventure-club
Eyeveam hosts Cross Species (xSpecies) Adventure Club, a supper club for humans and non-humans to explore a tasty bio-diverse future. Each event is an experience of the depth and complexity of our interconnections with nonhumans, exploring the web that traces our gastronomic, economic and material interdependency with butterflies, snails, geese, bats and other intelligent and delicious creatures. This supper club will present 5 courses of foods delicious and nutritious to both humans and nonhumans, with wine, beer and edible cocktail pairing and a take-home. This on-going lifestyle experiment is created by Natalie Jeremijenko, Mihir Desai, Emilie Baltz and other intelligent creatures. Dinner preceded by a workshop. Seating is strictly limited. (Eyebeam, 540 W 21st St., 3pm Workshop, 7pm Dinner, $40/workshop, $100/dinner, $120/both)
***PARADE: The Mermaid Parade
http://www.coneyisland.com/mermaid.shtml
A completely original creation of Coney Island USA, the Mermaid Parade is the nation's largest art parade and one of New York City's greatest summer events. Founded in 1983 by Coney Island USA, the not-for-profit arts organization that also produces the Coney island Circus Sideshow, the Mermaid Parade pays homage to Coney Island's forgotten Mardi Gras which lasted from 1903 to 1954, and draws from a host of other sources resulting in a wonderful and wacky event that is unique to Coney Island. The Mermaid Parade celebrates the sand, the sea, the salt air and the beginning of summer, as well as the history and mythology of Coney Island, Coney Island pride, and artistic self-expression. The Parade is characterized by participants dressed in hand-made costumes as Mermaids, Neptunes, various sea creatures, the occasional wandering lighthouse, Coney Island post card or amusement ride, as well as antique cars, marching bands, drill teams, and the odd yacht pulled on flatbed. This ye
ar King Neptune Lou Reed and Queen Mermaid Laurie Anderson will rule over the proceedings. (Coney Island, see site for a map of the route, 2pm, FREE)
PARTICIPATORY: Hungry Marching Band at the Mermaid Parade
You are invited to march with the Hungry Marching Band at the Mermaid Parade! You must dress in the colors and RSVP to join us as we have a special non competitive placement this year in the VIP section near the very front of the parade. You will not be let in if you show up out of costume colors. Colors: Gold and White, GOLD and WHITE. Dress: Use your imagination - Mermaid, Jelly Fish, Crab, Viking, Pirate (but remember colors!) Musicians: We could use some extras, contact us if you are bringing an instrument. Bring: your own water and props, only bring what you can carry or bring your own push cart. Needs: new banners, banner carriers, people to hold the poles for the dragon, flag wavers, dancers, kids, golden buggies... Bribes: We are not competing but feel free to bring bribes for the judges, this is a crazy tradition for the mermaid parade so feel free to take part. (W.21st St bet Surf Ave and the Boardwalk, Coney Island, BK, 12:45pm, RSVP to taraball@earthlink.net, FREE
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PARTY: Mermaid Parade Ball
http://www.coneyisland.com/mermaidparadeball.shtml
The official afterparty of the Mermaid Parade, hosted by Adam (The First Real Man) Rinn and Featuring NYC's finest Burlesque and Sideshow Superstars in all their aquatically themed glory! Confirmed performers Little Brooklyn, Creamy Stevens, Miss Coney Island 2009 Gal Friday, Tigger, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Jenny C Quoi, Fem Appeal, Juliet Jeske as Princess Sunshine, Go Go By LaMaia, Sizzle Dizzle and Lefty Lucy, Shimmering Mermaids...Metal Goddess Belly Dancers, DJ Gregg 'The Dutchman' Van Vranken. Live music by The Razorbacks. Special Appearance by the Coney Island Circus Sideshow and The Coney Island Girlie Freak Show! (New York Aquarium, 602 Surf Ave. @ W. 8th St., Coney Island, BK, 6pm-11:30pm, $20/adv, $25/door)
BIKE: CRITICAL FLUFF: Afternoon Bike Rally
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110417882311801
A slow roll around Prospect Park -- then its off to the secret BMX course where we'll remove the shrubbery and begin what the French call "idiotie". For the ride bring water, gatorade, snickers.... no stress, no mess, this is real chill. The BMX course is an intramural event... so we're not going to compete for anything except de-fam-ation and misfortune. For those attempting this please bring helmuts, goggles, gauze and big smiles... for those watching, continue on with your snickers, this shall be fun. You're all at your own risk. (Grand Army Plaza, to the right of the Farmers Market, Prospect Heights/Park Slope, BK, 3:30pm, FREE)
DJ/DANCING: GlobeSonic Sound System on the Hudson
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114326235270824
Focusing on the modernization of world music, GlobeSonic Sound System is "a DJ collective spinning a high-energy ecstatic dance celebration of the earth's musical heritage, weaving traditional music with modern aesthetics." The collective consists of music impresario Fabian Alsultany, Bill Bragin (Director of Outdoor Programming at Lincoln Center) and author/yoga instructor and RS contributor Derek Beres. Featuring DJ's Fabian Alsultany, Bill Bragin & Derek Beres + Duke Mushroom on percussion with special guest, Kevin Mambo on saxophone from FELA!. (Riverside Park South, The Pier on 68th St. and the Hudson River, 4pm-11pm, FREE)
DJ/DANCING: Opulent NYC: Opulent Temple at Burning Man Benefit
http://opulent-temple-nyc.eventbrite.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123827860979624
Opulent Temple is an internationally recognized crew who throw one of the premiere events at the iconic Burning Man festival in Nevada every summer. Known for their unique production of fire throwing dj booths, state of the art lazer shows, self made art projects, and showcasing world class talent - they throw what is regarded as one of the greatest parties in the world. Bringing their hopes for 2010 on tour, they bring their unique vibe and a sweet line up to Water Taxi Beach. Featuring: DJ Dan, The Scumfrog, JonH of the Fort Knox Five - DJ Set, Syd Gris, Hoj, Todd Fatjo & more. (Water Taxi Beach, 2 Borden Ave, Long Island City, Queens, 1pm-2am, $15 presale, $10 donation before 5pm, $20 after)
MUSIC: Adrian Younge & the Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra
http://www.arsnovanyc.com
Rock/soul/funk phenom Adrian Younge, including songs from his original score from recent hit Black Dynamite is joined by a six-piece band in an evening of music inspired by the great blaxploitation soundtracks of the 1970's. (Art Nova, 511 West 54th Street @10th Ave, 7pm and 10pm, $20)
MUSIC: Celebrate Brooklyn!
http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/bitches-brew-revisited
A dazzling, multi-generational lineup converges to explore the legacy of Miles Davis' landmark album on the 40th anniversary of its release. While the soul of the master is manifest in the project, the music stretches out into otherworldly territory, becoming “whatever it was Davis intended in 1969: spacious, black-magic stealth funk.” (NY Times) The night begins with the virtuosic Mike Stern, one of the premier jazz-fusion guitarists of his generation and a veteran of Davis' band. DJ Logic, Marco Benevento, Graham Haynes, James Blood Ulmer, Lonnie Plaxico, and Cindy Blackman will be stirring up the musical cauldron. (Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th Street & Prospect Park West, 6:30pm-10pm, $3/sugg donation)
**PARTY: The Waltz Ball
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125874564107916
The Golden Angel Waltz Orchestra presents The Waltz Ball -- yes that's right only waltzes all night long. Waltzes that are from all over the world, dense in sound, seemly sweet but sometimes chaotic and always in '3'. Yes, it is a ball as well, so everyone is required to be in their most flamboyant, most dazzling, most Victorian, most risqué garments. We believe that people these days need a little encouragement for those romantic couples dances so we have also hand-made 19th century dance cards that will facilitate those budding waltz enthusiasts to share in the joys of waltzing with all on the dance floor. We also are bringing in four of the most cutting edge dance instructors, charming yet slightly twisted. You see, they are really clowns, they are at the waltz ball to be the charmers, the instigators, the fashion consultant--and yes, the dance instructors as well. (Jalopy, 315 Columbia St, Red Hook, BK, 9-11:30pm, $10?)
PARTY: 5th Annual Red Carnaval: Toca Cielo
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134298559920714
Another amazing night of Brazil flavors, house music, drummers, performers, dancing and beautiful people. Featuring DJ TRUE; John Julius Knight; Samba Dancers (Fabiana & Christina ); JustinJustin Toca & Ale' Ale' Drummers; Enrique 'Quique' Guerrero on Sax; and Little Alex. (Cielo Club, 18 Little W. 12th St, 10pm-4am, $15/before 1am, $25/after)
***PARTY: Campfire
http://www.wandbnyc.com/
Join scoutmasters Winkel and Balktick for a warehouse wilderness campout. We will bivouac upon the shores of Sunset Park. Our home for the night features 21,000 square feet of column-free space and three-story ceiling that reach to the heavens. Lucky scouts will explore a hinterland of revelry and imagination. Jamboree the night away with rustic beats, illuminating art installations, summer camp games, cozy tents, ghostly performances, hearty mountain provisions and the most jubilant troop this side of the East River. (Sunset Park, BK, RSVP for location, 10pm-sunrise, $15/adv, $20/door)
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SUNDAY
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FOOD/PARTICIPATORY: Chaos Cooking
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126868764009673
A continuing social experiment where up to 55 people cook 55 recipes in 1 kitchen, 4 burners, 1 oven. All recipes must be finished in a 3 hours while everyone is drinking wine, socializing and putting delectable dishes in their mouths. How it works: Post the name of your recipe to the FB event wall. Bring the ingredients necessary for everyone to try a little bit of your dish, extra knives & cutting boards (if you have them) and two or three bottles of wine per person. Throw in $3-5 into a donation jar towards clean up, common ingredients like butter, olive oil, skewers, broken glasses and dishes and to the hosting space. Bring: extra knives, cutting boards, tupperware if possible. (Rsvp to info@chaoscooking.com for exact location, 6-11pm, $3-5 plus 2 Bottles of wine per person)
POETRY: Projections: A Motion Picture Reading Series
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120666161307018
http://www.autotypograph.com/projectionspressrelease.html
The only event showcase in NYC spotlighting practices specifically at the intersection of poetics, performance, and the moving image. The event will feature multidisciplinary poets, artists, and scholars James Copeland, Kate Eichhorn, and Danny Snelson. An evening of reading, film, and performance that nods in part at early 20th-century practices of live film narration like Benshi in Japan and Gavrilov Translation in the USSR, while also incorporating contemporary post-production video editing techniques as well as electronic strategies of appropriation and misuse like data sculpting, browser poetry, and computational aesthetics. Curated by Paolo Javier and Jeremy J F Thompson, Projections presents a multidisciplinary ensemble of poets, filmmakers, musicians, performance artists, scholars, critics, and editors who reposition the reading series as a multi-genre platform. (Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery bet Houston and Bleecker, 6pm-7:30pm, $6)
COMEDY: Cognac Live Radio Orchestra
http://www.horsetrade.info/CALusm.html
Cognac is a collective of friends, writers, comedians, musicians and dancers. Their show is an original hour of sketch comedy show in live radio format, complete with sound and foley effects and musical soundtrack. To top it off, every show features at new dance from NYC's premiere comedy dance troupe, Cocoon Central Dance Team. (Under St Mark Theatre, 94 St. Marks Place bet 1st and Ave A., 7pm, FREE)
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MONDAY
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**MUSIC: Make Music New York
http://makemusicny.org/
A live, free musical celebration across the city that takes place each June 21 — the longest day of the year. On that day, hundreds of public spaces throughout the five boroughs — sidewalks, parks, community gardens, and more — become impromptu stages for over 1,000 free concerts. Musicians of all ages, creeds, and musical persuasions perform for new audiences, who come out from under their headphones to hear unfamiliar groups risk-free on the first day of summer. (Various locations, 11am-10pm, FREE)
BURLESQUE: Well, Why Don't You Marry Us?
A Night of Burlesque for Marriage Equality benefiting the Empire State Pride Agenda. Some of the best, brightest and bawdiest stars of New York's burlesque scene will join forces to perform in support of marriage equality right here in the Empire State. Featuring the amazing talents of Nasty Canasta, Gal Friday, Legs Malone, Jezebel Express, Tigger!, Minnie Tonka, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Bea B. Heart, Cybil Libertease and Madame Rosebud, all hosted by the dastardly Bastard Keith. Throughout the evening, raffle tickets will be sold for some amazing prizes, some nice, most naughty, all excellent. 100% of the evening's proceeds will benefit the Empire State Pride Agenda, New York's statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights and advocacy organization. (The Kraine Theater, 85 E. 4th St. @ 2nd Ave, 8pm, $15)
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TUESDAY
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BODY: Yoga at the Great Lawn
http://flavorpill.com/win/yoga/enter?publication=newyork
Join 10,000 yoga aficionados and curious on-lookers for the world's largest yoga session. This event produced by Flavorpill and is extravagantly ambitious, featuring performances by the infamous Reggie Watts, Grammy nominated musician 13 Hands, slam-poet Buddy Wakefield, and the unmissable O'Nkosi Rhythms with others. The session will be lead by Elena Brower with assistance from dozens of New York Cities top Yogi's. This is one of those bright, beautiful and absolutely free events that makes life in this city more breathable. Registration has been extended for anyone receiving this message, enter the code "dngr" when registering. (Great Lawn in Central Park, 5:30pm-9pm, FREE)
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WEDNESDAY
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**PARTY: Carnival of the Streets Freedom Tickler EP Release Party
http://www.freedomtickler.org
It started in a balmy Bushwick basement in the Fall of 2007, drifting through the subway platforms of New York, busking across the country and adorning the silver screen before moving on up to the University of the Streets with this week's long-awaited release of Freedom Tickler's first self-titled EP. A one of a kind release party, featuring musical performances by Freedom Tickler, The London Souls and DJ Sophybot along with artwork by James Lloyd Brinklow, Rodrigo Gonzales and Linda Thithavong, sideshow performances, tarot readings and more. Costumes are encouraged and, with 4 types of craft beer, a fuel-pump-turned-sangria-dispenser and a particularly special brand of mojito available, we've got all the refreshments you need to fuel this carnival right. Show up in costume and get a free sangria. (University of the Streets, 130 E. 7th St., 8pm-12am, FREE?)
PARTY: NYC Pride Kick Off Party
http://gay.barefootwine.com
Join Spin Cycle as we kick off Gay Pride with a huge free party sponsored by Barefoot Wine and Logo TV's newest reality competition show RuPAUL'S DRAG U. Catch a performance by PANDORA BOXX and the launch of The Barefoot Wine Foot Fetish Shoe Auction benefiting Heritage of Pride (featuring shoes from Jackie Beat, Edie, Shequida, Hedda Lettuce, Mimi Imfurst, Sweetie, Gusty Winds, Britney Houston, Sister My otis, Linda Simpson, Peppermint and more). Hosted by Dallas DuBois, Logan Slaughter, and Gusty Winds. Music by Keo Nozari (Club 57 / Rock-It) and complimentary Barefoot Wine & Bubbly. RSVP at. Space is limited. (The Gramercy Theater, 127 East 23rd Street @ Lexington Ave., 8-10pm, FREE)
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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)
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)
BURLESQUE: A Night at the Tombs
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/723515
Chicago meets TransAmerica in this new musical. While cooling her 6-inch heels in the clink, fabulous Bianca Leigh tries to make sense of how a skinny Jersey boy with dreams of becoming a great Shakespearean actor ended up as a high-priced dominatrix. Both hilarious and moving, Bianca brings to vivid life more than a dozen characters, from her disapproving mother to a sadistic corrections officer. Presented by Theatre Askew featuring original music by Avenue Q's Jeff Whitty, Taylor Mac and more. (Thursdays through 8/5, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery bet Houston & Bleecker Street, 8pm, $18)
ART: Andy Warhol The Last Decade
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/andy_warhol/
The first U.S. museum survey to examine the late work of American artist Andy Warhol (1928–1987). Encompassing nearly fifty works, the exhibition reveals the artist's vitality, energy, and renewed spirit of experimentation. During this time Warhol produced more works, in a considerable number of series and on a vastly larger scale, than at any other point in his forty-year career. It was a decade of great artistic development for him, during which a dramatic transformation of his style took place alongside the introduction of new techniques. (thru 9/12, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Parkway, BK, various times, $10)
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